In preparation for the new season, the Birmingham team has begun to assemble.

In fact, the assembly of the Birmingham team is relatively late, because teams such as the top four of the Premier League attach great importance to the warm-up matches at the beginning of the season, and even if it is a commercial game, they assemble earlier.

Naturally, there are no commercial games to play for promoted horses like Birmingham, and they assemble a little later.

The Birmingham team assembled in mid-July, exactly a month before the start of the new season, and it was a fitting time to assemble.

And Manchester United and other teams have been assembled for more than half a month, and people have already started commercial games, which is the gap between the giants and the hanging silk stadium.

And Birmingham will not go abroad to train like Manchester United and other big teams, their training camp is at the Vorster training base.

Before the team was assembled, McLeish had already laid out a new tactic for the new season, a plan to prepare for the new season, and the team's opponents in the human competition.

During the month-long training camp, the Birmingham team had a total of seven warm-up opponents, a total of seven warm-up games.

When the new season is assembled, the team has many more fresh faces and fewer familiar faces, which makes the veterans in the Birmingham team somewhat embarrassed, although they are used to seeing such scenes in their professional careers, but their hearts are still somewhat sour, after all, they are old, and it is easy to look back on the past with emotion.

When the team assembled, there were three yellow faces in the team, and it was only then that the players of the Birmingham team realized how strong their team was in Asia.

Before the team was assembled, McLeish brought in the team's captain, Lee Carsley, and vice-captains Mike Taylor, Martin Taylor, and Dongfang Chen.

In his office, McLeish began by telling the team's captain, Lee Carsley, "Lee, I informed you before the team brought in the team that you are likely to be no longer a regular in the team this season, and I asked you what you thought about staying or leaving. ”

Lee Carsley nodded, "Yes! I also know that it is difficult to play in the Premier League with my quality, but I have the confidence to be a rotation player, so I chose to stay. ”

McLeish nodded, "Yes!" This is also the positioning I gave you for the new season, and to be honest, our team still needs you very much! But in that case, you might have to take a back seat and become the team's second captain. ”

Lee Carsley had been prepared for this, and since he was no longer the main player of the team, the captain naturally could not be re-elected, and Lee Carsley nodded: "Yes!" I think so too. ”

After McLeish said this to Lee Carsley, he said the same thing to Mike Taylor and Martin Taylor.

In fact, when Lee Carsley of the McLeish team said that, they knew what McLeish would say to them, and the two also expressed their willingness to give up their status as captain.

Seeing that the three people in front of him were so aware of the righteousness, McLeish was relieved, and at the same time admired the ease and ease of these three people.

Then McLeish said to Dongfang Chen: "East, according to the discussion between me and Chairman Carson, we have finally decided that you will be the captain of the Birmingham team in the new season, are you ready?" ”

Dongfang Chen was slightly surprised, he didn't expect McLeish to let him be the captain of the team in the new season, he has only been in the Birmingham team for one season, this is a little inappropriate, right?

McLeish saw the question in Dongfang Chen's heart and said: "There are a lot of newcomers to the team in the new season, and many old people in the team may not be able to play the main team of the team. Compared to the other three, although you are the latest to come to the right place, you are the most suitable to be the captain, and Carson is very optimistic about you, he wants you to be the captain of the team. ”

Hearing this, Dongfang Chen understood what Yang Jiacheng meant, which was nothing more than a means for Yang Jiacheng to attract Chinese and even Asian fans.

Of course, Dongfang Chen also believed that MacLesh was right, and after thinking about it, Dongfang Chen nodded and said, "Okay!" I'll do this new job! ”

McLeish smiled and said, "Yes! As Birmingham's sharpest spear, you have to have this domineering spirit! ”

Lee Carsley and the others immediately stepped forward to congratulate Dongfang Chen and said, "Congratulations, Easter! Occasionally, Captain, hahaha! ”

Dongfang Chen rolled his eyes and immediately said: "I said that the big brother was teased of me, okay, you can help the little brother a lot in the future!" ”

Li Carsley and the others immediately cheered Dongfang Chen and said, "Don't worry, we must be on your side." ”

From that day on, Dongfang Chen became the new captain of the Birmingham team, and the team's vice-captains were still Lee Carsley and Mike Taylor, and Sebastian Larsson also became the reserve captain, if the previous people were unavailable, Sebastian Larsson was the captain of the Birmingham team.

Today, the new team gathered for the first time in the new season, and many newcomers came to the scene, first of all, the newcomers introduced themselves.

The biggest signing for Birmingham in the new season is Daniel Sturridge from Manchester City, who spent £6 million on Birmingham and is a well-deserved Birmingham summer transfer bid.

Daniel Sturridge is very young but not shy at all, and he does not recognize life at all, he has an extraordinary bearing, he introduced: "Hello everyone, my name is Daniel Sturridge, you can call me Daniel, please take care of me in the future!" ”

Dongfang Chen took the lead in applauding and welcoming the new teammate.

Next up is the introduction of Emerson, Lee Bowyer and others, Emerson is now the biggest player in the Birmingham team, having played for the Italian giants Old Lady and the Rossoneri, as well as Real Madrid, winning multiple league titles, winning the Champions League and the World Cup, and his career is extremely successful.

However, Emerson is not a little arrogant, but very easy-going, and his face is full of smiles when he introduces him.

Lee Bowyer is different, this guy exposes his image as a villain with one mouth, Lee Bowyer is also famous in England, but what makes everyone remember the most is not his infinite scenery during his time at Leeds United, but the fact that he was in Newcastle United and his teammate Dyer was both red.

Regardless of this deed, in fact, Lee Bowyer's career can be described as a bad record, he is a complete villain, and now that he is older, this guy still has not restrained, and he has the image of a villain.

However, Dongfang Chen and other Birmingham players welcomed Lee Bowyer with applause, after all, everyone is already teammates, and if you don't look up and look down, you have to give some face.

And then there's Senderos, a player whose career has been full of ups and downs, the pinnacle of his career came too fast and went too fast, the core of Arsenal's back, the talented centre-back of the year, has now fallen to the point where he can almost play five goals, and don't forget that he is only 24 years old now.

Senderos seemed to be a little shrunken when he introduced himself, not at all like a player from a big club, and it seems that these things still hit him hard.

French full-back Zim Bonda was introduced in a decent manner, neither ostentatious nor too reserved, looking mature and steady, and McLeish kept nodding his head on the side.

Next up are Joe Hart and Caspar Schmeichel, both of whom are young people, but their personalities are very different, Joe Hart is more mature and stable, while Caspar Schmeichel is a bit out of the box, and he has a living treasure style.

Boateng is also very modest when he introduces himself, not pretentious at all, and is a straightforward person, such a person is suitable for friends.

Finally, there are two players from South Korea, Ji Chengyong and Li Qinglong, Li Qinglong and Ji Chengyong have a common characteristic when they introduce themselves, that is, they are generous and confident, and they are neither humble nor arrogant when they introduce themselves, which makes people feel very good.

And there is also a gap in the personality of the two, and the gap is relatively large, Li Qinglong looks like a more rigid person, when he introduces himself, he is serious and well-behaved. And when Ji Chengyong introduced himself, he was always smiling, and even a little timid.

After introducing himself, Dongfang Chen, as the captain of the team, began to introduce teammates to these new teammates.

Ji Chengyong and Li Qinglong were a little surprised to see Dongfang Chen, a Chinese player, being able to captain the Premier League team, and at the same time they were full of curiosity about Dongfang Chen, they wanted to see how this Chinese player could be the captain of the Birmingham team.

After the players were introduced, everyone had a preliminary understanding, even if it was a family, everyone would get to know each other in games and training in the future.

The next step is the distribution of jersey numbers, because some players have left many numbers empty, and of course there are some players who think it is difficult for them to get the main position of the team to give up their jersey numbers, and the players can reassign their jersey numbers.

Dongfang Chen actually wants the No. 9 jersey very much, but the No. 9 jersey is on Kevin Phillips. Although Kevin Phillips said he was going to give up the number 9 shirt, the Birmingham players didn't accept it and they gave the number 9 shirt to Kevin Phillips.

In fact, Kevin Phillips still has a soft spot for the No. 9 jersey, and in this case he is happy to continue wearing the No. 9 jersey.

Without the No. 9 jersey, Dongfang Chen felt that it was not bad to wear the No. 18 No. 1+8 jersey, which was also equivalent to No. 9. But it is said that the Premier League does not work, the 18th is the 18th, and there can be no number like 1+8.

At this time, Jemiro gave up his No. 10 jersey, and Dongfang Chen hung the No. 10 jersey.

Next, Joe Hart got the No. 12 shirt, Caspar Schmeichel got the No. 24 shirt, Sendros got the No. 15 shirt, Zim Bonda got the No. 14 shirt, Emerson got the No. 27 shirt, Lee Bowyer got the No. 29 shirt, Boateng got the No. 19 shirt, Li Qinglong got the No. 17 shirt, Ji Chengyong got the No. 18 shirt worn by Dongfang Chen, and Daniel Sturridge wore the No. 11 shirt. Jemmero, who contributed the No. 10 shirt, wore the No. 8 shirt.

The number of the others has not changed, and the shirt number of the new season has been set.

Once the shirt numbers and the wardrobe in the dressing room were determined, the Birmingham team began preparing and training for the new season.

In the new season, McLeish wants to return to the 442 formation, and in the forward line, Daniel Sturridge will partner with Dongfang Chen to destroy the city together.