The Ball at Your Feet

Zhao Yaning thought for a while, and without too much hesitation, he accepted the bet.

"Joy, you are at a disadvantage," Squelach shook his head. "African Cup once every two years and Asian Cup once every four years. He has a much better chance of winning than you."

Drogba disagrees with this statement, "but we have more competition than them. Africa has giants like Egypt, and teams such as Cameroon are strong teams, but what about Asia? There are not many strong teams in Asia. The team? How can they fail to win the championship? Or do you mean that all Asian games are played like the South Korean team?"

Drogba's words made several people laugh: after the Korea-Japan World Cup, the Korean team has been laughed at by European players.

Although at first it was only Spanish and Italians who hated Koreans, but later, this trend spread. Although no one dared to say anything on the surface, in private they all made fun of Koreans.

In fact, South Korea has been wronged enough: The South Korean team in 2002 was indeed the strongest South Korean team ever. That South Korean team is united, hard-working, and hardworking. Although the skills are not good, but the stamina is sufficient and willing to run, it can be said to be a very strong team.

But after all, that kind of strength is not the opponents of Italy and Spain. They defeated these two teams by relying on black whistle. Naturally, only the black whistle is left behind. The glorious side is probably only remembered by them. Up.

"It's not so exaggerated, but Asian football is really not very clean." Zhao Yaning thought about what she saw from the magazine, and had heard other people talk about West Asian football, as well as South Korea and Japan, before suddenly realizing that China The idiots of the Football Association have done such a bad job of bribing the upper echelons, buying referees, and engaging in political intrigue.

But at this time, he can't complain about this, "China's luck has always been bad, and there is no one above who can speak up, and it is rarely taken care of. And now, there are new problems."

Zhao Yaning thought for a while, and briefly said a few words about the failure of each team to pick up, and then began to smile bitterly, "They all count on making money... Just seeing Qi Zu, Figo's transfer fee is surprisingly high. Forget how Rome, Lazio, and Florence went bankrupt..."

Squillaci was not touched by this: France is an exporter of players, and the number of players sold to foreign countries every year is the world's largest. Even Brazil is stunned. It is very difficult for France to imagine that it is not going to be unreliable.

But Drogba was willing to think of a solution.

"You can invest in running a football school by yourself. We in Africa have many people doing this. And it doesn't cost you all of your money. You can contact the government to provide technical support with your reputation and connections, and let the government provide land. At the same time, Europe launched a fund-raising campaign, calling on people to donate to the children of the third world-if you do this, you don't have to spend too much money, and you can still get a good reputation, which is very cost-effective. I have been thinking about it, waiting for me to have money in the future , With fame, I did the same." Drogba reminded him.

"I thought about..." Zhao Yaning explained his problem, "The main problem is social security. If a player is injured, it will be difficult to treat the illness, and if the player is forced to retire, it will not be easy to arrange. At the same time, they are trained. Players, if the level is not enough, there is nowhere to go."

"Would you not run a hospital by yourself?" Drogba immediately gave his opinion, "If you run a specialized hospital, wouldn't it be solved? The hospital is also a good investment, and you won't lose money at any time. , The money they earn is used to cover the cost of treatment for the players. Wouldn’t it be good to do two things with one stone?"

Zhao Yaning hadn't thought about this idea before, but thinking about it at this time, it was really good.

But the question is, does China allow private hospitals to run? Zhao Yaning can't remember it. It seems that in his memory, all hospitals are run by the state.

"And those who can't continue their professional careers are better. Isn't your national football just professional? The football industry also needs talents? Just let them do those things? Scouts, coaches, reporters , Writers, and even lawn mowers, don’t all these need people?"

"As for those who are kicked out, it's easier to handle. You buy a club and end up?" Drogba said, "The players you train are used for your own use, and you sell them when you use them. Don't pursue them. Good results and no pursuit of large income are a team for cultivating talents. As long as you don’t want to make a lot of money, you don’t have to think too much about the investment. Letting the team take responsibility for its own profit and loss is enough for him to run on his own. Isn't this a good thing?"

These things Zhao Yaning never thought about. He never thought that cultivating players can be linked with making money.

But thinking about it does make sense. If you buy a club by yourself and don't ask for grades, it doesn't matter what you play, just to cultivate talents, then you won't lose much money. The football industry loses money mainly because of the worth and salary of the big-name players. Other things are just average. If you really don't pursue performance and don't need the team to hand in any money to yourself, you can indeed make the team run well and also cultivate youth training.

No one in China has Wenger's ability to cultivate talents while making achievements while making money. But don't get grades, don't make money, just cultivate talents, it's much easier. This kind of team is everywhere in France. Ligue 1 and France B go back and forth between them. They don't invest in signings if they have money. They rely on youth training. Such teams are generally even profitable. If you don't ask for profit, you should do better, right?

Zhao Yaning heard from the coaches how much the youth training costs: Among the Ligue 1 teams, Lyon is the most powerful team in youth training. They collect talents from all over France and update their equipment every year. But even so, they The annual investment is only about 10 million euros. The money includes the introduction of small players, coaches' salaries, and many other losses.

The level of youth training in Lyon has become the premier youth training in Ligue 1 after the establishment of the Tora Voroj base in the new century. Even in the world, they can compete with La Liga duo Real Madrid and Barcelona for the top three in the world. I don’t ask for that kind of excellent youth training, just build an ordinary youth training camp, and coupled with the lower prices in China, it shouldn’t cost much, right?

"Also, if you are not at ease, you can still find foreign aid from France." Squelach also said, "Since your Chinese football level is not very good, then the French second level should be possible with you. Did you play football? Spend more money, find one or two good foreign players, and leave the performance issues to the foreign players. The club just cultivates youth training, doesn't it take care of everything?"

Zhao Yaning has never thought about this, but now that he thinks about it, he also thinks it is also a way.

"Why would you consider these?" Zhao Yaning looked at Drogba with some puzzlement.

"Our situation is similar. I thought about investment in African football, and it ended up by analogy." Drogba shrugged and said lightly on this issue. "It's just that the difference may be that our country is a real one. People don’t have the money to invest in football, and your country doesn’t value football. No one wants to invest.”

No, they value football very much. Zhao Yaning sneered. It's just that what they value is different. They hope that football will be their cash cow, and it is best to be their promotion symbol at the same time. As for the development of football and the achievements of football, they don't care.

The General Administration of Sports does not care, because they are in charge of the performance departments of table tennis, diving, and gymnastics. It doesn't matter if a football association is not strong. The Football Association doesn’t care either. They are the department that pays the most money in the General Administration. Although they do not produce results, have no status, and have no chance of being promoted, as long as they have money, they don’t have to worry about excessive criticism by the General Administration. The club owners don’t care, they are a group of businessmen who only think about making money. As for the players, no one else cares. Why do players care?

"Does this work in your Africa? Will the Football Association not interfere?" Zhao Yaning still asked his own question with some doubts.

"In some countries in Africa, as long as you are willing to pay the Football Association and let the Football Association change the chairmanship to listen to you~www.ltnovel.com~Drogba answered.

This makes Zhao Yaning really unimaginable, what kind of country and what kind of football association it must be?

It would be great if the Chinese Football Association was like this...I'm cruel, give them some money, and then have the final say, how to play and how to play. But the problem is that Chinese football will not look like that. The leaders of the Football Association are also counting on the springboard to promote their promotion. What they want is political performance, not money.

There is nothing wrong with bureaucracy when used to describe the Football Association.

"Football is a weak country. It must suffer a lot if you want to develop." Drogba saw Zhao Yaning's expression and slowly began to speak. "A country like ours is incomparable to Europeans. They have money. For entertainment, we are willing to invest money. We can’t compare with South America. Those countries regard football as an industry, which is a profitable business. We can’t. Asian and African countries do not have enough social security on the one hand, and neither do they have good enough social security on the other. It’s not so easy to develop the foundation of sports."

Zhao Yaning nodded, Drogba's words did have his reason.

But at this time, another question lingered in his heart-such a method, Drogba can think of, Zhang Yuan can't think of it? Speaking of which, Zhang Yuan is better than Drogba with his well-trained mind when dealing with people. His time in France is not too short, can't he see things about African football? If he saw it and knew he wanted to do something in Chinese football, why didn't he tell himself? Zhang Yuan has always been opposed to Zhao Yaning's idea of ​​investing in Chinese football. Could it be that he knew there was a way, but didn't tell himself?

This kind of thinking made Zhao Yaning a little confused. If even Zhang Yuan couldn't be trusted, who else could be trusted by the people around him?