Chapter 5 Satellite Clubs
It's July 2, the World Cup final is only two days over, and the final result is the same as Arthur's previous life, and the Samba Army is still crowned a five-star Brazil with Ronaldo's brace to defeat the German tank. Pen | fun | pavilion www. biquge。 info
Tomorrow, with the exception of international players like Frank Lampard who are in the knockout stages of the World Cup, the vast majority of Blackburn's players will have to report to the squad after the holidays.
On July 17, after half a month of preparation, Blackburn will have to face the first opponent of the new season's warm-up match, the Premier League's promoted horse in the new season - West Bromwich Albion.
West Bromwich Albion were added to the warm-up match when they approached Blackburn for Peacock and Kurtis, who are just a belly team for the current Blackburn Rovers and don't have any big names in the squad, so even with a bench line-up, winning should not be a problem.
However, after that, the quality of Blackburn's warm-up matches will improve a lot, and the opponents are Ligue 1 hegemons Lyon, Bundesliga Bayer Leverkusen, Serie A Lazio and La Liga Sevilla.
Blackburn's warm-up opponents came from the other four of the top five leagues, apparently to allow the team to gain experience against strong opponents in other leagues and prepare for the Champions League in the new season.
Of course, before the warm-up game began, Blackburn held a large press conference as usual to introduce the new signings who joined the team in the summer to the media and fans, and Arthur attended the press conference with three new signings!
Although Larsson won the European Golden Boot a year ago, and Heinze has long been famous, it is a pity that most of the English journalists in attendance were not buying the two foreign players, and most were more concerned about the staggering £17 million transfer fee of Three Lions international Ashley Cole.
"For Ashley's £17 million transfer fee, all I can say is that everyone has a different value for Ashley, and we all at Blackburn Rovers think we're the ones who really make a profit in this transfer deal, and it's a great deal. At least I think Ashley can bring Blackburn Rovers to £17 million. Arthur spoke eloquently to reporters.
"Chairman Arthur, since the club's hierarchy agree that Ashley Cole is worth the money, will he decide on a starting left-back position?" A reporter asked.
Although Arthur has long positioned Ashley Cole as Blackburn's unstoppable left-back for the next decade, he will not admit it.
'The specific starting XI, the line-up question, I think you should ask Jose, this is his domain, and I promise here that the club's management, including me, will never interfere with the manager. Arthur seemed to be convinced: "The question of who to start, who not to start, etc., will only be decided by Jose and his coaching staff." ”
After answering questions about the three new signings of the new team, there were also reporters on the scene who asked Arthur about the team's summer transfer players, and the fire was mainly focused on Helen Pierce.
In Arthur's previous life, Helen Pearce, a Blackburn Rovers academy-trained winger, was nothing to hear from in the Premier League.
But in this life, after Helen Pierce improved the overall training level of Blackburn's academy, she got Mourinho's insight, especially in the championship match point match between Blackburn Rovers and Liverpool last season, becoming the main winger of England's U23 and known as England's new golden boy.
Arthur was also comfortable answering Helen Pierce's question: "Every player has the freedom and right to choose the environment in which they play, and I would like to express my sincere gratitude to the players who have made outstanding contributions to Blackburn, including Helen. They have all joined the best club for them at the moment and I wish them the best results in their new environment! ”
"Mr. President, if Helen Pierce develops rapidly in the future, will you regret it?"
"No, no, no, of course I won't." Arthur smiled: "Starting this summer, we will be adding a buy-back clause to players who are under the age of 25 from Blackburn Rovers, and I believe that if Helen can impress us one day, I will definitely activate this clause without hesitation."
Arthur's innocuous official answer certainly did not satisfy the reporters present, and just when the vast majority of people thought that this press conference would end so dullly, some reporters threw a bombshell:
"It is said that Mr. President wants to build a number of satellite clubs, and he wants to invest in a Belgian or Portuguese club, is that true?"
"There are also rumors that you are going to buy a South American team, is that true?"
"Mr. President?"
Arthur was also shocked when he heard these revelations, because what the other party said was basically true except for some small details.
Yes, Arthur's previous assignment to Mensa Bonsu and Monchi was to build Blackburn's satellite club.
There are two types of satellite clubs:
1. This is a real satellite club that provides training opportunities for young players. You can send young players on loan to satellite clubs. The salary is still paid by your club, and you can bring him back without any conditions.
2. For the purpose of commercial cooperation. This kind of is for your club to send money. Basically, the United States and Japan are the kind of clubs that can provide you with a lot of "returns". If your club has partnerships with clubs in the United States or Japan, you will have a significant increase in income after one season. Of course, you can't just go on loan like the first club.
However, these satellite clubs are still different from the satellite clubs that Arthur is planning to build.
In Arthur's proposal, he currently has three satellite clubs, one South American team, one Belgian team and one Eastern European team.
The first South American team, Mensah Bonsu has made some progress so far, but it is only in terms of the price of the offer price that has not yet been agreed.
The Brazilian team, known as Fiesta del Brasil, is one of the traditional giants of Brazilian football.
Arthur's interest in Internacional Brasil is that the club has a well-established system for training young players. The club provides a solid foundation for young players aged 7-20 to develop. There were about 1,120 participants in club training, of which 320 were involved in the competition group, while the rest were for entertainment purposes only. The club also has specialists in other areas who provide additional care for them, including coaches, physiotherapists, psychologists, social workers, doctors, nutritionists and medical services.
After a long-term investment in youth training, Internacional Brasil has produced many top athletes over the past 90 years, and many of its most famous stars have played for Internacional Brasil in the past.
Arthur's goal in acquiring Brazil International is clear, which is to collect South American football talent and prepare for Blackburn Rovers in the future. Moreover, the purchase price of Brazil International is not high, and the final transaction price is not expected to exceed 30 million pounds.
As Arthur envisioned, a second satellite club he wanted to invest in a Belgian club that would allow him to acquire Brazilian and Argentinian talent. He could place his South American talents in the satellite club first, and once they obtained dual citizenship, they could circumvent the British labour certification law and play directly in the Premier League, and he could also adapt these South American football talents to European football style as soon as possible.
Moreover, Arthur remembers very well that in the years before his rebirth, Belgian football talents were a blowout, among which Hazard, De Bruyne and other talents made him very hot.
However, UEFA has a clear conflict of interest clause, that is, two European clubs with competing interests are not allowed to participate in UEFA competitions such as the Champions League and Europa League at the same time, so Arthur has chosen to target the traditional Belgian underdogs who are almost impossible to appear in the Champions League.
Compared with the old and spicy Mensa Bonsu, Monchi only has one set of player transfers, and even with the help of Arthur's economic team in the acquisition of the club, it is still a dispute between several Belgian clubs that are interested in selling, and progress is slow. However, the final transaction price is expected to be between 16 million and 20 million euros.
As for the third team set in Eastern Europe, the target is naturally football talents in Eastern Europe and Russia, but the current Arthur is almost confused, because the current contact between Eastern European football and English football is really too little, and Arthur has money in hand, and he can't spend it. However, the estimated transaction price is around 12 million euros.
After being rejected by Ferdinand and Ronaldinho in a row, Arthur was also completely angry and simply made a real big move.
You don't let me buy your players, I buy the club directly, hollowing out your channels for buying players!
Paris Saint-Germain's price tag for Ronaldinho is set at £38 million, and the acquisition of three satellite clubs is only a maximum of £60 million, Arthur naturally knows how to choose.
However, everyone is quietly hiding the matter of building satellite clubs, so Arthur will not answer directly.
Arthur neither denied nor affirmed these problems, got up and handed the Blackburn jersey printed with numbers 3 and 9 to the side in a daze, with embarrassment written on his face in the hands of several new signings such as Ashley Cole and Larson, put his arms around the shoulders of Ashley Cole and Larson and others, and said loudly:
"I'm sorry, ladies and gentlemen, these are the protagonists of today, and if anyone asks anything outside of the topic, then the press conference can be ended early! Today, I'm going to tell you that the biggest news is that they are, and I will assure you that their performance will shock the whole Premier League and even European football! ”
And the reporters in the audience also began to look at Blackburn's three new signings this summer because of Arthur's bold words, and the press conference returned to the topic!
After the press conference, Arthur called Mensa Bonsu and Monchi in quick succession, demanding that they must work quickly to get their goal in the shortest possible time.
You know, sometimes, you really have a lot of dreams at night.