Football Giants

Chapter 13: Take over the saints

   "The British media is really boring!"

   In a Bentley Mulsanne speeding on the M3 highway, Yang Huan put down the newspaper in his hand and said very angrily.

   The tone sounded unspeakable grievance, but it made everyone in the car feel very paradoxical.

Are you bored?

   I am afraid that a certain population is wrong!

   "Ordinary people in the UK like the style of The Sun very much, catching the wind, but it is very entertaining." Kesh Harris is an Englishman and is familiar with the British temperament.

"In the past, The Times was a very rigorous newspaper, but in the UK, only the top elite would like it. It is niche and poorly managed. After it was acquired by News Corporation, it immediately followed the line of catering to the common people. It is now a newspaper that is more rigorous and neutral in terms of entertainment."

   But this is such a newspaper that still gave Yang Huan a large coverage for two or three days in a row.

Just two days ago, when Yang Huan’s news was about to fade away, Kesh Harris was interviewed by a number of media in the City of London and talked about Yang Huan. He was frank, that Chinese investors are interested in acquiring An English professional team.

   In this interview, he described Yang Huan as another super-rich in English football after Abramovich and the Abu Dhabi consortium, which once again brought the entire British and European media to a climax.

   In less than two days, there was an endless stream of news about which giant team Yang Huan wanted to acquire.

   From Manchester United of the Glazer family to Liverpool of Hicks to the sad gunner Arsenal...

   Almost all the top teams have a relationship with Yang Huan.

   These news spread back to China, which also attracted crazy attention from the media and fans.

   Once successful, Yang Huan will become the first mainlander to land in the English professional league!

   In fact, Yang Huan secretly took down Southampton, an English third-tier team.

   Now, he is on the highway to Southampton.

"Mr. Yang Huan, you asked me to help you contact the head coach candidates. I already have a few more suitable candidates. Take a look." Keish Harris has been very busy these days. It's hard to deal with.

   Apart from anything else, just to help Yang Huan find a head coach, he didn't know how many connections he used.

   Five hundred thousand pounds is a lot, but it is not so easy to earn.

   Yang Huan took the document handed over by Kesh Harris and opened it to read.

   The first page of the document shows the former Real Madrid coach and Chilean engineer Pellegrini.

In this evaluation document, Pellegrini’s evaluation of Pellegrini is quite high. He believes that this coach is very suitable for leading the mid-lower team. Although he was fired by Real Madrid, his coaching ability is beyond doubt, and he Leading teams are often able to play a hearty offense.

   However, there is also a problem. Pellegrini may not be willing to coach a League One team, especially after encountering Real Madrid's Waterloo, out of consideration for value preservation, he must prove himself in the top league again.

   The second one is Zeman, the Czech coach who is currently at home.

This head coach is definitely not as famous as Pellegrini. After all, he has never coached a wealthy team, but Yang Huan knows that he is a famous head coach who is reckless and desperate to attack more than his opponents. Scoring a goal is the football creed.

  Zeman hasn’t worked for two years. Inviting him out of the mountain shouldn’t be too difficult.

   However, he is not the world famous marshal that Yang Huan requested.

   The third one is much more famous. The current head coach of the Bundesliga classmate Bayern Munich, Dutchman Van Gaal.

There is absolutely no doubt about Van Gaal’s name. The world’s top coach just led Bayern Munich to the Champions League final last season. Although he was defeated by Mourinho’s Inter Milan, he was invincible in German domestic competitions. Gall is best known for his football philosophy of attacking anyway.

   But like Pellegrini’s problem, Van Gaal’s personality, and that he has just entered the right track at Bayern Munich, is unlikely to switch to the League of Nations and coach Southampton.

   In addition, there are some other world famous coaches in the list, such as the German national team coach Loew, the Spanish national team coach Bosque, the Chilean national team coach Bielsa, etc., but are these willing to coach in the league?

   On the contrary, it is a faction like Adrian, Michel Laudrup and Pochettino who are not very famous, or the young marshals who have emerged in the past two years, but they will be more realistic.

   Yang Huan closed the report and handed it over to Zhang Ning. He turned his head and looked out the car window.

   Outside the window, the scenery by the highway is retreating rapidly.

   There are more and more trees beside the road. This is to tell the guests on the highway that Southampton is near.

   Southampton is a shining jewel on the south coast of England, where the Titanic set off back then.

This is the second largest container freight port in the UK, and the most famous cruise terminal in the UK. It is also the famous capital of flowers and trees in the UK. Almost every household enjoys planting flowers and trees, and the most famous attraction in the city is the city. Duo garden.

   Southampton’s team badge has a tree and a white rose.

   So, driving on the highway and seeing more and more trees, it means that Southampton is getting closer and closer.

   "Kish." Yang Huan thought it through, but he still had to go on his own.

   After Kesh Harris agreed, he continued, "Help me contact someone."

   Yang Huan is very clear about the football trend in the next few years. He must adjust Southampton within these two years. Otherwise, it will be difficult for this team to adapt to the future football trend.

   Therefore, the first head coach after Yang Huan takes over the team is very important. He will determine the future direction of Southampton.

   This task cannot be done by anyone!

Just like Abramovich took over Chelsea back then, the most correct thing to do is to keep Ranieri, let the latter lay a solid foundation for Chelsea, and then further invited Mourinho with a close style. , This has created the scenery of Chelsea in the past few years.

   On the other hand, Manchester City is crowded with stars, but why can’t it make a difference?

   In the final analysis, it is still one, the head coach is not good!

   Now Yang Huan has three very good candidates in his heart, and he needs at least one of them.

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Southampton’s core city center is an inverted triangle, a river Ichin from south to north, and a river Teste from northwest to southeast. At the end of the inverted triangle, it meets, forming the British second only to Felixstowe. The largest cargo port.

   To the west of the cargo terminal is the headquarters of the International Sailing Federation, and to the north is the St. Mary's Stadium in Southampton.

   After Yang Huan came to Southampton, he specifically asked the driver to drive them around the city for a round before arriving at St. Mary's Stadium.

   When Bentley arrived at St. Mary’s Stadium, Nicolas Cortes, the executive chairman of the club, who had received the news earlier, had already led people to wait at the door. As soon as he saw Yang Huan get off the car, he immediately greeted him.

   "Hello, Mr. Yang Huan!"

Nicolas Cortes is not old, only forty-two years old, wearing a blue suit and a red tie, his first impression is very good, but the current Nicola Cortes’ eyebrows Somewhat worried at the time.

Before    club owner Kasarina Liebherr sold the team, he didn't even receive any news, which made him feel betrayed, but he was helpless because he was just a worker.

  The new boss takes over, he has to start worrying about his future fate.

   "Hello, Mr. Cortez!" Yang Huan shook his hand.

   Accompanied by Nikolai Cortez, Yang Huan and his party entered the conference room of the administrative office on the first floor of Southampton.

As soon as everyone entered, Yang Huan took the position of the boss unceremoniously, Zhang Ning, Sun Yue, and Kash Harris sat on the side, and Nicolas Cortes and the former Southampton employee sat. On the other side, everyone is very clear.

   "I believe that Mr. Cortez should have been notified!"

  Kesh Harris was the first to speak, "Since yesterday, Mr. Yang Huan has officially completed the acquisition of Southampton, so from now on, everything in this team belongs to Mr. Yang Huan."

   "I know." Nicola Cortez's eyes flashed with hatred, but it was not aimed at Yang Huan, but at Kasarina.

   He is now like a hapless man waiting for his fate to be judged, a little hesitant and a little at a loss.

"Mr. Yang Huan is from China and is not very familiar with running a team, so after completing the acquisition of Southampton, he will not plan to make too much adjustments and changes to the team’s current management. And he also sincerely wants to keep Mr. Cortez in his post, as usual."

   This surprised Nikolai Cortes, but he soon let go. It is estimated that this is for a stable transition.

   After Yang Huan took over Southampton, Zhang Ning and Sun Yue were appointed to the core management team. They are the two of them. Among them, Zhang Ning is in charge of finance and Sun Yue is in charge of news, public relations and marketing.

   In this regard, the original management of Southampton has no say, and can only accept this airborne appointment.

   After making personnel arrangements, Yang Huan asked Nicolas Cortes to introduce the current situation in Southampton.

   With this introduction, he discovered the reason why Kasarina wanted to sell Southampton.

"We are in the suburbs of Southampton, in the forest on the opposite bank of the Test River, and the construction of a new training base has begun, but the budget has exceeded our expectations. It is estimated that it will be possible from the original 15 million pounds. Increased to more than 30 million pounds, but the current team can’t spend even a penny to invest in this project."

   "What?" Kesh Harris lost his voice in surprise.

   The total value of Southampton is only 14 million pounds, but a training base costs 30 million pounds?

   "In the report you submitted to us, you didn't mention this project at all!" Keish Harris said that he was blaming Nicola Cortes, UU reading www. uukanshu.com is also explaining to Yang Huan that he is also a victim.

   "All the club's asset reports have not passed through me, so I don't know." Nicola Cortez has always been excluded from Kasarina's trust.

Isn’t    thirty million pounds?

  Yang Huan was very calm, smiled, and said: "It's okay, if you want to build a top giant, the top training base is a must, so I will continue to invest in this project."

In fact, this is a very common phenomenon, just like Ashley bought Newcastle at a cost of 80 million pounds, but after the acquisition was completed, after checking the accounts, it was discovered that Newcastle still had a debt of 70 million pounds. .

   Because of this, Ashley’s offer to Newcastle has always been at 300 million pounds, and he will not let go.

  Relatively speaking, Southampton is relatively good. There is no debt and there is only one fixed asset investment project that requires money.

  Furthermore, the fixed assets will basically not lose money as long as it is built.

After a pause, Yang Huan said again: "However, I am not satisfied with the British infrastructure team. They all helped me withdraw. I am looking for someone from China. I believe that whether it is price, speed, or quality, at least Better than the British side."

   China’s infrastructure strength is world-renowned. The Yang family is also engaged in real estate and other development projects. It is not difficult to find a trustworthy infrastructure team to come to the UK.

   On the contrary, Yang Huan is more concerned about whether Southampton has the ability to enter the transfer market.