Football giants

Chapter 537 Don't treat Chelsea as a rich man

"Master Huan!"

"Hi, Master Huan!"

When Yang Huan pushed open the door of the conference room and walked in with big strides, everyone in the conference room immediately stood up.

All the people meeting here today are the core executives of Southampton.

Including Stapletwood's head coach Bielsa, chief assistant coach Luis Borrini, Ramon Madoni from the scouting department, youth training consultant Jorge Griffa, youth training department leader Les Reid, etc.

St. Mary's Stadium administrative office, including executive chairman Nicola Cortez, chief executive Peter Kenyon, chief operating officer Ron Gurley, and other core departments of the office.

It also includes the core executives of the medical department and the analysis department, such as Marcus du Satoy and Howard Hamilton, who are now vital members of Southampton.

From the perspective of staffing alone, Southampton will not lose to any giant team in continental Europe.

When Yang Huan walked into the meeting room, with a bright smile on his face, he waved to everyone who stood up, "Sit down, sit down!"

On the other hand, he walked to the first vacant seat and sat down directly.

After a glance, Master Huan smiled and saw that everyone present had sat down.

"Okay, let's start the meeting!"

At Yang Huan's order, as the host of the meeting, Nicola Cortes took the lead in speaking on the meeting agenda.

Immediately afterwards, Peter Kenyon introduced the operation of the club in the past month, and Louis Borini of the coaching staff also introduced the team's game situation.

Originally, Bielsa was in charge of the competition, but everyone knows that Argentine lunatics don't like to talk very much. Even the locker room lectures are usually in charge of Luis Borini, so usually the reporting work is also handed over to Borini.

Overall, Southampton's situation is going well, quite well.

Whether it is in team management or game results, Southampton is very satisfactory, even if it has caused a lot of controversy recently.

After Yang Huan listened to the reports from various parties, he immediately raised his own questions.

"The team's performance has declined recently, Marcus, what do you think?"

Marcus du Sartoy was also well prepared, "Master Huan, since December last year, we have been actively cooperating with the coaching staff to adjust the training of the players. The purpose is to hope that the team can compete in the second half with a better and better state. For this reason, we have also fully learned from the practices of Manchester United, Arsenal, Chelsea and other teams in the past ten years."

Yang Huan nodded, "Does that work?"

"Well, of course!" Professor Satoi nodded confidently.

"Specifically, individual players need to be analyzed in detail, but the overall situation of the team is in our plan."

"Okay, very good!" Yang Huan nodded in praise.

One sentence is equivalent to affirming the achievements of Professor Satoy and his team.

There are many aspects involved in this, and you must have very professional knowledge to be able to figure it out.

Yang Huan asked himself that he didn't have this level, so he didn't want to learn more about it. He just wanted to know if the team could handle it.

Since Bielsa has no problem as the head coach, and Professor Satoi is so confident, then there must be no problem.

"Marcelo!" Yang Huan looked at Bielsa, "Varane's situation is not very good recently, what do you think?"

After being named, Bielsa nodded and said: "Yes, from the own goal that caused the team to be eliminated from the League Cup, to the two goals conceded against Manchester United, Varane's situation is indeed quite bad, but I believe he can overcome it."

Varane is recognized within the team as the core player of the future Saints central defender.

Nearly perfect physical fitness, pretty good foot skills, excellent overall situation, calm and mature personality, all of these have created Varane's undisputed great prospects.

Even, if it weren't for the own goal incident and the frequent mistakes against Manchester United, Varane would have been crowned the title of world-class central defender by many fans and the media.

However, the recent repeated mistakes reminded everyone that he is only 19 years old!

"What can the team do?" Yang Huan asked again.

Bielsa thought for a while, then shook his head and said, "This is a psychological problem that he needs to overcome by himself. I will talk to him more and arrange for him to rest for a few games. I believe he can come out."

"What about contract renewal?" Yang Huan asked with a smile.

"Contract extension?" Bielsa was a little surprised.

"Yes, I think that Varane has performed well this season and is very stable. He should start to renew his contract. This is the reward he deserves, and renewing his contract at this time can be regarded as our affirmation and encouragement to him!"

After hearing what Young Master Huan said, everyone present couldn't stop nodding.

This boss is good and reliable!

For the owners of other teams, it is the players who make trouble through their agents in order to fight for a contract extension.

But our boss is not, but seeing your outstanding performance, he took the initiative to ask you to renew the contract, how rare is it?

"That's it, Ron, go back and find someone to negotiate with his agent, and negotiate a contract extension before the end of the season!"

After Yang Huan paused, he added, "Remember, he will be the core of our defense for the next ten years!"

This sentence is tantamount to establishing Varane's core position in the Southampton team.

How many players are there who can be valued so much by Young Master Huan?
Neuer, Toni Kroos, Ibrahimovic, who else?

It seems, gone!
"Master Huan, since Varane is going to renew his contract, how do we solve Gary Cahill's problem?" Ron Gourley also raised his own question.

So far this season, Gary Cahill has obviously fallen behind Varane and even Nastasic in the order of central defenders, which makes Gary Cahill very dissatisfied.

The main central defender of the British Empire can only sit on the bench in Southampton?
And, is it a bench within a bench?
So, during the winter break, Gary Cahill's agent began to contact buyers.

Needless to say, this connection came out immediately.

Chelsea!
The Sun reported that Abramovich decided to invite Mourinho, who had just been dismissed from the Real Madrid coach not long ago, to return to Stamford Bridge next season, and the Portuguese asked to introduce a central defender. It is said that the first choice is Gary Cahill.

"Does Abramovich really want it?" Yang Huan asked with a smile.

Ron Gurley nodded, "Yes, Granovskia called me personally and asked about Gary Cahill's transfer fee. It can be heard that they really want it, and it is said that they have had contact with the player."

Yang Huan was noncommittal. With Varane rapidly maturing and becoming the backbone of the team's defense, and Nastasic also growing rapidly, Gary Cahill was obviously not reused by Bielsa in Southampton, so the transfer was just a transfer. It's no big deal.

"Then you tell Chelsea, our Southampton players are less than 2000 million pounds, they don't expect to buy them!"

"2000?"

When Yang Huan said this, everyone in the conference room was shocked.

£2000?
Are you kidding me?

If Gary Cahill was worth the price last summer, it is still possible, but now, he has become a substitute. Who would be so stupid to spend 2000 million pounds to buy someone else's substitute?
"Master Huan, I'm afraid Abramovich is not so forthright?" Ron Gurley said with a wry smile.

Yang Huan laughed, "Who said no? You just don't know. Abramovich has a lot of money. He bought Tony Kroos for 6000 million pounds without blinking. He even gave it to us. 2000 million pounds for Gary Cahill. It's a trivial matter. If you offer too little, Chelsea will be unhappy. They think you don't treat them like local tyrants!"

Everyone was well aware of the cause and effect, and when they heard Master Huan say this, they all burst into laughter.

If Abramovich heard it, and Master Huan made fun of him, he might be so angry that he vomited blood for three liters.

"Also, tell Chelsea to buy it if you like it. If you don't buy it, you will lose it. Anyway, Gary Cahill has no shortage of interested buyers!"

Just kidding, dignified England's main international central defender, will there be any teams interested?

It's just a matter of price!
It seemed to Peter Kenyon that Master Huan sounded like a fool, but in fact he had a lot of truth.

Gary Cahill is just not suitable for Southampton's tactical style transformation, it does not mean that he is incapable.

Just ask, if the England international is incapable, can he become the main force of the national team?Can you partner with Terry?
Since it is capable, the best choice for Southampton is to transfer to a foreign country, or a mid-lower team, so that it will not strengthen its competitors.

If Chelsea force it, yes, you have to pay a higher transfer fee than others!
Otherwise, just send it back to Bolton. Anyway, Gary Cahill does not reject his old club.

"Understood, Master Huan, we will settle the deal!" Peter Kenyon's eyes flashed brightly, and he nodded in agreement.

Only then did Yang Huan smile appreciatively at the bald man, talking to smart people would save trouble.

"Okay, next!"

Following Master Huan's order, one topic after another began to be discussed in the conference room.

For example, the R&D department recently proposed a new set of training programs, including a series of measures such as improving the team's diet structure and adjusting the team's training programs. It is said that it can improve and improve the physical fitness of players, including improving physical fitness and reducing injuries.

A very important part of the training program is related to Huang Wenying's Chinese massage group.

This undoubtedly aroused Yang Huan's great interest.

After investing so much money every year, I finally see some results, can you not be happy?

Moreover, it can also promote Chinese medicine by the way, killing two birds with one stone!

Ever since, everyone present was there, so they just opened up and talked.

After all, this is related to the team, so people from all departments must participate in the discussion.

Bielsa, as the leader of the competitive field, believes that, from a prudent point of view, it should be done during the summer preparations.

Now it is a critical moment in the league, if something goes wrong, everyone on the team, the whole season's efforts will be in vain.

It can be arranged during the summer preparation period, the risk is controllable, the scientific research personnel and the analysis team keep an eye on the team all the time, and if there is a problem, it will be adjusted immediately, and the impact on the new season will not be great.

If it works, it can be promoted and benefit the team.

In the end, Bielsa's proposal was approved by everyone, so the matter was settled.

And entering February, many things will start to need to be planned.

For example, Southampton is preparing for the summer, because they still have to go to the United States to participate in the second International Champions Cup, so Southampton still chooses the United States as the training location.

With last year's experience, this year's operation will be more handy. Many things have already been prepared, so the problem is not big. That is, the administrative department draws up a plan, discusses it, and then announces that it is solid.

There is another topic that is also very important, and it should be determined as soon as possible.

That's how Southampton's summer transfer market works.

As early as the end of Southampton's game against Arsenal, Yang Huan had an in-depth discussion with Bielsa on these issues at the St. Mary's Stadium. In the following month, both Stapletwood and St. Mary's were also studying these issues.

Now, it is undoubtedly time to make a decision!

(End of this chapter)