Chapter 428: billion tops the transfer market“Beep, beep—!”
At the end of the game, Chelsea lost to the Southern Kings Bayern Munich with a score of 2:3 in their first International Champions Cup match.
In the first half, Ibrahimovic and Jiang Yuan scored goals successively, but when the main players were replaced on a large scale in the 65th minute of the second half, Chelsea conceded two goals in a row to Bayern.
It can be said that if both teams were in full starters, Chelsea would actually be one goal ahead of Bayern.
"Fuck, you should have passed the ball to me. Give me the ball. The score is 3:3 now!"
On the way back to the player tunnel, Ibrahimovic kept yelling, feeling a little unhappy about Jiang Yuan's behavior of not passing the ball to him but shooting directly in the first half.
"I have no space for that ball either, so it should be okay for me to hit it myself, right?"
Jiang Yuan spread his hands, looking somewhat speechless. Hazard pretended to be in a bad mood, and quickly walked between the two of them: "It doesn't matter who the ball is given to. Jiang didn't score, so he didn't score, ok?"
“We could have scored.”
Ibrahimovic shook his hands. He is a serious person. Although this is a warm-up match, losing such a game will still make him feel uncomfortable.
"Next time you have this opportunity, you must pass the ball to me."
Ibrahimovic put his hand on Jiang Yuan's shoulder and shared his experience from the perspective of a veteran.
"Ok! Ok! Definitely next time!"
Jiang Yuan grabbed Ibrahimovic's arm with a very sincere attitude, and the Swede also breathed a sigh of relief.
He didn't get many chances to score at Chelsea last season, and in the end he didn't even make the top five scorers.
Opportunities are earned through one's own efforts. In the new season, Ibrahimovic must find a way to get more opportunities for himself.
"River!"
Tuchel, who had been chatting with Terry in the back, suddenly shouted. Jiang Yuan slowed down and waited for Tuchel to come up. Only after he was side by side with him did he resume his original walking speed: "Thomas"
"Well, your problem today is still quite big, which is the problem of formation handling."
Tuchel said as he walked: "It was the same after the match against China a few days ago. You were opposite us at that time, but I could see that you didn't implement Mourinho's tactics well either."
After Jiang Yuan nodded in confirmation, Tuchel continued: "It's the same today. We have three defenders and four midfielders, and they are all very good players. If you find an opportunity, you can actually position yourself a little further forward."
“Have you ever played with a back three before?”
Tuchel suddenly asked a question. Jiang Yuan lowered his head and thought carefully: "Hiss, I played with Jose in the 15-16 season. Um... before in Porto, Hullen sometimes asked us to play in this formation during training."
"It seems that the experience is indeed not enough. What about the youth training? What is the curriculum of your youth training coaches?"
When asked this question, Jiang Yuan suddenly fell silent: "I, um... I have never participated in the training of the Youth Academy, strictly speaking..."
"Wh, what?"
Tuchel stretched his neck. The German is over 1 meters tall, but because he has been retired for too long, his body posture has some problems. When standing together from behind, he looks only a little taller than Jiang Yuan.
"You didn't train at the academy? How did you join Porto?"
Tuchel is confused.
It is 2017 now, and there are still players in the top five leagues who have not received systematic training?
"I joined the first team from U17. I also played for U19 at the same time, but I stopped playing after winning the FIFA World Youth Championship. We won the FIFA World Youth Championship by playing against Chelsea U19, haha!"
Jiang Yuan laughed. Just as he said, he only stayed in Porto U19 for a few days and left right after winning the championship.
"U17 jump to the first team? I can understand that"
Tuchel nodded. For a player like Jiang Yuan who is worth over 17 million yuan, skipping a grade is nothing. The question is, how did Jiang Yuan enter Porto U?
"I played football in my high school and was taken to Porto"
"High school? In China?"
“Yes, I read the book in China.”
"Oh, Jesus!"
Tuchel took a deep breath and was about to follow Hazard into the locker room, but after thinking it over, he decided not to do so and left Jiang Yuan alone outside to talk: "Are all of you Chinese players like this? Playing football in school, and then suddenly being taken away by a top Portuguese Super League team? I don't remember seeing China when I watched the World Cup..."
"I am in the minority. You really can't see it because we haven't qualified for the World Cup in more than ten years."
"Oh, sorry, then I wish you success this year, this year, right?"
"Yes, the decision will be made soon, thank you, haha!"
Tuchel scratched his nose and walked towards the toilet with Jiang Yuan: "Back to the previous question, you haven't received systematic training, so you don't know many tactics, right?"
"Um, 4231, 433, I know these two pretty well."
"Fuck, aren't these the two that Mourinho played with?"
Tuchel pressed his forehead with one hand. He never expected that his team's top star could only play two lineups. "It seems that we have to increase the number of simulated games after we go back. You need to get familiar with the three-back system. Of course, I can also summarize it for you. Do you know how to play your position?"
hiss--
Taking a deep breath, Jiang Yuan recalled what Love had said to him during training: "Defend in a low position, counterattack quickly, and don't let the opponent's defender have the opportunity to pass the ball behind him."
Tuchel shook his head: "No, these are all written in the book. You are a Premier League player, you shouldn't remember these things."
"So what should I remember?"
"Anyway, just remember, your job at Chelsea is to find opportunities to go straight forward and shoot when you have the chance. Other players will move to the left."
"Also, I was listening when Zlatan was talking to you just now. You must not listen to him. If you listen to him, we will be doomed."
"why?"
"No reason!"
Tuchel suddenly became emotional: "Run forward if you have a chance, and then you can shoot if you have another chance"
At this time, Muller walked over from the opposite side of the circular passage. Tuchel quickly stopped what he was saying, greeted Muller, and prepared to return to the locker room.
"Remember, your next task is to know your own position, and then focus on improving your personal abilities, and your teammates will find ways to cooperate with you."
After saying that, Tuchel looked down at the watch on his left hand. The interview time was about to end, so he had to hurry.
"Wow, your coach runs very fast"
Muller looked at Tuchel who was walking away, with a smile on his face, and walked up to shake hands with Jiang Yuan: "Nice kick, man"
Although he was born and raised in Germany, Mueller's English is quite good.
“Can we make a video together?”
what?
Mueller's sudden question stunned Jiang Yuan: "What video?"
“Video is video”
Before Jiang Yuan could finish his words, Mueller put his arm around Jiang Yuan's shoulders, took out his cell phone, and the two of them took a short video. Mueller and Jiang Yuan gave the camera a thumbs-up at the same time.
After finishing the job, Mueller also asked for Jiang Yuan’s WhatsApp account.
Both are Germans, so why are Tuchel and Muller's painting styles so different...
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Football Emperor: In the warm-up match, Chelsea lost to Bayern 2:3. Jiang Yuan, Ibrahimovic, Muller scored and Lewandowski scored a brace.
"China Football News" - After the game with Bayern, local Chinese fans in Singapore photographed Kyle Walker appearing at the hotel where Chelsea was stationed, but his childhood sweetheart was not with him.
Romano: Umtiti does not want to leave Barcelona, but Barcelona management believes that Chelsea has paid enough money and they are very willing to promote the transfer.
The Times' front page headline: Chelsea asked Arsenal about the possibility of Giroud's transfer. Arsenal made an offer, but Chelsea did not make any actual move. According to reporters, after completing the transfer of Kyle Walker, Chelsea's summer window budget is only about 3000 million euros, and they prefer to use this money on the defender.
In Kuala Lumpur, at the same hotel, Chelsea welcomed their new signing, British Empire full-back Kyle Walker.
Although he joined the team temporarily during the warm-up match, Walker integrated into the team very quickly. He first found his teammate Terry in the national team and asked Terry to organize a bar queue tonight. The players danced in a dark box for several hours and touched the local model dancers. When they came out of the bar in the early morning of the next day, everyone was already very familiar with each other.
"Fuck!"
Walker lost his balance and crashed into Zouma's arms, who fell to one side and hit Alonso, who then knocked Terry down: "What the fuck, I told you guys to drink less?"
After saying that, Terry rolled twice on the ground. His head was dizzy and he couldn't recover for a while.
Terry always drinks the most every time, and this time is no exception.
"Kyle!"
Terry lay flat on the ground and stretched his arms towards the sky: "I really want to know who runs faster, you or Jiang."
Walker was a little better, he was sitting on the ground.
Most drunk people like Terry Zuma are just focused on drinking, but Walker is different. While drinking, he kept touching the model next to him.
If you drink and touch at the same time, you will definitely get drunk slower than someone who just drinks all the time.
"I don't know. Jiang is still young. He will be faster than me."
"Oh, thank you."
Jiang Yuan's face was red. Apart from the one who drank less than two bottles of Kante, he should be the most sober person among all the people present.
Of course, this clarity is relative to Terry and others. Kante can see that Jiang Yuan is actually a little unstable.
"but!"
Walker pointed at Jiang Yuan and said seriously: "When I'm drunk, I can definitely run faster than you, and I can run straighter than you!" "So you're drunk?"
"No! Absolutely no!"
Walker lying on the ground: "I'm not drunk, I just want to sleep for a while"
Kant poked Jiang Yuan's ribs with his finger: "Should we call an ambulance now?"
"No, absolutely no!"
Jiang Yuan shook his head: "Call a few U...UFOs to take them back, we won't need them. I'm still sober, N'Golo, I'll take you back, I drive very steadily"
"Can I not sit down?"
"No! What are you afraid of? I'm a really good driver. Do you know how to drift? It's the one where you swing the back of the car. Get on board and I'll show you how to play."
Kant stood still: "You just said you were driving steadily, what does drift mean, Jiang, I won't ride in your car!"
"Well, play with me."
"You can't open it either!"
Kant picked Jiang Yuan up from the ground. The latter rolled twice on the ground and was about to get into the driving seat. Fortunately, the bodyguard team finally arrived at this time.
The Sun's Chelsea reporter: Chelsea players were at a local Jalan Ampang bar in Kuala Lumpur that night after the defeat to Bayern. After coming out at 2 ., the reporter photographed the players collapsing at the door of the bar. According to people familiar with the matter, the players drank a lot of beer to welcome the new Kyle Walker.
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On the morning of the 27th, Chelsea players gathered at the training ground. The Premier League athletes are top-notch football players, and their hangover sobering abilities are top-notch. Jiang Yuan was still flying a UFO yesterday morning, and during team training today he dribbled past three players and scored a goal.
"woww!"
"Good!"
Tuchel gave a thumbs up and gathered all the players together. He first explained the details of the morning training match to the players, and then asked Love to conduct special tactical training for Jiang Yuan and Walker.
The extra training for Jiang Yuan was mainly theoretical, which was handled by other members of the assistant coaching team. Love had a special chat with Walker: "We are pushing for Umtiti's transfer. You should know this. Well, everyone knows it. Then we will play with three defenders in the new season. You may need to appear in the midfield position at that time."
The two midfielders closest to the side in the three-back system, that is, the full-backs in the five-back formation, Tuchel plays this way obviously to maximize Walker's speed.
“Is this already confirmed?”
Walker asked. Although he knew that Chelsea had been playing athletics in recent seasons, he was still a little surprised when he actually heard the news from his coach.
He directly moved his position forward one degree. I have to say that Tuchel is really brave!
"It has basically been confirmed. Judging from the feedback from the top management, we can basically complete Samuel (Umtiti)'s transfer. Your position is also confirmed. This is what Thomas and I had thought of before signing the contract with Chelsea."
Germans are generally more cautious. Tuchel studied Chelsea after breaking up with Dortmund and is more likely to sign a contract after he has achieved success at Chelsea.
Of course, salary is also one aspect. Tuchel can get an annual salary of 800 million pounds at Chelsea, but only 500 million euros at Dortmund.
"Kyle, your phone's ringing!"
Alonso saw Walker's vibrating phone and called out. Walker said "sorry" to Love and then shouted, "Who's calling?"
Alonso picked up the phone and looked at it: "It's from... Anne, is this your girlfriend?"
"Oh, it's okay, just hang up."
Walker waved his hand indifferently and continued to discuss tactics with Love.
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Football Emperor's battle report: International Champions Cup Chelsea 2:1 Inter Milan, Jiang Yuan scored twice, Walker came on as a substitute and made his Blues debut.
The Sun's Chelsea reporter: In fact, Chelsea players did not drink too much beer on the night of the 25th. People familiar with the matter revealed the wrong information, and they still remained rational.
"L'Equipe" - In the warm-up match, Paris beat Lyon 3:0, and the loaned young player Mbappe scored in his debut.
On the afternoon of July 7th, London time, after finishing the three open warm-up matches at the beginning of the season, Chelsea returned to the training base with a record of 30 wins and 2 loss.
The 17-18 Premier League season will officially start on August 8, London time, but for Chelsea, their official games of the new season will start a little earlier.
The English Community Shield is a major competition held every year. As the opening match of the new season, the two teams facing each other are the champions of the Premier League and the champions of the FA Cup last season.
In this year, it would be Tottenham and Chelsea.
In the Premier League last season, Chelsea suffered a double defeat at the hands of Tottenham. It was because of these 6 points that Tottenham finally defeated Manchester City and Liverpool to win the first championship in team history.
Speaking of Tottenham, Chelsea players have hatred in their hearts!
"I know you lost to Tottenham before, twice, and I feel sorry for that.
"
In the conference room on the first floor of Cobham Base, Tuchel stood on the stage with the Blues players sitting below.
When talking about Tottenham, the players present all looked in the direction of Walker. The former Tottenham defender could only spread his hands to show his innocence.
"If you hadn't restrained Jiang, Tottenham wouldn't have been able to beat us"
Pogba said.
"Paul!"
Tuchel called out Pogba: "Although Kyle has come to Chelsea now, I think your words are inappropriate"
"Ok, whatever."
Pogba patted Walker on the shoulder and then leaned back in his chair.
"I know losing the game makes you feel uncomfortable, but I also think it is an opportunity. It's a new season, we are all new players, and we even have a brand new tactic. In fact, in my opinion, the players in our team are more capable and talented than Tottenham's players."
Tuchel looked at Jiang Yuan, Hazard, and Pogba who had just spoken, but quickly retracted his gaze: "I didn't deny Mourinho's meaning, but I think that with the new tactics, Tottenham is not our opponent"
The opening match of the new season was also Tuchel's first official match as Chelsea's coach.
All the new coach needs to do when he takes office is to prove himself to the fans.
Beat Tottenham and win the damn Community Shield. With just this one game, Tuchel can prove himself to the fans!
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Transfermarket: The 2017 summer transfer market data for the Premier League, La Liga, Serie A, Portuguese Super League, Bundesliga and other leagues has been updated, and the update time for the French Ligue 10 is around October 10th.
Player Value TOP 8:
1. Jiang Yuan, Chelsea——140M (↑20M)
2. , Barcelona——130M (↓10M)
3. , Real Mardrid——100M (↓10M)
3. E. Harzard, Chelsea——100M (↓10M)
5. Neymar, PSG——100M (delay)
6. , Real Mardrid——90M (↑10M)
7. , Chelsea——90M (↓10M)
7. Suárez, Barcelona——90M (-)
《环球体育》头版头条、全字体加粗——江逼平由梅西创造的足球运动员身价记录（），而目前江的生理年龄仅有19岁151天17小时29分钟（报刊发布时的年龄）。
Little-known fact from the Football Emperor: The South Korean national team, which ranks first in terms of total team value in this Asian qualifiers, has a total team value of million euros, slightly lower than Jiang Yuan's new value of million euros.
As soon as the news came out, the world football community, including China, was shocked. 19 million euros at the age of , this can no longer be described as an exaggeration.
The market value was updated on time at 8 pm on August 1, Berlin time. Just 8 hours later, at 2 pm in Berlin, Chelsea sent out two tweets via Twitter and Instagram.
The first tweet was the final photo of Jiang Yuan's jersey for the new season. Chelsea had already released this final photo half a month ago, but this time it was not a group photo, but a single photo of Jiang Yuan, with a line of blue English words above it.
【the future】
The second tweet was about the contract renewal news. Chelsea officially announced that they signed a new contract with Jiang Yuan at 7 pm on July 31. After the new contract takes effect next Tuesday, Jiang Yuan's weekly salary will increase from 2 pounds to 26 pounds. He and Hazard will become the only two players in the Premier League with a weekly salary of more than 35 pounds.
I have to say that the Chelsea staff are very scheming. The contract renewal was clearly completed on July 7, but they had to wait until the transfer market was updated on August 31 before posting the tweet.
The only explanation is that these clever guys in the Chelsea media team got the inside information and are just waiting to take advantage of the traffic in the German transfer market!
After the news came out, reporters wanted to interview Jiang Yuan, but after Tuchel joined, the defense line of Cobham base was strengthened to a higher level, and patrol officers did not even allow reporters to lie outside the fence to take pictures.
Even the roofs of the neighboring houses had signs put up. It was a round sign with the English word "sun" written on it, and a big red cross drawn on the word.
Because Jiang Yuan and Messi could not be interviewed, the reporter could only settle for interviewing some people related to Chelsea, such as the retired Chelsea star Pat Nevin.
Sky Sports reporters who have completed the interview posted a video of their interview on Twitter.
"That's what Jiang is like. He is the most talented football player I have ever seen."
"More than Messi?"
"Yes, at least that's how it seems to me. Nobody can be worth 19 million at the age of . You have to remember that he won the Champions League Golden Boot at the age of 18. Has anyone ever achieved this? Nobody, no one has ever achieved this."
In the video, Pat Nevin spread his hands to the reporter who was interviewing him: "Only Jiang, ONLY!"
"I know that Chelsea's performance in the league and the Champions League last season was not so pleasant, but because of this transfer, I think Jose (Mourinho) is completely qualified as a head coach. Chelsea should not break up with him peacefully, but should pay him a bonus. 1300 million euros in transfer fee, million euros in players. Ho... Jesus! I said that Jose is one of the greatest coaches in Chelsea's history. There may be many people who refute me, but this is what I think..."
In the comment section, Chelsea fans caught Mourinho talking below.
josemourinho: Factos (thumbs) (big eyes) (big eyes).
PS: Factos in Portuguese means "facts" and "truth".
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(End of this chapter)
