After taking care of the assistant coaches, the next step is to take care of the players. As a newcomer, Ji Ya has managed to bring in a few confidants, such as Lambert, Lovren, Giroud...
These three people were all introduced during his tenure, so they are naturally considered to be his confidants. However, when coaching at Southampton, even if he is the boss, he must gain the support of the youth training players in order to be stable.
In fact, Southampton's players are all honest kids and don't have many problems. The main reason is that Ji Ya is too young and has no other achievements. Basically, he has no prestige at all.
Ji Ya has his own way of doing this.
July 15th is the day Southampton’s pre-season training begins.
As a League One team, they did not have a lively welcome ceremony. The newly joined players and remaining players arrived at the Staplewood training base on time on this day to prepare for the training camp of the new season.
As a representative of Southampton's youth training, Adam Lallana came very early. He rose to prominence in the team last season. Although the team was relegated, his performance was unanimously praised by everyone.
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He is a technical attacking midfielder with better skills than the average English player. He runs actively, passes the ball and is a direct threat to the goal. His choice to stay in the new season is also a good thing for Southampton.
Something the fans are happy about.
When Lallana was humming a song and changing clothes, Lord James came over.
James and Lallana are in the same year, both were born in 1988. They are also the same youth training players. The two are still very familiar with each other, but as a defensive midfielder, James has not been able to stabilize a main position. Lallana
Nacho is already the main force.
James was a little frustrated about this, but seeing his good friend Lallana's outstanding performance, he was also very happy for his good friend.
"It's my first training today. I wonder how good our new head coach is." James said while changing clothes.
"It's definitely not bad if you can get the UEFA A-level certificate. Let's just listen." Lallana replied.
Saying this, Lallana has enough confidence. There are not many offensive midfielders in the team now. After Suleman left, he is the only one. No matter what he does, his position will always be very stable.
Of course, he also knows that James' situation may not be good. The midfielder has Simon Leite who is good at defense, the third captain Walton who is active in running, and Shi Shi who has gradually grown up after playing for Southampton for two years.
Nedlin, compared with these three people, James is somewhat inferior.
"We have spent close to three million on signings this season. The club must be ambitious... Don't worry, with so many games in a season, you will definitely have games to play."
Lallana comforted James and then set off with his good friends.
After arriving at the training ground, all I saw were familiar faces. First captain goalkeeper Kelvin Davis, second captain center back Chris Perry, third captain midfielder Paul Walton...
Most of Southampton's players chose to stay behind so that the players could quickly get to know each other.
The three newly joined players are not late either. The tall center Giroud, the top scorer in English League One Lambert, and the Croatian center back Lovren - these three are all tall. Ricky Lambert is 1.8 meters tall.
Seven is even the shortest among the three...
In England's lower leagues, tall players are always useful.
The players greeted each other, and the three captains also chatted with the new players. At this time, they had no ideas of intrigue. Why would they fight after they had already joined the League One?
What's more, Southampton does not have a tradition of internal strife. Their performance has declined sharply in the past two years. The main reason is that economic problems have led to a lack of combat effectiveness.
If the economy is poor, we can only cash out good players and use a large number of young players. The veterans in the team are all old bones and there are not many players who can be used as players... It is strange that such a team can achieve good results.
Even if young players are used, there is no reason to rush the ducks to the shelves. The team must have playing players to take charge and old players to lead the way. Only then can the new players improve quickly.
Ji Ya's three signings this time are all 23 or 24-year-old professional players, which also earned him high recognition from the media.
Just when everyone was chatting, Ji Ya appeared on the sidelines with someone.
Compared with Ji Ya, who is less than 1.8 meters tall, this person looks very conspicuous, with a tall body, a thin face, gray hair, and a kind smile...
Everyone was stunned, except Giroud and Lovren.
Ji Ya came to the players and coughed: "Everyone, hello, I am your new head coach, Ji Ya. But now I want to introduce to you the new members of our coaching staff who are responsible for communicating with the players in the locker room.
To communicate…”
"Mr. Mathieu Le Tissier!" Southampton's players almost shouted this name in unison!
Matthew Le Tissier, one of the greatest players in Southampton history, was nicknamed "God". He played for Southampton throughout his life and played for seventeen seasons. There are countless deeds about him, the most famous one
Of course, it was Strachan's comment: "When people think of Southampton, they think of Titanic and Mathieu Le Tisseur, but ships can be built better and better, but there will never be another Le Tisseur."
Say hello."
In the minds of Southampton youth training players, he is God forever!
It's just that after retiring, Le Tissier did not work at Southampton, but coached several low-level teams - it is no secret that he can coach the English team without a coaching certificate...
However, Le Tissier seems to have little talent in coaching and has not made any achievements. He worked at Summit Sports for the past two years. Summit Sports almost acquired Southampton before, which has a lot to do with Le Tissier's tenure there.
And now, is he finally going back to Southampton?
"After my persuasion, Matthew finally agreed to resign from Summit Sports and return to Southampton Club. From now on, if you have any questions in the locker room, you can come to him." Ji Ya pointed at Le Tissier.
, said proudly.
If you want players to respect you, you need results.
But when the results cannot be shown yet, you can only rely on the coach's prestige.
It's like when a famous champion coach goes to coach a new club and the players are more honest.
When a coach without a championship goes to a championship team, the players tend to be a little jealous.
But Ji Ya also has no prestige.
Therefore, he can only borrow prestige.
The big deception potion obtained in exchange for five achievement points finally succeeded in convincing Le Tissier to become a member of Ji Ya's new coaching staff.
