Chapter 1023 Isn’t this too tycoon?

"Hello, audience friends, hello everyone, welcome to watch Knowing Football. I am the number one football expert. The ball is flying. Want to watch?"

"Today, the topic of our discussion on Football Talk is China."

"We all know that the Chinese league has been extremely popular recently, and it has even spread overseas. Several of my friends in the media in Europe have called me and asked me, 'How can you be so rich?'"

When he said this, Qiu Zaifei, the football expert in front of the camera, couldn't help but laugh.

The two special guests sitting next to him couldn't help but smile, and it was obvious that they agreed with what Qiu Zaifei said.

"I told him on the phone at the time, 'Not yet, wait a little longer, there's something even more surprising for you!'"

"Well, everyone knows that Dongqiushuo is a video program launched by Dongqiudi. Our attitude is to provide the most rigorous football commentary. Therefore, in order to better understand the current situation in China, we have specially invited two heavyweight guests, the vice chairman of Jingcheng Guoen and the famous football commentator, Coach Zhang Lu."

"Hey, hello everyone, I'm Zhang Lu."

"And our famous domestic football reporter, Mr. Liang Ming!"

"Hello everyone!"

"Both of you are senior football practitioners, and you are considered veterans in the domestic football circle. I don't know what you think of the current hot situation in the Chinese league. There are many concerns and various rumors. What do you think?"

Qiu Zaifei said this and pointed at Coach Zhang, "Coach Zhang, you speak first."

Coach Zhang chuckled twice and said, "I think this is a good thing for the football industry."

"What do you mean?" Qiu Zaifei asked.

"The history of our recruitment can be roughly divided into several different stages. At the beginning, we required players who were slightly higher than the level of domestic players and of good quality and low price. Later, we began to pursue players from the second and third tier leagues in Europe. But in the past few years, we have started to introduce some stars in their prime from the South American leagues and first-tier stars in the first-tier European leagues who are slightly out of date."

"But this summer, we obviously had higher requirements. We began to actively bid for popular stars from the four major European leagues, such as Gervinho and Ramires. These players are definitely in high demand in the European transfer market, but we snatched them all. See"

"I think this has a huge impact on domestic football, which is a good thing, because excellent foreign players not only improve performance, but more importantly, they can drive the development and progress of domestic players."

Qiu Zaifei nodded and looked to the other side of him, "Teacher Liang Ming, what do you think?"

"I agree with Coach Zhang. I think it's a good thing, but I have another view. At present, the domestic teams, especially the top teams such as Hengda, Guo'en, Longgang and other teams, have similar overall levels if they compete with domestic players, so they have to compete with foreign players."

"Oh, Mr. Liang Ming's point of view is very unique. What you mean is..."

"Yes, the reason why we are desperately trying to hire higher-level foreign players is because our teams have found that domestic players are basically just like that. Youth training is a systematic project that must be operated for a long time to produce results. But in a short period of time, if we want to play to the strength of our own team and overwhelm our opponents, we have to rely on foreign players."

"In this situation, we will compete with you for foreign aid. If you bring in Gervinho, I will bring in Ramirez, I will bring in Guarin. If you poach me Elkeson, I will bring in Jackson Martinez."

"To put it simply, I want to make sure my foreign players are a cut above yours."

Coach Zhang nodded repeatedly after hearing this, "Teacher Liang Ming's words make sense."

Liang Ming nodded to Coach Zhang and continued, "I personally think that this kind of competition is a good thing for the league because it brings vitality. The league is most afraid of being stagnant. Like what we have now, the entire league has been revitalized, which is a good thing."

"But, Mr. Liang Ming, many people are worried about how long this kind of money-burning can last."

Liang Ming chuckled and began to use his sharp tongue again, "I'm going to say something offensive. Those who worry about this are worrying for nothing. The players have been brought in, so you just need to watch the game and enjoy it. Why bother? What does this have to do with you?"

"What is sustainable? What is unsustainable? Is the European league sustainable? But look at how bleak the winter transfer market is this year? How many professional teams are on the verge of bankruptcy?"

"They have been professionalizing for decades, how long has it been in China? China is still a developing country, and its consumption level cannot catch up with them at all. The entire football industry has not yet taken shape and is not yet complete. Do you want to catch up with the European leagues in one go? Is it possible?"

"To be frank, we now have to spend money to make up for the gap with European leagues and use capital to improve the entire football industry. If you don't spend money and want to be sustainable, then let me ask you, how can you improve your football level?"

"Relying on youth training? Don't be ridiculous. If you don't have a complete football industry, how can you train young people? Who would be willing to let their children play football?"

When Coach Zhang heard this, he couldn't help but give a thumbs up. ??Want to watch?

"I think what Mr. Liang Ming said is very right. Over the past few years, our league, our football managers, football investors, including our fans and media personnel, have been making continuous progress. Especially after we gradually deepened exchanges with advanced foreign leagues, we are gradually exploring and finding the crux of the solution to our problems."

"Teacher Liang Ming just said something very good. Without a sound football industry, youth training cannot be carried out at all."

"In the past, our fans, our journalists, and even our football industry professionals have been calling for the league to save Chinese football, but why can the league save Chinese football? This principle has never been understood, and even many journalists just talk about it casually, and they have not studied or figured out this issue."

"Anyone can shout slogans, but how to do it is the key."

Qiu Zaifei nodded when he heard this and said, "Yes, over the past few years, we have long been accustomed to some reporters who shout slogans loudly and talk about theories that make more sense than the last, but they have no idea how to do it specifically."

"That's right!" Coach Zhang obviously felt the same way. "Take our Guoen youth training as an example. Don't we value youth training?"

"No, I dare say that if we judge by domestic standards, our youth training base is the best in China, Asia, and even the world. Our coaches dare not compare with the world's advanced level, but they are definitely the best in China. But the problem is that we don't even have enough people in the youth training echelon. What should we do?"

"We Chinese have a saying that a good cook cannot cook without rice. Even if we attach great importance to youth training and improve the level of youth training, if no parents are willing to send their children to play football, can we still force them?"

"In the past few years, we have gradually changed our approach. We no longer set up football schools like in Europe, but try to train them in a way similar to interest classes. In this regard, we do not have academic requirements or demand a high success rate. We only have one idea: to let as many children as possible play football."

"This time, our Guoen team has also proposed a plan. We will provide coaches and cooperate with some schools in Beijing to arrange at least one football class and two football interest activity classes every week, so as to make football truly enter the campus."

"In the past we often said, there are so many Chinese people, why can't there be a Messi?"

"The reason is simple, we have no one to play football!"

"Coach Zhang said it very well!" Liang Ming also agreed, "But I must mention that domestic football practitioners, media reporters, and even the majority of football fans are basically making progress and becoming more rational. I think this is also due to the development and progress of the football industry in the past."

"That's right!" Qiu Zaifei said, "But there are still many sensational ones. For example, there have been many comments recently saying that the Chinese football team is spending a lot of money and there is suspicion of money laundering, and there are also suspicions of trying to please their superiors, etc. I think these are a bit too conspiracy-oriented."

"Yes, let's talk about football reform. Currently, so many national departments are involved in it. If anyone is involved in money laundering at this time, how can he not be discovered?"

Liang Ming shook his head and sneered, "Besides, China's current situation is so good, Hengda is going to be listed, and the valuation is over 10 billion. Who is bored enough to launder money and curry favor with the superiors? Just go public directly! It's a good deal with huge profits!"

"Haha!" Coach Zhang laughed, "Not all teams want to go public."

"Of course you don't need Guo'en. You have Young Master Huan as your supporter, so you have no shortage of money!" Liang Ming said with a smile.

"Speaking of this, I want to ask!" Qiu Zaifei immediately hit the nail on the head, "Coach Zhang, Guo'en has recently reorganized its management team. Many fans are worried that this will affect the team's transfer operations. What do you think?"

The biggest news about Beijing Guoan at the moment is the reorganization of its management team. Fang Wei, a former senior executive of Miracle Media, was hired as the chief executive of Beijing Guoan. At the same time, the club's management structure was optimized and reorganized.

Coach Zhang chuckled twice, "In fact, the management restructuring has already begun. Fang Wei has been in the club for two months. The management is basically in place, and the transfers are also proceeding in an orderly manner. There are no problems."

"Coach Zhang, I heard that you are planning to invite Bielsa to be the head coach?" Liang Ming suddenly asked.

"Who said that?" Coach Zhang looked a little surprised and guilty.

"We have reporters who photographed Bielsa, as well as Southampton's former youth training director Griffa and the head of the scouting team, Madoni. I heard that they are all in the Guoan team. Is it true?"

"Is it true?" Qiu Zaifei was also a little surprised and delighted. He immediately looked at Coach Zhang.

If this is true, it would be simply against the will of heaven.

However, considering Bielsa's close relationship with Master Huan, it is not completely impossible for him to coach Beijing Guoan.

It is easy to imagine that fans will go wild after this episode is released.

"Well, I want to say that I am not very clear about the club's specific arrangements, but..."

Liang Ming didn't wait for Coach Zhang to finish, he laughed again and asked, "I also heard that Jingcheng Guoen has clearly specified the recruitment plan, the target is Yangcheng Fuli's defender Jiang Zhipeng, and Longhai Longgang's Wu Lei. It is said that they have entered the specific negotiation stage, right?"

"I'm really not sure about this!" Coach Zhang looked extremely embarrassed.

"However, we do lack defenders and the frontcourt also needs to be strengthened, so"

Before Coach Zhang finished speaking, Qiu Zaifei burst into laughter. "Isn't this amazing? These two players are both very valuable, especially Wu Lei. According to the current market conditions, he must be worth at least 100 million, right?"

It’s unbelievable that domestic players are worth over 100 million yuan, right?

"Old Qiu, you don't understand this. I heard that Master Huan doesn't set a limit at all. As long as the team needs it, he will buy it no matter how much money it costs!"

Is this true or false?

Qiu Zaifei's eyes widened.

Isn’t this too tycoon?

"Lao Liang, you are so well-informed, so let me ask you, has the foreign aid that Beijing Guoen has been rumored to have been found?"

"Yes!" Liang Ming nodded heavily.

"According to reliable information, they have already signed one and will come to Beijing to sign the contract in the next few days."

"Who is it?" Qiu Zaifei asked expectantly.