Red Rebels

Before arriving in France, Xiao Yu almost took the wrong plane, because he almost went to Rouen, a famous city in France, once the largest city in Europe, but Xiao Yu's destination for this trip was Rouen, a city located in A small town near Lyon.

Rouen and Louhans are two completely different places. Xiao Yu doesn't know French, so he doesn't know how to pronounce it, but according to the Chinese translation, one is called Rouen and the other is called Rouen, which should be very close.

Rouang is a small town with only a few thousand people living in it. It is a bit like a suburban village in Xiao Yu’s memory of China’s later urban development. The transportation is very convenient, and at the same time, it is the intersection of many major highways. The economy also developed along with it, and gradually formed a small town.

Xiao Yu was accustomed to being in Manchester, and came to this kind of place and felt a different flavor.

The purpose of his visit was to find a club called Rouen, a semi-professional team that was promoted to the French B division last year but was brutally eliminated this year.

Transfer from Tourney to the bus and drove gently all the way into Rouen. Xiao Yu got off the bus and stopped a taxi on the side of the station road.

"Do you know how to get to the Luang Club?" Xiao Yu asked in English.

The taxi driver looked at Xiao Yu strangely. After realizing that he was a foreign tourist, he felt relieved and nodded, "Of course, here, who doesn't know the Rouen team!"

Xiao Yu immediately got into the taxi and let him take it.

"Where are you from? Fans?" Obviously, taxi drivers everywhere are the same, they like to chat while driving, especially when they meet foreign tourists, they are more curious.

So did Jim, and so did this taxi driver sitting in front now!

"It's from the UK!" Xiao Yu replied indifferently, he was indeed a little tired after taking such a long car ride.

Sometimes he would like to leave these things to the people under him, but they are all busy now, and Boas has started to run around England in order to collect all the information on the opponents this season.

The information he collected is not just as simple as guessing who the opponent's starting lineup is, but also videos, as well as the strengths and weaknesses of each player, and even the proficiency of their left and right feet. , make several reports and hand them over to Mourinho, the coaching staff and the players.

This is a big project, Xiao Yu originally planned to arrange a few more assistants for Boyas, but the latter shook his head with a wry smile.

"This is what spies do. Sometimes it's tiring when there are too many people. It's convenient for me to do it by myself!"

Then he began the journey of collecting the England team.

This also makes Xiao Yu understand that football is not just about the football field. More often, the factors off the field have begun to determine everything on the field, and Mourinho is to take the things off the field. The factors are all in their own hands, and they try to dominate the victory or defeat on the field as much as possible.

Walsh is about to get busy with club membership.

At present, the club has more than 40,000 members, which can give the club an annual income of 400,000 pounds of membership fees, but this money is not for nothing. The club produces some exquisite gifts every year, as well as the team's Team journals, schedules, etc. are mailed to fans.

The new Manchester United will also hold a series of member promotions such as random lottery mid-season tickets on the Internet this year, in order to attract more members to join.

In addition, the new Manchester United will also sign a jersey sponsorship contract with Umbro, which was acquired by Xiao Yu. This contract is worth 50,000 pounds and only signed for one year. At the same time, Walsh is also in Newton Heath. Looking for sponsors in the vicinity, it seems that there are still many companies interested in sponsoring the new Manchester United. It is estimated that this year they can collect a sponsorship fee to make up for the team's signing defects.

Although there is a certain amount of income after entering the professional league,

But Xiao Yu's investment is definitely still needed.

Xiao Yu sat in the back thinking about his own affairs, while the driver driving in front kept talking about the Rouen club that he was familiar with.

"Master, have you heard of Arau Diarra?" Xiao Yu suddenly interrupted the taxi driver and asked.

"Arau Diarra?" The taxi driver thought hard, "Of course, a big black, strong guy who can run very well, but he only played two games on behalf of the team last season. The ball seems, I still remember one of them was the relegation battle against Châteauroux, he played for 25 minutes as a substitute, and his performance was OK, but speaking of Châteauroux is also a bad club, just like us Rouen!"

After speaking, the taxi driver quickly changed the topic again. This time he talked about how the club of Chateauroux was unlucky. It was originally a club in the Ligue 1, but after being relegated, he could only talk to Lu Ang went to fight against Law B together, but who would have thought that they would become bad brothers and bad brothers with Luang.

"Who would have thought that Châteauroux, who was considered to be the favorite to be promoted before the season, would be relegated to the French National League with us Rouen after the season? You say unlucky or not?" The taxi driver smiled with some schadenfreude. .

Xiao Yu couldn't help but smile, he could see that the taxi driver still had some feelings for the Rouang Club, but unfortunately Rouang was downgraded, and he felt sad, so he could only console his soul by making fun of Chateauroux.

Although he is middle-aged, his love for football is still pure enough!

But at that moment, he suddenly thought of Florent Malouda, a former Chelsea left winger, a very strong player. He seems to be currently playing for Chateauroux, and now Chateauroux has been relegated. , where is he?

Thinking of this, Xiao Yu immediately picked up the phone and made a call back to the UK to let the people in the club know about the matter.

If Malouda can be won, then Wright Phillips will not come or not so important!

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The Rouen Club was established in 1970, but it played in the French lower leagues all the year round. It was not until 1995 that it had the opportunity to be promoted to the Ligue 2. However, after three seasons, the team was relegated again, but only after one. In 2018, that is, last year, they were promoted from the National League again.

Originally, the fans thought that they could always stay in the Ligue 2 league for a few more years this time, but who would have thought that in just one year, they would be relegated to the National League, and they spent a lot of money to sign new players to avoid relegation last year. , the current club's finances are in trouble.

To this end, the club had to sell several powerful players in the team and cash out to help the club tide over the difficulties.

When the owners of the Luang Club saw Xiao Yu, they immediately knew that their players must have been attracted to the other side. This should have been an unpleasant thing, but to them it seemed like a A lifesaver.

I believe that if they can, they wish that those players in the team who can’t play and who currently don’t contribute much to the team are looked upon and taken away in exchange for a large amount of cash to save their current predicament .

Arau Diarra is not the main player of this team, but he is a very talented star. In Xiao Yu's previous life, when he played the FM football manager game, he liked to buy this player. So I know a little about his professional experience and know that he should be transferred to Bayern Munich's youth academy this summer.

Joining the giants at the age of 19, Arau Diarra did become famous earlier than the other Diarra, but he did not get any first-team appearances in Bayern for two years, and could only represent the second team in the region. League, good performance, so in 2002 by Liverpool's fancy.

But in the Premier League giants Liverpool, Arau Diarra also failed to get a chance. He was loaned to Le Havre, Bastia and Lens in Ligue 1. It was with his outstanding performance in Ligue 1. Elected to the national team, Lens finally decided to bring him back to France from England.

After becoming famous in Lens, Arau Diarra participated in the 2006 World Cup in Germany and moved to Lyon, but he failed to get the opportunity, so he soon moved to Bordeaux, where he got the captain's armband. At the same time, he also Included in the French South Africa World Cup squad.

Such a player can't play at Rouen Club now. This is entirely because Rouen's relegation situation in Ligue 2 was too dangerous last year, so they dared not easily appoint newcomers without professional experience, which led to Arau. Diarra didn't get too many chances and could only watch the team's relegation.

When he heard that a team from England wanted him, he was immediately delighted, although the new Manchester United was a fourth-tier team in England, it was a professional team, not a team like Rouen who could only play with He signed a part-time contract, and Xiao Yu assured him of the main position.

Just kidding, there are a total of 24 teams in the English League Three, and there are 46 games in the league alone each season, plus the League Cup, FA Cup and Pioneer Cup, there are about 60 games in a season.

According to Mourinho's plan, the staffing of the club's first team is about 23-25 ​​people, which means that every player in the first team will get enough opportunities to play.

After listening to Xiao Yu's words, and looking at the current situation of the Rouen Club, Arau Diarra did not think too much, especially in the new Manchester United club, there are still many French players, which makes Arau. · Diarra don't have to worry about his own adaptation.

Under such circumstances, the Rouen Club did not set up too many obstacles for the transfer of a part-time player. After talking with Xiao Yu, they readily let go of Arau Diarra at a price of 60,000 pounds. The latter also signed an agreement with Xiao Yu on the same day, and the specific contract could not be signed until he went to Manchester for a medical examination.

After signing Arau Diarra, Xiao Yu did not leave France, but returned to Lyon, and then went directly to Chateauroux, because the club staff in Manchester had already learned that Châteauroux had indeed Relegated to the French National League.

Like all relegated teams, some potential players in the Chateauroux team were also picked up and taken away by Ligue 2 or Ligue 1 teams, but Malouda, whom Xiao Yu saw, was not there. this column.

This suddenly made Xiao Yu happy, but he felt a little puzzled. Wasn't he taken away by Guingamp Club in Ligue 1 this year? Why isn't it anymore?

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