Mister Legend

Chapter 408 The first short-term plan

The team flew back to the northern Xinjiang station from the capital on Monday night, and started training the next day without rest.When Li Modi came to the club's training ground near the Songbei Campus of Bingcheng University of Commerce, Director Duan had already led all the players, including three foreign aids, to practice tactics through confrontation games.

Under the guidance of Duan Xin, who has been coaching for more than ten years, his previous preferred formation was 4-4-2. However, due to the current overall strength and staffing of Volcano Mingquan are not enough for him to continue the old tactics, so 4-2- 3-1 has become the first choice for the new season.Nocerino will become one of the two central midfielders, incarnate as the hub connecting the front and rear courts; Capel is also the first choice for the winger position. In good physical condition, the ability of local players is far from this player who is already mainstream in Europe. There is still a big gap between the former Spain international who can't play in the league; and because the 23-year-old young midfielder Li Shuai has performed brilliantly in the previous two seasons, Joshua, who plays in the same position, can only play first. Waiting for an opportunity on the bench.

Li Mudi stood far away from the sidelines to watch a complete tactical training session. He didn't show up halfway to interrupt the 56-year-old man who did everything by himself and gave demonstrations for the players after the end of the game. After the team training, I had a good chat with the old comrades, which didn't come to an end until midnight.

The two people have a great degree of overlap in terms of team tactics and future development, so they had friendly and enthusiastic exchanges on how to train young players, refine offensive tactics, and improve player execution. It became a year-end friend.From the various data displayed by the FM system, it can be seen that Director Duan is also a head coach who is good at training and coaching the team's offense and attaches great importance to youth training. For a new army that is almost poor and blank, it is indeed the most suitable commander to lay the foundation.

The current Beijiang Volcano Mingquan has many similarities with the Turin team before the start of last season. The strength on paper seems to be okay, but the actual combat strength is far from ideal.There is no leading star in the team who can support the scene, and the development of the youth training camp has also fallen into a bottleneck, and because the lineup is changed more frequently, a lot of energy needs to be wasted at the beginning of each season to re-run, which delays the final result. leg.Of course, the foundation of the Turin team is many times better than that of Volcanic Spring, but the latter's environment is not so much competitive pressure, and the revival plan implemented by Li Moody still has certain reference value.

When using the scouting tool at the end of last year, there was no shareholding, so the Turin coach did not search for relevant information, so it can be said that he does not know much about the players currently owned by this team.However, judging from the specific ability values ​​displayed by the FM system, it is obviously not very optimistic, and it can be said that there are few bright spots.However, after the detailed introduction by Director Duan, the three players who should be cultivated or used now are determined: Li Shuai, 25-year-old right midfielder/winger Yang Lei and 29-year-old center Wang Ziming.

In addition, the team must strengthen the selection of youth, especially in the local area.The club's financial resources are obviously unable to recruit those so-called young talents who have risen to fame nationwide. They can only rely on the local advantages of the Northern Xinjiang Province or the Northeast to cast a large area of ​​the net to find young people with football talents.

However, this difficulty is not ordinary. The economic situation in northern Xinjiang has been at the bottom of the country for years, and the GDP growth is slow. Compared with the increase in prices and house prices, it can be said that the living environment is relatively bleak.As we all know, football in China is a sport that can only be played by rich people. In order not to be caught by the river, I won’t introduce it here. Interested book friends can ask people who know the specific situation, or search online. .Excluding very few exceptions, in general, how much a child needs to spend to become a professional football player through multiple selections is beyond the reach of ordinary people.

Of course, if we fully learn the youth training policies of those football developed countries in Europe, not only will there be no extra charges, there will be almost no FuBai restrictions, and there will be subsidies for talented children, which will naturally reduce the burden on the family. One of the key reasons for the excellent level of development.However, this method cannot be implemented in China, because if this is done, the economic pressure will be transferred to the club, and the development level of China's football industry is notoriously low, and almost no club can achieve it through its own operation. It is definitely unrealistic to want them to bear the heavy burden of youth training.

The overall economic environment is not good, and football business development is too amateurish, which inherently restricts the long-term development of Tianchao Football Club, and it is also one of the important chronic diseases that Tianchao Football has been stagnant for decades.And if you want to obtain enough commercial benefits for the club's own development, you must cultivate the local football market. For a club like Volcanic Spring, which is already heavily in debt, it is almost impossible to do it on your own. arrived.

Li Moody wanted to provide some advanced ideas on the management of European clubs, but he himself was not very knowledgeable, so he invited Director Duan, the general manager and other management executives to study in Spain and Italy at the right time, and obtained After reading the scriptures, return to China to practice.

Although in many details, the Turin coach can't help much now, but some assistance within his capacity can still be realized immediately.He paid out of his own pocket and through his colleague Longley of the Turin team hired a scout who had previously worked for Manchester United, named Richard Hartis. The young talent is very familiar with Chinese players.Li Mudi hopes that he can select as many good seedlings as possible for Volcanic Spring in the northern region, especially in the three northeastern provinces, and fill them in the club's youth training camp to improve his hematopoietic function.

The reason why the selection is not nationwide is also very simple. The major football talent producing areas basically have their own cooperative teams, and it is difficult for outsiders to get involved.Moreover, the cost of the national inspection is really not cheap. Even Li Moody, who has a net worth of more than 3000 million euros, does not want to squander his assets like this. He should do a preliminary experiment on his own site first. Let's think about the next phase of the plan.

On Saturday afternoon, during the prime time of the weekend, the Beijiang Volcano Mingquan Club held a public fan interaction event in the team's home stadium, attracting more than [-] local residents to participate.Compared with domestic giants like Evergrande and Shanghai SIPG, this number is naturally very small, but for the Tianjia new army and the volcanic spring that has only been stationed in Bingcheng for only two years, it is enough to make everyone happy It's been a while.

Bingcheng International Convention and Exhibition Center Stadium is located in the southeast of the city, surrounded by the main arterial roads in the city, Hongqi Street, Huanghe Road, Changjiang Road and Nanzhi Road. It is a core area in the provincial capital of Beijiang.It was built in 1996 and was rested in 2004. The venue has a capacity of 48000 people, all of which are seats.Since we are in a high-latitude area with extremely distinct seasons, the artificial turf is used in the field, and the quality is still of a biased kind.

The most frustrating thing is that this stadium and other comprehensive venues in China have this big shortcoming, that is, it has a very professional runway, which makes the stands very far away from the football field, making the visual experience of the audience very difficult. Oops, but it must be a good venue for a Tianjia-level team.

Because it is the comprehensive stadium with the largest capacity in the city, it is often used to hold various large-scale activities such as sports games and concerts. However, the temperature in winter is too low and it often snows, which makes the turf condition appear all year round. Very bad level.Judging from the information provided by the FM system, the condition of the stadium is generally at a low level, but the deterioration rate of the turf is very fast, and it needs to be fully sorted out or even updated after each game.

The provincial government, the owner of the stadium, has a very limited budget for rest and recuperation every year, which is not enough for anything. The Volcanic Spring Club, which is rented here, is even more unable to afford the cost.Therefore, in last year's Tianyi League, many teams visiting Ice City complained that this "home field advantage" was too much, making the visiting team completely unaccustomed to the feeling of playing on the dirt field, which seriously affected the club's image.

So taking advantage of the proposal to host this event and the gimmick of Li Mudi's return home, the club invited Zhang XX, the deputy director of the Provincial Sports Bureau, and the general manager Liu Pengfei led the opponent around the stadium to participate in various football competitions. After the children in the game "experienced some people's sentiments", they reported the problem of turf to the leader in charge, hoping to get more funds from ZF.Maybe it was influenced by the enthusiasm and enthusiasm of many fans to participate in the activities, maybe it was just because of the face of Li Modi, who was always by his side and always smiled gently, finally let Deputy Director Zhang say that he could provide a certain degree of subsidies. As for the rest Almost half of the cost has to be solved by the club itself.

Finally, at the club's high-level meeting held in the evening, after calculating the additional costs for the team's youth training and turf maintenance, the total budget calculated by the financial department was also updated.With the original estimated income and other expenses unchanged, the club's deficit this year will expand to 740 million, which is almost the total value of the previous three years.Although the Volcano Mingquan Company can be regarded as a well-known local enterprise with some family background, it is unwilling to continue to lose money and make money in such a high-loss situation. Therefore, Liu Pengfei seems a little hesitant about the two additional investments proposed by the Turin coach. .

After discussing with the original high-level staff, General Manager Liu proposed to halve the additional funds for youth training, and simply use the provincial appropriation for turf maintenance expenses, so that the deficit figure can be reduced a lot , They also have a reasonable explanation to the parent company.

Investing in the football industry in China, especially northern Xinjiang, where the economic situation is not ideal, faces great difficulties. Although Li Mudi understands that he will make this decision to avoid greater losses, But after hearing that the representative of the major shareholder of the club vetoed his most basic proposal, the Turin coach couldn't help sighing in his heart.People in Tianchao are optimistic about the bright future of this world's number one sport, but they are unwilling to make initial investment to cultivate and develop the market. They all want to see benefits within two or three years after one step is in place, but everyone can only return disappointed.

Let's put it this way, until Tianchao Football completely draws a line with all kinds of negative behaviors such as match-fixing, black calls, amateurs leading experts, malicious competition, etc., Li Moody is not optimistic that domestic clubs can be as self-sufficient as their European counterparts, and even earn certain profits. Yes, no matter how much money is thrown into it, the most you can see is a splash.

At the beginning of March, the Juventus club announced their financial situation in the first half of the season. Although they invested more than 4000 million euros in the transfer market last summer, plus signing fees, players' new wages and other expenses, In total, the payment has increased by almost 8000 million or so.However, in the case of an increase in core business income, its half-year profit value is still as high as 4330 million euros, which is 2870 million less than the same period last year, but it is still very objective.

Moreover, according to the current momentum of the old lady's progress on all three lines, it is possible that the total profit value at the end of the season will reach 2017 million, which is 50 to [-] million when converted into soft girls. Added together, it is no match for one-twentieth of this number, not to mention the teams in the Tianchao League with an overall loss of more than [-] billion in [-].

Because of various interests, other big domestic teams can afford to suffer. Their parent company has either received a huge advertising effect, or has government subsidies behind them. A deficit of several hundred million is not in the eyes of others. Not a big deal.But the volcanic spring can't stand it. Losing three to four million yuan every year can be exchanged for some policy considerations from the local leaders, and it can also be used for publicity to a certain extent. The company is still acceptable.If the one-year deficit reaches tens of millions, the boss and other shareholders will firmly oppose it, and it is very possible to sell the team immediately.

Although Li Mudi is willing to take over this burden in his heart, after all, it is his hometown team, and the fans here cannot be disappointed anymore. The disbandment and relocation of teams such as Lange and Yi Teng have already broken everyone's hearts. If it is still not handled properly, maybe football will bid farewell to this black land.

But not to mention how long his net worth can last according to this level of loss. After all, it is really too difficult to see the hope of real prosperity in the football market in China. He alone cannot control the operation of a club.Running a golf club is not just as simple as throwing money into it. It also requires professional management that conforms to local conditions and various rules in the industry. But where does Li Moody find suitable candidates? Just find a so-called domestic professional. Wait. His is very likely to be ruined and ruined.

Therefore, even if there is a lot of ideological differences with the current club manager, the Turin coach still has to be patient and negotiate with the other party.In the end, he let Cambridge Film and Television Company and the decoration company owned by his cousin get several billboards in the stadium of the International Convention and Exhibition Center, and subsidized almost 300 million soft girls in the form of sponsorship fees, so that they could upgrade the youth training camp and rest. Plans for the turf were finalized.

After accepting part of the club's shares, the first proposal to influence its development direction was so difficult, Li Mudi felt that his heart was really tired.It is better to return to Europe as soon as possible. Only by leading the team to victory game after game can he heal his fragile little heart.

(End of this chapter)