In recent years, with the influx of international capital into professional football, the importance of the club's management system has become more and more prominent, not only including daily management, but also talent selection and introduction, as well as long-term planning.

Kuhn and others are all managers of large companies, and they know better than anyone else that the most important thing in running a large company is how to establish an efficient management system.

If football is a world, then all the teams in the big five leagues are a big company.

Throughout the past decade or so, the best teams in Europe have often excelled at the management level.

In the first three years of the first phase of the Galacticos, the AC Milan under Juventus, Silvio Berlusconi and Galliani under Moggi before the phone......

A very important reason why Mourinho's Porto was able to sweep the Europa League is that a new business philosophy led by Mendes' third-party ownership agency has entered the Portuguese Super League and entered European football.

Facts have proved that it is precisely the great success of Porto that has greatly driven the career development of Mendes and others.

When Guardiola was in a deep quagmire in Barcelona, he took over the team as the club's soul standard-bearer, and won the full support of President Laporta and ordinary staff.

At its peak, Guardiola's coaching team had as many as 20 people, and it was not until Russell came to power that the coaching team was cut because of the need to reduce the team's finances, which also caused conflicts between Guardiola and Rusell.

As for Mourinho's Inter Milan, that's not to mention, an unsustainable success that has been gambled on by almost everything at the club, including Moratti's financial resources and all the resources up and down the team.

And after the success, Inter Milan also quickly slipped down.

As for Ferguson's Manchester United, and Bayern Munich over the years, there is no need to say more, they are definitely a model of European professional team management.

It's like Bayern Munich.

After a turn-of-the-century success, the Bundesliga as a whole fell with the bankruptcy of the Kirsch Group, and Bayern Munich followed suit, with a year-long period of turmoil that prevented them from making a difference on the European stage.

However, in the past few years, Bayern Munich has not been without results.

That is, relying on its excellent management system, the Bundesliga team has constantly broken through the limits of its own operation, expanded its financial revenue, and further consolidated its position as the supreme ruler of the Bundesliga.

It can be said that after the accumulation of those years, Bayern Munich's dominance of the Bundesliga has almost reached its peak.

In recent years, a new term has gradually become popular in Europe, the technical director.

It can also be called a football director, a sports director, anyway, everything is the same, but the meaning basically hasn't changed.

That is, to arrange a buffer position between the head coach and management.

The most famous was the forced poaching of Dane Frank Arneson from Tottenham Hotspur by Chelsea from Tottenham Hotspur.

It can also be said that this is the first time that the football director, or the technical director, appeared in front of the fans.

So, what the hell is it?

Many fans have always had a misconception that the players and managers standing in front of the stage should be the protagonists of the team, just like Manchester United's Alex Ferguson and Arsenal's Arsene Wenger, all the team's resources should be tilted towards them, but is this really the case?

As we all know, for the vast majority of teams, whether it is a player or a manager, even if there is a contract, it is a very mobile position.

How many years can a player play for a club?

And as we all know, the most reasonable period for a manager to coach a team is four years!

In other words, would a mature company be willing to invest such amazing resources in someone who is ready to change jobs, or who can only stay with the team for four years, and after four years, they will either change jobs or have a decline in their ability to work?

The answer is very, very yes, no!

Therefore, Ferguson and Wenger should not be the norm, they are the exception, not the norm.

And the real norm is that the manager is just a project manager hired by the club, if you do a good job, you will stay, if you don't do well, you will leave, if you are poached, it doesn't matter, I can find another suitable person to replace you in the shortest possible time.

That's the responsibility of the technical director, or the director of football!

To put it mildly, from a purely managerial point of view, Arsene Wenger's contribution to the Premier League team is greater than that of Alex Ferguson.

Why?

If you look closely, it's not hard to see that Alex Ferguson is not strictly a great club operator.

Yes, he has a thorough understanding of tactics and a strong ability to learn, but he still can't get rid of the traditional division of labor in the past where the boss makes money and the head coach spends money.

And once he stepped down, United fell apart immediately, which is very telling.

That is, from start to finish, no matter how successful Manchester United is on a commercial level, the management on a competitive level is a mess.

But what about Arsenal?

Don't look at Arsene Wenger's team's poor results in recent years, but Arsenal has steadily retained the Champions League round of 16, and Wenger's own ability to control the finances has ensured Arsenal's financial health and sustainable development.

Ferguson has been leading United to the treble in '99 and has lacked a long-term direction to form a team.

For example, the sky-high price to bring in Veron, everyone knows that you have to change the team's tactics, but the result?

Halfway!

Some people may say that it is because Peron is not adaptable!

Yes, but as long as it's a signing, there will definitely be a risk.

If Veron doesn't adapt, can't he reinvent the team's tactics to help Veron adapt?

In other words, if your philosophy is firm enough and Veron doesn't fit in, can't you switch to another player?

After the release of Cristiano Ronaldo and Wayne Rooney, the team immediately revolved around them and won a Champions League, but after Cristiano Ronaldo's switch to Real Madrid, Manchester United once again fell into a very chaotic team state.

In those years, it can basically be said that Manchester United were very chaotic on a tactical level.

Yes, Manchester United reached the Champions League final twice, but both times they were beaten by Barcelona completely.

Even Rio Ferdinand himself said that Manchester United faced Barcelona in the Champions League final and had no power to fight back.

And looking at Manchester United's two Champions League finals, have they ever faced a real strong team?

In '09, Cristiano Ronaldo was still there, and Manchester United's group stage draw was quite lucky, and when it came to the knockout round, they met Inter Milan in Mourinho's first year, then Porto, and Arsenal in the semi-finals.

And once a year, the group stage draw luck was also secure, and in the knockout round, first met Marseille, then met the unstable Chelsea led by Carlo Ancelotti, and the semi-final was Schalke 04.

It can be said that in those two Champions League final trips, Manchester United almost never faced a really good opponent.

But in the two Champions League finals, Manchester United lost to Barcelona completely!

Of course, reaching the Champions League final is quite good, but in those years, did Manchester United invest less?

And after Ferguson left, what was left for his successor?

It's not Moyes's cheating, it's the lineup left by Ferguson, even if the king of heaven comes, he has to kneel!

On the other hand, Wenger, don't look at Wenger's results are not as good as Ferguson, but Arsenal's philosophy has always been very firm and the direction is very clear.

It can be said that even if Wenger steps down, as long as Arsenal's management continues to adhere to the line that the team has followed for many years, and the selected manager is not too different from Wenger, Arsenal will not have too much turmoil.

So, what is the difference between Ferguson and Arsene Wenger?

It's long-term planning!

Therefore, the club needs a technical director to coordinate the sports affairs, formulate a long-term plan, select the head coach and players who meet this set of plans, and avoid the phenomenon of changing a head coach and changing a set of players.

Moreover, the technical director must have a deep enough understanding of the professional football market, be familiar with the head coach, understand their tactical style, success and different personalities, and be the first to grasp all kinds of information and dynamics in professional football, so that any position in the team can come up with a replacement plan at any time when facing poaching.

In addition, he has to manage the scouting team, be responsible for transfer negotiations, and build a good relationship with the player's agent in order to bring in the right players as soon as the team needs them, or to find the right players in-house.

So, what many fans are worried about, what if there is a conflict between the technical director and the head coach?

Here in Yang Huan, I can only smile and say that the head coach is selected by the technical director, what conflict can there be?

Even if it does appear, there will only be one result, the head coach is gone!

Because in the past history of professional football, the necessity of the existence of technical directors has been proven time and time again.

This time, Yang Huan's management in Southampton has been adjusted and reformed, and one of the most important moves is that Peter Kenyon will leave the team and be promoted to Miracle Football Group as CEO, with full authority to manage and run the company on behalf of Yang Huan.

Ron Gurley will succeed Peter Kenyon as CEO of the Saints.

In addition, Les Reid has made an outstanding contribution to the work of the club in the past period, and his work ability has been unanimously recognized by the likes of Yang Huan, Peter Kenyon, Ron Gulley and Bielsa.

Therefore, this time Yang Huan promoted Les Reid to technical director, with full responsibility for coordinating the club's competitive affairs.

In this way, the management of the Saints has also been determined, that is, the combination of the Big Three of Nicola Cortez, Ron Gurley and Les Reid, and Yang Huan will completely withdraw his hands and feet from the Saints and no longer easily interfere in team affairs.

Klaus Michael Kuhn and others, after listening to Yang Huan's analysis, the admiration in their eyes deepened.

Yang Huan wants to use a modern management system to run his Miracle Football Group and these football teams under his command.

It is fully foreseeable that with the completion of Southampton's management system reform, the management system of several other teams will also face optimization and adjustment, which is bound to greatly improve the competitiveness of these football teams.

And what about burgers?

I don't know, what kind of position does hamburg occupy in Young Master Huan's mind?

And how did he position Hamburg?

Thinking of this, Klaus Michael Kuhn glanced at Alexander Otto.

The latter understood, and immediately smiled at Yang Huan, "Young Master Huan, that hamburger ......"

Yang Huan smiled and nodded, "As I said, what kind of goal Hamburg can achieve depends on how big a master I can be in this team." ”

Klaus Michael Kuhn on the side finally couldn't hold back, and asked directly, "Young Master Huan, what if you let you have full control?" What kind of position can you bring the burger back to? ”

After finishing speaking, the super-rich man from Hamburg stared at Yang Huan with his old and somewhat cloudy eyes, but there was no lack of fine light, as if he wanted to see Young Master Huan's every move.

Yang Huan also stared at Kuhn without giving an inch, smiling slightly, but with a very strong self-confidence, he said: "If Hamburg is in my sole control, within three years, I will return to the European arena, and within five years, I will be on a par with Bayern Munich, and the north and south will be kings!" ”

This last sentence suddenly made Kuhn's eyes light up.

"Young Master Huan, can you count these words?"

"I'm never going to fight a battle I'm not sure of!" Yang Huan looked confident.