Super Prophecy Master

Chapter 287 Zhang Yang's 'New Car'

The invitation letter for the New Year's reception was very simple, and the content was very straightforward. Everything was said in a few simple sentences, but the last signature had enough gold content: Geoff Thompson, the current chairman of the Football Association.

During the holiday time in early January, it is a tradition to hold a New Year reception.

Last year's reception was initiated by the vice-chairman of the FA, but this year it has become the chairman, and the importance has been raised to a higher level. There will definitely be more participants. Zhang Yang looked at the invitation letter and recalled last year's reception. interesting.

The last time Zhang Yang went to participate with Grigory, maybe because he had just taken over Millwall and was only a temporary head coach. He did not receive an invitation letter, but it was very meaningful to participate, and it helped us get to know each other. Several colleagues and seniors with good personalities.

Wenger is one of them.

Of the several well-known head coaches, Wenger is the one Zhang Yang admires the most, because the Frenchman has a kind personality, and his tone of voice is very friendly.

The situation may be different this year, but it is also a good experience to meet a few colleagues and have a drink or two together.

It will be very interesting to meet Mourinho again. Millwall just defeated Chelsea. Before and after the game, the two teams were at odds, and they met again in two days. Will there be a direct quarrel?

Zhang Yang felt that he should be more magnanimous, Mourinho was already 'miserable' enough.

Mourinho has just become the protagonist of "Internet buzzwords", and there will probably be many people talking about it. It is not easy for Mourinho to save face, because among the Premier League coaches, the relationship with Mourinho is not good. There are too many, for example, Ferguson, the greatest enemy, will definitely not "stay in Germany". Just thinking about it, I look forward to seeing that kind of scene.

"Ahem...that's really interesting..."

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The next day Zhang Yang drove to the club, and when he had breakfast in the restaurant, he happened to meet Ebenezer.

Ebenezer was a little surprised to see Zhang Yang, "Are you not resting today?"

"Of course. But I'm also very busy, and I'm going to take advantage of the vacation to participate in coach training." Zhang Yang explained.

Before Christmas, Zhang Yang received the Football Association's second-level coaching qualification certificate, and he immediately signed up for UEFA's B-level coaching qualification training.

UEFA's B-level coaching certificate is the watershed between amateur and professional. The two certificates issued by the FA only represent the lowest level of coaching qualifications, and the coaching certificate issued by UEFA represents professional coaching qualifications.

This is not to say that the FA is not authoritative, but that the franchise associations have signed agreements with UEFA.Professional-level coaching certificates are issued by UEFA. There are three types of professional coaching certificates, from high to low, namely UEFA Pro, UEFA A, and UEFA B coaching certificates.

There are historical factors.

At the beginning of UEFA's establishment, there were only five franchise associations (Germany, France, Italy, Spain and the Netherlands), and the five franchise associations and UEFA signed training agreements for coaches at all levels (UEFA-B, UEFA- A, UEFA-PRO), so far UEFA has 53 affiliated associations, and each affiliated association must abide by the coach training agreement. National football associations, including the Football Association, are not qualified to issue professional coach certificates. They are only responsible for the lowest level of coach training, and assist UEFA to complete the teaching of UEFA B-level coaching qualifications.

What Zhang Yang wants to obtain is the UEFA B-level coaching certificate. The courses he will participate in are also organized by the FA, and the exams will be conducted by personnel sent by UEFA.

This is a bit more convenient, the location of the training course is still in London, otherwise it will become very troublesome, the UEFA B-level certificate, the training course lasts [-] hours, Zhang Yang doesn't have much time, Wasted on the journey back and forth to learn the coaching course.

Ebenezer and Zhang Yang had breakfast together.

The two talked about some club and team topics, and then they planned to send staff to send Zhang Yang to attend the course.

"No, I'll just go by myself." Zhang Yang refused.

Ebenezer was very considerate of publicity, and he said kindly, "You still need to take a taxi, which is wasteful, and you are very famous, so you may encounter trouble on the road."

"I'll drive."

"You bought a car?" Ebenezer was a little surprised, "What car did you buy? I want to experience the new car!"

Zhang Yang murmured.

With Ebenezer looking forward to it, the two walked out of the restaurant. There was a four-seater sedan at the door of the restaurant. It was the official car of the club, and the Millwall logo was printed on it.

Zhang Yang skillfully took out the key to open the car door, and Ebenezer was a little dazed, "You bought this... No, it's the official car of the club!"

"Yup!"

"Why do you drive this car? It's for the exclusive use of the club." Ebenezer was a little unresponsive. The car in front of him was the club's official car, and it was the most 'luxury' one. The purchase price last summer reached 14 [-] pounds, usually locked in the garage, occasionally used to pick up important guests, such as representatives of sponsors related to the club, if you need to pick up, use this car.

Zhang Yang had already gotten into the car, opened the window, and said with a smile, "I'm from the club, right? So I have no problem using it. During Christmas, I saw that this car has been sitting idle. It's a bit of a waste, you should know , I just bought a house, and my money is a bit tight, and I have no money to buy a car, so I want to use this car for the time being, and drive more to promote the club..." He said and pointed to the car. sign.

After Zhang Yang finished speaking, he drove away.

Ebenezer stared blankly, and finally came to his senses. He immediately chased after him, and yelled through gritted teeth, "Come back quickly! It's an official car, so I can't let you use it alone!" After running for dozens of meters panting, I could only watch the car disappear around the corner, and finally could only shout loudly, "Bastard! Return the car!"

Ebenezer stood where he was, and there was nothing he could do. Only then did he discover this guy's 'no-nonsense'.

That is the most luxurious official car!

Ebenezer felt his heart was bleeding, he smiled helplessly, and vowed to get the car back.

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Zhang Yang doesn't care what Ebenezer thinks, the car is there for people to drive. He is the head coach of the team, so of course he is qualified to drive an official car.

He went directly to the training place and listened to a one-day theoretical course.

The UEFA B-level coach qualification training starts from the most basic content, and many contents are repeated with the first-level coach training, but the course progresses very quickly, and soon extends to the construction of advanced professional leagues.

Theory courses all over the world have one thing in common: most of the content is meaningless.

For example, in the course on the first day, some content about the historical development of football was interspersed. The lecturer continued to explain the football from 1945 to 1970, talked about the glory of several clubs, the decline of some clubs, and the The football transfer system at that time and so on.

What are these good for?
Zhang Yang felt like he was back in his student days, sitting in his seat, listening to knowledge that was completely irrelevant to life, and had to remember it.

"so boring……"

If you want a coaching certificate, you must take a full class. The content of the theory class is quite simple for Zhang Yang. With the learning efficiency of "memory enhancement", he can easily memorize the course content, and it will be very easy to take the theory test.

The day's class was exhausting, Zhang Yang had a simple dinner when he got home, and then fell asleep, waking up the next morning.

Zhang Yang took out the information provided by the club, and turned on the computer to study the transfer.

The winter transfer window opens in January.

All clubs in the Premier League have begun to take action, and the biggest money so far comes from Arsenal: Arsenal spent 500 million pounds to buy Walcott, who is under the age of 17. According to the number of appearances, this fee may rise to 1000 and [-] Ten thousand.

This is the most sensational transfer ever.

For a player under the age of 17, to be precise, 16 years and ten months old, the minimum transfer fee is 500 million pounds, and the maximum can reach 1000 two million pounds, which is simply unimaginable.

Many media are also reporting Walcott.

Walcott's age determines that he will not have much game experience. He previously played for Southampton and was dispatched against Wolves in August last year. In October, Walcott played against Leeds United in Southampson. He started the game and scored his first goal for Southampton when he was named one of the top three sports rookies of the year by the BBC.

After Walcott became Southampton's main striker, he played a total of 21 times for Southampton and scored four goals.

If Walcott's age is not considered, his performance can only be said to be very average, but Arsenal coach Arsene Wenger seems to value Walcott very much, so there is Arsenal's acquisition of Walcott.

It is definitely not easy to buy young talents. Southampton will not sell their talents easily. Arsenal paid a lot of transfer fees.

Seeing that the media were analyzing Walcott, and there were some follow-up reports touting Walcott as a genius, Zhang Yang just smiled silently.

Walcott?

Last summer, Zhang Yang put Walcott on the transfer list, but Southampton had no intention of selling their young talent at all. Their asking price was 150 million pounds, which was simply too high, which was tantamount to directly rejecting the transfer.

Southampton is doing the right thing.

Now Walcott has been sold for a high price of 500 million pounds, and the contract also states that according to the number of appearances, the fee will rise to 1000 to [-] million.

But Zhang Yang doesn't feel regretful at all. Arsenal's purchase of Walcott is not a very good transfer. Wenger's emphasis does not mean that Walcott will play a big role. At least in two or three seasons, Walcott is just a rookie who hasn't grown up. If there are no accidents, he will appear in England's squad for the World Cup in Germany this summer, but that's all. He didn't have a minute to play. , It's just a process.

Zhang Yang clearly knows that Walcott, five or six years later, is still not the main force of Arsenal. Even if the number of appearances for Arsenal increases, he is still just an ordinary striker, and it is difficult to contribute a few goals for Arsenal.

Next up is Chelsea.

Chelsea's transfer news is that the Portuguese midfielder Maniche is on loan. Maniche has passed his peak period. Mourinho chose to loan Maniche, probably to supplement the midfield lineup?

"Perhaps Essien's performance was so poor that the Portuguese had to hire someone else to replace Essien."

There are media reports and analysis.

Zhang Yang still agrees. In the match between Chelsea and Millwall, it was obvious that Essien was no longer in form. Whether it was due to his technical strength or his failure to adapt to the Premier League, his performance would definitely not satisfy the outside world.

Mourinho would not be satisfied either, so he chose to let Maniche join to supplement the midfield lineup.

Manchester United's action is also very fast.

According to media reports, Manchester United began to contact Spartak Moscow defender Nemanja Vidic, and at the same time negotiated with Monaco defender Evra, who has confirmed to join Manchester United. These two defenders are still very powerful. Compared with Chelsea and Arsenal Na, Manchester United is the real strengthening of the strength.

What about Millwall?
Zhang Yang had long considered transferring. He didn't want to replenish his strength at first, but Marvin Elliott's injury made Zhang Yang vigilant.

The team's midfielders are weak.

If there is another injury problem, the midfield will become very bad. Supplementary personnel is not only to strengthen the strength, but also to strengthen the depth of the bench.

Zhang Yang has long asked the club to look for midfielders who might join, whether it is purchased or loaned, the important thing is that the players who arrive must be capable. It is not easy to find such players. There is no news.

Zhang Yang began to browse news related to European transfers.

Among them, there are finalized transfer reports, but more are speculative. For example, some players may leave according to media reports, but when will they leave?There is no confirmed news.

This kind of news is generally meaningless. The players who are reported will have to wait for the summer transfer if they really want to leave.

This is what Zhang Yang reads. He wants to find some 'inspiration' in it, or find a player he values, and let the club try to contact him.

What if you can find the right one?

Even if some players won't move, there's nothing to lose by letting clubs get in touch.

If you can't find the players you want to bring in, there's nothing you can do about it. Now Millwall won't bring in "ordinary players with little strength". Those kind of players will basically not find a place in the team and can only be on the fringes. It doesn't make sense to come out of the game and bring in.

A whole morning passed in constant browsing.

Zhang Yang looked at the time and opened the last webpage. After a glance, he was immediately attracted by a headline, "Gravesen may return to the Premier League!"

Zhang Yang continued to read and found that it was a report about Gravesen.

Gravesen is a Danish midfielder who has played for Hamburg in the Bundesliga and Everton in the Premier League. He is considered to be the number one Danish midfielder after Tofting. Excellent ball and dribbling skills.

In the Everton team, Gravesen is the absolute core figure in the midfield. He not only undertakes most of the defensive tasks of the team's midfield, but also actively advances in the offense and uses passing to create threats.

Last winter, Gravesen wanted to take a step up and chose to join the La Liga giants Real Madrid, but the Galaxy Battleship likes to let stars play, and Gravesen is not up to the conditions. Compared with a real star, his value is a bit too low , The playing time that can be obtained can be imagined.

Gravesen basically has no status in Real Madrid, and his playing time has not met expectations at all.

So the media speculated that Gravesen is likely to return to the Premier League.

"Daily Mail" interviewed Gravesen "at the right time", and the Dane did not "live up" to the media's hopes. He said that he was not satisfied with his life in Real Madrid. Gravesen said: "My pursuit and goal is to participate in every It's not a game, so it's normal to be unhappy with the situation. The outlook (at Real Madrid) is not good, so my agent and myself are watching the situation and seeing what happens during the transfer window."

Gravesen himself said so, and the British media began to analyze the teams that might be interested in Gravesen: Manchester United, Everton and Newcastle.

From the perspective of fame and strength, Gravesen will definitely pick Manchester United first. After Roy Keane left, Ferguson's army is in urgent need of a tough style, aggressive and experienced midfielder. If he joins, he will not worry about the main position. .

So Gravesen was linked with Manchester United.

Zhang Yang didn't care about the content of the report at all. He didn't know which team Gravesen would go to in the future, but it definitely had nothing to do with Manchester United.

So is Gravesen interested in Millwall?
Zhang Yang doesn't know, he is very interested in Gravesen, the current team lineup, the lack of a midfielder is obvious, Gravesen is the top midfielder of the 'finished product', and he has performed well on the left, right, and center. With an extra all-round midfielder, it will be easier for the team to adapt to the 433 formation, and the lineup in the second half is also guaranteed. The introduction of an all-around midfielder is of great significance to the team.

Gravesen, you have to fight for it!
Zhang Yang immediately called Ebenezer and asked the club to contact Gravesen's agent to discuss the possibility of Gravesen's transfer to Millwall, "Try to try, we should have sufficient funds, right?"

Zhang Yang is a little uncertain about the club's transfer funds.

"Gravesen? As long as it doesn't exceed 500 million pounds, it's fine." Zhang Yang was relieved by Ebenezer's answer. Gravesen is already 30 years old, and he is a player who can't play for Real Madrid. 500 million Sterling is certainly enough.

Ebenezer did not forget to add, "By the way, Zhang, remember to drive the car back to the club sometime, and return the key to me! It's an official car, and the club needs to use it frequently."

"what?"

"I said you drive the car back quickly! That car is used for pick-up..."

"What did you say? The signal is a bit bad. I'm going to the reception, so. That's it."

"Beep beep..."

"F-ck!"

(End of this chapter)