Chapter 75 Perfect Left Road
When forming a team, Yang Hao always believes in one principle: hunger and thirst .
Players in their 20s are relatively inexperienced, but they are full of energy and hunger.
What they need is the head coach to give them opportunities and build the team's tactics based on their characteristics and abilities.
Why was Van Gaal's Ajax team so impressive?
Because he proved to the world what it means to have no limits in youth!
How incredible is it when a team with an average age of only in its early twenties defeats so many top European teams with overwhelming momentum?
Note that Ajax’s glorious period in Europe was not one year, but two years!
Because that peak Ajax team reached the Champions League final for two consecutive seasons, defeating AC Milan to win the championship in the 94/95 season.
That was AC Milan coached by Capello, who had just defeated Cruyff's dream team Barcelona 4-0 in the Champions League final the previous year.
In the 95/96 season, Ajax lost to Lippi's Juventus on penalties in the final.
Two years after defeating Ajax to win the championship, the Zebras reached the Champions League final for two consecutive years, but ultimately lost to Hitzfeld's Dortmund and Heynckes' Real Madrid.
In other words, Ajax's report card was the result of hard work and is of great value.
In these two seasons, Ajax has also been the team with the strongest offensive firepower in the Champions League, not even one of them.
Yang Hao now wants to build a young guard team with Atletico Madrid characteristics towards Van Gaal's Ajax team, and create a new world in the European arena in the next few years.
On the one hand, he wants to make full use of his advantage as a time traveler, but on the other hand, he is also limited by Atletico Madrid's current situation.
Last season's financial trusteeship and turmoil were a serious blow to Atletico Madrid and had far-reaching consequences.
Many people may think, didn’t the team avoid relegation in the end?
Yes, we have avoided relegation, but what’s the use?
Is Atletico Madrid rich?
If you don’t have money, who knows if you will be placed under trusteeship again, or downgraded, or even go bankrupt?
Why did Valerón, Capdevila, Pablo Garcia and others try so hard to run?
They didn't say it, but Yang Hao, Xiao Xi'er and others knew it in their hearts.
I just have no confidence in Atletico Madrid's finances.
Why did Cerezo and Hill make that pledge? Why did they hold that press conference?
To put it bluntly, it is to appease people's hearts.
It's like a company that has experienced a bankruptcy crisis and lost its core business. At this time, if the employees in the company can find a job outside, even if it only needs a similar job, let alone a better one, will they jump ship?
Belleron is indeed a gentleman, but for him, playing football is also a job to support himself and his family.
When he makes money in the future and is almost financially free, he can of course stay in Deportivo La Coruña to satisfy his spiritual needs.
But what about now?
Why did Pablo Garcia run away when he heard about AC Milan?
It's not just because of the mini World Cup, but because AC Milan is a top club.
A wealthy family represents foundation, and foundation is the bottom line.
Fans can be emotional, but club managers, head coaches and players cannot.
Just like now, if Yang Hao could choose, he would definitely go and buy Ronaldinho, who definitely has the talent and strength to be the future king of football, but the question is, can he do it?
Even if Atletico Madrid sells everything it has, will Ronaldinho look at Atletico Madrid in the eye?
This is a very realistic and cruel world where the strong prey on the weak and one can only strive to get ahead.
So is Yang Hao, and so is Atletico Madrid!
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If we carefully study the targets that Yang Hao has currently locked on, there is no need to mention Van der Sar, but also Carvalho, Deco, Vicente, Joaquin and others, all of whom are on the eve of transformation.
For example, Carvalho.
In Yang Hao's previous life, he would perform very well in the Portuguese Super League next season.
Vicente and Joaquin are similar.
This is enough to prove that these players have already reached a very outstanding level at the moment.
In comparison, given Kaka's current situation, he is not yet suitable to play in Atletico Madrid's first team.
But don’t forget, where is Atletico Madrid’s second team?
Western Second Division!
Yang Hao traveled all the way to Sao Paulo, Brazil, not only for Kaka, but also for his two teammates.
One is Juliano Belletti.
There is no doubt about the strength of this Brazilian right-back who will be 24 years old soon. He was a national team player in the 2002 World Cup, but what is interesting?
He was selected for the Brazilian national team in 1995, when he was 19 years old. Head coach Zagallo called him up in the friendly match against Argentina, but he did not play.
This summer, he was also recruited into the Brazilian national team's training camp and can be considered a regular.
But unfortunately, on the right, Brazil has an invincible captain Cafu, and Belletti, a Grand Slam player in La Liga, Premier League, Champions League and World Cup, can only be in the captain's shadow.
Sao Paulo's offer for Belletti is €4 million.
Equally tragic is Sao Paulo's left-back, 20-year-old Fabio Aurelio.
I guess many fans have forgotten this perfect left winger who once amazed the entire La Liga and even the entire European football world.
At the age of 22, he was unstoppable at Barcelona's Camp Nou, scored twice at Deportivo La Coruna's Riazor Stadium, had an assist and a goal in two games against Real Madrid, and even scored a spectacular direct free kick in La Liga...
That year, the whole of Europe concluded that he had the same strength as Roberto Carlos, but he was 8 years younger than Carlos, which meant that he had great potential in the future.
But what is the result?
After that stunning glimpse, Aurelio suffered a very funny medical accident in Valencia.
In preparation for the Confederations Cup, Brazil called up the outstanding Aurelio, but Valencia informed that Aurelio suffered a knee injury due to fatigue and was unable to participate in training and competition.
Of course the Brazilian national team didn't believe it, so the team doctor personally examined the player and found out that he was indeed injured.
But at that time, everyone thought that this was just a trivial problem, and Aurelio might be able to return before the national team game was over.
But who could have imagined that this minor knee injury, under the "care" of a quack doctor in Valencia, would keep getting injured over and over again, and in the end, he would have to rest for more than a year...
Even a year later, Aurelio finally returned from injury and his performance was still very eye-catching, but he was too fragile and kept getting injured. Finally, Valencia couldn't stand it anymore and directly terminated his contract.
And Benítez, who was coaching Liverpool, immediately signed the veteran.
Gerrard later said that Aurelio had the potential to be a top left-back, but was too prone to injury.
Tragedies like Aurelio's are just one of the masterpieces of La Liga's quacks.
Therefore, Yang Hao will carry out a thorough reform of Atletico Madrid this summer, including the medical department.
Aurelio has been promoted through the ranks of the Brazilian national team at various levels. He is currently preparing for the Sydney Olympics on behalf of the Brazilian Olympic team and has also attracted the attention of many European teams, including Valencia.
Yang Hao came to negotiate in person and finally successfully signed the Brazilian left-back for 4.5 million euros.
Yes, Belletti, Aurelio and Kaka, three players costing nearly 10 million euros.
Among them, Belletti and Aurelio both have dual citizenship of Brazil and Italy.
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After signing three players from Sao Paulo, Yang Hao did not leave immediately, but went to Corinthians in the same city.
There, Yang Hao spent 200,000 euros to sign 24-year-old Brazilian midfielder Marcos Senna.
The midfielder was not prominent in Corinthians and did not perform well, mostly serving as a substitute.
However, he has a famous cousin, Assuncao, who currently plays for Roma and is famous for his free kicks.
Corinthians' current financial situation is very bad and they have no intention of retaining him. The entire negotiation went very smoothly.
In fact, it took Yang Hao less than an hour from the time he walked in to the time he came out.
After signing Marcos Senna, Yang Hao went south to Porto Alegre in Rio Grande do Sul and signed Lucio, the central defender of the Brazilian Olympic team, from Internacional for 3 million euros.
Unlike Aurelio's high price, Lucio is not a main player in the Brazilian Olympic team, but his physical quality is excellent.
The potential and talent of a player like Lucio are visible to the naked eye, so Yang Hao still had to spend some time and effort to sign Lucio from Internacional.
Afterwards, Yang Hao returned to Rio de Janeiro in the north, and then continued west to sign Maicon for 1 million euros at the Cruzeiro youth training camp in Belo Horizonte, Minas Gerais, the neighboring state of Rio de Janeiro.
Paco Casar followed the entire process and would later participate in these transfers as an agent and earn a commission, but he couldn't understand it either.
In Paco Casar's view, Yang Hao's trip had a very clear purpose, and he was almost going there for certain players.
But he also had a question: Do all these players have to play for Atletico Madrid?
"Although Belletti and Aurelio have dual citizenship, Lucio, Maicon and Marcos Senna do not. How can they all play for Atletico Madrid?"
When Yang Hao returned to Rio de Janeiro and was preparing to return to Europe at the airport, Paco Casal finally couldn't help but ask.
"Have you kept it in your heart for a long time?" Yang Hao laughed.
After a pause, he explained, "Because our second team is in the Western Second Division, we can also have three foreign players."
Foreign players in the second team can play for the first team, but there is a limit on the number of games. If they play more than 10 games, they must re-register with the first team.
There is no restriction on foreign players in the youth team, but foreign players in the youth team cannot play for the first team and the second team.
What’s more important is that if foreign players want to apply for Spanish citizenship, they must have served for 4 years, but in Spanish-speaking countries, it only takes 2 years.
Therefore, there are actually not many problems with the players Yang Hao signed in Brazil this time.
Especially considering that players like Kaka, Maicon, Marcos Senna and others must first play in the second team in the Segunda División to adapt and train, they will definitely be registered in the second team.
The only foreign players left in the first team are Lucio and Adriano.
