Coaching legend

For other teams, a UEFA Cup victory is not worth cheering at all. But it was a fantastic win for Blackburn Rovers.

When Blackburn fans won the Premier League title, they were also imagining Blackburn's performance in the Champions League. But fans soon discovered that the club's performance in the Champions League was extremely bad. In the Champions League that year, they were completely inferior, and even some Eastern European teams performed far better than Blackburn.

After the Premier League championship, Blackburn never had the chance to taste European competitions.

That's why they attach so much importance to a first-round match in the UEFA Cup.

When the away game ended with a 3-0 win over Partizan, the entire Blackburn Rovers were in complete shock. Just like winning the Premier League championship, fans think this is a good start. They were even more delighted with George's boastful words about winning the League Cup.

Blackburn has not seen such an ambitious coach in countless years. This is a sign of confidence that Blackburn fans are willing to support George.

Other media in England did not pay attention to it, but the local media in Blackburn took this victory very seriously.

"The first step to conquer Europe!"

Steven Yellen even used such an exaggerated headline in the Blackburn Evening News.

In it, Yellen even said that Blackburn will win the League Cup first and then go to the Champions League. Anyway, the young Steven Yellen praised the current Blackburn and George in the newspapers. It is believed that Blackburn now has the strength to challenge the strong teams in England and European giants.

However, Yellen's comments were quickly refuted by other media. Even Mark Lawrenson, who has always been at odds with George, even laughed at Blackburn for not seeing the world. A small victory in the first round of the UEFA Cup made them ecstatic.

What is the first round of the UEFA Cup? You can brag about it even after entering the top 32 or the top 16 of the UEFA Cup. Is it too early to brag? At first glance, they look like a bunch of bumpkins.

Mark Lawrenson severely mocked Blackburn. That tone was like when I followed Liverpool across Europe, I was not so arrogant, even you little Blackburn Rovers dare to pretend!

Before George responded to Mark Lawrenson's taunt, Steven Yellen mocked Liverpool in the newspaper. "Blackburn's UEFA Cup victory is not in your eyes. It's a pity that Liverpool didn't even get to play in the UEFA Cup."

This sentence angered Liverpool. As Liverpool's performance has declined in recent years, the most important thing for Liverpool now is their face. What Liverpool fans are most willing to talk about is their glorious history. Needless to say, the glory of Liverpool's history goes without saying, otherwise how could we say that Liverpool is the most powerful club in England.

As England's largest club, their most important thing is face. The face of a wealthy family.

Now Steven Yellen is nakedly mocking Liverpool for not even being able to compete in the UEFA Cup, which is a direct slap in the face of England's largest club. And in front of so many people in English football, how could they endure it.

Among the newspapers, the "Liverpool Echo" first recalled the glory of Liverpool from the 1970s to the 1980s. Then asked Blackburn. "When Liverpool won the Champions League, what league was Blackburn in? Did Blackburn ever reach the Champions League final?"

Yellen may have stayed with George for a long time and learned George's acrimony. "In the eight years since the Premier League has been established, has Liverpool ever won the league title once? We at Blackburn Rovers won the league title once four years ago."

It turned out to be a quarrel between George and Mark Lawrenson, but unexpectedly it turned into a quarrel between Blackburn and Liverpool. The biggest positions are the "Liverpool Echo" and the "Blackburn Evening News".

Of course, the influence of the Blackburn Evening News is much lower than that of the Echo. With this scolding, the Blackburn Evening News stole the show. And Steven Yellen, a young reporter, made his name spread in the English media circle by virtue of his exchange of words with the "Liverpool Echo".

George looked at this inexplicable quarrel and shook his head.

Damn, Blackburn and Liverpool had no grudges in the past. Even if George and Mark Lawrenson don't deal with each other, their relationship with Mark Lawrenson's other partner, Alan Hansen, is not very bad.

And although he was rejected by the Liverpool chairman last year, George still has a good impression of David Morse. He has the demeanor of a president of a big club.

Therefore, George never thought about any conflict with Liverpool, but he did not expect that Steven Yellen would actually start a war with Liverpool.

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"George, look at this."

In addition to training in the past two days, George only read the gossip in the newspapers. Although the game against Arsenal was about to begin, George was still in a good mood to read the newspaper. I didn't feel it when I was bickering before, but it's quite fun to watch others bicker.

George looked at it and shook his head. Both teams were so funny. Liverpool were there to reminisce about the Red Army Liverpool that swept across Europe, while Blackburn remembered the Premier League championship four years ago. Everything he says is sour.

At this time, Allen came to George's office.

George was confused and took it over to take a look. It turned out that a French club was already interested in Blackburn's Essien.

This is not because Essien's performance in Blackburn's reserve team and youth team has been reported to the French league. It is because Essien participated in the New Zealand Under-17 World Youth Championship with Ghana this year, and his outstanding performance attracted the attention of European clubs.

After Essien was transformed into a defensive midfielder by George in Blackburn, he also played this position in the Ghana national team. Essien used to play as a defender, but after switching to a defensive midfielder, his performance was even better. Especially in this New Zealand Under-17 World Youth Championship, Essien's performance made all football people shine.

Of course, it is not a few years later, and major clubs are fighting for young talents. The value of young talents is also rising.

But Essien's performance in New Zealand still attracted many clubs. There are already clubs that have started to ask Blackburn. Of course, they don't think that Blackburn will sell Essien now, they just want to rent Essien.

Many mid- and lower-level teams in Ligue 1 live like this. Either the youth training camp is very strong, and they use their own youth training players to conquer the world. Or some clubs rent out some good players in addition to some of their own players.

In fact, there is no need to ask George's opinion so carefully when renting a youth team player. As long as they have certain opinions, they can tell George and let George approve it.

However, because Essien is a young player that George attaches great importance to, Allen and others want to ask George's opinion.

"There are four clubs and a French Ligue 2 club. What is your opinion?" George put down the information in his hand. George is not familiar with these French Ligue 1 and Ligue 2 clubs.

The only clubs George is familiar with in the French league are relatively famous clubs such as Lyon, Bordeaux, and Paris Saint-Germain. George doesn't know about these small clubs now. So he asked Evan. George believes that Evan must have known about several clubs.

"We studied it carefully and think Metz is the best. Metz has a good coach, and the position of the midfielder is not very abundant now. And Metz has guaranteed that Essien will play a lot of games."

Hearing Evan's words, George did not answer immediately.

After all, there is a saying that there is no right to speak without investigation. George didn't know the current situation of these clubs, so it was difficult to answer. However, it seems that Essien didn't start in Metz before. But now everything has changed, Essien's position has changed, even if he changes clubs, it doesn't matter.

I don't know about other things, but George has some impression of Metz.

Metz is most famous not for their achievements, but for their many outstanding young players. George has heard of this.

"Are other clubs not good?"

"Other clubs have some problems. Either they already have a lot of defensive midfielders, or their club traditions don't match Essien." Evan didn't explain in detail, but just said it briefly.

But George trusted Evan very much, so he nodded.

"What does Alan mean? You should have talked to him too."

Alan Levy's voice in Blackburn is now growing in a straight line. At the beginning, it was just because of George, but now Alan is not relying on George. Instead, he relies on his identity as the agent of Deco and Klose to start exerting his influence in Blackburn.

And recently, relying on his own advantages, he has also seduced some young players from Blackburn. Including Drogba, who George just signed, and Hargreaves from last season. Of course, they have not yet played their strength.

But Klose and Deco alone have greatly increased Allen's influence in Blackburn.

Essien is also a player under Allen. When a player is loaned, he still has to ask the player's opinion.

"Alan prefers Bastia, but he has no problem with Metz. He means to find a club where Essien can play in the game. He doesn't care about the club's performance."

George nodded. Allen will definitely not care about the performance of other clubs. If the performance is poor, he will immediately let Essien be loaned to other clubs. Allen is a typical businessman who only considers his own interests.

"I have only one opinion. I don't care which club it is. I only consider one thing, that is, you must find a club with enough playing opportunities for Essien." Essien is not yet seventeen years old and needs to constantly improve himself through competition.

Therefore, there is not much interest in any club. As long as Essien can be given enough playing opportunities and exercise, George is willing to give them the green light.

"Okay, I understand."