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Chapter 228 See you in the English League Cup final! 【Big guys please subscribe! 】

Salah's transfer was already decided by Mourinho.

After Chelsea played Basel in the first round of the Champions League group stage in September last year, Mourinho named the team's ace scouts to play against Salah.

From initial observations to extensive writing of game analysis reports.

After the scouts were able to confirm that the young Egyptian striker was not a flash in the pan in the Champions League, but really had great potential, Mourinho made a decision on the signing.

After all, the current Chelsea team lacks a speedy left-footed winger.

De Bruyne can play on the side, but he can't fully play his role by playing on the side. Mourinho believes that the most suitable position for De Bruyne is the eighth position.

It's just that letting De Bruyne play on the wing can better arrange Lampard's starting position.

However, Lampard is also getting older. By next season, he will basically not be able to compete with De Bruyne.

Mourinho plans to straighten De Bruyne in the middle next season, making him the most suitable helper for Li Ang.

So if Salah can adapt to the Premier League and play successfully by then, then he can completely coexist with De Bruyne on the court.

The two don't have too much competition for positions, and Salah obviously got a clear commitment to training from Mourinho.

So these days, the curly-haired Egyptian kid has a happy expression beside Li Ang.

In contrast, Maguire from Sheffield is more shy.

Mourinho was able to pay attention to him because of a very accidental game.

At the beginning of December, Holland and Ruiz were sorting out the data of the low-level league teams that had made it out of the second round of the FA Cup.

Because by the beginning of January next year, Chelsea will participate in the third round of the FA Cup.

For opponents in low-level leagues, Chelsea's coaching staff certainly does not need to formulate too detailed tactical analysis, but a simple understanding is still necessary.

Holland is sorting out the scoring video materials of the low-level teams that have reached the third round of the FA Cup.

That's why they saw Sheffield United, now sinking in English League One, defeat Cambridge United with two goals.

I just noticed the young central defender Maguire who scored a fierce header on behalf of Sheffield United.

After that, what Mourinho saw was the game data and various information about Maguire compiled by Holland and Ruiz.

"Entered the Sheffield United first team at the age of 17, made his first team debut at the age of 18, and was selected as the best player in the game in his debut.

In the year when he just turned 19, Maguire represented Sheffield United in League One. He played 56 times throughout the season, scored 1 goal and had 5 assists. -The best team of the 11 season.

In the 12-13 season, Maguire played 53 times on behalf of Sheffield United and scored 5 goals. As of this year, Maguire has been voted the best player in Sheffield United by fans for two consecutive years..."

When Mourinho saw Maguire's game data and information for the first time, his first reaction was a pity.

This kind of central defender who is young and durable, and was able to be elected the best player of the game on his debut in the British Championship, is simply full of potential.

It's a pity that he stayed in Sheffield United, which was relegated from the British Championship to the League One. This is undoubtedly a waste of his talent.

But looking at his follow-up performance in the League One, it shows that this young man is not willing to sink.

He still wants to help his hometown team return to the British Championship and even the Premier League.

It's a pity that the current Sheffield United can't bear his fighting spirit and ambition at all.

Unless another outstanding young high center forward can be cultivated.

In this way, relying on the two talents in front and back, Sheffield United may still have hope of returning to the British Championship this season.

But only relying on Maguire, a talented defender, with little investment, it is quite difficult to upgrade.

Mourinho was immediately interested when he saw Maguire's current height of nearly 1 meters, his solid body statistics, and what Holland wrote about Maguire's good ball-playing skills.

Of course, this does not mean that if you introduce Maguire now, you will immediately let him stay on the team and give him a chance to play.

Maguire's current strength is not yet at that level, but his development potential is great.

After all, he has stature, strong confrontation, and has a dominant undeveloped talent in high-altitude ball defense and set-piece offense.

In addition to adapting to the League One, his ball skills are also good. In the second half of this season, he will get him to a mid-level team in the English Championship to practice and experience, and the improvement should be great.

Wait until Xia Chuang this year to take a look at his growth progress. If it is suitable, then...

Mourinho, who made a decision, did not delay at all.

In mid-December last year, he directly asked the club to contact Sheffield United.

After obtaining Sheffield United's consent, he also quickly called Maguire and asked him to meet his parents at Sheffield United.

Under the persuasion of Mourinho himself, Maguire and his parents were very excited.

After all, Maguire is just a central defender in English League One, and some of his fame is limited to English League One and the Championship.

And who is Mourinho?No.1 handsome in today's football!

Such a famous coach actually came to their home in person to tell Maguire:
You kid really has potential, come with me!From now on, it won't be a big deal if you can make a big splash and lead the British team!
How can a 20-year-old young man stand the test of such praise?

So this deal didn't take much time, and Sheffield United also consciously delayed Maguire's future, so they let go half grateful and half reluctant.

Of course, Chelsea loaned two youth players to Sheffield United and paid a transfer fee of 300 million pounds for Maguire~
After acquiring Salah and Maguire, Chelsea made no further signings.

After all, there is no shortage of players in the Chelsea first team, and the bench is also thick. Buying two young players can be said to be for the future, and the veterans in the first team also understand.

If he spends huge sums of money to buy two first-class football players, then there will be rumors that the locker room is not chaotic.

Mourinho directly handed over the two young men who had just arrived to report to Li Ang, who was working hard at the training base.

Both Salah and Maguire felt flattered at first.

Because Li Ang was very warm and friendly to them, took them to guide them in training, and always invited them to dinner.

But after spending two or three days together and getting a little familiar with each other, this flattering feeling naturally turned into intimacy and admiration.

Of course, Li Ang is a good candidate for the big brother. He has no superstar airs and is easy-going. Young players who are new to the club will subconsciously get closer to him.

As for Li Ang's guidance and persuasion during training, both of them listened very seriously.For example, Li Ang told Salah to practice his right foot more, not to stick to the ball too much, and to seek cooperation with his teammates more.

Let Maguire not blindly seek confrontation and gain weight, let him modify his diet plan reasonably under the advice of the club's team doctor.

Do as much flexibility and balance as possible while maintaining a healthy weight…

This kind of suggestion directly spoke to the hearts of the two of them, which made them feel that Li Ang was really a good person.

Well, a kind and patient big brother~
On the afternoon of January 1th, when Chelsea went away to challenge Coventry for the third round of the FA Cup this season.

Leon, the big brother of most of Chelsea's young players, also went out with the team.

Because the opponent Coventry is only a League One team.

So today, except for the two main players of the first team, Li Ang and David Luiz, who are on the bench, the other players in Chelsea's game roster are rotations and youth training.

Of course, including the two new aids Maguire and Salah.

Among them, Maguire is on standby, and Salah is the starter.

In the 90-minute fierce battle, facing the defensive Coventry, Torres, who hadn't gotten a chance to start for a long time, directly staged a hat-trick!

Van Ginkel made a pass and made a contribution.

Salah failed to score, but he used his breakthrough ability in the second half of the game to also send an assist to Torres.

After easily gaining a two-goal lead in the first half, Mourinho directly replaced Gary Cahill with Maguire.

Facing familiar League One opponents, even though Maguire has not fully adjusted with his new teammates, he still showed his defensive strengths.

And Chelsea fans looked at Maguire, who was in charge of the penalty area and won 100% success rate in the top fight like Wan Fumokai.

I am also very satisfied with the club's investment in signings.

With this confrontation and header ability, even if Maguire fails to successfully grow to the top level of the Premier League.

But it seems that there is no problem as a regular rotating central defender of the team. It is perfect to use it to support those heavy centers!

After inspecting the goods and giving them a beating with a Cowan hammer, Chelsea successfully returned to London in triumph.

On the next day, January 1, except for some veterans of the first team who continued to rest, most of Chelsea's young players arrived at the training base to report.

Two days later, Chelsea went away to challenge the Hammers West Ham United in the first leg of the EFL Cup semi-finals.

In another Carabao Cup semi-final first leg that ended the day before, Manchester City beat their city rivals Manchester United 4-1.

After the game on the spot, the pro-Manchester City media directly hit the news headline that they would meet Chelsea in the Carabao Cup final.

This kind of news is very disrespectful to Chelsea's opponents West Ham United.

Mourinho also expressed his criticism of those media in the press conference before the game.

"Yes, West Ham are in some trouble now, they are lower in the league table, but we all know West Ham is a very difficult Premier League team.

We will not disrespect our opponents like the media, and this is West Ham United's home game. West Ham United players will undoubtedly fight for the reputation of the team and the fans.

We come to Upton Park with 100% respect, it's going to be a tough game and I'm sure we'll all give our all to give the fans a fantastic visual feast..."

What Mourinho said made the fans and players of West Ham United feel a lot better.

Of course, Mourinho did not lie. He and his players did come to West Ham United's home court with 100% respect for West Ham United.

So much so that after the start of the game that night, Chelsea spared no effort to attack West Ham United's midfield defense with all their might!

Looking at the opening of the game in just 5 minutes, Chelsea has already accelerated the pace of the game and shot two threatening shots.

Allardyce, the head coach of West Ham United, was completely numb!

Feelings are Chelsea's best respect, right? !

Forget it, Allardyce would rather Mourinho not respect his team at all!

It's best to relax your vigilance carelessly and let your team fight a dozen more threats to counterattack.

But Mourinho has made up his mind today, saying that to respect West Ham United, he must respect West Ham United to the end!
So in the first half, when the game didn't even finish for half an hour, Chelsea scored two goals like a chopping of melons and vegetables!

This can be regarded as kicking the scene of Upton Park to the cheers of Chelsea fans.

Compared with the previous match in the league, West Ham United lost a lot of troops due to the devil's schedule around the Christmas holiday, and their strength has declined a lot.

Relying on the defensive counterattack before, coupled with dog shit luck, West Ham United reversed Tottenham and broke into this year's League Cup semi-finals.

But today Chelsea completely crushed West Ham United in the midfield!

Li Ang and Matic pressed into West Ham United's half together again. As soon as Chelsea lost the ball, the two called their teammates to start a counterattack on the spot.

Not to mention counterattacks, West Ham United only had a poor ball possession rate of about 15% throughout the first half.

This is simply a disaster for the home fans of West Ham United!
Because what they witnessed was only a massacre by Chelsea against West Ham United.

After Hazard scored another goal in the final stoppage time of the first half, the players on the West Ham United field had no desire to fight back.

In the 52nd minute of the second half, Ibrahimovic scored twice.

The subsequent game can be described as the process of the Chelsea team helping Ibrahimovic "wear the hat".

After Lukaku scored his second goal of the game, Ibrahimovic finally received a volley from Li Ang in the No.803 minute of the second half!
In the end, Chelsea beat West Ham United 6-1 away!

In fact, if it weren't for Ibrahimovic's hat-trick, Chelsea wouldn't have scored so many goals.

And the lost goal also showed Chelsea's "embarrassment" to West Ham United.

Following their first league defeat at the start of the year, Chelsea have won two consecutive victories in two domestic cup competitions in England.

In an interview with Sky Sports after the game, Li Ang only gave his own response if he pointed it out.

"Well, see you in the English League Cup final!"

(End of this chapter)