There is still a League Cup semi-final against Sporting Lisbon before Derby County and Manchester United, so it's a bit early to prepare for the game, and although Wan Sheng is looking forward to taking the league title at Old Trafford, he still has to play well against Sporting Lisbon until then.

For this game, Wan Sheng has made a lot of preparations.

Although the first leg won 1:3 away, the team had two goal advantages and three away goals, which almost guaranteed the team to step into the final with one foot, but the necessary preparation is a must, according to history, this year's Champions League will have an Istanbul miracle, I don't know if Liverpool can create a zào miracle due to his butterfly effect, but what is certain is that that miracle was staged in the last life, who can be sure that Sporting Lisbon can not create a zào miracle and beat Derby County to enter the League Cup?

The most important thing is not to be careless, to have a score advantage, and then to have a serious attitude, in order to stifle a miracle.

Even if there is only a slight chance, Wan Sheng does not want other teams to perform miracles on his head, so he is still very serious about preparing for the game against Sporting Lisbon.

While preparing for the game, there was a lot going on within the club.

The first thing to talk about is Wansheng's contract renewal, Kevin Tagore and the club did not negotiate smoothly, the club's euphemistic refusal of Wansheng's request for transfer rights, although he promised to increase his salary and increase various bonuses to make up for the lack of transfer rights, but Wansheng is determined to obtain the transfer right, especially now the club's attitude, which makes him feel even more suspicious - if the club's new management is dedicated to developing the team, he should not refuse this request, on the contrary, if he now agrees to renew the contract, When the time comes, the club will sell his important players, and he will not have the slightest choice.

So Wansheng's contract has not been negotiated.

Soon there was new news in the media about the transfer of players from the Derby County club. Two of the hottest players in the Derby County team are undoubtedly Rafael van der Vaart and Frank Ribery, and now their names are linked to several clubs, and there is even a 'grapevine' that reveals the 'accurate' content - Derby County FC and Derby County Hamburg have reached a transfer agreement with Van der Vaart privately, the only thing missing is to wait for the summer transfer window to open, and three parties, including Van der Vaart himself, will sign.

When Chu Yi saw this news, Wan Sheng's first reaction was not to believe it.

He felt that the team couldn't hide anything from him, and the media couldn't get the news faster than him, but this morning, he saw that Van der Vaart's expression was a little unusual. turned to ask about it, but I didn't expect Van der Vaart to admit it.

'Boss, I wanted to play with you, but Mr Sam Rush said you wouldn't be able to stay at the club in the summer, so I agreed.

Van der Vaart timidly peeked at Wan Sheng's face.

Wan Sheng frowned.

He didn't expect the situation to be so bad - if the contract was not negotiated, he did have the idea of leaving, but now that the contract extension is still being negotiated, Van der Vaart was confirmed to be sold by the club. What does that mean? In other words, whether you leave or not, Van der Vaart will definitely go!

Van der Vaart is gone, who is next?

Ribery? Maurice? Ivan Crewe? Or even Bolton Reiter, Baker Alfred?

Annoyed, Wan Sheng went straight to Sam Rush's office. Prepare to quarrel with the latter over Van der Vaart's affairs.

Sam Rush was friendly, and no matter what Wan Sheng shouted, he explained it seriously, although he was also a little annoyed in his heart. But he is well aware that the young Chinese coach is an important part of the team and that he will be able to lead the team to the league title and the UEFA Cup this season. No matter what Wan Sheng's attitude was, what kind of anger he felt in his heart, he could only try to explain it clearly.

Sam Rush has this attitude, and it is difficult for Wansheng to quarrel with him.

However, he did know the exact news - the club would have to sell at least two or three high-value players to make up for the financial difficulties caused by the acquisition of the club.

Van der Vaart is definitely going to sell, and it's not just Van der Vaart, it's estimated that there will be another Frank Ribery next, plus a young talent like Alfred or Layton Bynes, so that there will be enough money to scrape together, and even the funds for the summer transfer are among them.

In this way, there is no money left for the summer transfer.

Even with the Football Training Guru system, Wansheng will not be able to create another Van der Vaart or even another Frank Ribery in one summer, which means that next season, the team's strength will definitely decline.

If that's the case, Wansheng can still tolerate it, after all, Pearson and Sam Rush are also out of helplessness, and there is a football training master system, after a summer, Wansheng is still sure that he can improve the team's strength a little more, and ensure that next season is not worse than this season.

But the point is, Sam Rush made it clear to him that even if he agreed to Van der Vaart's transfer, the club's transfer authority would not give him it.

What does this mean?

In the future, there will be a matter of buying and selling players, and the players he has cultivated with his heart will also be sold! What was he treated for in the process?

A money-making machine to train players!

Sam Rush's attitude is very clear, that is, to sue him, the club is like this, you have to stay, the club can meet your salary, bonuses and other requirements, but in terms of transfer, you have to listen to the club.

When he walked out of the general manager's office, Wan Sheng held back the fire in his stomach and kicked the door twice, and then he exhaled twice.

At the same time, he felt more relaxed.

Whether to go or stay, I finally made a decision. After leading the team to two championships, he can really leave.

A new stage?

Wan Sheng was a little longing

In an interview the next day, Wansheng acknowledged Van der Vaart's transfer.

This incident was revealed to the media by the club's insiders, which was undoubtedly confirmed, and Wan Sheng's admission was only an affirmation, but this still caused a new round of media hype.

After all, this matter was all quoted as 'inside information' and 'gossip' before, and the person who disclosed it specifically did not appear in the field of vision at all, and the public was not sure of the authenticity of the news.

For Van der Vaart's transfer. Wan Sheng just said lightly, "I can't afford to keep him because the club has to sell him to pay off some debts." ”

The club's sale of Van der Vaart is related to the funding problem of the GSE consortium, and if you want to say that 'repaying debts' is also in the past, Wan Sheng is just looking for an excuse, he will not say anything about the GSE consortium, because that level of affairs has nothing to do with him at all.

Wansheng is only sure of Van der Vaart's transfer, and there is not much to talk about on other things.

But the media thought more about it, and they quickly thought of other Derby County talents. As a result, various media began to report the news that Derby's talented stars were linked to such and such a team, and these news filled the sports pages, even squeezing out the coverage of the Derby County and Manchester United matches.

This upset Derby County fans.

They're expecting to win all sorts of trophies this season, they've already won the Community Shield, the League Cup, they're about to win the league title, they're going to have a chance to win the UEFA Cup, they're in great shape at the moment, and they're always excited when they think about their results.

You can sleep and wake up. It seems that the sky has changed

The Daily Mirror, The Sun, The Times, and even the local Derbyshire Sport, Derbyshire Life, plus various sports programmes are reporting on the transfer of clubs if a player moves to the club. They will also be interested in paying attention, but this is the club's players who are leaving!

And he is also the core player of the team - Raphael van der Vaart!

Frank Ribery!

Layton Bynes!

All these great players are leaving?

Derby County fans immediately couldn't sit still, they were originally indifferent to the arrival of American capital in the club, and in their hearts they actually hoped that foreign funds could be injected into the team. So that the team can bring in a few big stars in the summer, but what is the situation now? Contrary to what they imagined, it was the club's top management who wanted to sell their team's stars!

This will not be tolerated!

So in the afternoon of this day. Nearly 2,000 Derby County fans gathered and shouted in front of the club, surrounding the entire club, and many media reporters ran over to 'wave the flag and shout'.

Soon both club chairman Pearson and general manager Sam Rush couldn't sit still.

In fact, they had anticipated this when they were considering selling players such as Van der Vaart, who had just taken over the club and sold the core players of the team, which obviously made the fans very unhappy with them.

They had already thought about facing the situation, so when the moment came, they knew what to do.

Pearson and Sam Rush walked out of the club's door, and they were immediately surrounded by fans, with a dozen security guards guarding them closely.

Pearson took the microphone handed over by the assistant, stood calmly in the middle of the fans, and first said, "We are about to win the league championship!" ”

"And the League Cup winner!"

Hearing these two words, the fans calmed down a little and planned to hear what this guy had to say. Pearson then added, "I've been a Derby fan since I was a kid, and I live in Derby, so a lot of you have seen me. I love Derbyshire, and I'm willing to do a bit to make Derbyshire better! Now I'm excited to be the chairman of Derby County and I hope you can trust me that I can lead Derby County to great glory! ”

Motivation alone is obviously not enough to completely impress the fans, and then Pearson began to explain the transfer issue, "Recently, the media has reported a lot of our transfer news, and now I am here to say for sure that most of them are false, of course, it is not excluded that some are true reports, but every club has transfers, some are sold, some are sold, player transfer transactions are normal in modern football, I hope everyone will not be fooled by these news, next season Derby County will be better than now"

Wan Sheng stood far away, listening to Pearson's speech to the fans.

He had to admit that Pearson was still a bit eloquent, Van der Vaart's transfer deal became a normal transfer in his mouth, and after talking about the transfer lightly, he shouted some useless slogans, if the fans who don't know the inside story will really be deceived by his words.

Just listening to Pearson now, you must think that this is a good president who thinks about the club, but in fact. The club is indeed going to sell the core players, not for the development of the club, but for the service of the GSE consortium, and conversely, if Ji-Smith does not sell the club, although he has no assets, he will definitely not sell the core star for money, because he does not need the club to make money for him.

Compared to the two, it is definitely the 'nothing' Gie Smith who is better to be the chairman, because he only has the club. There is nothing else.

But these have nothing to do with Wansheng anymore.

He was determined to leave, and it was completely irrelevant to him how Plzeň would develop the club in the future, or what Derby County would become in a few years' time.

Now all he has to think about is how the team is going to win the remaining two titles.

Derby County need the title, and as a manager, he needs it too, and at least in that respect, the two have the same goal, even if they have to leave in the summer. He also has to take these two championships, which is also a gift he gave to the fans before leaving!

Wan Sheng ignored what happened at the club and put all his energy into the game.

On May 6, Derby County welcomed Sporting Lisbon at the Pride Stadium. This is the second round of meetings between the two sides, with two goals and three away goal advantages, and the mentality of the whole Derby County is relaxed.

Before the game, Wansheng solemnly reminded everyone to deal with it seriously and not to give the opponent any chance. With the advantage and the reminder of Wan Sheng, the whole team is very serious about the game.

Because it was a game against Manchester United in two days. Wan Sheng did not field all of his main players, with Van der Vaart, Leighton Baines and Ivan Crewe all on the bench, but despite this, Derby County played well on the field.

With two goals down, Sporting Lisbon had to launch a big attack in the opening game, but Derby's 'OS-Fast' offensive system was enough to keep the opponent scrambling, and Sporting Lisbon wanted to attack, but was forced by Derby County to rob very wolf.

In this case, the best option was to defend solidly, but they had to attack, and in the 17th minute of the game, Bolton Reiter opened the door with a powerful shot from Sporting Lisbon.

“4:1！”

"Burton-Reitt helps Derby County continue to widen the gap! Now Sporting Lisbon has no chance," said the on-site commentator Alfer excitedly, "This goal is enough to ensure that Derby County will get a ticket to the final!" ”

As Alfi said, after Bolton Reiter's goal, the Lisbon players had little confidence.

They were already 1:3 down, the game was so passive, the opponent scored another goal, think about this situation, how many chances are there to win?

As for miracles? That guess can only be done by luck.

If God had been behind them, they could have gone up and tried it, but it was clear that Derby took the game seriously and they couldn't find any chance to attack the front court.

Sporting Lisbon were even worse off after losing confidence, and they failed to score until the halfway point of the second half, when substitute Peter Kennedy opened the gap again with a long-range shot from outside the box.

5:1, the winner is decided.

It wasn't until the 77th minute that Sporting Lisbon scored a face-saving goal, the last goal of the match between the two teams.

The final two-legged score was fixed at 5-2, and Derby County eliminated Sporting Lisbon to advance to the UEFA Cup final.

It is worth mentioning that the venue chosen by UEFA for the UEFA Cup final this season is at the Alvalad Stadium in Lisbon, which is the home of Sporting Lisbon.

Sporting Lisbon will only have to watch as the other two teams battle it out on their own turf for the UEFA Cup title.

The next day, another match came to fruition, with CSKA Moscow knocking out Benfica and becoming Derby's opponents in the final. (To be continued......)