Coaching legend

Speaking of Anderson Deco, George has been paying attention to him for a long time. When George was in Burnley, he had already started to prepare to buy Deco.

Unfortunately, Deco could not get a work permit at that time, so George was unable to introduce him directly. But George had already sent someone to contact Deco and asked Deco to apply for Portuguese citizenship. Camoranesi, who was born in Argentina, has Italian parents, so it is not difficult to apply for Italian citizenship.

But Deco is different. His parents are both Brazilian.

Fortunately, Brazil was once a colony of Portugal. Most of the white people in Brazil were once Portuguese. The same is true for Deco. It is easy to find Portuguese ancestors. Therefore, George had contacted Deco in the winter and helped Deco apply for Portuguese citizenship.

George's original idea was to let Deco come to Burnley to help Ballack sort out the midfield. Let Ballack be responsible for the control of the midfield, defense, and participate in the attack to complete the shot. Ballack is too tired alone, and George needs to find him a helper. The helper George found is Deco.

With Deco, Ballack's offensive ability can be fully released.

I just didn't expect that things would change so much. George left Burnley, but George's contact with Deco did not break off. It's just that the club he contacted changed from Burnley to Blackburn.

After nearly four months of application, Deco's Portuguese nationality was finally applied for. George was very happy. Now Deco doesn't need to apply for a work permit.

This evil work permit, this hateful work permit in English football! Needless to say, South America is a gold mine of players. With the development of African football, there will be countless good seedlings in Africa. But because of the work permit, I don't know how many talented players English clubs have given up.

Now it's so good,

George asked Richard Flynn to buy Deco quickly. Now Deco is still an unknown player. What's more miserable is that Deco was deceived by his agent last season and came to the unfamiliar Portugal.

At first, Deco's agent told Deco that Benfica had taken a fancy to Deco. Deco would play for Benfica, but when he arrived in Portugal, Deco found out that he had been cheated. Benfica bought Deco, but directly threw Deco into its satellite club Alverca.

Alverca is a team in the Portuguese second league, and Deco can only play in this club. At this time, George found him and told him that George admired him very much. So Deco was very happy and told George that he was willing to play in England.

George was also happy, so he later told Allen Levy. Deco was gnashing his teeth at the agent who cheated him, so when Allen Levy found Deco, Deco immediately changed his agent. In fact, the agent that Deco later changed was the future Portuguese tycoon Mendes, and this time George was one step ahead.

Deco is not valued by Benfica now, so it is very simple to buy Deco, and the price is also very cheap. The Blackburn in George's mind was slowly outlined.

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That night, George slept very well, and he got Pires, Deco, and signed Gudjohnsen for free. Three good things came together, and I don’t know how beautiful I slept at night.

At noon the next day, George and Miku finally met.

Miku is very tall, 1.88 meters. And he is also very strong. Although he is a technical midfielder. But he is in great shape and is not too afraid of collisions. He is just suitable for playing in the Premier League. With delicate footwork, there will be no problem adapting to the Premier League.

"Hello, Coach Levy." Miku is not a young man of 17 or 18 years old, but an old player who has been in the French League for many years. He speaks slowly and steadily. "Mr. Valk has told me what you said, I think we can talk."

George shook hands with him and cursed in his heart. Damn it, I spent 5,000 pounds. If you don't see me, who can I talk to.

"John, Mr. Valk may have told you, but I still want to say it again." After several people sat down, George began to speak slowly. "At present, Bordeaux is even stronger than Blackburn, or you have more chances to play in the European League if you stay in Bordeaux."

George did not deny this, after all, Bordeaux is a strong team in Ligue 1. There are so many strong teams in the Premier League that it is not easy to get into the top few in the Premier League and participate in the European League.

"But there is one thing you need to know, John, the competitiveness of Ligue 1 in Europe has been declining. If you continue to stay in Ligue 1, it will not help your career. Zidane is only one year older than you, and he has already played for Juventus, a giant in Serie A. As long as Zidane is still there, you will not be able to gain a foothold in the national team. Therefore, leaving Ligue 1 is a must."

Miku did not speak, but his expression was gloomy. Miku is considered by many French football people to have a playing style similar to Zidane. If the two were five or six years older, then this would be a very good evaluation. But the age difference between the two is one year, and Zidane is like a big tree, firmly blocking the sun.

"Although Blackburn Rovers has not performed well in the Premier League in the past two years, they won the Premier League title three years ago. The foundation is still there, and our club chairman is willing to invest money in the club. So Blackburn Rovers can achieve good results."

"As for the adaptation problem after arriving in England, I can tell you here. Our club has bought four players in France this season, so you don't have to worry about the adaptation problem."

George knew that Miku had poor language skills and could not master German for a long time after arriving in Bremen. He even refused to learn German, so George told him that Blackburn bought a lot of French players.

Miku was moved by George's words. It was not a bad thing to go to the Premier League. And as George said, the current European football is a game of money. Although Blackburn's performance has not been good in the past two years, as long as Jack Walker behind it is willing to invest money, it is not difficult to rise.

When Jack Walker took over Blackburn, Blackburn was still a club in the English second league. The difference can make Blackburn the Premier League champion. As long as there is money, nothing is a problem.

"John, do you want to stay in Bordeaux forever? When others talk about you, they only say that you are very talented and your playing style is similar to Zidane. Don't you want to go out and prove yourself, you also have strength. Tell people that you are not Zidane's substitute, you can also create your own world."

George's words touched Miku's heart. For young players, it is a compliment to compare with Zidane. But it was an insult to Miku, after all, Miku was only one year younger than Zidane. The two were completely players of the same age.

Miku gritted his teeth, and George's last words completely moved Miku. In fact, Miku was willing to meet George today, and he already had the intention to transfer. But the last sentence made Miku completely determined.

"Coach Levy, I am willing to transfer to Blackburn." Valk next to him frowned, Miku was too impulsive. At this time, he should not agree to George so readily, and should delay it, so as to get a better contract for Miku at the negotiation table.

"Welcome, John. You will definitely not regret this transfer."

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Immediately afterwards, Blackburn offered Bordeaux two million pounds to acquire John Miku.

Bordeaux was furious when they received Blackburn's offer. Although Miku has not yet become a player of the French team, he is the absolute core of Bordeaux. Blackburn only threw two million pounds to buy him, which is simply too much.

So they went back to Blackburn and told Blackburn that Miku was an important player of Bordeaux and it was absolutely impossible to sell him.

But soon Bordeaux received Miku's transfer application, which made Bordeaux very helpless. They knew that Blackburn had done a good job on the player, which was a common method used in world football. But without evidence, they had no way.

The day after Miku submitted his transfer application, Blackburn immediately re-offered 2.5 million pounds. Although knowing that there was no way, Bordeaux was still unwilling to let Miku go at such a low price, so it refused again.

George did not back down and immediately raised it to 2.8 million pounds. Then told Bordeaux that this was the final price and Blackburn would not continue to raise the price.

At this point, Bordeaux knew that Miku could no longer be retained, so they reluctantly agreed to Blackburn's offer.

At this point, George's transfer in France was over. In France, George recruited five people, Makelele, Pires, Gallas, Miku, and Sagnol, spending a total of 13 million pounds.