Chapter 826 Group Operation

"Master Huan!"

"Hello, Master Huan!

When Yang Huan knocked on the door, he opened the door and walked into the meeting room. Everyone who was in the meeting stood up immediately.

Yang Huan raised his right hand with a smile, "Everyone sit down, you don't need to stand up, I'm just here to listen, you continue the meeting, ignore me!"

Although that's what I said, how could everyone turn a blind eye to a man as old as Young Master Huan?

Sun Yue presided over this meeting, and this guy is notoriously a sycophant, so when he saw Master Huan coming in, he immediately changed the agenda of the meeting temporarily, and proposed: "Since Master Huan is here, I suggest, Let Master Huan say a few words to us!"

After finishing speaking, this fellow applauded vigorously shamelessly to create momentum.

The others seemed to be eager to do so, and they all applauded.

Yang Huan had no choice but to signal to everyone not to applaud, but he couldn't help it, so he could only nod his head and said, "Okay, let me say a few words!"

At this moment, everyone laughed and stopped applauding, and sat down again.

There were even a few who simply took out their notebooks and prepared to record them. They looked so serious that they looked like good students.

Originally, this meeting was proposed by Yang Huan.

His idea is very simple, taking advantage of the fact that the core management of several teams under his command are all in China, let everyone get together and talk about how to develop together in the future instead of fighting each other.

"I believe everyone has received the news before that Mansour of Abu Dhabi has established the City Football Group, and now the Manchester City we are familiar with will be a subsidiary of the City Football Group."

"But at the same time, they are also actively establishing and acquiring professional teams in New York and Melbourne, because in the past few years, the enthusiasm for football in the United States and Australia has been high. I believe everyone has seen the popularity of this year's International Champions Cup in Australia. After that, everyone should be able to understand!"

Where did the people present not understand?

Few of them could have imagined that Australia's football enthusiasm would be so high.

This year, we played a total of two games in Australia. The venues were full and there were no seats left. Not only were the fans strong, but the sponsors and the city government were also very strong.

These are enough to prove that the football market in Australia is quite amazing.

"Not only professional teams, but also the youth academy. They established the Right to Dream youth academy in Ghana, and are actively cooperating with other teams including Sporting Lisbon and Espanyol."

"We can fully imagine that Manchester City is aggressively expanding their football territory!"

The cooperation between the Premier League and the Portuguese Super League has a long history.

Sporting Lisbon first cooperated with Manchester United, which happened to be the transfer of Cristiano Ronaldo, but around 2010, Sporting Lisbon turned to cooperate with Manchester City.

The cooperation projects between the two sides range from player transfer transactions within the team to scout intelligence sharing and young player training.

In addition to Sporting Lisbon, there are some other teams such as Espanyol in La Liga and Aarhus in Denmark.

Not only that, in addition to forming New York City, Manchester City has successfully acquired shares in the Heart of Melbourne, Australia, established the Melbourne City team, and also injected capital into Japan's Yokohama Mariners.

Yang Huan has learned from Mubarak that they are indeed very interested in entering Chinese football, so they do not rule out buying a Chinese Super League team in the future to enter Chinese football in an all-round way.

Obviously, with the influx of capital, there will be subversive changes in the way professional football is played.

"In the past few years, professional football has undergone earth-shaking changes without knowing it. Many people think that only the Premier League, which is the most commercially developed, is favored by capital, but in reality?"

"In the past few years, from Ligue 1 to Serie A to La Liga, and even the Bundesliga, there have been many cases of foreign capital acquiring teams, and the number has risen sharply. What I can guarantee is that in the next few years, capital will pour in at an even more alarming momentum. Enter European football!"

Many people don't know that there is a saying in European football.

The more depressed the economy is, the more prosperous football will be!

This may sound strange and completely illogical when you first hear it, but when you think about it carefully, it makes sense.

Just like the United Kingdom, before the influx of foreign capital, the area around London with the best economy had the most professional teams, but the worst results. Apart from Arsenal, who could barely compete for the league championship, who else?

The Premier League teams in the entire southern part of the UK were completely overwhelmed by the northern teams.

But what cities are there in the north?

Manchester and Liverpool, where Manchester United and Liverpool are located, are already declining cities. Can the economy compare with London?

In fact, the most prosperous years of Liverpool were precisely when the city's economy was most depressed.

Today, the whole world is in deep depression and economic crisis, but professional football is becoming more and more popular. Why?

On the one hand, it is because of the scarcity of football clubs, which can preserve their value to the greatest extent.

On the other hand, as an industry, professional football is one of the few industries in the depressed economy, and it is still developing and expanding at a high speed. As long as it is managed properly, the value of the club will also develop at a high speed.

This can be seen from the rapid growth of the overall market value of Premier League teams in the past few years.

Let me ask, in the middle of the economic crisis, how could capital let go of such an industry?

"In the past few years, capital has poured into European football, and the transfer fees of players have also risen accordingly. Especially in the past few years, the transfer fees of players have soared like a rocket. It is shocking. "

"This is the result of the influx of capital and the abundance of funds in the transfer market, but the shortage of talent resources!"

Everyone had just analyzed this situation with Sun Yue, and they all believed that it was indeed caused by the influx of capital.

The most obvious thing is that the competition for top stars in the transfer market has become more fierce.

"But I don't think that's a reasonable, long-term, sustainable way of doing business, it's not healthy at all!"

"Because this kind of excessive reliance on capital is tantamount to drinking doves to quench thirst, just like Chelsea. Once Abramovich locks up money, Chelsea's past achievements and glory will immediately be shaken, or even collapsed."

"Even like Real Madrid, they have to maintain the team's financial revenue growth with trepidation. Once their financial revenue encounters problems, their superstar policy will be difficult to maintain, and there may even be problems with the operation of the team! "

"When it comes to the speed of burning money, running a professional team is no slower than any other industry!"

"So, in the past few years, the importance of youth training has become particularly important, and youth training is divided into two parts, player discovery and training, the former relies on the scouting system, and the latter relies on the youth training coaching team and a suitable training environment .”

"In this case, the advantages of group operation are reflected!"

"There is no football team in the world that can spread its scouting network all over the world, because maintaining the operation of such a scouting network is already astronomical."

"But one team won't work, what about five? How about ten?"

"Also, in a stable football club, it is difficult for youth players to enter the first team, because the first team will not allow youth players to make mistakes, but which young player does not make mistakes?"

"However, no matter how talented and outstanding young players are, they need more game training to improve their strength, so the usual method is very simple, loan, or like Real Madrid, sell, sign and repurchase terms, or the shared model that prevailed in Italy but has now decided to abolish it.”

"But there are problems with these, because the tactical characteristics of the team, the adaptability of the players, the quality of training and the opportunity to play have to be taken into account, and there is no way to guarantee these, so there are many, many talented players every year. Annihilated in this lease."

"However, the operation of the group can ensure the circulation of players within the group, ensure that everything about the players is under control, and maximize the use of resources."

All the people present are the core executives of various clubs, and they have already understood some of Yang Huan's thoughts.

So, after hearing what he said at this time, I felt that it made sense, and I became more aware of what I wanted to do and how I wanted to do it.

"I think we have the qualifications for group operation now, and there is only one problem before us, that is, how to optimize the allocation of resources within the group and ensure the operation of the group. This is what I hope everyone can do. Take this opportunity to discuss and study carefully.”

There is no precedent for a group to command multiple professional teams in the past.

Therefore, Yang Huan can only cross the river by feeling the stones and taking every step.

The previous goal is very clear, and it is also visible and tangible. The key question is how to achieve it.

"I personally have a few immature opinions, and I will put them here first, and everyone can discuss them."

When everyone listened, they listened attentively.

"First of all, it is of course supporting services. In my opinion, the scouting system, data analysis center, R&D center and medical center of each club have been integrated, and the departments established within the group can provide complete and comprehensive supporting services for each club. Serve."

"Second, I think a strategic department should be established, not only at the commercial and capital levels, but also at the tactical level. We must always understand and grasp the latest professional league trends and the most advanced tactical concepts, and analyze and apply them .”

"Thirdly, I think that an efficient personnel turnover mechanism that can take care of the interests of all parties is also very important, because once the group operation is implemented, the internal personnel turnover will inevitably increase significantly. At that time, How to ensure the interests of all parties and ensure the maximum utilization of human resources is very critical.”

"The last is the management system. The advantages of group management are obvious, but there will definitely be disadvantages. How to establish an efficient management mechanism, coordinate planning, coordinate all parties, and optimize resource allocation is also a very important part. ring."

Having said that, Yang Huan smiled.

"Everyone here is the core executives of various clubs. They all have many years of management experience in professional clubs and even wealthy teams. I believe that everyone will be more familiar and understanding than me in these aspects."

"So, as I said just now, today, I'm sitting here, just listening in. I hope that everyone present can speak freely. No matter what kind of thoughts you have in your heart, you can raise them for discussion and negotiation."

"Because I believe that when we integrate all resources and operate efficiently, then we will become the most competitive team in European professional football. Each of our teams has the opportunity to become Southampton, standing on the Top of Europe!"

Although judging from the background and scale of professional leagues, the teams with the best chance of winning the European Championship must be the teams from the five major leagues.

But after going through group operations, teams in low-level leagues also have this possibility.

Why did Ajax, Porto and other teams win the Champions League?

Isn't it because they have accumulated a group of young but very good players?

In the past, once these small teams were cultivated, they were easily poached. It was difficult to gather such a group of outstanding stars at the same time as Ajax and Porto did.

But after group operation, this possibility exists.

And it's not small!

Let me ask, if all the teams under Yang Huan's command, young rookies in their twenties, needless to say all, only need to take out a part to form a team, plus a capable head coach, who will Dare to say, this team will not be competitive in the Champions League?

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