Chapter 219: Dick in a Happy Mood
As he left Old Hill's office, Dick had a smile on his face.
Old Hill's words are right, in the previous two seasons, Dick's reinforcements were the kind of approach that allowed the team to quickly form up combat power to impact honors, and he spent all the transfer funds the club gave him, and he made the team stronger than he could......
This approach is the most typical approach of the average head coach, that is, to achieve results as soon as possible during his tenure, and not care about the future development - in fact, this is not to blame the coaches for such quick success, because the chairman and the fans will not give him too much time, will not let them run for a year or two and then win, what era is it? It's a time when once you don't win three games, the media will rumor that you're about to leave class! How is it possible for a manager to spend a year or two building a mature and consistent team, as he did before? Before he could be formed, he was estimated to be out of class......
Except for a manager like Alex Ferguson, who can sacrifice a year or two to transform the team, there are very few other managers who have such time.
And if Dick becomes a shareholder of Atletico Madrid and does not worry about the risk of being out of class, then he will naturally think in the long run, even if the results of one or two seasons are mediocre, he must train a group of top players who can maintain excellent form for a long time.
Unlike now, Dick's purchase of Vicente is an investment in the future, and the purchase of Capdevilla is considered a year of play, and other large investments in reinforcements, from Jadel to Makelele, from Thuram to Stam, are all about the effect of coming and fighting, rather than the pursuit of continuity, in addition to the careful training of Torres, he does not pay attention to cultivating any young players - because he is under pressure, he knows that he can only keep hitting the championship to make his position stable, only the position is stable, Only then can we have the capital to develop young players and use time to build a team......
Just like when a person starts to do business, he naturally does what he can make money in time, and when the business grows bigger, it is not too late to talk about style.
If he becomes a shareholder, Dick will naturally be able to do something in style, rather than rushing for quick success.
Old Hill can point this out, it seems that he has also carefully observed Dick's coaching style for more than a year, and has begun to become more knowledgeable than before - how to say that he has also been in the football circle for more than ten years, unlike when he first became the president of Atletico Madrid, although he introduced the Portuguese superstar Futre at a high price, but he didn't know what the Portuguese looked like until he signed Futres, and he felt that he wanted to buy a famous player after becoming the chairman, and he made a decision after listening to other people's recommendations- This chaotic and unprofessional approach has lasted for more than ten years, and it is one of the reasons why he has put in a lot of money but has not achieved much.
After returning to his apartment, Dick began to calculate, Atletico Madrid invested so much transfer funds last season, the entire club's net income for the whole season was 15 million US dollars, and this season's income may be more, after all, Dick is confident that the team will advance a little more distance in the Champions Cup, and if it can move a little further, it means millions of dollars in income, and it is conservatively estimated that Atletico Madrid's profit this season can reach 20 million US dollars, if it can be maintained in the future, That means Dick's dividend will be two million dollars - that's a pretty good number, and how many head coaches are now earning two million dollars a year? This is already the salary that only a top manager can get!
And this is just a dividend, if Dick's work contract is still a basic salary plus share model, then Dick conservatively estimates that his annual income will not be less than five million US dollars, plus dividends is 7 million US dollars - this is enough to make him the highest-paid head coach from the club in the world now!
Old Hill did this, which can be regarded as a blood investment for him.
"If that's the environment, why shouldn't I stay at Atletico? And with Atletico Madrid's foundation and heritage, it is not too difficult to become a giant! With ten years of memory, I am enough to keep Atletico at a very high level for more than a decade! When people mention football in Madrid, they will not only think that Real Madrid is the best team, but that Atletico Madrid is enough to compete with Real Madrid! ”
When he thought of this, Dick couldn't help but feel a sense of pride.
Beat all Western coaches...... If you, as a Chinese, personally build a first-class team into a top giant, and become a representative of a giant like Ferguson, people will think of Dick when they mention Atletico, and they are almost to that status, right?
To exaggerate a little more, maybe a few years later, I can also say in an interview: "The biggest achievement of my life is not to win the treble, but to pull Real Madrid and Barcelona off the fucking throne at the same time!" ”
Damn, it's awesome to think about!
Thinking of this, Dick also began to get excited, you must know that a manager with such a status as Ferguson is also very rare in the history of European football, although there have been many top managers in the past, maybe more honors than Ferguson, but like Ferguson, who has almost become a symbol of a club, bringing such a far-reaching impact, no one can really compare.
Guy Rue has led the team longer than Ferguson, but Auxerre is far from being comparable to Ferguson in terms of honor and status, Paisley has three Champions League titles, but his coaching career is far less than Ferguson's, if Dick can surpass Ferguson in terms of coaching years and results, then Dick's status will be unshakable!
Although Dick didn't go out for a break during the winter break because of the discussion of the shares, his mood became very good.
After a full day of rest at home, when Atletico began to regroup, the Atletico players noticed that Dick seemed to be much more excited than usual on the training ground......
Listening to Dick yelling on the sidelines, the Atletico players began to look around to see if there were cameras from the leader's home country shooting again......
"Di, don't interfere with our training, okay!"
Later, Marriner couldn't help it, and ran to Dick's side during a training break and said to him dissatisfied-Dick's yelling basically had no effect, and his different style of work had a serious impact on the training and preparation of Atletico Madrid players.
Dick smiled wryly, then waved his hand, "Well, Robert, it's my fault...... Not then. ”
He didn't reveal this kind of thing to Marriner, you must know that when he becomes a shareholder, his dominance over the team will become stronger, and then he is ready to raise the salary of Marriner and other assistant coaches, after all, they have helped him too much, and now because Marriner and their salaries are not paid by themselves, so he can't do it even if he wants to give them a little more subsidy - but now is not the time to say this kind of thing, it is useless to say it.
Atletico Madrid's players, on the other hand, began to discuss curiously after training why Dick behaved so unusually......
"The boss must have got another hot chick, otherwise he wouldn't be so excited." Capdevilla was sure.
"Cut, when did the boss go to the hotel without a hot chick, would he still be so excited?" Baraja scoffed at Capdevilla's words.
"Or which movie star did you hook up with?" Not to be defeated, Capdevilla continued.
"No way, the day before yesterday I saw the boss and Miss Canadas wandering the streets of Madrid, and they didn't mean to part ways at all." Torres immediately retorted.
"Haha, Fernando, didn't the boss stuff you with a bill so you don't say it?" Belleron couldn't help but laugh.
The other players laughed too, they all knew that Dick was more partial to Torres, and at this time it was just a joke for him, Torres pouted and decided to ignore the guys.
"Anyway, the head is quite affectionate, he has been with Miss Canadas for so long, and the head likes to go to nightclubs so much, Miss Canadas is not angry, she is a good person." Vicente couldn't help but say.
"What do children know, the head and Miss Canadas are not a couple." Jadel said disdainfully.
"Then they're in and out of pairs together all day long?" Vicente said unconvinced.
"You're still young, when you grow up, you'll know when you hook up with a little star." Jadel laughed and said.
Vicente blushed a little, he is the only player in the team who does not have a girlfriend now, and even Torres has a childhood girlfriend - he met his current girlfriend Olara at the age of eight, and Vicente really has little say in this regard.
After a long day of discussion, Atletico Madrid's players couldn't figure out why Dick was so happy, but for Atletico Madrid, Dick was in a good mood and their performance would work better.
In the first game after the winter break, the 19th round of the league, Atletico Madrid welcomed Real Sociedad at home - the Basque side are not doing well right now, now sitting in 18th place, in the relegation zone, although 10th-placed Sevilla are only 24 points, only six points more than them, but if they are not careful, they are in real danger of relegation.
The current Real Sociedad is not the Real Sociedad that once almost suppressed Real Madrid to win the league title, they are still in an extremely difficult state, in the face of such an opponent, the high morale of Atletico Madrid will naturally not give them too many opportunities, at home they completely control the midfield, although the Real Sociedad midfielder led by Alonso struggled to resist, but on the whole they are not as good as Atletico Madrid, in terms of individual ability, the young Alonso is not as good as Belleron, and they do not have a scorer like Jardel, It was away again, and it was naturally defeated under Atletico Madrid's fierce attack.
Jardel scored his 17th league goal of the season to continue leading the top scorer charts, with Vicente adding the icing on the cake to give Atletico a flying start after the winter break, while Deportivo La Coruna's defeat to Real Madrid left them 10 points behind and extending Atletico's lead over second place to eight points!
Eight points ahead of Real Madrid, ten points ahead of Deportivo La Coruna and Valencia, Atletico's advantage is further extended!