Chapter 1: Crazy Rosel, Crazy Barcelona!

The vigorous World Cup has ended, but the most lively summer transfer period has just begun...

Simon Grayson, who just led the England team to win the world championship, was welcomed by countless people when he led the team back to England with the Hercules Cup. English fans were so eager for this honor. They were once the highest football team in the world. They even thought they didn't need to prove themselves in the World Cup, but everything afterwards proved that this was just their arrogant idea. English football has long been no longer the world's number one.

After aspiring reform, English football has regained its vitality and has strengthened step by step due to the emergence of the English Premier League. However... the World Cup is still far from England.

Four years ago, Hodgson's England team finally hated the final, and it was ultimately because he didn't trust enough in the genius Shaq, who was only 21 years old at the time!

Two years ago, although Stewart won the European Cup, the ups and downs in the group stage laid the foreshadowing for him to resign. After thinking about it, Stewart also learned to use the "Solar System Tactics", which allowed England to move all the way to the King of Europe.

But what Simon Grayson has done now is something that neither of his predecessors can do. He chose to trust Shaq thoroughly. The "Three Lions" he formed is not so much the England team, but rather the "Shack Team". Jonny Hausen and Ben Parker were his good brothers when Shaq just made his debut. Ashley Hood even regarded Shaq as an idol. Barkley, Spix, Jack Rodwell and other players with poor reputation were also very obedient. The head coach arranged for them to do whatever they arranged for them.

The "Three Lions Legion" created by Simon Grayson has only one soul character and a flag in the whole team. That is Shaq. Even if this team doesn't have him, Simon Grayson, it can be done without Shaq.

After paying so much price and bearing such a great pressure, Simon Grayson received a very generous reward. After seven games on the Russian trip, England really stood at the top of the world!

Leading the team back to London, at the celebration ceremony, the FA England proposed to renew Simon Grayson's contract for two more years and extend the contract until after the end of the 2020 European Cup.

After hearing this proposal, Simon Grayson's last glimmer of hope was also shattered. He knew that the FA did not trust the football philosophy he believed in. They still believed that the "Solar System Tactics" was too risky, and put the fate of a team and the football hopes of a country on one player. This practice... seems to be a risk no matter how you look at it!

Simon Grayson looked at the FA officials and smiled with a self-deprecating smile. He knew that if he hadn't led England to win the world championship, he would have been afraid that the FA would not even give this two-year contract!

Simon Grayson immediately rejected the FA's proposal: "Sorry, I think I'm more suitable to lead a club team. It's still too much pressure to be the head coach of the England team."

The FA officials were stunned for Simon Grayson's answer. They never expected that their proposal would be rejected, but "brutal Simon"... he really refused.

Before the FA England had discussed what result, Simon Grayson held a press conference and officially announced his resignation to the media.

While countless reporters were stunned and shocked by the news, Barcelona's chairman Rossel was chatting and laughing with Simon Grayson's agent. They were happily discussing the details of the contract Barcelona offered to Simon Grayson in a business suite at the Hilton Hotel.

This time Barcelona is really crazy. Rossel offered Simon Grayson a sky-high salary of 20 million euros. At the same time, he promised Simon Grayson could take his own coaching team to Barcelona, ​​and the salary was all the responsibility of the club. In addition, the most important thing is also what Simon Grayson values ​​the most...the transfer power!

Rossell knew very well that if Simon Grayson joined Barcelona, ​​he would definitely have to perform a major operation on the team, just like he did at the "Red Devils" Manchester United four years ago, and this is also something he supported. Now Barcelona is just lying on the credit card to make a living, a thorough cleaning and a reform from the inside out are imperative.

As for money... this issue really doesn't need to be considered. In recent years, Barcelona has rarely made large transactions in the transfer market. The annual investment in the transfer market is basically only about 30 million euros. This amount of money is really not worth mentioning compared to Barcelona, ​​whose annual income reaches 450 million euros.

On the contrary, the amount of transfer fees provided by Barcelona shocked Simon Grayson. Even Simon Grayson is already a world-class coach who is used to big scenes, but the amount of transfer fees given to him by Rosel still made him feel incredible. Barcelona's transfer amount limit this season has actually reached...500 million!

Five hundred million euros!

Simon Grayson couldn't imagine where Barcelona had accumulated such a huge amount of funds!

Simon Grayson naturally wouldn't know that Barcelona currently has about 200,000 members, and the annual membership fees of these members can bring Barcelona nearly 30 million euros in revenue. In addition, air ticket revenue is 40 million euros, TV broadcast fees are 180 million yuan, commodity revenue is 60 million yuan, and in addition to the various incomes such as competition income, bonuses, business investment returns, etc., Barcelona's revenue can reach more than 450 million yuan in a year.

Although Barcelona's expenditure is also very large and maintains a salary of hundreds of millions of euros, its annual profit can still reach about 80 million euros. After three to five years of accumulation, the amount of transfer fees that Barcelona can provide is naturally an astronomical amount.

Of course, if you don’t have enough confidence in money, Rossell will not be able to come to coach Simon Grayson. According to the past experience of "Brutal Simon", this is a head coach who can not only win countless honors for the team, but also likes to spend money. Although Simon Grayson spends money where it should be spent, it is really impossible to support it if it is not a giant team.

At the very least, the saying "Those who win Simon get Shaq, and those who win Shaq win the world" that is widely circulated in European football first requires that the team coached by Simon Grayson must have enough financial resources to be able to pay hundreds of millions of transfer fees to sign Shaq.

Shaq's value now has at least doubled compared to when he transferred to Manchester United four years ago. The 50 million pounds at the time has now become 100 million. In terms of this, it is not something that ordinary giants can handle. But even so, there are several top giants such as Barcelona, ​​Real Madrid, Chelsea, and Manchester City. The two financial backers in Ligue 1 don't even have the qualifications to queue. Who makes their league level too low?

After the details of the contract were finalized, Simon Grayson also brought his coaching staff to the door. This time he brought three coaches to Barcelona, ​​and assistant McAndrew still followed closely. At present, the 62-year-old Scottish man felt that following Simon Grayson was a wise choice and had decided to carry the assistant coach to the end.

In addition, there are two Italian coaches, Lerotale and Divaio. Zanetti did not want to live in Spain, so she recommended his friend Divaio to join Simon Grayson's coaching staff.

Divaio, a famous striker who was once a football player, also joined the Covelciano base after retirement. After obtaining the Italian senior coaching certificate, he is now recommended by friends to join Simon Grayson's coaching staff as soon as he "graduated". This opportunity made Divaio, who was just 42, very happy.

Simon Grayson also took the exam for Divalio, and then happily accepted the Italian who had unique insights in offense and technical training. Now his team has McAndrew in comprehensive management, and Lerotale in tactics and physical fitness. In terms of technology and offense, it is basically enough. Although there is still a goalkeeper coach, in his "Solar System Tactics", the requirements for goalkeepers are not very high. Only those coaches who like to play defensive counterattacks need a good goalkeeper coach as an assistant.

In the business suite at the Hilton Hotel in London, when Simon Grayson signed the name on the five-year, 29 million euro annual salary contract provided by Barcelona under the gaze of McAndrew, Lerotale, Divayo and others, and under the supervision of as many as ten lawyers from both sides, everyone received applause. Rossell also showed a relaxed smile and shook hands with his new coach. He knew that Barcelona's days of reappearing glory must be not far away.

Simon Grayson was also very happy. Although he would enter his account with an annual salary of 29 million euros first, and then he would pay McAndrew, Lerotale, Divayo and others, this amount still has a lot of money. Even if he finds two more assistants, it would be enough. Before that, he could subsidize his assistants in the form of a bonus.

Simon Grayson is not a greedy person. On the contrary, he is generous to his assistants. He firmly believes that only when everyone's interests are tied together can his team play a greater role.

After officially becoming Barcelona's head coach, Simon Grayson immediately issued his first transfer instructions after taking office: bid 80 million pounds to Manchester United and acquire Shaq! Send someone to contact Shaq's agent Glenn Oxley to negotiate a contract!

ah!?

Rossell and others were all surprised. They all knew that since Barcelona had invited Simon Grayson, Shaq must be very close to Barcelona, ​​but... I want to buy Shaq for 80 million pounds!?
Chapter completed!