Super Marshal

"Thank you very much for coming, Mr. Gao Han!"

In the lobby of a five-star hotel near the headquarters of the Spanish Football Association in Madrid, as soon as Gao Han entered the door, the Football Association officials in charge of reception immediately greeted him, looking very enthusiastic.

"Thank you." Gao Han replied politely.

As early as after the King's Cup final, he received a face-to-face invitation from the Football Association Chairman Bilal. Later, the Football Association sent an invitation. Bilal and the Football Association officials made several phone calls, so it was difficult for him to refuse.

With the sudden emergence of Atlético de Madrid this season, Gao Han has also quickly become popular, becoming the most prestigious and popular coach in La Liga this season, and even European football, and he is naturally well received.

"The venue is on the fourth floor." The Football Association official personally sent him to the elevator entrance, "Your old friends Aragones and Heynckes have already arrived, and they asked about you just now."

Gao Han smiled and nodded, they came quite quickly.

The fourth floor of the hotel is a spacious banquet hall. The layout is not very luxurious, but it is very grand.

As soon as he entered the door, Gao Han immediately attracted the attention of everyone present.

"Mr. Gao Han, you are here too."

"Nice to meet you, Mr. Gao Han."

"Your Atlético Madrid performed so well, I hope to have a good communication with you later."

"Mr. Gao Han, hello, I am..."

Gao Han walked all the way, stopped at two steps, and smiled at three steps, coping with the endless stream of strangers coming forward.

Frankly speaking, he still doesn't feel that he has integrated into the Spanish football circle, so he is very unfamiliar with these people.

At most, there are a few who look familiar, but can't name them.

Until he noticed Aragones waving at him in the corner, he hurriedly confessed, got rid of the stalker, and walked over.

"It's more tiring than directing a game!" Gao Han shook his head and complained with a wry smile.

He really doesn't like socializing, especially in this kind of occasion, it's too much trouble.

If you don't want to offend people, then you have to be careful with your smiling face, otherwise, you may leave a label of arrogance and arrogance in the circle at any time.

Although there is not a big circle of professional coaches in La Liga, what kind of people don't have it?

"Slowly, you will get used to it." Heynckes laughed.

Aragones also nodded and said: "Yes, after a few more years, they will not dare to go forward."

Gao Han glanced at the two old foxes in front of him, secretly praising them in his heart.

If I had their status in the arena, those ghosts and monsters really wouldn't dare to come up.

However, Aragones and Heynckes' names in the circle are also quite stinky, and they are the type that is not easy to get close to.

But after Gao Han came into contact with it, he found that there didn't seem to be such a thing.

The three of them gathered together, not daring to approach anyone within five meters, which was convenient for them to talk.

"I'm very surprised, how did you think of investing in a training center in Fuenlabrada?" Aragones asked with a smile.

As Gao Han's fame rose, he enjoyed the convenience and benefits of being a celebrity, and he also had to accept the attention of the media.

Because of the high cold, the Chinatown team has also attracted the attention of the media.

But the team itself is also very competitive, upgraded every year, and now it has been promoted to the seventh level.

Of course, it's still pretty trivial.

But this year, Gao Han bought a large piece of land in Fuenlabrada to build a training center and invested five million euros in advance, which attracted the attention of the Spanish media.

A groundbreaking ceremony was also held two days ago. Not only the mayor of Fuenlabrada, but also the technical director of Atlético de Madrid, Paul Futre, was present, and several media including Marca were also invited.

Unexpectedly, it all spread to Mallorca.

"Actually, it's nothing. It's just that I had a casual conversation with Tony Munoz, Aguilera, Kiko and others before. I found that many players' futures after retirement are more problematic."

After hearing this, Aragones and Heynckes nodded repeatedly.

The entry and exit of players after retirement is indeed a long-standing problem.

The most famous is Bailey, who was poor after retiring. If he hadn't been valued by Nike later, he probably doesn't know what to do now.

Although the current business environment is much better, many players are also planning their retirement life early, and even many players have transformed into coaches after retirement, but this is still a minority after all.

Just like Atletico Madrid, there are so many celebrities, but there are only a very few who can really work and coach in the club.

There are also some people who simply set up their own football schools, but success is rare.

It's more about transformation, or teaching in some football schools.

"Those who can play in the four major leagues are basically the top professional players. Their experience and ability are the most precious resources in themselves. It is a pity to waste them in vain. So I was thinking, why not use them Let’s all get together and build a professional top-level training center?”

"My idea has been strongly supported by the club. They decided to cooperate with us more deeply. Next, we will hire a professional operation team to be responsible for the daily management of the training center, invite the most professional coaching team, and select them from the surrounding areas of Madrid. The best players of the right age enter the training center and receive the most formal and advanced football training."

"Currently, many coaches who have had outstanding careers as professional players have accepted our invitation, and in the future, we will continue to carry out training business for coaches, team doctors, and physical trainers."

In fact, coaching is a craft that values ​​practice and experience, so it is important to teach it hands-on.

These coaches in the training center have all been screened by Gao Han's sharp eyes, and all of them have outstanding abilities.

If the training center can really be successful, the coach training business will definitely be very popular.

But Aragones, who bears the title of the wise man, saw more than that.

As Gao Han said, Atletico Madrid’s youth training itself has very serious shortcomings. The emergence of the training center just fills the gap between the sports city and many cooperative football schools, and it will definitely receive strong support from the club.

With the current influence of Gao Han, coupled with the platforms of many former Atletico Madrid stars, and backed by the big tree of Atletico Madrid, the training center is very attractive to those young players and their parents.

Through selection, high-quality students are selected, coupled with a professional operation team and coaching team, the success rate of cultivating talents is high, and a virtuous circle can easily be formed.

There are many football schools like this in the world, the more famous one is the famous Cesarini football school in Argentina founded by the Real Madrid star Solari family, which has trained many outstanding football stars for Argentina .

This set looks simple, but it can be implemented, but the threshold is very high.

Not to mention anything else, two generations of the Solari family are Argentine internationals, including Solari's father and uncle, including the Solari brothers, and Redondo who married Solari's cousin.

Without resources like Gao Han and the Solari family, who could do it?

"I didn't expect that you are not only a good player on the football field, but also unambiguous off the field!" Heynckes laughed and praised after hearing this.

The same old fox, the Germans can also see the way.

This is indeed a great help to Atletico Madrid, but it is even more helpful to the alpine Chinatown team.

"It's just a meal." Gao Han also replied with a smile.

More and more guests entered the banquet hall, especially when Real Madrid coach Bosque arrived, which once again attracted the attention of the audience.

Although the performance of the Galaxy Battleship was sluggish this season, they lost the Copa del Rey at the centennial celebration, and the league ranking was not ideal, but they finally made a big difference, defeated Leverkusen in the Champions League final, and won the ninth place. Champions League champion.

What's more striking is that Zidane scored a very beautiful flying fairy in the final.

When losing the Copa del Rey and La Liga, many media and fans began to discuss and even criticize Real Madrid's superstar strategy, but after winning the Champions League, they began to sing praises overwhelmingly.

Even one or two took the initiative to make suggestions and warm up for the next superstar of Galaxy Battleship.

"Have you heard the wind about the World Cup list?" Aragones asked suddenly.

Gao Han frowned, nodded, "I heard."

"Camacho didn't dare to take any more risks in the end and chose to be safe." Aragones shook his head and sighed.

The list has not been announced to the public, but many people have already received wind.

This time, the most selected international team is the new Champions League champion Real Madrid, which is also related to the team that Camacho is most familiar with. Morientes, Raul, Elguera, Hierro and Casillas The central axis of the national team is almost unshakable.

It can be said that Real Madrid plays a decisive role in the current Spanish national team.

Similarly, Deportivo has a lot of people selected, center Tristan, left back Romero, midfielders Sergio and Belleron are all selected, there are a total of four people, but they are basically substitutes .

Valencia selected right-back Culo Torres, Baraja and Albelda trio, Barcelona also selected Puyol, Xavi and Luis Enrique trio.

Only Atletico Madrid, which has shined this season, has only one person selected, and that is striker Villa.

After the news came out, it aroused huge repercussions in Spain, and many people complained about the injustice for Atletico Madrid. However, Camacho had a tough attitude in an interview, saying that he had his own selection criteria.

Only insiders such as Gao Han and Aragones can understand that it is not that Atletico Madrid's players are not strong enough, but that they do not meet Camacho's tactical requirements.

For example, in the midfield, Guardiola and Harvey Alonso are both behind-the-scenes ball-holding organizations, but in the national team, there is no such position at all. What Camacho wants is Sergio, Eyre. The midfielders of the type of Erguera, Albelda and Baraja.

In the current national team, even Belleron has not been able to get the main position.

There are still two sides. Camacho would rather choose Joaquin, who has shined in the Second Division, to enter the national team than give Torres a chance, because the former has a super ability to attack from the side, and Torres is more familiar with the center.

Villa can be selected, it is very important that he can play on the left.

But even if he is the top scorer in La Liga, he still can't shake the combination of Morientes and Raul.

Camacho once recruited Atletico Madrid players into the team in the warm-up match and tried several times, but the results were not satisfactory.

So in the end, he returned to the old way, and even Mendieta, who was frustrated in Lazio, was selected, but he was unwilling to recruit Guardiola and Xavi Alonso.

Camacho didn't even have the courage to replace the veteran Nadal with the young Marchena at the center back position.

Have to say, really disappointing.

But that's Camacho's choice.