super storm

Chapter 949 Three Leaders
Ancelotti arrived in Madrid on the second day of July.

He was accompanied by his agent Canove and his son David Ancelotti.

David will also enter the coaching team of Real Madrid in the new season. He has been following Giovanni Mauri recently, and Mauri has been Ancelotti's best partner over the years and is also a world-renowned top physical coach.

After reaching an agreement with Real Madrid, Ancelotti and his team have obtained the team's itinerary plan for the new season from Real Madrid, including North American training camps and Asian tours, and they are ready for pre-season preparations.

Ancelotti came to Madrid this time and is about to usher in his first appearance at the Bernabeu.

Of course, his appearance cannot be as sensational as the appearance ceremony of Yang Yang, Ibrahimovic and Kaka two years ago. Even at the Capital Airport, no one noticed his appearance. This is the situation of the head coach.

If it were Yang Yang, he would have been blocked by the media and fans who heard the news.

Real Madrid arranged for an employee of the sporting department to pick them up at the airport and took the three of Ancelotti directly to the Bernabéu.

General Manager Manuel Redondo, Technical Director Valdano and Special Advisor Zidane, together with Sports Director Padsa, Real Madrid's top executives all gathered in the Bernabeu's office to welcome Ancelotti's arrival.

It's just that this is somewhat not enough.

"Mr. Perez has a very important meeting at the company, and he asked us to start first." Redondo noticed Ancelotti's expression and explained.

Ancelotti nodded with a smile. He talked with Florentino on the phone, but he also knew clearly that in the current Real Madrid club, his direct boss is Valdano, and then Manuel Redondo, and then Florentino.

He even heard some faint news that Florentino is promoting modern management in Real Madrid, and he himself is not too involved in affairs. Redondo is responsible for all the big and small matters of the club, and he is more in control of the overall situation.

Of course, in this case, if he appears, it will undoubtedly represent the importance that Real Madrid attaches to Ancelotti.

But unfortunately, Ancelotti is very clear that he does not have such weight.

After all, this is not his official debut ceremony.

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After the meeting, everyone went straight into the meeting room, and after the secretary brought coffee and drinks one after another, they immediately got to the point.

The topic discussed in this meeting is Ancelotti's management of Real Madrid, including how he plans to manage the locker room, manage the team, and whether to properly reform Valdebebas, or what specific ideas and requirements he has.

Valdano made it clear that Real Madrid agreed to Ancelotti's previous request to allow him to further expand the coaching staff of the first team, but only up to 20 people, and Real Madrid will also help pay for it as appropriate.

What many fans outside have always misunderstood is that the salary of the coaching staff has always been paid by the head coach.

For example, the salaries of Benitez's team, Yeserdan and others are obtained from Benitez.

In other words, the salary paid by Real Madrid to the head coach is actually the salary paid to the entire coaching team.

Ancelotti's salary is not low, reaching a high price of 800 million euros a year, but everyone in Real Madrid also believes that he and his team are worthy of this treatment, at least it has been proved in AC Milan and Chelsea.

Of course, in many cases, the club will also share part of the coaching team's salary with the head coach as appropriate, so Real Madrid's requirement is that Ancelotti's coaching team cannot exceed 20 people, which is also particular.

Guardiola has been coaching Barcelona for the past two years, and has continuously expanded the coaching staff. The coaching staff of the first team reached more than 30 people at the time, which was more than the players.

There is an old Chinese saying that soldiers are more expensive than elites.

Sometimes having more coaches is not necessarily a good thing.

Also, in the coaching team list submitted by Ancelotti, in addition to several old partners, there are also several young people, such as his son David Ancelotti, his prospective son-in-law Mino Falk, the latter is the son of Ancelotti's right-hand nutritionist Abaldi, and the son of fitness coach Giovanni Mauri, Francesc Mauri is the team's second physical coach.

Therefore, in many cases, this relationship is also intricate and intricate.

In addition, Redondo also said that after Real Madrid received another request from Ancelotti, after several considerations, it was finally decided that Zidane would be Ancelotti's assistant coach, becoming the link between the coaching staff, management and the locker room.

After hearing this, Zidane nodded and smiled politely at Ancelotti, but his expression was somewhat helpless.

Only a few people know that Zidane was actually forced to take office by Florentino. Otherwise, with the character of the French legend, he would definitely have to be happy for a while.

Ancelotti and Zidane are relatively familiar. The two worked together at Juventus for a while, and then they kept in touch frequently. Therefore, when recommending to Florentino, Zidane was the first to think of.

This time it was his wish.

And after everyone talked about several specific issues one after another, Florentino finally arrived belatedly.

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"I think that after I came to Real Madrid, the first thing I need to do is to change the impact of the former coach's departure on this team. He was very successful in Real Madrid, and his departure will inevitably bring some insecurity to the players. They will worry about their position and situation. We need to reassure them as soon as possible."

Ancelotti mentioned the first big thing he had to do after entering Real Madrid.

"So, I need to establish friendship with them as soon as possible. I will talk to them one by one as soon as the season starts, and tell them candidly about my specific thoughts and ideas, as well as my positioning for them. In addition, I also need to establish a leader for the team."

Florentino looked at Redondo, Valdano and Zidane, and everyone nodded in unison.

"What specific candidate do you have?" Florentino asked directly without saying anything.

This is also where the chairman of Real Madrid is brilliant, he is testing Ancelotti.

"I think there are three people who can be considered." Ancelotti replied.

"Yang Yang, there is no doubt that he should be the leader of the team on the court. As far as I know, he doesn't talk much, but he always does his best. He is the most diligent and hardworking player in the team. He is also the most combative player. I think that with such a leader, he can supervise the entire team in games and training."

Ancelotti's remarks are not without purpose.

Two years after Yang Yang joined Real Madrid, the atmosphere of this Real Madrid has undergone earth-shaking changes. It seems that there are a lot of superstars, but there is no laziness and slack like a superstar team.

It's a gene, a vibe.

Some people say that this was brought by Benitez. This is true, but players must be able to accept it.

Just like when Benitez practiced three times a week when he was just coaching, everyone thought that the Real Madrid superstars would not suffer so much and would definitely rebel, but it turned out that the Real Madrid superstars not only ate it, but also benefited a lot from it.

It can be said that this incident completely overturned the outside world's impression of Real Madrid's dressing room, making everyone realize that they are no longer a group of loose masters, but a group of players.

It is true that Benitez brought this change, but it is absolutely inseparable from Yang Yang's support.

Let me ask, the top star in the team, the core hand-picked by Florentino, is working so hard, what reason does the others have to slack off?
Therefore, from the very beginning, Ancelotti believed that Yang Yang would be the leader on the Real Madrid field.

The leader of the dressing room is captain Iker Casillas.

"He is a standard Madridist. From ten to 20 to 30 years old, he has been playing for Real Madrid. He is the flag of this city and plays a pivotal role in the Real Madrid team. He represents many people who have dedicated their lives to Real Madrid. The inheritance of Real Madrid's spirit can be seen in him."

Everyone present basically agrees with Ancelotti's judgment that Casillas will be the leader of the team's locker room.

"The last one is Ramos. We all know that he is the vice-captain of the team and the future captain. He has a very strong personal charm. He is never afraid or anxious. He is always positive and energetic. He can infect others with his own strength. He represents the bloodiness and bravery of Real Madrid's Juanito spirit."

When Florentino and the others heard this, they immediately looked at each other for a while, and they all sensed the signal in each other's eyes. Ancelotti obviously did a lot of hard work in coaching Real Madrid.

The three leaders he established seem to be nothing special, or others can be selected, but he has given different positions, which represents his familiarity and understanding of Real Madrid.

More importantly, his words convinced the Real Madrid management that he could bring stability to the team.

For the current Real Madrid, stability can produce results, because the strength of the team lies there.

"I want you to give me Yang Yang's contact information as soon as possible. I know he is on vacation, but I can't wait to talk to him about the future, the team and the locker room." Ancelotti said jokingly.

He is a shrewd person, he knows very well that if he wants to coach in Real Madrid, he must first get the support of Yang Yang.

Even, he can offend any Real Madrid player, except Yang Yang.

Without the support of Yang Yang, it is impossible for him to stay in this team for a long time.

Fortunately, Ancelotti had a rough chat with Yang Yang before, and they were able to chat with each other. He also knew that Florentino and others had asked Yang Yang for his opinion, and he must have received a positive response before he could sit here.

"No more calls." Florentino shook his head.

"what?"

"He will attend your press conference, and then you can have a good chat." Real Madrid president laughed.

(End of this chapter)