Seven Hundred and Thirty Ninth Future Lampard

On the eve of the final, when Gao Shen met Ferguson in the hotel, in a hotel in London, Mark Hughes, the former Manchester City, was meeting his old partner Mike Rigg.

He had just assumed the post of head coach of Queens Park Rangers, but after meeting the boss, his first impression was regret!

Yes, it's been less than a week since he took office, and he already regrets it.

Mark Hughes and Mike Rigg are old partners, starting from Blackburn and then to Manchester City.

This time, the newly promoted Queens Park Rangers of the Premier League contacted Mike Rigg, because the latter had served in the Premier League team for many years, and Mike Rigg recommended Mark Hughes.

The reason why Mark Hughes regretted it was not because of the annual salary.

In fact, the annual salary given by Queens Park Rangers is not bad, and the power is not bad, but there are too many problems with this team.

So much so that he only met with one of the top executives, and Mark Hughes had already realized that he might have stepped into a pit.

So, he immediately made an appointment with his old partner Mike Rigg.

"He wants to poach the corner of Leeds United!" Mark Hughes said with a serious face as soon as we met.

"Isn't this normal?" Mike Rigg asked with a smile.

"We are newly promoted from the Premier League, and the rumors are good, but the major shareholders have not actually invested much money in. With our current financial resources, there are only three goals for signing. Last season, the English Championship performed well, but failed to reach the Super League team; The teams that have been relegated from the Premier League; then there are the loans and veterans."

Mike Rigg has worked in the Premier League for many years, and he is very clear about how the newly promoted polo team plays.

Especially for newly promoted players like Queens Park Rangers who have loaned many players.

"But why did Bahati dig Leeds United?" Mark Hughes was puzzled.

He really doesn't have a good impression of Gao Shen.

"It's very simple, because Gao Shen is behind Leeds United, and the players hand-picked by Gao Shen are basically not bad. In addition, Gao Shen is just a gimmick. Our major shareholder may not know much about football. He will not know which team. Which player, but he must know Gaoshen, and the best way to make major shareholders spend more money is to tell him that we are going to dig Gaoshen's corner."

"Think, what an exciting and exciting reason!"

In the end, Mike Rigg himself found it exciting.

Mark Hughes found it funny, "But the problem is, I don't even know the players of Leeds United now."

"It doesn't matter, Mark!" Mike Rigg persuaded, "This is not something we can participate in, we just work."

At the end, Mike Rieger looked at Mark Hughes seriously, "Think about it, Mark, how much money do they give? Our mission is to help the team avoid relegation. As for who they buy, it's up to them." Go, buy it, you can just use it."

Mark Hughes doesn't deny that fact, but he really doesn't like it.

After all, he still has his own pursuit and ideas.

Even if he can't compare with the world's top coaches like Gao Shen, at least he has his own persistence.

He has heard of a lot of situations like this, but even in Manchester City, he has never encountered a similar experience.

...

As early as 2007, the Mittal family, the Indian steel giant, together with F1 bosses, Italians Briatore and Bonny Ecclestone, successfully acquired the Queens Park Rangers.

The Mittal family is the world's top richest man. Everyone once thought that Queen's Park Rangers were rich.

But soon, they found that

Not at all.

The Mittal family has no interest in football at all. Queens Park Rangers are managed by the British son-in-law of the Mittal family, Bahati, and the Mittal family has never asked about it from the beginning to the end.

Just this year, Malaysian tycoon Tony Fernandez spent 100 million pounds to acquire 66% of the shares in the hands of F1 bosses Briatore and Bonny Ecclestone, and the Italians withdrew.

But the remaining 30% of the shares are still in the hands of the Mittal family, and Bahati is still the current ruler of Queens Park Rangers.

Tony Fernandez became the majority shareholder of the holding and arranged for a Malaysian named Nanaringen to enter the management team. According to news, the young man's father is a Datuk in Malaysia, equivalent to a high-ranking official in a province .

The problem then becomes clear, that Toni Fernandes isn't just for football either.

Whether it is Bahati or Nanaringen, they don't understand the operation of football or the management of clubs at all, but they have money.

In their understanding, professional football is no big deal.

Isn't it just throwing money away?

As long as the money is spent more, just like Chelsea and Manchester City, isn't it all right?

Tony Fernandez's money is indeed not as much as Abramovich, Mansour and others, but it's okay to keep a level in the Premier League, right?

The Mittal family behind Bahati is no longer the controlling shareholder and will not invest money. The only one who can get money is Tony Fernandez. He is full of expectations for the Premier League and is ambitious to be like Manchester City. , Create a strong team and become a new star in the Premier League.

First Mark Hughes, once the team has gained a firm foothold in the Premier League, then dug Gao Shen over.

In the next three years, Queens Park Rangers will gain a firm foothold in the Premier League, and in the next five years, this team will enter the Champions League!

Needless to say, Tony Fernandez really thought so.

Bahati has only one idea, to let major shareholders spend more money.

Spending money may not be enough to keep Queens Park Rangers in the Premier League, but it's almost impossible not to.

So, the first meeting between Mark Hughes and Bahati, the latter's request was to see what suitable players Leeds United had, dug it!

...

"Mark, according to the information I got, Norwich, Swansea, Cardiff, Reading and other English Championship teams, and even some Premier League teams including Wolves and Bolton, are all paying attention to Leeds United."

After listening to Mike Rigg's words, Mark Hughes was obviously taken aback.

"why?"

"Jonathan Howson, the 22-year-old midfielder was the best performer in the British Championship last season. He scored a double-double. He is highly praised as the new generation of Lampard. Some upstream teams are paying attention to him."

Mark Hughes snorted, Gao Shen said he is the new Lampard, is it really the new Lampard?

Besides, it's all from the media. When and where did Gao Shen say it?

Did the media install bugs in Gao Shen's house?

"Don't believe me, everyone is not a fool. I asked someone to find out. Leeds United has just changed hands. The first thing to do is to renew the contract with Jonathan Howson."

"Last season, Jonathan Howson and the old captain Richard Naylor had a quarrel because of the captain's armband. This time Leeds United directly called out that as long as he renews his contract, the captain of the new season will be his. Chad Naylor has also been negotiated to leave his contract and go to Doncaster on a free transfer, which is a testament to the sincerity of Leeds United."

When Mike Rigg said this, Mark Hughes really believed it.

Although he was very dissatisfied, he had to admit that his high-level vision of seeing people was really accurate.

What's more, Jonathan Howson's double-double results last season are there, and he is a national player, which is enough to explain everything.

"Swansea's Rodgers is also very interested in Jonathan Howson, and it is said that he is already preparing an offer, and Blackburn is also very concerned."

"What's the attitude of Jonathan Howson?" Mark Hughes asked.

"He wants to play in the Premier League," laughed Mike Rigg.

Human nature.

When it came to this point, Mark Hughes was really tempted.

If you can really dig out a Lampard, no, even Lampard's seven-success power is enough to gain a foothold in the Premier League.

Not to mention the local players.

"Now, many teams are eyeing Leeds United, and there are rumors outside. For example, Norwich City is using the personal relationship of Scottish coach Paul Lambert to persuade McCormack and Snodgrass. Two Scottish internationals have joined, and these two players are also on the key renewal list of Leeds United."

When Mark Hughes heard this, he had a new doubt.

"It is reasonable to say that if there is such a list of key contract renewals hand-picked by Gao Shen, it must be a secret. How did it leak?"

Mike Rigg laughed immediately, "You may not believe it, Gao Shen's fiancée sent a fax to Manchester United as soon as he took over, asking for three young talents from Manchester United. Only then did everyone know that it turned out that Gao Shen gave such a list, including contract renewals and signings."

"You also know how crazy the current media reporters are. Knowing that there is such a list, they didn't dig it out? It happened that Leeds United was in a mess when it was handed over, so..."

Mark Hughes was also amused.

A layman is still a layman after all.

Gao Shen's fiancée has never run a club at all, and has been living in China before, so she doesn't know how powerful the British paparazzi are.

This can be regarded as a lesson.

"Now, Jonathan Howson's agent has shouted that they haven't renewed their contract with Leeds United, do you understand what it means?" Mike Rigg said with a smile.

You don't have to think about it all, it's up for grabs.

"It is reported that Jonathan Howson, who was originally about 2 million pounds, has now soared to 4 million pounds or even higher. Many teams are waiting and watching."

Nowadays, how valuable a good local player is, needless to say, everyone who is familiar with the Premier League knows.

Jonathan Howson is still a young player with a national reputation, a future quasi-national footballer, and will play in the local Olympics next year.

What's more, it is the future Lampard hand-picked by Gao Shen.

"What does the big boss mean?" Mark Hughes was also tempted.

He has always been interested in homegrown players.

"The big boss is in Malaysia. He has heard of the name of Leeds United's youth training, and he also knows the high-level golden signboard. Therefore, his instruction is, grab it!"

"and then?"

Mike Rigg said with a smile: "The authority given to me by Bahati is that as long as I can grab it, it is less than seven million pounds, and I don't need to report it."

After a pause, he added, "The big boss pays!"

"Crazy? Seven million pounds?" Mark Hughes was stunned.

Gao Shen only spent 15 million pounds on the acquisition of Leeds United.

"The big boss is not short of this amount of money, and you have to know that the game these days is poor information. Manchester City spent 30 million euros to buy Van Persie. How many people think it is exaggerated? But a year has passed, and now 50 million euros can be bought. ?”

"Ken Bates is probably turning green with regret now, haha!"

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