I build a giant in the Premier League

Chapter 41 Boss, the person you are talking about is not me, right?

In his previous life, after being a head coach for decades, Yang Cheng learned a lesson.

Even if you see it with your own eyes, it may not be true.

Not to mention the rumors I heard.

Many people say that Las Diarra is a thorn in the flesh with a weird personality.

Yang Cheng also thought so for a time.

But after several conversations in Le Havre and then in London over the past month, Yang Cheng discovered that things were not that simple.

For example, his dispute with Le Mans.

In Yang Cheng's previous life, many people regarded this incident as a bad start to Las Diarra's career.

But actually?
Las Diarra's parents are from Mali and came to France for a better life.

But they can't even speak French well, let alone understand French.

His father was a bricklayer, his mother was a cleaner, and there were seven children in the family. You can imagine how difficult it was to support the family.

So his parents go out early and come back late every day and have no time to take care of the children at home.

Las Diarra said his father taught him a lesson.

“When you encounter difficulties, you must work harder and continue to learn. Only after you have endured hardships can you seize opportunities!”

This is also the life principle that Las Diarra firmly adheres to.

Fortunately, he has been playing football very well since he was a child.

In 1998, at the age of 13, he was selected into the Paris Saint-Germain youth training camp.

As a result, a year later, he was fired because he was too short and moved to Nantes.

When talking about this experience with Yang Cheng, he complained about the coaches of Paris Saint-Germain and thought he played football very well.

"They fired me simply because they thought someone as short as me couldn't become a professional player."

"I was 14 years old that year. Due to malnutrition, I grew up late and was shorter than I am now."

The last sentence is a self-deprecating remark by Las Diarra.

Logically speaking, Nantes treated him well, so why did he switch to Le Mans?
Because Le Mans convinced Lars Diarra's father.

Las Diarra himself was not sure what was said exactly. Maybe he gave the poor family some money, or maybe it was something else. Anyway, his father was convinced.

But because his parents didn't know French, Las Diarra had to get the contract himself.

It was not until Las Diarra arrived at Le Mans that he discovered that some of the contract terms were different from what Le Mans had originally said.

He was 16 years old that year.

Feeling lost and helpless, he chose to flee Le Mans.

This prevented him from joining other teams for a whole year, and he could only train by himself and play street football.

It was not until 02 that he was discovered by Le Havre scouts and joined Le Havre.

Two years later, he met Yang Cheng.

Yang Cheng didn't dare to say that he believed everything Las Diarra said about the past, but he felt that it was quite credible.

According to Yang Cheng's observation, after Las Diarra came to London, in this city full of lights, wine and women and temptations, Las Diarra would go home after every training session.

He often calls his parents and siblings in France.

In Yang Cheng's previous life, Las Diarra had never had any scandals in his private life.

As a professional player, apart from being a main player and being criticized for sticking to the ball on the court, he really doesn't have any other problems.

If I have to say it, it is Anzhi who left Real Madrid and went to Russia for money.

Shortly after he joined Bayswater Chinese, Yang Cheng asked him if he needed anything?
Las Diarra's answer was that he wanted a set of fitness equipment because he felt that he was too short and was worried that he could not adapt to the Championship and wanted to strengthen physical confrontation.

His target to learn from and catch up with is Makelele.

In addition to training, he also watched a lot of Makelele's game videos.

Because he has always played as a No. 10 in the past few years, he also watched Zidane, but later he stopped watching him.

Because he found that he could not grow to Zidane's height.

Yang Cheng opened the team's gym to him and suggested that he watch the match video of Porto and Portugal's Deco.

So, when Las Diarra came to Yang Cheng's office, the first thing Yang Cheng asked was...

……

"Have you watched the video of Deco's game that I found for you?"

"I've seen it all."

"Any ideas?"

"He is a very good midfielder and a role model for me."

Yang Cheng looked at the black boy in front of him and almost couldn't help laughing out loud.

Are you giving me a panacea answer?
"What I'm asking is, what have you learned? As a midfielder, what strengths do you think you should learn from him?"

Las Diarra was silent.

After all, she is only 19 years old.

Yang Cheng did not act hastily.

Judging from his performance in the warm-up match, Las Diarra is indeed working very hard.

Every time he takes the field, he fights hard.

If nothing else, based on this attitude, there is no reason for the head coach not to like him.

He is short, fast, flexible, and most importantly, he can run very well.

There are some deficiencies in defensive skills, but these can be improved.

"In my mind, in today's football world, Deco is the best midfielder, no doubt about it!"

When Las Diyala heard what Yang Cheng said, he was obviously irritated.

He was first surprised by Yang Cheng's evaluation of Deco.

After all, although Deco helped Porto win the Champions League, he has not yet proven himself in a top team.

Then he remembered that Yang Cheng asked him to learn Deco.

This is the greatest affirmation for him.

"When you watch Deco's games, you must not watch the highlights, and certainly not just watch his individual clips. It's better to be there, see the whole picture, and see how he moves."

"You will find that he is running all the time in the game, and he runs very smartly, making it impossible for his opponents to predict his next move and direction."

“So, he can always catch the ball in the open space.”

Yang Cheng also gave the task of observing Deco to Modric.

He even paid out of his own pocket to let Modric go to watch Deco's European Cup game.

"He's always watching, watching everyone around him, watching their every move, even planning the next step in his mind, and then he'll be one step ahead of everyone else."

"This step is very, very important for all midfielders."

Las Diyala looked thoughtful.

Obviously, Yang Cheng's words gave him a lot of stimulation. "What's most rare about Deco is that he always makes the most reasonable choice, whether it's attacking or defending. He always has the right timing for passing the ball, and the speed and accuracy of his passes are also perfect."

"And the fouls, he committed a lot of fouls, his play was dirty, but the effect was very good."

When Yang Cheng reached this point, he felt that it was about enough.

He never expected Las Diarra to be a Deco.

Genius, genius.

Many things are innate and cannot be learned.

Yang Cheng hopes that Las Diarra can develop good habits of observing and reading the game from observing Deco.

This is very important for a midfielder.

More importantly, he must learn to grasp the timing of passing the ball.

Just as the data Yang Cheng obtained in his previous life, Las Diarra's passing is actually very good and has a high accuracy rate, but the number of steals in each game is also very high. Why?
Because he sticks to the ball?
No one wants to get stuck with the ball and get stolen.

The reason why this happens is either that there are not enough receiving points and no passing lines, or that the timing of passing the ball is not well judged and missed.

"After seven warm-up matches, I believe you know your general situation."

Yang Cheng looked at Las Diarra with a smile, encouragement in his eyes.

"I want to do business with you."

"Business?" Las Diyala was a little surprised.

"Yes, in the first round of the league, we played away against Reading. This game is very important. I don't like that old man Koper."

Las Diarra nodded, understanding what Yang Cheng meant.

"I'm going to let you start."

"Really?"

"But don't be too happy too soon. I'm going to make a deal with you. For every ball you steal in this game, I'll personally reward you 100 pounds."

"100 pounds for stealing a ball?"

Las Diarra currently earns only £700 a week.

If he can just grab 7, wouldn't his weekly salary be doubled?

Yang Cheng saw the shining expression in his eyes and laughed inwardly.

Children from poor families really care about money.

"Don't worry, I'll keep my promise about this reward, but..."

Yang Cheng's change of subject made Las Diyala nervous, fearing that Yang Cheng would go back on his word.

"However, you should also know the problems you exposed in the warm-up match. Since there are rewards, there must also be punishments. Moreover, as one of the most important midfielders in the team, your importance needs no further explanation."

Las Diarra just liked the feeling of being valued, so he nodded repeatedly.

"If you lose the ball in a game, whether it's a pass or a handoff, it counts. For every goal you lose, I'll fine you £200."

The penalty is quite severe.

Las Diarra's dark face was almost wrinkled.

But then I thought about the £100 reward...

He is very clear about his characteristics and advantages, and he is the best at stealing the ball.

Yang Cheng gave him the task of grabbing the ball and passing it after grabbing it.

Seeing Las Diyala's expression, Yang Cheng secretly laughed in his heart.

He took great pains to sculpt this boy.

……

After sending the troubled Las Diarra away, Yang Cheng was not afraid that this boy would not agree.

Given Las Diarra's ball-grabbing skills, would he be willing to refuse the £100 reward?
As for his position, Yang Cheng is not putting him in the No. 4 position as a defensive midfielder, so what is there to be afraid of?
After Las Diarra left, Modric came over and knocked on Yang Cheng's office door.

After a year of hard work, Modric still looks relatively thin, but his entire physique is completely different from a year ago, and he is planning to bring his family to live in London.

He now earns £2000 a week and has the ability to do so.

Yang Cheng asked about Modric's family situation with concern, and told him that if he needed anything, he could come to him and the team for help.

"Luka, I came to you this time because I want to ask for your opinion on something."

Modric nodded, "You say."

"The new players have been in the team for a month. After seven warm-up matches and training together for such a long time, who do you think is suitable to be the captain of our team?" Yang Cheng asked seriously.

Modric didn't expect that Yang Cheng would suddenly ask him this question, and he was silent for a moment.

After a long silence, Modric said, "Boss, it seems that we chose based on age last season. According to this standard, it should be Danny Coney, who is 31 years old."

Yang Cheng smiled and shook his head, "Last season was an exception, so it doesn't count."

“Would a local player be more suitable?”

"uncertain."

After a pause, Yang Cheng added: "At that time, the captain of Manchester United was a local player, Steve Bruce, and Cantona was French, but didn't he become the captain anyway?"

"And Patrick Vieira from Arsenal, he was also captain."

Only local players can be captain, and this rule is not acceptable to Yang Cheng.

"Then I think Jose Fonte might be good."

"Tell me why."

"He came from Sporting Lisbon's youth training. Over time, we have seen that he is really good. Most importantly, he gets along well with everyone and everyone has a very good impression of him."

Speaking of which, Jose Fonte is really awesome.

Even though he had just arrived and didn't speak the language, he was able to get along well with his teammates.

We have to admit that some social elites are born with this ability.

In the locker room, many times it’s not the strength on the court that matters.

Some big-name stars are too aloof and still can't handle the locker room.

Some substitute players may not play many times a season, but still play a key role in the locker room.

Well, Yang Cheng said, I don’t want to tag anyone here, don’t get me wrong.

“I did consider Jose Fonte.”

Yang Cheng looked at Modric and smiled frankly.

"But I think there's someone who would be more suitable."

Modric's heart trembled.

He felt Yang Cheng's gaze.