Chapter 015: A General Is Hard to Find (Part I)
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"The acquisition of Tottenham shares is now almost complete, and the rest of the finishing touches are left to the people at hand. Pen | fun | pavilion www. biquge。 infoIf they can't even solve this problem, then we don't need to pay them a salary. Sitting in the chairman's office that once belonged to Danny Levy, George, who knew that time was pressing, immediately discussed with John Smith the next plan of action, "John, Tottenham Hotspur chairman, I plan to let you take the position for a while. You know, I've done a lot in the investment world, but my interest has always been to be a head coach. Now that I finally have this opportunity, I definitely want to be the head coach and lead the team. Therefore, the position of chairman can only fall on you. ”
"Since you say so, boss, then I have no choice but to be respectful and obey. Smith didn't have any complaints about George's arrangement. Rather, as an elite talent cultivated by the Nelson family and George's childhood friend, Smith's task is to provide George's logistics with the logistics: "But boss, I'm not familiar with how to run a football club, and the company is quite busy, so I'm afraid it's hard to devote enough energy to managing Tottenham...... So I think it's better to have a professional who is familiar with this aspect of the business as the CEO of the club, who is responsible for the operation of the club. ”
"Haha, John. I've thought about it for a long time, and I've got a very good fit here. George smiled and replied to John's concern, "With my friendship with him and the current state of chaos at Manchester United's hierarchy, he will definitely agree to my invitation." Don't worry, this one is absolutely stable!"
"......" saw George behaving so confidently, and although John Smith always felt that something was wrong, he still put this worry in his stomach out of trust in the former. After all, a candidate who can be so favored by George will definitely not have any problems in terms of ability.
In this way, the first and second personnel orders were made after George took charge of Tottenham - John Smith became Tottenham chairman, and former England national team manager Glenn Hoddle lost his job at Tottenham, and the head coach was replaced by George himself.
As soon as these two appointments were announced, Tottenham's attention among the fan base was immediately increased by several levels!
Although few people know that George is the owner of Trafalgar, when people saw John Smith's name appear in the Tottenham Hotspur chairmanship column, people immediately associated George with the investment holding company, and at the same time thought that George was able to raise so much money to buy Tottenham Hotspur must have been strongly supported by this world-famous investment company!
After recognising this, fans can't help but expect a little more and less skepticism about Tottenham's performance in the new season - after all, Trafalgar's super high return on investment since its inception, and the success rate of investment in almost 100%, these success stories are enough to make the vast majority of people optimistic about George's acquisition of Tottenham.
Of course, the most regrettable thing for these people is that this time Trafalgar took a full control of Tottenham and removed Tottenham from the London Stock Exchange, so that they could not do it even if they wanted to drink two sips of soup behind Trafalgar.
Tottenham fans, meanwhile, are excited about the latter appointment. Although Glenn Hoddle is a Tottenham legend and once led the Three Lions to the World Cup in France as the head coach of the England national team, to be honest, Hoddle's ability as a manager is too mediocre to match when he was a player. George, on the other hand, although he has never played a single game as a professional player, but he was able to lead the in-form Manchester United to reverse the unfavorable situation of falling behind by more than ten points in the just-concluded 02-03 season, and finally won the Premier League trophy, which is enough to show how talented the young coach is!
Therefore, Tottenham fans are in favor of Hoddle's resignation from the Tottenham manager's position and George becoming the first club owner in the history of the Premier League to also be the team's manager. They can't wait to see the chance for the team to soar to the skies under the leadership of George's talented coach and knock Arsenal, their city rivals, who have been showing off their dominance!
However, just when George was full of ambition and was about to start a major operation on the Tottenham first team, a not-so-wonderful piece of news suddenly came from Manchester, which caught him off guard!
"Peter, didn't we say yes before, if you're not happy at Manchester United and want to leave, you're going to come to me and I'll give you the position of CEO. It's only been a long time, why did you suddenly change your mind?", George asked on the other end of the phone, with a nonchalant face. He really didn't expect that the CEO candidate he had already finalized would change his mind at this time and say that he did not plan to work at Tottenham!
Peter Kenyon is a significant presence in George's Tottenham rebuilding plan. After all, Kenyon, who has been the CEO of Manchester United for many years, knows a lot about how to run a football club, and he is also responsible for Manchester United's ability to beat Real Madrid to become the most profitable club in the world. Therefore, for Tottenham, who urgently need to improve their own performance, but also take care of developing the market and making a name for themselves, Kenyon is clearly the right person.
But as a result, before George could dig Kenyon to White Hart Lane, Chelsea next door took the lead and got the former Manchester United CEO before George!
"I'm sorry, George. Yes, I did promise you that if I had any intention of resigning from Manchester United in the future, I would give priority to your club. However, the situation is different now than we said at the time. Because I didn't want to leave Manchester United this time, but Mr. Roman Abramovich paid me the liquidated damages directly to Manchester United and invited me to be the CEO of Chelsea Football Club, so I chose to agree. On the other end of the phone, Kenyon, who had expected George's bad attitude, also smiled bitterly at this time, and he did not expect that things would end up like this, "Although the news has not been announced yet, when Abou officially takes over to Chelsea, I will be going to work at Stamford Bridge." ”
Another reason why Kenyon reneged on his promise to move into the arms of Chelsea is that he really has a little disdain for Tottenham, a club that doesn't even have European competitions. In contrast, Chelsea, who can roam the European stage every year, are much better than Tottenham in all aspects, and Abramovich is also very deep and willing to spend money on the team, so it is not surprising that Kenyon will feel that Chelsea are better able to fulfill his ambitions, and refuse to join Tottenham.
"In that case, let's leave this matter at that. Also, I'm here to wish Peter the best of luck in your career as CEO of Chelsea. Although he was very unhappy with Kenyon's backsliding, George still had to say some words of blessing to the other party, so as not to affect the friendship between the two for many years. What's more, whether it is Tottenham or Chelsea, if these two clubs want to rise, Arsenal, also located in London, will be their number one enemy, so choosing to cooperate with Chelsea to deal with Arsenal is the most important thing for George to do now: "Tottenham and Chelsea have always had a good relationship, and we can help each other when the time comes." After all, Arsenal are our common enemy. ”
"Well, George, you have a point. Indeed, if we are to make Chelsea a serious contender for the Premier League title and change the status quo between Manchester United and Arsenal, we will not only need to strengthen our respective strengths, but also create enough problems for these two clubs to slow down their development and give us a chance to close the gap. Seeing that George didn't mean to turn his face with himself, Kenyon, who was relieved, quickly took the olive branch extended by the other party. Kenyon still attaches great importance to this personal friendship with George: "I think our two clubs may be able to reach some tacit understanding in some aspects. For example, we can go all out to snipe at Arsenal's favorite players and create problems for the opposition to recruit them, while at the same time we need to try to avoid crashing into the transfer market and wasting ammunition that could have been saved. ”
"Haha, if we have a chance, let's talk about this in private...... It's really not convenient to discuss this kind of thing on the phone. George did not respond directly to Kenyon's suggestion on the phone, but deliberately chose to avoid it. For George, who witnessed the "phonegate" incident in Serie A in his previous life, talking about these sensitive issues on the phone is tantamount to asking for his own death.
After saying goodbye, George ended the call with Kenyon and sighed softly from his seat. Because he knew that he would have to face a lot of screening work next. With Kenyon's abrupt contract disrupting his plans for a reshuffle at Tottenham's top-level, George had to put aside his plan to change the team's plan and turn his attention back to finding a CEO.
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"John, what do you say over there?" asked George, who was in charge of Tottenham's headquarters, as he saw John Smith walk in. At this time, he was at his desk flipping through the information of the general managers of major European clubs, trying to rely on the memories of his past life to find a suitable CEO for Tottenham.
"President Del Nido was very happy to agree to our poaching request, saying that if we were willing to pay a release fee of $5 million, then we could take Monchi out of Seville. John's first words after entering the door made George's face happy, but John's subsequent words made George frown again, "However, when we went to contact Monchi, we were strongly opposed by himself. Monchi said he would stay and work here as long as Sevilla did not fire him voluntarily. Even if he were fired, he would not have considered finding a job in a city like London, where he did not see a few days of sunshine a year. ”
"Cut, is it true that even Monchi can't?" George scratched his head in annoyance as he saw another candidate being rejected. He has been playing for the giants, and this time he finally felt the helplessness of the small and medium-sized clubs: "It seems that I have to expand the scope of poaching a little more." Even in Europe, where football is highly developed, there are always outstanding talents left out in the lower leagues waiting to be discovered. ”