The reason why Gao Han made a special trip from Carrington to the City Stadium to attend the signing ceremony of Raheem Sterling was to show the importance he attached to the young player, and on the other hand, to attend the team's high-level meetings.

As the chief technology officer of Manchester City, it stands to reason that Gao Han should appear at every high-level meeting, but he is indeed too busy to have so much time and energy to deal with the small and small matters of these clubs, so most of the things are left to general manager Paul Futre.

But there are also some meetings that are closely related to the athletic sector and cannot be avoided no matter what.

For example, this afternoon's high-level meeting will discuss the transfer operation for next season.

So far in the Premier League this season, the situation can be said to be very clear, and it is only a matter of time before Manchester City wins the championship, which is not only the confidence within Manchester City, but also the consensus of everyone, because Manchester City's lead is too big.

It's so big that other opponents can't catch up.

The only suspense is the FA Cup, but City's results are also good.

The time has entered March, and the training camp and transfer matters for this summer have begun to be put on the agenda.

For example, Mubarak wants Manchester City to travel to the Middle East this summer, and they want to organise a friendly or two in the Middle East for Manchester City to play against other European powerhouses.

Gao Han has no problem with this, but he hopes that the team's training camp can be held in Europe, such as Ireland.

Dublin is an ideal training destination, and Gao Han hopes to play two or three warm-up matches before heading to the Middle East and finally returning to Manchester to prepare for the competition.

The management said that it would fully consider Gao Han's wishes, but the specific itinerary depends on the club's next arrangements.

"Based on the intelligence we have so far, the European transfer market will be generally depressed this summer, and there are very few teams with big transfer funds on hand at the moment, Barcelona and Real Madrid, but they may not be able to make big moves because there are not many charismatic stars in the transfer market. ”

Paul Futrey analyses the current situation in the transfer market in European football.

Originally, the team that was most likely to be poached was Atletico Madrid, Torres and Villa were both sweet, making Real Madrid and Barcelona salivate, but after moving into the new stadium, Atletico Madrid's revenue capacity skyrocketed, and the two core players have just renewed their contracts, and the possibility of leaving the team is very small.

In contrast, Barcelona is not in a hurry, but Real Madrid, with a transfer budget of hundreds of millions of euros in hand, but does not know where to spend the money, which is indeed a headache.

The focus of the battle between the two giants in the Spanish Super League is Arsenal's Cesc Fabregas, but it may not be easy to convince the Gunners to release him, and the transfer soap opera is likely to continue to drag on.

'The situation in the Premier League is not very rosy either, Chelsea have already announced that they will not be making big moves this summer, Manchester United is afraid that the same will be true, not to mention Arsenal and Liverpool, according to the reliable information we have received, Benitez is likely to be sacked, and Liverpool have started secretly looking for a new manager. ”

Paul Futrey did not mention Manchester City themselves, because whether Manchester City brings in reinforcements depends on Gao Han's decision.

Even the big boss Mansour and the chairman Mubarak sitting at the meeting have no right to decide.

Gao Han didn't say anything, but listened silently.

The buying and selling transactions in the transfer market are often millions, tens of millions, or even more than 100 million, so every year before the summer transfer market, there will be a special evaluation agency to predict and evaluate the summer transfer market, and the major clubs will formulate their own transfer strategies based on the evaluation results.

To put it simply, you have to weigh your own portion, how much money you can come up with, and who you can buy.

When the market is good, the value of players may be inflated higher than the market appraisal price, and some are even ridiculously high, and when the market is bad, the value of players is often more real, which is a good time to buy the bottom.

But there are also unlucky ones, such as Chelsea, who brought in Falcao and Ramirez for 90 million euros, which are obviously at the top.

Why?

Because in recent months, the European debt crisis has erupted in full swing, and various industries throughout Europe have begun to tighten monetary policy.

If the impact of the four major leagues was not obvious enough in December last year, the impact of Greece's sovereign debt crisis was not obvious enough, then by the end of February, the debt had begun to spread to the five European pig countries, namely Portugal, Italy, Ireland, Greece and Spain.

In this case, Chelsea's Roman Abramovich could only faint in the toilet crying.

But there is no way, it was indeed he who insisted on digging Falcao and Ramirez at the beginning, even if he didn't make a move at that time, he still had to pay liquidated damages this summer, or that money.

Thankfully, both players did well.

With the European debt crisis in full swing, Mansour's Abu Dhabi consortium has a lot of money on hand, so he will be based in the UK next, just to make it easier to buy the bottom.

In the same way, he also hopes that Manchester City can take the bottom and build a stronger team.

After all, next season, Manchester City will play in the Champions League.

"We Chinese have an old saying that soldiers are not expensive, and they are also applicable on the football field. ”

Gao Han knew that everyone present was asking for his opinion, so he organized the wording and said his thoughts in public.

"My idea is to keep the squad to around 25 players, which I believe will be enough for next season's multi-front, and this summer I'm not going to go on as big as I used to, but I'm hoping to bring in replacements and rotations, or young players with potential. ”

'My aim is simple, I don't just want to build a team that can win titles, I want it to be a healthy, sustainable team, and I believe that's been proven in Atletico Madrid, Inter Milan, Bayern Munich and Chelsea. ”

Everyone present nodded in agreement.

Gao Han's past coaching resume shows that all the teams he coached, often after he left, still maintained a strong competitiveness, because he always left the team with a strong personnel reserve.

Needless to say, Atletico Madrid, for example, Inter Milan, after selling Cristiano Ronaldo and Ibrahimovic in the front trident, not only in exchange for a new stadium start-up capital, but also the strength is still strong.

The same is true for Bayern Munich, the Bundesliga giants have shown a very high standard this season, whether in the Bundesliga or in the Champions League, and Klinsmann has become famous, but everyone knows that all this is due to the high cold.

Mansour is not a genius either, although he has money, he is also calculating, and if he can achieve the same or even better results for less money, then he will not hesitate to choose to support.

"Okay, I completely agree with Mr. Gao Han's idea. Mubarak immediately spoke.

Everyone had nothing to say, and the matter was settled.

How to implement it, Gao Han also has his own set of ideas.

"There are two positions that I want to focus on this summer, one is the centre-back, I want to bring in a left-footed centre-back, Colluka and Richard Dunn I decided to sell, both of them are difficult to meet my requirements and difficult to get a chance to play, so instead of that, it is better to let them move away and seek better development. ”

Richard Dunn, the team's former captain, was supposed to leave last summer, but then he personally talked to Gao Han to stay with the team to continue to play, but unfortunately, after a season, he never got many appearances.

Even when Kaka was injured, Gao Han preferred to use Zabaleta rather than Dunn in the right central defender position, which shows that he is indeed not suitable for Gao Han's tactical play.

Colluka is purely a matter of strength, and Gao Han thinks it is better to let him go.

As for the introduction of a left central defender, there were already ideas as early as last summer, but unfortunately, it is difficult to find a left-footed central defender in European football, especially a player who meets the requirements of Gao Han for a left central defender, so it has always been delayed.

But after a season of scouting, he was somewhat eyebrow-raising.

'In midfield, Stephen Ireland has to leave the team and I know there have been a number of Premier League sides interested in him recently and I'd be happy to accept his offer. "Gao Han and Stephen Ireland can be said to have broken up.

In his eyes, Stephen Ireland is a completely irresponsible player, although he has good strength, he has no work ethic, often misses training, and has become an uneasy person in the locker room, which makes Gao Han have to kill him.

Although there are many media outside who are shouting grievances for Stephen Ireland, thinking that Gao Han did not give him a chance, so he fell out with Gao Han, but in Gao Han's view, he is the head coach of the team, and as a player, Ireland should show strength and performance to convince himself and strive for opportunities, rather than working against himself.

For all the players who want to work against him, Gao Han often does not show mercy.

'Elano and Michael Johnson are both going to stay, and I'm going to bring in one or two players in midfield, so there's already one to go, and the rest will vary. ”

The transfer market is changing rapidly, and Gao Han can't fully control the overall situation.

Paul Futrey carefully noted down Gao Han's request, but then reminded: "What about Petrov?"

Gao Han frowned, this is indeed a bit tricky.

Petrov is 31 years old and not doing well, but he is certainly unlikely to play in the main team in front of Cristiano Ronaldo, Kaka and Sanchez, but he himself is not satisfied with being a substitute.

The key now is that his contract expires in June of this year.

In other words, Manchester City will now either agree to his conditions, not only a salary increase, but also a commitment to the number of appearances he makes, and a two-year contract in one go, with an automatic one-year renewal clause, which is undoubtedly unacceptable to Gao Han.

Once Petrov leaves, then the team's front line will definitely need to be reinforced.

But after thinking about it, Gao Han still made a decision, "If he is not willing to renew his contract on the terms proposed by the team, then let him go, and we will find a suitable replacement in the transfer market at that time." ”

Paul Futrey hesitated, then nodded in agreement.

To be honest, it is impossible for Gao Han to compromise on this kind of matter, otherwise, it will be difficult for him to control the locker room.

Of course, Martin Petrov doesn't have to worry about running out of places, he is very sought-after and many Premier League teams are interested in him.

However, in this case, Manchester City will definitely have to bring in more reinforcements on the side.

(End of chapter)