King’s Landing in Nottingham

Chapter 81—The Coming of Giuseppe Marotta

Looking forward to, looking forward to, Wei Xun finally received a call from Marotta, the future Juventus leader finally agreed to become the general manager of the Notts County Club.

Marotta also deeply apologizes for not being able to come to Notts County to meet Wei Xun due to the call of the team owner after handling the farce on loan with Mansfield.

This news made Wei Xun overjoyed. Those long-famous professional managers would never take a look at Notts County. Just like digging for young players, in the current situation in Notts County, only Marotta and other managers who have not proven themselves in the big clubs can be taken advantage of by Wei Xun and dig into Notts County clubs.

Development prospects, treatment, club level, etc. are all factors that they need to consider when choosing. Only after an ambitious and well-capitalized boss, they have room for their own play.

As for Marotta's failure to meet him in Notts County, Wei Xun didn't care much. When people came, he could get together whatever he wanted, so there was no need to rush for a while.

Wei Xun made it clear on the phone that he hopes Marotta can come to England as soon as possible. If his contract with Atlanta has not ended and he needs to pay liquidated damages, Notts County will bear the money.

The Notts County base is still under construction, but many buildings have finished their capping and have entered the stage of interior decoration. Zhao Tai's real estate thinking is definitely not useful, and professional talents must be available to plan the overall situation.

If you think about it, you will have a big problem. To make decisions, you still have to be forward-looking.

In addition, the construction of the new stadium in Notts County will also have to be in charge. For Notts County, which wants to overwhelm the Premier League and the Champions League in the future, the Meadow Lane Stadium, which can only accommodate 20,000 people, is obviously not enough.

Those home courts that can accommodate 100,000 people are a bit too big, and Notts County can't absorb it. So Wei Xun thinks that it is more realistic to build a stadium with a capacity of around 50,000 people and retain the ability to expand later.

The land is better approved, and the construction funds needed are not that big.

Wei Xun intends to let Marotta take care of the new stadium. The manpower and funds are sufficient, and he only owes Marotta the wind to help Notts County blow it.

Zhao Tai was also very happy to learn that a professional football manager would take over the daily management of the club in an all-round way.

In the future, he only needs to do a good job in the financial aspects, and manage the company of the Notts County Investment Group. This is undoubtedly a boon for him. The knowledge of football is too difficult for him.

When I go to Hong Kong to inspect the magpie tea company occasionally in the future, I can take it home and take a look at it. I don't have to squat in the office building of the club every day to accompany the prince to study.

Professional people do professional things, and now Notts County can finally be regarded as the gods returning to their thrones, each performing their duties. Wei Xun, this kid finally did a serious thing.

Happy Zhao Tai also sent a text message to Wei Kangmei's mobile phone, praising Wei Xun's achievements during this period, please rest assured, the old chairman, at the same time, I hope this sponsorship fee can also be more supportive.

Yesterday, Wei Xun received a call from Marotta, saying that it was for Wei Xun to drive two more cars to the airport today and give him a gift.

No way, Wei Xun could only drive his Grand Cherokee and the Willis M38, and then he called and rented a 7-seater commercial vehicle from Marcos and asked him to help drive to the airport. .

"When will the car we ordered arrive? This is too bad..."

As the car was on the road, Zhao Tai began to care about Wei Xun's move of paying the five million yuan while he was away.

"Brother Tai, according to the contract, this is what happened in the past few days. I tell you that the car is absolutely bright and magnificent! There is still one person behind, and you have to help me check it out. I want to dig it back. ..."

"Okay, if I'm not satisfied, you have to pay this money out of your own pocket, and you have to make it up for me..."

"No, you can't bear it, hahahahaha..."

The bickering between Wei Xun and Zhao Tai can be regarded as a major feature of the Notts County Club. Pep Guardiola and the old Grant who were in the same group also couldn't laugh...

From London’s Heathrow International Airport and Gatwick Airport, there are bus lines and long-distance train lines to Notts County. It takes about three hours, but you don’t need to drive by yourself.

Wei Xun and the others waited for more than 10 minutes at the airport. As soon as they merged with Marcos, who had personally driven a business car, Marotta and his party walked out of the airport corridor.

Wei Xun, Zhao Tai, and Guardiola enthusiastically stepped forward to help Marotta and the entourage carry their luggage to the car they drove.

"Wei, let me introduce you. This is my first assistant, Fabio Paratic. He is a very good scout. I think you two will have a lot of common language!"

Although Fabio Paratic and Marotta had already separated into their masters in 19 years, it did not prevent them from coming to Notts County to make progress together at this time.

The cooperation of the two has contributed a lot to the rise of Juventus: Cristiano Ronaldo, Pirlo, Pogba, Dybala, Vidal, Alex Sandro, etc. are their masterpieces.

Historically, Marotta took Fabio Paratic to Sampdoria after the end of the season.

Due to the appearance of Wei Xun, the day of their perfect match has been so advanced.

Although Fabio Paratic has only played in the Italian League C in his player career, his ability as a scout will definitely be a great complement to the Notts County scout system.

With his own prophetic foresight, plus Father Pat Devlin and Fabio Paratic, the configuration of the Notts County Scouting System has been considered luxurious.

"Giuseppe, thank you very much!"

"Fabio, you are also welcome to join this big family in Notts County..."

Wei Xun shook hands with Marotta and Paratic very friendly and introduced Zhao Tai, Guardiola and Old Grant to them.

The familiar Marcos also came up and issued business cards to the two of them, "Gentlemen, if you need a car, you can find me, my dear Marcos, there is a small car shop next to the Notts County base..."

Afterwards, Marotta introduced to Wei Xun the other two young players he had brought to Wei Xun and their parents, "This is Ivan Pellizzoli and his parents, the goalkeeper of the Atlanta youth team, 20 years old, I think coming to the UK is a good choice, so I discussed with his parents and brought him here, and it was done with a training fee of 150,000 pounds."

Pellizzoli, Wei Xun has heard of, does not have a brilliant resume, but he is indeed a good goalkeeper.

It is true that there are so many good goalkeepers in Italy, there are too many goalkeepers who have been crushed, and it is impossible to get ahead without strong ability.

"This is the star player of our youth team, Ricardo Montolivo, an excellent central midfielder. I believe he is still very competitive in Notts County. He is only 16 years old and has great potential for development."

Marotta might have something to say to so many people inconveniently. He approached Wei Xun’s ear and whispered quietly:

"His father valued your youth coaches more, and Atlanta treated him too badly. He didn't sign a professional contract. His parents' offer to cancel the contract was brought over without spending a penny. How about it? Isn't it a surprise?"

Wei Xun hugged Marotta, and slapped his palms on Marotta's back, "Giuseppe, you are so lucky! Our midfield depth is not enough..."

Afterwards, Wei Xun turned around and greeted the two young players and their parents. "Our Notts County player apartment is still undergoing renovation and ventilation. It is temporarily unable to move in. You can only wrong you first. You can do it yourself. If you rent a house, you can also entrust the club to help you rent a house."

"You don’t have to worry about the rent. Our club will pay the full amount. You can move in when the club’s house is finished. You can eat in the club restaurant or start your own business. If you start your own business, the club A certain amount of subsidies will be given. In short, if you have any difficulties, come to the club to find us. Notts County said it is a club, but it is actually a big family..."

Wei Xun's statement made Pellizzoli and Montolivo's parents very satisfied, at least Notts County gave them a good first impression.

No more greetings, 13 people took three cars to Notts County, but Marotta said hello in advance, otherwise so many people still have luggage, the original plan is really not to go.

Marotta came, came to bring Paratic and two players, the future of Notts County, added a bit of protection.