Coaching legend

"Mr. Levy, our people have already contacted Monaco." George received a call from Blackburn staff on the way before he arrived in Metz.

After entering Blackburn, George discovered the difference between Blackburn and Burnley. Burnley has been hanging around in the lower-level leagues of England for more than 20 years, and has spent more time in the third and fourth-level leagues of England. Therefore, there is a serious shortage of staff in various departments of Burnley Club.

Just like when transferring, George basically ran around alone. The club can only provide one or two staff members to follow at most.

But Blackburn is different. Since Jack Walker invested in Blackburn, Blackburn's various departments have quickly been complete. Not only is the scout system perfect, but the transfer department is also very perfect. After George took over Blackburn, these departments were handed over to George.

Except for some players that George needs to deal with personally, other transfers do not require George to go out personally.

The person who called George now is Richard Flynn, who is responsible for Blackburn's transfers, and Monaco is fully handed over to Richard Flynn.

"How about it, what do they think?" Monaco is a strong team in Ligue 1, and George is not sure whether he can snatch players from them. But George only knows one thing, that since the Bosman Act, it has been difficult for Ligue 1 teams to keep their players.

Among the five major European leagues, Ligue 1 teams have begun to lag behind the other four major leagues. For Ligue 1 teams, George knows that as long as he waves a check, there is basically nothing he can't handle. Among the current Ligue 1 teams, there is no team as difficult as Lyon in the future.

"Giuli and Sagnol, they are not willing to sell. But it is not completely impossible. Giuli is a bit difficult. He just came to Monaco half a year ago and is a player that Monaco attaches great importance to. If you want to buy Giuli, the cost should be more than five million pounds. As for Sagnol, there should be no problem as long as the price is right. And it won't be too expensive."

Richard Flynn was actually dissatisfied with George's entry into Blackburn. After all, George didn't know how many times he mocked Blackburn during his three years at Burnley. And no matter how good George's performance at Burnley was, he was just the head coach of a League One team.

He is so arrogant and conceited at a young age. He is also a little confused about Giuly and Sagnol, who are in George's sight. A regular club will not buy a player casually. When they take a fancy to a certain person, they will send scouts to follow and understand for a period of time. Then they will make a move.

But when George came to Blackburn, he had already locked in several players. As the head of the transfer department, Richard Flynn knew that George's move this time was quite large, involving more than ten players. Richard was not satisfied with such a large-scale signing. But since he has already taken over Blackburn, he can only obey him.

George pondered for a moment. Giuly and Sagnol are what George wants. But Giuly's transfer price is more than five million pounds, which is what George cannot accept.

"Mr. Flynn, if Giuly's price is too high, then forget it. You contact Sagnol's agent. Tell him that I promise to give him a starting position. Then try to lower the price to within three million pounds, and the deal will be successful." Three million pounds is the bottom line that George can accept.

Although Sagnol is now a main player of Monaco, he has not yet entered the national team. In the current situation where defenders are generally not expensive, three million pounds is already a very high price. George hopes that it will be best to sell for about two million pounds.

"Okay, I know what you mean."

After hanging up the phone, George felt a little regretful. Giuly is a player that George likes very much, but his price is too high. George has too many players to buy this season, and it is not very cost-effective to buy Giuly for more than five million pounds.

But it is also possible to buy Sagnol. With Sagnol, George will have a guarantee on the right side for the next ten years.

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"Coach Levy, Robert is now in the World Cup. We are going to talk about this issue after the World Cup." The words of the Metz official almost made George laugh out loud. George came to Metz today for another future general of France.

That is Robert Pires, the left forward who will be known as the "Golden Left Corridor" in Arsenal in the future. Pires performed well in Metz, but Metz is a small club and can no longer keep Pires.

George went to France to negotiate with Marseille first because Marseille is also pursuing Pires. George did not want to confront Marseille at that time and affect the acquisition of Makelele and Gallas. So he first settled Makelele and Gallas before going to Metz.

Hearing the words of the Metz official, George cursed in his heart. What the hell is the World Cup, what does the French World Cup have to do with Pires. Although Pires performed well in France, he could not enter the main lineup of the French national team.

George knew that Marseille and Blackburn were both interested in Pires, so Metz wanted to make money in the middle.

"Although Pires performed well, he is not the main force of the French team. The current French team has Djorkaeff and Henry who are more important than Pires. It is almost impossible for Pires to play." George smiled and talked to the Metz official. "I know Marseille is also pursuing Pires, but I think it should be more beneficial than Marseille selling it to us."

It is true that Marseille had already started to contact Metz even before the end of the French Ligue 1, and the conditions they offered were also very good. The price of 5 million pounds is almost an irresistible price in Ligue 1. Even Henry, who is now rising in Ligue 1 and scored three goals in the French World Cup, only paid around 10 million pounds when he transferred to Juventus.

And Pires is only slightly famous in Ligue 1 now, and has not gained a foothold in the national team. 5 million pounds is very expensive. Metz and Marseille were about to reach an agreement, and at this time Blackburn intervened, causing Metz to urgently stop the negotiations with Marseille.

"Robert is a very good player in our club. I wonder how much Blackburn can offer?" Metz officials saw George go straight to the point, so they did not pretend. They went straight into the sex scene.

"Five and a half million pounds, I believe this is the highest price among the clubs that offer Pires. And for a substitute player of the French team, five and a half million pounds, I think it is a very sincere price." George did not hesitate and directly called out his price.

When Pires transferred to Arsenal two years later, it was only 6 million pounds. Now George called out 5.5 million pounds, which made the officials of Metz happy.

Although Marseille was hit and could not recover, it is still a Ligue 1 giant. Monaco is the current Ligue 1 powerhouse, but Metz is different. Metz is a small club. If they did not have a complete youth training mechanism, they would not be in Ligue 1.

5.5 million pounds is a very huge amount of money for Metz. Although it is only 500,000 pounds more than Marseille, 500,000 pounds is a very considerable amount of money for a small Ligue 1 team like Metz.

In front of money, the previous negotiations are nothing. Although the negotiations between Metz and Marseille are almost coming to an end, now someone has raised the price and of course they don’t care about the results of the previous negotiations.

The progress of the negotiations here soon spread to the other side. Marseille heard that Blackburn offered 5.5 million pounds and gnashed their teeth. Blackburn, this bastard, should not have sold Makelele and Gallas so easily.

Although they were very angry, Marseille could not continue. Five million pounds was the limit Marseille could offer. They could only curse these nouveau riche from England.

But Marseille had no choice but to give in.

"Coach Levy, the club agreed to Blackburn and Pires' negotiation."