Chapter 124: The Best Time to Introduce Yang Fan!
In addition to The Times, The Guardian, Daily Mail, The Mirror and the famous tabloid The Sun all talked about Wolfsburg, a team that was very unfamiliar to England fans.
It was also the first time that the English media had published such a large number of names in their newspapers about a non-traditional Bundesliga powerhouse!
English football 'fans' and the media all believe that the Premier League is the world's number one league, and the Bundesliga ranks last in the four major leagues, and in the eyes of the arrogant English football 'fans', there is only one team in the Bundesliga, and that is Bayern Munich. Apart from this old powerhouse, there really isn't any team in the Bundesliga that can catch their attention.
This time, however, Wolfsburg's name suddenly dominated many English media coverage.
VfL Wolfsburg, a team that was in the relegation zone before the winter break, turned around in the second half of the season, went all the way to fifth place in the league and qualified for the UEFA Cup!
This made the English have to be impressed. They certainly understand how far there is between the relegation zone and fifth place in the league, and Wolfsburg's achievement is indeed commendable.
Of course, when reporting on the incredible table of Wolfsburg's salted fish turning over, the final focus will still be on Yang Fan!
A 'shooter' of Newcastle's youth team, a Chinese 'shooter' who was loaned to Wolfsburg by Newcastle for free, won the Bundesliga Golden Boot in only half a season, and almost single-handedly helped a Bundesliga relegation team enter next season's European competition!
That's the key to the focus of the English media!
"Bundesliga Golden Boot Yang Fan: Incredible Chinese 'Shooter'!"
"Newcastle stars have exploded in the Bundesliga!"
"He put Mar-Kay and Klose to shame!"
"The Premier League has missed out on talented stars again!"
"Such a genius is on loan! Newcastle people regret it!"
Suddenly, Yang Fan's name quickly became popular in the British Peninsula!
You know, it's not easy to get the English media to go crazy about the name of a player, especially a young player, who plays for a non-Premier League team.
The English media are very proud, they think that the Premier League is the first league in the world, so the best players are naturally in the Premier League.
Speaking of which, the most important reason why Yang Fan can cause a sensation this time is because he is a player on loan from Newcastle, a young man loaned out by a Premier League team, and it only took half a season to get the Bundesliga Golden Boot, which disgraced a group of stars who have been famous in the Bundesliga for many years, this kind of thing obviously makes the English media very excited, they like this kind of story, of course, England's football 'fans' also like this kind of story, which will give them a sense of superiority.
Almost all the media in England are covering the story, and Newcastle's local media are not far behind.
"Echo News", a media that has had a good cooperation experience with Yang Fan, spared no effort to 'speak out' at this time.
"Newcastle has been looking for a 'colorful' 'shooter', looking for a steady scoring point, when Michael (Owen) is seriously injured, when Martins is not in good shape, we are all saying, who will score for Newcastle! Yang Fan, this 18-year-old young man's cousin is so crazy that even Bayern Munich was cleanly cut off by him! Fifteen games, 23 league goals! This is the feat that this young man has accomplished in the Bundesliga! We really can't imagine that Wolfsburg got Yang Fan, but he didn't 'spend' a penny! You read that right, today, especially on April Fool's Day, Newcastle loaned this talented 'shooter' to Wolfsburg for free, and it was on loan for a year and a half! We don't deny that there is a reason why Yang Fan couldn't get his labor certificate at that time, maybe we should go to the FA to settle this account, but when we think of this loan transfer, I still think it's too incredible! When we were so worried about scoring in the league that our hair was gray, a young man from Rigber was killing all sides on the other side of the English Channel...... Having said all that, I just want to say that Rigberryton's Chinese lad belongs to Newcastle, and now, it's time to recall this young man!
There is no doubt that this report is from the hand of George Golden, yes, it is the reporter Yang Fan has met, after Yang Fan was loaned out by Newcastle, George Goldin's life was not very easy, he single-handedly promoted the cooperation between Yang Fan and the "Echo", but Yang Fan was loaned away, which greatly reduced the effectiveness of his work. Now, this young reporter, who is no longer a rookie reporter, is undoubtedly the most eager for Yang Fan to return to Newcastle.
In addition to The Echo, other local media outlets in Newcastle also covered the story at great length.
Add to that the reports of the Times, The Sun, The Mirror, The Guardian and other media outlets, and now even the most obscure Newcastle football 'fans' know about it, and know the story of an eighteen-year-old young man from Rigbton who was loaned to the Bundesliga and made such a brilliant achievement there!
Newcastle fans had a hard time in the 2006/2007 season.
The 2006/2007 season was the first time since Newcastle entered the new millennium that there was no legendary 'goalscorer' Shearer. After the loss of star Alan Shearer, the team's decline was palpable. Even though the club has invested heavily in Nigerian striker Martins, the whole team has only scored 38 goals in the league for the whole season, what is this concept? League champions Manchester United have scored 83 goals in the league! That's more than twice as many as Newcastle! And the attacking disadvantage has also left Newcastle's backline unprotected, and they have been scored 47 goals in the league by their opponents, with a goal difference of minus nine for the whole season!
The league ranking was fixed in 13th place, which is not far from the relegation zone, and Newcastle's points were finally fixed at 43 points, only five points more than the relegated Sheffield United!
Without Shearer, Newcastle don't seem to be scoring all of a sudden, and such a tricky situation can be summed up in one word: attacking badly!
The hunger of Newcastle fans for a striker who can score goals is obvious!
In such a situation, they suddenly learned that the young man who scored crazy goals in the Bundesliga was actually loaned to Wolfsburg for free by the team in the same past season, and their shock and frustration can be imagined!
Although the football 'fans' also know that the reason why Yang Fan was loaned was because he couldn't get a labor certificate, and it was really difficult to blame the club too much for this loan transfer, everyone still sighed and was heartbroken! They are thinking that if Yang Fan can attack Newcastle for Newcastle, then Newcastle should at least be able to enter the European arena this season.
After the shock and frustration, Newcastle football 'fans' began to ecstasy and they began to look forward to next season!
The media has already said that Yang Fan is on loan to Wolfsburg, and the ownership of Yang Fan is still in Newcastle United, and now it is time for this Rigberton lad to return to St James' Park!
All of a sudden, the most talked about by Newcastle football 'fans' was Yang Fan's name, and their mood was very good all of a sudden, and they couldn't wait to see Yang Fan attack the city for Newcastle!
You must know that the expectation of Newcastle football 'fans' for the team is always to guarantee a top four in the league and then hit the league championship! Although they have never won the league championship, the Magpies have never given up their desire for the league championship!
Newcastle manager Rod has stepped down and the new manager is Sam Allardyce.
The new season will be Sam Allardyce's first season at St James' Park. Big Sam ditched seventh-placed Bolton Wanderers to move to deep-pocketed Newcastle in clear hopes for a Champions League place in the Premier League next season.
Although the 2006/2007 Premier League season has just ended, Newcastle's media has already begun to make suggestions for Newcastle's new season, and some media have even listed various reasons why Newcastle must finish in the top four of the league in the new season.
First of all, Ireland's goalkeeper Given' has always been a steady player, and after the arrival of Sam Allardyce, who values defence, his chances of returning to the net to pick up the ball will definitely be greatly reduced.
Defence is the magic weapon that Allardyce relies on to survive. Since taking charge of St James' Park, Big Sam has repeatedly stated that what his team needs most is a few good defenders. After letting go of Bramble, who is weak in attack and defense, Czech Rozenar will naturally play as the main central defender with Stephen Taylor, plus the already balanced right wing-back Karl, only one left-back Allardyce will be completed.
Jose Enrique and Lyon's six-time champion Casapa are both Newcastle's targets, and if they can join, then the back of the Magpies next season will indeed be solid.
In terms of midfield, the Newcastle midfielder, which already has Duff and Dier, has every chance to compete with the major giants if they can introduce Barton and Grammie, who have long coveted targets. Of course, the likes of Milner and Enzobia also have considerable strength. A large part of Newcastle's weakness over the past few years has been due to the lack of quality in the midfield, with a super-killer like Alan Shearer in front of him, but unable to provide effective support, leaving him alone in front. The backline was also not adequately protected and made frequent mistakes. Now that the midfield has been strengthened, the quality of attack and defense should be significantly improved.
The only thing worrying is the forward line, Luke was seen as one of the biggest parallel imports of the club after joining Newcastle for a sky-high price, and Martins also proved to be unreliable at key moments, and Owen was injured again and again. Andy Carroll is still too young and Ameobi is not yet useful, and the most important area for Newcastle to make a difference is in the forward line. As long as the forward line is strengthened, this magpie is still very powerful!
In this report, the reporter mentioned several names of Allardyce's long-time striker signings, Viduka and Alan Smith, Viduka's key ball grabbing and Alan Smith's all-round will give Allardyce plenty of options.
Both Viduka and Smith are familiar stars with Newcastle fans, so these days, Newcastle fans were concerned about whether these two people could transfer to Newcastle, but suddenly noticed that a young man named Yang Fan appeared in front of them with an unusually strong attitude.
Eighteen-year-old Bundesliga Golden Boot!
Fifteen games, the Bundesliga Golden Boot with 23 goals!
The most important thing is that this is the young man who has gone out of the Rigburton training base, and it is his own young man, and he is his own person! The football 'fans' have a natural affinity for this kind of talented player cultivated by their own youth team. It's your own people!
All of a sudden, there are Newcastle ball 'fans' who began to look forward to it, with Owen, Martins, Yang Fan, Ameobi, if you add Alan Smith and Viduka's forwards, they have a spasm, which is simply comparable to the configuration of the giants'!
So, in a word, thanks to the media hype, Newcastle's football 'fans' all know Yang Fan and his feat in Germany. They are looking forward to Newcastle's future and are in a good mood right now.
It's just that the football 'fans' have forgotten about it, they are just football 'fans', and it is not them who really control the club.
Moreover, Newcastle is a 'fan' to forget a little, Yang Fan's ownership belongs to Newcastle, which is true, but Yang Fan's loan to Wolfsburg has one year left, that is, even if Newcastle wants to take back Yang Fan, it must be agreed by Wolfsburg, otherwise, Yang Fan will have to stay in Wolfsburg for a year!
How could Wolfsburg agree to let Yang Fan go back to Newcastle ahead of schedule? All they want now is to buy out the ownership of Yang Fan and officially bring in this young Chinese 'shooter'.
VfL Wolfsburg moved quickly, restarting talks to bring in Yang Fan just after the league ended. For this team that has had a magical performance in the second half of this past season, they know very well who is responsible for the team's 'impressive' results!
Wolfsburg FC sporting manager Fox is concerned about the situation on Newcastle's side in order to ensure that he can successfully acquire Yang Fan from Newcastle.
There is a staff member in the Wolfsburg special 'gate' who is responsible for collecting 'intelligence' from Newcastle's side, and this qiē is only for one goal, that is, to snatch Yang Fan from Newcastle's hands!
Wolfsburg knows that Yang Fan is now a sweet spot in the transfer market, not to mention whether Newcastle is willing to let go, even if Newcastle is willing to sell Yang Fan, there must be no shortage of buyers, not to mention anything else, Wolfsburg knows that Bayern Munich seems to be planning to make a move. Last season, after Yang Fan scored a hat-trick at the Allianz Arena and led Wolfsburg to a 4-2 away win over Bayern Munich, it has been rumored that Hoeness admires Yang Fan.
Fox received a bad news, that is, thanks to Yang Fan's perfect watch in Wolfsburg, now, Yang Fan's popularity in the whole of England has risen, and the media in Newcastle are reporting on Yang Fan in a lot of films, and the most direct result of this is that Yang Fan has suddenly become a well-known talent star of Newcastle football 'fans'! Some Newcastle football 'fans' even regard Yang Fan as a savior, which will virtually increase the difficulty for Wolfsburg to take Yang Fan away from Newcastle.
Such an attitude of the football 'fans' seems to interfere with the plan to introduce Yang Fan, and the attitude and appeal of the football 'fans' are likely to affect the attitude of the senior management of the Newcastle club.
However, after listening to some of the so-called 'trivial' things reported by this staff member, Fox's heart was reassured. He immediately called and communicated with the club's president, Sander, and made an appointment for coffee and work together.
"So, Newcastle are unlikely to sell Yang Fan now?" asked Sander, listening to Fox's introduction of the 'Yang Fan fever' that has been hyped up by the media.
"If Newcastle's fans can call the shots, it will be difficult for us to get Young from Newcastle. Fox said with a smile.
"Oh?" asked Sander with interest, knowing that there must be a reason why Fawkes said that.
"For Newcastle, it is not the 'fans' who really have the right to speak, but their new owner, Mr. Ashley. Fox said.
"Hmm. Sander nodded, Fox was right, the owner of the club is certainly the one who has the right to decide on a team, "Do you know much about this person?"
There is almost no difference between a player's transfer negotiation and a commercial negotiation, and in addition to the player's own attitude being crucial, it is also necessary to collect some information about the opponent for analysis.
"I've heard a few things about this fat man. Fox said. He then recounted some of the stories that the team had gathered at Newcastle about the new owners of Newcastle.
Ashley had just come to power, so he didn't see the changes Newcastle could bring to Newcastle for the time being, but a small incident allowed the German, who is adept at drawing conclusions from small events, to capture the 'character' of the Newcastle boss.
One of the first things Ashley did when he became Newcastle club chairman was to change the club's long-standing traditions, including drinking. Previously, eight beers were poured out of each new beer keg in the club bar, called "shabu-shabu", so that the beer tasted the most mellow. But the content of the first plenary meeting held by the new boss turned the number of "shabu-shabu" into one. The reason for this decision is that the new owner has calculated that in this way, he can earn tens of thousands of pounds more a year. As for the football 'fans' who feel bad about drinking alcohol, it's a matter of his birds?!
"A businessman who doesn't like to watch football so much, and does football as a business. That's what Wolfsburg FC sporting manager Mr Fox had to say about Newcastle's new owners.
"An owner who wants to make money for himself from the club. VfL Wolfsburg president Sander also smiled.
The new Newcastle boss is clearly not a pure Newcastle football 'fan' as he himself has interviewed the media, a super ball 'fan' who can sacrifice a qiē for football.
A boss who doesn't take into account the interests and feelings of the football 'fans' at all, and can be so stingy that even the number of cup washes in the club bar is reduced to a minimum. How could he listen to the demands of the 'fans'.
The two Wolfsburg executives are beginning to realize that this is the best time for them to bring in Yang Fan!