Chapter 26 The New Assistant Coach

"Need to wait a week?"

"A week from now, will the club agree to the transfer whether Chelsea raises the price or not?"

"A good performance in the warm-up game in a week? Let Chelsea see their quality?"

"..."

Walking out of the head coach's office, Wright Phillips was full of Wan Sheng's words, and I have to say that he was really moved. He didn't notice Chelsea's lack of sincerity before. Instead, he felt that Chelsea was sincere. He knew it from the fact that they were willing to spend more than 20 million pounds to buy him. But now that he thinks about it, he really thinks too much. Maybe Chelsea simply doesn't. Not sincere!

For them, they are only one choice.

It is best to introduce yourself to supplement the wing, even if the signing fails, it does not matter, because they still have many choices, as for more than 20 million pounds, it is only the personal property of Chelsea chairman Roman Abramovich, for world-class rich people , This amount of money is really nothing, Chelsea Club is naturally very generous in transfers.

Therefore, the money they took out does not necessarily mean sincerity, otherwise it should be like buying Shevchenko or Ronaldinho, chasing after themselves like crazy, instead of 'don't buy no matter how much the transfer fee is' 'Attitude.

At the same time, Wright-Phillips is also more confident!

All of England, no, it should be said that all of Europe knows that Wansheng has a good eye for players. Wansheng's comments on players' abilities, and even comments on various teams, are very accurate, not only leading to the success of Derby County, For two consecutive summers, the European Cup and Liverpool's Champions League miracle, Wansheng, as a bystander, has become one of the protagonists, so we must admire his vision of football.

It is precisely because of Wansheng's reputation in this area that he can get his affirmation. For many professional players, it is also something to be proud of.

Even a star like Wright Phillips, especially Wansheng is still his head coach, the young but famous head coach, actually praised his ability. Still makes him feel good. So he has more confidence in his abilities.

As confidence increases, demands naturally increase.

Chelsea bid 23 million pounds for themselves, this transfer fee is enough, but the contract they want to sign is also a problem, maybe after a while, Chelsea will offer a better contract?

Wright-Phillips is still very concerned about his treatment. not to mention. Wansheng has promised to agree in one week, then wait another week, anyway, the league will start in more than two weeks, as long as the transfer to Chelsea can be done before the league starts.

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After talking to Wright-Phillips, Wan Sheng believed that at least until Phillips left, there would be no more problems, so he concentrated on team training.

But new problems soon arose.

Former Derbyshire training. Most of the players do their own training, otherwise Diamares will lead the team. Wansheng's work can be described as 'big picture planning', but now he has encountered a small problem, that is, after the tactics are detailed, there will be players who don't know how to deal with situations such as having the ball or not having the ball. Fewer players, but each player has a different position. A veteran like Andy Cole can only guide forwards, but when it comes to new tactics, he sometimes encounters problems himself, which all require Wansheng to answer. .

Wansheng can naturally answer general questions, but it involves many players’ game details, not just tactics. It takes a combination of tactics and problems to be able to give answers. It took a long time to discuss with Diamares, he found his ability deficit - after all, he is a pure 'academic' coach, not a professional football player before, so he needs an assistant coach with professional experience.

Bee - Nicks recommended to him a man, that is Keegan's former assistant Stewart - Pierce.

Stewart Pierce had a successful career, mostly at Nottingham Forest, where he played for more than 10 years, most of the time as a captain and a fan favorite.

At the age of 34, Pierce has reached the late stage of his career. He was appointed as a caretaker manager and player by Nottingham Forest. Although he won the "Premier League Manager of the Month" in January 1997, Nottingham Forest ended the season again with The bottom 20 were relegated, and this time Pierce chose to leave the city football stadium where he played for 12 years.

Soon he joined Newcastle United on a free transfer, but he was not reused by the head coach Gregory, so he quickly switched to West Ham United, and then went through some twists and turns until 2001, when Pierce, who was 38 years old, also won the February The "Premier League Player of the Month" was the oldest player to receive the award at the time.

In the summer of 2001, Kevin Keegan signed Pierce, who was a free agent. He was the first player to be recruited after he became the head coach of Manchester City. Pierce began to serve as Keegan's assistant after retirement. When Keegan left Manchester City, he was actually expected to He directly took over Manchester City, but Wald finally chose Wansheng. Compared with Wansheng, who achieved success in Derby County, Pierce is only more familiar with Manchester City, but he has no experience as a head coach. It is really difficult to be trusted. .

Pierce urgently needs to find a job.

Keegan didn't immediately look for another head coaching job. Instead, he felt that he had no passion for football, so he wanted to stay away from football, so Pierce had to find a way out on his own. He originally wanted to find a head coach. He has a job as a coach, but the job opportunities are given to third- and fourth-tier league teams. He doesn't like that kind of teams, but the second-tier league teams have no shortage of head coaches. If he wants to coach a top-level league team, he His qualifications are still a little too bad, so Pierce can only continue to remain unemployed. Fortunately, he used to be a professional player, and he is also an assistant coach after retiring. His income has always been very high, and there are no economic problems.

This is Pierce introduced to Wansheng by the Knicks.

Hearing this name, Wan Sheng was actually a little emotional, because he knew that if it wasn't for him, Pierce should be the current Manchester City coach, and he was too successful, which also affected Pierce, who did not coach Manchester City this time. Opportunity. But he didn't have much 'guilt', because he also knew that Pierce only served as the Manchester City coach for two seasons, and was forced to resign because of his performance, and he did not appear in the top leagues that attracted attention.

This shows that Pierce's ability is not enough as a head coach. So there is no need to feel guilty. It is a good thing for Manchester City to be the coach of Manchester City by himself, and for Pierce, he does not have to experience two years of joy and loss.

Perhaps now is also an opportunity to change his fate.

Pierce's fairly successful playing career, coupled with some experience as an assistant coach, is enough to make him a very good assistant coach, and such an assistant is what he needs now.

Wansheng needs an assistant. Pierce also wanted to find a job. So the two met soon.

In fact, Pierce was a little reluctant to meet Wan Sheng, because he had the opportunity to take over Manchester City before. If he wanted to stay at Manchester City as an assistant coach, he would not leave, but the reality made him still unemployed. In the state, it is better to see what the new Manchester City coach has.

So here comes Pierce.

The meeting between Wan Sheng and Pierce. There's nothing exciting about it, actually. He is not in the mood to think about how to convince people or anything, and all his energy is on training, so the general pattern of the meeting between the two is that Wansheng invited Pierce, Pierce agreed after some consideration, and the process was as follows: So simple.

Then the next day, Wansheng had an additional assistant coach.

He has a lot of assistant coaches, including Pierce, who already has four. He sent the useless David Toldo to help Malwood and left the more capable Peter James. In this way, a A new coaching staff was formed -- the head coach was Wan Sheng himself, and the assistants were Gael Diamares, Stuart Pierce and Peter James.

Stewart Pierce is a retired professional player with several years of assistant coaching experience, and is considered a 'practical' coach; Gael Diamares has worked with him for more than three years, leading the team in training and competition. Experience and tactics can also give a lot of opinions; Peter James is very capable and can help in everything.

Wan Sheng is still very satisfied with the three assistant coaches. With the help of the three, his work will be easier.

Stewart Pierce was actually a little arrogant after joining the group. He was a man who 'competed' with Wansheng as the Manchester City coach, but Diamares didn't care about it. Instead, he felt that he was better than Pierce. Much stronger, because he competed more fiercely with Wansheng at the beginning. If it weren't for the influence of his vacation, the head coach would be directly his, so he didn't think it was anything, especially Wansheng didn't even know about this competitor. But it is worth mentioning that Pierce does have arrogant capital. He has been with Manchester City for several seasons, and he knows the entire club, including the team, very well. The old players of the team are also very familiar with him. As assistant coaches, they are also very welcome, which is much more enthusiastic than when they met Wansheng.

In this arrogant mentality, Pierce did not expect that the first thing he did when he returned to the team was not to do anything, but to learn and learn new tactics!

He had absolutely no idea it would be like this.

He doesn't know anything about Wansheng's new tactics, and the team has entered the stage of tactical training. If he doesn't fully understand it as soon as possible, what else can he do in training? However, Pierce is looking forward to it. His understanding of Wansheng is not just as simple as a 'competitor'. He knows that Wansheng is a coach with real talents and practical knowledge. Leading Derby County to success is one aspect. Tactics are also worth studying.

Now Wansheng has brought a new tactic to Manchester City.

When he started to contact this new tactic, he immediately changed from expectation to surprise. The complexity of the tactics will give professional players a headache, but for assistant coaches, especially assistant coaches like Pierce who want to improve, there are many very useful Knowledge, he can learn a lot from new tactics, and like those players, he also feels like a window has been opened, and a world he has never seen is unfolding before him.

Pierce's arrogance turned into humility. He found that he was right in choosing to return to Manchester City, and this young man, who was more than a round younger than himself, did have the ability to make him an assistant. (To be continued ~^~)