Summer training continues, Crystal Palace transfers continue to operate, and the full-back invitation has finally made progress. The team spent 2.1 million pounds to buy Scottish Premier League Celtic defender Mark Wilson. This full-back basically meets Wen Sheng's requirements.

, he can play on both sides, he is only 26 years old, and his salary is not high.

When he introduced him, Wen Sheng didn't dare to tell the truth that I bought you here just to be a substitute. Instead, he told the other party that I couldn't guarantee anyone's main position, but I could give you a chance to compete fairly.

We agreed not to cheat, but in the end Wen Sheng shamelessly cheated.

Of course, he has deceived players quite a few times.

At the same time, there are also signings in the midfield. The team spent 4.5 million pounds to introduce Stroman from Sparta Rotterdam in the Dutch second division. This time, it was the team's chief scout Marder who compiled the previous scout report and provided Wen Sheng with the candidate. After hearing this

Wen Sheng decided to play with his name.

According to the scouting report, Stroman has good height, is mainly accurate in long passes, and has a relatively wide range of movement. He is a versatile player in the midfield and can play as a central midfielder or a left midfielder.

If attacking from the backcourt, Stroman is definitely a good midfielder candidate. His long passes from the backcourt can make good use of the team's speed advantage in the frontcourt.

The key point is that 4.5 million is really not expensive.

With the arrival of Stroman, Matic's status in Wen Sheng's mind has plummeted, and Wen Sheng hopes that Stroman will take over Delhi's position.

After these two players came to report one after another, Wen Sheng discovered that he had hired several players from the Netherlands in one summer. The Dutch were first-rate in playing football and engaging in internal strife. He thought to himself that these boys would not give me anything.

Add to the blockage.

I secretly warned myself that I could no longer go to the Netherlands to recruit players.

Of course, he also found that he wanted to bring in four players. In addition to Mader, Zahavi helped find a few players and pieced them together. Today's Crystal Palace is a proper championship team according to the players' respective future trajectories. Think about it.

He couldn't help being pleasantly surprised at the team's room for growth.

No matter where these boys are in the future, I can still gain a reputation as a bole!

Wen Sheng was even more relieved during the training. De Bruyne behaved himself and obeyed the instructions.

The daily intra-squad matches taught De Bruyne a very profound lesson, and it should be said that it also taught the newcomers a profound lesson. There was too much physical contact, and it was difficult for the newcomers to hold the ball firmly, let alone

Well done.

The old players did not resist Wen Sheng's training methods, which were more novel and tiring than Warnock's summer training, but they had more confidence in Wen Sheng. Only the new players could see that they were a bit perfunctory at first, and more than

De Bruyne is the only one, but after learning a lesson and being ruthlessly despised by Lawrence Hawking, they are eager to get better and finally know the importance of off-the-ball training.

Before the start of the second phase of training, Onyewu and Boateng, who participated in the World Cup, also returned to the team.

The Crystal Palace transfer has basically come to an end. The center has not been agreed upon, so Wen Sheng can only make do and see if there is any suitable target next.

Currently, there are three goalkeepers in the team: Julian Speroni, Stuart Taylor, and Wesley Fodlingham (promoted from the youth team)

Defender seven: Nathaniel Klein, Patrick McCarthy, Lee Hills, Wes Morgan, Oguchi Onyewu, Mark Wilson, Virgil van Dijk

Midfielder twelve: Sean Dery, N'Golo Kante, Alassane Ndiaye, Kevin Stroman, Nemanja Matic, Neil Darnes,

Ryan Smith, Dries Mertens, Sean Scannell, Wilfred Zaha, Kevin De Bruyne, Kevin Boateng

Forward two: Jamie Vardy, Alan Lee

The team now has a total of 24 players, and replacements can be found in every position. It would be perfect if they could complete the introduction of a center.

...

"Our summer training has only reached its climax now!" Wen Sheng said this to everyone at the team meeting held in Chadron before the second stage.

After the training started, the players finally realized that Wen Sheng was not lying. The second phase of training was even harder. They ran up and down mountains every morning. The amount of training throughout the day was greater than at the Beckenham training base.

"I know you are tired, but as long as you persevere and this stage is over, you will find that you have benefited a lot!"

"Since you are getting a salary, you must have a professional attitude. It is the obligation of each of you to complete the daily training tasks with high quality and quantity! If anyone feels that they do not want to complete the training, then you should submit the application yourself and stop receiving the salary!"

"Everyone must have team awareness and team spirit. Football is a sport for eleven people..."

All these and similar words, Wen Sheng is like Tang Monk saying it in front of everyone every day. After all, it still has a good effect, and the players can listen to it more or less.

It is said that this stage is really hard, but many players themselves can also feel the changes in their physical condition.

"It feels pretty good!" Wen Sheng interviewed Van Dijk one night, and Van Dijk gave him a good response.

Van Dijk is a newcomer, and he is very special. Other players are transferred from the first team, but Van Dijk defected to Crystal Palace from the Willem II youth team.

The training intensity of the youth team is far different from that of the adult team. It is not at the same level at all. Therefore, his foundation is inherently worse than others. It is more difficult for him to complete the first phase of training, and he often ranks last. In the second phase, he is basically the lowest.

My nephew was also lighting lanterns above, but he was still relatively poor.

But he said it felt pretty good, and Wen Sheng was a little skeptical.

"Tell the truth and don't be too worried!"

"No, boss, I'm telling the truth, I do feel much better than when I first joined the team!" Van Dijk is not introverted. After the adaptation period, he no longer felt as nervous as when he first met Wen Sheng.

Wen Sheng nodded with satisfaction, "That's good! Virgil, you have just come into contact with the training mode of the adult team, and the training volume now is much larger than usual. Don't be impatient. After this period of training, you will

It will get better gradually."

"Here you go!" Wen Sheng handed Van Dijk a box of video tapes, "In it are some tactical analysis videos of top defenders!"

Unlike Kante, who was able to fight last year, Van Dijk seems not to be as good as the Van Dijk that Wen Sheng knows. He is currently of an empty height, his header is okay, and other things include defensive positioning and physical confrontation.

, steals, interceptions, etc. are all not good enough, and they are far from the first guard in the world that Wen Sheng knows.

Of course, Van Dijk has a really good physique, and with the temptation of being the only guard in the world, Wen Sheng has very high expectations for him, and often gives Van Dijk pointers. Van Dijk is also very grateful to Wen Sheng and is very obedient.

Wen Sheng is very strict in training, but he also likes to communicate with players. From the first stage, he has been constantly talking to players. He has a lot of exchanges with each player. The first purpose of doing this is to get to know them better.

The second reason for the thoughts of the players under my command is to comfort and encourage everyone. Training is indeed very hard.

Overall, the results are pretty good. Young players, not big names, are much easier to serve and more obedient than those "fathers".

The main person in charge of formulating the training program for the second phase was Brock Hall. Wen Sheng was also worried that the training intensity would be too high, but Hall assured that there would be absolutely no problem. He said that the training program was based on the overall condition of the team's players.

It has been adjusted so that it will never hurt the players.

With this guarantee, Wen Sheng put it into practice.

In early August, the second phase of training ended and the team did not have any injuries. Wen Sheng was relieved and his trust in Hall also increased a lot.

In order to warmly celebrate the end of the second phase of hard training, Wen Sheng led the players to Milan, took a one-day trip to Milan, and then took a flight from Milan to London.
Chapter completed!