0005 Trip to the Netherlands 2
Van Persie and his agent almost stood up when they heard that Van Persie could choose Leeds United's number 9 and number 10 shirts, which was almost a consistent starter.
"Robin would not have started if he had gone to Arsenal, but with me, Robin would have been the best choice for me as a striker." George Lee began to paint cakes for Van Persie, and he found that his painting skills had been on the rise in recent times.
Van Persie and his agent looked at each other, seemingly interested.
George Lee began to paint the pie a little bigger again.
"In my tactical vision, Robin shouldn't just play as a left winger, he's more than capable of being a world-class centre-forward like Ruud van Nistelrooy. That's why I say Robin can choose the number 10 shirt like Ruud van Nistelrooy. ”
George Lee opened the briefcase he was carrying and took out a small tactical board.
"Coach Li, you actually carry this kind of thing with you, although you are a football coach, but is it a bit too dedicated to carry a war book board with you." Van Persie spoke officially for the first time.
"Well, I just bought it at the stationery store next door, although I also prepared some tactical records or something before, but I think this thing can be more straightforward."
"Very well, this thing is more useful than 10 sheets of A4 paper."
George Lee began to draw on the tactical board with a marker, first drawing a circle in the penalty area.
"Robin, I'm going to play a 433 next season, and you'll be my first choice as a single striker."
He then drew two more circles on the corners of the two penalty areas.
'Romedale and Glen Charles will be on both flanks.
Then he drew three more midfielders, one up front and two at the back.
'I want Robin to be a little bit more free up front, you can play in the middle or you can keep getting closer and changing positions with the two wings, you used to play on the left wing, so you're more familiar with it, but I ask you to be on the right side sometimes and then cut inside.
George Lee drew two arrows to the left and right, and circled the forward midfielder.
"This central midfielder will often go forward, in the big box and at the front of the box."
After he circled this mid-midfielder again, he drew an arrow forward.
"And then ......"
George Lee once again circled the front trio in a big circle and began to explain......
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"Goodbye." "Goodbye."
In front of the hotel, George Lee and Cruyff Jr. were saying goodbye to Van Persie and his agent.
"So, you're really bullish on this Dutch striker." Cruyff Jr. asked Van Persie after they were gone.
"I know what you think, a striker who has never been in the top five leagues, a striker who quarreled with his coach at a young age and was sent to the development team, maybe he is really worth £3.5 million, but he doesn't deserve such a high tactical position, does he?"
'In my opinion, he's not physically fit enough to be in the Premier League, he's not a good fulcrum, if you're going to play 433 strikers, he can't get the first point on the counter-attack, then Leeds can't play the sharp counter-attack at the end of last season. I watched the last few games you played in charge last season, and the Australian was strong enough to fight for the first point and then play the ball out of the two wings or Alan Smith or the midfielder from behind. ”
"Mark Viduka told me after last season that he was a bit lost in my system. First of all, I asked him to be a fulcrum, and after grabbing the first point, he quickly looked for a support team-mate to distribute the ball, rather than facing the goal, which he didn't understand as a striker. Secondly, I let him press too much in the front court and counter-attack, which made him waste too much energy, so that he did not have enough energy to complete the shooting and scoring in the attack. ”
"I can understand that you're just selling a Viduka, but what about Alan Smith if you use this Dutchman as a single striker?" Cruyff Jr. again asked, "Let him sit on the bench?" Or transfer him too? ”
"No way, he's the focus of my tactics next season." George Lee told him.
"Isn't that ......?"
'That's right, it's the central midfielder position, I'm going to move him back, a little bit back in midfield, and form a midfield trio with Davies and Gravison.
"It's a bit like Chelsea's No.8, and Liverpool's No.8 is that type too?"
"Jordi, does it seem like you're getting into the role of coach quickly and do you know our opponents for next season?"
"Oh, if that's the case for you, who is going to do our attacking organising in midfield?"
"Jordi, if you, the assistant coach, can solve the problem, do you need me as the head coach?"
'George, I'm serious, we really seem to need a playmaker in midfield.'
"Do you have any good recommendations?"
"What do you think of Rafael van der Vaart from Ajax, or Wesley Sneijder?"
"If you can, I'd like to pack up with Zlatan Ibrahimovic, what do you think, Jordi?"
"I mean really, George, these two young men are really good."
'I know, I know, not only I know, but teams all over Europe basically know it.'
Raphael van der Vaart, winner of the inaugural European Golden Boy Award. Last season, Van der Vaart made 34 appearances for Ajax in all competitions, scoring eight goals and providing seven assists as they won the Eredivisie title. The most talked about is that in the 13th round of the Dutch national derby in the Eredivisie on November 30 last year, Ajax defeated Feyenoord 2-0, Van der Vaart scored twice in the game, including in the third minute of the game, Van der Vaart received a cross from the left side of his teammate and scored a scorpion tail goal while losing his center of gravity.
Such a hot talent is being watched by countless European giants, and like Wayne Rooney, it is impossible for him to go to Leeds United.
"Can we give it a try?" Cruyff Jr. is not dead set on these two Dutch talents.
"Let's go, Jordi, we're two days before we go to Lisbon, we can go to other Dutch clubs, don't just look at Ajax, PSV Eindhoven, Feyenoord. The Netherlands may not be big, but it is still rich in genius. ”
George Lee pulled Jordi Cruyff and prepared to leave the hotel.
But suddenly found that little Cruyff stood still and did not pull.
"George, if I'm not mistaken, go back to the hotel to the right, not the left." Cruyff Jr. reminded.
“......”
"If you go to the left, it's the red light district."
“......”
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A day later, Tilburg, the Netherlands, Willem II Club.
George Lee and Cruyff Jr. are shaking hands with Wilhelm II's staff and saying goodbye.
"I'll ask the club to send in a little bit later."
"Okay, okay, Coach Li, you still run in person, we really didn't expect you to come in person." The club staff was surprised by the surprise of the unannounced arrival of the head coaches of other teams, especially foreign teams.
"Say hello to the chairman and coach for me."
"Definitely, definitely."
Willem II's club staff came to work today and were suddenly informed that an England manager was present at the club. Because it was an off-season and there was no one at the club, George Lee's sudden visit was a bit overwhelming. It just so happened that the owner, general manager, and head coach of the club were not there, and only two staff members came forward to entertain George Li and his party. After drinking two cups of coffee, George Li suddenly offered to make a bid to buy one of the team's main players, which made the two staff members even more scrambling, and talked to several club executives on countless phone calls before sending Li and his party away.
"So, Yuris-Mathieson was actually in your plan for a long time, wasn't it?" After walking far from the gate, Cruyff Jr. finally couldn't help but ask.
"No, I'm just taking Winter and the others here in Tilburg to have fun and have a walk."
Lee George began to brag.
"Would I believe it, don't you think?"
"Really, how did I know there would be a football club here, it was Winter and the three children saw the youth team playing at the training ground, and they had to join in to play with them in some group competition."
"Oh, really?" Little Cruyff had 10,000 "disbeliefs" on his face.
"Yes, I communicated with their youth team coach for a full ten minutes before they agreed."
"Are you sure? How did I hear you say to the coach that you came here to negotiate a transfer deal and asked him to help take care of the kids. ”
"Frank is a good guy, we were very good friends at Ajax, I remember one ......"
George Lee began to talk about how he and the Willem II academy coach had been teammates before.
"Oh, and does Coach Frank know you're coming today?"
"I said, I really played with Winter, Sean, and Carl to Tilburg." George Lee is still hard-mouthed.
"So what you said yesterday, let me stop just staring at Ajax, PSV Eindhoven, Feyenoord, go somewhere else to find a so-called talented midfielder, this is this central defender that you are going to buy today?"
"Sean!" George Lee shouted to the youth team training ground, "Call Winter and Carl, we're leaving, ready to go back." ”
George Lee turned his head and said another word to Cruyff Jr.
'Jordi, I'm decided, next season we've got Alan Smith, Edgar Davies and Thomas Graveson in the midfield to start, that's enough.
When he said this, George Lee's eyes were full of determination.
At this time, Li Winter and the three little children walked up to George Lee's side covered in sweat, and he asked the three of them while driving the door.
"Did you say goodbye to Coach Frank, boys?"
Cruyff Jr. saw that Lee was so confident that he didn't ask any further, he also opened the car door and sat in.
"Let's go, rest early tonight, and leave for Lisbon tomorrow."