fat man who can't play football

Chapter 157 Chaos

The situation faced after the game against Manchester City was the real adjustment for Steve. The players returned to the locker room after the game to know that the club chairman would be suspended for 18 months.

For a while, the staff's thoughts fluttered, what will the club do?

What is the chairman going to do next?
what should I do?
Right now, the biggest problem for Steve is that the summer transfer window has not yet closed, and these fragrant buns in his hands may be poached by the Premier League "local tyrants" at any time.

Out of concern about the prospects of the Leeds club, the disciples in front of them may consider changing their clubs. After all, the players are all young, and who doesn't want to get greater living security in a limited career.

The joy of drawing against Manchester City was soon overshadowed by the gloom in front of them.

Fortunately for the fat man, the Leeds team will rush to Romania non-stop to prepare for the Europa League qualifying play-off against Romanian League One champion Astra.

If he continues to stay in the UK, the fat man feels that he will be eaten alive by the "giant crocodile" of the British media who smells of "blood".

On a sunny day in Romania, the mood of the Leeds players was not beautiful.

Fatty knew that some players had to call their agents several times a day, seeing that their hearts were about to lose their hearts, it was not easy to lead the team.

Fatty first had a short meeting with members of the coaching staff, Brother Oil, Yevez and Makelele.

The meeting was extremely silent, and the ashtray in front of Yevez, who hadn't smoked for a long time, was almost full.

The fat man still planned to say something first and coughed.

"I think the current situation of the team is clear to everyone. I originally wanted to renew the contract with the team, and even the contract was drawn up. But now Cellino is facing a lot of troubles, and it is estimated that I can't take care of these.

I have been in Leeds for 28 years. It can be said that my life is linked to Leeds. As long as Leeds still needs me, I will continue to work even if I can’t pay my salary.

This is my idea.

After all, I am a bachelor, but you are different. You also need to take care of your own family and give them a guarantee of life.

So whoever of you want to leave now, I will understand.

But I still have a longing, and I want you to stay. "

Brother Oil also bowed his head and lit a cigarette. He only returned to the team this season. He was planning to make a big splash at first, but in the blink of an eye the team had such a scandal.Everything in front of him made him feel at a loss.

Makelele is still silent. The Frenchman has always had a heart to become a head coach. He is now staying in Leeds because he is reluctant to let the young people in his hands. own children.

There are so many things outside, how can there be a home of your own, everyone who has to go out and work hard has a reason in his heart that he can't go home.

Makelele was hesitating, but he still opened his mouth: "Steve, I can't promise you anything now, but I think that as long as the club's situation is not so bad that it needs to be managed, I will stay. But... No one can tell what the future holds.”

The cigarette held by Yevetz was almost burnt out, and it seemed to be burning his hand. Yevetz finally reacted and pressed the cigarette butt into the ashtray hard.

"Steve, you understand me.

I won't say much, I will find a way to do the work of the players, but I can't guarantee that these jobs will be effective.

I've been on the team for many years.Even with Leeds in League One and the club in trust, I didn't think about leaving.

I'm a Leeds kid and my roots are here.

I understand that I am not a very good coach. I will starve to death unless I stay here. "

Yevez did not forget to use a little humor at the end of his talk, and the other three laughed bitterly.

The four people's meeting was unable to talk more because of the lack of alcohol.

The members of the coaching staff talked to the players separately to stabilize the morale of the army.

In the game on August 8, Leeds also achieved a good result, shaking hands with the Romanian league champion with a score of 19-1.

In the game, Cook scored a penalty kick created by Traore, while Astra relied on the Romanian international Alibek who participated in this summer's European Cup to score the equalizing goal.

Fatty and his party back in Leeds were bombarded intensively by the media. Fatty felt that his mobile phone was about to blow up, so he had no choice but to turn it off.

At this point Steve's team has only one day to prepare for the second round of the league with newly promoted Middlesbrough.Five days have passed since Cellino's black gold scandal broke out.

Steve got word from Smith (the Yorkshire Evening Post's chief football reporter) that Cellino was aggressively selling the team for a hefty price, but that didn't deter a few genuinely interested buyers.

Radrizzani is the name of one of the buyers. He is a well-known sports media person in Italy, especially in the TV circle.What really impressed Fatty was that he was also inextricably linked with Chinese capital.

In 04, Radrizzani founded a sports media company——MP&Silva. This company is engaged in the business of repurchasing, relying on relationships and contacts to win the global broadcasting rights of Serie A clubs, and then resell them at high prices. Drizzani made a lot of money.

But these clubs in Serie A are not stupid. As the copyright market matures, they have established direct connections and transactions with real buyers-television stations and online platforms, which leaves no room for MP&Silva to survive.

About 15 years later, Radrizzani saw his situation clearly and decided to abandon the tasteless intermediary business in his hand.

Since September 2015, a brokerage with a background of Chinese founders—DealGlobe (self-proclaimed in China: Yijie Capital) began to look for Chinese buyers for MP&Silva.

Soon, a wave of silly birds crashed into the net.

In just three months, Radrizzani swept away 52 billion yuan in China. Baofeng Group, Feng Xin, Everbright Securities, China Merchants Bank, Huarui Bank, and Aijian Trust all vomited blood.

And Radrizzani used this large sum of money to realize his childhood British dream. He seems to be going to win Leeds United to open up some channels.

He seems to be a profitless speculator. If he could choose, Fatty really didn't want to work under such a boss, but the memory of his previous life also told Fatty that this speculator would belong to Leeds if there were no accidents. new owner.

It's just that the current Leeds fans and media people haven't been able to see the true face of Radrizzani. Many people are very happy to hear that this wealthy Italian businessman is interested in Leeds.

The fat man didn't struggle for too long.

On August 8, on the day of the match between Leeds and Middlesbrough.The Leeds United Club released the official news that Radrizzani bought 21% of the team's shares and will exercise the powers of the club chairman during Cellino's suspension.

Some media speculate that Radrizzani spent about US$50 million in order to obtain this 1% stake. If he finally wants to win all the shares, the total cost will reach US$2 million to US$3 million.

The fat man converted it with the exchange rate. This is almost all the money that the Italian cheated in China (Radrizzani’s MP&Silva company also has a partner Ricardo, and the two will share 7 million US dollars). This Italian He bet all his wealth and life, so what is he going to gamble?

The Leeds players learned that the club had a new owner, and after reading the news that the new owner still had a lot of money, they immediately exploded into battle.In the case of two goals behind at home, they chased three goals and won Middlesbrough.

The mood swings of the players are really a bit big.

The fat man couldn't get rid of the layers of fog in front of him. He only hoped that Radrizzani wanted to turn Leeds United into a high-quality asset and sell it, so that the Italians would at least invest and hold it for a long time.

Leeds United's next schedule is so angry that the fat man wants to bite. On August 8, the team will play Shrewsbury at home in the second round of the League Cup.And only two days later, Leeds United will also usher in the second round of the Europa League qualifying play-off against Astra at Elland Road Stadium.

In just six days, Leeds United will play three games!
Is this something humans can do?

While ushering in the devil's schedule, Radrizzani, the new owner of the team, was waiting for the fat man in the office.

Fatty felt that the journey from the press conference site to the chairman's office was extremely long.

What is waiting for you?

Steve felt his head was a little messed up.

(End of this chapter)