When the news of Li Mu's meeting with members of the royal family was broadcast on television media all over the United Kingdom, Li Mu had arrived in Manchester after more than two hours' drive.
Manchester was the second largest city in Britain, but the population was not large. The city's size, development, and pace of life were much slower than London's.
Because the Manchester City Football Club's training base was in the southwest of Manchester, Li Mu did not enter the city center. According to Davidson, the Manchester City Football Club's training base was next to Manchester United's training base, about two kilometers away.
The Manchester City Football Club had just entered the Premier League and had been up and down in the middle and lower reaches of the league in recent years. Life was not very comfortable, and it was not the stage where the Middle Eastern tycoons would spend money like crazy. Therefore, the Manchester City Football Club's training base did not look imposing from the outside.
Looking at the training base, it was basically all football fields. There were not many buildings, and most of them were low. Many players were training separately on the training ground. It seemed that the first team, second team, youth team, and even the youth training camp were training separately. Most of them were teenagers, and most of them were around 10 to 12 years old.
Every club in the five major leagues paid great attention to youth training. For any football club, almost half of the more than 20 main players came from their own club's youth training camp.
Although it was not easy for the youth training camp to produce superstars, it was easy to cultivate a very stable and loyal club support, much like the leadership of a city. Most of the senior leaders came from other places, but the middle and grassroots were basically all local.
Davidson had informed the Manchester City Football Club in advance. Everyone in the Manchester City Football Club thought that Davidson, the new boss, was going to inspect the club for the first time, so they attached great importance to it. For a club like Manchester City, most of the staff, coaching staff, and even the home team players faced many problems, the most important of which was the lack of strength and reputation.
When the Goldberg family bought the club, almost everyone in the club felt insecure. This was because the Goldberg family was very famous in the United Kingdom. Everyone thought that since the Goldberg family bought the Manchester City Football Club, they would invest a lot of money to improve the strength of the Manchester City Football Club. They were worried that their strength and reputation were not worthy of Goldberg's financial resources.
It was like a small start-up being acquired by a giant company. Most of the employees of the small company would worry that they would be laid off after the acquisition because they could not meet the high requirements of the giant company for employees.
Therefore, the club had been highly nervous since yesterday. Everyone hoped to successfully survive the inspection of the new boss. Otherwise, it was likely that they would leave the club if the new boss was dissatisfied.
It was not that the club's staff and players loved the club at this stage. The main thing was that no one wanted to be the one abandoned. If they wanted to leave, they had to find a better place first before taking the initiative to leave.
Not only did the club's staff and players love, but they also bought the club's contracts, but they also bought the contracts of the club. Naturally, no Manchester, they bought the club's contracts.
These people were not the shareholders of the club, but the professional managers signed by the club. The Goldberg family bought Manchester City, not only buying all the shares of Manchester City, but also the contracts of all the employees and players of Manchester City. These professional managers, who were still under contract, were still maintaining the operation of the club while waiting for the strategic deployment of the new boss.
After the car stopped, the driver and Davidson's assistant got out at the same time. Davidson's assistant opened the door on Davidson's side, and the driver opened the door on Li Mu's side.
Davidson got out of the car first. When the club's management saw him, they hurried up to welcome the club's new boss. Unexpectedly, a young Asian man came out of the car door on the other side. The sharp-eyed CEO, Alister, was stunned because he instantly recognized the Asian young man. He was Li Mu, who was wildly reported in the television media today!
The others also recognized Li Mu, which shocked everyone. They did not know why Li Mu was here. Didn't the television report say that he had just gone to Buckingham Palace to meet the Queen and the entire royal family? And the Queen also awarded him the Grand Cross, the highest medal of the Empire. How did he appear at the Manchester City Club in such a short time?
No one could guess what was going on. CEO Alister was the first to come back to his senses. He first walked up to Davidson, shook hands with him, and said seriously, "Mr. Gao Bai, welcome to the Manchester City Club. I'm the club's CEO, Alister. I've met your son several times before."
Davidson nodded gently and said with a smile, "He praised you a lot."
With that, Davidson pointed to Li Mu and said to the crowd, "Everyone, I know you're all waiting for the club's new boss, but I'm going to tell you some big news. Before coming here, the Goldberg family had transferred all the shares of the Manchester City Club to Mr. Li Mu. That is to say, the new boss of the Manchester City Club should be Mr. Li Mu, not me. I'm just accompanying Mr. Li Mu here today."
This time, the audience was in an uproar.
No one thought that the boss of Manchester City Club would change hands again in such a short time. It was the Goldberg family before, and now it was Li Mu.
Everyone was extremely shocked by the news, because Hua Xia's people and Hua Xia's capital currently had too little presence in the Premier League.
At this time, Li Mu smiled indifferently and said, "I'm a person who is usually distracted and may not have much time to keep an eye on the club's situation in the future, so the development of the club in the future will depend on you all to be more attentive."
When Li Mu spoke, everyone really accepted the fact.
However, they did not have the slightest difficulty in accepting or psychological resistance. On the contrary, each of them was extremely excited about the fact.
They had no reason not to be excited.
First of all, Li Mu had almost solidified his position as the world's richest man. The only thing he needed to wait for was the realization of the figures after the listing. The higher Li Mu's personal wealth, the clearer the future economic situation of the club.
Secondly, Makino Technology had basically solidified its position as the world's first Internet company in terms of market value. After the listing, the market value would probably be more than double that of the second place. This and Li Mu's personal wealth formed a double insurance. The Manchester City Club would not be short of money in the future.
Thirdly, Li Mu was too famous, and so was Makino Technology. Moreover, Makino Technology's publicity ability was too strong. After the Manchester City Club became Li Mu's personal club, the club's overall reputation would definitely skyrocket. And Li Mu only needed to give a little bit of Makino Technology's powerful publicity ability to the Manchester City Club, and it would be enough to ensure that the club would become one of the most famous clubs in the world!
Moreover, a busy man like Li Mu actually came to the club in person to inspect. It could be seen that Li Mu himself was very concerned about the club, which was a huge benefit to the club.
The most important thing was what Li Mu had just said to everyone.
Li Mu said that his energy was limited, and the future development of the club depended on everyone's efforts. As soon as he came up, he expressed goodwill to the current management team, which proved that Li Mu had no plans to lay off staff or replace them. At least not yet!
With so many huge benefits, how could the club's top management not be excited?
Immediately, CEO Alister immediately stepped forward and shook hands with Li Mu excitedly. He said, "I didn't expect that you would become the boss of Manchester City, Mr Li. This is so exciting!"
Li Mu smiled and said, "Mr. Alister will have to worry about a lot of things in the club in the future."
Alister nodded hurriedly and said very seriously, "I will do my best!"
Then, Alister said, "Mr Li, let me introduce you to the main management members of the club."
With Alister's introduction, Li Mu got to know the manager, Kevin Keegan, and the other management members of the team one by one and shook hands. Then, Li Mu raised his voice in front of everyone and said, "Just now, everyone said that they were very excited. I think everyone should be really excited, because in the next season, I will invest a lot of money and a lot of publicity resources into the Manchester City Football Club. With everyone's cooperation, I believe that we can make the Manchester City Football Club one of the best clubs in Britain, or even the best club in Britain, without a doubt!"
He promised a lot of money and a lot of publicity resources as soon as he came up. It was equivalent to Li Mu giving these people two large doses of adrenaline as soon as they met. Everyone was so excited that their faces turned red. Everyone applauded and cheered. Everyone's excitement was evident in their words.
At this time, Davidson said, "Everyone, why don't we move to the conference room and talk slowly?"
Li Mu nodded and said, "Yes, let's sit down and talk slowly."
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Everyone came to the Manchester City Football Club's high-level conference room. Li Mu naturally sat at the head of the conference table, Davidson sat on his right, and the club's CEO, Alister, sat on his left.
As soon as they sat down, Li Mu went straight to the point and said, "Everyone, the new season has begun. Fortunately, there is still a little time before the summer transfer window. So, I want to convey a few decisions to everyone:
First, I will invest 100 million pounds in the club in the next year. The first 50 million pounds will be in the account in the shortest time possible. This money will mainly be used to bring in some fresh blood for the club before the summer transfer window closes. "
Everyone was suddenly excited. 50 million pounds was used to bring in players. At the moment, it was really a very large sum of money. At least two superstars, or four quasi-superstars, could be introduced to the team.
Immediately, Li Mu said, "Second, before I came, I communicated with my private scouting team and made a list of players to be brought in. Every player on this list needs to be contacted by our team in the shortest time possible and find a way to bring them in before the transfer window closes. If the other party has a contract, it doesn't matter. We can pay the liquidated damages."
At this point, Li Mu looked at the manager, Kevin Keegan, and said, "Mr. Keegan, please forgive me for overstepping my authority. In the future, the team's tactics will be completely decided by you, but on the issue of bringing in players, you must listen to my arrangements on a large level. I hope you can understand;"
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