Green Dragon

Chapter 679 Double Boss
3 month 30 day.

After a late-night Internet binge, everything returned to calm the next morning.

Long Shute did not take the flight to England immediately, but had a simple lunch with several leaders of the Football Association.

Between toasts and chips, the topic was led to the current situation of the national team.

"You know, Lao Gao is only acting as the head coach temporarily, and Boss Wang's group has always wanted to help the Football Association find a world-class coach..."

"That's right, for example Lippi of Evergrande, he is already very familiar with Chinese football, and quite a few players in the national team have been coached by him, so he should be the most suitable candidate, right? What's your opinion?"

Long Shute smiled and shook the red wine in the glass:

"There are too many things involved in this matter, my opinion may not be suitable?"

He did not express his opinion immediately, because he vaguely knew the future a few months later through the system, but it was only as of March 2017. As for whether Lippi finally led the Chinese team to the 3 World Cup, he had no way of knowing.

But more importantly, the water behind the selection of Yang Shuai as the head coach is often very deep, and he does not want to get involved too much.

"You are not only the captain of the team, but also the representative of the entire Chinese football and the image of the sports world. Your opinion...of course we will seriously consider it."

Cai Zhonghua looked like accepting advice humbly.

Even if he really doesn't understand football at all, he is also a former table tennis world champion. A blind person can see that when Long Shute is present and not present, the team looks completely different. How could he not care about it at all? The opinion of such a player?

After all... football is not table tennis. In table tennis, you can change players at will and continue to win championships in various competitions, but football is completely different. Once you abandon Long Shute and support another core, it will definitely be a catastrophe ending!

"Thank you Bureau Cai for your trust, then I'll get straight to the point."

The foreshadowing that Long Shute wanted was over, so he put down the cup:
"Gao Hongbo has a lot of problems, such as a bit stubborn temper, some sectarian opinions, he has a bad relationship with some old players, and his business level is of course not as good as a world famous coach like Lippi, but from the standpoint of a player Looking at it, I think he is still very suitable for the current national team."

Someone frowned slightly, but did not interrupt his speech.

"Lao Gao was my first head coach of the national team. We won the 2011 Asian Cup together. He has made some contributions and hard work in public and private. This time he is the only one who is willing to take over the team. Domestic coaches, I think, can keep him going."

Someone wanted to refute, but Long Shute didn't give him the time:

"Don't worry about the round of 12, I'm back and stronger than I was a few years ago, no matter what we draw in two weeks, it won't be a problem. Three years ago I could take the team to Brazil and get the 16. Qiang, it's impossible to even make it to the finals this time, right? You don't have any confidence in me..."

Those people all laughed:

"That is, that is, of course we believe you."

Long Shute smiled:

"To be honest, even if you really invite Lippi here, I don't think he can bring me any improvement now. He is already old, and it is even difficult to complete the work of inspecting domestic players, let alone reform youth. Training and grassroots football are such unrealistic tasks. It’s better to hand it over to Lao Gao, who can be regarded as the head coach we have cultivated.”

Cai Zhonghua seemed a little moved, but he still didn't let go:
"We can't guarantee 100% that Gao Hongbo will continue to work. The prerequisite is... the team's performance can't be too bad."

Long Shu nodded:
"You can set a half-time goal for him. For example, if you don't score 5 or 8 points in the first 10 games, you can directly terminate the contract and then go to Lippi."

Cai Zhonghua simply calculated the points before nodding in agreement:

"That's fine. Old Yu, you should prepare. Sign a formal contract with Gao Hongbo within a week. Then a press conference will be held and I will attend it in person."

"By the way," Long Shute interjected, "Ju Cai, I have another suggestion. After all, they are our own coaches. Give them more salary, otherwise I will really have to pay them out of my own pocket."

Cai Zhonghua smiled:

"You are a member of the two committees, this suggestion is very good, we will definitely adopt it!"
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After finishing the official meal, Long Shute arrived at Xianyang Airport in the special car of the Football Association.

His personal assistant, Crome Liu, looked at the scenery outside the window and sighed slightly:
"You're truly a hero to 13 billion people again, boss."

Before boarding the plane, they rested for half an hour in the VIP lounge.

Those who can rest in the VIP room are of course either rich or expensive, and they have at least some status in society.

But even so, Long Shute also met five or six elite figures.

Of course, these people would not come to hug his thigh with a look of admiration, but they also highly respected his feats of saving the national team repeatedly.

"We flew from Shanghai to Xi'an to watch the game. If you have problems with capital transfer, you can come to me. If you don't dare to say too much, I can still make the decision with three to five billion yuan. I will give you the lowest interest rate. Friendly price."

This is a bank president, not a loan shark.

"Guangdong is the first area to broadcast the British drama. Can you ask Long Xiansen to bring Liverpool to Guangdong for a friendly match this summer? Don't dare to say anything else, the ticket price is guaranteed to be ten times higher than yesterday's game! Have you thought about it?"

This is the boss of the cultural company.

Long Shute happily exchanged business cards with them.

Although the actual assets of these people are far inferior to their own, sometimes they can really play a considerable role in their respective fields.

Meeting a big boss by chance... This is also a way to manage contacts.

Didn't Newton get hit by an apple while he was sleeping? -
a day later.

"Thank goodness you're here!"

When Rogers received the landing text message from Long Shute, he finally breathed a sigh of relief.

He even drove his own sports car directly to Manchester's international airport (Liverpool's small broken airport has no regular domestic flights), and picked up the team boss.

"Brendan, why are you so nervous?"

Long Shute couldn't help laughing at this head coach who usually seemed calm but showed his true colors at critical moments:

"Please, we have two rounds less and a three-point lead. The advantage is still great, okay?"

Rogers shook his head while stepping on the accelerator:
"Then let me ask you, does the Chinese team have a greater advantage in playing against the Maldives? Why are you so anxious to return to China early to participate in the competition?"

"Fuck..."

Long Shute was really defeated by him.

Indeed, no one can really be calm at this moment. Those guys who advised him to "calm and cool naturally" are just because this matter has nothing to do with them...

Rogers continued to shake his head:
"Did you check the schedule for April? Mark should have emailed you ten hours ago."

Long Shute took the phone from Crom and pressed the power button:

"I sat in the sky for 17 hours, okay?"

"Tottenham will play at home the day after tomorrow. These guys are not easy to deal with. A week later is the quarter-final of the Europa League. The opponent is Borussia Dortmund in the Bundesliga. First the guest and then the host, you have to be prepared..."

Rogers didn't hear a reaction, so he glanced over.

This glance immediately made him a little angry:

"You fucking slept for 17 hours on the plane, and you still sleep here?!"

In other clubs, the head coach drove to pick up the plane himself, any player should be grateful, right?
This guy...why didn't he respond? !
Do you really think of yourself as a boss? !
Watching Lao Tzu's next game ban you internally!
Rogers' anger almost burned his head stupid.

He immediately calmed down:

Oh yes, since he was going to be suspended, why did he pick him up?

(End of this chapter)