"We have one more loyal following."

When he walked into the office, Olas's face was drunk with a hint of drunkenness, but more of a smile, a smug smile.

"But I still think it's dangerous. Michel, this is gambling with our future, the future of Lyon, and even the future of France. ”

The person who answered him was his special assistant and the previous coach of the Lyon team, Bernard Lacombe.

Lacombe was a legendary goalscorer for Lyon as a player, and until the 21st century, he was the second-highest scorer in Ligue 1 all-time – with a total of 255 league goals that gave him a high standing in Ligue 1.

And he has another record that leaves people speechless. At his peak, he ranked second in the scorer list for three consecutive years - in these three years, the Golden Boot was a different person, but the second place has never changed.

With 255 goals and no Golden Boot in his life, the legend is a tragic figure.

"Gambling? No, it's transformation. Aulas disagreed, "Manchester United are commercialized, look at their achievements. Real Madrid commercialized, look at their impact. Milan, Arsenal, which of these publicity-oriented teams is not thriving? Barcelona, Inter Milan, which of these crippled ones has a bright future? ”

Lacombe knew that he couldn't talk about Aulas, so he had to keep his mouth shut about it, "In fact, our economic strength and the strong foundation of the team, it is not difficult to win the championship in Ligue 1." Why do you have to be so ......?"

"What I'm trying to do is not just to win a few championships. I'm not Guy Roux, I'm Aulas. I want Lyon's hegemony in Ligue 1, I want Lyon's dominance in Europe, and I want a dynasty team that is better than Tapi. That's why I'm doing this, or I'm the next Tapi, and they're going to suck my blood, eat my flesh, kill me, and destroy Leon. ”

Lacombe was silent, he knew the fierceness of the infighting in Ligue 1, and he was speechless about it, "Are you really going to help Ajaccio?" ”

"Of course not. At this time, prudence is a must, and if the Football Association catches any of them, it will be difficult for us to implement the plan. Why should I help that guy? I can't even hide from him. ”

Aulas's bluntness made Lacombe quite speechless, "Then you are not afraid of Moretti against the water......"

"I give them benefits, and they can't refuse me." Olas quoted a line from his godfather and shook his finger a little smugly, "I was able to attract him not by promising to help, but by promising to give Moretti enough financial benefits." Why is he anti-water? Between a huge income and a former coach, doesn't he know how to choose? ”

"It's not right for you to do that anyway." Lacombe was silent for a long time before he gave a word.

Aura smirked and didn't refute his words. There must be a big difference between a player-born person and a businessman-born person who understands football. He didn't expect Lacombe to change his mind, as long as he could be on the same side as himself. Football is a circle that pays attention to seniority, and businessmen are always despised by people, just like Real Madrid President Florentino, who turned Real Madrid from the brink of bankruptcy to the richest team in the world, and a series of measures are not too bad, but because he is a businessman, he is ridiculed in every way, and any mistakes of Real Madrid are all blamed on him. Olas has long understood this kind of seniority in football circles, and he has always treated the patriarchs well, bringing out Domenech, Tigana, Lacombe and others one by one, in order to let these patriarchs use him as guns and prevent his actions from being discussed.

In fact, it is also true. Lyon has not won the championship for many years, but no one blames Aolas, who trusts the club's veterans, blames the coaching staff for the blame, and praises Aolas. Tapi is a lesson from the past, and Olas is the master of the car.

"Do we have any hope of winning the title this season?" Olas knew how to distract Lacombe and steer the conversation away. Sure enough, Lacombe was clearly more interested in the topic, "it still looks likely." Lens are four points ahead of us and have the advantage, but the last round of games is a direct conversation for us and we are in good form at the moment and we will definitely win. ”

"But we're four points off...... Lens had few strong opponents before the final round, and neither did we. If they win the championship in the 33rd round......"

"No, for so many years in Ligue 1, no team has won the championship in advance. Tappi's Marseille, the professor's Monaco, they don't have anything to do, why can Lens do it? ”

Lacombe's tone was firm, but Aulas only smiled wryly - who said that something that has not been done can't be had?

"See what God's will is." Olas sighed and didn't say anything more about it, "Hopefully we can take it down." ”

"I know you're unhappy with Santini and keeping him because he has a deep influence in DTN. But you have to admit that he did study the tactics and Lyon are playing a lot better now than they were when I was and we had an average of around 60 per cent possession, which is a great achievement. ”

Olas smiled and said nothing. As a player, you naturally like beautiful football, attacking football, and it is best to look like a good game. But as a boss, I still prefer more stable results, and the defensive counterattack is ugly, but it is insurance, especially if the strong team pulls the lower face, it is not difficult to achieve results in anti-counterattack football at all.

Aulas has done a lot of things over the years to accumulate stars, and what he wants is for these players to play well, not to play beautifully.

'Now the team is on the right path, as long as we can keep investing, it's all right. Santini proposed that you have not given an opinion on the matter of recruitment. Lacombe reminded.

"Let's talk about it after the season is over, the World Cup is coming, the value of players in the past of the tournament will definitely rise, who is willing to sell players now?" Olas said perfunctorily.

"You just won't buy people as Santini says."

"Bernard, our team, there is no lack of skill, there is no lack of talent, what is lacking is defensive toughness. What we should have bought was a good back. ”

Aulas still knows a little bit about football, and Lacombe knows he's right, although Vivianfo is tall, but he plays as a central midfielder, not a pure midfielder, not a very good defender. If it weren't for the transformation of Juninho into a central midfielder this season, Lyon's backline would have been difficult to maintain.

"Are you ready to bring in Essien?" Lacombe asked.

Everyone knows that Bastia is a satellite of Lyon. Michael Essien has been throwing there all these years, which is a deliberate leveling act by Lyon. He has long been on Lyon's inspection list, and sooner or later he will be Lyon's man, and there is a consensus on this in Ligue 1. Therefore, when it comes to recruitment, Lacombe also thinks of this move.

But Olas shook his head, "He's not very good defensively, he's just too hungry to attack, we don't need his type of player, and we don't have the time to level him up – I have a crush on a player from the Eredivisie, an African, and I think that's what to bring in." ”

Lacombe nodded, acquiescing.

"Speaking of Bastia, there's one more thing I haven't told you yet." Olas was silent for a while before he spoke, "Someone put forward some conditions for me, the matter of restructuring, they agreed, but they hope to expand the army at the same time. ”

"18 teams changed to 20 teams?" Lacombe understood this at first hearing, but frowned, "Who made such a stupid opinion?" Didn't they take into account the actual situation? The lineup of the French team is generally not thick, plus two cup competitions, if the army is expanded, there is not enough manpower at all. ”

To be precise, there are not enough people for many fronts, Olas added in his heart.

"Why do you think they're so talkative?" Olas smiled wryly, "No one is stupid. The underdog team just wants to make the game heavier, so that we can't fight on multiple fronts. Otherwise, where would their honor come from? And if they play more games, they can make more money. ”

Each has his own thoughts. Lacombe sighed, this was to be expected. What the team is trying to do is either honor or income. The small teams are also trying to do this, when Lyon can give them benefits, they can attract them, but for the sake of interests, they are also likely to be not of the same mind as Lyon.

That's why we have to negotiate.

"Bordeaux, Marseille, and Lille are also strong teams, fighting on multiple fronts, don't they have any objections?"

"Do you think they're in the mood to fight on multiple fronts? In the whole of Ligue 1, who else wants to work hard in Europe except for us Lyon? Marseille may be one, but they also have to play in Europe. Paris...... Hmph, the eleven substitutes have done everything to play in the Europa League, will they care about multi-front operations? ”

Ligue 1 was still the second league in Europe in the 90s, and once created a record of three of the top four, and Marseille was also the only team at that time that called the Milan dynasty without falling behind. But in just a few years, La Liga, the Bundesliga, and the Premier League have all been forced to eat, and Ligue 1 has fallen all the way to the fifth place in Europe, firstly because the team owners are unwilling to pay money, and they will sell out with outstanding players, and secondly, because the French teams are all not interested in European competition. They always think that they are inferior, they can't go far in Europe, and they don't want to work hard when they have the qualifications. The foundation of the French league is not thick enough, and their practice has caused the points of French League 1 to plummet.

Olas is very dissatisfied with this, the low points in Ligue 1 also drag down Lyon, and he is naturally unhappy with this situation when he always encounters strong teams in European competitions. However, he used Paris as a pretense to talk about things, which also made Lacombe a little unable to answer - if you want to talk about the team that is an expert in the civil war, an outsider in the foreign war, a team in the league and a mess in the European competition, Lille is the best. But Lille and Leon had a good relationship, so Olas never mentioned it, so Lacombe didn't know what to say.

"You promised them?" Lacombe asked.

"It's still being discussed, but I guess we'll have to back down eventually. How can negotiations be done if no one makes concessions? The most I can do is get a few more foreign places for the team. ”

Lacombe was silent for a moment before speaking again, "Speaking of several targets for Santini's reinforcements, there is also an Asian, if it is restructured, it will also be counted as foreign aid......"

"Then don't waste any more time on him." Olas gave the answer, "Lyon has a development plan for Lyon, don't waste time and energy because of irrelevant people. ”

"But he can become a talent......"

"The success or failure of one or two talents has nothing to do with the overall situation." Olas replied, "No one can change Lyon's will to become the number one club in Ligue 1. ”