Chinatown's training camp in Beijing went well.

Gao Han has been in Beijing from beginning to end, and Pochettino has carefully studied and analyzed the situation of the team last season, from the tactical system to the configuration of the player lineup, they have had a very in-depth exchange.

For Gao Han's tactical literacy, Pochettino is so impressed, and this season, Chinatown participated in the Champions League for the first time, and he also sincerely asked Gao Han a lot of experience in the Champions League.

This season is the first time Pochettino and Chinatown have played in the Champions League, and Gao Han said that he will not put any pressure on the results, and even if he is eliminated from the third round of qualifying, he will not mind.

That being said, Pochettino is ambitious and wants to make a difference in the Champions League.

With the exception of James Rodriguez, who stayed in Colombia to prepare for the World Youth Championship after participating in the Perfect Continent Cup, almost all the players in Chinatown returned to the team for training, and the team lineup was relatively neat, and during the China training camp, they played four warm-up matches in Beijing, Shanghai, Tianjin and Guangzhou, and successfully defeated their opponents.

After playing the warm-up match in Guangzhou, Chinatown went directly from Shenzhen to Hong Kong to prepare for the last warm-up match.

Gao Han only watched the first three warm-up matches of Chinatown on the spot, and did not go south with the team, but stayed in Beijing, together with Armando Marcos, and negotiated cooperation with a number of domestic sponsors, including Huawei and Lianxiang.

Since they have been talked about before, they have successfully signed a sponsorship contract, which is expected to generate 20 million euros in revenue for Chinatown every year, and these domestic companies will use Chinatown as a pedal to enter the European market.

During his time in Beijing, news from the European transfer market also continued to pour in, gathering in front of Gao Han's case.

This large pile of information slowly gathered, and finally drew a context map of the current situation of European football in front of Gao Han.

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"It's clear that professional football has fully entered the era of big capital. ”

At the Chinatown Youth Training Center, Gao Han summoned Armando Marcos and Cantarero, who are about to return to Europe, as well as Lin Guoping and Xiang Tianming, the core executives of Beijing Chinatown, to his office to explain his understanding of the transfer market this summer, so that they can formulate the general direction of the development of the club and the youth training center in the future.

"The Premier League is the most commercial league, and the real era of capital began with Roman Abramovich taking charge of Chelsea, and then the Glazer family borrowed money to buy Manchester United, and then Liverpool changed hands, and the Abu Dhabi consortium bought Manchester City, the Premier League has been one step ahead of everyone and has entered the era of big capital operation. ”

"So, we can see that the Premier League team management is the most regulated, and in a way, they are not running a club team, they are running a company, but this company sells a special kind of goods, the most typical is Tottenham Hotspur, Daniel Levy is a master. ”

Tottenham Hotspur has always kept a low profile in recent years and once performed well, but during Gao Han's time at Manchester City, he also indirectly weakened the team, especially with the transfers of Gareth Bale and Harry Kane, Tottenham Hotspur must have regretted it.

But as Gao Han said, football is not all that Tottenham Hotspur operates, in the end, Daniel Levy operates capital, and the money in exchange for Gareth Bale and Harry Kane is enough for him to operate more.

'They feel like Atletico Madrid in the early years, accumulating capital, and once that's done, then Tottenham Hotspur are likely to be a formidable force in the Premier League, but Liverpool and Arsenal, both of which have a lot of problems in terms of management. ”

Chelsea and Manchester City are both backed by local tycoon owners, and they can burn money without blinking, and Gulley is also a very good manager, and Paul Futrey is also very good at the moment, so neither team has much of a problem.

United's biggest concern is Alex Ferguson, and once the veteran boss steps down, the Reds will be in turmoil.

"In addition to the Premier League, the Bundesliga is the healthiest right now, excluding foreign investment, even teams like Hoffenheim are doing well, Serie A is now withering as a whole, Inter Milan is in full swing to build a new stadium, only this new stadium is up, the Nerazzurri have the strength to compete for Europa League, but before that, they have to continue to suffer. ”

"Juventus is the healthiest in Serie A, the phonegate incident has been a blessing in disguise, and now they are on a good road, they will be Inter Milan's strongest rivals, and Roma has just changed a new owner, bringing a lot of money, ambitious to buy this summer, it is said that the transfer budget is 100 million euros, it depends on whether it can be managed. ”

In the current European football, a transfer budget of 100 million euros is indeed a lot, but it is far from enough to build a competitive team from the mess, even if it is a group of talented young players, it is worth a lot of money, let alone bring in a group of stars.

Roma's traders are also well aware of the situation they are facing, so they have brought in either outdated stars such as Borriello, Cicinho, Heinze and Gago, or young players such as Osvaldo, Pjanic, Lamela and Bojan.

Such a line of thinking is relatively rational, but no one can say whether it will work.

Relatively speaking, the La Liga team's Atletico Madrid is also on the rational side, and the Sheets have little money and can't squander it.

Real Madrid and Barcelona are still operating as high-input and high-output giants, but in contrast, Barcelona are more attractive to stars, and Real Madrid have not smashed into the rumored superstars so far.

The reason is very simple, the really powerful superstars have become the standard-bearers of various teams, and it is difficult to enter the transfer market.

It's like Barcelona digging Fabregas, how long did it take to dig for Arsenal to let go?

Among the real superstars, the 28-year-old Van Persie spent 50 million euros on Manchester United, and Ferguson woke up early and made a decisive move early, otherwise, if it is now, I am afraid that the 50 million euros will not be able to dig Van Persie.

"La Liga has a Malaga this year, and it is also financially strong, having spent 25 million euros from Villarreal to poach Cazorla, as well as coach Pellegrini, plus 15 million Tulalang, Malaga has invested a lot this year, and it is expected that it will be a good opponent in the new season. ”

Relatively speaking, the overall competitiveness of Ligue 1 is weak, but Paris Saint-Germain stands out from the crowd, and has quietly spent more than 100 million yuan so far, and will continue to invest heavily in the future, which brings great stimulation to the transfer market.

For example, AC Milan originally had little money, and they had to worry about buying El Shaarawy from Genoa, but Paris Saint-Germain waved their hands and bought Thiago Silva for 50 million euros, and the Rossoneri became a local tyrant at the time, not only buying El Shaarawy for 10 million euros, but also planning to directly buy out the other half of the ownership of midfielder Boateng, as well as bringing in reinforcements in multiple positions such as central defender and striker.

By analogy, Thiago Silva's transfer fee seems to be only 50 million euros, but after layers of recursive pushing, it will continue to be amplified, stimulating some potential demand, which in turn has caused a boom in the transfer market, and even some overheating.

This is why Barcelona President Rosell publicly criticized Paris Saint-Germain two days ago, but Paris Saint-Germain did not refute it, continuing how to bring in reinforcements and how to bring in reinforcements.

The Middle Eastern tycoons are waving cheques and entering European football, but they don't want to follow the giants step by step, they have only one purpose, that is, to replace the giants.

In the current situation where the transfer market is booming and even overheated, only teams that stick to the academy can really pocket their gains, such as the new stadium in Chinatown.

As for teams like AC Milan and Arsenal, it's more left-handed in and right-handed.

And Gao Han brought everyone here for only one purpose, that is, to once again reiterate Chinatown's insistence on the business philosophy of youth training.

Armando Marcos has run the club very well in the past two years, and it can be said that it has developed rapidly, but that is just a capital operation, and the foundation of Chinatown is still in the youth training, in the new stadium in the southern suburbs of Madrid.

"In the foreseeable next few years, Manchester City and Paris Saint-Germain will continue to spend a lot of money to consolidate their hard-won results, Manchester United, Barcelona, Real Madrid and other giants will also be not to be outdone, coupled with the Premier League's broadcast fee income skyrocketing every three years, I can even conclude now that the value and annual salary of players in European football will continue to soar in the next few years. ”

Hearing this, whether it was Cantarero, Lin Guoping, Xiang Tianming, or even Armando Marcos, they all showed a thoughtful look, and they all began to be persuaded by Gao Han.

"The test for us in the future is very arduous, we must be bold, the pace must be steady, the direction must be clear, the foundation of our China Town is thin, and it is impossible to advance by leaps and bounds like other teams, so the players who should be sold must be sold, and the players who should be kept must be kept, everything is based on the actual situation of the club, but the youth training and the new stadium must be grasped in any case, and will never relax. ”

Armando Marcos and Xiang Tianming couldn't help but be in awe of Gao Han, and even Lin Guoping was impressed by his son-in-law, at least this insight is not something that anyone can have.

On the surface, Chinatown has achieved good results, improving year by year, and even reached the Champions League this season, but in reality?

As Gao Han said, the foundation is too weak, the players can't be retained at all, even if they are barely retained, the club will have to pay a painful price, especially in terms of annual salary, rather than this, it is better to sell the players who can't be retained, in exchange for a sum of cash, the introduction of cost-effective players, into the youth training and new stadiums.

The reason why Gao Han chose this path is very important is that Chinatown's scouting system is second to none in European football thanks to Mendes and his company, and Gao Han also has the ultimate artifact of fiery eyes.

As the saying goes, build high walls, accumulate grain, and slowly become kings.

Chinatown is now only in the stage of building a high wall to defend against the enemy's attack, and it cannot be careless.

That is, after Gao Han sighed a little embarrassed, the mobile phone he put in his trouser pocket vibrate.

When I took it out, it turned out to be Ferguson.

Gao Han turned over his phone, and after showing it to everyone, he smiled helplessly: "It's time to come, and it's finally here." ”

Everyone knew very well the purpose of Ferguson's call at this time.

(End of chapter)