Chapter 900： Only 1 person

"Master Huan, do you think there is something wrong with our league?"

Richard Scudmore stared at Yang Huan who was sitting opposite him seriously, and asked very seriously.

Yang Huan, who was still smiling, listened to this question, and then saw Skudmore's serious expression, and then became a little dignified, frowning slightly, "Why ask?"

Skudmore did not answer, but let out a long sigh.

"In the past two or three seasons, our European results have not been satisfactory. If you hadn't won the Europa League two consecutive times in Southampton and won the Champions League last season, I can hardly imagine our situation. How bad it will be."

In the past few seasons, the Premier League’s European war is indeed supported by Southampton.

This is also the reason why Southampton was able to become famous in the United Kingdom in just a few years and won the recognition of fans across the country, because the Saints kept the last fig leaf for English football!

But behind this glory is the downturn of other Premier League teams.

Manchester City and Arsenal stopped at the top sixteen each year, Chelsea are now in the relegation zone. Manchester United's performance has plummeted after Ferguson retired. As for Liverpool, not to mention, after Benitez left, the Red Army’s Ou The war was never better.

This season, four Premier League teams and three teams qualified, but only Southampton made it to the quarterfinals.

Arsenal was eliminated by Monaco, Manchester City was beaten up by Barcelona. The Premier League team except Southampton, other teams in the UEFA Champions League are a typical example of being taught by other leagues.

Not to mention encountering top teams such as Barcelona, ​​Real Madrid and Bayern Munich. Even with teams such as Atletico Madrid and Dortmund, the superpowers of the Premier League have no chance of winning.

Now that Arsenal can lose even Monaco, how can they not disappoint?

"Now sponsors and broadcasters have some opinions."

When Yang Huan heard this, he laughed instead, "What can they say?"

Before Skudmore could answer, Yang Huan sneered, "With the Premier League broadcast rights, they make their money. Even if the Premier League team is wiped out in the European War, they still count the money and get cramps. Fart!"

This is absolutely honest.

In terms of current commercial value, the broadcasting rights of the Premier League are still underestimated, so the value of the next broadcasting rights contract will be even higher.

As for whether it is a bubble, who knows? Who can make it clear?

Really think those broadcasters are all fools?

They are all large companies. When formulating contracts, they have gone through extremely detailed calculations. They have no ability to recover costs. Will they offer such high prices?

Besides, the Premier League now makes money from all over the world, but the American rugby league only makes money from North America. If you really want to say a bubble, doesn’t it mean that the American rugby league has more bubbles?

All the guys who are not professionals but feel that Premier League broadcast rights are frothy are just scornful.

Even in those days, the German Kirsch Group went bankrupt, and they took the World Cup broadcast rights and the Bundesliga broadcast rights at a high price. There was a relationship with them. It was a problem with their own business, okay?

"But, Master Huan, you can't deny that in recent years, except for Southampton, we really have not achieved any decent results in the European war. On the other hand, La Liga, Bundesliga and Serie A have achieved a lot of results in the European war. The points are also pressing every step of the way. If this continues, I am afraid it will be difficult for us to keep the four Champions League places."

This is also an honest sentence.

After listening, Yang Huan frowned, showing a thoughtful look.

"In fact, the problems of the Premier League have nothing to do with other leagues, and it has nothing to do with whether the opponent is strong or not. It is our own problem and we can only solve it by ourselves."

Skudmore nodded, he knew that.

Because of this, he will visit Southampton first, and then he will continue to visit other teams.

He hopes to listen to the opinions of these teams and try to find a path for the development of the Premier League.

"A lot of people now miss the feat that the Premier League had three teams reaching the Champions League semi-finals for three consecutive years, but they completely ignored one fact. In those three years, we only won one Champions League title, and at the time The final is the Premier League civil war, which reflects the problems of the Premier League from another perspective."

"That is, even in our most glorious time, we lack the advantage in the European arena!"

"Or it should be said that at that time, the Premier League teams were at best comparable to other European powerhouses."

Skudmore nodded again, and he affirmed Yang Huan's words.

Even if it was Manchester United, which was home to Cristiano Ronaldo, Rooney, Tevez, Vidic, Ferdinand and other superstars, it was almost at the same level as Barcelona and other European powerhouses.

The difference is that at that time Bayern Munich had not completely emerged from the downturn in German football and was still in transition, while Serie A suffered a collective decline due to the phone call incident, and the two most competitive teams in La Liga, Barcelona were in the second dream team. During the decline period, Real Madrid is in a period of turbulence.

Therefore, this has created the glory of the Premier League.

But now?

Needless to say, the strength of La Liga, Barcelona completed the formation of the dream three team in the hands of Guardiola, and has not finished eating until now, and Real Madrid is also under the command of Florentino, ushering in the Milky Way Battleship Phase II.

Not only that, last season's Atletico Madrid, led by Simeone, made a sudden rise and reached the UEFA Champions League final, coupled with the La Liga mid-range teams in the Europa League grab points, directly made La Liga become extremely strong.

The Bundesliga's rise in recent years has also been very strong. First, Bayern Munich achieved a revival, and then Dortmund rose. Now even Schalke Zero Four and Leverkusen have performed well and have a tendency to come from behind.

At the same time, Serie A is out of the shadow of the telephone door, Juventus took the lead in the revival, Naples, Roma and Fiorentina and other teams have gradually risen, Inter Milan has emerged this season, and the development momentum of Serie A is also very strong.

Judging from the current European war points, La Liga is the best, but the Bundesliga, the English Premier League and Serie A are very stalemate. As long as any party performs poorly, it is immediately possible to be stepped on by the other two opponents.

Of course, from the perspective of the situation, the Premier League and Bundesliga are more likely. After all, the operation of Serie A is obvious to all.

But the problem is that the current Premier League is still supported by Southampton. If it happens, when Southampton also falls, the Premier League will really be over.

No, there have been media rumors before that Bielsa will leave the Saints after the end of the season. This is not just a matter for the Saints, even Skudmore is worried.

In the past few years, if it weren’t for Bielsa’s hard work, how could the Saint’s performance be so good?

When everyone is expecting Bielsa to achieve Ferguson's godfather status in the Saints, but the Argentine lunatic is leaving?

What if, in case, he is gone, the Saints have fallen sharply like when Manchester United lost Ferguson?

"If you want to mention the current problems of the Premier League, I think there are many, in general, it is nothing more than two aspects of management and competition." Yang Huan tried to continue to analyze in depth.

"The first is the competitive aspect, it's nothing more than players and coaches."

Speaking of this, Yang Huan suddenly looked at Scudmore, "Richard, I don’t know if you have noticed it. Starting in 2009, Guardiola led Barcelona and used their After the ball-handling tactics swept Europa, the entire European football tactics have undergone tremendous changes."

"The idea of ​​Guardiola has brought tremendous stimulation to the world, so we can see that the Bundesliga has also taken the lead in transitioning towards this trend in recent years. Bayern Munich’s Van Gaal and Dortmund’s Klopp are the first. A typical case of transformation and success."

Skudmore heard it brightly, and he vaguely caught the meaning of Master Huan.

"Serie A has been gradually transforming towards this trend in recent years, but our Premier League is far behind other leagues in this respect, Chelsea was the first, but in the process of transformation, they chose to give up. Returning to the tradition, what Mourinho established in the first period tends to be a force."

For this, inviting Mourinho into the palace for the second time will undoubtedly be more obvious.

Of course, it does not mean that Mourinho's style of play is not good. In fact, Mourinho's style of play is still quite suitable for playing in the Champions League to some extent.

It's just that Chelsea's current player configuration is obviously incompatible with Mourinho's play style.

"Manchester United also tried to change. Ferguson brought in Shinji Kagawa. He had ideas in this area, but he failed to succeed. Ferguson himself gave up his pursuit in this area. Arsenal has not changed much for many years. , There is no pursuit, lack of surprises."

"The most enterprising team is the Manchester City team. From Mancini to Pellegrini, Manchester City’s goal is quite clear, and their style of play is very focused on possession. However, Pellegrini’s team only has control. The ball, in terms of oppression and pressing, has done a very poor job, which makes it difficult for them to win in the Champions League."

It is an indisputable fact that Manchester City's defense is not good.

Introduce a large number of ball-controlling players who play seemingly advanced ball-handling, but firstly, the offense lacks threats and the routine is too simple. Secondly, there is no pressing and pressure to support, and the defense is very loose.

In the Premier League, Manchester City's offense is nothing more than relying on Nasri, David Silva and other players in the penalty area front and both sides of the ball and pass.

It should be said that Pellegrini's play style is very pleasing in the Premier League, because the Premier League's defense is very loose and lacks a rigorous defensive system.

Therefore, when Manchester City held the ball and passed on the front of the penalty area and on both ribs, pulling the defense back and forth, Aguero would always be able to beat the opponent.

But they met Southampton, or encountered some tightly defensive teams, especially the strong teams in the Champions League. After Manchester City's set of this set was restricted, they couldn't play.

You know, in the past few years, the defensive progress of the top European teams is quite amazing.

Especially Mourinho's Inter Milan, Heynckes' Bayern Munich, Klopp's Dortmund, and Simeone's Atletico Madrid, they are all excellent in terms of defensive rigor.

Not to mention teams like Barcelona and Southampton that emphasize rigorous collective offense and defense.

"Since returning to the European arena in the 1990s, the Premier League has rarely produced tactical masters. Ferguson is relatively different. However, people like Wenger, Mourinho and Benitez have all achieved success in continental Europe. After success, come to the Premier League."

"However, from Guardiola's success to the present, it has only been four or five years. During this period of time, although coaches like Klopp and Simeone have appeared, they have formed their own understanding of a new set of tactics A new set of tactical styles have been developed, but in general, more coaches are still groping and adapting."

"So, we can also see that after Bayern Munich failed in the transformation of Klinsmann and Van Gaal, although Heynckes had achieved success, they still chose Guardiola and actively transformed."

"And Real Madrid was after Pellegrini's short-term coaching, Mourinho failed to transform and chose Ancelotti, but we can also see that Ancelotti is also facing a crisis of dismissal this season. The reason is that none of them can bring a stable tactical system to Real Madrid that can meet the new development trend of football."

Skudmore understood what Master Huan meant.

When most of the coaches are still groping and adapting, the transformation of the Premier League team is even more difficult to talk about.

Because the Premier League is under such fierce competitive pressure, which team is willing to give the coach to try and explore, especially those who have not proven themselves, who wants to?

Why did Guardiola choose Bayern Munich resolutely when Chelsea, Manchester City, Manchester United and other teams begged and invited them?

Isn't it because of the fierce competition in the Premier League, he wants to go to the relatively loose Bundesliga, continue to explore and improve his tactical philosophy?

It can even be said that Klopp and Simeone can emerge in Dortmund and Atletico Madrid, but in the Premier League it is almost impossible to have Klopp and Simeone, because there is no such soil!

Although there have also been more advanced coaches like Rogers, Martinez, Laudrup and Boas, but more of them are in the middle and lower teams, and they themselves are not mature enough now and need to be further improved. And perfect yourself.

As for the wealthy teams, let alone a test field for those newly arrived coaches, even if it is like Wenger, would he dare to easily use Arsenal as a test field? When Ferguson was still there, did he dare to use Manchester United as a test field?

On the contrary, it was Manchester City. When the team was formed, it happened to catch up with the rise of Barcelona, ​​so their team concept is more in line with the current trend. However, Pellegrini is not good at playing the ball, and is still groping. That's it.

Only in Southampton, Yang Huan relied on the advantage of the unexplored traverser to lock Bielsa from the first time, unconditionally support Bielsa, and build a team that meets Bielsa's requirements.

Because he knows that in terms of football concepts, there is only one person who can keep pace with Guardiola, and that is Bielsa!

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