Coaching legend - Chapter 553 Here is his legend
The fans’ wanton ridicule made Said really embarrassed.
In fact, now Said has some regrets. For the sake of short-term profits, he gave up too much.
Although he got 200 million in cash from selling players in the summer.
But what’s the use?
That money is not enough to pay Paul Walker. The money Paul Walker got was almost 300 million pounds.
When Said got the money after selling the players in the summer, he was still very happy. He thought it was easy to make money in football. But after a season, he understood that football is not so easy to get into. He also began to understand what he had lost.
Just look at the audience.
This season, the average number of audiences on the scene is 25,000 less than last season. As a result, the loss of ticket revenue alone in one season reached 20 million pounds. And because he failed to appear in the Champions League group stage, the losses in the Champions League, ticket revenue, broadcasting revenue, and bonus revenue added up to 30 million euros less than last season.
These are all direct losses.
This season’s revenue is more than 70 million less than last season.
And this does not include some other future losses.
Some advertisers whose contracts are about to expire are almost all hesitant. No one is willing to renew the contract. And even if they are willing to renew the contract, they have to significantly reduce the sponsorship fee.
Let’s talk about chest advertising.
In 2006, Blackburn’s new chest advertising contract was signed by Williams. It was a four-year chest advertising sponsorship fee of 70 million pounds. This income alone was more than 17 million pounds a year. In England at the time, it ranked first. Of course, with Manchester United and Liverpool recently re-signing contracts, Blackburn’s contract is not the highest.
Manchester United’s current chest advertising revenue exceeds 20 million pounds a season.
But in 2006, this advertisement was a sensation in European football.
This season is about to expire.
They are no longer interested in Blackburn. And if they find another next home, they are willing to pay at most 3 million or 4 million pounds a year. This money is simply too ugly compared to the previous contract.
The loss this season is more than 13 million pounds.
This is just one example.
In addition to these sponsorships, other sponsors are now waiting for the contract to expire.
Now Blackburn is so decadent. Who is still sick to sponsor them.
A few years ago, Blackburn was a European powerhouse, a champion team that could challenge the Champions League and Premier League titles. But now Blackburn has become a three-no team again. No championship, no star, no fame.
Who of those world-renowned brands is willing to sponsor Blackburn.
Said is also having a headache now. Damn, if the sponsorship contract signed by Williams expires. By then, the sponsorship contract alone will be about 40 to 50 million pounds less each season than at its peak. At the peak of Blackburn, the various sponsorship fees for a year added up to more than 70 million pounds, nearly 80 million pounds.
In England, only Manchester United can compare with it.
Other giants can only look up to it.
At this time, Said suddenly missed Williams. Williams was able to make Blackburn’s commercial development second only to Manchester United. What a good club chairman he was. Keeping him at that time would not be so passive.
Thinking of this, Said gnashed his teeth at Jerome Anderson.
That bastard!
He listened to him at the beginning. He also patted his chest and guaranteed that even if the club’s performance declined, it would not decline too much.
But what about now?
It cost Said a lot of money to buy many of his players. But look at the current results? It has plummeted.
And can Allardyce, whom he recommended, be compared with George?
After half a season, Said kicked him out of the club just like Thaksin, the boss of Manchester City. But the others are irreversible.
As for Jerome Anderson, he had already made countless profits from the transfer fee share and signing fee in just one summer. More than a thousand pounds.
Although he left Blackburn, he secretly laughed at Said, the idiot.
When Said thought about the income this season, which was tens of millions of pounds less than last season, he felt distressed.
And when he thought about the next season, the income would drop further, and he would lose tens of millions of pounds. Thinking about it, Said couldn’t sleep. That was all pure money. Although Said was a rich second-generation, he was born with a lot of money.
But now the annual loss is not hundreds of thousands or millions, but tens of millions of pounds.
This is definitely not a small amount.
Said now even doubts whether the club can break even next year. According to the current situation, it is not so easy to break even.
Said even has the impulse to sell the club. But thinking about the current club, even if it is sold, will anyone want it for 100 million?
Even if it is sold for 200 million now, Said will lose money.
But let alone 200 million, even 100 million is enough now. Which madman would buy the debt-ridden Blackburn Club now. Even if it is given away for free, those people have to think about it.
Money! Money! Money!
After taking over Blackburn, Said already saw that he was going to lose money.
Just when Said was thinking about it, he suddenly saw the scene he least wanted to see.
Drogba, who was on the field, came to George naturally and hugged George. The hug between the two was very natural.
“Didier, how have you been recently?”
George patted his beloved disciple on the shoulder.
Drogba shook his head. “Boss, you didn’t tell me earlier that you were leaving. If you told me earlier, I would have prepared earlier.”
Drogba was unable to leave Blackburn in the summer, not because no one wanted him. It was because Drogba’s price was too high, but he was old. The offers from other clubs did not satisfy Said, so he stayed in Blackburn.
“Play well!”
George patted Drogba on the shoulder.
There are many more unfamiliar faces in Blackburn now. But there are definitely many familiar faces.
Allardyce looked a little unhappy. Drogba was too disrespectful to himself.
But Drogba was just the beginning.
After Drogba, Van der Sar walked to George with a smile.
Although Van der Sar came to Blackburn after he turned 30, he has been working with George for nearly 10 years. They have always had a good relationship.
Van der Sar did not give George a hug like Drogba did. He just came over and clapped his hands with George.
“Edwin, I think you can still have 10 years of professional career.”
Van der Sar is not much different from Drogba.
He is too old, almost 40 years old, and it is impossible for any club to introduce him. And Van der Sar has already gotten used to the life in Blackburn. Anyway, he is about to retire, so he did not leave.
Then McEvely, Lucio, and Baines all came over to greet George and Carl.
This made Said’s face darker and darker.
It’s okay for fans to boo him.
Anyway, no matter how important fans are to football clubs, they have no deterrent power for unpopular chairman like Said. Boo them if you want.
But the players are different.
They should absolutely obey the club. That is to say, they should absolutely obey the will of the chairman.
George and Said had a complete falling out at the beginning.
You are doing this now. Isn’t this a slap in your face? Do you still take me, the club chairman, seriously?
This is intolerable.
This episode made the game become a foil. George became the real protagonist.
Throughout the game, the fans did not pay attention to the game, but shouted George’s name in unison. They cheered George’s arrival.
And the reporters did too.
The game is no longer important. It’s just a game between two teams of average strength. How can George be so popular?
There were too many cheers during the game.
There would be cheers every once in a while, calling George’s name. George had no choice but to stand up several times during the game and greet the fans at the scene.
The game didn’t feel like a derby at all.
There was no feeling of a derby at all. The fans of one team shouted the name of the head coach of the other team. I guess it is absolutely unseen in the history of derbies in world football.
I don’t know if the Blackburn players looked up to George.
There was no aggressive attitude during the game. Instead, Welbeck seized Lucio’s mistake and scored a goal.
Drogba, known as the beast, was unusually quiet during the game.
Allardyce roared. He didn’t want to lose to George at home.
But the final result was that Blackburn lost 0-1 to Burnley at home.
“This is probably the most gentle game in the 100-year history of the derby between Burnley and Blackburn. There was no conflict or fierce collision in the game, only the cheers of Blackburn fans for George.”
Mortensen watched the end of the game and finally made a summary.
Yes.
Since Burnley and Blackburn fell out, every collision was a collision between Mars and the Earth. There has never been such a gentle game.
George got the most satisfactory result. Burnley won three points by defeating Blackburn 1-0. The points reached 31 points. If there are one or two more victories, Burnley’s relegation should not be a problem.
George was very happy after the game.
Especially for the support of Blackburn fans, he was particularly grateful.
Blackburn fans don’t care much about the team falling behind.
Many Blackburn fans think that it is a three-pointer for Burnley. This can also satisfy the vanity of Blackburn fans.
Seeing George talking to the media after the game, Steven Yellen smiled. He remembered that when George was still the head coach of Burnley, he said, “My goal is to conquer Ewood Park.”
For so many years, George has really conquered Blackburn fans. As the head coach of Burnley, he returned to Blackburn and was cheered by Blackburn fans.
Yellen sighed and said to the young reporter who followed him: “There is a legend about him here. In ten, twenty, or even a hundred years, Blackburn will not forget George.”
