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"This season, we have played well."

Inside the Tora Volozh base, Aulas watched the training of the team's youth academy. After a long while, he spoke to Lacombe beside him.

"Are you talking about the first team or the youth team? For the first team, I don't need to say much. The position at the top of the list is enough to explain everything. If you are talking about the youth team..." Lacombe looked at the field, " Both Benzema and Ben Arfa are top-notch in France, and Remy is no worse than them."

"I have no doubts about Leon's success." Aulas nodded with a smile on his face, "Does Mr. Le Guin have any new requests recently?"

"No." Lacombe shook his head, "After we rejected his signing plan, he didn't put forward any new opinions." [

"His plan is too radical." Aulas shook his head. "If a team that has just won the championship undergoes a large-scale replacement immediately, others will doubt our confidence in defending the title. If you want to be a giant, you must You have to have the bearing of a wealthy family."

"I think the results of the giants are more important." Lacombe pushed back his words, "Both Sony Anderson and Dorasso publicly expressed their dissatisfaction, and Carrière didn't speak, but he was not very happy."

"This is bullying us without a reputation..." Olas sighed, "Look at those people, if they go to a wealthy family, sit on the bench, play as a substitute, they will do anything, and they will work hard without complaining. But in our Lyon, let them participate in the back defense, they complained again and again, all of them call themselves artists, disdain to dare to do dirty work. This is because we are not a wealthy family and have no confidence, so they dare to complain... But the so-called, our achievements will one day attract people's attention, and when we become a wealthy family, those who once looked down on us will naturally regret that they missed being our legend."

Aulas sighed a few words before he thought of something, "Tell me about their movements, and I will know what they are thinking."

Aulas' words were vague, but Lacombe could understand, "Everyone has no idea of ​​trading. Ligue [-]'s winter transfers are always not very lively, and it's the same this time. Everyone has nothing to supplement. They are still living on their laurels. Paris has begun to show embarrassment now. They have never won the championship, but their investment has been not small. Now their finances are almost unsustainable."

"Naturally, they are a bunch of idiots." Aulas immediately answered, "I'm not surprised that they can't hold on."

"Marseille are ready to rebuild... They are said to be ready to buy Guingamp striker Didier Drogba and rebuild completely."

This surprised Aulas, "Aren't they the fourth place now? It's really a big deal. This is like Marseille. It's always a small fight. What's the point of competing for those Europa League places? If it goes on like this, I can’t even see the shadow of Marseille back then. A wealthy team should have this kind of will to succeed or die, otherwise, any rhetoric is nonsense.”

"It is said that Bordeaux can no longer keep Pauleta. He wants to transfer to a team that can win the championship."

"In the chaotic world of Ligue [-], where can he go to ensure that he wins the championship?" Aulas snorted coldly with disdain, "He was dragged down by such useless ideas, and it took him many years to accomplish everything, which is unrealistic."

"Monaco...no movement."

These words made Aulas smile, "They are also so poor that they are about to go bankrupt..."

"Then who are you going to make up for?" Lacombe asked.

"This needs to be carefully considered." Aulas smiled, "Since Ronaldinho has been playing well recently, let's find some trouble: Isn't Manchester United paying attention to him? Through our reporter, give Manchester United some useful information, so that The British media is helping too, it's enough to confuse them."

"At the same time, continue to hype the contradiction between Ronaldinho and Fernandez... You are very bad, head." Lacombe sighed.

"Since their boss has a problem with his head, we can't use it." Aulas smiled, "Then, Marseilles don't touch him, and give them some help when appropriate. And Bordeaux is the same. They guys, all It’s rotted from the root, and it won’t get back up in a short time, but the influence is still there. There is no harm for us to win them over and form an ally.”

Lacombe nodded in agreement.A tiger can't be defeated by death. Although Marseille is bad, it does still have influence.They are still the most popular team in France, and the Marseilles still exist in the league.It won't hurt to make friends with them at this time.

"Monaco..." Aulas thought for a moment, then fell silent.

"What to do with them?" [

"There's nothing to do. Their defense is basically all youth training, and the frontcourt players are all weird-tempered, plus a tough-tempered Deschamps and an old bastard Petit. What can I do?" Aulas Shrugged, "Among the teams in Ligue 14, they are the only ones who have the confidence to play with us. Paris and Marseille, two idiot teams, blindly imitated foreigners and abandoned their youth training. The youth training ranks No. 12 in France. .[-], a French No.[-]... The foundation of French football is to sell people. They have no hematopoietic ability, how can they fight us? And Bordeaux and Auxerre are not enough to fight against us. But Monaco... ..."

Olas could only shake his head.

Off-the-board moves in football are, in the final analysis, nothing more than sowing discord.As for the fragile relationship between Ronaldinho and Fernandez, almost a provocation will succeed.But Deschamps has an excellent relationship with the players, provocations are useless.Speaking of exerting pressure, Deschamps, who has gone through three World Cups in 90,94,98, [-], and [-], has seen more situations and is familiar with people's hearts and morals, doesn't care about the so-called pressure at all.Aulas' methods are of no use to him.

And another way is to provoke the relationship between the coach and the boss.However, the owner of Monaco is Crown Prince Albert II of Monaco. Although His Royal Highness is the big owner of Monaco, he has little interest in the team. His current interest seems to be in women's swimming...he doesn't care about the team. For the affairs of the team, he seldom takes care of the team's affairs, and all of them are handed over to Coach Petit. Aulas naturally finds a way to provoke.And it is even more impossible to say that he wants to cause some trouble for him and thus affect the Monaco team. The Monaco royal family has been discredited for many years. To them it's a cloud.And Petit, an old technical idiot, has long been used to wind and rain, not to mention that he is a leader in French football in terms of prestige and connections. To slander him is to risk offending the entire football circle. It is impossible for him to open a gap there.

"They are the same as us. They are all united and united. From tactics to players, they are a very good team." Aulas is lenient in anticipating the enemy, and he does not hesitate when boasting. His patience with the coaches is Famously, in 15 years, the boss could not help firing the coach only once. This patience is only worse than that of Auxerre's team that has not changed coaches for 40 years.

This has caused the coach in his team to dare to change tactics with confidence and boldly, and dare to make any attempts. Lyon has changed coaches frequently in recent years, but they can rise to the top, thanks to Aulas' trust.

"It doesn't work if you want to provoke. It doesn't work if you apply pressure. I don't understand tactical issues. Then, there is only one thing I can think of." Olas thought for a moment, with a smile on the corner of his mouth, " Go tell Paris that we will persuade Bordeaux to sell Pauletta to them in the summer. Tell Marseille that we guarantee Drogba is in their pocket. Tell Bordeaux that we will fully support their rebuilding efforts. Also, please come to Lyon once, Mr. Guyrou, I want to see him."

"And your brother, you won't ignore it, will you?"

"Of course not." Aulas nodded. "If we get together, we can write a letter to the Football Association. It should be enough, right?"

"What do you want to say?" Lacombe asked rhetorically.

"Just a suggestion to the Football Association. Since we are engaged in sports and pay attention to a fair issue, shouldn't it be fair on the tax issue? It is a good idea for all the teams in Ligue [-] to pay taxes according to a uniform standard?"

Flat rate?

If there is any inconsistency in France's tax rate, the only tax-free country is Monaco.This is obviously to get the heads of several big clubs together to discuss robbing Monaco.

"Can it pass?" Lacombe shook his head with a wry smile.

"It's enough to scare people without asking for approval. Let the media hype up this issue a little bit. It involves their own interests. I don't believe their players can still be moved." Aulas smiled, "And, I remember correctly If so, Mr Campola appears to be running in Monaco?"

Campola is the nominal chairman of the Monaco club. Although the owner of Monaco is the crown prince of Monaco, but because of the remaining royal honor, the Monaco royal family will not directly intervene in Monaco. The chairman of the Monaco club has a great influence on the club.

"I don't care too much about the politics of Monaco, but that seems to be the case."

"Help me take care of him and see if he has anything worthy of attention recently." Aulas's smile became more and more evil. "What politicians do is always more fun."

Lacombe shook his head, this guy is getting worse...

"The team, do you have anything to say?" After Lacombe finished recording, he couldn't help but ask, "After all, there is a lot of trouble in the team, and Sony Anderson has refused to renew his contract. Symbol, it would not be a good thing to let him go..."

"The symbol of the club should make sacrifices when the club needs it. I have said many times that Lyon is going to be a giant. I have only seen players adapt to the giants, but I have never seen any giants accommodate the players." Aulas immediately pushed back, "If Sony Anderson is willing to stay, I will still give him the club's highest salary. He is still a symbol and meritorious figure of the club, but if he really feels that he can't adapt to our tactics If he wants to leave, then we don't have to keep him. If he doesn't treat Leon as his family, we don't have to treat him as a relative."

"Michel..." Lacombe opened his mouth, but didn't say anything for a long time. [

Sony Anderson is the fourth goalscorer in Lyon's history, second only to Lacombe.Such a person is an absolute merit and symbol of Lyon. His refusal to renew the contract should be the biggest thing, but in Aulas' view, it is not an important thing.

"Bernar, you know, I'm a businessman, not a football expert, I don't know much about football, tactics, management, I don't understand these things, so I never get involved. But at least, I know a little The team is also a company. I can only ask the manager about the performance of the company. Maybe there are my relatives in the company and I treat them well, but they have no right to override the manager when it comes to official affairs Report to me. The coach is the manager of this company, he is responsible for this team, so he has the final say in the team. Don't expect me to speak for anyone in the team. I like it Players, I regard them as relatives, I can give them a good salary, and I can also make concessions on the transfer fee, but let me interfere with the team's affairs management, I will not do that. You know me, I I'm a good businessman, and I won't do anything against business principles."

Aulas looked straight, and then spoke to Lacombe, "I will never allow anyone, in any name, for any reason, to stop Lyon from standing proudly in European football. No matter who it is, in front of the interests of the team , are not worth cherishing."