Chapter 368

Van der Sar's height, no matter where they go, is the focus of attention.

But it was obvious that he was a regular customer of the coffee shop, so after entering, he politely said hello to the fans who recognized him around, went to a remote box, and invited the owner of the coffee shop to explain.

After that, he sent a text message to Gao Han and passed on the address of the coffee shop.

In less than ten minutes, Gao Han, accompanied by the owner of the coffee shop, walked into the box.

"Nice to meet you, Edwin."

"Me too, Mr. Gao Han."

To van der Sar's surprise, Gao Han came alone without any assistants.

It seems to be aware of van der Sar's surprise. Gao Han sat down and explained with a smile, "like you, I just finished today's training in Harrington. After that, the people of the club informed me that I had an agreement with Fulham, so I called Mr. Coleman and came to see you."

Van der Sar has a wry smile. He thinks that the manager of the 200 million Legion is really an acute man.

However, sitting up and standing up is full of the energy of young people.

"Edwin, as you know, we made an offer to Fulham and they accepted it. We hope to invite you to join us at Chelsea and become our goalkeeper Alpine said frankly.

Van der Sar nodded. "I know, but I wonder, why me?"

"Then you think, why can't it be you?" Gao Han asked with a smile.

Edwin van der Sar, he can't say what he thinks to his face.

Fortunately, Gao Han was only joking and didn't embarrass him.

"Let me put it this way. In fact, as early as Atletico Madrid, we almost became colleagues, but unfortunately, for some reasons, we missed it

Van der Sar nodded. He knew about it, and even regretted it.

"I know Franz Hawke." Gao Han said.

Van der Sar's face changed a little, a little surprised, but soon came to realize, "in Barcelona?"

"Well." Gao Han nodded.

"You know, what Franz has done in Barcelona is unbelievable. He has brought revolutionary changes to the training of Spanish goalkeepers. He has not only trained Barcelona goalkeepers such as Reina and Valdes, but also influenced the training of Real Madrid and even the whole Spanish football world."

Van der Sar doesn't look surprised. "He's really a great man."

This remark of high cold is not a big one, but a fact.

Van Gaal has brought changes to Barcelona far beyond the imagination of ordinary fans, and Frans Hawke is one of them. Even after van Gaal left Barcelona, Frans Hawke still often takes time to give lectures in Spain to teach him his experience in goalkeeper training.

Gao Han has heard his assistant Pedro harrow mention Frans Hawke more than once, and almost all of them have a very respectful tone and expression, which shows how far-reaching changes Frans Hawke has brought to the training of Spanish goalkeepers.

"Frankly, I don't know Franz very well, but I've heard him talk about you more than once. He said that you are the best player he has trained so far

Van der Sar was a little excited, but soon became lonely again.

"That's all in the past."

"No, no, no!" Gao Han shook his head. "I don't think so."

Van der Sar raised his head and looked strangely at the cold. It was difficult to understand.

"I've learned about your situation at Juve. I think it's a mistake for you to go to Serie A. your characteristics are not suitable for Serie A. they are all defensive and can't give you so much space to play, but you should not be a goalkeeper who is confined to a small penalty area."

When van der Sar heard this, his face changed obviously. Instead of returning to normal as before, he was a little excited and nodded: "it's true that as you said, I don't adapt to their training style at all."

In the eyes of ordinary fans, the goalkeeper seems to be the same, is the most undifferentiated position.

But in fact, there are many differences in goalkeepers.

Just like Cech, he is the typical goalkeeper who dominates the big penalty area. He can bring the whole big penalty area into his own control, as well as van der Sar.

For this type of goalkeeper, you can't ask them to stay in a small restricted area at all, which makes them very uncomfortable. Instead of playing their advantages, they will expose their disadvantages.

It's like pressing a player close to two meters into a one meter and five meter high area, forcing him to bend down. In this case, can he still play flexibly?

Relatively speaking, Italy's goalkeepers are basically small restricted area type, which has a lot to do with Italy's taking back defense. Cudicini is this type of goalkeeper, and so is the goalkeeper Buffon, but Buffon's personal ability is too excellent, even against the sky, almost without any short board, so he is also very dominant in the restricted area.

But in any case, putting a small penalty area goalkeeper in a high defensive team is very bad in itself, just like kudicini's situation at Chelsea.

On the other hand, it's not good to put a goalkeeper like Edwin van der Sar in a team with a shrinking defence.

What's more, van der Sar's problem is not just the area of activity.

FIFA changed the rules of football in those years, when the goalkeeper can't use his hand when facing the teammate's return pass. Since then, there have been two completely different opinions on the training route of the goalkeeper.

One is that the most important thing for a goalkeeper is to keep the goal. He is the hand. He has the best technique at his feet, and he is not demanding. Therefore, when training a goalkeeper, they often don't pay attention to the training of technique at his feet.

When on the court, teammates pass back and opponents press, the top priority of this kind of goalkeeper is to open a big foot and let the ball leave the dangerous area as soon as possible.

Another idea is to advocate passing and controlling. Their idea is never to give the ball to the opponent easily, so generally speaking, they will not allow the goalkeeper to take back the pass with a big kick. Since they can't use their hands, they have to strengthen the goalkeeper's passing and controlling skills, so that the goalkeeper can become a part of the team's passing and controlling system.

Frans Hawke is the practitioner of the latter idea, and van der Sar is also the goalkeeper trained by this idea.

Van der Sar's footwork has been quite good from Ajax, to Juve, to Fulham. Especially in Ajax, what he is best at is that when the team goes out, he goes out to the outside of the penalty area and becomes a member of the team's pass control system.

But this kind of play needs the team's overall cooperation, especially the back line.

"I've seen your matches at Juve and Fulham. I think there are always differences in ideas and habits between you and your teammates

"Last season, you once made a very serious mistake. You were accused of breaking the ball by the opponent's forward. But when I watched a video, I was thinking, what are the defenders doing when they run so far? Shouldn't they come back to pick up your pass?"

Van der Sar smiles, but his eyes are warm, as if he is happy to find someone who understands him.

"You know, not all goalkeepers have the courage, but more to avoid mistakes. They just kick forward with a big foot. Anyway, they pass to the front. If they lose it, someone will grab it, but you don't have it."

Gao Han said, his eyes fixed on van der Sar. "I like that very much."

Van der Sar is really moved this time, even a little moved.

He knew that Gao Han had really known him and appreciated him, otherwise he would not have been able to tell these details.

It's something he's never seen at Juve or Fulham.

"To tell you the truth, Edwin, you are only 32 years old. As a goalkeeper, he is at the age of playing. I hope you can seriously consider our invitation. I guarantee that you will get more suitable playing space at Chelsea."

Van der Sar once again recovered calm, still very calm, very calm, after listening to the cold words, slightly nodded, "I need to think about it."

"No problem." Alpine also did not intend to let van der Sar agreed today, "we will contact your agent immediately."

Van der Sar nodded and acquiesced to the negotiation process.

In fact, he has little choice because Fulham have agreed.

As a professional player, he knows very well that Gao Han has come to talk to him in person. This is out of respect for him, which makes him grateful. If he refuses, it will be difficult for him to stay in Fulham.

At least, Chris Coleman now plans to use the 10 million euro to attract aid.

Moreover, the meeting with Gao Han convinced him that Gao Han understood him better than Chris Coleman, at least.

A head coach who knows him better, an environment more suitable for him to play in, and maybe even his salary will be improved

Van der Sar can't refuse all kinds of advantages.

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In fact, the negotiations with van der Sar's agent went surprisingly well.

The players themselves have agreed to join the club. The club are eager for talent. Edwin van der Sar's salary is high for Fulham, but for Chelsea, it can only be regarded as the middle of the stream. It is acceptable to add some appropriately.

Therefore, after two negotiations, the two sides quickly reached a consensus and signed the contract in just two days.

When Chelsea announced that they would bring in 32 year old goalkeeper Edwin van der Sar from Fulham for 10 million euros, the whole English football world was shocked by the cold action again.

Even this time, it was more surprising than any before.

10 million euro to buy a 32 year old goalkeeper with ups and downs?

If Makelele is not young, but at least he performs well in Real Madrid, then van der Sar's performance in Fulham can not be regarded as good, at most he can only be regarded as passing.

Can such a player, actually spent 10 million euro?

Greasy! Money laundering! Black gold deal!

All kinds of rumors and revelations began to spread among the British media, and even the fans of Chelsea were worried.

But for the outside world's speculation, alpine and Chelsea did not come forward to clarify, but concentrate on the team's training.

The Premier League's first round is around the corner, but Alpine has no spare time to deal with the media.

But in the eyes of the media and some fans, this is the performance of guilty heart!

For a time, all the dirty water and sewage are used in the cold, there are signs of swallowing him（ (to be continued.)