novelonline Chapter 172 Jeremy Lin on the Football Field
Chapter 172 Jeremy Lin on the Football Field
Chapter 172 Jeremy Lin on the Football Field
After returning to the hotel, Stan first turned on the TV and tuned to the sports channel. The screen was full of news about the Premier League. Indeed, besides the British, who else is playing football in the world.
Stan walked into the bathroom and began to brush his teeth. Looking at himself in the mirror, Stan smiled proudly. He was very satisfied with the conversation with Wei Xiao today, and he could basically confirm that Wei Xiao didn't hate him anymore.
After washing up, Stan lay on the bed and turned on the computer. First, he checked his emails. The club and the national team were fine. It was a quiet day. For a busy person like Stan, such a situation is rare.
After completing the routine confirmation, Stan began to think, that is, to think quietly, completely immersed in a deep silence.
Now the Chinese national team in his mind is slowly taking shape. He doesn’t need to worry about the goalkeeper position. With BJ Guoan’s Yang Zhi, and the Qi rate of his own men can also be alone. At present, the back line can only be "two old and two new". The two old are Sun Jihai and Li Weifeng, and the two new are Wei Xiao and Qi Bing.
In the frontcourt, the only thing Stan can be sure of is Li Qiao, which is obviously not enough, so what should we do?
Stan thinks there is no problem with the current lineup entering the top 10, but he thinks it is still far behind to enter the World Cup.
According to the contract, Stan can manage China's youth training system, but it is obviously a preparation for 10 years later, and the long-term thirst cannot be quenched. If he wants to go to Brazil, Stan has to think about a way.
But what can be done?
Stan shook his head. After all, Stan is not a magician. Football has its own rules. Even if I start working hard now, it will take at least 10 years to really change Chinese football. If I can't get results, I may be dismissed after 10 months.
Winning, winning, the golden rule on the football field, why Ferguson stayed in the Manchester United coach for so long, in the final analysis is good grades, if Manchester United ranks outside the top 10 in the Premier League, I think even Ferguson will be dismissed from get out of class.
"Is there any way to improve the performance of the Chinese team in a short time?"thought Stan.
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Stan got up and poured some water, and then looked at the night scene outside the window. In the past, whenever Stan was unhappy or worried, he liked to look out the window. Looking at it, the window of his soul seemed to be opened.
But this time, this method didn't seem to work. After watching for nearly half an hour, Stan still didn't have any inspiration.
In desperation, Stan turned on the TV again, and this time he still tuned to the sports channel. The first news was about Wenger, which seemed to be about the conflict between Wenger and his wife. Obviously, Wenger’s decision not to retire had affected the relationship between the couple.
Stan would also smile after watching it, thinking: "Fortunately, I'm single, otherwise I run around the world like this, and those who don't go home will definitely be worse than Wenger."
Then there are a few transfer news. The new year is not over, and there are still some intentional rumors, but judging from the rumors, the money in world football is becoming less and less valuable now. 1000 million euros can’t buy anything good, and the culprit is actually the Premier League.
Other leagues have restrictions on the entry of foreign investment, such as the Bundesliga, but the Premier League is very tolerant of foreign investment. Although the UK is not considered a European country, it is more like the United States in terms of sports industry, where capital is king.
Therefore, after those oil tycoons from Russia and the Middle East entered the Premier League, they paid money to buy people without considering the cost-effectiveness at all. Their philosophy was to only buy expensive ones and not the right ones.
Stan hates this kind of behavior very much, and Bayern's Hoeness also hates this kind of behavior very much. He has repeatedly called on UEFA to restrict this kind of behavior. In fact, if you think about it, you can understand that this kind of behavior is too unfair.
The money of the Bundesliga teams is earned by tickets and jerseys, while the British teams do nothing, and the petrodollars come.
After reading this news, Stan cursed a bad word, because the spread of this situation has also affected Asian football.
Then the football news was over, and it was the turn of the NBA news, and Stan realized that besides the Premier League, the NBA is also in full swing, but Stan has no interest in the NBA.
Just when Stan was about to press the remote control to turn off the TV, a piece of news caught Stan's attention-"Jeremy Lin signed with the New York Knicks".
Stan walked into the TV. He wanted to take a closer look at the news. In addition to signing the contract, there was also Jeremy Lin's resume and his previous performance. The news about 2 minutes before and after was like a light in the dark night, giving Stan a direction.
"That's right, it's not available in China for the time being, I can find overseas Chinese," Stan thought.
Thinking of this, Stan is very excited. Stan, who has a lot of football knowledge, knows that there is a country that has done this before. That country is Turkey. Turkey finally won No.2002 in the 3 World Cup. Among them, Basturk, who was born in Germany, contributed the most. Although Basturk was born and raised in Germany, he was born and raised in Germany.
But with the continuous efforts of the Turkish Football Association, Basturk finally chose to play for Turkey.
"Isn't that the Turkish version of Jeremy Lin?"thought Stan.
Stan knows that there are at least hundreds of millions of Chinese overseas. Will there be a football version of Jeremy Lin?The answer should be yes, and certainly not less.
But the excitement is the excitement, Stan knows that even if these people exist, he can find them, but it is still difficult to persuade them to come back and serve the country.
These people are different from Wei Xiao. Wei Xiao is of Chinese nationality. He must play for the Chinese team, and he can be recruited by force.
But these people are not Chinese in terms of nationality, and they have no right to be recruited. The only way is to persuade them to play for the Chinese team willingly, just like "Basturk".
Stan knows it is difficult, but this may be the only way to improve the performance of the Chinese team in the short term and complete the trip to Brazil. No matter how difficult it is, Stan wants to try.
He turned on the computer and searched for player information. Although the player database software Stan bought was very powerful, Stan still found nothing after searching for a long time.
Stan knew that software was dead but people were alive, so he decided to call his acquaintances for help, but at this time, not many people were willing to answer Stan's phone.
But as long as Stan had an idea, he would be excited to realize it. After making several calls, finally someone was willing to answer Stan's call.
"Hi, I'll give you a few key words, you can help me think about it", Stan asked inexplicably.
The other party is actually just an informant of Stan in the football circle. Under normal circumstances, many coaches have such an informant in case of emergency. In any circle, information is money.
The other party asked Stan to say.
"Chinese, Chinese nationality, or non-Chinese nationality are fine, and those who can play in the European League."
After listening to the other party, he felt inexplicable. Even Google couldn't do this. He said directly, "Go to hell", and then hung up the phone.
Stan was stunned. Thinking about it, the scope of his problem was too big. There are more than one billion Chinese in the world. No wonder the other party would be angry, maybe he thought he was playing a prank game.
There is no way, Stan can only go to bed first, and think of a way tomorrow.
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I don’t know how long he slept. Stan woke up from his dream and looked at his watch. It was 3 o’clock in the morning. Stan felt that he remembered something in his dream, but this time it was not a vague key word. A very clear name appeared in Stan’s mind—“Lin Zhijian”.
Turn on the computer and type "Lin Zhijian", and Stan got more detailed information. Lin Zhijian was born in Hamburg, Germany in 1991. His father is Chinese and his mother is German. He is now playing for the Bundesliga Hamburg team. On September 2011, 9, he made his first appearance in the Bundesliga in Hamburg's away game against Stuttgart. Because of his outstanding performance, Lin Zhijian has already attracted the attention of the national team coach "Loew".
Stan smiled and was happy. He finally found his "Basturk". He wanted to grab "Lin Zhijian" just like Turkey snatched "Basturk" back then.
Stan plans to book a plane ticket to Hamburg immediately after dawn. He wants to meet Lin Zhijian's family as soon as possible and try to persuade him to join the Chinese national team.
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But when he arrived at Heathrow Airport the next day, Stan got the news that it was snowing heavily in northern Germany. He would definitely not be able to fly today, but Stan is a vigorous person. Since he decided to leave, he returned the hotel room. The only way now is to wait at the airport. Fortunately, the conditions at Heathrow Airport are not bad.
While waiting at the airport, Stan was not idle. He found some "Lin Zhijian" game videos on the Internet, and found that he could play the two positions of right back and right avant-garde.
Wait a minute, the German team doesn't have any outstanding talents in this position except Lahm, and Lahm is old, which also means that Stan may face the competition of the German team if he wants to grab someone, which Stan doesn't want to see.
One of the most important factors why Turkey was able to attract "Basturk" back then was that the German team didn't care about "Basturk" at all, but now German football has changed, and it has increased its efforts to absorb these "second-generation immigrants".
Thinking of this, Stan suddenly felt that the future was not good. If the German team really joined, then the probability of his success might be "zero".
Stan looked out the window at the foggy London sky, and a hint of worry clouded his mind.
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