Chapter 284 Spying
In order to better adjust and rest, Porto came to London two days in advance. E┡Ω novel Ww『W. Ω1XIAOSHUO. COM
There was no training that afternoon. The next morning, Porto took the bus to the Emirates Stadium for adaptive training, but when they arrived at the Emirates Stadium, they were told that they were maintaining the turf and could not train.
Emmanuel became angry, Such a big club is so petty, they won't even allow them to adapt to the venue.
Ferreira was very upset and said to the vice-chairman Delles: Chairman, you can contact Arsenal to see if you can train.
Delles immediately called Richard, the executive officer of Arsenal, but Richard told him that the Emirates Stadium is indeed unable to train now, but Porto can go to the Kearney training base for training, and come back in the afternoon to adapt to the venue.
Porto had no choice but to drive for nearly an hour to the Kearney training base for training.
The Kearney training base is known as the most luxurious training base in the UK, but at the moment of the war, the Porto players are obviously not interested in visiting and admiring the opponent's base, and all their energy is spent on training.
Under the eyes of the opponent, Porto must not expose his tactics. Although Ferreira is conservative, he has rich coaching experience. Take it apart to practice, so that the opponent can't figure out Porto's style of play and main lineup.
The fans and reporters in England are very well informed. After Porto finished training at the Kearney training base, there were already a dozen reporters and hundreds of fans waiting outside, many of them Chinese fans.
In the away game, of course, the support of the local fans is as much as possible. Ferreira asked the driver to stop the bus and asked the fans to come up to sign and take photos in turn. He also arranged for several reporters to be interviewed by reporters. However, Ferreira is very fond of England fans. He was wary and did not allow Gao Xiaodong to be interviewed.
In the afternoon, the Emirates Stadium was finally ready to use, and Ferreira quickly took the players to adapt to the venue.
Fans are not allowed to participate in the Kearney training base, but the Emirates Stadium is open to fans. When the Porto players came to the stadium, there were already no less than a thousand people on the stadium, but not all of them came to watch the Porto training. Came to visit the stadium.
This time Ferreira still adopts the method of wearing jerseys and disrupting the formation to train, but this kind of blindfold can only fool fans and reporters. Professionals can still see it at a glance, such as Tottenham Hotspur assistant coach Kay Wen, such as Manchester City scout Dave.
Kevin was entrusted by head coach Redknapp,
I came here specially to observe Gao Xiaodong. For Tottenham, Wenger is the best scout. The person Wenger likes, they will definitely step in, and even if they fail, they will definitely raise the price.
Although Redknapp had a video of Gao Xiaodong in his hand, obviously, no matter how good the video was, it was better to watch it live. So Kevin replaced Redknapp and came to the Kearney training base to observe Gao Xiaodong.
Gao Xiaodong is easy to recognize. He is a black-headed and black-eyed Chinese in the Porto team. Kevin recognized him at a glance.
When I first watched it, Kevin wondered, this Gao Xiaodong, by the standard of a professional player, his skills are definitely not good, and it is not an exaggeration to say that he is rough. This rough guy. Such a player should be Chelsea's favorite.
But Kevin soon discovered that Gao Xiaodong is very strong and very smart, and he is very good at using his body. Arsenal recruited such a player to play as a midfielder, and the hardness will definitely increase immediately, just like Arsenal signed him back then. Like Vieira.
Kevin admired secretly. Although Wenger has not won a League Cup in the past few years, he is a champion in finding new talents. Kevin feels that Tottenham Hotspur should create a little trouble for Arsenal in the transfer market. , Arsenal cannot easily get Gao Xiaodong.
On the stand opposite Kevin, Manchester City scout Dave used the camera to record for a while, and then wrote it down in his notebook. His attitude was more serious and professional than Kevin.
Dave was originally a scout for Leeds United. After the wealthy Middle East bought Manchester City, he was also dug into Manchester City with a lot of money to serve as a scout.
Originally, the main task of Manchester City to recruit Dave was to help Manchester City analyze some popular superstars. Now Manchester City is like Abramovich when he first bought Chelsea. A potential rookie like Gao Xiaodong.
Just like Kevin came to observe Gao Xiaodong because Wenger fell in love with Gao Xiaodong, Dave came to see Gao Xiaodong mainly because Professor Ferguson of Manchester United fell in love with Gao Xiaodong.
Although both Manchester City and Manchester United are in Manchester, the status, reputation and strength of the two teams are very different. Even if Manchester City knew that Manchester United was pursuing Gao Xiaodong, they would not be able to intervene. It has become the richest team in British and even European football.
At this time, Manchester City will naturally not make things easier for their rivals in the same city, so Hughes, the head coach of Manchester City, asked Dave to observe Gao Xiaodong at close range to see how the Chinese man Ferguson is looking at is like, and whether he can become the son of Hua Guosun Successor, if it's okay, then Hughes won't care about money, isn't it just 30 million euros, as long as the level is high, let alone 30 million euros, even 50 million euros, Manchester City can afford it.
As a scout, Dave's observations are more detailed and professional than Kevin's. His records are not only qualitative, but also quantitative, such as the number of passes Gao Xiaodong made in a training session, how many left and right feet , The long pass of the pass is specific to how many meters it passes, how many meters it deviates from the target, how many times it steals and dribbles, how many times it succeeds, how many times it fails, the specific scope of activities...etc., and so on.
After watching Porto's training, Dave made this judgment: this is a very strong and hard-working player. His technique is a little rough, his movement rate is a little slow, and his physical fitness is excellent, but his strength and versatility can offset part of his technique. Such a player cannot fall into the hands of Manchester United. If Manchester United still wants to introduce him, then Manchester City must grab him before Manchester United. If Manchester United has to play Gao Xiaodong, then in the Manchester derby, Gao Xiaodong will be Become a stumbling block on Manchester City's offensive road.
In the end, Dave also added that the 19-year-old Gao Xiaodong has little chance of improving his skills, but awareness and experience will allow players to make better use of their existing skills and advantages. In time, maybe Gao Xiaodong will become the next one. Ribery, Klose.
Of course, the Porto generals who were training did not know that there were people spying on them in the stands. They trained as usual. After the training, they signed autographs and took photos with the fans before leaving the stadium and going back to the hotel to rest.