"Brendan, I didn't waste your time."

"No, I've been pretty idle lately."

Rist has been answering that sentence lately. In the morning they also had coffee in Italy and the owners of Naples, and at noon they had lunch in Eindhoven and their chairman, Van Khanie. In the afternoon it was in London and Tottenham's Daniel. Levy negotiated, and made an appointment to meet with the others in the evening.

Anyway, the recent period of Riester has been such an itinerary. Rist even thinks that according to his current itinerary, he should buy a private jet. You don't have to be as tired as you are now, it's much easier to do anything with a private jet. The purchase of a private jet is estimated to be between £30 million and £40 million. It's not cheap, but Rist isn't unaffordable. On the contrary, Lister can still get this money.

However, there is a good thing about being busy, and that is that Rist has completed a transfer again. An agreement was quickly reached between Napoli and PSV Eindhoven, with PSV Afele moving to Napoli for €23 million, becoming the top bidder in the Serie A transfer market this season. Napoli have also shown their ambitions with such transfers. Of course, although Afelai's transfer fee is high, his salary is not high at all.

Unlike Messi and Ribery, who can get 6 million euros after tax, Afele comes to Napoli with an annual salary of only 2.6 million euros after tax. However, for Afelai, this salary is also much higher than that of Eindhoven. Napoli have a tight grip on the team's salaries. Afelai's current salary is the highest in all of Naples.

In fact, Rist didn't really think of Napoli as the last stage. No matter how Napoli develops, Serie A as a whole is declining. Napoli alone cannot carry the banner of Serie A revival. If Serie A wants to be revived, it still needs to look at the revival of the top three in the north. So Afele went to Naples, and Rist just used Naples as a springboard. By the time Afele has made a name for himself in Serie A, it will be a good process to move to a big club.

PSV Eindhoven announced that the summer sale was over. Because this summer PSV Eindhoven have already sold Afelai, Messi, Russ. Diarra is the absolute main force of the three, and Shaheen has also been taken back by Dortmund. As a result, PSV Eindhoven's squad is missing four main players.

However, after selling three players, PSV Eindhoven earned more than 70 million euros. PSV Eindhoven immediately brought in Dembele from AZ Alkmaar for six million euros. Then another seven million euros were spent to bring in defender Ramirez from Cruzeiro. Anyway, Eindhoven has money now, and the introduction of several multi-million euro players does not blink an eye.

And Rister ran to England during this time for the sake of another talented player Bale. Bale made 33 appearances and scored eight goals in the Championship after starting as a left winger last season. Although it was only eight goals, it did not even enter the top 20 in the Championship. But as a young player who is only 18 years old, this is still a very good result.

There are many clubs interested in Bale right now, but the most sincere, that is, the most money-worthy, is Tottenham. Southampton is short of money right now. Despite Lister's sponsorship, there was still a lack of money for Southampton. Therefore, they are more inclined to offer Tottenham at a high price.

Rist is also more inclined towards Tottenham. Because Manchester United has a front trident composed of Wayne Rooney, Ribery and Villa in the frontcourt, as well as Nani who has just been introduced. There is the veteran Ryan Giggs. There is Park Ji-sung, who must come out of the competition, and so on. Gareth Bale will have a hard time playing at Manchester United.

Arsenal have the same problem. Kalou and Nasri, who have just been introduced, are both top players and are technical flow players that Wenger likes very much. And Cristiano. Ronaldo and Robin van Persie can both play on the wings. Bale's biggest advantage over them is his speed, and his foot skills are not as good as those of French and African players. He couldn't have had more chances at Arsenal.

On the contrary, Tottenham have just sold Malouda for a high price, and there is still a shortage of people on the left. Although there are Arshavin and Hleb, Arshavin plays more as a second striker, and Hleb plays on the right. So Bell may have more chances. For Bell now. The most important thing is the game. So after the final rounds of negotiations, Tottenham brought in the eighteen-year-old Bale for £7 million.

Although Bale is gone, Southampton Rist does not want to give up yet. Whenever Rist is looking for a foothold in a league, he likes to find such a club. No money, a club that is completely unequal to Rist. Such a club is able to control the direction of his development. In England, Lister has business dealings with wealthy families. But Rist wanted an obedient club of his own, and Southampton was the best. So Lister and Southampton continue to work together. Rist has been on loan at Southampton with two young Czech players.

One is the new Jankoller, the eighteen-year-old Nesyd is the best product of the Czech Academy in Riester. He started playing in the Czech league last season, and although he was not an absolute mainstay, he scored seven goals and provided four assists in the Czech league. He is another talented center forward from the Czech Republic, with a height of 1.9 meters, fast speed, good small skills, good passing, and good shooting and headers.

The other is also a top talent produced by Lister's Czech academy, 20-year-old Fenning. Ferning was strong in the assists and of course had a great shot on goal. Fenning has also made his mark in the Czech league, scoring three goals in the league last season but tally nine assists.

In this year's World Junior Championships in Canada, they all performed very well. West Germany scored three goals in this edition of the World Youth Championship, while Fenning also had two goals and three assists. The last batch of Czech national youth teams won the runner-up in the World Youth Championships, only to lose to the Argentine national youth team by one goal in the final. Sergio Aguero became a big star, but the Czech national youth team did not perform badly either.

The two people have a high starting point, but there are also bad points. If it had been in the Czech league five or six years ago, the two of them would have been the top talents in the limelight. But the Czech league has grown too fast in recent years. As a result, the players of the previous clubs in the Czech Republic are too good. It's not so easy for the two of them to get a consistent chance to play. Necide and Fenning are both in Sparta Prague right now, but it's too difficult to get a chance from anyone else.

That's why Rist wants them to see different styles of football and let them grow here. If it's a real genius, then you have to see the wind and rain. If they can succeed in English football, then their future is brighter. That's why Rist deepened his partnership with Southampton and sent these two players. Of course, Southampton didn't have any money, so they just loaned it to Southampton.

It's not just the two of them, Rist has also brought Southampton a midfielder. In the future, he will be a main striker in Valencia. Tino, who is still a nobody and a completely free agent, is still a nobody. Costa.

However, Southampton has a lot of good players, but they lack good coaches. Southampton was really bad at this time, and the economic problems were serious. It's just that this is a big deal compared to Dortmund. Dortmund and Rist threw in almost 60 million euros, and it didn't solve Dortmund's problems. It's up to Dortmund to get out on their own.

But Southampton is different. Their economic problems are too simple. With Rist's sponsorship, plus Bale's transfer fee, of course Rist lent another five million euros. Southampton doesn't see any economic problems at all.

A rich man like Rist, the boss of Southampton will not give up. So when Rist said he was willing to find a good manager for Southampton, Southampton did not object. It was for this reason that Rist came to London again.

"Rist. You're in the press a lot. The Sun says you've made more than 200 million transfers this summer. They say a third of the transfers in European football this summer have a relationship with you. ”

"Hahaha. You also read tabloids like The Sun. ”

The Sun is definitely exaggerating. Although Rist has been active this summer, not a third of his transfers have been linked to him. If there really is an agent in European football who can manipulate a third of transfers, then that person is too powerful. Maybe it will become the target of European football.

However, in the transfer of more than 20 million euros. There are indeed many of Rist's figures. Messi, Afellai, Russ. Diarra. It's all Lister's player transfers. In addition to them, including Tevez, Alves, Kompany, Modric, these transfers are involved.

"Say it, Riester. Find me something. ”

Rogers went straight to the point. Rister is looking for Brendan Rodgers, the current Chelsea development team coach and the historical Liverpool manager, in London. Rist and Rogers have known each other for a long time, and Rogers admires the Spanish and Dutch styles of football rather than the traditional English style. So a few years ago, he traveled to Spain and the Netherlands to learn about the football of these two countries.

Brendan Rodgers likes to keep the ball. That's why I've consulted a lot of coaches. In the past, he often went to Eindhoven to learn Eindhoven's style of play, especially with Hiddink. In South Korea, Australia, and Russia, Hiddink is known for his tenacity, with a strong emphasis on physical strength. But Hiddink is the head coach of the Netherlands after all, and the Dutch all-attacking and all-defensive is also reflected in him. Rodgers admires Dutch football, so he has consulted a lot of Dutch coaches.

It was because of Rogers' study tours in Spain and the Netherlands. It just so happened that Rist had a large business in Spain and the Netherlands. So Rist knew Rogers as well.

'Brendan, do you want to stay at Chelsea as a reserve manager? You're thirty-four years old. ”

"I've learned a lot from Jose in the last few years. I want to study for another year or two. Then coach independently. ”

Rogers understood what Rist meant by today's visit, so he politely declined Rist. Don't look at Mourinho as the head coach of the defensive counter-attack, but he studied under Robson and Louis van Gaal, and has been cultivated in Barcelona for many years. He has a deep understanding of Barcelona's possession and has a lot of unique insights into attack. Although it is different from Rodgers' possession philosophy, Rodgers still learned a lot from Mourinho. It's not just the tactical way of playing, it's also about how to control the dressing room, how to adjust the morale of the team, and so on. Therefore, he hopes to continue learning with Mourinho.

"Huh."

Rist smiled, then asked directly: "Brendan, do you know why you suddenly went from youth coach to reserve coach last summer?" ”

"Why?"

"I don't believe you don't know. Because last summer Frank. Arneson has joined Chelsea in a high-profile manner and has taken charge of Chelsea's youth system. That's why Jose Mourinho made you a reserve coach. ”

These filths in the Chelsea team, Lister can be said to be clear. Mourinho himself was very unhappy with Arneson's arrival, because Arneson directly took half of Mourinho's rights. Plus in the summer came Shevchenko and Barak, whom he didn't like. He didn't like Arneson, so he transferred Rodgers, whom he valued, to the reserve team and didn't let Arneson take charge.

Hearing Rist's bluntness, Rogers smiled. Although Rodgers admires Mourinho and learns a lot from him, his personality is completely different. Rogers also has some pride, but his personality is still relatively gentle.

"Do you want to study next to Mourinho? But there was no chance. ”

"Jose leaving?"

Rogers, who had been smiling all the time, was suddenly startled. At this time, Mourinho's position at Chelsea is really God first, Mourinho second. Many Chelsea fans have a complete admiration for him, and many Chelsea staff members also have a lot of respect for him.

A lot of people at Chelsea want Mourinho to be Ferguson, Arsene Wenger for Chelsea. For Chelsea, who have not won a league title for half a century, Mourinho brings not only the Premier League title, but also the momentum and indomitable style that defies the world. As an upstart rejected by all the big teams, Chelsea fans love Mourinho's overriding personality.

Rogers wasn't stupid, and Rist could have guessed what he meant when he said that. It is precisely because Mourinho is so important at Chelsea that the calm Rodgers can't help but be surprised.

Rist nodded slowly and said, "The matter is already unsolvable. Mendes and Pini. Zahavi is incompatible, and Mourinho completely dismissed Abramovich's face last season. Didn't you see that from last season's winter transfer to this season's summer transfer, the Chelsea hierarchy has completely thrown off Mourinho? The fact that a manager in England is not able to intervene in the transfer market shows that he has lost the trust of the hierarchy. ”

"That doesn't mean ...... either"

"Brendan, I'll tell you the truth. Not to mention this season, Mourinho can't even get past the first half of the season. Unless he can perform against the sky this season, the team will not have a moment of slump. Otherwise, as long as there are two or three slumps, he will leave. ”

Rogers was speechless. He also knew there was something dirty about Mourinho and the Chelsea hierarchy, but he never thought it would be so serious. He needed to sort out his chaotic thinking.

Of course, Rogers didn't think of Rist's empty white fangs bragging. Rodgers and Rist have known each other for many years, Rist is the top agent predator in European football, and Rodgers is a little minion who has not even been a manager. But Rist has always been equal to him and has never lied to him. It's impossible to lie to him for a little thing now.

"Come on. You're strong enough and you've learned enough. What you need now is experience, what you need is practice, Southampton has talented players waiting for you to tweak. You need any type of player, I can prepare it for you. You don't have any pressure there, you can do whatever you imagine. ”

Coaches like Brendan Rodgers, they all have one goal, that is, to be able to become a head coach on their own. Rogers also had this idea, so hearing Rist's words, this time he began to have some heartbeat.

If Jose Mourinho leaves, there will certainly be some turmoil for Chelsea. It's really nothing to stay there.