Super Marshal

The reason why Gao Han went all the way from Carrington to the City Stadium to attend Sterling's signing ceremony was, on the one hand, to show how much he values ​​the young player, and on the other hand, to attend the team's high-level meeting.

As the chief technical officer of Manchester City Club, it stands to reason that Gao Han should appear in every high-level meeting, but he is indeed too busy and does not have so much time and energy to deal with the trivial matters of the club, so most of the things are Leave it to general manager Paul Futre.

But there are also some meetings that are closely related to the athletics department and cannot be avoided no matter what.

For example, this afternoon's high-level meeting will discuss transfer operations for next season.

So far in the Premier League this season, the situation can be said to be very clear. It is only a matter of time before Manchester City wins the championship. This is not only the confidence within Manchester City, but also the consensus of everyone, because Manchester City's lead is too big.

It's so big that even other opponents can't catch up.

The only thing that is more suspenseful is the FA Cup, but Manchester City's results are also good.

As time enters March, training and transfer matters for this summer have begun to be put on the agenda.

For example, Mubarak hopes that Manchester City can travel to the Middle East this summer. They hope to organize in the Middle East so that Manchester City can play one or two friendly matches with other strong European teams.

Gao Han has no objection to this, but he hopes that the team's training location can be in Europe, such as Ireland.

Dublin is a very ideal training place. Gao Han hopes that after training there, he will play two or three warm-up games, then go to the Middle East, and finally return to Manchester to prepare for the game.

The management stated that they will fully consider Gao Han's wishes, but the specific itinerary will depend on the club's subsequent arrangements.

"According to the intelligence we currently have, the European transfer market this summer will generally be relatively sluggish. There are currently very few teams with large transfer funds on hand. Barcelona and Real Madrid, the two giants of the Western Premier League, but they There may not be another big deal, because there are not many stars with appeal in the transfer market."

Paul Futre analyzes the current transfer market situation in European football.

Originally, the team most likely to be poached was Atletico Madrid. Torres and Villa were both popular, making Real Madrid and Barcelona covetous. However, after moving into the new stadium, Atletico Madrid's revenue capacity has skyrocketed, and the two The core players have just renewed their contracts and are very unlikely to leave the team.

In contrast, Barcelona is not in a hurry. On the contrary, Real Madrid has a transfer budget of hundreds of millions of euros on hand, but they don't know where to spend the money. This is indeed a headache.

The current focus of competition between the Western Premier League duo is Arsenal's Cesc Fabregas, but it may not be easy to convince the Gunners to release him. This transfer soap opera is likely to continue to drag on.

"The situation in the Premier League will not be very optimistic. Chelsea has already released news early that they will not make large-scale signings this summer. I am afraid the same is true for Manchester United, not to mention Arsenal and Liverpool. According to the reliable intelligence we have received, , Benitez is likely to be fired, and Liverpool has begun secretly searching for a new coach."

Paul Futrey did not mention Manchester City itself, because whether Manchester City signs players or not depends on Gao Han's decision.

Even the big boss Mansour and Chairman Mubarak who were sitting at the meeting had no power to decide.

Gao Han never said a word, but listened silently.

The buying and selling transactions in the transfer market can easily reach millions, tens of millions, or even over 100 million. Therefore, before the summer transfer market every year, there will be a special evaluation agency to predict and evaluate the summer transfer market. Major clubs will base their evaluation on As a result, formulate your own transfer strategy.

To put it simply, everyone has to weigh their own weight, how much money they can spend, and who they can buy.

When the market is good, the player's worth may be falsely higher than the market valuation, and some may even be ridiculously high. When the market is bad, the player's worth is often relatively real, which is a good time to buy at the bottom.

But there are also unlucky ones, such as Chelsea, who brought in Falcao and Ramirez for 90 million euros, which is obviously a top-notch bargain.

Why do you say that?

Because in recent months, the European debt crisis has fully erupted, and various industries across Europe have begun to tighten monetary policy.

If the impact of the Greek sovereign debt crisis on the four major leagues was not obvious enough in December last year, then by the end of February, the debt had begun to spread to the five European pig countries, namely Portugal, Italy, Ireland, Greece and Spain.

In this case, Chelsea's Abramovich could only cry and fainted in the toilet.

But there was nothing he could do. He was the one who insisted on poaching Falcao and Ramirez. Even if he didn't take action at that time, he would still have to pay the same amount of liquidated damages if he does it this summer.

Fortunately, both players performed well.

The European debt crisis is in full swing, and the Abu Dhabi consortium under Mansour has extremely abundant funds on hand, so he will be based in the UK next to facilitate bargain hunting.

Similarly, he also hopes that Manchester City can buy the bottom and form a stronger team.

After all, Manchester City will compete in the Champions League next season.

"We Chinese have an old saying, soldiers are more valuable than experts, and it is equally applicable on the football field."

Gao Han knew that everyone present was asking for his opinion, so he organized his words and expressed his thoughts in public.

"My idea is to control the team's lineup to around 25 people. I believe that this number will be enough to cope with multi-line operations next season. This summer, I do not intend to continue to introduce as much money as I did in the past. Instead of recruiting new players, we hope to bring in substitutes and rotation players, or young players with potential.”

"My purpose is simple. I not only want to build a team with the ability to win championships, but I also hope that it will be a healthy and sustainable team. This is true whether it is at Atletico Madrid or International Milan, Bayern Munich, or Chelsea, I believe it has been proven."

Everyone present nodded in agreement.

Gao Han's past coaching resume shows that all the teams he coaches often maintain strong competitiveness after he leaves, because he always leaves a strong personnel reserve for the team.

Needless to say, Atletico Madrid, for example, Inter Milan, after selling Cristiano Ronaldo and Ibrahimovic in the front trident, not only received a start-up capital for a new stadium, but its strength is still strong. .

The same is true for Bayern Munich. The Bundesliga giant has performed at a very high level both in the Bundesliga and the Champions League this season. Klinsmann has become famous because of this, but everyone knows that all this is Bayern. Given by the high cold.

Mansour is not a genius. Although he is rich, he is also good at calculation. If he can achieve the same or even better results by spending less money, then he will choose to support it without hesitation.

"Okay, I completely agree with Mr. Gao Han's idea." Mubarak immediately expressed his stance.

No one had anything to say, so the matter was settled.

Gao Han already has his own set of ideas on how to implement it.

"There are two positions I want to focus on strengthening this summer. One is central defender. I want to introduce a left-footed central defender. I decided to sell Corluka and Richard Dunn. Both players are difficult. If they meet my requirements, it is difficult to get a chance to play. Instead of doing this, it is better for them to transfer and leave to seek better development."

Richard Dunn is the former captain of the team. He was originally going to leave last summer, but later he personally talked to Gao Han, hoping to stay with the team and continue to play. Unfortunately, after a season, he never How many playing opportunities can you get.

Even when Kaká was injured, Gao Han would rather use Zabaleta than Dunn in the right center back position, which shows that he is indeed not suitable for Gao Han's tactical play.

Korluka was purely a matter of strength, and Gao Han felt it was better to let him leave.

As for the introduction of a left-footed central defender, I have already had the idea as early as last summer. It is just a pity that it is difficult to find a left-footed central defender in European football, especially a player who meets Gao Han's requirements for a left-footed central defender. Therefore, It was always delayed.

But after a season of scouting, he has some clues.

"In terms of midfielder, Stephen Ireland must leave the team. I know that many Premier League teams have been interested in him recently, and I am happy to accept his offer." Gao Han and Stephen Ireland can be said to have broken up.

In his eyes, Stephen Ireland is a completely irresponsible player. Although he is good, he has no professional ethics. He often misses training and has become a restless element in the locker room. This makes Gao Han have to kill him. .

Although many media outside are crying for Stephen Ireland, thinking that Gao Han did not give him a chance, so he fell out with Gao Han, but in Gao Han's view, he is the head coach of the team, and as a player, Ireland You should use your strength and performance to convince yourself and fight for opportunities instead of going against yourself.

Gao Han often shows no mercy to all players who want to go against him.

"Both Elano and Michael Johnson are going to stay, and I plan to introduce one or two players in the midfield. I already have one candidate, and the others will depend on the situation."

The transfer market is changing rapidly, and Gao Han cannot fully control the overall situation.

Paul Futrey took note of Gao Han's request carefully, but reminded him: "What should Petrov do?"

Gao Han frowned, this was indeed a bit tricky.

Petrov is 31 years old and his performance is good, but in front of Cristiano Ronaldo, Kaká and Sanchez, it is definitely impossible for him to play the main role, but he himself is not satisfied with being a substitute.

The key now is that his contract expires in June this year.

In other words, Manchester City must now either agree to his conditions, not only to increase his salary, but also to promise him the number of appearances, and to sign a two-year contract with an automatic one-year renewal clause. This is undoubtedly unacceptable to Gao Han. of.

Once Petrov leaves the team, the team's frontcourt will definitely need to make new signings.

But after Gao Han thought about it, he made a decision, "If he is unwilling to renew his contract according to the conditions proposed by the team, then let him go, and we will look for a suitable replacement in the transfer market at that time. "

Paul Futrey hesitated for a moment, then nodded in agreement.

To be honest, it is impossible for Gao Han to compromise on this kind of matter. Otherwise, it will be difficult for him to control the locker room.

Of course, there is no need to worry about Martin Petrov having nowhere to go. He is very popular and many Premier League teams are interested in him.

But if this happens, Manchester City will definitely have to make more signings on the wing.