Star Coach

The schedule has entered April, the final sprint for various league championships. The competition for the league championship is indeed between Chelsea and Manchester United. Although Manchester United has an ugly lineup in the past two years, it can also win the league championship with Ferguson's scheduling.

But this season, Chelsea has a greater chance. Drogba, Lampard and Terry, several meritorious veterans, all inspired the strongest fighting power at the last moment and have a great chance of winning the league championship again.

As for the competition for Champions League seats, it has also entered the final fierce stage. The two strongest teams in North London, Arsenal and Tottenham, are locked in a battle at the top of the standings. With the outstanding performance of Bale and others, Tottenham ranked ahead of Arsenal. In the last month or so, it all depends on Wenger's scheduling.

Manchester City is currently ranked fifth. They are only one step away from qualifying for the Champions League, but they just can't get past this step. West Ham are temporarily ranked sixth, one place above Liverpool.

After Liverpool sold Xavi Alonso, there was no corresponding reinforcement. Facing the wolves in the league, their competitiveness dropped sharply and they were defeated.

Liverpool's experience is similar to what Jiangshan predicted on Sky Sports. "Liverpool is not very competitive this season. Being able to win a spot in the European competition is a successful season. You can't blame Benitez too much."

Benitez has done his best and his halo seems to be fading. Of course, West Ham's prospects of qualifying for the Champions League next season are not optimistic. Although their main lineup is complete and they are not weak in competitiveness, the team's lineup is still thin and there are not many players who can handle it.

The players purchased by Jiangshan have already shouldered heavy responsibilities in the team, but many of them are still very young, their performance has fluctuated greatly, and they have been unable to sustain stable output.

Heynckes is also helpless. In the second half of the season, the team has been ups and downs in the top seven. Like Manchester City, it still missed a place in the Champions League.

Heynckes' ability to unite the team is definitely not as good as Jiang Shan's, but the season is long, and the total time West Ham has reached the Champions League in the standings is only a short week, which cannot be justified in any case.

Manchester City occupied the top four positions for a long time, but they couldn't hold on at the last moment and fell to fifth place. Although Jiang Shan has not coached, observing the performance of each team, he has clearly felt that this season, many strong teams in the Premier League are not as strong as before.

Next season, the competition for the league title will be even more intense. If it fails to reach the Champions League this season, how will the team stabilize in the face of the encirclement and suppression of Manchester City, Liverpool, and Arsenal next season? All are huge problems.

Many players defected because of their reputation. If they don't produce results for a long time, the team's cohesion will definitely weaken. Now West Ham is basically a new team and needs championships one after another to enhance cohesion.

In the history of the West Ham team, there are not many honors for taking shots. The 1965 European Cup Winners' Cup was the only European honor in the team's history.

Moreover, this cup has been canceled in 1999, and there is no chance to win it again. Jiangshan bought West Ham, to a certain extent, because of seeing this trophy. If the team wins the Europa League and Champions League trophies, it will be the first European Grand Slam in English history.

So far, the only teams that have won three European championships are Juventus, Bayern Munich and Ajax.

If West Ham cannot win the Champions League this season, Jiangshan will come out next season to compete for the Europa League. This UEFA Cup trophy will become West Ham's most important goal next season.

Moreover, the Europa League winner has the qualifications to enter the Champions League.

In addition to the Cup Winners' Cup, West Ham also has three FA Cups and one League Cup. Without a league championship, the quality and weight of the championship are obviously not enough.

The most recent FA Cup win was in 1980, 30 years ago, and many West Ham fans were not born yet. As for the League Cup, the year when it was won is even more distant, dating back to 1940, and basically no fans remember it.

There is a bit of history, but the weight is average, so the team is far from being called a wealthy team, but after Jiang Shan took over, the team already has all the conditions to become a wealthy team.

"In the last few games, we have to win consecutively and hope that our opponents will make mistakes, which is very difficult." Woodward suggested that Heynckes should be fired at this time. His purpose is obvious, he wants Jiangshan to come out early. Maybe Jiangshan can bring qualitative changes to West Ham when he comes to coach.

As long as they win the last few games, the team will hope to win a spot in the Champions League, but this round-faced bearded man doesn't know that even if Jiang Shan comes to coach now, the team's performance will not be greatly improved.

The team needs to adapt to the new coach, and he also needs to adapt to the players. This is a team created by Heynckes. There are still many differences in the coaching philosophies of the two. It is impossible for Jiangshan to bring about changes immediately after taking over.

Therefore, he rejected Woodward's suggestion, "We had an agreement with Heynckes before, at least to let him coach until the end of this season. Moreover, there is still a little hope of entering the Champions League, so we cannot disrupt his deployment. We’ll talk about the coaching change after the season is over.”

Jiang Shan continued, "We have to prepare in advance for next season's operations. We will go to China for training in the summer, but the introduction of players cannot be left behind."

The team's lineup is not strong enough and needs to continue to introduce new players. However, due to budget constraints, the summer signings are mainly veterans.

Focus on recruiting veterans to increase experience points and enhance the team's ability to withstand pressure.

Jiangshan plans to extend its clutches to the players it once coached. Many of the players back then were loyal to Jiangshan. Now that the order is issued, are you afraid that these players will not surrender?

West Ham is also a team that can afford high wages! Times have changed. If they want to become a wealthy team, their salary cap must be increased.

In the last round, West Ham lost again and declared that they could not win the Champions League. The goal set at the beginning of the season was shattered. For West Ham, the season is over.

Heynckes had communicated with Jiangshan and wanted to resign early. He valued his reputation very much and did not want Jiangshan to drive people away, so he took the initiative to resign in a showdown with Jiangshan.

"Actually, I am quite satisfied with your coaching." Jiang Shan blocked the resignation letter, "Although we cannot win the Champions League, the team's progress is obvious, and you have done a great job."

"But a contract is a contract, and I respect the contract. If I don't lead the team to win a Champions League spot, I will resign." Heynckes said very decisively.

"Let's talk about the whole season. There are still three games, right?" Jiang Shan is not in a hurry. He is ready to go out and must be fully prepared. "Next season, I hope you can continue to stay in England. I want to give you a What do you think about the position of technical director?”

Heynckes has good connections and abilities. It is better to stay in the team and be given a good position than to be poached by other opponents.