Chapter 1055 Grand Slam?

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Over the past period of time, Yang Huan has been staying in China, playing in the Chinese Super League and supporting Beijing Guoan. This has caused him to somewhat neglect his several European teams.

However, Master Huan is still relieved because Peter Kenyon is in charge.

The operation and development of these teams are on the right track, so Young Master Huan has less things to worry about.

Besides, even if something really happened, Peter Kenyon would be able to solve it. If something really required the deployment of Young Master Huan, that would probably be a huge matter.

However, after arriving in Monaco and listening to Peter Kenyon's work report, Yang Huan discovered that no major events had occurred, but there had been many happy and troublesome events.

During the time when Yang Huan was away, both rounds of the UEFA Champions League's round of 16 knockout matches were completed.

Southampton defeated Ajax twice in two rounds, but De Boer's team was eventually eliminated from the Champions League by the Saints with a score of 5-0 and stopped in the round of 16.

Although it was a crushing defeat, Ajax's defeat to Southampton was a loss that was beyond reproach.

Although they were completely defeated in the score, several players on the Ajax team also performed well in the process, such as Brazilian forward Luiz Adriano and Brazilian international Bernard. These players all performed very well in Ajax.

Although Ajax was eliminated in the round of 16 in the Champions League, they performed quite well in the Eredivisie.

In this season's Eredivisie, De Boer's team has remained unbeaten so far, with only two draws. With an absolute advantage, they have firmly suppressed their arch-rivals PSV Eindhoven and are temporarily ranked first in the league.

"From the current situation, Ajax has a very high chance of winning the Eredivisie title, but there is a problem."

Peter Kenyon analyzed Ajax's situation with a relaxed look on his face, and it was obvious that the momentum was good.

"What's the problem?" Yang Huan asked.

Peter Kenyon shrugged helplessly and smiled, "Because the team is currently performing well, many players, including Luis Adriano, have been targeted by teams from the four major leagues!"

Yang Huan, Sun Yue and others all laughed when they heard this.

This is indeed a big problem!

Due to the objective conditions of the Eredivisie and Ajax's own positioning problems, it is difficult for Ajax to compete for talent with teams from the four major leagues, especially the mid- and upper-level teams in the four major leagues.

Luiz Adriano is indeed very capable and has enough combat effectiveness. Whether he was in Shakhtar Donetsk or later joined Ajax, his performance was quite impressive, especially in the Champions League, which also made him famous in European football.

There is a talent shortage in European football today. Players like Luiz Adriano could only attract the attention of mid-level teams in the past, but now, many top teams, even wealthy teams, have begun to set their sights on him.

In this situation, it is difficult for Ajax to compete with these teams.

However, the good thing is that if these teams want to poach Luis Adriano, it is impossible without spending a lot of money.

"What does Ajax think?" Yang Huan asked with a smile.

From Master Huan's perspective, looking at Luis Adriano's poaching is like a big boss of a group looking at an ordinary employee changing jobs. It's normal and no big deal.

"Ajax also has young rookies in the team, and they have performed well this season, so there won't be any problems."

Peter Kenyon answered, paused, and continued: "What Van der Sar meant was to sell Luis Adriano and keep Bernard to help the young players in the team grow, while also stabilizing the overall framework of the team."

This is also normal.

Even a team like Ajax cannot sell all its core players at once.

If all the players are sold out, how can the team fight?

What can we use to fight against Eindhoven?

"Besides Ajax, we have plenty of talent reserves. Monaco has Ponce, Jovic and Mbappe, Hamburg also has young players such as Sussex, plus Southampton, Atletico Madrid and Inter Milan have talent reserves. There is no problem filling the vacancy at Ajax."

Not to mention, Miracle Football Group also has a group of outstanding young players in Brazil including Barbosa and Lincoln.

The advantage of group operation is that internal talent flow is convenient and resource reserves are relatively abundant.

Once there is a gap in the talent supply in a certain position of Ajax, they can immediately loan or introduce some players who cannot play in the game from teams in the five major leagues, such as Southampton, Hamburg, Atletico Madrid, Inter Milan and Monaco.

Of course, it would be more cost-effective if more suitable players could be introduced at a lower price.

Therefore, the loss of talent is indeed a problem within the Ajax team, but if viewed from the perspective of the entire Miracle Football Group, it is just a small matter.

Yang Huan is now increasingly feeling the benefits of group operations, but this mode of operation is not completely without problems.

For example, internal coordination and resource allocation among teams.

But overall, the pros outweigh the cons.

Otherwise, why are European football investors starting to pay more and more attention to this area?

"Master Huan, Ajax's problem is relatively simple, but Southampton's problem may be more troublesome."

Peter Kenyon said with a serious look on his face.

Yang Huan nodded lightly and said nothing.

Southampton’s current situation is indeed tricky, but it is not because the team’s performance is unsatisfactory. On the contrary, it is because the team is too good and too ideal.

After the team won the League Cup, because the team basically defeated Ajax in the Champions League round of 16, Ancelotti's team focused on the Premier League. As a result, they won consecutive games and Southampton won the Premier League championship ten rounds in advance.

This really surprised everyone. No one expected that Ancelotti's team would win with such an amazing lead, but what was even more surprising was that they reached the quarterfinals of the Champions League and the semi-finals of the FA Cup.

According to Southampton's current form and momentum, there is a high possibility that they will reach the final.

To use the slogan of Saints fans today, it is to complete the quadruple championship that no one has ever achieved in the history of the Premier League, to achieve the Grand Slam and to complete a perfect season.

This is undoubtedly a very exciting slogan. It is very difficult to achieve, but the possibility does exist.

Relatively speaking, the Champions League has the greatest risk.

However, Ancelotti is a veteran, while Zidane, the head coach of Real Madrid, the opponent in the quarter-finals, is an absolute novice. The Saints are better than Real Madrid in terms of lineup and form.

Therefore, the Saints still have great hope of going further, otherwise, bookmakers such as William Hill would not list the Saints as the number one favorite to win the Champions League this season.

This is actually what Peter Kenyon meant.

What will happen to the Saints if Ancelotti's coaching results are too good?

According to the original plan, Guardiola would be exchanged for Ancelotti?

This will undoubtedly put heavy pressure on both Guardiola and Southampton.

On the contrary, Ancelotti must be happy to retire while the going is good.

But if the plan is changed temporarily and Ancelotti is retained, all the efforts made by the team before will be in vain.

What's more, Guardiola is also ambitious to coach the Saints. If the team changes its mind at the last minute, it will probably completely offend the Spanish coach and completely destroy Yang Huan's entire plan.

So, sometimes, having too good grades can be a real headache.

However, Southampton invited Guardiola to coach, which was a plan that Yang Huan had made before, and the team had made sufficient preparations for it, including recruiting players for the first team and transforming the youth team.

Even this summer, the team will introduce Verratti from Monaco, who is also a midfielder handpicked by Guardiola.

If he suddenly changed his mind at this moment, it would definitely not be Young Master Huan's style.

So, after listening to Peter Kenyon's words, Yang Huan thought deeply for a while.

"I will go to the UK to deal with this matter personally. Regardless of Ancelotti's performance, the decision to invite Guardiola to take over cannot be changed."

Peter Kenyon and others also understand this.

Compared to Southampton, the problems of other teams are relatively simple.

Atletico Madrid has had an outstanding season and currently has a big lead in the La Liga, so there is a good chance that they will win the title again.

After two or three years of accumulation and metabolism, Simeone's team finally achieved results.

However, unfortunately, in the UEFA Champions League round of 16, after eliminating PSV Eindhoven of the Dutch Eredivisie with a score of 7-0 in two rounds, the Colchoneros advanced to the quarterfinals, where they faced Paris Saint-Germain, which had eliminated Barcelona.

Judging from the cards, Simeone's chances of advancing are still relatively high.

Interestingly, in addition to the Premier League and La Liga, the leaders of Serie A and Ligue 1 are also Yang Huan’s teams, namely Klopp’s Inter Milan and Koeman’s Monaco.

Among them, Inter Milan's leading advantage is also very obvious, and winning the championship is basically a foregone conclusion.

As for Koeman's Monaco, it is currently only two points ahead of Paris Saint-Germain and should be considered the team with the greatest hope of winning the championship.

What's even more rare is that Inter Milan defeated Pellegrini's Manchester City in the Champions League round of 16, and Monaco also successfully defeated Zenit St. Petersburg, both entering the Champions League quarterfinals.

That is to say, among the eight teams in the quarter-finals of the Champions League this season, including Southampton, Monaco, Inter Milan, Atletico Madrid and Hamburg, Yang Huan owns five teams, not to mention Tottenham Hotspur, in which he also holds shares.

It should be said that Yang Huan himself is also very surprised at how the Champions League has played so far.

In the Bundesliga, although Tuchel's team is currently one point behind Bayern Munich, everyone in Hamburg is determined to reverse Bayern Munich and hopes to win the league championship again after many years.

However, after the reorganization this season, the front trident composed of Dzeko, Douglas Costa and Kingsley Coman has shined in the Bundesliga, especially Douglas Costa and Kingsley Coman, who have attracted the attention of top teams across Europe.

This also poses a big problem for Hamburg and Miracle Football Group.

That is how to retain these two players and maintain the overall strength of the Hamburg team.

In the Champions League quarter-finals, Hamburg faced Monaco, another internal conflict, while in the lower half of the group were Paris Saint-Germain and Atletico Madrid.

Judging from the draw results, the battle between these four teams is quite suspenseful. Their strength is basically on par with each other, so winning or losing is normal.

Because of this, this season's Champions League has been so exciting for fans all over the world.

Teams such as Southampton, Atletico Madrid, Real Madrid, Bayern Munich, Paris Saint-Germain and Monaco, which have been strong in the past few years, are as strong as ever. This season, Inter Milan has risen strongly under the leadership of Klopp, and Hamburg, the dark horse of the Champions League led by Tuchel, has undoubtedly injected fresh elements into the Champions League.

What is even more rare is that these teams are very strong and even have the strength to challenge the top teams.

This undoubtedly brings more suspense to the Champions League.