In the past, you might have had that time and space, but now the league is highly commercialised, with every team investing so much that there is no room for mistakes. Naturally, the team's management also needed to change their philosophy, and Arthur was impressed by Nikolai's words.

After taking over the Southampton club, he will never sell players casually, and if he wants to sell, he will sell at a real black store price!

How beautiful would the picture be if Southampton didn't sell stars?

Nikola Curtis looked at Arthur and said with great emotion: "Even if we go well and rush to the Premier League the year after tomorrow, if we don't play in the Premier League with the aim of winning the championship, it is no fun to get a ticket to the Champions League."

The decline of Serie A is now a well-established fact, while La Liga's fairness and the league's financial system are more skewed towards the big clubs. On the other hand, in the Premier League, the annual dividend amount of the Premier League for each team is also incomparable with other major leagues.

And only by winning the Champions League ticket will the club's finances tend to be balanced, and even a slight surplus. ”

Arthur was pleased with the Italian's ambition and ambitions, and he didn't buy the Saints to rush into the Premier League, to be a fish belly, to be a lift.

Looking at the world-class attention and influence that the local tyrants from Russia and the desert tyrants have used their clubs to get is simply the supreme weapon of publicity and marketing!

"After buying the Saints, I'm going to put some money out of the club's financial crisis, and at the same time, I'm going to put some money into it, and I never think about how much money it can make for me. Arthur expressed his attitude.

When Nikola Cordis heard Arthur say this, he nodded seriously and continued: "Of course, in the Premier League, you can't just talk about things with money. In fact, the Saints are really a good asset, and the resources that the big clubs have are actually the Saints. But the Saints' trick is to also produce young top players.

The players who have come out of the Southampton academy are all sought-after goods from major clubs. But we can't develop young players ourselves, just to sell them for a good price. If it continues like this, it is equivalent to burying the future of the club. ”

"Being able to train people, but not retaining them, is a common problem of many small and medium-sized clubs. At this time, Jerry, a die-hard Saints fan on the side, shook his head with a wry smile and sighed.

Curtis also nodded in understanding and said, "That's the key." The club must not only be able to produce young top players, but also be able to retain them. Only then will the team be able to seize the opportunity to maximise their potential.

In my years of management experience, players tend to leave for a high salary, and Southampton can't afford to pay players as much as the Premier League clubs.

Therefore, Southampton's advantage in retaining people, apart from emotion, can only be to get players to agree with the team's ambitious goals.

If I were a manager at Southampton now, I would have answered a simple "no" no matter which giants are offering what kind of price this summer. What kind of sky-high price will not make me tempted to sell players. ”

Curtis looked at Arthur, the young boss, and explained, "There's no need for that. Although Southampton's financial situation is a bit bad, as long as the owner buys it and smooths it out, there is no need to sell players to make up for the shortfall.

First of all, we have to have a five-year plan, and the club has to have the internal motivation to move forward. If you just want to be safe, then you are not far from failure. One of the prerequisites for the club to move forward is that the core of the team must not only stay in the team, but also be united with the team.

If the club can do that, I am confident that within three years Southampton will be a team that can live in the upper middle of the Premier League. There is even a chance to qualify for the Champions League. ”

Arthur listened to Curtis's confident words, and has been around the question of 'not selling players', Arthur couldn't help but feel funny in his heart, it seems that he is very worried that after he becomes the Saints, he will not be able to resist the offers of those giants, forcing the club to sell players for money.

In fact, Curtis thinks so, it is normal to play prevention in advance, the owners of clubs are generally businessmen, and they are all animals who chase profits, if a player can sell for fifty or sixty million pounds, who can not be tempted?

"I can promise you that in three years, as long as you can get the Saints back to the Premier League, I will never interfere with the normal operation of the club, I can give you the utmost trust and power, and I hope you can prove with facts that my decision was correct. You are worthy of my trust!" said Arthur with a serious and solemn expression, looking at Curtis with sharp eyes.

Curtis did not evade it in the slightest, but said solemnly: "Boss, I also speak with the facts." As long as the club has been developing according to the five-year plan I have planned, achieving the goals at all stages. I have the confidence to lead the saints to success. ”

"Hehe, I like your confidence. It seems that before you came to see me, you already had a full consideration, and you should have a candidate for the head coach, right? At the beginning, you said that you want to change the head coach. "Arthur likes capable and confident men.

"Yes, boss, I do have a choice in mind, Scanthorp's current manager Nigel Adkins, led Scanthorpe to the League One title and promotion to the Championship in the 06/07 season, although Scanthop was relegated to League One again in the 07/08 season, but led the team to win the First Division play-off title in the 08/09 season and returned to the Championship again.

He's got a lot of experience in the higher leagues, so with him and the squad we have, it won't be difficult to get back into the Championship next year. Curtis introduced Arthur.

"He's already led Scanthop to promotion to the Championship, will he choose to leave?" Arthur asked curiously, frowning slightly.

"Definitely, I watched the summer deal for Scanthorpe this year, not only did the team not reinforce it, but sold three key players, so there is no doubt that Scanthorpe has to do another lift, I think, as the head coach Nigel Adkins has definitely had enough of this situation, I can personally convince him that I believe he will choose us because we have ambitions and bigger goals!"

"Okay, I'll leave it to you!" Arthur nodded. Then he looked at Jerry on the side and smiled: "Hehe, we are happy to talk here, and we are very well prepared, as if the saints do not belong to me now!

"Hehe... ”

Several people couldn't help but laugh at Arthur's ridicule, and Jerry also laughed: "I told them your offer, they said that the offer was too low to accept, and after some bargaining with them, they quoted 15 million pounds again, but they really wanted to get rid of the burden of the saints, and I think the price was also very sincere." ”

"£15 million?" Arthur frowned, blinked his eyes, thought for a moment, shook his head slightly and said, "Although the price is acceptable, it's still a bit high, so let's-"

Arthur raised his wrist and looked at the time on his watch, it was already five o'clock in the afternoon, looked at Jerry and said, "You call, ask the majority shareholders of the Saints out, I will invite them to dinner at Pier 15 tonight, I want to talk to them." ”

Jerry said, "Okay boss, I'll call right away." ”

"Well, go ahead. Arthur looked at Jerry, who had already stood up, and said, then looked at Curtis and said, "You are also with me tonight, I hope you can help me reduce the price from the professional field." ”

"Boss, what's your psychological price?" asked Curtis.

"My budget is £15 million, but since they are in a hurry to climb ashore, and in addition to the predicament that Southampton is experiencing now, if they don't cut down the price fiercely, I'm sorry for this good opportunity, 12 million to 13 million pounds, how much money you save, how much money you have in the hands of the club manager, so this negotiation is very relevant to you. Arthur looked at Curtis with a wry smile on his face.

"Okay, boss, I'll do my best, and I'll go back and sort out the information on the saints in a moment. Curtis smiled helplessly.

Jiang Lai, who had been sitting quietly beside Arthur and listening to the conversation of several people, in the process, a pair of beautiful eyes looked at Arthur from time to time, for Arthur was a nobleman, or an earl's identity, it was almost digested, the previous shock and surprise, mainly because of the accident, she never thought that Arthur would be an earl, only 21 years old, too young.

However, now that she heard about the business of tens of millions of pounds, she was not surprised at all, but felt that Arthur was such a thief and smart in business at his age, and there was a feeling that he deserved to be rich.

There was also a hint of admiration in his eyes when he looked at Arthur, at this age, he could calmly dispose of tens of millions of pounds to do business, is this the so-called aristocratic elite education in Britain?

"Buzz—"

At this moment, Arthur's cell phone rang, and Arthur looked at it, and with a big smile on his face, he picked it up.

"Boss, London gold was liquidated at a price of $1,049-$1,046 per ounce, and a profit of more than $123 million, and the total income of London gold this time was more than $240 million... ”

As soon as the phone was connected, he heard Smith Jama report the good news to him in an extremely excited and excited voice, Arthur had a smile on his face, and couldn't help waving his fist with some excitement, and glanced at Jiang Lai, who vaguely heard the content of the call, and was stunned again.

Arthur ignored Jiang Lai, who was completely confused, for the time being, but took a deep breath and said into the phone: "I've worked hard for you in the past two days, go back and have a good rest, have a relaxing weekend, don't worry, I won't be stingy with bonuses." ”

"No, boss, that's what I'm supposed to do, and I didn't do anything, it's just... ”

"Okay, I eat meat, I can't let my own people watch from the sidelines, I'll talk about this later, I still have something to do here, so be it." With that, Arthur hung up with a smile on his face.