Star Coach

Marcia did not trust Jiangshan and immediately retorted, "Coach Cooper, Jiangshan is too young and may not be able to be a scout, even if it is only a part-time job."

Cooper is the head coach of the first team and his words carry weight, but the selection of scouts is not decided by him. The club president Cortes is the helmsman and has the greatest personnel power in his hands. So Marcia argued for his rights.

"Age is not a problem. Coach Robson recruited a 17-year-old scout a few years ago and he became his assistant." Cooper said coldly.

Cooper has his own persistence and will not change what he decides. Just a few days ago, Jiangshan sent a edited videotape to Cooper, clearly and meticulously analyzing their opponent in the next round of the league, Atletico Madrid.

In the video, Jiangshan thoroughly analyzed the technical characteristics of Atletico's two trump cards, Baraja and Belleron, with very rich data. Cooper almost saw the digitized players. After watching the videotape, Cooper decided to follow Robson's example and recruit Jiangshan as his assistant.

In this era, big clubs all have video editors, but detailed data analysis has only become popular since 2002. Jiangshan worked as a video data analyst in his previous life. It is not difficult to achieve it under the conditions of resources. Now he just showed a few tricks in advance. But you can imagine how shocked Cooper would be when he saw such detailed data analysis for the first time.

Jiangshan has been smiling. Isn't the 17-year-old scout recruited by Robson the birdie Boas? This guy started from Porto and coached Chelsea, Tottenham, Zenit St. Petersburg, and finally became the head coach of Shanghai SIPG. In Shanghai SIPG, he was angry with everyone and fans, often suspended, but still received his salary.

"But..." Marcia still wanted to argue.

Cooper was unhappy and immediately contacted Cortes, ready to ask the chairman for someone. Cooper's head coach position was given to him by Cortes. The two have a good relationship, so this face must be there.

In Jiangshan's memory, Valencia chairman Cortes, apart from his poor business operation, had a very accurate vision for coaches. He chose Cooper, and the team reached the Champions League final for two consecutive years; he chose Benítez, and won two La Liga titles and the UEFA Cup. The three of them worked together to create Valencia's most glorious period.

Seeing Cooper was about to contact the chairman, Marcia immediately said, "Don't bother the chairman for such a small matter. Just choose Jiangshan, you have the final say."

The Valencia executives don't get along with each other. Marcia and Cooper are not from the same faction, and their relationship is average, but they won't tear each other apart for a small scout.

The bearded man and the fat man were confused. The chairman was pulled out? How cruel. With such a strong relationship, he actually competed with us for scouts? Wasn't he deliberately playing tricks on us...

"Thank you!" Cooper's cold face melted and he smiled.

"Jiangshan, I will give you a one-year contract first, double your weekly salary to 100,000 pesetas, and the other benefits are the same as those of a full-time scout." Marcia doubled the salary and gave Cooper enough face.

"Mr. Cooper, Mr. Quintero, Mr. Marcia, thank you!" Jiangshan said calmly, pointing to the self-recommendation form, "The three candidates above will definitely become talents. I believe in my vision and will definitely be worthy of my salary."

"Where do you get your confidence, kid?" Cooper smiled and took his self-recommendation form, "Silva, Villa, Torres?"

Cooper stopped smiling and said seriously, "Villa and Torres are both on our radar for signings, and we have good vision. But Torres is from Atletico Madrid, he is only 16 years old this year, and it is not easy to introduce him."

Valencia had long been interested in Atletico Madrid's midfielder Baraja, and the two sides were arguing over the transfer. During the winter transfer window, Atletico Madrid, which was in danger of relegation, still held on to the players and said that they would not sell them no matter what, and there is no result yet.

"It's mainly because Atletico's people are not easy to use." Masia joked, "I've also paid attention to Torres. He's very fast, has strong impact, and has good small skills, but he's too bad at holding the ball with his back to the goal, so he can't be a fulcrum in the frontcourt."

Masia is also an excellent scout, with no problem with judgment, but he doesn't trust young people. Moreover, Jiangshan exudes a strong Chinese atmosphere. In his impression, does China have football? In addition, Jiangshan's resume also includes the Hong Kong Football League, which is too poor. The strength of the championship team is probably not even as good as the mid-level team in the Western Third Division.

But the timely appearance of head coach Cooper made the final decision. The recruitment ended with Jiangshan's victory.

Just as the fat man and the bearded man were about to leave, Jiangshan shouted, "Old man, don't be afraid of failure. Go back and study for a few years, and you can ask me for advice." The bearded man's face flushed red as he returned the original words.

Jiangshan doesn't bear grudges. If he has a grudge, he usually takes revenge on the spot.

Cooper and Quintero looked at Jiangshan's appearance, smiled bitterly and shook their heads at the same time. It's understandable that young people are more angry. Marcia doesn't like such people, he appreciates gentlemen with grace.

Cooper looked through Jiangshan's resume with interest, and complained in his heart, "This guy is so lucky. In his two-year professional career, he actually won two league championships."

Whether Cooper coached Hurricane, Lanus Athletic in the Argentine First Division or Mallorca in La Liga, although he had good results, he never won a league championship. In his first season as Mallorca coach, he led the team to the King's Cup final and lost to Barcelona. Last season, he reached the European Cup Winners' Cup final and was also the runner-up, losing to Lazio.

Marcia gave Jiangshan a one-year scout contract and signed it soon.

"You want to be a coach too? A B-level coaching certificate is not bad. The B-level coaching certificate in England is not easy to get." Cooper nodded with satisfaction, "UCAM student? You really surprised me!"

He burst out with swear words. How could a young man have such a clear career plan? He got a coaching certificate while playing football, and he also studied at UCAM University? He is definitely determined to be a coach.

UCAM is the University of Vukang in Spain. Although it was established only a few years ago, its strong sports professional strength is enough to make it famous all over the world. Vukang University also cooperates extensively with La Liga and has rich resources.

The current Real Madrid coach Bosque also became an honorary doctor of Vukang University in 2013.

"I want to be a football coach." Jiang Shan did not hide his ambition, "and then win one championship after another."

"I am very surprised by your data analysis video. So come with me and explain your videotape to my players. I believe they will like it too."

Jiang Shan shrugged and followed him out. The videotape is his stepping stone to sign the contract. Masia and Quintero looked at each other. Are they going to watch a movie together?

"Jiangshan, except for Atletico Madrid, you should make a videotape for me for the next few games, as detailed as the one you sent me."

"Especially Barcelona." Cooper added.

Valencia has two more games in April, the 34th round of the league against Atletico Madrid at home, and the 35th round away against Rayo Vallecano.

The first league game in May is at home against Real Sociedad. Before that, there was a Champions League semi-final match at home against Barcelona.

In order to add glory to the team's centenary celebration, Barcelona's head coach Van Gaal played aggressive football this season and frequently scored big scores. Now it ranks second in the league, higher than Valencia and second only to Deportivo La Coruna.

In the Champions League, Barcelona played classic scores such as 4:2 Arsenal, 4:2, and 3:3 Fiorentina; in the round of 16 against Chelsea, 1:3 away, 3:1 at home, and finally scored 2 goals in overtime, and the road to promotion was thrilling.

Barcelona is aggressive, and Cooper's worries are not unreasonable.

Jiangshan searched his memory. The La Liga in the past few seasons coincided with turbulent times and the league competition was fierce. He clearly remembered that Valencia only drew one game in the last few rounds of the league and won all the others. The Champions League also successfully eliminated Barcelona and successfully advanced to the final. The two-round match was a classic. However, Valencia lost the most important game, which was a pity.

Thinking of this, Jiangshan suddenly felt that it was too boring to follow the development of football history as a player. Why not make a big shot, for example, kick Real Madrid off the horse in the Champions League final?

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