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Chapter 266: Li Ang, when are you going to win the Golden Ball and become Mr. Grand Slam?

Drogba's return was a complete surprise.

Whether it is for the Chelsea team, Mourinho or himself, such a surprise is a dream.

The cause was just a congratulatory phone call he made to Mourinho after the Premier League season ended.

The two had a very happy chat at the time. Mourinho joked that he would lead Chelsea to the Champions League next season, while Drogba joked that Mourinho would leave him a place to come back.

Neither of them took it seriously at first.

But during the physical training before the start of the season, Chelsea's medical team suggested to Mourinho that Ibrahimovic's playing time should be further controlled in the new season to ensure Ibrahimovic's health.

Mourinho immediately came up with the idea of ​​​​bringing in a backup center.

After all, Ibrahimovic has indeed come up in age. He was not injured much last season, which is fortunate, but Mourinho must prepare for the worst in this regard.

Once Ibrahimovic is injured during the championship sprint period of the season and cannot play.

With the current rotation of Torres and Lukaku, can Chelsea really maintain the stable operation of the offensive system?

If Lukaku had been trained last season, Mourinho would not have to worry about this now.

However, Lukaku now prefers to play on both wings more and more, and his weight has also been further reduced this offseason.

In addition, Torres's game status is up and down. If Chelsea wants to sprint on the fourth line in the new season, then the introduction of a genuine center will be something Mourinho must consider.

Judging from the role Ibrahimovic now plays in Chelsea's offense and the tactical responsibilities he carries.

The backup center Chelsea introduces should preferably still be a fulcrum-type high center with outstanding tactical effects.

Chelsea now does not lack the ability to score goals from behind on both wings and midfield.

Therefore, when replacing Ibrahimovic, the substitute high center does not need to bear too much scoring burden.

It is best if you have played in the Premier League before, have more experience, have stronger confrontation ability, and can hold the ball stably in the frontcourt.

When Mourinho carefully sorted out these tactical characteristics, he discovered that there was a ready-made suitable old player. He had been talking to someone on the phone a few days ago...

So Chelsea's official loan request was quickly sent to Galatasaray.

Galatasaray and Drogba's economic teams only agreed on a new contract last week.

On the basis of Drogba's original annual salary of 600 million, he cut half of his salary and renewed his contract with Drogba for another year.

Faced with Chelsea's loan fee of 500 million, plus the loan condition of bearing Drogba's entire salary, Galatasaray's management was moved.

Originally, they planned to let Drogba slowly withdraw from the starting lineup in the new season and serve as the substitute for the team's main center Yilmaz, and then let new aid Pandev and Yilmaz form a new strike duo.

Now there is an opportunity to earn 500 million euros in loan fees for free. Drogba's departure will not have any impact on the team's preparations for the new season. Why not?

So on the third day after Chelsea sent a loan request to Galatasaray, Drogba, who had no problems, simply packed his luggage and flew back to London.

The return of the African monster not only caused cheers and discussions among Chelsea fans.

Across the world, countless fans are beginning to look forward to the shocking scene where Zlatan Ibrahimovic and Drogba may appear together in the Chelsea team in the new season!

I don’t know how many fans born after 85 have formed the dream double center combination of "Ibrahimovic + Drogba" in various football games.

Now it's a dream come true to see these two super centers working together - even though both of them have already reached the peak of their careers.

But for the fans, this feeling of the game being brought into reality still makes them feel very excited and looking forward to it!

Drogba also participated in pre-season training at Galatasaray normally, so his physical condition is adjusted very well.

In addition, he is familiar with most of the players in the Chelsea team and Mourinho's tactics, so his integration into the team has been very smooth.

If we go back to 2010, there may be serious competition between Drogba and Ibrahimovic in the same team.

But in the summer of 2014, their relationship and training cooperation seemed extremely harmonious.

Ibrahimovic's current starting position in the Chelsea team is unshakable. He knows this and Mourinho also gave him a clear guarantee.

Of course, Drogba also knows his tactical position after returning to Chelsea.

The most important point is that now he can no longer compete with Ibrahimovic for Chelsea's starting center position.

Last season at Galatasaray, his data had already declined severely, with the number of goals scored in the entire season just reaching double figures.

Compared with Ibrahimovic, who scored 35 goals and 11 assists in all competitions on behalf of Chelsea last season, the gap is too big.

However, Drogba, who is now 36 years old, has also relaxed his mentality.

Mourinho invited him to return to Chelsea this time, and he knew exactly what job he wanted him to do well.

In terms of club honors, Drogba is also a winner in his life.

He is not short of top league titles and English domestic cup titles. His only regret is the Champions League.

In the summer of 2012, he and his old brothers were actually very, very close to winning the Champions League.

It's a pity that they met the Mu family's Real Madrid who formed an army at that time...

Now when talking about this matter again, the regret in Drogba's mouth has faded a lot.

This year's Chelsea are equally strong, at least after reinforcements, their paper strength is as good as any of the giants in Europe.

These old boys also have a real last chance to pursue their dreams.

As the team's training and integration process accelerates, and after feeling the strength of Chelsea's midfielder, Drogba is becoming more and more confident.

Drogba was amazed by Li Ang's super strength on both offense and defense.

Drogba even feels that among the teammates he has been with in the past, whether it is Lampard at his peak or Ballack at his tail peak, they are not as good as Li Ang's current all-round strength.

In the past, the media always liked to use exaggerated words to promote a certain midfielder's offensive and defensive versatility.

But professional players who play on the court know that there are really very few midfielders who can do this.

Now Drogba believes that Li Ang has indeed achieved a perfect balance between offense and defense. At least on the training ground, this is the true feeling Li Ang gave him.

In addition to his strong strength, Li Ang's diligent training has once again opened Drogba's eyes.

In the past, he only knew from media reports that Li Ang liked to practice extra and was a very diligent midfield genius.Now that he has seen with his own eyes the "physical superman" who goes against his own world view, Drogba can't help but sigh that endurance is indeed the best talent God has given to his beloved players.

But he didn't know that Li Ang was diligent, but if he hadn't unlocked his talent limit and opened a plug-in gift package, he wouldn't have been able to work so hard on the training ground.

After all, even if Li Ang wanted to desperately improve his abilities after completing the training every day, he would not be able to persist without the support of advanced physical recovery potions like plug-ins.

After the end of this season, Li Ang scored a total of nearly 2400 points.

Compared with last season, without winning the Champions League again, the income from these points will naturally be much less.

However, thanks to the explosion of personal data this season, Li Ang can be regarded as making up for some points from another aspect.

It is no longer possible to directly lock the ability value and open one diamond-level and two gold-level talent fragment cards like last season.

After all, if you do this, you will need at least 2600 system points.

So after careful consideration, Li Ang finally chose to redeem three gold-level talent fragment cards, and then enabled the function of locking ability values, which cost a total of 2100 points.

The abilities he chose to lock this time were strength, flexibility and jumping.

The three talent fragment cards that were opened are:

“维埃里04-05赛季强壮天赋碎片，天赋值：93（满值100，宿主当前强壮能力值87）；附赠经验感悟：核心肌群的科学强化。”

“罗纳尔迪尼奥13-14赛季灵活天赋碎片，天赋值：92（满值100，宿主当前灵活能力值86）；附赠经验感悟：桑巴舞步对体态灵活的锻炼增强。”

“卡纳瓦罗07-08赛季弹跳天赋碎片，天赋值：92（满值100，宿主当前弹跳能力值84）；附赠经验感悟：矮个防守球员最佳的弹跳发力方式。”

And last season's Premier League championship and EFL Cup championship were among the two first-time championship packages.

Li Ang prescribed a familiar advanced physical recovery potion that can be used ten times and a rare silver-level protective item:
A tight-fitting lining that protects the upper body muscle groups.

This is a protective prop that Li Ang has not seen in the exchange shop so far.

Even if it is only silver level, it can protect the muscles of the upper body and can freely change the long and short sleeves and appearance color. Li Ang is very satisfied with this.

Taking advantage of the last period before the start of the new season, Li Ang took advantage of another wave of ability points.

It was only on August 8, two days before the start of Chelsea's new league season, that Li Ang stopped his crazy training.

And his current ability values ​​have been greatly improved compared to when he moved to Chelsea last year.

Li Ang’s specific ability values ​​are now as follows:
Strong: 88 (93)
Physical fitness: 96 (98)
Speed: 87 (93)
Acceleration: 88 (93)
Dribbling: 87 (93)
Possession: 87 (88)
Short passes: 91 (93)
Long pass: 89 (93)
Crosses: 77 (87)
Archery: 81 (93)
Shot power: 90 (93)
Long shot: 90 (97)

Flexible: 86 (92)
Balance: 86 (87)
Headers: 88 (92)
Bounce: 86 (92)
Tackles: 88 (88)

Steals: 91 (92)

Field of View: 88 (97)
Li Ang doesn't plan to move the remaining 300 points. When he reaches 1200 points later, he plans to lock in and open a diamond-level tackling talent card.

What needs to be improved next is ball control and balance. In both aspects, he also plans to directly open diamond-level talent cards to maximize his talent value at once.

The upper limit of talent value of 87 in passing is completely enough for him, and he is currently practicing relatively slowly, so he should take his time.

In the new season, he still has to seize the time to focus on training his strengths.

Some technical abilities that are core to him, such as long and short passes, tackles and steals, including long-range shooting skills.

He also needs to invest a lot of time to seek further breakthroughs and consolidation.

After all, his plug-in system does not just increase the ability value and then be done with it.

Even if he is too lazy to train and compete seriously for a week or two, his specific ability values ​​may decline slightly as a result.

So I still can't be lazy, I have to invest a lot of time in maintaining my body and competition condition.

Of course, Li Ang will not feel lazy or tired just because of the hard training.

In the final analysis, what allowed him to embark on the path of professional football and persevere was the sincere love for football in his heart.

It's always difficult to do a job, especially one that lasts for many years.

But if you mix your own interests into it, you are indeed doing something that you like and are very interested in.

The so-called difficulty and boredom become "enjoyable" pain.

At least now, Li Ang can see his growing ability values ​​every time he opens the system panel.

When he thinks that he is getting closer and closer to his goal of winning the Golden Ball, his heart will only be filled with motivation to continue fighting and fighting.

Before the official start of the new Premier League season, "Sky Sports" collected the transfer information of all 20 Premier League teams and gave corresponding ratings.

After cleaning up redundant players, transferring Oscar, David Luiz, and Essien, and successively introducing Kroos, Thiago Silva and Drogba in the transfer market, Chelsea naturally received an "S" rating.

Chelsea is also the only team in the Premier League to receive an S rating for summer window transfer operations.

Manchester City first streamlined the lineup and sold players such as Dzeko, Yaya Toure and Negredo who did not meet Guardiola's tactical requirements.

Midfielder Thiago was introduced from Bayern, and midfielder Rakitic was introduced from Sevilla.

Finally, Villa was introduced from Atletico Madrid, who seemed to be in good condition.

This transfer operation can be said to further put the imprint of Guardiola's football on Manchester City.

However, Manchester City's transfer operations in this summer window only received an A-level evaluation from "Sky Sports".

The remaining teams, such as Arsenal and Liverpool, which have not invested much in this year's transfer market, have to rank behind Manchester City.

He only joined Chelsea last season. After the end of the season, he was directly awarded the best player of the season by the English Players Union, the British Football Writers Association and the official Premier League.

It was also ranked No. 2014 on the list of players who are most concerned and anticipated by fans in the 2015-1 new season as selected by "Sky Sports" before the season!
This is not a list of fans’ expectations created by Sky Sports.

Instead, we collected fans' opinions and voting information in the previous two months, which is backed up by data.

Among the 10 local fans in England who participated in the voting, nearly 9 fans voted for Li Ang as the most anticipated player in the new season!
Whether it is the regret of being only one goal short of reaching the Premier League double score last season, or Li Ang's amazing performance in turning the tide many times in the league.

It's enough to make him the most popular star and king of the Premier League today!
But now the biggest expectation of Premier League fans for Li Ang is actually just one thing.

When will he be able to represent the Premier League at the top of the football world and become another Grand Slam man in the Premier League? !

(End of this chapter)