Football giants

Chapter 906

"Master Huan, there is something that I don't quite understand!"

After seeing off Hamad and Mubarak, Yang Huan also walked out of the submarine hotel and walked towards Glory Square.

Since the Saints Shopping Carnival, Glory Square is brightly lit and very lively every night.

Yang Huan now wants to go to Wangjiang Pavilion for dinner, so he has to walk across the river from the submarine hotel along the bridge.

The lights on the bridge are reflected on the dark river surface, giving it a unique view.

At this moment, Yang Huan was standing with Long Wu in front of the stone guardrail beside the bridge, looking at the river in the distance.

There are faintly visible lights, probably yachts drifting on the Solent Strait.

After hearing Long Wu's doubts, Yang Huan couldn't help being a little amused, "Is there anything you don't understand?"

Long Wu chuckled, "Master Huan, I've heard you say all day long that talents are very important and that talents should be valued, but why do I always feel that you seem to be selling talents all the time?"

Yang Huan was taken aback for a moment, he didn't expect Long Wu to ask such a question, and asked with a smile, "How do you say it?"

"It's like Abu Bakar and De Bruyne. Everyone knows how good they are, so why sell them?" Long Wu asked inexplicably.
Yang Huan took a deep look at Long Wu, and it turned out that this kid was not at all like what he had shown, he was not interested in anything other than games, or that he had been by his side for a long time, and was influenced by his ears and eyes?
But no matter what, Yang Huan is not interested in exploring these.

Long Wu being able to think about these things is considered a kind of progress, a good thing, isn't it?
"Old five, let me tell you, the reason why professional football is professional football is that everything in it can be measured by value."

When Yang Huan said this, the corner of his mouth twitched, "All professional players, from the moment they sign their first professional contract, they should have this awareness and understanding."

Long Wu understood what Master Huan meant, so he nodded.

"From the perspective of the club's operators, behind the emphasis on talents is the value brought by talents, not the talents themselves. Otherwise, it would be emotional."

"You have to know that running a club is the same as running a company. Being emotional will only backfire, just like Inter Milan's Moratti is a negative teaching material for being emotional."

Regarding this point, Long Wu also understood.

"Since the emphasis is on value, then things are much easier to handle. Whether it is signings or selling, you have to measure the value. If I think that selling Abu Bakar, the money in exchange for this player is more valuable to me, then this deal is a good deal, right?"

Long Wu seemed to understand, but still nodded.

Hearing what Master Huan said so well and logically, it seems very reasonable, so there should be no mistake.

"Let me tell you this. I have studied it with Tuchel, the coaching staff of Hamburg, and the expert group of the Miracle Football Group. Dzeko in the Manchester City team is not reused, but if he comes to the Hamburg team, it will not only improve the team's ability to hold the ball in the frontcourt, but also make the team's offense more three-dimensional."

Yang Huan is not aimless.

In terms of impact or physical confrontation, Dzeko is indeed inferior to Abu Bakar, who has a near-perfect center figure.

But when it comes to getting the ball in the frontcourt and its role in the tactical system, then Abu Bakar is really not as good as Dzeko.

Tuchel's team has shined in the Bundesliga this season, but if you want to go further, you must upgrade on the basis of the existing lineup.

Therefore, selling Abu Bakar, introducing Dzeko, and then introducing an outstanding attacking midfielder can directly bring the team's frontcourt offense to a big level.

The deal that Yang Huan finally negotiated with Mubarak was that Manchester City used Dzeko plus 4000 million euros to introduce Abu Bakar.

And this 4000 million euros is completely enough for the Hamburg team to introduce an excellent midfielder and further strengthen the midfielder.

From the perspective of the team's value, as long as the players needed by the team can be introduced after selling Abu Bakar, then this deal is definitely a good deal.

"The situation with De Bruyne is the same, sell a De Bruyne, in exchange for Jovetic, plus 6000 million euros in cash, and you know, what can this 6000 million euros bring us?"

Long Wu shook his head, he really didn't understand at all.

If it costs tens of millions of euros, that is hundreds of millions of RMB. How does he know this?

"A European first-line midfielder and a European first-line frontcourt attacker. These two players can greatly enrich Inter Milan's offensive methods and at the same time enhance Inter Milan's overall competitiveness."

When he said this, Yang Huan couldn't help but smile confidently.

"Old Five, in this world, different people have different ways of living, and the same goes for football clubs!"

He raised his head, looked ahead, and narrowed his eyes slightly.

"Some teams are born to burn money, and even to burn money, they don't care how much resources are wasted, because these are not what they care about at all. Manchester City, Real Madrid and Barcelona belong to such teams."

Master Huan smiled again, "However, some teams are different. They are good at calculation, pursue efficiency, and always hope to achieve the greatest goal at the least cost, just like Hamburg and Inter Milan!"

Long Wu still half understood, but still nodded.

Immediately afterwards, he asked strangely: "Master Huan, what about Southampton? Does he belong to the former type or the latter?"

"Uh..." Yang Huan was a little hard to define, "I have both!"

After a pause, Yang Huan seemed to be muttering to himself, or talking to Long Wu.

"But, soon, we will surprise the whole world, because this time, I am determined to make a big hit!"

Do a big ticket?
How big is it?
Long Wu didn't ask, but judging by Master Huan's expression, it seemed that this ticket was really big.

Even, it may be the biggest deal he has done since the acquisition of Southampton.

Thinking about it, it's really a little bit of anticipation!

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After the Premier League Chairman's Summit, the development of things did not go beyond Yang Huan's expectations at all.

This made Yang Huan very depressed because of the lack of surprises.

The process of things is like this.

After the chairman's summit, the media released some news one after another, first about labor certification reform.

Then Wenger slammed the FA's new policy at the pre-match press conference, thinking it was a very stupid mistake, and even criticized the FA's move will greatly weaken the competitiveness of the Premier League team.

Wenger's fierce artillery fire made fans all over the world excited.

Especially in the immediate aftermath, many Premier League teams also ran against the FA's new policy one after another, and some even talked about strikes and other things, making it seem like the end of the world for the Premier League.

But actually?
The chairman of the FA, David Bernstein, soon publicly stated in an interview with the media that the FA is studying the reduction of the number of Premier League teams from the current twenty to eighteen.

This immediately caused an uproar again.

Just kidding, twenty Premier League teams have been operating 20 years ago, and now they have changed?
But just when the media all over the world were frying pans and the fans started to make noise, the FA secretly submitted the labor certification reform plan to the British Home Office for review, and the review was passed efficiently.

Because, Arsenal and other teams have silently voted for it behind their backs!
And when the FA officially announced that starting from the next season, the new labor certification law will be fully activated, everyone was shocked.

At the same time, many media have begun to compare the rosters of the Premier League teams and found some clues.

That is, among the twenty teams in the Premier League, Southampton's situation is the most ideal.

Although the Saints first team is full of a lot of world-renowned stars, in fact, this team also has a lot of local players.

Luke Shaw, Chambers, Prowse, Sturridge, Ravel Morrison, Harry Kane, there are a total of six local players, and these players are very important bench strength for the Saints first team.

But is that all?

No, in the second team of the Saints, there are Patrick Roberts, Alan and other rookies who have performed very eye-catchingly, and have also participated in the first-team cup competition.

Moreover, the Saints have decided not to renew the contract with the Brazilian veteran Cesar, and instead promoted a youth team player to the top.

In this way, the Saints' youth training quota is not a problem at all.

As for applying for a labor certification, that's even less of an issue.

The last time the Saints applied for labor certification for young players, it seems that they applied for special genius clauses for two young Chinese players.

Just ask, even the precious special genius clause is used on two little-known teenagers. It is conceivable that the Saints have no pressure at all in terms of labor certification.

On the contrary, it is Arsenal, Chelsea, and some teams in the middle and lower reaches of the Premier League, who are most affected by the labor certification.

Therefore, the final result from the media is that the FA's plan is clearly to take care of the giants.

However, the labor certification reform plan has been approved by the Ministry of the Interior. No matter how the media and fans think, it can no longer change this fact.

Moreover, the Premier League and the UEFA Champions League are also proceeding in an orderly manner, and the focus of the media and fans soon shifted to football matches.

In the Champions League quarter-finals, the first round, the Saints sit at home and face La Liga giants Barcelona.

After beating Paris Saint-Germain in two rounds, the momentum of the Saints can be said to be the same for a while. Sitting at home, facing Barcelona, ​​​​who is weak in the midfield, Southampton relied on Suarez's brace and Hazard's goal. They beat the La Liga giants [-]-[-] and won the first round.

But at the last moment of the game, an own goal by Chambers, who came off the bench, left a glimmer of hope for Barcelona to advance.

As long as Barcelona can win Southampton by two goals at home, the Western Super giants can also successfully advance to the semi-finals.

Therefore, there is still a lot of suspense in the second round.

On another battlefield, Koeman's Monaco challenged Dortmund away, and finally lost [-]-[-] in the first round.

This is also Monaco's first defeat in the Champions League.

Atletico Madrid tied Real Madrid [-]-[-] at home, Benfica beat Bayern Munich [-]-[-] at home, and the first round of the knockout round of the Champions League group stage quarter-finals was full of surprises and excitement.

The eyes of fans and the media all over the world are focused on these few games. Who can advance and who is likely to be eliminated is almost completely interpreted by the media.

A week later, Saints visited Camp Nou to challenge Barcelona.

This is a showdown!
Yang Huan also went to Spain with the team to supervise the battle, but the purpose was not only to care about this game, but also because of one person!

(End of this chapter)