On July 3, Crystal Palace officially announced that it had signed a three-year contract with Stuart Taylor. Stuart Taylor used to be Arsenal's star of hope. During the 2001-02 season, first-choice goalkeeper Seaman and second-choice goalkeeper Wright were injured one after another, leaving him

Pushed to the front line, he performed well that season, playing 17 times and helping the team win the Premier League championship.

But that season was his most glorious moment. Since then, he has not made a name for himself at Arsenal due to injuries. He has been a substitute goalkeeper at Leicester, Aston Villa, and Manchester City. Now he has a contract with Manchester City.

Due, Mader recommended him.

He has been the No. 2 or No. 3 goalkeeper for a long time and does not have high requirements for status. The only high requirement is the length of the contract. He is not yet 30 years old. Naturally, he hopes to get a long-term contract from Crystal Palace. He wants to secure a long-term contract.

The idea of ​​​​a job is completely understandable. Wen Sheng gritted his teeth and agreed to give him a three-year contract. To be honest, Wenger would not do this if he was killed at Arsenal.

That is to say, in the afternoon of the same day, Crystal Palace announced the loan of Nemanja Matic from Chelsea. This deal was again led by Zahavi. Needless to say, the relationship between him and Chelsea was to secure a fringe player.

Renting is still no problem.

The name of Chelsea Taxi almost started in the past two years. Matic is the Matic that Wen Sheng knows. Of course, Matic is only 21 years old now and is not mature yet.

There is a buyout clause in the loan contract. Crystal Palace can choose to buy him out for 5 million pounds next summer. This clause was added by Wen Sheng. He actually doesn't like loaning players, especially young players, who have been trained for a long time on loan.

Raising a son for someone else?! Why bother?

Matic is Delhi's future replacement, at least that's what Wen Sheng plans in his mind.

Thinking about the team he has now, hehe, after three years of growth, it is definitely a championship-level team. Unfortunately, he doesn't know how long these people can stay. Can he stay here for three years?!

Can't tell clearly.

So he didn't say at all that he must buy future superstars and wait for him. It's just that it's really difficult for him to operate in the transfer market now.

Personally speaking, he hopes to buy some players who can compete, but the team's positions are basically locked. He is satisfied with the starting lineup and retains the core core of last season. It has not changed.

necessity, so his current position in buying people is to buy substitutes.

The age should not be too old or too young, the ability should not be too strong (too strong to afford) nor too weak (too weak to be qualified for the role), and it should help the team form healthy competition. This is really difficult to select.

From the beginning of June to the beginning of July, we have been looking for suitable candidates for full-back. As a result, we have seen and talked about it a lot, but Wen Sheng is not satisfied.

Zahavi recommended Maxwell, who is a player under Raiola. This player is really good. Unfortunately, the salary is not what Wen Sheng can accept. It is not that Crystal Palace cannot afford Maxwell alone, but

If you define him as a member of the rotation, how can you let his salary be much higher than that of the core team?

The forward line is almost the same as the full-back, and it is difficult to reinforce. Wen Sheng's favorite is Manchester City's Santa Cruz, but he can't agree on salary and playing time. You must know that Manchester City, a rich man, gave Santa Cruz weeks.

The salary is as high as 90,000 pounds. The highest salary in Crystal Palace is Wen Sheng, who only earns 20,000 pounds a week. Manchester City is unwilling to bear too much salary. Santa Cruz wants more playing time, so the loan deal naturally goes wrong.

Wen Sheng is now more and more aware of the troubles of the position of head coach. Real work is really not like playing football manager, and there are many trade-offs in recruiting players.

Crystal Palace is not a wealthy club and is quite unattractive. Now Wen Sheng understands why many small clubs always have half of the lineups of old players who are about to be buried in the soil and the other half of children wearing crotchless pants.

Even if you have money, you may not be able to do it. The salary structure within the team must be balanced. A large number of players have just renewed their contracts. This will obviously cause dissatisfaction among some players in the team and create disharmony among players who are overpaid.

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It is estimated that Wen Sheng is a little inexplicably sad because it is difficult to complete the transfer before the training camp.

"This matter has to be determined by fate. There's no point in being anxious! If you really can't, just transfer him from the youth team!" Lawrence comforted Wen Sheng.

Wen Sheng couldn't help but think, if that didn't work out, then he could be transferred from the youth team. However, the Crystal Palace youth training camp was not considered a productive youth training camp. If there was someone he liked, he would have put it up for a try.

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On July 9, all the players returned to the team as scheduled. Among the Crystal Palace players, only Onyewu and Boateng were playing with the national team. There was almost no problem of personnel imbalance.

Many players introduced each other in the locker room under the leadership of Derry, Speroni and McCarthy.

The signings in the summer are really a coincidence. Basically all the players understand English. De Bruyne, Onyeu, Matic and Boateng all speak English. Mertens and Van Dijk can also understand it.

Some.

This year's team's logistics services are much better than last year's Warnock period. The team also has specially equipped translators and helped the players find accommodation.

There are no training arrangements today. The main purpose is to provide physical examinations for the players. The physical examination equipment at Crystal Palace is too crude. Wen Sheng asked the club to make an appointment with a physical examination center in London to conduct comprehensive physical examinations for the players.

Joey's data team and Hall will work together to analyze each player's data and develop an individual training plan.

Before the report was released, Wen Sheng first called De Bruyne to his office. This kid was very boring, but he was not easy to deal with. Wen Sheng had talked to his parents before. De Bruyne was extremely competitive and had a bad personality.

A stubborn child.

What is the biggest problem De Bruyne faces when he comes to the Premier League is his body. His physical condition is very good, but for the Premier League, he still needs to improve his physical strength, which will help him improve his confrontation ability.

But will De Bruyne accept too much off-the-ball training? Wen Sheng is not sure.

When he was under Mourinho in his previous life, Mourinho once said that De Bruyne did not train hard, but De Bruyne said something else, thinking that he completed the training tasks very seriously.

Wen Sheng now thinks about this rumor from later generations. Wen Sheng feels that neither of them lied. De Bruyne did complete the off-ball training subjects, but it should be a perfunctory attitude.

"Kevin, how do you feel? You should get used to being here!" Wen Sheng asked De Bruyne to sit down and asked nonsense with a smile.

From the fact that De Bruyne made his own decision to transfer to Genk at the age of 14, we can see that he is actually a young man with strong self-care ability and adaptability.

"I'm fine, sir!" De Bruyne blushed.

"Relax, man! Come on, have a drink of water!" Wen Sheng poured a glass of water and handed it to De Bruyne, "Very good, no problem!"

De Bruyne took the water and took a sip, but he still felt stuffy.

"You need an adaptation period when you come to a new environment, whether it is training or the style of the entire league. I have told you before that our league here has a fast pace and there are more physical confrontations. Your body is still

We need to gain weight and strengthen strength training!" Wen Sheng said slowly, wanting to see De Bruyne's reaction.

"My legs are very strong!" De Bruyne raised his head and replied.

Wen Sheng chuckled, "I'm not just talking about your leg strength, I'm talking about here, here..."

Wen Sheng squeezed De Bruyne's arm and pointed at his abdomen and back.

It feels like Wen Sheng feels that he needs to train his upper body, otherwise he will definitely suffer in a confrontation.

De Bruyne frowned. He trained very hard, but that was when training with the ball. He didn't like training without the ball very much. It was boring and boring.

"It seems you don't agree with my point of view?!" Wen Sheng still smiled, saying that humans and animals are harmless.

"We play football with our feet!" De Bruyne argued with a red face.

"Okay, no problem! You can train according to your own ideas. I won't ask you to work particularly hard on off-ball training! When you want to change, then you can change! But you still remember what I said to you at your house.
Chapter completed!