Coaching legend

The fifth round of the FA Cup will be played on February 20.

There are only two days between the Champions League quarter-finals.

However, these are not the reasons why the English football world is paying attention to Blackburn. Everyone is paying attention because of Blackburn's opponent this time. Blackburn's opponent is not strong at all. It was relegated two years ago and played in the third-tier English League.

It was just promoted to the second-tier English League last year. But people are concerned because of the name of this club.

Blackburn's opponent in the fifth round of the FA Cup this time is their century-old rival Burnley.

When George drew this name, he was even stunned.

Burnley?

This is the name George is most reluctant to mention. For more than five years, Blackburn has not had a chance to meet Burnley. I didn't expect to meet in the FA Cup. This made George a little angry.

There are so many opponents, and you actually drew Burnley for me.

Isn't this deliberately embarrassing me?

After the draw, many reporters also discovered this problem. They immediately surrounded George, wanting to hear what George, a famous European coach, thought of his old club.

But George had a gloomy face and didn't answer them at all.

Although Burnley was not a taboo for him, it was also a club that George absolutely didn't want to mention.

George thought that Burnley had been relegated and they would not see each other for a long time. Unexpectedly, they met in the FA Cup. English Football Association, I'm your ancestors!

Not only did George not speak to reporters, he also issued a gag order for the team.

Especially Klose.

Klose is the only player who followed George from Burnley to Blackburn. There will definitely be reporters asking him questions.

Although he has become a world-class striker, Klose still doesn't like to face reporters. He is even more unwilling to answer such sensitive questions. George was afraid that Klose would be in trouble, so he directly issued a gag order.

Seeing that George was unmoved, these reporters immediately went to Tottenham.

Their interview subject this time was Tottenham left back Daniel Morrison. As the captain of Burnley during George's coaching period, Burnley's newspapers even said that George and Daniel were like father and son. .

There are many sayings about George and Daniel in the English football world.

Some people say that George and Daniel have become enemies, while others say that they have always had a good relationship. It's just that Daniel didn't want to join Blackburn, the mortal enemy, so he joined Tottenham, which has a close relationship with George.

Anyway, everyone has their own opinions.

Everyone is speculating.

But both parties kept silent.

The media is mean. When the parties don't talk, they are more interested. They don't know how many things they have written about George and Daniel over the years.

But everyone reads it as a novel.

This time Blackburn and Burnley played the FA Cup, and these reporters went to Tottenham to interview Daniel Morrison.

Daniel was very serious.

Or since leaving Burnley and coming to Tottenham, Daniel has never smiled in front of the media. He has always been this cold image. It should be said that Daniel has been like this since George took over Blackburn.

Therefore, many Premier League reporters thought that Daniel's personality was like this. Only those who knew Daniel before would know that Daniel used to like to tell jokes.

"Of course I hope Burnley wins."

Daniel's answer was very simple.

But the reporter didn't want to let him go. "Daniel, what do you think of Coach Levy? Some people say that your relationship is still very good, and some people say that you..."

Daniel looked at the reporter, and then his expression froze.

"I am a Tottenham player. I don't comment on coaches from other clubs."

After saying that, he pushed the reporter away and left the place.

When he was far away from the reporter, Daniel narrowed his eyes slightly. Then shook his head.

George Levy?

He can be seen every season. Of course, even if it is not on the field, George will always be very popular in ordinary football newspapers. But in Daniel's heart, the George he is familiar with has long gone.

Hate George? Daniel has never had this idea in his heart.

But Daniel is absolutely unwilling to mention George in front of others. Because he himself can't tell how he feels about George now.

Therefore, he could only avoid the topic of George.

The reporters were all very disappointed.

George, Daniel and other people from the Burnley team at that time did not speak. News without hype is the most painful for reporters.

But reporters have a lot of ways.

After they went back, they immediately wrote the news. "Burnley, George's obsession!", "Who was right and who was wrong when he left Burnley back then?". This kind of article had been hyped up many years ago.

Now they have nothing to write, and they actually brought him up again.

Of course there are others. "The mentor of the year is now a stranger!", "Daniel keeps silent about George!".

Anyway, this is their specialty.

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"Look, what a mess they wrote."

George looked at the newspaper and was rarely angry.

"George, don't be like this. These reporters are like this. But do you know the current situation of Burnley?" Miranda said with a smile while picking up the newspapers thrown by George.

George looked up at Miranda and nodded slightly.

After becoming the head coach of Blackburn, George did not pay too much attention to Burnley's affairs. But George still knew some big things about Burnley. The media said that Burnley was George's obsession, which was not completely wrong.

Burnley was indeed like a thorn, deeply piercing George's heart. It's just that George has always covered him up.

Therefore, George still knows the important things about Burnley.

"George, take a look at this, you may be happy."

After speaking, Miranda pulled out another newspaper from the side.

George looked at it and was very surprised.

"Coach Levy is a meritorious coach of Burnley. It was not his fault that he left at that time. Although he became the head coach of Blackburn, he is still one of the greatest coaches in Burnley's history. I hope Burnley fans will not be too harsh on George."

"This time I came to Turf Moor Stadium, I called on Burnley fans not to boo George. Fans can respect this meritorious coach of Burnley."

This sentence was not said by any football commentator or other football celebrities.

This was said by Brandon Fludd.

Brandon Fludd is just a small figure in the British football world, and even in the list of England's richest people, he is a small rich man. But his other identity caused his words to appear on the front page headlines.

Brandon Fludd is the current owner of Burnley.

Because of his obsession, George is still well aware of the big things that happened to them. He also knows about this Blanco Fludd.

Burnley has been relegated to the second-tier English league since 2000, and relegated to the third-tier English league again in 2002. Finally, Barry Kilby couldn't hold on any longer.

Barry Kilby had made a lot of money since he invested in Burnley in 1995. The three million back then had made tens of millions of pounds in 2002. The deal was a good deal. The money he made was even more than his original net worth. But by 2002, Barry Kilby really couldn't hold on any longer.

It wasn't because he was short of money.

Kilby could still afford a third-tier English league. Even if he went to the second-tier English league, it wouldn't be a big problem with Kilby's net worth. The main thing was that he was too frustrated.

Burnley fans scolded him every day and even threatened his safety.

If Burnley hadn't had any glory, then there would be nothing. The problem was that Burnley was the League Cup champion and FA Cup champion in 1998, and also entered the Premier League. Plus George, who left Burnley, achieved one brilliant record after another in Blackburn.

This deeply stimulated Burnley fans.

So they transferred their anger to Barry Kilby.

They not only cursed in the stadium and on the roadside, but also cursed whenever fans gathered together. Even with the development of the Internet, someone made public Kilby's family situation. The police investigated, but they didn't find out.

This caused Kilby to be frightened. He was afraid that these fans would go crazy and do something crazy.

In the end, Kilby couldn't help it and sold the club to Brandon Fludd. Unlike Kilby, the Fludd family is a prominent family in Burnley. Their family has been rooted in Burnley for more than 300 years.

Although Brandon Fludd made money by doing business in London. But many members of his family are still in Burnley.

Therefore, when Kilby sold the club, the Fludd family accepted it.

This Brandon Fludd is the new chairman of Burnley.

He did not do a bad job. The chairman's preferences will also affect the choice of the head coach. Even in English football, this is the case.

After becoming the chairman of Burnley, Brandon Flood did not spend money lavishly. Instead, he began to reuse Burnley's youth players, and the effect was quite good. In the first season after taking over Burnley, he led the team back to the second-tier league in England. Among Burnley's main players, there are three players from the youth training camp. There are also many young youth training camp players on the bench.

Last season, Burnley used their youth training camp players on a large scale, and five players trained by themselves appeared in the main lineup. And they are all quite young, and they are almost qualified for the Premier League promotion play-offs.

Therefore, many Burnley fans like Brandon Flood, the new chairman, very much.

George really didn't expect it.

Brandon Flood would speak like this in front of reporters.

Although they have never met, George has a good impression of the new chairman.

But there are some regrets.

If I had partnered with such a chairman back then, how could I have left Burnley and come to Blackburn.

But I am very happy now.

Although it doesn't mean that Burnley fans will give up their hostility towards George as soon as he expressed his position. But the less hostility there is, the happier George is.

"I'll get to know Mr. Fludd if I have a chance. Even if we can't be friends, there's no need to be enemies." Miranda is also from Burnley. But since marrying George, she no longer dares to step into Burnley casually.

Who knows if Burnley will have very radical fans.

Miranda was quite regretful about this.

After all, they grew up in Burnley and had deep feelings for each other.

"Yeah."

George nodded. But he didn't agree in his heart.

Although he was grateful to Brandon Fludd, George had no intention of getting to know him. They were already strangers, so what was the point of meeting again?