"Brendan, what do you think? I didn't lie to you."
“Better than I expected.”
Rogers watched Southampton's training for a while and nodded. Southampton definitely has no shortage of good players. Lallana, who came out of Southampton's youth training camp, and Argentinian player Tino Costa, Riester brought
Southampton's Czech players Nesid and Fenin are all players with excellent skills.
Rogers is a coach who attaches great importance to ball control. In his opinion, ball control is the essence of football. Therefore, he appreciates players with excellent skills very much, and his selection is based on this. He never thought that in the small English Championship
In the league, little Southampton actually has so many outstanding talented players.
"I won't lie to you."
Rogers finally agreed to List's request and left Chelsea to join Southampton. Although Rogers was the reserve team coach, he was not Mourinho after all. There was no turmoil at Chelsea. He was just one of the many coaches in Chelsea.
Just leave. Rogers is only 34 years old this year, and he has not had many glorious experiences before. He is a coach with basically no resume. When Mourinho came to coach alone, he had already served as an assistant to Robson and Van Gaal.
Coach. As an assistant coach of Barcelona, it can be said that he has certain qualifications. When he came out, let alone looking for a job in Portugal, he could not find a job as a head coach even in La Liga.
The same is true for Benitez. He served as an assistant coach to Bosco at Real Madrid and also led the Real Madrid B team to play in the Spanish second division. His results in the Spanish second division were also good, so the starting point is not too bad.
Low.
As for Ancelotti, there is nothing to say. He was a famous figure when he was a player. He just retired and joined the national team as an assistant coach to Sacchi. There is no need to say his background.
But Rogers is different. He has been the youth training director at Reading for many years, and he also served as the youth training coach at Chelsea. Later he was promoted to Chelsea reserve team coach. He studied with Mourinho for several years. In the Chelsea first team,
He is not considered an important person. With such qualifications, no Premier League club will look down on him. He is just someone who can hang out in the Championship clubs. Not only that, the top teams in the Championship will also look down on Rogers.
Therefore, Rogers had a low starting point, and it is logically difficult for him to coach a club like Southampton. This time, he became the head coach of Southampton through the help of List.
"Well, Southampton is better than expected."
"Of course. If they weren't constrained by financial reasons, with the level of their youth training camp and the introduction of some powerful stars, they wouldn't be wasting their time in the Championship. You haven't seen their youth training camp, okay?
There are so many players.”
Lister sympathizes with clubs like Southampton. Southampton's youth training camp has poor hardware conditions, but it has trained many top stars. However, Southampton itself has no money, so it cannot retain these good players.
Let’s not talk about what happened ten or twenty years ago. Let’s talk about now. If Southampton had not sold Walcott and Bale, plus the current Lallana, in terms of offensive power in the frontcourt.
, is definitely second to none in the British Championship. Walcott and Bale have one characteristic, they are fast. When running on the wing, no one can stop their speed.
"After Boseman, these kinds of clubs are everywhere."
Rogers shook his head, but he didn't show any sympathy at all. Although it was his first time as a head coach, Rogers understood one thing. That is, football is about the jungle of the jungle, and they will not sympathize with you just because you are weak. Southampton has no money, so
If you can't retain good players, you can only blame them for not being able to make a fortune. In world football, there are not just one or two clubs like this, so there is nothing to sympathize with.
"Brendan, you have met with Nikola. You should know that Southampton doesn't have much money for you to use. Therefore, many of the players on the team are young players."
"I know. But it makes it easier for me to plan my tactics."
Rogers was not discouraged. Southampton also had many good players in the past few years, including players like James Beatty and Crouch. However, because of Southampton's poor economic situation, those good players
They have all left Southampton. Now Southampton is mainly composed of young players.
But for the young Rogers, it is easier for young players to implement his coaching ideas. They are all unpolished gems, and Rogers can carve them however he wants.
"Brendan, you can come to me anytime if you need anything."
"Thank you, Lister."
Rogers was not polite at this time. It was his first time as a head coach, and Southampton was not an oil team. If it were an oil team like Chelsea or Manchester City, then they could wave their checks to bring in the players they wanted. But Southampton
Purton is not even a wealthy club in the English Championship. Therefore, it is simply impossible to sign such a large number of players.
Therefore, if you want to buy some high-quality and cheap players, in addition to Rogers' vision, you also need the help of some agents. If the rich and powerful teams have their own scouting system, then Southampton's scouting system is almost
It's just bullshit. It's already very difficult for Southampton to support the first team and staff. Where can they have the money to support the scouting system?
It's better to be friends with a big agent like List. With the relationship with List, you can introduce some high-quality and cheap players. If you don't use such connections, you are not a fool.
"No need. I still hope that you can lead Southampton to become famous, and there will be more cooperation between us in the future."
…………
He got rid of the historical Liverpool coach Rogers and tied him to Southampton. Of course, Lister did not expect that he could lead Southampton to promotion in his first season. That was a game and not a reality.
Southampton is now full of talents. From Nessie, Fenin, Lallana, Tino Costa, and French midfielder Schneiderlin, they are all powerful stars in the future. But geniuses are just geniuses after all, and it is impossible.
Achieved overnight. It is impossible for Rogers to successfully upgrade with these talents.
List just hopes that Rogers will start to display his talents in Southampton. If he can lead Southampton to promotion within two to three years, it will be very good. By then, these Southampton talents will also become famous. If Rogers becomes famous in the future
Now. Lister can still continue to do business with Rogers through his current relationship.
While Lister was complacent about his move, Rogers' historical club, Liverpool, was not so excited. David Morse said gloomily: "Rick, did they really say that?"
"yes."
Rick Perry was also very serious and looked angry.
"Damn bastards. They are all a bunch of white-eyed wolves. They have forgotten how our family supported them back then. Rick, without this money, our new stadium will have to be put on hold indefinitely."
David Morse is angry because suddenly there is a huge problem in Liverpool's capital chain. It is not other problems. It is the problem of Liverpool's new stadium. Arsenal is not the only one who has planned a new stadium in the Premier League.
Chelsea and Liverpool all have such plans. But only Arsenal has succeeded. While Arsenal's new stadium is being built in full swing, Liverpool has also begun planning for the new stadium. Construction of the new stadium started last year, and it is estimated that it will be completed soon.
The cost is around £300 million.
This money was not provided by Liverpool alone, but was prepared to raise funds from banks. Liverpool itself could only provide about 100 million pounds. However, the subprime mortgage crisis in the United States finally spread to Europe. Although the impact is not obvious now,
But those banks are not smart people. They immediately started to tighten money, fearing that they would also be affected.
There is no problem with the bank's choice. It is just to combat risks. But it has made Liverpool suffer. Liverpool's new stadium has started, but now it can only be suspended. David Morris is the 42nd richest person in England.
But I can't afford such a high cost.
Speaking of which, the Morris family is famous in England and is considered the most famous family in Liverpool. Their family assets are huge. Although they do not have assets worth tens of billions of pounds, they do have billions of pounds. But this belongs to Morris
The family assets are not something that David Morris alone can control. In 2002, the Morris family
The Littlewood retail company, which is almost a household name in the UK, was sold for 750 million pounds. The Morris family is the major shareholder of this company, but David Morris received only four in this transaction.
Just over 10 million pounds. The Morris family’s largest asset is currently managed by David Morris’s uncle, John Morris.
Moreover, in order to avoid the huge tax, the Morris family members have fled England one after another and settled in tax havens. Just like David Morris's uncle, who was the chairman of Liverpool at that time and the current chairman of the Morris family.
The helmsman, John Morris, now lives in Monaco.
Therefore, David Morris has nothing to do with the huge capital of 300 million pounds. He is rich, but the liquidity he can use is very small. Now thinking about it, he is angry, because the new stadium is shut down every moment.
Waste of money.
"David, I have traveled to many places, and everyone is very cautious now. Things in the United States are getting more and more intense, and it is only a matter of time before it affects us here. Now everyone is very scared, and even the stock market and foreign exchange market are not affected.
Few people are worried about whether a situation like that in 1992 will happen. It is difficult for us to raise funds. And I suggest you not to take risks, because it may also affect your family's business."
Rick Perry sighed and replied. It is difficult for people in England to forget the collapse of the pound in 1992. Now that things are happening in the United States, many people have begun to worry about this. Therefore, no one will invest such a large amount of money now.
Liverpool, ask Liverpool to build any stadium. Rick Perry is even worried about David Morris, maybe their family's business will be affected.
"Is the stadium really just on hold?"
"There is no other way."
David Morris stood up and walked around. He has supported Liverpool for so many years, but with the emergence of upstarts like Chelsea and Manchester City, it is not only Arsenal that feels difficult, but also Liverpool now. David Morris
Reese is really feeling difficult now. Although he is the 42nd richest man in England, he is just a small billionaire. He is completely different from Russian oligarchs like Abramovich and Middle Eastern oil tycoons like Al Fahim.
A level online.
If you are running an ordinary Premier League club, there will be no big problem, but if you want to run a wealthy club like Liverpool, it will be a bit difficult. David Morris once again cursed upstarts like Abramovich in his heart. If it were not for them,
If a group of upstarts disrupts the situation, the current Premier League will not be so difficult.
"Rick, what's happening now with Thaksin Shinawatra, who talked to us about acquiring my shares last time, and the Bank of Spain?"
"It's impossible. Thaksin is now trapped in Thailand, and whether he can get out of Thailand is a question. The Spanish side, like us, are afraid that the crisis in the United States will fly to them."
David Morris now owns more than 50% of the shares and is the largest shareholder of Liverpool. In the past, many people wanted to buy David Morris's shares and then take over Liverpool. Although Liverpool's performance at that time was not good,
It was considered very good, but it was also the number one club in England and one of the top clubs in European football. So there were many people who wanted to join Liverpool. The ones who had the most frequent contacts at that time were former Thai Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra and the Bank of Spain. But at that time
David Morris was ambitious and Liverpool had good results, so he rejected them all.
"David, it's very difficult for us to get investment now. It's basically impossible. Unless..."
"Unless what?"
"Unless they are Russian oligarchs or Middle Eastern oil tycoons, they are not afraid of the crisis in the United States. They have enough funds to build a new stadium and invest in the transfer market at the same time."
"Let me give them Liverpool, no way."
David Morris refused angrily. What he hates most now are Russian oligarchs and Middle Eastern oil tycoons. This group of upstarts has brought chaos to the Premier League. How could he hand over Liverpool, the number one club in England, to these tycoons?
"Rick, please work harder. Publicize the news that I am going to bring in collaborators. I don't believe that only those oil guys have money."
"OK."
Rick Perry nodded, feeling helpless towards David Morris's stubbornness. After all, they all claimed to be English gentlemen and English aristocrats, and they were very respectable in many things. Now, except for those who are not
Apart from the oil tycoons who regard money as money, there is no capital that dares to invest randomly. At this time of economic turmoil, any investment must be very cautious.
