Super Marshal

From the moment he walked in, Pochettino had been paying attention to Gao Han.

He found that Gao Han was not a person who liked red tape. On the contrary, he was very frank and straightforward and liked to get straight to the point.

So, when Gao Han asked questions, he knew that this was the interview he was going to accept.

"To tell you the truth, Mr. Gao Han, I am very interested in your coaching resume, and all of us know that the Chinatown team was the first team you led. It can be said that you started coaching from here. Of the road.”

Over the past few years, Gao Han has become famous in European football. He was abandoned by Barcelona and moved to Madrid in desperation. His deeds of coaching amateur teams have also been talked about by countless media and fans. This has made the Chinatown team It is given a rather magical color.

"Are you like the media reporters and fans outside, you want to see if there is really a secret to winning here?" Gao Han asked with a smile.

Guardiola laughed, and Pochettino shook his head.

"No, no, no, Mr. Gao Han, you misunderstood. I don't have the spirit of gossip, but I believe that you must have done something right, so you were able to lead the Chinatown team to defeat a strong enemy in the Amateur Cup and win the championship. This team has been able to upgrade every year because of this, and is now in the third level.”

Gao Han's resume is miraculous, but the Chinatown team's rapid rise is equally astonishing.

When the Chinatown team was included in the Spanish youth training system, everyone was still a little skeptical. They even thought that Gao Han was using his role as a technical advisor to fight for the interests of his team. But now, no one will doubt it anymore. .

Over the past few years, the Chinatown team has sent away players one after another. Some are still lingering in the lowest level league, and some have reached the Segunda División, or even La Liga, while the Chinatown team is moving up step by step.

Perhaps this team is familiar because of the high altitude, but it has used its legendary process of upgrading every year to make countless fans pay attention to it and even like it.

Nowadays, let alone Fuenlabrada, even in the south of Madrid, countless young people like to wear the red jersey of the Chinatown team, wear the red flag team emblem of the Chinatown team, and regard this team as their home team .

"OK." Gao Han clapped his hands vigorously, stood up from his seat, and pointed at Pochettino, "Follow me."

Pochettino was a little surprised and didn't know why, but when he saw Gao Han get up and walk out, he and Guardiola quickly followed.

Gao Han led the two of them out of the living room and went directly to the third floor of the youth training center office building.

There is a room on the third floor, which is very large. When you open the door and go inside, you will find some shelves filled with various materials, including video tapes and VCD discs...

This was the first time Pochettino came here. Looking at the long rows of information racks in front of him, he felt an unprecedented shock. Especially when he took a closer look, he found that these information racks were all Well differentiated.

"This is the information we have collected on the vast majority of players from our establishment to the present, not only in Spain, but also in Europe and South America. We will continue to expand in Africa and Asia."

Pochettino nodded blankly, he still couldn't believe it.

"This is just some information. We will also conduct long-term tracking of certain players, especially the players that our scouting department focuses on, such as Brazil's young player Neymar, who has just become famous."

Pochettino has heard of this player, who is said to be the most talented potential star in Brazil after Robinho.

"Many people know that he came to Real Madrid for trial training in 2005, but in fact, we were paying attention to him before Real Madrid, but unfortunately, he was not interested in our invitation. interest."

This is not surprising at all.

Brazil's domestic economy has improved a lot in recent years. Many players are no longer willing to leave their home country as early as before, but prefer to stay and grow in the country. Neymar originally rejected Real Madrid because of this.

But what Pochettino didn't know was that Mendes once chased Neymar and wanted to recruit him. Unfortunately, Neymar's father was very thoughtful and decided to set up his own agency company to be responsible for the management. Neymar's business is only willing to maintain a cooperative relationship with Mendes.

"Come here with me again."

Gao Han greeted the two of them, closed the door of the data room, and walked to an office with a transparent glass wall opposite.

From the outside, there are several young people working on computers inside, which is no different from an ordinary office building.

"What we are promoting now is informatization. We have our own software system for storing and tracking player information. This was developed by us in 2005 with a total investment of two million euros. .”

"Two million euros?" Pochettino was shocked.

This can already buy a good player in La Liga.

But soon, Pochettino realized a problem in 2005.

In other words, the entire Chinatown team's youth training system and scouting system, as well as everything he saw before his eyes, were created by Gao Han during the year he took a break after leaving the Chelsea coaching job.

But no one paid attention to all of this.

Because neither the media nor the fans are interested.

"If you pay attention to the results of the youth team leagues around Madrid, you will definitely find that the results of our youth teams of all ages are quite good. I can even say that we are better than those of giant teams such as Real Madrid and Atletico Madrid. The youth teams all have to be outstanding.”

Pochettino nodded and said: "Yes, and you have also contributed many international players to the Spanish national teams at all levels."

"You are right, but we are not satisfied with this."

Gao Han made an inviting gesture and invited both Pochettino and Guardiola to the balcony on the third floor.

Standing on the balcony, you can overlook the entire youth training center, and the various venues are intertwined in an orderly manner.

"It has been a total of seven years since I established the Chinatown Youth Training Center. During these seven years, we have been promoted step by step to the current third-level league. We have done a lot of things because we know that we have no money. , if we want to survive, we must take a different path from other teams."

Buying low and selling high has been a consistent feature of the Chinatown team for the past seven years. Coupled with the good relationship with Atletico Madrid, the Chinatown team can always get some very cost-effective players.

But the Chinatown team has always insisted on investing in youth training.

"Over the years, our goals have not only been in Spain. After the first Talent Day event, we began to actively organize a scouting system abroad. For example, in 2005, our scouts went to Belgium to follow a team. After a youth team championship, they sent us the information of a player.”

"At the time, Cantarero and Sergio Garcia and I thought he was very good, but at that time many teams, including French Ligue 1 Lille, were interested in him, so I went to Belgium in person. , convinced the player’s parents to bring him to the Chinatown team.”

Pochettino's eyes lit up when he heard this, "Mr. Gao Han, are you talking about the Belgian youngster Eden Hazard who shined in the European Youth Championship this summer?"

Gao Han nodded and smiled, "Yes, that's him."

This was decided on the spot after he inspected it with a keen eye, and it took a lot of effort to lure him to Chinatown.

“Last summer, when I was coaching Inter Milan, I fell in love with an Italian kid from a football school near Pescara. As a result, I personally went to Pescara to persuade him to switch to the Chinatown team. Not long ago, We have just hired the captain of the U13 team from the youth academy of a team in Torsi, France."

"In addition, we also have our own channels in South America. The previous Neymar was. This summer, we also hired a 13-year-old player from a football school in Cordoba, Argentina. A very promising offensive player.”

Pochettino looked at Gao Han in disbelief. He seriously doubted whether Gao Han was a pedophile?

Otherwise, why would he travel around the world to collect so many young players?

"Do you know why I'm telling you this?" Gao Han asked with a smile.

Pochettino shook his head. He vaguely understood, but not quite.

"I want you to know that in the youth training center you are seeing, in the near future, he will become a star coveted by all Spain, all Europe, and even the world, all teams, and all giants. It’s a treasure trove, but what I really want to do is, in the next few years, take the team to La Liga and conquer everyone with the stars we have trained.”

Pochettino was stunned.

crazy!

This is so crazy!

He asked the Chinatown team to rise from the lowest level step by step year by year. Not only was he not satisfied with this, he actually wanted the Chinatown team to rely on its youth training players to compete in La Liga and even European football.

If these words did not come from Gao Han's mouth, he would definitely sneer at them, because this is simply impossible.

But the person in front of him was Gao Han.

A head coach who has never lost since his debut, a Bole who sees people more accurately than anything else, a legend who is always creating impossible miracles...

He had no way of doubting Gao Han's ambition.

The only thing I can do is admire and envy.

Looking at the entire European football world, no, the whole world, the only one who can do such crazy things is Gao Han.

But his approach is also very wise, because if he wants to lead a team from scratch to rise to the top league, he must either invest huge amounts of money or, like Gao Han, strengthen his own youth training strength.

Guardiola had heard Gao Han talk about this matter a long time ago. He was full of expectations for it, but worried that Gao Han wouldn't be able to do it. It was a very contradictory mentality.

Gao Han is completely immersed in his eagerness for the future. He knows very well that what he has done is not impossible because he not only has a group of future superstars with unlimited potential, but also because he has a coaching system.

In order to enable the players to develop better, he even spent a huge sum of money to purchase a youth training program in the coaching system that is suitable for teenagers and can better stimulate the potential of young players, and arranged it as the China Town Youth Training Program An important training program of the center.

Therefore, in the past few years, the Chinatown team has been able to buy low and sell high so smoothly and cultivate young players one after another.

He always believed that he would be able to succeed.

"Mauricio, you know what I think, so what I want to ask you is, now, my team needs an excellent head coach. Will that be you?" Gao Han looked at Pochettino sincerely, asked seriously.