I am the head coach

Chapter 5 Acquisition
Xue Yang thought carefully about this America's Cup, but unfortunately he was a year late.

If it can be a year earlier, it will catch up with the World Cup in South Africa.

There were a lot of upsets in that World Cup, and they would definitely make a lot of money.

Of course, the America's Cup is also possible, but the influence of the America's Cup has become less and less in recent years, and there are reasons for this.

The first is their competition system. A total of 12 teams participated in the competition, and eight of them advanced to the next round.

In other words, only four teams will be eliminated in the group stage. This competition system is indeed a bit strange.

Then it's time for the America's Cup, which will be held in July.

You must know that the main players are basically playing in Europe, and they have just finished their vacation at this time.

Therefore, their state has not been adjusted to the best, which has somewhat affected their preparations.

Finally, there is the pressure from Europe, and the new European season is about to start.

Hosting the Copa America now could lead to injuries.

Xue Yang guessed that the head coaches of the five major European leagues all expect the player's national team to be eliminated quickly.

It would be too bad luck if he got injured.

In Xue Yang's memory, the teams that advanced to the semi-finals in this America's Cup are not considered traditional strong teams.

Both Brazil and Argentina were eliminated in the quarter-finals.

In the end, Uruguay and Paraguay met in the final, which also made Xue Yang feel a little bit embarrassed.

Because both Uruguay and Paraguay are more European in style, those South American-style teams have been eliminated one after another.

This is also a very embarrassing thing, unknowingly the America's Cup has begun.

The sports channel in China will also broadcast the event live.

The champion favorite of this Copa America is first of all the Brazilian team that has won two consecutive championships.

Then there is the hosts Argentina, the two teams are the biggest favorites.

But in Xue Yang's memory, neither Argentina nor Brazil played well in the group stage.

It seems that they all have 1 win and 2 draws, but Colombia and Chile have a record of 2 wins and 1 draw.

Originally Xia Zhong was skeptical, but he soon discovered that Xue Yang's predictions were all right.

He went from doubting before to shock and then to worship later, and the group stage alone made them a lot of money.

Then came the quarter-finals, and the quarter-finals of this America's Cup was also weird.

Chile, Brazil, Argentina and Colombia, the four strong teams in Xue Yang's heart, were all eliminated in the end.

In the semi-finals, Uruguay and Paraguay had the last laugh. In the end, Uruguay defeated Paraguay and won the championship.

This trip to South America made Xia Zhong very excited.

He never thought before that money could come so easily.

He earned a full $1200 million on this trip to South America, and he can't believe what he's been through this month.

Xue Yang's first step has been completed, and the next step is the second step.

The second step of the plan is to set up a company, which must be handed over to Xia Zhong.

Xue Yang didn't plan to manage the club, he planned to let Xia Zhong manage the club in the future.

Then there is the final plan, which is to acquire a club.

In fact, Xue Yang wanted to buy a Tianjin team more, and Tianjin TEDA didn't have to think about it, because he couldn't afford it even if he wanted to.

In addition to Tianjin TEDA, there are only two targets in Tianjin.

One is his current Tianjin Songjiang, and the second is Tianjin Locomotive.

However, Tianjin Locomotive is affiliated to the Ministry of Railways, so Xue Yang set his goal on Songjiang, Tianjin.

This season Tianjin Songjiang was promoted to the Chinese Super League. At the beginning of the season, the club executives said in an interview that the goal of Tianjin Songjiang this season is to upgrade to the Chinese Super League.

But so many seasons have passed, Tianjin Songjiang ranks very low.

Currently ranked No.3 from the bottom of the middle class, although there is no pressure to relegation, it is definitely impossible to upgrade.

Moreover, after being promoted to the Chinese Premier League, the team's expenses also exceeded the management's expectations.

At the beginning of the season, in order to increase the strength of the team.

Three foreign players were signed through trial training, and after a season, two of them asked for a salary increase.

Under such circumstances, the investors of Tianjin Songjiang have retreated a bit.

This year's expenses are completely different from those in the previous China B period. Since the promotion to China A, the club's expenses have increased linearly.

So in September, Zhijian Network Company founded by Xia Zhong and Xue Yang proposed to Tianjin Songjiang to acquire it.

Of course, Xia Zhong was the one who showed up, Xue Yang really didn't show up too much.

The transfer fee was not as much as expected, and the final transfer fee was set at 2000 million.

Xia Zhong and Xue Yang fully controlled Tianjin Songjiang, so Xue Yang's plan has succeeded.

To Xue Yang, this number was astronomical, but now he actually spent so much money to buy a club.

Of course, he also knew in his heart that maintaining the club cost a lot.

Moreover, signings for next season will definitely require a sum of money.

In the end, Tianjin Songjiang was successfully acquired, and suddenly Xue Yang felt a little tight.

During the negotiation process, Xia Zhong flinched a little. What is the money for? It feels like there is no future for playing football in China.

Now that the acquisition has been completed, Xue Yang plans to wait until the end of the season to officially announce the news of the acquisition of Tianjin Songjiang.

The moment the contract was signed, the coach system in Xue Yang's mind suddenly issued a prompt:

"Due to the change of host identity, the lineup interface has been updated."

Hearing the prompt from the system, Xue Yang understood that he should be able to watch the players of the first team.

So he entered the lineup interface full of expectations, and looked at the first team lineup information of Tianjin Songjiang in detail.

But then Xue Yang was disappointed, no wonder he only ranked third from the bottom in the middle class.

The overall strength is really poor. First of all, there are three foreign players in the formation.

They are Estonian centre-back David Lang, who previously played in Russia.

At the beginning of the season, I came to Tianjin Songjiang for trial training, and finally successfully stayed in Tianjin Songjiang.

But his strength is really mediocre, only 63 points of ability.

This ability is really not interesting as a foreign aid, but Tianjin Songjiang was too short of central defenders at that time.

Then there is Slovenian striker Roddick, and Brazilian striker Junior.

Both of them played in China before, and Roddick even played for Shanghai Shenhua.

The strength of the two of them is 66 points and 64 points. As a newly promoted Tianjin Songjiang, it is not bad that they can find these two foreign players.

But these three foreign players, Xue Yang somewhat looked down on them.

He hopes to introduce more powerful foreign aid to help the team upgrade to the Super League as soon as possible.

As for local players, it was even worse. Xue Yang really didn't like many players.

Only a few are not bad, the first is the central defender Yu Rui.

He joined Shanghai SIPG in the future, but he actually only has 62 points of potential, and currently only has 54 points of ability.

Then there is Wu Bo, who is wearing a 10 jersey. He once studied abroad in Hungary, and he can be regarded as a first-class local player in the team.

He has an ability of 58 points, but there is no room for improvement.

Next is Zhu Haiwei, the left winger. He has stayed abroad in Portugal and Norway before, and currently has 56 points of ability.

Seeing the level of the players, Xue Yang was very disappointed.

If such a lineup wants to be promoted, the possibility is really too low, and changes must be made.

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(End of this chapter)