On April 1, the official website of the Derby County Club announced the heavy news that the GSE consortium in the United States has completed all the acquisitions of the club, officially becoming the sole owner of the club, with chairman Jie Smith stepping down and GSE consortium agent Pearson taking over.

Meanwhile, the club's general manager, Paul Wilcox, resigned and was replaced by Pearson's assistant, Sam Rush.

These two pieces of news are absolutely shocking.

Derby County fans are all looking at being acquired from a bystander perspective, in fact, many English fans are resistant to foreign investment into their own leagues, because they feel that it will no longer be an English team, but for small clubs, it is good news to be acquired, small clubs have no capital injection, it is difficult to really rise in this era of capital football, and if you want to develop, you must have financial support, because of this, Derby County fans will be conflicted in their hearts, on the one hand, they hope that the club can really develop, On the other hand, they do not want to see the club acquired by foreign capital.

The only good news is that the new chairman, Pearson, is a Greater Derbyshire native who lived in the town of Greater Derby as a child, and although he moved away as a teenager, it is undeniable that he is a pure Derbyshire fan, which somewhat eases the resistance of the fans.

For the club's insiders, the impact of this takeover is also very large, and the club can be described as panicking, after all, no one knows what the new chairman will arrange for the club, and the various staff, including the coaches of the youth system, do not know whether they can continue to hold their original positions.

Jim came to Wansheng more than once to complain, and it was obvious that he wanted Wansheng to help talk to the new chairman and let Jim continue to stay in the club as an assistant coach.

Jim has been working for Derby County FC for more than ten years, doing some chores as an assistant coach, and his real ability is not very good, so he can only barely lead the team, and because of this. If he loses his job, Jim will have a hard time finding another good job.

Perhaps the only thing the whole club is not worried about is Wan Sheng.

Before the official announcement, Wansheng had already received a call from the new chairman, and Pearson came up and raised the topic of 'contract renewal'.

Pearson can't wait to renew his contract with Wan Sheng, he regards this as the most urgent job, although Wan Sheng has two years left on his contract with the club, but in European football, it is too common for the head coach to change jobs, and he came directly to England without seeing Mourinho help Porto win a 'treble', and the capable manager said. There will be no shortage of teams that need him.

Wan Sheng is extremely important in the team.

Pearson is most important for his ability to tap young players, and now most of the main players in the first team are Wansheng, such an amazing vision is what the club needs most.

Wan Sheng didn't expect the new chairman to attach so much importance to himself.

In fact, after the handover of the club was completed, he didn't think about whether to stay in the club, and he still had to take a look, and the club president was in such a hurry to find himself to renew his contract, which was a good start, so he called Kevin Tagore. "The new president of the club asked me to renew my contract"

"What a good thing! What do you think? ”

"We can talk."

Kevin Tagore on the other end of the phone was a little excited, maybe it was also the job of an agent, he did too little, and he couldn't wait to show what he was capable of as an agent. "Don't worry! Wansheng, leave it all to me! I'll be sure to help you bite into a big piece of meat! Haha, I'm the legendary vampire! ”

Wan Sheng can only roll his eyes at Kevin Tagore's joke, but the other party on the phone will definitely not see it. "The salary can be negotiated, I only have one demand that must be negotiated - I need absolute transfer authority from the club!"

Kevin Tagore understood, "Of course. You've had the right to make a direct decision on a transfer under £5 million before, and I think they'll agree with Derby County this season. ”

"That's for the best, of course. The contract will be signed for three years, the short term is better, and the liquidated damages will be less, there is no need to sign a contract that is too long."

The new chairman has been replaced, and Wansheng doesn't understand it, but it feels better to have a short-term contract.

"No problem. OK, what else are the requirements? ”

"Of course the salary should be raised, at least," Wan Sheng considered, "at least double, I don't think this request is too much!" ”

"Of course, if you want me to say, they should pay you ten times your salary!" Kevin Tagore affirmed.

The main thing about the contract is salary, and Kevin Tagore has always been unhappy with Wansheng's salary because he has brought a lot of young talent to the club, and each of these young talents has become an asset to the club, and Wansheng has not received anything.

Kevin Tagore added, "Doubling is too little, I have to get at least three times my salary, that's not as good as Mourinho, that Portugal gets more than five times your salary, but his team can only be behind you!" ”

Wan Sheng smiled and didn't say anything.

He knows it's impossible, each club has its own wage system, and few teams will break the wage system without a large injection of foreign capital.

He can't be a manager either.

Even if he has contributed a lot to the team, if his salary is too high, the whole salary system will go wrong, and the club spends the most on salary.

The club would rather mark him with a huge bonus on the contract than a high salary.

After the two talked a few more words about the matter, Wan Sheng hung up the phone, and then he just had to wait for the result, all he needed to think about was the team and the game.

That's his job.

Negotiating a new contract is completely handed over to Kevin Tagore, that's Tagore's job, agents are dedicated to this, if you need to worry about everything, there is no point in asking for an agent.

Wan Sheng is not too worried about renewing the contract.

Anyone knows that he will definitely be able to stay in the team, and if the club changes a few presidents, he will be the head coach of the team because his results are good enough.

If the new chairman of the club does not renew his contract, it is very abnormal!

Wan Sheng prefers to stay in the team.

He's been at Derby County for two seasons now and the team is completely built by him, and he knows every player emotionally. I am also familiar with the environment here, and it is very good to live and work here. In terms of the team, he has a lot of popularity in the team, established his own majesty, and now the whole team listens to him, and he has a strong backbone, and tactically speaking, he has also adapted to his own planning.

Wan Sheng believes that under his leadership, Derby County will go from strength to strength. The results will also get better and better.

Next year, he is confident to lead the team to the European championship!

But it's not up to him alone, it also needs the cooperation of the whole team, for example, in the summer, if there is a considerable transfer fund, it would be great, it is not easy to fight for the European title, you have to give the team enough bench depth, but also to add one or two pillars to the team. After replenishing the lineup, the team will be stronger and more likely to achieve good results.

In addition, he has plenty of experience at Derby.

After all, he was just 28 years old. He is definitely very young in the football coaching industry, and his young age also limits his experience, but in Derby County he can bring enough experience and at the same time upgrade his own unique thing - the football training master system.

In short, Wan Sheng still hopes that he can stay at the Derby County club for a few more years.

Even if you have to leave. It was also after leading the team to the top, and now the team is just getting started, and it is too early to leave.

So for renewals. Wansheng is still looking forward to it.

But unfortunately, the renewal did not go well, and the biggest point of contention was the transfer right

"He wants full transfer rights? That's impossible! ”

In the president's office, general manager Sam Rush is shouting to Plzeň, "The transfer rights belong to the club, he's just a coach!" ”

Pearson frowned and said, "He originally decided directly on the right to transfer players under £5 million, which is stipulated in his contract with the club. ”

"That's a problem left by Smith, and it has nothing to do with us."

"But now the club is ours and we have taken over his contract as well," Pearson said sensibly.

Sam Rush let out a long breath and gritted his teeth and said, "Then continue to give him this right, anyway, many players in the first team are worth more than this number." ”

"What do you think?"

"Adam, you know, Mr. Ashnap wants to make money on the club, not invest in it. The consortium has spent a lot of money buying the club, and it's a bit difficult to run it right now, and we'll have to rely on selling a few players to get it back in the summer. Sam Rush said, "You convinced Mr. Ashnap at the time that the club would make money, so we couldn't give him all the transfer rights. ”

"Yesterday the CEO of Hamburg contacted me and he said that they needed Van der Vaart, they offered a high price of 18 million euros, I really can't think of a reason to refuse, if the transfer is in his hands, he will not sell Van der Vaart."

"But we must keep him!" Pearson frowned, "As long as he stays, there will be another Van der Vaart." ”

"Really? Adam? What do you think? Sam Rush's expression was a little incredulous, "That's Van der Vaart, a star worth up to 18 million euros!" When he came to Derby, he was also worth 7 million euros, and he was already a genius. I don't think he has any ability to bring another Van der Vaart, maybe he has a very accurate vision for young players, like Arsene Wenger, like Alex Ferguson, but Manchester United's 92-year golden generation is just a generation, and Arsenal's young players, there are a few who can really become famous. ”

"Even Arsene Wenger has times when he makes mistakes, look at their Spanish striker Reyes, this recruitment will definitely make them lose money!"

"He may have some ability, but no one can guarantee that he will always be accurate. There are a lot of players in the team that he didn't bring in, and I've noticed that players like Lichtsteiner and Nemanja Vidic aren't that good, but they all joined the team last summer for millions of euros. ”

'So he's going to make mistakes, we can't guarantee Van der Vaart, but it's real for the club to make money.'

Sam Rush kept saying his analysis.

Pearson was somewhat convinced.

The young Chinese is indeed very capable, and Derby County can have it now is inseparable from his ability, but it is a bit too much to ask for full transfer rights.

Sam Rush has a point, and who can guarantee that their vision will always be accurate?

Relying on the existing squad of Derby County, even if the head coach is changed, the team's results cannot be bad, after all, the team has Van der Vaart, Morris, Kluivert, and the veteran Marcus, the new star Alfred, Burton-Reitt and others, the current Derby County can be described as full of talent, even if the two stars are sold, in the summer, after a slight addition, the lineup will not be much worse, and it will also be in the queue for the league title.

Then do what Sam says!

If the young Chinese accepts the terms of maintaining the original 'transfer rights under 5 million pounds', offers him a higher salary and completes the contract extension, if he does not agree, then he will have to find a new manager in the summer.

"Offer a higher salary and continue to talk to his agent." Pearson clapped, "I don't think anyone would say no to a high salary, except for the transfer right, everything else can be discussed." (To be continued......)