Chapter 23 Pozzo Really Comes

The next day, the entire Notts County team flew back to England, but the next day immediately put into training.

David thought he would have a few days to spare before the warm-up match against Manchester City, but a not-so-sudden event disrupted his plans.

The Pozzo family is here!

The acquisition of Notts County was rejected by David. The Pozzo family planned to spend some time waiting for Notts County to fall into a serious financial crisis before coming to take advantage of it.

But after a summer, Notts County not only did not mean any collapse, but instead became a beautiful landscape in English football.

Damn, God knows where Notts County is spending so much money in the transfer market, you know, even the Pozzo family can't come up with so much cash to lose their family now.

That's right, David's aggressive buying behavior is a loser in the eyes of the Pozzo family. How can a League Two team be worth so much investment!

Although they are unwilling, they already know that Notts County is really not their dish. Since they can't get it into the bowl, don't worry about it.

As a result, the Pozzo family turned to another professional club in Nottinghamshire, Mansterfield City, which is also in the League Two.

Although it is in the same league as Notts County, it does not have as long a history as Notts County.

If there was a better choice, the Pozzo family would definitely not consider this little-known professional club, but now it is really their only choice.

When David got the news that the Pozzo family wanted to take over Mansterfield, the agreement between them had been reached. The owner of Mansterfield went home with a cheque of 600w, and the owner of the club was replaced by Italian.

For the club's change of ownership, most Mansterfield fans are very indifferent, even if the new owner of the club is Italian, because in their opinion, this may be a turning point for the team to come back to life.

You must know that the Pozzo family is the owner of the Serie A team Udinese and has rich experience in club management. If they can continue to invest, let alone relegation in the League Two, it is not impossible to upgrade.

It's better than the way it was before!

As fans would expect, one of the first things Gino Pozzo did when he took control of the club was to announce funding to resolve the club's debt problems and revamp the club's training ground first.

The next action was not as expected by David. Manstfield reached a comprehensive cooperation agreement with the Serie A team Udinese to carry out cooperation and exchanges in terms of youth training and player exchanges. At the same time, 14 Udinese players Players from the reserves or youth teams join Mansterfield on loan.

This move caused an uproar throughout the League Two.

According to the rules of the FA, each team can only have 5 loan places, but this rule is for clubs in England.

For players on loan from overseas clubs, especially clubs in EU countries, it is regarded as a transfer, so there is no quota limit.

The Pozzo family took advantage of this loophole for an almost insane transfer of players. . . . . .

In fact, it is not the FA's fault for this matter. After all, no one has played like this before, controlling two teams in different leagues.

However, David is very clear that in his previous life, it was precisely because of the Pozzo family's exploiting behavior after entering Watford that the FA Ma Shan introduced new regulations to fill this loophole.

And now, the FA is also busy, because all the League Two teams are protesting.

The reason for the protest is also very simple. If the Pozzo family is really allowed to do this, then the other League Two teams will not have to play, just watch Mansfield upgrade.

Serie A is now the world's first league well-deserved. The strength of the reserve team and youth team players of the mid-level Serie A teams is also stronger than the strength of the players of the English B teams.

By doing this, Mansfield is simply locking in an upgraded spot. You know, even if they introduce so many players, they don't need to run in, because they played in the same team before. David watched everything from the sidelines. Unlike other leaders of League Two clubs, he was extremely eager to see this scene.

When Pozzo came to him to buy Notts County, the contemptuous and arrogant attitude, the almost insulting offer, and the vicious curse when the acquisition was rejected were still clearly imprinted in his mind.

I originally thought that I would have to wait for the Pozzo family to acquire Watford more than ten years later before they could have a chance to take revenge on them.

And regardless of the entanglement between David and the Pozzo family, Manstfield itself is also the mortal enemy of Notts County, so there is no need to worry about it.

Originally, Notts County had no grudges with Manstfield, because there was not much intersection between the two. At that time, Notts County's mortal enemy was only Nottingham Forest across the river.

However, Notts County does not live up to its expectations. It has been lingering in the lower leagues all the year round. It is difficult to meet Notts County, its arch-rival. Instead, it often deals with Manstfield. Repeatedly, the hatred is established, and Mansfield suddenly changed from a passerby to a passerby. Become an enemy, and the degree of hatred is almost as good as that of Nottingham Forest.

Since the goal is to upgrade the League One, it is really wonderful to be able to step on the same city's mortal enemy to upgrade.

David weighed it in his heart. Not surprisingly, it would not be a problem for Notts County to crush Mansterfield in the new season, even if the opponent player changed from the League Two level to the Serie A reserve level.

But if it can keep Manstfield from upgrading, that is the most perfect result.

The current promotion rules of the League Two are that the top two teams in the league standings are directly promoted, and the remaining four teams from the third to sixth place will participate in the two-round home and away elimination system of the English League B League promotion play-offs to compete for one. Qualification for League One next season.

There is no reason for Notts County not to occupy a place for direct promotion. David does not think that there is any team in the League Two that can hinder Notts County.

Whether the other strong teams that are generally optimistic about the outside world can suppress Manstfield is really hard to say.

Biscuit man Reading reached the play-offs last season, but unfortunately lost, this season is regrouping and is considered to be a favorite for promotion.

Although Stoke City, which also entered the play-offs last season, let go of several main players in the summer, their strength has not declined significantly, and they also have the strength to rush to the top.

There are also teams such as Wigan and Bournemouth who performed well last season, and they will definitely want to make a big difference in the new season.

It is worth mentioning that Brighton, a newcomer to the League Two, was dominant in the League Three last season. This summer, they have also made frequent moves to strengthen their strength in the transfer market. You know, there is no obvious difference between the League Three and League Two. The strength gap, Brighton is considered to be the team most likely to become the dark horse in the new season.

It may not be easy for Mansterfield to break out of the siege and win a place for direct promotion, but it is not a big problem to come to the top six and reach the play-offs.

I hope other teams do better.

David did not watch the match against Manchester City at Meadow Lane, because he had received feedback on the club's CEO recruitment announced by the headhunting company. The headhunting company has found several suitable candidates, and David needs to discuss in detail.

However, during the interview, David found that although the recommended candidates of these headhunting companies had achieved good results in other industries, they did not understand the field of football. This made David feel very scratching his head. Do you really want to go? Other clubs poaching?

Well, the temple of Notts County's League Two team is too small. Since it can't attract enough talents, let's put it aside. Anyway, the team really doesn't have much other than competition and construction. He worries.

Notts County lost the game against Manchester City again. Although it was a bit unexpected, David didn't care. He knew that the last game to be able to draw with Juventus was due to the opponent's carelessness on the one hand and Notts on the other hand. The outbreak of county players, but the reality is that the team still needs to run in and adapt to tactics.

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