Chapter 2138 The Other End of the Ocean

In April last year, Yin Jun officially bought the Manchester United club and invited Ferguson to the position of head coach.

Except for a general manager of operations and promotion, John Jerry, who brought five or six employees from the United States, most of the rest of the Manchester United club staff have been retained.

From the first day, Ferguson and the team he led were announced by John Jerry in front of everyone. In terms of sports, Mr. Ferguson has the absolute trust of the boss and will take full control of this area.

The original sports department manager, transfer director, etc., all have to listen to Ferguson.

This announcement was a bit sudden, but it did not cause too many objections.

Because the English football league has always been like this.

Their head coach is not like Italy and Spain, just play football, and leave the rest to professional people.

The coaches of the English Football League are more like the general manager in the game "Football Manager". In addition to playing football, they have great power over who to buy, who to sell, how to renew contracts, etc.

If you encounter super coaches like Ferguson and Wenger, they are basically full-time supervisors, and the boss will not dictate to them.

Ferguson is not very famous now. Although he is the champion coach of the Scottish Premier League, he is nothing when he comes to England.

But the Manchester United club is now a private company of the Kirin Group, and the boss is still the sole shareholder. Of course, what he says is what he says.

Everyone will naturally listen to Ferguson on the surface.

But this is only the surface.

In the world of football, we still have to rely on performance to speak. If Ferguson has no strength and can only command blindly, then the people below will definitely not be convinced, and they will not listen to him.

When the team's performance is poor, the one who will be blamed the most will naturally be the head coach.

Ferguson has dealt with football for half his life and of course understands this.

Therefore, he was not in a hurry to deal with the club staff, but seriously prepared for the new season.

Manchester United's performance in the 1984-85 season was not good. It was only a mere 12th place, lower than the middle, and it has lost its former glory.

Fortunately, when Ferguson took over, Manchester United's season was over, and he didn't have to bear the infamy of the previous season.

But at the same time, people still have big doubts about whether the new coach can make new moves and whether the team can regain its position as a giant.

Everyone believed that a rich man like Yin Jun was not short of money at all, and he should go to Italy to invite a super coach to come to England, so as to get good results.

Inviting such a country bumpkin here, is it a transition, or is it because it is really optimistic?

Everyone doesn't know, but they don't report any hope.

The only thing that makes everyone happy is that John Jerry announced early that the team has "unlimited signing funds", and Ferguson can invite any star he thinks is good.

On this point, Ferguson himself is also very satisfied.

He himself now has a few familiar scouts, but most of them are about Scotland, and he is relatively unfamiliar with outstanding players from all over Europe.

Fortunately, Manchester United is a big club, and he was very satisfied with the information on dozens of outstanding players prepared for him early on.

I don't know that the core of this information is actually the 7 superstars Ferguson prepared for him by Yin Jun. After reading it for several days and discussing with his coaching staff for a few days, he finally decided on his signing goal.

Ferguson is not ignorant, now that he has money, of course he points to good candidates.

He delineated 12 players in one breath, all of whom were well-known stars in Europe, but he also made an agreement with the club's transfer manager in advance that half of these players could come.

But the most important Van Basten, Platini, Rijkaard and Matthaus must be bought.

Looking at this list, especially the four most important stars, people in the transfer department are wailing.

These four superstar players, all of whom are wealthy, are basically the pillars of their own teams, and it is too difficult to buy them.

In fact, they also encountered setbacks at the beginning.

Ferguson delineated 12 players, and none of these managers talked about it, especially the four pillars, who didn't talk about it at all.

Later, when they were in a meeting, John Jerry listened to their method and made a very straightforward suggestion to spend money directly.

Is 5 million enough?

If not enough, is 10 million enough?

If 10 million is not enough, is 15 million enough? Is 20 million enough?

Hearing this, Ferguson was dumbfounded.

This is really a big dog!

How can any player buy like this?

But John Jerry represents Yin Jun. Since he said so, it must be possible.

Anyway, after something happened, he was the one to blame, and it had nothing to do with his group of executives.

So, they started the second round of negotiations.

Don't tell me, the effect of throwing money like this is really good.

Most of the clubs to which the 12 players belonged fell quickly.

They bought 9 players in one breath, only one defender of the Portuguese Benfica team, and Michel Platini and Rijkaard did not talk about it.

The one in front is simply that the team can't do without him, and they are not moved by the sky-high price of 8 million US dollars.

Platini is because he is already 30 years old and will play in the World Cup next year in 1986, which is also his last World Cup, so he dare not change teams at this time, lest it will affect his performance and his World Cup dream will be shattered.

Rijkaard's reason is simpler, because Van Basten has already been bought at a sky-high price of 15 million U.S. dollars, and they will soon buy their midfield core. The impact, so it was negotiated, and Rijkaard will be sold to Manchester United next year.

In fact, in this era, it is really easy to buy football stars.

As long as you have money.

Because before the "Bosman Act", the fate of the players is now in the hands of the club.

If the club wants to sell you, they can sell you, and they can do whatever they want. Players have no autonomy at all.

So with so much money spent, few teams are not tempted.

What about superstars?

I'll just cultivate another one. Don't we have few reserve talents?

Van Basten and Mateus, if it is after the Bosman Act, they will definitely not want to come to the second-tier football league in the United Kingdom. Their wishes cannot even be forced by the club to help them decide.

But now that the club has sold them, they can only come to Manchester United to report obediently.

Only Platini, the three-time European Footballer of the Year, is qualified to decide his own destiny, because Juventus still has to face.

That's it, most of the players Ferguson wanted came.

Correspondingly, Manchester United paid a sky-high transfer fee of 80 million US dollars.

This is because Platini and Rijkaard didn't come, otherwise the $100 million will definitely be broken!

Before the football bubble came out in 2016, any club whose transfer fee exceeded 100 million US dollars within a year was definitely very rich.

Let alone 1985.

When the news came out, even Italy reported and ridiculed it for a long time.

Everyone is laughing at Yin Jun who doesn't understand football, and everyone is laughing at Ferguson's reckless spending of money.

An outsider, a third-rate football coach, all together, it's just for the teaching fee!

The next year's competition results seem to prove their guess.

After almost one season, the Manchester United team has introduced strong support in all aspects. The value of the lineup on the field is the highest in England, but it has achieved 20 wins, 5 draws and 13 losses. It is still ranked 13th, compared with the previous season. Both are worse.

Such a record has caused Manchester United to suffer countless reprimands and ridicules this year.

As the head coach, Ferguson suffered the most pressure.

He hardly ever slept soundly at night.

But at this time, Ferguson still has his usual stubbornness and strength.

In front of outsiders, and in the face of those gloating reporters, he has always said that, on the one hand, the players are not fully familiar with English football, and on the other hand, it is also a problem with the coaching staff.

Now it's just the beginning. When they finish running in and have a good understanding of the English League One, then it's time for Manchester United to show their strength.

With such a strong lineup, Manchester United will definitely win the league championship within three years!

At that time, all those who laughed at Manchester United should repent themselves!

But no one wants to believe him.

Or in the first few games, but the season is almost over, Ferguson has a top card in the English League One, and it has become such a bad situation, it has become a big joke.

A transfer fee of 80 million US dollars!

The ones I bought were all superstars and powerful players. Any coach who comes here can play better than you, right?

As a result, many tabloid reporters began to compile news about Ferguson's dismissal.

They listed the three gold medal coaches in Italy, as well as super coaches such as Germany's Beckenbauer and Ajax's Cruyff as candidates, and they spoke vividly, as if they were true.

No matter which one of these coaches has a much better record and resume than Ferguson, coming to Manchester United is definitely a blessing.

At least, at least, it can be much better than this half-assed country bumpkin, right?

The atmosphere of the team was also greatly affected.

Most of their players were bought by Ferguson himself. If Ferguson is gone, what will happen to them?

At this time, many people must have regretted that they might as well have stayed in the original team after being bought here.

But at this time, Yin Jun bought two pages of the sports section of the British "The Times", and only published a statement.

There are only three points to declare.

First, Coach Ferguson is one of the best coaches in the world I have selected. Please give him enough time, and he will give the fans the best return. And I also keep the contract signed with Coach Ferguson unchanged, and I will not change it at any time.

Second, the 100 million US dollars in signings prepared by the team this year will be transferred to the club's account within a week. This year, Manchester United will once again introduce superstars to continue to strengthen the team's lineup and bench strength.

Third, the salaries of all Manchester United staff will increase by 10%, and the salaries of the players will not increase, but the winning bonus will be doubled, the goal and assist bonus will be doubled, and the reward for winning a championship will be directly increased to 1 million US dollars, with no upper limit.

As soon as the statement came out, the entire football world shook!

Not to mention how tearful and determined Ferguson was when he called Yin Jun, the outsiders were once again shocked by the big dog.

Nima!

Money can't be wasted like this!

It only cost 77 million US dollars to buy Manchester United. You have spent almost 200 million US dollars on signings in the past two years. Did your money really come from the wind?

Being rich...is it amazing to be rich?

If you have money, come and buy my players!

My players must be able to meet your requirements!

Guest officer, come on! !