Starting from playing as a defensive midfielder for Real Madrid

After the first day's training session, Li Ang left a very deep impression on the Chelsea players.

Not just because of his outstanding performance on the training ground and his rapid integration into the team.

Also because after the day's training, Li Ang generously invited all his new teammates and members of the coaching staff to have a dinner in downtown London.

After eating this meal, Li Ang spent more than 30,000 pounds!

This is not a small amount, and Li Ang's generosity also allowed him to gain the favor of all his new teammates in a short period of time.

He is capable and knows how to deal with things, he is generous and easy-going.

With such a new teammate, who wouldn't want to get on well with him and become friends?

Moreover, Li Ang will not be more enthusiastic or indifferent to anyone because of his or her status in the team.

At the dinner party that night, Li Ang had a great time chatting with Terry Lampard and other old Chelsea players.

But he showed more desire to get close to De Bruyne.

This surprised De Bruyne, who is still a little transparent in the Chelsea team.

Not to mention Hazard and Oscar, who are currently firmly established as starters in the Chelsea team.

Even Lukaku, who was loaned to West Brom last season and scored 17 goals in a single Premier League season, was more dazzling than him.

Although he also played close to a double-ten performance at Werder Bremen last season.

But it’s still in the Bundesliga after all.

Having never proven himself in the Premier League, De Bruyne doesn't know if he can stay at Chelsea and compete in the Premier League under Mourinho in the new season.

After revealing his apparent silence and humility, De Bruyne is actually quite proud deep down.

He is confident in his own strength, but he cannot find a way to quickly prove that he can adapt to the Premier League at the moment.

After today's training session, De Bruyne himself actually felt the dissatisfaction in Mourinho's eyes.

Although the slight dissatisfaction is not necessarily directed at him.

But how can a talented player with such a proud heart like him calmly accept the fact that he is not recognized?

Conflicts and contradictions flashed repeatedly in his heart.

So when Li Ang's intentionally close attitude appeared at this moment, De Bruyne was both surprised and felt an inexplicable gratitude in his heart.

This is not the recognition that De Bruyne wants most, but it is the emotion that he urgently needs at the moment to be recognized by a stronger person.

In a low-pitched conversation with him, Li Ang was even able to tell his thoughts and ideas about passing the ball in the training match, which made him even more happy!

After finishing the dinner, Li Ang felt that what he had gained far exceeded the value of thirty thousand pounds.

In the pre-season training in the next few days, the relationship between Li Ang, De Bruyne and more young Chelsea players also quickly became closer.

After all, they are all young guys. Even if they compete for positions on the field and position in the team, as long as they are willing to take the initiative to communicate and contact in private, the relationship will heat up very quickly.

Of course, in this ongoing transfer period, not all Chelsea players have been selected for the new season.

On the third day after Li Ang participated in Chelsea's pre-season preparations, transfer rumors related to Chelsea still appeared.

The first is the two forwards Demba Ba and Torres.

Demba Ba, who played brilliantly at West Ham United and Newcastle United, moved to Chelsea in the winter window last season, but his scoring efficiency plummeted.

Moreover, his performance at the center position and his lack of strong desire for confrontation did not satisfy Mourinho.

Back to Torres, it's still the same old problem.

Torres, who has long been out of his prime due to injuries, is not at the top level in football.

In order to win the Champions League within three seasons, Abramovich gave Mourinho the power of life and death in the team.

If Mourinho is really dissatisfied with Torres, then even if Abramovich likes this former Spanish golden boy, he can only send him away in tears.

However, Mourinho did not choose the most ruthless way to treat the two forwards right from the start.

Perhaps earlier, such as when he first took charge of Chelsea, he would have chosen a tougher approach to deal with dissatisfied players.

But now he has changed a lot.

After two frank and sincere conversations, Mourinho got two completely different answers.

Demba Ba is unwilling to continue to be a substitute striker at Chelsea, and is likely to be the third substitute.

So after receiving Mourinho's notice, even though he was not particularly willing, Demba Ba contacted his agent and began to operate a transfer back to Newcastle or to a new Premier League team.

Torres's answer to Mourinho was that he was willing to accept the position of substitute.

As long as Chelsea's newly introduced striker is indeed better than him, then he has no objection.

This surprised Mourinho. He originally thought that Torres would be the striker who was determined to transfer and leave, but he did not expect that Torres was willing to stay as a substitute.

"I am not willing to lose to Real Madrid in the 2012 Champions League final. I want to stay at Chelsea and try again! I want to leave Chelsea fans and Mr. Abramovich with the championship they want most before leaving..."

Torres's answer silenced Mourinho, but after another conversation, the relationship between the two seemed to be more harmonious and intimate than before.

After dealing with the two forwards in the team, the third player Mourinho interviewed became midfielder Mata.

This is a change that many Chelsea players did not expect.

Perhaps even Juan Mata himself couldn’t believe it.

After he scored double 20 last season, he became one of the players Mourinho wanted to start!

This time the meeting was not so pleasant.

Mourinho explained his tactical philosophy to Mata, and he stated many times that it was not that Mata was not good enough, but that Mata's technical characteristics now conflict with his tactical philosophy.

Therefore, Mourinho cannot guarantee that Mata will still get as many starting opportunities as last season.

For Mata, such an answer is obviously something he doesn't want to hear, let alone accept.

So the choice Mata faces now is very simple, either become Mourinho's rotation in the new season, or leave the team.

Three players have been interviewed by the head coach, and two of them are likely to leave Chelsea in the near future.

Such changes made the remaining Chelsea players involuntarily start to worry about their future at Chelsea.

Fortunately, after the meeting with Mata, Mourinho is not talking to other players for the time being.

However, Li Ang learned a transfer news related to Chelsea from Mendes.

That is the German forward Schuerle, who was previously inspected by Villas-Boas and Di Matteo, but has now been crossed out from the transfer list by Mourinho.

The deal would have been easy for Chelsea to pull off.

After all, Schürrle is very willing to transfer to Chelsea, and Leverkusen cannot resist Chelsea's offer of more than 20 million euros.

But after detailed analysis with the new Chelsea coaching staff, Mourinho decided to terminate the deal to introduce Schürrle.

In a word, not suitable.

Because Mourinho does not plan to switch to a four-four-two game in the new season, it is not suitable to play on the wing. It is useless to play as a forward center and Schürrle, who is even more out of position.

With this coming and going, almost two Chelsea players are about to leave the team, and then there is a new player who was originally going to come to Chelsea and cannot come.

There are many veterans in the current Chelsea team, but they are all pretty good. With the addition of a group of young players with full potential, there is still no problem with the overall team structure.

That is, if Chelsea wants to focus on Real Madrid's previous four-two-three-one system in the new season, they will have to add players on the wing and center positions.

Hazard's personal performance last season was quite impressive. Thirteen goals and 17 assists throughout the season fully reflected his current strength and super talent.

Mourinho is very relieved to leave the left wing to Hazard and the old and strong Ashley Cole.

But on the right wing, Chelsea still lacks a sharp knife.

Mata can't get up the speed when playing on the right. He is an organizational midfielder, so in Mourinho's two-wing tactics, Mata really can't find a place.

Not to mention the center position. Torres and Demba Ba are not the right candidates. If they want to achieve stable results in the new season, Chelsea still needs to buy a top-notch center in football.

It's better to be a top-notch high center in his prime...

When Li Ang was reviewing the current Chelsea lineup at the hotel, he, like Mourinho, was also worried about the position of the team's center.

He instinctively thought of Llorente, who had been abandoned by Athletic Bilbao.

In terms of characteristics, Llorente really meets Mourinho's requirements.

He has a strong body, outstanding header, and strong fulcrum. The key is that he is reliable in front of the goal.

Slow speed is not a very important flaw. After all, most high center forwards in football are not fast.

If he can really partner with Llorente at Chelsea, Li Ang thinks the effect will definitely be good.

But in the end, he did not give Mourinho any advice in this regard.

You said that it is reasonable to occasionally give tactical advice to the coach as you did when you were at Real Madrid.

But in terms of team building and recruitment, Li Ang has always been able to talk without talking too much. This can also be regarded as a red line between players and coaches.

Therefore, until the news of Juventus's successful transfer of Llorente without signing a visa reached London, Li Ang did not mention Llorente's name to Mourinho.

Seeing that the start date of the International Champions Cup (friendly match) was coming soon, Li Ang devoted all his thoughts to running-in training with his new teammates.

It would be good for the coaching staff to find the starting center and right winger as soon as possible.

If it can't be done in the near future, the progress of training and preseason games cannot be stopped.

Naturally, Li Ang can only do his best first, speed up the running-in process with his existing teammates, and perform as expected.

As for other matters, they were not within his jurisdiction and he couldn't control them even if he wanted to.

Besides, if it really doesn't work, you can use Lukaku to support him for a while, even if he just likes to be sidelined?

As long as he can maintain his performance level and impact at West Brom last season, he can be on the side.

It’s better than having no one available!

Li Ang was mentally prepared anyway, and during this period he also got involved with Lampard to further polish his long-range shooting skills.

The training to improve his shooting skills is easy to say, because his previous shooting level was really bad, so the speed of improvement is not slow.

As soon as he saw the offensive items that Li Ang practiced more, Oscar felt uncomfortable first.

Li Ang is now frequently practicing long-range shooting and shooting. It is impossible for him to play as a defensive midfielder in the new season, right?

If nothing else goes wrong, in the subsequent running-in training, Li Ang should be promoted to the central midfielder or even the attacking midfielder position by Mourinho.

Oscar knows that his starting position is probably not guaranteed.

However, Hazard was not happy for long before Li Ang came to the door and shamelessly asked for advice on dribbling.

So Azar also emoticoned. After all, he didn't know that Li Ang just wanted to learn more offensive methods now to prepare for emergencies.

He thought that Li Ang was already planning to take over the offensive ball in Chelsea's frontcourt in the new season.

The pressure on two young Chelsea talents is quite high!

After all, competing with them for status and position in the team is the No. 1 midfielder born in the 1990s who has won three top league titles in the past three years and successfully defended the Champions League with Real Madrid.

They also experienced Li Ang's offensive and defensive skills during training.

It's really incomparable at this stage.

Even if Hazard and Li Ang play in different positions, he can only admit that if Li Ang marks him in a game, it will be really difficult for him to perform.

Li Ang's status in the team was slowly established after training sessions one after another.

It's no wonder that Mourinho firmly believed that Li Ang could handle the matter of fighting for his position in the team by himself.

Let’s not talk about how much it cost Chelsea to lure Li Ang from Real Madrid.

Just talking about Li Ang's current strength, it is completely easy to overwhelm these young players in the Chelsea team.

You must know that Li Ang has faced Messi many times in La Liga before.

In Real Madrid's team training matches on weekdays, Li Ang often faces torture from top attackers such as Cristiano Ronaldo and Di Maria.

Where are Hazard and Oscar now?

Since Mourinho will not make any additional explanations, then of course Li Ang will have to use his own way to speak for himself and fight for his status with his performance on the training field.

At noon on July 30, Chelsea players who had been training for a long time finally got a half-day free holiday before the start of the pre-season friendly match.

With a wave of his hand, Li Ang invited him and his teammates to have a meal at a private French restaurant in the city.

But he had just finished rinsing and changing clothes when Mr. Faria called him to Mourinho's office.

And this time, as soon as Li Ang stepped into Mourinho's office, his good coach made him a jaw-dropping request.

"Want me to call Zlatan?"

"Yes, you fight first, and then I fight again. First ask Zlatan about his personal wishes. If he doesn't object, then we will have official contact with the club..."

Mourinho has nothing to be embarrassed about at the moment.

Compared with the thorny issue that Chelsea still lacks a reliable center, he and Li Ang can certainly put aside this idea.

So Li Ang acted as a pioneer and took the lead in dialing the number of his good brother Ibrahimovic that night.

After rambling for a while, Li Ang asked Ibrahimovic tactfully:

"Zlatan, if you have the chance, would you like to play football with me?"

Ibrahimovic on the other end of the phone thought Li Ang was joking.

He said carelessly that if there is a chance next year, he will definitely suggest that the club's top management try to poach Li Ang again.

But when Li Ang made it clear that he would not go to Paris, Ibrahimovic quickly understood what Li Ang meant.

"Little Lion, is this your personal problem, or..."

"The boss said he will call you tomorrow too."

At the critical moment, Li Ang still chose to sell Mourinho, and the sale was extremely clean.

This time it was Ibrahimovic's turn to be silent, but he gave Li Ang a pretty good reply in the end.

"Then I'll tell you my answer tomorrow after I talk to coach Mourinho, you slick kid..."

Li Ang was hung up on by Ibrahimovic. How Mourinho communicated with Ibrahimovic afterwards, Li Ang didn't know.

On July 31, Ibrahimovic did not make any call to explain to Li Ang.

But Li Ang didn't feel that Ibrahimovic and his boss had broken down.

On the contrary, he felt that it was likely to happen!

Because if Ibrahimovic doesn't want to come to Chelsea, then at least give him a call to explain the situation and reasons.

But now that Ibudou is still silent, Li Ang feels that his big brother may be looking for an agent to discuss the feasibility of the transfer.

Think about it carefully, what is the attraction of Paris Saint-Germain compared with Chelsea?

Chelsea now has Mourinho and Li Ang, and they can also meet Ibrahimovic's salary requirements and pursuit of honor.

Li Ang really couldn't think of any reason for Ibrahimovic to reject Chelsea's invitation this time.

On the morning of August 1, Chelsea players who had initially completed pre-match training boarded a plane to Indiana, USA.

They will compete in the first round of the International Champions Cup in Indianapolis.

Shortly after the Chelsea players arrived in the United States, the French media took the lead in breaking the news:

Chelsea and Paris Saint-Germain have reached a preliminary agreement on the transfer of Ibrahimovic!

This blockbuster transfer news, which had never been revealed before, once again shocked the entire European football world!

At first, the fans who were eager to eat melons were clamoring in disbelief.

But with Higuain and Paris Saint-Germain suddenly involved in transfer scandals emerged.

These fans quickly changed their tune.

After all, Ibrahimovic is good, but he will soon be thirty-two years old.

Compared to Higuain, who has proven himself at Real Madrid and is in his prime, Paris Saint-Germain really doesn't have a hard time making a choice.

Once the two transfer fees are offset, Paris Saint-Germain may only need to add a few million euros to bring Higuain to the Parc des Princes.

Isn’t this profitable? It’s so profitable!

Throughout the whole day on August 1st, French and British media were publishing various news, using traffic to spread the transfer progress that seemed true or false.

"Sky Sports", which had been silent until now, did not officially publish an article until the morning of August 2, saying that Paris and Chelsea had reached an agreement on the transfer of Ibrahimovic!

They also said that Higuain has taken a plane to Paris at this moment and is preparing to undergo a medical examination in Paris!

As soon as two pieces of blockbuster transfer information were released, "Sky Sports" once again successfully attracted the attention of all fans to itself!

Many fans were still confused, but less than two hours later, Paris Saint-Germain and Chelsea issued official announcements with almost the same content!

For 18 million euros, Ibrahimovic, who is about to turn 32, has officially moved to Chelsea!

In the new season, Premier League fans will soon see Ibrahimovic wearing a blue jersey in the Premier League!

Zlatan, coming to Blue Bridge!