80_80813 Knock ~ Knock ~ Knock

"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 over the past two years, he has also been in charge of the Saints' Academy.

Southampton's Academy is full of talent, and while there is plenty of talent to poach from across the continent, the concerted efforts of the likes of Martin Hunt, Griffa and Madonie cannot be overlooked.

It took them two years to build Southampton's academy into one that is not lost to any other team 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 contributed to the status and influence of Southampton's academy in English football as a whole.

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, "Is the work of the first team busy?" ”

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, and Marcelo has been living in the training base for the past few days!" When it comes to Argentine madmen, 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: "Yes, in fact, the team's results are not too bad, especially for a promoted team, but maybe the media, the 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, we would have won at least two or three more games than we have now, and we would be quite high." ”

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 trust you!" Yang Huan laughed.

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 Hunt replied.

"You've done a great job with us in the last two years, and all of us feel that you have your own insight into youth training, such as the three-point youth training philosophy you've summed up."

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

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

He put forward three points in the youth training camp of the saints, and the youth training must be done.

Sweat on the field, smile off the field, learn 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 academy in these years is either rigid or brutal, or they simply don't know what they want.

However, Southampton's three ideas have proved to be very 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.

"Master Huan, in fact, it is not my own credit, Griffa and Madoni, they brought us the essence of the Argentine youth training in South America, and let us see the uniqueness of their skills and methods of developing players."

Yang Huan couldn't help nodding, Griffa and Madonie are youth consultants and chief scouts, and their contributions to Southampton are also quite obvious, especially in youth training and young player development.

"Also, our Academy Director, Les Reid, who is also well known in England, and our Academy Director, Matt Crocker, has a vital role in the Saints' Academy, and it's because of our joint efforts that the Saints' Academy is starting to get on the right track."

To put it bluntly, after two years of high investment, the Saints' youth training is 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 Hunt is certainly a bit modest, but as the leader of the academy, he has contributed to the rapid development of the Saints' academy.

Everyone sees this credit and can't run away.

"Have you heard about the England Academy Reform Plan?" Yang Huan asked.

"The Glorious Revolution?"

"Yes!" Yang Huan nodded, "According to this plan, St. George's will become the Clairefontaine of England, and in the next few years, the entire 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, so this time it will be a mixed team, responsible for formulating and promoting the youth reform plan, and including the FA and the Premier League will arrange personnel to settle in St. George's." ”

Martin Hunter frowned 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 at all by relying on a mixed team."

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

Speaking of this, Yang Huan smiled slightly and said: "It is preliminarily estimated that starting from 2013, the annual budget of the Glorious Revolution plan will be as high as nearly 100 million pounds, and if you add the software and hardware investment of professional clubs in youth training, the amount involved in this plan will be even higher." ”

Jokes aside, five percent of the Premier League broadcasting rights revenue in a year, after deducting 7788 fees and expenses, is put into youth training, some of which is invested by clubs, and some of which is run by the Glorious Revolution project team to improve youth training in England as a whole, especially in the community.

Martin Hunter was a little dumbfounded when he heard this, "100 million? ”

"Yes!" Yang Huan nodded, "Therefore, everyone attaches great importance to this team, and there are only four candidates 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 resource mobilization, so David Bernstein strongly recommended him to join the team."

Martin Henry's head and 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 middle leagues in England."

Martin Hunt had heard of both of them, and they were really in charge of this project.

"And another?"

"The current head of FA development, former England international Gareth Southgate!"

"It's him!" Martin Hunter also thinks it's okay.

"Nick Levitt and Roger Davies are both from the FA Development Department, and they have worked with Southgate on many occasions to reform the academy, and now they are proposing the Glorious Revolution, and it is normal for them to be involved."

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?" ”

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.

Southgate, Nick Levitt and Roger Davies are professional players and familiar with the league environment, but 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 youth has been behind the growth of the FA's technical development advisers, including the likes of Steven Gerrard, Frank Lampard and Wayne Rooney.

Even more commendable, Les Reid is one of the few all-rounders in English football who values technical youth training and has considerable abilities 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 youth experts, including Barcelona, to discuss.

Three of Southampton's homegrown academy experts, Martin Hunt, Matt Crocker and Les Reid, were in attendance and were speechless in the exchange.

The reason is simple, Southampton's youth training model focuses more on flexibility, creativity and nurturing 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 passing from No. 3 to No. 6 and No. 6 to No. 7.

It was after this exchange meeting that Barcelona's youth 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 Southampton's youth team to visit Wèn in Barcelona.

This also made the Saints Academy 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 headlong.

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