Chapter 13 Taking over the Saints
“The British media is really boring!”
A Bentley Murchanlyn was speeding on the M3 expressway. Yang Huan put down the newspaper in his hand and said in anger.
The tone sounded like an indescribable aggrievance, but it made everyone in the car feel very paradoxical.
Bored?
I'm afraid a person is wrong!
"Ordinary people in Britain like the style of the Sun very much, making a fuss, but it is very entertaining." Kesh Harris is a British man and is very familiar with the British temperament.
"In the past, the Times was a very rigorous newspaper, but in the UK, only the top elites would like it. It was very niche and had a bad business. After being acquired by News Group, it immediately moved to the route of catering to the common people. Now it is a newspaper with better rigorous and entertainment-oriented nature."
But even such a newspaper still gave Yang Huan a lot of reports, and it lasted for two or three days.
Just two days ago, when Yang Huan's news was about to fade away, Kesh Harris accepted interviews from several media at the City of London and talked about Yang Huan. He was frank about Chinese investors who were interested in acquiring an English professional team.
In this interview, he described Yang Huan as another super rich man in English football after Abramovich and Abu Dhabi consortium, which once again made the entire British and European media climax.
In just under two days, there were endless news about which wealthy team Yang Huan wanted to acquire.
From Manchester United in the Glazer family, to Liverpool in the Hicks, to the miserable Gunners Arsenal...
Almost all top teams are related to Yang Huan.
The news has also attracted crazy attention from the media and fans.
Once successful, Yang Huan will become the number one person in the mainland to enter the English Professional League!
But in fact, Yang Huan secretly won Southampton, a team in the third-level England league.
Now, he is on the expressway to Southampton.
"Mr. Yang Huan, you asked me to help you contact the head coach candidates before. I already have several more suitable candidates here. Take a look." Kesh Harris has been very busy in recent days and is very busy.
Not to mention anything else, just to help Yang Huan find a head coach, he didn't know how many relationships he used.
Five hundred thousand pounds is a lot, but it is not that easy to make.
Yang Huan took the documents handed over by Kaish Harris and opened them to read them.
The first page of the document appears is former Real Madrid coach and Chilean engineer Pellegrini.
In this evaluation document, Pellegrini was highly praised, believing that the coach is very suitable for leading mid- and lower-level teams. Although he was fired by Real Madrid, his coaching ability is unquestionable, and the teams he led are often able to play a refreshing offense.
However, there is also a problem. Pellegrini may not be willing to coach a League One team, especially after suffering from Real Madrid's Waterloo. For the sake of value preservation, he must re-prove himself in the top league.
The second is the famous Czech coach Zeman who is currently unemployed at home.
This head coach is definitely not as famous as Pellegrini. After all, he has never coached a giant team, but Yang Huan knows that he is a famous head coach who cares about his head and does not care about his butts, and he attacks desperately, and is a football creed to score one more goal than his opponent.
Zeman has not had a job for two years, so it shouldn't be too difficult to invite him out.
However, he is not the world-famous coach Yang Huan asked for.
The third one is much more famous. Now it is the head coach of Bundesliga class bully Bayern Munich, Dutchman Van Gaal.
There is no doubt about Van Gaal's reputation. The world's top coach just led Bayern Munich to the Champions League final last season. Although he eventually lost to Mourinho's Inter Milan, he was invincible in domestic competitions in Germany. Van Gaal's most famous football philosophy is his offensive no matter what.
But like Pellegrini's problem, Van Gaal's personality and his chances of being on track at Bayern Munich and moving to the League One and coaching Southampton are slim.
In addition, there are other world-renowned coaches on the list, such as German national team coach Loew, Spanish national team coach Bosque, Chilean national team coach Bielsa, etc., but are these people who come to coach the League One team?
On the contrary, those who are not very famous and powerful, such as Adrians, Michelle Lauderup and Pochettino, or those who have newly emerged in the past or two years, will be more realistic.
Yang Huan closed the report and handed it over to Zhang Ning, and turned his head and looked out the car window.
Outside the window, the scenery beside the expressway is retreating rapidly.
There were more and more trees along the road, which was telling the guests on the expressway that Southampton was approaching.
Southampton is a shining pearl on the south coast of Britain, where the Titanic set off.
This is the second largest container freight port in the UK, the most famous cruise terminal in the UK, and it is also the famous flower and tree capital in the UK. Almost every household enjoys planting flowers and trees. The most famous attraction in the city is Tudor Garden.
There is a tree and a white rose in the Southampton team logo.
So, as we were speeding on the highway, we saw more and more trees, which meant that Southampton was getting closer and closer.
"Kash." Yang Huan thought it through clearly, but he had to take action himself.
After Kaish Harris agreed, he continued, "Help me contact someone."
Yang Huan is very clear about the football trends in the next few years. He must adjust Southampton within one or two years, otherwise, this team will find it difficult for the future football trend in the future.
Therefore, it is crucial that Yang Huan's first head coach after taking over the team, and he will determine the future direction of Southampton.
This task is not something that anyone can do!
It was as if Abramovich took over Chelsea back then. The most correct thing was to keep Ranieri, which allowed the latter to lay an extremely solid foundation for Chelsea. Later, he further invited Mourinho, who was close to the style, which created the glory of Chelsea in the past few years.
On the other hand, Manchester City has a lot of stars, but why can't they achieve results?
In the final analysis, it’s still one thing, the head coach can’t do it!
Now Yang Huan has three very good candidates in his heart, and he must at least get one of them.
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The core city center of Southampton is in an inverted triangle, with an Ichin River from south to north and a Tester River from north to southeast. It meets at the end of the inverted triangle, forming the largest freight port outside Felixstowe.
To the west of the freight terminal is the headquarters of the International Sailing Federation, and to the north is the St. Mary's Stadium in Southampton.
After Yang Huan arrived in Southampton, he specially asked the driver to carry them around the city and then to St. Mary's Stadium.
When Bentley arrived at St. Mary's Stadium, the club's executive chairman Nicholas Cotes, who had received the news, had already brought people to wait at the door. As soon as he saw Yang Huan get out of the car, he immediately went up to meet him.
"Hello, Mr. Yang Huan!"
Nikola Cotes is not old, only forty-two years old, wearing a blue suit and a red tie, which gives people a good first impression, but Nikola Cotes's eyebrows are somewhat worried.
Before the club owner Casarina Liebherr sold the team, he didn't even receive any news, which made him feel betrayed, but he was helpless because he was just a worker.
When the new boss takes over, he has to start worrying about his future fate.
"Hello, Mr. Cotes!" Yang Huan shook hands with him.
Accompanied by Nicholas Cortes, Yang Huan and his group entered the conference room of the first floor administrative office in Southampton.
As soon as everyone entered, Yang Huan sat directly into the boss's position without hesitation. Zhang Ning, Sun Yue and Kesh Harris were sitting on one side, while Nikola Cotes and the former employees of Southampton sat on the other side, and everyone was clearly distinguished.
"I believe Mr. Cotes should have received the notice!"
Kesh Harris was the first to speak, "Since yesterday, Mr. Yang Huan has officially completed the acquisition of Southampton, so, from now on, everything about this team belongs to Mr. Yang Huan."
"I know." A hint of hatred flashed in Nicholas Cortes' eyes, but it was not aimed at Yang Huan, but at Casarina.
He is now like a bad guy waiting for the judgment of fate, a little confused and helpless.
"Mr. Yang Huan is from China and is not very familiar with running a team, so after completing the acquisition of Southampton, he will not intend to make too many adjustments or changes to the team's existing management. He also wants to keep Mr. Cotes in his sincere way, and everything will be the same."
This surprised Nicholas Cortes, but soon he felt relieved, probably for a stable transition.
After Yang Huan took over Southampton, he gave Zhang Ning and Sun Yue the core management team. The two of them are their own people, among which Zhang Ning is responsible for finance, and Sun Yue is responsible for news and public relations and publicity and marketing.
In this regard, the former management of Southampton had no say in it and could only accept such airborne appointments.
After making personnel arrangements, Yang Huan asked Nicholas Cotes to introduce the current situation in Southampton.
After this introduction, he discovered the reason why Casalina was determined to sell Southampton.
"We have started construction in the suburbs of Southampton, in the forest across the Tester River, but the budget has exceeded our expectations and is expected to increase from the original £15 million to more than £30 million, but the team cannot afford to invest even a penny in this project at present."
"What?" Kesh Harris lost his voice in surprise.
The total value of the entire Southampton is only 14 million pounds, but a training base costs 30 million pounds?
"You did not mention this project in the report you submitted to us!" Kesh Harris was both blaming Nikola Cotes and explaining to Yang Huan that he was also a deceived person.
"All the club's asset reports have not passed through me, so I don't know." Nikola Cotes has always been excluded from Casarina's trust.
Isn't it just 30 million pounds?
Yang Huan was very calm, smiled and said, "It's okay, if you want to build a top-level wealthy family, the top-level training base is a must, so I will continue to invest in this project."
In fact, this is a very common phenomenon. It is like Ashley spent 80 million pounds to acquire Newcastle. However, after the acquisition was completed, he checked the accounts and found that Newcastle still had a debt of 70 million pounds.
It is because of this that Ashley's offer to Newcastle has always been 300 million pounds, and he refused to give in.
Relatively speaking, Southampton is relatively good, with no liabilities and only one fixed asset investment project that needs to be spent on money.
Besides, fixed assets will basically not lose as long as they are built.
After a pause, Yang Huan said again: "However, I am not satisfied with the British infrastructure team and helped me withdraw. I found someone from China. I believe that no matter the price, speed, or quality, it is at least better than the one in the UK."
China's infrastructure strength is world-famous. The Yang family is also engaged in real estate and other development projects. It is not difficult to find a trustworthy infrastructure team to come to the UK.
On the contrary, what Yang Huan is more concerned about is whether Southampton has the ability to enter the transfer market.
Chapter completed!