Before arriving in France, Xiao Yu almost took the wrong plane, because he almost went to Rouen, a famous city in France and once the largest city in Europe, but the destination of Xiao Yu's trip was Rouen, a small town near Lyon.

Rouen and Louhans are two very different places, Xiao Yu does not know French, so I don't know how to pronounce it, but according to the Chinese translation, one is called Luen and the other is called Luen, which should be very close.

Rouen is a small town with only a few thousand people, a bit like the countryside on the outskirts of China during the later urban development in Xiao Yu's memory, with convenient transportation and the intersection of many major highways, so the economy here has also developed and gradually formed a small town.

Xiao Yu is used to being in Manchester, and coming to this kind of place feels special.

The purpose of his trip was to find a club called Rouen, a semi-professional team that was promoted to the French second division last year but was brutally eliminated this year.

Transferring to a bus from Tourny all the way into Rouen, Xiao Yu got off the bus and stopped a taxi on the side of the road at the station.

"Do you know how to get to the Rouen club?" Xiao Yu asked in English.

The taxi driver looked at Xiao Yu a little strangely, and after realizing that he was a foreign tourist, he was relieved, and nodded: "Of course, here, who doesn't know the Rouen team!" ”

Xiao Yu immediately got into a taxi, and then let him carry it.

"Where are you from? Fans? "Obviously, taxi drivers everywhere are the same, they like to make small talk while driving, especially when they meet foreign tourists, they are more curious.

So is Jim, and so is the taxi driver who is sitting in front of him!

"From England!" Xiao Yu replied lightly, he was indeed a little tired after taking such a long distance in the car.

Sometimes he'd like to leave it to his subordinates, but they're all going their separate ways now, and Boas has been running around England to gather all the information he can about his opponents this season.

He collected more than just guessing who the opponent's starting line-up was, but also the footage, the strengths and weaknesses of each player, and even their left and right foot proficiency, and then compiled them into several reports for Mourinho, the coaching staff and the players.

This is a big project, Xiao Yu originally planned to arrange a few more assistants for Boyas, but the latter shook his head with a wry smile.

"This is the work of a spy, sometimes there are too many people and it is tiring, so it is convenient for me to go alone!"

Then he began his journey of collecting English teams.

This also made Xiao Yu understand that football is no longer just about things on the football field, more often, off-field factors have begun to determine everything on the field, and Mourinho wants to master all the off-field factors into his own hands, and dominate the victory or defeat on the field as much as possible.

Walsh was going to get busy with club membership.

At present, the club has more than 40,000 members, which can allow the club to get more than 400,000 pounds of annual membership fee income, but this money is not taken for nothing, the club has to make some exquisite gifts every year, as well as the team's team magazine, fixtures and other things to mail to fans.

This year, New Manchester United will also hold a series of member discount activities such as season tickets in random lottery on the Internet to attract more members to join.

In addition, the new Manchester United will also sign a shirt sponsorship contract with Umbro, which was acquired by Xiao Yu, the contract is worth 50,000 pounds, and it will only be signed for one year, and Walsh is also looking for sponsors near Newton Heath.

Although he has a certain amount of income after entering the professional league, Xiao Yu's investment is definitely still needed.

Xiao Yu sat behind thinking about his own affairs, and the driver driving in front of him was gushing about the Rouen club he was familiar with.

"Master, have you heard of Arau Diarra?" Xiao Yu suddenly interrupted the taxi driver's words and asked.

"Aarau Diarra?" The taxi driver thought hard about it, "Of course, a big black man, very strong, very good runner, but he only played two games for the team last season, I still remember one of them was against Chateauroux in the relegation battle, and he came on as a substitute for 25 minutes, and his performance was okay, but Chateauroux is also an unlucky club, just like us in Luen!" ”

After speaking, the taxi driver quickly diverted the topic again, this time he talked about how the club of Chateauroux was unlucky, it was originally a club in Ligue 1, but after relegation, he could only play in Ligue 2 with Luen last year, but who would have thought that they had formed a bad brother with Luen.

"Who would have thought that Chateauroux, who was considered a promotion favourite before the season, would be relegated to the French National League with Rouen after the season? Are you unlucky, you say? The taxi driver laughed a little gloatingly.

Xiao Yu couldn't help but laugh, he could see that the taxi driver still had some feelings for the Rouen club, but it was a pity that Rouen was relegated, and he was sad, so he could only comfort his soul by making fun of Chateauroux.

Although he is middle-aged, his feelings for football are still pure!

But at that moment, he suddenly remembered Florent Malouda, the left winger of Chelsea in his previous life, a very strong player, he seems to be playing for Chateauroux at the moment, and now Chateauroux has been relegated, so where is he?

Thinking of this, Xiao Yu immediately picked up the phone and made a call back to the UK to let the people in the club know about this matter.

If Malouda can be won, then it doesn't matter if Wright Phillips comes or not!

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Founded in 1970, Rouen played in the lower divisions of France until 1995, when they had a chance to be promoted to Ligue 2, but after three seasons the team was relegated again, but only a year later, last year, they were promoted from the national league.

Originally, fans thought that they could always stay in Ligue 2 for a few more years this time, but who would have thought that in just one year, they were relegated back to the national league, and last year in order to relegation, they spent a lot of money to recruit them, and the club's finances are currently in trouble.

As a result, the club had to sell several of its elite players to cash out to help the club tide over the difficulties.

When the owners of the Rouen club saw Xiao Yu, they immediately knew that it must be their own players who were taken by the other party, which should have been a less pleasant thing, but it seemed like a lifeline for them.

I believe that if they can, they would like to see the players in the team who can't play and don't contribute much to the team at the moment to be taken away in exchange for a large amount of cash to save their current predicament.

Aarau Diarra is not the main player of this team, but he is a very talented star, in Xiao Yu's previous life, when he played the game of FM Football Manager, he liked to buy this player, so he knows a little about his professional experience, and knows that he should transfer to Bayern Munich's academy this summer.

Joining the giants at the age of 19, Aarau Diarra did become famous earlier than several other Diarra, but he did not get any first-team opportunities for Bayern for two years, and could only represent the second team in the regional league, and performed well, so he was favored by Liverpool in 2002.

However, Aarau Diarra was also denied a chance at Premier League giants Liverpool, and was loaned to Le Havre, Bastia and Lens in Ligue 1, and it was with his outstanding performances in Ligue 1 that he was selected for the national team, and Lens finally decided to bring him back to France from England.

After making a name for himself in Lens, Arau Diarra played in the 06 World Cup in Germany and moved to Lyon, but was not given the opportunity and soon moved to Bordeaux, where he was given the captain's armband and was named in France's squad for the World Cup in South Africa.

Such a player is now unable to play at Rouen FC, all because Rouen's relegation situation in Ligue 2 last year was too precarious, so they did not dare to easily appoint newcomers with no professional experience, which led to Arau Diarra not getting too many opportunities and could only watch the team be relegated.

When he heard that there was a team from England who wanted him, he was immediately delighted that although the new Manchester United were a fourth-tier team in England, they were professional, not like Rouen, who had to sign him a part-time contract, while Xiao Yu assured him of a place in the main team.

Kidding, there are a total of 24 teams in League C, with 46 league games alone in each season, plus the League Cup, FA Cup and Pioneer Cup Winner's Cup, which means that around 60 games are played in a season.

According to Mourinho's plan, the club's first-team staffing is about 23-25 players, which means that every player in the first team will get enough opportunities to play.

After listening to Xiao Yu's words, and looking at the current situation of the Rouen club, Aarau Diarra didn't think too much, especially in the new Manchester United club, there are still many French players, which makes Aarau Diarra not have to worry about his adaptation.

In this case, the Rouen club did not set up too many obstacles for the transfer of a part-time player, and after talking to Xiao Yu, they happily let go of Aarau Diarra for 60,000 pounds, and the latter also signed an agreement with Xiao Yu on the same day, and the specific contract could not be signed until he went to Manchester for a medical examination.

After signing Arau Diarra, Xiao Yu did not leave France, but returned to Lyon, and then went directly to Chateauroux, because the club personnel in Manchester had already learned that Chateauroux had indeed been relegated to the French National League.

Like all relegated teams, some potential players in Chateauroux's team have also been spotted and taken away by Ligue 2 or Ligue 1 teams, but Malouda, who Xiao Yu has a fancy, is not among them.

This suddenly made Xiao Yu happy, but he also felt a little puzzled, wasn't he taken away by the Guingamp Club in Ligue 1 this year? Why is it not now?

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