Chapter 140 Insufficient Expenses

"What do you drink? Or lukewarm water?"

"Well, lukewarm water is fine, thank you."

Jin Taige walked into the CEO's office, and Woodward asked his secretary to prepare a cup of hot water for Jin Taige, while he held a cup of coffee himself. He didn't add sugar, and slowly poured the sweet fragrance into his mouth.

After drinking a cup of coffee, Woodward leaned on the sofa contentedly: "It's much warmer now. By the way, Tiger, you led the team to the round of 16 in the Champions League. I haven't had time to congratulate you yet. Congratulations You, Tiger."

Jin Taige smiled slightly: "This is what I should do. If I lost the last game, I guess I am not qualified to sit here and talk to you about the future of the team."

"You guy, you still speak so straight, but I like it," Woodward changed his posture, "It's very comfortable to deal with you, and you can say what you want, much better than those politicians and businessmen who talk around the bush."

"Since you said that, then I have something to say." Jin Taige paused, "The team is not in a good condition now, and the midfield needs to be supplemented by signings."

Woodward froze for a moment: "You have spent all the transfer fees this year, but I remember that you earned about 12.7 million euros in transfer fees through selling and loaning players in the summer. I told you that Glazer has Agreed, you can save this transfer fee for winter signings."

Jin Taige shook his head: "Ed, who do you think this money is enough to buy?"

"Uh... that's a little less money," Woodward admitted.

Jin Taige continued: "Ed, I hope you can help me apply to the board of directors for part of the transfer funds, which will be used to purchase players during the winter transfer period."

Woodward didn't speak, he closed his eyes slightly, thinking about Jin Taige's words.

Kintag patiently explained: "Ed, think about it, this summer, Manchester City spent a total of 94.9 million pounds, Chelsea invested 62.9 million pounds, and Tottenham even invested 107.9 million!"

"As for me, the board of directors gave me a total transfer fee of 50 million euros, including Zaha's transfer fee of 15 million euros. That is to say, the transfer fee at my disposal is only 35 million euros! This summer Wenger bought Ozil for 42.5 million euros, which is more than the controllable funds in my hand!"

"And what about Manchester United now? The Champions League has successfully advanced to the top 16, and the league ranks fourth. Although this result is not very satisfactory, it is already very good in terms of our capital investment. It is not an exaggeration to say that this This is already the limit of this team. If there is no reinforcement, the team will not be able to play in the second half of the season. When the time comes to fight on the third line, we will not even be able to find suitable substitute players."

After listening to Jin Taige's words, Woodward nodded: "Tiger, I understand your difficulties. It's just the two of us today. Let's talk openly if we have anything to say. It's not that the board of directors is short of money, and they don't trust you. They are afraid that the money in their hands will be wasted, so they are very cautious in investing in transfer fees."

Jin Taige said seriously: "Let me make an analogy, this is like Mr. Glazer hired me to fish for them. First of all, I have to give me enough bait, so that I can catch enough big fish to make the club make money. If only If you give me some bread crumbs, even if you catch fish, they will be just rotten fish and small shrimps. I believe that Mr. Glazer will not understand this truth, right? Besides, my results of leading the team in the past six months are enough to prove that, I have the ability to make Manchester United get enough status. So I sincerely hope that the board of directors can seriously consider my suggestion and give me some additional transfer funds. If so, at the end of the season, I will definitely let Mr. Glazer See what he wants."

After listening to Jin Tag's statement, Woodward was silent for a moment, and he said with a wry smile: "Tiger, you put a lot of pressure on me.

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Jin Taige smiled slightly: "We are friends, of course I will find you when I have difficulties."

"Okay, you've already said that, then I'll try." Woodward thought for a while, "There will be a board meeting for this week tomorrow morning, and at the meeting, I will pass your request to Glazer Let me explain, sir, as for the final result, I can't guarantee you."

Jin Taige said gratefully: "Ed, I am very grateful if you can help me as much as you can."

Woodward smiled confidently: "I will do my best. As for the final result, I can only fight for my eloquence."

Looking at Kim Tiger's expectant eyes, Woodward thought to himself: Let me do my best for Tiger again. I hope he can really bring some surprises to the club at the end of the season.

On the training ground the next day, Jin Taige seemed a little absent-minded, and Ferran could see it: "Tiger, are you feeling a little uncomfortable?"

Jin Taige shook his head: "It's nothing, I'm just a little nervous and waiting for the result."

Scholes asked: "What result are you waiting for?"

Phelan immediately understood: "Tiger, I guess you must be waiting for the results of the draw for the quarter-finals of the Champions League. Don't worry, we are ranked first in the group and the current situation is very good. Among the second in several groups , only Manchester City, Arsenal and AC Milan are traditional strong teams, and they are both Premier League teams. We will not meet Manchester City and Arsenal. Therefore, apart from AC Milan, we will not meet. No one is afraid."

Jin Taige looked at the club office building in the distance, and he said casually: "The opponent in the eighth final is Olympiacos, so there should be no problem."

Ferran froze for a moment: "Olympiacos? How do you know?"

Jin Taige suddenly felt that he had slipped his tongue, he couldn't say it was the memory of later generations.

Jin Taige said casually: "I had a dream last night, dreaming that our opponent in the draw was Olympiacos."

Scholes smiled: "Captain, if your dream is true, I must treat you to dinner to celebrate that we have drawn a weak opponent."

Olympiacos are no weak opponents. Jin Taige thought to himself. But at this time, he didn't have the energy to think about other things. When he was thinking about the transfer fee, he was waiting for the results of the board meeting.

At around 3 p.m., Kintag saw a familiar figure outside the training ground—Woodward.

He walked over in a few steps in a hurry: "how did it turn out?"

Woodward didn't speak. He looked at Kintag blankly. At this moment, Kintag felt uneasy. He knew in his heart that the following news might determine the direction of the entire team for the second half of the season.

The two were silent for about a minute, and Woodward suddenly laughed.

"Tiger, congratulations, you got the desired result!"