Chapter 161: Controlling Public Opinion

In the match against Preston North End, Loew finally decided to use Cazorla and Mascherano as the playmaker's midfielder, and in order to ensure the pressure of the midfield, Meireles was promoted to the position of midfield, which is not a big change.

In this game, although Notts County's attack was a little chaotic compared to before, they still won the opponent without danger and won all three points.

After six rounds of matches, Notts County have won six in a row and are at the top of the League One table with 18 points, and have already left a gap with other teams.

Portsmouth, a League One powerhouse who have gone through several league games, have come out on top and are second in the table, although they are already seven points clear of Notts County.

Leicester City, who were originally in second place, have slipped to the middle of the table after that ugly game and lost again due to unorganized personnel.

After six league games, all eyes are on the English League Cup, as the first round of the League Cup is about to begin.

Although the League Cup has been used as a training ground for Notts County, and it does not pursue results, it is not a good thing to go further, so Notts County's substitute squad is still preparing seriously.

David thought of the issue of the right to speak in public opinion, which he had been thinking about some time ago, and he could take advantage of this time to plan it.

First of all, although the local "Nottingham Evening News" has always had a clear inclination towards Notts County, it is not in its own control after all, and who knows if it will one day switch to other camps for the sake of sales, after all, there is no real interest between the two.

Therefore, the acquisition of the Nottingham Evening News became a logical thing.

Local media, with sales of tens of thousands, can only cover Nottinghamshire and a few surrounding areas, and the acquisition of such a media will not cost David much money at all.

Naturally, David will not be satisfied with a local media outlet, and his ultimate goal is to build on a national general media.

The media in England can also be said to be very developed, and there are more than a dozen national comprehensive media, with extraordinary influence, and all of them have sports pages, as long as David can win one of them, he will not completely suffer in media public opinion.

The Sun?

David didn't like the three-page girl who scratched his head, and the reputation of the newspaper was so bad that he excluded it from the target.

Moreover, the Sun is the main force under Murdoch's news corpus, how can Murdoch, who has an eye on the layout of the media empire, sell it?

The Times?

It's also Murdoch's brand, and you can't buy it.

The Guardian?

In Manchester, David is really not interested in competing with Manchester United.

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Although it is a professional football magazine, its sales are a bit small, and it is too professional and does not cover enough, so it is difficult to play a role in guiding public opinion.

The Mirror?

Although sales continue to decline, the daily circulation is still more than 200w copies, and Murdoch has not yet taken control of it, so it is a good choice.

The Telegraph?

One of the best-selling newspapers in England, covering the whole of England, is also a good choice

After some deliberation, David set his sights on the Mirror and The Telegraph, and although it would cost a lot of money to buy such a large media outlet, David felt that the money was not a waste.

With such an acquisition, David just wants to be an investor and let Notts County have the right to speak on the sports page, as for the operation of the newspaper itself, David is too lazy to care!

Although each newspaper has different political leanings, everything has nothing to do with David, it doesn't matter what you are Liberal Democrats, left-wing and right-wing, you can toss around.

So David gave his idea to the team he had assembled in the United States, and the investment was a near-term priority.

Although there is no dead task set for an immediate acquisition, this node must be before Notts County are promoted to the Premier League, which is David's bottom line.

As for the problem of funds, David is really not too worried, with his vision beyond the times, the investment team's speed of making money is enough to make countless financiers red, and it is really not much pressure to take out some cash.

With this settled, David felt that he should be able to relax, but one sunny morning, David was called away by another phone call from Rick Link.

"My big director!"

David's plan to lie in bed was frustrated, and he said with a complaining tone: "Didn't I say that everything in the academy is up to you?" Why are you looking for me again? I really want to take a break! ”

Rick Link shrugged and made an innocent expression.

"That's right, I made it in the academy, but out of the academy, it's not in my hands!"

David was stunned!

What do you mean?

Seeing David's bewildered expression, Rick Link sat down and slowly explained.

It turned out to be about a few young players in the academy.

Suarez of the Under-17s has been loaned to Bevilen, while the other players who have been brought in by David himself have been a bit of a surprise.

Sergio Ramos, Gary Cahill, Babbel and Joe Hart are definitely the best in the Under-17 squad and stand out from the crowd when they play in the Under-17s.

In order to train these players, they will also be able to play in the reserve league.

Perhaps they are physically stronger than the senior players, but they are not inferior in terms of technique, and playing in the reserve team is a bit of a waste of talent, and it doesn't have much training value.

So after communicating with the young players, the Notts County youth team unanimously felt that these young players should be given some opportunities to play in the first team.

'No kidding, they're just 16 or 17 years old, how can they be in the first team?' David was stunned for a moment, and said in disbelief.

Not to mention that their little guys are not old enough, even if their bodies are fully developed, I am afraid that they will not be able to enter the first team for a while, after all, the strength of the first team players is there, and the position of the substitute players may not be something they can shake.

More likely, it's possible to go out on loan and work out and return to the team when it's fully mature.

'It's not that they go straight to the first team.'

Rick Link knew that David would react this way, and patiently explained with a smile: "They usually still have to train in the academy and participate in the youth league, but the League Cup and the FA Cup are not without strategic tasks, so I want them to go to this kind of competition to exercise, which is very good for their growth!" (To be continued.) )