After four rounds of Premier League play, the two-week international break has begun, but European football has not calmed down at all, with the most eye-catching of the Champions League group draw in addition to the national team competition.

But this has nothing to do with Yang Cheng and Liverpool, they are concerned about the UEFA Cup draw after the Champions League group armshot, but this is not a big deal, because today's UEFA Cup is far less competitive than the Champions League in any respect, and it is full of a large number of underdogs.

After the two draws, the two-day UEFA Managers' Summit was held in Nyon.

As the most influential head coach in Europe today, Yang Cheng naturally received the invitation, and UEFA awarded Yang Cheng the best coach.

It is said that it is the head coach summit, and the people who can be listed are some of the most influential managers in today's football, and they are all famous coaches who participated in the European Champions Cup, only Yang Cheng and Rijkaard from Barcelona are unlucky to play in the League Cup.

Unlike previous summits, this year's summit has a lot of newcomers, including last season's UEFA Cup winners, Portugal coach of Porto, Jose Mourinho.

This guy has no qualifications in the circle, and he is the only one in the Portuguese league, so he seems to be a little lonely.

Rijkaard, who was also attending the tournament for the first time at the beginning of the year, was more popular, after all, he had a brilliant professional career and met a lot of people, so he could find people to chat with everywhere in the venue.

Mourinho seemed to keep an eye on Yang Cheng all the time, and when the people around him dispersed, the Portuguese came up.

"It's a pity, I thought I could be in the Champions League for you again!" The corners of Mourinho's mouth curled into a haughty arc.

Yang Cheng smiled slightly, "It's okay, sooner or later there will be a chance!" ”

The two of them found a place to sit nearby.

"I watched last year's UEFA Cup final between Porto and Celtic!" Yang Cheng said.

It was an early contest between future Premier League opponents, and Mourinho was of course concerned about O'Neill and Yang Cheng.

"How does it feel?" Mourinho asked.

Yang Cheng shook his head, "I think those reporters are blind, I don't understand why they call you Caesar II, no matter how you look at it, neither of us is like that!" ”

"Yes, I have never recognized Caesar, any II!" Jose Mourinho scoffed at the title.

"Compared to your conservative and stubborn tactical style, I prefer passion and aggressiveness, and I like initiative and technique!" Yang Cheng smiled and slapped the other party, "I think technology and creativity are the future of football, so I don't like your football, but I appreciate you as a person!" ”

"Should I be honored by this?" Mourinho asked coldly.

"No!" Yang Cheng replied with a smile, "I just hope that the next time we meet, you will be able to resist a little longer, and you won't be as vulnerable as last time!" ”

Remembering the last fiasco, Mourinho's heart was on fire.

"Don't worry, you will definitely lose badly if we meet again!" Speaking of this, Mourinho smiled coldly, "However, that will have to wait until you bring the team to the Champions League!" ”

"Bluffing, coaching the Portuguese league is cool, there are no tigers in the mountains, and the monkey is the king!" Yang Cheng counterattacked, "Or, I will look forward to it, if you bring Porto to the League Cup, then I will wait for you in the old powerhouse!" ”

"You're not going to have that chance!" Jose Mourinho is confident.

Yang Cheng pursed his lips, "Maybe!" ”

The only connection between the two is that Mourinho was given the title of Caesar II, and the two have fought and dueled against each other, so once they sit down, they will find that they have no common topic at all.

In the absence of a common topic, sitting for an extra minute is an ordeal.

Mourinho, who couldn't sit still, confessed first and left.

"It seems that this guy has a big opinion of you!" Ferguson walked over with a smile.

As the saying goes, the enemy of the enemy is the gunner, oh no, it's a comrade-in-arms, no wonder Ferguson feels pleasing to the eye when he sees Mourinho. ,

"You have a bigger opinion of me, don't you?" Yang Cheng smiled.

Ferguson didn't mind, and sat opposite Yang Cheng with a smile, "In Liverpool, are you still used to facing that group of cowards who live in the shadows of the past all day long?" ”

Yang Cheng smiled slightly, "You know, I am a person who respects tradition very much, and I feel that I get along well with them." ”

"That's because you don't know them well enough!"

"Maybe, but I thought beating Manchester United would make me fit in better!"

Ferguson laughed, but didn't say anything more.

The two teams are mortal enemies of each other, but the two of them can sit down and talk, which is really interesting.

"Ever thought about selling that Ronaldo?"

"You're stupid for me?" Yang Cheng asked with a smile.

"Of course you're not stupid, but judging from the current situation, it's always a hidden danger for him to stay in the team, so it's better to sell it to me, 12 million pounds, a winter transfer!" Ferguson said.

This price is really much higher than Yang Cheng's purchase price.

Seeing that Yang Cheng didn't speak, Ferguson smiled, "Veterans and youngsters are like ice and flames, there are too many of them, and they are not a good thing!" ”

Veterans, after countless winds and waves, some even have no desire, once there are more veterans, it is inevitable that the combat effectiveness will be relaxed; As for the youngsters, although they are full of passion, they are easy to make mistakes and lose control, and more is not necessarily a good thing.

Yang Cheng understands this truth, but with Liverpool's summer situation, many positions need to introduce stars who should play. The transfer fee is simply unaffordable, and bringing in veterans is not a solution, so Yang Cheng has introduced a lot of rookies.

'Ole Gunnar Solskjaer played well on the right!' Yang Cheng praised with a smile.

The Flails are the typical kind of player who plays with his brain, and after leaving Beckham, he was promoted to the right midfield position by Alex Ferguson, and he performed very well, but he was unable to play Beckham's wide range of passing and dispatching ability, which caused an imbalance in United's midfield.

Yang Cheng felt that Ferguson made a big mistake in the re-season transfer, over-indulging in Ronaldinho led to the departure of Beckham, and then let go of Veron, otherwise, the Argentine playing right midfielder could fill Beckham's role to some extent.

Of course, the current Manchester United are not bad.

Ferguson knew his difficulties in his heart and smiled slightly, "You can consider calling me at any time!" ”

Yang Cheng shrugged his shoulders, "Don't think about it!" Then he laughed.

Ferguson shook his head, "It's boring to talk to someone like you!" Then he laughed too.

The two of them were constantly talking about football-related topics, and then Heathfield joined in, and gradually many people gathered around, after all, these three people are the most influential managers in Europe, and the conversation between them can be extremely useful for some people.

"I remember that in the past, when we judged a player's performance, we used to look at his overall performance in the minutes to see if their performance in a game was consistent, consistent, and whether they were actively integrated into the game, but now... One," Heathfield shook his head.

In a team like Bayern Munihe, from the head of the bench to the general manager, he is a guy who understands the ball, although he is not subject to much checks and balances, but he is still somewhat limited, coupled with the media outside, the pressure on the head coach is unprecedented.

"What is a modern player better than?" Nigson also looked quite complaining, "Those reporters know a fart, they are full of a lot of eyeball-vy remarks all day long, and when they score a goal, they will step on it if they don't score a goal, and I know with my toes what they are going to do!" ”

Manchester United just lost a game, and Ferguson has also received a lot of criticism and accusations.

"In the final analysis, the psychological quality of the current players is too weak, or it should be said that they have grown up in this impetuous atmosphere of the media, and their psychology has become more or less impetuous!" Yang Cheng said.

Heathfield and Ferguson both nodded their heads at once, and the words were incisive.

"I really have a feeling that it's not business that is ruining football, it's the overdeveloped media that is ruining football!" Ferguson said with embarrassment, "Yang Cheng said that he is impetuous, in fact, the general environment is like this, the income of players is commercial income in addition to the salary of the club, and this part of the income depends on your influence, because sponsors have to consider value." ”,

"If a player wants to make an impact on the pitch, it can't be done overnight, it takes years of accumulation, so when they have influence, they are old, how much commercial value does it have?"

"So, the agents are going to do it another way, with the help of media attention, the developed media can make a player popular overnight, and when all the media is paying attention to you, the sponsors will naturally flock to you, and you say, in this case, the player can still play with peace of mind? I don't believe it! ”

At this point, everyone began to understand a little bit that Ferguson was talking about Beckham.

"People are comparable, when other players see you and make a lot of money, what will they think? My role is not lost to you, why should I be willing to be your stepping stone behind you when you go to the limelight to make a lot of money? No one wants to be thrown into a corner that no one wants to pay attention to, and everyone wants to stand in front of the media. ”

"What will it turn out to be?"

Perhaps, this is why Ferguson decided to sell Beckham.

When he couldn't stop Beckham from pursuing his career, and when he couldn't stop the club from going through a more thorough commercial operation, he chose to sell Beckham as a wake-up call to all Manchester United players and get them to focus more on the game.

Manchester United's commercial development may be the most developed, but who would have thought that as the head coach of Manchester United, Ferguson is the most opposed to the commercialization of this kind of star, and no one may really believe it.

Yang Cheng smiled, "So I often remind myself that I am a head coach, I think about problems, observe players, and I also start from this capacity, from the perspective of football, only in this way can we eliminate external interference and make the most appropriate decision." ”

"But I will not rashly veto everything, I believe that existence is reasonable, I also believe that everyone has strengths in everything, there are things worth learning from me, and most importantly, I will look at it with a humble attitude at any time and in any environment, to think about all this, this is the biggest gain I have gained in all these years of coaching!"

Many people say that Yang Cheng has changed, he has not become as sharp as before, he has not become as sharp as before, he has become more restrained and calm, and he has become more charismatic and affinity.

It all comes from this change in his mentality.

He knows very well that this means that he has matured!

Ferguson and Niansfield looked at each other and laughed in unison.

They can all be said to have witnessed Yang Cheng's growth from the mirror spirit of working in Kaifas back then to experiencing so many things in Italy, smoothing out his mirror qi and making him begin to become more mature and introverted.

So far, he has really the demeanor and bearing of a top handsome.

The whole gathering of top managers turned into a discussion about the relationship between business, the media and football.

Yang Cheng, as the focus of the media and sponsors, naturally became the core of this discussion, but as a football coach, he has always stood on the side of football, and he also talked a lot about his personal experience on the spot.

Don't look at Yang Cheng as a young man, but from Nai Sui to the present, he has more experience than countless head coaches, and his dealings with the media are much higher than those of most head coaches present, so in this regard, he has the most right to speak.

This is a gathering that is invisibly enhancing his influence, and Yang Cheng is further improving his status in the European head coaching circle through his insights and remarks.

Perhaps, it is an environment where grades determine everything, but here, it is certainly not entirely the case.

After the two-day summit, Yang Cheng returned directly to Liverpool, on the one hand, he presided over the training of the club, due to the lack of manpower in the first team, Yang Cheng transferred many young rookies from the second team to participate in the joint training.

In addition, Yang Cheng also took a good look at Liverpool's youth training beyond this period of time.

It may be confusing to say it, but in reality, Liverpool have two academy academies. ,

Kirkby's one is an authentic youth academy, but in Melwood, there is also a youth team in training, and in the case of a throw, the players who participate in the reserve team are arranged from the Melwood youth team, plus some players in the first team who can't play, they form a team to play in the reserve team.

Kirkby's side is an authentic academy that arranges for teams to play youth team games.

If it is calculated by the level, below the first team is Melwood's youth team, about the number of people, once the number is small, it will be drawn from Kirkby's side, and Kirkby's side is on the right track of the whole set of youth training system in operation, the person in charge is Sticky Haveey, who has produced Owen, Gerrard, Carragher and Fowler and other famous players of outstanding youth experts.

"Why is this so?" Yang Cheng frowned deeply and asked the assistants around him.

The first to bear the brunt is Mulenstin, who is in charge of youth training in Yang Cheng's coaching staff.

"From what I know, Stick Hawe is a very hard-working traditional English academy player, he has had excellent youth results, such as Fowler, Owen and other players, and he has worked in the club club for more than ten years."

At the beginning of Houllier's tenure, the two studied the issue of youth training, and he directly opposed some of Houllier's requests, and then Houllier proposed to take control of the youth training, but the senior management of the club objected, believing that Kirkby and Melwood have always been under the management of the department, and there is no need to unify them. One, besides, Kirkby's results have always been good. ”

Yang Cheng and the others nodded when they heard this, "And then?" ”

"Later, Houllier had no choice, so he arranged for his assistant to select the players he liked in Kirkby, let them train on Melwood's side, and hired several coaches to teach them, but because they were incompatible with Steve and Highey, this team could not play the youth team game, and could only play in the reserves."

After Yang Cheng listened, he really understood the historical issue of the two youth teams.

In the past, Melwood's youth team, or the reserve team, was more in the middle of nowhere, or in the middle of nowhere, or outside of first-team training, and Yang Cheng didn't have much time to manage, and he didn't know much about the situation, so he was busy with the Asian tour and the new season, so he always put it on.

Nowadays, it seems that the problem is very big!

"What do you think?" Yang Cheng asked Mulenstin and Moniz.

Two, although Lilan people are good at technical training, their achievements in youth training are also very good, German youth training, Kefas labor service youth training, and then Inter Milan youth training, these major youth training systems have their contributions.

But today's teams generally don't pay much attention to youth training, so the two Lilans are more known as technical coaches.

"You can't imagine a group of young children being indoctrinated with tactical thinking and physical confrontation, which can make their results more outstanding in the academy, but the price paid is that their minds are full of tactics and confrontations, and tactical learning courses and physical training have squeezed out their technical training time."

Moniz is very disgusted with this type of development, and it is well known that tactics can make a player rigid and stereotyped.

It can be said that even if a player reaches his age, he is usually not in a fixed shape and cannot determine what position they are, but Liverpool's academy has been instilling tactics even since the old age, isn't this the same as the training method of the so-called super white generation in China?

The problems of English football have always existed and are well known, but they have never been solved, for the simple reason that this old powerhouse has a myriad of intricate problems, even in the youth system.

Yang Cheng has mentioned in his contract that he wants to take charge of the academy, and David, Morse and Rick Parry are also very supportive of this because of his excellent youth philosophy elsewhere, hoping that he can bring the next batch of stars such as Owen and Gerrard to Liverpool.

But now it seems that this wish will not be possible in a short period of time!

I've seen a messy academy, but I've never seen two sets of youth training systems.

As soon as he thought of this question, Yang Cheng felt a headache...... ）