champion godfather

Chapter 908: Heart of the Lion King, Volume [-]
As the goalkeeper coach, Twain still had no way to recruit anyone from Germany or Italy. He chose Clemens, who had been the goalkeeper coach of England for many years before. This is an experienced goalkeeper coach. He used to work with the former Nottingham Forest goalkeeper. Peter Hilton played together for England.He was personally recommended by Hilton on the phone call to Dunn. As people from Nottingham Forest, they should take care of each other.

As for the fitness coach, Twain chose the candidate recommended by the Football Association of England. Jon Weber, who once played for Manchester City and is now at home, is out of work.

In terms of coaching, experienced Steve Wigley joined.Since 1980, he has played for Nottingham Forest for six seasons. When he retired, he returned to the Forest team and served as a youth coach and coach. Since then, he has served as a coach, assistant coach and head coach in many clubs. Get to know England players, great ability.

The 64-year-old Tony Carr is the oldest coach in the coaching staff. He has served as West Ham United's youth training coach since 1973, and later also served as the team's coach.The level of youth training of West Ham United enjoys a reputation in English football. Many talents have gone out from there, and Tony Carr is the biggest behind-the-scenes hero.He was also a committed fighter who has only played for West Ham until now.Now that he was getting old, the Football Association of England urged him to come out and assist Tony Twain. Only then did he bid farewell to West Ham United and joined Tony Twain's England coaching team.

55-year-old Steve Gatin used to be Arsenal's youth training coach, and now he is also appointed by the Football Association to coach Tony Twain.

Coupled with assistant coach Des Walker, the coaching team is now basically formed.As for the psychologist, this is the first time that this profession has been introduced in the England team. Twain has successfully recruited the 46-year-old Ms. Emma from Nottingham Forest. This licensed psychologist will become the psychologist of the England team and will be responsible for solving the problems of the players. various psychological problems.

This is a completely localized coaching team, all English.Sean Barclay is very pleased with this.He originally thought that with Tang En's "not awkward and uncomfortable" personality, he probably would not like the candidate he recommended.Now it's just that the assistant coach is an outsider. Although Clemens was recommended to Tang En by Hilton, he also has a cooperative relationship with the Football Association for many years.

Generally speaking, this team still enjoys a high reputation in English football, except for Des Walker who is less famous, but he was also a member of the England national team, and his words have a bit of weight.

After the coaching team was formed, Tang En had to consider the players.

In fact, although the English Football Association told Tang En that the lineup for this game could follow the one from the World Cup, it was absolutely impossible to actually operate it.At this time, all the clubs and teams are preparing for the new season, especially those teams that have the strength to win the championship. At this time, it is impossible for them to let their main core go to the national team to play an exhibition game, which disrupts the rhythm of preparations. , what if you get hurt?
So if Twain still wants to recruit players like Gerrard, Rooney, and Walcott, it may be very difficult.

Therefore, Tang En intends to use this game as an observation.Recruit more fringe figures who are not usually selected for the national team, and then observe their performance to determine whether there will be a place for them in Dunn's national team in the future.Although the star flavor would definitely make the audience in the city stadium feel sorry, Twain has never been the kind of person who would change himself for the audience's liking.

This is a good opportunity, this kind of competition does not require results, and there is no pressure.So Twain can freely recruit players who are unlikely to be selected for the national team.Some people will even put on the national team jersey for the first time in their lives.

As for those old players who often played in and out of the national team, Tang En would not even ask.He didn't want to make fun of himself on the premise that he knew he would be rejected.

In just one day, Twain announced the roster for the competition:

The three goalkeepers are Chris Kirkland (Chris_Kirkland), Stuart Taylor (Stuart_Taylor), Andy Atkinson (Andy_Atkinson).Both Taylor and Atkinson were called to the national team for the first time, and Kirkland was not much better than them, this is the second time.are truly borderline.

defender side.Although Dan_Gosling, a versatile backcourt player who played for Everton, has long been famous in Everton and was once hailed as a new talent, his career in the national team is not as smooth as in the club. Until Twain's call-up this time, he had only been selected for the national team four times in total.

25-year-old Jack Cork (Jack_Cork), the son of former Wimbledon player Alan Cook, was once the hopeful star of Chelsea.But he didn't play well at Chelsea and ended up going to Southampton.Southampton has been ups and downs in the British Championship, which has affected his appearance rate in the national team.However, he has always been considered a player worth looking forward to. Tang En recruited him this time to see if the rumors were true.This is his first time in the national team.

Gary_Cahill (Gary_Cahill) is 28 years old, but he is also selected for the England team for the first time.He once played for Aston Villa and many other English teams, and later moved to Lyon, where he has always been the main player.But because he was playing abroad and still in Ligue [-], he did not arouse the interest of former England coach Fabio Capello.This time Tang En recruited him into the team, maybe it showed a signal - whether you are playing in England or abroad, as long as you have the ability, the door of the national team is open for you.

Anton Ferdinand (Anton_Ferdinand), 28 years old, the younger brother of Leo Ferdinand.He made his debut at West Ham and is now playing for Sunderland.There is also no experience playing for the national team.

David Wheater (David_Wheater), Middlesbrough's main central defender, has been selected for the England team six times, but under the shadow of Terry and others, he has not been trusted more, and his name has been selected six times Appeared in the substitute list, only one playing record - No. 807 minutes off the bench.With a height of 1.9 meters 27, he is a central defender with excellent air defense ability. Liverpool used to be very interested in him. Now he is only [-] years old. Dunn also hopes to see his ability. If he performs well, he will definitely have a place in the England team in the future. .

Paul Pepper (Paul_Pepper), the latest product of the Middlesbrough youth academy. The 20-year-old young player has represented England U19 and U21 in many games and is the captain of U21.A rising star with a bright future.When Twain was still at Nottingham Forest, he was very interested in him and once wanted to bring him from Middlesbrough to the City Stadium.But Middlesbrough offered 500 million pounds, and the deal had to be abandoned.Now he is Middlesbrough's main left-back, characterized by strong offensive ability, somewhat similar to Gareth Bale.This is also the first time he was selected for the national team.

The 30-year-old Glen Johnson (Glen_Johnson) is a regular visitor to the national team.However, he also did not participate in this summer's World Cup in Brazil.Because he suffered a serious injury two months before the game, he was sidelined for three months, and now he is back from injury.Aston Villa agreed with him to play for the national team based on the consideration of allowing him to find some game form.

Ashley Cole (Ashley_Cole), perhaps the most famous member of the national team's defense.However, at the age of 33, he has gradually lost his main position in Chelsea, so Chelsea will agree to him to participate in the national team game. He himself also hopes to use his performance in this game to regain his position in the club.

In the midfield, Twain recruited seven players into the team.

The 24-year-old Fabian Delph (Fabian_Delph), Leeds United's most successful youth training product in recent years, but now he is a member of Tottenham Hotspur.He has been selected for the national team three times and this is his fourth time wearing the national team jersey.Playing right midfielder.

Mark Noble (Mark_Noble), the 27-year-old midfielder of West Ham United, became the core of West Ham United's midfield after Gareth Barry switched to Liverpool.This is his tenth national team selection.

Michael Johnson (Michael_Johnson), who once played for Manchester City, is now a midfielder for Tottenham Hotspur.Had it not been for George Wood, he might have been a regular for the national team, a quality player who has been featured in the England squad eleven times.In addition, he also participated in this summer's World Cup in Brazil, making a substitute appearance.

James Milner (James_Milner) made his debut at Leeds United 13 years ago.When Leeds was on the verge of bankruptcy, in order to ease the club's financial situation, he was sold to Newcastle by the team for 360 million pounds.He later went to Aston Villa.Once England's youngest goalscorer.In the end he went to Chelsea, where he has played ever since.He has played fifteen times for the national team before.

Matt Derbyshire (Matt_Derbyshire), a 28-year-old Blackburn attacking midfielder, can also be a guest shooter.This is also the first time he was selected for the national team.

Jose_Baxter (Jose_Baxter) is another star of tomorrow cultivated by Everton after Rooney and Vaughn.He is only 22 years old this year and has already been selected for the national team once.He can play in the positions of midfielder, winger and striker.

Joe Cole (Joe_Cole) is the most famous star in the midfield. After playing for Chelsea for many years, he just moved to Manchester City this summer.There is no doubt about his strength, but frequent injuries have affected his state. Tang En recruited him because he hoped that his skills could bring more changes to England's midfield.

Tang En chose five forwards to enter the national team for inspection this time.Stars like Rooney are not on this list.

The brother of Joseph Baxter mentioned above, James_Vaughan (James_Vaughan) was selected for the national team squad.Now that he is Everton's main striker, Everton was able to let him go. The personal relationship between Twain and Moyes played a role.Moreover, Twain agreed to Moyes, and at most he would only let Vaughan play in the first half of the game, so Moyes agreed to Twain.

The 26-year-old Fraizer_Campbell (Fraizer_Campbell), an excellent product produced by Manchester United's youth training, can only play as a substitute in Manchester United now.After Mourinho entered Old Trafford, he didn't know whether it was a blessing or a curse for him.However, he may be able to use this opportunity to call up the national team to prove his strength to Mourinho.

Danny Welbeck (Danny_Welbeck), 23 years old, also from the Manchester United youth training.However, he took a different path from Campbell. Campbell is still struggling in the Manchester United giants for a main position.And Welbeck left Manchester United long ago and switched to Sunderland.Now he played in Sunderland, performed well, and was also selected for the current national team.

Charlton striker Darren Bent (Darren_Bent), who was once highly regarded, did not show his talent after he moved to Tottenham, but this did not affect Dunn's call for him into the national team.In any case, compared with the three people mentioned above, he is quite experienced.

The last one is Aston Villa's 23-year-old Nathan Delfouneso (Nathan_Delfouneso).Although he is not outstanding in height, only 1.8 meters tall, he has an excellent header and good physical fitness.This is also his first selection to the national team.

The above 23 players were included in the scope of observation by Twain, and at the same time the club was willing to release 23 players.Almost none of those well-known players came, and Twain didn't even call them.And Nottingham Forest has no one on this list, because they are opponents.

This list has received extensive attention from many English media. After all, this is Tony Twain's first national team list.Countless people intend to see something from it.

Some people think that Dunn is planning to go younger, otherwise why would he recruit so many young people?There are also many veterans among the fringe people of the same national team.

Some people think that this is the first opportunity for Tony Twain to show his iron fist. He "declared war" on those big stars by recruiting a large number of fringe people: In my team, no matter how famous I am, it doesn't matter. manner.

Another group of people simply think that Tang En is a helpless move-the big clubs will not let people go, and England's main players are all preparing for the new season with the team. It will not be easy for him to find these 23 people, so it doesn't matter what the quality is. .

No matter how the media interprets the list, the players on this list have all received calls from the Football Association of England.

Some people are surprised, some are calm, but everyone has their own thoughts.For those players who are still preparing for the new season with various clubs, they are the first to work with the new head coach, and they can take the opportunity to first understand what kind of person the new head coach is.This is good for them to occupy a place in the new national team.

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"Don't expect to see anything from this game, Tony." Assistant coach Des Walker said to Dunn. Several coaches also had the same opinion on this.This was at the meeting the day before the team's assembly day. They had to discuss and discuss the team's tactics, the opponent's tactics...etc.

"We don't even have time for training camp. The team will gather tomorrow and go to the game the day after tomorrow. It's like an exhibition game. Everyone is afraid of injuries. They are afraid, and our people are also afraid." Coach Steve Wigley Said.

Tang En glanced at everyone, but laughed: "They are afraid, but we may not be afraid."

Walker, who was familiar with him, muttered in his heart, it seems that someone is going to be unlucky...

(End of this chapter)