Chapter 008: The Impact of Leaving
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Interim boss George Nelson announced at a press conference that he would be stepping down from all his duties at Manchester United at the end of the season after leading the Reds to a full eleven points behind leaders Arsenal and finally taking the Premier League trophy in the 02-03 season one round ahead of schedule. After the news www.biquge.info was made public by the media, it immediately caused an uproar in the entire English football world!
Like Manchester United, most fans are puzzled by George's decision. They couldn't figure out why George would choose to retreat in a hurry, rather than lead the Manchester United players who had already been impressed by him to move on, and start another dynasty of the Red Devils like his teacher Alex Ferguson.
As a result, fans who couldn't figure it out began to spontaneously find all kinds of plausible reasons for George's departure, trying to convince themselves to accept this reality. There is even a small group of radical fans who attribute George's departure to Alex Ferguson, believing that it was the old manager's refusal to retire and his refusal to retire in the position of manager, which forced the young coach with a bright future to be forced.
While some of the facts did be guessed by these fans, the speculation did not become mainstream due to Ferguson's immense prestige at Manchester United and George himself flatly denied it in an interview, and was quickly drowned out in a loud discussion.
Following George's announcement of his departure from Manchester United, several Manchester United players followed suit by submitting transfer requests to Manchester United. Among them, there are not only Diego Forlan who are now regarded as parallel goods by Manchester United fans, but also players such as Phil Neville and Nicky Bart, who play an important role in the team's rotation system, and big stars like Veron, who have become part of the main squad with their outstanding performances this season!
Seeing the transfer applications on the table, Ferguson couldn't help but feel a little headache. Although he expected in advance that some players wanted to leave the team, Lord Fu really didn't expect that so many players would have the intention of leaving the team and submit a transfer application to the club!
The most surprising thing for Ferguson was that another assistant coach under his command, the Portuguese Carlos Queiroz, who only joined Manchester United last summer, submitted a written resignation at this time!
It turned out that Real Madrid President Florentino had long been dissatisfied with the team's current coach Bosque, believing that the ordinary appearance of this old man of the Sens era did not match the tall image of Real Madrid's world-class giants (although Bosque began to coach the Real Madrid B team after retiring and also served as a firefighting coach in the Mendoza era, he did succeed during the reign of Sens and sat firmly in the position of Real Madrid head coach, so he was naturally regarded by Florentino as the former chairman of the Sans family). Coupled with the fact that Bosque also messed up the centenary celebrations of Real Madrid that Florentino painstakingly created last year, it naturally made the latter, who had lost face, even more unhappy with him. Therefore, while Bosque was still struggling to balance the increasingly complex dressing room relationship and think about how to overtake the leader Real Sociedad in the standings, Florentino began to plot secretly how to get rid of this unsightly guy and replace him with a manager who fits the image of Real Madrid's top giants.
(Note: This refers to the 2001-02 Spanish Copa del Rey final.) At that time, Florentino tried his best to persuade the Spanish Football Federation to move the final venue to the Bernabeu Stadium despite Laco's strong objections, and to time the game on the day of the establishment of Real Madrid, and invited many celebrities to watch the game on this ground. As a result, Super Laco slapped Florentino in front of everyone and defeated the Galactic Battleship 2-1 in this much-anticipated match, leaving Real Madrid with no face. )
As a result, Carlos Queiroz, who once cultivated Portugal's golden generation, has rich coaching experience, and has assisted Alex Ferguson and George at Manchester United this season, fell into Florentino's eyes at this time. In the eyes of Galeries Lafayette, this Portuguese coach obviously meets his various requirements very well, and is simply the best person tailored for this galactic battleship!
He is good at developing young players (in line with the "Zidane + Pavon" policy proposed by Lafayette), good at regulating the relationship and atmosphere between players (during his tenure as an assistant coach at Manchester United, except for the flying boot goal, the Red Devils' dressing room has never made any negative news), and his tactical literacy and coaching ability have also been recognized by most people and tested in actual combat (praised by the media as Ferguson's right-hand man, and also led the Portuguese youth team to win two consecutive World Youth Championships). So, no matter which way you look at it, Florentino feels that Queiroz is the most suitable person to lead this galaxy to the top!
In the face of Florentino's solicitation, Queiroz, who was unwilling to be just an assistant coach, immediately agreed to Lafayette's invitation. However, the Portuguese is not stupid, and when meeting with Lafayette, Queiroz insisted that he would only choose to become the new manager of the Galaxy when Bosque officially leaves Real Madrid - he does not want to be burdened with this black pot for Florentino and be regarded by Real Madrid fans as the culprit who forced Bosque away.
A wave of transfer requests was so clearly in front of him, plus the two assistant coaches, Giorgio and Queiroz, were all planning to leave Manchester United to find another career...... What kind of rhythm is this? Rao is as determined as Ferguson, and his mood at this time can't help but be a little messy. He couldn't figure out why so many people wanted to leave the Theater of Dreams after a season that had been a success.
If people who don't know the situation see these things, they will probably think that Ferguson is an out-and-out tyrant, forcing everyone under him to jump out of the fire pit of Manchester United.
"Alas, if I had known this, I should have said hello to that kid George in advance, so that he could control it a little while he was poaching. Looking at this thick stack of transfer applications, Ferguson couldn't help but let out such a self-deprecating emotion. But having said that, Ferguson also knew in his heart that the reason for such an embarrassing situation was that he didn't complain about George at all, but that these things happened very coincidentally at the same time during this time period.
And, Ferguson knows better that there are so many players who have expressed their intention to leave Old Trafford, but in reality, many of them are just trying to put pressure on the club to get a better contract or to value themselves more, rather than really wanting to leave Manchester United. Phil Neville and Nicky Bart are two prime examples.
Ferguson knows that both Phil Neville and Bart are unhappy with their position as a rotation player in the United squad, believing that they can take on far more important tasks than they already have. So, taking the opportunity of George's departure from Manchester United, the two took action together and were ready to fight for their future!
Of course, the players are taking a big risk by doing so. If Ferguson thinks they don't have the value to spend money on, and they get their transfer application approved, then they will be in for tears.
Ferguson is naturally well aware of this. However, the lord also knows very well that with the current situation of Manchester United, it is impossible to meet everyone's requirements. Therefore, what he needs to do now is to make the best choice for Manchester United in order to maximize the Reds' fighting power in the new season.
While Ferguson was struggling with his choice, George was having a secret conversation with an unexpected visitor in a villa on the outskirts of Manchester: "Mr Zahavi, if I heard me right, are you saying that Mr. Roman Abramovich is now looking to buy Chelsea and that he intends to make me the head coach of this club?"
"Yes, that's it. Hearing George's question, Zahavi nodded and replied in the affirmative, "Mr. Abramovich has asked me to tell you that if you agree to accept his offer to take charge of Chelsea, you can build every aspect of this team as you wish." And he himself is willing to provide a transfer fee of £100 million for this!"
Hearing Zahavi's words, even George, who was not much worse than Abu at this time, couldn't help but be moved. You know, in international football in 2003, the value of players has not risen to the level of horror that followed. Even a future superstar of Ronaldinho's level, when he transferred from Paris Saint-Germain to Barcelona in his previous life, he only spent 30 million US dollars on Barcelona - if it were replaced by 2016 when George crossed, Barcelona would not be able to get it without spending 100 million if he wanted to get the transfer of Ronaldo.
Therefore, at this time, Abu was able to give a transfer budget of 100 million pounds, and promised George that he could form the team exactly according to his ideas and have absolute autonomy in team affairs, which was already a very sincere move.
Any other manager would have been overjoyed by Abu's promises and would have accepted the Russian tycoon's offer to succeed Claudio Ranieri as Chelsea's new manager. But alas, George happens to be the one who doesn't like this. At this point, although he seemed to be considering Zahawi's proposal, in reality, George was just making a show in front of the Israelis.
You know, this Israeli has a lot of energy in European football. Even George, a nobleman with a hereditary title, was reluctant to cause unpleasant things with him. Otherwise, if the two sides have any intersection in football in the future, George is likely to be directly disrupted by the other party, which will adversely affect his own plan.
From this point of view, it is clear that the Russian tycoon, who has had a great nose for business and has achieved great success, knows that when it comes to entering and playing in a field that he is not familiar with, it is necessary to have a professional like Zahavi in charge of running the business.
Looking at George, who was seriously considering his proposal, Zahavi could be said to be full of confidence. After all, the conditions given by Abu were too generous, and he really couldn't think of any reason for the other party to refuse.
After accepting the commission from Abu, Zahavi immediately approached George Nelson, who had just announced his resignation from Manchester United. Because the Israeli, who has a lot of energy in European football circles, especially in England, knows very well that if he can poach the young manager to Chelsea, then the rise of the Blues is bound to be more effective with half the effort.
It's a pity that Zahawi still missed one point, that is, he didn't expect that George, a time-traveler, already had a wealth and net worth not inferior to Abu at this time, and he didn't have any idea of continuing to work for others. Therefore, his solicitation operation is destined to end in failure.
George knew that although Zahawi was not a close confidant of Abramovich at all, since the Israelis were able to come here as Abu's representative, they must have gained a certain degree of trust from the Russians. So, out of the consideration of trying to avoid making enemies for himself, George had to carefully consider his words, so as not to make the other party angry and lead to some undesirable consequences: "Hmm...... Thank you, Mr. Zahawi, for your tireless efforts to tell me this news. To tell the truth, Mr. Abramovich's offer is indeed very generous, and the vast majority of people will not refuse his invitation...... However, if Mr. Abu is going to invite me, I'm afraid I will have to say sorry to you and Mr. Abu. ”
"Huh?" Zahavi couldn't help but be surprised when he heard George's answer. He really didn't expect that the other party would choose to refuse such generous conditions, and there was no hesitation in his tone.
However, the Israelis were not angered by this, but asked George for reasons after being surprised. After learning from the other party that George had reached a preliminary agreement with the Tottenham club about "certain things" before leaving Manchester United, Zahavi had no choice but to express regret and leave.
Seeing that Zahavi had chosen to leave with interest and not continue to dwell on this matter, George couldn't help but breathe a long sigh of relief. Of course, what he just said was not deliberately fooling Zahavi, but only selectively telling part of the truth. As for how Zahavi himself understands it, that's none of George's business.
In other words, there is no false agreement between George and Tottenham. However, what George intends to do now is not the personal treatment of his management at Tottenham, but how to put actual control of Tottenham in his hands without alarming Levy and Joe Lewis!