The reason why Gao Han specially participated in the signing ceremony of Sterling from Carrington to the city court was, on the one hand, to show his importance to the young player, and on the other hand, to participate in the team's high-level meetings.

As the chief technical officer of Manchester City club, Gao Han should have appeared at high-level meetings every time, but he is really too busy and does not have so much time and energy to deal with the trivial matters of these clubs, so most of the matter is left to the general manager Paul Footrey.

But some conferences are closely related to the competitive department and cannot be avoided no matter what.

For example, this senior meeting this afternoon will discuss the transfer operation of next season.

The situation has been very clear this season's Premier League game. It's only a matter of time before Manchester City wins the championship. This is not only a confidence within Manchester City, but also a consensus among everyone, because Manchester City has too much lead.

It's so big that other opponents can't catch up.

The only thing that is more suspenseful is the FA Cup, but Manchester City's performance is also good.

As time goes by March, all the training camps and transfers for this summer have begun to be put on the agenda.

For example, Mubarak hopes that Manchester City can go to the Middle East this summer. They hope to organize in the Middle East and let Manchester City play one or two friendly matches with other European strong teams.

Gao Han has no objection to this, but he hopes that the team's training venue can be located in Europe, such as Ireland.

Dublin is a very ideal training ground. Gao Han hopes to play two or three warm-up matches after training there, then go to the Middle East and finally return to Manchester to prepare for the game.

The management said that it would fully consider Gao Han's wishes, but the specific itinerary depends on the club's next arrangements.

"According to the intelligence we have at present, the European transfer market will generally be depressed this summer. There are currently few teams with large transfer funds on hand, including Barcelona and Real Madrid, the two best players in the Western Premier League, but they may not make big moves because there are not many charitable stars in the transfer market."

Paul Footrey analyzes the current situation of the transfer market in European football.

The team that was originally the easiest to be poached was Atletico Madrid. Torres and Villa are both popular, making Real Madrid and Barcelona salivate. However, after moving into the new stadium, Atletico Madrid's revenue ability soared, and the two core backbone players have just renewed their contracts and the possibility of leaving the team is very small.

In contrast, Barcelona is not in a hurry. Instead, Real Madrid has a transfer budget of hundreds of millions of euros on hand, but they don’t know where to spend their money. This is indeed a headache.

The current focus of the competition between the two Spanish Super League players is Arsenal's Fabregas, but it is probably not easy to convince the Gunners to let them go. This transfer soap opera may continue to delay.

"The situation in the Premier League will not be very optimistic. Chelsea has released the news early. They will not have big signings this summer. Manchester United may be the same, let alone Arsenal and Liverpool. According to the reliable information we have obtained, Benitez is likely to be dismissed. Liverpool has begun to secretly look for a new coach."

Paul Fottery did not mention Manchester City himself, because whether or not Manchester City will sign a player depends on Gao Han's decision.

Even the big boss Mansour and Chairman Mubarak who were sitting at the meeting had no right to make a decision.

Gao Han didn't say anything, but listened silently.

The transactions in the transfer market are often several million, over tens of millions, or even over 100 million. Therefore, before the summer transfer market every year, there will be special evaluation agencies to predict and evaluate the summer transfer market. Major clubs will formulate their own transfer strategies based on the evaluation results.

To put it simply, you have to consider your own weight, how much money can you spend, and who can buy it.

When the market is good, the player's value may be more inflated than the market's appraisal price, and some may even be ridiculously inflated. When the market is bad, the player's value is often more solid, which is a good time to buy at the bottom.

But there are also unlucky people, such as Chelsea, who introduced Falcao and Ramirez in 90 million euros, obviously at the top.

Why do you say so?

Because the European debt crisis has exploded in recent months, all industries in Europe have begun to tighten their money.

If the impact of the four major leagues was not obvious enough in December last year, then by the end of February, debt had begun to spread to the five European countries, namely Portugal, Italy, Ireland, Greece and Spain.

In this case, Chelsea's Abramovich could only cry and faint in the toilet.

But there was nothing he could do. He had to force Falcao and Ramirez at the beginning. Even if he didn't take action at that time, he would still have to pay the penalty for liquidated damages this summer, and it was still the same amount of money.

Fortunately, both players performed well.

The European debt crisis broke out in full swing, and the Abu Dhabi consortium under Mansour had extremely abundant funds, so he would stay in the UK next, with the purpose of making the bottom-up.

Similarly, he also hopes that Manchester City can buy at the bottom and form a stronger team.

After all, Manchester City will compete in the Champions League next season.

"We Chinese have an old saying that soldiers are more expensive than elites, and they are the same as when used on football fields."

Gao Han knew that everyone present was asking for his opinions, organized some words and expressed his thoughts in public.

"My idea is to keep the team's lineup organized to about twenty-five players. I believe that this number of players will be enough to cope with the multi-line battle next season. This summer, I do not intend to continue to make big signings like the past, but hope to introduce substitutes and rotation players, or young players with potential."

"My purpose is very simple. I don't just want to form a team that has the ability to win the championship, I hope it is a healthy and sustainable team. Whether it is at Atletico Madrid, Inter Milan, Bayern Munich, or Chelsea, I believe that this has been proven."

Everyone present nodded in agreement.

Gao Han’s past coaching experience shows that all the teams he coaches often remain strong after he leaves, because he always leaves a strong reserve of personnel for the team.

Needless to say, Atletico Madrid, for example, Inter Milan sold Cristiano Ronaldo and Ibrahimovic in the frontcourt trident, not only received a start-up capital for the new stadium, but still had strong strength.

The same is true for Bayern Munich. The Bundesliga Giants have shown a very high level this season, both in the Bundesliga and in the Champions League. Klinsmann has become famous because of this, but everyone knows that all this is thanks to Gao Han.

Mansour is not a kid either. Although he is rich, he is also good at calculating. If he spends less money and can achieve the same or even better results, he will choose to support him without hesitation.

"Okay, I completely agree with Mr. Gao Han's idea." Mubarak immediately made a statement.

Everyone had nothing to say, and the matter was decided.

Gao Han has already had his own set of ideas for how to implement it in detail.

"I want to focus on strengthening this summer. One is the central defender. I want to introduce a left-footed central defender, Coleluca and Richard Dunn. I decided to sell them. Both players are difficult to meet my requirements and have a chance to play. Instead of doing so, it is better to let them transfer and leave and seek better development."

Richard Dunn is the former captain of the team. He was leaving last summer, but later he talked to Gao Han in person, hoping to stay with the team and continue playing. Unfortunately, after a season, he never got many opportunities to play.

Even when Kaka was injured, Gao Han would rather use Sabaletta than Dunn in the right center position, which shows that he is indeed not suitable for Gao Han's tactical play.

Korluca was a purely problem of strength, and Gao Han thought it would be better to let him leave.

As for introducing a left central defender, I had already had an idea as early as last summer. It was a pity that it was difficult to find a left-footed central defender in European football, especially players who meet Gao Han's requirements for the left central defender were even more difficult to find, so it was always delayed.

But after a season of searching, he was somewhat surprised.

"In the midfield, Stephen Ireland must leave the team. I know that many Premier League teams have been interested in him recently, and I am happy to accept his offer." Gao Han and Stephen Ireland have broken up.

In his eyes, Stephen Ireland is a completely irresponsible player. Although he is good at strength, he has no professional ethics. He often misses training and has become an uneasy person in the locker room, which forced Gao Han to kill.

Although many media outside are complaining about Stephen Ireland, believing that Gao Han did not give him a chance, he would have a breakup with Gao Han, but in Gao Han's view, he is the team's head coach. As a player, Ireland should show his strength and performance to convince himself and seek opportunities, rather than go against him.

Gao Han often doesn't show mercy to all players who want to fight against him.

"Elano and Michael Johnson are both going to stay, and I plan to bring in one or two players in the midfield. I already have one candidate, and the others depend on the situation."

The transfer market is changing rapidly, and Gao Han cannot fully control the overall situation.

Paul Futrey carefully wrote down Gao Han’s request, but reminded him: “What should Petrov do?”

Gao Han frowned, it was indeed a bit tricky.

Petrov is already thirty-one and has performed well, but he will definitely not be able to play as the main player in front of Cristiano Ronaldo, Kaka and Sanchez, but he is not satisfied with substitutes.

The key now is that his contract expires in June this year.

In other words, Manchester City now either agrees to his conditions, not only needs to raise the salary, but also promises the number of appearances, signs for two years at once, and has an automatic contract renewal for one year, which is undoubtedly unacceptable to Gao Han.

Once Petrov leaves the team, the team will definitely have to sign ups in the frontcourt.

But after thinking about it, Gao Han still made a decision, "If he is unwilling to renew the contract based on the conditions proposed by the team, then let him go. We will find a suitable substitute in the transfer market at that time."

Paul Futrey hesitated for a moment, nodded and agreed.

To be honest, Gao Han could not compromise on such matters, otherwise it would be difficult for him to control the locker room.

Of course, Martin Petrov doesn't have to worry about not having a place to go. He is very popular and many Premier League teams are interested in him.
Chapter completed!