Chapter 17 No Money
Tang Hua is in trouble.
It's a real trouble, he has no money.
The lack of money here is naturally not his personal opinion, but the team.
When he came to Cambridge United, Tang Hua, as the head coach, gained great authority. It can be said that he has the rights that traditional British head coaches should have. But at the same time, he also made sacrifices, especially in terms of personal treatment. To be honest, the salary he received at Cambridge United is only a fraction of the time he was in Manchester City.
However, Tang Hua may not care about his income, but he cannot avoid the team's financial difficulties, because that is the basis of his authority.
Summer is the busiest season for European football clubs, especially the head coach who is in charge of transfers. But now, Tang Hua has to let himself "idle" because he has no money at all and has no penny.
Returning to the professional league that has been away for ten years is of course exciting news, but a professional track is a professional track. No matter how fast a car runs on the road, when you come here, can you keep up with the speed of other cars? Let’s not talk about it, but first, you have to adapt your car to the track first.
Unfortunately, Cambridge United has obviously not adapted.
Of course, from the outside, Cambridge United's car is like other cars, with four wheels and one steering wheel, which looks decent, but Tang Hua, who has been taking over for more than a week, knows that this is just an appearance. No matter how awesome the driver is, he cannot let a classic car run at the speed of Ferrari, let alone a novice. Of course, this is also a helpless reality.
Tang Hua dared not say that he had the ability to let Cambridge United aim at a higher level League One, but it is undeniable that he wanted to aim for this. But from a realistic perspective, Cambridge United's mission this season is to stay in the League Two, because just with Cambridge United's lineup, where do they come from? It seems that they are still very likely to go back next season.
Although the English League Two is also a professional league, it is just the bottom. To put it too much, it is just a gray area. It is not considered a lot of professions, but it is different from amateurs. Let's not mention anything else, just from the income of players. Regarding the finances of English football leagues at all levels, there was once a report using a pyramid to describe the highest point, of course, the Premier League, not the lowest level. The gap between players' average salary and the Premier League is thirty times. You should know that this is not the gap between the highest and the lowest, but the average gap.
In the past period of time, among the players Tang Hua visited, the Cambridge United first team currently has 26 players, 19 of whom have side jobs. In other words, in addition to football, they have a second job.
And this second job is not everyone's hobbies, but more for money. In a word, for livelihood. This kind of thing is not new in Cambridge United, and it is very common to look at the entire English League Two.
So, at this time, Tang Hua could only sit leisurely in the stands of a simple court to watch a game.
This open-air stadium can only accommodate less than 2,000 spectators. However, there are actually quite a few spectators at the moment, and the small stands are almost filled with fans. Of course, it also makes Tang Hua even more inconspicuous.
There is a game in the field. Both sides of the game are named Kregov and Berry.
Both teams belong to amateur teams, that is to say, what Tang Hua watched was an amateur game.
This is naturally not that Tang Hua is really idle and has nothing to do. However, there are only two scouts in Cambridge United. Tang Hua, who is not well-manned, has to come out to "find" by himself. Due to the club's financial dilemma, his eyes naturally cannot aim at a higher position because he cannot pay the transfer fee. Therefore, what he can provide is just a so-called opportunity, an opportunity to play football. This opportunity is only applicable in the amateur league.
Regarding the issue of signing, Tang Hua actually thought of asking Lin Sen for help. After all, although Lin Sen is no longer Manchester City's head coach, with his prestige and current position in Manchester City, if only one person in the world can help him, then this person must be Lin Sen. However, in the end, Tang Hua gave up this idea.
For Lin Sen, this is of course a mere effort. But as the so-called mere effort, others can focus on the word "raise your hand", but the person who is helped must remember the word "hard".
Some things, even if it is simple to speak, and you know that you will definitely get the answer, you will still be unwilling to speak, because once you open it, it will change.
Tang Hua was not worried that his relationship with Lin Sen would change, but he was worried that he would change.
At this time, a burst of applause sounded from the stands. For Tang Hua, who was already used to the tsunami of Etihad Stadium, such applause was nothing, but considering the number of spectators at the moment, such applause was obviously considered warm.
What caused applause was a goal from the Kregoff boys.
A goal that will be the best goal even in the Premier League.
The goal was their No. 9. After receiving a pass from his teammate on the edge of the small penalty area, he made a scissor-footed shooting posture in the air. He could have shot with his right foot with his right foot, but he swept the ball into the air with his feet.
Looking at the player whose name is exactly the same as that of the legendary English star, Tang Hua smiled for no reason because he remembered that if the player's head coach was Lin Sen, then he would probably have to be repaired when he was off the court.
Maybe it's a long-distance marathon, or helping Old Chapman wash stinky socks... In short, Lin Sen has some ways to get you to train well.
And now, what about the head coach of the Kregoff boys? He raised his arms high, looking much more excited than the players on the court. It seemed that this goal could completely make him forget the current score.
Two to four.
This is still the score of the goal just now.
In amateur competitions, the scores are often prone to two extremes, either not scoring a goal or having various big scores. This game is obviously moving towards the latter.
Sure enough, in less than ten minutes, Berry scored another goal.
This time, the goal was their captain. The most outstanding midfielder in this game, he used a fancy shot in front of the penalty area and threw the ball into the dead corner of the goal.
Five to two.
Tang Hua's eyes suddenly became a little hot. He lowered his head and wrote down something in his small notebook. No one knew what he wrote on the notebook at this time, but there were two names on that notebook, which were exactly the two players who had just scored the goal.
Interestingly, in the next game, these two players with the best performing teams were obviously against each other. The two men with different positions had "collided" several times. Once, they even developed into the top bull face-to-face. If the referee had not appeared, they would have almost started playing a fighting game.
As soon as the game ended, Tang Hua closed his notebook and walked out of the stands quickly.
Two people, one game can find two players who are interested in them, which can be considered a good harvest.
Half an hour later, Tang Hua stopped George, who seemed to have just finished taking a shower in the passage outside the court.
George was obviously a little surprised and impatient about Tang Hua who stopped him. He was very happy to be stopped, provided that if the other party was a young and beautiful girl, Tang Hua was young but not a girl, not to mention that before that, he accidentally saw Tang Hua looking for another person.
"Can you tell me why you want to change your feet in the air that ball?" Tang Hua did not introduce himself politely, nor was he in a hurry to tell the other party why he stopped him. Instead, he said the first sentence.
"We know each other?" George said lightly as he heard the other party's question.
As soon as George spoke, Tang Hua's eyes moved slightly. Because he seemed to smell a scent that he shouldn't have or could not have smelled, but he concealed the reaction very well, and then shook his head and said.
"We don't need to know each other. If you don't want to answer, then just pretend I didn't ask. However, I just asked another person the same question. Do you want to know his answer?"
"I'm not interested in his answer." George shrugged his shoulders, "but I'm curious why he answered you?"
"Because he knows who I am." Tang Hua said with a smile.
Tang Hua's words made George stunned for a moment, and at this moment he couldn't help but look at Tang Hua again.
As an opponent, George knew Colin very well. To be honest, he believed that in the entire north, he was the only one who was qualified to be his opponent. Therefore, even if he was cynical, he also knew this person very well.
Then, he will accept the question from the person in front of him, why?
Looking at George who looked at him with strange eyes, Tang Hua smiled and finally decided not to keep it a secret. "I'll introduce myself. I'm a head coach, well, Cambridge United's head coach."
"Cambridge Union, who was still here last year?" George finally understood, but Tang Hua's identity obviously did not shock him too much. The corner of his mouth slanted again, "It seems that that guy's taste is not very good."
Tang Hua laughed silently. Now, he finally understood why George and Colin in front of him became mortal enemies on the court. The personalities of these two people were simply two extremes.
After knowing his identity, although Tang Hua didn't know whether Colin had noticed his "ex-identity", it was obvious that Tang Hua could feel the other party's respect, but the person in front of him was determined to be the opposite. He even mocked Cambridge United, who was also in the amateur league last season.
"It seems that you won't answer my question anymore." Tang Hua shook his head and said.
"No." George shrugged again, "Why not? You have told me who you are, and in exchange, I will of course tell you the answer."
As he said that, George's smile was a little weird, "Didn't you notice that there are many beautiful girls in the stands?"
"Um?"
Tang Hua was a little surprised at George's answer at first because he didn't react at once and said what the other party wanted to express, but soon he understood.
It seems that the saying is right. Those who know you best will always be your opponent. Because for George's goal, Colin's answer is.
That bastard is showing off. (To be continued)
Chapter completed!