"Evan, it's rare. How can you call me when you are available. ”

The Champions League group stage has emerged. George was in a pretty good mood. It's a pity that after the good mood arrived in the league, it disappeared immediately.

On December 14, Blackburn Rovers challenged Leicester City away.

Leicester should be an easy team to take. But it's not the same thing when it comes to playing.

Although George replaced some of the main players, Blackburn Rovers still surpassed Leicester City by a lot overall. It's just that the game of football is not a simple mathematical formula where one plus one equals two. The mighty Blackburn Rovers were beaten 2-1 away from home by Leicester City.

This made George pout.

Mom's, it's too much to memorize. It was lost to Leicester City.

Damn, what is even more infuriating is that Leicester City jumped out of the relegation zone by virtue of the victory over Blackburn. This made George cry and laugh even more.

Today is the second day of the game, and George is looking at the profile of his opponent for the next match. Evan's call went to George.

It's been a year and a half since Evan left Blackburn Rovers and then coached alone. Evan's club is Stoke City in League One, which is a club with a very long history.

At present, Stoke City is considered by world football to be the second oldest football league club after Nodsshire. Of course, there are some disagreements in English football about the exact date of the establishment of Stoke City, but Stoke City has a long history and is well recognized.

Just because you have a long history doesn't mean you're doing well. Because even if it is an amateur club in England, when it comes to history, it was founded a hundred years ago.

But Stoke City is really humiliating. As a football club that has been established for nearly 150 years, it has not achieved anything good for so many years. One hundred and fifty years, if there is one champion who can take a shot, it is the League Cup champion. More often than not, they are in the lower leagues.

Even Blackburn Rovers and Burnley, which George coached, are much inferior.

How to say that Blackburn Rovers and Burnley were still powerhouses in the English league a hundred years ago. There have been quite a few championships. But Stoke City history is really bad.

These seasons have also been full of circles, swinging in the second and third divisions. When Evan went, Stoke City were playing in the second division.

However, it has only been a short time since it was promoted from the third division, and the team is very poor. Every year, I have to fight for relegation.

But after Evan arrived at Stoke City, it took only one year to turn Stoke City into a League One powerhouse. Evan, in particular, emphasized speed, defensiveness, and physicality at Stoke City. This has made Stoke City a force to be reckoned with in League One.

Although because of the strength of the team, it cannot be promoted. But now Stoke City can even play against Premier League teams to cause enough trouble.

During this time, Evan is estimated to be busy.

George and Evan have also not been in touch for nearly two months. Suddenly, Evan called George, who was surprised and delighted.

Evan and George have worked together for seven years, and the personal relationship between the two is very good. It's a friendship that comes from work.

"George, congratulations to Blackburn Rovers for coming out of the group stage."

On the other end of the line, Evan's hearty voice rang again.

George shook his head. "Evan, when I arrived in Stoke City, I couldn't see better. It's just a group stage, and I'm not ready to catch it. ”

"Haha, George. You can be a little bit unchanged. ”

"Alright. Without further ado, Evan. You're a busy man, what's the hell calling me? "Even though Blackburn are a Premier League team, they still have to play in the Champions League. And Stoke City, managed by Evan, is a League One team.

But when it comes to it, Evan is no easier than George.

League One, 46 games in a season. And Evan is a man of big ambitions, so he will not give up the Carabao Cup and FA Cup as a stage to show his quality. Combined, Evan doesn't play much less than George's Blackburn in a season. Maybe even more than Blackburn.

"George. You said that when I left. You're going to have my back, I'll pick the players from the youth team. I'm asking you for help right now. ”

Hearing Evan's words, George understood what Evan meant.

Evan wants to take out a few players on loan or buy a few young players at a low price. However, George will not object, but will be more happy. After all, many players in the youth team are on loan.

Apart from some of the real talent who can go straight into the first team to play, there are a few other favourites who are going out on loan.

Rent to whom is not rent, but to rent to Evan is better.

Evan has done a great job of developing young players. This is clear to George, who has worked with Evan for many years. Moreover, Evan and George's coaching ideas are similar, and it is more reassuring to rent him George.

"Say it, Evan. Whoever you like, as long as you are not an important player in the first team, I will give you the green light. ”

George was very generous.

"George, Frank. Ribery and Yang Feng will rent them to me. ”

"Frank? Yang Feng? ”

Franck Ribery arrived at Blackburn Rovers last season and has not had a consistent playing time since then. Although Ribery is growing rapidly, he still can't find a stable position in the current Blackburn Rovers.

George was really worried sometimes. I'm afraid that Ribery will be abolished by himself.

When the time comes, I can't find a place to cry.

As for Yang Feng, he is still young. But at the age of seventeen, although he trained with the first team, he played more in the youth team. However, Yang Feng is now the biggest star of the youth team, and almost all Blackburn fans know that there is a very good player in the Blackburn Academy.

Now Evan wants to loan both of them, which is actually not bad.

It's just that George was a little hesitant.

"Evan, be honest with you. I have great expectations for both of them. I'm lending them to you, how are you going to use them? ”

It's not that George doesn't believe Evan. Rather, Ribery and Yang Feng are George's scheduled future Blackburn Rovers two wings. For the two of them, George was more anxious than anyone else.

"Well, George, don't worry."

Evan heard George's words and smiled on the other end of the phone. Stoke City is a small club, not a big club in League One. Evan doesn't have the luxury of developing young players, or has the luxury of having two talented players on the bench.

Evan is very careful with his loan players.

On loan of young talent from the Premier League's top teams, Evan is of course going to let them play. There's no way he's going to loan those young talents and put them aside. Because that's a huge waste for Stoke City.

"George, I want to upgrade. Even if you can't be promoted directly, you should at least get a place in the play-offs. And the FA Cup, you have chicken ribs in your eyes. But I take it very seriously. So don't worry, I'll make good use of the two of them. ”

Hearing Evan's assurance, George thought about it and agreed.

Now Ribery and Yang Feng, even if they stay at Blackburn, they won't get many opportunities to play. It's better to put them in League One for training. It's better than staying at the club to play in the youth team.

It's just that both of them are rented out.

So in the unlikely event that there is a problem with Blackburn on the wing, there will be no suitable substitutes. Piret will soon be thirty-one years old, not young. It's easy to find small injuries and big ones. Arshavin and Hleb are not very good in physical condition either.

The second half of the year was not a small number of games.

So George thought for a moment. "Evan, two people can rent it to you. But Frank, I can only rent it to you for three months. After three months, you have to give it back to me. Of course, if our team is not in a hurry at that time, I can continue to loan you until the end of the season. ”

George thought about it, or this is the safest.

It's best if the team doesn't have problems. Should the team have any problems, George could keep Ribery available as a substitute at any time.

"Okay, George, no problem. You are now an uncle, and whatever you say is what you say. ”

Evan smiled and spoke.

"You call Carl, and you can discuss it with each other."

Ribery and Yang Feng's salaries couldn't be lower. This money is really not in Blackburn's eyes. Even if it is to give Evan, a Blackburn hero, a face, it can be very lenient on the loan terms.

"Got it, George."

............ "Carl, did Evan call you?" ”

Seeing Carl the next day, George looked up and asked.

"Well, the formalities are all done. I've talked to Frank and Yang Feng, and they're both willing to go to Stoke City. ”

George nodded.

Do they have a choice? George had already nodded, and they could only go obediently. And they don't have the slightest chance to play at Blackburn, who are world-class players in all positions.

Young players, it's not easy to find a place at Blackburn.

Even Kaka, who is now popular, has gone through two seasons of training to have the current position of Blackburn.

Take this opportunity to go out and exercise, it may not be impossible. Maybe it's another village.

"Carl, you let Richard arrange it. Send someone to squat specifically in Stoke City. Whether it's their training, or internal competition, or actual competition, it has to be recorded. I'll call Evan and ask him to cooperate. Frank and Yang Feng's state sent me a copy every half month. I want to have a clear grasp of the development status of both of them. ”

After all, Ribery and Yang Feng are both very important players in George's future plans.

George had to keep an eye on them at all times. George has to be clear about every change they make.

Generally, players who go out on loan will be followed by someone to check their condition. But it's rare in football to send a person on loan like this. And George wants a report every half a month, which is unique. Of course, this can also be seen how much George values these two people.

"Okay, I got it."

(To be continued)