Currently Portsmouth is not a Premier League club, but a club in the English First Division. Portsmouth was acquired by Serbian-American businessman Milan Mandric in 1999. Before him, Portsmouth was in debt because of too much debt.
Duo was already on the verge of bankruptcy. Fortunately, he took action in time. Otherwise, Portsmouth would have been relegated to a lower league. This rich man had a lot of money, and he spent a lot of money just after taking over Portsmouth.
money.
However, Portsmouth's performance continued to decline and they could only stay in the English League One. Therefore, Portsmouth invited Redknapp, who has been in English football for many years. Redknapp returned from last season.
He became Portsmouth's head coach half a year later.
Redknapp is an old fox in English football and knows English football very well. He has been in English football for so many years and has his own way of coaching the team. Last season he only took over temporarily and played more than two games.
It's only been a month. After reorganizing the team in the summer, Portsmouth has been leading the way since the beginning of this season's English League One. The English League One season plays 46 games, which is eight more games than the Premier League.
Therefore, the league schedule is very intensive. The Premier League has only started for more than a month and has only played six games. However, the English League One has already played ten games. Portsmouth performed very well and won ten games.
With eight wins, they are far ahead of their opponents. Everyone knows that Portsmouth's promotion should not be a big problem.
"Well enough."
Redknapp grinned. Redknapp is a veteran in British football and has been coaching for twenty years. I dare not say anything else, such as the team's relegation and team upgrade.
Rich experience, no one in British football can compare with Redknapp in this regard. And many people in British football will give him enough face. As long as it is not too important game, and if Redknapp
The game is very important. Maybe they won't fight against his team.
Don't underestimate this kind of connections. Why do many people say that they are connected to Manchester United? In fact, this is the reason. Those coaches who have a good relationship with Ferguson may not necessarily let off steam during the game with Manchester United. They just won't be too stubborn, and that's it.
They just perform normally. But when it comes to Manchester United's opponents, they will use 1.2 million points to fight against them. That's why many people think that there is a Manchester connection in the Premier League.
It is precisely because Redknapp is such a veteran that Portsmouth will choose Redknapp to be the head coach of Portsmouth. They believe that Redknapp will make a move and Portsmouth will be promoted.
The hope will be very high.
"There shouldn't be any problems with the upgrade."
Lister and Redknapp have not known each other for long. But since meeting Redknapp, Lister has quickly developed a relationship with Redknapp.
And Redknapp is not opposed to cooperating with List. Although the current football world is still closed and is still guarding against external forces, the current football world is different from that of the past. In the 1970s and 1980s, the main players
The coach has very great power in the club. In the English football world at that time, the club head coach was a figure that the club's senior management would not offend. The head coach could determine half of the power of the club's development. In the past, a character coach like Clough even
The locker room beats their own players so hard that the players dare not resist.
It is precisely because the head coach of the club had too much power back then, so any club that wanted to buy players would give the other team's head coach some money. Because the head coach didn't ask, there was no way to sell the players. So those agents wanted to let their
When players leave the club, they need to give the head coach some benefits so that he can let go of his players. Of course, some players want to climb high. They need to give some benefits to the head coaches of strong teams so that they can make the head coaches of strong teams relent and let the players go.
Players enter strong teams.
These things were very common until the early 1990s, and were also commonly known as head coaches' black money. Arsenal's George Graham accepted black money and then bought a few rubbish players, only to resign when the incident broke out.
Redknapp has been an English football coach for 20 years and has handled dozens of transfers. Among them, he also accepted a lot of black money.
But the situation now is completely different from before. With the emergence of the Bosman Act, players' rights have been greatly increased and they have begun to compete with the clubs. It is completely impossible for the head coach to control the players as before. Now many senior leaders of Premier League clubs
They have also begun to limit the power of the head coach and began to learn some practices from continental European football. The important thing is that they do not want the club's money to be spent arbitrarily by the head coach, and then the head coach gets the money in the middle. Therefore, now the head coach
There are some difficulties in receiving black gold directly.
Redknapp knows that times have changed. It is outdated for the head coach to personally take out black gold, and it is easy to be caught. That is why Redknapp will cooperate with Stretford and wait until Stretford
Retford withdrew, and he accepted Stretford's suggestion to cooperate with Lister.
Head coaches are very special in British football, so they have many opportunities to make money. However, the traditional way of accepting black money is now outdated. Redknapp needs new methods. And cooperation with agents is the best way. And now
Lister has learned the lesson from Stretford and will not let the coach become a shareholder in his agency. This is because it has a direct interest relationship and will be criticized by many people. The cooperation between Lister and the head coach has been criticized.
It is an invisible interest relationship.
"It shouldn't be a problem."
Redknapp answered while thinking about Lister's intentions. Although Lister and Redknapp began to cooperate, their cooperation only stopped at the beginning, and even their cooperation was only because of interests. Therefore, for Lister
Redknapp didn't know much about Te's character and temperament, so he could only listen.
"Harry, do you really want to stay in Portsmouth?"
Redknapp shrugged. Redknapp is an ideal and ambitious head coach, and of course he will not be satisfied with the position of head coach of Portsmouth. But in terms of the current English football world, Redknapp
Knapp has not yet found a club that suits him. Although Portsmouth is not close, the owner of Portsmouth has some money and currently trusts Redknapp. So Redknapp is temporarily staying.
Just here.
"This is the best place right now."
Redknapp somewhat understood what Lister meant. Lister wanted to introduce him to a job, so he listened quietly to Lister's next step. He wanted to hear Listrist introduce himself to him.
Which club is.
"Harry, do you know Frank Arnesen, the general manager of PSV?"
"I've heard of his name, but I've never seen him in person."
Redknapp's eyes are getting smaller and smaller. Redknapp's eyes are already small, but when he is serious, he seems to be sleeping. Arneson has controlled PSV for ten years, especially Ronaldo
, Ruud Ruud, Ronaldinho and other people's great success in European football have pushed Arneson's reputation to the highest level. Of course Redknapp has also heard of Arneson's name. Only
But everyone is not in the same place, so we don’t know each other.
"He is going to change jobs recently. He may have to work at Tottenham Hotspur."
"Tottenham?"
Redknapp understood that what Lister wanted to introduce was Tottenham. If it was Tottenham, it would indeed be a very good job for Redknapp. As a traditional strong team, Tottenham's status at the time was the same as that of Everton
Strong teams like Everton and Villa are the same. It’s just that everyone has fallen. Among them, strong teams like Everton and Villa have truly declined because their owners didn’t invest money, so they have become mid-tier teams.
.
But Tottenham is different. Tottenham's owners have always been rich, including their former enemy Sugar. They are all billionaires. They all have money to invest, but the bosses are more amateur than the other, which is why Tottenham's decline
.The decline of Tottenham is just the fault of the club's policy, not the actual decline of the club.
If Tottenham really has a long-term plan, Tottenham is really not a club that can be underestimated. If Tottenham wants to invite himself, Redknapp will definitely consider it seriously.
"Arnesen is expected to be in charge of Tottenham's athletic field. He may take over as Tottenham's director of football. Arnesen analyzed English football before accepting Tottenham's invitation and believed that you are the most suitable to coach Tottenham. So I think
Ask what you mean, if you are willing then he wants to talk to you personally."
Redknapp is an old fox. At fifty-five years old, he can be said to have experienced hundreds of battles and has never seen anything. As soon as Liester's words came out, Redknapp was already able to understand this matter. With Liszt
Before the special cooperation, Redknapp had already had preliminary information about List and knew that List had a deep cooperative relationship with PSV. Redknapp even knew that List also had a relationship with Tottenham.
This matter is related. Although Redknapp does not know the specific things, he can still guess most of them. Tottenham, Frank Arnesen, Daniel Levy, PSV, including himself
All of these people have a close relationship with Lister, and Redknapp believes that Lister must be the go-between.
"Harry, what do you think? Do you want to talk to Arneson?"
Redknapp nodded. This is a good opportunity, and Redknapp will definitely not give it up. Among the current mid-range teams in the Premier League, Tottenham is the club with the most potential. Tottenham is the most likely
A mid-range club that competes with Manchester United, Arsenal, and Liverpool. In the transfer market in recent years, Tottenham has spent tens of millions of pounds to buy a player. There are only Tottenham among the current mid-range teams in the Premier League.
Thorns can be done. As long as such a club has the right direction, it can really become a strong team in the Premier League.
"Okay. You two have a good talk. Maybe Tottenham will become the top team in the Premier League in the future, and the top Tottenham will be born in your hands."
Leicester has his own rules when he enters any league. Leicester never thought that he could defeat all the giants in a league in one go. That can only appear in a dream. Even for Stretford.
The former number one agent in England was not able to defeat all the strong teams in the Premier League at his peak. Lister, an outsider, would not dare to think that way.
Therefore, List's idea is very simple. Rely on Benitez to influence Liverpool's transfer market, and then use Arneson and Redknapp to control Tottenham's transfer market. As for Manchester United and future Chelsea, they will rely on
In addition to his relationship with Ferguson and Jason Ferguson, he also relied on his Israeli agent Zahavi to maintain a cooperative relationship with them.
Some are control, some are influence, and some are cooperation. Lister clearly distinguishes them. A person who doesn't know how much he weighs is a fool if he wants to swallow them all. As for Arsenal, it is the club that Lister wants to focus on. Therefore.
The entry of Arnesen and Redknapp into Tottenham is a very important part of List's plan. As long as they cooperate at Tottenham, then List can really control Tottenham's transfer. Especially with Arsenal's performance.
In terms of Nathan's ability, it shouldn't be a problem to deal with Daniel Levy at the top and influence Redknapp at the bottom.
"Didi didi——"
While Lister and Redknapp were talking, Lister's phone rang. After looking at the phone number, Lister was surprised, so he called: "Hello, Sandro." (To be completed.)
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