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  The next day, the chairman of Kaiserslautern, Fredrick, personally led a team to Chemnitz, on the one hand, to start contract negotiations with players such as Barak, and on the other hand, to sign Yang Chen, and announced it to the media immediately after signing.

  At the press conference in the hotel, Yang Chen faced reporters from major media outlets such as Kempten and kicker, answering all questions fluently.

  "This season, Kaiserslautern was relegated to the 2nd Bundesliga, and many of the team's main players left. The team's strength has declined severely. Do you have confidence that in the first season, as stated in the contract, you can lead the team back to the Bundesliga?"

  Yang Chen faced the camera, always with a polite smile, "Of course, otherwise I would have taken the initiative to ask for two years instead of 1+1, it's just because I'm very confident about returning to Bundesliga!"

  "Although many players left this summer, we will also make targeted signings. Moreover, the backbone of our club is still here, old generals like Bremen, Olaf Marshal, Kaderetz etc. all chose to stay with the team, which can maximize the guarantee that our team's combat effectiveness will not be severely lost!"

  "But last season Coach Krawiec repeatedly expressed concerns about their age!" a reporter reminded.

  Yang Cheng is still smiling, "It depends on the head coach's mentality, for me, Bremen is a great player, he has a brilliant career, he is not only a good teacher and friend to the players, but also in my heart, he is my respected predecessor and friend, although I am now the head coach of the team, I will respect him!"

  "Veteran players indeed have some physical shortcomings, and injuries are also a drawback. However, on the other hand, they have incredibly rich experience in terms of technical application and mastery of the game. They play smarter than young players, and they know better when to do what, which is something that young players lack!"

  "I've always thought that a reasonably constructed team should be a combination of old, middle-aged and young players. Now people like Bremen are the old men in the team, they are all loyal to the team, I think they can lead the team well in the new season, help new players integrate into the team better and form combat effectiveness."

  "What about the players who have been rumored to be transferring recently? I heard that some of them have already reached an agreement with other teams and don't plan on staying at Kaiserslautern, what do you think about this?"

  Yang Cheng also heard about this from Frederick, nodded and said: "I don't know what they're thinking, but if they really decide to leave, then I can only reluctantly let them go. I won't retain any player whose heart is not in the club. For these players, I can only regretfully say that they missed an opportunity to prove themselves again!"

  When the reporters heard this very strong statement, they were all shocked, because it was equivalent to Kaiserslautern giving a green light to any player leaving. Don't they really worry that their hearts will be scattered?

  "I can say with great responsibility that I came to Kaiserslautern for one purpose only, and that is to upgrade. I will only lead a team that has the will to fight and ambition, so I hope all players in the team are like me, because only when everyone is united, with a common creed and goal, can this team possibly move towards success!"

  "But on the other hand, in my opinion, there is no one who is indispensable in this world, so I also hope that my players can understand a little bit, that is, the team is an indivisible whole, and no one can put their personal interests above the overall interests of the team. I absolutely will not allow such things to happen!"

  Yang Chen emphasizes the overall situation, which has been well-known in the recent rumors of jumping ships that have been noisy for a while. Now he also attaches great importance to explaining his tactics, and no one will feel surprised.

  "This season, Kaiserslautern not only has the goal of returning to the Bundesliga, but also needs to deal with the European Cup Winners' Cup matches. You should be taking a team to participate in a European competition for the first time, what are your thoughts on this?"

  "No, because I don't think that requires special imagination!" Yang Cheng smiled and replied, "In my coaching philosophy, whether it's a league match, cup match or European competition, they are all the same. Every match we should go all out, every tournament we must strive to win the championship!"

  Yang Cheng's words suddenly shocked all the reporters present, because this Chinese was too confident. Did he really have confidence or was he just pretending?

  "Has a second-tier league team ever won the Champions Cup in history?" one of the reporters said with a hint of sarcasm.

  Yang Cheng smiled, "No, it doesn't mean there won't be one in the future! Everything has a first time! Besides, I won't belittle myself just because my team is in the German second division. I'm realistic, I only care about strength. As long as we have strength, we can laugh to the end. That's the difference between you and me!"

  The reporter originally wanted to mock Yang Cheng, but unexpectedly ended up becoming the one being mocked by Yang Cheng.

  The whole press conference ended with all the reporters having a more obscure impression of Yang Cheng than before.

  They all found themselves unable to tell what kind of person Yang Cheng was. He was confident to the point of being almost out of tune, but every word and action made people feel that he wasn't arrogant, but really had this ability.

  Of course, another impression of Yang Cheng on the reporter is elegance.

  This Chinese man always wears a kind smile, and his words and deeds are also very elegant. His demeanor is extremely outstanding among professional coaches, and he is young and handsome, all of which have given the media an extremely good impression of him.

  But all of this is just superficial, if Yang Cheng still wants more proof of himself, then he can only rely on his performance on the field to speak for him.

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  After the press conference, Yang Cheng officially took over Kaisa Group.

  Over the next two days, Yang Cheng accompanied Frederic to finalize the transfer of Barak and three others, then received feedback from Tim Hanks and Paul Bailey.

  Chris Schmidt was indeed doing things in Aachen when he met Tim Hank and was surprised, and then heard that Yang Cheng wanted to invite him to join the coaching staff as a physiotherapist. He was surprised and also moved, having heard a lot about Yang Cheng's deeds before, and now hearing more details from Tim's mouth, he immediately agreed.

  After he returned from the United States, where he had learned some advanced things, he originally wanted to make a big show of his skills, but he encountered the same problem as Tim Hunk: he found that what he had learned was not noticed by anyone in Germany.

  Finally found Ahchen, this third-tier team happened to be in crisis, and immediately hired him as a coach, just because you have a coaching certificate in his hand. Then things got even more absurd, because the main and substitute goalkeepers were injured, he was actually replaced by the third goalkeeper, just because he was only 25 years old, in line with the Football Association regulations.

  When faced with this situation, Chris Schmit was truly speechless and could only go along with it.

  Schmidt, who had planned to look for a new job after the end of the season, was invited by Tim and considered it for a day before deciding to seize this rare opportunity to join Yang's team as a physical therapist and work with Tim Hanks on the team's physical training and injury rehabilitation programs.

  When Yang Cheng met Chris Schmidt, the latter was going to work under Yang Cheng next, plus Yang Cheng intentionally won them over, two or three young people quickly became familiar with each other and could joke around casually.

  While Tim Hanks took care of Chris Schmid, Paul Beyer also took care of Rene Muren from Qatar.

  The Dutchman was only in Qatar to make a living, his true destination is still in Europe. When he heard that Yang Chen wanted to coach Kaiserslautern and invited him to join the coaching staff, he immediately chose to accept without hesitation.

  When Paul Baye mentioned Ricardo Moniz, René Mühlstein immediately suggested going to the Netherlands first to find Moniz and then persuade him to join Yang Chen's coaching staff.

  According to Mullenstein, both he and Moniz were equally good at technical details of training, but he was more inclined to train offense, while Moniz was inclined to control the ball, and the two could cooperate tacitly.

  When Yang Cheng learned that Paul Beyer and René Mühlhausen were also going to the Netherlands to visit Moniz, who was idle at home, he raised both hands in favor and stated that all travel expenses could be reimbursed.

  Knowing that Paul would not return for two or three days, Yang Cheng and Tim Hanks took the train to Italy. Chris Schmidt, who had just joined the team, accompanied Frederick and others to Kaiserslautern as a vanguard of Yang's takeover of the team, to gather information about the environment and situation.

  Frederick couldn't help but feel a little worried when he saw that Yang Cheng's coaching staff were all so young and seemed to be temporarily assembled, but at this time he had deep faith in Yang Cheng, so he wouldn't show it.

  Yang Cheng didn't know what Frederick and the others were thinking, he just believed in the super coaching assistant system in his mind, he trusted the judgment of the assistant system on these assistants and players, so he himself was not so suspicious.

  This trip to Italy, he has two goals, one is the Czech national team that is currently training in Italy and preparing for the upcoming European Cup in England, and the other is an Italian football star he has been eyeing.

  He hopes to take advantage of this trip to Italy to thoroughly resolve these two matters!