0116 Summer Preparation 1

"I came here today to discuss two things, the first is the game against West Bromwich Albion, our tactical arrangement, which we have just discussed. Then we're going to talk about a couple of our plans for this summer. ”

Several Leeds United coaches, who were sitting around the table, immediately stopped the discussion.

Just after analyzing the tactical arrangements for the next game, they also took advantage of the break to drink saliva, and then discussed other precautions a little to see if there were any omissions.

After all, there are only two rounds left in the league and a League Cup final.

These three games are particularly important because it is about what Leeds United can achieve this season, how much money the players and staff will get, and next season Leeds United will play in the Champions League or Europa League, depending on the last three games.

It's like the number of words in the final exam, which determines whether to travel or make up classes at home this summer.

"Bang~"

This time it was Chris Casper who kicked the door open directly, and he went to the office to get a notebook, because the next thing was to talk about some of the team's recruitment work, so his information was put in another notebook, poor Casper, as the team's technical director, not only has to shoulder the team's usual data analysis, but also part-time player recruitment analysis.

But at least the club didn't treat him badly, the salary can be said to be the highest in the Premier League, or the highest salary in the whole European video, some other clubs want to poach Casper, but the response to them is Casper's middle finger.

Casper couldn't open the door with his hands empty, so he had to kick the door open with his feet covered.

However, he put things on the table next to the projector and prepared to close the door, he was self-aware, after all, there was a note on the door, "Chris, close the door." ”

However, before Casper could close the door, another person came.

"Knock knock~"

Here comes the academy director, Frank Gray.

"Is there anyone else?" Casper was ready to close the door.

"Coming, coming......"

A voice came from outside the door, motioning for Caspar to close the door.

Then walked in the club's chief scout Steve Walsh and his assistant Harry Maddison, as well as the guys in the transfer department.

Five or six people came in at once, and it made the small conference room a little crowded. After a few people came in, there were only three more stools, and Collin McGee, a physical trainer who had been sitting for a long time and felt low back pain, stood up and motioned for Madison to sit down and stand on his own for a while.

Casper, who had closed the door, also came to the front of the conference room and began to link to another notebook he had brought in.

'First of all, at left wing-back, Ian Hart is leaving this summer and we need to find a suitable replacement for Baines, and my first choice is Manchester City's Ben Thatcher.

George Lee said what he thought, and then Casper showed some of Thatcher's highlights to the audience.

"Chris, you talk about it first."

"Ladies and gentlemen, I have prepared some data information for you, you can refer to ......"

As he spoke, he handed out the A4 paper that he had just brought with his notebook.

There are not only some Ben Thatcher match data, but also some data analysis made by Casper using models and functions.

It is quite comprehensive, such as the success rate of confrontation, the success rate of one-on-one defense, etc., and even some personal habits, such as the frequency of plugging in.

In short, it can be seen that as the only data analysis team in the entire Premier League, Leeds United has worked hard in this regard.

Eddie Gray, the club's director of football, also sat in the room, and he quickly flipped through the first three pages of Thatcher's data.

Then on the fourth page, he saw Joey Barton's message.

Eddie Gray immediately glanced at George Lee, then picked up the papers and flipped them back quickly.

Joey Barton, Jonathan Woodgate, Gareth Bale......

Finally, he flipped through a Newcastle United player profile.

Lee Bowyer.

Eddie Gray looked up at George Lee again, as he was telling everyone about Thatcher's transfer and told the team's transfer department members Thatcher and Barton's transfers not to be packed together.

Because according to Steve Walsh, now Manchester City have problems renewing Barton's contract, Leeds United can use this to get a transfer for Thatcher first, and then find a way to bring in Barton.

"The transfers of Margaret Thatcher and Barton will prevent us from losing Hart and Edgar Davies from losing the depth of the squad, and these two players should be willing to join us because we are about to become a Champions League team."

"Hehe~" Everyone who runs the company laughed.

With two games to go, everyone at the club is optimistic about reaching the Champions League next season.

Then, after talking about the two transfer expectations, George Lee began to ask the club's chief scout.

"Steve, let you find the striker, how did you find it?"

"There are eyebrows, and one of them is relatively familiar to everyone, and he almost ...... before"

As soon as Eddie Gray heard that the team needed to find a striker, it was certainly not the transfer situation of Bowyer that he wanted to know.

Although Gray is the team's director of football and should be concerned about all the transfer movements of the team, he is now completely focused on the A4 paper about Bowyer.

The disciples brought out by themselves in the past were sold one by one because of Leeds United's financial problems.

But now, George Lee wants to buy them back one by one through a transfer.

What is this?

Do the fallen leaves return to their roots?

Walsh opened a video file and began to walk you through a few of the striker targets for Scouting and Transfers this summer.

"Van Persie has been on the right side most of the season, so we've only had Kevin Davies and Andy Gray up front. Such a combination and rotation, George felt a bit thin. After all, Kevin's offensive ability is poor, and Andy is not meeting the team's main needs right now. Frank, you're not going to be angry when I say that, are you? ”

"Hehe~"

Laughter rang out again in the office, and Frank Gray waved his hand to show that he didn't mind, and asked Walsh to continue, after all, it was his own son, and he knew how many pounds and two pounds he had.

"First up is Manchester United's Ruud van Nistelrooy, the king of the small penalty area who will leave Manchester United after this season......

After that, Walsh kept recommending strikers to everyone, and others were also watching and discussing them, because some of the strikers they were more familiar with, and some of them were less familiar, and they had to listen to the introduction.

After Walsh finally finished talking about the striker's recommendation, everyone also picked out a few candidates from them and asked the transfer department to follow up.

Lee George started asking Harry Madison to introduce Gareth Bell.

Eddie Gray, who was sitting below, couldn't wait, and he was eager to find out what George Lee and several other members of the coaching staff, scouting department, and transfer department thought about the transfer of his two former disciples, Woodgate and Bowyer.

Finally, after Madison's introduction, George Lee began to arrange the work.

However, it can be seen from the faces of other people that most people are very optimistic about this special-looking Welsh youngster.

'Bale isn't 17 yet, we can't bring him in right now and he's signed an early contract with Southampton, so we can't get him this summer. But the scouting department and the transfer department asked for Bale's involvement from the first day he turned 17. I think next summer, this Welsh lad will be able to show up with us, understand? ”

"Understood!" β€œYes sir!”

Lee then turned to look at Eddie Gray.

"Eddie, introduce your two disciples, let's see if they are suitable for Leeds United."

"Ah...... I? ”

Although he waited for this moment, Eddie Gray didn't know what to say at this time.