After hearing Yang Huan's question, Horabqin's eyes clearly flashed with a hint of helplessness, as if an ugly daughter-in-law always wanted to see her parents-in-law.
He hesitated for a moment, but finally spoke.
"Originally Chelsea had a very tough attitude and asked us to go to the Portuguese Super League, but we were worried that going to the Portuguese Super League would affect Oscar's position in the national team, so we refused."
Yang Huan nodded repeatedly.
Although Oscar's performance in his first season in the Premier League could only be regarded as acceptable, in the end he had established a foothold at Chelsea and was the main midfielder of the Brazilian national team.
Such a player would leave the Premier League to play in the Portuguese Super League.
As long as they are not mentally ill, who would agree to such a stupid thing?
Besides, the World Cup in Brazil is coming soon.
If Oscar loses his main position in the World Cup host Brazil team because he leaves the Premier League and joins the Portuguese Super League, it will be a huge loss from both a competitive and commercial level.
Therefore, letting Oscar go to the Portuguese Super League can only be regarded as Chelsea's wishful thinking.
Looking at Master Huan's expression, Horabqin seemed unmoved and understood in his heart.
He searched for teams in the middle and upper reaches of the Premier League, including Manchester United, Arsenal, Manchester City and Tottenham Hotspur.
Although some teams were also interested in Oscar, most of them still adopted the strategy of sitting on the sidelines.
The reason is simple: Chelsea's asking price is too high "I talked to Granovskia, and she told me that if Oscar doesn't want to go to the Portuguese Super League, that's fine.
As long as we can find a team willing to pay a transfer fee of 20 million euros for Oscar, then Chelsea will Will be released” Yang Huan frowned when he heard that, 20 million euros When Chelsea introduced Oscar, they spent a total of 25 million euros.
Now one year later, they are asking for 20 million euros, which is not too outrageous, but the question is, is anyone willing to take action?
Judging from Oscar's Premier League performance last season, there are bright spots, but the flaws are also obvious.
For example, he is honest and diligent, as well as his contribution on both offense and defense.
However, his passing success rate is low, which is also quite fatal for a midfielder who plays a pivotal role.
From all indications, Oscar is not good at being a core player and plays more of a deputy role.
Teams such as Manchester United, Arsenal, and Manchester City are all in shortage of such players, and the same is true for Southampton.
Is it worth spending 20 million euros for a midfield substitute?
Yang Huan couldn't help but hesitate.
Even if he has a lot of money, he doesn't want to be regarded as a villain.
He has to consider whether the money is worth spending, right?
Horabchian had been paying attention to Master Huan, and when he saw the hesitation on his face, he couldn't help but glance at his partner Bertolucci.
Both seemed helpless because they had been rejected by many teams.
At this time, Bertolucci, who had been silent until now, spoke.
"I heard that Master Huan has always been very interested in youth training."
Yang Huan raised his head, looked at the Brazilian super agent in front of him, and nodded, "Yes."
Giuliano Bertolucci is an agent who has just emerged in Brazil in recent years, but his rise is very fast.
In addition, the original agent giant Feigere and others have changed careers one after another, and he has also joined forces with Joorabchian.
After starting cooperation, he naturally became the most popular agent in Brazil.
At present, almost all Brazilian players in the Premier League are mostly under their command.
For example, Tottenham Hotspur's Willian, Chelsea's Ramires, Oscar, Lucas Piazon and so on.
"I believe that all clubs that value youth training cannot ignore South America."
Bertolucci's words were once again recognized by Yang Huan.
South America is rich in football talents, which is already well known in world football.
Brazil, Argentina and Uruguay are all veteran talent concentration camps.
In recent years, Colombia and Chile have also risen very fast, making South American players always occupy a pivotal and even the most conspicuous position in world football.
Of all the teams that value youth training, who dares to ignore South America?
After seeing Master Huan nod, Bertolucci was encouraged and continued: "In Brazil, I am confident that as long as it is a player you are interested in, I can help you win it at the lowest price.
In addition, we We can also cooperate with you in more aspects, for example, help Southampton set up a scouting network in South America."
I have to say, this one is really quite attractive.
In the current world of professional football, the division of labor is becoming more and more detailed, and there are more and more types of work and categories.
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The labor costs of club management are rising steadily.
It is quite expensive to establish and maintain a scouting network.
Just like Ajax, they were ambitious in their early years to go abroad and expand their youth training system to South America and Africa.
At that time, Ajax even founded a football club in South Africa, which once attracted the attention of the football world.
But a few years have passed, and the South American strategy has long been thrown away.
Ajax Cape Town is on the verge of bankruptcy.
Ajax itself is even more difficult to protect itself.
In recent years, it has become even more difficult.
It is to cut the budget for the scouting system, abandon the African strategy, and refocus the main target on the Netherlands and the Nordic region.
Just imagine, even an established youth training team like Ajax cannot independently support a youth training system, so how can other teams do the same?
Looking at European football, no team's scouting network can cover all regions.
So, what is the most typical approach?
Just like Barcelona's approach, their scouting network is mainly concentrated in Spain, which is an important part of their entire scouting network, because the so-called hukou players are urgently needed by any team.
As for the selection of talents outside Spain, there are many tricks.
For example, some players recommend themselves.
For example, Messi relied on his own connections to recommend himself to Barcelona for trial training, and was admitted.
Others are recommended by brokers or intermediaries with cooperative relationships.
What’s interesting is that the identities of these intermediaries are also diverse.
Some are former Barcelona players, some are family members or friends of the players, and some are even recommended through various channels.
In short, there are all kinds of ways.
They have only one purpose in recommending players to Barcelona, and that is once the players they recommend pass the trial training and are admitted, then they can get a considerable introduction fee from Barcelona.
Don't underestimate this, because for Barcelona, the introduction fee may be 10,000 to 20,000 euros, or even as little as a few thousand euros, which is very insignificant, but it is enough for ordinary people to support their own family.
According to this model, in theory, Barcelona can spread its scouting network to all parts of the world.
But this is just a theory.
In fact, it is difficult, and Barcelona also has its own professional full-time scouting system, with about a dozen people, each of whom is responsible for a different area.
According to the process, a piece of player information is submitted to the Barcelona Scouting Department.
After passing the initial review, Barcelona will first create a file, and then arrange for its own professional scouts to go over for inspection, or watch a few games, and some even conduct long-term follow-up inspections.
Once they pass the inspection, they will be invited for trial training.
If they meet some outstanding talents, they may even sign directly.
The advantage of such a scouting network system is that the club does not invest much, but it can spread its informants all over the world.
Once a new player emerges, the club can grasp the information as soon as possible.
But there are definitely disadvantages.
Because the goal of these agents and intermediaries is the introduction fee, they often use the method of casting a fisherman's net and submit player recommendation letters to multiple teams at the same time.
Therefore, it is easy for a player to appear and immediately appear.
He was being targeted by a large group of European teams, and even swarmed in to grab him.
In the past, Southampton's scouting network was mainly concentrated in the UK, but in the three years since Yang Huan's acquisition, it has acquired Monaco and Atletico Madrid, completed the integration of scouting information, and the scouting network has also begun to spread towards the European continent.
The Saints' youth training model mainly adopts a similar operating model to Barcelona, but it is different.
That is the data reform that Yang Huan has been promoting in the past.
The first is the recommendation link.
Everyone can recommend players to Southampton by installing Southampton's mobile app, filling in detailed player recommendation information, and taking player videos.
In Southampton, the club’s scouting department will have dedicated analysts responsible for tracking and analyzing, conducting preliminary screening, giving timely feedback, and interacting with recommenders.
Currently in this area, Southampton receives nearly a hundred player recommendations every day.
If there are some major events, it can reach more than a thousand player recommendations every day.
Although the remaining players are uneven, there are often some The eye-catching so-called demon star caught the attention of Southampton's scouting team.
What happens next is almost the same as the scouting operation model of other teams such as Barcelona.
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In addition to simplifying the referral process, Southampton is also promoting a partner model.
For example, in Argentina, Southampton has cooperated with Cesarini Football Club.
Many people may be unfamiliar with this name.
Its founder is former Argentina international Jorge Solari.
He is the uncle of the Argentine star Solari who once played for Real Madrid and Inter Milan.
He is also a former world top player.
The father-in-law of defensive midfielder Redondo.
Cesarini Club is known as the West Point Military Academy of Argentine football.
It has trained Argentine international players including Demichelis and Mascherano, and the second and third generations of the Solari family are also here.
Trained in a football school.
The current 50% shareholder of this school is Messi The cooperation between Southampton and Cesarini is mainly in the fields of data-based training and analysis.
Southampton helps Cesarini conduct scientific analysis of training data to improve and improve the training of young players, and the latter’s training data and The results of the analysis were made public to Southampton.
This kind of cooperation is more beneficial to Southampton, because the data obtained is more detailed and more conducive to long-term tracking, and the operating cost is quite low.
This is an advantage that all other teams' scouting networks cannot have. .
More importantly, once these partners cooperate with Southampton, it will be difficult to cooperate with other teams.
As time goes by, the advantages of Southampton's entire scouting network will be fully reflected.
Therefore, Southampton plans to make great efforts to expand its scouting network and find more high-quality partners in the next few years, and the football kingdom of Brazil is undoubtedly the most important area besides European football and Argentina. .
If in Brazil, the familiar Giuliano Bertolucci could assist, wouldn't it be even more effective?
You know, Bertolucci relies on this industry to earn a living.
Who else knows Brazilian football better than him?
Thinking of this, Yang Huan couldn't help but laugh.
Isn’t it just 20 million euros?
Not only can you get an Oscar, but you can also get Bertolucci's help.
It's worth it: