"As you can see, everything inside the Clezio training base is the most valuable asset of the Parma team."
Listening to the conversation of the people on the other side, as an official of the Parma city government, Rossi doesn't particularly care about what the Parma team has. This is just a routine matter. It's not a big deal. But the current situation of the Parma team.
It interested him quite a bit.
Opposite him is a rather tall man. Although he is wearing a sportswear specially put on for the convenience of exercise, he still has a heroic spirit. This temperament makes Rossi quite fond of him. People in the sports world,
You just have to have some heroic spirit.
"The Clezio training base was built in 1990 when the economy was good and long-term planning was done. It has four training fields and two semi-formal fields, locker rooms, massage rooms, operating rooms, and bathrooms.
Facilities such as whirlpool hot tubs, modern rehabilitation centers and conference rooms are all available. Even the indoor training ground is very complete. It has a badminton court, a physical therapy room, and the hardware and equipment are excellent. Of course, we have the money.
It was built in 1969 and has not been replaced for more than ten years. It is a bit outdated and does not keep up with the times. However, the most basic facilities such as turf, locker room, bathroom, and weight room are all very good. It can be said that our
Bases are everywhere in Italy. If a new boss takes office, he only needs to add a floor heating system and repair the bathrooms, and it will become a first-class training base. It will not cost much in total, about
Everything can be done with 00,000 euros.”
"I will remember it... Mr. Berg, I want to interrupt and ask, are you usually in charge here?"
Borg turned his head, glanced at him, and then spoke, "I am the team's physical coach. I am only responsible for paying attention to the players' physical training, physical evaluation, and state maintenance. More things are not my concern.
However, the manager of the team, Mr. Barardi, is discussing the trusteeship of the team with your municipal government, and the youth training director of the youth training base, Coach Li, also has club affairs to deal with, and I am the only one
I’m here to take you through an asset inventory.”
"Thank you, sir. Although I am from the government and have to take over the managed Parma, as a fan, I have to thank you. Mr. Borg, if I remember correctly, you are a Czech, right? A Czech
It's really admirable that people can stay in the team and not go anywhere when the club goes bankrupt."
"I have my reasons for staying... Mr. Rossi, are you here to do asset statistics for the club, or are you here to ask questions?"
"I'm sorry, I'm just curious." Rossi shrugged, "They all say that this club is finished - the Parmalat Group has gone bankrupt, Mr. Tanzi has been arrested, and, if it hadn't been for a government trusteeship
This team, I don’t have to come here to count what you have – I’m curious if anyone is willing to stay at Parma Club.”
"Are we the assets you need to count?"
"Of course you are not our assets on paper, but if you are willing to stay, it will definitely be more convenient for our team to find a new owner to take over." When talking about this issue, Luo
Xi is still very sincere, "Parma is one of the best clubs in Italy. We are the seven sisters of Serie A. We should not be finished like this. Although I am a government worker, I am also a fan of Parma. I hope
He can rise again - if not, at least keep playing in Serie A and let the fans have a pastime. I don't want it to end up like Fiorentina. They went bankrupt, but the fan base is still there after all.
, if you want to make a comeback, you can find an owner. But the Parmalat Group has gone bankrupt. If Parma goes bankrupt again, this team will really be finished. The city of Parma is too small, and we are unable to make a comeback."
"I can't control these things." Borg hesitated, then shook his head, "I stay here just because I promised others to stay, and I can't leave now."
"Is it Li Bin?" Rossi blurted out and asked, "I heard that after Mr. Prandelli left, the remaining people among you are led by the youth training director Li Bin. If anyone can persuade you to stay
Then, the only one here is Li Bin."
Rossi had only known the name Li Bin for a short time, but this did not prevent him from being deeply impressed by the name.
"Looking at your tone, are you dissatisfied with him?" Berg asked after hearing this.
"Of course. He is just a youth training director, but I heard people say that he is the most valuable person in this team." Rossi said, "Although I don't know people in the football world, don't think that I don't know.
, now there are rumors throughout the Italian football world: Parma’s most valuable asset is not the team’s training base, nor the team’s honor room, but the team’s youth training system. And Parma’s youth training system is all about maintaining
exist
Whoever poached Li Bin would have obtained the entire Parma legacy! He should be ashamed of this! He was a coach trained by Parma. If it hadn't been for Parma, where would he be today?
A Chinese has been reused in Parma. He should be grateful and give everything for Parma, but I heard that he actually hooked up with the three powerful people in the north. Isn't this too inappropriate? "
Rossi's fierce words made Borg silent for a while. After a while, he spoke, "The core asset of Parma Football Club is indeed not the training base here. Parma's most core valuable asset is
Established in 300 football schools around the world and the network of scouts, football schools, and players under their control, it is those cooperation contracts and those personal relationships. We have 83 football schools in Italy
, five satellite clubs, plus our own mature coach training model, as well as the experience and system summed up by the team in many years of work - these things are priceless, although it seems that they are just a few that can be invalidated at any time.
Paper, but it is indeed Parma's most valuable asset. And I think, even if you don't know the details and just get a general idea through the media, you should be able to understand who made all of this."
"Li Bin should have done all this. He should not have turned the network that belongs to the team into his own. Parma gave him the opportunity to work, and he should give everything for Parma." Rossi said angrily.
Said, "It was Parma who gave him the opportunity, and this is what it should be!"
"Yes? Mr. Rossi, you are not involved in football, so you may not know what the current situation of youth training in Italy is.
It’s 2004, and it’s no longer the time to be invincible in the Serie A world in the 1990s. Look at the top three in the north, and look at how many young people have come out in the past few years, and you will know how bad the youth training in Italy is. If you say
That's right. Then, what he should do is to do what those youth training camps do, take the team's money and go to watch a few games around the world every year, then meet with the agents, follow the agents' recommendations, and report to
The team has a list of player inspections, and according to this list, the team is allowed to sign players - just like
Everyone does the same thing. Italian youth training coaches do this. They don’t care what their youth training camp looks like. For them, youth training equals a weak football country. They can tap young people from a weak football country.
It is equivalent to completing the youth training, and they have merit. Of course, there may be some differences. Juventus poached France, Inter Milan poached Argentina, and AC Milan poached the Netherlands and Brazil. But in essence, there is not much difference. But
You must also know what Li Bin did."
Borg raised his head and looked at the base, "I have been here for five years, and I have seen how he works. I have seen how he works. I have seen how he traveled to Africa, South America, and North America,
Many countries in Asia inspect local football schools and establish cooperation with them.
He established relationships with them, trained coaches for them, provided help, and developed them into a contract school for this team. I also saw with my own eyes how he established this team’s scouting network around the world, and in the game
The team has a special archives room, three computers, three scouts, and daily
His job is to examine players through videos sent from all over the world. This is how we have the scouting network that dominates Italy. Not to mention, this team’s youth training philosophy and training methods were all established by him - you too
You know, five years ago, before 1999, those who dared to stand up and question Sa
How difficult it is to understand Basi's chain defense concept - do you really think these things are what they should be? If everything he did is really what he should do, then why among all the youth training directors in Serie A,
He is the youth training director who is being robbed by the top three in the north, but the others are not? Chances are
It's for those who have the ability, right?" Borg continued, "You don't do things based on what you say, but what you actually do. Li Bin contacted football everywhere
School, established a cooperative method with them, and Parma trained football coaches for them
It can be said that it cost almost nothing to build up this huge football school network. The money Milan spent to establish a football school in Africa is enough for us to complete the layout of the entire West Africa.
What do these things rely on? It’s not about bragging.
He attaches great importance to youth training, but relies on having more contacts and exchanges with those countries, inspecting local football, providing guidance, and doing more practical things. Why does everyone now know that Parma’s youth training network is maintained at
Li Bin’s body? Because everyone knows that this network is Li Bin’s body.
Li Bin built it up bit by bit. If he stays in Parma, this network belongs to Parma. If he leaves, this network will also leave with him - Li Bin is taken seriously now because he is truly serious about his work.
A person’s capital is earned by himself, so what’s unacceptable?”
Borg was also emotional when he said this, "You, the fans and the management, have always only focused on the people on the top. You only focus on the head coach, players, and...
Managers, regard them as the treasures of a team - but you don't understand the importance of the bottom staff of a team, and you don't pay attention to the fact that behind the 23 first-team players of a team, there are
There are as many as three hundred people in the youth training echelon, five
The attention list of tens of thousands of people. Do you think Li Bin receives such attention? No, I think it is not enough. For Italy now, a youth training network, if it can be used well, means that it has mastered the extremely
A big head start means that within the next ten years, your operations can be worry-free, and it means that a team has the possibility and hope of long-term development - why not sell such capital at a price?
"
"Is this why you chose to listen to Li Bin? For the interests behind this scouting network?" Rossi asked, "But he is Chinese!"
"I am also a foreigner, and," Borg was silent for a moment, "of course this is not the reason why I listen to him. Money is not that important to me. You haven't understood yet... In just five or six years, I can't help but
Watching Li Bin establish the whole Italy as
Jumbo's youth training network. I have no doubt about his working ability. I didn't stay because I valued this network. I stayed because I believed in him: after he has a bigger stage, he can create
An even greater miracle. And I will soon be a witness to the miracle."