Coaching legend

The negotiation with Sun Jihai went smoothly. Compared with Xu Ming and others, Sun Jihai knows Blackburn better than anyone else in England.

Although he has only been in England for half a year, and in the English League One. But Sun Jihai has a great interest in the English League, and an even stronger interest in Blackburn. Therefore, after hearing that Blackburn is interested in him, he almost did not hesitate at all.

When Richard and Xu Hongtao were negotiating, George had already left Dalian.

George came to Dalian just to negotiate with Xu Ming. As long as he talked to Sun Jihai, the rest of the matter would not be George's business. George is a coach, and even if the Chinese market is big, it is of no use to George.

George is interested in Sun Jihai because of his strength and his versatility in the midfield and backcourt. A team needs an all-round player like Sun Jihai, so that when the team is injured and needs rotation, it can be at ease.

With George, not only does it not need to add other players to the right back position. There is even a jack of all trades in the midfield and backcourt.

At this time, George has already arrived in Sichuan and is leading Miranda to visit Jiuzhaigou.

"Wow, it's so beautiful here." Miranda exclaimed sincerely when she saw Jiuzhaigou, which was hidden in the lush green shade.

George looked at Miranda's happiness and laughed. George didn't have many opportunities to travel in his previous life, so it was the first time he saw the beautiful scenery of Sichuan. Especially Jiuzhaigou, this legendary national 5A-level scenic spot is indeed well-deserved.

George was busy playing, while Richard was busy.

Richard's transfer department was the busiest at this time. They don't have much to do normally, and it's the summer transfer and winter transfer every year that are their busiest times. George gave them instructions while playing.

This season, George will further clean up those useless substitutes and then buy other players.

George is very satisfied with Blackburn's transfer department. If he were in Burnley, George would have to do this kind of thing himself. But now it is not necessary.

After staying in Sichuan for more than a week, George and Miranda came to Guilin, Guangxi. But before they started to play, they received a call from Richard.

"George, there are good news and bad news. Which one do you want to hear?"

Richard, who has always been steady, actually joked with George, and George laughed. "I'll hear the good news first."

"Henning Berg has agreed to return to Blackburn, and Ferguson has agreed."

"This is indeed good news." George nodded.

Although Hendry has not completely retired this season, he has stayed in Blackburn as a player/coach. But George knows that Hendry should not have many opportunities to play this season, and he is more to help George stabilize the locker room.

But Blackburn's defense line is still relatively young, and only Van Bronckhorst has the most experience. Although Hyypia has been training in the Eredivisie for many years, this is only his second season in the Premier League.

Others, including Garnior, Zauri, and Sun Jihai, are all quite young. The most important thing for the defense line is experience, so after Hendry, the old captain, George hopes to have one more experienced person.

Therefore, George thought of Henning Berg who transferred to Manchester United. Berg is a veteran of Blackburn. When Blackburn won the Premier League championship, Berg was the core of the back. Two years ago, Berg transferred to Manchester United for 5 million pounds.

In the past two years, Berg's performance in Manchester United was still good, but because of Johnson and Stam, Berg could only be a substitute. Therefore, George thought of buying this meritorious player of Blackburn again.

Berg actually just turned 30 this year, or he turned 30 at the beginning of the season. He is still in the peak period of a defender.

"How much?"

"3 million pounds." George nodded. It was indeed a good deal to buy an experienced veteran like Henning Berg for 3 million pounds. After returning, Ferguson should be thanked.

"Then the bad news is..."

"Hamann has signed a contract with Liverpool."

George frowned. George admired Hamann very much. This is a player with all the excellent qualities of German players. More importantly, Hamann is a player who has seen the world.

Although Hamann is only 26 years old now, he has won the Bundesliga, German Cup and UEFA Cup with Bayern Munich. There is no player in Blackburn who can compare with Hamann's experience.

In terms of championship experience, who can compare with Hamann.

Only the former Blackburn players have won the Premier League, and Klose has won the League Cup and FA Cup. But compared with Hamann, these are completely insufficient in experience.

Now Blackburn is going to play in the UEFA Cup, which requires such experienced players with championship experience. So George thought of Hamann in Newcastle United.

"How much money Liverpool paid, we should say that we are not short of money." George has a transfer fee of 20 million pounds this season, and some other players will not cost a lot of money. Sun Jihai is less than one million, and Henning Berg is only three million.

Hamann is George's most important signing this season, and there is no problem in spending 10 million pounds.

"George, we have contacted Hamann. And we are indeed not short of money. But Hamann said he wanted to go to Liverpool. He said there are more development opportunities in Liverpool." Richard sighed and answered with a wry smile.

Damn, although Richard did not say it directly. But George has already understood that Hamann looks down on Blackburn.

Although Blackburn's performance was good last season and they can still play in the League Cup, in Hamann's eyes, they are not as good as Liverpool, which ranks seventh in the Premier League.

"Forget it, since they look down on us Blackburn, we don't have to force it." Hamann is the biggest move George has thought of this season.

Now Blackburn midfielders, Makelele, Deco, and Miku are quite strong. But they are completely lacking in experience, so they think of Hamann. What a pity!

"Forget about Hamann, I'm considering other players."

It is indeed not good news. But George can still understand. If George were Hamann, he would make the same choice. After all, Liverpool and Blackburn are not at the same level at all. Even if Liverpool's performance is getting worse and worse ten years later, no one can ignore Liverpool when it comes to English giants. This is Liverpool's heritage.

"George, I haven't finished yet. There is another bad news." A deep voice came from the other end of the phone.

George was shocked. Is there any more frustrating news than Hamann's?

"Juan's application for a work permit was rejected. The Football Association said that Juan does not meet the conditions for applying for a work permit." Richard was angry when he talked about this.

Although there are some rigid regulations for applying for a work permit, it does not mean that everything must be reviewed according to the conditions. Just like some players' application conditions do not meet the requirements in some aspects, but if the club is strong enough, they can be approved smoothly.

And some small clubs, their public relations ability is not as good as that of big clubs. Then even if they are just a little bit short, they can't get a work permit.

Richard is a little frustrated now. This is a problem with Blackburn's public relations ability.

"What!" George, who had been sitting and answering the phone, stood up in surprise. Even Hamann's signing with Liverpool did not make George so angry.

When George bought Juan Sorin, he learned about his national team appearance time. Although Sorin was unable to participate in the 1998 World Cup, Sorin has always been a main player in the new Argentine national team after the World Cup.

Therefore, George believes that Thorin's performance in the past year after the World Cup should be more than enough to apply for a work permit.

I really didn't expect that Thorin's work permit would have problems.

Thorin is a player George admires very much. In fact, Thorin is not the best full-back in terms of defense. But Thorin's strongest point is his tireless running ability. Thorin runs almost from the beginning to the end of a game and never feels tired.

Thorin's tireless running ability is George's favorite.

Especially later in the submarine, although Riquelme is the core of the midfield. But Thorin is definitely the engine of the submarine. Tireless running drives the submarine's offense.

The most important thing is that Thorin is also an all-around player like Sun Jihai. He can go up and down, even if he is a midfielder, his strength is absolutely first-class. This season for the League Cup, George has gone all out.

Although Thorin has failed in Juventus, George is not worried about Thorin's strength at all.

But such a player who was already in George's plan for the new season was rejected by the English Football Association on the grounds of a work permit.

English Football Association, you bastards. If there is a national football association in the world that is as annoying as the Chinese Football Association, then this football association must be the English Football Association.

The English Football Association is slow in doing things, and the officials of the English Football Association are as conservative and sluggish as the officials of the Chinese Football Association.

What a shitty work permit, I don’t know how many good players will be rejected by this rubbish work permit.

"Richard, can you think of another way."

"George, it's more difficult. But we will appeal and see if there is a turnaround." Richard was very frustrated. This appeal basically has no turnaround. It's just a dead horse as a living horse.

George turned around twice in the same place.

"Well, Richard. You wait for me, I will be back to England soon."

George's good mood was ruined by two consecutive bad news from Richard. Hamann, who he had the highest hopes for, was robbed by Liverpool, and Thorin, who was already in his plan for the new season, was rejected by the English Football Association again.

How could he be in a good mood? George was almost gritting his teeth.

If these two players cannot be transferred, then George will have to think about other players. There are so many problems with transfers this season.

The leader will be able to leave completely tomorrow morning. Tomorrow we will resume normal updates and make up for what we have missed during this period.

There is only one update today, and I apologize to everyone again.