No longer reverence for celebrities! The preference of giants for young marshals has become a new trend, where are the post-80s coaches in football?

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2024-05-25 13:29Posted on the official account of Guangdong Football News

Bayern, Juventus, Manchester United, and Chelsea are all looking for new coaches, but their hot candidates are not well-known senior coaches like Mourinho, Conte, and Maurizio Sarri, nor are they Allegri, Pioli, Pochettino, and Klopp who have just left their coaching positions. The most active in the European coaching market this summer is a group of "post-80s" young coaches under the age of 45.

Maresca (Leicester City) at 44 and McKenna (Ipswich) at 38 are on the list for both Chelsea and Manchester United, while Amorim (39, Sporting Portugal) and Hoeness Jr. (42, Stuttgart) are among the candidates, 41-year-old Motta (Bologna) is about to take up his new role at Juventus, 38-year-old Kompany (Burnley) is the favourite for Bayern Munich and Faglioli, who has just taken over Ajax, is only 35 years old.

More and more European giants are no longer superstitious about the "old rivers and lakes" who have achieved fame, but have begun to try to invest in these "raw melon eggs" that have not proven themselves in the top teams of the five major leagues - looking forward to their "unique vision", and they can also match Pep Guardiola 16 years ago, Zidane 8 years ago, and Arteta 4 years ago...... Of course, it can also be the "rookie Alonso" when he just took over Leverkusen last year.

Since Pep Guardiola 16 years ago, in fact, European giants have begun to try to give young coaches with shallow qualifications a chance, but most of them have brilliant resumes from the playing era as capital. Then, Zidane, Gattuso, Pirlo, Montella, Lampard, Ole Gunnar Solskjaer, Kovac, and Inzaghi brothers have all been given the opportunity to coach the giants, but Zidane, the most accomplished of this batch of "star coaches", has also been idle for 4 years, and Inzaghi Jr. has been regarded as the most successful representative of the incumbent - during which there were many losers, which once sparked a discussion about whether the "DNA young marshal" should be superstitious.

With the 42-year-old Alonso creating an unbeaten Bundesliga miracle at Bayer Leverkusen this season, Arteta has launched a strong title challenge to Manchester City, the "ultimate body" coached by his mentor Pep Guardiola, for two consecutive seasons.

Alonso, who has less than 20 months of experience as a first-team coach, was already a new coach favorite for Bayern, Liverpool, Barcelona, Manchester United and other giants before the official announcement of staying at Bayer Leverkusen; Motta, who led Bologna for less than 2 seasons, led the team to return to the Champions League after 60 years, and Juventus made a decisive move to finalize the hot young coach before Barcelona; Amorim, who led Sporting to the Portuguese Premier League title, was a candidate for the new manager of Liverpool, Milan and Chelsea; Hoeness Jr., who brought Stuttgart to the Bundesliga runners-up, has also been on the horizon of Bayern Munich and Chelsea.

Compared with the above, what is really shocking is the "Championship Three Young Coaches" of Kompany, McKenna and Maresca: Kompany brought Burnley to the Premier League last season with the highest score in the Championship in the past 10 years, and even if he is relegated this season, he has now become Bayern's current first choice for the manager; Ipswich Town coach McKenna, who won the Coach of the Season award by the Coaches Association of England and won the Premier League coach of the season, is still only a Premier League promotion coach despite his good performances; The same is true of Leicester City boss Maresca, who has led the team to the top level, and he and McKenna have both become candidates for the new manager of Chelsea and Manchester United, which is really a big surprise.

This season is the collective outbreak period of the "post-80s" young marshal in the mainstream European leagues, and it is normal to attract unprecedented attention from European giants. In the past, whenever there was a crisis of wealthy families, the "aesthetic fatigue" of a number of senior marshals was no longer available, and their "entry into the house" was refreshing. The "young marshals" generally advocate attacking football and high pressing tactics, and are deeply influenced by senior coaches such as Pep Guardiola and Klopp. They know how to use cutting-edge technologies such as big data and sports medicine, and they represent the future of the football world.

Coaches, like players, are facing metabolism, and the pattern and thinking of giants hiring coaches have also changed. The lack of success in the coach market is also an important reason for the "eclecticism" of the giants' selection of coaches. Ranieri and Hodgson have been unable to adapt to the ever-changing changes in football, a generation of senior coaches led by Mourinho and Benitez are "ups and downs", and Allegri, Conte, and Sarri are all "problem teachers" for bosses. Carlo Ancelotti and Pep Guardiola are very few who can maintain a stable performance - when senior coaches are difficult to count on, they naturally leave room for the "post-80s" young coaches.

Compared with the previous batch of young coaches, most of them have the aura of "superstar" transformation, and among the young coaches of the "post-80s", there are not a few who are not outstanding in their player days. Rather than having a player history that is far more likely to fail than successful, the giants who have suffered losses are more interested in the tactical style and management skills they have shown in their coaching.

Only Alonso, Kompany and Arteta are the stars of this group of "post-80s young coaches", and most of the others are "ordinary people" who have attracted attention because of their team achievements. Championship coaches McKenna and Karesca have been able to enter the "eyes" of Chelsea and Manchester United because of their excellent football philosophy and potential.

Like cultivating top stars, training top coaches is also a cost-effective operation that giants should try. In this regard, the emergence of young coaches in the Bundesliga in recent years is a positive example: Tuchel, Rose, Nagelsmann, Terzic, Alonso, and Hoeness Jr. have been continuously emerging, and they have also been recognized by the outside world. Compared with Klopp and Tuchel, who had already emerged in the Bundesliga before landing in England, Arteta's successful samples "nurtured" by Arsenal have made the Premier League giants see the rich rewards of cultivating top coaches.

Juventus, even though they had suffered a loss at Andrea Pirlo three years ago, were willing to take the risk of using Motta again because the latter had proven himself in Bologna. Instead of continuing to be superstitious about famous marshals, betting hopes on the "post-80s" young marshals with unlimited potential is of course risky to fail, but the return on success is high, the cost is relatively low, and the room for error is naturally greater.

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