After reaching an agreement with Yang, Frank seemed to be afraid that Gattuso would change his mind, so he immediately pushed him to Yang's side and casually packed two sets of clothes into a backpack, saying that he would have someone transport the luggage to Kaiserslautern.

  It was Gatusso's mother, a kind middle-aged woman, who kept telling Gatusso to play well and behave before leaving, which made Frank scold her for being nagging.

  He walked out of the house, Gattuso carrying a backpack, without any reluctance to leave home, but rather seemed to be used to it.

  "Don't mind him, my dad is straightforward, but he's also doing it for my own good!" Gatuso explained to Yang Cheng as they walked away.

  "Just when I was about to go to Perugia, they also promised me a professional contract, but so far it has not been fulfilled. My dad has always been by my side supporting me, otherwise with just the little subsidy from the club every month, I would have starved to death!"

  "He himself can't play football, so he tried every means to make me play football and always thought I was the material for playing football. Even when I didn't get a chance in Perugia, he never changed his confidence in me. I can play football all because of him, he is my idol!"

  Yang Cheng and Tim silently listened, their impression of the father-son pair thoroughly changed. At least, the relationship between Gattuso and his son was not as they had previously guessed, and even more so, the emotions between them must be much better than those of most fathers and sons. This could be seen from Perugia's holiday, when Gattuso returned home.

  If he really hated his father, he wouldn't have come back, would he?

  "Don't worry, Ivan, you can be an excellent player, you have the potential and the strength, believe me, I won't misjudge, you have the quality to become a top-notch player!" Yang Cheng smiled and patted Gattuso's shoulder, encouraging him.

  "Really?" Gatuso was somewhat skeptical.

  "I guarantee it!" Yang Cheng said with absolute confidence.

  Although Gatusso still had some doubts about Yang Cheng's words, at least he could see that Yang Cheng was not lying, which made him a little grateful to the head coach who met for the first time. At least this was the first time someone praised him and gave him affirmation.

  Others can only praise his physical strength at most!

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  Kaiserslautern, also known as the Emperor's Lautern, is sometimes called Barbarossa City because in 1152 Frederick I, also known as Barbarossa, had a castle built here during his reign.

  The Lauter River has dried up, and the war also destroyed the palace in an instant. Now only a few square stones and an emergency passage are left. Today's Kaiserslautern has almost become an American city, especially after the US announced that it would expand the nearby Ramstein Air Force Base, with more than 40,000 US troops stationed here all year round.

  Today, Kaiserslautern's population is less than 100,000 and nearly half of them are American GIs.

  But the football atmosphere here is absolutely explosive, especially the attendance rate of the stadium. It's said that every home game can maintain an attendance rate of around 30,000, which is absolutely a sell-out for the Fritz-Walter-Stadion with a capacity of just over 30,000.

  However, it is precisely because of this that the Earth fans are dissatisfied with Kaiserslautern's invitation to Yang Chen to take charge, because in their view, although this Chinese has achieved brilliant results in Chemnitz in the past season, he is not worthy of taking charge of Kaiserslautern.

  When Yang Chen stepped into the club's range, he couldn't help but smile wryly as soon as he saw the banner hung by fans outside Tübingen training ground.

  "What's written above?" Gattuso couldn't read German.

  Yang Cheng and Tim exchanged a glance, neither of them replied, because it was written above: Get out of Kaiserslautern! We want Rehagel, not Yang!

  It's clear that fans are protesting against the club in this way!

  It's no wonder that Rehhagel is also quite famous in Germany, especially for his achievements during his time as coach of Werder Bremen. He took over Werder Bremen when they were relegated to the 2nd division in 1980 and led them to promotion in the first season, finishing 5th in the Bundesliga in the second season, and then stabilizing the team in the top half of the Bundesliga for the next 15 years.

  It can be said that during Rehhagel's tenure, Werder Bremen laid the foundation for its glory, turning this second-rate team into a Bundesliga powerhouse, and also made Rehhagel famous in Germany. It was precisely because of Werder Bremen's brilliant performance that Rehhagel took over Bayern Munich with great ambition, wanting to complete his career transformation.

  He didn't expect that he would suffer a crushing defeat at the hands of Bayern, and he left the field in low spirits, feeling rather disheartened.

  In Yang Cheng's previous life, Kaiser Slawuten had repeatedly persuaded Lehagel to take over the relegated Kaiser Slawuten, but now with Yang Cheng's appearance, some changes have taken place and Fredrik has finally chosen Yang Cheng.

  However, this only enraged the fans of Kaiserslautern, who thought that Yang Chen was no match for Rahnagel!

  For all of this, Yang Cheng had long expected it and did not feel afraid. On the contrary, he thought it was a challenge to himself.

  Only after coaching Kaizer Chiefs well does he have the qualifications to achieve his goals, and conversely, if even Kaizer Chiefs are not coached well, what's the point of going to coach a big club?

  The Tübingen training center is located behind the Fritz-Walter-Stadion, adjacent to the campus of the nearby University of Kaiserslautern. The students at the university are also among the fans of Kaiserslautern, which has its advantages.

  Upon learning of Yang's arrival at the club, Frederic immediately came out to greet him and welcomed Yang into his office.

  "Don't mind those fans, I have confidence in you!" Frederick's first words of comfort to Yang Cheng.

  Anyone who walks into the office can see the protests of those fans outside, Frederick is worried that Yang Chen is young and impulsive, so he takes the lead in calming him down.

  Yang Cheng smiled, "Don't worry, Mr. Chairman, I won't be so useless, they will protest me as I expected, but I'm a stubborn person, I'd love to conquer them, with my performance and my team's on the field, just like what I did in Chemnitz last season!"

  Frederick felt relieved after hearing it!

  Yang Chen was also controversial in Chemnitz last season, expelling players' parents and fans from the training area. The incident caused a big stir, with fans even booing him during games. However, as he led the team to better and better results, the boos gradually turned into applause and cheers. Even when he was about to leave the team, they tearfully tried to persuade him to stay.

  "Was that young man called Gattuso brought in by you?" Frederick asked with concern.

  Yang Cheng saw the worry in Frederic's eyes, "There are still some formalities that have not been completed, and the club needs to follow up. He is a very promising and powerful player, you will definitely be amazed in the new season!"

  Frederick can't say much more, after all, Yang Cheng has just taken office, and he can't break the previous agreement and interfere with his recruitment plan.

  "Nedved's agent has informed the team that the player has agreed to sign with the club, and Chris Schmidt has offered to go to Italy for a medical examination, which I have accepted!" said Frederik.

  Yang Cheng felt pretty good after listening, and was able to handle Neuer, plus Gattuso, Ballack, and Kahn, Yang Cheng's transformation plan for Kaiserslautern went very smoothly.

  In his view, the current Kaiserslautern team is old and small, except for a few veterans like Bremer in midfield, only Olaf Marschall on the front line has excellent strength. Croatian striker Pavel Kuka is quite capable, was the team's top scorer last season, but his performance is not stable enough, and in Yang Chen's mind, he is still not as good as Marschall.

  It's only natural that a new striker was brought in, after all he couldn't just rely on two strikers to get by, especially in 1996 when the dual-striker formation was all the rage.

  In the midfield, Grenier and Wagner are barely usable. The former is a winger but already 30 years old, while the latter can both attack and defend with excellent running ability, capable of playing multiple positions, should be reliable next season. If added to players like Nedved, Gattuso, and Ballack, the midfield would be decent, only lacking an organizer to tidy up the midfield.

  Looking at the youth training camp, 20-year-old Riedel and 18-year-old Nigerian youngster Ogiegwi are not reliable for the time being, so it is necessary to introduce a suitable organizer. As for this, Yang Cheng already has a suitable candidate in mind.