Five days before the first round of the 2000-01 season of the English Football League, when the Blackburn generals were still preparing for the pre-season physical reserve of the coaching team led by Souness, a news that shook England came out!

Club chairman Jack, who once led Blackburn Rovers to the Premier League title? Walker died of illness, and the new team owner was Jack's eldest grandson Arthur Walker, a young man who was only less than 24 years old, had no work experience, and had never even received a higher education such as university, like a comet, shocked the entire British football world. Pen % fun % Pavilion www.biquge.info

In the office of the vice-president of the Rangers, the vice-president of Blackburn Rovers, Mensah? Bang Su looked at the young boy in front of him and sighed secretly in his heart.

I thought that I was already the youngest man in English football when I was less than 50 years old, but compared to this young man, I was almost nothing.

Thinking of this, Mensa stood up from the couch and walked over to the young man who was standing in front of the window and watching the scenery outside, and said, "Arthur, we should go to the press conference." ”

"Okay." Arthur turned around and replied with a smile.

Arthur had already seen most of Blackburn's staff at Blackburn Rovers except for the players at all stages – most, not all, because a full-fledged English football club had more staff than Arthur could have imagined.

Blackburn Rovers Club has organized all the staff, not just a few people, dozens of people, but all the staff including first-team players, academy players, coaching staff, club management, stadium management, etc., a total of nearly 200 people!

Among them, Arthur, who owns all the shares of the team, and Mensa Bangsu, the club's vice-president, are undoubtedly the top management of the club.

Under Mensah Bonsu is the team manager Souness, and the manager of the England team is not only the team coach, but also generally responsible for team affairs such as transfers, and is also called the manager.

Blackburn's coaching staff consists of 17 people, including the manager, first and second assistant coaches, goalkeeper coaches, scouting analysts, post-match analysts, performance analysts, team doctors, masseurs, etc.

There are 12 people in the club's finance, human resources and administrative staff. For example, the personal secretary of the vice chairman, the operation manager, the secretary of the operation manager, the receptionist, the human resources management assistant, the personnel officer, the financial director, the financial assistant, etc.

The club's logistics and support team has 21 people, such as logistics supervisors, waiters, kitchen managers, reception supervisors, recruitment coordinators, etc.; There are 2 directors in the position, the director of marketing and liaison, and the executive director.

In addition, Blackburn Rovers also has a stadium management department (including match day venue directors, chief court administrators, cleaning staff, stadium maintenance personnel), merchandise licensing department (including sales managers, sales assistants, sales consultants, online sales managers, etc.), and ticketing offices (including ticketing & analysis supervision, game day ticket office assistants, ticket office directors, ticket supervisors, ticketing assistants, etc.).

The Matchday Service Centre is also an important part of the club, with Blackburn Rovers employing 10 people, most of whom are female staff who work on matchday receptions and greetings.

Then there is the club secretary, the security department, and the liaison office. The whole club system, from the president to the cleaners, is a part of the club.

A full-fledged football club is a large team of people in charge, which is more difficult to manage than the average business, so Arthur has been struggling these days with the responsibilities of various departments that he has never been exposed to.

At this moment, Arthur clearly realized that those novels that easily control a large football club are definitely imaginary "science fiction" novels, and many people want to manage a small department of more than a dozen people is already stretched, and they want to manage such a professional and outward-looking team, which is definitely not a small problem.

For example, wasn't the invincible Mourinho forced away by a female team doctor who seemed to be unimportant?

So, don't underestimate the importance and destructive power of any one of the club's employees.

"Alright, Arthur, let's go downstairs, the reporters can't wait." Looking at Arthur with a green face, Mensa sighed and took the initiative to remind.

"Let's go." Arthur took a long breath, buttoned up the two buttons of his suit, and walked out first.

Arthur knew he wanted to establish himself at Blackburn Rovers and be a true team owner, not a puppet, and his biggest opponent was none other than Mensah Bonsu in front of him.

And because of Jack Walker's health a few years ago, Mensa Bangsu, who actually holds the absolute power of Blackburn, naturally does not want to give way, and hands over the power in his hands to a kid who seems to him to be milky and undried up.

In this way, the two appeared at the press conference together with their own evil intentions, and although they appeared to be close friends, they were actually potential enemies.

Looking at the dense crowd of human heads below, Arthur was a little dizzy, after all, he had never experienced such a formation in his previous life, and he was a little wooden when he saw the rows of cameras and microphones.

Although the current Blackburn Rovers have been relegated to the English First Division, after all, five years ago, the team was still the Premier League hegemon, and the death of Jack Walker and the 23-year-old Arthur taking over as the team's new chairman are very attention-grabbing news, so it is not surprising that the press conference was comparable to that of Manchester United, Liverpool and other British giants.

Compared with Arthur, Mensah is very comfortable, and the two are seated next to the team's coach Souness, who has already arrived first.

"Hello, Mr. Walker, I'm Federer, a reporter for The Times, and I wonder why you succeeded Blackburn? Know that your age is only 23 years old. A white journalist in his thirties asked.

"Oh, that's a very simple question." Arthur quickly regained his reluctance after the initial nervousness, and although it was far from the level of indifference to the reporters in front of him, at least it was not a big problem to answer the questions normally.

'Well, I've loved football since I was a kid and I've been a Blackburn Rovers fan, I love it so much, and when I was younger, I wanted to be a first-team player for Blackburn Rovers and even played for Rangers' junior team, but I didn't have that talent. Maybe it's my love that makes Jack see what it takes to be a great team president, and I'm going to try to do that. Arthur replied with a chuckle.

Arthur discovers that he has a "crazy" personality in this life, and after recovering from the initial nervousness, he soon falls into a strange state - a state that has the potential to become an orator.

"Hello Mr. Walker, I'm a reporter for The Lancashire Post, Lewis, the new season is less than a week, and the summer transfer for Blackburn Rovers has just begun, do you still think Blackburn will be aiming to surpass this season?" A black reporter in his mid-thirties asked.

"Well, that's a great question." Arthur touched the slightly blue stubble on his chin and said lightly: "Blackburn are a team that shouldn't be in League One - of course, I'm not saying that other teams in League One aren't good enough, but I want to say that Blackburn should play against Manchester United and Liverpool in the Premier League." As for the transfer issue you mentioned, although it was delayed due to some well-known things, we have some targets with Graeme at the moment, and we will make some news soon. ”

"You know, I have a transfer fee that is not too small." At this point, Arthur asked Souness, the team's coach sitting on his left, "Graeme, I'm sure you'll spend it for me, right?" ”

"If you don't feel distressed, I won't give you a penny left." The Scottish marshal replied jokingly.

Although Souness is not the best coach of Blackburn Rovers in Arthur's mind, he is the most suitable manager for this team - because in the change of team chairman and Blackburn Rover, which is destined for a large number of team changes in the future, Souness will be the anchor to maintain the stability of the team.

"Hello Mr Walker, I'm from the Manchester Chronicle, and I would like to ask, did that mean you were going to make a big change to Blackburn's squad when you said you had a lot of transfer money? Who is the object of adjustment, and do you already have a goal in mind? A blonde woman in her early twenties asked.

"Hehe, it's hard to say, everything is up to the head coach, and I don't interfere in the specific affairs of the team." Arthur kicked the ball back with a bit of content.

Seeing that the blonde beauty was still trying to ask, Arthur quickly motioned to the next questioner.

"Hello, I'm Allen, a reporter for The Sun, are you still single? As the only football team owner in the UK under the age of 30, why don't you have a girlfriend yet? Are you not interested in women? Are you gay? A young reporter with a bit of a sissy asked.

"Uh, how is that possible?" Arthur's face froze, and then he said, "Next question." ”

Many reporters present, looking at Arthur with an embarrassed face, couldn't help laughing, and after answering questions from several reporters, the first press conference of Arthur's career ended.

Back in his apartment on the terrace, Arthur sat in a rocking chair on the balcony, thinking back to his dreams, and thought to himself: Blackburn is finally in my hands.

Is this true?

It's like a dream, hehe, I hope this dream doesn't wake up, who knows.

The next step is to start preparing for the transfer, and there are still a lot of tomorrow's stars who have not yet shone at this time, waiting for Arthur's shovel to dig in.