The Cobham training base is also a manifestation of the power of money.

Early days, it covered 130 acres and had fifteen football fields.

From 2008 to 2012, it was gradually expanded, and now it covers 153 acres, with seventeen fields of the same size as Stamford Bridge.

The facilities are advanced and complete.

Azpilicueta often takes selfies with various advanced recuperation and rehabilitation equipment.

The only shortcoming is that the locker room and gym are "relatively" small.

"Why do our youth teams have so many little black fellas?"

"82% of the young players in the entire youth training system are black? Does the youth academy need to support so many language teachers?"

"The Blue Planet Plan."

"Boss, if England successfully leaves the EU, there will be more and more white players in the club's youth training teams..."

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In 2017, "most" Premier League clubs did not need the head coach to interfere with the youth training system.

Clear division of labor.

The first team belongs to the first team.

The youth team belongs to the youth team.

If players are to be transferred, the coaching staff on both sides must go through a series of communication processes, especially Chelsea, where the frequency of changing coaches is extremely high.

Of course, Tuchel and Dino don't have the conditions to mess with youth training now; they have to complete their "life extension" with their performance first.

Group scrimmage.

Part of the training ground is covered with obstacle poles, turning the "rectangle" into an "∝ shape."

The Chelsea players were kicking awkwardly.

Due to the obstacles, the wingers had to sprint back and forth on the inside.

The midfield formation cannot be spread out in parallel.

Most of the time, they can only pass backward.

After 20 minutes, the scrimmage ended.

The players gathered on the sidelines to rehydrate.

Moses was a little doubtful about life: "I feel like I can't play football anymore..."

Marcos shook his head: "The coaching staff's arrangement is to make us adapt to high pressure on the wings! Adapt to passing and pushing in the middle."

The two were wingers in the Conte era, and with the wave of the three-center-back system, they once became important figures in European battle reports.

"This is an era in which the importance of resources for wing defense has increased significantly."

"That's right, our first league opponent is Burnley; their parallel 4-4-2 last season gave us a lot of trouble!"

"What the coaching staff is having the team do now is targeted training!"

Like this and like that and then like that...

The Real Madrid youth training graduate finally summed up: "The boss wants us to in the Burnley game..."

Tuchel interrupted with his hands in his pockets, "No, neither of you will start."

The German firmly believes that short-term training cannot produce immediate results.

He will adopt a better solution to deal with Burnley.

A moment later.

The obstacle poles on the grass were rearranged.

Dino dragged over a basket of "mini" soccer balls.

Except for Li Kang, Fabregas, Pedro, and Morata, all the remaining players had to stay and practice passing in a high-pressure environment.

Immediately afterward, the technical advisor also came to work.

Cech put on his tank hat again, held up a "sponge shield," and conducted "high-altitude ball catching exercises" with the three goalkeepers.

Especially when "competing" against Courtois, Cech tried his best.

The Chelsea players felt pretty good: Compared to Conte's hellish physical training, Tuchel's training method, although awkward, was very targeted and more relaxed.

There is no right or wrong.

Essentially, it is still the difference between the team fighting on a single front and fighting on multiple fronts.

Of course, Tuchel didn't make the players learn to crawl like a dog as he did during his time with Dortmund.

At 2:30 in the afternoon.

Tuchel patiently explained to everyone the connection between the training content and the team's tactical play.

Without running overtime, Dino quickly announced the end of training.

The players had different thoughts.

Morata, William, Kante, and a few other dedicated and honest guys were very excited, believing that under Tuchel's coaching, they and the team would become stronger and stronger.

Some people were worried: The competition for positions within the team is becoming increasingly fierce.

Courtois had a complicated expression. He didn't know how he should face Cech in his next training session.

The story of the two is a long one.

A brief review:

After the Belgian goalkeeper returned to Chelsea that year, he eagerly pestered Cech for advice. The two practiced together to make up for their weaknesses.

"Cech is my teacher, and I am very grateful for his guidance and help."

"Cech helped me integrate into the Chelsea family."

After his skills greatly improved, this guy forced the coaching staff and the club to drive Cech away, and stated in a public interview:

"Cech is one of the best goalkeepers in the world, but if I were him, I would have left a long time ago. There is no place for him at Chelsea."

But it doesn't matter.

Times have changed.

Courtois had already been flirting with other big clubs.

There are no conditions to force the palace.

But there is a better place to go.

Li Kang didn't go home. He and his little assistant went directly to the suburbs of London to shoot a shampoo commercial.

He tried it for a week and felt it was okay.

In 2017, it was not uncommon for athletes to endorse shampoo.

Cristiano Ronaldo endorsed Clear.

Messi endorsed Head & Shoulders.

However, players like Robben and Rooney find it difficult to receive shampoo commercials.

Half an hour later.

Li Kang arrived at the filming base.

The commercial director was not the familiar bearded man, but a mustached man.

"What healthy and thick black hair, duang! We don't even need to add too many special effects in post-production!"

There was still no female partner.

A shampoo commercial can't just be a man and a woman washing their hair together, right?

Li Kang couldn't even remember when was the last time he filmed a commercial with a female partner.

The female partners he had been in contact with were very independent and clear-headed. If they didn't get a positive response from him, they would reduce contact.

The commercial shoot was very simple.

Li Kang washed his hair several times in the afternoon.

Then he changed into his jersey, sprinted, jumped, and repeated the action of shaking his head to score a goal more than a dozen times before achieving the most satisfactory effect for the production team.

Compared to the endorsement fee of several million euros a year, this kind of work was too easy.

The rest of the content, according to the shooting plan, was all handed over to special effects.

"Awesome!"

"I saw your hair shining!"

"My whole family is your fan!"

The mustached director kept boasting, and finally took out Bayer Leverkusen, Arsenal, and Chelsea jerseys from his backpack.

Li Kang smiled and did not refuse.

The little assistant picked up a newspaper next to him and murmured:

"2017/18 Premier League weekly salary ranking."

"Second place, Sanchez."

"Third place, Kane..."

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"Fifth place, Pogba."

"Sixth place, De Bruyne. Manchester City finally gave him a raise."

"Ibrahimovic of Manchester United took the initiative to ask for a salary reduction? How great!"

"Rooney is also good. In order to reduce Manchester United's salary pressure, he returned to Everton!"

"De Gea's weekly salary is only 180,000 pounds? Oh! Manchester United is preparing to renew his contract at the end of the year, and the weekly salary will rise to 370,000 pounds!"

The next day.

Courtois went on strike!

The Premier League's new season is about to kick off, and this guy quits and refuses to do it!

Chelsea Football Club exploded.

"We can't just let the nearly forty-year-old Caballero be the main goalkeeper, can we?"

"We don't have much time left for signings."

"The whole world now knows what Chelsea lacks. It will be difficult for us to buy a suitable goalkeeper."

"Li, which goalkeeper do you most want to be teammates with?"

"Neuer? No, no, no, we can't buy him no matter how much money we spend."

Stamford Bridge was in chaos.