Chapter 941: The Era of Big Capital
The training camp in Chinatown in Beijing went smoothly.
Gao Han was in Beijing 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 admires Gao Han's tactical qualities and is proud of himself. For the first time in Chinatown this season, he sincerely asked Gao Han for a lot of experience in the Champions League. Gao Han also said everything he knew and said everything.
This season is Pochettino and Chinatown's first Champions League game. Gao Han said he would not give any results pressure, and he would not mind even being eliminated from the third round of qualifiers.
But even so, Pochettino is still ambitious and hopes to make a difference in the Champions League.
Except for James Rodriguez, who continued to stay in Colombia to prepare for the World Youth Championship after participating in the Perfect Continental Cup, almost all the players in Chinatown returned to the team for training, and the team lineup was relatively uniform. During the training camp in China, they played four warm-up matches in Beijing, Shanghai, Tianjin and Guangzhou, and all successfully defeated their opponents.
After playing the Guangzhou warm-up match, Chinatown entered Hong Kong directly from Shenzhen to prepare for the last warm-up match.
Gao Han only watched the first three warm-up matches of Chinatown on the spot. He did not go south with the team, but stayed in Beijing to discuss cooperation with Armando Marcos, including Huawei and many domestic sponsors, including Huawei.
Since we had almost done a good job before, we signed a sponsorship contract smoothly, and it is expected to generate 20 million euros in revenue for Chinatown every year. These domestic companies will use Chinatown as a pedal to enter the European market.
During his time in Beijing, 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, and finally drew a context map of the current situation in European football in front of Gao Han.
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"It's obvious that professional football has entered the era of big capital in full swing."
At Chinatown Youth Training Center, Armando Marcos, Cantalero, who will be returning to Europe, as well as Lin Guoping and Xiang Tianming, the core senior executives of Beijing Chinatown, have all gathered in their offices to explain their understanding of the transfer market this summer so that they can formulate the general direction of the development of clubs and youth training centers in the future.
"The Premier League is the most commercial league. The real entry into the capital era started with Abramovich taking over Chelsea. Later, the Glazer family borrowed money to acquire Manchester United, and then Liverpool changed hands. Abu Dhabi consortium acquired Manchester City. The Premier League has already led everyone and entered the era of big capital operation."
"So, we can see that the team management in the Premier League is the most standardized, and to a certain extent, they are not operating a club team, but operating a company. However, this company's thick products are quite special, the most typical one is Tottenham Hotspur, and Daniel Levi is a master."
Tottenham Hotspur has always been low-key in recent years and performed well at one time, but Gao Han in Manchester City also indirectly weakened the team, especially in the transfers between Gareth Bale and Harry Kane. Tottenham Hotspur must have regretted it.
But as Gao Han said, football is not all that Tottenham Hotspur operates. After all, Daniel Levi operates capital, and the funds exchanged for Gareth Bale and Harry Kane are enough to make him operate more.
"They now give me the feeling that Atletico Madrid a few years ago, and is accumulating capital. Once this step is completed, Tottenham Hotspur is likely to become a terrible force in the Premier League. On the contrary, Liverpool and Arsenal, both teams have many problems in their operations."
Chelsea and Manchester City are both leaning against the rich boss, and they can keep their eyes open when they burn money. Gurley is also a very outstanding manager. Paul Fottery now has strong trading skills, so there is no big problem for these two teams.
The biggest hidden danger for Manchester United is Ferguson. Once the old coach retreats, Manchester United will usher in turmoil.
"In addition to the Premier League, the Bundesliga is the healthiest now. It excludes foreign capital. Even teams like Hoffenheim are operating well. Serie A is now in full swing. Inter Milan is busy building a new stadium. Only when this new stadium is launched can the Nerazzurri have the strength to compete for Europa, but before that, they have to continue to suffer."
"Juventus is the healthiest Serie A business. The diàn huà incident made them a blessing in disguise. Now walking on a broad road, they will be the strongest competitor of Inter Milan. Roma has just changed a new boss and brought a lot of funds. He is ambitious to acquire it this summer. It is said that the transfer budget is 100 million euros, which depends on whether he can trade it."
In the current European football world, there is indeed a lot of transfer budget of 100 million euros, but it is far from enough to build a competitive team from the mess. Even a group of talented young players are of great value, let alone introducing a group of stars.
Roma's traders are also very clear about the situation they are facing, so they are either outdated stars such as Borelo, Ciscinho, Heinze and Gago, or young players such as Osvaldo, Pianic, Lamela, and Boyan.
This idea is more rational, but no one can tell whether it can work.
Relatively speaking, Atletico Madrid of La Liga teams is also more rational, and the bed sheets Legion has no money and cannot squander it.
Real Madrid and Barcelona still adopt a high-investment and high-output operation model, but in comparison, Barcelona is more attractive to stars, and Real Madrid has not yet smashed into the rumored superstars.
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.
It's like Barcelona digging Fabregas, how long did it take to dig to make Arsenal let go?
Among the truly powerful superstars, the 28-year-old Van Persie spent 50 million euros from Manchester United, and Ferguson woke up early and took action early. Otherwise, if it were now, the 50 million euros would probably not be able to dig Van Persie.
"La Liga has a Malaga this year, and it is also rich in financial resources. It has spent 25 million euros to poach Cassorla from Villarreal, as well as head coach Pellegrini, and Tularan with 15 million. Malaga has invested a lot this year. It is expected that it will be a good opponent in the new season."
Ligue 1 has relatively weak overall competitiveness, but Paris Saint-Germain stands out. It has been silent and has spent more than 100 million yuan, and it will continue to invest heavily in the future, which will bring great stimulation to the transfer market.
For example, AC Milan had no money at first, and it had to be petty if they wanted to buy Salave from Genoa, but Paris Saint-Germain waved his hand and bought Thiago Silva for 50 million euros. The Ross and Blacks immediately became a rich man. Not only did they buy Salave for 10 million euros, but they also planned to directly buy out the ownership of the other half of the midfielder Boateng, as well as signing players in various positions such as central defenders and forwards.
By analogy, Thiago Silva's transfer fee seems to be only 50 million euros, but after layers of recurring, it will be continuously amplified, stimulating some original potential demand, which in turn has led to prosperity in the transfer market and even overheating.
This is why Barcelona President Rossell publicly accused Paris Saint-Germain two days ago, but Paris Saint-Germain did not refute how to sign and how to sign.
The Middle Eastern tyrants waving their checks and entering the European football world were either trying to follow the rich team step by step and pick up the foreign lands. Their only purpose was to take the rich team and replace them.
In the current situation where the transfer market is booming and even overheating, only teams that insist on youth training can truly put their gains into their pockets, such as the new stadium in Chinatown.
As for teams like AC Milan and Arsenal, they are more likely to go in with their left hand and go out with their right hand.
Gao Han only had one purpose to find everyone, which was to reiterate Chinatown's adherence to the business philosophy of youth training.
Armando Marcos has managed the club very well in the past two years. It can be said that it has developed rapidly, but that is just capital operation. The foundation of Chinatown lies in youth training and the new stadium in the southern suburbs of Madrid.
"In the foreseeable years, Manchester City and Paris Saint-Germain will continue to burn big money to consolidate the results they have finally achieved. Manchester United, Barcelona, Real Madrid and other giant teams will not be outdone. In addition, the broadcast fee income of the Premier League soars every three years, I can even now determine that the value and annual salary of European football players will continue to soar in the next few years."
Hearing this, whether it was Cantalero, Lin Guoping, Xiang Tianming, or even Armando Marcos, they all showed a deep thought, and they were all convinced by Gao Han.
"The test for us in the future is very difficult. We must be bold, our pace must be steady, and our direction must be clear. Our Chinatown has a weak foundation and cannot make rapid progress like other teams. Therefore, the players who should be sold should be sold and the players who should be kept should be kept. Everything starts based on the actual situation of the club. However, the youth training and the new stadium must be firmly grasped in any case and will never relax."
Armando Marcos and Xiang Tianming couldn't help but respect Gao Han. Even Lin Guoping looked at his son-in-law with admiration. At least this knowledge is not something that anyone can have.
On the surface, Chinatown has performed well and has improved every year. It has even entered the Champions League this season, but what about it?
As Gao Han said, the foundation is too weak and the players cannot be kept at all. Even if they are barely kept, the club will have to pay a heavy price, especially in terms of annual salary. Instead of doing so, it is better to sell the players who cannot be kept in exchange for a xiàn jin, introduce cost-effective players, and invest in youth training and new stadiums.
The reason why Gao Han chose this path is very important because Chinatown’s scouting system is due to Mendes and his company, which is second to none in European football, and Gao Han also has the ultimate artifact of igneous eyes and golden eyes.
As the saying goes, build high walls, accumulate grain, and become king slowly.
Chinatown is now just in the high wall building stage to prevent the opponent's attack, and cannot be careless at all.
That is, after Gao Han sighed a little sigh, the cell phone he put in his pocket vibrated.
I took it out and saw that the caller ID was Ferguson.
Gao Han turned his phone over, looked at everyone, and smiled helplessly: "What should be come, finally it's still here."
Everyone knew very well what Ferguson called at this time.
Chapter completed!