"Van der Sar?"

At the Melwood training base in Liverpool, Hollier frowned when he saw the news about Chelsea’s introduction of Van der Sar from Fulham on the Echo newspaper, as if he was puzzled by the transfer. .

"How could it be him?"

"We are also very strange at this point." Phil Thompson shook his head with a wry smile.

The goalkeeper coach also said: "Van der Sar's performance in Fulham is very unstable, very good in the highlights, but very bad in the downturn, overall, among the many goalkeepers in the Premier League, he can only be regarded as average."

There is no shortage of good goalkeepers in the Premier League today. Jas Klening, Given, Butters, Dudek, Friedel... are all pretty good goalkeepers, and from the performance of Van der Sar in the two seasons of joining the Premier League, It's pretty good to be able to enter the midstream.

"As a goalkeeper, Van der Sar has many advantages, but his shortcomings are also fatal. He often shows off his footwork in the game, which often brings disasters to the team. There was a fatal mistake last season. ."

The goalkeeper coach's words immediately reminded everyone present and brought back their memories.

"I forgot which game it was. It seemed that when I was receiving a pass back, I encountered a pressing and didn't make the siege at the first time. Instead, I wanted to pass the opponent and pass again. As a result, the person passed, but the ball did not pass. The ball was intercepted and hit an empty goal." Phil Thompson laughed.

"Yes, that's right, Fulham only lost one goal in that game, which Van der Sar took the initiative to send, and they also fell into the relegation zone because of this, so Van der Sar suffered overwhelming accusations at the time."

Someone next to him immediately remembered, "The one against Bolton!"

"Yes, just to fight Bolton."

Everyone straightened out this time.

At least, from his performance in Juventus and Fulham, Van der Sar's strength is not strong, or even worse, but why would Chelsea want to introduce him?

"What does Gao Han really like about him?" Hollier asked with a frown.

Phil Thompson thought for a while and nodded: "Perhaps seeing the advantages of Van der Sar's larger range of activities."

"Yes." The goalkeeper coach also agreed. "As Phil mentioned in the report before, when Chelsea's defense was pressing forward, the gap between the goalkeeper and the defense was too large. This is not a simple request. Dicini can fill it up by expanding the scope of his activities, because the Italian goalkeeper is not of this type."

"Van der Sar is indeed very unstable, but at least it has a large range of activities and should be more suitable for Chelsea's tactics. But I still think that Alpine is just a matter of urgency and there is no better choice, so I chose it hastily. He, this is just a transition, and since Van der Sar is here for the first time, I'm afraid he still has time to integrate into Chelsea."

The goalkeeper coach's analysis made sense and was affirmed by Houllier.

"In that case, Chelsea's problems still exist, and we will continue to adopt the previous strategy."

Hollier made a decisive decision, and everyone had no opinion.

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At the Harrington training ground in London, Chelsea did not even arrange an joining ceremony for Van der Sar, but made a hastily announced on the official website and sent a notice to the newspaper that the Dutch goalkeeper participated in the team's training for the first time.

Gao Han is also fighting for all the time to help the Dutch integrate into the team.

But as everyone expected, the new Dutchman and the team have not yet established a sufficiently cooperative tacit understanding.

In order to better establish their tacit understanding, Gao Han arranged for the main defense line to be in the same group as Van der Sar in the exercise, and asked Ibrahimovic and Eto'o to work together to increase the defense and goalkeeper. Pressing force.

The effect is a little, but it is not enough.

This made the shouts of the cold on the Harrington training ground endless.

For a while he called for left-back Bridge to retreat, another called for the central defender not to press too high, and later he called for Ferreira to get as close as possible to the goalkeeper to catch the ball...

The league is about to start, and the first round is to visit Anfield, the home of the most terrifying devil in the Premier League, and everyone is under pressure.

"It's still not enough time." Cantarello sighed.

If Van der Sar joined the team from the start of the training camp, the situation would definitely be better than it is now.

But to join in a hurry, two days of training together to go north, an away challenge to Liverpool, this must be difficult for a strong man.

"It doesn't matter, the game is the best training ground." Gao Han looked open and confident.

"Now there is a lot of quarreling outside. Many fans feel that Van der Sar, Makelele, and even Veron's trade have problems with the media's advocacy." Cantarello sighed again.

Conspiracy theories are always easier to spread in this world than the truth, and it is easier to convince people.

The transfer operations of Chelsea this summer are all handled by Gao Han, but without the assistance of agent Jorge Mendes, Gao Han would not be able to do so many things by himself.

As the core coaching staff of the team, Cantarello knows Alpine very well and knows clearly that this is caused by the chaos of the Chelsea management, not what Alpine wanted.

However, in the eyes of the media and some fans who are afraid of the chaos of the world, this is a sign of Gao Han's monopoly. They even believe that Gao Han's involvement of his agent in these transfer operations is itself for profit.

Today's alpine is really yellow mud off the crotch, not so much.

Fortunately, the management did a good job this time. Chairman Bruce Barker personally clarified that every transfer operation of the club was reviewed and approved by the board of directors. The management fully believed in Gao Han's coaching.

The behind-the-scenes boss Abramovich also accepted the media interview and clarified the rumors that Gao Han used the transfer for profit, saying that he would not give up his trust in Gao Han because of this.

But Gao Han is right, and there is nothing wrong with it.

The high-level clarification not only failed to resolve misunderstandings, but increased the topic of hype by the media and fans.

Quite simply, they think this is a helpless move that the club's senior officials have to do, and even think they have been kidnapped by the high cold.

The situation outside was overwhelming, and almost all the pressure was concentrated on Gao Han's body.

But now, the team has a problem again.

It is entirely conceivable that if this week's away game at Anfield loses, the situation in Alpine will be even more difficult.

The team that spent 200 million euros to build can't even beat Liverpool?

"What they want is the topic of hype, let them go." Gao Han looked open.

Cantarello also feels that it can only be so. This kind of thing is getting darker and darker. "But waiting for the pre-match press conference, they probably won't let you off so easily. You still have to prepare early."

As usual, wait for Gao Han to hold a pre-match press conference in Harrington to announce the team’s 18-man roster. This will be the best time for all media reporters to make things difficult for Gao Han. It is completely conceivable that they will Will attack in groups.

"Don't worry, I'm not a fuel-efficient lamp either." Gao Han smiled.

Three years have passed since the beginning of Atletico Madrid. He is indeed no longer the kid who would get nervous when he saw the media reporters. Now he has the aura of the Champions League and La Liga treble crowns on his head. If he is a media reporter Too much, he dared to counterattack face to face.

As Ferguson once said, British media reporters are a group of hungry mad dogs. If you are afraid, they will rush to tear you to pieces, but if you resist and beat them up, then they won’t dare to provoke you. Up.

At that time, you only need to throw a fleshy bone at them every once in a while, and they will come up, licking your toes, and wagging their tails flatteringly at you.

But that was the case, but Cantarello still felt very uneasy.

He was born with this kind of labor and worry!

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In all, this is the first time that Gao Han has entered Chelsea and faced the media at close range.

The last time was at Ronaldinho's joining ceremony, but he was standing in the Stamford Bridge stadium, facing the media and fans from a distance, but this time was different, he was attending a pre-match press conference.

According to the news sent by the press officer, nearly a hundred media will participate in this press conference. This is the largest pre-match press conference in Chelsea's history, unprecedented.

For his debut in the Premier League, Gao Han also attached great importance to it. For this reason, he bought himself a brand-new suit and uniform in the coaching system. The effect is [power].

If it is said that the two sets of uniforms purchased before have a team effect, then this new set of uniforms now only acts on Gao Han alone, making him look more stable, more aura, and the effect is comprehensively improved. His power.

I still remember what Zhang Quan said, broad stripes, pocket squares, and three-piece suits. These are the detailed elements in the suit that show identity and influence, and are beyond the reach of ordinary people.

If Gao Han always adopted a low-key strategy when he was at Atletico Madrid before, then now, he feels that he must stand up.

Now not only England and Europe, but even fans all over the world are staring at him. Everyone in the team is watching him. If he doesn't stand up at this time, his prestige in the team will plummet.

As a head coach, if he can't protect his players, how can he ask the players to obey?

So this time, Gao Han chose a dark gray suit uniform with wide stripes, still a white shirt inside, but he wore a tie to make himself look more calm.

When he finished his suit, walked out of the room, and returned to the office, the coaching staff, team leader and press officer were already waiting for him.

When I saw Gao Han's dressing up, everyone present was bright, and even a trace of awe flashed in the eyes of many people. The effect of UU reading www.uukanshu.com made Gao Han very satisfied.

"The reporters have already come to the scene. This is the general process and the details that need to be paid attention to during the questioning session. Take a look." The press officer greeted him and handed over a document politely.

Alpine did not hold a press conference when he joined, so Chelsea also attached great importance to his debut in the British media, but what is terrible is that now there are a lot of unfavorable remarks circulating outside.

It is conceivable that the urine of the British media will definitely bite the cold.

Gao Han opened it and looked at it. His brows frowned slightly, but they immediately fell apart. He returned the file to the press officer, nodded, and confidently said, "It's okay, don't worry about it, just ask them."

The press officer was dumbfounded immediately.

Just ask?

What if this is dumb when asked by a media reporter?

But Gao Han obviously ignored him and walked straight out of the office towards the press conference room. (To be continued.)