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Chapter 91 The Legendary Coach
It is naturally more convenient for German teams to come to Berlin, but Manchester United, Newcastle and Inter Milan are not slow to move.

After catching up with old friend Ashor, Edward got a call from David Gill saying Ferguson wanted to see him.

As a fan in his previous life, Edward certainly admired Ferguson, but he still felt guilty when he saw Ferguson. David Gill was recruited from Manchester United, and Eric Callison, the person in charge of the youth academy, also came from Manchester United. Poached away, he poached a lot of corners in Manchester United, and now that the bitter master is coming, he really doesn't want to meet the legendary head coach at all.

But it is one thing to not want to subjectively, and he has no way to refuse this matter.

With Ferguson's status in the football world, it's not just that Edward can't see it. It's also necessary to maintain a good relationship with Manchester United. Anyway, it's not a team of the same country, and there is not so much competition between them. A good relationship is the key At any moment, a heavyweight like Ferguson can come forward to support Union Berlin. Ferguson is one of the best figures in football now, and his words will play a big role.

Although Edward could understand the powerful relationship between them, he was a little timid.

I have heard many rumors in my previous life. It is said that Ferguson's temper is not very good. Will he make a move after meeting?In case of doing something, his body may not necessarily be Ferguson's opponent.

Jennifer Aniston, whose belly was getting bigger and bigger every day, saw Edward sitting in front of the desk frowning for a while, and giggling at herself for a while. She was a little worried, put down the parenting manual in her hand and asked, "Eddie, what happened?" , why do you feel restless after answering a phone call?"

"what!"

Edward raised his head and said, "There is a big man who wants to see me, but I feel a little embarrassed..."

"Big man? Isn't it still a big man, is it the president or the chief?"

Jennifer Aniston has a big brain, after all, it is understandable that she is a bit silly when she is pregnant.

"No," Edward shook his head and said, "It's a big shot in football. I poached some people from them for team building before, and now they've come to me."

"For things like work, of course whoever pays more will go to work there. Is there any problem with that?"

"Of course! His name is Alexander Chapman Ferguson!"

"Is he famous? Is he the owner of a club? I guess he is not as rich as you. You don't have to be afraid of such things. How about I go with you?"

Edward felt dizzy for a while.

As expected of a girl from America, a football desert, she had never even heard of Ferguson.

The girl wanted to go with him, which moved Edward very much, but it was useless for her to go, and it would only add to the confusion if she didn't even understand football. In contrast, Winona Ryder knew a lot about football-related issues, that idiot Niu is very passionate about football, or Edward's career.

But now Winona's focus is on how to give birth to a baby. Recently, she has been seeking medical advice. Since Angiston is pregnant, Edward must have no problem, that is, she is not up to date, Winona After Rhett went to the hospital for an examination, her body was fine, so the girl began to find some messy solutions. Some time ago, she bought the legendary emperor's prescription from a gypsy and spent 2000 US dollars.

Recently started trying Indian yoga again...

Edward thought for a while, and said to Jennifer Aniston: "Don't worry, I'm fine, but I feel guilty facing him."

"Is he great?"

"Of course! It's not a question of whether you are good or not. Tian is so successful in the field of football. He is almost the Spielberg of football."

"My God, it seems that he is really a big shot!"

When Edward said this, Jennifer Aniston immediately understood Ferguson's status in football. Her American sweetheart could only sell a smiling face in Spielberg, even if she was replaced by Julia Roberts.

Now Aniston changed from being indifferent when she first arrived to being worried. Edward took a long time to comfort her.

Early the next morning, Edward picked out decent clothes, which were also left by his grandfather. The main reason was that he felt that the style of suits in the early years would be in line with Ferguson's taste.

Then set off with gifts.

"Philip, tell me about Ferguson you know."

The old housekeeper is British, and there is no problem in communication with Ferguson. The main thing is that Edward thinks that there are only two men in the first meeting, which is a bit strange. There will not be so many topics. It may be better to have one more person present.

Philip Jennings is a veteran fan. Although he likes West Ham United, the old butler still has a lot of insights into British football, so he and Ferguson will have some common language.

Ferguson likes red wine, and Philip Jennings, who has worked as a butler for decades, is an expert in this area.A qualified housekeeper even has a wider range of knowledge than university professors. Take Philip Jennings for example, finance, manufacturing, management, raw material collection, football, law... He knows a little bit about all walks of life, although he is a professional The level is not comparable to the staff in these fields, but they will never show timidity in two days.He knows a lot in life, ranging from the customs and social etiquette of various countries to the details of home travel, life and dining. With Philip Jennings' knowledge, he can cover 90.00% of the people in the world.

He can chat with veterans about the equipment in the army, and he can also complain about the coach with fans. When he meets Spanish, he can chat with them about paella and the situation in the Basque Country. Even if he meets Asians, he can also talk about it. Important holiday customs.

Now when I meet Ferguson, he talked about the types of red wine from the history of Scotland. If this kind of person does not become a housekeeper and goes out to do business, he will also be a successful businessman.

As long as he thought about it, there was nothing he couldn't talk about.

Therefore, there is nothing wrong with saying that an excellent housekeeper has a wider knowledge than a professor. Philip Jennings knows seven or eight languages ​​alone, more than Edward, who received aristocratic education since childhood.

Philip Jennings naturally knew about Ferguson. He thought for a while and said, "Master Edward, I don't think you need to make too much preparation. Ferguson is a typical Scot. They are more straightforward, but I think he is going to see you." , definitely not for the sake of provoking the teacher."

"Well, you're right, the gift is okay, right?"

"Of course!"

The old butler replied.

Knowing that Ferguson likes red wine, Edward asked the butler to prepare two red wines. Philip Jennings prepared 85 Lafite. According to him, it was much better than 82. Edward didn’t understand these things at all. What the old butler said was just What.

Anyway, there are many good wines in the wine cellar at home, all of which were bought by his grandfather before. Edward doesn't usually drink much, and the inventory is basically the same as before. He only chooses two bottles when giving gifts.

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"Sir Ferguson!"

Edward walked over quickly and said hello from a long distance: "It's a great honor to meet you."

"Hello, Sir." Philip Jennings' etiquette is very good, and the Queen is supreme in his heart. Ferguson deserves his respect no matter his status in football or being honored by the Queen.

"Haha, you are Edward Hoffman, you look really young, who is this?" Ferguson said angrily, pulling Edward aside to sit down.

"He is Philip Jennings, my butler, an Englishman!"

"Hello, Philip!"

After sitting down, Edward handed the menu directly to Philip Jennings. The old housekeeper knew his eating habits very well.

"It is said that you are a lucky kid, but I always think that is not the case. I have watched the game videos of Union Berlin players. Every one of them is very good. If it is just luck, it is difficult to buy so many outstanding players."

Ferguson first praised Edward. Even though he knew it was a social etiquette, Edward still felt very useful. Ferguson admitted that he had a good eye for people. What is the difference between this and Federi saying that he is a good tennis player?
"This is really not luck!"

Edward naturally wouldn't be humble, but he still added in his heart that this was all advanced vision.

"Can you tell me about how you pick your players?"

Ferguson's vision is also very good, but it is absolutely impossible for players like Edward who are almost [-]% bought to be all good. Ferguson is not uncommon when he misses, but compared to other coaches, he is already very good.

Edward thought for a while and began to make up lies: "Talent and court performance, we can all know through scouts. When I buy a player, I will investigate his growth experience and see what kind of family this player grew up in. What difficulties have you encountered, and how did you solve them? I have always believed that the environment in which players grow up will affect their character. Players with bad personalities will not achieve much even if they are talented.”

"It is indeed the case. Many talented players are ruined by their personalities. It is indeed a good way to pay attention to the growth experience of players." Ferguson has seen too many geniuses who self-destruct their future in football. They may be very talented. But he lacked discipline since he was a child, and he was addicted to alcohol and women after a little kick, and what was even more outrageous was that he got involved in things that shouldn't be done under the abduction of bad friends.

Ferguson thought for a while and continued: "I believe you know what I mean. I want the midfielder of Union Berlin, Michael Essien. You can say a price that you think is similar."

"£1000 million plus Darren Fletcher."

As soon as Edward's words came out, Ferguson rubbed his back and sat up straight.

He was a little startled secretly. He originally thought that the other party just poached some management in Manchester United, but he didn't expect that the other party also paid attention to Manchester United's youth players. Darren Fletcher is still a youth team player. Although Ferguson is optimistic about his future, But it is more because Fletcher is Scottish, which has the same bonus as his nationality. Talent is really not the best player in the Manchester United youth team.

But Edward's vision is notoriously poisonous, is there really something special about Fletcher?
"Haha, cunning brat."

Ferguson laughed a few times and rejected Edward's request: "Darren is one of the players I am most optimistic about. He will not leave Manchester United!"

Edward thought you were fooling a ghost?Fletcher was clear about his start at Manchester United. Even after he was promoted to the first team, Fletcher was still a pit. Manchester United fans even suspected that Fletcher was the illegitimate son of Ferguson.

After a few seasons, Fletcher began to mature, and he performed well on both ends of the offense and defense.

However, it will be difficult for this player to compare with the existing players of Union Berlin in the future. Edward is just a habitual bargainer.

But if the other party does not agree, then you have to start bargaining.

"Let's go for 1500 million pounds, I think it's a reasonable price!"

"impossible!"

Ferguson directly slapped the table to reject Edward. This price is a bit outrageous. He played a total of 5 games in Union Berlin. Essien's price increased tenfold?This is far from acceptable to him.

Of course Ferguson is optimistic about Essien's future, otherwise he would not agree to participate in the Liberty Berlin Cup for this transfer, but the key to the matter is the transfer price of the players. Even if Edward offered 1000 million pounds without players, he felt a little expensive.

The Manchester United boss stared at Edward for a while and said: "500 million pounds!"

"£500 million plus Philip Neville!"

As the younger brother of Gary Neville, Philip Neville is more talented than Gary Neville, but his growth path is indeed not smooth sailing, and his development has deteriorated a lot after injuries. Even so, as a versatile player in the backcourt Philip Neville Also a good player.

"Impossible! Absolutely impossible, 650 million pounds!" Ferguson gave a new price.

Philip Neville is worth much more than 500 million pounds, not to mention that this player can play more than 30 games every season. It is not worth the loss to let go of such a player in order to save 500 million pounds.

Edward shook his head regretfully, thinking that he could pick up the slop of a wealthy family. Compared with Philip Neville's strength, he valued the opponent's leadership qualities more. Since he can be the captain of Everton in the future, he must have something special. I just want to come over to be the big brother of those children. The Union Berlin team communicates in English, and even language learning can be avoided.

But since he was rejected, Edward could only give up: "850 million pounds, one penny less, Michael will not leave Berlin."

"Deal, you are such a difficult brat!"

Ferguson complained, but grinned from ear to ear. He wanted Essien very much.

"You've made a lot of money with this transfer, Sir Alex Ferguson."

"Win-win, Essien's transfer fee has doubled several times."

"We've never been a team that bought and sold players to make money."

Now that the deal is done, both parties can breathe a sigh of relief.

Edward found that Sir Ferguson was not as irritable as he imagined, and the Ferguson he imagined was a bit like a manic godfather... It seems that we can only make a conclusion after contact.

The dishes were served quickly, and Ferguson took a sip of his wine and asked, "I heard from David (Gill) that you don't care much about Union Berlin?"

"How to put it, I will not interfere with the team's affairs, especially the locker room."

Edward also took a sip, and then explained: "In the team, I will do things to avoid weakening the authority of the head coach. Although I have a good relationship with the players, this is a personal relationship and will not affect their relationship with the team. Status. Jose can do whatever he wants in the team, but he doesn’t have to implement it, as long as he asks for it.”

"For example, if he wants a defender, I will buy Nesta; if he wants a midfielder, I will buy Juan Belleron; if he wants a more professional team of team doctors, I will dig some amazing doctors. "

Now Union Berlin's team doctor team can be called the best in world football. When playing FM, Edward was impressed by the two genius doctors of Blackburn and Belgium.

After he gave a general name, someone quickly found someone for him. The Belgian miracle doctor Metz Schalke and David Feifrey who was hidden in Blackburn were dug to Berlin Union. This is not all. Under the recommendation of the headhunting company, Union Berlin hired Mark Martens, a knee injury expert who is also Belgian, and Bologna team doctor Gianni Nanni, who helped Baggio recover miraculously in 80 days. With a female doctor, the team doctor team of Union Berlin has no problem in setting up a dedicated sports-related specialist hospital.

It is indeed a waste of so many great figures in a team, but what Edward thinks is that as soon as a world sports star is injured, he will immediately think of coming to Berlin for treatment, which is also an improvement of the team's prestige.

Therefore, raising a medical team with a high salary is not a problem. He does have plans to help the team doctors open a hospital. Bayern doctors have their own laboratories. These big cows are indeed qualified to open a hospital. He personally bought shares together, several team doctors personally bought shares, and left some shares for the team doctor department of Union Berlin as a bonus.

This solves the salary problem of the team doctors very well. When the team's injuries are not serious, they can also pick up all other patients, so that such powerful unexpected resources will not be wasted.

But Eric Callison was the first thing Ferguson thought of, and the Manchester United coach asked: "So you poached Eric?"

"This matter is not requested by the coach, but I think youth training players are the foundation of a team. Now the first team of Union Berlin is relatively young. In a few years, they will be regarded as youth training players of the team. But in the future, Union Berlin We will definitely buy players from outside, and at this time, the youth team needs to provide blood transfusion for the first team, and we cannot live without any self-developed players, which will affect the character of the first team.”

Ferguson nodded and said: "Youth training is the foundation of the club. If there are no youth training players in the team, it is simply a group of mercenaries. There will definitely be problems for teams with too few youth training players."

"You mean Arsenal?"

"Hahaha, you are really clever!"

As soon as the words of the Manchester United coach came out, Edward's first thought was Arsenal. Before Manchester City, the mercenary group criticized by the English media was Wenger's team. His team often had 11 starters without Englishmen.This is very similar to Union Berlin. Union Berlin also lacks local players, but there is a big difference between the two teams. Union Berlin's players are very young, and they have not yet gained a firm foothold in the previous team. After that, they quickly integrated into Union Berlin. As I said before, they are more like the youth training players of Union Berlin, and many of the players bought by Arsenal have played in France. Think of yourself as a player trained by Arsenal, this is the essential difference.

Edward remembered a question he was more interested in in his previous life: "Sir, I read the report before, it is said that you almost went to Australia to work as a boatman?"

If this kind of problem is in China, some successful people may feel offended. After all, China is more sensitive to various occupations, but in Europe, this kind of problem does not exist at all, and the status of workers is still very high.

"Yeah, I was still at Queen's Park at that time, and I was not a professional player. This Queen's Park is the oldest team in Scotland, not the Queen's Rangers Park in England." Ferguson helped Edward explain before continuing: "I Although I like football, I have to be more realistic. At that time, I was an adult and had not yet received a professional contract. My family was very worried about me. It happened that my father was a shipyard worker, and I also worked as an apprentice in a shipyard. At that time, the factory said Australia Recruiting people with high salaries, the salaries offered are really good, so I wanted to go to Australia to try.”

"Originally, I had already bought the boat ticket, but the day before I left, the coach called me and completely changed my fate. The team's main striker was seriously injured, and I got a chance to play. Of course not repairing boats, then I went to Dunfermline, where I scored 51 goals in 45 games, and then I went to Rangers and became the main striker of the Rangers!"

This kind of story makes Edward fascinated. In the era when Ferguson played football, almost no players from all over the world went abroad to play football. A striker like him who has won the league golden boot and played for a wealthy club has already surpassed most players in his resume. No wonder he went After joining Manchester United, he can hold down the locker room.Even in the face of Ruud van Nistelrooy, he can say "my scoring efficiency is higher than yours, so let's hurry up and improve myself".

"What then?"

Edward is relatively clear about Ferguson's coaching resume, but he knows less about his playing career.

"Playing in the Rangers was not a good experience. Although I was firmly established as the main force, the team was at a low ebb at that time, while the Celtics were in full swing. I failed to win any decent championships. The football team in 69 In the final of the World Cup, I was responsible for marking Celtic captain Billy McNeice, but he scored a goal, the coach thought it was my mistake, and I was sent to the youth team."

The more Ferguson talked, the more excited he became: "We lost 4-0 in that game. That bastard coach just wanted to find a replacement. I am the team's main striker, and I happen to have enough status!"

"Relax, relax."

Edward persuaded that if he hadn't listened to the person involved, it would be hard for him to imagine that the strong Ferguson still had the experience of being sent to the youth team.

"After that I left, Nottingham Forest wanted me but my wife Cathy didn't want to go to England, so I went to Falkirk, where I was appointed player-manager and that was the start of the move. In my managerial career, I found out that I had talent in coaching, maybe more than I had on the pitch, and then it just got out of hand."

"There are always countless accidents in life."

Edward said with emotion: "If the striker hadn't been injured, you might have gone to Australia to repair the ship. If you went to Nottingham Forest, football might lose one of the greatest coaches."

Without Ferguson, the world football would be very deserted. Although Edward was not a Manchester United fan in his previous life, he also liked Ferguson very much. This tough Scottish coach almost single-handedly supported Manchester United. In terms of influence, they all plummeted, and later they almost became a mid-range team. It is embarrassing to decline to that state in a few years, which also shows how powerful Ferguson is.

After Glazer acquired Manchester United, Ferguson received very little transfer fee. If it wasn't for Ferguson who wanted to retire later to appease Manchester United, Manchester United might still be tinkering.

But it is the kind of lineup composed of second-rate players, but Ferguson played out the dominance of the rich team, and there is no lack of 7 defenders playing Arsenal and other good shows.

After he retired, Manchester United started the era of burning money, but it was not as good as every year. If Glazer figured it out earlier and gave Ferguson enough support, maybe he could win the third Champions League in Manchester United's career. It is because there is no chance to win the Champions League again that the Manchester United coach chose to use a Premier League championship as the end of his coaching career.

Thinking of this, Edward suddenly had a bold idea. He remembered that Ferguson wanted to retire several times at Manchester United. So does his Union Berlin have a chance to poach this legendary coach?

Having a genuine Ferguson is more interesting than cultivating a new Ferguson!When the time comes to let this grumpy Scot and Rummenigge confront each other, the chairman of Bayern will definitely not take advantage of it.

Edouard and Rummenigge suffered a disadvantage in the confrontation mainly because the other party's influence was too great. Both as players and Bayern's senior management, the other party had a lot of achievements. Mourinho also had this problem, and his own honor was not enough.But with Ferguson, Rummenigge will not have the suppression power in this regard. It is estimated that he will definitely be sprayed and cannot take care of himself.

But this kind of thing is just thinking about it, and it is difficult to operate. Even if he is Edward Hoffman, people must have pursuits, and thinking about it will not break the law.

With Edward's cooperation, Ferguson was very interested in talking, told Edward a lot of interesting things, and gave him a lot of advice.Edward took care to note that these are all experiences, and there is no harm in listening to them more.

The only thing that made Edward unsatisfied was that this old Scottish man was too good at drinking. He was not very good at drinking, and the taste of red wine was not too strong. home.

After going back, there was another flurry of chaos, and the two girls were busy for a long time before they rested.

(End of this chapter)