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Chapter 103 Season Signing [First Update]

For the fans.

The first day of the new season is when the league begins. No, it is the moment when the Super Cup of each major league begins.

For the players, the first day of the new season is the day when the team starts to gather and prepare for the new season.

As for the club's senior management and coaches.

The first day of the new season begins after the end of the previous season.

For a team.

The most important thing in the new season is recruiting players.

The hard drive is permanent, but the soldiers are transient.

Any team will replace some players before the start of the new season to keep the lineup fresh and energetic.

As for the media.

The most eye-catching news for fans before the new season starts.

It's the transfer rumors.

As the absolute dark horse of last season.

Winner of the French Ligue 1 and Europa League titles.

It can be said that all the big clubs are drooling over this group of young players from Monaco.

There were media reports in England.

Manchester United's new coach Mourinho is eager to get a strong center forward - every successful resume of Mourinho is inseparable from a strong center forward.

In Porto, he had Alberto.

At Chelsea, he had Drogba.

At Inter Milan, he had Ibrahimovic and Milito.

In his tactical system.

The role of a strong center is indispensable.

Therefore, the English media will naturally link Sunshine with Manchester United - looking at the transfer market, the center forward most likely to appear on the "shelf" is Sunshine who plays for Monaco.

People are convinced that the sun will leave Monaco sooner or later.

He will go to a bigger platform to prove himself.

Manchester United may be that "bigger platform" - this was the logic of the English media when reporting this matter.

Especially when Sunshine's agent appeared in Manchester and even entered Manchester United's Carrington training base, such rumors became rampant.

In fact, Manchester United did contact Monaco, but Monaco's response to Manchester United was just three words: not for sale.

Raiola went to Manchester United not to discuss Sunshine's transfer, but to discuss Ibrahimovic's contract with Manchester United.

Mourinho takes over Manchester United.

This is the biggest news in the entire European football world after the end of the European Cup.

Manchester United fans are very excited because besides Mourinho.

It is said that Manchester United will also bring Pogba, last season's Serie A best player, back to Old Trafford.

Mkhitaryan, last season's Bundesliga best player, is also getting closer to Manchester United.

This would be if last season's Ligue 1 best player, Jose Mourinho, was also brought to Old Trafford.

The best players from the three major leagues come to serve our Red Devils family.

Wouldn't this mean kicking Manchester City, punching Chelsea, beating up Arsenal, and brutally beating up Liverpool, winning the Premier League title, and realizing the revival of the Red Devils?
But the news came out afterwards.

The Sunshine showed no signs of moving.

The player who came to Manchester United was not the best player in Ligue 1, but Ibrahimovic, who came second in the Ligue 1 best player vote.

Manchester United fans are disappointed.

But two best plus one second best, plus the championship coach Mourinho.

This indeed fills Manchester United fans with hope.

Just when the transfer rumors were rife.

Monaco's pre-season training is proceeding in an orderly manner.

The team's transfer department and coaching staff held several meetings before pre-season training began.

The main content of the meeting, of course, was related to transfers.

The team's owner agreed to the coaching staff's plan and kept last season's main lineup.

At the same time, several players will be added according to the needs of the coaching staff.

"This season we will make some minor adjustments to our tactics, mainly changing from a 442 system to a 433 system."

During the meeting, Yalding explained to the participants why this change was necessary.

"Because we have a strong enough center forward and we build our attack around him, we can play with two wingers and two central midfielders behind them."

On the tactical board, Jardim laid out the team's main lineup for the new season.

"Mbappe is on the left, Yang is in the middle, and B席 is on the right. This forward configuration has different characteristics on the left and right sides, but both can provide strong support to the center forward."

"Behind them are Lemar, Bakayoko and Fabinho."

“The back line is the same as last season.”

"This is the same starting lineup we had last season. What's the difference between this position change and last season?" asked sports director Carlson.

"The difference is that Yangguang's responsibilities have changed. He will become a real core center. The core point of all our offensive tactics!" said Jardim.

"What about Falcao? Should we continue to loan him out?"

Yalding frowned when he heard this.

"I will talk to him and if he wants to stay he will be an important addition to our system."

In other words, it means the main substitute.

Last season, Jardim was considering changing the team's formation to a 433 system.

With Sunshine on the pitch, playing with two strikers is a bit of a waste of Mbappe's abilities.

In fact, Mbappe spent most of his time playing on the left side last season.

That being the case.

Then this season his position will be fixed at left winger.

And B席 plays as right winger.

Thus.

Mbappe on the left can play as a pure winger, breaking through, cutting inside and crossing.

And B席 on the right plays like a wing midfielder.

The two sides have different characteristics, so it is very difficult for the opponent to defend.

Yang Guang is naturally in the middle. In addition to scoring goals, he also has to serve as a center forward to support the attack and connect the left and right sides.

In this way, the team can make more flexible tactical changes.

The team's current staffing seems to be sufficient.

At least this starting lineup is pretty good.

But now that the team has new goals in the new season.

In order to achieve this goal.

The substitute lineup also needs some updates.

First, people left: captain Toulalan's contract ended, and he did not sign a new contract with the team, but joined Bordeaux as a free agent; Portuguese veteran Carvalho also left the team.

In addition, backup center Carrillo also wants to seek new challenges.

The second is the personnel: midfielder Boschlia and striker Germain both returned from loan, and the coaching staff has to decide whether to continue to loan them out or keep them in the team.

Falcao has also ended his loan at Chelsea, and how to deal with this big-name player is also a rather tricky issue.

Then comes the recruitment of personnel.

If we want to play 433, we need to find a substitute for the winger.

Now, after several fringe players left, the forwards are relatively weak. One Saint-Maximin is definitely not enough to cope with this long season. Even if the French forwards Germain and Falcao are left, six forwards are still a bit weak to cope with the whole season, especially when playing the 433 system. So the forwards need to recruit.

With Tularang's departure, the midfield also needs to add a player.

However, the defense line does not need to recruit new players for the time being - the team's loaned-out central defender Abdou Diallo has performed well in training in recent days and has left a deep impression on the coaching staff, so he can stay and serve as a backup central defender.

Others such as Raggi and Toure are also qualified substitutes.

In other words, the team’s main goal is to introduce a main substitute in the forward line and midfield respectively.

On the front line, Monaco already has a target.

He is Cheryshev, a fringe player of Real Madrid and the main winger of the Russian national team.

The player's price is not high and he doesn't have much of a place in Real Madrid.

Therefore, it would not be difficult for Monaco to buy him.

The target in the midfield is Bayern midfielder Hojbjerg.

The Danish player joined Bayern when he was just eighteen years old.

He was loaned to Augsburg and Schalke 04 for training.

Hojbjerg is a young player with great potential that Guardiola is very optimistic about.

But this summer, Guardiola left Bayern.

Therefore, Hojbjerg's future at Bayern seems a little bleak.

Twenty-one is the age when one needs playing time. The Dane is probably unwilling to continue wasting time in a top team like Bayern Munich, so he either continues to be loaned out or seeks a transfer.

And Monaco will definitely have a place for him. The team will play in the Champions League this season and fight on multiple fronts. Players like Hojbjerg will definitely be the main substitutes. As long as he does not get injured, he can be guaranteed to play in about 30 games a season.

therefore.

Monaco quickly began pursuing both of them.

The titles of French Ligue 1 champion and Europa League champion are still quite useful.

Cheryshev was originally planning to join Villarreal, while Hojbjerg was also flirting with the Premier League team Southampton.

As a result, Monaco expressed interest in them.

Both of them are also seriously considering joining Monaco.

finally.

Monaco bought Cheryshev from Real Madrid for a transfer fee of 5 million euros.

Cheryshev's position is pure substitute.

But Hojbjerg is different.

He is positioned as the main competitor of Fabinho, Bakayoko, Lemar and Moutinho.

He is competing for a starting position. If other midfielders cannot compete with him, it is not surprising that he will replace them.

According to Jardim's plan, there are five players competing for three main positions in the midfield.

Such a configuration should be able to cope with multi-line operations.

Therefore, Hojbjerg's negotiations were rather bumpy.

In the end, Monaco impressed Bayern with 1300 million euros plus some additional terms - of course, Hojbjerg's own wishes also played a key role in this.

Because the transfer fee that Premier League team Southampton is willing to pay is even higher.

Monaco officially announced two signings.

The outside world was somewhat surprised.

Monaco, who won the French Ligue 1 championship, was not demolished.

Instead, we continue to strengthen it!
Moreover, Monaco has been saying "not for sale" for so long, and I originally thought they were raising the price.

did not expect.
None of the core players in their lineup were sold.

The team's pre-season training is proceeding in an orderly manner, and several pre-season warm-up matches have been played.

Whether it is from the preseason personnel lineup, or from various sources and interviews with players.

Sunshine, Mbappe, B Silva and others really show no signs of leaving Monaco.

The new season is about to begin.

Many fans of top teams were anxious: What’s going on? Isn’t this the Monaco supermarket as agreed upon?
What's on your shelves?

Are people like Carrillo worthy of the title of Ligue 1 champion?

"I wish you would stay, Radamere."

Inside the team's training base.

After the loan contract ended, Falcao also returned to Monaco.

In the head coach's office, Jardim decided to have a frank talk with Falcao.

What he is most worried about is Falcao's "glass body", but Falcao did not play much for Chelsea last season, and after a physical examination within the team, no physical problems were found in Falcao.

therefore.

Jardim sincerely hopes that Falcao can stay in the team.

Because this team is too young.

He needs an experienced player to hold the line.

Falcao frowned.

He knew that Yangguang could not be a substitute because the opponent was the absolute main force.

So what's the point of him staying in the team?

Play as Sunshine's substitute?

That would be too miserable.

It is estimated that he will not get many opportunities to play in the entire season.

Jardim saw Falcao's concerns.

He said: "Radamel, I asked you to stay, not to be a substitute. I am serious that our goal for the new season is to go for the Champions League!"

"Champions League?!" Falcao exclaimed.

"Yes! The Champions League! Why can't we aim for the Champions League?" Jardim smiled. He found that Yangguang's approach was really useful.

Using the bait of "Champions League", B Silva and others were successfully persuaded to stay for another season.

Now it is estimated that Falcao can agree to stay in the team in the new season.

Of course, this is based on the premise that everyone can really see hope.

"Radamel, we will definitely invest a lot of energy in the Champions League, so we will not have only one lineup, so you will become an important member of the team. I believe in your experience and ability, as well as your personality charm. I hope you stay and wear the captain's armband."

"A captain sitting on the bench?" Falcao said self-deprecatingly.

"No!" Yaerding shook his head. "You're not a substitute. You can coexist with Yang. You're not yet at the point where you can completely become a substitute."

Jardim pulled over the tactical board.

"We will not stick to one player combination. When you appear on the court with Sunshine... Mbappe and B Silva can support you."

"We can play 433, 4231, 442, and there is a place for you in all of them."

"You will share two positions with B Silva and Mbappe. B Silva can sometimes play in midfield."

"Do you still think you'll lack playing time in this situation?"

Four people, sharing three seats.

Plus, Bernardo Silva can play in midfield.

so.
Falcao really doesn't seem to be short of playing time.

Think of this.

He nodded and said, "Okay, I'll stay!"

Yaerding smiled and stretched out his hand: "Let us create a great era together."

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