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London, England.

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 measure of the Glazer family's commitment to the commercialization of Manchester United. Since 2010, Manchester United has moved many functional departments of the club to London, because in the eyes of Manchester United's senior management, London is a commercial center. Better business cooperation can be negotiated, business activities can be better operated, and Manchester United's commercial value can be better enhanced.

What remained in Manchester were some of the athletic departments.

Like Manchester United's recent head coaches, they all signed at Manchester United's London headquarters.

This is also because Manchester United's publicity department is in London. After signing the contract in London, they can immediately issue press releases and join interviews.

In short, the London office gathers most of the top executives here.

And Woodward also works 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 directors under Woodward.

Yes, I still have to mention that Manchester United currently does not have a technical director.

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

Someone may ask what about the Glazer family?

If this is what the diehard Manchester United fans say, "It would be great if the Glazer family was in charge!"

In fact, the Glazer family only cares about the distribution of money, and ignores other things, and they basically do not intervene in Manchester United.

Therefore, Woodward can basically make most of the decisions, although many of his decisions are considered shit by the fans.

For example, in this high-level meeting, Woodward is going to talk about signings for next season.

"Gentlemen, before we talk about the signings for next season, let's talk about the head coach."

After Woodward finished speaking, the three looked at each other and looked at each other.

It was the technical director Mick Court who asked first: "Ed, didn't Solskjaer do a good job? The third place in the league, the FA Cup semi-finals. The League Cup also broke into the semi-finals."

"But not a single champion!"

Resisting the urge to roll his eyes, Mick Court continued: "We're in a rebuilding period, and now it's best to ensure a steady entry into the Champions League."

"A team that invested 2 million yuan in a season needs to be rebuilt? There is no such reason in the world! Needless to say, I am going to change coaches!"

Hearing such tough words from Woodward, how could the three of them fail to understand that Woodward is determined to change coaches.

The trio wasn't a die-hard Solskjaer supporter, not even—

So, Woodward has spoken, so let's change it.

"Ed, do you have any candidates?" 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, the manager of Ajax."

"he?"

"But he has only coached Ajax, a giant team, I'm afraid—"

"Ole Gunnar Solskjaer even relegated Middlesbrough before Manchester United!"

"Um, Ed, it's Cardiff City."

"Okay, whatever. What I want to say is that we can all give Solskjaer a chance. Then Ten Hag has been in the semi-finals of the Champions League for two consecutive seasons. For such a coach, there is no scandal about him in the market. No! Do you think it's strange? It's so strange! So we have to contact him first! Then sign him!"

The three looked at each other again.

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

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

"Yes! Jim, Jim, you still understand me. That's it. Lin has proved his talent and immediate combat power. We must go for such a player! We must fight for it by any means! And Ten Hag himself is A very good coach! I thought he could be the manager of Manchester United, and if signing him can help to sign Lin, then I think this is a very, very good signing."

Technical director Mick Court had a question.

"How much is our transfer budget for this summer?"

"I'm going to get rid of the Belgian. How much do you think he can sell at the market price?" Woodward didn't answer the question directly, but asked a new question.

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

"It is hard to find a good center in the market now. Although Lukaku has not performed well with us, there are still many teams begging for him. The price they give is generally around 6000 million."

After hearing this, Woodward nodded and said: "If you add Lukaku's deal, we can have 3 million euros in Xia Chuang. Of course, the more expensive Lukaku sells, the more funds we have. more."

Matt Judge immediately took over: "Actually, the team still has some redundant personnel to deal with, and it can recover about 3 to 4000 million yuan."

Chief scout Jim Roller heard this and immediately said: "In this case, we can sign a central defender, Ed, you know, the two positions we are most lacking at present are the center and central defender. If we sign If there are two players with immediate combat power, if the head coach works well together, it is not impossible for us to compete for the league championship."

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

"Dericht is currently the strongest among the young central defenders on the market, and his physical fitness is also very good. It's just—"

"The price is not cheap, is it?"

"Yes, if Lin is in the hundreds of millions, Dericht estimates at least 6 to 7000 million."

"7000 million in exchange for a rear leader for the next 10 years, is this business a loss? Is it a loss? Haha!"

Woodward laughed.

The three people on the opposite side of the table immediately echoed and laughed.

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

"Ten Hag, De Ligt and Lin Kedi. 3 million euros will be given to you, and you will use various means to negotiate."

After saying this sentence, the meeting is over.

The three also left Woodward's office.

And Woodward will also report the results of this meeting to the Glazer family.

Although he also knew that the Glazer family would never read this kind of meeting minutes, but they could not read them, and Woodward had to pass them on.

The meeting report briefly talked about the achievements of the three in sports and the expected improvement that they can bring to Manchester United. It was summarized in about 100 words.

Then Woodward used 1000 words to talk about how these three people can improve Manchester United's business, emphasizing the part of Lin Kedi. (end of this chapter)