While Liester was in contact with Marco Materazzi of the Czech Republic, he helped him negotiate the final contract at Middlesbrough. Then he signed the final contract with the general manager of Middlesbrough.
Materazzi moved to Middlesbrough for eight million pounds. List helped Materazzi get a weekly salary of 15,000 pounds and signed a four-and-a-half-year contract. Materazzi
Lacy will be twenty-eight soon, and will be thirty-two after fulfilling this contract.
In this transfer, Lister received 5.6 million pounds for the transfer fee, plus the 1.2 million pounds commission that List received from Middlesbrough, the income reached 6.8 million pounds.
. Converted to euros, it exceeds 10 million euros. It would be easier to say for other players, but Materazzi’s transfer fee was only 8 million pounds, while Riester’s income from a transfer exceeded 10 million euros. This kind of money-making ability can’t be said
No one believed it when I went out.
There were Venables and Middlesbrough chairman Steve Gibson at the signing site. Steve Gibson was the first time List had met. He didn't say anything during the entire signing site. He was just quiet.
Sitting there and watching the signing, all procedures were managed by the general manager of Middlesbrough. It was not until the signing was completed that Gibson came over to say hello to Lister.
If he hadn't known that the man in front of him was the chairman of Middlesbrough, Lister would have thought he was just here to make a fuss, because he had no sense of presence. Steve Gibson was wearing a blue casual suit and his trousers were only relatively small.
The loose kind.
"Chairman Gibson, it's a pleasure to work with you."
After signing the contract, the others left. Venables also left the scene after greeting Lister. Although Venables was a bastard, he was really an outstanding coach. Now Middles
Castle's ranking is very poor, and Bryan Robson can no longer control the team. Venables has a black heart and is still involved in a scandal. He also wants to use this result to attract the attention of other clubs. After all,
The income from being a coach far exceeds that from being a commentator. Only being a head coach can satisfy his lavish habit.
Everyone left, and finally only List and Steve Gibson were left. At this time, List had been paying attention to Steve Gibson. This person was really low-key. And he didn't look like a rich man at all. He didn't have any
Sense of presence.
"Mr. Cherny, I am so envious when I look at your agents. I wish I had been an agent."
Gibson's voice was very low. He looked like an ordinary old man. He didn't have any aura about him. He looked like the old man from his neighbor's house.
"Chairman Gibson, you are joking. If I could own a club in one of the five major leagues, I would be so happy that I could wake up laughing. Being the president of a club is such an honor."
Gibson shook his head and suddenly smiled and said: "Look, your income from such a transfer is millions of pounds. I have never had such a huge profit in all the years I have been doing business."
Lister didn't speak. But he looked up at the low-key Gibson. This man didn't talk much. He was very low-key and could be invisible at such important moments. But don't underestimate him, because Lister listened to Gibson's words.
One sentence explained everything. Gibson seemed to understand everything, so much so that Lister took a second look at Gibson. He had been at Middlesbrough for almost ten years, and he didn't know what was going on inside English football.
The reason he didn't speak or expose Venables was because he wanted to rely on Venables to prevent Middlesbrough from being relegated.
"hehe."
Lister could only laugh, but in his heart he had to admire Venables. In addition to the transfer fee of eight million pounds, this bastard also took more than four million pounds from Gibson. This amount of money Lister was just
1.2 million pounds was obtained, and the remaining money was divided between Venables, Pini Zahavi, Michael Williams, and others involved in the transfer.
Gibson can't say that he has a sharp eye, but he still understands Venables' little actions. Of course he is angry in his heart. Although Gibson also has money, he is not Abramovich. Several million pounds is not a small amount for him.
"By the way, Chairman Gibson. I heard that you are currently contacting Coach McLaren of Manchester United?"
Although Middlesbrough has not yet confirmed relegation, Gibson has already begun to look for a head coach for next season. His favorite is Manchester United's McLaren. McLaren is currently Ferguson's assistant coach. When Manchester United won the Triple Crown
McLaren has made a great contribution. Even though he is just an assistant coach, his reputation in English football is not bad. His reputation is even greater than that of some head coaches, and many clubs have contacted McLaren privately.
It is not widely known that Middlesbrough has contacted McLaren. Because Gibson has a good personal relationship with Bryan Robson, and currently invites Venables to be the interim head coach. At this time, he does not want others to know that he and Bryan Robson are involved.
Other head coaches contacted him, because he saw that Venables still wanted to become a regular player, so he couldn't let others know the news. Therefore, Gibson paused for a moment when he heard Lister's words, but when he thought of Lister's strength, he slowly
He nodded. Although Lister does not have much strength in British football, he is one of the best agents in European football. It is still possible to get news from some special channels.
"Chairman Gibson, Coach McLaren has always been an assistant coach."
"But he is Coach Ferguson's assistant coach."
Lister smiled slightly and said: "Coach Kidd is also Coach Ferguson's assistant coach."
Ferguson's assistant coach before McLaren was Kidd. He also performed very well when he was assistant coach to Ferguson. However, when he became independent as the head coach of Blackburn Rovers, his results were very poor. He was replaced by Jack in one season.
Walker was driven away, and now he doesn't even know where he is.
"Chairman Gibson, I think Middlesbrough should find a young head coach with experience and strength. Some coaches are suitable to be assistant coaches, but they are not necessarily suitable to be head coaches."
Gibson didn't talk much and was very low-key, but he was very smart. With just a few words from List, he had already figured out what List meant. So he looked at List and said, "Mr. Cherney, do you have a good coach?"
Introduce it to me?"
"kindness."
Lister nodded. Then asked: "Does Mr. Gibson know Preston's young head coach?"
"David Moyes."
Gibson immediately mentioned Moyes' name. Mainly because David Moyes is young and will only be 38 years old at the end of this season. Moreover, his results at Preston were very good, saving an English second division league from relegation.
The team has become a strong team in the English First Division in three years, and may even be promoted to the Premier League. Such achievements have made Moyes well-known in British football.
Although Gibson has a low sense of existence and is really unknown among the various weird presidents in English football. But although he is not public, he is clearly aware of many things in English football.
"That's David Moyes. This man is young, and he can bring a club like Preston, which has not invested at all, to the position of a strong team in League One. As long as Preston invests a little bit, Preston at this time
Dun is already in the Premier League. He already has three and a half years of head coaching experience and is very strong. The important thing is that he is young. He can be the head coach of Middlesbrough for many years."
"Middlesbrough should look for a head coach like David Moyes who has proven himself, rather than looking for a head coach like McLaren because of false reputations."
In fact, McClaren's performance at Middlesbrough is still good, and he even led Middlesbrough to the UEFA Cup final. But overall, McClaren is more suitable to be an assistant coach. He does not have the stable ability of Moyes. McClaren
Len's Middlesbrough were able to pull off big comebacks when they were crazy, but overall there were no stable results. When Moyes led Everton, his initial investment was far lower than Middlesbrough's.
But he can turn Everton into a team that no giant club can ignore.
Gibson squinted at Lister and said, "Mr. Cherney, is David Moyes your coach?"
"yes."
Lister admired Gibson very much in his heart. This person saw many things clearly, but he could make himself confused. It is the rarest thing for a smart person to make himself confused. Therefore, Lister did not deny it at all and just said
nodded.
"Mr. Cherny, don't you think your recommendation is too obvious?"
"No no no."
Lister shook his head, then stood up and said confidently: "Chairman Gibson, I value my integrity very much. When Coach Benitez became the head coach of Valencia, there was a lot of doubt in Spanish football.
But now the entire European football world is praising Coach Benitez. And the first person in European football to discover Coach Benitez and the first person to support him was me. I supported him when he was still in the Spanish Second Division.
Coach Benitez pushed him step by step to become a Champions League winning coach."
"David Moyes, he may not be able to become Benitez's coach. But he can turn an ordinary club into a stable performance, and he can become an upper-middle team even if he does not invest much. This ability
Yes. I believe that with the investment of Middlesbrough, he can stabilize Middlesbrough's performance in the top eight of the Premier League. If we are lucky, Middlesbrough can even compete for the Champions League qualification."
Seeing Gibson's noncommittal, Lister continued: "My coach, I want to wait for him to succeed. So I will not recommend a lot of crooked dates to my coach and then make some money from it. This is not my goal.
, this is something that only agents who don’t have a long-term vision can do. My coach, I will give him the best, most outstanding players. Just like coach Benitez, since I worked with him, I recommend to
Without exception, his players are all talented and capable players." (To be continued...)
