That night, Zhang Yang thought about a lot of things and his mind was a little confused. It was normal for a club to be acquired. Many clubs in the English League were acquired. It has just begun and there will be more in the future. In my memory, many Chinese capitals will choose to enter the English football market in the future.

But no matter how normal the situation is or how understandable it is, this news is a bit too sudden and amazing.

Millwall?

How could Millwall be valued? This scene is absolutely not seen in my memory, and Millwall has never been famous.

This may be related to Millwall's geographical location.

Not to mention Millwall's historical achievements, just like the location in the London region, it needs to compete with many excellent clubs: Chelsea, Fulham, Arsenal, Tottenham Hotspur, Charlton, etc. There are too many teams available for investment in the London region, and Millwall can't make any waves in it.

Competitive factors in geographical location also lead to the limited number of Millwall fans, while historical results lead to the rare fans who support Millwall outside the London region.

Fans are the foundation of the development of a club.

If the number of Millwall fans cannot develop, it will be difficult for the club to develop. If foreign capital wants to settle in English football, it will be difficult for it to choose a club that has little impact and has no development.

Then it may be related to the results of the past two seasons!

Zhang Yang is a little proud.

This is the butterfly effect of leading the team to achieve good results? This effect is really too great.

Millwall has achieved amazing results for two consecutive seasons. Last season, he was the English Championship and has ranked second in the Premier League so far this season, and has also attracted a lot of attention from the world.

This may be the fundamental reason why the club has attracted the attention of foreign investors.

It is not surprising that foreign capital chooses Millwall Club. In terms of considering acquisitions, it is much easier to acquire Millwall than other clubs, because Millwall is very small and has not been listed. As long as you buy the shares of a few major shareholders, you can easily become the largest shareholder.

This may be good news too?

As Gligori said at the end, without foreign capital, Millwall can only be a small club, and it is almost impossible to rise in a short period of time. Even if he leads the team to win the league championship and competes for the Champions League next season, Millwall is still just a small club. With the support of his achievements, the club's profits will definitely increase. However, the gap between Millwall and the big club is not some profit, but in all aspects such as club operations, influence, courts, and even youth training system. Several champions cannot solve the problem at all. Even after a few seasons, Millwall still finds it difficult to provide funds to support the purchase of the desired stars.

This is the reality of a small club.

In addition, Mirwall is a joint-stock club. If a large amount of profit is created, other directors will definitely participate in the dividends. Will the directors be willing to take out all the profits and invest in the club?

Very difficult!

Or, it is almost impossible.

This is also reality.

"Maybe there will be a large transfer fee next season?" Zhang Yang kept thinking about this. Until the next morning, he couldn't help but smile bitterly when he thought about it. He didn't know where to go. Will his job be affected if he changed his new boss?

If you can't continue coaching, do you have to change a team?

When he walked into the first team training ground and looked at the hard-working players, Zhang Yang knew that he was overthinking.

No matter what, he is just a head coach!

As a head coach, the club's senior management has changed and has nothing to do with him. What he needs to do is lead the team to achieve good results.

That is his job, and his grades will also be his resume.

When he reaches a certain level, for example, if he leads the team to win the championship, he will enjoy the honors he brings with his results, just like the players!

Zhang Yang wants to get good results than anyone else, because the results are not only related to honor, but also to his future abilities - the head coach module loaded by the system. However, relying on achievements to activate new abilities, only by leading the team to get good results can he have the ability to worry.

This is also the biggest motivation for Zhang Ying.

No matter what happens in the club, his goals will not change. Results are motivation, and the championship is even more attractive. He needs results to lay his honor and make his head coaching career more successful!

Now he is on the road to success.

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The changes in the equity of Millwall Club have not caused any trouble yet, and even the media has not received any news, and the players on the team will not know about it.

Zhang Yang knows the importance of confidentiality.

Although changes in senior management have little to do with the team, there will definitely be some impacts. Many people, including themselves, will take on possible changes, which may affect the mentality of the game.

Zhang Yang didn't think too much, so he led the team to continue moving forward.

On January 24, Millwall played against Fulham at home. The last time the two teams met was in mid-September. The result of the game was one-to-two, and Millwall defeated Fulham away.

That battle was not easy to win.

Fulham's defense is very strong, and his counterattack was good at home, while Millwall was a "first-garde" and was a little uncomfortable with the Premier League confrontation.

It's different now.

The game situation has been reversed. Millwall has a lot of experience and is also a home game. Although Braniff, Smitchell and others have not fully recovered and have only sent half of the main players, Fulham is still not an opponent.

In the 23rd minute, Morris was knocked down by the opponent's player and created a set-piece opportunity. David Livermore used a powerful shot from 25 meters away to help Millwall break through the Fulham goal.

In the 67th minute of the game, Darren Bent received a pass, broke through the opponent's defender, created a one-on-one opportunity, and scored the ball directly opposite the goalkeeper.

This is the second goal.

Millwall also won the game 2-0.

After the game against Fulham, Millwall continued to work in training and ushered in a new round of the FA Cup two days later, with the opponent of Colchester United in the fourth division.

Many media have expressed their regret that "Milwall" is lucky. It is not easy to meet a fourth-tier team in the top 32, and Colchester United is also the only fourth-tier team.

Zhang Yang hopes to meet a good opponent. If he wants to come, it is best to meet Liverpool, Tottenham and other teams. The team's cold wave has not passed yet. Braniff is also injured and sent a half-substitute lineup to play. Losing the game means the end of the FA Cup.

Unfortunately, the opponent is Colchester United.

This is very sad.

Colchester United is even more sad. It is difficult to win any good results in the low-level league competition. If you can continue to persist in the second half, you can create huge profits for the club when you meet the top club. For top teams, the income from a FA Cup is nothing, but hundreds of thousands of pounds are definitely a big deal for the fourth-level teams, and it is enough to buy half of their teams.

It is conceivable how much Colchester United wants to meet a wealthy family, but they only met Millwall.

In terms of season results, Millwall is no worse than the giants, but in terms of influence and economic benefits, Millwall is just a small club and cannot be compared with Manchester United, Arsenal and other clubs.

This is one of them.

The second point that Colchester United doesn't want to meet Millwall is that Millwall's results are too good, and they don't expect to qualify. Especially the bad luck is that the game is still played at Neal Stadium. Every player feels that it's the finish line here and they can't continue to move forward.

The whole team of Colchester United plays with this mentality. It is conceivable what performance it is. Zhang Yang has tried his best to send a substitute lineup. Curtis Weston, Peter Sveley, Barry Kogan, Rudy Clark, all young and old substitutes have appeared on the court, but the gap in strength between the two sides is still very obvious. For a long time, Colchester League had a very difficult pass. In the end, Millwall defeated Colchester United 4-0 at home and entered the quarterfinals of the FA Cup.

When Zhang Yang shook hands with the other coach, he said with a wry smile, "I really don't want to win. I plan to give up the FA Cup..."

Colchester United's head coach is Delan, a 40-year-old short bald middle-aged man. He has a little similar shape to Frederick, but his expression is much more kind. He smiles more bitterly than Zhang Yang. "I can understand. But we are not lucky."

"Yes, we're not lucky."

"There's no way!"

“It’s really distressing…”

Zhang Yang and Delan walked towards the stadium passage with their bitter tastes in the opposite direction.

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The 24th round of the Premier League was held a week later, with Millwall playing against Sunderland at home.

This is a game without suspense.

No one thought there was any suspense before the game. Sunderland's performance was too poor. So far, Sunderland has only won two games and draws three games, and the league points are only a pitiful nine points.

Twenty-three rounds, nine points!

West Bromwich, the second-last in the league, has already scored 19 points, more than twice the points Sunderland has.

Many British media began to gloat, saying, "Sunderland is about to set the lowest points record in the Premier League!"

There are three new teams this season: Millwall, Wigan Athletics and Sunderland.

According to the performance of the three teams last season, Sunderland is actually the best one. They are at the top of the Championship most of the time. Wigan Athletics is second and has always been third in the league. Millwall created a miracle, but he only played good goals for half a season.

When it comes to the Premier League schedule, the ranking order is reversed.

Millwall performed the best and is currently ranked second in the league. Because Chelsea drew with Charlton in the last round, Millwall caught up with two points, only one point away from the first in the league.

Wigan Athletics is still second.

Wigan Athletics has performed quite well and is currently ranked eighth in the league. There is no pressure to relegate at all. If you work hard, you will still have a chance to win a place in European competitions.

Only Sunderland...it's so miserable!

Sunderland is almost certain that he has been relegated early. Although they have not given up, it is certain that the whole team has no fighting spirit. The continuous failure makes them have no confidence to play.

The same goes for this round.

Millwall scored two consecutive goals in the first half with his home advantage. Zhang Yang simply replaced Darren Bent, who scored twice. Bent always felt that he was 'bullying' his opponent on the court.

Next, Josh Simpson and Jody Morris showed their strength.

In the 65th and 72nd minutes of the game, the two scored two goals together, rewriting the score to four-to-zero. Then Morris shot with a hoop from the outside and broke through Sunderland's goal again.

Five to zero!

Many media have begun to sympathize with Sunderland.

Last season, Sunderland and Millwall were both Championship teams. Most of the time, Sunderland was the league champion. They won both matches with Millwall in the first half of the schedule, but in the last round of the league, they were surpassed by Millwall and lost the league championship.

The grudge between the two teams is here.

This season, Sunderland wanted to "take revenge" and was just joking. Millwall and Sunderland fought in two rounds, scoring a total of twelve goals, and they almost regarded Sunderland's goal as their own backyard.
To be continued...