Eight Hundred and Fifty-Six Premier League, I Miss You so Much!

"It's been a long way from the B team to the Premier League!"

This is what the FA Chairman Bernstein expressed when he announced the launch of the youth training reform and promoted his [England Elite Player Growth Plan] led by the English Professional Football League.

This is by no means a loss.

Subsequently, this controversial youth training reform plan was passed by a majority vote and officially launched in 2012.

This elite player growth plan is roughly divided into three stages: foundation (U9 to U11), youth development (U12 to U16) and career development (U17 to U23). Up to 6,000 games are organized each year to meet the needs of all age groups. The player's game requirements.

It is planned to rate each youth training camp every two years.

The higher the level of the youth training camp, the more financial support it receives, the better the players that can be signed, and the higher the requirements and standards. For example, the highest level of the youth training camp requires a coaching team with at least 18 full-time staff , and an annual working capital of £2.5 million.

Every year, the Premier League hires a professional team to audit the club's youth training, and according to the audit results, subsidizes each club's youth training.

Everyone knows that the Premier League has a lot of money. This is a youth training reform led by the Premier League. In terms of funds, the Premier League basically pays for it.

Maybe many people will wonder when they see this, why does the Premier League support this plan?

The reason is simple, they also suffer from the lack of local talents.

It is well known that the value of local players has skyrocketed. If no action is taken, the value of local players will rise to a terrifyingly high level.

As the top league in England and the leader, the Premier League has the responsibility and the obligation to come out and do this.

The reward on the bright side is the abolition of the so-called 90-minute drive youth training regulations.

In the past, there was a strict requirement for the selection of youth training personnel in England, that is, the selection of youth training personnel must be controlled within a 90-minute drive of the youth training camp, which severely restricted the selection of talents, especially some sparsely populated, non-core Regional teams.

To put it simply, there used to be scope restrictions, but now there are no more. As long as people are willing to come, you can win them all.

However, in order to protect the interests of small and medium-sized teams, the plan also introduced transfer rules during the youth training camp.

A transfer fee is charged for the transfer of players under the age of 18. For example, between the ages of 9 and 11, the transfer fee is fixed at £3,000 per year, and between the ages of 12 and 16, the transfer fee fluctuates between £12,500 and £40,000 per year.

In addition, there is also the cancellation of the youth league rankings, the purpose is to prevent quick success, and strictly require the youth training students registered in the club to play no less than 50% of the playing time each year. The team cannot just introduce small players and so on.

But all of these inevitably point to one place at the same time, the Premier League!

The balance of the whole plan is tilted towards the Premier League, and it is foreseeable that in the next few years, the flow of young talents will continue to converge on Premier League teams and teams with strong financial strength.

Therefore, not long after the plan was released, three teams including Helford United announced that they would reduce the size of their youth training.

This can be regarded as a silent protest against the plan to lean towards the Premier League.

But this has no effect on the overall situation.

In fact, if you think about it carefully, you can understand it. After all, the money was paid by the Premier League.

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Since Gao Shen took over Leeds United, he has been rectifying and reorganizing Leeds United's youth training.

Moreover, as one of the managers of England's elite player growth plan, although Gao Shen is not listed, he is very aware of the content of the plan, so Leeds United's youth training is strictly implemented in accordance with the highest standards.

In fact, the Premier League teams do not have too many requirements for youth training. Even if the youth training camp is disbanded, as long as the roster of the first team meets the registration standards, it is harmless.

But Gao Shen has been insisting on investing.

After a year, Leeds United now has a preliminary and complete youth training system. This summer, the team will absorb children from surrounding areas, as well as children selected by the Leeds United scouting system in the past period of time. Leeds United came to participate in the trial selection.

After layers of selection, the best children from the surrounding area will enter the youth training echelon of Leeds United of all ages and officially become a part of Leeds United.

Another is to pay attention to the youth training of some giant teams including Manchester United and Chelsea, hoping to find real gold.

On the selection day of Leeds United's first trial training this summer, a different person will be ushered in.

Erling Harland!

Yes, that Gao Shen took his wife to Norway for a honeymoon trip, and accidentally ran into the precious son of the former Leeds United player Harland. He decided to join the Leeds United youth training camp.

When Gao Shen heard the news, his surprise was beyond words.

"He really decided to come?"

Su Qing nodded with a smile, "In the past, I have been keeping in touch with them. After the team won the championship and was promoted to the Premier League, I made a special call to them, and at the same time reorganized the team's youth training camp. things have been said."

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"Old Harland was very tempted, and naturally hoped that his son could receive the best and most professional youth team training, but unfortunately, his brothers and sisters were reluctant to let their children go so far away, so only Harland De come here alone."

Gao Shen didn't care about other people, as long as Harland was willing to come, that would be fine.

One person is worth it all.

"Then what are you going to do when he arrives?" Gao Shen asked with concern.

Su Qing, Lucas and Borel looked at each other, and finally Su Qing spoke.

"We intend to do everything the same as everyone, without special treatment. Although he is the child of the old Haaland, he is the same as other players. However, we plan to offer a job to the old Haaland couple, but they are still there. consider."

The old Haaland is a famous player who has played in the Premier League, and his wife is also an athlete. Such a person does not have to worry about finding a job in Leeds United, especially after the team has restructured the youth training, there is a serious shortage of talents.

Gao Shen let out a heavy breath, his brows brimming with joy, but the pressure on his shoulders was not light.

Today's Leeds United is fully budgeted, with nearly 300 full-time employees.

Yes, three hundred people!

If the reorganization of the youth team is completed, the full-time employees will definitely exceed this number, and may even exceed 350 people.

This is impossible.

Not to mention other things, there are twenty-five members of the coaching staff of the first team. In addition to the head coach and assistant coaches, there are also rehabilitation therapists, masseuses, team doctors, game analysts, performance analysts, scientific guidance and so on.

There are now nine people in the Ministry of Commerce, but there are also five people in the office in China, making it 14 people.

There are eleven people in the marketing department and the media public relations department.

There is also the finance department, the stadium maintenance department, the training ground management department...

There are eleven people in the ticket office responsible for the tickets alone, and there are six ticket salesmen...

All of these add up to being supported by Leeds United.

Not to mention, there are only 14 people in the reception department on the match day, but every match day, there are at least one or two hundred people temporarily recruited for security, ticket inspection, caddy, etc.

This is already a huge business.

Gao Shen knew very well that this company was about to enter a new level.

He's got to help it, root in the Premier League!

Thinking of this, Gao Shen not only felt the pressure, but also had high fighting spirit.

...

"If we sell Schneiderlin and Paulinho, we will be short-handed in the midfield, Jorginho and Brozovic can play in the deep organization, Paul Pogba and Kondogbia can also play. He can be a central midfielder, but Alan alone is not enough." Gao Shen pointed to the core of the problem.

Now that you have decided to sell someone, you must be fully prepared.

After finally reaching the Premier League, Gao Shen didn't want to fall down again.

"I'll ask the data center to make a list when I go back," Borel said.

In fact, Gao Shen already had a suitable candidate in his mind, but he still agreed with Borel's proposal.

In many cases, the team still needs experience, and it is also a good thing to give them more opportunities.

"On the front line, if Adam Lallana really leaves the team, then sign Coutinho from Inter Milan." Gao Shen said.

Lucas and Borrell looked at each other, hesitant, and looked at Su Qing again.

Su Qing nodded slightly, "We have a preliminary understanding, this player is worth at least 10 million euros, isn't it a bit risky?"

Ever since he accepted Leeds United, he has always believed in the frugal principle of spending small money to do big things.

For example, last summer, Paulinho and Schneiderlin were the top transfer bids of Leeds United. In fact, the two players each cost the team 1.5 million pounds. Now Manchester United's first offer for Schneiderlin That's 15 million pounds, a full tenfold increase.

But now Gao Shen wants to spend 10 million euros to introduce a young player, is this a bit exaggerated?

In other words, is this in line with Leeds United's positioning?

"But any transfer is definitely a risk, but a genius like Coutinho takes less risk. He has proved his ability and potential in the Spaniard. What we need to do is to further stimulate his potential."

When talking about this, Gao Shen smiled slightly and said: "Of course we want to do the biggest thing with the smallest cost, but sometimes, the money that should be spent still has to be spent. It is impossible for us to take all the benefits in this world. Especially when it comes to the Premier League."

In fact, Adam Lallana would not have come to Leeds United if it were not for the profound relationship.

A normal Premier League team cannot always operate these transfers of one or two million euros. This is immature and lacks courage.

Each transfer exceeds 10 million euros. This is indeed a bit exaggerated. Leeds United can't afford it, but a genius like Coutinho happens to be what Leeds United needs. Are you still waiting for the New Year?

What's more, Coutinho and Pogba are the key to the left-sided offense and defense designed by Gao Shen for Leeds United.

Ten million?

This is going to sell 100 million in the future!

In the final analysis, two words, vision!

We are now a Premier League team, so we need to set our sights higher and open up the pattern!

Come on, shout with Mr. Feng.

Premier League, I miss you so much!