201 Market, Strength

"George, what's the matter? Didn't you go to China?" John. Williams received a call from George and asked with a smile.

Williams has been very happy recently, because he chose George's chess move. Blackburn got a place in the League Cup. Although the League Cup quota is nothing in the eyes of big clubs, it is really a great help for Blackburn now.

With Jack. Walker joined Blackburn, and Blackburn has changed a lot. Jack. Walker not only paid for the strength of the team, but also paid for the expansion of Ewood Park. Of course, Jack. Walker brought more than that to Blackburn.

Because of Blackburn's strength, the competition results also began to rise. As a result, the club has been favored by many sponsors, and various sponsorship costs have increased significantly. This is a very good cycle.

Williams' goal is to get Blackburn out of Jack. Walker's support can be completely self-sufficient. Although there are few such clubs in European football, this is Williams' dream.

After Blackburn won the Premier League championship, Williams thought that the opportunity for Blackburn's great development was coming. But unexpectedly, Blackburn ushered in a three-year downturn. Many sponsors who negotiated with Blackburn withdrew one after another.

Now Blackburn has re-entered people's sight, and this season has won a place in the League Cup.

Blackburn's excellent record, coupled with their current rising momentum, has regained the attention of many sponsors. Williams is busy with these things now.

These changes were brought by George. What Williams is most proud of now is his firm support for George when he was in trouble.

"Ye-huh, I'm in Yanjing, China now."

"What's the matter? Are you short of money? Do you need my personal sponsorship? Williams laughed.

"No, John. I have something serious about you. I fell in love with a player and want to introduce him.

"Introduce players? That's your business. We didn't agree that I would not interfere with the team's transfer. You can be responsible for this. Williams was a little puzzled. George just joined Blackburn last summer, and he didn't know himself about such a big move.

Now George's handsome position is beginning to stabilize, and George and Jack. Walker has an agreement. Williams also didn't think about getting involved in the George team's internal affairs, especially the transfer market. George's eyes on people have always been quite excellent.

Before the end of the league, when the media evaluated the price ratio of new players, among the top ten, Blackburn had four players on the list. They are Deko, Cudicini, Miku and Pires in order.

At the end, the newspaper even said this sentence below: "Don't question George's vision, and don't judge George's buyer casually. Because time will prove how naive the ridicule was at that time.

George is very grateful to Williams, so he will not be really presumptuous in front of him. After all, Blackburn's current family is Williams, and Jack. The chairman of Blackburn after Walker's death should also be Williams.

"John, I like a Chinese player this time?"

"Chinese players? Are you sure?" Williams asked George, and after hearing George's positive answer, Williams did not speak directly. After a pause, he slowly asked George. Do you like his strength or the Chinese market?

Hearing Williams' words, George smiled.

"John, I seem to have told you. I'm a coach, and I just want to be a good coach. I only look at the player's strength. As for the market and so on, it seems that it should not be a problem for me to consider.

"Yes, yes, yes!" Williams affirmed several times in a row. This market is something I want to consider.

"But, John. I can tell you that there is no real world-renowned player in China so far. If we buy this player, I can guarantee that almost all Chinese fans will support Blackburn. If the game can be broadcast live across the country in China, I can guarantee that Blackburn's game, even if the Chinese audience exceeds 100 million, it is not surprising.

In the Chinese derby of Manchester City and Everton, where Sun Jihai and Li Tie were located, the Chinese audience exceeded 100 million.

"One hundred million?" Williams has strong doubts. What is the concept of 100 million? Except for the 300 million people in the former Soviet Union, the combined population of other European countries is only 400 million. The population of the United Kingdom is only more than 60 million, 100 million per game, which seems to be only available in the Champions League finals, European Cup heavyweights and World Cup heavyweights.

Although Williams is an excellent club president, he obviously lacks understanding of distant China.

"John, 100 million is not exaggerated at all. You don't know the fans in China, so you have questions. If you knew China, you wouldn't have asked that. Well, I'm just telling you that I hope you are a little prepared.

Unlike ordinary European and American players, there are not many Asian players in the Premier League. Or few Asian players have been looked up to by European football. This is also because of the current weakness of Asian football in the world.

Now the most famous Asian player in Europe is the Iranian player Ali. There are two people, Dai Yi and Japanese player Nakada Hideshou. One of them is in the Bundesliga and the other is in Serie A, and the Premier League is still a strange place for Asian players.

Of course, the Premier League is also very unfamiliar to Asian players.

It is the first time to operate Chinese players in the Premier League. That's why George said hello to Williams. Once Chinese players are really introduced, Blackburn's popularity in China will definitely be compared with Manchester United, Arsenal and Liverpool.

"So George, send me his information. I will send a representative to participate in the player's transfer with you immediately.

Williams and George don't have much contact, but they don't have a lot of contact. I know that George is sometimes open-mouthed, but he doesn't talk nonsense. Therefore, I immediately knew that this was a good opportunity to enter China. China is strange to ordinary British citizens.

But in the eyes of businessmen, China is a big cake. With the development of China's economy, as long as you have eyes, you will not let go of the Chinese market.

"Okay, I'll tell you my address."

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"Dalian?" Miranda tilted her head and didn't know where Dalian was. Didn't you say that we went all the way south?

"I'm sorry, Miranda." George really felt very sorry for Miranda and had to work on vacation. The club has a fancy for a Chinese player, and I want to talk about it there in person. Sorry, Miranda."

Miranda was a little angry when she heard George's words. I'm also jealous and jealous of football. George likes football so much that everything at home is about football. George has almost no hobbies. His biggest hobby is football.

"Miranda, Dalian is also a tourist city in China. There are also many places to travel. George can only appease Miranda.

"Ye-huh." Miranda nodded, but said doubtfully, "But is there any football here in China?"

George sighed when he heard Miranda's question. China hasn't entered the World Cup for decades. No wonder Miranda has such a question.

"Miranda, you know that Britain is the originator of modern football. But do you know that football has a history of 2,000 years in China? The origin of football is China. In fact, many people say so, including former FIFA president João. Avilange, as well as the current FIFA President Bright, affirmed this statement.

But George disdains this statement.

The gap between ancient Chinese Cuju and modern football is too big. And even if football originated in China, the current state of Chinese football is more like a joke.

"Really, there has been football in China more than 2,000 years ago?" Miranda was very surprised.

"Of course, if you know more, you will know that there are more surprising things in China."

Because of the delay of this matter, George and Miranda, who were going to Sichuan, stayed in Yanjing. And Williams was also very fast, sending two people to assist George in a short time. One of them is Richard. Flynn, this is what George is familiar with.

The other person is Sam. Kelly, George doesn't have much contact with this person. But he knew that this man was specially invited by Williams to Blackburn, and he was also Williams' right-hand man. Help Williams, responsible for Blackburn's business operations.

Richard. Flynn, Sam. Kelly, both of them are important figures in Blackburn. Seeing the two of them, George also understood that Williams also attaches great importance to the introduction of Chinese players.

Sam. George can still understand Kelly's arrival, but Richard. Flynn's arrival made George laugh. Richard, who is in charge of the transfer department, is really useless to come here. This is not a big deal of 30 million or 40 million. It's really not necessary for Richard, the boss of the transfer department, to come out in person.

"Coach Levy, this is the information I got about that club. See if there is anything else that needs to be added. Sam. As soon as Kelly came to China, he entered the working state.

George picked up the information and looked at it in detail. But most of them are honors won by the club.

"Mr. Kelly, China is a country with very special national conditions." Then George gave it to Sam. Kelly introduces what you must know in China. There is also the status of Dalian Club in China's football territory, as well as the current two shareholders of Dalian Club.

Anyway, George didn't hide everything he knew.

Sam. Kelly nodded after listening, although George only made a general explanation. But Kelly still knew a lot of things from it that he didn't understand before.

"Before you came, I had already called them on behalf of the club. Now that the Chinese league is still going on, we can just go there directly.

(To be continued)