Coaching legend

Although it was the League Cup, Burnley treated it as the Champions League. There was even a period of time in the afternoon when the alcohol was out of stock in Burnley, and the fans celebrated from morning to night. There were so many drunkards in Burnley that day.

As Burnley won the League Cup, Burnley's reputation in the English football world has also been rising. Not only the local media in Burnley, but other domestic media have also attached great importance to it. There is an endless stream of reporters who want to interview the Burnley Club.

"Keller, do you think George is a thousand-mile horse? In just three years, we have won a championship that we haven't won in thirty years." Barry Kilby stood in front of the window, looking at the training ground and said leisurely.

Since Burnley won the League Cup, more fans have watched Burnley training. Of course, there are also many sneaky people among them, most of whom are scouts sent by other clubs.

Now Burnley has been promoted to the Premier League and there are not many people who doubt it, and they have entered the League Cup final and the FA Cup final consecutively. Now they have defeated the powerful Chelsea and won the League Cup final. This has attracted attention to the young players in Burnley's lineup, and the number of scouts from major clubs has gradually increased at the training ground.

There are scouts from Premier League clubs and some scouts from foreign clubs.

But Burnley did not prohibit these people from entering and leaving, and the Burnley training ground could not completely prohibit them from entering anyway. In the English League One, Burnley does not have much room to fight back when it encounters poaching from Premier League or foreign clubs.

But now that Burnley is about to become a Premier League team, George still has great confidence in retaining the backbone players in the team.

"Barry, did you discover George's talent when you chose George?" Now all Burnley fans are praising Kilby, saying that he has a unique vision and found George, a thousand-mile horse, after being relegated that year.

Even the Burnley board of directors repeatedly praised Kilby for choosing George as the wisest choice. The improvement in performance has consolidated Kilby's position in the Burnley board of directors.

"Wrong, it's not me. Although I have always been a member of the Burnley board, George was just an ordinary coach at the time and had nothing to do with me. How could I know his ability? The words I said to George before were only a few." Barry Kilby smiled and shook his head.

"I had just taken over Burnley and wanted to replace Jimmy. At that time, the Burnley board of directors recommended Thompson. I asked Jimmy privately who could replace him to take charge of Burnley."

"You asked Jimmy in person?" Keller Varga was quite surprised. If the board had not changed Kilby to take over Burnley. Jimmy would never have been dismissed directly. After all, Jimmy led Burnley to the English League One for the first time in so many years.

Barry Kilby nodded. "Do you know what Jimmy told me?"

"He said, if you want stability, go find Thompson. If you want to take risks, go find George."

"What do you mean?"

"Jimmy told me that he didn't quite understand many of George's ideas. Sometimes he thought they made sense, and sometimes he thought they were big problems. But he said that George had more ideas than him. On the contrary, Jimmy said that Thompson was more experienced than George, but his ability was mediocre."

"So you chose George?" Keller was a little surprised. He took the risk and chose George just because of this. After all, choosing George, a coach who was only 27 years old at the time, was quite unexpected for all the media.

"Well, in that case, Jimmy left me the best guarantee before he left."

"Knock, knock..." The sound of a gentle knock on the door interrupted their conversation. The two knew that today's protagonist had arrived.

"Mr. Kilby, Mr. Varga, hello." George has been smiling every day these days. Since winning the League Cup, many people have said "champion coach" to George when they see him. George is also very happy about this title.

"George, you're here. I wanted to find you after the last celebration. But you've been tired recently, so I found you so late." Kilby was very enthusiastic when he saw George. The three million he invested three years ago has now multiplied by many times.

Three years ago, Kilby became the majority shareholder of Burnley Club with only three million. At that time, Burnley was just a club with no future that was relegated to the second division, but now Burnley is about to become a Premier League club. And it won the League Cup, and the market value of Burnley Club has increased many times.

The players who used less than three million to enter the game back then have now become the hot cakes pursued by major clubs. They are all worth millions, how can Kilby not be happy.

"Mr. Kilby, you are also busy these days, I know." Now Burnley's performance is rising steadily, and many advertisers also favor Burnley. Therefore, some of the previous expired advertising contracts need to be re-signed. Therefore, Kilby and Keller are also very busy.

After the three of them sat down, Kilby's young and beautiful secretary poured them a cup of coffee.

"George, I asked you to come here to renew the contract." Kilby said the purpose of this time without any hesitation.

The contract signed by George and Burnley is a 2+1 contract. After the end of last season, the contract will automatically extend to this season. But this is the last season of the contract, and it will end in three months.

Now George has become the representative figure of young coaches in British football. Before he turned 30, he had led the second-division team twice in three years and immediately became the coach of the Premier League club. He even won the League Cup not long ago, and there are already reports that some Premier League clubs are interested in George.

But this is definitely not groundless, George has also received invitations from some Premier League clubs. It's just that George has no time to care about this now. Now George is fully devoted to promotion and the FA Cup final.

Now Burnley is also anxious. Although Kilby believes that George will definitely stay at Burnley based on his character and his feelings for Burnley. But as a businessman, Kilby only believed in contracts. So Kilby wanted to tie George to a contract as soon as possible.

George took the contract handed over by Kilby, which was still a three-year contract. But the salary has been significantly increased, more than seven times George's original salary. Now George's weekly salary is only 800 pounds. Once this contract is signed, George's weekly salary will become 6,000 pounds.

Of course, there were many other content clauses in it. George did not read it carefully, but re-suggested it to Kilby.

"George, what are you doing?" Kilby was horrified. Could it be that George had already accepted invitations from other clubs. Kilby is not willing to lose a coach like George. Head coaching is a job that becomes more powerful the older you get. Many coaches become more sophisticated as they get older.

George is not yet 30 years old now. What kind of results will he have if he reaches 40 years old or 50 years old, the golden age of coaching. Kilby could not imagine these things, but Kilby clearly knew that Burnley needed George now.

Although the expression on Kilby's face did not change much, George could already hear the surprise in Kilby's heart just from his tone. So he smiled and shook his head.

"Mr. Kilby, you don't need to be surprised. I have never thought about going to other clubs. Burnley is my home, and I have devoted all my efforts to this Burnley." George's words made Kilby and Keller both excited. Everyone was relieved.

If George leaves Burnley now, he will definitely not worry about his next home. But this Burnley is different. The players inside are all players introduced by George. George is the soul of the current Burnley team, and Kilby is unwilling to give up on George.

"However, Mr. Kilby, my recent focus has been on promotion and the FA Cup final. So I don't want to be distracted. My idea is to wait until the FA Cup final before considering the contract issue." This year's FA Cup final It is scheduled for May 16th, and by then the English leagues at all levels will have concluded their schedules.

It's not that George wants to bargain with Kilby and the others in the future, but that he really has no room to consider contract issues now. And after arriving in the Premier League, George also had many ideas of his own. These all require a careful discussion with Kilby, and they cannot be explained in a short while. That's why George hopes that after the season is over, the two parties can have a good talk and strive to get a good negotiation result.

Kilby and Keller looked at each other. They were both businessmen. The first thing that came to mind was that George should be bargaining, and they had already thought about this. After all, George is no longer the unknown coach three years ago and is now qualified to bargain with the club. As long as George wants to stay at Burnley and the conditions are not too excessive, Kilby will agree.

"George, you can put forward any ideas and conditions you have." Kilby said with a smile.

George saw that Kilby had misunderstood, so he shook his head. "That's not what I meant. I have some ideas about the future development of the club and need to talk to you two. But this cannot be explained clearly in a few words. I want to wait until the end of this season when everyone is not busy. Come down and have a chat.”

"Mr Kilby, don't worry. I will stay at Burnley, I can guarantee that."

Seeing that George's attitude was relatively firm, Kilby nodded helplessly. After working together for three years, I also have some understanding of George's character Kilby.

"Mr. Kilby, if possible, we can sit down and talk before the end of the season and the FA Cup." The English League One will end on May 3, and there will be nearly half a month before the FA Cup final. "When the new contract is announced after winning the FA Cup, I will be very happy."

"Winning the FA Cup?" Keller interrupted at the right time, just to lighten the atmosphere.

"Of course, since we have entered the finals, the goal must be to win the championship." George is becoming more and more confident now.

Kilby knew he couldn't change the outcome, but was still pleased to hear George's reassurance. "Okay, George. We will sign the contract at the FA Cup celebration banquet. This is also very meaningful."