Football Giants

The training building in Southampton has only two floors.

This is the same as football training bases all over the world, with low buildings.

On the first floor are the fitness room, swimming pool, lounge, recreation room, locker room, medical room, etc., on the second floor are the coaching staff’s office, the head coach’s office, and two meeting rooms, one large and one small.

Behind the training building is the living area.

The living areas of the first team and the youth team are connected together, sharing a double-storey building.

The ground floor is a restaurant, and the second floor is a room for players to sleep.

All rooms and facilities are decorated in strict accordance with the standards of a five-star hotel.

Even the restaurants on the ground floor strictly follow high standards.

By the way, the management system of the entire training base will adopt a modern model.

It's like a restaurant.

Every day, the person in charge of the restaurant will receive information from the medical department, coaching staff, or research center, which will require the restaurant to prepare meals for the players in accordance with the physical conditions, injuries and other aspects of different players.

The research center will have nutrition experts to track this area and provide the most professional advice for the restaurant's meal preparation.

Even if necessary, the restaurant will feed back the player’s dining situation to other departments and make detailed records.

This is just the interaction between the restaurant and other departments.

In the entire Staplewood, there are very close interactions and connections between almost every department and every working group, and what maintains all of this is the high-level development that Yang Huan started promoting as early as a year ago. Technology management system.

Including Yang Huan himself, Bielsa and others, there is an APP on the phone.

Let them connect to the system anytime, anywhere, and understand everything here.

The whole system is very complicated and requires constant debugging and constant running-in.

But there are some areas that have matured and are beginning to function.

For example, data analysis.

A lot of money has been invested in Yang Huan, including two technical experts including Marcus Du Satoy and Howard Hamilton, plus the research composed of graduates from Oxford, Yale, and Stanford. The team has rapidly improved Southampton's data analysis capabilities.

And all of this was finally reflected on the computer screen in Bielsa's office.

"Marcus and I, as well as Howard, are trying to count and analyze all our games last season. Do you know what I found?"

Yang Huan was depressed, how do I know what you found.

"Just talk about the point!"

He found that almost all technical experts like to show off and like to sell off.

Will you die if you don't sell it?

Bielsa smiled awkwardly, "I found that our midfielder does not lack defense."

"What do you mean?" Yang Huan didn't quite understand.

"To give an example, from a data point of view, a good midfielder's defense can be reflected in many aspects, such as interceptions, steals, and even fouls by midfielders."

Yang Huan understands this.

According to the data giant, everything can be explained by data.

The explanation is not clear because the data you have collected is not enough.

"If we follow this line of thinking, we will not lack interceptions, steals, or fouls in midfield."

With that said, Bielsa called up a set of charts with some comparisons.

And the objects of comparison are all Premier League teams.

Judging from the chart, Southampton's midfield defensive data is not lost to the Premier League team, even better than Arsenal and Manchester United, but worse than Chelsea.

But the Blues have always been a team known for their defense for so many years, so defense is naturally good.

The main thing here is that the performances of Stromman and Vidal are too eye-catching.

"You mean, we don't need a defensive midfielder?"

All along, everyone, including Bielsa, has been telling Yang Huan that Southampton is missing a midfielder.

Bielsa smiled awkwardly, "We lack a midfielder, but we don't lack defense."

"What then?" Yang Huan seemed to understand a little bit.

"A very important reason why our midfielder has not been able to exert a stronger combat effectiveness is that our midfielder is far behind the top teams in terms of organization and distribution of the ball."

With that said, he brought up another chart.

The target of comparison is still the top teams in the Premier League, but the gap is huge.

Compared with Manchester United, Chelsea, Liverpool, Arsenal, Tottenham Hotspur, Manchester City and other teams, Southampton's midfielder's ability to create opportunities is the worst.

"Our midfielder seriously dragged Ibrahimovic's back legs!" Bielsa came to this conclusion.

Ibrahimović is indeed scoring a flood of goals in the League and the FA Cup.

But if according to Bielsa's statement, if Southampton's midfielder can be upgraded to a level, Ibrahimovic's offensive power will be stronger.

Even Neymar and others will perform better.

"From a tactical point of view and the characteristics of Ibrahimovic, Adam Lallana’s position should be removed, because this position has many functions that overlap with Ibrahimovic’s, resulting in waste."

"In midfield, Vidal and Stroman are very good, but we need a commander, a commander."

Yang Huan really understood now.

"You mean, we need a commander like Pirlo?"

Bielsa nodded, "In theory, but Pirlo's age, I don't think it suits us."

"Harvey? Alonso?" Yang Huan asked again with a smile.

This player has both offensive and defensive capabilities, and is definitely a commander-in-charge treasure worth starting.

"Can you tell Real Madrid?" Martin Hunter shook his head and smiled bitterly.

Harvey Alonso is not old enough to be old enough, how could he throw away Real Madrid's core main force improperly and come to Southampton to play the British championship?

"That said, Busquets has nothing to do with it."

Yang Huan felt that if Barcelona wanted to sell Busquets, how much would it cost?

Besides, he has no love for the Oscar actor of Barcelona.

"By the way, in addition to the midfield, I plan to improve the team's ball-handling ability in the next season. Therefore, for the central defender, we need to introduce another player."

There are currently four central defenders in Southampton, Benatia, Varane, Jose Wundt and Sibernet.

Looking at the whole season, Sibernet basically didn't get any chances, and has been freely transferred.

Jose Wundt is also interested in League One teams, and it is estimated that he can do it.

Only two players, Benatia and Varane, are left. Even if Nastasic was introduced last season, there are only three, and two are teenagers, which is somewhat thin.

"I know this. I have asked Raiola to contact him before, and there will be news soon."

Yang Huan also remembered his bet with Abramovich.

"By the way, I have finalized several Chelsea players."

Bielsa was a little surprised, did he dig into Chelsea?

"Who?"

"Matic, Sturridge, and..." Yang Huan also deliberately sold a pass. After everyone saw it, he smiled and said, "...Drogba!"

"Drogba?" Bielsa lost his voice in surprise.

Pablo Queroga, a young member of the coaching staff, stood up on the spot with a look of disbelief.

"My dear, you run Chelsea to dig Drogba?"

Yang Huan looked at the fuss of these guys, and found it particularly funny.

"Whoever is interested in digging, Chelsea is so enthusiastic, they offered it!"

But those who are a little bit sane will not believe this.

They would only think that Young Master Huan was so angry this time that he went to the local tyrant Chelsea to dig people.

That's awesome!

"Marcelo, you can handle these three players. If you can use them, you can stay and use them. If you can't use them, you can just resell them."

Yang Huan's casual sentence shocked everyone present.

Listen, it seems that he really didn't go to poach.

"Master Huan, these three players...what's the matter?" Bielsa asked with a wry smile.

"I've said it, Chelsea gave it for nothing, don't you believe me the truth?"

Is it easy to be honest these days?

"Is it really for nothing?" Martin Hunter felt suspicious.

"Nonsense, Drogba is so good, but he is also a veteran, I am interested in digging him?"

Southampton is most interested in the little comrades with fine skin and tender meat.

He also thought it was funny, "Abramovich is now doing everything possible to cheat me and hug my thigh, so he is not only free, but also willing to pay the salaries of these players. Tell me, they are so enthusiastic. , Can I refuse? Sorry to refuse?"

Everyone nodded for a while.

It's so enthusiastic, it offends people to refuse!

Hearing that Abramovich came so hard to hug Young Master Huan's thigh, everyone looked at Yang Huan's eyes, all changed a little.

To say that this young master Huan is indeed special enough.

Always do something that is not amazing and endlessly feat.

If Abramovich was to hug someone else's thigh, everyone might still be a little skeptical.

But it is absolutely possible to hold the thigh of Young Master Huan.

For a while, the eyes of this group of people were filled with something called worship.

Yang Huan felt it, a little smug.

Look at what surprised you guys, I haven't said everything yet?

If I let you know, Abramovich intends to give me a Messi, and not to break your little hearts?

After the shock, return to the subject.

"Matic and Sturridge performed very well during the loan period, especially Sturridge, both stayed!" Bielsa pondered the earthquake caused by the arrival of the three players.

"Furthermore, Lambert and Barnard are sold on the front line, Jason Bunchen is also sold, Matic is added in the midfield, Hammond is also sold, and the team's lineup is streamlined."

Yang Huan also had no opinion.

In this group, Lambert is a bit familiar, and the others are not well known.

But even Lambert is twenty-nine years old, and when there is still some market, he will make a move.

"Okay, you can discuss these things!"

Yang Huan is not a professional himself, but an amateur fan at best.

So in the professional field, he has nothing to say.

However, his greatest characteristic is respect for knowledge and talent.

Since you don't understand, let those who understand do it, it's not wrong.

Taking advantage of the free time now, Yang Huan simply called Raiola again to learn about the progress of the transfer.

"Minuo, I found that your work efficiency has decreased recently!" Yang Huan's first sentence was criticism.

Mino Raiola on the phone smiled bitterly, "It's not easy to talk, Master Huan."

My eldest master~www.wuxiaspot.com~ It’s not that I am inefficient, but your requirements are high, and I choose non-sale products. Is it easy for me?

Yang Huan was cheerful and nodded, "That is, it's not a high-level player. We Southampton can't look down on it!"

"How? How are you doing in Spain?"

"Still talking, a little stalemate."

"what is the problem?"

"The club is a matter of money, and the players have a problem."

"Ok?"

"Next season, he hopes to play the Europa League."

"Nonsense, we can also play the Europa League in Southampton. Could it be that the Europa League in which Spain participated is not the same event as the Europa League we participated in in England?"

Raiola still smiled bitterly.

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