Chapter 15 You're Fired!

Nicola Cortes recognized it was Alan Pardew at first glance, but he didn't expect that this Englishman with a bad temper and arrogant nature would dare to talk back to the new boss right away.

Could it be that Yang Huan was wrong?

Actually, no. Nicola Cortes has also seriously studied the tactical system of continental Europe in the past year. For example, it emphasizes ground coordination, high-intensity pressure and pressing, etc. These are the trends of future football, and are also what many English head coaches, including Alan Pardew, cannot handle.

Yang Huan didn't expect to be refuted. He turned around and saw this middle-aged man with white hair. "Who are you?"

"Alan Pardew, the team's head coach!" He looked at Yang Huan with some disdain.

What qualifications does a nouveau riche from a football-poor country have to discuss football trends? What does he know?

Just because he is rich?

What Alan Pardew hates most is that others doubt him!

Yang Huan sneered, "Are you trying to say that you think everything you believe in is the most correct?"

"I just want to say that we in English football have our own culture and traditions, we don't need to learn from anyone!"

Alan Pardew looked very proud and complacent when he said this.

"Also, although it may be a bit offensive, I still think I should make it clear first. You are the owner of the team, but I am the head coach of the team. You have the final say on how the team is run, but in Staplewood, everything, including player transfers, is decided by me. I am the head coach of this team and the only leader of the team."

"And you, Mr. Investor from China, you should sit in an air-conditioned room and enjoy the victory my team has presented, instead of running to the sidelines of my training ground, intervening and directing my team. That is not something you can show off."

Yang Huan has always heard that some English coaches often have a very strong xenophobic complex. Many of them are still stuck in the glory of English football in the 1980s. They always think that as long as they can get back to the past football style, they can reshape the pinnacle of English football.

But they don't realize that times have changed completely.

Alan Pardew has always been known for his big mouth and hot-tempered and xenophobic personality. West Ham United once specially assigned him a media consultant to cooperate with him in accepting media interviews, but it was useless as he simply ignored them.

The most famous xenophobic remark was that after the match between Arsenal and Real Madrid, he criticized Wenger for not arranging an English player to play, while Wenger fought back and accused Alan Pardew of xenophobia.

"Mr. Padu, Master Huan didn't mean to blame you in any way, he just didn't understand." Nicola Cortes helped Yang Huan explain.

In fact, Yang Huan didn’t say anything, he just asked a question. Is it necessary to make such a fuss?

"I don't mean anything else. I just want to say that everyone should draw a clear line of power. I don't like someone telling me what to do, especially someone who knows nothing." Alan Pardew still had a tough attitude.

After hearing this, Yang Huan did not get angry, but laughed instead, "Is this your way of showing off your power to me?"

"You can totally understand it that way!" Alan Pardew answered confidently.

Among the new generation of head coaches in England, he is considered a well-known young man. In his opinion, coaching Southampton, a League One team, is a kind of humiliation. How could he be willing to be told what to do?

Yang Huan nodded, "Then you can get out!"

"What?" Alan Pardew doubted his ears.

Not only him, but all the staff around him, as well as the players who had stopped training long ago, looked at Yang Huan in disbelief.

"I said, you are fired, get out of Staplewood now!"

Zhang Ning was behind Yang Huan. He raised his head and raised his eyebrows, as if to say, "As expected."

In her opinion, Yang Huan's character is that he is soft-hearted and does not respond to hardship. Not to mention that he had long wanted to fire Alan Pardew, even if he didn't, even if Alan Pardew is now a world-class coach, he would probably have to leave.

Yang Huan doesn't care how good or outstanding you are. Anyone who makes him unhappy will have to leave.

As for Alan Pardew, Zhang Ning can only say that this Englishman has too strong and aggressive personality, and is also too xenophobic.

Yang Huan's possessiveness made it impossible for him to accept giving the transfer rights to someone else.

What else can you say, the only leader of the team.

If Southampton can only have one leader, it must be Yang Huan!

It couldn't be anyone else.

"You fired me?" Alan Padew looked at Yang Huan in disbelief.

"Yes!" Yang Huan answered without hesitation.

"Do you know who I am? You came to me and asked me to coach Southampton. Are you firing me now?"

Yang Huan squinted his eyes and asked disdainfully, "Why? Is it not possible?"

Nicholas Cortes was also anxious when he heard this. "Master Huan, calm down first. We still have a contract with him. If we fire him rashly now, I'm afraid the penalty for breach of contract..."

"What are you afraid of?" Yang Huan stared at Nicola Cortes. "Isn't it just the breach of contract fee? Just give it to him. Just treat it as sending away a shameless beggar! Is he the only head coach in the world?"

"If that's the case, then I'd rather my team not have a head coach than have this kind of rubbish!"

Alan Pardew got angry when he heard this, "Who are you calling rubbish?"

"I'm talking to you!" Yang Huan pointed at his nose and shouted without any hesitation.

"Back then, the Charlton Athletic you led was called the least creative team in the history of the Premier League, so Charlton Athletic was relegated. With Southampton's strength, there should be no problem in at least getting promoted, but what was the result?"

"It's too late to fire a rubbish head coach like you now!"

Alan Padu was ridiculed by Yang Huan and was so angry that he was shaking all over. He gritted his teeth and clenched his fists, which made people suspect that he was going to attack Yang Huan.

The Englishman only felt a flash before his eyes, and Long Wu appeared in front of him without him knowing when, standing between him and Yang Huan.

Although Alan Pardew was furious, he was not a fool. He could naturally see that the bodyguard was very skilled.

"You will definitely regret it. You will definitely regret everything you did today!"

Yang Huan smiled coldly, "If I don't fire you today, I will regret it!"

After saying that, he turned around and ignored Alan Pardew.

England was so angry that he waved his hand and said, "Let's go!"

At this moment, three coaches came out from the training ground. One of them glared at Yang Huan and others fiercely, but the other two looked helpless. However, they all followed Alan Padew away in the end.

"I will make you regret everything you did today!"

Yang Huan always ignores such harsh words spoken before leaving.

Walking directly into the training ground and looking at the players in front of him, Yang Huan once again said something that shocked everyone.

"If any of you want to leave, leave now. I will never try to keep you. You can leave freely!"

Everyone present was in shock; they had not expected things to turn out like this.

There were two or three trusted players brought by Alan Pardew. After hearing what Yang Huan said, they gritted their teeth, turned around and left the training ground.

But most people didn't even move, and just looked at Yang Huan with awe.

Everything Yang Huan did was too shocking to them.

In fact, Yang Huan's logic is very simple. What he wants is a team that is loyal to him. What's the point of those who have become disloyal because of Alan Pardew's departure? Aren't they just landmines in the locker room?

"Very good, I'm glad you all chose to stay. I believe you will not regret the decision you made today!"

Yang Huan looked at the players on the court. Some were very young, some were older, but the look they gave him made him feel very satisfied.

"I declare that the salaries of all the players who stay here today will be doubled. Someone from the team will come over to sign new contracts with you soon!"

All the players present were stunned.

"Double your salary?"

"Really? There is such a good thing?"

"Oh my God, am I dreaming?"

The players were talking about it, while the club's executive chairman Nicola Cortes behind Yang Huan had a wry smile on his face.

The salaries in the English League One are indeed very low, but doubling them would mean that the team would have to pay at least hundreds of thousands of pounds more.

Is this a carrot and stick approach?

"From today on, I want you to remember that you are Southampton players and my, Yang Huan's, players. From now on, whether on the football field or outside the football field, you will always be the ones bullying others. You must never let others bully you. If you are bullied, then fight back. We in Southampton don't want cowards!"

Everyone felt excited after hearing what Yang Huan said, especially the young players who were full of vigor and vitality. They all felt that the new owner of the club was generous and domineering.

"I can assure you that Southampton will make big signings, not only high-level players, but also the best head coach. We will not only reach the Premier League in the shortest possible time, but also play offensive football that will impress all the fans."

"I want to make Southampton the best and most outstanding super club in the world in the shortest possible time!"

Yang Huan's declaration once again boosted the team's morale.

If Alan Pardew's recent dismissal had affected the players' mood to some extent, now that Yang Huan had raised their salaries and made such a promise to them, they all rekindled their hope for Southampton.

"I hope that you will still be on my team by then, and I believe that by then you will be among the best players in the world!"

Yang Huan's words earned him warm applause from the players who stayed on the field.

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After Yang Huan's commotion, and the departure of Alan Pardew and his coaching staff, there was no need to continue training, and all the players returned to the locker room.

"What do you think of this new boss?" A short young man, about 1.7 meters tall and around 20 years old, took off all his clothes in the locker room and asked everyone.

"I think it's good, young and courageous. I have long felt that Alan Pardew's style is outdated."

"Yeah, I find it strange. Our previous style at Southampton was to focus on technique and coordination, but Alan Pardew treated us like track and field athletes and failed to bring out our best."

"Alan Pardew has a bad temper and is always swearing at people. He doesn't know how to respect others. He always brags about how he played in the English top league from a low-level league when he was young, thinking it is very inspiring, but he doesn't know that it makes people feel disgusted."

"Forget it, forget it. He's gone anyway. It would be rude to say anything behind his back."

Before Alan Pardew left, many people in the locker room had opinions about him, but due to the authority of the head coach, no one dared to say anything. But now that he is gone, there is no need for the players to hide their dissatisfaction anymore.

"I hope the new head coach can go for a technical style, preferably a European style." The young man just now looked expectant. "Who do you think the best head coach the boss just mentioned will be?"

"Mourinho!" someone commented.

"Impossible, Mourinho can't play offensive football." Someone immediately retorted.

"It's just that it's totally inconsistent with our team's style."

“Guardiola?”

"Haha, that's even more impossible, he's in Barcelona!"

Southampton, a team of young players, quickly got over the controversy surrounding the change of coach and instead began to enthusiastically discuss who had the potential to become the next head coach of the team.

"Ricky, what do you think?" the young man asked an older player.

Ricky Lambert, 28 years old, is a product of Liverpool's youth training camp and the most loyal Liverpool fan. He joined Southampton last summer and is the team's top scorer.

"I don't know, but when I heard the boss say that today, I really felt that the team was going to undergo a dramatic change."

At this point, Ricky Lambert expressed his strong expectations, "I think we need to train harder in the future to keep up with the team. Otherwise, when the team is really promoted to the Premier League, we may not be able to gain a foothold in the team at all."

Everyone in the locker room heard this and felt the same way.

The Premier League is the stage they most desire in their hearts!

Who in Southampton doesn't want to be able to play in the Premier League one day in the future?

The hope that Yang Huan brought to them today was equivalent to planting a seed in their hearts.

It will take root, sprout, and with time, grow into a towering tree!

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