Starting from the city, go all the way east and take the Yangtze River Tunnel and Bridge.
After more than half an hour's drive, we finally set foot on Chongming Island.
Compared with the prosperous Longhai on the other side, Chongming Island has a unique flavor.
There are no high-rise buildings or bustling neighborhoods here.
Through the car window, at a glance, you can see the densely packed low-rise buildings in the distance, connected with the blue sky.
Because the shipyard of Sunseeker Yachts and some other supporting factories are all on Chongming Island, it's not like Yang Huan has never been here before, but for some reason, every time he comes, he has a very special feeling.
Maybe it's because the differences between the two sides are so big.
According to the navigation, after entering Chongming Island, it still takes about half an hour to drive.
Therefore, Yang Huan was not in a hurry, but felt somewhat strange in his heart.
Why would Mr.
Xu, who has always been proud, call himself and invite himself to visit his football school?
Yang Huan was a little confused.
If it had been ten years earlier, he might have felt that this might be to attract investment.
Everyone knows that when Mr.
Xu founded this football school, he suffered from lack of funds.
In order to raise money, he even worked as an escort.
Oh, don't get me wrong, I just used Mr.
Xu's fame and status in the football circle to eat, drink and take photos with him.
But now, after getting through, his team is in the Chinese Super League.
It is also a well-known and strong team, and there is no shortage of money at all.
Yang Huan couldn't understand, but he still respected Mr.
Xu very much.
He had wanted to meet him many times, and he even went to the football school twice, but he was unable to meet anyone, which was a pity.
This is a rare opportunity, and Yang Huan will certainly not be polite.
Chongming Island is rectangular in northwest and southeast directions.
The exit of the Yangtze River Bridge is on the east side, but the football school is on the west side.
Therefore, after landing on the island, we walked all the way west for almost half an hour.
Following the directions prompted by the navigation, we finally arrived at the gate of the football school.
"No wonder General Fan said that if you shoot outside with a machine gun at night, you can't even hope to hit anyone."
Yang Huan smiled and shook his head, this is really a good place.
However, as a football school, this place is too remote, and it feels like the players are all enclosed.
The security guard at the door stopped the car.
After asking, he should have been notified early, so he let it go.
Long Wu drove the car and went all the way inside.
When the football school was founded, it had no money or funding, so it built a hotel and turned it into a tourist attraction to attract tourists to generate income.
This made Yang Huan see it, and he admired Mr.
Xu who was already over seventy years old.
If all Chinese football players could have Mr.
Xu’s spirit, then there would be no hope for Chinese football.
The car had just stopped in the parking lot in front of the training building, and when I got out of the car, I saw Mr.
Xu walking towards him accompanied by his assistants from a distance.
Yang Huan immediately greeted him with a smile.
"Mr.
Xu, I finally see you."
Yang Huan took his hands.
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Despite his age, Mr.
Xu is still in good spirits and looks very strong.
"Haha, Master Huan, welcome, welcome" Yang Huan waved to Long Wu who was behind him, and Long Wu immediately stepped forward, "Mr.
Xu, you came in a hurry and didn't prepare anything.
It's disrespectful to be careless."
"Hey, Master Huan, what are you doing?"
Mr.
Xu suddenly became a little unhappy.
"It's good that this person is here, why does he bring gifts?"
Yang Huan laughed and said, "A little care from a junior."
Long Wu came over, holding a small handbag in his hand, which could just fit a notebook. notebook Mr.
Xu looked at Yang Huan inexplicably, and the latter pursed his lips, indicating that he could take it out and have a look.
I couldn't help it.
When I took it out and looked at it, I felt that it was no different from an ordinary notebook.
At worst, it was all in English.
"Open it and take a look."
Yang Huan said with a smile.
Mr.
Xu could only open the cover and saw an English sentence written on the blank page under the cover.
But the point is not this English sentence, but the signature below.
"Ferguson" Mr.
Xu was shocked and his hands were trembling a little.
He was still afraid that he had seen it wrong, so he got closer and took a closer look.
It was indeed Ferguson, yes.
Oh my god, this is actually a sentence written by Ferguson himself.
"Master Huan, this is" Yang Huan nodded, "It is indeed Ferguson's handwriting."
The football person that Mr.
Xu admires most in his life is Ferguson.
Even the football school he founded feels a bit like studying under Ferguson.
Mr.
Xu can see some traces of Ferguson in many places.
"Master Huan, this gift is too precious, I" With that said, Mr.
Xu was about to hand it back again.
Yang Huan blocked his hand midway, "Whether this gift is valuable or not depends on the person.
At least I believe that it has its real value only here with Mr.
Xu."
After saying this, Mr.
Xu was really reluctant to part with it, so he could only take it back with a smile.
"By the way, Master Huan, what does this sentence mean?"
"Oh, this is a saying that Ferguson likes very much.
It means that everyone needs to face challenges at all times, so that our lives will never be monotonous."
Mr.
Xu couldn't help but nodded and thought deeply, "Yes, Ferguson has been practicing one sentence all his life."
After sighing for a while, he put away the gift with great care, and then accompanied Yang Huan to visit everywhere.
Yang Huan smiled slightly and looked around, "Well, Mr.
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Xu, your place is big enough."
"There are more than a hundred acres."
Yang Huan nodded repeatedly and said jokingly: "I see, many people don't understand you."
"How do you say this?"
Mr.
Xu asked with a smile.
"If I remember correctly, for such a large piece of land, your football school only spent a total of 20 to 30 million more than ten years ago.
If it were put now, this piece of land alone would be taken out.
For sale, it’s more than this price.”
Mr.
Xu burst into laughter upon hearing this, "Young Master Huan still understands me, that's the truth."
After laughing, he sighed again.
"Actually, many people like to make quick money and are used to making quick money, so they simply don't believe that playing football down-to-earth is quite profitable.
They don't understand it at all, and they are not willing to understand it. " Yang Huan also agrees with this view.
If professional football wants to develop, you must first treat it as a business.
Mr.
Xu's feelings are there, but his business acumen is definitely not bad.
Apart from anything else, how much was it worth to acquire this piece of land so cheaply, invest in a football school, and train so many international footballers and players?
This cannot be measured by money at all Now that he has survived, all he needs is one sentence, and there will definitely be no shortage of interested people investing in him.
Afraid of not having money "Master Huan, I take the liberty to invite you this time.
This is the first time.
I believe you have also received the news."
Yang Huan nodded.
He had indeed received the news when he came back this time.
"You're going to sell the football club" "Yeah" Mr.
Xu nodded, "But this football school is my lifeblood, and I can't possibly sell it."
"Originally, I invited you here because I hoped that you, the boss who knows the most about football in Europe, could give me some advice.
You know, I am too old to visit your Saints training base in Europe. , I happened to hear that you were back, so I asked someone for your phone number and invited you to come over. " "It's okay, Mr.
Xu has his destiny, I will come no matter what," Yang Huan said with a smile.
"In addition, I heard that you are planning to open a training class for youth training coaches in China.
I hope you can arrange a few places for us.
You also know that the current youth training environment in China is very bad.
Even here, the quality of the personnel is very poor.
It’s not comparable to Europe, so it’s a great opportunity to have the opportunity to learn from your Southampton youth coaches.”
Yang Huan chuckled and said, "Okay, there's no need to talk about quotas or anything like that.
Just draw up a list and give it to us."
"Then I'd like to thank you, Master Huan."
"Why are you so polite?"
Yang Huan smiled and waved his hand.
For him, this is really just a piece of cake.
"Originally, I was already a little disheartened, but just now, after hearing Ferguson's words, I feel bad and can't sit still."
After saying that, Mr.
Xu laughed self-deprecatingly.
"Why is Mr.
Xu interested in forming a team and competing in the professional league?"
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Mr.
Xu smiled slightly, but did not answer.
Instead, he said, "Wait a little longer.
Wait until I can't sit still anymore."
"Well, if you, Mr.
Xu, want to form another team, then count on me."
"You" Mr.
Xu was a little suspicious when he heard it.
"Yeah, what's wrong?"
"Didn't you say that you would never touch Chinese professional football?"
Yang Huan was stunned, as if he had actually said such a thing.
"But it depends on who you play with.
I'm really not interested in playing with others, but playing with you, Mr.
Xu, of course is different."
When Mr.
Xu heard this, he couldn't help laughing.
Long Wuyi, who was following the two of them, almost burst out laughing when he heard this.
Look, Master Huan is so good at flattering, but he doesn’t show his real face.
"Okay, if I really have this idea another day, we will cooperate."
"Okay, just make up your mind."
The two of them were walking, chatting and visiting the football school.
Unknowingly, the more they talked, the more excited they became.
Mr.
Xu's character is notoriously difficult to get along with, but I don't know why.
Maybe he and Yang Huan both like football, so the two of them chatted very well.
Yang Huan heard more than one person say that Mr.
Xu was notoriously arrogant.
He looked down on foreign teachers from the bottom of his heart and never believed how much foreign coaches could bring about changes in the level of Chinese football.
However, after having such an in-depth chat with him now, Yang Huan discovered that he was somewhat different from what was rumored.
For example, he does not believe that foreign teachers can change Chinese football, because he believes that only Chinese people can change Chinese football, which is correct.
However, he does not deny the advanced nature of European football.
According to his own words, he studies European football matches every day.
In the past two years, he has specialized in studying Southampton football.
For this reason, he also specifically asked Yang Huan to do him a favor and arrange a time for him to have a good talk with Bielsa, and Yang Huan agreed on the spot.
Afterwards, the two talked about youth training.
Mr.
Xu was full of praise for the level of Southampton's youth training.
He mentioned more than once that he really hoped to go to Southampton to visit it.
And when he heard Yang Huan say that he would transplant a Saints youth training academy in Longhai, and that it would also cooperate with one of the most famous schools in Longhai, he immediately agreed and said that he would definitely go and visit it. and learning.
As they talked, a group of people came to the training ground.
Currently, only young players under U15 are receiving training in this football school.
At this time, on the football field, the coaches were training with the young players.
"Master Huan, actually, I invite you here this time for a very, very important purpose."
Yang Huan was a little surprised when he saw Mr.
Xu's serious look, and hurriedly said: "Mr.
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Xu, please speak."
"I want you to be able to watch a player."
Look at the players Yang Huan was a little stunned.
I'm not a scout, let me look at the players Maybe, my vision is worse than yours, Mr.
Xu, please let me see But soon, Yang Huan suddenly thought of it.
Could it be said: