Coaching legend

Back in Blackburn, the grand celebration began.

The whole Blackburn, the whole city was in an uproar. This was the second Champions League title, how could it not be a sensation.

In the streets and alleys, all the citizens of Blackburn came out to celebrate this Champions League title.

More than 100,000 people gathered together to celebrate the championship. This scene was extremely grand. Even if George had seen such a grand scene many times in his previous life in China. But today, as the protagonist, George could still feel the enthusiasm brought by more than 100,000 people.

All the fans kept waving the team's scarves and shouting "Blackburn! Blackburn!"

At this time, Paul stood at the highest point. There was a stage for people to speak.

George had been there before, and Blackburn players had also been there.

They went up to accept the cheers of Blackburn fans.

In fact, in the past few seasons, no matter what championship, at important celebrations, Paul just stood aside silently and never said a word. During the celebration, sometimes Williams spoke, but most of the time, it was George who stood there.

Williams rarely appeared.

Paul has never appeared before.

But today Paul stood at the top.

"I am Paul Walker. At this moment of celebrating the championship, I want to tell you a better news." Paul, the young club chairman, does not often show up. But his prestige among the fans is still good.

The fact that Paul Walker is Jack Walker's son is enough for Blackburn fans to accept him.

What Blackburn fans like even more is that Paul Walker never drags his feet after he took over Blackburn. After he became chairman, Blackburn ushered in the best performance in history. Therefore, even if he is low-key, Blackburn fans still like him very much.

Therefore, when Paul went up, everyone gave Paul the warmest applause.

Now hearing Paul say that there is a better news, all the fans are looking at him. Want to hear what good news there is.

"I want to announce here that the club and coach Levy have reached an agreement. The team and coach Levy have signed a new five-year contract. In the next five years, coach Levy will lead Blackburn to continue to create glory."

Hearing Paul's words, the fans burst into even more fierce cheers.

"Woo woo woo--"

"George! George!"

Paul smiled as he watched the fans cheering below. Although they were all cheering "George's" name, Paul didn't feel jealous at all.

The more popular George was, the happier Paul was.

The greater the achievements George made, the greater the credit Paul had for being the chairman.

At this time, George also came up and stood with Paul. "I hope to bring Blackburn the third, fourth and fifth Champions League titles. I want to thank Paul for his full support."

"If possible, I hope I can become Blackburn's legendary coach, and Paul will become our greatest chairman. And you, you will become the twelfth person to witness the Blackburn myth and make great contributions to the Blackburn myth."

As soon as George finished speaking, he immediately received volcanic applause again.

"George, you are already our legendary coach!"

"Legend! Legend!"

George's last contract was signed in 2001 and ended this summer.

When Paul got a new contract, George signed the contract without any consideration.

Because George could not find any reason not to renew the contract.

The current Blackburn was built by George. Although Blackburn is not big, it has a boss like Paul who firmly supports it, and Williams is the best partner. Where can you find such a club?

With this contract, it can be said to be the best head coach contract in England.

Not only the salary, but also other aspects are very respectful of George's opinions. This makes George quite satisfied.

After signing this agreement, George once again became the head coach with the highest annual salary in the Premier League. Three years ago, George signed a contract with a salary of 2.7 million pounds, becoming the head coach with the highest salary in the Premier League at that time.

But after three seasons, George's salary is no longer the highest in the Premier League.

But this time, George's salary almost doubled. George's salary reached 5 million pounds, and his weekly salary reached 100,000 pounds.

Even George was shocked at the time.

George thought that even if he renewed the contract, it should only be about 4 million pounds. But he didn't expect Paul to give George 5 million pounds.

George is not a saint.

How could he refuse more money?

So George's salary suddenly became 5 million pounds.

5 million pounds is already quite a lot. George's salary is rarely reached by superstar players in the world of football. In history, Mourinho's annual salary when he took over Chelsea was 5 million pounds.

However, the fans don't care about these things.

The fans just know that Blackburn has renewed the contract with their meritorious coach George Levy.

This makes them happier than the Champions League title.

"We just heard Blackburn chairman Walker announce that Blackburn and coach Levy have renewed their contract for five years. I believe this is definitely not what other Premier League clubs want to see. But for Blackburn fans, this is good news."

"It seems that in the next five years, Premier League fans of other clubs will continue to hate coach Levy."

After playing the Champions League final, none of the Blackburn players were able to rest.

The final ended on May 27, and Blackburn did not end the celebration until the 29th. After that, they all went to the national team non-stop to prepare for the European Cup in June.

The first game of the European Cup was held on June 12.

Therefore, Blackburn players could not rest for half a month and immediately started their European Cup journey.

It can be said to be busy.

It is really busy.

They don't even have time to breathe.

Not only the players don't have time to rest, but even the Blackburn coaching staff doesn't have much time to rest.

They have to lead Blackburn scouts to watch the European Cup in several groups and inspect the players. Of course, at the same time, Blackburn's scouts also have to investigate young talented players around the world.

Because George knows that Blackburn has no major problems now.

But once the loan repayment begins, you will have to really tighten your belt. At that time, if you don't sell players, it will be difficult to get much transfer fees. I don't know how many years this process will take, it may be four or five years, or it may be seven or eight years. At that time, George can only buy some bargains.

So George has been preparing for a rainy day from now on.

Collect more talented players and train them in his youth training camp. These players may be relied on in the future.

Therefore, Blackburn's scout system is very busy now.

No one is idle.

They have to search for good players all over the world.

Williams and others are also busy. This trip to Asia to pan for gold is Blackburn's first trip to Asia, and Williams has to consider all aspects. Paul and Williams are now uneasy.

Blackburn is not a traditional European giant, but a new upstart.

In the Far East, how much influence Paul and Williams have, these people have no idea.

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The European Cup started at this time.

This season is a time when dark horses are rampant.

Although Blackburn defeated Monaco and won the Champions League in the end, there are dark horses everywhere in this season's Champions League, which is beyond doubt.

Porto eliminated Manchester United, Monaco eliminated Real Madrid and Arsenal, which are all very famous upsets in this season's Champions League.

Fortunately, George finally defeated the dark horse Monaco.

However, even so, many people still shook their heads about this season's Champions League. Dark horses, once or twice, are very surprising. But if there are too many dark horses, it will not be good.

Unexpectedly, another big dark horse came out in the European Cup.

That is Greece.

Greece unexpectedly won the European Cup and created a Greek myth.

The head coach of the Greek team is Rehhagel.

It is estimated that the most magical coach in the world football is Rehhagel.

This 66-year-old head coach seems to be born to create miracles. In the past, he created the miracle of a newly promoted team winning the championship in German football, and this miracle was later hailed as the "Kaiserslautern Myth". At that time, Rehhagel was already famous in European football.

Unexpectedly, six years later, this magical coach once again accomplished a miracle.

This kind of magic is not even comparable to Hiddink.

These people are busy, and of course George is even busier.

Because the situation in the Premier League has changed drastically. First, Liverpool, the top Premier League giant, finally couldn't stand Houllier and replaced Houllier with Benítez.

Benítez is a new young coach in Europe in recent years.

He led Valencia to win two league titles and the UEFA Cup this season. Therefore, he became a famous European coach.

Don't look at Valencia's performance in the past few seasons. It is far better than Liverpool, but compared with European giants like Liverpool, Valencia is not comparable at all. In addition, Benítez had conflicts with Valencia's top management, so he came to Liverpool without hesitation.

Another Premier League club, Chelsea, the new Premier League, also dismissed Ranieri and invited Mourinho, the best coach in 2003. Although Mourinho failed to win the Champions League this season, Mourinho's reputation is still very large.

It's just that because they failed to win the Champions League, Abramovich's invitation to Mourinho this time did not cause as much sensation in the English football world as in history.

But George knew that once Mourinho took over Chelsea, Chelsea would soon become a strong team in the Premier League. Even in the entire European football world, it is a force that cannot be underestimated.

Ranieri's Chelsea is already very strong.

Now that Mourinho has taken over, George knows that Chelsea's glory is about to come. No one can stop Chelsea's rise. Premier League champion Arsenal can't do it, Champions League champion Blackburn can't do it, Ferguson's Manchester United can't do it, and the old giants Liverpool can't do it.

But George's headache is not this problem.

After all, as long as Abramovich is willing to invest money, Chelsea's rise is unstoppable. And Chelsea's rise is unstoppable anyway, so there is no point in worrying about that.

George's headache is that Chelsea has once again set its poaching target on Blackburn.

I don’t know if it was because George eliminated Mourinho in the Champions League that Mourinho held a grudge against him. After Mourinho came to Chelsea, his first target was not his old club Porto. Instead, he reached out to George’s Blackburn.