coach legend

Chapter 345 The goal of the new season
"George, don't we need to add a striker?"

This season, because of Kevin Gallagher's retirement, there are only three players left in Blackburn's forward line.Needless to say, Klose is Blackburn's first choice.Dave Suker is very strong, but he is already old.I am 33 years old this year, and I am about to retire.

As for Drogba, the age is just right. 23 years old, unfortunately not strong enough.Although after two seasons of training in the Premier League, if he wants to replace Klose on his own, he still needs to continue to hone.

That's why Evan proposed that Blackburn should introduce a substitute player.

But George shook his head.Blackburn is more of a single forward tactic, and three forwards are enough.

Coupled with the addition of Kaka, in fact, the forward line is still no problem in George's view.Kaka is actually not playing in midfield at this time. When he first debuted, he was still able to play in the forward position.

Kaka's application for the "Special Genius Clause" went very smoothly.After having one experience, Blackburn is already more than capable in this regard.

"Also, George. Look here's a transfer request."

George frowned and took it.Although some players were introduced, George did not think about selling players this season.The current Blackburn lineup is very mature, and George is unwilling to make major changes.

And Blackburn's current bench lineup is also perfect.George hopes to keep these substitute players, and the contribution of the substitute players cannot be ignored.It's a pity that it seems that my own ideas and the players' ideas are not necessarily the same.

"David Dunn? Carlo Cudicini?"

There were two people who proposed the transfer.One is David Dunne in midfield, and the other is Cudicini.

Neither of these Georges ever thought of selling.But since they have all submitted transfer applications, it shows that they think about it.After the general players apply for a transfer, if the head coach wants them to stay, he will persuade them.

But these two, although George didn't want them to go.But there is no idea of ​​staying.

David Dunn is a Blackburn youth player, Blackburn's own player.Since then, after being promoted to the first team by George, his performance has been very good.After three seasons, he scored 27 goals for Blackburn.

As a midfielder, his performance is still very good.

The most important thing is that David Dunn is his own.It is this kind of personalities that English clubs value most.George would not sell him if he could.Even if he is not strong enough, keep him.What's more, Dunn's strength is enough to serve as Blackburn's substitute.

But Dunn didn't think so.There was nothing wrong with being a substitute in the past, and he was always the first substitute in the midfield.But after George bought Kaka, Dunn understood that he was about to become the second or third substitute.

Dunn, who is only 21 years old, does not want to continue to stay on the bench.That's why he submitted the transfer application.

As for Cudicini even more so.Cudicini is no longer the unnamed goalkeeper who has just arrived at Blackburn from the Italian second division.It's the player who won the best goalkeeper in the Premier League last season. He is not willing to be a substitute.

As soon as the news that the club bought Van der Sar came out, Cudicini knew what George was thinking.

Although Cudicini was the best goalkeeper in the Premier League last season, he also has self-knowledge.Who is Van der Sar, the main goalkeeper of the Dutch national team.Before that, he was the main goalkeeper of Juventus.George's intention in buying this kind of person is already obvious, and it is definitely not to let Van der Sar come over as a substitute.

Cudicini is also high-spirited now.

As the best goalkeeper in the Premier League last season, he is absolutely unwilling to be a substitute.That's why there's this one now.

Seeing Cudicini, George smiled wryly.At that time, I also imagined what it would be like to have two top goalkeepers.I didn't expect that Cudicini would not give you such face at all.

"Go ahead and talk. I don't have any opinion, but neither of these two players is worth less than £500 million."

As a substitute and as a midfielder, David Dunn scored nearly [-] goals in three seasons.And Cudicini was the best goalkeeper in the Premier League last season.No matter what the two players are, the transfer fee cannot be too low.

"I see."

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After David Dunn and Cudicini entered the transfer market, many teams were still interested in them.Of course, many Blackburn fans are somewhat dissatisfied.

One is a young talented player who is only 21 years old, and the other is the best goalkeeper in the Premier League last season.

Among them, David Dunn is one of his own people trained by himself.

Many fans don't understand that two such players have been introduced into the transfer market in this way.But because George is currently very popular among Blackburn fans.So they have no other actions.

If it was George three years ago, Blackburn fans might not be able to sit still.

Clubs were soon in contact with Blackburn.

The newly promoted Fulham looks like it really wants to do a big job.He failed to grab Van der Sar with Blackburn, but this time he fell in love with Blackburn's David Dunn.If it was George, he directly refused.

But George is no David Dunn.

I don't know how Fulham fooled David Dunn. Anyway, David Dunn is willing to go to Fulham.Don't look at Fulham as a newly promoted, they don't even blink when they throw money.A transfer price of 620 million pounds was offered to David Dunn.

620 million pounds, even if George wants to buy players, he may need to think about it.But Fulham is nothing like a newly promoted.

Such a good price, of course, George will not stop it.Grandma is a bear, and immediately earned back the money to buy Kaka.

Cudicini has no shortage of buyers.Whether it is Chelsea, Serie A or La Liga, many clubs are interested in him.George was unwilling to sell Cudicini to a Premier League club, so sold him to Fiorentina for £770m.

In fact, George did not want to sell Cudicini to Florence.They are already a club that owes a lot of debt and will soon collapse.Florence also wanted to pay in installments, but George did not agree at all.Cash or fuck off.

In the end, Florence didn't know how to get the money, anyway, she paid in cash.After Toldo left, a new goalkeeper was found.

George shook his head.Florence is really suicidal.

I didn't expect my players to be so valuable. Just selling two is enough for George to buy Kaka and Van der Sar.The 2000 million pounds Paul gave George was never used up.

After Dunn and Cudicini were shot, it was already the end of July.At this time, Blackburn has already started the team's training for the new season.

Goalkeepers: Edwin van der Sar (1); Bobby Mims (12); Tarek (25).

后卫：劳伦特.布兰科（4）；里奥.费迪南德（5）；亨宁.伯格（15）；威利.萨尼奥尔（2）；威廉.加拉（3）；约翰.里瑟（23）；索尔.坎贝尔（24）；孙继海（32）。

中场：达米恩.达夫（11）；罗伯特.皮雷（7）；约翰.米库（10）；安德森.德科（6）；克劳德.马克莱莱（24）；加里.麦卡利斯特（19）；克拉格.贝拉米（39）；欧文.哈格里夫斯（13）；卡卡（8）；亚历山大.帕夫洛维奇.赫莱布（16）。

Forwards: Miroslav Klose (18); Didier Drogba (9); Dave Suker (12).

The team as a whole hasn't changed much.The biggest change belongs to the position of the goalkeeper.

George is very satisfied with the current lineup.The current Blackburn is completely in its heyday, and it is time for results.

On August 8, Blackburn played Liverpool at the Millennium Stadium in Cardiff.

This is a Community Shield match.The Community Shield and other leagues, such as the Italian Super Cup in Italy and the Spanish Super Cup in Spain, are games of a nature.That is, the game between the league champion and the cup champion every season.

Blackburn was the Premier League champion last season, and Liverpool was the FA Cup champion last season.

The Community Shield is England's Super Cup.

The English League Cup has low gold content, and the Community Shield Cup has even lower gold content.

George doesn't pay much attention to the Community Shield at all.But it is also a champion, so most of the main players are still sent.But in the game, George even replaced Micoud with Kaka.Just to see the effect.

But the effect is average.Kaka can't adapt to Blackburn's style of play.Of course, I haven't fully adapted to the rhythm of the Premier League.

But George was in no hurry.George didn't buy Kaka to make him the main player this season.Not to mention this season, even next season, Kaka may not be able to play the main force.But Kaka can bring a new style of play to Blackburn.

George doesn't pay much attention to it, but Houllier attaches great importance to it.

An FA Cup champion finally saved Houllier.Houllier has been in charge of Liverpool for three seasons, and there is only one FA Cup winner.If it weren't for the FA Cup champion in the final stage, Houllier himself didn't know if he could stay in Liverpool.

Therefore, Houllier now attaches great importance to any championship.

For the Community Shield, Houllier played all the main players.

One is careless and the other is going all out.Blackburn lost one to two in the Community Shield at the beginning of the season.

But George wasn't upset at all.Instead, when facing the media, he was all smiles. "This is a good sign. It shows that we can continue to win the league title and defend the league title this season. What a wonderful thing. Of course, in the Champions League, we will continue to break through."

The Community Shield has always had a spell.It is to win the Community Shield, then you will lose the Premier League championship that season.Especially since the 97 season, it has been like this until last season.

That's why George said it was a good sign.

"Coach Levy, when you say that you will continue to break through in the Champions League, do you mean that you want to enter the semi-finals and the final of the Champions League?"

Last season, Blackburn was already in the top eight of the Champions League, so if they continue to break through, they can only be in the top four.

George shrugged and said with a smile: "Of course. If possible, I certainly hope to enter the semi-finals, or even the final of the Champions League. And my team is already capable of entering the semi-finals of the Champions League, and even the final of the Champions League."

(End of this chapter)