Football: I can see player entries.

Chapter 160 The Young Agent

Li Yanqing and Mourinho chatted for the entire afternoon, with Ibrahimovic occasionally chiming in.

According to Mourinho, the age of Burton's players is unreasonable.

They're either too old or too young.

While the idea of ​​having veterans mentor younger players is good, veterans are prone to fatigue, while younger players need more opportunities to put what they've learned into practice.

Inconsistency in performance is inevitable.

It would be a miracle if they could maintain such a high level of performance in every game.

For example, Enzo was able to play a key role in the team last season, but this season he has hardly had any outstanding performances.

Cazorla was also teaching him, but he was learning very slowly.

The most obvious example among the veterans is Pepe. Li Yanqing estimates that he would be lucky to play more than ten games a season.

"So, what you should be thinking about now is how to improve your strength."

"Even if the level of young players continues to improve, they can only maintain the current level at most."

"If we keep thinking about raising the ceiling, then one day it will collapse very quickly."

"The outcome of a match is never determined by the strongest player, but by the weakest..."

Mourinho is instilling his coaching philosophy into Li Yanqing.

That's probably why he likes to use players who can fight and run in every position.

"Understood." Li Yanqing nodded thoughtfully.

In other words, there was nothing wrong with his approach, but his expectations for the team were too high.

If strength increases too quickly, the foundation will become unstable.

"So our goal this season is still to avoid relegation."

"At least the slogans should be like this..."

This wasn't a joke, but a heartfelt exclamation.

Li Yanqing is now somewhat glad that he didn't make any outrageous remarks in front of the media.

"Yes, that's it."

"You don't need to be too afraid of technically skilled teams, but I'm sure if you run into Liverpool, you'll get completely thrashed."

"Klopp has taken high pressing to a whole new level."

"Hmm...it's just a bit taxing on the players."

Mourinho hadn't actually finished speaking, but he didn't intend to continue.

He felt that the other party had already understood.

"It's almost dark!"

Will any of you take me in?

"I plan to stay for two more days, and then I'll go home."

“Come to my place,” Ibuki said decisively.

He rented a nice manor house, not far from the club.

He didn't forget to make a joke about Li Yanqing as well.

"His place is only for himself; there's no room for even one more dog..."

"It's really too small!"

......

The first thing Li Yanqing did upon returning home was to reorganize the team's training information on his computer.

Mourinho's words make a lot of sense; he won't have any new ideas before the winter transfer window.

The draw against Manchester City was probably the highest level of performance they've been able to deliver this season.

The next day.

Li Yanqing called Quinn to his office.

There was another young man in a suit standing there.

"Quinn!"

"Let's get to know him."

"I think he would be a good choice to be your agent."

"Hello, I'm Sitek," the young man named Sitek said first.

In fact, Li Yanqing didn't have many interactions with him.

The only thing that's certain is that he's a pretty good guy, and he's very serious and responsible at work.

As for his identity...

Do you remember that younger member of the Di Matteo family?

He originally intended to intern at Burton, but later he said he wanted to become an agent, so with Barker's help, he went to work for a company that wasn't very big.

Thanks to Di Matteo's connections, he already has several good young men under his command.

Their company doesn't have any big-name stars, so if Quinn signs with them, he will receive considerable attention.

is a good choice.

"The decision is yours, Quinn."

“You can spend a long time evaluating him.”

"Don't take my advice to heart."

The importance of agents to players is self-evident, and Li Yanqing does not intend to make decisions for the players himself.

"He needs to help you in every way."

"If you think he can't do it, just refuse."

"Just send him back to where he came from."

In order to eliminate his influence, he made sure to lay out the unpleasant truths upfront.

"Yes, don't worry, we're very patient." Sitke maintained his smile, knowing that keeping his composure would give him a good impression on the players.

"Perhaps we could talk somewhere else?"

"If you'd like, we can arrange dinner tonight."

“Okay.” Quinn nodded, but judging from his reaction, he didn’t think the other person could offer him any good advice.

The fact that he hasn't contacted an agent yet shows that he doesn't understand the purpose of the agent's existence.

"I need to go to training first, we'll talk about it after training."

"Also, boss, am I starting in the next game?"

The reason for asking this question is that the next match is the second round of the FA Cup, and based on the experience of the last FA Cup match, it is estimated that a substitute will be fielded.

"Yes, you will continue to start."

"Unless you're too tired or Cazorla is in better shape than you..."

“You can tell he’s a simple person,” Sitek continued after Quinn left.

"You actually said these things to him so bluntly."

"And he doesn't seem to have any objections at all."

“Yes, so you’d better not teach him any nonsense.” Li Yanqing shrugged.

"Your job is just to help him solve the problem; the club will take care of the rest."

Even though the other party was Di Matteo's junior, Li Yanqing didn't say anything nice.

Quinn is the player he values ​​most, so he wants to find him the most suitable agent.

Raiola's tactics would absolutely not work on Quinn...

PS:

Continue at five o'clock tomorrow.