coach legend

Chapter 261
"I want to say, you guys did a great job! I'm so proud of your performance! As soon as you get back to Blackburn, the championship bonus will be cashed in immediately."

On the plane, Williams made promises about the championship bonus to the exhausted players.

"Oh oh oh..." This is the assurance that players are most willing to hear now.What do players play for?Not just for money.

Now that the honor is there, plus the bonus, that is the most perfect thing.

Blackburn is no stingy when it comes to money.Although it is not considered a Premier League giant, the club is not as powerful as the Premier League.But absolutely not haggling over the issue of money.When the performance was good this season, almost all players completed a new round of contracts with the club.

The salary is still not as high as the high salary of the Premier League, but compared with the previous contract, it has almost doubled.

So hearing Williams' assurance, all the players cheered loudly.

"George, congratulations." Williams is not very familiar with these players.In other words, Williams still has some distance from them after all, so after guaranteeing the championship bonus, he sat next to George.

"Same joy, same joy. John, isn't this UEFA Cup champion our club's?"

"Yes, it belongs to our club." Williams replied with a smile.

In Blackburn's century-old history, this is the first time it has won the European Cup.Williams is also quite happy.The UEFA Cup, for a team like Blackburn, is an honor that has never been dreamed of.

To be able to win the UEFA Cup, for an ambitious club president like Williams, it is a very good thing.

Looking at George's young face, Williams secretly made up his mind.George must be kept and cannot make the same mistakes as Burnley.

As long as George is left behind, there is hope for everything.Now the UEFA Cup champion, who knows what honor George will bring to the club in the future.

"George, five years ago I thought Blackburn was about to usher in a big development." Williams suddenly sighed.Of course George knew what Williams was talking about after Blackburn won the Premier League title in the 94-95 season.

"Dalglish, one of Mr. Walker's wisest decisions. It's just Dalglish..." After Dalglish won the championship, Williams was a little dissatisfied with retreating behind the scenes.At that time, Dalglish was in full swing at Blackburn, but suddenly he was promoted to director of football.In fact, he just doesn't want to continue to be the head coach of the club.

After Dalglish, the head coach invited by Blackburn is also not ordinary.It's a pity that the club's performance has plummeted.

In Williams' view, it is because of Blackburn's sudden rise that the foundation has not yet been laid.But after winning the championship, Dalglish left the coach immediately.Instead of helping Blackburn continue to lay a solid foundation, there will be later problems.

It's just that Dalglish is a meritorious Blackburn coach, and Williams can't express his thoughts on his face.

"By the way, George. Any thoughts on summer transfers?"

George led Blackburn to the UEFA Cup.Williams received a call from Jack Walker at the VIP seat.Jack Walker was very excited on the phone.Jack Walker has invested in Blackburn Rovers for almost ten years.

In ten years, Jack Walker invested more than [-] million pounds for the club.There is money to buy players, and there is also investment in improving club facilities.

In previous years, Blackburn only won one league title.Sudden rise and sudden decline.Spending so much money just for a league championship is definitely not Jack Walker's wish.

And just two years after George took over Blackburn, he brought a UEFA Cup to Jack Walker.

Jack Walker was happy and excited.What was faintly revealed during the phone call was that George would not be stingy with money as long as he needed him this summer.Although it is impossible to spend 4000 million pounds, it is still possible to spend 2000 million pounds to support George.

That's why Williams asked George.

George also understood what Williams meant.For the support of Jack Walker and Williams, George is very happy.But George shook his head.

"John, there won't be any major repairs. Now our lineup is quite stable. As long as we maintain it for two or three years, we will have unlimited competitiveness in Europe." George is very satisfied with the current lineup of.

George's main lineup is not very old.The oldest are Pires and Micoud, but even they are only 27 now.It is still the peak period of a player, and there are still four or five years of peak period to look forward to.

The other main players are all young players in their early twenties.

The current Blackburn squad is perfect.George didn't mean to go to war.

"However, John. You have to be aware of the player's salary." Although Blackburn has just renewed a contract on a large scale.But George knows that Blackburn's current salary is still low.

If Blackburn's grades are mediocre, then of course there is no problem.Blackburn's current player salary is an upper-middle salary structure in the Premier League.

But now Blackburn is doing well.No.2 in the Premier League and UEFA Cup champion, this is already the performance of a strong Premier League team.But the current salary of Blackburn is far lower than that of Manchester United and Arsenal, and also worse than that of Liverpool, Chelsea, Tottenham and Newcastle.

So as Blackburn won the UEFA Cup, George knew that Blackburn still needed to adjust the salary structure.

Williams nodded.This Williams already knew it well.The increase in player salaries must match the improvement in Blackburn's performance.But now Blackburn's performance has improved rapidly, but the salary has not kept up.

But Williams is not at all embarrassed.As Blackburn's performance improves, so does Blackburn's income.It's not a problem to add some salary.

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There were many fans who came to pick up the team.

And there are nearly 20 media among these fans.They are all waiting to interview Blackburn, who won the UEFA Cup.

All the players are sorting out their grooming.They were very tired all night.But the thought of meeting fans and the media cheered them up.

"Colin, the two of us will go down with the trophy later."

"Boss, I'm already very happy. There's no need for this." Hendry knew that it was George giving him face.In fact, this season's UEFA Cup championship has nothing to do with Hendry.

"No, Colin. You're still captain of the team."

"Thanks, Head."

After the plane cleared the runway and stopped on the tarmac, reporters and welcoming fans swarmed up.The Blackburn fans were so enthusiastic that more than 700 fans were picked up at the airport.This caused a headache for the police responsible for maintaining order, and they had to call in police from various places to take charge of the order on the scene.They struggled to keep these fans behind the security line.The scene was a bit messy and noisy.

It wasn't until they saw the cabin door opened that they suddenly fell silent.

The policemen felt the pressure around them loosen suddenly, and raised their heads accordingly.

The cabin door opened slowly, and the first person to come out was George Levy.Seeing George, the emotions of the fans at the scene were mobilized again.George was very happy to see so many fans picking up the plane.He raised his hand and waved to the welcoming crowd below.

Immediately behind George was Hendry. He and George picked up one side of the trophy, and then the two lifted the UEFA Cup trophy aloft.

The climax is here.

Seeing the trophy being raised by George and Hendry, all the fans screamed loudly.

They will not have any dissatisfaction with Hendry lifting the trophy.Because Hendry is the old captain of Blackburn, he has a high prestige in Blackburn.

"Everyone... the UEFA Cup champion in the 99-00 season is Blackburn." The live TV gave a close-up shot of the trophy in the hands of George and Hendry. "This is the UEFA Cup champion, the first European Cup champion in Blackburn's history. And Coach Levy is the youngest champion coach in the history of the UEFA Cup. The 31-year-old UEFA Cup champion coach is really world football a great miracle."

A female anchor speaks emotionally in front of the camera lens.The praise for George is also extremely nasty.

With George and Hendry, all the players filed out.

Fans are excited again.Those police officers who maintained order obviously felt a lot of pressure.

George looked at the cheering fans and raised his hand.Those fans who were pushing forward just now fell silent immediately.

"As I said, I didn't come to Blackburn to avoid relegation. My purpose in coming to Blackburn is very simple, I want to win the championship here!"

"George, we believe in you. Champion! Champion!"

George looked at the jubilant fans and suddenly remembered when he won the cup at Burnley.The Burnley fans at the time were so happy and welcomed themselves so well.George shook his head. It was all a thing of the past.

"I said we would win the UEFA Cup! Do you believe me!"

"Believe! Believe!"

George said and Hendry raised the UEFA Cup trophy high.

"Today is the UEFA Cup champion. But I can guarantee that this is not the end, this is just the beginning. Our champions will continue!"

"Woooooooo..."

"George! George!"

When nearly a thousand fans heard George's words, they all looked up to the sky and screamed.

They trusted George completely.In the two years since George came to Blackburn, he has created a team that is second in the Premier League and the UEFA Cup champion.If he is given some more time, the fans believe that the Premier League title and the Champions League title are all possible.

So after George finished speaking, the fans immediately showed great enthusiasm.The police present obviously felt the tremendous pressure.

"Coach Levy told the Blackburn fans that the UEFA Cup is just the beginning. So what does Coach Levy mean? The UEFA Cup is the beginning, so what will be the goal of Coach Levy? Premier League champions? Champions League champions?"

"It's all possible. After all, the current coach Levy is only 31 years old. He has plenty of time to create new miracles. This is a report from the BBC TV station."

This BBC female reporter is like a fan of George. From the very beginning, she praised George very nasty.

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Because this is the first time in Blackburn's history to win the European Cup.So the celebration is very grand.

Coming out of the airport, there was already a convoy waiting for Blackburn.Even Blackburn even used police cars.The entire process from the airport to the city of Blackburn was escorted by a police car.

After arriving at Blackburn, the fans who greeted Blackburn were even more crowded.In order to celebrate the UEFA Cup championship, more than 10 local fans in Blackburn celebrated the championship together.Almost the whole city was mobilized to celebrate this championship.

In Blackburn's century-old history, there are only three top league titles and six FA Cup titles.

Although the history is not very glorious, it is not shabby either.After all, there are many football clubs in England with a history of more than [-] years, not to mention the Premier League teams.Even if you go to those amateur teams and pick out a club at random, it may have a history of more than a hundred years.

But with the exception of the Premier League title five years ago, the other honors came in the late 19th and early 20th centuries.

It is the first time in Blackburn's history to win a European Cup title.

So all the Blackburn fans are very excited.

Not to mention the Blackburn players.From the end of the game until now, they are all in extreme excitement.Almost none of Blackburn's players had any championship experience.Now that I have won the UEFA Cup, the excitement in my heart can be imagined.

Cudicini has never left the UEFA Cup since he got on the bus.

Cudicini never dreamed that he could win the UEFA Cup.Two years ago, I was still a substitute goalkeeper in the Italian Serie B. At that time, I didn't know where the future was?But only two years later, he won the UEFA Cup as the main goalkeeper.

Think about it, did you really win the UEFA Cup?
Looking at the championship trophy, Cudicini always felt like he was dreaming.

There are many players who think like Cudicini.Including Deco too.Two years ago, he was still an abandoned player of Benfica and could only play in the Portuguese second division.At that time, I felt that the future was so slim, and I felt that the future was so uncertain.

Deco clearly remembers that when he first came to Portugal, the staff of the Benfica club did not take him to the Benfica club at all.I took myself directly to their satellite club, threw myself there and never cared about it.

Deco wanted to go home, but couldn't.Deco cursed Benfica, cursed the agent who lied to him.

So when George found Deco, Deco couldn't wait to leave Portugal.Portugal's impression of Deco was only gray, and it caused countless injuries to Deco.

But Deco did not expect that his transfer would be such a success.In just two years, Deco has become one of the most famous midfielders in the Premier League, leading Blackburn to the UEFA Cup.

Benfica, damn bastards!
Look at you bastard!I'm already a UEFA Cup winner.I already won the UEFA Cup.

Thinking about it, I felt like I was dreaming.I really won the UEFA Cup.

blue!Overwhelming blue.

The whole city of Blackburn has become a blue ocean.Looking at the cheering fans, although the Blackburn players are already very tired.But when they saw the fans, they cheered up and cheered with the fans.

"George! George!"

"George, the fans are shouting your name. Go up and say something." Carl pushed George.

George is also very excited.George was God at Burnley back then, the coach most loved by fans.George's popularity surpasses all players on the team.But at Blackburn, George has never expected to get the same treatment as Burnley.

But judging from the current situation, George's status among Blackburn fans is also rising.

George walked onto the second floor of the bus, took the trophy from Hendry, and held it high.As George lifted the trophy, the fans screamed loudly.

"thanks, thanks!"

The microphone on the bus is directly connected to the stereo.George's voice was amplified several times by the speakers in front of the bus, and could be heard from far away.Following George's voice, the fans cheered louder and louder.George held out his hand and made a simple gesture.The fans who were still cheering unceasingly just now fell silent.

"I am very grateful to everyone for their support. The club has won the UEFA Cup thanks to everyone. I am very happy and I think all the Blackburn fans are celebrating this championship today."

George paused and continued: "When Mr. Walker found me and I became the head coach of Blackburn, I made up my mind. I came to Blackburn to win the championship. As long as it is for victory and for the championship, I can take Any means. I don’t care what the media thinks of me or what others say about me, as long as you continue to support me, then I will continue to pursue victory and championships.”

George's words received enthusiastic responses from the fans.

"I want to tell everyone, the UEFA Cup champion, this is just the beginning." George suddenly raised his voice. "There will be more champions waiting for us in the future. League champions, Champions League champions, as long as we can participate in the competition, I will aim to win the championship."

"George, we trust you!"

"Woooooooo..."

The UEFA Cup champion made the entire Blackburn carnival go on for three days.

Blackburn fans are very excited.In the past few days, the supply of alcohol in the major bars in Blackburn has been in short supply.England fans' tradition of drinking is not lost at all.

George doesn't drink very much.But in the past few days, people have been drinking non-stop.During the three days, there was almost no time to wake up.

But George was happy.Even if he was drunk, George was happy.

The English media also paid a lot of attention to Blackburn's UEFA Cup win.

(End of this chapter)