307 Poaching
"Hello Wayne. I'm Paul. Stretford. ”
Stretford has a bad reputation among his peers because he is too greedy. In England, there are more than 100 brokers with international broker licenses, reaching about 180. Coupled with some unlicensed black agents, the number of agents in English football is not completely around 500. But Stretford alone has more than a dozen Premier League-level managers and more than 260 players.
If it's in a small country like the Czech Republic, Romania, Ukraine, Serbia, there is no problem. This is the case with agents like Rist and Beccari. In these small countries, if you look at a broker who is not pleasing to the eye, you can directly kill him. But what country is England and what is the situation in English football? As long as he has a shijie-level star in English football, then he is not afraid of any agent.
It's like Campbell's agent Andrew, Andrew wasn't bullshit in English football before. But with Campbell, it's all about it. and the infamous Barnett, although he is not the worst in English football now, he is not the top agent in English football. But he's now in Ashley. Cole, his status is slowly rising. Wait until Ashley. Kerr will become the main left-back of the England national team, and Barnett will become one of the top agents in English football.
Agents like Andrew and Barnett have a lot in English football. But Stretford now controls so many resources, and then strikes at these nascent agents at every turn. How could these agents have a good impression of him?
However, Stretford is very comfortable in front of the players. This person faces the player, but Ling has a face. Although the players he worked with later criticized him for treating players as if they were their own relatives when they were valuable, it was not the same thing at all when a player was worthless. But there are still a lot of young players who want to be his players.
"Hello, Mr. Stretford."
The player that Stretford is now meeting privately with is another talented player in English football, Wayne Everton's academy player. Rooney. Wayne Rooney has yet to play in the Premier League and is only 16 years old. But it's already a sensation all over England because he's been so good at the youth level and everyone knows he's a genius.
Stretford had wanted to take the time to do this, but Everton didn't give himself face this time, so he was furious. Intensified negotiations with Rooney. And the one who matched the two of them was Everton striker Kevin. Campbell. This is a well-known striker who has been active in English football for many years and is still the captain of Everton. And Kevin. Campbell is a player under the Stretford banner.
See Kevin. Campbell knew what Stretford was capable of. Stretford and Everton have a poor relationship, but their captain turned out to be a Stretford player. And his relationship with Sunderland boss Murray is also average, but Sunderland's head coach Peter. Reid is also the head coach of Stretford. It can be known that Stretford is indeed the number one agent in England. In which club has its own coaches and players.
"Wayne. You're the best young player I've ever met. You should be paid tens of thousands of pounds a week. Instead of £90. ”
Wayne Rooney is still underage, and the FA's current rules stipulate that only 17-year-olds can sign a professional contract with the club. As a result, Wayne Rooney now has a youth contract in hand.
"Mr Stretford, I'm on a youth contract."
"Even if it's a youth contract. You should get nine hundred pounds, not ninety pounds. You should talk to the club about it when you go back. ”
Stretford slowly induces the young Wayne Rooney. Rooney had heard these things say it a long time ago, and of course those people were arranged by Stretford himself. Including Dalglish, and Kevin. Campbell and the others all told him when they saw Rooney that he should have been offered a more promising contract in England.
Rooney hesitated for a moment before saying, "Mr. McShkin thinks it should be cautious. I don't need to be in a hurry now. ”
McShkin is Rooney's current agent. Of course, there are many agents eyeing a talent like Rooney, and Rooney has already signed an agent contract with McShkin when he was thirteen.
According to FIFA rules, an agent like Stretford should not meet with Rooney alone. Even he arranged for Dalglish, Kevin. Campbell's temptation of Rooney is expressly forbidden. But just like Rist snatched Vanney back then, it is normal for big fish to eat small fish and small fish to eat shrimp in the agent industry, and to snatch players. Stretford has done this kind of thing all these years.
Stretford had been observing Rooney's expression, and after noticing that Rooney's face was a little ugly, he knew that Rooney was not very happy with his agent. Therefore, he immediately added fuel to the fire: "Wayne, a talented player like you deserves the highest level of contract." It's Everton who should be worried right now, and they're now scared of you leaving Everton. So you are taking the initiative. McShkin is an incompetent agent if he is not accepting the benefits of Everton. ”
"Wayne, if you don't work with me. I'll give you the most young contract, and I can also negotiate a salary of £10,000 a week for next year's professional contract. And I was able to take you to Manchester United. ”
Stretford is a devil who slowly tempts Rooney. Of course, Rooney can't decide such a big thing alone. However, Rooney is small, but he has also heard of Stretford's big name. So I slowly began to be tempted. After all, McShkin never said this to Rooney. Only Stretford swore that Rooney would be paid tens of thousands of pounds a week when he signed a contract with Everton at the age of 17.
Tens of thousands of pounds, even the main first-team players of some middle and lower teams in the current Premier League cannot get tens of thousands of pounds a week. Rooney is not a saint. Such a high salary is of course something he aspires to very much.
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"Okay, okay."
Rist looked at the pictures one by one, and couldn't help himself. Even Zuihou couldn't help but slap the table. Then laugh at Pini. Zahavi said: "Pini, an unexpected joy, a real surprise. ”
These days, Stretford is a bit self-occupied to deal with media reporters. But Rist did not relax his attention to Stretford at all, and even found someone to follow Stretford. Because his company's shareholders are involved in so many Premier League club managers, he has been under bombardment. But this matter is unlikely to really shake his foundation, otherwise the FA would not have investigated so many black and gold scandals back then, and it would not have been unrelated to him every time.
People like Redknapp, Souyers and even Allardyce, who are close to Stretford, have been embroiled in black gold scandals. However, every investigation is groundless, and every investigation is unsuccessful. It's really nothing, it's really out of nowhere. Definitely not. They have all received black gold. It's just that every time an investigation is conducted, no one involved will admit that every investigation is a lack of evidence. Of course, you can also see the closedness of football and the strength of Sretford from the side.
So this time it was a big deal, although it was a problem for Stretford. But he just needs time now. For him, he is now just in the spotlight of the media. That's why there's some trouble. As long as this time has passed. When the media and fans stopped paying attention, the matter passed.
The FA, they won't be idle to investigate this. Judiciary. They are even less interested in investigating this. Because the judiciary entered such an investigation zuihou could not end, because no one bird them. People within the football world are very resistant to the judiciary entering the game.
So Rist still didn't dare to relax his focus on Stretford. I didn't expect to shoot such a wonderful picture.
"This is Wayne from Everton. Rooney? ”
Pinny. Zahavi took a closer look at the player in the photo and quickly recognized it. Pinny. Zahavi also has the heart to put down roots in English football and knows a thing or two about the talented players in English football. Especially a genius like Rooney knows better.
"Yes. Stretford is looking for their own death. ”
This kind of thing is done by everyone, but it is done in a hidden way. Otherwise, if someone gets caught, then it becomes a big deal. Now this photo is the most favorable evidence.
"Lister, don't come out. This kind of thing will offend your peers. ”
"I'm not that stupid."
Rist smiled. It never occurred to him that he would roll up his sleeves and face Stretford head-on, that would be the most stupid. Especially for an agent predator like Lister, if he personally came forward to fight Zuihou failed, then there was no room for redemption. And everyone in the agent circle does this kind of thing, if Rist reports Stretford, not only will he have a mortal enmity with Stretford, but he will also offend a large number of peers.
"Rooney's agent, McShkin, is not a very good person. He's a hot-tempered man, and if he knows someone is poaching his players, he's in for a good time. I'm going to keep this picture and let him play when McShkin is about to lose Rooney. ”
Stretford is very strong, and if it is usually a small agent, there is no problem. But if he dares to poach Rooney, this matter will be big, but it is not something he can suppress if he wants to. Rooney's agent, McShkin, is not a serious agent, and he has a bad reputation in the English agent circle, and his style is very extreme.
McShkin is just a rookie agent, he doesn't have any great players at his disposal, and he is average in English football. Rooney has been brought by him since he was thirteen years old and expectations are high for him. McShkin also wants to become a top agent in English football with Wayne Rooney. If he knew that Rooney, who had been so well cared for, was going to be poached, no one knew what he would do.
But Rist didn't care. The bigger the trouble, the better, and the FA will not be able to turn a blind eye even if it wants to. Stretford will definitely be investigated by the FA, and this photo in his hand will definitely be able to deal a fatal blow to Stretford at that time.
"Yes. McShkin heard that he also had something to do with the underworld. ”
Pinny. Zahavi had also heard something about McShkin. Reese nodded, McShkin really had something to do with the underworld on Liverpool's side. But Rist then said, "Isn't that bastard at Stretford also with Tommy. Adams has a relationship. ”
"That's pretty."
Pinny. Zahavi gloated. Rist said Tommy. Adams is a well-known underworld boss in London, who has been serving a prison sentence for the past few years, and has not been out for a long time. The average small agent does not dare to offend Stretford, in addition to being afraid of his strength in football, it is this kid and Tommy. Adams was close.
But to Lister and Pini. Zahavi is at this point and will not be as afraid of these English underworld as those small agents. If it is Ukraine, Russia, Italy, etc., the triad may take a step back, but the mafia in England will not openly confront those who mingle with the upper class. Unless they don't want to live anymore. (To be continued......)