Chapter 38 The world’s top midfielder
From Warsaw, the capital of Poland, to the southern city of Katowice.
In Zabrze, 17 kilometers west of Katowice, Yang Cheng found the Zabrze Gornik Club easily.
This Polish League One team is not very strong and does not have strong financial resources.
Even, they were very surprised by Yang Cheng's arrival.
German teams will pay attention to Poland, but very few in England.
When Yang Cheng mentioned Lukasz Piszczek, the other party understood it.
This 19-year-old Polish National Youth Team player is the best performer in their team. He is currently in the U19 National Youth Team, preparing for the upcoming U19 European Youth Championship in Switzerland.
In Yang Cheng's previous life, Piszczek became famous in this European Youth Championship.
Although Poland U19 suffered a disgraceful defeat in the European Youth Championship, losing all three games, Lukasz Piszczek, who plays as a winger, scored 4 goals in 3 games and competed with Turkey. Forward Ali Erturk is tied for the top scorer.
Champion Spain's Soldado only scored 3 goals.
I believe at this time, no one could have imagined that this extremely fast attacker would eventually become a world-famous right back.
But sometimes things are so strange.
After the European Youth Championship, Piszczek moved to Hertha Berlin, but was loaned back to Poland.
The development of the next few years made it difficult for him to perform at the forward and winger positions, and his career development went from bad to worse.
Then he moved to Dortmund on a free transfer.
After being unable to stay in the frontcourt, Piszczek switched to playing right back. Only then did he suddenly realize that he became a top right back.
The Polish league environment is not very formal yet. The 19-year-old Piszczek has not yet signed a formal professional contract with Zabrze Gornik. The Bayswater Chinese could have introduced him freely. .
But after Yang Cheng thought about it, he decided to take the club route.
So, the Bayswater Chinese paid PLN 400,000 to sign the young player.
At the current exchange rate, 400,000 PLN is about £50,000.
This is nothing to the Bayswater Chinese.
But you can build a channel through this.
When Yang Cheng came to Poland on this trip, he originally wanted to find Lewandowski.
But this future world's top center has not yet joined Legia Warsaw, nor is he in the small team Warsaw Oasis.
It seems that he should still be receiving youth training in his hometown team.
After several considerations, Yang Cheng temporarily let go of Lewandowski.
You are too young. Even if you find it, people may not be willing to go.
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After reaching an agreement with Zabrze Gornik, Yang Cheng made a special trip to Warsaw.
Accompanied by his agent, Yang Cheng met with Piszczek.
Then, Yang Cheng went all the way south and entered Slovakia.
In western Slovakia, in Trencin, which was handed over to the Czech Republic, Yang Cheng found the Trencin club and signed Slovak central defender Martin Skrtel from Trencin for 300,000 euros.
Not long ago, Skrtel was selected into the squad for Slovakia’s friendly match against Japan and officially became the Slovakia international.
But even so, Trencin was very satisfied with the 300,000 euros offered by the Chinese in Bayswater.
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From Trencin to Vienna, Austria, and then from Vienna to Basel, Switzerland.
Yang Cheng visited Basel and signed Gerhan Inler from Basel for a transfer fee of 450,000 euros, who has never played once in the first team.
This transfer fee is quite a lot for a player who is only 20 years old and has not yet played in the first team.
Gerhan Inler has wasted years in the Basel youth team and has not yet had a chance to play.
Regarding the transfer to the English Championship, although I am a little worried about the gains and losses, it is also a hope.
Because of this, Gerhan Inler agreed to join Bayswater Chinese.
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Flying from Basel to Paris, Yang Cheng appeared non-stop in Creteil, a suburb in the southeast of Paris.
In Creteil, Yang Cheng could easily find a football club named after the city that specializes in youth training.
The so-called specialization in youth training means that there is no adult team.
In addition to the tuition fees of the students, the profit model of this kind of club also includes a small portion of the youth training income from the transfer fees when they become talents in the future. This is enough to maintain the long-term operation of a youth training club.
In Creteil, Yang Cheng easily found Blaise Matuidi, who was only 17 years old.
Matuidi was not originally in Crete.
In 2000, he was successfully selected for Clairefontaine and received three years of football training in the youth training base of this French football palace.
One year after entering Clarefontaine, Matuidi's youth training contract was transferred to Crete.
After completing three years of training in Clairefontaine, he naturally came to Creteuil to continue training, and began trial training with Troyes, a French second division team southeast of Paris, this summer. , strive to get a professional contract.
I just didn’t expect that Yang Cheng would come to the door at this time.
Matuidi did not resist joining the Bayswater Chinese because he had played outside since he was a child.
Playing in the British Championship in the UK is also a good choice.
What's more, Yang Cheng promised to give him a professional contract.
For Matuidi, who is 17 years old and whose family is not well off, this is a timely help.
But what really surprised Yang Cheng was that he saw a familiar name at the Creteyi Club.
Aubameyang.
But not the Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang that fans were familiar with in his previous life.
It is William Firth Aubameyang, the second of the three Aubameyang brothers.
He also received football training in Creteil.
From Aubameyang No. 2, Yang Cheng also knew that Aubameyang No. 3 is currently playing for the Rouen Club northwest of Paris.
Is it possible to go to Bayswater Chinese?
Impossible!
Aubameyang refused directly on the 2nd.
He even refused on behalf of his younger brother.
The reason is simple, their father has someone.
The elder Aubameyang is also a professional player and the captain of the Gabon national team. He has played in France for a long time and retired from Rouen in 2002.
This is the team that Aubameyang currently plays for No. 3.
Although the old Aubameyang is not good at football, but building relationships and finding connections are great leverage.
In the 1996/97 season, Aubameyang Sr. played for Stina in the Italian League C for one year, and he got involved in Serie A.
After retiring, he entered AC Milan's youth training camp and served as the chief scout in Africa, helping the Rossoneri to find players in Africa.
Because of this relationship, in 2000, he directly brought Aubameyang, No. 1 in 1983, into AC Milan's youth training camp.
Now, he plans to send Aubameyang No. 2 in 1987 to Stina, who was promoted to Serie B, and then find an opportunity to send him to AC Milan.
Although Aubameyang No. 3 is currently playing for Rouen, he has been heavily cultivated by Rouen.
Who gives people connections and connections?
"My father has already planned to send him to AC Milan when he is 17 years old."
When Aubameyang No. 2 said this, his chin Lifted a little high.
Obviously, teams like the Bayswater Chinese are not taken seriously by him at all. Their whole family is going to AC Milan.
As long as you can go to AC Milan and become a gold medal player, even if you can't stay, you will still be a great player when you come out.
Yang Cheng has to admit, this family is really awesome!
The old Aubameyang made all kinds of calculations, and in the end he really let him cultivate an Aubameyang No. 3.
But Yang Cheng didn't care, let alone care about a 17-year-old child.
He has dealt with too many players in his previous life. If he misses it, he will miss it.
However, after Yang Cheng took care of Matuidi, he still headed in the direction of Rouen.
But he did not stay in Rouen, but passed through Rouen and went directly to Le Havre on the east coast of the English Channel.
This is also the last stop of his trip.
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As a well-known youth training base in Europe, Le Havre produces many players every year.
The more famous one in his previous life was of course Paul Pogba.
Manchester United had a big fight with Le Havre in order to get Pogba.
But the Red Devils are not the first.
Just this summer, Newcastle in the Premier League worked hard to acquire Le Havre's 18-year-old left winger Charles N'Zogbia, and even fought a lawsuit with Le Havre for a whole year.
In the end, Newcastle paid Le Havre a compensation of 250,000 pounds and successfully took away the left wing genius.
In comparison, Liverpool's approach is much more decent.
In 2001, in order to obtain Le Havre's twin stars, Pangler and Letalek, Liverpool paid a transfer fee of several million pounds and successfully persuaded Le Havre.
As an honest person, Yang Cheng would certainly not engage in such sneaky behavior.
He came directly to talk to Le Havre.
For 1 million euros, he wants to sign Le Havre U19 youngster Lars Diarra.
This youngster has neither played in the Le Havre first team nor been selected for the French national team, but he performed very well in the Le Havre youth team.
It’s just too small.
Some people say that he is likely to become a player like Makelele.
But his skills are very good, and he is not willing to be a defensive player.
Therefore, for this player, let alone Yang Cheng's previous life, even within Le Havre today, there is still mixed praise and praise.
In this case, the Bayswater Chinese’s 1 million euros successfully persuaded Le Havre.
According to the exchange rate, it is about 650,000 pounds.
Long before Yang Cheng sold Martin Roland, he had been considering the midfield issue, and finally he locked in Lars Diarra.
The reason is also very simple. In the 2004/05 season, the fledgling Lass Diarra became famous after playing for Le Havre in the Ligue 2. Then Chelsea paid 4.5 million euros for him. .
What's even more outrageous is that after his failure at Chelsea, he moved to Arsenal.
Wenger is actually looking forward to him very much.
When Lass Diarra was clamoring for a transfer in just half a year, Wenger tried every means to persuade him to stay.
But in the end, Lars Diarra moved to Portsmouth, coached by Redknapp, in January 2008.
The most outrageous thing is that in January 2009, he transferred to Real Madrid for 20 million euros and put on Real Madrid's No. 10 jersey.
Can you imagine Makelele wearing the No. 10 jersey?
No matter who became the head coach of Real Madrid, Lass Diarra was taken seriously.
Even when he left Real Madrid in 2012, Mourinho was trying to retain him.
For Lass Diarra, all head coaches have a very consistent attitude.
Why don’t you defend me well, okay?
As long as you defend well, you are Makelele.
No, it’s an enhanced version of Makelele.
Because your skills, holding the ball and passing are better than Makelele.
Why do you have to go to No. 10?
Yang Cheng also studied Lass Diarra in his previous life and found that this player really had nothing to say defensively.
Except for being limited by his height, he can do all the tasks that a defensive midfielder can do, and he does it well and is very eye-catching.
What about the sticky balls that have been criticized by many people?
It just so happens that Yang Cheng has seen a set of data. This guy's passing success rate has been stable at more than 85% during his time at Real Madrid, and even exceeded 90% at one time.
From 2009 to 2012, this is a statistic that even top midfielders may not be able to achieve.
What’s interesting is that he averages at least 1.5 to 2 steals per game.
How to say it?
This number is less than the German dead fisheye of the same team, that guy has more than 2 times per game.
The data of Modric at Tottenham and Iniesta at Barcelona are very close.
But Xavi’s data in Barcelona is 1 to 1.5 times.
The truly top midfielder is Xavi Alonso, who averages less than 1 time per game, and the lowest is even 0.5 times.
That is, one goal was stolen in two games.
What’s even more interesting is that this guy averages around 1.5 dribbles per game, which is a bit higher than Xavi and less than Iniesta and Modric, both of whom are stable at more than 2 times. .
Although the passing success rate is high, Las Diarra averages only 0.8 key passes per game, which is far less than Modric, Xabi Alonso, Xavi and Iniesta twice.
Not to mention Germany’s dead fish eyes 3 times.
It can be seen that although Lass Diarra passes the ball very well, it is more of a transitional and series pass.
These data may not be detailed enough, but they form a very complex picture of Ras Diarra.
This is very troublesome.
Yang Cheng thought about a problem with Lass Diarra in his previous life. This player has not been well trained since he first emerged as a player.
From Chelsea's Mourinho to Arsenal's Arsene Wenger, none of them have sculpted him well.
Later he went to Portsmouth, but Redknapp trusted him very much and played the best year of his career.
But later he joined Real Madrid, which was strong in offense and weak in defense. This characteristic of his put him in trouble again.
There is no doubt that Lars Diarra has the talent of a top midfielder in the world.
But in Yang Cheng's previous life, it was a pity that he failed to reach the expected height.
Yang Cheng signed him this time just to see if this kid is worth cultivating?
The biggest problem with Ras Diarra’s character is that he wants to be taken seriously.
Whether he left Chelsea or Arsenal, it was because he was not taken seriously.
On this point, Yang Cheng can satisfy him and pay attention to and cultivate him.
He even promised to give him the main position in the midfield.
As for how far he can develop, it depends on himself.
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