Seven Hundred and Ten Burning Money, We Are the Most Professional!

From the moment Gao Shen decided to acquire Leeds United, he had no intention of hiding it from Mubarak and his assistants.

It's a kind of trust.

At the right time, Gao Shen disclosed the matter to Mubarak.

The chairman of Manchester City was surprised by this at first, and after a very in-depth exchange with Gao Shen, he asked Mansour in the Middle East for instructions. Mansour's attitude towards this was trust and support.

In fact, there is really no need for Manchester City to react violently to this, because this is Gao Shen's personal matter, and it is not a bad thing for Manchester City. It is a good thing for Manchester City to vigorously train youth players.

Because the teams are in different positions, there will be no conflict of interests.

Of course, Gao Shen didn't tell everything, and he didn't reveal his desire to hit the Premier League.

However, the more troublesome thing is that if one day in the future, Leeds United is promoted to the Premier League, it may conflict with the identity of Manchester City's head coach.

Many people may not know that the so-called Premier League is actually a butler-style organization.

What do you mean?

That is, the chief executive and all employees of the Premier League are hired by the Premier League.

The ownership of the league belongs to the twenty teams participating in the Premier League.

Therefore, before each season, the Premier League will hold a round table meeting, allowing the owners or managers of 20 Premier League teams to sit down and discuss the Premier League trends for the coming season.

If Leeds United, which was acquired by Gao Shen, is promoted to the Premier League in the future, it will definitely cause protests at this round table meeting.

You don't need to think about it, the consequences of the protest will definitely be an alternative.

This is why Gao Shen had to communicate with Manchester City in advance, and he did not want the two parties to have a misunderstanding.

Gao Shen even stated to Mansour that even if they decided to change coaches this year, he would accept it and would not ask for any compensation.

However, Mansour promised to continue to fulfill the contract with Gao Shen, and even if there is any need after Gao Shen acquires the club, Manchester City will do its best to help.

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In addition to clarifying the relationship with Manchester City,

Gao Shen also communicated this matter with several members of his core coaching staff.

Fernando Lucas was handpicked by Gao Shen, the most suitable candidate for the future CEO.

During the previous negotiations in London, Lucas' preparation and ability were also recognized by Su Qing.

If the acquisition is completed, he will hand over all his duties at Manchester City to Brian Kidd, including the analysis team he established to ensure that Manchester City can continue to operate stably.

In addition to Fernando Lucas, Gao Shen also communicated with Sarri.

The Italian has been following Gao Shen for three years, and has learned a lot from Gao Shen's side. Gao Shen believes that he should go out and take charge of his own affairs. He did not kidnap or force Sarri, but let him think clearly.

If Sarri wants to return to Italy to coach, then Gao Shen will help him, at least get him a chance to coach Serie B or even Serie A; but if he wants to stay, then once Gao Shen is done For the acquisition of Leeds United, he will be the head coach of Leeds United, and Gao Shen will work hard to build a lineup suitable for him.

Sarri highly admires Gao Shen's ability. Gao Shen said that he will build a lineup for him. He has no doubts about Gao Shen's ability.

So, after careful consideration, he chose the latter.

The chairman has it, the CEO has it, the head coach has it, but there is another very important role.

technical director.

As the head coach, Gao Shen really dislikes the constraints of the technical director, but as the boss, he has to admit that the existence of the technical director is really necessary for a team.

The head coach will change frequently, but the technical director requires stability and must conform to the development direction of the team.

For Leeds United, the most important thing is youth training.

The first thing Gao Shen thought of was Carlo. When he was in Spain, he coached in the lower leagues, the second team of Mallorca and the second team of Real Madrid for many years. He has trained many players and his ability is quite outstanding.

More importantly, Carlo is cautious in nature and handles affairs steadily, which is very reassuring.

If Carlo is allowed to be the technical director, Gao Shen believes that he is fully competent, but he will lack a very important right-hand man by his side, and no one can fill in the gaps for him.

Buenaventura can still be responsible for the training, but Carlo's role is still difficult to replace.

After several considerations, Gao Shen chose another person.

Rudolf Borel.

If it is said that Carlo has a wealth of experience in youth training, then Rudolf Borrell's experience is no less.

At only 40 years old, he has been coaching the Barcelona youth team since he was 25 years old. He has climbed step by step from the lowest level youth team to the most important U18 youth team. His personal ability is evident.

Following Gao Shen for many years, he has always been Gao Shen's most important technical coach. He even served as a technical consultant for the youth training camp in Manchester City, and he has a good understanding of England's youth training.

More importantly, anyone who is familiar with Borrell knows that in addition to his outstanding technical training ability, he advocates offensive football and technical genres, and his tactical attainments are also quite good. He is even better at finding young players.

Even, to some extent, Borrell is more suitable than Carlo.

Therefore, Gao Shen made a decision after careful consideration, especially after communicating with Carlo and Borel.

Once the acquisition is completed, Borrell will serve as the technical director of Leeds United, responsible for the team's competitive affairs, especially the reorganization of the youth academy, which will be the key to the success or failure of Gao Shen's acquisition of Leeds United.

Su Qing, Lucas, Borrell and Sarri, this is Gao Shen's leadership team and head coach prepared for Leeds United.

Moreover, all of them came from his coaching staff.

It is worth noting that in the highly designed new management framework, Borrell is the technical director, not the football director.

The biggest difference between the two lies in the power of transfer signings.

In a transfer, the technical director is like a consultant, while the football director has the decision-making power.

At the same time, the technical director is more focused on the development of youth training, while the football director is in charge of all competitive affairs.

Gao Shen believes that Borrell is more competent as a technical director than a football director.

At least in terms of transfer transactions and negotiations, it is not his strong point.

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After Su Qing returned to Cheshire from London, Gao Shen called Lucas and Borel together.

This is the first meeting of the future leadership team of Leeds United, and it is also the most trusted confidant of Gao Shen.

As for Sarri, he is a head coach and is not yet eligible for such a meeting.

Su Qing first introduced the process of meeting Ken Bates in London, focusing on the 20 million pounds.

"Have you visited Leeds United again?"

"I've gone to see it. Among the 20 million pounds, the Elland Road Stadium and the surrounding land are the most valuable. The Thorpe Arch training ground is in a suburb that can be said to be a suburb, 20 to 30 kilometers north of Leeds. On the outskirts of a small town called Wetherby, on the outskirts of a small village called Walton."

Sounds like a mouthful, right?

In fact, it is really the outskirts of the small village.

Of course, in the UK, the countryside is not necessarily bad. In fact, the law and order in many villages is better than that in urban areas.

A country like Walton might not even have a population of a thousand.

"There are six standard fields, two of which are abandoned, and an iron training building that doesn't even have a geothermal system. In winter, it may be difficult to train." Borel frowned and shook his head.

That hardware facility is really too bad.

In this place in the UK, at least there must be a geothermal system, otherwise, what should I do if it snows?

The field is frozen, so how can we train?

Not long ago, there was a piece of news in Real Madrid. In the snowy weather, the staff of Valdebebas forgot to turn on the geothermal, which caused the first team training ground to be frozen. Mourinho was furious and fired him directly. .

The indoor training ground is high-end, so don’t expect it for the time being, but the geothermal system is standard.

But Leeds did not.

"According to the information I got, Leeds United's original training base was Fullerton Park, just west of Elland Road, but it is completely deserted now, with an area about the size of four standard pitches, and it is now a piece of flat land. The match day is a temporary parking lot." Lucas was also quite helpless.

"If we renovate the training base, how much will we need to invest?" Su Qing asked with concern.

Lucas and Borrell looked at each other, and the former replied: "It's hard to say for the time being, first of all, the drainage and water supply systems must be improved, because we found that the conditions of the field are really bad, and the first team is dedicated to it." The length of the training ground is seriously irregular, not even a standard venue, and there is no geothermal system, which also needs to be remodeled."

"Also, the fence around the stadium also needs to be maintained. I went around and found that many places can be directly accessed. This is outrageous. Although there are no people around, it is still necessary just in case."

"If you want to go by our standards, a new training building, compound track, outdoor court analysis cameras and systems, heated swimming pool and gym, etc., and this is not counting other things such as freezers and spa pools."

When Su Qing heard this, her eyebrows frowned again, and she turned her head to look at Gao Shen.

Gao Shen noticed it, and smiled helplessly: "You know, when it comes to burning money, we are the most professional!"

Su Qing and the others were immediately amused.

There is nothing wrong with Gao Shen's words. His coaching staff is indeed the most professional and top-notch in terms of software and hardware. Naturally, the requirements are also the highest, including a series of high-tech auxiliary equipment.

Adding equipment and transforming the site are just hardware investments, followed by staffing.

For example, analyzing cameras and systems in outdoor stadiums requires at least two professional analysts.

Therefore, this is not just a one-time investment in hardware, but also a long-term operating cost behind it.

Do you think these are useful?

The answer is, very useful, and it works very well.

But to get these, you need investment, you need money.

Poor and white, with a family of utter desolation, we are talking about the current Leeds United.

To put it bluntly, this is a blank sheet of paper, and Gao Shen can freely paint according to his own wishes.

The premise is to have money.