Super Prophecy Master

Chapter 325 The Transfer Work Begins

It’s just past mid-April now, and the FA Cup final will be held in mid-May, with one month in between, and Millwall has plenty of time to prepare.

The outside media are still reporting Millwall's early victory.

That's the big news.

The FA Cup final is still a bit far away, and the media will not report on games that are that far away. Apart from Millwall winning the championship, the media's focus is still on the league rankings.

Millwall is definitely number one.

No.2 Chelsea is not much suspense, No.3 is Manchester United, Manchester United has six points more than Liverpool, Liverpool has a very small chance of catching up.

Then the suspenseful thing is the fourth place in the league.

Fourth in the Premier League is a very meaningful ranking. The top three in the Premier League will automatically qualify for the UEFA Champions League group stage. No.4 also has the qualification to participate in the UEFA Champions League play-offs. If they are eliminated in the play-offs, they will Automatic drop into the last 32 of the UEFA Cup.

So being fourth in the Premier League means qualifying for the Champions League.

For any team, the UEFA Champions League is very important, so the fourth place in the Premier League becomes very important.

At present, Liverpool is fourth in the Premier League, followed by Arsenal. Arsenal is only two points less than Liverpool. Tottenham Hotspur has the same points as Arsenal, but the goal difference is the relationship between Arsenal. Sixth behind.

Liverpool, Arsenal, and Tottenham Hotspur, the three teams competing for the fourth place in the Premier League, is still very interesting. The fierce competition has also made the fourth place in the Premier League squeeze out the Premier League title and become the hottest topic.

This is also the helplessness of the British football media.

Who made the top three rankings in the Premier League locked early?Millwall won the championship three rounds ahead of time, and Chelsea must be second. Manchester United can't even catch up with Chelsea.

At the end of the Premier League, the top three have lost their highlights. It is really a pity!
Millwall doesn't need to be so emotional, they will go to training and prepare normally. The next three league games are not important, but they need to prepare for the next game, because the opponent is Liverpool.

"It can be said to be an early rehearsal for the FA Cup final between Millwall and Liverpool."

That's how the media sees the game.

Zhang Yang also asked the team to seriously prepare for the game, but his point of view is different from that of the media. There is no need for Millwall to fight head-to-head with Liverpool. The next three rounds of competition are tantamount to tasteless for Millwall. Winning or losing does not matter at all. Wall just needs to use the game and know a little more about Liverpool.

This is Zhang Yang's idea.

The rest of the coaching staff also see it this way. Even if the league loses to Liverpool, it will not affect the FA Cup final between the two teams. The game is different from the game. Paying attention to an insignificant league is asking for trouble.

In addition, Liverpool's league is not easy to deal with.

If Liverpool want to cling to the fourth place in the league, they will definitely make up their minds to fight this game. They treat the league with Millwall more seriously than they treat the FA Cup final with Millwall. There is no doubt that, In terms of influence, economy, etc., the FA Cup champion is not as good as the top four in the Premier League.

On the first day of Millwall's return to training, members of the coaching staff were watching Liverpool's game videos and analyzing Liverpool's recent situation to gain a detailed understanding of their tactics. Regarding Liverpool's style of play, the entire coaching staff For research, the players do some restorative warm-up training.

Zhang Yang went to the training ground.

On the training ground, Zhang Yang continued to use the newly acquired 'potential recognition' to check the football talent potential of each player, and also got some useful results——
Darren Bent: Possesses football shooting potential.

Rating: Nine stars.

Josh Simpson: Possesses football set-piece potential.

Rating: Eight stars.

David Livermore: Possesses football one-on-one defensive potential.

Rating: Nine stars.

Jamie Vardy: Possesses football dribbling potential.

Rating: Nine stars.

and many more.

The above are the "potential identification" players with outstanding abilities, and a large number of players belong to the type of "no potential".

Like Kevin Braniff.

When Zhang Yang used 'potential recognition' on Braniff, he got a sentence, "Target person: Kevin Braniff, football talent potential: none."

"none?"

Zhang Yang checks the main players first, and then checks the substitute players. Braniff is also considered a main player, but the result is 'none'?
What do you mean?
Zhang Yang soon stopped being entangled, because most of the players in the team got the result of 'none', even Jody Morris and Smicer said, "That is to say, these players did not stand out in any single event." potential? Or because their ability level is average."

Zhang Yang is still a little confused, but what is certain is that when a player with individual potential is detected, the detected potential must be quite outstanding.

Just like David Livermore, he was detected to have outstanding potential for "one-on-one defense". If you think about it carefully, there are really very few players who can face Livermore one-on-one. Most of the opponents who do this They were all cut off directly.

Maybe Livermore is too strong?
Zhang Yang thought about it carefully, and finally shook his head. No matter what the reason is, Livermore's one-on-one defensive ability is not bad. Maybe in the future, he will be more "decisive to steal" because he may have outstanding effects.

The same goes for other potential players.

For example, Darren Bent has the talent for shooting. He is the only one in the team with this talent. So Darren Bent is really a natural shooter. He always performs well in front of the goal, and he has a good chance of scoring goals when he shoots from various positions.

'Potential recognition' is still very reliable.

"Potential identification" also gave Zhang Yang a deeper understanding of the abilities of the players in the team, especially young players who can identify the potential must have potential. As long as they can grow normally, there may be a chance to become a player in the future. pillar.

But if a team wants to achieve good results, it is definitely not enough to rely solely on the potential of the players. The grown-up stars are the key to supporting the team's good results.

Now Millwall is at the top.

If last season, Millwall is still a small club 'struggling on the verge of relegation', training young stars is also an important source of income for the club, but after winning the league championship, Millwall will have to look forward. Top clubs will use the training of stars as an important source of income. They will only continue to buy stars trained by other clubs, so as to improve the strength of the team, achieve better results in leagues and European competitions, and develop business in the surrounding area and even the world. , is the real development path.

Zhang Yang doesn't care if Millwall develops or not. That's the job of Ebenezer and Wilkinson. What he cares about is the strength of the team.

When Millwall's first team was still training, Zhang Yang was already discussing summer transfers with Ebenezer, Wilkinson and others.

The club’s revenue reported by Ebenezer has become the focus of several people’s conversations, “This season, we have won the league championship and the FA Cup has also reached the final, and we will definitely receive more than 500 million pounds in TV. Broadcast fees."

This is very important.

The Premier League has a very high share of TV broadcasting, and it also takes good care of small clubs. The TV broadcasting share of income relies on data, one is the league ranking, and the other is the number of viewers of the team's games, that is, the influence of the club.

In terms of influence, Manchester United, Liverpool, and Chelsea all have an advantage, but influence is only one of the factors. The league ranking is also very important. Millwall ranks first, and TV broadcast revenue will definitely enter the top four.

This is a big income item.

"In addition, there are league championship bonuses and FA Cup bonuses. Our peripheral business is also developing. In the past year, Darren Bent's jerseys sold the most, reaching 11 pieces."

That last bit is a little pathetic.

For example, some of the world's top superstars, such as David Beckham, have sold more than 20 jerseys after moving to Real Madrid. Darren Bent is the most popular star in the Millwall team. The performance in a single season was quite good, and only 11 jerseys were sold.

In this regard, the club's commercial department still needs to continue to work hard.

Afterwards, Ebenezer returned income from many aspects. Zhang Yang was a bit overwhelmed. He didn't care about the club's income and expenditure. After the end, Zhang Yang asked directly, "How much transfer funds are there for summer recruits?"

"About £3000 million!"

Ebenezer reported a figure, "If Prince Mossad does not continue to invest, we can also have more than 3000 million pounds in transfer funds."

Zhang Yang was satisfied.

Wilkinson said, "Don't worry, Prince Mossad has never thought of using the club's money, and when the club was acquired, there was still a balance of funds. Our transfer funds can at least exceed 5000 million pounds."

Zhang Yang was even more satisfied.

5000 million pounds is a large amount, which can allow Millwall to add enough personnel and support the transfer of large funds, so his transfer target has more options.

In the summer transfer, Zhang Yang is still looking forward to it.

Millwall's results are good. Even if he continues to participate in the league with the original lineup, he is confident of getting good results, but the team will participate in the Champions League next season. He also wants to get good results in the Champions League. The team will definitely face many challenges. For online combat, it is very important to supplement the main lineup, and it is even more important to supplement the depth of the bench.

So Millwall has to get to work early.

In terms of summer transfer supplements, what Zhang Yang considers to strengthen is the wing: left and right avant-garde, left and right full back.

These two positions are the most urgent.

At present, the team's wide players can only play a limited number of players such as Josh Simpson, Braniff, Konchesky, and Joey Healy, and Joey Healy's ability has been unable to match Now that he is on the team, his position has been replaced by Braniff, and Zhang Yang is also considering selling Joey Healy.

In addition, other marginal players with extremely limited appearances will also be removed from the team.

There is no way.

The competition of professional teams is so cruel. Even if you have contributed to the team, you may not be able to keep up with it, and you will not be able to represent the team. Any team is not a place for 'retirement'. Players who cannot play will choose themselves. Leave, they will want to keep playing.

Zhang Yang intends to give the team a big change. As soon as the transfer window opens, players who cannot play and apply for transfers will be listed for sale, and then the players they want will be purchased to supplement their strength. With sufficient transfer fee support, players who enter and leave will increase, and the transfer work will be much more complicated than last season.

Now Millwall also has a certain attractiveness.

In terms of comparison, it must be incomparable with Manchester United, Liverpool and other teams. After all, Millwall is only a newly promoted champion. The outside world does not think that they can continue to maintain good results, just like Blackburn, who won the league championship once. In the second season, the results have dropped sharply, but after all, they have won the league championship, and the new champion is still attractive to some players, which is much stronger than the average small club.

This is also one of the important capitals for Millwall to compete in the transfer market.

After returning to the head coach's office, Zhang Yang began to check the players of each team, the internal news of the European transfer market and various materials submitted by the staff, but what he did not expect was that the transfer of players had not yet started. , he was first poached by others.

"It's Tottenham! They asked if you are interested in coaching!" Andy said to Zhang Yang on the phone, "We haven't signed a contract yet, you can still think about it."

Tottenham Hotspur Club, the current head coach is Dutch coach Joel, who has done well in coaching, but he has already confirmed that he will leave Tottenham. Tottenham is eager to find the next head coach. When Tottenham knows, Before Zhang Yang renewed his contract with Millwall Club, he decided to ask Zhang Yang's opinion to see if he was interested in taking over Tottenham.

It's also a risky decision.

Zhang Yang led Millwall to win the league championship, which is considered a miracle in the English league, but miracles are often unrepeatable. The time is too short for anyone to judge Zhang Yang's coaching ability.

So Tottenham is just a tentative inquiry.

Zhang Yang only thought about it for a few seconds, and immediately said, "Push me."

To Tottenham?
Of course not.

Millwall changed the boss, but the new boss treats him well. His treatment has improved substantially, and the team is basically stable. He has the support of the fans in Millwall, and he has absolute control over the locker room. The team is the stupidest decision.

No matter how high the salary is given by Tottenham, he will not consider leaving. What's more, will Tottenham give high salary?
Hard!

Andy rejected Tottenham's invitation that day, and immediately went to Millwall Club to finalize Zhang Yang's new contract.

This is also to reduce the pressure of public opinion from the outside world.

As long as Zhang Yang signs a new contract with the club, everyone will know that Zhang Yang will not leave and will continue to coach next season.

(End of this chapter)