reborn football boss

Chapter 23 Pozzo Really Came
The next day, the Notts County team flew back to England, but they immediately went back to training the next day.

David thought he could have a few days of leisure before the warm-up match against Manchester City, but a not-so-unexpected incident disrupted his plan.

The Pozzo family is here!

The acquisition of Notts County was rejected by David. The Pozzo family planned to spend a while waiting for Notts County to fall into a serious financial crisis before coming to pick up the bargain.

But one summer has passed, and Notts County not only has no intention of collapse, but has become a beautiful landscape in English football.

Damn it, God knows where Notts County got so much money to spend in the transfer market. You know, even the Pozzo family can't spend so much cash to prodigal.

That's right, David's behavior of buying people in a big way is a prodigal in the eyes of the Pozzo family. How can a League Two team be worth investing so much!
Although they are unwilling to do so, they already know that Notts County is really not their favorite anymore. Since they can't get it in the bowl, don't worry about it.

As a result, the Pozzo family turned their target to another professional club in Nottinghamshire, Mansterfield City, which is also in the League Two.

Although it is also in the second league like Notts County, it does not have as long a history as Notts County. It is always hovering in the low-level leagues. Last season it was difficult to relegation in the last round.

If there is a better choice, the Pozzo family will definitely not consider this little-known small professional club, but now it is really their only choice.

When David got the news that the Pozzo family wanted to take over Mansterfield, the agreement between them had been reached. The owner of Mansterfield took a check of 600 million pounds and went home to retire, and the owner of the club was replaced by Italian.

For the club's change of ownership, most Mansterfield fans are very indifferent, even if the new owner of the club is Italian, because in their view, maybe this is the turning point of the team's revival.

You know, the Pozzo family is the owner of the Serie A team Udinese, and has a wealth of experience in club management. If they can continue to invest, let alone relegation in the second division, it is not impossible to upgrade.

It's better than being immortal before!
As the fans expected, the first thing after Gino Pozzo took control of the club was to announce the investment to solve the club's debt problem and first transform the club's training base.

The next move was not as expected by David. Mansterfield reached a comprehensive cooperation agreement with the Serie A team Udinese to carry out cooperation and exchanges in terms of youth training and player exchanges. At the same time, 14 Udinese players Players from the reserve team or youth team join Mansterfield on loan.

This move caused an uproar in the entire League Two.

According to the regulations of the FA, each team can only have 5 loan places, but this regulation is for clubs in England.

As for players loaned from overseas clubs, especially clubs from countries within the European Union, they are regarded as transfers, so there is no quota limit.

The Pozzo family took advantage of such a loophole to carry out almost crazy player transfers. . . . . .

In fact, the FA is not to blame for this incident. After all, no one has played like this before, controlling two teams in different leagues.

But David is very clear that in his previous life, it was precisely because of the Pozzo family's exploitative behavior after they took over Watford that the FA Mashan introduced new regulations to fill in this loophole.

And now, the FA is also overwhelmed, because all the League Two teams are protesting.

The reason for the protest is also very simple. If the Pozzo family is really allowed to do this, then other League Two teams don't have to play, and just watch Mansfield upgrade.

Serie A is now the well-deserved No. [-] league in the world. The reserve team and youth team players of Serie A mid-range teams are stronger than the players of League Two teams. Mansfield's doing this is simply locked in an upgrade. You must know that even if so many players are introduced, they do not need to run in, because they have played in the same team before.David watched everything with cold eyes. Unlike the leaders of other League Two clubs, he really hoped to see this scene.

When Pozzo came to him to acquire Notts County, the contemptuous and arrogant attitude, the almost insulting offer and the vicious curse when the acquisition was finally rejected were still clearly printed in his mind.

Originally, I thought that I would have to wait until the Pozzo family bought Watford more than ten years later to have a chance to get revenge on them, but I didn't expect this day to come so early. I really don't want to let my hatred stay overnight.

And regardless of the entanglement between David and the Pozzo family, Mansterfield itself is also a rival in the same city of Notts County, so there is no need to have so many scruples.

Originally, Notts County had no enmity with Mansterfield, because the two did not have much intersection. At that time, Notts County's mortal enemy was Nottingham Forest across the river.

However, Notts County does not live up to it. It has been wandering in the low-level leagues all year round. It is difficult to meet the rival Notts County. On the contrary, it often deals with Mansterfield. Become an enemy, the degree of hatred is almost not inferior to Nottingham Forest.

Since the goal is to upgrade to League One, it is really a wonderful thing to be able to step on the rivals in the same city to upgrade.

David weighed it in his heart, no surprises, Notts County crushing Mansterfield in the new season will not be a problem, even if the opponent's players change from the League Two level to the Serie A reserve team level.

But if Mansterfield can't be upgraded, that would be the perfect result.

The current promotion rule of the English League Two is that the top two teams in the league standings will be promoted directly, and the remaining four teams from No.3 to No.6 will participate in the two-round home and away elimination system of the English League Two promotion play-offs to compete for one. Qualification for League One next season.

Notts County has no reason not to occupy a place for direct promotion. David doesn't think there will be any team in the League Two that can hinder Notts County.

It is really hard to say whether the other strong teams that are generally optimistic about the outside world can suppress Mansterfield.

Biscuitman Reading made it to the play-offs last season, but unfortunately lost, this season has regrouped and is considered a favorite for promotion.

Stoke City, who also reached the play-offs last season, let go of a few main players in the summer, but the decline in strength is not obvious, and they also have the strength to break through.

There are also teams such as Wigan and Bournemouth that performed well last season, and they will definitely want to make a big difference in the new season.

It is worth mentioning that Brighton, the newcomer to League Two, was dominant in League C last season. This summer, he also made frequent moves in the transfer market to strengthen his strength. You must know that there is no obvious difference between League C and League Two. With a gap in strength, Brighton is considered to be the team most likely to become a dark horse in the new season.

It may not be easy for Mansterfield to get out of the siege and win a direct promotion spot, but it is not a big problem to come to the top six and enter the play-offs.

Let's hope other teams will do better.

David did not watch the game against Manchester City at the Meadow Lane Stadium, because he received feedback from the club CEO recruitment released by the headhunting company. The headhunting company has found several suitable candidates, and David needs to discuss in detail.

However, during the interview, David found that although the candidates recommended by these headhunting companies had achieved good results in other industries, they did not understand the field of football. This made David feel very scratching his head. Other clubs poaching?
Well, Notts County’s League Two team is too small. Since it can’t attract enough outstanding talents, let’s let it go for a while. Anyway, the team really doesn’t have much to do other than sports and construction. He worries.

Notts County lost the game against Manchester City again. Although it was a bit unexpected, David didn't care. He knew that the last game was able to draw with Juventus. The outbreak of county players, but the reality is that the team still needs to run in and adapt to tactics.

(End of this chapter)