Santos's 'Four Talents'.

Danilo is a right-back, a position in which Aston Villa are not short of men for the time being.

Felipe. Anderson is a winger, and Aston Villa are also full of talent in this position, knowing that De Bruyne, a young Belgian, is still on the bench.

Then there are the most famous Ganso and Neymar.

These two youngsters have been hailed by the Brazilian media as the absolute core of the Brazilian national team for the next decade.

On August 10, 2010, he coached the first game of the Brazilian national team, and the current head coach of the Brazilian team, Mano? Menezes gave Ganso and Neymar a chance.

In the Brazilian team, Neymar wore the number 11 yellow shirt and Ganso wore the number 10.

These two numbers speak for themselves.

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"We're not bullish on Ganso." Felix, Aston Villa's head of scouting for South America, is relatively clear-cut.

"Why?" Fang Jue asked.

"He's too slow." "Ganso has great technique and awareness, but he's too slow and we doubt he can adapt to the fast-paced world of European football," Felix said. ”

"We focused on footage of Ganso's previous games, especially during the Copa America in the summer. Another scout, Bardy Ali, said.

He cites Brazil's opening match of the Copa America in the summer, which was held to a draw by their opponents, and the many matches that followed for the Brazilian national team.

In the past 1 year, Ganso has been initialed to the giants nearly 100 times by some famous media, and his worth has been fired from more than 10 million to 50 million.

Nicknames such as the new Kaka, the new Zidane, and the once in 30 years genius are constantly added to him.

In the Brazilian frontcourt quartet of the Copa America, all three of them have staged gorgeous performances, Pato has terrifying destructive power, Neymar is more solitary and likes to play flowers, but in some moments he still kicked out the talent of a superstar; Robinho is also more active.

Only Ganso, the proud man who wears the number 10 shirt in Brazil, can be seen to be working hard, but his performance is quite mediocre.

"The problem with Ganso is that he's too 'slow.'" Felix said, "Ganso is slow, slow tempo, slow tempo. ”

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Fang Jue nodded in approval, which is why he is not very optimistic about this new star of Santos and the new No. 10 of the Brazilian national team.

It's nothing to slow down, after all, there are only a few modern strikers in today's football who can run as fast as Kaka and can play the ball as fast as Sneijder.

Most of the classic midfielders run the team by controlling the tempo.

But the problem is that if Aston Villa bring in Ganso, Ganso's "slowness" is in stark contrast to the "fastness" of players such as Bale, Mane and De Bruyne.

Fang Jue's Aston Villa are notoriously fast-paced, with the players being able to find each other in the same rhythm.

Ganso is almost superfluous when he arrives in such a team.

Fang Jue can be sure that such a player, no matter how good his skills and awareness are, are useless, because he can't keep up with the fast pace of the whole team.

After talking about Ganso, and finally talking about Neymar.

Both Felix and Baldiari have mixed reviews of Neymar.

Both scouting directors and deputies both recognize Neymar's football talent.

However, the two also have some doubts about Neymar's ability to adapt to European football, which is different from Ganso's doubts because of his slow pace.

Felix thinks Neymar is too egoistic, and that discipline is generally problematic for such players.

Baldiari said that signing Neymar is risky, and his reason is, "There are many Brazilians with good technique and good footwork, but to be able to really succeed in Europe and grow into a top star, it takes not only skill and awareness, but also hard work and discipline." ”

He also compared Neymar to Denilson, who had high hopes at the time.

However, Baldiali also said that the current Neymar reminds him of Ronaldo when he first arrived at Manchester United, and Ronaldo was also very selfish at that time, but later Ronaldo succeeded under the cultivation of Ferguson.

"If we sign Neymar and he has the privilege of growing under your coach, the chances of his success will be multiplied, and that's his luck." Bardi Ali said.

Well, Felix, the head of the scouting team, glanced at his assistant......

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Aston Villa's South American scouting team is most optimistic about Neymar, but they are also hesitant to sign him.

There are big doubts about whether this playful Brazilian teenager can realize his talent.

In such a situation, Fang Jue gave his comment:

Neymar is very good, and if this young man develops well, he will be another Bale, attacking the status of Messi and Ronaldo.

Whether it was the scouting team or other senior management of the club, they were very shocked by Fang Jue's judgment.

It's not that they don't believe in Fang Jue's gaze, but this judgment can't help but shock them.

In the end, Fang Jue made a direct decision, and the team tried to contact the Brazilian side to see the possibility of bringing in Neymar.

Fang Jue's confidence and grasp of the team's introduction of Neymar can only be said to be relatively average, not as confident as before.

This is because, as far as he knows, Barcelona has been following Neymar and must have been in contact with the Brazilian side, and may even have reached some agreements.

There is one more reason.

Aston Villa has already learned that only part of Neymar's ownership belongs to Santos FC, and the other part belongs to Neymar's agency.

This is the biggest headache for European teams when they bring in South American players.

This has to do with the very special ownership of players in Brazilian football.

The vast majority of Brazilian players are bought by agents/companies at a very young age.

In order to lock in profits as soon as possible, clubs are generally willing to do such business.

In a way, this type of trading is a lot like a "gambling stone".

In other words, if Aston Villa wants to bring in Neymar, in addition to negotiating with Santos FC, the most important thing is to negotiate with the agency behind Neymar.

And as is customary, European teams bring in such complex ownership players, and the final transfer fee paid to the player's club is only part of the deal, and the largest part is the fee to be paid to the agency.

Of course, everything has to be discussed, and only after talking about it will we know what the situation is.

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December 17, 2011.

Morning.

All the Aston Villa players and members of the coaching staff were invited to the top floor of the hotel where they were staying, and the whole team took a group photo with some of the hotel's executives and hotel staff.

The hotel where Aston Villa stayed during the Club World Cup is the Royal Park Hotel in Yokohama, located in Yokohama's Landmark Tower.

At 295.8 meters tall, this hotel is one of Japan's landmarks and the second tallest building in Japan when viewed from the summit of Mount Fuji.

Built in 1993, the hotel has a total of 70 floors and has one of the fastest elevators in the world, taking only 43 seconds to get from the 0th to the 70th floor.

This hotel is also the hotel of choice for Champions League winning teams participating in the Club World Cup, and it is also an official FIFA recommended partner hotel.

Tomorrow is the final of the Club World Cup, and after this game, Aston Villa will leave Tokyo and return to Birmingham.

Therefore, Fang Jue also gave the whole team a half-day off, and then the whole Aston Villa team wandered around the hotel and took pictures.

Enthusiastic Japanese fans waited in Aston Villa shirts emblazoned with the names of Bale, Luis Suarez, Luka Modric, Clemente, Cristiano Ronaldo and more, chanting the names of their favourite players.

Bale, Luka Modric and others left a lot of autographs for Japanese fans.

Later, there were so many fans that they could only apologize to the fans and politely declined the request to continue autographing.

At this time, Fang Jue, together with the senior management of the club, stayed in the large conference room on the 69th floor of the hotel for a meeting.

The meeting was conducted with representatives of Yokohama Tire and Nissin Noodles, which are already working with Aston Villa, as well as representatives of several companies that are currently negotiating with Aston Villa.

In addition, there is also the official representative of the Japanese Football Association involved, of course, this is a tool person, just attending, representing the official participation, in fact, there is no weight in speaking, and no one will really pay attention.

The talks were initiated by the Japanese side.

Previously, Aston Villa took the opportunity of this Club World Cup to negotiate endorsement cooperation with several Japanese companies did not go well, and the two sides could not reach a consensus on the endorsement fee.

Under such circumstances, these Japanese companies and the Japan Football Association have negotiated and put forward a constructive proposal.

If Aston Villa are willing to sign a Japan international, the endorsement fee is good.

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The Japanese players who can be promoted by these Japanese companies and the Football Association are naturally carefully selected.

Moreover, there are different corporate recommendations behind each player.

For example, Kurami, a well-known Japanese beverage brand, and Yanmar, Japan's leading engine manufacturer, have jointly recommended Shinji Kagawa, a young Japanese international who currently plays for Borussia Dortmund.

Founded in 1899 as one of Japan's most famous beverage brands, Kurami has become one of the most famous beverages in the world with its tomato juice drink, and is now a leader in the Japanese beverage industry, and the queer in the Chinese market is a collaboration between Cokemi and Coca-Cola.

Yanmar is not only the flagship of Japan, but also famous in the world. It has a market share of more than 60% in the field of sailing engines in the world. Globally, more than half of the small diesel engines used in construction machinery are produced by Yanmar. After achieving perfection in the field of power, they also ventured into football.

The Osaka Sakura Club is a club created by Yanmar.

Yokohama Tyre, who has already worked with Aston Villa, recommended Kashiwa Suns' right-back Hiroki Sakai.

Nissin recommended Keisuke Motoda, a Japanese national who is currently serving for CSKA Moscow.

Japanese companies are looking to have a Japanese international join the European champions and in turn want to expand their influence in the world through Aston Villa and the Japanese international.

Aston Villa, on the other hand, not only received sky-high commercial contracts, but also expanded its influence in Japan.

In theory, it's a win-win.

What Fang Jue has to consider is that one of these players recommended by the other party can help Aston Villa.

He hopes to achieve a win-win situation for both competitive and commercial value.

Speaking of which, Fang Jue is about to complain about his old friend Arsene Wenger, the professor also wants to develop the Asian market, and has signed a number of Japanese and South Korean players before.

In the 2001 season, Arsene Wenger first bought Japanese player Junichi Inamoto, who did not get a chance to play in that star-studded Arsenal team.

Since you can't get on the field, you can only be rented.

Subsequently, Junichi Inamoto was loaned to Fulham by Arsenal and performed well, and then resold to West Bromwich Albion, Cardiff City, Galatasserre, Eintracht Frankfurt and other teams.

In general, it was okay, Junichi Inamoto, who left Arsenal, still broke through in Europe.

And then......

Just this year, Arsenal bought South Korea's No. 1 star Park Joo-yong, who has grown into a 'core player' in Monaco.

Despite his impressive time at Monaco, he hasn't played a single minute at Arsenal for more than half a year now.

At the same time, Arsenal also bought another Asian player, Ryo Miyaichi, known as a talented Japanese teenager, and the team loaned Ryo Miyaichi in order to obtain the labor qualification of English players.

In the case of Park Joo-yong and Ryo Miyiichi, especially the latter, because it is difficult to gain a foothold in Arsenal at a glance, Japanese companies are also very 'stingy', and Arsenal does not get too much commercial benefit from Japanese companies with these reinforcements.

In view of this, Fang Jue thought very clearly, if he can sign a good Japanese player, at least he can be qualified for the role of substitute and can help the team.

In this case, the Japanese are happy to pay the sponsorship fee.

……

Fang Jue sometimes sighs that the practices of these Japanese companies are really worth pondering:

They are willing to share the transfer fee of the player, share the salary costs of the player, and will come up with a significant commercial sponsorship fee that will satisfy Aston Villa.

Of course, this kind of sponsorship cooperation belongs to the scope of normal cooperation.

However, after all, it is a lot more endorsement fee under normal circumstances.

The purpose is to help Japanese players go out and get more development opportunities and growth space, and then promote the development of Japanese football.

Of course, they are also able to increase the influence of their corporate brand in the world with the influence of these Japanese internationals.

However, this behavior itself is already worth pondering.

In the end, Fang Jue chose to agree to sign Borussia Dortmund's Japanese international Shinji Kagawa.

It's not just that Shinji Kagawa's fame and influence are the biggest of the three.

Also because the player has already played in Dortmund and has a relatively good performance, it can be regarded as more adapted to the rhythm of European football.

On top of that, the recommended companies behind Shinji Kagawa, Kurami and Yanmar, as well as two Japanese brands, were the highest bidders.

Aston Villa has calculated that based on the total endorsement fee of the three-year contract, Aston Villa has been able to take almost 10 million pounds more from these brands.

Of course, this also shows that Shinji Kagawa is currently the most optimistic player in Japan, and there are also the most Japanese companies behind the player and supporting him.

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Aston Villa and Japan have reached an agreement that Aston Villa will seek to sign Borussia Dortmund's Japanese international Shinji Kagawa, and a number of Japanese companies are willing to jointly bear half of the transfer fee required to bring in Shinji Kagawa.

At the same time, these companies jointly contribute to a portion of Shinji Kagawa's salary (up to 45 percent).

Now you can sign the pre-contract first, once Aston Villa officially signs Shinji Kagawa, including brands such as Coromi and Yanmar and Nippon Telecom, they will fulfill the contract and officially sign a commercial sponsorship agreement with Aston Villa to complete the payment of various endorsements and sponsorships.

In addition, even brands such as Yokohama Tire and Nissin Cup Noodles, whose recommended players were not adopted, have also said that they will consider increasing the sponsorship fee for Aston Villa's follow-up partnership.

They had only one request, and Aston Villa manager Fang Jue gave his players as much playing time as possible.

Fang Jue refused to accept the other party's proposal to stipulate in the contract that there should be at least a number of games and time to play.

However, the Japanese side is also very interesting, and they immediately came up with a trick:

If a player has played 20 games in a season (starting or coming off the bench, with a total of at least 500 minutes played) or less than 20 games in total, but has played 600 minutes in total, they are willing to pay an additional 10 to 15 per cent of the sponsorship fee.

This is also the reason why Fang Jue chose Shinji Kagawa, with his famous eyesight, this player has the best talent and strength, and can help the team and bring more benefits.

In this way, with Dortmund still ignorant of this, one of their players has been arranged clearly.

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The hotel where the Santos team stayed.

The club opened a separate suite for Neymar, which was unorthodox, but this was a strong request from Neymar's father, and Santos could only accept it.

"Son, I'll tell you good news, Barcelona has someone and they're going to watch tomorrow's final." Neymar Sr. smiled, "This time we have to get them to agree to sign a partial agreement first, and preferably a part of the commission first." ”

"There must be other good news." Neymar said that he has always been in contact with Barcelona, and if it was just this incident, his father would not be so excited.

"Clever!" Neymar Sr. gave a thumbs up to his son, "I've been contacted by Aston Villa and he wants you too." ”

"That's a good thing!"

"With Villa to compete with Barcelona, we can take more!" Old Neymar's expression was excited. He noticed the joy and smugness in his son's eyes when he heard that Aston Villa had taken a fancy to him.

"Haha, happy, right? That Fang Jue of Vera has taken a fancy to my son, which means that you are a real genius. Old Neymar patted his son on the shoulder, "You will be better than Messi and Cristiano Ronaldo!" ”

"Son, tomorrow's game against Aston Villa, you have to play well." Neymar Sr. cheered for his son, "It's better to help Santos take out Aston Villa!" ”

"In this way, we will be more confident to make a bid." Old Neymar waved his arm, "A true super genius is priceless!" Of course, greater sincerity is required. ”

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