The Abidjan Football Training Centre has a deep relationship with Ivorian giants Abidjan Mimosa Club. To put it another way, the Abidjan Football Training Centre, the football school founded by Marc Culou, is the youth training base of the Abidjan Mimosa Club. This football school is outstanding, that's all Rist can say. In the past, Lister had always looked down on African football, but seeing this football school, Rister's perception completely changed.

The hardware facilities of the football training center in Abidjan are very good, of course, they are not as good as the youth academies of the European giants. But it's not easy to have such a superb football school on the land of Africa. What's more, the software facilities at the Abidjan Football Training Centre are also very good. It's not just about teaching kids to play football, there's also a special cultural class. It's quite remarkable.

In Côte d'Ivoire, many children do not have the capital to go to school because their families are too poor. Moreover, although education in Côte d'Ivoire has developed in recent years, it is oriented towards the middle class. The poor of Côte d'Ivoire, who make up the largest portion, have no possibility of education. As a result, the children of the poor in Côte d'Ivoire grow up to be poor. However, such a football school calls them cultural knowledge, which is not simple.

"Mr. Kulu, this football school of yours is really good. But I'd like to ask you how your players are handled, and if someone will come and poach some of them privately. ”

Mark Kulu shook his head and said with a smile: "No matter how old the children are here, our school has signed a contract with their parents, and it is impossible for them to leave privately. Of course, there is no club in Côte d'Ivoire that dares to poach my players. ”

Rist also smiled, but he understood in his heart. In a country like Côte d'Ivoire, domestic football is even more closed. Abidjan Mimosa Club as a domestic giant, the potential shili is certainly strong. No one in the country would dare to poach his players. Unless they don't want to live anymore.

"It's a game over there. Let's go check it out. ”

It was supposed to be a sixteen or seventeen-year-old kid race. Mark Curlou nodded, and led Rist to the sidelines and sat down. Then he said to Rist very proudly: "Do you see it?" These players are some of the best in their age group in Côte d'Ivoire. All the talented players in Côte d'Ivoire are in my school. ”

Rist smiled and didn't reply. It's not that I don't agree with Mark Kulou's words, but it's obvious. There are very few people in Côte d'Ivoire who have the opportunity to be trained by such a formal football school, and the whole of Côte d'Ivoire is such a formal football school. Otherwise, this football school would not be the envy of all Ivorian players.

The physical fitness of black players is indeed good, and players who are sixteen or seventeen years old are already physically tough. It's just that after watching too many black players, Rist can't tell who is and who. Look at which person feels the same, just like some people say that Europeans look the same way as East Asians. Rister now looks at these Ivory Coast players like this, how do they all look so similar. There are really a few very good Jishu players among them. Of course, there are also strong and fast people.

Rist looked at it for a long time and nodded. These players still lack some discipline and are better than their Czech players of the same age in terms of individual quality. But after looking at it for a while, Lister could only look at Mark Kulou sitting next to him again. He does have something to be proud of, as Rist has already seen several players from these young players.

In the Shijie Cup in '06, several players of the Ivory Coast national team were in front of the game. These include Arsenal's main centre-back Kolo Toure and Ivory Coast's small striker Barcari Koné.

Apart from Drogba, there are just a few Ivory Coast stars that Rist can remember. Eboue and Toure both played for Arsenal and were relatively famous. And mainly the Ivory Coast national team has two pairs of fraternal internationals. A pair of more famous ones are the Toure brothers. Both are successful and famous, one is a top defender in the Premier League and the other is a top midfielder in the Premier League. In addition to their brothers, the Ivory Coast national team also has a pair of brothers, the Koné brothers.

Although the Koné brothers are not as famous as the Toure brothers, they are also players who will be worth more than 10 million euros in the future. If these players can be introduced to Europe, the profit is not a small one. This football school is a real catch for the young talents of Côte d'Ivoire.

"Mr. Kulu, how about I take a few of these players?"

"It's not a big problem."

Mark Kulou nodded. But he also said: "Mr. Czerny, these players are very difficult for our school to develop. Although he is only sixteen or seventeen years old, he is already one of the best players in Côte d'Ivoire. ”

Rist understood what Mark Kulou meant. He made money by selling these players. Rist said nonchalantly: "How about I give you $30,000 to take away a player?" ”

Mark Kulu looked at Lister and nodded without any refusal. The current Ivorian players, even those who have played the main role in the Mimosa Club in Abidjan, are worth up to $100,000, and they are still basically priceless. The value of players in European football is rising, but the value of players in Africa is still very low.

Now these players from their own school are going to enter the club in Côte d'Ivoire. At that time, all he can get is $10,000, and $10,000 is the best talent in Côte d'Ivoire, and even most players can only get three or four thousand dollars, which is very good. Rist's mouth was $30,000, and Mark Cullou even wanted Rist to take all the people in front of him with him.

"Which player do you want?"

'The one who played at right wing-back was very fast, and the one who was very short up front. What do you think of me taking $60,000 with both of them? ”

Rist wants two men, a right-back Kolo Toure and a high-impact Bakari Koné. It's not because Rist knows they'll be successful in the future, it's because they're the two best of the young players.

In particular, Bakari Koné is outstanding. A little more than 1.6 meters small, he performed very well on the front line. He is short but his body is not lacking at all, he is flexible, explosive, and fast. Don't underestimate the height of more than 1.6 meters, and there is no problem with the physical confrontation of other players' 1.8 meters.

Chloe Toure is not very conspicuous, but he admires Toure more than Coneliste. It's not just that Chloe Toure himself is a future top defender for Shijie, but it's also because his younger brother is also very good. With a weekly salary of more than 200,000 pounds at Manchester City, he was once the first-paid player in Europe.

"Chloe Toure, Bakari Koné. You have such a good eye, no wonder you can have so many good players. The two of them are the two most hode in our group. They are all the players who are most likely to make it to the first team at Abidjan Mimosa. But $60,000, you can take it with you. ”

$60,000 is a sky-high price for a player from Côte d'Ivoire. Even if Kolo Toure and Bakari Koné were Ivorian geniuses, $60,000 was an outrageous price tag for them.

"Their ownership is in your school's hands?"

"Yes." Mark Kulu nodded, and then said, "You know, many of them have been coming to our school since they were twelve or thirteen years old. By the time they play in the professional league, we're going to have to develop them for five or six years. We are also very involved, so we sign a contract with their parents when they come to our school. We have to take ownership of the players. ”

"Understood."

Rist is indeed very understanding. Many of the people who come to this football school to play now are poor, and their families don't pay for this school to practice. And the player's family has no money to come out with.

Of course, Mark Kulou can't do a loss-making business. They are very strict in their selection of players, and they select the most talented players from a large number of young players. In order to change their fate, thousands of players apply for this football school every year. And in the end, only a few dozen people can be left every year. This percentage guarantees that the people who can stay at this school are the football talents of Côte d'Ivoire. And then when they're seventeen or eighteen, eighteen or nineteen, there's an Ivorian club that comes and picks the players.

And Rist likes this model too. Because Rist doesn't have to deal with some local clubs in Côte d'Ivoire, he can take ownership of the players directly from the school. Even buying ownership of a player in Côte d'Ivoire is much easier than in Brazil.

"Kulu, we'll sign a contract."

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