Chapter 825 Who is the protagonist?

"Mr. Yang Huan, yesterday, Mr. Sun from Miracle Media revealed that they will launch a major event in the near future that will change the international football world. I wonder if you have received the news?"

"Of course I did. The news spread around the world overnight. Of course I heard about it."

"Uh, I mean... before."

"Before, I didn't understand what you meant!"

"Master Huan, let's stop playing dumb. It's impossible that you don't know about this matter..."

"I really don't know, really!"

"But many people say that you planned this event yourself..."

"That's because they flatter me too much."

"but……"

"It's nothing, but I really don't know anything about this matter."

When Yang Huan said this, he glanced around at the reporters in front of him, then looked at the Football Association official sitting next to him, who had an embarrassed look on his face and was completely ignored by the media reporters. He was also helpless about this.

"If you want to know more about Miracle Media, I think you should ask Sun Yue instead of asking me, because even if you ask me many times, my answer will still be the same: I have nothing to say, or I know nothing at all!"

Having said that, Yang Huan spread his hands, looking helpless.

But everyone at the scene knew that this guy was actually pretending to be innocent.

Who doesn't know what Master Huan is capable of?

Who would believe that Sun Yue and Miracle Media were going to launch such a major plan without going through Young Master Huan's hands?

But this guy is stubborn and won't give in to any push or push. What can we do about him?

"Cough cough!" The Football Association official sitting next to him also spoke at this time. He coughed heavily twice, attracting everyone's attention back to him, and then glanced viciously at the reporters in front of him.

The look on his face seemed to be saying, you guys have to figure out who the protagonist is!

Stop stealing the show!

He waited until everyone was ready and looked over before he spoke.

There is another long speech at the beginning, which is nothing more than a bunch of high-sounding words, and then the main point.

That is, Southampton will officially build Saints youth training academies in three cities: Beijing, Longhai and Yangcheng.

Unlike previous European teams setting up football schools in their own country, this time, the Saints will strictly select and carefully cultivate players in accordance with the standards of the Saints Youth Training Academy in the UK. All hardware and software facilities and coaching levels will be implemented in full accordance with the standards of the Southampton Youth Training Camp.

Not only that, with the strong support of the education department, Southampton will adopt a model of cooperation with domestic famous schools. While cultivating the players' football skills, it will strictly control the players' cultural course learning to ensure that even if the players cannot meet the requirements of professional competitions in the end, they can continue their studies to avoid ruining the children's future.

Southampton's plan has actually spread throughout the country a long time ago.

Not only the Saints, but also teams including Inter Milan, Atletico Madrid, Ajax and Benfica will successively establish youth training camps in China to help cultivate new football stars in the country.

"Mr. Yang Huan, as a domestic football reporter, I am very happy to hear this news, but I have two questions."

As a mobile phone application that has grown very rapidly in China over the past period of time and has become very popular among football fans, Dongqiudi has obtained the right to ask the first question.

"Excuse me!"

"I believe everyone understands and knows the level of Southampton's youth training, but I am curious about how you ensure that your youth training academy in China can strictly follow your standards?"

"There is also a second question. As we all know, the level of youth training is closely related to youth training coaches and youth training concepts. However, the low level of youth training coaches has always been the core problem that has plagued the improvement of youth training in China. How can Southampton ensure that this problem can be solved?"

After hearing this, many people present nodded.

These two questions are very crucial and hit the nail on the head.

"First, the youth training camp will be fully invested by Southampton. From the selection of the site for the youth training camp, to its construction, completion, official commissioning, player selection and staff recruitment, all will be completed independently by us. Therefore, we can guarantee that it will be fully implemented in accordance with our requirements and standards."

"As for the level, in terms of cultural courses, we will cooperate with several of the most famous schools in the country, which is not a big problem. In terms of football training, we will be responsible for it by the coaches of the Southampton Youth Training Camp."

"I believe everyone knows that in the past two years, our Southampton youth coach training course has trained five batches of nearly 200 qualified youth coaches for the UK and Europe."

"We will select the right candidates from this group of youth coaches, and then have the outstanding and experienced youth coaches from our Southampton Youth Training Camp lead the team, who will be fully responsible for talent selection and player training."

"In addition, I also hope that everyone can help promote the plan that we will officially launch the Saints Youth Coach Training Program to enter the Chinese football team in the near future. Starting from next year, there will be one session every six months, and experienced youth coaches will teach. I hope this will promote the improvement of the level of domestic youth coaches."

The reporters present nodded continuously after hearing this. It was obvious that Southampton had made sufficient preparations in this regard.

"Mr. Yang Huan, we don't deny that Southampton's youth training is excellent, but we all know that youth training in different countries, regions and races should be completely different. How do you plan to deal with it?"

“That’s a good question!”

Yang Huan smiled and praised, "To answer this question, I may give a long speech, but to put it simply, it is to teach students in accordance with their aptitude."

"In the past two years, we have organized expert teams to visit China many times. We understand the differences in the physical fitness of players in different regions. Of course, we are far from enough, but this does not hinder the implementation of our plan. We believe that our youth training team has enough ability and experience to solve this problem."

"Because no matter what, the most basic requirements of modern football for players will not change."

"After the players have finished their training at the academy, we will select them and recommend those who meet the requirements to Southampton or other teams in Europe suitable for player development for further training."

"At the same time, we will also actively participate in exchanges and competitions with domestic teams of the same age, or organize training camps overseas."

All the reporters were very satisfied with Yang Huan's answer.

This plan of Southampton has caused a great response in the country.

Even parents highly recommend it.

On the one hand, it is a combination of football and top domestic universities, and on the other hand, it can increase the players' knowledge.

As long as the cultural courses are ensured, even if there is no way to improve further after finishing elementary school, or to study abroad, they can continue their studies and it will not affect the child's future.

Six years of football training is like helping your child to attend a prestigious school and using football training to strengthen their body.

From the perspective of player training, the elementary school period is the key time to build player skills.

Therefore, those players who fail to stand out in elementary school probably won't be able to continue on the path to the professional league.

After Yang Huan answered the questions, representatives from the Football Association and the education department also came forward to be interviewed by reporters.

Yang Huan's plan was passed directly to the lower levels after being approved by the higher levels, so they naturally gave strong support.

Besides, domestic fans are now complaining about the national team. If we don’t quickly introduce football reform measures, we will probably be drowned by the fans’ saliva.

It can be said that the timing was just right for Yang Huan to step forward.

Then some reporters asked Yang Huan about the youth training camp, such as investment and funding.

In this regard, Yang Huan also spoke frankly, saying that the youth training camp will adopt the method of investment promotion and naming to attract support from sponsors, and that many domestic and foreign sponsors have expressed interest, so funding is not a problem.

Moreover, Yang Huan also repeatedly promised that Southampton and he himself never intended to gain any benefits from this plan, but instead to invest a considerable amount of money.

"I launched this plan for only one purpose, which is to contribute our insignificant strength to the revitalization of Chinese football!"

Everyone did not doubt Yang Huan's words.

If Southampton really wanted to make money in the country through football, they would have already made it. Why would they need to do the thankless work of youth training?

Everyone knows that for a youth training camp like Southampton, you can't expect to make any money, and it would be good if you don't lose money.

Therefore, everyone present gave their affirmation to Yang Huan's words.

After that, he asked a few more questions, but Yang Huan answered them all fluently.

According to the plan of Miracle Media and Sun Yue, Southampton should have announced the signing of Gao Ren and Wang Lei at this time.

Everyone knows that the Saints' announcement of the signing of two young Chinese players at this time will undoubtedly greatly boost Southampton's popularity in the country, as well as the weight and persuasiveness of this plan.

But after careful consideration, Yang Huan finally rejected the request.

Gao Ren and Wang Lei are indeed very good football talents. After undergoing systematic assessment by the Southampton scout team and bone age tests, they are felt to be on par with, or even better than, the best peers in the Southampton youth training camp.

Yang Huan also has high hopes for these two players.

He has always dreamed that a country as big as China could produce one or two talented players like Messi and Cristiano Ronaldo.

Now it’s finally here.

He naturally hopes that these two players can play out in Southampton's youth training camp.

But if they are exposed now, they will inevitably be exposed to the media spotlight soon. At that time, the attention and hype from domestic and foreign reporters will inevitably bring them tremendous pressure.

How many young talented stars end up becoming unsuccessful after being reported by the media?

Therefore, Yang Huan would rather give up such a hype and give the two young players the best environment.

His decision also received the support of Mr. Xu and the Football Association, and proved that he was indeed sincere in wanting to promote the development of domestic football rather than taking the opportunity to hype it up.

The press conference finally ended. After Yang Huan walked out of the venue, he was blocked by reporters at the door and asked a lot of questions, including about this plan, about Southampton, and about the event mentioned by Sun Yue.

Yang Huan still answered the questions he should answer, and kept his mouth shut when he should keep his mouth shut.

After finally getting rid of the reporters and walking out of the press conference, Yang Huan, with Long Wu leading the way, took the elevator all the way up to the top floor where the presidential suite was located.

There is a high-end VIP meeting room on the top floor exclusively for guests of the presidential suite.

At this time, the core management of several clubs under Yang Huan gathered here, waiting for Young Master Huan!