Chapter 1056 Grand Slam?
For a period of time, Yang Huan has been staying in China, taking over the Chinese Super League, and putting on the team for the Beijing Guoen, which has led to him somewhat neglecting several teams in Europe.
However, this is also because Peter Kenyon is in charge, Master Huan is still very relieved.
The management and development of these teams have been on the right track, and there are fewer things to worry about by Young Master Huan.
Besides, even if something really happens, Peter Kenyon has the ability to solve it. If he really encounters the matter of sending out Young Master Huan, it will probably be a huge thing.
However, after Yang Huan came to Monaco and listened to Peter Kenyon's work report, he found that nothing happened, but many happy and troubled things happened.
During the period when Yang Huan left, all the two rounds of the Champions League elimination matches in the quarterfinals of 16 were played.
Southampton doubled Ajax in two rounds, and Debor's team was helplessly eliminated from the Champions League by the Saints with a score of 5-0 and stopped in the quarterfinals.
Although it was a crushing defeat, Ajax lost to Southampton and had nothing to say.
Although he was a complete defeat in the score, several players in the Ajax team also performed well in the process, such as Brazilian striker Luis Adriano and Brazilian international Bernard. These players all performed very well in Ajax.
Although he stopped in the quarterfinals in the Champions League, Ajax performed quite well in the Eredivisie.
In this season's Eredivisie, Debor's team has maintained an unbeaten record so far, and even tied two games, firmly suppressing his arch-rival Eindhoven with an absolute advantage and temporarily ranked as the league leader.
"From the current situation, it is very likely that Ajax will win the Eredivisie championship, but there is a problem."
Peter Kenyon analyzed the situation in Ajax with a relaxed look on his face, and obviously the momentum was very good.
"What's the problem?" Yang Huan asked.
Peter Kenyon shrugged helplessly, "Because the team is doing well at the moment, many players, including Luis Adriano, have been targeted by teams in the four major leagues!"
After hearing this, Yang Huan, Sun Yue and others burst into laughter.
This is indeed a big problem!
Due to the objective conditions of the Eredivisie and Ajax's own positioning problem, it makes it difficult for Ajax to compete with teams in the four major leagues, especially the mid- and upper-level teams in the four major leagues.
Luis Adriano is indeed very capable, even if he has enough combat power. Whether he was a Donetsk miner or later joined Ajax, his performance was quite impressive, especially in the Champions League, which also made him famous in European football.
There is a shortage of talents in European football today. Players like Luis Adriano used to be able to attract the attention of mid-range teams, but now, many upstream teams and even giant teams have begun to target him.
In this case, it is difficult for Ajax to compete with these teams.
However, the advantage is that it is impossible for these teams to force Luis Adriano to be exploited without making any damage.
"What do you think about Ajax?" Yang Huan asked with a smile.
Standing at the height of Young Master Huan, looking at Luis Adriano being poached is like a group boss treating an ordinary employee changing jobs. It is normal and nothing big.
"There are also young rookies in the Ajax team, and they have performed well this season, so there is no big problem."
Peter Kenyon replied, paused, and continued: "Van der Sar means selling Louis Adriano, leaving Bernard behind, leading the young players in the team to grow, and also stabilizing the overall framework of the team."
This is also normal.
Even a team like Ajax cannot sell out all the core players in the team in one go.
If it is really sold out, how can the team achieve combat effectiveness?
What to fight Eindhoven?
"And, in addition to Ajax, our talent reserves are still very abundant. Monaco has Ponce, Jovic and Mbappe, and Hamburg has young players such as Sussex. In addition, the talent reserves of Southampton, Atletico Madrid and Inter Milan have filled the gaps in Ajax, and there are problems."
Not to mention, Miracle Football Group also has a group of outstanding young players in Brazil, including Barbosa and Lincoln.
The advantage of group operation is that it has convenient internal flow of talents and abundant resource reserves.
Once there is a shortage of talent supply in a certain position in Ajax, you can immediately withdraw from teams in five major leagues, including Southampton, Hamburg, Atletico Madrid, Inter Milan and Monaco, and borrow some players who cannot play in the game.
Of course, it would be even more cost-effective if you can introduce more suitable players at a cheaper price.
Therefore, the loss of talent is indeed a problem in Ajax's team, but if it is placed within the entire Miracle Football Group, it is just a trivial matter.
Yang Huan is now feeling the benefits of group operation more and more, but this operation method is not completely free of problems.
For example, internal coordination and resource allocation of each team.
But in general, the benefits outweigh the disadvantages.
Otherwise, why are European football investors paying more and more attention to this?
"Master Huan, Ajax's problem is relatively simple, but Southampton's problem is probably more troublesome."
Peter Kenyon said with a serious expression.
Yang Huan nodded lightly and said nothing.
The situation in Southampton is indeed difficult now, but it is not because the team's performance is not ideal, but on the contrary, it is because the team is too good and too ideal.
After the team won the League Cup, the team basically won Ajax due to the Champions League quarterfinals knockout stage, so Ancelotti's team focused on the Premier League, and as a result, they won a row of victories, Southampton won the Premier League championship ten rounds ahead of schedule.
This really surprised everyone. No one expected that Ancelotti's team would win with such an amazing lead, but what was even more surprising was that the Champions League entered the quarterfinals and the FA Cup also reached the semi-finals.
According to Southampton's current state and momentum, there is a high possibility of entering the finals.
In the slogan of today's Saints fans, it is to complete the four championships that no one has ever completed in the Premier League, achieve the Grand Slam, and complete a successful season.
This is undoubtedly a pretty exciting slogan, and it is very difficult to implement, but the possibility does exist.
Relatively speaking, the biggest risk is the Champions League.
However, Ancelotti is an old fry, and his head coach Zidane, who is the quarterfinals knockout opponent Real Madrid, is an absolute novices. The Saints have to beat Real Madrid in terms of lineup and state.
Therefore, the Saints have a great hope of going further. Otherwise, gambling companies such as William Hill would not list the Saints as the number one favorite to win the Champions League this season.
Peter Kenyon actually means this.
If Ancelotti's coaching score is too good, what should the Saints do?
According to the original plan, use Guardiola to trade Ancelotti?
This will undoubtedly be under heavy pressure for Guardiola and Southampton.
On the contrary, Ancelotti must have been so happy that he retreated bravely.
But if the plan is temporarily changed and Ancelotti is retained, everything the team did before will be in vain.
What's more, Guardiola is also full of confidence and wants to coach the Saints. If the team changes their mind temporarily, it may completely offend the Spanish coach and completely destroy Yang Huan's entire plan.
So, sometimes, the grades are too good, which is also a headache.
However, Southampton invited Guardiola to coach, which was a plan that Yang Huan had formulated before, and the team also made sufficient preparations for this, including first-team recruitment and youth team transformation, which are part of it.
Even this summer, the team will introduce Veratti from Monaco, a midfielder Guardiola has been appointed.
If you change your mind temporarily at this time, it is indeed not the style of Young Master Huan.
So, after listening to Peter Kenyon's words, Yang Huan thought deeply for a while.
"I will go to the UK to deal with this matter in person. No matter how Ancelotti's performance is, I will invite Guardiola to take over. This decision cannot be changed."
Peter Kenyon and others also understood this.
Compared to Southampton, the problems of other teams are relatively simple.
Atletico Madrid has achieved outstanding results this season and currently has a great lead in La Liga, and it is very likely to win the championship again.
After two or three years of accumulation and metabolism, Simeone's team finally ushered in the time to achieve results.
However, unfortunately, the Bedding Army entered the quarterfinals of 16 knockout in the Champions League, after eliminating Eindhoven in the Eredivisie with a score of 7-0 in two rounds, and entered the quarterfinals knockout round. The opponent he encountered was Paris Saint-Germain who eliminated Barcelona.
Judging from the card, Simeone's chances of advancing are still relatively high.
Interestingly, in addition to the Premier League and La Liga, the leaders of the Serie A and Ligue 1 are also Yang Huan's teams, namely Klopp's Inter Milan and Koeman's Monaco.
Among them, Inter Milan's leading advantage is also very obvious, and winning the championship is basically a foregone conclusion.
As for Koeman's Monaco, he currently only leads Paris Saint-Germain by two points, and should be considered the most promising team to win the championship.
What's even more rare is that Inter Milan defeated Pellegrini's Manchester City in the Champions League quarterfinals, and Monaco also successfully defeated St. Petersburg Zenit, both entering the Champions League quarterfinals.
In other words, among the eight teams in the quarterfinals of the Champions League this season, Southampton, Monaco, Inter Milan, Atletico Madrid and Hamburg, Yang Huan occupies five teams, not to mention Tottenham Hotspur, which supports stocks.
It should be said that Yang Huan himself is also very surprised until now when he plays in the Champions League.
In the Bundesliga, although Tuchel's team is still one point behind Bayern Munich, Hamburg is determined to reverse Bayern Munich, hoping to win the league championship again after years of separation.
However, after the reorganization this season, the frontcourt trident composed of Dzeko, Douglas Costa and Kingsley Koeman shines in the Bundesliga, especially Douglas Costa and Kingsley Koeman, which has attracted the attention of European giants.
This also raised a big problem for Hamburg and Miracle Football Group.
That is how to retain these two players and maintain the overall strength of Hamburg.
In the Champions League quarterfinals knockout match, Hamburg met Monaco and another match in the same room, while Paris Saint-Germain and Atletico Madrid were in the second half.
Judging from the draw results, the battle between these four teams is quite suspense, and their strength is basically the same as each other, so it is normal to win or lose.
Because of this, the Champions League this season made fans all over the world excited.
Teams such as Southampton, Atletico Madrid, Real Madrid, Bayern Munich, Paris Saint-Germain and Monaco have been strong in the past few years. This season, Klopp led Inter Milan to rise strongly, and the Champions League dark horse Hamburg led by Tuchel, has undoubtedly injected fresh elements into the Champions League.
What is even more rare is that these teams are very strong and even have the strength to challenge top teams.
Chapter completed!