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This is the morning of December 19, the front page of the Guardian newspaper, the big red Arabic numerals, very conspicuous.

Below the headline is a picture of Tottenham Hotspur scoring a goal during the game, the players celebrated, if you don't watch the live broadcast of the game, you will definitely think that you are celebrating after the game, in fact, this is the celebration scene when Cavani scored the second goal for Tottenham Hotspur in the game.

The first goal of the game came from David? Silva, in Cesc Fabregas' absence, David? Silva has done a good job of playing the backbone of the midfield playmaker, whether his partner is Ramsey, Eriksen or Pogba, the Spaniard has reassured Tottenham Hotspur's midfield with his consistent performances.

And his recent performance is also very eye-catching, Messi's performance in this game is very average, there is no too impressive performance, no goals or assists, Ye Qiu can guess that he has something to do with the FIFA Golden Ball Award ceremony, and his mood will inevitably be a little nervous.

The team's third goal came from substitute Neymar, and the team's two biggest stars, Lionel Messi and Franck Franck Ribery, did not get any statistics, which was one of the more regrettable things in this victory.

Tottenham Hotspur also conceded a goal in this game, which occurred after a three-goal lead, and the youngster Nastasic made a mistake that caused the team to concede a goal, and finally defeated promoted horse Blackpool 3-1, winning 17 consecutive victories, setting a new record for consecutive wins in Europe's four major leagues.

As a result, Tottenham Hotspur is unbeaten in 18 games, 17 wins and 1 draw, and is well ahead of the Premier League table with 52 points, followed by Manchester United with 34 points, Liverpool with 35 points, Manchester City in fourth place with 32 points, Arsenal, West Ham United, Chelsea and Newcastle United.

Judging by the current standings in the standings, Chelsea are in a pretty bad situation, and if they want to regain their feeling of being a strong team, then the winter break has become a necessity. Zahavi has made arrangements to bring in much-needed players during the winter break at all costs.

In Abramovich's view, if Chelsea end up dropping the top four in the league and losing their qualification for the Champions League, it will be a huge loss for Chelsea, because losing the Champions League is not only a huge Champions League income, but also represents a complete interruption of Chelsea's history of participating in the Champions League in successive seasons in the past.

But Chelsea are looking for big signings, as are potential rivals, with Arsenal and Manchester City and Liverpool all saying they want to strengthen their squad during the winter break, bringing in players to try to make the squad available for next season's Champions League, especially Liverpool, which is in good shape.

Sources have revealed that Chelsea's Pini? Zahavi has pinned his hopes on Liverpool's Spanish striker Fernando Torres to strengthen his team's scoring ability, but Liverpool have retorted that the team is in good form at the moment and is not short of money.

In fact, if you take a closer look at the links, it is not difficult to see that it is not surprising that Chelsea have taken a fancy to Torres.

First of all, because Chelsea now need the kind of attacker who can improve the team when they come, so this player has to be the kind of player who has proven himself to be a player, preferably in the Premier League for safety and security, plus there are not many players who have the quality to be at home at Chelsea.

Full of calculations, Manchester United's trident, but the possibility of recalling Rooney is zero, Tevez is unlikely, Benzema has only played a good game for half a season, and it is not up to the requirements for the time being, and Tottenham Hotspur's Cavani is very much in line with Chelsea's requirements, the key question is, how high can Chelsea pay for it?

You must know that Tottenham Hotspur sold Falcao, which is a sky-high price, and now there is only one center forward in the Tottenham Hotspur team, and it is difficult to convince Ye Qiu to sell people, and according to Ye Qiu's consistent black store policy, even if he loosens his mouth to sell, it will definitely have to be a sky-high price to convince him.

Chelsea want to bring in both strikers and defenders, and the price can't be too high.

Falcao is also a very ideal choice, and there is news that Abramovich has a good relationship with Reponorev, but the problem is that the Colombian center is now the pillar of the Hammers, and he has only been in the team for a season.

So in the end, after the full fight, there is only one person left, Torres, the only one!

Liverpool are now deep-pocketed, but according to Pinny? Zahavi's usual transfer strategy, as long as he can convince the player, there is nothing he should not dare to do, so who can say that this transfer is not likely to succeed?

West Ham United also wants to bring in the right players during the winter break to strengthen their own strength, so before Christmas is over, West Ham United announced early that they have brought in England rookie Andy from Manchester City? Carroll, the former Tottenham Hotspur centre-forward, has not been heavily used at Manchester City, while Claudio Ranieri is looking to bring him in as a tactical surprise for the team.

At present, the entire front court of West Ham United is actually full of talent, including European stars such as Falcao, Eto'o, and Giuli, as well as Argentine rookie Di Maria.

Of course, this is really not high for the big tyrant Rybonorev.

While other Premier League teams are announcing their plans to bring in reinforcements during the winter break, only Tottenham Hotspur, Manchester United and Arsenal have remained silent, among which Tottenham Hotspur rarely has the habit of bringing in reinforcements during the winter break, and now Ye Qiu and the club are paying more attention to the selection of players for the talent day and the upcoming Christmas carnival.

Compared to Arsenal's lack of reinforcements due to financial problems, Manchester United's current problems are mainly in the right wing-back position, after McCone was snatched away by Manchester City, Ferguson tried to bring in Kehl? Walker, but Ye Qiu refused, so he began to strengthen the cultivation of young player Rafael in the right-back position, and now he has made up his mind not to buy people.

This also has something to do with the fact that there is a shortage of excellent right full-backs in European football, and the current excellent right full-backs are basically not reassuring players except for three or four players such as Alves, McConn, Lahm, and Ramos. Players such as Johnson, Zabaleta, and Sagna are basically not for sale at various clubs.

In this case, Ferguson chose to cultivate it himself.

Buying and cultivating, these are two different and powerful strategies pursued by Premier League teams before the winter break.

Coincidentally, Ye Qiu also appeared in the first class of Tottenham Hotspur's new youth coach training course, which was held in the conference hall of the press building in Theobold, and the theme of his class was the new model of football success!

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"Once, many, many years ago, before the Bosman Act, the mobility of players in European football and even in world football was relatively poor, and at that time, all teams were basically based on home-bred players, such as the Milan dynasty, such as Real Madrid's Five Eagles, and Barcelona's Dream Team, and Ajax, and so on, all of them!"

"Because of the poor mobility of players, when a team needs to be supplemented or strengthened in a certain position, it is generally difficult for them to find their own suitable stars outside and can be poached, so their best choice is to look back at their own academy, and then pick a suitable one and cultivate it."

With Ye Qiu's remarks, the big screen behind him appeared on the list of the youth squads of many giant teams before the Bosman Act, and all the future youth coaches who came to the scene could easily find a large number of former superstars who might still be their idols.

"We're looking back at the superstars of the past and it's easy to have the wrong mindset that they were so good when they debuted, or that they always think they were great and perfect in our heads, but that's not the case at all, they're just like the players now, they have flaws, they have shortcomings, they have mistakes and bad times."

"So ......" Ye Qiu smiled when he said this, "...... Some people say that the best star of all time is in everyone's mind, and I think that's not wrong at all! ”

These words made all the students present laugh, and you must know that Ye Qiu personally taught, which not only attracted this issue of youth coaches, but also attracted most of Theorebald's coaches, even including the coaches of the first team, to audit, and some even had no place to sit, just standing.

But each of these people was taking notes very seriously, and it was obvious that Ye Qiu's casual words were like the Bible to them, and they all regarded them as the direction and opportunity for their future breakthroughs and self-improvements.

"But that changed with the Boseman Act, and since then, the mobility of players has increased by leaps and bounds, especially within the EU, of course, there was no EU at that time, but there were already similar organisations."

"This kind of improvement in player mobility has made many teams, including Real Madrid, Barcelona, AC Milan, Inter Milan, etc., some wealthy giants, they have money, and they feel that it is not cost-effective to train players, it is better to directly pay for the introduction of suitable players, so many players around the world can be picked and chosen, so they have given up the business model of the past and turned to a business model based on purchase."

"So during that period, the youth training was almost forgotten, and we noticed that since the mid-to-late nineties, Germany has not had any outstanding stars except for a few such as Ballack and Klose, and Real Madrid has a youth academy after Raul, Guti and Casillas?"

"Similarly, if you look at Manchester United, AC Milan, Inter Milan, and Juventus, we can easily find that the giants at this time are mainly buying and poaching, which directly leads to the higher and higher transfer fees of players, and the salary requirements of players are also rising."

"In this process, I have to mention a team, Barcelona, he is a very special giant, because they always attach importance to youth training, which also has a certain relationship with my good friend Cruyff, and Barcelona was at a historical low for a while, so I have no money but to pay attention to my own training!"

Ye Qiu's words made everyone laugh again, but he himself was very serious, "I don't mean to belittle Barcelona, but what I want to say is that there are indeed quite a lot of teams that pursue youth training because they don't have money, such as my other good friend, my neighbor Arsene Wenger and his Arsenal!" ”

There was a burst of laughter at the scene, louder than just now, and Ye Qiu himself couldn't help but laugh, I don't know if Wenger would scold him to death after hearing it?

"But I want to say that now this situation is quietly changing, not being noticed by the vast majority of people, because we must be clearly aware that people's hearts will never be satisfied, when a player's transfer fee is getting higher and higher, higher and higher, and the player's own salary requirements are also rising, the club's endurance will definitely have a peak, he can't go up endlessly, even a team like Manchester City, can't bear it!"

"So, in our Chinese parlance, this is called the opposite of things, that is, what do you do when you start to lose the high salary and high transfer fee?"

Many of the youth coaches and students present nodded their heads, and some even shouted, "Cultivate yourself!" ”

"Yes, cultivate it yourself!" Ye Qiu smiled and nodded, "It's like my other good friend, Ferguson, he can't buy a right-back, so he can only train himself, let's bless him!" ”

There was another burst of laughter, and Ye Qiu returned to the front of the big screen after going around the conference room.

"This is the history of football clubs in the last 20 years, and we will find that we are back to the old ways, but guys, please don't get me wrong, I'm not saying that football is going backwards, what I want to say is actually that football, whether it's club management or tactical innovation, is actually taking a spiraling path, you know what I mean?"

Ye Qiu's inquiry was answered by most of the people present, and they all explained in unison.

"I'm telling you so much, I'm not trying to tell you the history of football clubs, or I'm going to tell you any messy truth, I want to tell you that in the next ten years, youth training is the core competitiveness of all clubs, because the transfer fee, especially the transfer fee of top players, will be so high that you dare not look up."

"In a relatively simple phrase, what is the most expensive in the 21st century?"

"Talent!" Everyone in the room shouted in unison with laughter.

Ye Qiu nodded, "That's right, talents, players are talents, coaches are talents, youth coaches are talents, scouts are also talents, I tell you, everyone, everyone who works in a club, everyone is a talent, and only a club that values talents can hope to succeed!" ”

Ye Qiu's words were immediately met with thunderous applause, as he had almost raised the role of this group of people to the level of a top star, and even sounded even higher.

People who are familiar with Ye Qiu know that the most important thing about his Ye technology is talent, Ye Qiu promoted an internal reform not long ago, the slogan is to maximize the value of talents, and now, he wants to pass this concept to Tottenham Hotspur, to everyone who works in this club, even if he is just a sweeping aunt.

"As I just said, youth training is the trend of the future, it is the mainstream, it is the wave, so what is the most important and valuable in youth training? Ball star embryos? No, it is you who discover and guide the progress of these young players, and you will be the most important and scarce talents in the field of football in the future! ”

Ye Qiu's words suddenly received thunderous applause again, and many people even responded directly to him with cheers.

"We Chinese have a saying that I am born to be useful, which means that God created everyone to have his role, but what I want to say is that the most important thing for everyone in this life is to understand their role and play their role for the world."

"I'm saying this to all of you today, I want to tell you, guys, my future colleagues, that you have the opportunity to become a top superstar in the future, the most important person on the road to growth, because you will be responsible for helping them understand their role in this team, in this world, and help them to play their part better, which will affect the player's life, and it is also an extremely noble job that deserves everyone's respect!"

Ye Qiu's words were nodded and agreed by everyone present, perhaps many of them came to this coach training class with such and such purposes, but Ye Qiu's words not only clearly told them that this job will be very promising in the future, but also gave this job an extraordinary significance.

No one will say that Ye Qiu is boastful, because among all the teams in the entire Premier League, only Tottenham Hotspur has set up a special training course for youth coaches, and this training course has also been recognized by UEFA, and the annual investment in this is a lot of money, but Ye Qiu is willing to do it.

In his opinion, youth coaching is the most scarce profession in the future, and it is also what English football needs the most right now.

If you want to improve your own youth training, is it possible to do it without these youth coaches and scouts who dig out young players and cultivate young players?

Therefore, in Ye Qiu's view, this is an investment in the future, not only for the future development of Tottenham Hotspur, but even for English football.

It's just that, relatively speaking, Ye Qiu prefers to make his thoughts more selfish, after all, he has never been a very great person, who wants to change everything, he is very small, he thinks about how to change himself and the people and things around him.