Chapter 43 Changes in team building thinking!

Triple Crown!

Simon Grayson led the team to three championships in the first season of coaching Barcelona, ​​La Liga and Copa del Rey. This is already the championship of all the events that Barcelona can win. Only next season will they be able to win more championships.

The brilliant record made the Catalans very satisfied, and the Barcelona management was also even more satisfied. Especially when Chairman Rossell enjoyed the joy of success again, he received the season financial statements sent by the financial director. He felt even more that he had invited the "brutal Simon" last season and then spent 244 million euros in the transfer market, how much reward did Barcelona bring?

In the just-concluded season, Barcelona's fiscal expenditure reached an all-time high, with 146 million euros payroll, 103 million euros including championship prizes, loyalty bonuses, top scorer bonuses, etc., 58 million broker benefits, 45 million tax, plus 25 million game expenses, 11 million venue maintenance, as well as youth training expenses, loan interest, staff salary, etc. Barcelona spent as much as 736 million euros in one season!

However, with the arrival of the "Triple Crown King", Barcelona also gained huge returns, and also created a record high in team revenue. Ticket revenue, season ticket revenue, TV broadcasting fees, commodity revenue, sellers, bonuses, sponsorship fees, game day revenue, etc. After the mixed income projects were added together, Barcelona's revenue also reached 713 million euros.

After all, although the team still lost 23 million euros last season, if we consider the team's current player value, and the various sponsorship fees that will be increased next season, as well as the expansion of intangible assets brought about by the expansion of influence, Barcelona has actually made a lot of money this season!

At this time, Rosel really tasted the refreshing and opening and closing of Florentino's first and second phases when it formed the "Galaxy Battleship" phase. This feeling is really addictive.

Without any doubt, Rossell raised the transfer funds and the salary of players for Simon Grayson. Barcelona's salary expenditure this season has reached 146 million yuan, and the salary budget for next season is as high as 200 million euros, and there is almost no upper limit for transfer funds. Barcelona's transfer budget for Simon Grayson is as high as 350 million yuan!

350 million euros!

No matter who Simon Grayson wants to buy, as long as this player is what he needs, he can buy people!

Even if the "brutal Simon" is messing around, he can form another team with a luxurious lineup. This money... will definitely make Simon Grayson cause huge waves in the transfer market.

More importantly, this money was provided to Simon Grayson by Barcelona while maintaining various other expenses. This also shows how healthy the current Barcelona finance is.

But Simon Grayson, who just led the team to win the "triple-champion champion" and completely confirmed his title of "champion coach", did not plan to burn money like last season. The current Barcelona lineup is already strong enough, and its tactical style has been formed. It is completely unnecessary to make larger adjustments, so some supplements are made in some positions.

But although Simon Grayson's idea is good, things did not develop according to his ideas. After a perfect season, the value of Barcelona players soared. Although main players such as Shaq, Vasquis, Alaba, Ganso, Fabregas, Batista, Rivero, Ben Parker will not be poached, many substitutes and players who have played few times have been tempted.

Before Simon Grayson and his coaching staff began to look for players that the team needed to supplement, someone asked him to communicate with him to transfer.

Obviously, "Brutal Simon" is well-known enough and is known to more people. Those who want to transfer do not have any tricks such as smoky screens and swearing, but instead directly talk to him about the transfer.

Venezuelan striker Salomon found Simon Grayson, which was not surprising at all. He only played 18 games for the team last season, and he also rotated the right winger with the "Little Pharaoh", which made the Venezuelan unbearable. He wanted to play as the main striker but could not compete with Shaq, so he could only... leave!

Right-back Montoya has a good reason. He believes that his chances of playing at Barcelona will be reduced next season, so he hopes to maintain his form through transfers. He needs better performance to impress the head coach of the Spanish national team Benítez, so that he can represent the Spanish team to play in the 2020 European Championships.

The honest Salomon, Montoya, Simon Grayson are really unable to keep them. After all, their situation will only be worse than this season next season. I cannot delay the future of the players because of the team's performance and cannot reuse them... Then let go.

Anyway, Barcelona is really rich now, so if you lack people, you can buy it in the transfer market. Moreover, after Montoya leaves, Gonzaro can continue to play as a substitute. There are still Rafael and Gonzaro in the right-back position. As long as Gonzaro can show his condition in the B team, playing as a substitute is still enough.

As for the vacancy left by Salomon, it can only be supplemented in the transfer market, and we must invest a lot of money to buy a good enough player. "Little Pharaoh" Salave has performed well this season, scoring 14 goals and assisting 20 times in 41 games, and playing smoothly at the right winger. However, Barcelona still lacks a truly traditional winger on the right, and must have the ability to break through all defenses on the right.

Such a player...is not so easy to find now!

If Salomon and Montoya's departure still make Simon Grayson feel that it is within a reasonable range, but when Ayu applied for a transfer to him, the "brutal Simon" really began to have to think about his own policy of building a team.

Ayu, who transferred from Arsenal last season, was personally introduced by Simon Grayson. Even if he was not a direct descendant, he was also a substitute in one season. However, except for two appearances as the right winger, he never got a chance to play. Like Salomon, he played the same position as Shaq, and Shaq's condition... is really great!

Stable, efficient, no injuries!

Competing with a "King of Football" who scored 157 goals and assisted 25 times in 60 games is really desperate!

After sitting down on the bench for a season, Ayu finally made the decision to leave. Ghana is only 27 years old. He has just entered his golden period. If he plays a substitute for Shaq at Barcelona, ​​he will be really useless in the future and will even shorten his career. So he and Simon Grayson are frank and have to leave even if he can't get the current high salary in the new team.

Simon Grayson didn't say much. He also felt that Ayu was just playing two games for the team in a season with an annual salary of millions. He thought more deeply. This was a mistake he made when building the team. Even though he knew that Shaq was in a stable state, he still had to prepare a substitute for him. Isn't this a matter of nothing to be so troublesome?

Fortunately... there is still a chance to remedy!

Simon Grayson agreed to let go of Salomon, Montoya and Ayu. Even if Gonzaro, the rookie in the right back position, there are still problems with the attack on the right, so it is necessary to add...

Barcelona players are on vacation, but the coaches of the coaching staff have no holidays. The management is ready to start various tasks. Even Chairman Rossell has to deal with many business, sponsorship contracts and other matters every day. Many people are busy with negotiations, and even two or three negotiations a day is normal. The Finance Department is even more inseparable from people for 24 hours, for fear that a certain job of the club will be delayed due to slow operation.

At this time, the most idle person in the Barcelona club is probably the club's eleven scouts. After a season of busyness, eleven scouts submitted a report on their work in a season. The stars and rookies in various continents, countries, and leagues have to be evaluated, and even talented young players cannot be spared. Moreover, if they have already tracked the officialdom last season, this time they will point out more and more in detail in which the player has made progress, and then they will be recorded in Barcelona's player database for archives.

Of course, Simon Grayson would not have personally selected players from the huge database. These things are done by his assistant McAndrew. He just needs to make the final choice.

After communicating with his old partner, McAndrew knew that the team lacked a right-hand offensive player. And according to Simon Grayson's meaning, if you buy someone, don't buy players like Ayu who will directly cause competition conflicts. Since there is a "little pharaoh" on the right, the goal of this transfer is to young players. At least these young players will not compete for the main position after they come to the team. They also have the patience and have time to wait for opportunities. If they are not helping, they are willing to accept training in the youth team or B team. Players like Ayu who have become famous cannot do this.

McAndrew provided Simon Grayson with two right-wing talented kids as choices, namely Matthews Muller, a 20-year-old German genius from Schalke 04, and Frank Otara, a 20-year-old black player from Ausselle, France.

Matthews Muller started playing as a substitute at Schalke 04 last season, and his ability to play in the midfield and right forward was considered to be a star. However, Frank Otara is a main right attacker who scored 12 goals and assisted 3 times for Ausselle last season. Because of his strong right attack ability, he was nicknamed "New Ribery" by French football.
Chapter completed!