"Director Wang, I haven't seen you for a while. Wanda Group is becoming more and more famous. I can hear the name of Wanda Group in Europe."
Riester came to China and first watched Guangzhou Evergrande's game. He also talked about Guangzhou Evergrande's future issues with Senna and Giovanni Theo. Should Guangzhou Evergrande continue to keep them next year, or should they?
Make changes.
Guangzhou Evergrande is very satisfied with Senna and Giovanni Theo. Although Senna is old, Guangzhou Evergrande is willing to renew his contract for one year so that Senna can continue to compete in the Chinese Super League.
Not to mention Giovanni Theo. Guangzhou Evergrande is very willing to increase his salary because Guangzhou Evergrande is very satisfied with his strength. He plays one ball per game and is very efficient. Guangzhou fans all recognize him.
strength.
Then they also talked about Evergrande’s next signing. No matter what position it is, Riester has enough players to satisfy Evergrande. Therefore, the two parties talked a lot, and also talked a lot about Samuel. Heng
They are willing to introduce some world-class central defenders. If Samuel can really come to China, they will welcome him. In order to let Samuel come to China, they are willing to pay a higher salary.
Riester is very attentive to Evergrande. Because once Evergrande wins the Chinese Super League next year, the entire Chinese football world will pay attention to Evergrande. Once it pays attention to Evergrande, it will pay attention to Riester. In the Chinese Super League, it has the ability to introduce foreign players at large prices.
Clubs such as Beijing Guoan, Shandong Luneng, and in the future Guangzhou R&F are all clubs that can introduce big-name foreign players. Therefore, if List becomes an instant success, it will be much easier to manage in Chinese football in the future.
After staying in Guangzhou for a while, Lister received an invitation from Wanda Chairman Wang Jianlin and came to Dalian. Lister was very familiar with this place.
"Not as good as you. I heard that you are now a powerful player in European football."
"No, no. Just before I came to China, I went over to give people a smile."
Lister was quite surprised when he received the invitation from Wang Jianlin. Since Wanda Group left Dalian Football, it has not had anything to do with football for many years. It also has no contact with Lister.
Moreover, Wanda Group has developed rapidly in recent years, and Wang Jianlin's assets have expanded even more. Now Wang Jianlin is a top rich man with tens of billions of dollars in assets. He is among the top ten Chinese richest people and even ranked in the Forbes rich list.
The characters in it.
Of course, compared to when List first met Wang Jianlin more than ten years ago, List's own strength has also expanded dramatically. When he first met Wang Jianlin that year, although List was not weak in strength, he could compare with List in European football.
There are still many powerful agents. But after more than ten years of development, Rist has become the veritable number one agent in world football. If Rist’s current net worth is calculated, it would be more than three hundred dollars in U.S. dollars.
Billion dollars.
List not only cooperated with many retired stars to open various restaurants and supermarkets, but also invested in many other industries. Including "Today", the largest circulation newspaper in the Czech Republic, List spent more than 200 million to buy it.
He bought 64% of his shares and became the largest shareholder of "Today". In addition to the largest youth training camp in the Czech Republic, the Chilean giants Colo-Colo Club, the Czech Republic's Badalist Prague
It has its own shares. The Mechelen club in Belgium is solely controlled by Riester.
There are also many fixed properties. Lister owns properties in places such as Paris, London, Milan, Madrid, and Barcelona, and many of them are quite luxurious mansions. For example, the mansion owned by Lister in London has a current market price of 1,770
More than one million euros. In addition to these, many other funds are currently scattered in the stock market.
Of course, for List, the biggest assets are List's sports agency and List's cultural and sports promotion company, which is the company that manages the players' image rights. These two companies are the largest core companies in List's business.
There is no listing. Many people believe that if these two companies are listed, List's assets will expand dramatically.
"Rister, you should be familiar with Chinese football."
"certainly."
List used to be an agent in Chinese football and has a deep understanding of Chinese football. Although he is a Czech in this life, List cannot really forget everything about Chinese football. Recently, in order to cooperate with Chinese football,
List's investigation into Chinese football has never ended.
"We at Wanda Group are ready to support the renaissance of Chinese football. Which aspect do you think is the most important?"
"Youth training."
There is no need to think about this at all, Riester just blurted it out. Just look at the development of world football and you can see it. The best performers in European football now are the ones with the best youth training. Spain and Germany do not rely on their strong youth training.
training ability.
Youth training, youth training is everything. There is no need to consider it at all. The foundation of a country's football lies in youth training. Otherwise, look at the powerful Premier League, which has plenty of money to introduce batches of stars. But in the end, their youth training is not good.
, but the performance of the national team is very poor. Only a strong youth training can ensure the prosperity of a country's football.
"Wang Dong, let's put it this way. In football powers, the football model is triangular. They rely on the support of a large football population, and then select the best players from such a large football population. Like those powerful countries in Europe, even if the population is relatively
The Netherlands, a small country, has a football population of 4 million, accounting for a quarter of the total population. We in the Czech Republic have a population of only 10 million, but the football population is also more than one million. What about Chinese football? How many football people are there? Don't say
One million, can there be one hundred thousand?”
Wang Jianlin nodded, but then shook his head. He smiled and said: "Lister, you understand China better than others think. You should understand that in China, whether it is society, parents or other aspects, there is not as much emphasis on football as in Europe.
Atmosphere. There are many fans, but if they are asked to choose, they will not choose football as a lifelong career. Therefore, the Chinese football population needs a period of cultivation and some changes in concepts. China’s educational environment remains unchanged, and everyone’s concepts remain unchanged.
Then it is impossible for the football population to increase. I don’t have that much time. I hope to improve the strength of Chinese football in a short time.”
"Director Wang, this is impossible. This is not something that can be accomplished overnight."
Lister is funny. Wang Jianlin should not be this kind of person. Every industry has its own rules. Wang Jianlin has also been in football. How could he not understand that he also has his own rules? How can everything be done in a short time?
Even though German football started to carry out their youth training in 2000, it was not reflected until the just-concluded World Cup. A large number of outstanding players from German youth training began to appear in European football. With Germany's foundation, playing youth
The training also took ten years. With China’s current foundation, it is already a very good result to become a strong team in Asia in ten years. Look at the youth training in the Czech Republic. It has been almost ten years. But
Only now are some effects slowly appearing. How can football be achieved overnight?
"Rister, you should have heard of the national system."
"I know."
List nodded. Professional leagues in other countries are getting better and better, but the professional leagues in China are not as good as the national system. When Hao Haidong and the last batch of players in the national system retired, Chinese football completely declined.
"I'm just going to imitate him. I want to select some outstanding football talents across the country and then train them. Just like Jianlibao back then. Building a complete youth training system requires too many things and a lot of effort.
It will take a long time. But taking this route, I believe it should be the easiest way."
Lister was silent. Because Lister already understood what Wang Jianlin meant. Wang Jianlin wanted to imitate Jianlibao back then and select some outstanding young players and then let them go to Europe or South America for training. Use this method.
Cultivate players, improve the top level of Chinese football in a short period of time, and also enhance the strength of the national team.
As a shortcut, this is not a bad idea. But for Chinese football, this is just a temporary solution rather than a permanent solution. The group of Jianlibao players back then cannot be considered a complete failure. It is just a lack of experience and the fact that they have caught up.
Chinese football was at its worst, so they failed to become famous. But their group still accounted for half of the Chinese national team.
"Liester, I heard that you have an outstanding youth training camp in the Czech Republic that is ranked among the best in European football."
"yes."
List nodded. Although there are not many players who have shocked European football in the List youth training camp, it does not mean that this youth training camp is not excellent, because it has begun to produce some top talents.
The first batch of people to come to Riester's youth training camp were basically the 1987 generation. However, the 1987 generation was not that outstanding. The most famous player in European football is Kaluda. Kaluda is an attacking midfielder.
, when he first debuted, he attracted the attention of many wealthy families. Unfortunately, his physical condition was not very good. He was seriously injured when he was nineteen years old, and he has not recovered the aura he had when he debuted. His development is not as good as that of his peers.
Feining is outstanding.
But after the 1987 generation passed, and by the 1989 generation, many talented players slowly appeared. The most typical ones are Nesid and Kozak, both of whom have already established themselves in the Premier League. Nesid is Southampton's
As the starting center, he scored nine Premier League goals and 11 assists at Southampton last season. He is very highly regarded by Rogers. He is known as the "Czech Ibrahimovic" in British football.
Of course, Neshid does not have as good skills as Ibrahimovic, but his coordination and passing are definitely better than Ibrahimovic. In the Premier League passing threat rankings, Neshid is ranked twelfth in the Premier League as a center. You can see
Show his characteristics.
The same is true for Kozak at Aston Villa. As a powerful center, Kozak's header ability is very powerful. Under the impact of players such as Downing, Ashley Young, and Agbonlahor from the wing,
, Kozak's goal rate in Aston Villa is rising steadily. He is not afraid of confrontation at all when fighting with central defenders in the Premier League. And as a Czech player, Kozak's foot skills are also good enough.
, much better than Jan Koller back then. Kozak had no problems at all when Villa attacked on the ground.
There are also current forwards of Sparta Prague, Wilfried Boni in 1988, and Dalida in 1990. They have also attracted the attention of other European football clubs. Of course, they are by far the most talented people cultivated by the Leicester Youth Academy.
The player who was born in 1993 is undoubtedly the central defender Thomas Karas. At the age of seventeen, his worth has reached 5 million pounds. He has also entered the Czech national team. Although he has not yet become the absolute main force, he is still a regular player.
A matter of two years.
Riester worked hard and invested more than 300 million euros himself. The sponsor Puma invested 80 million euros, the Football Association also invested 40 million euros, and some other sponsors invested 30 million euros. A total of more than 500 million euros were spent.
The youth training camp has begun to show results. Currently, 23% of the players in the Czech League are from the Liszt Youth Training Camp. Moreover, the players are also scattered in other leagues such as the Eredivisie and the Ukrainian Super League.
"Giovanni Theo, who is currently playing in Guangzhou Evergrande, came from my youth training camp."
"Rister, how about our cooperation?" (To be continued...)
