Top of the Great Era

Chapter 1738 Top-Level Design
Manchester United this season looks stronger than last season, the team's core lineup has not changed, it is more mature and more systematic.Moreover, the team's veterans Van der Sar, Scholes and Gary Neville have publicly reported that they will retire after the end of this season.

There is even news that Sir Alex Ferguson may choose to retire after this season.

This season is likely to be the end of an era for Manchester United.

Everyone hopes to create a happy ending.

Then, the fighting spirit on the pitch.

Sitting at home, they beat Liverpool with a score of 3:1.

After 5 league rounds, 4 wins and 1 tie, ranking first in the league!

The fly in the ointment was that in the 32nd minute of the game, Robben, the main right winger, was injured.

No way, this is also the biggest hidden danger of Manchester United's lineup.

The front four are Bell, Van Persie, Robben and Rooney. Except for Rooney's physical talent explosion, the other three are typical glass people.Has the world's top football level, but also has the world's top injury potential.

This summer, the team did not introduce Ibrahimovic, but let go of big center Berbatov.

Ferguson is full of confidence, because he believes that Van Persie, who plays in the middle, is at least two grades better than Berbatov, and may be better than Ibrahimovic.

Zhou Buqi was a little worried, not questioning Van Persie's strength, but feeling that he was vulnerable to injuries.

It doesn't matter, you can observe for a while.

If it doesn't work, just wait for the winter transfer window to strengthen.

After the game, Zhou Buqi went to the box to drink a glass of red wine with Ferguson, and talked frankly about his retirement.Whether he will retire after this season is not certain.But he is old, and he must retire within a few years.So the question is, what will Manchester United do after he retires?
Ferguson has been in charge of Manchester United for more than 20 years, and his influence is too great. If he does not prepare in advance, a new head coach will be elected to take over and he will rush to take over.

Zhou Buqi's meaning is very clear, you have to prepare in advance!

The candidate is Rangnick.

Manchester United's success comes from Ferguson's greatness, not from the success of Manchester United's competitive mechanism.If you want to say that the best football system is the best in Germany.

There must be a sports director, and under the sports director is the head coach.

The sports director will control the team's tactical direction and development trend, and the head coach will implement it.If the results are not good, the head coach will take responsibility, and the next head coach will continue to build the team with the football philosophy organized by the sports director.

There were all sorts of turmoil in Manchester United in the previous life. The very important reason was that there were serious problems in the competitive system. The head coach had too much power, and the head coach was in charge of all football affairs.

If the head coach wants to build the team according to his own football philosophy, he must sell some players and then buy some players that suit his own tactics.Once the grades are not good, the head coach dismisses the get out of class.The new head coach will overturn all the work of the predecessor, then sell off the players he doesn't like and buy the players he likes.Once the grades are not good, the head coach dismisses get out of class, and a new head coach takes office, and this process is copied again.

This caused the team to keep buying and selling players, not to mention wasting the team's funds, and also caused serious turmoil in the team. The players who stayed on the team had to constantly adapt to various differences. The tactical style of play is not enough.

The results are bound to be a thousand miles away.

Zhou Buqi wants to transform Manchester United in the top-level design, and cannot bet all of Manchester United's competitive performance on the head coach.

However, there is a lot of resistance to this reform of the system. Zhou Buqi did not say it clearly, but said that Rangnick will serve as Manchester United's technical consultant, responsible for the technical and tactical aspects of the women's team, youth team and youth training echelon.

Sir Alex Ferguson, you just need to lead the senior team!
Ferguson was somewhat unhappy.

But Zhou Buqi had already established his authority, and told him clearly that this was not a negotiation, but a notice.Ask him to support Rangnick's work.

Ferguson is also getting older, and he doesn't have enough energy, so he should focus on the senior team and strive to win the league championship this season and win the Champions League!

The youth team and the youth training echelon represent the future of the team and need to be deployed early.

Let the children learn the German football style that is more characteristic of modern football as early as possible. When they grow up, they will be eligible to be selected for the first team, and they will be able to better adapt to the future Manchester United.

However, Zhou Buqi did not use this reason. He said: "Manchester United has many excellent youth players, but Manchester United's first team requirements are too high. Many youth players are very talented, but they have no chance to enter the first team. It may waste the talent of the players, and it may also cause the loss of potential players."

For the giants, this is inevitable.Ferguson was a bit stubborn.

Holding the red wine glass, Zhou Buqi took a small sip, "Not necessarily!"

Ferguson raised his eyebrows, "Can Rangnick solve it?"

Zhou Buqi shook his head, "It's not that Rangnick can solve it, but rely on a more advanced and stronger football system to solve it. There is only one Ferguson in the world. I don't know if Rangnick can do it, but it doesn't matter. I rely on Rangnick to solve it." It's a new system that's being built, not using him as a person."

Ferguson vaguely heard something, and looked at him deeply, "I heard that you have greater ambitions in the football field."

Zhou Buqi said with a smile: "Now it's basically confirmed. I will invest in buying the Zurich team in Switzerland. After the acquisition is successful, Manchester United's outstanding young players can be loaned to the Zurich team, or directly sold to Zurich. That’s okay, it’s not really a brain drain.”

Loan players are often not friendly.

For example, Manchester United once loaned Dong Fangtable to the Belgian team Antwerp, and there was a problem here.A very important financial income for the leagues of these small European countries comes from transfers.

That is to train excellent players by themselves, and after they are trained, sell them to big clubs at a high price.

Players on loan will not work.

Just like Dong Fangzhuo, it is impossible for Antwerp to devote all its resources to cultivating him wholeheartedly.Even if he was raised, so what?If the training was successful, Manchester United took it back directly, and Antwerp trained it for nothing, and they couldn't get a penny of the transfer fee.

Therefore, it is difficult to truly cultivate top players in the loan mode, which is determined by the European football system.

Zhou Buqi wants to change this.

It is really difficult to promote the reform of European football.If you can't change the general environment of European football, then change yourself and design a better industrial model to avoid the shortcomings of the European football system!
Make the most of the rental model!
This kind of multinational football group is the best solution.

Zhou Buqi wants to acquire the Zurich team in Switzerland. If it is difficult for Manchester United's young players to get a chance in the first team, they can loan the players to the Zurich team and let them play in the Swiss Super League.

The competitive level of Ruichao is worse than that of the Premier League, but better than that of League One.The top players in Ruichao can play in the European War or the Europa League, and their results are not bad.

Going to Zurich on loan to play games is a good opportunity to exercise.

Because Manchester United and Zurich belong to the same family, there is no hidden danger of helping other players to train players in vain, and they can do their best to train them as their own youth training talents.

This solves the institutional defects of European football to a certain extent.

Then the problem comes again.

The style of the Swiss Super League is not the same as that of the Premier League. Even if a player has played in the Swiss Super League, can he really return to Manchester United?This is what Zhou Buqi authorized Rangnick to do, which is to design at the top level at the tactical level.

In the future, all teams will use one set of tactics.

Played in Zurich, returned to the Manchester United first team... The tactics are still the same, and you can integrate quickly with almost no adaptation.

This greatly reduces the trial-and-error cost of unsuitable talents.

Ferguson is a stubborn old man with a British arrogance, "Isn't that the satellite club plan?"

Zhou Buqi laughed and said: "How can it be the same? Manchester United does not have control over the satellite clubs. Both parties have their own interests and ideas, and even cooperation is very limited. For example, if you fall in love with a Brazilian kid, Unless he is famous all over the world, he will not be able to come to England to play football, and he will be blocked by a labor permit. But once he is famous, there will be many teams competing for it. With the existence of this team in Zurich, It can help Manchester United solve this problem. Zurich will come forward to buy this player and train him first. After meeting the labor certification standards, he will be transferred to Manchester United."

"Uh……"

Ferguson's eyes were cloudy, a little stunned.

Isn't this a loophole!
This is Manchester United and Zurich teaming up to operate behind the scenes, so as to recruit outstanding young players from all over the world at a lower price and more convenient means.

Ferguson also understood Boss Zhou's plan, "Manchester United has the most advanced scouting system in the world, but Zurich does not. Manchester United's scouts will find out, and Zurich will implement it."

Zhou Buqi said: "Yes, that's what it means. A shared database can be established. In addition to Zurich, I also bought a team in China, and I may continue to buy in the United States, Brazil, and Portugal in the future. The scouting systems of all teams can be integrated to cover the whole world. Different players can be bought by the most suitable team, thus greatly reducing transfer costs, trial and error costs and brain drain rate.”

Ferguson took a deep breath, "A football system covering the whole world!"

Zhou Buqi twitched his lips slightly, sitting on the sofa, holding a red wine glass, and crossing his legs, he had the demeanor and courage of a world-class boss, "It is only through a huge world-class football system to support Manchester United It can keep Manchester United invincible at the competitive level for a long time. There is only one Ferguson in the world, and I don’t expect the next Ferguson to appear at Manchester United. I need a more robust and larger system to make Manchester United stronger.”

"I understand."

Ferguson nodded, his heart was turbulent.

Some ideas suddenly popped up in my mind.

How good would it be if I were ten years younger?

Maybe it is really possible to join hands with this young boss Zhou to build a stronger Manchester United empire.

(End of this chapter)