Football giants

Chapter 30 Southampton has stood up since then!

"Will you be my girlfriend?"

Charlene Lahiri has heard this question since she was a child.

From elementary school to middle school to university, I don't know how many boys have asked her this question.

Even when they were in college, a rich second generation meticulously prepared a show of love covered with 99 roses, and he publicly showed his love under the witness of countless classmates and teachers.

But even so, she will always have only one answer.

Do not!
No one knew why, some even suspected that she didn't like men at all, but she never explained.

Because she didn't think it was necessary.

It's not that she doesn't like men, but that she has never met a man she likes.

Yang Huan has been paying attention to Charlene Lahiri's face all the time. It is also a pleasing thing to see this beautiful face constantly changing different expressions, each expression has a different kind of charming style.

This is a woman with a story!
"Don't be nervous, I'm kidding you!" Yang Huan said with a laugh.

Charlene Lahiri was really flustered just now. She didn't know how to refuse, and she was afraid of offending Yang Huan and not being able to get the interview, so she was uneasy. Even now, after hearing what Yang Huan said, she was still worried.

"I've always been surprised that a beautiful woman like you is always the focus of attention wherever she goes. I find it hard to believe that you have never been in a relationship. So I think, either British men are blind and can't tell the beauty, or it's your problem."

Speaking of this, Yang Huan chuckled, "I am more and more interested in you now, I believe that one day, sooner or later, you will take the initiative to tell me your story."

Charlene Lahiri felt relieved after hearing this.

It turned out that he just wanted to test himself.

"Impossible!" It is impossible for her to tell others about herself, especially a man, unless she loves him!

"Let's see!" Yang Huan shrugged without saying much, "Okay, Miss Charlene Lahiri, I'm in a good mood today, so feel free to ask any questions, just this one time, never mind!"

"Really?" Charlene Lahiri couldn't believe it.

How good is this pervert?
"If you doubt me again, it's a lie!" Yang Huan said seriously, "However, before you ask me, you must promise me one thing."

"What's the matter?" Charlene thought to herself, it really wasn't that simple.

"You have to publish every word I say in your newspaper without any modification."

Still feeling a little uneasy, Yang Huan added: "It's best to hand it over to me for review after you've finalized the draft."

Charlene Lahiri was a little hesitant. Many big stars do have special, even very demanding requirements for interviews. She understands this, but why does Yang Huan have to make so many requests?

In her opinion, this is just a very ordinary interview, just say some polite words.

But in Yang Huan's eyes, this is not the case at all. There are a lot of news about him circulating outside. Instead of letting the media have different opinions and making people panic, it is better to make a frank statement and stabilize the morale of the army.

"What? No way?" Yang Huan frowned.

Charlene Lahiri knew that if she said no, the interview would definitely be gone, "No, yes."

She must have this interview!

"Then let's get started!" Yang Huan leaned back on the chair, obviously planning to accept the interview just like this.

Charlene Lahiri immediately took out the notepad she had prepared earlier from her briefcase, on which some questions she had carefully prepared earlier were listed.

The first question, "Why did you choose to acquire Southampton? Is there any particular reason?"

"There is no special reason." Yang Huan replied almost without thinking. "I was considering buying a Premier League team, but after careful calculation, I found that it was not cost-effective, and it happened that Southampton was interested in selling at that time, so we hit it off and I bought this team."

When Charlene Lahiri heard this, she immediately asked again: "So, you are not a Southampton fan?"

"Yes!" Yang Huan nodded, and said bluntly, "I was not a Southampton fan before, but after I bought Southampton, I am a fan of it, a die-hard fan, and I will try my best to manage it like I manage my own life."

"However, there are a lot of people outside who are skeptical now, thinking that you have other purposes in acquiring Southampton."

Yang Huan shook his head with a sneer, "What purpose? To make money?"

"I'm not short of money!" Yang Huan scoffed at this statement. "Everyone who says I want to rely on Southampton to make money is blind. I bought the club for 500 million pounds, but my budget for the Stapletwood training base is 3000 million pounds. Do you think I'm the kind of person who wants to get a ticket and leave?"

"And professional football has never been a profitable business. You can ask Manchester United, do they make money? Even before the Glazer family bought Manchester United, how much could they make a year? £1000 million!"

Charlene Lahiri had been watching Yang Huan's expression all the time, and when she heard what he said, she looked disdainful, as if more than 1000 million pounds was nothing in his eyes, so she carefully marked this discovery in her notepad.

"So you're going to run Southampton for the long term?"

"Of course, why not?" Yang Huan asked with a smile.

Charlene Lahiri asked a new question, "Can you tell me what you know about Southampton?"

"I didn't know Southampton very well in the past, and I didn't think it was necessary for me to understand its past, because it didn't matter. It's like I'm in love with a woman. Is it necessary for me to find out how many boyfriends she has had in the past? Isn't that asking for trouble?"

Charlene Lahiri's cheeks burned badly upon hearing him say this, and she always felt that what he said was hinting at herself.

"So you admit that you don't know Southampton well."

"Yes, I don't understand, but this does not prevent me from clearly knowing what kind of team I want."

"Can you tell me?" Charlene Lahiri was very interested in this.

Yang Huan smiled slightly, "I talked with Bielsa in Argentina for a long time, and I found that we have a lot in common. One of the very obvious points is that we both have a very strong desire to express our football philosophy. The difference is that he stands in the professional field of a head coach, while I stand at the height of a club owner."

"What's the difference?" Charlene Lahiri asked with a faint smile.

"He advocates a proactive, high-pressure and aggressive offensive football style of play. He likes to firmly control the initiative on the field, and I think that this aggressive offensive football style of play can stimulate the long-suppressed football passion of everyone in Southampton, and even activate the increasingly suppressed football enthusiasm of many fans in England and even the world."

"I don't quite understand." Charlene Lahiri shook her head.

"Someone told me that Southampton fans are very reserved. I was surprised. A truly fanatical football fan would not be reserved. Football is a sport that makes people always full of passion, never give up, and never say die. It is to express yourself unscrupulously, to release your strengths, and to defeat all opponents."

"The real football spirit is when I step onto the football field, even if we are only a League One team at Southampton, even if we are facing the Premier League or even the top giants in the world, we can still tell them bravely that we will definitely be able to kill you. This is a fearless spirit."

Charlene Lahiri smiled, as if she was looking at Yang Huan again, "But don't worry, if you say this, others will think it's a kind of arrogance?"

"Failure is arrogance, success is fearlessness. This world is very realistic, but if you have this courage and belief, you have a chance to succeed. If you don't dare, then you will always be a loser!"

"Many people look down on us at Southampton, saying that we can't invite world-renowned coaches and top superstars, but I have invited Bielsa, and I will also invite the best attackers in the world. I can even say that, not just this summer, but next year, the year after, the year after, and every year in the future, we will continue to invest in strengthening the strength of the team."

"I want to tell all Southampton fans, hold your chests up and your heads up. From now on, no team or person will dare to look down on Southampton, because all teams and individuals who look down on us will be trampled under our feet."

"Because we are fearless saints Southampton!"

"Southampton has stood up since then!"

Charlene Lahiri did not expect that Yang Huan would talk so much. Is he appealing to Southampton fans?
"Some people say that you are special because on the first day after you acquired Southampton, you openly let five players transfer freely, and three of them are worth more than 100 million pounds. Why?"

Yang Huan smiled, "As I said, since I acquired Southampton, I have loved this team as much as I love myself. I like to play with those friends who have the same thoughts and feelings as me. I want to say that from now on, Southampton's employees and players will have the same principles, voluntary."

"If you love this team and are eager to work for this team, then you can submit an application to the club. Once there is a suitable job, we will notify you. Educational background, work history, work ability, etc. are secondary issues. The most important thing is that you love this team, and that's enough!"

"As for our players, we also adopt a voluntary principle. We welcome those who want to stay in Southampton, and we will not force them to stay if they want to leave, because we believe that no one is indispensable. The combat effectiveness of ten players who are united is stronger than that of eleven centrifugal players."

"Many things are not mature enough now. We will reshape the style and charm of Southampton. I hope that in the near future, more and more players will be proud to join Southampton, not because of money, not because of championships and honors, but because of the name Southampton, this team, and this group of people!"

Charlene Lahiri understood a little bit, "So, you let the players choose on the spot, who wants to leave and who wants to stay?"

"Yes, that's right. I believe that those who choose to stay have feelings for Southampton. They will do their best for Southampton on the pitch and training ground."

Charlene Lahiri looked at Yang Huan playfully after hearing this, "You know what? You give me a very strange feeling after the interview."

"What?" Yang Huan asked with a smile.

"confidence."

"This is a must, just as someone said, to be a qualified salesman, you must first firmly believe that the products you sell are absolutely the best, and I have this confidence, our Southampton will become the best and the best top team in the world, and it will not be too long!"

"I hope that all Southampton fans can also have such confidence."

Charlene Lahiri nodded, "The last question."

Yang Huan nodded. He talked a lot today, but he said it very happily. He hopes that more Southampton players, employees and fans can get to know him better, and then understand him and trust him!

"We are all very strange. Everyone says that professional football is divided into levels, and Southampton is in the third level. What do you rely on to attract world-class coaches and world-class stars?"

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