Chapter 5: We're not going to downgrade

The trees outside the car window quickly receded, and the pastures along the way were full of cattle and sheep, and the green wheat on the farms swayed in the breeze.

It was the second day, and he was sitting on a short bus from London to Luton, and in the window seat, the new Luton manager Gao Bo was looking out the window.

What does it take to be the head coach of a team?

This may seem like a nonsense, but this is something that Gao Bo is currently thinking about.

As the head coach of a team, he needs to manage the team, he needs to arrange the training plan, he needs to direct the game, he needs to balance the dressing room, he needs to bring in the right players.....

None of this can be done with a few cards.

Although Gao Bo has two different life experiences, he does not actually have experience as a head coach.

In this life, Gao Bo was in school until he got his master's degree at the age of 26, and then went to get a coaching certificate, and then found a job as a team coach at Chelsea, and the team manager and the team manager are completely different concepts.

Therefore, Gao Bo maintained the utmost caution about this new job, and in a way, this is the most crucial step in his career as a football head coach!

Become the head coach of a team and then lead that team to good results and build prestige for yourself.

Prestige is one of the most critical factors in the football coaching industry. When Jose Mourinho took over the luxury of the Russian Abu with the aura of a Champions League winner, he could say very arrogantly that he was a special one - he had this qualification, because he was the Champions League winner, and he was the best coach in Europe that year.

If a nobody were to say this in the star-studded Chelsea, the Chelsea stars would have scoffed.

Last night, Gao Bo flipped through a lot of information about Luton.

Luton is located in the south of England, right next to London. The city-named team was founded in 1885 and is nicknamed 'The Hatters' from Luton's early hat-making history. In their early years, Luton played mostly in the lower leagues, and after being promoted to the old First Division in 1982, they competed in the English top flight for a decade, before being relegated in 1992. Luton Town were relegated from the Championship in 2006/07 and relegated to League Two the following year, having been deducted 30 points from the start of the season due to their failure to resolve their financial difficulties.

Thirty points were deducted at the start, which almost allowed Luton to lock up a relegation spot before the season even began!

However, judging from the information provided by David Morton, after a large number of the club's main players were sold, the team's salary space and financial problems have basically been solved, and even David Morton has promised to provide the team with 200,000 pounds of transfer funds.

Now that I think about it, despite the 30 points deduction, the team's situation has basically stabilized, even if the strength has been greatly weakened, at least there are no financial problems..... To some extent, Luton Town was relegated from the first division to the second division, and after selling a large number of main players, the strength is very low even in the second division...

Playing in the second division with such a team is not an ordinary challenge.

The scenery outside the car window has gradually changed from farmland pastures to colorful and beautiful bungalows, and it is getting closer and closer to the town of Luton.

Gao Bo took a deep breath, such a beautiful scenery made him feel good, and the originally nervous mood was immediately filled with ambition.

The bus snaked its way into Luton with Gao Bo.

It is a typical English town, with a population of only about 160,000 people, narrow streets, low houses with red paint.

Luton's accommodation for Gao Bo is about five or six hundred metres from their home stadium, Knilworth Road, a short walk down a path lined with plane trees at Luton's office building at Clearwaterway.

It is said to be an office building, but it is actually a small two-story building with several offices, a gym, and a recovery room.

Such rudimentary conditions naturally cannot be compared with a big team like Chelsea.

The Nilwair Road Stadium has a capacity of about 10,000 people, with only one floor of the grandstands, no roof, and the seats in the stands are uniformly painted sky blue. The grass on the pitch has grown a little because it was not groomed properly after the season.

There is also a stadium without stands on Maple Leaf Road, about two or three hundred meters away from the stadium, which is the venue that the team rented as a training ground.

"That's the Knilworth Stand," David Morton said, pointing to one of the stands inside the stadium, "Opposite is the Oak Road Stand, with the Main Stand on the left and the David Preece Stand on the right. ”

David Morton is a treasure trove of treasures.

Gao Bo glanced at the boss next to him who was the same age as him.

"I heard you're American?"

"I'm American, but I'm also from Luton." David Morton turned his head, "This is my mother's team, I used to watch with her from the stands at Knilworth when I was a kid. ”

"It's the most dangerous time for Luton, Gao Bo." David Morton had a hint of earnestness in his eyes. For him, Gao Bo is his lifeline. 'I know there's not much hope of relegation this season, but I think next season, if we can go back to the second division, Luton should stay in the professional system.'

Gao Bo looked at his boss, his eyes shining: "We won't be demoted!" ”

"What did you say?" Morton didn't seem to hear clearly.

"I said, we're not going to be downgraded!"

David Morton was silent for a moment, and almost everyone said that Luton were an ironclad relegation team, and even the most die-hard Luton fans had to admit it.

Most of the main players have left, and even those players with some strength in the reserve team have gone their separate ways, in order to solve the financial difficulties, David Morton is already exhausted, and it is unlikely that he wants to bring in any powerful players in the next period of time - first of all, he can only scrape together 200,000 pounds of transfer funds, who is enough to buy this money?

If someone else said this, David Morton might think that the other person was just comforting himself, but when he saw the sparkle in the eyes of this head coach his age, David Morton had to admit that this is a guy who is absolutely confident in himself.

It's like.... Mourinho?!

David Morton suddenly looked a little anticipated.

"Relegation or not, I won't put pressure on you this season, I promise!" David Morton stretched out his fist.

Gao Bo also stretched out his fist, and the two fists collided together.

Sunlight shone in obliquely from above the stadium stands, gently spilling onto the lawn.

Young boss.

Young head coach.

The two shadows were stretched by the sun.