Football: The immortal legend on the green field

"I really envy you guys!" Jiang Ning sighed. He can now gradually play some unimportant games in the Beijing team, such as the FA Cup, or be a substitute in less important games in the league.

However, there are already several people around him in the national youth team who have played abroad or are about to play abroad, which makes him want to broaden his horizons in the outside world.

As he was talking, Shen Bin's cell phone rang. He checked the caller ID, then stood up and walked out, answering the phone at the same time: "Hello, Mr. Ali Han, what can I do for you?"

Tan Wangsong looked at Shen Bin's back as he left, and the food on the table that hadn't been touched. "Big stars are big stars, so busy that they can't even have a good meal!" He deliberately dragged out his tone, and no one knew what he was thinking.

Zhang Fanlin on the other side nudged Tan Wangsong: "What do you think about what Director Gao said?" He was referring to a Belgian club that Gao Haiyang had found for Tan Wangsong through his connections. Because Belgium does not have non-EU restrictions, and is close to the three football powers of the Netherlands, Germany, and France, the level is not bad. It should be beneficial to Tan Wangsong's growth, at least a thousand times better than being a substitute in the Sichuan Guancheng Youth Team.

In fact, in this World Youth Championship, Gao Haiyang is not only focusing on the competition itself, but also taking advantage of this opportunity to showcase this brand new national youth team to European teams. He has a more ambitious goal, which is to send as many of these children as possible to Europe, as the domestic football environment is no longer suitable for the growth of players.

If these children were placed in the big dye vat of China, they would be ruined in a few years.

In addition to entrusting the classmates and teachers he met during the FIFA senior coach training in Europe to find new clubs for these children, he also mobilized Ali Han and Krauchen to help.

What he didn't expect was that due to Shen Bin's great reputation in Europe, he didn't need to look hard for him. After just a simple warm-up match, he received inquiries from four or five clubs.

For those players who did not have agents, Gao Haiyang followed Shen Bin's advice and pushed them all to Star Sports. Although these players had not yet officially signed a contract with Star Sports, Allen was very active and he became the temporary agent of these players.

Gao Haiyang did not just push these children to Allen and let them go. He actively participated in the screening to ensure that these children had the conditions to grow.

But just one thing dispelled Gao Haiyang's concerns. The deputy administrative director of Lyon in Ligue 1 came to talk to Alan, but was directly rejected. Gao Haiyang was anxious and angrily asked Alan why? How could you refuse a good club that you couldn't even find yourself!

Alan's words made Gao Haiyang completely relieved. He had to admire Alan's professionalism and his serious and responsible attitude towards the players. "Gao, what do you think of Lyon compared to Saint-Etienne?"

"Of course Lyon is better. They play in the European Champions League or the UEFA Cup almost every year. Lyon is a strong team in Ligue 1, while Saint-André is just a mid-to-lower-level team in France. If a player receives invitations from these two clubs at the same time, I believe most of them will choose Lyon."

Allen nodded in agreement with Gao Haiyang's words, "That is normal. Hao Junmin's transfer to Saint-Etienne was a mistake."

"He is too young and his ability is not yet strong enough to play in the French Ligue 18 rotation. A year ago, his ability was better than Deng Zhuoxiang, but after a season, he has fallen behind Deng Zhuoxiang because his position in Saint-Etienne is very awkward. His ability is more than enough to enter the first team, but he rarely has the opportunity to be included in the 04-man roster. According to the data collected by our Star Sky, he played a total of three times in Saint-Etienne in the past 05- season, and all of them were in the last few minutes of garbage time."

"These professional teams are actually just a business. They have no obligation to train players for China. Plus, the living habits and language barriers, Chinese people are more reserved and not good at socializing. If this continues, he will be useless in less than two years."

"Lyon is similar to Saint-Etienne in that they are not a big club and do not have satellite clubs. The difference between the two teams is that Lyon is much stronger than Saint-Etienne, which is even more dangerous. The main reason they recruit Chinese players is to reap benefits from the booming Chinese economy."

"But our player agency is different. The club will not give us a penny when it gets the advertising and video broadcasting rights. Our interests are consistent with the interests of the players. Only when the players' income is higher can we get more share."

"If the players can develop smoothly, from rising stars to stars, or even further to superstars, they will bring us ten times, even a hundred times, a thousand times, or even ten thousand times the income."

"Also, your so-called agents in China are very unprofessional. They usually only have one or two players. You know, training players is also risky. For example, if the players themselves don't work hard enough, their development is not as expected, they get injured, etc. If a new star wants to become a star, the probability of success is less than 10%."

"So your agents will prefer short-term benefits and take advantage of the other side. They don't care about the future of the players!"

"According to them, if we can't train them, then it will be a waste of time. We might as well be realistic!"

"We are different. We have thousands of professional players. As long as the success rate of these more than 5 players reaches %, we will get many times the return on our investment."

Gao Haiyang felt relieved after listening to Allen's detailed explanation. He began to talk with the team members one by one and told them Allen's analysis.

A few days later, six or seven players terminated their contracts with their domestic agents. Those players who were eyeing these players who did not sign agents like flies rejected several so-called well-known Chinese agents who came to the Netherlands from China.

They were doomed to waste all the money they spent on coming to the Netherlands.

Tan Wangsong was previously recommended to a club in Belgium by Gao Haiyang’s friend. This club is quite famous. Its name is Standard Liege.

That's why Zhang Fanlin asked Tan Wangsong what he thought.

As a veteran Belgian team, the team has a long history and good traditions. As a regular in the European Champions League every year, they have many opportunities to play against European giants. In addition, a series of perfect youth training systems and professional management make Gao Haiyang feel at ease with them.

But the most important thing is that Standard Liege's current head coach Altenkop is Gao Haiyang's classmate in the FIFA Advanced Coach Training Class, and at least there will be no discrimination against Tan Wangsong.

In many European clubs, there has always been a subtle phenomenon of discrimination. Not everyone is Sun Jihai, and not everyone is Shen Bin.

The strength of the vast majority of players is often of similar level. When European coaches select players with similar strength, their first choice is definitely their own players, followed by EU players, third is non-EU white people, fourth is black people, and Asian players are at the bottom. You can imagine how difficult it is for a Chinese player to make a name for himself.

With this kind of relationship, it seemed easier for Gao Haiyang to recommend Tan Wangsong to join the club. After all, there was the successful experience of Korean player Xue Qixuan here, and the club was also happy to accept Asian players who were good quality and inexpensive.