Deni. Shafair was in his early 40s, with short hair, and he looked shrewd and capable, and Hugo had a good first impression of him, and politely invited Shafair to sit down.

"Mr. Shafair, although Giorgi has put a lot of effort into inviting you to Trapani, I would like to hear what you think about the development of our youth training in Trapani, and to put it bluntly, I would like to know if you are the right person to be the head of the academy!" Hugo was polite in his manners, but he didn't speak so much in greetings and politeness.

Shafael was also a little surprised by Hugo's directness.

"Mr. Shafir, Gigi is a very good person to get along with, and a sincere person who doesn't like to beat around the bush!" Giorgio hurriedly explained with a smile.

Shafair thought about it, the main purpose of his willingness to come here is only a high salary, Giorgio is not the only one Shafair who has contact, but Shafair's rich experience is what makes him the most satisfied, so Georgio also gave him an annual salary of 300,000 euros after tax, which is very high, and Shafair can't even think of refusing.

Now that Hugo asked so directly, Shaafir wanted to see if this Trapani was the right place for him?! He came here for the money, but he also didn't want to waste his time here, if some of his ideas were not accepted by Trapani, not by Hugo, then what was the point of doing this job, just for the money did not seem to be in line with his heart's desire.

"Mr. Colani, what do you expect from Trapani's Academy?! What do you want it to bring you, exactly?! Shafael didn't answer Hugo's question, but asked Hugo.

Hugo was also stunned for a moment, and then smiled: "Of course, I hope that he can send more useful talents to our first team, and I hope that he can lead the development of football in Sicily!" ”

That's true!

"With all due respect, I don't see how Trapani's academy can contribute to the development of football in Sicily, as I learned yesterday that the vast majority of those who were able to play in the academy were children from other regions!" Shafair shook his head and said.

This seems to be the truth, Hugo touched his nose in embarrassment, and said: "It's only now that the academy has started, we have to dig up a lot of children from other regions, you should know that Sicily is the poorest area in our country, and the football foundation here is very weak!" ”

Shafair nodded in agreement, "I don't think the main purpose of Trapani's academy should be to serve the first team, but to focus on developing football talent!" ”

Shafair said his idea, and Hugo let out an "oh", interested in hearing what Shafair had to say.

"I know you have put a lot of effort into the academy and have built a school for the young players to study here, which I agree with, but the first team is the first team after all, a professional footballer's career has many years, and every year the academy sends players to the first team, I want to ask if this team can have their place?!"

The answer is, of course, impossible, there are only more than 20 places in the first team, and it is impossible to accept promoted young players into the team all at once.

"What do you mean?!" Hugo asked suspiciously.

"I mean you're too rushed, youth training is a long-term process, you can't play in the first team for every rookie, and given Trapani's long-term plans, you can't give them enough room to grow!"

"What do you mean?!" Hugo still couldn't understand what Shafair was trying to say.

'I mean, the Trapani Academy needs to be reformed!' Shafair said with a smile.

"Reform?! How to change?! Hugo couldn't help but ask.

"Your academy is too huge, and the echelon setting has not kept up, and the coaching level has not kept up, according to me, the first thing is to reduce the size of the academy, the number needs to be reduced, the school can continue to run, but not every student becomes a member of the academy, we should carefully screen, select young players with certain potential to join the academy! The second is to improve the echelon, from a few years old to a teenager, the echelon should be established, and then match the corresponding coaches, we need coaches who are willing to calm down and do youth training work, not those coaches who mix up here, and do not need to use the youth coach as a springboard! Third, you are selecting materials in various places, which is good, as if there are a large number of talents on the Internet, but in fact, from the perspective of youth training, this is not a good thing! ”

Amazing! It's really amazing! It was the first time Hugo had heard of such a theory, and it was not right to go around collecting football geniuses!

"Why?!" Not only Hugo asked, but Giorgio also asked in unison.

"There are too many talents in it, and soon many of them become mediocre, and given their mental capacity, it is likely that doing so will make them withdraw from football, which is not a pity?!" Shafair explained.

Hugo thought about it and understood, there are too many talented players in the same age group, everyone is full of it, the competition pressure is high, some players may be suppressed, it is difficult to really show their talent, lose their enthusiasm for football, from the perspective of talent is really a pity.

"It's not that we can't poach people and attract players from other regions and even other countries, the important thing is that we need to give them enough space to grow, so that they can experience the joy of playing football here, and let them maintain a constant interest in football, so that they can reach their maximum potential!" Shafair further elaborated.

"If I were the head of the academy, I would set up a network of scouts, with a focus on Sicily, and we could hold an annual selection day to recruit students from all over the world, and we would be careful to keep the numbers under control!"

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Shafael also put forward some of his own opinions, and his most important opinion is that the most important thing in the academy is to develop the technical ability of the young players, not the winning mentality, and he believes that the young players should not be under such pressure education, they are still young.

An insight, simply let Hugo and Giorgio open their eyes, Hugo from the heart of the heart that this director is the youth director he wants to find, Shafir said that the academy is a place to cultivate talents, naturally will not instill the tactical concept of the first team into the academy, he proposed that the echelon coach should be based on the situation of the echelon of small players, to develop tactics suitable for the characteristics of most of the echelon players, so as to make the best use of talents, and can help all aspects of talent to get better growth, The rules and regulations of the first team are actually limiting the development of the Academy.

Even if these young players can't meet the needs of the first team in the future, they will also have the opportunity to adapt to other teams, so what's so bad about that?!

There are different opinions, but there are really not many people who make Hugo admire in his heart, and Shafair is definitely one.

"Mr. Shaafair, your words really touched me a lot! I now solemnly invite you to be the director of the Trapani Academy, I wonder if you would like to accept my invitation?! "Hugo stood up respectfully and invited Shafir, a man who really puts his mind to the academy and has a lofty goal, not just for the first team, but for the future of football.

"I can accept the invitation, but I also have conditions, I have the final say on the work of the first academy, and I hope that the club's senior management will not interfere too much!" It's impossible not to interfere, and Shafair understands it, so don't interfere too much.

"Don't worry, you have the final say in the academy matters, as for what you said about establishing the academy scouting work, I think it is necessary, you can let it go, but you have to discuss it with the club's transfer director Sailly, I think he will understand and support it!" Hugo said.

"Second, the coach of the academy is also under my jurisdiction, and the dismissal and hiring are all according to my will!" Shafair added another.

"That's no problem, you see who doesn't like the eye, just stare at him with one kick! To be honest, there are some guys that I don't like either! Ha ha! Hugo made a joke, implying that Shafair was given great power.

The two sides reached an agreement, there was no nonsense, and they signed a contract immediately, a total of ten years of contract, this is Hugo's plea, he believes that Shafael will be able to do a good job in Trapani, although he is a Frenchman, but Hugo believes that such a careful guy will soon be able to get started.

In the evening, Hugo took Trapani's high-ranking people to a banquet for Shafair, and introduced Shafair to everyone, and he was very happy, he felt that he had found the right one, and praised Giorgio a lot.

Giorgio wanted to fight crookedly, he also wanted to find something more famous, but he couldn't dig it, and the other experience was completely without Denis. Shafir is so rich in this afternoon's detailed conversation, feeling Deni. Shafair is indeed very material.

However, after dinner, Hugo's cousin asked Hugo: "You trust him so much?!" He is a Frenchman, he is not familiar with the Italian life, and the environment is different, whether his set can work in Italy is another matter?! ”

"Employing people without suspicion! Alex, have faith! What's more, I want to open it now, I said I wanted to contribute to the development of football in Sicily, but I didn't do anything, you look at how many local players there are in Trapani now, and there is only one Pioro, and he can't play a few games! I'm sure Shafair can improve the situation, maybe he can help us develop a few local talents! Or your own people use comfort, you look at Victor! He came back, and the dismissal of Zeman this time was also thanks to his stability in the team! Hugo said.

The players who come out of the academy will maintain a considerable loyalty to Trapani, not to mention the local area, even if they are from other regions, after all, they have a sense of gratitude, and the more turbulent times and difficult times, the more they can play the role of the anchor.