8. Encounter a pit
Although Ferguson has left the Manchester United coach position, his influence in Manchester United cannot be underestimated. If he agrees, there will be basically no problem.
With the help of Ferguson, Wen Sheng visited Manchester City again. Manchester City is his parent team, but he knows the rules very well and contacts Guardiola first. Barcelona is currently dominating Manchester City. Guardiola has gained the trust of Soriano and others. The most important thing is that the players' detailed data is the most clear, isn't it the coaching staff who know the most? Therefore, it is not appropriate to talk to Guardiola and Soriano, and it is easy to offend people.
English players are obliged to accept the recruitment of the national team, but after all, it is the property of the club. It is best for the head coach of the national team to not be arrogant, and it is necessary to establish a good relationship with others.
Guardiola was also very pleased. He promised Wensheng that as long as the senior management had no objection, he would ask his coaching staff to provide data.
"Daniel, I also welcome you back to the Etihad Center at any time!" After chatting about the main things, Guardiola warmly invited Wen Sheng to "go home".
"Thank you, Pep, if you have the chance, I'm willing to go back there and learn from you!" Wensheng was also very polite.
After getting this done, Wensheng and Hall returned to St. George's Park.
Rooney's affairs are still fermenting in the media. Many familiar reporters called Wensheng and sent text messages to ask Wensheng for his opinion. In the end, Wensheng was so annoyed that he had to give his own point of view in an interview with Sky Sports. "It's okay for me to criticize Wayne! Whether as a head coach or a fan, it's not a crime to express my own point of view, right?! Criticism is just criticism, not to say that I want to drive him away. There is no intention to drive people away here! But I want to emphasize that all England players have the opportunity to be selected for the new national team, and Wayne is no exception. But I took office, it must be a brand new beginning. Everyone cannot lie on the credit book of the past! Every player should remember that they are just a blank piece of paper and are amateurs!"
"If I rely on past credit to determine whether a player should be selected for the national team, then I should call David Beckham and Leo Ferdinand, right?!"
Then, Wensheng refused to answer this similar question, and Rooney finally calmed down, and the cute agent Stradford did not speak loudly anymore.
Because the new season has arrived, there are many rumors about the transfer window, and the popularity of this matter has naturally cooled down. For English fans, it is still a long time to look at the results of Wensheng. The World Cup is still far away, but the new season is imminent. How their own team has become the focus of attention in the summer window has become the focus of most people.
Time passed without realizing it, and it soon came August. It had been a month since Wensheng took over the team. The team finally could relax and all aspects of work went very smoothly. Under the contact of the FA, the relevant person in charge of the FA and the Premier League and Professional League held a meeting in early August. The main topic was Wensheng's matter on improving the FA Player Database Center.
Wen Sheng’s plan is simple, but it is actually difficult to do it well. Currently, Premier League teams and professional league teams are cooperating with the FA, but it is not at no cost. We further allow the club to cooperate closely with the FA. This is not something that many clubs agree with, especially small clubs, because this involves data leakage. If their data is leaked, the possibility of being poached by big clubs will be greatly increased. Of course, it is a Baili for the national team, and there is no benefit for them.
The FA is at least half an authority, and it still needs to be respected. After receiving the FA's confidentiality commitment, everyone turned their attention to the FA's money.
The FA can also make a lot of money every year. Last year, it was about 300 million, mainly from the broadcast revenue of national teams at all levels in England, followed by sponsorship revenue provided by major sponsors such as Nike, Budweiser, LG, McDonald's, and then the game revenue of national teams in England.
Football is always a non-profit organization, and the money you earn has to be spent, so this money is basically used up every year and the profit is very small. In the past few years, the FA left 50 million pounds a year, but now it is less and less. The usual operating expenses occupy the majority, and other expenses are spent on the development of football in England, such as youth training support, community stadium establishment, disabled football, women's football, etc., all of them need to be spent.
Players at all levels of national teams will be recruited, and the clubs will receive subsidies from the Football Association, and the youth training of each team will also receive financial support from the Football Association. Now the Football Association wants the club to contribute. If you don’t say anything, everyone has to talk about money, and business is business.
Martin Glenn had long anticipated this situation. He mentioned the funding issue when discussing with Wensheng before. Wensheng realized that this might be a fucking pit. Ferguson did convince Manchester United to join the plan, but he did not say that it would be in vain for the FA. He began to expect this to be a bit difficult.
It turns out that way at the meeting now. If everyone talks about money, they won’t be intimate. Glenn naturally doesn’t want to pay. Damn, the FA seems to have a lot of income and spend a lot of money. How can you just let the money go? The most important thing is that I have already made a funding plan this year. This money is not a small amount, and it probably will cost several million pounds. It’s a headache to think about it.
League teams such as the Premier League, Championship, and English League One and English League Two are managed independently. The FA's influence is not large, and it is difficult to settle without spending money.
Wen Sheng also attended the first meeting. When he heard that it was a matter of interest in the end, he was too lazy to listen to the subsequent meeting and did not attend. Anyway, it was not the head coaches of various clubs but the senior managers who came forward.
"It is unimaginable that this happens in China!" Wen Sheng said to his subordinates.
Joey and the others didn't know about Chinese football, so Wen Sheng explained to them, "The Football Association there is an official institution. Who dares to refuse to obey with an order? Chinese football is a national system, and it is impossible not to obey!"
Once we talk about the government and the official, we will understand that there is nothing we can do. If the FA of the UK was also a government authority, we could arrange the club clearly in minutes.
"What should I do if I can't handle this?" Lawrence asked.
"What else can I do?! I can't force the FA to get it done!" Wen Sheng was helpless. "I really have no choice but to rely on the original method. We have to run more errands!"
The French Football Association has a ClayFontaine Youth Training Academy. In that college, the French Football Association holds training camps. Just like when they go to school, coaches from all provinces and regions of France recommend students to the Football Association every year, but the age only includes young players aged 12-15.
The students who went out of Clay Fontaine naturally could not escape the eyes of the French Football Association, so French football has basically no fault since the 1990s, and there is always someone who can take it.
Their Football Association has established an effective management system that is from top to bottom, while the FA and the French Football Association are completely different. Youth Training says that it is simply in the hands of the club. The FA has divided the areas and the small players are trained by the club. The FA has hardly interfered much except for giving money.
But then again, even if the FA established a youth training academy, it would not be able to relieve the incomprehension of thirst for Wen Sheng!
It is glorious to be selected for the national team, but players are the club's property. If there is a bump or a bump, the club itself will suffer the biggest loss. Therefore, the attitude of professional clubs in England towards players being selected for the national team varies from person to person, and their ideas are not simple.
Some people who hope that their team can be shortlisted for the national team are not necessarily selfless. They are more likely to hope to use the national team's signature to boost their players' value. In the early years, there was such a black industry in the Premier League, and being the head coach of the England national team could make a lot of money.
The FA has been collecting talents and expanding the candidate range of the national team, but the data is not detailed enough. If the club cannot be convinced to provide more clear data, Wen Sheng and the others can only run more errands for on-site observation.
Watching the game is a way. The head coach of the national team does not need to go to the scene to watch the game. In fact, watching the video can also be done, but the advantage of watching the game publicly is that the appearance of the head coach is a pressure for some candidate targets, and the head coach can watch their performance under pressure.
To put it bluntly, it is a problem of testing the players' psychological quality. It is necessary to represent the national team competition. It is impossible to not have a good psychological quality!
If there is a big guy above to see you, you will be so nervous. If you go to the national team battlefield, don’t you be afraid?!
Wen Sheng will definitely appear frequently in the home courts of various clubs in the new season. He wants to give these players a panic feeling, give everyone hope, and then observe their nature.
Players will definitely hope they can be shortlisted for the national team, which is a kind of honor.
"It's okay to get subsidies!" Donald laughed and responded to Wensheng's words.
"There must be subsidies! But you have to be careful! I did not make any guarantee to the outside world, but we should be clear that qualifying is not a big problem. Our goal is to be in the World Cup in two years!" Wen Sheng reminded everyone that at this moment, everyone's work has become much easier.
In a sense, it is really a very good job to be a coach of the national team.
Everyone knows the standards of Wensheng, and the focus is on the distinctive characteristics. This is a surprise soldier. When going to war, you should choose one or two to take it. Then you must pass the psychological quality and be calm in the face of danger. Even if you make a mistake, you can calm down. Then there are system players, which is in line with several tactical plans formulated by the coaching team.
After discussing with everyone, Wen Sheng and his team moved their base camp back to London and stayed in St. George's Park for every bird. It was better to be closer to home. They could go home normally, so they had to rest for a few days.
Wensheng didn't know whether Martin Glen could negotiate with the league, but he thought of another plan for Martin Glen, "The local football association can cooperate in this matter and mobilize the strength of the local football association. The FA can consider establishing a training school like the Clay Fontaine Youth Training Academy! I don't expect the talent pool to cover all England now, but in the future, this will be beneficial to the future, so please do your best! Of course, if you can convince the club to cooperate, it would be a better choice!"
Chapter completed!