Football's No. 1 Prodigal Son

The two sides have been working hard to sign a contract.

Since Vardy has not signed a professional contract, in theory they do not need to obtain the consent of Stocksbridge Park Football Club to sign a contract with Vardy.

But out of respect for them, Manchester City still contacted the amateur club and paid 60,000 pounds as compensation for signing the young player.

This is definitely a huge sum of money for an amateur team.

So they happily accepted this reality.

After that, Manchester City officially signed Vardy.

A weekly salary of 400 pounds for three years.

Although it seems very cheap, it is too happy for Vardy, who originally only had a weekly salary of 30.

At least, he doesn't need to do odd jobs to support himself!

He looked at Yang Luo excitedly: "Mr. Yang, please rest assured. I will work hard and make a name for myself in the future and repay Manchester City Club!"

Yang Luo nodded: "Play well, I believe you."

Of course he knew Vardy would make it, so his words were absolutely sincere.

However, this signing made everyone confused.

Chris, the youth training director, looked at Yang Luo countless times when signing the contract, and really couldn't figure out what to do with such an amateur player.

Aren't there a lot of such players in the low-level leagues?

Why did the boss sign such a person?

Who is he to the boss?

Even Bernstein couldn't help but ask privately: "Boss, what is your purpose for this deal? Has he ever taken a bullet for you?"

Yang Luo rolled his eyes at him: "Old David, are you doubting my vision?"

Bernstein shrugged: "Anyway, it's your money..."

Yang Luo looked at Bernstein with a helpless look.

Why is this old man talking more and more aggressively now...

But he suddenly remembered something.

He turned around and asked Bernstein: "Is the contract of our youth training director about to expire?"

Bernstein nodded: "Chris's contract will expire at the end of this month. I wonder if you want to renew his contract?"

Yang Luo shook his head: "Chris... is a good person, but his ability is average."

Bernstein sighed imperceptibly, he knew that Yang Luo was telling the truth.

The development of the team will inevitably cause the departure of the original staff, and he was helpless.

So he nodded: "I understand, I will talk to him."

Yang Luo said: "Then it depends on you."

How could the boss go in person for such an offensive job?

In fact, the youth training director of a team is also very important. His management level and judgment ability determine the upper limit of the youth training camp.

And now there is a team in the Premier League whose youth training is very strong, that is Southampton.

Their ancestors often produced some great people, such as the famous Alan Shearer, who came from Southampton Youth Training.

In the next ten years from now, he will contribute a lot of excellent players to the major teams in the Premier League.

For example, Bale, Walcott, Zhang Zhizhong, Lallana, Danny Ings, Luke Shaw, Ward-Prowse, Ben White, etc. are all the products of Southampton Youth Training.

Not to mention the bathing crabs like Van Dijk and Mane, all of which have aroused the interest of the giants through Southampton.

It can be said that Southampton is the Yangcheng Lake of the Premier League, and the crabs produced here are all popular.

And all of this stems from their powerful scouting system and youth training system.

Therefore, Yang Luo was interested in Southampton.

So he called Bernstein and went to Southampton.

With Bernstein's connections, they quickly contacted Hugh Jennings, the current head of Southampton Youth Training.

This guy is now 44 years old and has been the youth training director at Southampton for three years.

That means Bale, Walcott, Lallana and others are now training under him.

He is definitely a treasure youth training director!

So, Yang Luo said to Bernstein: "We must take him down at all costs!"

In a private room of a restaurant, Yang Luo and Bernstein met Jennings.

There is no need to worry about private contact when poaching club employees. As long as they can reach an agreement with the other party and pay the penalty, he can be poached.

And Bernstein's biggest magic weapon in negotiating with Jennings is still: money!

When they offered a weekly salary of 2,000 pounds, Jennings' face was not

There was no fluctuation.

When they offered a weekly salary of 3,000 pounds, Jennings showed a hesitant look on his face.

When they offered a weekly salary of 4,000 pounds, Jennings finally nodded.

Who doesn't work for money?

According to the current market situation, this is already a top weekly salary.

And they also agreed to officially start work on July 1 this year.

For this, Manchester City will pay a penalty of 300,000 pounds.

But this price is worth it.

After Jennings officially starts work, Yang Luo can use his connections to poach people from Southampton!

As long as Bale is poached, he can earn hundreds of 300,000!

Of course, Yang Luo is not only poaching Southampton's youth training director, he also wants to poach a few Southampton scouts.

Jennings was generous after hearing this and directly recommended them a veteran scout named Rod Ruddick.

This man is 60 years old this year and has been a scout in Southampton for 15 years.

In England, his network of contacts is quite extensive.

He is also very good at judging people and has recommended countless talents to the club.

Yang Luo was excited when he heard this and immediately asked Jennings to help introduce him.

So, on the afternoon of the next day, they met the old scout.

When the old scout heard that Manchester City was here to recruit players, he immediately shook his head: "I don't want to leave Southampton, I am quite comfortable here."

Yang Luo smiled: "Mr. Rudick, we are willing to double your salary."

Rod Rudick was unmoved.

Yang Luo said again: "We are willing to offer you a weekly salary of 2,000 pounds."

Rod Rudick cleared his throat and moved his body unnaturally.

Now his weekly salary is only 800 pounds, which has doubled by two and a half times.

Yang Luo smiled: "Two thousand five hundred pounds a week."

Rod Ruddick straightened his collar: "Actually, scout work is quite free, and it doesn't matter where you work..."

Yang Luo said: "Mr. Ruddick, what do you mean?"

Ruddick nodded: "I am willing to join Manchester City!"

So, Yang Luo poached a youth training director and a senior scout from Southampton!

These two deals may seem insignificant, but they are the process of laying the foundation for Manchester City's youth training.

Yang Luo's ultimate goal is to make Manchester City's youth training camp the best youth training camp in the Premier League!