Football: Rebirth 04, I Create a Black Shop in Football

In the afternoon, Li Shiguang brought Shakira to the Thorp Arch training base, along with Allen. However, he did not go to his office as usual today, but came to the training place of the youth team. "Thomas!"

Hearing the shout, Tuchel, who was watching the young players train, turned around and saw that it was Li Shiguang. He hurried over to greet him: "Boss, how come you have time to come to my place today?"

Li Shiguang enthusiastically put his arm around Tuchel's shoulders and walked to the sidelines: "I just happened to be free today, so I came to see how these new kids they found in the summer are doing?"

Tuchel nodded and pointed to a child who was dribbling the ball on the field: "Not bad, especially the kid from South America, the one who plays as a front midfielder, has good skills and talent, and gives me a bit of Riquelme's flavor. The other one who plays on the wing is also very good."

Looking along Tuchel's fingertips, a child who looks like 15 or 16 years old came into Li Shiguang's sight. The round baby face reminded Li Shiguang of someone at once.

"South America? From Colombia?"

Tuchel nodded. He was quite surprised that Li Shiguang could remember a young player from the youth team.

In fact, since last year, Li Shiguang has entrusted Ron with the task of searching for young talents all over the world. However, during this period, he personally told Ron two names and asked him to bring them back.

One is the Argentine Di Maria, and the other is the Colombian James Rodriguez.

The kid who Tuchel just mentioned, who has a bit of Riquelme's flavor, is James Rodriguez, who was later called J. Luo by Chinese fans.

Speaking of which, James is also a genius who came out of nowhere.

In 2013, when he was only 22 years old, he was introduced by Monaco of Ligue 1 at a high price of 45 million euros, and in his first season in Ligue 1, he won the assist king and entered the best team of Ligue 1.

But what really made James enter the world's attention was the Brazil World Cup a year later. James, who had already scored 3 goals in the group stage, shined when Colombia faced its rival Uruguay in the round of 16.

That amazing goal that broke the deadlock on the field was not only named the best goal of the 2014 Brazil World Cup, but also allowed James to win the Puskas Award that year. Although he lost to the host Brazil in the quarterfinals, this did not prevent James from winning the Golden Boot of that World Cup with 6 goals in 5 games.

After the World Cup, James landed at the Bernabeu with the aura of the Golden Boot for 80 million euros.

That year, James was like a fish in water under Ancelotti and also delivered a very good answer.

However, with the departure of Ancelotti and the rise of Zidane, James and Riquelme's classic attacking midfielder style of play, which was similar to Riquelme's, was disliked. Under Zidane, James got less and less playing time. After the formation of the ceremony's three midfielders, James completely lost his position in Real Madrid. Later, seeking a change, he went to Bayern Munich. After a brilliant season, he was pressed on the bench by Croatian Kovac for the same reason.

Later, James left the top team and came to the Premier League to follow his mentor Ancelotti. Unfortunately, the good times did not last long. Ancelotti returned to Real Madrid not long after the cooperation. James was also abandoned by Everton due to injuries and high wages. Since then, James has gradually faded out of people's sight..

Li Shiguang patted Tuchel on the shoulder and kept his eyes on Rodriguez who was dribbling forward: "I know this kid. Ron showed me his video before. His playing style is indeed a bit like Riquelme. He doesn't like defense. But now he is still young and there is room for improvement. Thomas, you have to make a good transformation so that he can adapt to our tactical system."

Tuchel nodded. Rodriguez's characteristic of not liking defense is indeed his shortcoming if he wants to survive in Leeds United. After all, in Li Shiguang's tactical system, even forwards have to participate in defense.

Since coming to Leeds United, Tuchel, influenced by Li Shiguang, has also begun to emphasize the tactical idea of ​​high-pressure pressing in training, and he found that this tactic is quite useful when facing most of the relatively rough defenders in the Premier League.

When he played with the U19, he often passed through the frontcourt

The counter-grab caused the opponent's defender to make a mistake and counterattack on the spot, thus scoring a goal.

Li Shiguang didn't care so much. It would be best if he could practice it. Even if he couldn't practice it, with James' normal performance, he should be able to attract the attention of those giants. At that time, even if he couldn't sell for 80 million euros, 50 or 60 million euros would be acceptable...

But the main purpose of his visit to Tuchel today was not just to see these young players.

"By the way, Thomas, I came here today mainly to tell you something. I think it's time for your last plan. In the morning, Alan has contacted the managers of Real Sociedad and Espanyol respectively. They are willing to talk. Which one to choose, I need your advice!"

"Really?"

"Of course! Why should I joke with you about this kind of thing?"

Tuchel looked at Li Shiguang in surprise, a little bit unbelievable that Li Shiguang agreed to his plan so quickly.

In fact, at the end of last season, Tuchel suggested to Li Shiguang that as the young players in the youth training camp got older, Tuchel felt that the intensity of the English Youth Super League was a bit weak, so he wanted Li Shiguang to cooperate with some clubs in foreign leagues to rent out potential players so that they could get more training in adult leagues.

Li Shiguang considered this issue at the time, but at that time he was dragged around by Chen Guanhai, and then he had to expand the stadium and buy players. The dividends from sponsors and broadcasts were not in place, so Li Shiguang had to temporarily put Tuchel's proposal on hold.

Shakira's invitation this morning reminded him, so Li Shiguang quickly asked Allen to contact the two clubs to discuss cooperation.

The reason for choosing La Liga was also Tuchel's previous suggestion. He believed that Leeds United was now taking a completely different route from other Premier League clubs, and the Spanish league, which relatively focused on teamwork and personal basic skills, was the best choice...