7. Doomed

Li Jun continued: "This matter is not so simple. Pen, fun, pavilion www. biquge。 info I heard the news from Guangzhou Evergrande, the loss of the FA Cup is not the reason for Xu Jiaying's poaching, it is said that the real reason is the strategic goal of the all-Chinese class that Xu Jiaying has always mentioned. ”

Hearing Li Jun's reminder, Zhang Sheng suddenly realized. This time, Zhang Sheng blamed himself a little, because this reason was what Zhang Sheng should be able to think of, that is, the all-Chinese class that Li Jun just mentioned.

Because Zhang Sheng in the previous life had heard countless times about Xu Jiaying's three goals of investing in Chinese football.

The first time he mentioned the three goals was as early as the opening ceremony of Evergrande Football School in 2012. And his three goals are very clear:

First of all, in the short term and in the short term, we must build a strong club, introduce excellent domestic and foreign aid and excellent coaching team, build a strong club, and build a relatively strong team in the Super League in the shortest two or three years in the field of football.

The second is to use the least foreign aid and the most domestic aid as much as possible in 5-8 years to build the Evergrande Club into a relatively strong club in the Super League, that is to say, to cultivate the existing, especially the relatively young, 20-year-old, 22-year-old, 19-year-old, 18-year-old players, and use 5-8 years to turn Guangzhou Evergrande into a super strong team that is basically all domestic aid, which is also the goal of Evergrande in the medium term.

Finally, it is to strengthen the training of young players, and use 8-10 years to build Evergrande into an all-in-one domestic aid, composed of Chinese, Asian and even world-class star players, which is also the long-term goal of Guangzhou Evergrande.

In Zhang Sheng's impression, Xu Jiaying mentioned these three goals more than once. In history, after Guangzhou Evergrande won the Chinese Super League, FA Cup and AFC Champions League, Xu Jiaying raised the goal of the all-Chinese class to a certain height. And after Lippi became the owner, Xu Jiaying, who has rarely interfered in the internal affairs of the Evergrande club, has used the all-Chinese class to stimulate the team many times when the team's performance is unfavorable and the state is not good, and the team has indeed used the all-Chinese class to win games like Liaoning Hongyun and Shanghai Greenland Shenhua. It can be seen that he is persistent in the goal of the all-Chinese class.

This is actually what Xu Jiaying has been doing - collecting players at the national team level, so it is logical to poach the players of the Longteng team.

Thinking of this, Zhang Sheng also made an analysis of Guangzhou Evergrande's existing players. Now Guangzhou Evergrande has Zeng Cheng, Yang Jun and Li Shuai, three players who are in their prime in the goalkeeper position, as well as the national youth player Fang Jingqi, and there is basically no demand for goalkeepers. In the back line, after it has been determined to introduce Jiangcheng Zhuoer's defensive backbone Mei Fang for free, Guangzhou Evergrande's defenders do not need to introduce players anymore.

And what Guangzhou Evergrande really wants to strengthen is the players in the midfield, among which the players above the back waist are the most urgent. Now Guangzhou Evergrande's two main backs are Zheng Zhi and Huang Bowen, Zhao Xuri is present as a rotation player, and the other substitutes are a bit unreliable. Moreover, among the three main back players, except for Zheng Zhi, who has the ability to organize and move forward, the rest of them, whether they are Huang Bowen or Zhao Xuri, have no ability to organize attacks. And Gao Jun's ability is what Guangzhou Evergrande urgently needs, after all, Zheng Zhi is in his 30s, and it is difficult to say how well his state and physical fitness can be maintained.

At the same time, in order to ensure the goal of the all-Chinese class, Evergrande has been looking for a domestic striker who can act as an arrow figure and has strong shooting ability, but there is no such player in China, and Evergrande has no choice. But the appearance of Deng Chaoqun has given Evergrande a goal, his confrontation ability in the front court is not to be said for the time being, but his shooting ability is beyond doubt, and several games with Guangzhou Evergrande have illustrated this problem. As for Deng Chaoqun's weakness of being a striker in a strong team, Evergrande is not worried at all, because Evergrande is at least the top strong team in Asia, and several powerful foreign aides can ensure that Evergrande's midfielder has a super ability to press the opponent, and there are enough and good enough passes.

Thinking of this, Zhang Sheng said to Li Jun: "Lao Li, then according to my thoughts, the players that Guangzhou Evergrande wants to poach us are Deng Chaoqun and Gao Jun?"

Li Jun said: "Instructor Zhang! Admire, it is indeed as you think, the target that has been circulating on Guangzhou Evergrande's side is the two of them. ”

Regarding this situation, Zhang Sheng had to shake his head: "This is troublesome, as long as the domestic players who are determined to be targeted by the Evergrande team, it is difficult to stay in the team." ”

Zhang Sheng said this sentence for his own reasons. That is, the player salary of the Longteng team and the player salary of Guangzhou Evergrande are completely incomparable. Now Guangzhou Evergrande has the best players in the country on paper, and at the same time, it also has the highest player salary in the country.

Take their current captain Zheng Zhi as an example, his salary is 7 million after tax and 10.15 million before tax, and the same salary as Zheng Zhi is Huang Bowen, who was introduced by Guangzhou Evergrande from South Korea, and he also has a salary of 7 million after tax and 10.15 million before tax. Among the top ten domestic players in terms of salary income, except for Zhao of Dalian Albin, who always likes to bid indiscriminately to raise the player's salary, resulting in Yu Dabao having 6.5 million after tax and 9.43 million before tax, and Yu Hanchao having 6 million after tax and 8.7 million before tax, the others are all players from Shandong Luneng, another Chinese Super League giant of Guangzhou Evergrande. And 4 of the top six players are Guangzhou Evergrande.

Corresponding to the low salary of Jiangcheng Longteng team players, in last season's Chinese League, the salary level of Longteng team can only be regarded as the last in the whole league, in addition to the bonus level, the general monthly salary of Longteng team players is up and down 1w. After the success of this rush, the Longteng team has greatly upgraded the salary, raising the salary level of the main players to about 8w per month, but the annual salary is about 100w after tax. This is too far from Evergrande's main force 500w after-tax annual salary, not to mention that the Evergrande team far exceeds the winning prize of the Longteng team, winning streak and other bonuses.

With the ability shown by Deng Chaoqun and Gao Jun at the age of 21, it is common for Evergrande to offer an annual salary of 500w after tax, and even more importantly, players like Gao Jun who are urgently needed by the Evergrande team may have an even higher annual salary.

In the face of such a huge salary gap, Zhang Sheng can't say that Deng Chaoqun and Gao Jun are not, after all, they are professional players, although they are called by themselves, but after all, they need to have their own lives. And this time they seduced a player like Guangzhou Evergrande who just won the AFC Champions League, and their head coach is the world-famous coach Lippi, if there is no doubt, Guangzhou Evergrande has booked the championship trophy of the Chinese Super League this season.

In the face of such a team that can get both high wages and honors, the vast majority of players are irresistible, not to mention players like Gao Jun and Deng Chaoqun who have average family conditions and spent their family savings for them to play, causing them to almost lose their professional football careers, even if it is to subsidize their families, people can't blame them for their choice.

Faced with Zhang Sheng's judgment, Li Jun also shook his head helplessly and said, "That's true." Guangzhou Evergrande's super high player salary and the highest winning award in the Chinese Super League are really too attractive to outstanding players, and their strength is still so strong, as long as they play well in their team, they don't have to worry about money. ”

Zhang Sheng also agreed with Li Jun's statement and nodded: "That's true, but we can't break the team's salary structure for players to transfer, that would be too much to lose." ”

Li Jun also said: "So I think Coach Zhang, you have to make tactical arrangements in advance, because the two of them are destined to go, but there is one point, if Evergrande really wants to buy it, they are willing to pay for it." ”

Hearing Li Jun say this, Zhang Sheng smiled dumbly: "We have to thank Evergrande for saying this." ”

Li Jun also smiled silently: "What else can I do? ”

As the general manager of the club, Ding Fan was not as flustered as he was at the beginning, and said with a smile: "Since you can't keep it, let's slash Evergrande hard." I reckon their request is already on the way. ”

After saying that, the three of them also looked at each other and laughed.

However, Li Jun quickly broke the silence and said a little embarrassedly: "Coach Zhang, I have always wanted to talk to you about something, originally in this case, I shouldn't have mentioned it, but I still said it in advance, that is, I may have to leave next season." ”

In fact, Li Jun is leaving, Zhang Sheng has heard him mention before, as a famous legend in Hubei football, his protégés and disciples are all over the club, and he himself is also very eager to coach, before because of the existence of the Longteng Club, Li Jun led the Hubei Province Huakaier failed to succeed in the first season as in history, but in last year's second division league, Huakaier still relied on his superior strength in the second division team to successfully rush to the first division.

But the survival of the club has always been a big problem. Back at the start of last season's second division, there was news that the club would be transferred. At the beginning of the season, no one cared about the investment, the team lacked funds, and the introduction of domestic and foreign reinforcements was in trouble. In order to save money, the team chose to take a bus to Dongguan for training before the season.

Even after the success of the championship, the team still could not get rid of the lack of money, and at the end of the season it was once again announced that the club would be transferred. First of all, it was rumored that the club would go to Xi'an and cooperate with enterprises in Xi'an. Later, media reported that the negotiations had broken down and that Xinjiang had extended an olive branch to the club. The Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region Sports Bureau will help the club solve problems such as home stadiums, training venues, sponsors, etc., and the original investor Jiang Huichao still holds the full control.

In the face of such a predicament, the club immediately thought of Li Jun in the Longteng team, hoping that he would lead the long-term descendants of the team to complete the relegation task next season, and Li Jun was also completely moved. (To be continued.) )