"Chairman Gibson, I'm very pleased to have received your call so quickly."

Because there are a lot of things to deal with in the Czech Republic. Although there is no need for Rister to ask about the current management of the company, the Czech Republic is Rist's lair after all. Rist is very concerned about the Czech Republic, both in terms of interests and feelings.

And the players who play abroad are not short of staff except for Rist's agent and his side. Rist currently has his own studio in nine European countries. The branches in Spain and the Netherlands are the largest. So now, even if they don't have Rist himself, there is no shortage of people around them to help them deal with things.

So Lister spent a month and a half in Prague. Nearly half of the time is focused on the current youth training base. Rist's attention to this academy base is more than anything else, even more than some of the biggest players. Here, too, Lister has the most money to invest in the future. Because for Lister, this youth training base is the biggest capital for him to be able to stand in European football for a long time in the future. It can even be said that as long as Lister has such a youth training base, Lister will not decline in European football.

If it weren't for the fact that I received Steve. Gibson's call, Rist also wants to continue to pay attention to the issue of the youth base. Even Lister has suggested that Merkley can talk to the German side about youth training. Rist clearly remembers that ten years later, German football is full of talents, all of which are the result of ten years of youth training in Germany.

"Mr. Cairny, please be seated."

Gibson is still the same. Speak slowly and in a low voice. Gibson invited Rist to watch a cricket match today. Cricket is arguably the second most popular sport in England after football, and the fans here are crazy. I also know a little about Cricket Lister, but I am not very familiar with it. It's ok to look once in a while, but there's no enthusiasm. Anyway, the two of them weren't here to watch a cricket match today.

"Mr. Cirny, after you left, we took a look at Coach Moyes at the club and he was really good. I'm interested in having him in charge of Middlesbrough next season. ”

Gibson has been in a good mood lately. Venables is a big jerk, but he's really good at coaching. In less than two months, he played nine games. Unexpectedly, he led Middlesbrough to four wins, two draws and three losses, and scored 14 points in nine rounds. In fact, Middlesbrough only had 14 points in the first half of the season. Therefore, the current points have reached 28 points, and they jumped out of the relegation circle in one fell swoop.

There are more than ten rounds left in the Premier League. As long as you get about ten points, relegation is a certainty. If it weren't for the bad reputation of Venables. Or maybe his hands and feet are too unclean. Otherwise, Gibson really wants to turn Venables right. Because of his coaching ability, Venables is definitely the best among coaches in England.

But Gibson was also afraid. Like Brian. Robson can be said to have bought a lot of parallel goods, but Gibson still trusts him. Because Brian. Robson is far more upright than Venables. His buying parallel goods is a matter of ability and vision. And Venables buys parallel goods because of money. When he was in Portsmouth. Bought a lot of parallel Australian goods. It's to eat kickbacks. Zuihou caused Portsmouth to go bankrupt after that. He just left Portsmouth.

If at Portsmouth he bought a lot of parallel Australian players, then after arriving at Crystal Palace, he really made all the Premier League chairmen stay away. Because the owner of Crystal Palace at that time was really obedient to Venables. But this guy deceived the owner of Crystal Palace.

All kinds of strange transfers appeared in his hands. Just like the Israeli left-back Amusalem, who is only worth tens of thousands of pounds, Venables bought it for 850,000 pounds. He was later returned to Israel by Crystal Palace for only £25,000. Of course, this is not the most bizarre. One of the most bizarre transfers at Crystal Palace was that of Argentine player Walter. Bender. Leo.

At that time, Venables wanted to take the player on loan. Two hundred thousand pounds were spent. He bought half of his ownership and spent more than 300,000 pounds. In total, more than half a million pounds were spent on Crystal Palace. He was a Boca player at the time, which is not very expensive to say. Because at this time, the owner of Crystal Palace has already invested more than 6 million pounds in the transfer market after listening to Venables and does not care about spending an extra 500,000 pounds.

But the funny thing is, it's a perfect scam. This player has long been terminated by Boca because of his lack of strength. In other words, the player was a free agent at the time, and the 500,000 pounds were completely deceived. As for whose pocket the 500,000 pounds of money has fallen, no one can say.

Venables only wanted to make money at Crystal Palace, and Zuihou made the owners of Crystal Palace invest more than 10 million pounds in the transfer market. Venables led Crystal Palace to relegation from the Premier League and then from League One. The deception was almost over, so he resigned and left. Left behind the silly owner of Crystal Palace.

It is precisely because of such a bad record that Gibson did not dare to let Venables turn positive. He just wants Venables to help with relegation. Of course, Gibson is very good at being a man, and when he asked Venables to save him, all kinds of conditions were out of the blue. But Gibson never wanted to keep Venables in charge of Middlesbrough.

"President Gibson, your choice today will surely go down in Middlesbrough's history."

Rist was overjoyed. Among the Premier League clubs, Middlesbrough is definitely the best club for David Moyes to coach. Gibson is rich, although he is not a shijie-level rich man like Abu, but it is not a problem to spend around 20 million pounds a season in the transfer market. Although this money is nothing, with Rist's help, it can be used to the greatest effect.

"Mr. Czerny, I'm very risky. Coach Moyes, although he had a good record at Preston, was too young after all. Becoming the manager of a Premier League club at the age of 38 worries me a lot. ”

"Huh. Chairman Gibson. Why don't we have more clauses in our contract? ”

"What terms?"

Gibson has already chosen Moyes, so he won't change easily. It's like Blair. Robson, with Middlesbrough's results is average, but Gibson has always chosen to believe him. Now that he has chosen Moyes, then he will choose to believe in him. However, it was the first time he had worked with an agent predator like Rist, so he wanted to know more about Rist.

"Moyes's annual salary is not very demanding, three hundred thousand pounds."

Moyes now earns less than £100,000 a year at Preston, more than three times more than £300,000 a year. But in the Premier League, the manager's annual salary of 300,000 pounds is not very high, and it should even be said to be the bottom. At present, there are seven or eight people in the Premier League who earn more than a million pounds a year. Moyes is young, though. It's okay to coach a Premier League team for the first time, £300,000.

"But we can have additional terms. If the team is relegated next season. Then hopefully the team will automatically renew the contract for two years. If you finish in the top 10, you want to be rewarded with £100,000, if you finish in the top eight, £200,000, and if you get a place in the League Cup, you will be rewarded with £300,000. Of course, if you can get a Champions League place, then it will be a reward of 500,000 pounds. ”

Gibson listened to Rist's words and nodded slowly. He doesn't expect much from David Moyes, and to be relegated in his first season is to get the job done. As for entering the top 10. That's overfulfillment. It's also a good idea to give more rewards. Finish in the top eight. That's a very good result for Middlesbrough over the years.

And getting a place in the League Cup was a bonus. The award is 300,000 pounds, which is not much at all. Of course, he couldn't even think of getting into the Champions League. Or maybe it's just saying it's good-looking.

However, Gibson Zuihou still said: "Mr. Cirny, what if our club is relegated next season?" ”

"It's simple."

Lister said word by word: "I personally pay for the loss of Middlesbrough." Of course, I can't calculate all the losses to you, but once Middlesbrough are relegated under Moyes, I will personally pay Middlesbrough £8 million. ”

Gibson's eyes widened for a moment, his eyes widened for a moment, his voice was not high, and he felt weak. Of course, he quickly hid the shock in his heart, but the surprise of that moment was completely felt by Lister. In fact, for Gibson, Moyes really led the team to relegation, and he can only say that he was unlucky. He really didn't expect Lister to say that if the club was relegated, he would pay eight million pounds.

Eight million pounds sterling is not a small amount, and it is fifteen million euros when converted into euros. With so much money, even a rich man of Gibson's level would not dare to say that he would take it out casually. Gibson had a huge wave in his heart, either Rist had absolute confidence in Moyes, or Rist's financial strength was strong, or he was very fond of gambling. He definitely didn't expect Rist to dare to make such a bet.

"This condition of mine is valid for the duration of Coach Moyes' contract. If the club is relegated during the term of his contract, this amount of compensation is valid. Of course, there is a condition for this compensation, that is, he must not be allowed to leave the class in the middle of his tenure. Even if the grades are not good. ”

Gibson nodded slowly.

"Mr. Chelny, since you have so much confidence in your coach, I have decided to trust you as well. I'm sure you wouldn't think eight million pounds is a small amount of money. ”

"Of course, Chairman Gibson. Eight million pounds, how many players do I have to buy and sell to make that much money. It's because I have enough confidence in my coach that I dare to boast. ”

Rist really has faith in Moyes. Everton's squad is worse than Middlesbrough now, and they have invested far less than Middlesbrough. But even then, David Moyes was able to achieve great results, let alone Middlesbrough now.

"President Gibson, I've rarely been involved in English football before. But I also know the rules of English football, and although Coach Moyes is young, I think the club will give him enough rights. ”

"I'm a man in English football." (To be continued......)