Chapter 700： forerunner

"Uncle Zhuang, there is a word, I don't know if it is inappropriate to say it!"

Yang Huan's words gave Zhuang Mingyang a moment's surprise, how could it be so serious?

Elder Zhuang snorted twice, "We three are drinking and bragging here, just say something, let it go if you have a fart, and what entanglement, is it possible that you didn't treat this as your own home at all? "

The old man's tone was a bit angry, but his words were heartwarming.

"Sorry, grandpa!" Yang Huan quickly apologized, he knew that what he said just now was a bit strange.

"Actually, I don't want to say anything serious. I just want to say that we made serious mistakes in the process of professionalizing football, just like the mistakes we made in reforming many areas. "

Having said that, Yang Huan paused, and said clearly: "We are too superstitious about the market and professionalism!"

"What do you mean?" Zhuang Mingyang sensitively caught Yang Huan's meaning.

In the past, many domestic reforms were overly superstitious in the market, which eventually led to many reforms becoming useless or even counterproductive. This has also caused reflection in recent years.

Is it true that football is the same?

"There is no doubt that the league is very important, and professional clubs are also the general trend. However, when the reform was in the beginning, the youth training should not be blindly promoted to professional clubs, because no investor would do this kind of thankless and far Stupid things that can't be seen in return!"

Yang Huan's words were a bit heavy, so Zhuang Mingyang frowned when he heard it.

Elder Zhuang nodded his head thoughtfully, apparently thinking about the deeper meaning of Yang Huan's words.

"The league is just appearance, it's the youth training system under the skin, that's the blood!"

These words are actually not new, but combined with Yang Huan's words just now, both Father Zhuang and Zhuang Mingyang suddenly realized.

"Throughout the ages, no matter which country or league it is in, youth training has always been a loss-making business, and even the four most developed and professional leagues in the world. Go and see, if UEFA limits the quota for youth training tomorrow I’ve deleted it, and I’m sure that almost all the giants will close their youth academies!"

"What? Because they don't need it. Because for them, they invest so much money every year, but the players they train don't meet their requirements. It's better to buy the players they train hard."

"Money? I'm a wealthy team, I have money, I'm afraid I can't buy players? I don't have money to buy top stars, can I buy semi-finished products? I bought it when you were eighteen and trained for three years. You count as me The youth academy, what do I want to do in the youth academy?"

"Tradition? Background? Loyalty? I tell you, these are all grand-sounding words!"

After Yang Huan stopped for a while, he saw that both Mr. Zhuang and his son were listening very carefully, without any objection, he also decided to say enough.

"Spain’s youth academy has been very good in recent years. Everyone has focused on Barcelona’s La Masia and Real Madrid’s Castilla, but who of them has really understood and cared about it, as early as last season in the 1990s. , The Spanish Football Association began to launch the reform of Spanish football youth training?"

"At that time, Spain was also determined to reform after the failure of the World Cup, and based on the characteristics of the Spanish race, determined the training of technical talents, the concept of youth training based on the transmission and control of football, and promoted the country, including those occupations. The club, this is the result of the talent blowout of Spain!"

"For the same reason, the German youth training is even closer. They also experienced the disastrous defeat in the international competitions in the 1990s. Footballers headed by Beckenbauer and others began to study. After the preparations, it began to promote the reform of German youth training, and also launched a mighty youth training revolution with the power of the whole country."

"So we have seen that in recent years, German football talent has exploded, and outstanding stars such as Tony Kroos, Thomas Muller, Ozil, Gotze, Royce, etc. have emerged."

"This is the case in Germany and Spain, but not in Japan? We only see the prosperous Japanese leagues, but why haven't we seen that Japan and South Korea are promoting the football youth training with the national strength? But look at us? There are only leagues, no youths. Training is like a castle in the sky, crumbling, how can we talk about progress? How can we talk about development?"

When Zhuang Mingyang heard this, he felt a sense of enlightenment.

After seeing him let out a long sigh, he looked at Yang Huan and nodded, "Yes, yeah, when you say this, I will understand. You are right, we do I did it wrong!"

Professional football itself is not wrong, but without a solid youth training system behind it, rashly professionalizing, and completely pushing the entire youth training to the market, is the main reason for the current football predicament!

Elder Zhuang is a scheming man. When he heard what Yang Huan said, he wanted to understand something and immediately caught the key link. "Listening to what A Huan said, the professional league is already overwhelming, so I can only move forward. Looking back, but the youth training should be taken back, and the government will initiate the reform of the youth training."

Zhuang Mingyang also kept nodding his head. Only the government can do this.

This is because only the government has the ability to coordinate the distribution of benefits and resources in all aspects such as education and land.

To put it mildly, relying on the Football Association alone will make it hard to move!

Yang Huan listened, and didn't say much, because he knew better than anyone that both Mr. Zhuang and Mingyang were experienced politicians, and they knew how to operate like this better than a layman himself.

"Uncle Zhuang, in fact, I have already planned to hold a football youth training camp in China."

"Oh?" Zhuang Mingyang was a little surprised. He hadn't heard Yang Huan mention it before. "Let's listen."

"I didn't intend to start this matter so early, but now, I think it should start." Yang Huan laughed.

"You know, our Yang Group has two or three hundred commercial centers in China, and there are countless real estate projects, which are also equipped with many famous local schools. So, I mean..."

Zhuang Mingyang didn't wait for Yang Huan to finish, but his eyes lit up and he blurted out, "Do you want to combine the youth academy with a prestigious school?"

Yang Huan nodded, "Yes, we have the most professional youth training coaches. At the same time, we can also arrange time reasonably, hire tutors, and guarantee the players' cultural courses, because whether it is in Southampton or Atletico Madrid, we are all That's how it is done, we definitely have experience in this regard!"

Southampton attaches great importance to cultural courses, if the youth training players do not reach a certain score, they will be immediately stopped training.

Because facts have proved that modern football tactics are developing faster and more sophisticated, and the requirements for the players' heads are also getting higher and higher. It is no longer a simple kick with the feet.

"All players who have been selected and qualified can enter the prestigious schools that we cooperate with. This is a big advantage. I believe parents will be more receptive. At the same time, we will also give a promise that if the players perform well, We can arrange for him to go abroad and receive higher-level training, such as to Southampton, or to Madrid, or Milan."

"In these places, we all have cooperative schools. For example, we cooperate with famous primary schools, middle schools and universities in Southampton. They often organize and interact with us, and the coaches of their schools come from our club."

Zhuang Mingyang understands what Yang Huan means. Building such an industrial chain can resolve the concerns from parents to the greatest extent. Even if the young players are eliminated, they can continue to stay in the prestigious schools and concentrate on studying, which is a kind of comfort.

"Not only that, the current number of professional coaches and youth training coaches in China is too small and too few, so I plan to hold coaching training courses in China and invite the most professional coaches to teach, improve the level of domestic coaches, even if interested Yes, we can also arrange for them to go to foreign youth training camps for internships!"

Yang Huan's move is considered a two-pronged approach, but it will definitely not be effective overnight.

But if we can persevere, I believe the effect will not be bad.

"But I have a question!" Elder Zhuang suddenly asked, "How to solve the problem in terms of funds?"

Yang Huan smiled slightly and said: "Sponsors, I believe that there will be many companies interested in sponsoring such meaningful activities, and we have the club's brand to support, as long as we are determined to operate, we will be successful."

Just kidding, for a company like the Young Group, it is easy to spend some money to sponsor it, but the effect may not be lost to the large amount of money spent on advertising at major TV stations. It can be called high quality and low price.

Elder Zhuang and Zhuang Mingyang looked at each other, and both felt that Yang Huan's idea was good and feasible.

This is a meaningful attempt for domestic football reform.

If Yang Huan’s several clubs can operate successfully, can we consider introducing more European teams?

You know, these European teams are very willing to develop the Chinese market and let them help improve the domestic youth training and train domestic players. Isn't it great?

Of course, this is the same as the introduction of foreign investment in the past. It must be clear that all aspects must be considered first.

Therefore, it is undoubtedly a pretty good choice for Yang Huan to be the forerunner.

"Well, you can come back and let people draw up a plan for this matter, and I will check it for you. I believe the problem should not be big!"

Since even the old man agreed, Zhuang Mingyang felt that Yang Huan's plan should be no problem.

Yang Huan nodded, and he would begin to deal with this matter in the next few days.

"A Huan, a few months ago, Spain coach Camacho dismissed the national football coach. Now he is very concerned about the selection of coaches. You are so familiar with European football, what do you think?"

In terms of how you look at it, you actually don't want Yang Huan to recommend it, or use your personal connections to help the national football team choose the coach?

"Uncle Zhuang, frankly, I don't think the current world-famous coaches are useful to us."

"Oh?" Zhuang Mingyang was a little strange.

"Our ancients said it well, one raging soldier, a raging nest, and another saying that the three armies will be exhausted by incompetence, but this is different in the football field."

"What's the difference?" Even Elder Zhuang looked very curious and didn't understand.

"I remember that I had exchanges with some coaches. I was surprised to ask why it is difficult for South American coaches to gain a foothold in Europe. The answer they gave me is that South American football generally lags behind Europe by more than ten years in terms of tactics. ."

When Yang Huan talked about this he couldn't help but smile, "That is to say, the tactics currently played in South America, Europe was tired of playing ten years ago, but in our country, I dare to say, behind Europe does not know how many years."

"So, even if we hire a celebrity coach with the most advanced tactical concept in the world, but we don’t give him a player lineup with this concept, in the end it will only be incompatible. There are even a lot of celebrities who can’t play at all. Our lineup configuration, because they are too advanced, we can't keep up!"

Yang Huan’s words are indeed a bit hurtful, but they are true!

"Then you mean..."

"Don't blindly pursue famous men, only those who are suitable for us, no matter who you are interested in, as long as there is a need, in one sentence, I will do my best, as long as it is not forcibly poaching, I believe there should be no problem!"

Both Zhuang Mingyang and his son laughed suddenly.

Yang Huan's words are full of confidence. It can be seen that his connections and relationships in Europe are far beyond their expectations!

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