Coaching legend

"Why are you here?" George asked in surprise, looking at Steven Yellen, who was sweating all over.

Steven Yellen was not only sweating all over his face, but also a little out of breath. He looked like he had run over. When he came to George, he seemed to have a stitch in the side. Finally, he said, "George, George... I just heard the news. Mr. Walker died last night!"

George looked at Yellen and knew that Jack Walker might not be a real rich man in Europe or England. But his death definitely had a great impact.

Especially for Blackburn, Jack Walker's influence is unquestionable. Blackburn Club is not only a football club, but also has a great influence on the economic development of the entire city of Blackburn.

The area around Ewood Park is one of the most prosperous areas in Blackburn. Many Blackburn citizens make a living by relying on the Blackburn Club.

It's no wonder that Steven Yellen has this expression now.

George nodded.

"I just found out too. Mr. Williams came just now." George looked calm and spoke in a leisurely tone.

But Yellen knew that George must be more anxious than anyone else at this time.

Yellen was right. George was in a very shocked mood now. Knowing that a person was about to die and a person who was really dead were completely different shocks.

George had known that Jack Walker would die this year, but the last time he heard about Jack Walker's condition, George was already very shocked. But no matter how shocked he was, it couldn't be compared to now. Jack Walker was really gone.

Yellen wanted to say something, but paused again. After looking at George for a long time, he said, "Then you are busy, George."

"Goodbye, Steven."

"Goodbye, George."

Looking at Yellen going away, George sighed.

"George, what happened." Evan, who was just at the side of the court, saw Williams first, and then Steven Yellen. He had already guessed that something must have happened.

"Mr. Walker passed away."

"What?"

Evan was shocked. Jack Walker is the biggest hero that Blackburn has come to today. Without Jack Walker's arrival ten years ago, Blackburn would have been a team in the lower league. In the past ten years, Blackburn has actually experienced only two real coaches.

One coach is the first head coach invited by Jack Walker after he took over. He is also Blackburn's meritorious coach, Dalglish.

Dalglish's contribution is great. He made a club in the English League One become a Premier League powerhouse. And in the end, he led Blackburn to win the Premier League championship in the 1994-95 season.

After Dalglish, although Blackburn also invited many coaches. But basically none of them lasted long. It was not until George took over that the position of head coach stabilized. But Jack Walker's support for Blackburn remained.

Especially after George took over, there were frequent transfers. Although there were transfer fees from selling other players in the team, more of it was the support of Jack Walker.

How could Jack Walker suddenly die?

The death of Jack Walker has caused a big stir in the English football world, just like he has grown wings.

Jack Walker himself is just a wealthy man with assets of hundreds of millions of pounds. There are many wealthy people of this level in England, and there are countless in Europe. In the future, when Russian and American wealthy people enter the English football world, Jack Walker's assets will be nothing.

But for now, Jack Walker's influence on the English football world is definitely not small.

As the first champion maker in the Premier League who used money to build a championship, Jack Walker. The influence he brought to the English football world is absolutely great.

Blackburn is doing very well now, and it can be said that it is in a strong momentum. In the Premier League, it is completely on par with Manchester United and Arsenal. And with Blackburn's current age structure, even two or three years of glory is not a problem.

But in this case, what kind of impact will Jack Walker's departure have on Blackburn? This is what all media are paying attention to.

However, the citizens of Blackburn are in deep grief.

No matter how Jack Walker made his fortune. No matter how Jack Walker fooled the fans when he was expanding Ewood Park. (At that time, Jack Walker fooled many citizens to move, saying that he wanted to expand Ewood Park. But in the end, only a little bit was used, and the rest of the place was purchased at a low price and used by Jack Walker for other commercial purposes.)

But in the hearts of Blackburn fans, Jack Walker will always be the most intimate "Uncle Jack".

In the hearts of Blackburn fans, Jack Walker is Blackburn's biggest savior. It is because of Jack Walker that Blackburn has been able to dominate the Premier League in the past decade. This is all brought by Jack Walker.

Jack Walker's prestige among Blackburn fans cannot be explained in one or two sentences.

Therefore, when the news of Jack Walker's death came out, all Blackburn citizens fell into great grief.

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Although Blackburn fans are immersed in great grief. But this funeral is a very private funeral.

Although Jack Walker was the first club owner to buy a Premier League championship with money. But he was not a person who liked to show off during his lifetime. The Walker family was already a billionaire family decades ago, but Jack Walker rarely appeared in public.

It was not until Jack Walker took over Blackburn that the name Jack Walker was known by the English.

After Jack Walker took over, various actions were frequent. Expanding Ewood Park, renovating other facilities of the club, and buying big-name players. Such actions, one after another, shocked the English football world.

But Jack Walker himself rarely appeared in front of the media. Or Jack Walker himself was unwilling to deal with reporters. So Jack Walker's private life was very confidential.

After Jack Walker died, it was still the same.

There were basically no outsiders at the funeral today. In addition to Jack Walker's children, there were Jack Walker's younger brother's family. Anyway, all the people who came were members of the Walker family. Speaking of outsiders, there were only Williams, George, and Dalglish, who was the football director at Celtic last season. Throughout the funeral, George just stood silently beside Williams without saying a word.

Until the end, George shook hands with Jack Walker's family. He wanted to comfort them, but couldn't say it. So at most he said "condolences".

And looking at Jack Walker's family, they were not as sad as imagined. Maybe it was because they all knew about Jack Walker's illness. So they had already been mentally prepared.

When he finally shook Paul Walker's hand, he whispered. "Thank you, George."

"No, Paul. Without Mr. Walker, I wouldn't be who I am now."

Paul Walker shook his head. "You should know that Blackburn is everything to your father. When the results were not good, your father didn't smile every day. Until you came to Blackburn, your father was very happy every day. Especially the League Cup championship and this League Cup championship, this is the happiest time I have seen my father in recent years. So thank you very much."

George was silent.

Jack Walker was really good to him. He is also the person who admires him the most since he came here.

But George has no regrets. He repaid Jack Walker's attention with the best results. It's just that there is a little regret in his heart.

Jack Walker did not see Blackburn win the Premier League again.

Finally, George sighed. He shook Paul's hand.

The funeral was very simple. George didn't know what other things were going on in the Walker family. Anyway, the things that happened later had nothing to do with George, Dalglish, and Williams.

Although Dalglish is a meritorious coach of Blackburn, George and Dalglish don't meet much.

Dalglish looks very confident, or it can be said that his previous successful experience gave him this confidence.

"George, you've been good recently. Much better than me."

To be honest, Dalglish is not much better than George in terms of coaching results. George has won five cup championships in six seasons. And it seems that he can win the Premier League this season.

But Dalglish, in fact, is just average in terms of championships. Since he started coaching Liverpool, he has won four top league championships. There are also some other cup champions.

But Dalglish has been coaching for more than ten years.

But Dalglish is qualified to talk to George like this. Because George is too young. When Dalglish was a player, he was already a famous player in English football. He was also one of the best strikers in European football in those years.

George had no dissatisfaction when he heard what Dalglish said.

So he nodded. "Thank you, Kenny."

"Okay." Dalglish patted George on the shoulder, then nodded to Williams and left the place.

Neither George nor Williams spoke. Jack Walker's departure made both of them a little sad. But both of them are adults and have experienced great ups and downs. What they are thinking about now is what changes will happen after Jack Walker leaves.

What they both need now is stability.

As long as it is stable, Blackburn will not have any problems.

"Let's go, George. There is another important game tomorrow. It is a good explanation to Mr. Walker." Williams finally sighed and said softly to George.

"Yeah."

Tomorrow is April 18, the second leg of the Champions League quarter-finals. This is a very important game. If they win, Blackburn will make it to the Champions League semi-finals for the first time in history.

Jack Walker is gone, but life must go on.

George can't forget the game just because Jack Walker passed away.

"John, I think you should have a good talk with Paul in a while. How can we know what Paul thinks? Does he have any opinion on the development of the club? I think you need to talk to him about all these."

"I know. As long as this period of time is over, I will have a good talk with Paul."