Super Marshal

In the past few years, Gao Han has traveled to almost all developed countries on the European continent, and often passed through or visited some small towns for competitions, especially those surrounded by mountains in northern Spain.

Gradually, he realized that the biggest difference between developed countries and China, a developing country, was not in the big cities.

After years of development, many domestic big cities such as BJ and Shanghai are no less than or even worse than international big cities such as London, Paris and Madrid.

But the real difference is in the smaller towns that are less developed.

Just like this small town in northern Spain called Matricu, which has a population of only five to six thousand people. If it were placed in China, it would be a village, or at best a small fishing port near the sea.

You can drive around the winding mountain roads. You can see along the way that the roads in Matriku are very clean and smooth. There are facilities such as camping sites and docks, as well as educational facilities such as primary schools, junior high schools and high schools, and a large sports center. , and a full-sized football field.

After walking out of the mountain road, overlooking Matricu, although their buildings are also messy, they are very clean. This makes people look very comfortable. Under the blue sky and white clouds, people feel that they are particularly unique to the Basque region. smell.

Gao Han vaguely felt that this might be the biggest difference between developing countries and developed countries.

Not far into the village after coming out of the mountain, Mikel Alonso parked the car aside.

Everyone got out of the car and saw a football field across the road. The terrain was five or six meters lower than the road. Holding on to the iron guardrail on the side of the road, it felt like standing in the stadium stands and enjoying the game.

Although it is a small village, the turf of the football field is trimmed very smoothly. It is obvious that it is maintained by dedicated personnel on weekdays.

It is said that there is a game here every weekend night, between the town's amateur team and the team from the next town. The residents of the town will come over to cheer.

At this moment, a group of teenagers are training in the stadium, and there are also dedicated youth training coaches for guidance.

This also made Gao Han couldn't help but sigh from the bottom of his heart. Football in Europe is indeed very popular. Even in such remote places, there are professional youth training coaches to guide the training of young players. Once they perform well, they will be promoted immediately. He will be noticed by the big teams around him.

Such as Real Sociedad, Athletic Bilbao and Racing Santander to name a few.

China is a vast country with a vast land and abundant resources, a large population, and a huge span from east to west, north to south. If we want to fully popularize football, even if we formulate policies from the highest level of the country, I am afraid that it will not be possible in less than 20 to 30 years. To achieve it like Spain, That will take more time.

While Gao Han was thinking, the youth training coach below had divided the twelve or thirteen-year-old players into two groups and started training in separate teams. However, he placed two or three older players in each team. Junior players.

After the team competition started, the older players were obviously better than the others in terms of technical level and physical confrontation, but Gao Han still distinguished from the various details of passing and receiving. The two best players, and it seems that the youth training coach also knows that they are the strongest, so he puts them in different teams.

One is playing as a midfielder and the other is playing as a central defender.

Both of them seem to be just training with the team. They are more involved in running, passing and catching. They do not participate in offense and are only responsible for defense. However, their strength advantage that stands out from the crowd still makes them perform very eye-catching, especially long passes, which are very accurate. .

Gao Han glanced over with his fiery eyes and immediately found out the data of the two players.

Asier Illarramendi, March 8, 1990, nineteen years old, with a strength of 120 and a potential of 175.

Igor Martinez was born on May 17, 1991, at the age of 18, with a strength of 110 and a potential of 170.

The former is positioned as a midfielder and can play as an attacking midfielder or as a deep back. He is relatively thin, while Igor Martinez is left-footed and can play both left-back and center-back positions. He is stronger and stronger. Characteristics typical of Basque players.

"Hey, who is that kid playing as a central defender?" Perique Alonso was a little surprised.

It seemed that he also found the boy interesting, but didn't recognize him.

But both Harvey Alonso brothers shook their heads and said that they didn't know, at least there was no such person in the Real Sociedad youth training camp.

Illarramendi, on the other hand, belongs to the Real Sociedad youth training camp, but training is now suspended and he is training with the team in the town nearby.

"That guy is pretty good, he's quick and good." Gao Han praised with a smile.

Perique Alonso and his son couldn't help but pay more attention to it. How could someone who could be favored by Gao Han be worse?

"Perik, the one you mentioned looks very similar to Harvey, is that him?" Gao Han pointed at the midfielder from a distance.

Perique Alonso laughed heartily, "As expected, I couldn't hide it from you. That's right, it's him, Asier Illarramendi, the treasure of Real Sociedad's youth training. He represented the second team last season. The third level is League Two, but the second team was relegated from League Two this season.”

This has to be said to be a big regret.

Teams like Real Sociedad always fluctuate between La Liga and La Liga. The team's finances are not much better, and the first team may not be able to care about it, let alone the second team.

Therefore, their investment in youth training is not large, and they rely more on youth training talents in surrounding areas for support.

"To be honest, his current situation is quite embarrassing. The first team will not give him too many opportunities in order to advance to La Liga, but playing in the second team and moving to the fourth level league is a bit humiliating."

Gao Han can completely understand the current difficulties of Real Sociedad and the situation of the players.

In European football, there are countless players who are in a similar situation every year. Many of them are lost to everyone in the end. As everyone knows, many of them are not so-called insufficient strength or lack of talent, but they have too many opportunities. Difference.

Playing football is a skill in which practice makes perfect, so training young players requires patience, tolerance and opportunities for exercise.

In the face of performance pressure, it is difficult for young players to stand out, and this is true all over the world.

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Gao Han and others didn't want to cause too much noise. They waited until everyone was finished training before they asked Mikel Alonso to call Illarramendi up.

As a result, when the young Basque player came up, everyone was dumbfounded.

Xavi Alonso is the biggest star around San Sebastian, especially a midfielder like him, who almost pursues Xavi Alonso as a lifelong goal.

As for Perique Alonso, needless to say, he played for Barcelona in his career and once served as the first-team coach of Real Sociedad. He is a well-known football star in the surrounding area. Everyone must be polite when meeting him.

But what surprised Illarramendi the most was Cantarero and Sergio Garcia, and when he saw Gao Han looking at him with a smile, he really had an urge to get dizzy.

"Mr. Gao... Gao Han?" Iliarramendi was so surprised that his jaw almost dropped.

"Hello, Asir." Gao Han smiled and stretched out his hand.

Finally, after Illarramendi regained his composure, the conversation could continue.

In fact, Gao Han's trip was purely to inspect Illarramendi. After the afternoon training, Gao Han was convinced that Illarramendi would be a very potential midfielder. With his style, he He is not suitable for playing as an attacking midfielder. It is best to play as a midfielder or as a deep-lying player, which can bring out his advantages.

This is also why Perique Alonso believes that he is very similar to Xavi Alonso.

Of course, no two leaves in the world are the same, and no two players are exactly the same.

Gao Han is very satisfied with Illarramendi and feels that after bringing him to the Chinatown team and cultivating him, he will be a very good choice to succeed Marcos Senna in the future.

But as for the specific transfer, Gao Han never mentioned it.

Because he had to talk to Illarramendi's parents and the Royal Society.

"By the way, who was the central defender who competed with you before?" Perique Alonso asked with concern.

He was also an embryonic player, and he could tell from a glance that he had great potential.

"Oh, his name is Igor Martinez. He is eighteen years old and lives in Ondaroa, just north of us."

Ondaloa, like Matrico, is a small village in the Basque Country and has a similar population.

"Is he a Real Sociedad academy player?"

Illarramendi shook his head, "No, he is a student of the Ondaroya Youth Training School. However, I heard that the youth training department of Real Sociedad has inspected him, but the specific situation is not clear yet."

Perique Alonso understood now, and it is estimated that the Real Sociedad youth training department will not miss such a player.

But at this time, Gao Han turned to look at Cantarero, raised his brows, and smiled playfully.

The latter has been working with Gao Han for many years, so why doesn't he know what Gao Han means?

Igor Martinez performed well just now. He has excellent passing ability. He is not tall, about 1.8 meters tall. He is strong but flexible. He is definitely a talent that can be created.

The Chinatown team plans to reorganize its defense this summer. In addition to introducing a high-level central defender, an eighteen- or nineteen-year-old player like Igor Martinez is exactly what the Chinatown team urgently needs.

Not to mention that Igor Martinez is not yet a youth training player of Real Sociedad. Even if he is, the Chinatown team will definitely take the opportunity to try to bring him to Madrid.

The worst thing is, ask for some training fees to compensate Real Sociedad.

In any case, Chinatown is also a newly promoted team in La Liga. Real Sociedad still doesn’t know how long it will take to return to La Liga. What’s more, Chinatown itself is famous for its youth training, and vigorously promoting young players is a consistent feature.

After talking to Illarramendi, Gao Han and others visited their home in person, had an in-depth conversation with his parents, and frankly expressed the Chinatown team's interest in Illarramendi.

Illarramendi's father was also very excited about Gao Han's regard. He also heard that players on the Chinatown team, including De Gea and Alba, were Illarramendi's teammates in the national youth team. Gao Han also repeatedly After promising that the club would increase the cultivation and training of Illarramendi, his parents agreed to Gao Han's proposal.

However, out of the need to protect the children, both parties agreed to keep the matter confidential.

After all, if the outside world learns that Gao Han values ​​Illarramendi, not to mention the increased difficulty in recruiting people, I am afraid it will cause a lot of unnecessary disputes and put psychological pressure on the players.

After reaching an agreement with Ilyaramendi's parents, Gao Han and others did not stay much longer. After politely declining their dinner invitation, they left Matriku by car.

Before leaving, Cantarero had obtained the details of Igor Martinez from secret conversations with Illarramendi, and even obtained his phone number.

After leaving Matricu, Gao Han returned to San Sebastian with his assistants, Alonso and his son.

After staying overnight at Alonso's house, Cantarero went to Ondaroa alone, while Gao Han took Sergio Garcia and set off west to Bilbao.

At the same time, in Milan, Bosco and Real Madrid officially reached an agreement on Kaka's personal treatment.