Coaching career started as a college team coach

Middlesbrough's purchase was unexpected, but also reasonable.

Wolves' players have attracted the attention of many teams. Middlesbrough's purchase of Bowen was probably because Middlesbrough's winger still hadn't found a suitable player before the end of the transfer window.

So Middlesbrough found Bowen in the Championship League. As a Championship team, Bowen's price should not be expensive. They hope to fill the problem of insufficient depth on the bench and fight for relegation in the second half of the season.

It is precisely because of this that their offer came so suddenly, and they did not contact Bowen himself or his agent in advance.

In fact, although according to the rules, before reaching an agreement with the player's club, the team that wants to buy cannot contact the player privately in advance.

But no one actually takes this seriously. After all, before buying a player, the first thing to do is to understand the player's basic intentions, such as his desired position in the new team, the salary level he wants, etc., and more importantly, whether he is willing to join the new team.

This requires contacting the player himself or his agent in advance.

If the player personally disagrees to join the team, or his requirements are too far from the expectations of the new team, what is the point of the team making an offer to the player's team? Is it asking for trouble?

Middlesbrough's bid for Bowen is also a milestone. Because no club has previously targeted the players introduced by Wei Le, Middlesbrough is the first in this regard.

But it will definitely not be the last.

It can be said that this is actually a beginning. When the summer window arrives, Wei Le has already imagined the scene of bigger, more famous and more competitive teams waving their checkbooks.

Although from the current performance, the players of Wolves are now of one mind and want to stay in Wolves. But when the goal of promotion is achieved and a big team takes a fancy to them, it's hard to say.

For example, there are rumors that Liverpool has taken a fancy to Jota. If the offer really comes, it's hard to say what Jota will think.

Wei Le doesn't want the team he built to fall apart like this. He hopes to stay in Wolves for a longer time. He thinks Wolves actually have a good foundation and is enough to achieve more ambitious goals.

Lying in bed at night, Wei Le had imagined those grand goals in his dreams. It was obvious that Wei Le was unwilling to just stay in the middle of the Premier League. If possible, he wanted to go to the Europa League or the Champions League; if possible, Wolves might even be able to lift the league championship trophy.

All this is too far away, but Wei Le hopes that this ambition can come true.

This is even more so that Wolves cannot fall apart before they achieve results.

This is why when Wei Le first negotiated his personal contract, he required that the team's transfer decision-making power must remain in the hands of the head coach himself.

If you want to keep players, real money is more effective. Fortunately, Fosun Group is very smart. They know that the source of the team's competitiveness must be the players, and the team's most valuable assets must be people.

Therefore, in terms of player treatment, they will basically not deliberately deduct. Wolves' salary level is considered high among teams of the same level, even among some Premier League teams.

In addition to real money, if you want to convince players to stay, you need to let the players see the hope of realizing their own value in Wolves. In other words, Wei Le is eager to achieve results.

If you want to keep the players, you must let them know that staying with Wolves will definitely win the championship and will definitely be good for their careers. Only in this way will they really be willing to fight for Wolves.

Wei Le scratched his head a little irritably. Whether in public or private, he didn't want the players who were with him day and night to leave easily.

He has always been a person who values ​​feelings. When he played FM during college, Wei Le would choose to keep the veterans who had feelings for him most of the time, among the veterans who had been following him all over the country but might not be very capable and those newcomers with strong abilities.

And this is just a game.

When he really became the head coach in reality, and had to make a choice between the interests of the team and personal feelings, Wei Le didn't know what he would choose.

He suddenly understood what the sentence "The mountains and rivers are all in vain, and the falling flowers and wind and rain are even more sad. It's better to pity the people in front of you." conveyed.

In the end, there was no trouble before the transfer window closed. Wolves passed the winter window smoothly, and the second half of the season has begun.

The team's registration list after the winter window is as follows.

No. 1, goalkeeper, Aikma

No. 2, defender, Doherty

No. 3, defender, Ruben Dias

No. 4, midfielder, David Edwards

No. 5: defender, Ben Godfrey

No. 6: defender, Danny Ba

No. 7: Winger: Joe Mason

No. 8: Midfielder, Rodrigo Hernandez Cascante (Rodri)

No. 9 is vacant;

No. 10: Midfielder, Rodrigo De Paul

No. 11: Midfielder, Kevin McDonald

No. 12: Goalkeeper, Damian Emiliano Martinez

No. 13 is vacant;

No. 14: Center forward, Erling Haaland

No. 15 is vacant;

No. 16: Center back, Conor Coady (C)

No. 17: Centre forward, Diogo Jota

No. 18: Defender, Dominic Jorfa

No. 19: Midfielder, Jack Pearce

No. 20: Winger, Bowen

No. 21: Winger, Joao Teixeira

No. 22: Midfielder, Donny van de Beek

No. 23: Winger, Miguel Almiron

No. 24: Winger, Jordan Graham

No. 25: Defender, Nathan Byrne

2 No. 6 is vacant;

No. 27: Forward, Ziro

No. 28 to 32 are vacant;

No. 33: Attacking midfielder, Morgan Gibbs-White

No. 34 to 47 are vacant;

No. 48: Forward, Brett Enobacar

No. 49 to 55 are vacant;

No. 56: Goalkeeper, Rory Brown

——

"We want to confirm that you mentioned in an interview during the League Cup semi-final that your goal for the second half of the season has changed directly from 'relegation' to championship." A reporter asked, "I want to know if this is your serious idea?"

Weile looked at the reporter and nodded with a smile, "Yes, this is the idea of ​​our whole team."

"We are now at the top of the standings, ahead of Newcastle. I hope we can continue our winning pace and eventually lift the Championship League championship."

"Very... infectious answer, thank you." The reporter sat down.

"Next."

Another reporter who raised his hand stood up, "This game is an away game against Barnsley. What are your expectations for this game?"

"Barnsley is a competitive team, but we will do our best to win. We have been unbeaten for 16 games. If we want to consolidate our lead, we must win. Next."

"Barnsley's head coach Heckingbottom said you are a young talent in the head coaching world. What do you think?"

"Thank you for his comment, he is also. Next."

No one raised their hands for a long time.

"No problem? Well, see you at the game."

Wei Le and Coady, who was sitting next to him, stood up and left the press room.

The quiet press room became noisy, and reporters discussed the information they had just learned from Wei Le's language.

"I'm not saying, why do I feel that after winning Manchester United, Wei feels like he has become...'crazy'?" said the reporter who just asked about the season goal.

"I'm afraid he was infected by Mourinho?" Another older reporter laughed.

"It's a good thing. All the managers in the English Championship can only talk nonsense. Wei Le is a breath of fresh air."

"Can they win the championship?"

"I don't know. Who knows?" The older reporter smiled and shook his head. "Maybe they will become the Leicester City of the past two years. Who knows?"