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"Come in"

Yang Huan sat behind the desk, raised his head, and just saw Martin Hunter open the door and come in.

The Englishman looks much older than he did two years ago, which shows that the pressure on the first team is indeed quite high.

It is also fateful that Martin Hunt came from Bradford shortly before Yang Huan bought Southampton.

In addition to helping Bielsa in the first team for the past two years, he has also been responsible for the running of the Saints Academy.

Southampton's academy is full of talent, and while there are teams poaching some of the best talent from across the continent, the concerted efforts of the likes of Martin Hunt, Griffa and Madonny cannot be overlooked.

It took them two years to build Southampton's academy into a top-tier academy that is not lost to other teams on the continent, whether it is the technical and tactical style, or the meticulous craftsmanship of the players, Southampton has its own uniqueness.

This has also created the status and influence of Southampton Academy丨 in the entire English football scene.

Even more than the Red Devils Manchester United

"Young Master Huan, are you looking for me?" After Martin Hunter entered the door, he smiled at Long Wu, who was sitting in the corner playing a game, and walked directly to Yang Huan's desk.

"Sit" Yang Huan smiled and pointed to the other side, "Are you busy with the work of the first team?" ”

When asked, he stood up.

Seeing that Martin Hunter was about to stand up, Yang Huan smiled and motioned for him to sit, while he walked to the corner to make tea.

"It's okay, it's just that the team's results have not been very good recently, and the pressure is quite high, Marcelo has been living in the training base for the past few days" When it comes to the Argentine madman, Martin Hunt is full of admiration.

When it comes to this dedication to football, Bielsa is unparalleled.

Yang Huan made two cups of tea, walked back, put one in front of him, and brought one to his mouth and took a sip.

'I don't really value the team's results, I believe in Marcelo's coaching ability.

Martin Heng nodded and said: "Yes, in fact, the team's results are not too bad, especially for a promoted horse, but maybe the media, fans and the team themselves have too high expectations for the results, and the director is now far behind." ”

Yang Huan smiled, "Normal, we are a team with pursuits"

Martin Hunt also laughed, "If it weren't for the Olympics and the national team competition, we would have won at least two or three more games than we have now, and we would be quite high in the rankings." ”

To put it bluntly, Southampton is definitely the number one disaster for the London Olympics, with ten players being sent to the Olympics and almost no available players on the entire right flank, so how does Bielsa use his troops?

If you can win two more games and six more league points, then you will be very high in the current ranking, and if you win three more games, you will be directly in the top four of the league.

"Don't worry, I can understand these things, I believe you," Yang Huan said with a smile.

Martin Heng nodded, but he wondered in his heart, Young Master Huan called me for no reason, wouldn't it just be to ask about the team?

You must know that on weekdays, Young Master Huan knows about the team, and he goes directly to Guò Bielsa, why is he beating around the bush now?

"Martin, you've been on the team for two years, haven't you?" Yang Huan sat back in his seat.

"Well, a little earlier than Young Master Huan." Martin Hunter replied.

"In the past two years, you have done quite well with us, and all of us feel that you have your own insights in youth training, such as the three-point youth training concept that you have summed up."

Martin Hunter smiled slightly, not knowing what Young Master Huan meant by mentioning this.

But when it comes to the concept of three-point youth training, his face is a little complacent.

He put forward three points that must be achieved in the youth training camp of the saints.

Sweating on the field, smiling off the field, and learning from it, this is a successful youth training

If you want to use Yang Huan's words, yes, this is Milu's happy football.

To be able to have such an insight is really quite rare in English football.

The England youth training in this year is either stereotyped, or barbaric, or Yu Crisp doesn't know what he wants at all.

But Southampton's three ideas have proved to be quite helpful for youth training.

After all, the most important thing to develop players, especially young players under the age of ten, is to cultivate their interest in football.

Then you have to let them have fun with football and smile from the heart.

"Young Master Huan, in fact, it's not my credit alone, Griffa and Madoni, they brought us the South American Argentine Academy! The essence gives us a glimpse of the uniqueness of their skills and methods of developing players. ”

Yang Huan couldn't help nodding, Griffa and Madonie are the advisors and chief scouts of the academy, and their contributions to Southampton are also quite obvious, especially in the youth training and! Young players are being developed.

"Also, our youth director Les Reid, who is also well-known in England, and our academy director Matt Crocker, his role is also crucial, and it is because of our joint efforts that the Saints' youth training is starting to get on the right track."

To put it bluntly, after two years of high investment, the youth training of the Saints is already on the right track.

Unless Yang Huan's head cramps and self-destructs the city wall, otherwise, Southampton's youth training is an endless treasure trove and an inexhaustible gold mine

Of course, we still have to continue to invest every year, innovate and upgrade software and hardware, and search for beets and talents.

Yang Huan smiled faintly and didn't say anything.

Martin Hunter is certainly a bit modest, but as the leader of the academy, the Saints academy has developed so quickly, and he has contributed a lot.

Everyone sees this credit and can't run away.

"Have you heard about the England Academy's reform plan?" Yang Huan asked.

"The Glorious Revolution?"

"Yes," Yang Huan nodded, "According to this plan, St. Georges will become the Clairefontaine of England, and in the next few years, the whole of England from the top league Premier League to the community amateur league will drive a wave of youth training reform in full swing." ”

"That's a good thing"

Yang Huan smiled and said: "It's a good thing, but the English football team alone will never succeed at all, so this time it will be a mixed team, responsible for formulating and promoting the reform plan of the youth training, and including the FA and the Premier League will arrange personnel to settle in St. George's." ”

Martin Hunter couldn't help frowning when he heard this.

"Young Master Huan, youth training has never been something that can be completed by one person, it is a complete set of system engineering, which requires the joint efforts of many people to complete, and it is impossible to do things by relying on a mixed team alone."

"That's right, so everyone in this mixed team must not only be deeply involved in youth training, but also must be experts who understand and be familiar with the English football environment, and they will be fully responsible for the entire Glorious Revolution's youth training reform plan."

Speaking of this, Yang Huan smiled slightly and said: "It is preliminarily estimated that from 2013, the annual budget of the Glorious Revolution plan will be as high as nearly 100 million pounds. ”

Just kidding, 5% of the Premier League broadcasting rights income in a year after deducting 7788 fees and expenses, is taken out and invested in youth training, some of which are invested by clubs in youth training, and some are operated by the Glorious Revolution Project Group to improve the youth training in England as a whole, especially in the community

Martin Hunter was a little dumbfounded when he heard this, "One hundred million? ”

"Yes" Yang Huan nodded, "Therefore, everyone attaches great importance to this team, and there are only four candidates who have been confirmed at present." ”

"Who?"

"Dave Reading, the president of the London Organising Committee, has been very satisfying with his work at the Organising Committee, especially in terms of coordination and resourcing, so David Bernstein strongly recommended him to join the team."

Martin Henry, Dave Reading did a great job during the run-up to the London Olympics.

"The other two are Nick Levitt and Roger Davies, who have long been involved in promoting and refining the lower league system, and they are both experts who are quite familiar with and understand the system and environment of the lower leagues in England."

Martin Hunter had also heard of the two of them, and they were really in charge of this project.

"And another?"

'Current head of FA development, former England international Gareth Southgate'

"It's him," Martin Hunt also thinks is fine.

"Nick Levitt and Roger Davies are both from the FA's development department, and they have repeatedly cooperated with Southgate to issue initiatives to reform the academy, and now they are proposing the Glorious Revolution, and it is normal for them to participate."

Yang Huan smiled and nodded, "You're not wrong at all, but there are still a lot of things missing." ”

"What?"

Yang Huan didn't answer, but asked with a smile, "Do you think that just a few of them know how to reform?" ”

This time Martin Hunter was really stunned.

Yes, these people, Dave Redding's ability to do things needless to say, but when it comes to youth training, he is a layman.

Although Southgate, Nick Levitt and Roger Davis are professional players and familiar with the league environment, youth training is a technical job, can they do it?

If someone who knows the art doesn't take the lead, what would they do with this project?

"This time it's a long-term plan, and everyone is determined to stick to it for the long term, so the people in this team are basically young, so there are no old people like Howard Wilkinson and Eric Harrison."

Martin Hunter frowned when he heard this, "Including Les Reid?" ”

Southampton's head of academy was born behind the growth of the FA's technical development advisers, including the likes of Steven Gerrard, Frank Lampard and Wayne Rooney.

What is even more commendable is that Les Reid is one of the few all-rounders in English football who attaches great importance to technical youth training and has considerable ability in sports medicine, technical training and scouting.

Les Reid joined the team almost at the same time as Martin Hunter, but Martin Hunter was later favored by Yang Huan and was promoted to the first team as Bielsa's assistant, with a relatively high status.

But when it comes to high morality, Les Reed didn't say it, and he deserved to be the first.

If you don't talk about what is far away, you can talk about what is nearer.

Not long ago, after the official opening of St George's, the FA hosted an exchange meeting and invited experts from youth training, including Barcelona, to have a discussion.

Southampton's three homegrown youth experts, Martin Hunt, Matt Crocker and Les Reid, were all in attendance, and during the exchange, the Barcelona youth experts were speechless.

The reason is very simple, Southampton's youth training model pays more attention to flexibility, creativity and cultivating children's interests.

Relatively speaking, Barcelona's youth training is very rigorous, but it is also quite rigid, almost treating young players as workers on the assembly line, requiring them to abide by the tactical rules of No. 3 to No. 6 and No. 6 to No. 7.

It was after this exchange meeting that Barcelona's youth training experts expressed their hope to find an opportunity to visit Wèn at Southampton's Staupwood training base for exchange and learning, and at the same time called on the Southampton youth team to visit Wèn in Barcelona.

This also made the Saints Academy Camp famous again in the football circle

Yang Huan looked at Martin Hunter with a smile and said something that made this middle-aged English almost fall down.

"At the summit in London, I recommend that you be in charge of this project."