Top of the big era

Manchester United looks stronger this season than last season. The core lineup of the team has not changed. It is more mature and organized. Moreover, the team's veterans Edwin van der Sar, Scholes and Gary Neville have publicly announced that they will retire after the end of this season.

There is even news that Sir Alex Ferguson may choose to retire after this season.

This season is likely to be the end of an era for Manchester United.

Everyone hopes to create a happy ending.

Then there was a lot of fighting spirit on the pitch.

Sitting at home, they defeated Liverpool with a score of 3:1.

After 5 league rounds, we have 4 wins and 1 draw, ranking first in the league!

The only fly in the ointment was that in the 32nd minute of the game, the main right winger Robben was injured.

There is no way, this is also the biggest hidden danger of Manchester United's lineup.

The frontcourt quartet is Bell, Van Persie, Robben and Rooney. Except for Rooney's explosive physical talent, the other three are typical glass men. He has the world's top football level and the world's top injury potential.

This summer, the team did not introduce Ibrahimovic, but let go of center Berbatov.

Ferguson is full of confidence because he believes that Van Persie, who plays in the middle, is at least two levels better than Berbatov and may be better than Ibrahimovic.

Zhou Buqi is a little worried, not because he questions Van Persie's strength, but because he thinks he is prone to injuries.

It doesn't matter, you can observe it for a while.

If it doesn't work, just wait for reinforcements in the winter transfer window.

After the game, Zhou Buqi went to the box to have a glass of red wine with Ferguson and talked candidly about his retirement. Whether he will retire after this season is uncertain. But he is old and will inevitably retire within a few years. So the question is, what will Manchester United do after he retires?

Ferguson has been in charge of Manchester United for more than 20 years, and his influence is too great. If we are not prepared in advance, when the time comes, a new head coach will be selected to take over, and he will be in a hurry, and he will not be able to catch up.

Zhou Buqi’s meaning is very clear, you must prepare in advance!

The choice is Rangnick.

Manchester United's success comes from the greatness of Ferguson, not from Manchester United's success at the competitive level. When it comes to the best football system, the one in Germany is the best.

There must be a sports director, and under the sports director is the head coach.

The sports director controls the team's tactical direction and development trends, and the head coach implements them. If the results are not good, the head coach will bear the responsibility. The next head coach will be appointed and will continue to build the team based on the football philosophy organized by the sports director.

There have been various turmoils in Manchester United in the previous life. A very important reason is that there are serious problems in the competitive system. The head coach has too much power, and the head coach is responsible for all football affairs.

If the head coach wants to build a team according to his own football philosophy, he must sell some players and then buy some players that suit his own tactics. Once the performance is not good, the head coach will be fired. The new head coach will overturn all the work of his predecessor, sell the players he doesn't like, and buy the players he likes. Once the results are not good, the head coach will be fired, and a new head coach will take office, and this process will be copied again.

This resulted in the team having to constantly buy and sell players, which not only wasted the team's funds, but also caused serious turmoil in the team. The players who stayed on the team had to constantly adapt to various different situations. The tactical play style is not adjusted well enough.

The results are bound to be a disaster.

Zhou Buqi wants to transform Manchester United in terms of top-level design, and he cannot bet all of Manchester United's competitive results on the head coach.

However, there is great resistance to this kind of institutional reform. Zhou Buqi did not say anything clearly, but said that Rangnick would serve as Manchester United's technical consultant, responsible for the technical and tactical management of the women's team, youth team and youth training echelon.

Sir Alex Ferguson, you can just lead the senior team!

Ferguson was somewhat unhappy.

But Zhou Buqi had already established his authority and clearly told him that this was not a negotiation, but a notification. Ask him to support Rangnick's work.

Ferguson is getting older and does not have that much energy. He should focus his main energy on the adult team and strive to win the league championship and the Champions League this season!

The youth team and youth training echelon represent the future of the team and need to be laid out in advance.

Let the children learn the German football style with more modern football characteristics as early as possible. When they grow up and are qualified to be selected for the first team, they will also be able to better adapt to Manchester United in the future.

However, Zhou Buqi’s reason for adoption was not this. He said: “Manchester United has many excellent youth training players, but Manchester United’s first team requirements are too high. Many youth training players are very talented, but have no chance to enter the first team. This It may be a waste of players' talents, and it may also cause the loss of potential players."

For wealthy families, this is inevitable. Ferguson showed some stubbornness.

Zhou Buqi held the red wine glass and took a sip, "Not necessarily!"

Ferguson raised his eyebrows, "Can Rangnick solve it?"

Zhou Buqi shook his head, "It's not something Rangnick can solve, but a more advanced and powerful football system. There is only one Ferguson in the world. I don't know if Rangnick can do it, but it doesn't matter. I rely on Rangnick to do it." It’s about building a new system, not exploiting him as a person.”

Ferguson vaguely heard about it and looked at him deeply, "I heard that you have greater ambitions in the football field."

Zhou Buqi said with a smile: "Now it is basically confirmed. I will invest money to buy the Zurich team in Switzerland. After the acquisition is successful, Manchester United's outstanding young players can be loaned to the Zurich team, or sold directly to Zurich." That’s okay, it’s not really a brain drain.”

Loan players are often not friendly.

For example, Manchester United once loaned Dong Fangzi to the Belgian team Antwerp, and there was a problem here. For these leagues in small European countries, a very important financial income comes from transfers.

That is to cultivate excellent players yourself, and after training, sell them to big football clubs at high prices.

The same cannot be said for players on loan.

Just like Dong Fangzuo, Antwerp cannot devote all its resources to training him. Even if he is trained, so what? If the training is successful, Manchester United will take it back directly. Antwerp has trained him in vain and cannot get a penny of the transfer fee.

Therefore, it is difficult to truly cultivate top players through the loan model. This is determined by the system of European football.

Zhou Buqi wants to change this.

Promoting reforms in European football is really hard to achieve. If you can't change the general environment of European football, then you should change yourself and design a better industrial model to avoid the shortcomings of the European football system!

Make the most of rental mode!

This kind of transnational football group is the best solution.

Zhou Buqi wants to acquire the Zurich team in Switzerland. If it is difficult for Manchester United's young players to get opportunities in the first team, they can loan the players to the Zurich team and let them play in the Swiss Super League.

The competitive level of the Swiss Super League is worse than that of the Premier League, but it is better than English League One. The top players in the Swiss Super League can all play in European competitions or the Europa League, and their results are pretty good.

Going on loan to Zurich to play games is a good training opportunity.

Because Manchester United and Zurich belong to the same family, there is no hidden benefit risk of helping other companies train players in vain, and they can devote all their efforts to training them as their own youth training talents.

This solves the institutional flaws of European football to a certain extent.

Then the problem comes again.

The style of the Swiss Super League is different from that of the Premier League. Even if a player plays in the Swiss Super League, can he really return to play for Manchester United? This is what Zhou Buqi authorized Rangnick to do, which is to design top-level tactics.

In the future, all teams will use one set of tactics.

After playing in the Zurich team and returning to the first team of Manchester United... the tactics are still the same, and you can quickly integrate into it with almost no adaptation.

This greatly reduces the trial and error cost of unsuitable talents.

Ferguson is an old stubborn man with a unique British arrogance. "Isn't that the satellite club plan?"

Zhou Buqi said with a smile: "How can it be the same? Manchester United has no control over the satellite club. Both parties have their own interests and thoughts, and even cooperation is very limited. For example, if you fall in love with a Brazilian kid, Unless he becomes world-famous, it is impossible for him to come to the UK to play football, and he will be blocked by a labor certificate. But once he becomes famous, there will be many teams competing for him. With the existence of Zurich, This can help Manchester United solve this problem. Zurich will come forward to buy this player and train him first. Once he meets the labor certification standards, he will then transfer to Manchester United."

"Well……"

Ferguson's eyes were cloudy and a little stunned.

Isn’t this taking advantage of a loophole?

This is a joint effort between Manchester United and Zurich, operating behind the scenes to recruit outstanding young players from all over the world at a lower price and in a more convenient way.

Ferguson also understood Boss Zhou's plan, "Manchester United has the most advanced scouting system in the world, but Zurich does not. Manchester United's scouts will discover it, and Zurich will execute it."

Zhou Buqi said: "Yes, that's what it means. A shared database can be established. In addition to Zurich, I also bought a team in China, and may continue to buy in the United States, Brazil, and Portugal in the future." The scouting system of all teams is integrated and can cover the whole world. Different players are purchased by the most suitable teams, thereby greatly reducing transfer costs, trial and error costs and talent attrition rates."

Ferguson took a deep breath, "A football system covering the whole world!"

Zhou Buqi curled his lips slightly, sitting on the sofa, holding a red wine glass and crossing his legs. He had the style and courage of a world-class boss, "Only through a huge world-class football system can we support Manchester United?" It can make Manchester United remain invincible at the competitive level for a long time. There is only one Ferguson in the world, and I don’t expect the next Ferguson to appear at Manchester United. I need a more sound and larger system to make Manchester United stronger.”

"I see."

Ferguson nodded, feeling ups and downs in his heart.

Some ideas suddenly came to my mind.

How great would it be if I were ten years younger?

Maybe we can really join hands with the young boss Zhou to create a more powerful Manchester United empire.