Author: Bei Guoxia

UK, London.

Manchester United London office.

Why would a Manchester club have an office in London?

This office has many names, Manchester United London Office, Manchester United London Headquarters, Manchester United London Office and so on.

This is actually a move by the Glazer family to commercialize Manchester United. Since 2010, Manchester United has moved many of the club's functional departments to London, because in the eyes of Manchester United's top management, London is a business center where people can

Better negotiation of business cooperation can better operate commercial activities and better enhance the commercial value of Manchester United.

What remains in Manchester are some of the athletics departments.

For example, Manchester United's recent head coaches were all signed at Manchester United's London headquarters.

This is also because Manchester United's publicity department is in London. After signing a contract in London, press releases and franchise interviews can be issued immediately.

In short, most of the senior executives are gathered here in the London office.

And Woodward also has his office here.

Inside Woodward's office.

Across from Woodward's desk, three people sat.

They are Manchester United's chief scout Jim Roller, Manchester United's technical director Mick Court, and Manchester United's team development director Matt Judge.

These three are basically the three top managers under Woodward.

Yes, I have to mention it again, Manchester United currently does not have a technical director.

Therefore, these three plus Woodward can basically make all decisions for Manchester United.

Someone may ask, what about the Glazer family?

If this is what a die-hard Manchester United fan would say, "It would be great if the Glazer family took charge!"

In fact, the Glazer family only cares about distributing money and does not care about other things, and they basically have no involvement in Manchester United.

Therefore, Woodward can basically make most of the decisions, although many of his decisions are a piece of shit in the eyes of fans.

For example, in this high-level meeting, Woodward is preparing to discuss the signings for next season.

"Gentlemen, before we talk about the signing situation for next season, we need to talk about the head coach first."

After Woodward finished saying this, the three looked at each other in confusion.

It was technical director Mick Court who asked first: "Ed, didn't Solskjaer do a good job? Third in the league, semi-finals of the FA Cup. We also reached the semi-finals of the League Cup."

"But there isn't a single champion!"

Mick Court resisted the urge to roll his eyes and continued: "We are in a rebuilding period, and it is best to ensure that we can enter the Champions League stably now."

"A team that invests 200 million in a season needs to be rebuilt? There is no such reason in the world! You don't need to say it, I am going to change the coach!"

After hearing Woodward's tough words, how could the three of them not understand that Woodward was determined to change coaches.

The three of them were not die-hard Solskjaer supporters to begin with, not even——

So, Woodward has already spoken, so let’s change it.

"Ed, do you have anyone in mind?" team development director Matt Judge asked.

"Actually, I have a candidate." Woodward replied confidently.

"Oh, who is it?" Chief Scout Jim Roller asked for the first time.

"Ten Hag, head coach of Ajax."

"he?"

"But he has only coached a wealthy team like Ajax. I'm afraid——"

"Solskjaer even had Middlesbrough relegated before taking charge of Manchester United!"

"Um, Ed, it's Cardiff."

"Okay, whatever. What I want to say is that we can all give Solskjaer a chance. So Ten Hag has been in the top four of the Champions League for two consecutive seasons. With such a coach, there are no scandals about him in the market.

No! Do you think it’s strange? It’s too strange! So we have to contact him first! Then sign him!”

The three of them looked at each other again.

Chief scout Jim Roller thought for a while and then said: "Ed, if you sign Ten Hag, do you want to sign Lin?"

Woodward snapped his fingers after hearing Jim Roller's words.

"Yes! Jim, Jim, you still understand me. That's it. Lin has proven his talent and immediate ability. We must fight for such a player! We must fight for it by all means! And Ten Hag himself is

A very good coach! I originally thought he could be the head coach of Manchester United, and if signing him can also help sign Lin, then I think this is a very, very good signing."

Technical Director Mick Court asked a question.

"How much money do we have in our transfer budget this summer?"

"I'm going to get rid of that Belgian. How much do you think his market price can be?" Woodward did not answer the question directly, but asked a new question.

Matt Judge, the team's director of development, knows this better and answered.

"It's hard to find a good center on the market now. Although Lukaku has not performed well here, there are still many teams looking to buy him, and the prices they offer are generally around 60 million."

After hearing this, Woodward nodded and said: "If we add the Lukaku deal, we can have 300 million euros in funds in the summer window. Of course, the more expensive Lukaku is sold, the more our funds will be."

The more.”

Matt Judge immediately responded: "Actually, the team still has some redundant personnel that can be dealt with, and about 340 million in funds can be recovered."

When the chief scout Jim Roller heard this, he immediately said: "In this case, we can definitely sign a central defender. Ed, you know, the two positions we are most lacking at present are center and central defender. If we sign

If there are two players with immediate fighting ability, and the head coach can work well together, it is not impossible for us to compete for the league championship."

When Woodward heard this: "De Ligt is good, you go and talk."

"De Ligt is the strongest young central defender on the market, and his physical fitness is also very good. That's-"

"The price is not cheap, is it?"

"Yes, if Lin's salary is over 100 million, De Ligt's salary is estimated to be at least 670 million."

"70 million is exchanged for a rear leader for the next 10 years. Is this business a loss? Is it a loss? Haha!"

Woodward laughed.

The three people across the table immediately laughed in agreement.

After laughing, Woodward made plans for Manchester United's three biggest signings this summer.

"Ten Hag, De Ligt and Lin Kedi. 300 million euros are given to you, and you use various means to negotiate."

After speaking this sentence, this meeting is over.

The three also left Woodword's office.

And Woodward also reported the results of this meeting to the Graed family.

Although he also knew that the Graiz family would not watch this conference record at all, they could not watch it, Woodword couldn't help it.

The meeting report briefly talks about the achievements of the three in competitive and the expected improvement of the results to Manchester United, and summarize it with about 100 words.
Chapter completed!