On July 4, the German transfer market website announced Zhang Yuning's transfer fee, and the data showed that Zhang Yuning's transfer fee from Vitesse to West Bromwich Albion was 9 million euros, setting a record for Chinese players to stay abroad.

At present, Zhang Yuning's value in the transfer market is 700,000 euros, a premium of more than ten times, and those who know the football circle know what this price is.

Some people will say that the transfer fee record of Chinese players is not the first transfer fee in world football.

Some people say that after Zhang Zhetian became a German citizen, he was no longer a Chinese player, so after Zhang Yuning's transfer fee came out, it was naturally him.

The 20-year-old joined Vitesse from Hangzhou Forest City in 2015 for a transfer fee of 150,000 euros, and West Brom signed a five-year contract with Zhang Yuning (3 years + 2 years with an option to book) and then loaned Zhang Yuning to Werder Bremen in the Bundesliga for two years.

Before Zhang Zhetian and Zhang Yuning, it was Sun Jihai who kept the first transfer fee for Chinese players to stay abroad, when his transfer fee from Dalian Pipe to Manchester City was 3.26 million euros, which was not broken until this year.

Zhang Yuning can't play in the Premier League, and Bremen, who was loaned to the Bundesliga, was because he couldn't get a labor certificate, and the Cantonese media even bluntly said that it was difficult for Zhang Yuning to get a labor certificate.

Why?

In order for a non-EU player to obtain a labour certification, the following conditions need to be met:

1. When applying for a labor certification, the national team (non-EU member state) must be within the top 50 of the FIFA rankings.

This condition, hehe, the author said that he doesn't know when and when he can reach it.

2. If the player's transfer fee reaches 10 million pounds, he will automatically obtain a labor certificate.

The transfer fee of 9 million euros naturally cannot directly obtain a labor certification.

3. If it is more out of the way, it also depends on luck, that is, the team can appeal to the FA and apply for triggering the "special talent" clause.

As long as you state conditions that are sufficient to prove the player's "talent" and can obtain the consent of half of the people at the hearing, you can obtain a labor certification, which is largely dependent on the subjective intention of the person.

It is said that when Willian joined Chelsea, the team used this method.

Judging from Zhang's current performance, it is unrealistic for West Bromwich Albion to take the method of appeal to obtain a labor certification.

Therefore, the team adopted the last method, which is to play in other leagues on loan first, and wait until a certain number of years to complete the official joining. This is also the method used by the most teams at the moment.

There are many people who use this method and eventually succeed in obtaining a labor certification. Among them is also a familiar Chinese player, who is Dong Yuanyi, who has high hopes.

The choice of Germany may be the favorite place for Chinese players to go when they choose to stay abroad, some of them have been successful, and some of them have been overshadowed.

At least, after Zhang Zhetian became German-Chinese, Chinese fans can only put all their hopes on Zhang Yuning, after all, he is the only international player who plays in the top five leagues.

Recently, Italy's "Torino Sport" announced the final 24-person voting list for the 2017 European Golden Boy Award, led by Zhang Zhetian, Gian Luigi Donnarumma and Kylian Mbappe.

Since the award ceremony is not September or October, at the beginning of the new season, in order to get the votes of 30 journalists from 20 European countries, the prospective golden boys will have to perform well at the beginning of the season.

Entering July, for many players, the end of the holiday or is about to end, immediately, they will devote themselves to the preparation and training of the new season, when Arsenal and other giants began to travel to Asia and the United States, Zhang Zhetian also ended his trip in China and returned to Germany with Wen Ya.

The cooperation with Mango TV is basically negotiated, and the object of cooperation is naturally the new owner of Zhetian, RB Leipzig, and the Red Bull Group, which sees the business opportunities, has invested heavily in sponsoring this cooperation project, which makes Mango TV more and more confident in the success of the project.

"Boss, the farce in Milan is finally over, that kid gets a really high salary, and he can be in the top five."

"How much?"

"6 million euros, annual salary after tax."

Zhang Zhetian touched his chin, glanced at Wen Ya, who was sleeping with his eyes closed, and said in a low voice: "When will I make my annual salary number one?" It's not just the goalkeeper inside. ”

"I'll try to fight for my boss!"

On July 11, the transfer farce between Luigi Donnarumma and AC Milan finally ended with Donnarumma's contract extension, and the annual salary of 6 million euros after tax made this "Buffon's successor" the fourth highest-paid goalkeeper, and the youngest of the top 20 goalkeepers.

Among the top 20 highest-paid in the world, Bayern Munich goalkeeper Manuel Neuer dominates, Zhang Zhetian only ranks second by a narrow margin, the top six goalkeepers in the Premier League account for nearly half, and the goalkeepers of the top three in the Western Super League and the traditional giants of Serie A are all shortlisted.

When it comes to the top football academy, we can easily think of a number of old youth training institutions such as La Masia Academy, Ajax Academy, and Portugal Sports Academy.

However, with the rise of some new forces in football in recent years, those small and medium-sized clubs that once fought for relegation in their respective leagues are quietly changing the pattern of world football.

Among them, the new club RB Leipzig, who transferred to Zhang Zhetian with a record, is the best among the new forces.

In the summer of 2016, when a controversial team that had only been around for seven years began their journey to the Bundesliga in the first season, probably not many people knew where their energy was.

This summer, when the team finished their first year with a second place in the Bundesliga, the eyes of fans around the world were already focused on it, and what made fans even more curious was what made the "East King" occupy Shantou so quickly, and let a miracle be staged in this former East German city?

RB Leipzig have been successful in the past few seasons, and they have been promoted to the Bundesliga four levels in a row after seven years, thanks to a young, energetic and scrappy young guard.

Leaving aside the financial support of the Red Bull Group, we can't ignore the importance they place on youth training.

Located at 7 Kotavig Avenue next to the Red Bull Arena, the RB Leipzig Academy was built in 2011, started in early 2014 and completed in September 2015. Whether it is hardware or personnel management, the elite of the elite is gathered here.

Take a look at the training infrastructure at the Red Bull Academy Leipzig, with four natural turf and two artificial turf with underfloor heating, the only one of its kind in Germany.

One natural turf and one artificial turf are world-class, while an indoor training hall, a professional running track to improve the speed of players, and a three-storey professional function room are all world-class.

The professional conditioning area for players to rest is a five-star hotel management level, 4 youth instructor-level supervisors (German Football Association lecturer level), 20 professional scouts in Europe (UEFA professional level), 40 full-time coaches (German Football Association A and B level coaches), 14 U8 to U23 echelons, more than 400 young players, this is the strong youth training system of RB Leipzig.

Having money behind you is nothing, how to use the money on the cutting edge, this is a test of your professionalism.

"This is RB Leipzig? It's so professional! Wen Ya, who visited the youth academy with Zhang Zhetian, covered her mouth and whispered, and Zhang Zhetian's girlfriend, who made up for the football youth training, was deeply shocked by Germany's strong youth training system.