Coaching career started as a college team coach

Warburton did not tear down and rebuild Forest's formation.

But in the few games after he took office, he tended to be flexible in his lineup selection and chose a lot of different lineup options.

In the defense, he decided to put two 20-year-old youth training players, Warlow and Matty Cash (now the one at Aston Villa), on the bench, and chose to trust the veteran combination of Fox and Mills.

The 34-year-old Vaughan was in the defensive midfielder position of his 4-1-4-1 formation, and the two forwards were captain Cohen and Clough.

Although Zach Clough has the same surname as Forest's legendary coach Clough, the 22-year-old has nothing to do with him.

When this buddy transferred from Bolton to Nottingham Forest, it also caused a surprise among Forest fans. But the reality is that although this young player has some talent, it seems that he is still a little bit worse than the name "Crawford".

Right winger Brereton is also a player worth noting. The young player with dual nationality of Chile and England is very fast, has excellent shooting ability, and has a free kick technique, but his disadvantage is that he is a little thin.

Left winger Osborne is also a product of Forest Youth Training, so together with goalkeeper Jordan Smith and Brereton, there are three youth players in Forest's 11-man starting lineup.

This is enough to show the strength of Nottingham Forest's youth training system.

"If our youth training can ensure that we have more than five players who are capable of playing for us in every game, it means that our youth training is successful."

For now, there is a big gap in Wolves' youth training.

Before Wei Le arrived, the only promising young player in the entire youth team was 16-year-old Gibbs White. After Wei Le caught Haaland, he also gained recognition.

But after all, Haaland's strength has exceeded the level of the youth team by a lot. He has not played a few youth league games, but he has already adapted to the first team. Therefore, it is doubtful whether he is a product of the Wolves youth training.

Another player who can be said to be more promising is 19-year-old Marcos Kilman. This central defender is a treasure that Wei Le found in the North and South League of England, Medehei United.

Now he has been loaned back to continue to help Medehei United seek to rise to the National League of England.

This central defender of Ukrainian descent is 194 cm tall and can stay focused in high-level competitions. Wei Le is optimistic that he will eventually stand on the stage of the Premier League, and thinks that this day will not be too far away.

In addition, Wei Le is unlikely to find good seedlings among players aged 17-20, which refers to the level of being able to play in the Premier League.

Some players may have the ability to play in the second or third level leagues in England, or the Championship and the League One, in Wei Le's opinion, but it is obviously difficult for them to stay in the Wolves in the future and be used by Wei Le.

Of course, it is indeed a bit harsh to criticize the Wolves youth training system, which is in need of reconstruction, by using the evaluation criteria of training top-level players.

But if Wolves want to stay in the top league for a long time, they must establish a system to search for young players from all over the world and then systematically train them in the youth training camp.

This is a long-term project, but it is time to start now.

"Do you believe it? In the future, we can use the evaluation analysis of a database to find a football genius who we have never met but is very suitable for us?"

"Believe it." When Wei Le said this, Guo Guangchang nodded without hesitation.

Wei Le was a little surprised. He thought he needed to spend a long speech to convince his boss, but now it seems that his boss does not need to be convinced.

Seeing Wei Le's astonishment, Guo Guangchang laughed with satisfaction. He likes this young man who is much younger than him very much. The ability and potential he has shown in football are beyond his imagination.

Now, Wei Le once again emphasized the issue of youth training and scouts to him, probably to ask him for investment, but he was not disgusted at all, but very happy, because he saw that the head coach he selected was already looking at the future of the team.

"Xiao Wei, I know what you are thinking, and you also told me about this idea. I didn't believe it at first, but when I went back to China and asked, they all said that your idea is absolutely feasible."

Guo Guangchang said approvingly.

Wei Le shook his head, "But in China, it's too difficult. On the one hand, domestic clubs simply don't have such courage, let alone such material foundation to maintain a huge system."

"Even if we find” After communicating with Cai Huiqiang (who appeared in Chapters 29, 57, and 102), a young coach and friend of Wei Le, who is currently training with Shanghai Port, he concluded that it is not that China is not aware of the progress of technology, but that China really cannot achieve such technological progress. Cai Huiqiang studied abroad at Loughborough University and of course knows that big data has penetrated into all aspects of sports on a large scale. In this regard, China obviously still lacks a lot. The club’s own youth training system has not been built, and the echelons of many teams are not taken seriously at all. What’s the use of such a scout system! In addition, there are many...unexplainable factors in the introduction and sale of players by domestic clubs and league systems, which makes this scout system even more difficult to implement. Agents occupy a very important position in the player transfer system of the Chinese League. Compared with introducing "suitable players at the competitive level", introducing "players recommended by familiar agents" can obviously bring more benefits to the club. "It's too complicated. I haven't been exposed to much information when I just came back, but these contents have surprised me. Football in China is not football at all, but... a more complicated thing. "

"Why don't you come to Europe?"

"..."

Cai Huiqiang fell silent when he heard Wei Le's straightforward question. The two of them skipped this topic tacitly.

When playing FIFA online across the ocean, Cai Huiqiang was pessimistic about the technical level of domestic football. But he felt that Wei Le's idea could be fully realized in Wolves.

"Your boss is rich!" Cai Huiqiang expressed his feelings directly.

"Fuck, it's true." Wei Le was overjoyed.

So today's face-to-face conversation took place.

"Xiao Wei, you don't have to convince me. Although I am old and have left the front line of research and development, I still know where the technology has developed to now."

"Just tell me what functions you want this system, if it is based on your concept, this big data system, to achieve, and the rest will be handed over to Fosun Group."

"! "Wei Le was overjoyed.

Seeing Wei Le's unabashed smile, Guo Guangchang was also infected and smiled, "I bought Wolves not just to make a fortune in the next few years, I really want to run this club well."

"Although Fosun Group is not a particularly wealthy investor, I certainly understand the principle of standing for the future and what is necessary investment."

"Don't worry about it!"

Wei Le walked out of the office with a smile on his face. He felt more and more that joining Wolves was the right choice. Here, at least he didn't need to intrigue with the board of directors, and didn't need to put too much energy on administrative work, but focus on football and unscrupulously use his talents.