Born to be a coach [soccer]

Chapter 27

After the direction of signings was set, Sunderland's management and coaching staff began to act immediately. CEO Martin Bain is the main person in charge of signings and is responsible for daily communication and contact. When it comes to the evaluation of the coaching staff, he will go to Anton and Russell for their opinions.

Soon, news came from Switzerland first: the club had already talked with Basel.There is nothing wrong with the Basel youth team, but the young players themselves seem reluctant.

Xherdan Shaqiri was born in Kosovo in 91 and is of Albanian descent.But because of the war in the former South, he immigrated to Switzerland with his parents when he was one year old.He has lived in Switzerland for 18 years, and has been playing football in Basel since he was a teenager. Suddenly, a British championship team came across the sea. "Music" found him and asked: "Would you like to play football in a distant island country?" ?The weather is terrible, the food is scarce, and the only daily food is fish and chips.”

Shaqiri's reaction is very normal, isn't it?

Martin fed back the news to Anton, and he promised to get Basel and the player's agent, but he couldn't convince the player himself.

Anton thought for a while, pushed the glasses on the bridge of his nose, and suddenly thought of a problem: "He is Swiss and Albanian... By the way, Lorik! Lorik is too!"

Anton suddenly thought of the current captain Lorik Garner, who is also an Albanian, but also has a Swiss nationality. He grew up in Switzerland and has almost the same life trajectory as Shaqiri.

"Martin, ask Basel if it's convenient to arrange a video conference call. I want Sheridan to meet Loric."

Martin thought: This is a way.He immediately went to arrange, and soon captain Garner and Shaqiri met, and the two chatted for about an hour through video.Anton once passed by the video conference room, and happened to hear the two parties having a lively conversation, probably in their own language. Anton was familiar with French, German, and Italian, but he didn't understand what Garner was talking about with the young latecomers.

I don’t know if Garner will talk about his experience of not getting a visa for trial training when he was young. Maybe he will talk about the mental journey of letting go of the past a while ago...

In short, after the video call, not long after, good news came from Switzerland. Both Basel and Shaqiri nodded and agreed to sign the contract. This signing is considered a success.Shaqiri is suitable for playing as a winger in the frontcourt, so that the front wing of Sunderland's formation is basically settled.

Because Shaqiri and Ghana are fellow villagers, Shaqiri can barely be regarded as Ghana's "junior brother", so Anton secretly nicknamed Shaqiri "Shaqili brother".

Compared with Junior Brother Sha, the negotiation on Borussia's side is much more difficult.The main difficulty lies in what Anton mentioned before. Borussia Mönchengladbach is a Bundesliga team. Although Sunderland signed with great sincerity, Royce's family has some doubts.

In addition, Royce himself is also a little hesitant. After joining Borussia, he likes the atmosphere of Borussia very much. He wants to continue to play for Borussia and does not want to leave for the time being.

Martin came to Anton: "What do you think we should do here?"

Anton thought for a while, took out his mobile phone and began to check the flight list at Newcastle Airport, and asked Martin at the same time: "Is it possible that the club's signings can be made with the two of us here?"

Martin nodded: he can make decisions about money, and Anton can make decisions about people.

"Have you brought your passport? In two hours, there will be a flight to Dusseldorf." Anton pulled Martin, "Let's go!"

This is really a walk-and-go trip. Anton left all the team's daily training to Russell, and together with Martin, arrived in Borussia Mönchengladbach four hours later.

The young Royce was very surprised. He did not expect that the head coach of the English team interested in him was so young.What's more, he didn't expect that after he expressed his "rejection", instead of giving up, the other party immediately found him.This is enough sincerity.

So Royce was moved by Sunderland's sincerity, and finally confided to Anton why he didn't want to leave Borussia - Borussia is a Bundesliga relegation team, and now it seems that the relegation situation is not optimistic.Royce believes that since he signed the contract with Borussia first, he has the responsibility to help Borussia to avoid relegation.

It turned out to be such a sense of responsibility.

Anton became more interested in Royce.

"Marco, I value your ability very much. This meeting today, I have a better understanding of your character and personality, so I very much hope that you can join my team... If I sign an agreement with Borussia now, But agree with you to complete the transfer this summer and join Sunderland?"

Hearing what Anton said, Martin also looked at the team coach sitting beside him in surprise.They urgently need to introduce an excellent striker. If they sign such an agreement with Borussia, it will become "the distant water cannot save the near fire".But he can also understand Anton's starting point: who wants to miss a player like Royce.

"If you can agree to this, I...Of course I would too!" The young Royce didn't expect the other party to throw out such an invitation, so he nodded without thinking about it for a while, and was somewhat moved by Anton's sincerity .

But this condition was taken back by Royce's agent: "Although the player himself agreed, we must consider that Sunderland is currently only in England's second-tier league. We are thinking about Marco's future. Going to England, we also hope he's going to a Premier League team."

Martin cautiously mentioned that Sunderland could consider raising the transfer fee and offering more favorable terms on the players' weekly salaries, but the other party said: "It's not about money."

In matters such as player transfers, money is not everything, especially Sunderland is not "tough" at all, and can't afford any "big money".

Anton thought for a while, then turned to look at Royce: "What if we both sign a conditional transfer agreement?"

Royce is confused: What is a conditional transfer agreement?

Anton explained to him and his agent: "That is to say, if Sunderland achieves its goal at the end of this season and is promoted to the Premier League, then Royce will fulfill the transfer agreement; if Sunderland fails to be promoted, then This transfer agreement has no binding effect on Royce, he can choose to stay in Borussia, or transfer to other teams, Sunderland will not interfere, what do you think?"

Others were still doing well, and Martin, who was sitting next to Anton, felt that his eyeballs were about to fall out.

Sunderland has just accumulated 24 points so far, which is just out of the relegation zone. Compared with the "difficult brothers" who have been relegated, they are just a little bit better.To be promoted to the Super League, the team needs to score more than 70 points at the end of the season...

Who the hell is Anton?How dare you make such a promise?

Martin felt that compared to Anton... he was still a mortal.

But this condition is enough for Royce's side.Royce's agent is also very optimistic about the Premier League market, thinking that if Royce can land in the Premier League when the summer window opens, it will be a very good choice.The offer made by Sunderland actually bears a lot of risks to a certain extent. If Royce gets sick, injured, or his condition declines in the next six months... Royce can still ask for the fulfillment of the agreement during the summer window.

Since Sunderland wants to lock Royce's transfer, it must take risks.

Martin pokes Anton and says the two of them had better talk it over first. "Anton, are you really thinking about promotion?" Martin asked quietly after pulling Anton to a secluded corner.

"Of course, players like Royce can only be used if they are promoted. If they continue to be in the British Championship, there is actually no need to introduce him." Anton said, "Now the top team is very far away from us. Far away? But as long as you continue to win all the way!"

Martin felt that his brain was turning a little slowly: just go on... so... just win all the way?

"If the other party agrees to this condition, and the legal counsel has checked it out, then the two parties can sign the contract!" Anton patted Martin on the shoulder, "Sometimes in life, you need to gamble!"

Martin is still dizzy: a gamble...?

But that's how the deal was done.The young Royce's wish was fulfilled, not only to stay in Borussia to help the team avoid relegation, but also to have the opportunity to transfer to a Premier League team when the summer window comes.

Everyone was satisfied, only Martin, before boarding the plane to fly back to England, was still thinking about whether it was possible for Royce to fulfill this agreement.

When they flew to Newcastle Airport, Martin poked Anton and asked, "We can't lose a game in the next league game, right?"

Anton nodded: "It's best not to even have a tie!"

Martin: ...

Anton patted the old man on the shoulder: "It's late at night, I'll drive you back first! Since Royce won't be able to join until next season, the striker is likely to fall on Vardy. These two days There are still things to be busy, please take care of your body and rest early."

Don't forget, they still lack a striker, which is crucial to their promotion vision.

Sending Martin, who was still in a daze, home, it was already late at night when Anton returned to Mayswood Road.The lights in the apartments next door to Haldosson and Eriksson had already been turned off.

Anton returned to his room. He had been running around for a day, but by this time he was full of energy. He couldn't fall asleep for a while, so he simply connected to "Green Life" to see if this game could make him relax.

After logging in, the first thing to do was to check the player list. The "Player B" he had always wanted to see was still grayed out, which disappointed Anton once again. The letter icon of "Player C" was originally on, but the moment Anton connected, the other party went offline-after all, it was too late.

But "Player F" is shown as being online.

Anton had never seen this player before—could he be a novice?Anton considered whether he should go to say hello.

"Hello—" The new player had already greeted Anton first.

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