Father Green

Chapter 182: Transfer budget for the new season
In the end, Richardson went to the Wolves. Last season's deputy squad leader had too much turnover due to relegation, so they urgently need to strengthen the lineup.And Richardson has proved himself in the League One in the past few seasons, and played well in the Championship in the first half of the season, so the Wolves, who have been reduced to the Championship team, are naturally happy to get this experienced player. right back.

The price of 150 million pounds is not high, but it is not too low. It is a relatively reasonable price. Like Lambert, the other party made an offer. At the same time, the player also hopes to join the Wolves, so Charlotte did not counter-offer.

Richardson is a very intelligent player and he understands that both Charlotte and Southampton have big ambitions.But his current strength can no longer keep up with the team's pace, so after Charlotte cut straight to the point, he had nothing to hide, and everyone broke up amicably.

And Charlotte didn't make a counter-offer, which is also for Richardson to win a good contract with his new club. After all, with some transfer fees saved, the average club will not pay too much for the player's weekly salary. mean.

Players as smart as Richardson are the former Chelsea youth midfielder Jack Cork, who faces similar problems to Richardson.In the first half of last season, he was still an important member of the team, but with the rise of Pogba, the joining of Wanyama and the arrival of Florenzi in Rome, he felt a lot of pressure.

Therefore, in the second half and season, his playing time was greatly reduced. Basically, the starting double midfield partners are Wanyama and Schneiderlin, and Pogba is the first substitute.Although Florenzi appears more in the positions of midfielder and right winger, he occasionally returns to his old position as a midfielder.

Jack Cork is very smart, with accurate judgment and high determination, otherwise he would not have stopped waiting for a chance at a top team like Chelsea, but joined Southampton in the League One period that had fallen into the abyss.

The England midfielder feels that he is still young and does not want to leave Southampton for a while.But at present he has lost his position in Southampton, and it is not a wise choice to waste time waiting for an opportunity.At the same time, his current age is the age that needs a lot of games, and sitting on the bench will only make his future more cloudy.

So Jack Kirk took the initiative to find Charlotte, and he hoped that he could be loaned out.His requirements are not high, there must be games to play, and it would be better if it is a Premier League team.

Charlotte thought about it seriously after receiving the call from Jack Kirk, and it seemed that there were not many opportunities for Jack Kirk at present.Just like his own analysis, Schneiderlin and Wanyama are the main starters of the iron fight, but Pogba is the first substitute in this position, and then there are Florenzi and even Ward Puerto of the youth team. Laws, so Charlotte is not short of manpower in the positions of central midfielder and midfielder.

After thinking about it, Charlotte agreed to Jack Cork's request, and then asked the club staff to help Cork find a loanee.

After dealing with Jack Cork's problem, Charlotte handed over a list to the club staff.These are the list of young players who need to exercise, but Southampton, which urgently needs to gain a foothold in the Premier League, has no place for them, so these young players need to go out on loan to get opportunities.

The list is dominated by youth players like Jack Sinclair and first-team players like Mustafi.

Although the German central defender is 20 years old, his technical movements are still a bit frizzy and he lacks experience. It is impossible for such a young central defender to withstand the impact of those perverted forwards in the Premier League.

Charlotte remembered that Mustafi honed himself in La Liga and finally moved to Arsenal.So Charlotte simply loaned the German central defender to his partner club in La Liga, Getafe near Madrid.

The summer transfer period is naturally busy. During this time, Charlotte is almost too busy. He originally planned to go to Poland two days in advance to experience the passion of the European Cup, but because he was too busy with work, he had to postpone it for two days. We went to Poland on the day of the opening ceremony.

Fortunately, he was resourceful and already booked a European itinerary and hotel in advance, otherwise it might not be easy for him to book a hotel when he is in a hurry to go to Poland.You must know that because of the European Cup, a large number of tourists and fans have gone to Poland and Ukraine. It is estimated that there are already 140 million tourists flooding into these two host countries.

Such a number of tourists may not be a big deal for China, but for countries with small land areas in Europe, such a number has made them quite tight.Moreover, it will take a few days for Europe to start, and the number of people will only increase by then. If you book a hotel on the same day, most of the hotels with better environment and public security will have no vacancies.

The busy Charlotte also received a call from Aunt Katerina, the owner of the club. The Swiss female owner was very satisfied with Charlotte's performance last season, almost overjoyed.

Although the sum of the funds she invested in the two transfer periods is already comparable to some downstream relegation Premier League teams, such investment is undoubtedly worthwhile.Just because Southampton is on the London stock market, she has almost recovered the investment in the transfer market, and in addition to the sales of stadium tickets, the broadcast fee share of promotion to the Premier League, and sponsorship fees, etc.
It can be said that she removed all the expenses, and this season she earned back all the money her father bought the club, and these are all visible direct income, and some invisible indirect benefits are even greater.

Of course, her father did not spend much money to acquire Southampton in cash, about 2000 million pounds.After all, Southampton had been relegated to League One at that time, and the market value had shrunk further.And what she earned back this season is only these funds. As for the part of the money that helped the club repay the loan after the acquisition of the team and the renovation of the club's training base and youth training camp, it has not been recovered yet.

But Katerina is not in a hurry, as long as the team has a firm foothold in the Premier League this season, she will make a profit sooner or later.And now that the contract between the club and the jersey brand sponsor Umbro has also expired, the team can naturally negotiate a generous contract after being upgraded to the Premier League.

As for whether Umbro, the British local sportswear giant that has declined, can accept her offer, she does not need to worry about it. After all, without Umbro, there are sportswear brands such as Nike, Adidas, Puma, Warriors and Under Armour.

Moreover, the Premier League has gradually become the world's No. [-] league in recent years. Adidas and Nike, even the two global rivals, also value the Premier League market share, so now there is a new Premier League team that needs sponsors, and the two of them will definitely be very interested.And Katerina knows that Adidas did not have a large share in the Premier League before, so now they want to fight back, seize every Premier League club, and achieve the goal of competing with Nike in the Premier League and even overwhelming each other.

If you have money in your pocket, you will naturally be tough when you speak.On the phone, Katerina first exchanged a few words with Charlotte, and chatted about interesting things about the vacation.Then he said that Charlotte will not change all the treatment in the next season. He is still the club's most satisfied head coach. I hope Charlotte can always play for Southampton.
Naturally, Charlotte just listened to such words, and then thanked them politely. At the same time, she expressed that she was willing to go through fire and water for the rise of the team. Who wouldn't say good things?But Charlotte didn't take it to heart at all, because he knew that as long as he made the team feel that there was no hope of relegation this season, he would be fired immediately.

The empty check was finished, and Katerina finally came with some dry goods: "This season, the club will give you 3000 million pounds for signings, and at the same time, the funds you get from selling players will also be returned to the transfer account for you to use. "

To be honest, the transfer fee of 3000 million pounds is already a lot.You must know that the transfer fee of mid-lower teams like Norwich and Wigan Athletic is only more than 1000 million pounds a season, and the maximum will not exceed 2000 million pounds. Even teams like West Ham United and Sunderland It's about £2000 million a season.

At the same time, coupled with the proceeds from the sale of players, it can be said that Charlotte's transfer funds are very good.Although I dare not compare with the "local tyrants" like League Six, it can be regarded as within the scope of the second army of the Premier League.

After all, it is only 2012, not the era of 2016, when inflation, sterling depreciation and other teams in the Premier League opened their wallets.

In 2016, the broadcast share of the Premier League will be doubled, and the sponsorship income will also be much higher.So at that time, basically the downstream teams of the Premier League spent at least 3000 million pounds in a summer window.

"I have only one request, the team must still be among the twenty teams in the Premier League next season!" Sure enough, there is no free lunch in the world.

Of course, this is not an impossible task for Charlotte. The team has now fully adapted to its own tactics.As long as I am in the process of transferring and signing in, and at the same time new players quickly integrate into the team, relegation is not too difficult for Charlotte.

"Don't worry, boss, we will definitely see Southampton still in the Premier League next season!" Charlotte assured her "thigh" confidently.

With this money, Charlotte is more confident about the adjustment of the lineup.As for which players should be bought, he already has a number in mind.

So Charlotte immediately called Leo Rhodes and told him which players played an important part in his plan for this season, and then let these players go on vacation with peace of mind and come to the training base to report honestly next month .

At present, many players in the Southampton team have been signed by Leo's agency. First, the Rhodes family is a famous family of diehard Southampton fans. Second, there is Charlotte's tacit approval and secret support. , The third reason is that Southampton, which was still sinking in the League One and the Championship, is not that complicated. There are no agent predators, and many players are even temporary agents of their own family members.

At present, the biggest agent in the Southampton camp is Pogba's agent Mino Raiola, but now Pogba has not shown the strength to make this agent jealous, so after some comebacks After paying the price, Pogba also smoothly changed his family to Leo's banner.