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Van Dijk's words made Sun Yi feel completely relieved. He thought he would have to persuade him. Unexpectedly, he didn't even have to say anything.

What surprised Sun Yi even more was that after expressing his attitude to him, Van Dijk also posted on his Facebook that night.

"There have been a lot of rumors about my departure recently. But rumors are just rumors. I have no intention of leaving Southampton at all."

"Maybe some teams really want me, but here, I can only say sorry. My heart belongs only to Southampton."

"Maybe some of the teams that want me are really great, and their honors and heritage are not comparable to the current Southampton team. But I believe that under the leadership of the boss, we can create a great team ourselves."

Create a great team from scratch.

After Van Dijk's deafening words came out, the outside world was amazed.

Although some people think Van Dijk is a bit stupid and actually refused Barcelona's recruitment. But more people agree with his attitude.

"A player with great ambitions will definitely be a great player in the future."

This is really a good kid!

Sun Yi was very surprised and relieved to learn what Van Dijk said online. He immediately asked the team to renew Van Dijk's contract and improve his treatment.

A capable and centripetal player must be treated well.

And Van Dijk was also very straightforward. After Southampton proposed a contract extension, he quickly agreed.

With the completion of Van Dijk's contract extension, all the transfers about him ended here.

And Van Dijk's contract extension and his words also brought another effect.

Those players who were being poached by others, such as Rebic and others, followed suit and expressed their unwillingness to leave Southampton on their Facebook or Twitter.

And in all the main arguments, there will be such a sentence: "We want to create a great team with our own hands!"

A great team is a more lofty goal than the triple crown, quadruple crown, etc.

The triple crown and quadruple crown may be obtained in one big burst. But to create a great team, it takes long-term amazing results to create greatness.

Van Dijk's behavior, which was originally just a statement, actually set such a lofty goal and dream for the Southampton team.

After this, not only did the people in the Southampton team completely settle down, but the players also became more united and motivated.

After many fans expressed their opinions in this way, other teams also gave up the idea of ​​poaching.

This situation made Sun Yi particularly surprised and happy.

It also allowed him to lead the Southampton team to prepare for the game wholeheartedly.

Next, Sun Yi quickly led the Southampton team to conduct physical reserve training.

Although he had no way to let all the players use the special training plan developed by "Posture Copy". But after developing so many training plans, Sun Yi also learned a lot.

This allowed him to make Southampton's training more efficient. Southampton was therefore able to complete the pre-season physical reserve training in a much shorter period than other teams.

Completing the physical reserve training faster also allowed Southampton to spend more time on other training.

In addition to regular training, the best way to prepare for the season is to compete with other teams. This way, we can better discover the problems of the team and make improvements.

In previous years, Southampton could only ask other teams for friendly warm-up matches, but now they have better warm-up matches.

International Champions Cup.

In the past, Southampton was naturally not qualified to participate in this event. And this time, with the treble last season, there is no problem.

It was said that the 2018 International Champions Cup was going to cancel the Chinese division.

But because of the Southampton team coached by Sun Yi, the competition committee decided to continue to open the Chinese division. Instead, the Singapore division was cancelled.

The rules of the 2018 International Champions Cup are somewhat different from previous years. Each team can participate in three games.

And because Southampton participated in the Chinese division, this allowed Southampton to enjoy the treatment of playing at home.

It is a real home in the absolute sense. The fans who entered the stadium to watch the game in the Chinese competition area were basically Chinese fans, so almost every game was filled with Southampton fans.

The Southampton players who participated in the game almost thought they were the Chinese team because of the super enthusiasm of Chinese fans.

Thanks to Sun Yi, Southampton has a very high popularity in China. And after having Cristiano Ronaldo, Southampton's popularity is even more terrifying.

All three games of Southampton were full. In addition to the full stands, even the stadium was full of people.

The players of Southampton were shocked by their own super popularity among Chinese fans. After seeing the terrifying enthusiasm of Chinese fans, many Southampton players couldn't help showing off online:

"Please don't compare popularity with us in the future. Because we have more than one billion fans!"

In addition to Southampton themselves, the organizers of the International Champions Cup are the happiest about the super popularity of Southampton in China. The full audience number makes them laugh in their dreams.

Although the International Champions Cup is a commercial event, Sun Yi and Southampton did not treat it with the intention of making money. Instead, they regarded it as an important game to test the team's problems.

With serious treatment, Southampton performed very well in the International Champions Cup.

In the first game, they defeated Atletico Madrid 2-0.

In this game, although Ronaldo did not have enough tacit understanding with his teammates in the game, he still scored a goal.

In the second game, Southampton played against Paris Saint-Germain. In the end, they won 3-0.

In this game, Ronaldo's performance improved. Not only did he score a goal, but he also had an assist.

In the third game, Southampton still won. They defeated Inter Milan 4-1.

In this game, Ronaldo's performance was even better. He not only scored twice, but also assisted Paulinho.

After playing these three games, Southampton became the champion of this event with a record of three wins. And Ronaldo also became the top scorer of this International Champions Cup.

Such a result not only reassured the fans of Southampton, but also made the fans of Real Madrid very depressed. They all blamed Florentino for driving Ronaldo away.

Becoming the champion of the International Champions Cup also gave everyone in the Southampton team a shot in the arm.

Although this championship is not important, it is also a good sign.