Chapter 837： Is this still underestimated?

"Welcome to Stapleswood, guests from afar!"

When several reception vehicles in Southampton, carrying Klaus Michael Kuhn and others, headed south from Wembley Stadium in London to the Staplewood Training Base in Southampton, Leslie De greeted them outside the training building.

This British youth training expert who has just been promoted to Southampton’s technical director, wearing a white shirt but a scarlet tie, looks a little dazzling, with a pair of glasses on his bald, chubby head. It seems very friendly.

This kind of affinity can be seen in almost all people engaged in youth training.

"Hello, Mr. Reid, thank you very much for your reception!"

Kuhn and others got out of the car one by one, and walked up one by one to shake hands with Les Reid.

"This is what we should do, Mr. Kuhn!" Les Reid looked polite.

This is the guest that Young Master Huan personally confessed to. He naturally has to be kindly received, and Young Master Huan will come back to invite them to dinner at night.

"I'm here to introduce everyone, this is Andris Juncker, our youth training supervisor."

The tall blond middle-aged man next to him immediately walked forward and shook hands with Kuhn and others politely.

"Junker?" Kuhn frowned slightly. "If I remember correctly, you used to be Van Gaal's assistant coach?"

"Yes, I am the chief assistant coach of Luis in Barcelona and Bayern Munich." Juncker said with a smile.

Kuhn nodded. "It's very nice to see you, Andris, I have heard Ricardo mention you many times."

"Ricardo?" Juncker was a little surprised, who?

"Ricardo Moniz!"

"Oh, it's him!" Junker suddenly realized.

This time it is right.

Ricardo Moniz once worked as an assistant coach in Hamburg, and later became the head coach of the team.

"At that time we were planning to transform the youth academy in Hamburg. I asked Ricardo for his opinion. At that time, he solemnly recommended you just like we did. He believed that the youth academy in Barcelona can have its current glory, and your rebuilding achievements back then It’s indispensable, and after you joined Van Gaal as the master of Bayern Munich, you are also working to transform Bayern Munich’s youth academy."

Speaking of this, Kuhn laughed. "He told me to ask anyone who is familiar with European youth training. The most famous European youth training expert, Andris Juncker must be in the top three."

"Thank you!" Junker smiled modestly.

Alexander Otto and others were also a little shocked. They didn't expect that this Staplewood would come out by himself. They were so awesome!

They had already learned about it in the car just now. Les Reid of Southampton, who is also a well-known youth training expert in Britain and Europe, did not expect that Staples Woodley would actually return Hidden young talents like Andris Juncker.

Oh, I heard that he is the team's youth training director, he should have only arrived this year.

There were rumors in the media before that Southampton was undergoing management reforms.

It is reported that Peter Kenyon may leave the team, Ron Gurley will be transferred from the original chief operating officer to chief executive officer, while Nicola Cortez will still serve as executive chairman, Leslie Lee De is the technical director of the team.

So, Andris Juncker should have come at that time.

"A few, please come inside!" Les Reid smiled and invited everyone into the training building.

The Staplewood Training Base is divided into two training areas, which are dedicated to the first team and used by the youth team. Both are equipped with advanced hardware facilities such as training buildings and indoor training fields.

Among them, there are two more professional football fields in the training area of ​​the youth team. It is the football field used by the Southampton youth team. One of them is also equipped with a live broadcast and multimedia system, specifically for the youth team to participate in the UEFA Youth Champions League, and Some other venues are used for live games.

The two training areas are separated after entering through the gate, only walking in the middle, and vehicles cannot pass.

In the middle of the two areas, there are some shared facilities and venues, such as data analysis and research centers, medical and rehabilitation centers, and indoor football stadiums that are popular among players.

Kuhn and others visited the first training building of the Saints first team.

For this well-known training building in European football, Kuhn and others are also visiting with a learning pilgrimage mentality, but because the first team went to London to participate in the Community Shield Cup, the training building was very empty and there were almost no people. .

But Kuhn and others were surprised at the hardware facilities of the training building.

Not to mention anything else, just the simplest room for players to rest, which are all completed in accordance with the standards of a five-star hotel.

"Our player room has just completed a new round of renovations. It was completely completed in accordance with the requirements of sleep expert Nick Little Hallers. Although a lot of money has been invested, the players' response is very good, so, In the next year, we will continue to renovate the rooms in the training building of the youth team."

Kuhn, Otto and others were surprised.

The media had reported this matter before, and it is said that more than seven figures were invested in renovation costs.

But Southampton has such courage!

After visiting the players' rooms, they came to a gate.

The gate is very ordinary, but what is different is the sign erected at the gate, and you can see that it says, "Non players, don't advance!"

"This is the exclusive area for players covered by many media reporters!"

Alexander Otto became interested immediately, and wanted to push the door open and look inside, but he couldn't push it alive.

"Hey, how is it locked?"

Les Reid smiled and nodded: "Yes, the player exclusive area was proposed by Young Master Huan. It is very popular among players. Except for the first team players, no one has the key, and no one is allowed to enter. ."

"What's in there?" Kuhn asked with interest.

Not just him, everyone around him showed a curious look.

Unexpectedly, Les Reid shook his head helplessly: "Frankly speaking, I don't know either!"

Everyone suddenly burst into sweat.

Even the technical director doesn't know what's in it, it's mysterious enough!

"I'm very strange, Mr. Reid!" Kuhn asked curiously: "What if the players are discussing something unfavorable to the team? Does the club do not care?"

Les Reid nodded, "Yes, we won't care."

"why?"

"This is the most basic kind of trust. The players believe in us, that's why they joined Southampton and entrusted their precious career to our hands, so we also completely trust the players."

Les Reid said here, the conversation turned, "Of course, even if there are players who want to disadvantage the team, there are 20 or 30 players in there, can they all join? If so, then I believe, just There must be a problem with the club!"

When everyone heard this, they couldn't help nodding their heads.

This is indeed the truth, isn't it?

Compared to Southampton, the player's career is the most precious.

"Is this Young Master Huan's idea?" Kuhn asked again.

"Well, yes!" Les Reid nodded.

Kuhn didn't say much any more, just glanced at the door deeply, and followed Les Reid to turn away.

Turning around in the training building of the first team, they were all shocked by the investment in Southampton's training facilities.

They have only seen some reports from the media before and heard of some things, but they have witnessed it with their own eyes, and they will discover that Southampton is so advanced and the concept is so advanced.

But when they left the first team training building and walked into the data analysis and research center, they were even more surprised.

Unlike the empty training building, the office of the Data Analysis and Research Center is brightly lit, and they are all working intensively. The two people at the head are not the Marcus du Satoy and others reported in the newspaper. Howard Hamilton?

These are the two big players in Southampton data analysis!

"I'm sorry, guys, they are busy preparing the data analysis results of the game that just ended. After the team returns to Southampton, Bielsa will hold an analysis seminar, which will be used at that time, so we have no Way to go in and visit."

Kuhn and others also understood this.

But I was surprised in my heart. I didn't expect Southampton to analyze the pros and cons just after the game was over.

This is really efficient.

"Although there is no way to get in, Hamburg has contacted us before and intends to introduce our data analysis system. Therefore, I can reveal here that many media rumors outside are inaccurate."

"Inaccurate?" Kuhn looked at Les Reid with a surprised look.

"Mr. Reid, you mean..."

Les Reid smiled confidently and calmly. "I mean, they underestimated our system."

"What?" Kuhn and others were all shocked.

This system has been circulated by the media to be amazing, is it still underestimated?

"In the past four years, our database has completed the accumulation of player data in Europe. At the same time, it has also completed the preliminary collection of player data in Asia, South America and other continents. I can say that any one of you can tell. The player with the name, we can find his data here."

Speaking of this, Les Reid smiled, "Even, we might be able to know and understand their players better than their coaches."

Kuhn, Otto and others looked at each other in shock. How could this be possible?

Les Reid received a call from Yang Huan before, knowing that Master Huan meant to deter this group of fans.

Therefore, he was not polite. After a while, he nodded to Andris Juncker behind him. The latter immediately knocked on the door and walked into the office, then turned around after a while, with an extra document in his hand.

Les Reid took a look at the file. "This is the statistics of Fabregas in the Community Shield game just now. You can take a look."

Kuhn and the others hurriedly took it over and opened it, but the first page shocked them all.

In the past, the player-related data they saw in the media and newspapers, and even in the hands of club staff, was at most, how far the players ranthe number of passes and the success rate , Interception, steal, pass threatening ball, etc.

If it is a little bit more, it is equipped with a pass map and a running heat map.

But all of these are simply inferior compared to the current Southampton data analysis.

"Thank you for the improvement of the broadcasting level in recent years, especially the ultra-high-definition broadcasting, which allows us to get more game data, and generally speaking, the data we get from the broadcaster in every game is often the fans. Ten times, or even dozens of times what we have seen, because what we need is everything that every lens can shoot in 90 minutes."

I have to say that Kuhn and others were really shocked.

Because they can't even imagine, how much work does this have?

This is too scary, right?

With this data analysis ability, looking at the football world around the world, oh no, it's the sports world around the world. Who can compare?

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