Born to be a coach [soccer]

As early as three days ago, when Anton was still in London, Sunderland thought that the signing of Hummels had been lost.

Mats Hummels, 21 years old this year, was born in a sports family. His father is a professional player and is now working for Bayern’s youth training. His mother is a sports reporter. Hummels joined the Bayern youth team since he was a child The training is produced by a "Bayern".

However, Hummels' "career" in Bayern's first team was not smooth, and he was soon sublet to Dortmund, where he spent a year and a half and grew into Dortmund's main central defender.

Just then, Hummels' lease expired.Bayern asked Hummels to return, and Dortmund was determined to buy out Hummels.Both parties are now asking about their wishes.

On one side is Bayern, who watched him grow up, and on the other side, Dortmund, who single-handedly trained himself as a main player. Hummels is caught in the middle, and now he is swinging from side to side, unable to make a decision for a long time.That's why the brokerage agency in Germany contacted Martin and asked Sunderland to quote again, saying that now is a very good opportunity.

Martin asked Anton: "Dortmund offered 450 million euros and asked to buy out Hummels. The agent over there meant that the minimum offer should be higher than this."

Anton: At least higher than this offer? ...Hey, that's a must!

Otherwise, how can they reflect the sincerity of their English club?

He lowered his head and considered the quotation: "750 million euros? No, no...Martin, it's still 800 million euros, 800 million."

Martin and Russell were sitting across from Anton at the moment, and they were almost dumbfounded when they heard the offer.Anton's offer is almost double the buyout price that Dortmund is willing to offer-doubling the price when meeting, has Anton always raised his price like this?

If they had experienced the auction Anton attended in South Africa, it should have been less strange.

Anton didn't care, and said with a smile: "Find a fellow for Royce Jr. Besides, we all watch Hummels' game videos together. If he has an English household registration book, he will pay 800 yuan directly in the UK." Ten thousand pounds. So this offer is not excessive at all."

"Besides, we know this news now, and other clubs competing for Hummels will also know. Only by quoting a high price now will scare away other teams and show our great sincerity to the player himself. Martin, Russell , This is our only chance to buy this player. If we only quoted a conservative price at the beginning, we may have to pay a much higher price than this when we attract all competitors.”

What Anton said, Martin and Russell obviously understood.

Russell didn't care so much, nodded and said: "It's worth—" Then he waved his hand to signal him to pass here.

Only Martin hesitated, calculated the budget for this year's signings, and listened to Anton and Russell boasting about the young German player. After sitting for a long time, he finally couldn't help it, and rushed out to send a fax.

Anton and Russell, who stayed in the conference room, gave high fives together.

Finally, Bayern confirmed the offer, and this signing will be finalized soon.Sunderland's summer window progress bar finally moved forward a little bit.

Anton breathed a sigh of relief and said to his colleagues: "Okay, now let's talk about the 'experience' issue!"

What this means is that Xia Chuang's signings, Sunderland can't just rely on a group of young people in their early 20s to play the leading role. Although this is young and energetic, it is not stable enough.To gain a foothold in the Premier League, experience is essential, which Arsenal coach Arsene Wenger has repeatedly reminded Anton.

Therefore, in the arrangement of signings, Anton also hopes to introduce several "experienced" midfielders and central defenders.

The candidates he proposed include: Liverpool's current midfielder Javier Mascherano, Uruguayan Diego Godin who plays for Villarreal, Juventus' Chiellini and others...

Martin looked at the list with an unusual headache, and he was always calculating how much was left in this year's summer window budget.

Just when he was planning to contact Liverpool Football Club in the order of the list, there was big news in the transfer market. The Argentine "Little Brother" Mascherano moved to Barcelona Club for 1725 million pounds.

It is said that when Mascherano agreed to sign the transfer agreement, he once shouted to Liverpool fans through the media: "I think Liverpool fans may feel a little sad after knowing that I have left. I want to tell Theirs is, hopefully this will help them a little bit.”

Hearing this news, Anton, Martin and others were all silent.

Liverpool's financial predicament is well known to the world. Mascherano's departure and his transfer fee have provided Liverpool, the former giant, with a little breathing space under the pressure.

But Martin reacted immediately, and the hand holding the list began to tremble: the worth of the first one on the list alone was more than 1700 million pounds, and the others... how much would it cost in total!

But before Martin figured out how he should use Xia Chuang's signing budget, another moth appeared in Sunderland.

The players hadn't reported yet, and Martin and Anton were both working in the Guangming Academy's office.Assistant coach Russell rushed into the office suddenly, and said to Anton and Martin with a serious expression: "The big thing is not good! Fans...the fans are going to rush in!"

Martin was startled: "The fans are making trouble? Why are they making trouble!"

The previous season was not very successful and complete. Aren't the fans happy when they were promoted and won the championship?Why did it suddenly cause trouble?

"It is said that the season ticket price for next season will increase by 15%." Russell was super quick-spoken, and immediately answered all the questions, "The boss said."

Anton laughed angrily, and turned to Martin: "You, the CEO, don't know about such a big increase in season ticket prices?"

Martin was shocked by Anton's eyes: "I don't know, I really don't know! If I knew, I wouldn't tell you two, am I such a tight-lipped person?"

Anton and Russell looked at each other: ... also.

"Come on, go out and meet the fans and listen to what they have to say." Anton wasn't afraid at all, "What are you afraid of? It's not because I want to raise the price. Russell, let's go out together. Martin, please go ahead and finish this list The signings on the Internet!"

Martin: ...Oh!

So Anton and Russell went out to meet the fans.After Martin finished his work, he went to the two colleagues and found that they were drinking and chatting with the fans in the bar where the Sunderland fans "forum" was located-as if nothing had happened.

Owner Short was completely unaware that plans for a season-ticket hike had leaked from his personal assistant.

In the early morning of the next day, Mr. Short walked out of his mansion while arranging his suit jacket as usual.His driver had already pulled his low-key black Volvo out of the garage, and it was parked in front of Short's house.

Without even thinking about it, Short got into the car directly, sat in the back seat as usual, and closed the car door with a "bang".

"Good morning, Mr. Short."

It wasn't until this moment that Short realized that there was an extra person in the back seat of his car, and this person was still greeting him with a smile.

At the same time, the Volvo had already started, and it drove out quickly, smashing Short against the back of the seat.

This is... hijacked?

Mr. Short thought about it in his mind for a moment, recalling where all his important assets were.

But when he came back to his senses, Short realized that the person sitting beside him, who was handsome and well-dressed, was none other than Anton, the head coach of his club.

"Billy," Short didn't have the guts to scold Anton, so he had to attack his driver, "Mr. Anton, why don't you... invite him to sit at my house and have a cup of coffee..."

Short said that he felt guilty.

The driver, Billy Real, said calmly, "I'm a fan of Mr. Anton..."

So Anton does what he says.

"...and I'm a Sunderland fan..."

This made him make up his mind to stage this "hijacking" show with Anton.

"Mr. Short, the weather is so nice today, why don't we walk around Sunderland together?" Anton smiled warmly.

But Ellis Short is also a fine person. When he saw Anton's smile, he knew that under his perfect and moving "smile" was a "smile on the surface".The head coach hired by his club simply came to the door today to question the teacher.

Short thought about what the driver said - so he offended the Sunderland fans and indirectly offended his driver?

God! ——The season ticket price increase...

Short asked cautiously, "You all...understand?"

Anton still smiled happily: "Mr. Short, such good weather is not common even in summer? Why waste such a good time? I will show you around Sunderland... how about it? "

The weather was fine, Short thought—the sun was shining and the flowers were smiling at him.However, why does it always seem to have an ominous premonition?

"By the way, you must not have breakfast yet! I know a place, let's go and sit down first?"

How dare Short say "no"?

Besides, his driver doesn't listen to him now, so it's useless for him to say no!

Driver Billy drove Short's Volvo a long way and pulled it into an old community near the Sunderland coast.

Sunderland is an industrial city, which was very prosperous in the 70s and [-]s because of the mining and shipping industries.Almost every family in Sunderland at that time had relatives and friends who worked in coal mines and shipyards.The community in front of me is a typical community built at that time.

These communities began to decline in the 21st century as heavy industry and shipbuilding moved away from Sunderland.Right now, Short's Volvo looks out of place in the narrow streets of the neighborhood.

Many residents of this community are standing at the door at this moment, paying attention to the car dealership.

But none of them were surprised. After seeing the people in the car clearly, most of them smiled:

Sure enough, their coach did not break his promise and really "hijacked" the club's owner here.