Super Marshal

Chinatown's training camp at BJ went smoothly.

Gao Han stayed at BJ from beginning to end, and carefully studied and analyzed the team's situation last season with Pochettino. They had very in-depth exchanges from the tactical system to the player lineup configuration.

Pochettino admired Gao Han's tactical qualities. Chinatown participated in the Champions League for the first time this season. He sincerely asked Gao Han for his experience in the Champions League. Gao Han also told Gao Han everything he knew. .

This season is the first time that Pochettino and Chinatown have played in the Champions League. Gao Han said that he will not put any pressure on performance, and he will not even mind if he is eliminated from the third round of qualifiers.

But having said that, Pochettino is still ambitious and hopes to make a difference in the Champions League.

Except for James Rodriguez, who stayed in Colombia to prepare for the World Youth Championship after participating in the America's Cup, almost all the players in Chinatown returned to the team for training. The team's lineup was relatively complete. During the training in China, they were BJ, Shanghai, Tianjin and Guangzhou played four warm-up matches and successfully defeated their opponents.

After playing the warm-up match in Guangzhou, Chinatown went directly from Shenzhen to Hong Kong to prepare for the last warm-up match.

Gao Han only attended the first three warm-up games in Chinatown and did not go south with the team. Instead, he stayed in BJ and negotiated with many domestic sponsors including Huawei and Lianxiang with Armando Marcos. Cooperation.

Since the talks were almost complete before, the sponsorship contract was signed smoothly. It is expected to generate 20 million euros in revenue for Chinatown every year, and these domestic companies will use Chinatown as a stepping stone to enter the European market.

During the BJ period, news from the European transfer market continued to pour in, gathering in front of Gao Han's case.

This large amount of information slowly gathered together, and finally a context map of the current situation of European football was drawn in front of Gao Han.

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"It is obvious that professional football has fully entered the era of big capital."

At the Chinatown Youth Training Center, Gao Han summoned Armando Marcos and Cantarero, who were about to return to Europe, as well as BJ Chinatown’s core executives Lin Guoping and Xiang Tianming to his office to explain his plans for this summer. Understand the transfer market so that they can formulate the general direction for the development of the club and youth training center in the future.

"The Premier League is the most commercial league. It truly entered the era of capital when Abramovich took charge of Chelsea. Later, the Glazer family borrowed money to acquire Manchester United. Later, Liverpool changed hands and the Abu Dhabi consortium acquired Manchester City. The Premier League has taken the lead. With one step, everyone has entered the era of big capital operation.”

"So, we can see that the Premier League team management is the most standardized, and to a certain extent, they are not running a club team, but a company, but this company The products sold are quite special, the most typical one is Tottenham Hotspur, Daniel Levy is a master.”

Tottenham Hotspur has always been low-key in recent years and once performed very well. However, Gao Han also indirectly weakened this team during his time at Manchester City, especially the transfers of Gareth Bale and Harry Kane. , Tottenham Hotspur must regret it.

But as Gao Han said, football is not everything Tottenham Hotspur does. In the final analysis, Daniel Levy operates capital, and the funds obtained in exchange for Gareth Bale and Harry Kane are enough for him. Work more.

"They feel to me now like Atletico Madrid a few years ago, which is accumulating capital. Once this step is completed, Tottenham Hotspur will probably become a terrible powerhouse in the Premier League. On the contrary, Liverpool and Arsenal Na, both teams have a lot of operational problems."

Both Chelsea and Manchester City are backed by wealthy owners who can spend money without batting an eyelid. Moreover, Gurley is also a very good manager, and Paul Futrey is also very capable now, so these two The team's problems are not big.

Manchester United's biggest hidden danger is Ferguson. Once the old coach retires, Manchester United will usher in turmoil.

"Except for the Premier League, the Bundesliga is the healthiest one right now. It excludes foreign investment. Even teams like Hoffenheim are doing well. Serie A is now in decline. Inter Milan is busy preparing to build a new stadium. Only this one With the new stadium up, the Nerazzurri will have the strength to compete in Europa, but before that, they have to continue to suffer."

"Juventus is the healthiest company in Serie A. The Calciopoli incident has turned them into a blessing in disguise. Now they are on a good road. They will be Inter Milan's strongest competitor, and Roma has just changed to a new owner, bringing in We have invested a large amount of funds, and we are ambitious to make a large number of acquisitions this summer. It is said that the transfer budget is 100 million euros, and we will see if we can manage it."

In current European football, the transfer budget of 100 million euros is indeed a lot, but it is far from enough to build a competitive team out of the mess. Even a group of talented young players are worth It's not cheap, not to mention bringing in a group of stars.

Roma's operators are also very aware of the situation they are facing, so they are either bringing in outdated stars such as Borriello, Cicinho, Heinze and Gago, or Osvaldo, Pjanic, Lamela, Bojan and other young players.

This idea is relatively rational, but no one can say whether it will work.

Relatively speaking, Atletico Madrid, a La Liga team, is also more rational. The team has little money and cannot afford to squander it.

Real Madrid and Barcelona still adopt the high-input and high-output operation model of wealthy clubs, but in comparison, Barcelona is more attractive to stars. Real Madrid has not landed any rumored superstars so far.

The reason is very simple. Really powerful superstars have become the standard-bearers of various teams, and it is difficult for them to flow into the transfer market.

Just like Barcelona poaching Cesc Fabregas, how long did it take before Arsenal let go?

Among the superstars who were really poached, the 28-year-old Van Persie cost Manchester United 50 million euros. Moreover, Ferguson woke up early and made a decisive move early. Otherwise, if it were now, the 50 million euros would still not be poached. To Van Persie.

"La Liga has a new team called Malaga this year, which also has strong financial resources. It has spent 25 million euros to poach Cazorla from Villarreal, as well as head coach Pellegrini, plus a team of Fifteen million in Tulalang, Málaga has also invested a lot this year, and it is expected that they will be a good opponent in the new season.”

Relatively speaking, the overall competitiveness of French Ligue 1 is weak, but Paris Saint-Germain stands out even more. It has already spent more than 100 million quietly, and will continue to invest heavily in the future, which will bring excitement to the transfer market. Very big.

For example, AC Milan originally had little money and had to worry a lot about buying Shaarawi from Genoa. But with a wave of their hand, Paris Saint-Germain bought Thiago Silva for 50 million euros, and the Rossoneri immediately became a Not only did he buy El Shaarawy for 10 million euros, he also planned to directly buy out the other half of the ownership of midfielder Boateng, and sign players at multiple positions such as central defender and striker.

By analogy, Thiago Silva's transfer fee seems to be only 50 million euros, but after going through layers of iterations, it will be continuously amplified, stimulating some potential demand, and thus causing The transfer market is booming, even a little overheated.

This is why Barcelona president Rosell publicly criticized Paris Saint-Germain two days ago, but Paris Saint-Germain did not refute it and continued to sign players as they should.

The tycoons in the Middle East are waving checks and entering European football. They do not want to follow the wealthy teams step by step. They have only one purpose, which is to replace the wealthy teams.

In the current situation where the transfer market is prosperous and even overheated, only teams that insist on youth training can truly take advantage of their gains, such as the new stadium in Chinatown.

As for teams like AC Milan and Arsenal, it is more left-hand in and right-handed out.

Gao Han had only one purpose in bringing everyone here, which was to reiterate Chinatown's business philosophy of adhering to youth training.

Armando Marcos has run the club very well in the past two years, and it can be said that it has developed rapidly, but that is just capital operation. The foundation of Chinatown still lies in the youth training and the new stadium in the southern suburbs of Madrid.

"In the foreseeable next few years, Manchester City and Paris Saint-Germain will continue to spend a lot of money to consolidate the results they have finally achieved. Manchester United, Barcelona, ​​Real Madrid and other giant teams will not be outdone. In addition, every player in the Premier League will With broadcast fee income soaring every three years, I can even conclude now that the value and annual salary of players in European football will continue to soar in the next few years."

Hearing this, whether it was Cantarero, Lin Guoping, Xiang Tianming, or even Armando Marcos, they all showed thoughtful expressions, and they all began to be convinced by Gao Han.

"The test for us in the future will be very arduous. We must be bold, the pace must be steady, and the direction must be clear. Our Chinatown has a weak foundation and cannot make rapid progress like other teams. Therefore, we must sell the players that should be sold and keep the players that should be retained. If you want to stay, everything will be based on the actual situation of the club, but the youth training and the new stadium must be firmly grasped no matter what, and never relax."

Armando Marcos and Xiang Tianming couldn't help but respect Gao Han, and even Lin Guoping looked at his son-in-law with admiration. At the very least, this insight was something that not just anyone could have.

On the surface, Chinatown's performance is good, improving year by year, and even entered the Champions League this season, but in reality?

As Gao Han said, the foundation is too weak and the players cannot be retained at all. Even if they can barely retain them, the club will have to pay a heavy price, especially in terms of annual salary. Instead of doing this, it is better to sell the players who cannot be retained. , in exchange for a sum of cash, to introduce cost-effective players and invest in youth training and new stadiums.

The important reason why Gao Han chose this path is that Chinatown's scouting system is second to none in European football thanks to Mendes and his company, and Gao Han also has the ultimate weapon of piercing eyes.

As the saying goes, build walls high, accumulate grain widely, and become king slowly.

Chinatown is now only in the stage of building a high wall to defend against the opponent's attack, and there cannot be any carelessness.

That is to say, after Gao Han sighed with some regret, his cell phone in his trouser pocket began to vibrate.

When I took it out, I saw on the caller ID that it was Ferguson.

Gao Han turned his phone over, looked at it for everyone, and smiled helplessly: "What was supposed to come finally came."

Everyone knew clearly the purpose of Ferguson's call at this time.