Legend of Fengshen

Chapter 866 Meeting Rogers

Zhang Yuan's transfer has a lot to do with many things, but it is quite strange that this matter has nothing to do with Rogers. Rogers is not willing to leave Suarez. It's easier to get up.

Everyone knows that the role of the head coach of the Premier League can be described as a high position, but now with the development of the times, it is actually rare that the transfer rights of the Premier League are controlled by the head coach as before.

After Rodgers came to Liverpool, he didn't have much say in the transfer market, but he still had the right to make suggestions. He would tell Ian Ayre which player he wanted, and whether he could get it was not up to him. It's up to him, maybe he can privately persuade a certain player to play, but he can't make the final say.

After Qian Huan came to power, Rodgers' status was weakened even more. The only reason is that Qian Huan is not satisfied with Rogers. He wants to be famous but not famous, and he wants to have no ability. Why does Qian Huan think so? Liverpool finished second in the league last season. It was a coincidence that Suarez's unprecedented outbreak was the key to Liverpool's promotion to the championship. Without Suarez, Liverpool might not be as good as Dalglish.

Qian Huan wants a famous coach, preferably a famous coach with personality. Mourinho has personality, but Qian Huan doesn't want him. Liverpool want to play beautiful football.

Rodgers won the second place last season. There is no way that this coaching position cannot be changed, and he has to continue.

This is the current situation in Liverpool. The person involved may not know or pretend to be confused. Who knows, anyway, Rodgers is still in Liverpool's coaching position.

When Rogers was asked about Zhang Yuan's transfer, Rogers still said some words of welcome.

"Of course I hope it's true, if he does come, it will be a great addition to the team! I hope I have a good time working with him!"

But in private, he never called Zhang Yuan, nor did Zhang Yuan take the initiative to contact him. Thinking about it, this relationship is really embarrassing.

The meeting still had to be met. The Liverpool team arrived in Chicago on the afternoon of the second day after Zhang Yuan arrived in Chicago, and Zhang Yuan finally met Rogers.

At the hotel where the team stayed, Zhang Yuan came to Rodgers' room under the leadership of assistant coach Marsh. Marsh also played for Liverpool before. He played for Liverpool more than 100 times and worked for the team before Rodgers. After arriving, he promoted Marsh to the first team as his right-hand man.

There were not only Rogers but also other coaches of the first team in the room. Zhang Yuan looked at Rogers carefully. In fact, this was the first time he saw Rogers himself.

Rogers has short hair, a high forehead, a red face and a big nose, he's tall and looks strong.

A pair of hands stretched out to Zhang Yuan, and Zhang Yuan also stretched out his hand, everyone shook it for a while and then put it down tacitly.

Rogers had a smile on his face, "Zhang, welcome to our team! Sorry for not being able to attend the debut due to time constraints!"

As Rogers, he is very dissatisfied with such a meeting with the players. It is not impossible, but Liverpool made it too grand. What is this? !This is not the place to put on a show.

"Hello! Mr. Rogers! It's a pleasure to work under you. I hope we can cooperate happily!" Zhang Yuan also said with a professional smile.

Rogers didn't take it seriously, the problem of Zhang Yuan's failure was not his problem, but a high-level problem, Zhang Yuan had to get in, unless Rogers didn't want to be Liverpool's head coach anymore!

So the most important communication between Rogers and Zhang Yuan now is to know what position Zhang Yuan wants to play and what thoughts he has on his tactical thinking.

After shaking hands with several other coaches, everyone quickly sat down to talk about the topic. Time is tight for Rodgers and Zhang Yuan. It is almost August now, and the opening game of the Premier League will start in the middle of the month, which means that Zhang Yuan will It only took more than half a month to integrate into the team. On the other hand, it only took more than half a month for Rogers to incorporate Zhang Yuan into his tactical system.

Once this time has passed, the top management of Liverpool will not care about your performance. As long as Zhang Yuan is not sick or in pain, you will have to use Rogers in the opening game. Every coach hates high-level interference in their field, but this football There are too many high-level interference in the head coach's employment.

It is said that Mourinho was forced to use Shevchenko at the beginning, and he was also forced to use Ronaldo in Real Madrid.

Rogers is a smart man and will not confront the top in this regard.

Therefore, everyone’s time is very tight now, and the first hasty meeting got right to the point, which is very real and normal, and Zhang Yuan is not surprised.

Rogers was born in County Antrim, Northern Ireland.He had an unremarkable career and retired early. He was in the Reading reserve team at the age of 18 and retired at the age of 20 because of a genetic knee problem. In the following years, Rodgers "played wild football" in the lower leagues. The Ding team also has no experience in a league appearance.

He started his coaching career in the youth training academy in Reading. He is a coach who is very good at learning. Unlike many British coaches, he likes Spanish football and Dutch football, and respects the technical style of play. At the same time, he is fortunate I have worked with Mourinho for 3 years. That was the first time Mourinho was in power at Chelsea. He is very grateful to Mourinho for this experience. He thinks learning from Mourinho is the It's like studying at Harvard University.

After leading Watford to achieve good results, Rogers got the favor of his old club, but that season in Reading was quite unsuccessful for him, and he was dismissed midway.

Then he took over Swansea in the following season and led Swansea to the Premier League in that season. Rogers began to show himself in the Premier League. In the 11-12 season, he led Swansea to the 11th place in the league. He even won the League Cup and got the chance to participate in European competitions.

At this time, Rodgers was already a blockbuster, and everyone in the subsequent stories knew that he came to Liverpool to replace Dalglish.

Because Rodgers admired the Spanish football style, he was more obsessed with possession and launched attacks from the ground.

He did the same in Reading at the beginning, but it failed. Reading is a famous tough guy team among English clubs. It is a typical example of English style of play. There are a bunch of rough guys in the midfield. How can it be possible for him to control the ball? Meng, of course he also got bruised and bruised there.

After coming to Swansea, Rogers was much smarter, and he made a gradual transformation. In the season they left Swansea, their average ball possession rate per game was actually ranked third in the Premier League.

This is why Liverpool is optimistic about him, and then he came to Liverpool, but the situation here is different from Swansea, and there are no players suitable for him here. Liverpool used 442 or 4411 in the Dalglish era.

Later, with the arrival of Coutinho and Sturridge, Rogers gradually changed his thinking, and built a tactical system of siege and quick counterattack around the super personal ability of the Uruguayan Suarez.

Therefore, many people in the outside world say that Rodgers won the second place in the league because of Suarez. forward.

Like Juventus, the offense does not only rely on Zhang Yuan. Last season Tevez scored 20 goals, Llorente also scored 15 goals in a limited time, but midfielder Vidal also scored more than Scored more than 10 goals, Pirlo also scored 6 goals, Marchisio and Pogba both scored more than 5 goals, and Juventus defenders also had.

"Rodgers, I want to ask you, what kind of role do you think I am suitable for?!" Zhang Yuan asked after listening to Rogers' careful explanation.

"I hope you can play the role of center forward. I use a double forward. You played the role of center forward when you were in Juventus. I think we can try it first!" Rodgers replied.

Zhang Yuan nodded and said that there is no problem, but before that, the most important thing for him is not the role of center forward. Zhang Yuan still needs to observe his teammates carefully to see if he can play as a forward in Rodgers' lineup. What to do specifically, if you have an idea, you can mention it later.

Rogers was very satisfied with Zhang Yuan's no hesitation in nodding his head in agreement. Of course, he was afraid that what Liverpool would send him was not a player but a father. If it was a father, it would be a disaster!

(End of this chapter)