Before Coman took office, Liverpool had already made moves to bring in and purge them, with the largest additions being Glenn Johnson at 17 million pounds and Qin Xiong at 35 million pounds, with a total investment of more than 50 million pounds.

In terms of purging, except for the free transfers of veterans Hyypia and Pennant, most of the rest are first-team substitutes and second-team abandoned players leaving, bits and pieces can't make a few dollars, and Abeloa, who has one year left on his contract and is bent on going to Real Madrid, was also sent to Madrid by the club before Koeman's arrival, earning about 4 million pounds.

All combined, Liverpool's transfer market is close to £10 million.

Koeman analyses the squad with his fellow coaching staff in the boot room.

Now he agrees with Mourinho's approach to building a team.

The first team doesn't need too many players, around 23 players are enough.

This will make the team more stable and avoid the negative voice of many players who can't play the game, which will affect the morale of the army.

He went to see them one by one.

In the goalkeeper position, Liverpool's first team has three goalkeepers, which can be said to be a reasonable configuration, and there is no hoarding or streamlining handling in this position itself.

The first goalkeeper will be Reina, the second will be Brazilian goalkeeper Cavalieri, who was signed last season, and the third goalkeeper will be Frenchman Itanger.

The reserves on the back line are not very rich, and there are substitutes for almost all positions.

Right wing-backs: Glenn Johnson and Degen.

Left wing-backs: Aurelio, Dosena, Insua.

Koeman understands that Dosena did not perform well at Liverpool last season. It is often booed by the fans. It was decided to purge the Italian full-back. If needed, the young Argentine player Insua will be given some opportunities to perform and practice.

There are six men at centre-back.

Carragher, Skrtel, Ager, these three are considered the main players or rotational players, while the remaining three are young players, all of whom have performed well since they went out on loan, Martin Kelly. Darby, Ayala.

As centre-backs need experience to grow, Koeman was worried about selling his talent by mistake, so he decided to loan out Darby and Ayala, a 21-year-old and an 18-year-old.

Players in the middle of the midfield have enough depth on the bench.

Qin Xiong, Alonso. Gerald, Mascherano. Lucas, Plessis.

Koeman has included Plessis on loan.

The reserves of attacking wide players are relatively average.

Liera, Benayoun, Flynn, El Zal.

Of course, if you count the players who can play wide in the midfield, or the players who can play as a winger in the forwards, there should be more attacking wide players.

Flynn is still young, only 21 years old, and Al Zal is 23 years old.

If you can't play at a certain level at the age of an offensive player, it's basically hard to have high expectations.

As a result, Koeman intends to loan Flynn out and sell El Zhal.

Liverpool's level dictates that the attack is actually more demanding.

Strikers are the ones who hoard the most.

Nemet, David Ngog, Babbel, Kuyt, Voronin, Torres.

Nemet and Babel, as well as Ngog, are among the young strikers, both under the age of 23.

The latter two showed much more talent and strength than Niemet, so Coman felt that there was no need to dwell on this issue and directly sold Nemet.

Of the three strikers over the age of 25, Torres is the star of the house, Kuyt is a versatile player, and Voronin is over 30 years old.

In doing so, Koeman has streamlined his squad of 30 men in the first team.

In the end, 22 men remained, and if needed during the season, they could also be redeployed from the development squad, and they are not much different from the young players in the first team who have been loaned out or sold.

The next day, Koeman handed over the list of sales and loans to CEO Wilkot, and then he personally spoke to each of the departing players, telling each other in an open and honest way, and at least the basis of the negotiation was frank.

Then, Koeman officially began to coach the team to prepare for the new season of the Premier League!

Although there are fewer team-mates on the training ground, Liverpool are full of energy, and Koeman will need to determine the team's technical and tactical system.

After he fully understood the technical characteristics of each player, he discovered an awkward situation.

What position should Qin Xiong play?

In midfield, Mascherano and Marcos Alonso form a back two, and in attacking midfield is Steven Gerrard.

It was not appropriate to move Gerrard to the wing, and let Qin Xiong play in the midfield and put Alonso with nowhere to place.

After training on Aug. 4, Coman let Qin Xiong stay.

The master and apprentice walked on the sidelines of the training ground, and Coman said frankly to Qin Xiong: "Qin Xiong, it is undeniable that you are the most powerful player in the team, but now the question we encounter is, what position should you play?" First of all, I want you to be honest with me, what position do you want to play? ”

Qin Xiong thought for a while and said: "Actually, I don't know, I can only use the elimination method to answer your question, the center is not good, I need running space and cover to better play the strength, although the right winger can play, but the backfoot with the left foot to shoot and dribble is always not as flexible as the right foot, then I can do the remaining two positions, the middle position of the front court ambushed behind the center, and the left winger is also OK." ”

Coman nodded while listening, in fact, before Qin Xiong left Ajax, Koeman had transformed Qin Xiong once.

At first, he played the position of playmaking midfielder, and later established that the double back was led by Galasek to be responsible for the tandem attack, and Qin Xiong's position became a forward midfielder.

During the Arsenal period, due to the growth of Cesc Fabregas and Wenger's later use of defensive counter-attacking ideas, Qin Xiong and Henry became counter-attacking double arrows in the frontfield.

When he arrived at Real Madrid, Bosque's transformation of Qin Xiong activated his offensive ability after insertion, making him a shadow striker, and Qin Xiong's figure existed in the entire front waistline.

Therefore, there is no need to discuss the specific position Qin Xiong is fixed in, his flexibility needs the team to adapt, but at the same time, he also needs to be able to exert his full strength.

According to the change of roles on the field in his career, it can be seen that Qin Xiong said that returning to the position of the organization will limit his play, which is not untargeted or playing a big name, because he has not been fixed in the role of the midfield of the organization for a long time. (To be continued.) )