'Mr Kilby, now that I'm the head coach of the club. So I'm going to get into my job and I've figured out what players the club needs for the new season. I would like to ask how much the club can give me. After the press conference, George and Kilby went straight back to the club. In Kilby's office, George asked the most central question.

Kilby made George coffee with his own hands, and then said with a smile: "George, you haven't thought about it, but many people have already connected with it." George nodded as he sipped his coffee. George, this time the board is very determined to support you. The club will give you a transfer fee of £1.3 million and hopefully you don't disappoint the board. ”

One million pounds, George almost jumped up and kissed Kilby. £1.3 million, which is simply not worth mentioning for those Premier League teams. But for Burnley, who are struggling in the second division, it's definitely a huge amount of money. Even in the First Division, those middle and lower teams have a year's transfer funding.

"Thank you, Mr. Kilby. I won't let the club down. "George was ecstatic, with £1.3 million, the team in George's mind could really be done.

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As George came out of Kilby's office, a coaches' meeting was held immediately afterward. Although those coaches are familiar to George, they should all be seen as a head coach now.

"Let me introduce you to Carl Pat, everyone knows each other. From now on, Wilkinson will be in charge of the club's youth team, with Carl Pat set to be in the first team. Next to me is Evan Sawyer, who will be joining our coaching staff at the start of the season. George first introduced them to Carl Pat and Evan Sawyer. Then introduce Evan Sawyer to a few of the people in the room. "This is Coach Thompson, Coach Carmel Thomas, Coach Sani Griffin, Coach Wilkinson. Last but not least is our captain Mitchell King. ”

George's coaching team is relatively simple, if it weren't for the promotion of Karl Pat and the introduction of Evan Sawyer, there would have only been three coaches. The three coaches are basically veteran coaches of the club. At least they have been with the club for more than 20 years, and their coaching skills are completely based on their own experience.

"In the future, everyone will have to eat in the same pot, and everyone is more familiar, so I won't be polite to you. The board has given us £1.3 million for this year and I already have targets for the new season. Karl, let's talk about those two players first. After everyone sat down, George was not polite at all.

With the exception of Karl Pat who is just over 30 and Evan Sawyer who is not yet 30, the rest of the coaches are in their fifties. George knew that these coaches were dissatisfied with George. So George didn't think that he would be able to convince them all at once, and when George's results came out, they would naturally have nothing to say.

Carl didn't expect George to be the first to ask himself, but he still took out the notes in his pocket very quickly. "Gary Brin has been doing well at Gillingham, heading and playing as a defender. Gillingham are only in the third division, and they want 50,000 pounds. As for Darren Hakby's fame in the third division, there are many clubs interested in him, so at least it should be more than 100,000 pounds. ”

Thompson and Thomas and others next to him looked at each other, but they didn't expect George to have already thought about which players to bring in without any discussion. Although when we usually work together, we already know that George has a strong surname. But I definitely didn't expect George to come to this trick.

"That's it, Carl. Gary Brin and Darren Huckby must win £200,000. I'll leave that to you, and you'll have to see both of them in the new season. George was scolding money for running rampant in football, and if it had been last year, Gary Brin and Darren Harkerbee would not have been £100,000 combined.

"Evan, Team Crewe didn't get promoted. What did Danny Murphy say? "The Crewe team can't be promoted, George has known for a long time, and for Danny Murphy, the new star George, is a must.

Evan Sawyer may be at Burnley for the first time, but he still has a grinning face. "George, I've met with Danny Murphy's agent. He's more than willing to come to our club, but the transfer fee should be between £200,000 and £300,000. Not very cheap anyway. Evan said as he gave George an ambiguous look, and George understood at a glance. Evan must have promised Danny Murphy's agent a big kickback, so George gave him a smile as well.

"Evan, £300,000 is too expensive. Around £200,000 is not a problem, who gave Murphy English citizenship. Nationality is also very valuable in our country. "George is very unhappy with the inflated value of English players.

After talking to Carl Pat and Evan Sawyer, George turned to Thompson. "Thompson, I've spoken to Mitchell. In the current lineup, Ian Coyd, Miller, and Grant must stay. As for David Ward, Aman Donaldson, Smith, Clements can stay. The rest of the midfielders are in the transfer market. None of them were in my plans. ”

'Wilkinson, Daniel Morrison and Ashley Chapman have been transferred to the first team. Daniel Morrison and Ashley Chapman were George's protégés in the youth team, and the first thing that came to mind when George became head coach was to transfer the two of them to the first team.

George has been a coach at the club for five years and knows everything about Burnley. From some of the directors of the club to the staff of the gatekeeper and the stadium, they are all very familiar. So I know everything about the players who need to stay in the new season.

"Is there anything else you want to say?" After George finished talking about everything he had done to himself, he asked a few people in the room.

Several people in the audience looked at each other, not knowing what to say. I never thought that George would be so strong and finish everything he had to say. "It doesn't seem like there's anything going on, so let's go our separate ways. Evan, you stay. ”

After watching everyone else leave the office, George said to Evan, "How much kickback did you promise Danny Murphy's agent?" ”

"Two thousand pounds." Evan whispered in George's ear.

"Two thousand pounds, not much. Just deduct it from your salary. Anyway, Evan, I never promised a kickback to my agent, it's a foul. See for yourself. George laughed and left the office, ignoring Evan's crying in the back.

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After the meeting, Burnley moved quickly. Within days, George needed the men he needed, with Gary Brin moving from Gillingham to Burnley for £40,000 and Darren Hackby from Lincoln City to Burnley for £120,000. Danny Murphy's transfer price is slightly higher, reaching £210,000. This brings the transfer fee of the trio to £370,000.

Burnley then reached an agreement with Zzkovviktoria, with Poboski moving to Burnley for £400,000. There are also free sign-ins of Ballack and Klose, and all six of George's plans have already completed their transfers.

However, by this time, George calculated that he had only spent 770,000 pounds. The board had allocated £1.3 million in transfer fees, and George was not going to save that money. If George can't lead Burnley to good results at the end of the season, the board won't praise George's frugal style.

So George hit the idea of the Crewe team again, who made the Crewe team not only a promotion competitor, but also a good player in the team. This time George targeted Ireland midfielder Neil Lennon. If Danny Murphy is just a rising star with unlimited potential, then Neil Lennon is a star who can fight.

However, Neil Lennon is the absolute mainstay of the Crewe team, and the Crewe team is certainly reluctant to sell Burnley's own main player. However, money is a good thing in this world, and no matter how tough the Crewe team is, as a second-division team, it can't resist the offensive of money. In addition, European football at this time generally did not attach much importance to the back player, so in the end, Burnley spent 360,000 pounds to buy this strong defender.

The final move was George to buy a strong centre-forward from Stoke Harbor, Richard Brody, who scored 12 goals in the second division last season and was the main striker for Stoke Harbor. Stoke Harbor didn't want to give up the main centre-forward, but when Burnley threw out £100,000, they immediately gave up on the centre-forward. Richard Brody is twenty-six years old and has been playing in the lower leagues. For such a player, 100,000 pounds is already an astronomical amount. George actually looked down on a striker like Richard Brody, and he had to mix in the lower leagues. But in the lower leagues, a player like Richard Brody who has been in the league for many years is still very necessary.

At this point, all of George's transfer work for the new season has basically been completed.

In this way, the Burnley team for the new season has 24 people.

Goalkeepers: No. 1 Miller (32, English), No. 22 Billy Filigues (33, English), No. 27 Martin Miems (20, English).

Defenders: No. 2 Grant (31, English), No. 5 Mitchell King (32, English), No. 4 Gary Brin (21, Irish), No. 3 Daniel Morrison (17, English), No. 17 David Ward (24, English), No. 24 Aman Donaldson (25, English), No. 28 Smith (28, English), No. 33 Levi McGinn (30, English).

Midfielders: No. 7 Poborski (23, Czech), No. 8 Danny Murphy (18, English), No. 6 Ian Coyd (27, English), No. 11 Ashley Chapman (18, English), No. 13 Michael Ballack (19, German), No. 19 Neil Lennon (24, Irish), No. 23 Michael Gash (24, English), No. 42 Robbie Hagee (20, English).

Forwards: No.12 Darren Huckby (19, English), No.9 Richard Brody (26, English), No.15 Klose (17-year-old, German), No.14 Clements (27-year-old, English), No.33 David McGurk (29.,Irish).