The Godfather of Greenery

Chapter 480 Satellite Club

There were times when Ye Qiu would think about a problem from the perspective of a club manager, that is, why, among so many European giants, there are so few teams that can truly maintain stable performance and influence for a long time? ?
Just like Real Madrid, Florentino was brilliant in the early stage, but fell apart in the late stage of Galacticos, and Calderon's coming to power made Real Madrid's brand value drop to a pitiful point. Why?
Also, like Inter Milan, the situation of Inter Milan is known to the whole world, but why does Moratti seem to have no intention of introspection?Why is he always making mistakes again and again?Or, did he not feel that he was doing wrong at all?
Looking at it on the other hand, Manchester United has maintained a strong competitiveness for a long time in the past, whether it is in the Premier League or in Europe, and among them, although Ferguson has made many mistakes, but never On the whole, it has been relatively stable, and the overall strength and finances of the team have not been greatly affected.

There is another rather important example, Bayern Munich.

This team is one of the teams with the best commercial development capabilities among all the giants in Europe, even comparable to Manchester United.

Perhaps many people think that Bayern Munich has been in a downturn in the past few years, but it should also be noted that this is actually dragged down by the domestic league, especially after the bankruptcy of Kirsch Media Group, the number one sponsor of the Bundesliga at the beginning of the century. It not only affected the World Cup in Korea and Japan, but also completely broke a series of bubbles in the Bundesliga.

A few years before and after the turn of this century was the Bundesliga's glorious period. At that time, the Bundesliga even overshadowed La Liga. From Dortmund to Bayern Munich to Leverkusen, the madness of the Bundesliga is beyond doubt, and it is precisely in Kiel After the Greek Group went bankrupt, the broadcast of the Bundesliga was completely in trouble, which led to the financial difficulties of almost all Bundesliga teams.

Coupled with the shortage of German football talents, the two major pressures have forced the Bundesliga to transform, and Bayern Munich has done the best transformation among all Bundesliga teams. The level of players, or from the perspective of the financial health of the team, is top-notch in Europe.

If you carefully analyze these two teams, it is not difficult to find a common point, centralized distribution of power, and policy continuity.

In Manchester United, Ferguson is in charge of sports. This is the core policy of Manchester United. In the past, it was Eduardo, then Peter Kenyon, and then David Gill. No matter who became the CEO of Manchester United, Ferguson would not be shaken. position, they all regard competition as the team's top priority.

Even if the Glazer family wants to acquire Manchester United later, they have to convince Ferguson first and promise to ensure the success of the competitive interests. On the basis of ensuring the competitive interests, the team conducts business operations to the maximum extent, so Manchester United can be said to be in business and competitive. One of the best and most ideal teams to combine the two aspects.

The same is true for Bayern Munich. The troika headed by Beckenbauer are all football stars, but they have undergone professional training, because they understand football, and after training, they have the ability to develop commercially. The carriage has been in charge of Bayern Munich's main power for a long time, so some important policies of Bayern Munich have not changed over the years.

Everything has two sides, just like power. Many people say that the separation of powers is necessary. Chelsea also implemented the separation of powers at the beginning, but many times it has been proved that the powers are too scattered. It seems to check and balance each other, and it seems to be harmonious, but in fact Not necessarily advanced, no great man once said that democracy is the most inefficient thing in the world.

But too much concentration of power is not good, just like Florentino's Real Madrid, like Moratti's Inter Milan, are all caused by too much power concentration, it is easy to change because of some preferences of the person with power , Some shortcomings and problems have caused the team to go astray and cause problems in the team's operation.

That's why Ye Qiu felt that centralized distribution was the best, just like Manchester United and Bayern Munich, centralized in the hands of a few people, through negotiation and communication, to draw up the team's development direction, and then persist in it.

In Tottenham Hotspur, Ye Qiu also promotes the centralized distribution of power. As the head coach, he hardly interferes in the business field, and Peter Kenyon and Ron Gurley are also very clear. The most important core foundation of Tottenham Hotspur is still in competition, or the team's performance and combat effectiveness.

When both parties clearly divide their powers and reach consensus on some aspects, the overall operation of the team will become very harmonious, and everyone in this team will feel very comfortable, at least on the surface. .

And when Ye Qiu met the current Ajax chairman John Jacques at the Chinese restaurant Golden Slender Man at the Arena, a Chinese restaurant he hadn't been to for a long time, he realized once again that sometimes power Too much concentration is really not a good thing.

In Ye Qiu's impression, John Jacques has never been a person with great ambitions. Compared with Ye Qiu's good friend Van Prager, he lacks enough personal charm and majesty. He is tall, but a little Thin, not young, but looks fair and refined.

Seeing him, Ye Qiu thought of his old friend Van Prager. He is now doing well in the Dutch Football Association, holding the title of honorary chairman of Ajax, but not doing anything. This guy is free and easy now up.

Wasn't Ajax's glorious period in the 90s created by the strong Van Prager and the equally strong Van Gaal?And isn't this another example of Ye Qiu's so-called centralized distribution of power?

But Ye Qiu himself is also very clear that the economic scale of the Netherlands is not very good. There are many fans, but they are limited. It was after the arrival of the European debt crisis that the team management of the Eredivisie League became even more unbearable.

Ajax changed a chest advertisement this year, and the sponsorship fee has increased from 700 million to 1000 to 7000 million euros, but the money is placed in the Premier League, which is a medium level, but in the Netherlands, it is already very high , and Ajax's annual total income is only about 2000 million euros, still the first in the Netherlands, about [-] million euros higher than Eindhoven.

With the increase in player salaries in recent years, Ajax's situation has become more and more difficult. Ye Qiu's profits from winning the Triple Crown, as well as the players, have now been squandered. Because the current situation forces Ajax to rely on selling players to make a living, but this summer they wanted to sell Huntelaar, but they didn't get much response.

Over the years, the management of the team has become more and more difficult, and the scouting system that Ajax used to be proud of is becoming increasingly difficult to maintain. First of all, it is because of the high risk of youth training, which requires a lot of investment but the output is not proportional. That is, Ajax alone cannot maintain such a huge scouting system.

It’s like Sevilla, which has been in the limelight for the past few years. Don’t look at them now. They seem to be amazing. As long as their team’s performance declines and their income declines, the scouting system must be streamlined immediately. Like Ajax, embarked on a vicious cycle.

This is also the reason why Ye Qiu attaches so much importance to the football economic forum and the player database, because when even a team like Ajax does not have enough financial resources to maintain a huge scouting system, there must be other ways To help these teams tap talents, the Football Economic Forum and the player database play such a role.

Of course, there is another option before Ajax, which is to cooperate with Tottenham Hotspur in an all-round way.

Ye Qiu's Tottenham Hotspur has a lot of money and invests a lot of money in the scouting network every year. It is fully capable of integrating Ajax's scouting system. The two sides share resources, and Tottenham Hotspur is the cue ball. The team can arrange young and potential players to come to Ajax to receive training at any time, and has the right of first refusal for Ajax players.

Ajax is not desperate yet, they still have a choice, but they have already tasted the sweetness from the cooperation with Ye Qiu and Elisa in the past few years, not to mention Ye Qiu's four-year position in Ajax. For example, two players, Di Maria and Alexis Sanchez, who were given up in order to introduce Thiago Silva, are now worth a lot of money.

Before Ye Qiu recommended Suarez through Bobby Harms, Ajax brought in 80 euros, and now he is worth more than [-] million. The team doesn't know how much profit they get from it, and Ajax knows all about it See, the future prospects of working with Ye Qiu and Tottenham Hotspur.

Of course, both sides will not disclose this kind of cooperation to the outside world. They will only say that Tottenham Hotspur and Ajax will carry out comprehensive cooperation in youth training. As for the specific details, they will not be disclosed to the outside world.

"I believe that our cooperation will be very pleasant!"

In Jinshouzi, Ye Qiu settled John Jacques with a dinner just arrived in the Netherlands. Tottenham Hotspur's satellite club has become an important base for Tottenham Hotspur's future talent selection.

As a famous star who once brought great glory to Ajax, when John Jacques asked Ye Qiu about the candidate for the new head coach after Van Basten left the team, Ye Qiu recommended this summer from Hertha Fei left, former Ajax star Michel Laudrup, he believes that the Dane will be a very good head coach candidate for Ajax, and this is also in line with Ajax's consistent history of only inviting It is the tradition of the former star of the family to serve as the head coach.

After sending John Jacques away, Ye Qiu also let go of a major event in his heart. The two parties agreed to announce this cooperation at the press conference of the Amsterdam Cup opening match two days later. As for Michelle Laudroux Whether Pu can successfully manage Ajax, Ye Qiu doesn't know.

After seeing off John Jacques, Ye Qiu had dinner with Van Doud, Rick Link, Bobby Harms and a group of old friends at the Golden Slender Man. Not long after, Van Prager also came. After arriving together, they had a delicious meal. During the banquet, Van Prager, Bobby Harms and others also mentioned Huang Chu, saying that they missed Huang Chu's cooking skills very much.

"This cooperation is also good for Ajax!" Van Prager has long known about the cooperation between Ye Qiu and Ajax. Jax also has benefits.

If Ajax wants to continue to operate, the most important thing is to ensure the income of the team. On the one hand, the main source of income of the team is competitions and entering the Champions League. This requires results and players, and high-level players often Represents high salary, which is overwhelmed for the current Ajax, so it is necessary to promote young players with good quality and low price, so the scouting system is very important.

The other is high transfer income. In the same way, after Ajax has made a name for itself, cheap young players are sold at a high price, and the club earns a high price difference. This is the business model after Ajax's transformation. .

"At the beginning, I heard that you were going to buy a team, and I was so scared that I thought you were going to buy Ajax!" Van Prager laughed, "But now it proves that if you really buy Ajax, it is the same. There is no future.” For this, the former Ajax chairman can only express regret and regret, because he has seen the decline of the Eredivisie from Ajax.

The Eredivisie will not represent Dutch football because high-level players will go abroad to play, but it will be difficult for the Eredivisie to be competitive, especially compared to the top leagues such as the Premier League, La Liga, and Serie A.

Ye Qiu had never considered the Eredivisie at the beginning, and after hearing this, he just smiled, "Our current scouting network has already spread widely in South America and Africa. After the cooperation, we will integrate all scouting resources, and reach At that time we will first arrange a few players to come to Ajax to play."

Now if you want good quality and low price, you still have to find them from South America, Africa and Eastern Europe, so before Ye Qiu found several South American players through a brokerage company, and bought their ownership, one played for Cruze. Luo's Ramirez, his worth is around 100 million euros, and the other is the midfielder Sandro who plays for the Brazil international team, he is cheaper.

The other two are Hulk, who plays for Japan, and Romedal Falcao, who plays for River Plate in Argentina.

In Ye Qiu's view, if Ajax wants to ensure their business, they have to learn from the methods of black shops Porto and Lyon. , and guaranteed the team's performance, they are still living quite well, which is indeed not easy.

Every team is like different people, each with their own way of life, but they all have one purpose, which is to live a better life.

At present, in addition to Ajax, Tottenham Hotspur has basically settled Santos in Brazil. This team will cooperate with Tottenham Hotspur and become Tottenham Hotspur’s partner in Brazil. , and the agent company has also bought out the ownership of Lucas Jr. in the Sao Paulo team, which is also quite cheap, and sent the player to Santos to play.

These players can be selected by Ajax at that time, and the rest will either stay in Brazil or be sent to other European clubs. Now the brokerage company has established a very extensive network of contacts in Europe to help a player enter Europe For professional clubs, this is not difficult at all, it is a piece of cake.

In the future, Tottenham Hotspur will continue to further expand its partner network, not only to cooperate with them in youth training, but also to ensure that they can get high-quality and cheap high-level players anytime, anywhere This is what all the rich teams are doing.

Manchester United has more than a dozen satellite clubs, many of which include well-known teams such as Sporting Lisbon, Nantes, Sao Paulo, and Fluminense. , or send some players they like to train with them.

There are quite a few similar situations. Arsenal, AC Milan, Inter Milan, etc., almost all giants have satellite clubs, and these satellite clubs also have different functions. For example, some are for young players training, while others are Overseas market promotion, and so on.

But the world of football is very strange. Compared with Tottenham Hotspur and Ajax, or even the match with Inter Milan, the two teams have established a partnership, which seems worthless in the eyes of the media. It's worth it, because it doesn't have the meaning of publicity and hype at all, and it's not as good as Ye Qiu's fight against Mourinho.

In the opening game of the Amsterdam Cup, Tottenham Hotspur defeated the host Ajax 3:1.

As Bobby Harms said before, the current Ajax team is indeed not very competitive. After successive sales, the quality of the players has not been effectively supplemented, which has affected the overall combat effectiveness of Ajax. Influence.

Inter Milan tied Sevilla 0:0. Mourinho's team did not show an impressive level in this warm-up match, and Inter Milan's downturn continued. In the second round of the next day, they lost to Tottenham Hotspur 0:2 in the game.

Ye Qiu's team performed well in the pre-season warm-up match. Even after many players including Messi left the team, they still defeated Inter Milan and Ajax in the Amsterdam Cup. The overall strength of the team has also been affirmed by the outside world.

This summer, the team played a total of seven warm-up matches and won all of them. This also made the outside world satisfied with Tottenham Hotspur's performance, thinking that this is the performance that the Champions League defending champion should have.

In the Amsterdam Cup, Yaya Toure was withdrawn to the central defender position and performed quite well. The cooperation with Thiago Silva is also very tacit, coupled with his ability to hold the ball, it is indeed impressive. Satisfied, many media and reporters even believed that Ye Qiu should transform him into a central defender.

Ye Qiu believed that Yaya Toure was even more saddened than he was when he heard the news, because if the Ivorian was really allowed to play as a central defender, he might become a player who loves attacking and going forward even more than Lucio. The central defender, what will happen to the defense at that time?Is it possible that someone will wipe his ass for him?

Thinking of this, Ye Qiu thought, forget it!
After the team returned to London from Amsterdam, they returned to Theobald for a rest and devoted themselves to the upcoming Community Shield, and the opponent happened to be the Champions League final opponent Manchester United.

However, the recent situation of the Red Devils does not seem to be very optimistic!
(End of this chapter)