"Eight years, George, you've cheated me. Don't bully me for being a novice, I still know a lot of things in this industry. I've never heard of anyone signing an eight-year contract. Allen just threw out the contract George had given him.

"George, don't forget. He's a player for both you and me. You can't fool your own people. ”

George looked at Alan like this and smiled dumbly. This kid is now a real businessman, and he is bargaining with himself.

"Alan, eight years have been non-negotiable. We can make some concessions on salary, but I definitely can't make concessions on tenure. George replied to Allen in no uncertain terms.

Although he has a stake in the agency, George's goal has always been very clear. George's biggest goal from the beginning to the end was to be a coach, a truly successful coach. It's like world-class coaches like Capello and Alex Ferguson.

Coaching is George's job, and George just wants to be a good coach. Under this premise, it is not impossible to earn some extra money. But when the two clash, George must have thought first from his own coaching perspective.

Now George and Allen are talking about Michael. Essien's renewal issue. Previously, Essien was not old enough to get an apprenticeship contract at Blackburn. But Essien is about to turn sixteen. He will be able to sign an adult contract.

Unlike Essien's original history, George has already made him switch to a midfield position after throwing Essien into the youth team. Rather than playing the defender position first, as has been the case historically. In the midfield position, Essien has been able to make the most of his amazing physicality.

Although George had a bad time in the first team, George did not forget to look at the Blackburn youth team. Therefore, the development of Essien is very clear and very satisfied.

Now sixteen years old, George can't let go of the cultivated Essie. So the negotiations started early.

"George, eight years. Eight years, even if it's a five-year contract, it's quite a long time. Eight years, how could I possibly get my players to sign an eight-year contract. Absolutely not, George, this is non-negotiable. ”

Alan is also not giving an inch now. As Allen has more players under his control, Allen also begins to harden. Although George and Allen are cousins, they are brothers. Allen admires George's vision very much, and this Essien is probably really a cornucopia in the future. Allen has to get the best contract for him.

Eight years later, Essien will soon be sixteen. If the eight-year contract is fulfilled and you are twenty-four years old, it is not a good time to lose. An eight-year contract and completely shackles Essien. Even if there is any conflict with the club in the future, the eight-year deadline will lock Essien firmly. If the club is angry, then the eight-year period is simply enough to ruin a player's contract.

Allen, even if it is for his own benefit, cannot sign such a contract.

George shook his head, Alan, you kid has hard wings now. I even started to bargain with myself. However, Essien's eight-year contract must be confirmed.

"Allen, our club signed Michael to an eight-year contract, not that this contract is set in stone." George changed his tone and smiled and discussed with Allen. "I'll tell you the truth, I want an eight-year contract just to prevent Michael from leaving. It's impossible for Michael to play at club for a while. The club will rent it out because of the labor certification issue. I don't expect Michael to leave us in the middle of Blackburn. ”

George put it bluntly, just to keep Essien in Blackburn. The so-called eight-year period is for this.

"Alan, there's one thing I can assure you. In those eight years, we won't just be a contract. As Essien's performance and value grow, we can adjust our salary at any time, in addition to the length of the contract. ”

Hearing George's words, Alan frowned.

Speaking of which, Essien performed very well in the youth team competition. There are already clubs that are starting to pay attention to Essien. If it were at another club, Alan could have found a club with the best conditions.

But Essien is a Blackburn Rovers youth player, even for George's sake, and Allen can't do the same.

Listening to George's tone now, George will never budge on an eight-year contract.

In fact, Allen, as a businessman, understands George's concerns. If it was only signed for three or four years, Essien would only be nineteen or twenty years old by then. In that case, it will be a big loss for Essien to perform well and be poached.

But when he thought about the eight-year period, Alan was not satisfied.

"George, what do you think of Michael's future?"

"Alan, don't worry. I have a big picture of Michael's career. Michael: I will be loaned to Ligue 1 for training, as long as I do well in Ligue 1 and enter the national team. When the conditions of the labor certification were met, I immediately brought him to Blackburn. I don't think it will take more than five years, and Michael will be twenty-one or twelve by then. You should now understand why I have to stick to the eight-year contract period. ”

Richard, who has been sitting next to him and not speaking. When Flynn saw George persist for eight years, he remembered the ugly-looking African kid. He was a very special child, not in the sense that Essien was strong, of course. It's that Essien is a very special presence in Blackburn's youth team, a little furry child who has not yet reached the age of sixteen, and an apprenticeship contract is £150 a week.

Not to mention at Blackburn, it's a very rare salary for the entire Premier League club. Now George is giving Essien another eight years of contract, albeit with the idea of tying him to the club. But Richard found out more about George's importance to Essien, and it was not an ordinary weight.

George is famous for Bole at Burnley, and none of the players that George has taken a fancy to have been criticized except for Klose who is still being criticized. When Blackburn Rovers didn't do well, no one found out. But when Blackburn's results came up recently, everyone noticed that several of the players George brought in this season were doing just as well.

George didn't have a bad eye for people because of a change of environment. So Richard was even more curious about Essing. The contract was made by George and Richard together, and the terms were so good that Richard had seen it for the first time since he worked at Blackburn.

How much strength does this Essien have to make George appreciate it so much?

Alan was silent when he heard George's words. After thinking about it for a while, I slowly opened my mouth.

"George, that is, you, otherwise I would never have agreed. Okay, eight years is eight years. ”

Alan noticed that George was resolute, so he gave in. "Then you should give some concessions on the salary."

"Alan, you still don't understand. Michael's £150 is actually a very high salary. Who else but me can give such a high salary. Alan, you're also in this line of work now, so you can go and inquire. A player under the age of sixteen is paid £150 a week. ”

George saw that Alan had given in, so he smiled and talked to Alan.

Alan knew, of course, that if it weren't for George, Essing wouldn't have been paid a hundred and fifty pounds a week. But Alan pouted in his heart, and it wasn't George's own money. Earn money, it's not like the two of them share it together.

"George, for eight years, I have given in to such harsh conditions. I think Essien's salary is five hundred pounds a week, what do you think? ”

"No, no, this is absolutely not going to work." Before George could speak, Richard next to him was already shaking his head. Five hundred pounds, which is the salary of some of the main players in League One and even some teams. How old is Essien, and how dare a player who is still in the youth team ask for five hundred pounds.

Even if David was promoted to the first team by George this season. Dunn was still paid £800 a week. Although negotiations for a new contract have already begun, it is estimated that there will be no change in salaries during the year.

"Richard, don't be in a hurry. Is Alan telling jokes? Five hundred pounds, isn't that a fantasy? George patted Richard and smiled.

Allen's eyebrows were curled, and he was amused that George and Richard were playing double reeds.

"Alright, Alan. We're so familiar, let's get to the substance. In this way, the weekly salary is three hundred pounds. That's the highest price the club can give, and you don't have to play around with us here. Salary increases by ten percent per year. ”

George looked at his watch, he had been inking with Alan for a long time for a small contract. If it weren't for George's soft spot for Essien, he would never have wanted him to be left out. Otherwise, how could it be for the sake of a sixteen-year-old kid to talk for so long.

Alan smiled when he saw that George had already said the last chips.

"Okay, George, you're happy, I'm happy." Alan slapped the table. "That's it, three hundred pounds a week, an eight-year contract."

Alan had already gotten everything he wanted, and £300 was a very high salary for a sixteen-year-old. Of course, salaries today cannot be compared with those of the 21st century.

George breathed a sigh of relief, Allen, this kid is really a businessman. This kid is so unreliable that he can now deal with himself for an Essien. In the future, when Deco and Klose renew their contracts, this kid will definitely be even more calculating.

Why didn't I find out before, this kid has always been a fool. And because I grew up with a golden key in my mouth, I don't have much concept of money. It's only been a long time, and he's like this. George hated it in his heart.

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"Still angry? George, you haven't heard of what it means to settle accounts with brothers. It's good for you and me, you say no. "When Alan left, he was already satisfied.

"It's time to settle accounts." George nodded. "Don't embezzle my shares in the company, don't lose any dividends." In the end, George still felt resentful and said viciously to Allen.

Hearing George's words, Alan laughed.

(To be continued)