Chapter 124: Shuffle
As mentioned before, the large exodus of team staff actually has a lot to do with the rift in the relationship between club president Urbano Cairo and former coach Ventura, so after he saw that some reporters were attacking the somewhat innocent new coach because of this incident, he wanted to come forward to help cover it up, and he had to look at the face of those Celestial Empire media and sponsors. However, before the media tycoon could make a move, Li Mudi on the side snatched the right to reply, and saw that with a somewhat cheap smile on his face, he took off the microphone inserted in the stand, put it to his mouth, and responded at a still slow pace:
"I have a lot of respect for the staff who have contributed so much to the Turin club, and I should say that the team has been promoted from the second division in the previous seasons and has been in the middle of Serie A for many years in a row. But it's a pity that the coach needed to take over the national team and left the team that loved him deeply, so I was able to take over. However, because things happened too suddenly, the process during this period was a bit rushed, and when the club intended to contact me, the preparation period for the new season had already begun for a while, perhaps they were worried that the new coach would not be able to determine whether it would delay their final decision to stay, so they felt that they took the initiative to give up the contract renewal while the team was still recruiting staff, so as to be able to find the next job, after all, everyone needs to support their families, we can all understand. Speaking of this, he also showed a righteous and awe-inspiring expression, which caused some informed reporters below to constantly complain in their hearts: Fart found a new job! At least half of those people are still at home, what a lie!
The speech on the stage continued: "I am sorry that I came too late and did not have the opportunity to have a face-to-face exchange and consultation with those meritorious staff, but I would like to express my deep gratitude to them on behalf of all the staff of the club for their various contributions to the development of the Torino team over the years, and I wish them all the best in the future, thank you!" After that, he stood up and bowed, so that the reporters below who kept scolding him for his shamelessness had to smack twice, otherwise it would be too rude.
Then Li Mudi straightened up and sat back in his place and continued to speak: "As for the current situation of the team, it is naturally not ideal, on the day I reported, there was no one on the first-team coaching staff, I think this situation should not be very common in Italy." "There's a hint of sarcasm between the lines." The team's daily training, medical security and all kinds of information are inseparable from the staff, so I am here to use the voice of the world's major media to send out job advertisements for various positions to the outside world, hoping that the majority of sincere people will contact our club as soon as possible, and Torino will provide you with the most comfortable working environment. The job advertisement at this media conference has not appeared for many years, and the reporters in the audience are so angry that they don't know what to say.
Valentino Cairo saw that there was some coldness, so he interjected in time to announce the end of the event. Journalists from Europe can do whatever they want, and guests from as far east as they go on to interview the head coach.
The meeting was generally quite successful, although Li Mudi did not give satisfactory answers to some mean questions because of his personality, but under the cover of his compatriots, he could be regarded as coping with the past, if these performances alone can barely give a passing score. However, fortunately, he made sufficient preparations at the beginning and the end of the two most attention-grabbing places, and completely gave those media who were not optimistic about him a disadvantage, resulting in most of the reports except for a few media outlets being quite neutral, and did not go back on the road of blackmailing him, and they all reported the attitude of seeing each other after the league started at the end of August.
On the other hand, on the side of the media of the Celestial Empire, it is naturally a hymn, even if there are various exhortations and mentions, they still reveal unstoppable excitement and joy in the text. Not only did the media come together to make an interview for the first head coach of the Celestial Empire to enter the top five leagues, and obtained a lot of secret information that was difficult for ordinary people to know before, but several online media also reached an official partnership with the Torino club, which will get unimaginable publicity and promotion in the Celestial Empire, which makes the chairman Urbano Cairo happy.
In addition, Penguin Sports officially proposed to Li Mudi to sign an exclusive live broadcast, and the latter transferred the work of discussing the matter to his agent Gines, and his first commercial income is likely to come in this way. On the other hand, the reporter of CCTV Sports Channel also reached an agreement with several senior executives of the Torino club as the agent of the station leader, and the new season CCTV five sets will broadcast the live broadcast of each round of Turin's game throughout the whole season, and the club needs to ensure that there are no various incidents that are not conducive to river crabs and unity in the stadium and during the game, of course, this agreement is only effective when Li Mudi is still the coach of the team, and it can be regarded as adding some weight to the stability of his position. After all, the attention of hundreds of millions of fans in the Celestial Empire is not something that anyone can dare to give up easily. Xiaoshi Sports, which has the right to broadcast Serie A in the Celestial Empire network, is naturally not far behind, and has become another powerful backstage for Li Mudi's endorsement.
Now these Celestial Empire media can take the initiative to help the new coach of Turin gain a firm foothold, not that they are all dedicated to the development of Celestial Empire football without remuneration, and more factors are because Li Mudi coached the Serie A team as a yellow race, this news has become the hottest topic in China, and even the "People's Daily" published a signed article the day before praising the development of Celestial Empire football to a new level - well, although it seems to be very unreliable. At this time, all the news related to it is a hot spot chased by the Chinese people, just like the previous Da Yao, Sister Na, and Flying Man, as long as there are things related to Li Mudi, there will never be a lack of attention. The goal of these media outlets is to seek higher ratings and click-through rates, so as to get more commercial benefits, and it is understandable that they will do their best to protect the most eye-catching manager at this stage. But in other words, once Li Mudi loses this popularity in the future, then their approach will definitely be very different, no matter if it is anyone or anything in this world, after losing the value in the eyes of others, they basically lose everything, which is so realistic.
However, these things are not the most important for Li Mudi at present, as analyzed by the media, if the basic staff group framework cannot be put together before the whole team gathers, it is really difficult to predict what those more senior players will think of him as a newcomer. So in the coming days, he and Valentino Cairo went from place to place to meet with the targets on the list, trying to get them all on the big ship in Turin, which was about to set sail. Fortunately, for the purpose of thrifty management and no additional liquidated damages, the candidates selected by the new head coach are all idle at home, temporarily unemployed, and most of them are still far from retirement, as long as the Torino side can provide a salary that they can accept, it is still easy to sign. In the end, before the day of the team's assembly on July 13, the two of them together fooled more than a dozen strong staff members with a success rate of more than 80%, plus a few who had stayed at the club before, just met the most basic requirements for the team's operation. The specific list is as follows:
Coaching Staff: Assistant Coach β Kevin Sumfield; Head of Academy β Skozari; Attacking coach β Emilio De Leo, former Netherlands international Ronald de Boer; Defensive Coach β Renato Baldi; Technical coach β former England legend Paul Scholes; goalkeeper coach - former Italian international Christian Abbiati; Strength and Conditioning Coach β Antonio Bovenzi. Li Muddy's collecting habit as a football manager gamer has flinched, and several retired stars have been in vain.
Scouting Team: Chief Scout β Andrea Fabbrini; Ordinary scouts - former Manchester United Meritorious Englishman Derek Langley, Silvano Benedetti and Marcelis (Antonio Masellis), former Sweden international Patrik Andersson, former Spain international Carles Puyol (Carles Puyol), former Chile international IvΓ‘n Zamorano, and there are many big names, Moreover, the British Peninsula, the Apennine Peninsula, Northern Europe, the Iberian Peninsula and South America have gathered contacts from various football-developed regions, which is the most satisfactory department for Xiao Li.
Medical Team: Team Doctor Chief β Massimiliano Greco; Team Doctors β Silvio Fortunato, Eugenio Piccoli, Andrea Orvieto; Sports science adviser - Romanian Silviu Ionita (Silviu Ionita), no retired star in sports medicine, the team manager said that he did not open the forest.
After the basic team was successfully formed, through the FM system in his mind, Li Mudi got the ranking of the team in the entire Serie A league in all aspects.
In terms of coaching and training ability: goalkeeper training is in fifth place, and Napoli is at the top of the list; Defensive training is in third place, and the first is still Napoli; Offensively, it is the first in the league and can expect the number of goals scored in the new season; The five categories of fitness, mentality, technology, tactics and personnel management are all ranked third among the 20 teams in Serie A, and the first place is the sworn rival Juventus. On the whole, Torino should be the Serie A team with the third highest level of coaching this season, which should be very good for a team that has been saved up in just four or five days, Li Mudi praised himself.
In terms of the ability of scouts and transfer teams, there are only eight people, including director Valentino Cairo, which is the lowest number of Serie A teams, but the quality of each one is very high, with an average value of around 15 judgment and potential ability and good connections in various regions, Torino has a good result of 7th place among 20 teams in Serie A. You must know that there are 16 ordinary scouts in giants like Milan, and there are as many as 20 old women, and the senior management of the Red Bulls, who are still in financial difficulties, cannot allocate more funds, so they should laugh secretly if they have the ability now.
The contrast in the quality of the medical team is slightly better, with Torino finishing sixth in the lower echelons of the rankings, and if Lady Luck can keep the players out of the way with injuries, Li is confident that he will be able to finish in the top four in his first season.
At this point, the formation of the working team of the Torino club in the 16-17 season has come to an end for the time being, and it is inevitable to add new members in the future as the financial situation improves. However, it is also necessary to beware of outstanding employees being poached by other teams, after all, most of them are not paid well, and the liquidated damages are correspondingly no deterrent. The goal of the team's new head coach is to rise to the best in Serie A in all aspects of the ability ranking in three seasons, and let Torino reach the top of the Apennines in terms of soft power! I believe that with the help of the plug-in of the FM system, this wish will not be too difficult to achieve.
With a massive change in the first team, combined with the changes in the staff of the two permanent youth teams of the Under-20s and Under-18s, the Torino team was completely separated from Ventura after five years of coaching here in just ten days, and the era of Li Moody was officially ushered in. The Torino Sport newspaper wrote an op-ed entitled "Reshuffle", which read: "Although it is not yet known whether the Celestial Empire manager's magical coaching ability in Spain will continue to be used in Italy, he is comparable to Bismarck and Cavour (the famous Italian politician of the 19th century). Governance of the family). However, the management skills were undoubtedly revealed at the beginning of his tenure. Within ten days, the deep imprint left by the old man for many years was silently cleaned, and we should stand up and take off our hats for this ability. However, the head coach of a team is not only able to command the staff, but also how to adjust the players and command on the spot. The latter will not be revealed until the first round of Serie A on August 20, while the former, perhaps the veterans and new signings who return from holiday tomorrow, will be able to provide us with answers. β
While Torino had players under contract preparing or had already left for the club's training ground, the Centro Sportivo Sisport Fiat, several players were given final notice that they could report to their new clubs. At half past six o'clock in the evening on July 12, local time in Turin, the club's official website announced that Juan SΓ‘nchez Mino, a left winger who joined the team from Boca Juniors for 3.2 million euros in 2014, will transfer to the Argentine powerhouse Independiente for a transfer fee of 1.4 million euros; Striker Claudio Moura, who joined the team from Verona in the 12-13 season, transferred to Serie B Vercelli for 150,000 euros, which is not only a satellite team of Torino, but also won the Serie A title seven times in history, and is the sixth most successful team in Italy; In addition, 33-year-old veteran midfielder Alessandro Gazzi joined Palermo for a transfer fee of 700,000 euros.
So far, Torino has sold six players before the team gathers, in exchange for a total of 18.15 million in revenue and 4.8 million in future transfer fees, after spending 6.8 million to bring in Rajadzic, people are curious about what their next move will be.