The meeting with Norman Foster is not like a meeting between Party A and Party B.
It can be seen that the old man is not particularly interested in taking this job.
This is not just because Leeds United has a low budget and limited financial resources, but more importantly, whether it is a training base or a sports venue, the structure is already very fixed.
For example, the stadium, its structure has been there from the beginning.
In the UK, the slope of the stands cannot even exceed 35 degrees.
Therefore, when designing Wembley Stadium, Norman Foster had clearly realized that the limitations of such a large building could only be a fuss about the appearance.
The stadium is like this, and the training base is even more like that.
Every training base puts functionality first, and as long as functionality is concerned, nothing else is used.
According to what Norman Foster said jokingly after meeting him, Gao Shen could actually paint it himself.
"Is there anyone in the world who knows its functionality better than your head coach?"
But Gao Shen opposed Norman Foster's statement. He believed that functionality must be considered. This is the basis, but at the next level, architecture and design themselves must be pursued.
For example, Gao Shen mentioned the gap between the youth team and the first team.
In fact, almost all teams, including Real Madrid, separate the training areas for the youth team and the first team. Many of them do not even share the training building. They seem to be together, but in fact they are two distinct sets.
team.
Some of them were originally connected internally, but were separated by barbed wire.
"I think this is an anti-human practice!"
Gao Shen believes that in 2012, many traditional things in football no longer exist.
For example, if you go to Liverpool now, you will never see any young players washing the boots of their big brothers.
Of course, this is because there are staff who will handle it specifically.
But even if it doesn't, something like this shouldn't happen again.
There is equality between players.
It should also be equal between big-name superstars and ordinary players, as well as young players in youth teams.
Who can guarantee that big-name superstars will not fall? Today's small players will not become superstars tomorrow?
I understand why Wang became the president, but isn’t he clear about it?
In 2012, it was already a consensus in many other industries, and it was still very popular in the football field.
Gao Shen thought this was unreasonable, so he wanted to break these restrictions.
The first team and the youth team must have reasonable regional divisions, but they must also be closely connected. Use space design to allow them to blend with each other and increase this kind of mutual communication between players, coaches and even staff.
In fact, Gao Shen strongly encourages this kind of interactive communication.
"I hope it is not just a training base. Players come here on time and can't wait to leave after training. It's like clocking in and signing in in a very mechanical way. This is not what I want."
"It should be a young, dynamic space where different ideas and creativity intertwine and collide. I hope that Leeds United players wake up every morning and when they go out, what they think about is not [going to work].
The time has come again].”
"Rather, they are full of expectations every day, and they can have different surprises every day, and they like it here."
Norman Foster was very surprised and very curious about Gao Shen's idea.
He knew many people in the football world, whether they were stars, coaches, or club managers, few people would think like Gao Shen.
"Can I understand that you are working hard to create a team culture, and then you hope to further realize your idea with the help of the architecture and space design of the training base?"
Gao Shen nodded, "Can it be done?"
"It's interesting." Norman Foster was interested. "What you said reminded me of your documentary."
A total of six episodes of Leeds United's documentary about reaching the Premier League were filmed, and all of them have been broadcast. The last episode was a grand celebration of the team's successful promotion to the Premier League, which was particularly touching.
If you start watching the first episode and follow the whole process, you will find that Leeds United is really a special team.
But this specialness is not obvious yet, it feels a bit like it has just emerged.
This documentary received very good ratings, but it did not cause a so-called viewing frenzy. After all, documentaries are still relatively niche. However, it has a very good reputation and is of extremely high quality and level. After all, it is produced by a famous director.
Leeds United and the filming team jointly decided to film a second season this year to avoid relegation.
Norman Foster has watched the documentary, and combined with what Gao Shen said now, he feels that Gao Shen is working hard to create a football culture that belongs to Leeds United and represents the young people.
This is unique in the traditional conservative British football world.
The Arsenal team is very young, but actually very traditional.
"I'll take this job!" The old man agreed on the spot.
However, the first request he made also surprised Gao Shen.
That is, he will take his assistant and live in Leeds United's training base for a period of time.
There is of course no problem with this.
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With the European Cup in full swing, the stars have also shown different levels.
In the group stage, Croatia was unfortunately placed in the same group as Spain and Italy. As a result, it only ranked third in the group and was eliminated.
After the Croatian midfielder Modric was eliminated from the European Cup and the national team was disbanded, he flew directly from Ukraine to London, England the next day, went to Tottenham Hotspur, and was in the office with CEO Levy
Met once.
According to the British Sun, Modric and Levy had a falling out in the office.
"He made his attitude very clear, he is going to Real Madrid!"
Tottenham quickly came forward to clarify, stating that there was no so-called quarrel, but that there were some differences between the two parties. However, after good communication, both parties expressed their attitudes openly and honestly.
"We are confident that we can keep Modric."
But Modric's agent soon came forward, accusing Daniel Levy in the media of not keeping his word.
"Luka has missed many opportunities, including Manchester City, Manchester United and Chelsea."
"He is already 27 years old. He hopes to take his career further and he does not want to miss this opportunity."
Modric's agent revealed that in order to retain Modric last season, Levy personally promised him to stay with the team for one more season and then let him leave.
But now, Levi has broken his promise.
"On behalf of my player, I can tell the world very clearly that he wants to go to Real Madrid!"
This statement caused an uproar.
Many Tottenham fans have accused Modric of betraying Tottenham and their love for him.
For this reason, some radical fans even rushed to Modric's home and smashed the windows of their house with rocks.
Fortunately, Modric and his family did not live in the UK during the vacation, so a panic was avoided.
After the fan incident, Modric's agent once again reiterated that his player does not want to return to London.
It also happened to be at this time that Real Madrid once again made an offer for Tottenham.
Fifteen million euros, plus Adebayor!
Whether Levi breaks his promise or not, it actually doesn't matter at all. What matters is that the player has shown his determination.
He must go to Real Madrid!
In this situation, Tottenham actually didn't have much to do.
If the trouble continues like this, Modric will directly stop training when the season starts, and Tottenham will not get any benefits.
Therefore, after several considerations, Tottenham finally chose to accept Real Madrid's offer.
According to Levy in an interview with the media, this is a price that is difficult to refuse.
Judging from the valuation, Modric's transfer fee is as high as 35 million euros.
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Here Modric is firing on Tottenham, and over there the European Cup continues to be a heated battle.
After entering the quarter-finals, the German team defeated Greece 4-2, but lost to Italy 1-2 in the semi-finals.
This made the whole of Germany extremely disappointed.
South Africa's outstanding performance in the World Cup has made everyone full of expectations for Germany.
Deutsche Chariot also showed great ambition before the European Cup, but when it came to the European Cup, the German team played very artistically. To use everyone's criticism, it was not German at all!
In a poll conducted by German newspaper Bild, the three players who performed most disappointingly at this European Cup were Bayern's three players Gomez, Thomas Muller and Toni Kroos.
These two players shined in the World Cup, but in this European Cup, Thomas Muller started three games in the group stage, but made no contribution, zero goals and zero assists.
In the knockout stage, he was directly reduced to a substitute.
Toni Kroos even sat on the bench for four consecutive games from the group stage to the knockout rounds. It was not until the semi-finals against Italy that he started as the No. 10 attacking midfielder and played the entire game.
The result was a very disappointing performance and he became the worst player in the game.
After the game, former head coach Klinsmann of the German team blamed the midfielders for their poor performance in the game, believing that the key factor in Germany's loss to Italy was the lack of midfield control.
Many people pointed the finger directly at Toni Kroos.
Beckenbauer also pointed out after the game that it was hard for him to believe that a team that had won fourteen consecutive games would perform so poorly in such an important game.
"This hurts us too much, it's too bad!"
"Some players completely disappeared from the game and we had to wait another two years to complete our goal of winning the championship."
Without naming names, Beckenbauer accused certain players of playing in the European Cup semi-finals as if they were clocking in for work.
"In the first four games, we played so well, but against Italy, we were completely disappointing, especially in the first half, we completely lost power in the midfield!"
But after venting his anger, Beckenbauer spoke highly of Khedira and Germany's No. 10.
Especially Khedira, he believes that the Real Madrid midfielder is the most dominant leader and the player Bayern needs most.
"He is a world-class player who led the team in the European Cup. At the same time, he is also a player who is willing to sacrifice himself for the collective."
Sammer, Bayern's new sports manager, also believes that Khedira is the kind of player who can awaken Bayern's strength.
Uh... everyone is looking for trouble. Are there any sensitive words in this chapter?
