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After successively finalizing the candidates for the two key positions of club chairman and CEO, and handing over most of the management and decision-making power of daily affairs to John and Marotta, George breathed a sigh of relief and felt that he could finally return to his role. He let go of the boss and reinvested his energy in the team's reconstruction work.
However, nine times out of ten things in life are unsatisfactory. No, on the second day after Marotta took office and officially took office as general manager and CEO of Tottenham Hotspur, the newly appointed CEO intercepted George who was about to run to confirm the summer transfer plan and asked him Made his first request since taking office.
"Fabio Paratici, Massimiliano Allegri? Giuseppe (Marotta), do you plan to bring these two of your fellow countrymen to Tottenham?" Looking at Marlowe With these two names given by Ta, George only felt that this world was so wonderful. After all, before he traveled to this world, these two were famous figures in Italian and even European football. Unexpectedly, they were discovered by Marotta: "Well... Giuseppe, you mean, you Do you think your two fellow countrymen who have just retired and have no club management experience can bring many positive and different things to Tottenham?"
George was not surprised at all when he was able to discover Fabio Paratici, who was only 31 years old and had only ended his playing career in Brindisi, Italy's third-division club, this season. Because in his previous life, Marotta also recruited Paratici to Sampdoria immediately after he retired. Later, when he went to Juventus, he also brought Paratici to Turin and appointed him as Juventus coach. Tooth's chief scout. It can be seen from this that perhaps the two people had known each other before this.
Allegri is different. Except for the two years when he was kicked out by AC Milan and then transferred to Juventus to coach, there has never been any gossip that Marotta had any interaction with him. Therefore, when he saw Uncle Jon's name actually appearing among the people recommended by Marotta, George was extremely surprised - Marotta, have you maxed out your talent for finding people? How come you can dig out a guy like this who has no reputation at all in the coaching circle?
Of course George, who has been playing for a wealthy club, would not know that Marotta's approach of casting a net everywhere and focusing on catching fish is the way to survive for the general managers of small clubs. Compared with those wealthy clubs with deep financial resources, they have limited capital and cannot buy back all the players they like and train them. They must make the final decision after careful and repeated observation.
Even bringing in players is so troublesome. You can imagine how many difficulties Marotta had to face when he wanted to add a subordinate to himself when he was the general manager of a low-level club. Therefore, newcomers like Paratici and Allegri who have recently retired, do not have much work experience, and do not have enough popularity (in fact, the key is that the salary is cheap, as long as they find good goods, it is a very cost-effective deal), naturally Will be added to the watch list by Marotta.
It is for this reason that Marotta had the opportunity to come into contact with little-known newcomers such as Paratici and Allegri, and noticed the potential of these two people before they retired. Huge potential, and that's why the scene in front of me happened, where Marotta recommended these two people to George.
"That's right, boss, please trust my judgment." Facing George's slightly suspicious joke, Marotta's face not only did not show the slightest wavering, but continued to be firm and unwavering. Yiji recommended these two potential stocks to his boss, "I have been in contact with these two people before they retired, and I have a certain understanding of their abilities and specialties. Paratici has a very good vision." Accurate. When Veron moved from Lazio to Manchester United, he told me that it would be a lose-lose transfer. And Allegri is very good at training defense. With him, he can effectively improve the team. The quality of defense. Therefore, I have hired Paratici as the club’s scout, responsible for finding players and potential new stars suitable for us in Europe; as for Allegri, I plan to let him join the team’s coaching staff. Defensive coach position and have offered him a contract."
"Wait a minute Giuseppe, did I hear you correctly?" Hearing Marotta tell him his plan, George immediately frowned and asked with dissatisfaction, "You said you wanted to arrange for Allego He joined the team's coaching staff and has been promised a job as a defensive coach?"
"Yes, boss, what's the problem with this... Oops!!!" Hearing George's question, Marotta was stunned for a moment, then reacted, and his back was suddenly soaked with cold sweat - Marotta Ta had forgotten that he was now working in England, not Italy as before. The division of power between the two positions of general manager and CEO in football clubs in these two countries is completely different!
In Italy, when the boss is not involved in the specific affairs of the club, the general manager or CEO is equivalent to the role of the big steward, and he can intervene in anything related to the club; while in the UK, as the general manager and CEO of Tottenham, Maro Tower has no right to interfere or interfere with the team's personnel arrangements, because this is the job of the team's head coach, George Nelson!
According to the tradition of English football, the head coach is the highest person in charge of the team, and even the owner has no right to interfere with what happens to the team. Although as time goes by, fewer and fewer English clubs adhere to this tradition, at least Tottenham Hotspur, where Marotta plays, still follows this tradition.
Even in continental Europe, when a general manager arranges for a person to work on the coaching staff, it will be considered that he is inserting a spy into the team, or that he is trying to exclude the current head coach of the team, thus giving the team This "newcomer" creates opportunities from his position. For example, in his previous life, Abramovich invited Israeli Avran Grant as director of football to limit Mourinho's power, which led to the madman resigning in anger during the season, and Grant eventually took over as Chelsea head coach. Location.
Therefore, Marotta's move is undoubtedly a serious overstep of authority. To put it mildly, Marotta is simply asking for his own death - who has ever seen anyone dare to blatantly arrange "one of their own" subordinates next to their boss?
Fortunately, George didn't care about Marotta's overstepping his authority this time. Because the information he got from Marotta's instantly stiffened body and slightly panicked eyes showed that this was just an unintentional mistake by the other party. If George even cares about such unintentional mistakes, then he doesn't have to think about how to make Tottenham rise. Those trivial things are enough to consume most of his energy.
What's more, although I don't really like Allegri's tactical philosophy of advocating physical flow, and the way he forced away Pirlo and Inzaghi during his AC Milan days, George is impressed by Uncle Jon's ability to train defense and rationally utilize the resources at hand. Still very impressed. Therefore, for Marotta's behavior of hiring a coach without permission, George finally decided to let him go and let him have a long memory.
In other words, if Marotta recommended to George today not Allegri, but an unknown person, then he would most likely be unable to eat and walk away today.
So, just when Marotta was dripping with cold sweat and was about to close her eyes and wait for death, a voice like the sound of nature came into the CEO's ears, "Forget it, I will agree to this matter here first. Remember. Stay tuned, this will not happen next time. If you want to hire someone to join the coaching staff in the future, you must remember to report to me in advance!"
"No problem! I remember it! Thank you boss!" Seeing that George didn't care about her mistake, Marotta breathed a sigh of relief and bowed repeatedly to express her gratitude to George. After finally climbing to the position of general manager and CEO of a top league club, Marotta did not want to ruin more than 20 years of hard work because of this mistake.
After sending away Marotta, who was grateful for this and wanted to swear loyalty on the spot, George walked into the Tottenham head coach's office and took out his mobile phone and dialed a number: "Hello, Charlie, this is George. How have you considered what I told you before? Are you willing to work at Tottenham Hotspur? I happen to be short of an assistant coach here. If you are willing to come over, then this position is yours!"
"Hey, George. I was thinking about it just now, thinking that if you don't call me, I will buy a plane ticket and go to White Hart Lane to find you and find out." On the other end of the phone, a person looked like The sixty-year-old man was sitting on his seat with his legs crossed. He was holding a wine bottle in his other hand, and he was snorting into the microphone in an imageless manner, "I didn't expect you kid to be so capable of causing trouble." , he accidentally changed from an assistant coach to the acting coach of Manchester United, and now he has become the owner and head coach of Tottenham Hotspur. Gee, this society is changing so fast that old man I can’t keep up with the times. The rhythm is up, or are you just too pushy?"
"Ahem... we can wait until you get to London to talk about these things." Hearing the old man's teasing, George, who was speechless, had to cough twice, ready to bring the conversation back to the topic, "I want to talk to you now. Yes...wait, are you drinking again? Let me tell you in advance, if you choose to work at Tottenham, you are absolutely not allowed to drink during work!"
"You should know that this amount of wine will not affect my working status at all." The old man said dissatisfiedly into the phone, and waved the wine bottle in his hand twice in demonstration, although George on the other end of the phone couldn't see it at all. .
"But Tottenham is now under my control. If you still want to be this assistant coach, you must obey the rules and regulations I set."
"You still like to be more serious as before...forget it, I just promise you, whether it is to work as an assistant coach for you at Tottenham or to prohibit drinking during work." The old man muttered dissatisfiedly while getting up to prepare. Packing his luggage for London, "By the way, during these years of traveling in Europe, I have met a lot of very talented young people. When I get to London, you can see if there is anyone you like, which can enrich your coaching staff." .”
"Who are they?" Out of curiosity, George asked casually. After experiencing Marotta recommending two future strong men in succession, he felt that no matter what happened now, it would be impossible to surprise him - he could not know more about the future strong men in one day. Whereabouts?
If this is the case, then George will have to buy a lottery ticket to test his character.
"Hmm... I just remember the name of a German boy who has been in constant contact with me recently, but he is not as young as you." The old man thought for a while and found that alcohol had affected his memory after all, "His name is Thomas ·Tuchel."
"……What did you say?!"
