While Gao Han was receiving Armando Marcos and Cantalero in the hotel, and at the Kearney training base in north London, Arsenal head coach Wenger also welcomed his colleagues who returned from South America in a dusty way.

Arsenal's chief scout Steve Rowley.

This time, Steve Rowley went to Peru in South America in person to watch the U20 South America Youth Competition on site.

The ten South American youth national teams participated in the youth competition, divided into two groups, each group had five teams, and a single-cycle battle. After the ranking was determined, the top three of each group automatically entered the final group, and then a single-cycle battle was held, and the winner was finally determined by ranking.

Because it is related to the quota of the World Youth Championship, every national youth team has put all their efforts and will try their best to recall players who play in the European League back to China.

For European teams, this is undoubtedly a rare opportunity to observe young talents in South America at close range, so Steve Rowley went to Peru to watch the game in person, hoping to observe up close and see if he could discover the star of hope.

After the team started to build a new stadium, Arsenal has always built a team by cultivating young players, so the Gunners also attached great importance to Steve Rowley's trip. The chief scout arrived in London last night and rushed to the Kearney training base early this morning to report on the work.

"How is it? What are you getting?" Wenger asked with anticipation when he saw Steve Rowley.

Pat Rice and other assistants were also watching the chief scout, hoping to get good news.

"You must have read the specific news, Brazil this time is too strong," exclaimed Steve Rowley.

Brazil is the champion of this youth competition, with a total of nine games and they only lost two games, but there are classic events that beat Paraguay four to two, defeated Chile five to one, and defeated Uruguay six to zero.

"In this youth competition, Brazil's Neymar is the well-deserved number one superstar, with nine goals in nine games. He has demonstrated his superior strength in this competition. If he continues to develop in this direction, this kid will become a great player and will definitely be a top star in the future."

With the end of this youth competition, Neymar once again attracted the attention of mainstream European media and clubs. Many giant teams began to pay attention to this Brazilian genius, but his value was also quite amazing, and it can even be said to be of no market value.

Almost everyone who has seen Neymar play football will conclude without hesitation that he will be a strong contender for the Golden Globes in the future.

More importantly, he has a very good agent, Jorge Mendez.

"It's no longer news that Neymar can become a talent. It is said that Gao Han personally concluded that he was for the Golden Ball level player. In recent years, many giant teams have wanted to get him, but it is said that he and his family have not yet developed in Europe, so they probably don't have enough chips." Pat Les laughed.

Gao Han concludes with his own eyes that this is undoubtedly a guarantee of quality in the European transfer market.

"Brazil's economy has been good in recent years, and the club is not as short of money as before, so they are not in a hurry to sell it. Neymar's partner in Europe is Mendes, but his father is still in charge of the specific agency affairs. It is said that the ownership is quite complicated. It is estimated that it will be as difficult as climbing to the sky to get him." Steve Rowley shook his head.

This is also the crux of many South American players.

"However, besides Neymar, I think there is an attacker in Brazil that is worth our attention."

"Who?" Wenger asked.

"Lucas Mora, who scored a hat-trick in Brazil's 6-0 win over Uruguay, had excellent explosive power and precise scoring ability, and made a sharp breakthrough on the right. I think if cultivated properly, future achievements will be limitless."

Wenger nodded slightly, "There are not many players like this in Brazil, but whether they can adapt to the European League, especially the Premier League, will be a very challenging topic."

The Premier League is called a nightmare for Brazilian players, and it is not unreasonable.

In this country that emphasizes power confrontation, Brazilian players' superb skills are often greatly curbed, so over the years, Brazilian players are often not willing to play in the Premier League.

"In addition to these two players, there are several pretty good players in the Brazilian team, such as midfielders Oscar and Casemiro. Both players are from Sao Paulo. Oscar is the front midfielder and the core No. 10 of this Brazilian national youth team. They performed well. Casemiro is a powerful midfielder. Like Lucas Mora, they are the biggest discoveries of Sao Paulo this season."

"In contrast, Coutinho, who plays for Inter Milan, seems to be relatively sluggish, but the two full-backs in Chinatown performed quite eye-catching, one is Danilo on the right and the other is Alex Sandro on the left. Both performed very eye-catching in the cup and won recognition."

Wenger frowned when she heard the name of Chinatown, "Neither of these two are the absolute main players in Chinatown, are they?"

"Well, Danilo is Carvajal's competitor. The two are very competitive and their performance is remarkable. Alex Sandro is Alba's substitute and his appearance is OK." Pat Les replied.

After hearing this, Wenger nodded, "It seems that this Chinatown is really full of talents."

"Not only, there is another person who deserves our attention. I even think that if he develops well, his future achievements may not be lost to Neymar."

"who?"

"James Rodriguez."

"It's him!" Everyone was impressed.

James Rodriguez is the most eye-catching midfielder in Chinatown this season, averaging nearly three threatening goals per game, making him surpass Messi and Ozil and become the best player in La Liga who passes and threatens the ball.

"This player scored six goals and five assists in nine games. He is one of the best players in the youth competition. However, due to the fact that Colombia's overall strength is not as good as Brazil and Argentina, Colombia finally only won fourth place, but he left an extremely deep impression on us."

"Let me tell me." Wenger asked with interest.

Any player Gao Han likes is often not bad, and there are even real geniuses.

"He is very comprehensive, proficient in passing, controlling, strap and shooting, and balances his left and right feet. He is not bad in height or strength. He is a very comprehensive attacking midfielder, especially his long shot, which is amazing. He can basically adapt to the development of the shadow front, front midfielder to midfielder's entire central axis."

Wenger, Pat Rice and others did not expect that Steve Rowley would have such a high evaluation of James Rodriguez.

"In fact, not only me, but as far as I know, almost all European scouts who went to Peru have a very high evaluation of James Rodriguez, and are not even inferior to Neymar. It is said that he has basically determined to participate in this summer's Copa America and World Youth Championship. If this outstanding performance can be continued, I guess I will not be able to stay this summer."

Chinatown is a small team after all. Although the ability to train players is excellent, once the giant team takes action to poach, Chinatown will inevitably have no chance of winning, and even if you want to stay, it can't keep people. This has to be said to be a great sorrow for the small team.

Wenger frowned deeply, as if he was in deep thought. After a minute or two, the French looked at Steve Rowley again, and a shrewdness appeared in his eyes.

"Steve, please contact the Independent and tell them that we are paying close attention to James Rodriguez."

Pat Rice and Steve Rowley were both obviously surprised, "Why?"

If you want to have a psychological war against Gao Han, it is too late, right?

The game is going tonight. Now tell the media, will it work?

"Nasri encountered some problems with her contract renewal," Wenger sighed.

After hearing this, the two assistants immediately understood what Wenger meant.

Nasri is one of the team's best performers recently, but because of this, it has attracted the attention of many giant teams, including Barcelona and Real Madrid, and the Frenchman's enthusiasm has also increased.

Nasri, 23, has only eighteen months left in his contract. If he does not renew his contract before this summer, Arsenal will become very passive, so the bargaining chips given by the Gunners are increased from the original 60,000 pounds to 100,000 pounds per week, but this obviously cannot meet the requirements of Nasri and his agent.

A few years ago, 100,000 pounds was the maximum salary. Only the top superstars in the Premier League were eligible to claim it. But now 100,000 pounds can no longer satisfy top stars. Especially after Manchester City introduced superstars such as Cristiano Ronaldo and Kaka, the first-level salary in the Premier League has risen even more.

Manchester United's Rooney had a quarrel before, but now it's Arsenal's Nasri's turn.

If Arsenal rumored to pay attention to James Rodriguez at this time, it would undoubtedly put some pressure on Nasri, who has similar technical characteristics, to force the other party to submit. This is also a common technique in transfer and contract renewal negotiations. Whether it works depends on how many chips each other has.

"I heard that another Middle Eastern consortium is contacting European teams. It is said that this time it is Paris Saint-Germain in the Ligue 1." Steve Rowley said with a wry smile.

"Your news is behind, not one, but two, one Middle East consortium and one Eastern European consortium, with targets Paris Saint-Germain and Monaco, and they are not short of money." After Wenger finished speaking, he sighed again.

Pat Rice also said worriedly: "Under the current situation in European football, star resources are extremely scarce, and players' value is already rising rapidly. If these two major consortiums, as well as Premier League teams including Birmingham, are successively acquired by foreign capital and large amounts of funds are pouring in, the players' transfer fees may reach another peak."

Who said no?

Wenger remained silent, but sighed in his heart.

Originally, he thought that Arsenal would soon usher in a good day after surviving the difficult period of the new stadium, but unexpectedly, the impact of the subprime mortgage crisis led to the hindering of the real estate project of the Highbury Stadium, which was originally planned by the management, and the team's financial pressure was huge.

After finally getting through it, he immediately ushered in this round of surge in player value. What else can he say?

With the US subprime mortgage crisis and the European debt crisis, the world's economy is in a downturn, and big capital still enters European professional football to take risks, so the Glazer family of Manchester United dares to ask for a price of 3 billion pounds. If it were normal, everyone would think he was crazy.

But at this time, who can say it is unreasonable?

For teams like Arsenal, what should we use to compete with these big capital groups?
Chapter completed!