In the past few years, Gao Han has been calling on Chinese football to pay attention to youth training.

So far, Chinatown has built three youth training centers in China, Beijing has been officially put into use for many years, Guangzhou and Shanghai have also started construction, and Chengdu and Wuhan are also under planning.

In the youth training center alone, Gao Han and Chinatown can be said to have invested a lot of money.

In addition to youth training, Chinatown has also organized coach training courses, training a large number of coaches and youth coaches for Chinese football, but in recent years, nearly 100 Chinese coaches have been sent to Madrid Chinatown for further study, and stayed in Chinatown, or were recommended to other clubs in Europe for internships.

In addition, Chinatown also cooperated with the Football Association to organize outstanding referees from the four major European leagues to come to China to set up referee training courses, with the aim of strengthening the law enforcement level of domestic referees.

These are all down-to-earth projects, except for the youth training center, the others are inconspicuous, in addition to being widely praised in the industry, some of them are not even noticed by fans, but Gao Han and Chinatown have always insisted.

Not only Chinatown, but also other enterprises and institutions in the country.

For example, in 2011, the Study in Portugal program, organized by adidas and the Football Association, organized more than 40 people to study in Portugal at that time, has now come to an abrupt end.

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"According to the reliable information I have received, the main reason is that domestic relations are not going well. ”

In the living room of Gao Han's villa in Beijing's Imperial Garden, Xiang Tianming explained to Gao Han the reason for the failure of his plan to study in Portugal.

"It's very easy to organize foreign players, but it involves whether the selection of players is fair, will there be greasy and shady scenes? The Football Association, as the leading organization in the industry, will this kind of cooperation with the club be violated? The ownership of the players belongs to the club, and now such a large-scale transfer, how to make up for the club's losses?"

Xiang Tianming shook his head, "...... and so on, all of which are too complicated and troublesome, plus financial problems, so after the new leadership team came to power, it was decided to give up. ”

Gao Han nodded incessantly after hearing this.

On the surface, this is something that can be solved in one sentence, but in reality it is far from so easy.

Once the details are not handled clearly, it is easy to breed some gray areas and even evolve into shady scenes.

"Then what do you think of the Football Association now?" Gao Han asked with concern.

Xiang Tianming shook his head and smiled bitterly, "What else can you think? They don't have the heart to worry about this matter at all now, and the biggest trouble is the head coach of the national team, your old friend Camacho." ”

Camacho is indeed Gao Han's friend, as early as when Gao Han coached Atletico Madrid, he already knew Camacho, and later when Camacho took over the Chinese national team, he also learned a lot about China with Gao Han.

But it turned out that contradictions still arose.

In the end, it is difficult for outsiders to clear and define the rights and wrongs of the whole process, but it is obvious that after losing 1-5 to Thailand a few days ago, the Chinese Football Association announced that Camacho would be dismissed, and the next national team would be led by Camacho's assistant coach.

But then the problem is Camacho's contract.

There are too many and too complicated details involved, and it will be difficult to explain clearly for a while, involving the Football Association, Camacho, sponsors and partners, and there is no way to say who is right and who is wrong.

But it should be said that it is a practice to unilaterally terminate the contract, and the Football Association pays the salary specified in the contract in full.

Moratti fired Cooper back then, wasn't that it?

The same is true of Inter Milan's peak moments, with three managers at the same time.

In this matter, it can only be said that the handling of the Chinese Football Association is not professional enough, but after eating a trench and growing wise, it should learn lessons next time.

"Now the 2014 World Cup in Brazil has been missed, and the 2015 European Championship qualifiers are also one win and one loss, and the situation is not optimistic, so the Football Association is now anxious and messy. ”

After listening to Xiang Tianming's words, Gao Han shook his head and smiled bitterly.

Isn't that the case with most football associations?

This is true for the FA and the Spanish Football Federation.

Just when Gao Han smiled bitterly, Xiang Tianming suddenly raised his head, looked at him, and asked tentatively, "I went to the Football Association today to meet a certain bigwig, and he asked me about you." ”

"Really?" Gao Han was not surprised.

"Didn't you say in an interview with the Chinese News Agency not long ago that if you come back to coach the national team in the future, you will only take over the Chinese national team?"

"Yes, I did. Gao Han admitted that this was an olive branch for him to extend to the Chinese Football Association openly.

"So, the Football Association is really seriously considering that you will coach the Chinese national team. ”

Gao Han laughed after hearing this, "Then they invite at least?"

This made Xiang Tianming helpless, because Gao Han's annual salary is too high, one billion yuan a year, who can stand it?

"Listen to them, if you want, they can contact the company to pay and bear the salary, but with their style, the annual salary is definitely negotiable. Xiang Tianming laughed.

"It's not about money. Gao Han replied solemnly, "But what kind of power can they give me?"

"What do you mean?"

"From Inter Milan to Bayern Munich to Manchester City to Paris Saint-Germain, the whole team from top to bottom has the final say, can they give this power, can they provide the coaching environment I want?"

Gao Han's words really stopped Xiang Tianming, because this is obviously different from the practice within the Football Association.

The leader's favorite is still an obedient and capable subordinate, but Gao Han is obviously a master of high achievement, especially his influence at home and abroad is still so great, and there is a response on Weibo, who can control him?

"Today, money, I don't care about it anymore, I want a coaching environment where I can display my talents, and when they can give such a bargaining chip, let alone talk about salary, I will do it if I don't give money. ”

Xiang Tianming smiled helplessly.

From Gao Han's words, he has no doubt about Gao Han's feelings for the motherland and his love for Chinese football, but the problem is that the Football Association can't give such conditions at all, even if it can be given now, it is difficult to guarantee when he will regret it in the future.

"Don't rush, take your time, what I have now is time. Gao Han laughed.

After dealing with the Football Association in the past few years, Xiang Tianming is also very clear about the thoughts of these leaders, and it is probably impossible for them to make such a compromise and ensure that Gao Han can get the coaching environment he wants, unless he ......

"Let's not talk about these bad things, let's talk about the youth center. Gao Han hurriedly changed the subject.

When it comes to the youth training center, Xiang Tianming is energetic.

Since the opening of the Beijing Chinatown Youth Training Center, Xiang Tianming has been promoting the cooperation between China and Spain in youth training in accordance with Gao Han's ideas, and the first thing is to use Chinatown as a link.

According to Gao Han's meaning, the first step is to hope that Chinatown will cooperate with the Chinese Football Association to build the Chinatown Youth Training Center in Madrid into the first overseas youth training center of the Chinese Football Association, and provide high-quality teaching and training resources for Chinese young players by Chinatown, which will become the first step for Chinese football to go global.

It should be said that this first step is not difficult.

The Chinatown Youth Invitational Tournament is now in its third year, and the second time it has been held in Beijing, coupled with the relationship between the high and cold and the special background of Chinatown, it makes it easier for young players to adapt to each other's roots in Madrid.

The second step is to arrange for domestic youth teams to play in the lower leagues in Spain, which is also the practice of many Japanese and South Korean teams, who have been arranging for years.

But to achieve this step, it will be necessary for the governments and football associations of China and Spain to come forward and take the lead by Gao Han.

As for going further, it is possible to copy the same model of staying abroad to other countries, such as Germany, France, the Netherlands, Portugal and other countries with excellent youth training.

But the premise is that the first two steps must be taken well.

"We've had a lot of cooperation with the Football Association, from coach training to referee training, and we've had a very good relationship over the last few years, and the Football Association is also very interested in what we've proposed, and you know, when it comes to youth training in European football, Chinatown is definitely second to none. ”

When Xiang Tianming said this, he was also quite proud and proud.

"They are a bit busy for a while, but then they will organize a study tour to Europe to go on a field trip, and further negotiate with Chinatown on the specific details of cooperation, and actively contact with the Spanish Football Federation and the government. ”

Gao Han nodded, this is also very necessary.

After all, they also have to be responsible for the players who go out of the country.

"Then I started preparing as soon as I returned to Europe. Gao Han was also very happy about this.

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After talking to Xiang Tianming for a while, the two began to focus on the development of the Chinatown Youth Training Center.

Gao Han's attitude has always been very clear, not seeking rapid expansion, but seeking stable development, so Chinatown has not developed fast in the domestic youth training center, and only Beijing is really opened.

But it is only a youth training center in Beijing, and the teams of every age group are invincible in China.

This made Gao Han happy and helpless, especially a market survey submitted to him by Tianming.

The number of youth players in China is too small.

Chinatown once cooperated with the Football Association to hold a football forum, inviting many domestic football seniors to participate, express their opinions, summarize past lessons and make suggestions for the future development of Chinese football.

Many people believe that the biggest regret is that Chinese football missed an excellent period of development, that is, the 2002 World Cup, which was a great opportunity for the whole country to rejoice, and it should have been an excellent opportunity to vigorously develop Chinese football.

But unfortunately, due to various reasons, since then, Chinese football has ushered in a long-term downturn.

"What we need most now is to once again ignite the enthusiasm of the people of the whole country for football, to recreate the grand occasion of national jubilation in 2002, and to take this opportunity to vigorously promote the comprehensive reform of Chinese football with the full support of the government. ”

But for many years, the national football team has been weak and it is difficult to bear such a burden.

Although Gao Han has made a name for himself in Europe, he can't do it alone.

Gao Han also deeply regrets that he missed the opportunity in 2002.

But since you missed it, you missed it, regret and regret are useless, you can only work hard to change the status quo and be angry.

The first thing is to do a good job in youth training.

Due to the experience of the first Chinatown Youth Invitational Tournament two years ago, the preparation for the third invitational tournament this year was also carried out in a more orderly manner, and Gao Han's father-in-law Lin Guoping was personally responsible for the preparation.

After Gao Han returned to China, he immediately went to inspect the preparations for this event, which was still very reassuring.

The only thing that worries is the group of young players, who are playing at home at home, will they deliver satisfactory answers?

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