Coaching legend

Blackburn has been doing a lot of good things lately. The whole club was beaming with joy.

After all, it is a football club, as long as the results are good, everything is fine. Blackburn are now ranked first in the Premier League, and are already twelve points ahead of second-placed Arsenal. Under such a good situation, both the Blackburn club and the players are full of confidence.

It would be such a prestige if we could win the Premier League title again.

This season, the prestige of Premier League hegemon Manchester United has completely disappeared. Now ranked fourth in the Premier League, there is a gap of nearly 20 points from Blackburn.

Liverpool, who were in good shape at the beginning of the season, plummeted because Houllier entered the hospital. If we talk about victory, it happened more than a month ago.

Only Arsenal is still struggling to catch up with Blackburn. But they are already twelve points behind Blackburn.

Blackburn is not Newcastle, and Arsenal is not Manchester United. George will never let his opponent come back with a twelve-point advantage. Last season, Manchester United was in such a hot state at the end of the season, but they were not able to really catch up with Blackburn. Now Arsenal wants to catch up with Blackburn, and no one is optimistic about Arsenal.

Even the London media don't think Arsenal can catch up with Blackburn.

With such a great situation, how can everyone be in a bad mood?

But George was not so relaxed.

Because George has a big problem to solve. That's Anelka.

Although Anelka performed very well in these two games. Both opened the scoring for Blackburn. But George couldn't rest on that. Because in these two games, it was obvious that Anelka relied on his personal strength to score the opponent's goal.

George doesn't need Anelka like this.

The opponents in these two games were very weak. So we can win.

But once you face a strong team, such a good thing is impossible. So George needs Anelka to truly return. At least during the loan period. But Anelka, George was hesitant.

Is this Anelka?

Mom's. Even Wenger and Del Bosque couldn't do anything to him. George didn't think he was better than either of them.

And Anelka is different from other bad boys.

Just like bad boys like Barton, they are full of scandals and scandals. Either there is a "rape case" or an "injury case". These people are all brainless people with completely problematic personalities.

After their games, they all go drinking, picking up girls, and fighting. This is a common thing. Therefore, there are gossips and scandals about them every day, and the paparazzi following them are all news.

But Anelka is different from them. Anelka's news is all about conflicts within the team.

It's just conflicts with the head coach, disagreements with teammates, or asking for a salary increase. On the contrary, there are no off-field scandals. Anelka is a typical otaku, how should one persuade such a person. George was really unsure.

But you have to give it a try.

Fortunately, there are still ten days before the next game, so George has enough time to talk to Anelka.

At the end of the day's training and when they were about to disband, George called Anelka. "Nicholas, come to my office."

Anelka looked expressionless, as if he didn't feel anything when George called him.

George arrived at the office to wait for Anelka, and was also thinking about how to talk to Anelka. Anelka dawdled, and George waited in the office for a while before seeing him come in.

"sit down."

Looking at Anelka who didn't speak, George shook his head.

"By the way, how did it feel to win the Champions League last time?"

Anelka was very angry when he heard George's words. Speaking of which, Anelka was completely confident when he went to Real Madrid. Anelka was only 19 years old at the time, but he was already worth more than 20 million pounds.

Anelka was also complacent in his heart.

It's a pity that Real Madrid won the Champions League that year, but it had nothing to do with Anelka.

Anelka thought George was humiliating him.

However, George seemed not to see Anelka's expression and continued: "But speaking of that, the Champions League championship did not belong to you. Have you never thought about winning a Champions League championship of your own?"

Anelka was stunned.

Champions League champion, what is this? This is the highest honor for a European football club.

"Nicolas, if you continue to stay at Paris Saint-Germain, you will never have the chance to win the Champions League in your life. But we at Blackburn have the strength to win the Champions League. Have you ever thought about playing at Blackburn?"

"You mean, I transfer?" Anelka said hesitantly.

George nodded.

"You are so wronged by Paris Saint-Germain."

George looked at Anelka and saw his expression change several times. I know that Anelka is indeed dissatisfied with living in Ligue 1.

"Nicholas, many people say you like money." Anelka looked up at George and didn't understand why George was so straightforward. "Actually, I also like money. Maybe you have also heard that my salary is the highest among Premier League head coaches. I am not afraid to tell you that my annual salary is much higher than yours."

Anelka's current weekly salary is only 40,000 pounds, which is much less than George. George's weekly salary is nearly 60,000 pounds.

"But I dare not feel guilty. Because I am qualified for such an annual salary. I have been in the club for three seasons and brought the club four championships. Among them are the Premier League championship and the UEFA Cup championship. So I think I am worth this price. The same goes for the players."

"The player's contribution to the club is worth 40,000 pounds, so the weekly salary I give will definitely not be less than 40,000 pounds. It is normal to give as much salary as the contribution."

Anelka did not expect George to talk about money so openly in front of him.

Many people say that Chinese people want to save face and suffer in life. Then the English are a group of people who are like whores. On the surface, they all pay attention to the so-called gentlemanly manners and disdain to talk about money. It seems that talking about money is a big deal.

In fact, there are people in the world who don't love money.

The most criticized item for Anelka by the British football media is that he is greedy for money.

But George talked about money casually in front of him.

"It is normal for players to like money. After all, your career is so short. You have made your own efforts and it is normal to make more money."

Anelka's eyes lit up when he heard this.

"Nicholas, you have seen our results this season. I hope you can continue to play for me, but it depends on your performance during this loan. If you perform well, I will bring you in in the summer. And I will never be stingy with the salary."

"30,000, 40,000, 50,000. If you can give me a satisfactory answer, I will never be stingy even if it is 60,000 pounds. Now it is commercial football. Why should players play for you if they don't make money? So I only look at your performance. As for other media statements, I don't care. As long as you perform well, everything else is not a problem."

"Are you willing to play for me?"

Anelka was very satisfied with George's words.

Because among the coaches Anelka had met, only George told Anelka that it was normal for you to get a high salary if you perform well. There is nothing more normal for players to make money by playing football.

But Anelka did not answer directly.

"I am willing to play in a higher level league."

George was very satisfied with this answer. So he nodded.

"Okay, Nicholas. Let's talk about this today. I will pay attention to your performance. I hope we can continue to cooperate next season. Go."

Looking at Anelka who was leaving, he shook his head.

George never thought about buying Anelka. George doesn't like this kind of headache player, although he is very talented. What he said today is just to comfort Anelka.

If Anelka doesn't want to play in the Premier League again, it is absolutely impossible.

But George definitely didn't think of buying Anelka.

If Klose hadn't been injured, George would not want to deal with Anelka.

…………

George didn't know what Anelka was thinking.

But in the training match on the second day, Anelka was very active. Although he was still very withdrawn and didn't talk much. But he was very active in training. In the previous training, Anelka was always in front, and after others passed the ball, he was very independent.

But in today's game, George saw it.

Anelka would also retreat to get the ball, and sometimes cooperate with others.

Anelka is a genius.

As long as he is willing to cooperate with the players, there will be no problem. Or the cooperation of the French trident in the front court, Pires, Miku and Anelka, is completely dazzling. George was watching with a smile on his face on the sidelines.

That's it.

George was very happy. The conversation with Anelka was still effective.

On January 12, Blackburn faced Charlton at home.

Just over 20 days ago, George had played against Charlton. At that time, he was tied by Charlton away from home, which made George regretful. George will never miss this game.

Sure enough, at the end of the game, Blackburn swept Charlton 4-0 at home. Revenge for the one arrow more than 20 days ago.

Anelka was very active in the game, scoring one goal in each half.

After the game, not only George, but the whole Ewood Park was crazy.

Why?

There was another highlight that kicked off at the same time. Just like more than 20 days ago, it was a game between Liverpool and Arsenal.

In the first half of the season, it was Arsenal that defeated Liverpool.

Unfortunately, they both lost in this game. Arsenal was tied 1:1 by Liverpool at home. Needless to say, Liverpool was nearly 20 points behind Blackburn. Arsenal, a club that followed Blackburn closely, fell behind Blackburn by 14 points after this round.

Ewood Park was like celebrating the Premier League championship.

They believed that with 14 points, Arsenal would never be able to catch up.

Starting the day after tomorrow, the update time will be the same. It should be between 6:30 and 7:30, and there will be three updates every day. Recently, there are a lot of things to do, so I can only find time to write at night. I will have time starting tomorrow.