coach legend

Chapter 202 Market, Strength

"George, what's the matter? Didn't you go to China?" John Williams asked with a smile when he received a call from George.

Williams has been very happy recently, because choosing George was such a good move.Blackburn got a place in the UEFA Cup.Although the UEFA Cup quota is nothing in the eyes of big clubs, it is really a timely help for the current Blackburn.

With Jack Walker in charge of Blackburn, Blackburn has changed a lot.Jack Walker not only spent money to enhance the team's strength, but also paid for the expansion of Ewood Park Stadium.Of course, Jack Walker brought more than that to Blackburn.

Because of the increase in Blackburn's strength, the game performance has also begun to rise.What followed was that the club was favored by many sponsors, and various sponsorship fees increased significantly.It's a very good cycle.

Williams' goal is to allow Blackburn to get rid of Jack Walker's support and become fully self-sufficient.Although there are really few such clubs in European football, this is Williams' dream.

After Blackburn won the Premier League title, Williams believes that Blackburn's opportunity for big development is coming.But unexpectedly, Blackburn ushered in a three-year downturn.Many sponsors who negotiated with Blackburn have all withdrawn.

Now Blackburn has re-entered people's field of vision, and this season has even won a place in the UEFA Cup.

Blackburn's excellent record, coupled with their current upward momentum, has regained the attention of many sponsors.Williams is busy with that stuff right now.

These changes are brought about by George.What Williams is most proud of now is that when George encountered difficulties, he firmly supported George.

"Well, I'm in BJ in China now."

"What's the matter, is there a shortage of money? Do you need my personal sponsorship?" Williams laughed.

"No, John. I'm looking for you for a serious business. I've taken a fancy to a player and want to bring him in."

"Introducing players? That's your business. Didn't we agree that I will not interfere with the team's transfer. You can be responsible for this." Williams was a little puzzled. George just took over Blackburn last summer, so I didn't even know myself about the big moves.

Now George's coaching position is starting to stabilize, and George and Jack Walker have an agreement.Williams also has no thought of meddling in the internal affairs of George's team, especially the transfer market.George had always had a pretty good eye for people.

When the league is not over yet, when the media evaluates the cost performance of new players, among the top ten, Blackburn has four players on the list.They are, in turn, Deco, Cudicini, Micoud and Pires.

In the end, the newspaper even said the following sentence: "Don't question George's vision, and don't comment on George's buyer casually. Because time will prove how naive the ridicule was at that time."

George is very grateful to Williams, so he will not really be presumptuous in front of him.After all, Blackburn's current family is Williams, and after Jack Walker passed away, the chairman of Blackburn should also be Williams.

"John, I'm looking at a Chinese player this time?"

"Chinese players? Are you sure?" Williams asked George back. After hearing George's positive answer, Williams did not speak directly.After a pause, he slowly asked George. "Are you interested in his strength, or in the Chinese market?"

Hearing what Williams said, George smiled slightly.

"John, I seem to have told you. I am a coach, and I just want to be a good coach. I only look at players based on their strength. As for the market, it seems that it should not be a problem for me to consider."

"Yes, yes, yes!" Williams affirmed several times. "This market is something I have to think about."

"However, John. I can tell you that until now China has not had a truly world-renowned player. If we buy this player, I can guarantee that almost all Chinese fans will support us. Blackburn. If the game Being able to conduct a national live broadcast in China, I can guarantee that the Blackburn game will not be uncommon even if the audience in China exceeds [-] million."

Back then, the Chinese derby of Manchester City and Everton, where Sun Jihai and Li Tie played, had more than [-] million Chinese viewers.

"One hundred million?" Williams had strong doubts.What is the concept of 6000 million? Except for the [-] million people in the former Soviet Union, the combined population of other European countries is only [-] million.The population of the UK is just over [-] million, and one game is [-] million. This seems to be an audience that can only be seen in the Champions League final, the European Cup heavyweight competition and the World Cup heavyweight competition.

Although Williams is an excellent club chairman, he obviously lacks understanding of distant China.

"John, one hundred million is not an exaggeration. You don't know the fans in China, so you have questions. If you know China, you won't ask this question. Well, I just want to tell you, I hope you are a little bit prepared .”

Unlike the general European and American players, there are not many Asian players in the Premier League.In other words, there are not many Asian players who can be favored by European football.This is also determined by the current weakness of Asian football in the world.

Now the most famous Asian players in Europe are Iranian player Ali Daei and Japanese player Hidetoshi Nakata.One of them is in the Bundesliga, the other is in Serie A, and the Premier League is still a strange place for Asian players.

Of course, the Premier League is also very unfamiliar to Asian players.

It is the first time in the Premier League to operate Chinese players.That's why George greeted Williams.Once Chinese players are really introduced, Blackburn's popularity in China will definitely be on par with Manchester United, Arsenal, and Liverpool.

"Then George, you send me his information. I will send a representative right away to participate in the transfer of players with you."

Williams and George didn't have much contact, but they weren't too rare either.I know that George is sometimes outspoken, but he doesn't talk nonsense casually.So I immediately knew that this was a good opportunity to enter China.China is foreign to the average British citizen.

But in the eyes of businessmen, China is a big cake.With the development of China's economy, anyone with eyes will not let go of the Chinese market.

"Okay, I'll give you my address."

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"Dalian?" Miranda tilted her head, not knowing where Dalian is. "Didn't you say, let's go all the way south?"

"I'm sorry, Miranda." George really felt sorry for Miranda, and had to work while on vacation. "The club has taken a fancy to a Chinese player, and I'm going to have a talk over there in person. Sorry, Miranda."

Miranda pouted when she heard George's words, feeling a little angry.Also more jealous, jealous of football.George likes football so much that everything in the house is about football.George has almost no hobbies, and his biggest hobby is football.

"Miranda, Dalian is also a tourist city in China. There are also many places for tourism." George could only appease Miranda.

"En." Miranda nodded, but asked in confusion, "But does China have football?"

George sighed inwardly when he heard Miranda's question.China has not entered the World Cup for decades, no wonder Miranda asked such a question.

"Miranda, you know that England is the originator of modern football. But do you know that football has a history of 2000 years in China. The origin of football is China." In fact, many people said so, including the former international Football Federation President Joao Havelange, as well as the current FIFA President Bright, have affirmed this statement.

But George disdained such claims.

The gap between Cuju in ancient China and modern football is too great.And even if football originated in China, the current state of Chinese football, this history is more like a joke.

"Really, football existed in China more than 2000 years ago?" Miranda was surprised.

"Of course, if you know more, you will know that China has more surprising things."

Because of the delay of this incident, George and Miranda, who were planning to leave for Sichuan, stayed in BJ.And Williams moved very quickly, and sent two people to assist George in a short time.One of them was Richard Flynn, whom George was familiar with.

The other person was Sam Kelly. George didn't have much contact with this person.But knowing that this person was specially invited by Williams to Blackburn, he is also Williams' right-hand man.Helping Williams, responsible for Blackburn's business operations.

Richard. Flynn, Sam. Kelly, both of whom are important figures in Blackburn.Seeing the two of them, George also understood that Williams also attached great importance to the introduction of Chinese players.

The arrival of Sam Kelly made George understandable, but the arrival of Richard Flynn made George laugh.Richard, the head of the transfer department, is really overqualified here.This is not a big deal of 3000 million or 4000 million.There is really no need for Richard, the boss of the transfer department, to do it himself.

"Coach Levy, this is the information I got about that club. See if there is anything else that needs to be added." Sam Kelly started working as soon as he came to China.

George picked up the document and looked at it. It was quite detailed.But most of them are about what honors the club has won.

"Mr. Kelly, China is a country with very special national conditions." Then George introduced to Sam Kelly what he must know in China.There is also the status of the Dalian Club in the Chinese football map, and the situation of the current two shareholders of the Dalian Club.

Anyway, George didn't hide anything he knew.

Sam Kelly nodded after listening, although George only gave a general explanation.But Kelly still learned a lot from it that he didn't understand before.

"Before you came, I had already called them on behalf of the club. Now the Chinese league is still going on, so we can just go there."

　Recently, because the reception leader is too busy to touch the ground, the update time is not accurate.My apologies to the fans here.

　　Fortunately, the leader is leaving tomorrow.

　　
　
(End of this chapter)