I build a giant in the Premier League

Chapter 38 World's Top Midfielder
From the Polish capital Warsaw to the southern city of Katowice.

In Zabrze, 17 kilometers west of Katowice, Yang Cheng easily found the Zabrze Gornik Club.

This Polish First Division team is not very strong and does not have strong financial resources.

In fact, they were very surprised by Yang Cheng's arrival.

German teams will pay attention to Poland, but very few English teams do.

When Yang Cheng mentioned Lukasz Piszczek, the other party understood what he meant.

The 19-year-old Polish national youth team player is the best performer in their team and is currently with the U19 national youth team, preparing for the upcoming U19 European Championship in Switzerland.

In Yang Cheng's previous life, Piszczek became famous in this European Youth Championship.

Although the Polish U19 team suffered a disastrous defeat in the European Youth Championship, losing all three games, winger Lukasz Piszczek scored four goals in three games, becoming the top scorer together with Turkish striker Ali Ötürk.

The champion, Spain's Soldado, only scored 3 goals.

I believe that at that time, no one could have imagined that this incredibly fast attacker would eventually become a world-famous right back.

But sometimes things are just so strange.

After the European Under-17 Championship, Piszczek moved to Hertha Berlin but was loaned back to Poland.

In the following years, he found it difficult to perform as a striker or winger, and his career went from bad to worse.

Only then did he transfer to Dortmund on a free transfer.

After he could no longer stay in the frontcourt, Piszczek switched to play as a right back, and then things became clear for him, and he became a top right back.

The Polish league environment is not very formal yet. The 19-year-old Piszczek has not yet signed a formal professional contract with Zabrzegornik. The Chinese in Bayswater could have introduced him freely.

But after considering it, Yang Cheng decided to go the club route.

Therefore, the Chinese team Bayswater paid 40 Polish zlotys to sign the young player.

At the current exchange rate, 40 Polish zlotys is roughly around £5.

This is nothing to the Chinese in Bayswater.

But it can create a channel.

Yang Cheng came to Poland and originally wanted to find Lewandowski.

But this future world-class center forward has not yet joined Legia Warsaw, nor is he playing for the small team Oasis Warsaw.

It seems that he is still receiving youth training in his hometown team.

After much consideration, Yang Cheng temporarily let go of Lewandowski.

They are too young. Even if they find one, they may not be willing to go.

……

After reaching an agreement with Zabrzegornik, Yang Cheng made a special trip to Warsaw.

Accompanied by his agent, Yang Cheng met with Piszczek.

Afterwards, Yang Cheng went all the way south and entered Slovakia.

In Trencin, a city in western Slovakia bordering the Czech Republic, Yang Cheng found the Trencin club and signed Slovak central defender Martin Skrtel from Trencin for 30 euros.

Not long ago, Skrtel was selected for Slovakia's friendly match against Japan and officially became a Slovak international.

But even so, the 30 euros given by the Chinese in Bayswater made Trencin very satisfied.

……

From Trencin to Vienna, Austria, and then from Vienna to Basel, Switzerland.

Yang Cheng visited Basel and signed Gerhan Inler, who had never played in the first team, from Basel for a transfer fee of 45 euros.

This transfer fee is quite a lot for a player who is only 20 years old and has never played in the first team.

Gerhan Inle has wasted time in the Basel youth team and has yet to get a chance to play.

Although there are some concerns about transferring to the Championship, it is also a chance of hope.

Because of this, Gerhan Inle agreed to join Bayswater Chinese.

……

Flying from Basel to Paris, Yang Cheng appeared in Creteil, a suburb southeast of Paris, without stopping.

In Crete, Yang Cheng easily found a football club named after the city that specializes in youth training.

The so-called specialization in youth training means that there is no adult team.

The profit model of this kind of club is not only the tuition fees of the students, but also a small part of the youth training income from the transfer fees after they become successful in the future, which is enough to maintain the long-term operation of a youth training club.

In Cretej, Yang Cheng easily found Blaise Matuidi, who was only 17 years old.

Matuidi was not originally in Cretei.

In 2000, he was successfully selected for Clairefontaine, where he received three years of football training at this French football palace youth training base.

A year after entering Clairefontaine, Matuidi's youth training contract was transferred to Creteil.

After completing three years of training at Clairefontaine, he naturally came to Creteil to continue his training, and began a trial at Troyes, a French Ligue 3 team southeast of Paris this summer, in an effort to get a professional contract.

But I didn't expect that Yang Cheng would come to me at this time.

Matuidi was not opposed to joining the Chinese team in Bayswater because he had been playing football there since he was a child.

Going to England to play in the Championship is also a good choice.

What's more, Yang Cheng promised him a professional contract.

This is a timely help for Matuidi, who is 17 years old and comes from a poor family.

But what really surprised Yang Cheng was that he saw a familiar name at the Crete Club.

Aubameyang.

But it’s not the Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang that fans were familiar with in their previous lives.

It’s the second oldest of the three Aubameyang brothers, William Firth Aubameyang.

He also received football training in Creteil.

From Aubameyang No. 2, Yang Cheng also knew that Aubameyang No. 3 is currently playing for the Rouen club northwest of Paris.

Is it possible to go to Bayswater Chinese?
impossible!
Aubameyang No. 2 directly rejected it.

He even helped his brother to refuse.

The reason is simple, their father has connections.

Aubameyang Sr. is also a professional player and captain of the Gabon national team. He played in France for a long time and retired from Rouen in 02.

This is the team that Aubameyang No. 3 currently plays for.

Even though Aubameyang is not very good at playing football, he is very good at building relationships and using connections.

In the 96/97 season, Aubameyang played for a year in the Italian Serie A club Stina, and that’s when he started playing for Serie A.

After retiring, he joined AC Milan's youth training camp and served as the chief scout for the African region, helping the Rossoneri to find players in Africa.

Because of this relationship, he got Aubameyang (born 2000) (No. 83) directly into AC Milan's youth training camp in 1.

Now, he plans to send Aubameyang No. 87 born in 2 to Stirling, which was promoted to Serie B, and then send him to AC Milan when the time comes.

Although Aubameyang No. 3 is now playing for Rouen, he is receiving special training from Rouen.

Who can blame them for having connections and channels?

"My father has already planned to send him to AC Milan when he turns 17."

When Aubameyang No. 2 said this, his chin was raised a little high.

Obviously, he didn't take Bayswater Chinese seriously at all. The whole family was going to AC Milan.

As long as I can go to AC Milan to gild my reputation, even if I can't stay there, I will still be a great person when I come out.

Yang Cheng had to admit that this family was really awesome!

Old Aubameyang made many calculations, and finally he was able to train an Aubameyang No. 3.

But Yang Cheng didn't care, and would not argue with a 17-year-old kid.

He had played with too many players in his previous life, and since he had no chance to play with him, he might as well miss it.

However, after Yang Cheng dealt with Matuidi, he still headed towards Rouen.

But he did not stay in Rouen. Instead, he passed by Rouen and went directly to Le Havre on the east coast of the English Channel.

This is also the last stop of his trip.

……

As a well-known youth training base in Europe, Le Havre launches many players every year.

The most famous one in the previous life was of course Paul Pogba.

Manchester United had a huge fight with Le Havre in order to get Pogba.

But the Red Devils are not the first.

Just this summer, Premier League club Newcastle went to great lengths to sign Le Havre's 18-year-old left winger Charles N'Zogbia, and even fought a lawsuit with Le Havre for a whole year.

In the end, Newcastle threw Le Havre 25 pounds in compensation and successfully took away this left-wing genius.

In comparison, Liverpool's approach was much more decent.

In 2001, in order to get the Le Havre duo, Pongelle and Le Tallec, Liverpool paid several million pounds in transfer fees and successfully convinced Le Havre.

As an honest man, Yang Cheng would certainly not do such sneaky things.

He went directly to Le Havre to talk.

He wants to sign Le Havre U100 youngster Las Diarra for 19 million euros.

The young player has never played for Le Havre's first team, nor has he been selected for the French national team, but he has performed very well in Le Havre's youth team.

It's just that the size is too small.

Some say he has the potential to become a player like Makelele.

But he has excellent skills and is not content to be just a defensive player.

Therefore, not to mention Yang Cheng's previous life, even within Le Havre today, this player has mixed reviews.

In this case, the 100 million euros from the Chinese in Bayswater successfully convinced Le Havre.

According to the exchange rate, it is about 65 pounds.

Long before Yang Cheng sold Martin Roland, he had been thinking about the midfield problem, and eventually he locked on Las Diarra.

The reason is very simple. In the 04/05 season, the fledgling Las Diarra became famous after playing for Le Havre in the French Ligue 450, and then made Chelsea pay million euros for him.

What's even more outrageous is that after he failed to perform well at Chelsea, he moved to Arsenal.

Wenger is actually looking forward to him.

When Las Diarra was clamoring for a transfer after only six months, Wenger tried his best to keep him.

But in the end, Las Diarra moved to Portsmouth coached by Redknapp in January 08.

The most outrageous thing is that in January 09, he transferred to Real Madrid for 1 million euros and wore the No. 2000 jersey of Real Madrid.

Can you imagine Makelele wearing the No. 10 jersey?

Afterwards, no matter who became the head coach of Real Madrid, Las Diarra was always taken seriously.

Even when he left Real Madrid in 2012, Mourinho tried to keep him.

All head coaches have the same attitude towards Las Diarra.

You just defend yourself properly, okay?
As long as you defend well, you are Makelele.

No, it's an enhanced version of Makelele.

Because your technique, ball handling and passing are better than Makelele's.

Why do you have to do number 10?

Yang Cheng had also studied Las Diarra in his previous life and found that this player was really impeccable in defense.

Apart from being limited by his height, he can do all the jobs a defensive midfielder can do, and he does it very well and is very eye-catching.

What about the sticky ball that many people criticize?

Coincidentally, Yang Cheng had seen a set of data that showed this guy's pass success rate had remained above 85% during his time at Real Madrid, and even exceeded 90% at one point.

From 09 to 12, this was a statistic that even top midfielders could not achieve.

Interestingly, he averages at least 1.5 to 2 steals per game.

how to say?

This number is less than that of the German Dead Fish Eyes on the same team, who makes more than 2 shots per game.

The data is very close to that of Modric at Tottenham and Iniesta at Barcelona.

But Xavi's data at Barcelona is 1 to 1.5 times.

The truly top defensive midfielder is Xabi Alonso, who averages less than 1 time per game, and the lowest is even 0.5 times.

That means one goal was stolen in two games.

What’s more interesting is that this guy averages about 1.5 dribbles per game, which is much higher than Xavi and slightly less than Iniesta and Modric, the latter two of whom are both stable at more than 2 times.

Although his pass success rate is high, Las Diarra only makes 0.8 key passes per game on average, far less than the 2 times of Modric, Xavi Alonso, Xavi and Iniesta.

Not to mention the three times of German dead fish eyes.

It can be seen that although Las Diarra's passing is very good, it is mostly transitional and connecting passes.

These data may not be detailed enough, but they form a very complex picture of Las Diarra.

This is really a headache.

In his previous life, Yang Cheng had thought about a question about Las Diarra. This player had never received good training since he started out.

From Mourinho of Chelsea to Wenger of Arsenal, none of them sculpted him well.

Later he went to Portsmouth, where Redknapp had great trust in him and he played the best year of his career.

But later, when he joined Real Madrid, a country with strong offense but weak defense, this characteristic of his put him in trouble again.

There is no doubt that Las Diarra has the talent of a world-class midfielder.

But it was a bit of a pity that Yang Cheng failed to reach the expected height in his previous life.

Yang Cheng signed him this time just to see whether this guy is worth cultivating?

And Las Diarra’s biggest character problem is his desire to be taken seriously.

Whether leaving Chelsea or Arsenal, it was because they were not valued.

Yang Cheng can satisfy him in this regard by paying attention to him and cultivating him.

He was even promised a starting position in midfield.

As for how far he can develop, it depends on himself.

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