coach legend

Chapter 514 Change of Owners
The 07-08 season was dominated by Manchester United.

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

Ferguson came close to completing a new treble.

But although he failed to win the Triple Crown, Ferguson is still the most beautiful head coach.Ferguson's status in European football is getting higher and higher, and Ferguson is a symbol in European football.There are not many people in European football who can be compared with Ferguson.

Everyone who taunted Ferguson three years ago fell silent at this time.At this time, who would dare to speak sarcastic remarks about Ferguson.

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

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

The fastest gossip in England is the "Sun".

Less than a few days after the end of the season, the "Sun" took the lead in breaking the big news.

"Indian billionaires take over Blackburn!"

Sometimes, you have to admire the ability of the "Sun" to dig news.

Even many people inside Blackburn don't know about it.Because Paul didn't let the people inside Blackburn to negotiate at all, but used his own people.

I didn't expect "The Sun" to be so powerful.The news that no one inside Blackburn knew was revealed.

And their reports are not random reports.It's all well-founded.

They even found out who the richest man in India was.

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

Just talk about a few strong teams in the Premier League.

Let me talk about Manchester United, which has the best record recently. Although in the late 90s, Sky TV failed to take over Manchester United.But in 05, Glazer, the American owner, took over Manchester United.So many Manchester United fans objected, it was useless at all.

Bullshit fans.In the club, the power of the fans is definitely the smallest.Don't look at 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 farts.

Let's talk about Wenger's Arsenal, don't look at Arsenal getting more and more stingy now.

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

Back then, David Dunn supported Arsenal in introducing foreign capital.Therefore, he introduced American rich man Kroenke to the board of directors, and then sold his shares to Kroenke.The move angered the conservative Arsenal board, who ousted David Dunne.But what David Dunn didn't expect was that Kroenke, who was worth more than 20 billion, was also a miser.

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

It's a pity that it is an American businessman after all.They only know how to make money, and have no interest in the team's performance. They still make the team self-sufficient.Coupled with the debt of the stadium, Arsenal are stretched in the transfer market.

And when Kroenke worked with a conservative board, David Dunne was disappointed.So David Dunn once again attracted a rich man.That is the Russian billionaire Usmanov.It's a pity that Usmanov came a little later. Kroenke cooperated with the original director of Arsenal and excluded him from the board of directors.

Therefore, although Arsenal has two major shareholders of world-class rich men, it is the club most short of money.

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

Then came the famous Chelsea.

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

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

So speaking of it, it is really not uncommon for foreign capital to acquire Premier League teams.

But the news of Blackburn's change of ownership still shocked the Premier League.

Blackburn, although the performance in the past two years is slightly worse, but 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.Much loved by Blackburn fans.Who would have thought they would sell the club.

Blackburn fans in particular were shocked.

But there are also many people who are gloating.

"Blackburn is overreaching. They think that if they get better results and build a luxurious stadium, they can become a wealthy family. It is precisely because of their blind actions without planning that the club is in financial difficulties. Paul doesn't know, Blackburn I wanted to become a wealthy family, but it might be possible in 100 years. It’s a pity.”

"At this point, the club has to be sold. It's all on its own accord."

There are many ironies about Blackburn inside and outside the words.

Some people even satirize the rich Indians who are going to be in charge.

"Indians, they also know football?"

In the eyes of the English, India was the place they ruled back then.It was just a colony of the "Empire on which the sun never sets" back then.

Now hearing that rich Indians have come to the Premier League, many English people scoff.

There are also many Blackburn fans who are opposed to the entry of rich Indians.But unlike the opposition of Manchester United fans back then, the opposition of Blackburn fans is much weaker than them.Or that they have no way to do it.

Because the entire Blackburn, except for Williams who has a small share, is completely the private property of the Walker family.

Paul Walker decided to sell, and no one could stop him.

Plus Blackburn has a lot of Asian fans here.Especially Indians a lot.They are supporting the rich Indians to take over Blackburn.

The most important thing is that this sale of the club is too fast. Only a few days after the "Sun" reported, the fans have not yet realized that the transfer here has been completed.

Not long after the end of the season, Paul was already about to hand over to the rich Indians.

On May 2008, 5, Paul sold the club to Said.

Said, who was 35 years old at the time, has a huge wealth behind the scenes. Their family history can be traced back to the distant East India Company.Said was educated at the London School of Economics, is a practicing lawyer and owns a large number of racehorses in Bahrain.

Said is rich.

There is no doubt about that.

At the signing site, Said promised in front of the media that he would invest [-] million pounds into the transfer market within the next five years.Chest slapped loudly.

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"John, Paul, he..."

The owner of the club has changed.

George is not in a good mood right now.Although George doesn't 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 Yang Ming in the Premier League.

So did Paul Walker.

After becoming the new boss of Blackburn, he also respects the head coach George very much.George has gradually become a world-renowned coach, and his prestige among Blackburn fans is higher than that of Paul.But Paul was not jealous at all, and he spared no effort in supporting George.

Both of them, George liked very much.

What will happen to the new boss, George himself does not know.So of course I feel a little upset now.

But George is now more worried about Paul.

Since signing the contract, Paul has been in a very bad mood.Paul came to the newly built Jack Walker Stadium.Both George and Williams are worried about Paul.

This time Paul sold Blackburn for £7000 million.And Said is also responsible for Blackburn's debts.

It looks like a lot, but there really isn't much.

It has been 19 years since the Walker family took over Blackburn.During this period, Jack Walker and Paul Walker invested far more than [-] million pounds in Blackburn.

Especially in the early 90s, Blackburn could not be self-sufficient at all.It takes Jack Walker to throw money at the club every year to survive.

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

The club has profits, but they are reinvested in the club.And when it was difficult last year, he used his own 4000 million pounds to plug the loophole.

The Walker family invested in Blackburn not at all to make money.

In 20 years, investing so much money, 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 have a look."

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

Paul looked up, and George froze.

George has seen Paul a lot.But the first time I saw Paul crying, he was crying like a child.

Seeing Paul like this, George felt very sad.

Although a lot of responsibility for the current situation lies in Paul's blind expansion.But Paul's feelings for Blackburn are absolutely real, more real than anyone else's.Even George can be sure that Paul's feelings for Blackburn far exceed his father Jack Walker.

It's a pity that things didn't go as planned.

Paul looked at George first, 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 our Blackburn history." Had it not been for the subprime mortgage crisis in the United States, maybe Paul's grand plan would have been successful?Who knows.

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

"Thank you, George."

Paul looked at Williams.

"John, those Indians have not managed a football club. Saeed wants you to continue as chairman of the club."

Williams nodded.

Said's people had been in contact with Williams long ago.They are all laymen, and they don't want the club to be too turbulent when they take over.So Williams and George are what they have to be stable.

"John, although they are rich people, they haven't played football after all. John, I'll leave the team to you. Please help George." Paul said here, looking at George again. "George, you'd better change your temper."

"George, don't lose your temper. After all, it's the new boss."

Seeing Paul's appearance, George couldn't bear it.Sighing, then nodded heavily.

"Don't worry, Paul."

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

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