Chapter Eighty-Nine: The First Training Session

Escorted by security guards, Digan finally broke through the crowd of reporters and fans and entered the training ground, where the first thing he had to meet was Antienes, and after he returned to London from the Maldives, the two men only made a few phone calls to finalize the introduction of Pocorinho.

Speaking of which, the two haven't seen each other for a long time, and every year it's just at Christmas, send a text message to say hello, in the past two years, Antienes has been recuperating, during which a club has invited him to coach, but he refused, after all, his subordinates are used to Lu Bu, Zhao Yun, the fierce general who ascended the throne, and then let him command Liao Hua, Zhou Cang, that is not acceptable to ordinary people, the reason why he agreed to come to Tottenham this time, the main reason is still Degan.

No manager can refuse to coach a player as good as Degan, and certainly not Antienes, who knows Deegan best, will only accept it with great joy and then look forward to greater glory.

"Rod! Long time no see! ”

When Degan saw Antienes, he smiled and stepped forward to shake the other party's hand: "Hello! Instructor! It's great that we're working together again! ”

Digan has met many coaches since his debut in Atalanta, but those who can really live peacefully with him and support him are Atalanta coach Corioni, Fiorentina coach Prandelli, and former Belgian national team coach Antienes.

At the beginning, Levy said that he would invite Antienes to coach Tottenham, which was also an important reason why Degan made up his mind and agreed to come to Tottenham.

After all, after Pep Guardiola, Vilanova and Wilmots, Digan also hopes to continue enjoying his career under a manager who knows him well enough to trust him.

"Where's Coach François!?"

Digan was a little curious, in his impression Antienes and François were definitely inseparable, Meng was not defocused, a pair of good friends, Antienes appeared here, but François was not there, it was really a little unaccustomed.

Antienes was also a little helpless when he saw Dugan mention his good friend François: "Don't mention him, we broke up." ”

Deegan was taken aback: "What do you mean?" ”

Antienes and François parted ways, can this ~~~~~~~ still believe in love?

Antienes shrugged his shoulders and said: "It's nothing, he had already signed with Tottenham, but then the Belgian Football Association approached him and wanted him to be the head coach of the national team, so ~~~~~~ you know, I can't stop him from achieving his dreams!" ”

François is the head coach of the Belgian national team!

This is really big news, Digan didn't get any news before, of course, at that time, he was enjoying an isolated honeymoon with Park Ji-yeon on the island of the Maldives, and it is estimated that the Belgian Football Association could not find anyone even to ask for his opinion.

Originally, the Belgian Football Association initially chose Antienes, but at that time, Antienes had already signed with Tottenham, and he was not interested in returning to the mountain and coaching the national team, so the Belgian Football Association had to retreat and contact François.

Although François has always been an assistant coach of Antienes, the glory of Belgian football is inseparable from his contributions, and his fame in world football is not small.

François's dream has always been to become the head coach of a national team, and the Belgian Football Association contacted him, which made François overjoyed, and then terminated his contract with Tottenham and rushed to his dream position.

Digan smiled when he heard this: "That's a pity, who is the assistant coach of the team now?" ”

"Ledley. Gold! Former captain of Tottenham! Antienes gestured to the training ground not far away, "That's the man, I think you should know him!" ”

Deegan certainly knows that Ridley. Kim can be said to be an iconic figure of Tottenham for a long time, although he is not very famous in international football, but in terms of his status in Tottenham, it is basically the English Tottenham version of Maldini.

"Go up and say hello to your new teammates!"

Degan refused: "It's better not to do it yet, training is important, there are only a few days left before the start of the new season!" ”

Hearing this, Antienes nodded: "Okay! Then go change your clothes! I'm waiting for you on the training ground! ”

Degan had visited Tottenham after the European Championship and was familiar with the facilities, finding the dressing room, changing into his number nine shirt and then walking to the training ground.

At this time, Tottenham's players have also seen Degan, here, Degan's acquaintances are many, Modric, Vertonghen, Pocorinho and Dembele, are all his old friends, seeing Digan, he is also faintly excited, but because the manager is on the side, he doesn't dare to stop and go up to say hello.

As for the young people in the team, they are even more excited at the moment, for them, Deegan is an absolute idol, and he can still control it, and he doesn't run over to ask for an autograph, it's completely Ridley. Kim's accumulation of power in the team.

Of course, there are some people who have mixed feelings, such as Adebayo, although he is very conceited and a little arrogant, but he is not arrogant, and feels that he can compete with Deegan for the main position.

Before Degan came, he was the number one center in the team, and now that Degan is here, his position is about to be lost, and he is also worried at the moment.

Another mixed mood is Gallas, who was supposed to be in the middle of last season Ridley. After Kim announced his retirement, he felt that he had the hope of wearing the captain's armband, although the team's vice captain was Dawson, but it was a glass man, and he spent nearly half of the year, or even longer, recuperating from injuries, and the captain's armband was basically the vice captain's.

If he can really become the captain of Tottenham, it will be very good for him to secure his place in the team.

Gallas had previously captained the team at Arsenal and had great hopes of taking over the captain's armband, but now that Deegan has arrived, he has become the team's new captain before he arrives.

It's okay if he didn't get the captain's armband, but the problem is that when he played for Arsenal, he had a conflict with Deegan on the pitch.

What will Deegan do now?

Will there be revenge on him!

You must know that the vast majority of Tottenham Hotspur's current coaches and players in the team are supporters of Degan, and he is a veteran in his thirties who has entered the end of his career, and it is not surprising if he is excluded.

On the training ground, everyone's thoughts are different, on the side of the court, Antienes is asking about Degan's recovery, for a long time, Degan has not had systematic training, and it is unknown what the state is.

"How's the recovery?" Antienes asked, "Otherwise, let's have a thirty-minute confrontation drill!" ”

Deegan smiled and nodded: "Of course, let's get started!" ”

Antienes first called off the training and then put Ledley on the side. Kim called to his side, introduced him to Degan, and then announced a 30-minute intra-team warm-up game.

At present, Tottenham is all there except for the old injured Dawson, there are 25 people in total, and in addition to the four goalkeepers, there are 21 people.

Deegan took the initiative to ask for a substitute to partner Dempsey in the front line, and it could be seen that the captain of the American team, who was two years older than him, was very excited.

However, Degan doesn't have much of the heart to talk to the other party now, he has not touched football for more than a month, and Degan, a ball maniac, is itching his feet.

Assistant Coach Ridley. Kim made a cameo appearance as the referee of the game, and as soon as the whistle blew, the substitute side took the lead in attacking, and Antienes, who was still a little worried about Degan's state, was completely relieved from the first touch of the ball by Degan.

In this world, some people's ball sense is completely innate.

Catch the ball, stop the ball, dribble, break through, shoot and score, all in one go, so fast that his teammates who defend him can't react.

Antienes stood on the sidelines with his shoulders on his shoulders, and was faintly excited, he felt that he was lucky, because he met Digan, he has reached the height that everyone dreams of at the level of the national team manager, and now if he can succeed again in the position of club coach, he will surpass the legendary Italian coach Lippi and become the first person in the world football coach.

On the field, the more Deegan played, the more excited he became, he had too much energy to release, for more than a month, he and Park Ji-yeon were together, although they were very happy, but they always felt that they had left football, and there was something missing in their lives, and now that everything is back to normal.

Deegan wasn't just going crazy to show alone, and after gradually regaining his senses, he began to fulfill the duties of a captain, and although many of his teammates were playing together for the first time, Deegan quickly became familiar with the way they played.

His striker partner Dempsey, for example, is not a traditional striker, preferring to move outside the box, passing and receiving the ball very well, and also has a precise long-range shot.

Deegan gave full play to Dempsey's characteristics, went to the front, kept making the ball for Dempsey, trying to cooperate, in just ten minutes, Deegan scored two more goals, and also assisted Dempsey, twice to capture Lloris's goal.

Fifteen minutes of the first half ended, and then Digan joined the main side, this time it was a Defoe partner, Defoe's characteristics are more obvious, fast, the threat in the counterattack is huge, Deegan pulled behind Defoe, as the connection point between the midfield and the striker, a few consecutive passes, so that Defoe received very comfortable, and scored a hat trick in ten minutes.

Seeing this, Antienes then replaced the young Koulibaly, and Digan immediately adjusted his role, forming a double arrow with Koulibaly, using his speed and body to open the gap in the opponent's defense, and the young Ivorian youngster scored two goals honestly and unceremoniously.

At the end of the 30-minute game, the Tottenham players were completely convinced by Degan, the king of the ball is the king of the ball, no matter in any team, he can show the greatest energy in the shortest possible time.

Playing with Degan, their most intuitive feeling is that they are comfortable one by one!

It's really comfortable, whether it's passing, or receiving, whether it's playing the finisher, or acting as a conveyor, standing by Degan's side, trying to play these roles well, it's so simple.

After the training session, the players went back to the dressing room, and Antienes put Ledley Ledley in the locker room. Kim called to his side, and it could be seen that the former Tottenham captain was very excited, looking at his expression, if it weren't for physical reasons, this black man would have announced his comeback on the spot.

"Ridley! What do you think of Rhodes? ”

Ridley. What else can Kim say: "Fantastic! It's just amazing! I seem to have seen the hope of Tottenham rising, boss! Maybe our goals for the season are a bit low, but we should be bolder, champion! We're going to win the league this season! ”

Levy had set them the goal of finishing in the top three in the league, the second round of the knockout round in the Champions League and a trophy in the domestic cups.

However, after having Degan, this goal is obviously a bit petty.

Ridley. Although Kim did not dare to hope for a quadruple crown, he felt that Tottenham was very promising if he won the league.

Antienes also thinks the same way, it is not normal to have a team with Degan if they don't go for the title.

"That's right! Rhodes is the best player I've ever seen and I've seen the title beckoning to us right now! Let's go! Ridley! Go and introduce Rhodes to his teammates! ”

The two men also walked into the locker room, where some of the players had already showered, changed their clothes, and were tidying up their storage boxes.

See Antienes and Ledley. Kim came in and greeted him one after another.

"Where's Rod!?"

Modric pointed to the bathroom: "Rod is still taking a shower!" It's supposed to come out! ”

As he spoke, Deegan wiped his hair and walked out, naked, with a bath towel wrapped around his lower body.

"Rod! I think you're already familiar with your teammates, so introduce yourself and you'll be their captain for the next five years! ”

Deegan was stunned for a moment and pointed at himself: "Coach! Are you going to ask me to do this inauguration? ”

There was a chuckle in the locker room.

Seeing that Antienes was also laughing, Degan was a little helpless: "Okay! I'm willing to satisfy your bad tastes! ”

Deegan said as he walked to the centre of the dressing room he knew best, the one he had been on in Fiorentina, the Belgian national team.