After the UEFA Coaches Summit, Gao Shen made an appointment to have dinner with several familiar coaches.
Most of the people here are old friends, such as Ferguson, Wenger, Ancelotti, Guardiola, Mourinho, Sarri, Allegri, Pochettino and Klopp, etc.
This seems to have become a big circle in European football.
The core of the circle is profoundness.
This dinner was formed because Ferguson and Wenger made an appointment with Gao Shen for dinner, and Gao Shen happened to have an appointment with Guardiola and others, plus Ancelotti, Sarri and Allegri, a group of Italians, made an appointment for dinner.
So I just put it together.
Gao Shen dug into his own pocket and organized the dinner at a hotel in Nyon.
A group of football coaches got together and naturally talked about football-related content.
The freshest topic is of course the continuation of the afternoon's topic, which is players' transfers and annual salaries.
In the European professional football circle, many people are rumored that Barcelona actually paid more than 57 million euros to sign Neymar.
The data given by Gao Shen is an index finger on the right hand.
Everyone was shocked.
"Don't make a fuss. I'm all underestimating. According to current reports, it's at least this number, and it may even reach 1.5. No one knows the exact number." Gao Shen shook his head and smiled.
Everyone was surprised and looked at Guardiola.
Guardiola is no longer the head coach of Barcelona, and Martino cannot fit into their circle. He is the most familiar with Barcelona, but he cannot get detailed information.
"I don't know the specific number, but what Gao said is similar to what I learned. It is much higher than the figures from the outside world."
Guardiola is cautious by nature, and since he has said so, it must not be wrong.
Everyone was surprised again.
"Not only that, the annual salary is also very high. According to preliminary estimates, it is likely to be similar to Iniesta, Xavi and others after the contract extension, and slightly less than Messi." Gao Shen dropped another bomb.
Many people present were surprised, but there were exceptions, such as Mourinho.
"I have heard some rumors a long time ago. The news within the Real Madrid team back then was that Barcelona had secretly secured Neymar through some channel, so Real Madrid announced that they had given up."
"Think about it, it's really outrageous." Wenger shook his head and sighed.
He has been coaching Arsenal for so many years and has always been diligent and frugal. Looking at the current environment, nothing seems right to him.
Neymar is certainly a genius, but is a genius who has never really proven himself in European football worth so much money?
"Times have changed, Professor." Gao Shen smiled.
"In the past, no one had this awareness, but today's young players often receive all kinds of information very early, including their families, so they have an awareness very early that professional football, professional football, to put it bluntly,
, it’s just a profession, just wanting to make money.”
"For many top stars, don't get too sentimental. That's over 100 million euros. Have so many of us here made more than this amount in our lifetime so far?"
Everyone was silent.
Who says it’s not?
Isn’t it sick to be sentimental in the face of staggering gains?
Everyone has their own values. Just because you don’t want it doesn’t mean others can’t want it.
Besides, someone like Neymar, who joined Barcelona from Santos, has made a lot of money and won honors. He will be the best Brazilian brother in the future and has a high probability of winning the Ballon d'Or after Melo. Who is qualified to say that he
Have a problem with your plans with your family?
"Did you know? In the past summer, the Rothschild family in the City of London contacted me at least three times. Potential buyers were always interested in Leeds United, and the prices they offered were quite good."
Everyone looked at Gao Shen in surprise. They had never heard of this.
"As far as I know, Bahrain, Egypt, Saudi Arabia, Dubai, the sovereign funds of these countries and regions, as well as many large consortiums from the United States and other regions, and even our Chinese consortium, are all very interested in European football.
"
"They all judge that the economy will continue to be depressed, but they believe that Europe's top leagues are a good haven for funds."
"You can imagine that in the next few years, teams like Monaco and Paris will continue to appear. By then, the value of players will be higher and higher, and the annual salary will be higher and higher. We may even feel that it is very important now.
It’s outrageous that Neymar’s transfer will seem like nothing in the future.”
In fact, if Neymar hadn't gone to Paris with an astonishingly high release fee later, the transfer fee for him to join Barcelona would be nothing compared to subsequent transfers that easily cost over 100 million.
After all, Neymar's potential and talent are there.
But when Gao Shen said this, he changed the topic, "But for us practitioners, it doesn't matter. As the value of players has increased, the annual salaries of high-level coaches will also increase, and you will all make a fortune."
Everyone was amused by Gao Shen's words, except Ferguson.
"Why didn't you say these things earlier?"
Everyone burst into laughter again.
"I did it on purpose." Gao Shen was confident.
He didn't believe that Ferguson couldn't see this.
Even if you don't see it completely, at least the entire trend can be seen clearly.
"That's why you chose to buy Leeds United and invest in youth training." Wenger understood Gao Shen's intention.
Gao Shen nodded, "It's not all about making money. In fact, I still have some ideas of my own."
Everyone here is an old acquaintance who knows the basics and has known each other for many years, and they are not afraid to be honest.
"Actually, I just want to give it a try. Can I use another way to run a successful club?
"That was indeed a success." Ancelotti couldn't help but laugh, "Your kid collected 100 million euros last year, and another 300 million euros this summer. Back then, he bought Leeds United for 50 million euros.
, the transfer market alone now generates 400 million euros."
Everyone was stunned when they heard this.
Speaking of Leeds United's ability to attract money, it is really strong.
The key is that this team has an endless stream of young players.
No, a batch was sold out, and now another batch has emerged in the team.
"I feel that your young talents at Leeds United are like leeks in the field. Once you cut one, another one will grow soon."
Ferguson's description made everyone present burst into laughter.
But there was still admiration in the laughter.
Look at the profound and sure winners in life.
He is a good coach, and he is also good at running a club. The only difference is that he does not know how to play football.
"Hey, Gao, sometimes I think, if I met you when you were in your teens, maybe I would sign you and focus on your training, because I think you might also be a genius in playing football." Ferguson
Said jokingly.
Everyone fell down laughing.
"Then wait, my son is a genius, Zidane said so."
"real or fake?"
"Really? Why don't you sign it to us first?"
"No, no, you'd better sign it to me first. If nothing else, Gao Shen's son is worth signing just for this title!"
"We can talk about it in the future, why did Gao Shen send his son to our team? Because he can't teach himself well."
"Haha, yes, yes, yes, I'm telling you, Gao really can't do anything to stop his son from holding him."
"Is it really that outrageous?"
Everyone immediately looked at Gao Shen with a smile.
"Fart!" Gao Shen replied with two words.
Everyone laughed again.
…
The meal lasted for several hours, and we didn't go back until midnight.
Walking outside, they are all the world's top coaches, and each of them is famous, but in fact, each of them is burdened with heavy performance pressure.
The club often invests hundreds of millions in investment, so who can take it easy?
It's really rare to chat, have fun and laugh together like this.
This is actually a misunderstanding among many fans. They always feel that the relationship between the head coaches is not good in private, but this is actually not true.
For example, Ferguson and Wenger have a very good relationship in private. Mourinho and Ancelotti often use words, but their relationship is also quite good. When they were in Italy, they often played cards together.
At most, the relationship between Guardiola and Mourinho is a bit bad, but it's not too bad. They just don't want to talk to each other. It's more a matter of personality.
A person like Gao Shen is a smooth talker, can get close to anyone, can chat with anyone, and naturally has friends everywhere.
In the words of Ferguson and others, they just gave Gao Shen a good beating.
But this is really nothing to Gao Shen.
The UEFA Elite Coaches Summit was held for two days, but everyone arrived late on the second day, and some did not even participate.
For example, Gao Shen flew directly to London after waking up.
The same goes for Pochettino, who flew to London with Gao Shen.
At this time, Su Qing was already waiting in London with Fernando Lucas and Rudolf Borrell to report the latest work progress to Gao Shen. The main projects were the construction progress of the training base and the new stadium.
planning.
But the most important thing right now is attracting investment.
In a profound sense, if the title can be secured in advance, it will bring a lot of income to the team.
And then there's the progress on Norman Foster's side.
Different from the design of the training base, the design of the Elland Road land is not only the design of the stadium, but also the commercial area and even the parking lot. The stadium only occupies less than half of the land area.
The entire design work is very complex and is expected to take at least a year.
During this process, repeated communication and negotiation are required. Party B must fully understand Party A's requirements, report the latest progress and situation to Party A, and make timely modifications and adjust the direction.
In this regard, Norman Foster's team has very rich experience.
And this time, Foster has assembled the best design team in their company.
As he announced before in Leeds, he really wants to use this project to make up for his regrets at Wembley Stadium, Camp Nou, etc., and do his best to create a landmark building.
So the time and energy invested is naturally extraordinary.
As for Leeds United, Gao Shen is more concerned about the issue of investment.
Regarding the team's performance, he had communicated with Pochettino when he was in Nyon, and he believed there would be no big problem.
