"When I came here today, we mainly discussed two things. The first was the match against West Bromwich Albion and our tactical arrangements. We have just discussed this. Then we are going to discuss our several signing plans this summer. "
Several Leeds United coaches sitting around the table immediately stopped their discussion.
Having just finished analyzing the tactical arrangements for the next game, they also took advantage of the break to drink water, and then briefly discussed other precautions to see if there were any omissions.
After all, there are only two rounds left in the league and a UEFA Cup final.
These three games are particularly important. They are related to what results the Leeds United team can achieve this season, and how much bonuses the players and employees can receive. Next season, whether Leeds United will play in the Champions League or the Europa League, it all depends on the final result. Three games later.
It's like the final exam in Chinese and Mathematics, which determines whether to travel this summer or make up classes at home.
"Bang~"
This time it was Chris Casper who kicked the door open and walked in. He went to the office again and brought a laptop over. Because he was going to talk about some of the team's signings, his information was placed in another laptop. In the notebook, poor Casper, as the team's technical director, is not only responsible for the team's daily data analysis, but also part-time player recruitment analysis.
But at least the club did not treat him badly. His salary can be said to be the highest in the Premier League or in Europe. Some other clubs wanted to poach Casper, but all they responded to were Casper's middle finger.
Casper had something in his hand, so he couldn't use his hands to open the door, so he could only kick the door open with his feet.
Ranhu put the things on the table next to the projector and prepared to close the door. He was self-aware. After all, there was a note on the door: "Chris, close the door."
However, before Casper could close the door, another person came.
"Dong dong dong~"
Here comes the director of youth training, Frank Gray.
"Is there anyone else?" Casper was about to close the door.
"I'm coming......"
A voice came from outside the door, signaling Casper not to close the door.
Then walked in the club's chief scout Steve Walsh and his assistant Harry Maddison, as well as people from the transfer department.
Five or six people came in at once, making this small conference room seem a bit crowded. After several people came in, there were only three more stools. Colin McGee, the physical coach who had been feeling pain in his lower back after sitting for a long time, stood up and motioned for Madison to sit down while he stood for a while.
After closing the door, Casper also came to the front of the conference room and began to link the other laptop he brought in.
"First of all, it's the left back. Ian Hart is leaving this summer. We need to find a suitable substitute for Baines. My first choice is Manchester City's Ben Thatcher."
George Lee expressed his thoughts, and then Casper played some highlights of Thatcher to everyone present.
"Chris, tell me first."
"Everyone, I have prepared some data information for you. You can refer to it..."
With that said, I gave everyone the A4 paper I brought with me along with my notebook.
There are not only some game data of Ben Thatcher, but also some data analysis done by Casper using models and functions.
It includes quite comprehensive information, such as confrontation success rate, one-on-one defense success rate, etc., and even some personal habits, such as insertion frequency and so on.
In short, it can be seen that as the only data analysis team in the entire Premier League, Leeds United has worked very hard in this aspect.
As the club's director of football, Eddie Gray also sat in the conference room. He quickly flipped through the first three pages of data about Thatcher.
Then on page four, he saw Joey Barton's message.
Eddie Gray immediately glanced at George Li, then picked up the papers and quickly turned them over.
Joey Barton, Jonathan Woodgate, Gareth Bale...
Finally, he found a Newcastle United player information.
Lee Bowyer.
Eddie Gray looked up at George Lee again. At this time, he was telling everyone about Thatcher's transfer information, and told the team's transfer department members to try not to package the transfers of Thatcher and Button together. conduct.
Because according to Steve Walsh, Manchester City is now having problems renewing Barton's contract. Leeds United can take advantage of this and prioritize Thatcher's transfer, and then find ways to introduce Barton.
"The transfers of Thatcher and Barton can prevent us from losing depth in the lineup after losing Hart and Edgar Davis, and these two players should be willing to join us. After all, we are about to become A Champions League team."
"Haha~" Everyone in the company laughed.
Although there are still two games left, everyone at the club is optimistic about reaching the Champions League next season.
Then after George Li finished talking about his two transfer expectations, he began to ask questions to the club's chief scout.
"Steve, I asked you to find the striker. How's it going?"
"I have an idea, and one of them is relatively familiar to everyone. I almost..."
When Eddie Gray heard that the team needed a forward, that was definitely not what he wanted to know about Bowyer's transfer situation.
Although Gray is the team's director of football and should be concerned about all the team's transfer trends, all his thoughts are now on the A4 paper about Bowyer.
The disciples he brought out in the past were all sold one by one due to Leeds United's financial problems.
But now, George Li wants to buy them back one by one through transfer.
what is this?
Do fallen leaves return to their roots?
Walsh opened a video file and began to introduce to everyone the several forward signing targets of the scouting department and transfer department this summer.
"Van Persie appears on the right wing most of the season, so our forwards only have Kevin Davis and Andy Gray. With this combination and rotation, George feels it is a bit weak. After all, Kevin's offensive ability is poor, and Andy doesn't meet the team's main needs now. Frank, you won't be angry if I say this, right?"
"Haha~"
There was laughter again in the office, and Frank Gray waved his hand, indicating that he didn't mind, and asked Walsh to continue. After all, he was his son, and he knew how much he weighed.
"The first is Manchester United's Van Nistelrooy. This king of the small penalty area will leave Manchester United after this season..."
After that, Walsh kept recommending forwards to everyone, and others were also reading and discussing, because some forwards were familiar to them, while others were not familiar to them and they had to listen to the introduction to know.
After Walsh finally finished recommending forwards, everyone selected a few candidates and asked the transfer department to follow up.
George Lee began to ask Harry Madison to introduce Gareth Bale.
Eddie Gray, who was sitting below, couldn't wait any longer. He was eager to know what George Lee and several other members of the coaching staff, the scouting department, and the transfer department thought of his two former disciples, Woodgate and Bowyer. Transfer views.
After finally waiting for Madison to finish the introduction, George Li began to arrange the work.
However, it can be seen from the faces of other people that most people are very optimistic about this Welsh youngster with a rather special appearance.
"Bell is not 17 years old yet, we can't bring him in now, and he has already signed a contract with Southampton in advance, so we can't get him this summer. But the scouting department and the transfer department asked me to transfer him from Bell. From the first day he turned 17, he intervened in the transfer for me. I think next summer, this Welsh boy can appear here with us, do you understand?"
"Understood!" "Yes sir!"
Lee then turned to look at Eddie Gray.
"Eddie, please introduce your two disciples. Let's see if they are suitable for the current Leeds United."
"Ah I?"
Although he had waited for this moment, Eddie Gray didn't know what to say at this time.
