That night, Zhang Yang thought about a lot of things, his mind was a little confused, it is normal for a club to be acquired, many clubs in the English league have been acquired, it has just begun, and there will be more in the future, and many Chinese capital in the memory will choose to enter the English football market in the future.

But no matter how normal the situation is, no matter how understandable, this news is a little too sudden and too shocking.

Millwall?

How could Millwall be valued? There was absolutely no such scene in memory, and Millwall was never named.

This may have something to do with Millwall's location.

Millwall's historical achievements aside, let's just say that the geographical location in the London region needs to compete with many excellent clubs: Chelsea, Fulham, Arsenal, Tottenham Hotspur, Charlton Athletic, etc., there are too many teams to invest in in the London region, and Millwall can't afford to make waves in them.

Competitive factors such as geographical location have also led to a limited number of Millwall fans, while historical results have led to very few supporters outside of the London Region.

Fans are fundamental to the development of a club.

If the number of fans in Millwall cannot develop, it will be difficult for the club to develop, and it will be difficult for foreign capital to enter English football, and it will be difficult to choose a club that has little impact and no development.

Then maybe it has something to do with the results of the last two seasons!

Zhang Yang is a little proud.

This is the butterfly effect of leading the team to play well? This effect is really too big.

Millwall have been in amazing form for the second season in a row, winning the Championship last season and finishing second in the Premier League so far this season, and have attracted a lot of attention from around the world.

This may be the fundamental reason why the club has attracted the attention of foreign investors.

It is not surprising that foreign investors choose Millwall Club, which is much easier to acquire than other clubs in terms of considering acquisitions, because Millwall is small and has not been listed, and it is easy to become the largest shareholder as long as they buy the shares of a few major shareholders.

Perhaps this is also good news?

As Grigory said at the end, without foreign investment, Millwall can only be a small club, and it is almost impossible to rise in a short period of time. Even if he leads the team to win the league championship and compete for the Champions League next season, Millwall is still just a small club, with the support of results, the club's income will definitely increase, but the gap between Millwall and big clubs is not some benefits, including club operations, influence, stadiums, and even the youth training system.

That's the reality of small clubs.

In addition, Millwall is a share club, if a large amount of income is generated, other directors will definitely participate in dividends, and when the time comes, will the directors be willing to take out all the income and invest it in the club?

It's difficult!

Or rather, almost impossible.

This is also the reality.

"Maybe next season, there will be a big transfer fee?" Zhang Yang kept thinking about it, and until the next morning, he couldn't help but smile bitterly when he recalled it, he didn't know what to do, and whether his work would be affected by the new boss?

If you can't continue coaching, do you want to change teams?

When he walked into the first-team training ground and looked at the hard-working players, Zhang Yang knew that he was thinking too much.

Either way, he's just a manager!

As a manager, the change in the top management of the club has nothing to do with him, what he needs to do is lead the team to good results.

That's his job, and his achievements will be his resume.

When it reaches a certain point, such as leading the team to win the championship, he will enjoy the honor brought by the results just like the players!

Zhang Yang wants to get good results more than anyone else, because results are not only related to honor, but also related to his future ability - the head coach module loaded by the system, but relying on achievements to activate new abilities, only by leading the team to get good results, he can have the ability to worry.

This is also the biggest motivation for publicity.

No matter what happens to the club, his goals will not change, results are motivation, and championships are very attractive, he needs results to establish his glory and make his career as a manager more successful!

Now he's on his way to success.

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The change in the ownership of Millwall FC has not caused any waves, and even the media have not been informed of it, and the players in the team will not know about it.

Zhang Yang knows the importance of confidentiality.

Although the change at the top has little to do with the team, there will definitely be some impact, and many people, including himself, will be responsible for possible changes, which is likely to affect the mentality of the game.

Zhang Yang didn't think much about it, and led the team to move forward.

On 24 January, Millwall host Fulham, and the last time the two teams met was in mid-September, the result was 1-2, with Millwall beating Fulham away.

It wasn't easy to win.

Fulham defended solidly and counter-attacked well at home, while Millwall were 'fledgling' and a little uncomfortable with the Premier League confrontation.

Not anymore.

The game has been reversed, Millwall has a lot of experience, and it is also a home game, although Braniff, Smitchell and others have not fully recovered, only sending half of the main players, but Fulham is still not an opponent.

In the 23rd minute, Morris was brought down by an opposition player and created a set-piece opportunity, and David Livermore fired a powerful shot from 25 yards out to help Millwall break through the Fulham goal.

In the 67th minute of the game, Darren Bent received a pass, broke through the opposing defender, created a single chance, and scored the ball directly in front of the goalkeeper.

It was the second goal.

Millwall also won the game 2-0.

After the Fulham game, Millwall continued to train and two days later ushered in a new FA Cup tie against Colchester United in the fourth division.

Many media directly lamented that 'Millwall' was lucky, and it was not easy to meet a fourth-tier team in the round of 32, and Colchester United was also the only fourth-tier team.

Zhang Yang hopes to meet a good opponent, if he wants to come, it is best to meet Liverpool, Tottenham and other teams, the team's cold wave has not passed, Braniff is also injured, sent a semi-substitute lineup to play, and the loss of the game will end the FA Cup.

Unfortunately, the opponent is Colchester United.

It's sad.

Colchester United is even more sad, it is difficult to win any good results in the FA Cup in the lower leagues, and in the second half can continue to persevere, and meet the top clubs can create huge benefits for the club, for the top teams, the income of an FA Cup is nothing, but hundreds of thousands of pounds are definitely a lot of money for the teams in the fourth division, which is enough to buy half of their teams.

It's easy to imagine how much Colchester United wanted to meet the giants, but all they met was Millwall.

In terms of season results, Millwall is no worse than the giants, but in terms of influence and economic benefits, Millwall is only a small club, and it cannot be compared with Manchester United, Arsenal and other clubs.

This is one of them.

The second point that Colchester United don't want to meet Millwall is that Millwall's results are so good, they have no hope of qualifying, especially unluckily, the game is still played at Neil Stadium, and every player feels that this is the end here, and they can't continue to move forward.

Colchester United went to play with this mentality, what performance can be imagined, Zhang Yang has tried his best to send a substitute lineup, Curtis Weston, Peter Swiley, Barry Cogan, Rudy Clark, a group of young and old substitutes all appeared, but the difference in strength between the two sides is still very obvious, for a long time, Colchester association pass is very difficult, and finally Millwall defeated Colchester United 4-0 at home and entered the FA Cup round of 16.

When Zhang Yang shook hands with the opposing coach, he said with a wry smile, "I really don't want to win." I'm going to give up the FA Cup......"

Colchester United's head coach is called De Lan, a short and balding middle-aged man in his forties, a little similar to Frederick's body type, but his expression is much kinder, and his smile is more bitter than flamboyant, "I can understand." But our luck wasn't so good. ”

"yes, we're out of luck either."

"I can't help it!"

"It's so distressing......

Zhang Yang and Delan poured bitter water on each other and walked towards the court passage.

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The 24th round of the Premier League was played a week later, with Millwall hosting Sunderland.

It's a game without suspense.

No one thought there was suspense before the game, Sunderland's results were so poor, so far Sunderland have won only two games, drawn three and only had a measly nine points in the league points.

Twenty-three rounds, nine points!

West Bromwich Albion, who are second from bottom in the league, have 19 points, more than double Sunderland's points.

Many British media began to gloat and said, "Sunderland is about to set a record for the lowest points in the Premier League!" ”

There are three promoted teams this season: Millwall, Wigan Athletic and Sunderland.

Based on the performance of the three teams last season, Sunderland is actually the best one, they have been at the top of the Championship for most of the time, Wigan Athletic is second and has always been third in the league, Millwall has done wonders but only played well for half a season.

When it comes to the Premier League fixtures, the order of the table is reversed.

Millwall are the best performers and currently sit second in the league after Chelsea drew with Charlton Athletic in the last round, with Millwall catching up on two points and just one point off the top of the league.

Wigan Athletic remain second.

Wigan Athletic's performance is quite good, so far they are eighth in the league, there is no relegation pressure at all, and there is still a chance to fight for a place in the European competition.

Only Sunderland ...... It's miserable!

Sunderland are almost certain to be relegated early, and although they haven't given up yet, it's certain that the team is not motivated, and the constant defeat has left them with no confidence to play.

It's the same with this round.

Millwall relied on home advantage to score two goals in a row in the first half, and Zhang Yang simply replaced Darren Bent, who scored twice, and Bent always felt like he was 'bullying' his opponent on the field.

Next Josh Simpson and Jody Morris got their way.

In the 65th and 72nd minutes, the pair scored two goals together to make it 4-0, and then Morris fired a lob from the outside to break through Sunderland's goal again.

Five to zero!

A lot of the media began to sympathize with Sunderland.

Last season, Sunderland and Millwall were both Championship teams, most of the time, Sunderland were the league champions, and the first half of the schedule and Millwall won two rounds, all of which were victorious, but in the final round of the league, they were overtaken by Millwall and lost the league title.

This is where the feud between the two teams lies.

This season, Sunderland's desire for 'revenge' is tantamount to a joke, and Millwall and Sunderland have scored a total of 12 goals in two legs, and they are almost using the Sunderland goal as their own backyard.

Such an easy game can't help but make Zhang Yang feel a lot smoother.

In recent times, the players in the team have been catching colds and injuries, and the club's top management has also changed, and the start of the new year is not good, and all kinds of unpleasant things have happened together, and he has also felt a lot of pressure.

The race went smoothly after all.

But just when Zhang Yang was thinking so, something suddenly happened on the playing field, Jody Morris was put to the ground by the opposing defender Stubbs during the dribbling process, which was just a normal physical collision, and Morris did not stand up again.

The scene was suddenly chaotic.

Many fans in the audience let out exclamations, and many were worried about Morris.

In the end, Morris was carried off the field, and the specific injury needs to be further arrested.

Morris is injured for the second time this season.

The last time Morris was injured and took a break of more than a month before returning to the court, the team was affected a lot, but Smitchell did well and got through that time.

Injured again?

After the game, Morris was taken to the hospital for further detailed examination, and Zhang Yang couldn't help but say angrily, "I noticed that during the game, Jody was tackled several times, and the opponent always kept putting him down to stop the attack like a savage primitive. Any player who receives this kind of special treatment is very susceptible to injury, and we should have policies in place to limit similar things from happening to protect the good players and their safety on the field! ”

Zhang Yang's words were nothing, and it seemed to be just a suggestion, but the 'savage primitives' were a bit aggressive.

Millwall FC and Zhang Yang received a total of £12,000 in fines for this.

However, compared to Morris's injury, this fine is not worth mentioning at all, and after the press conference, Zhang Yang didn't even go back to the locker room, so he went directly to the hospital, wanting to learn about Morris's injury as soon as possible.