Breath of The Interferer - Chapter 79
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I’m a Premier League manager.
The day after the festival, Kishin headed to Africa with Eric Hunter. He left Central and South America to Marco and decided to first secure players for Asia through S Electronics. And Africa signed an agreement with the largest agent in Africa that exports players to the French league.
Kishin and Eric took a plane and arrived in Accra, the capital of Ghana. The president of Africa’s largest agent personally welcomed them. Surprisingly, the president was a French-Belgian. On the first day, they spent their time enjoying delicious food and drinks at the president’s hospitality.
“Most of the players here have signed with clubs in Europe that this agent has. The good players have already met the conditions for acquiring European citizenship. Comparatively, the value of players who do not have European citizenship is much lower.”
Eric Hunter knew quite a bit about this agent. Every year, teams in the lower leagues in France receive from this agent dozens to hundreds of players. Of course, only ten of them make money. But if just one succeeds, it will pay back the equivalent of several years of investment.
“Whenever a player transfers here, 5% of the transfer fee is given as compensation to the clubs that the player was with. When Ozil transferred to Arsenal, 5% was split between three German clubs. One of the lower league clubs used the money to remodel its entire training facility.”
This is a solidarity contribution to the clubs that have raised the player from the age of 12 to 23. The reason why black players are less loyal is because these agents educate them from a young age that the transfer fee and weekly wage are the only criteria for evaluating the player’s value. The more often they transfer, the greater their gains. There is no time limit or number of times for this solidarity contribution.
“It’s hard for African clubs to get rich, so European clubs are scooping up the decent players. There are too few players who can make money, so the clubs here can’t grow in size. In the Brazilian or Argentine leagues, there are quite a few clubs that have become rich by exporting players.”
Kishin never thought he would have to face economic logic even after becoming a professional soccer coach. In the end, it seems difficult to escape capitalist logic no matter where or what you do. However, thanks to these agents, European clubs can easily find good players.
Kisin said he would rather watch the players’ training than the game. The excuse that he considered the players’ training attitude was important when watching them worked. Kisin watched the players one by one while occasionally talking with Eric Hunter. There are quite a few good players, but they are lacking in many ways by Premier League standards.
Cha Beom-soo and Kim Si-woong also suffer a lot from physical issues. Cha Beom-soo is smaller and weighs less, and Kim Si-woong is lacking in physical combat. His physical combat skills have improved, but he lacks aggression. The reason why Wang Hui, who was always gentle, achieved results beyond his ability is because he deeply engrained and practiced Gi-shin’s first advice: that you can defeat your opponent only if you win physical combat.
Kim Si-woong is much better in terms of overall defensive ability and stability, but he seems to be inferior to Wang Hui because of his physicality. In terms of physical condition, Kim Si-woong is a little weaker than Wang Hui. If his bones become thicker and he gains more experience, he will likely be able to compete for a starting position in the Premier League.
Most of the players here lack physical ability and seem to have a hard time surviving in the Premier League. They are mostly fast and skilled players who mainly target the French league. After watching the players train for a while, Kishin asked them to go somewhere else.
“Let’s go towards the goalkeeper and defenders.”
There is not much difference in the physical battles between the Premier League and the Championship. The physical battles in the Championship are actually more intense. However, the Premier League has a fast tempo, diverse tactics, and each player’s ability is outstanding. Notts County, as a weak team, has to play a counterattack-oriented strategy, so they do not plan on investing in the attack unless they have a solid player.
The goalkeepers were in good physical condition, but none of them had potential beyond the two I saw last time. And their attitude toward training was not very serious. After watching for a while, I walked to where the defenders were training.
– Nice, age unknown, height 186, weight 92
– Current ability 21, potential ability 79
– Position: Central defender
His ideal weight is 92kg, but he looks to be under 80kg now. I waited a little longer and saw five major stats. They are rather miserable numbers: defensive positioning 1, man-to-man marking 2, teamwork 1, trapping 2, and physicality 8.
‘Even though the visible numbers are lower than Kim Si-woong’s, the fact that his current ability is higher means that his physical ability is that much more outstanding.’
“Can you speak English?”
“Of course, I practice English hard every day. I’m nice.”
When it was time to take a break from training, Kishin approached Nice and spoke to her. The man of unknown age wanted to know what was going on.
“I’m Kishin, how old are you?”
“I don’t know my age. I don’t know my father or mother. My name is Nice, mine.”
It was understood that he was an orphan, so his age was unknown, and that he had given himself the name Nice.
“What position does Nice play on the team?”
“There is no nice team. Everyone hates nice.”
Since his teamwork is 1, it seems he doesn’t have a favorite team. Kisin didn’t dislike Nice, who always had a smile on his face. He’s training hard, but it’s not working because he’s doing the same training as everyone else. He needs to build his body first and train accordingly.
After lunch, we headed to the midfielders’ training ground in the afternoon. However, there was no player better than Gray, let alone Cha Beom-soo. The staff guiding the team also didn’t have high expectations because it was a Premier League team. And the coach himself came and watched the training for a short time.
I went back to the defenders’ training ground and talked to Nice.
“Why is your name Nice?”
“I always smile when people say nice. I want people to smile when they see me.”
“Okay, nice. I’m here to bring you a player. If you don’t mind, I’d like to take you to England. What do you think?”
“Scout? You look so young.”
“He’s the manager. He’s the manager of the Premier League team Notts County.”
Nice opened his mouth and eyes wide and looked at the god. Eric, with his dignified charm, seemed more like a director.
“There are two problems. First, I need to know your age. And I need to know your identity.”
In Africa, there is no big problem even if you do not have a clear identity. Even contracts are protected by law. Of course, it is not the contract itself that is protected, but the agent company. They pay a lot of taxes and have good relationships with those in power, so they are an extra-legal organization in Ghana.
The agency gave up the rights to Nice for ten thousand pounds. His bone age was measured and he was 17 years old. The agent recommended that it would be better to adopt him in a European country rather than to establish his identity in Africa. They prepared all the documents related to Nice’s adoption for a fee of four thousand pounds.
After discussion, Eric Hunter decided to adopt Nice. If he were to meet adoptive parents who only care about money, it could hinder his career as a player. Richard Hunter got his wish in a way he never imagined. His wish to have a younger sibling.
“Nice, you’re going to be a nice hunter soon. And you’ll have to eat meat every day. Can you stand it?”
Nice must first build his body. In the process, he must stay away from carbohydrates and eat only meat that is not properly seasoned.
“I love nice meat. I can eat it every day.”
Nice had no idea that he would be forced to chew meat like rubber. He had no idea that he would be shedding tears of pain instead of joy while eating meat. Originally, he had planned to go to Mexico with Eric, but Kisin had left first, and Eric had decided to go to Mexico after solving all of Nice’s problems and observing the situation.
“Eric, we need more partners in Africa.”
Kishin doesn’t watch players for a long time and then decide. So the more partners, the better. However, there are not many safe countries in Africa, so there are no agents who can see as many players at once as these people.
“It would be better to spend some money and bring in players from small agencies or youth teams from other places here through them.”
Notts County decided not to recruit many players this season in order to expand their stadium. They had fallen to 16th place in the league at the beginning of the season, and there was little chance of promotion. The team also did not show a promising performance. Because they had planned and carried out the expansion of their stadium in advance, they were not in a position to spend a lot of money on players even after being promoted to the Premier League.
“It’s hard to find players who can play in the Premier League right now. So we need to look at the long term and recruit a lot of young players with potential from Africa or South America.”
The advantage of the technology is that it can be used to check the player’s potential and suitable position in numbers. The disadvantage is that it is difficult to judge whether this player can fully realize his potential. Therefore, the goal is to find as many gemstones as possible in South America and Africa, which are the sources of gemstones.
The presence of Javi Hernandez made this idea possible. Last year, he showed his ease by coaching Hector, Kim Si-woong, and Renault alone. If you just assign two assistants who understand what you are saying, there is no problem with having more players.
After seeing off Gisin, Eric Hunter started the process of adopting Nice. It took some time to prepare the necessary documents, such as Eric’s income and criminal record. It was impossible to get the documents in one day with money like here. While spending his free time, Eric thought about Gisin.
Although he is only the team manager, Kishin is devoted and works hard for the team like a club owner. The company is covering all the expenses in Africa and the cost of going to Mexico. Eric is also very devoted to Notts County, impressed by his passion.
Kishin is a quest to win the Champions League, so he doesn’t consider the gains and losses, but only the gods of another world know about it. Thanks to Kishin’s dedication, the loyalty of the club’s staff and players is much stronger than Daewoo. Kishin has become the core that gathers everyone’s strength without even knowing it.
“Coach Ki, you’re really amazing. I almost regret retiring.”
Marco sighed that he had missed a golden opportunity to play in the Premier League. Gisin shook his head as he looked at Marco who had gained weight.
“Marco, it seems like you don’t work and just play all day long?”
Marco shook his head vigorously.
“I got like this because I worked too much. We can’t get anything done here without alcohol. Let’s have a drink together today to adjust to the time difference and then start working tomorrow.”
He was a genius who neither suffered from jet lag nor got drunk. But he didn’t mind drinking and chatting with Marco.
“I recently discovered a really crazy kid. He’s 14 years old and he’s incredibly fast. But he’s not even 160cm tall and he’s only interested in playing central defender. He insists on having his contract stipulated as central defender and not any other position, so no one can sign him.”
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