One of the two main targets of the alpine summer was that he unearthed himself in the game and played for Southampton's homegrown midfielder Adam Lallana.

When Manchester City played the Saints, Adam Lallana's performance on the left left made a deep impression on Gao Han, but he always thought that Adam Lallana was not suitable for playing on the wing, because he lacked pace, but moved to the midfield, which would be more conducive to his performance.

After Stephen Ireland fell out with Gao Han, Gao Han paid attention to the homegrown player.

Since the Saints were relegated to the third tier of League One, there has been a serious loss of players, and this season the Saints have not performed well in League One, failing to reach the Championship, further exacerbating the attrition.

In this case, Adam Lallana, who has been with the team for a year, will find it difficult to turn down an offer from Manchester City.

Especially from the favor of the high cold.

Adam Lallana was a stark performer in League One last season, scoring 15 goals and providing four assists in 44 league games, which is not easy for a 22-year-old.

This also further strengthened Gao Han's determination to bring him in.

Another player handpicked by Gao Han is Ajax's centre-back Jan Vertonghen.

This player came from the strong recommendation of Jorge Mendes, who is Suarez's agent and has a close relationship with Ajax, and when he heard that Gao Han wanted a left-footed central defender, he immediately recommended him to Gao Han's case, and Gao Han also made a decision on the spot after reading Vertonghen's information.

The Belgian central defender has good physical fitness, excellent ability to grab up, and his height has reached 1.89 meters, but his ability to compete for the header is relatively average, and he can only be regarded as qualified, but he is trained by the Ajax system in the end, and his ability to attack with the ball is quite good, especially the grasp of the timing on the field.

At the back, he is known for passing, dribbling and controlling the ball, with a certain big-picture vision and skill at his feet.

Last season, Gao Han arranged Kompany more in the position of left central defender, but frankly speaking, the Belgian central defender's right foot played on the left side, which did have some problems, whether it was offensive or defensive, which made Gao Han not very reassured.

In some cup matches, Gao Han arranged Bridge to play this position, but it was also more average.

Therefore, after Jorge Mendes strongly recommended, Gao Han put Vertonghen into the list of players he hand-picked, hoping that the team will take him in the transfer market this summer, and the transfer fee will not be high, about 8 million to 10 million euros, which is not a problem for Manchester City, which is deep-pocketed.

Gao Han took the materials handed by Paul Futrey, read them carefully, handed them back to the general manager, and nodded: "Then the two of them, plus Gareth Bale and Harry Kane of Tottenham Hotspur, and James Milner of Aston Villa, this is our summer recruitment." ”

After a pause, Gao Han added, "I want to see them before the team's training camp." ”

Paul Futtre is also very cheerful, these players are not difficult to operate, as long as they are loose in terms of money, it is easy to get it.

In addition to the transfer of reinforcements, Chairman Mubarak also worked out the team's reward system for the new season with Gao Han and Paul Futre, because the team is going to participate in the Champions League, and Mansour hopes that the team can perform in the Champions League, so he gave quite a generous reward.

This made Gao Han very emotional.

After the meeting, when he accompanied Paul Futrey back to the general manager's office, Gao Han sighed helplessly as soon as he sat down.

"It's nice to be rich!"

You can buy whoever you want, and you can do whatever you want, it's too enjoyable.

It's like Manchester City, which spent more than 400 million euros, Mansour didn't even blink, and now the training base opposite the city stadium has completed the relocation and began to prepare for large-scale construction, which is expected to be completed within two years, with a total investment of more than 200 million.

It feels like I'm in a dream when I think about it.

"If you are heard by others, they will definitely scold you for putting on a pen, because you also belong to the ranks of rich people. Paul Futrey poured Gao Han a glass of water and laughed.

"I'm rich, too?"

"What do you say?" asked Paul Futrey rhetorically.

Gao Han was really speechless, so he could only shake his head and say: "Who kind of family am I rich?

Paul Futreden was speechless.

He talked to Gao Han about his personal life, but Gao Han talked to him about Chinatown, which was completely wrong.

"Eh, did Florentino call you?" asked Paul Futrey, gossipingly.

The entire Spanish football circle knows that Real Madrid is determined to poach Diego Costa, it is said that Mourinho wants this player to live or die, but Chinatown is now stubbornly biting and not selling, although Diego Costa showed goodwill to Real Madrid's invitation, but Chinatown refused, and he had no choice.

Gao Han shook his head, "If he really calls me, Diego Costa will wear the Real Madrid jersey." ”

This is true.

But any figure like Florentino, often he will not come forward easily, want to poach a certain player, he usually arranges his subordinates to contact and negotiate, can talk about it directly, if it can't be negotiated, either give up, or increase the price.

If he calls Gao Han in person, or asks Gao Han to meet, it shows his determination to win the player, and he will definitely offer a very sincere high price to persuade Gao Han to sell his face.

Therefore, Florentino either does not make a move, and a shot must be a killer move.

Of course, his failure to make a move proves that Real Madrid's pursuit of Diego Costa is not so strong, and it is more just the media fanning the flames and fueling the flames.

Just like the previous Otamendi, it seemed that Real Madrid would pay the termination fee in minutes, but as a result, the performance in the World Cup was not ideal, and the Galaxy Battleship immediately retreated.

At the end of the day, the transfer market is very realistic and brutal.

"To be honest, I don't understand, there are a lot of professional players in Europe, and there are a lot of players who meet Real Madrid's requirements, but why does Mourinho want Diego Costa?" asked Paul Futre curiously.

Gao Han shrugged his shoulders, with an expression of who you ask me and I ask.

But he vaguely feels that Mourinho must have Diego Costa, in addition to competing with himself, a large part of the reason is probably because Diego Costa is very suitable for his tactical requirements.

There are a lot of strikers in European football, but there are not many players who meet Mourinho's requirements, such as Chelsea's Didier Drogba, which the Blues could never sell anyway, and Barcelona's Zlatan Ibrahimovic.

The situation of the Swedish center forward in Barcelona is not ideal, there are some problems with Messi, and there are even rumors that Barcelona are going to sell Ibrahimovic and bring in Villa from Atletico Madrid, but with Villa renewing his contract with Atletico Madrid, the poaching plan failed, and Ibrahimovic continued to stay at Camp Nou.

Guardiola has also called Gao Han many times to ask about the cooperation between Ibrahimovic and Messi, Gao Han believes that both are top stars, and there must be no problem with cooperation, but it will take some time.

Whether a player can integrate into a team depends not only on the technical and tactical characteristics and strength of the player, but also on whether the team's style of play can be appropriately adjusted for the players.

The same goes for Ibrahimovic and Messi.

"Recently, the general manager of your Chinatown, Armando Marcos, is quite high-profile and frequently active in Spanish football, if I am not mistaken, it should be at your behest, right?" asked Paul Futrey with a smile.

Gao Han raised his eyebrows, "How can we say that we are also the eighth in La Liga, if we don't come forward when we encounter this kind of thing, wouldn't we have no sense of existence?"

Paul Futrey burst out laughing, "Do you think there's any drama this time?"

"There's a play!" Gao Han nodded heavily.

"Is there really a play?"

Gao Han nodded, "Now it is rare that the eighteen teams have a very unified opinion, and the government also supports it, to be honest, according to the plan led by the professional league, the interests of Real Madrid and Barcelona are not affected much, plus the public anger, I don't think these two giants will oppose it." ”

In fact, except for the one when they first started to scold the government, the two giants have remained silent to the outside world, and even there are continuous gossip that the two giants do not reject the reform plan submitted by the professional leagues, but some details need to be negotiated.

In particular, Javier Tebas of the professional league has publicly stated that even if a plan is drawn up this year, he will respect the broadcast contracts signed by Real Madrid and Barcelona with Pioneer Media, and will not enforce them, but will wait until 2013 and the contract expires before the unified auction.

This also makes the two giants unable to find a strong rebuttal.

Things have now progressed, and the clubs, the professional leagues and the Spanish government have basically agreed on reforms, with the only obstacle being the Spanish Football Federation, and Bilal has openly opposed what the professional leagues are doing, arguing that they have no power.

However, the professional league still resisted the pressure of the Football Association and publicly stated that it would organize all 42 teams of La Liga and La B and representatives of government officials in August to jointly negotiate the adjustment plan for the distribution of broadcast rights.

Once the plan is out and unanimously approved by clubs, professional leagues and the government, the opposition of the Spanish Football Federation will become very weak, but it is only then that the struggle will officially begin.

As a precaution, Javier Tebas and others are actively lobbying the referees' committee, the players' committee and the coaching committee, hoping to dispel their wariness of reform by elaborating on a detailed plan and long-term plan for reform, so as to prevent them from being instigated by the Football Association and even triggering a boycott.

In any case, the next two or three months will be a key node in the development of the Spanish professional league.

"If this thing can really be done, then from now on, the situation of the middle and lower teams in La Liga will be much better. ”

Paul Futre has been in La Liga for many years, and has an extremely deep affection for this league, and he also has a deep sympathy for the middle and lower teams, after all, he personally led Atletico Madrid all the way back to La Liga from the lower leagues to the Champions League.

There was a sudden silence in the office.

In recent years, the trend of capital entering professional football has intensified, especially after the success of Manchester City, more and more overseas capital has poured into European football, and various interests are intertwined.

Professional football has long since ceased to be pure.

Everyone knows that today's professional football is a capital game, and everything off the field determines the outcome on the field.

A palace fight similar to La Liga is not the first time, because twenty years ago, the giants of England's top league staged it once, and it will not be the last, because Serie A and Ligue 1 are also full of ambition and ready to start.

In an increasingly globalized world, Europe's top leagues are about to begin a round of invincible global harvest, and many teams are now competing for the benefits of hundreds of millions, if not billions of euros, in the future.

It's like a rolling torrent rushing towards everyone inside.

Either take advantage of the trend and create heroes, or be eliminated by history and become a bear.

No one has a choice!

Just when there was no word in the office, Gao Han's mobile phone rang suddenly.

Caller ID: Alex Ferguson.

What is he calling for?

Gao Han was full of doubts.

(End of chapter)