Super Storm

"This is a bad coaching experience."

As for Van Gaal's hard thinking about the process of coaching Manchester United, he finally transformed it into a sentence.

Sitting across from him, Yang Yang looked at the Dutchman in front of him, as if he had seen each other in Almere ’s skate park. In that year, Van Gaal had just finished his second class from the coach in Barcelona. This hit him very hard.

Today, the same is true of coaching Manchester United this time.

"If Manchester United is the club with the strongest business operation capability in the world, then they should be among the most powerful European teams, with the worst competitive management ability. From the CEO to the others, they obviously have no competitive level. The trading ability and experience also seriously lack long-term planning and goals, which is very bad. "

When Van Gaal talked about this, he did not reveal any meaning of complaining, it was more like elaborating a fact.

This is indeed an accepted fact in the industry.

Although many media and fans know that Ferguson is important to Manchester United, everyone still underestimates the importance of Ferguson, even the Manchester United management itself has seriously underestimated this.

Ed Woodward did not have any experience in managing football clubs before accepting Manchester United ’s ceo position. He is good at business operations, but he is more like a professional manager. He is responsible to the boss and only cares about business operations. I don't care and I'm not good at it.

"In the power structure of Manchester United, there are three people in charge of team building, one is the head of scout Steve Brown and the other is the head of the football development department John Motaff, but the most important is the development of Manchester United Department director Matt Judge, who is Woodward ’s left and right arm, has full responsibility for employee recruitment, which naturally includes player transfers. "

"The coaching staff suggested that a player was needed, which was recognized by the football development department, and then provided to the scout department to provide candidates, and then a recruitment plan was made, and finally submitted to Matt Judge's desk, then he would Like hiring employees, review this plan, and after it is passed, Matt Judge will personally negotiate. "

Yang Yang can understand that because the transfer of recruiting is a very oil-and-water field, and it is also the hardest-hit area for corruption within all clubs, almost every club will strictly monitor this.

"The problem is here, whether it is Woodward or Matt Judge, they are seriously off the front line, they are sitting in the office in bright clothes, commuting from nine to five, they treat the transfer plan. It's like treating a recruitment proposal, and treating players 'information is like treating employees' job search resumes. "

"Since I coached Manchester United for more than a year, I have rarely seen Judge. I dare to conclude that he doesn't even know what I want, and I don't know why he rejected some things that are very helpful to the team. Citation, the connection between us is completely isolated. He just decides whether to introduce players and who to introduce based on various factors, rather than considerations at the competitive level, which is very bad. "

"This kind of isolation is not only in transfers, but also in various areas of the club, including scouts, and even the medical department. When Ferguson was in the past, he had enough prestige to calm down the management, which made Manchester United Able to balance the two aspects of competition and business, but Ferguson is gone, Manchester United fully turned to commercial operations. "

"On the first day I sat down and talked with Manchester United, I told them clearly that I need time, because Manchester United has many aging players, we need metabolism, and at the beginning of coaching Manchester United, I clearly found that the Premier League The competition is very brutal, Manchester City, Chelsea, Arsenal and Tottenham, their players are better than us. "

"You said, what can we do with a team that is better than us? Is it a counterattack? Is this a smart choice? I can only choose to balance some tactics to make players like Marshall Appropriate retreat, because his speed is very fast, the position retracement can protect the midfield and expand the space for counterattack, but they think this is a conservative bus. "

"The media created public opinion, the fans were instigated, the team's performance did not improve, they followed the dissatisfaction, after the public opinion, the management paid attention, between them and me, after several obstacles, my words could not be heard at all In their ears, even they may not be able to hear it, so it becomes what it is now. "

Van Gaal said a lot in one breath. He could hear it. At the end, his words were full of resentment.

He did his best, but things were not done well. As a professional head coach, he was duty-bound, and the class was taken for granted.

It's just that this time Manchester United did make him feel ashamed, which made the arrogant Dutch full of resentment.

Yang Yang can understand Van Gaal ’s mood. Such a problem is not only in Manchester United. Real Madrid also had such a stage, but it has gradually improved, especially now. Lentino has the authority to talk, and they are enough to calm down the club's top executives.

To put it bluntly, it is still a matter of the right to speak.

Ferguson can hold the scene, everyone must listen to him, but whether it is Moyes or Van Gaal, and even Mourinho, they cannot have the power and prestige of Ferguson.

Yang Yang shook his head and sighed. He saw Manchester United fall from the former Premier League king and European hegemon to the current situation. His heart is also mixed. The competition in European football is all-round and extremely fierce.

"Now, they all say that Manchester United urgently needs a technical director." Yang Yang said.

The role of technical director is becoming more and more obvious. Not only is it widely used in other leagues in continental Europe, even the Premier League has begun to learn from continental Europe in recent years, and began to introduce the position of technical director.

An excellent technical director not only needs to have a wealth of football knowledge, proficiency in training methods, game preparation experience, youth training, but also the ability to scout, but also to manage the club's organizational structure. Relational networks have the best reputation.

The technical director will manage the technical team and take charge of the sports affairs. They need to monitor and manage the club all the time. No matter what happens, they must be able to come up with solutions at the first time to properly solve all problems.

For example, Real Madrid's technical director Valdano, he did a very good job, no matter who the team wants to sell, who wants to introduce, he can quickly give a plan, and properly handle all kinds of problems.

This is not a simple matter.

The Premier League has always respected coaches like Ferguson and Wenger, but in recent years, the Premier League team has also begun to reform, introducing technical directors, from Tottenham to Southampton, and then to Manchester City. It can be said that the reuse of technical director has become a major trend in the Premier League.

It can be seen that this does have a fairly obvious effect.

The reason why the technical director of Manchester United has been delayed is mainly due to some problems of Manchester United's own management structure.

When referring to the technical director, Yang Yang also gradually changed the subject and began to talk about another purpose of his trip.

"What do you plan to do next?" Yang Yang asked with concern.

Van Gaal sighed again and shook his head. "I don't have many ideas at the moment. I will try my best to take the next game and try to get a score. As for leaving Manchester United, I haven't thought about it yet."

Listening to his tone, he was somewhat discouraged.

Yang Yang smiled secretly in his heart, "It would be better to go back to Ajax."

"Ah?" Van Gaal was a little stunned. "Back to Ajax? Didn't Debord take it well?"

Yang Yang shook his head and smiled bitterly, "You misunderstood, not as the head coach, but as the technical director."

"Ajax's technical director?" Van Gaal seemed relieved.

It is difficult for him to refuse the invitation made by Yang Yang. If he is really asked to return to Ajax to coach, it is really difficult for some strongmen. After all, he has just experienced the setback of Manchester United and he is not ready to coach another team. , Not to mention returning to the Netherlands to teach.

But if he is a technical director, he would really think about it, after all, he is also very familiar with this job.

As early as a few years ago, he almost returned to Ajax as technical director, but was disturbed by Cruyff. Finally, he went to the Dutch national team and got the third best result in the World Cup. It's Manchester United.

Times have changed, and now Cruyff is dead, and Yang Yang is the one who sent the invitation in person, which is indeed a good choice, because he is very familiar with Ajax and Dutch football.

"Will others agree?" Van Gaal moved a little.

He can't do without football. If he leaves Manchester United, he will be a good choice if he goes to Ajax as technical director.

"I went to Amsterdam to talk to them before and they all agreed. Van der Sar said that if necessary, he would be willing to come to Manchester to talk to you in person." Yang Yang said with a smile.

"Furthermore, I agree, they will not refuse."

Yang Yang's words were domineering, and Van Gaal was a little stunned.

A few months ago, Yang Yang invested in Ajax and unexpectedly got a supervisory board. Van Gaal was very surprised. But now it seems that Yang Yang ’s control of Ajax is still deepening. .

Van Gaal guessed nothing wrong.

Although only a few months, Yang Yang, Wei Zheng and Lai Ola and others have a more comprehensive understanding of Ajax, the club ’s foundation and youth training foundation are still there, but the current stock price has fallen to history lowest point.

Yang Yang has asked Wei Zheng to gradually purchase Ajax's stock, while also seizing the opportunity to strive for further control of Ajax, but this will take time and cannot be rushed.

At the same time, Yang Yang also hopes to be able to invite Van Gaal to return as technical director and head of the technical team, reorganize Ajax's first team and youth echelon, and strive to make this Ajak within two or three years. Rebirth of Nirvana.