Coaching legend

The 2007-2008 season was the world of Manchester United.

Manchester United not only won the Premier League title again, but also defeated Chelsea in the Champions League final at the end of the year to win the third Champions League title in the club's history, and the second Champions League title after Ferguson took over Manchester United.

Ferguson almost completed the new treble.

Although he failed to win the treble, Ferguson still became the most glorious head coach. Ferguson's status in European football is getting higher and higher. In European football, Ferguson is a symbol. There are not many people in European football who can be compared with Ferguson.

All those who ridiculed Ferguson three years ago were silent at this time. Who dared to say something sarcastic about Ferguson at this time.

Who could have thought that Ferguson, whose position was shaky three years ago, has achieved such results now. Ferguson is truly old and strong, and Manchester United has also ushered in another peak of performance.

However, before the media could praise Manchester United, they were attracted by another piece of news.

The fastest gossip newspaper in England is The Sun.

Within a few days after the end of the season, The Sun broke the big news.

"Indian tycoon takes over Blackburn!"

Sometimes, you have to admire The Sun's ability to dig up news.

Even many people inside Blackburn didn't know about this. Because Paul didn't let anyone inside Blackburn to negotiate, but used his own people.

I didn't expect The Sun to be so powerful. It broke the news that even Blackburn didn't know.

And their reports are not random. There are all grounds in them.

They even found out who the Indian tycoon is.

In fact, in recent years, the acquisition of Premier League clubs by foreign capital is no longer a big news.

Let's talk about several strong teams in the Premier League.

Let's talk about Manchester United, which has the best performance recently. Although Sky TV failed to take over Manchester United in the late 1990s, in 2005, the American owner Glazer took over Manchester United. So many Manchester United fans opposed it, which was useless.

Bullshit fans. In the club, the power of fans is absolutely the smallest. Don't listen to those clubs who keep saying that they respect the opinions of fans and that fans are their biological parents. In fact, when the club really makes a decision, the opinions of fans are bullshit.

Let's talk about Wenger's Arsenal. Don't think that Arsenal is getting more and more stingy now.

In fact, the two major shareholders of Arsenal are world-class billionaires.

David Dunn supported Arsenal's introduction of foreign capital. Therefore, he introduced the American billionaire Kroenke to the board of directors and sold his shares to Kroenke. This move angered the conservative Arsenal board of directors, so they drove David Dunn away. But what David Dunn didn't expect was that Kroenke, who has a net worth of more than 2 billion, is also a miser.

Kroenke is not only a billionaire himself, but his wife is also one of the successors of Walmart.

Unfortunately, they are American businessmen after all. They only know how to make money and have no interest in the team's performance. They still let the team be self-sufficient. Coupled with the debt of the stadium, Arsenal is stretched in the transfer market.

When Kroenke cooperated with the conservative board of directors, David Dunn was very disappointed. Therefore, David Dunn once again attracted a wealthy man. That is the Russian tycoon Usmanov. Unfortunately, Usmanov came a little late, and Kroenke cooperated with Arsenal's original directors to exclude him from the board of directors.

Therefore, although Arsenal has two world-class wealthy shareholders, it is the club that lacks money the most.

Then there is Liverpool, the first giant in England. The Morse family, who has owned Liverpool for half a century, sold Liverpool to two Americans, Tom Hicks and George Gillett.

Then there is the famous Chelsea.

Abrahimovic's big investment won the Premier League and the Champions League, telling all clubs that the current football world is an era of money.

In this way, several strong teams in the Premier League, except Blackburn, which is still controlled by the English, the other four teams are already controlled by foreigners. Manchester United and Liverpool are exclusively owned by Americans, Arsenal is controlled by Americans, and Chelsea is a Russian tycoon.

So it is not uncommon for foreign capital to acquire Premier League teams.

But the news that Blackburn is changing hands still shocked the Premier League.

Blackburn, although the performance in the past two years is slightly worse, who dares to ignore it.

And the Walker family has a very high prestige in Blackburn. Since their family took over Blackburn, Blackburn's performance has been rising steadily. They are loved by Blackburn fans. Who would have thought that they would sell the club.

Especially Blackburn fans are even more shocked.

But there are also many people who gloat over the misfortune.

"Blackburn overestimates its own ability. They think that if they get better results and build a luxurious stadium, they can become a wealthy club. It is precisely because of their unplanned blind actions that the club has fallen into financial difficulties. Paul doesn't know that Blackburn wants to become a wealthy club, and it is estimated that it will be possible in a hundred years. What a pity."

"Now, the club has to be sold. It's all their own fault."

There are many ironies about Blackburn in the words.

Some people even ridicule the Indian tycoons who are going to take over.

"Indians, do they also understand football?"

In the eyes of the English, India is the place they ruled in the past. It was just a colony of their "Empire on which the sun never sets".

Now when they hear that Indian tycoons have come to the Premier League, many English people sneer.

There are also many Blackburn fans who oppose the entry of Indian tycoons. But unlike the opposition of Manchester United fans in the past, the opposition of Blackburn fans is much weaker than theirs. Or they have no way to do anything.

Because the entire Blackburn, except for Williams and others who have a little bit of shares, is completely the private property of the Walker family.

No one can stop Paul Walker from deciding to sell.

In addition, there are many Asian fans in Blackburn. Especially many Indians. They support the entry of Indian tycoons into Blackburn.

The most important thing is that the sale of the club this time was too fast. Just a few days after the "Sun" report, the fans have not reacted yet, and the transfer here has been completed.

Not long after the end of the season, Paul was about to hand over to the Indian tycoon.

On May 28, 2008, Paul sold the club to Said.

Said, who was 35 years old at the time, had a huge family behind him, and their family history could be traced back to the distant East India Company. Said had received higher education at the London School of Economics, was a practicing lawyer, and also owned a large number of racehorses in Bahrain.

Said was very rich.

There was no doubt about that.

At the signing site, Said promised in front of the media that he would invest 200 million pounds into the transfer market in the next five years. His chest was patted loudly.

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"John, Paul..."

The owner of the club has changed.

George is not in a good mood now. Although George does not have the idea of ​​dying for his confidant, he still has great feelings for the Walker family.

Jack Walker appreciated George and gave George a stage to play. Let George be famous in the Premier League.

The same is true for Paul Walker.

After becoming the new owner of Blackburn, he also respected George as the head coach. George gradually became a world-famous coach, and his prestige among Blackburn fans was higher than Paul. But Paul was not jealous at all, and he spared no effort to support George.

George likes both of them very much.

George himself doesn't know what the new boss will be like. So of course he is a little unhappy now.

But George is more worried about Paul now.

Paul has been in a very bad mood since he signed the contract. Paul came to the newly built Jack Walker Stadium. George and Williams are both worried about Paul.

This time Paul sold Blackburn for 270 million pounds. And Said is also responsible for Blackburn's debts.

It looks like a lot, but it's not much.

The Walker family has been in Blackburn for 19 years. During this time, Jack Walker and Paul Walker have invested far more than 200 million pounds in Blackburn.

Especially in the early 1990s, Blackburn was completely unable to be self-sufficient. Jack Walker needed to invest money in the club every year to survive.

After Paul Walker took over Blackburn, he didn't make a penny.

The club made a profit, but it was all reinvested in the club. And when it was difficult last year, he used his own 40 million pounds to plug the loophole.

The Walker family invested in Blackburn not for making money.

Twenty years, so much money invested, the rate of return is very low.

Williams looked at Paul who had been sitting on the sidelines for a long time and sighed.

"Let's go and take a look."

When George and Williams came to Paul, Paul also saw George and Williams.

Paul looked up, and George was stunned.

George had seen Paul many times. But the first time he saw Paul crying, he was like a child crying there.

Seeing Paul like this, George was very sad.

Although Paul's blind expansion is largely responsible for the current situation. But Paul's feelings for Blackburn are absolutely true, more true than anyone else. Even George can be sure that Paul's feelings for Blackburn far exceed those of his father Jack Walker.

Unfortunately, things did not go as planned.

Paul first looked at George, wiped his tears, and then smiled. "George, I'm sorry."

George shook his head.

"No, Paul. It's not your fault. You are the best boss in the history of Blackburn." If it weren't for the subprime mortgage crisis in the United States, maybe Paul's grand plan would have succeeded? Who knows.

But no matter what, Paul's contribution to Blackburn is definitely the best in history.

"Thank you, George."

Paul looked at Williams.

"John, those Indians have never managed a football club. Said hopes that you will continue to serve as the chairman of the club."

Williams nodded.

Said's people had contacted Williams a long time ago. They were all outsiders and didn't want the club to be too turbulent at the beginning of taking over. Therefore, Williams and George were the ones they had to stabilize.

"John, although they are rich, they have never played football. John, the team is in your hands. Please help George." Paul said this and looked at George again. "George, you should change your temper."

"George, don't be angry. After all, he is the new boss."

Seeing Paul's look, George couldn't bear it. He sighed and nodded heavily.

"Don't worry, Paul."

After Paul finished speaking, he laughed. "Haha, it's easy now. I can be a fan easily in the future."

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