coach legend

Chapter 317 Renewal of Contract
"The youngest head coach in the history of the quarter-finals of the Champions League!"

After the home game against Galatasaray, not only the English media were reporting, but even many European media were also reporting.

Because after playing four games, many top eight teams have already come out.The first to come out is Bayern and Blackburn in Group C, Real Madrid and Arsenal in Group D.

It is not surprising that Bayern and Blackburn two teams appeared.But Group D is a group of death. It is very unexpected that Real Madrid and Arsenal can break through so quickly.But even if it is an accident, the page they occupy cannot be compared with Blackburn, especially George.

why?
Because Blackburn has a thing that interests a lot of media.That is the head coach of Blackburn, George Levy, who is only 32 years old this year.

It is not uncommon to have head coaches in their early 30s, but they are already very scarce.In the early thirties, it is even rarer to be able to lead the team to the quarterfinals of the Champions League.No, it should be said that no one has been able to lead the team to the quarter-finals of the Champions League at the age of 32.

What's more, this coach led Blackburn to the UEFA Cup last season.

All the media realized that the birth of a world-class coach was unstoppable.

"Team Daily" even made a column, which introduced the coaching experience of George, a young coach.It includes George becoming the head coach of Burnley and his achievements in Burnley later.So much so that George later led Burnley, who was still in League One, to the League Cup and the FA Cup.

Then came George's arrival at Blackburn.

George's performance at Blackburn is also very good, step by step.

League No.4 in the first season, qualified for the UEFA Cup.

The second season league No.2, UEFA Cup champion.Obtained a place in the Champions League.

In the third season, so far, the Premier League ranks first, the Champions League quarter-finals, and the League Cup final.A series of results point to the steady rise of Blackburn's performance over the past few seasons.

Unlike the English tabloids controlled by Murdoch, L'Equipe is a very serious newspaper in Europe.They seldom have any sensational news, as long as their news is reported, nine out of ten it is true.

As soon as George appeared in the "L'Equipe", George's name immediately became famous throughout European football.

Although it is said that Blackburn was a bit lucky in the draw of the Champions League group stage this time, and was not selected into the death group.However, Blackburn's ability to break through the group stage twice and enter the quarter-finals of the Champions League has shown Blackburn's strong strength and George's ability.

Even the always-serious "L'Equipe" paid so much attention to Blackburn's entry into the quarter-finals, and it highly praised George.

Not only these newspapers, but even the character introduction in this issue of UEFA's official website is George.George was in Istanbul, Turkey, and photos of him talking to the media were hung on UEFA's official website.

The evaluation on UEFA's official website is "A genius coach from England!" ".

Now the entire European media is chasing George's news. It is conceivable that the English football community's evaluation of Blackburn and George's attention.

UEFA said that George is a talented coach, but English football has directly given the title of famous coach to George.

In the past, some media believed that George only had some achievements in English football.If you want to truly become a famous coach, you need to be supplemented by European achievements.Because of being in the middle of his own league, there are many head coaches in the history of European soft-footed shrimp.

But apparently George wasn't that type of guy.

George played in the UEFA Cup for the first time last season and led the team to become the UEFA Cup champion.This season is also the first time to play the Champions League, and has already entered the quarter-finals of the Champions League.Such a result is not too much even if it is said to be a famous coach.

George is already very hot and hot in English football at this time.Coupled with the news that Chelsea Bates was willing to offer George an annual salary of 300 million pounds a few months ago, George instantly became a favorite in the coaching world.

Many media began to catch rumors, associating George with many clubs.

The first to contact George was Ferguson's Manchester United.Many media have conclusively stated that Ferguson will retire soon.His chosen successor is the current Blackburn coach George Levy.

Ferguson did reveal the idea of ​​retiring.

But George knew that Ferguson was an old man.Don't talk about retirement, I will still be in football for more than ten years in the future, and I will still be full of energy.No signs of retiring at all.More than ten years later, I don't know how many coaches and clubs are waiting for Ferguson to leave.But he stayed in the position of Manchester United's head coach well.

The second person who got involved with George turned out to be a wealthy family from Italy.It's from Inter Milan.

George didn't even know if it was true.Anyway, that's what the media said, and Moratti thinks George is an amazing coach.Maybe it can reverse the bad luck of Inter Milan in the past few years.

But George can only shrink his neck, and he will not go to Inter Milan at this time if George is killed.Inter Milan at this time is a black hole.Not only a star black hole, but also a coach black hole.No matter how powerful the coach is, when you arrive at Inter Milan, you are waiting for Waterloo.

The third club that has a relationship with George is still from Italy.This time it was the Italian club Lazio.This is even more outrageous.Even if Lazio lifts the sedan chair eight times, it is impossible for George to go to Lazio.

Finally, there are Liverpool and Tottenham on the list.

Even some media also vowed that George has met with Moratti.Or maybe Daniel and George had an agreement or something.

It seems that George has become the target of all clubs.In fact, until now, George himself has not received a single invitation.This also made George understand what it means to create something out of nothing.

But no matter what, Blackburn entered the quarter-finals of the Champions League, and George has completely become a young coach in European football.

There are so many rumors of this kind that people are dazzled.

If George was not in the game, just reading their newspapers, even George would think it was true.The wonderful pen is full of flowers, and it is these reporters who are talking about it.Their pens are absolutely top notch.George sometimes thinks that if these journalists change careers in the future, they can make a living writing online novels on the Internet.

This imagination ability is absolutely unmatched by others.

However, this rumor soon disappeared.

Because the Blackburn club held a press conference the night before the League Cup final.

Williams announced on behalf of the Blackburn club that the contract renewal negotiations between Blackburn and George have come to an end.George will sign a three-year contract extension with the club.Williams didn't say anything else, just said the news of the three-year contract extension.

He did not answer any other questions from the media.Finally, he said: "Coach Levy is the head coach of Blackburn. Blackburn built the team completely according to the ideas of Coach Levy. Both the club and Coach Levy hope to maintain the current cooperative relationship."

"I want to say that Coach Levy will definitely stay in Blackburn. He will create a legend in Blackburn and lead Blackburn to create a new history in Blackburn."

Not only was a press conference held, but the news was announced on the homepage of Blackburn's official website.

The news spread in English football as if it had grown wings.

Many people are guessing how much George's annual salary will be this time.But Williams didn't make it public.

However, many media still broke the news that George's annual salary for this renewal exceeded 250 million pounds.Some media said it was 300 million pounds, while others said it was 350 million pounds.Anyway, none of the guessing media said it was less than 200 million pounds.

Don't say 300 million pounds, 250 million pounds, even 200 million pounds is the first annual salary of the current Premier League head coach.Surpassed Ferguson and Wenger.

In fact, these media can be regarded as supernatural powers.

George's contract renewal with Blackburn this time has reached an annual salary of 270 million pounds.This is just a fixed salary, and there are many other bonus issues.Even with this kind of contract, Allen was very dissatisfied.

Allen thought that if George was not too anxious, he could get a better contract for George.

But George is already very satisfied with this kind of contract.Although George is arrogant, he dare not say that he is stronger than Ferguson and Wenger.Or more important than their position at the club.

Being able to get 270 million pounds, such a high annual salary is already quite high for George.

The happiest at present than the Blackburn fans.They don't care how much George's salary is, they only know that George will stay in Blackburn for the next three years.After they heard the news, they all rejoiced.With George staying, Blackburn fans believe that Blackburn will never lack champions in the days to come.

And Steven Yellen spoke highly of this contract renewal in the "Blackburn Evening News".Means "Blackburn's George era is about to really come!".

Anyway, the contract extension before the League Cup final made the Blackburn players feel relieved.

When George was interviewed by the reporter, facing the reporter's question about the annual salary, he smiled and said: "The annual salary is indeed very high this time, and I am very surprised. It will be the League Cup final soon, and I am under a lot of pressure."

The reporter was stunned. Could it be that George also said that he was under a lot of pressure?

"You have to be worthy of your salary. With such a high salary, I'm ashamed not to win the championship. But fortunately, at this juncture, I can guarantee a League Cup championship. I feel very lucky."

After hearing George's words, those reporters realized that George was beating around the bush to issue a championship declaration.

It was fun, so much fun.George has dealt with Houllier many times, but this is the first time he has issued such a direct challenge.

(End of this chapter)