Soccer Card System

Chapter 7 Entering Working State

Chapter 7 enters working state

Gao Bo is a workaholic.

The lights in his office didn't go out until four o'clock in the morning, and when John walked into the office at eight o'clock in the morning, Gao Bo had already arranged his clothes and makeup, and was about to call his assistants for a meeting.

"You should pay attention to rest, Gao!" John Aston learned from the stadium security that Gao Bo spent the night in the team's office building last night. He looked at his young boss with some concern.

Gao Bo didn't feel sleepy at all. He had a special ability since he was a child. When he was concentrating on something, he only needed two or three hours of sleep.

High waves can easily enter deep sleep, so that the tired brain quickly recovers.

Many football coaches have this ability. For example, Rijkaard, the famous head coach is also a famous workaholic. He only needs more than two hours of sleep every day to maintain vigorous energy.

In fact, not only football coaches, many celebrities who have made great achievements often also have this characteristic.

God is not fair, some people are destined to be gifted.

"Let's not talk about this, John, here are some things I summarized last night, you can read it first, and we will have a meeting with the coaching staff later!"

Gao Bo handed a stack of papers full of words to John.

John Aston took it and flipped it over quickly.

"This is your plan for next season!?" John raised his head in surprise.

"That's right, we have a transfer budget of 20 yuan, which must be put to good use. I've made changes to the previous training plan, and I will train according to the current training plan!" Gao Bo turned over the calendar on his desk.

"Today is May 26. There are still two months before the start of the new season. The team will gather on June [-]. Before that, we must first settle a few things."

At this moment, physical fitness coach Mel Donald rushed in.

"Gao, you are now a celebrity in Luton!!"

Donald was holding several newspapers.

Gao Bo brought over the newspaper, which was full of news about Luton's new head coach.

It was very low-key for Gao Bo to take over as the head coach of Luton, and the club did not hold any press conferences. However, for the local media in Luton, Luton hired a Chinese as the head coach, which still caused quite a stir in the local area.

Luton is in a bad state right now, and naturally there isn't much to say about it in the reports.

Some newspaper media simply said that Gao Bo became the head coach of Luton through nepotism-Gao Bo only now knows that he and his boss David Morton are alumni, and David Morton also studied at the University of London.

Gao Bo glanced through the media reports before losing interest.

Luton is not a big club. Except for the local media in Luton who are interested in reporting Luton news, the media in other places rarely go back to pay attention to a second division team.

So now Luton doesn't have to think about media pressure or anything like that.

"Donald, you came just in time, let's have a meeting together!" Gao Bo put the newspaper matter behind him and started to work.

Gao Bo looked at his two assistants, assistant coach and reserve team coach John Aston, physical coach and team doctor Mel Donald, including himself, these are the only three members of the first team.

The top priority is of course to expand your coaching team!

In terms of training, I and John Aston are in charge, and Mel Donald is also experienced in the position of physical fitness coach. Now in my coaching staff, there is still a lack of a goalkeeper coach and a team of team doctors!
"I know someone as a goalkeeper coach. He once worked as a goalkeeper coach at Nottingham Forest." Gao Bo is an outsider compared to English football, and he is definitely not as good as John in terms of connections.

"Then let him come over, John, I believe your recommendation." Goalkeeper coach is a relatively professional position, and it is difficult for Gao Bo to put forward too high requirements for this position-after all, Luton is only a second-tier team.

The team doctor team made John and others a little embarrassed.

Not to mention the teams in the second division, even some teams in the middle and lower reaches of the Premier League don't pay much attention to the team doctor now.

However, Gao Bo attaches great importance to the position of team doctor. He plans to set up a special medical department. Injuries are the most troublesome thing for a team, but in fact many players’ injuries are hidden dangers caused by minor injuries. If these hidden dangers can be eliminated in the bud, it will be a good thing for the athletes to maintain their state for a long time.

But finding a team doctor who met Gao Bo's requirements left John and others powerless.

Gao Bo thought about it.

"I have someone to choose as a team doctor!"

Gao Bo thought of Haruko, Chelsea's Japanese team doctor, and wondered if he would have a chance to poach him.Haruko has a master's degree in sports medicine from the University of London, and she is definitely qualified to be the Luton team doctor.

"Let's let the team doctor go first, and the next step is signings!" Gao Bo said.

Both John and Donald were refreshed. Compared with expanding the coaching staff, these two veterans were more interested in what kind of players Gao Bo was going to introduce.

"Drinkwater?!" John Aston tried to look at the strange name.

"Yes, he is currently a member of Manchester United U18. If we want to introduce him, I don't know if Manchester United can accept the price of 20 pounds." Gao Bo recalled the match between Chelsea U18 and Manchester United U18 in the FA Youth Cup final.

The most eye-catching of Manchester United U18 is undoubtedly Welbeck. This young England striker was called "part of Manchester United's new season plan" by Ferguson as early as last year. In addition, Manchester United U18 also has a young player named Cleverley!
And Drinkwater is just a member of Manchester United U18 who looks very ordinary now, but in the future, Drinkwater will be the most eye-catching leader of this Manchester United U18 team.

Because in the 2015-2016 season, Drinkwater, as the main midfielder of Leicester City, created a magical story of a grassroots team with Leicester City. They won the Premier League championship that season!

Ranieri's Leicester City team is really a magical team.For Gao Bo, this team is really a treasure. Because as far as Gao Bo knows, many players in this team are still playing in the low-level leagues.

Gao Bo suddenly smiled.

If I dug up this treasure now, who should Ranieri use to create miracles?
At this moment, Gao Bo's mind was full of mischief.
John knew that Gao Bo had the experience of coaching Chelsea U18, so he was not surprised that Gao Bo would like a certain U18 player.

"Drinkwater is not a star player at Manchester United U18, but I don't think Manchester United will sell a young man easily." John said.

Gao Bo nodded, he understood very well.

"Try to see if you can buy it out first! If not, try to rent it out."

For English low-level league teams, the best way to save costs is to rent players who are temporarily unavailable to the Premier League. Of course, it is impossible for those first-team stars to be loaned to the second division.

The three discussed in the office all morning. In addition to player introductions, there were also team training plans, tactical arrangements for the new season, and so on.

Gao Bo needs to communicate his tactical ideas clearly with his assistants. After all, he cannot do all the work by himself.

(End of this chapter)