Football: The Journey of a Coach

23. A Promise

    The board's trustees have concerns of bankruptcy and liquidation as well as a total disbandment of the team, but if someone is interested in Crystal Palace, if they buy it in its entirety, Crystal Palace still have hope of surviving, it's not just this year that Simon Jordan wants to sell Crystal Palace.

At the beginning of last year, Simon Jordan was already promoting the team. And now it may be in the takeover stage, selling a football club is not like selling peanuts, it can buy right away if it has money. A lot of paperwork is required for the club to change hands.

The Crystal Palace Council is an organization appointed by the Croydon local government, as well as those with ownership stakes. Simon Jordan may hold 80% more Crsytal Palace shares, and the rest is held by Croydon city council itself.

The reason why Wayne Collins can confidently help Daniel to become coach of Crsytal Palace is because he is one of the board members.

Combined with the backlash from local fans in the city of Croydon, the district council and the local government could not remain silent to allow Simon Jordan to take effect. They had already started to encourage the stubborn owner to sell Crsytal Palace immediately. It is estimated that at the end of the 2009/2010 season, Palace will change new owners. Whether it's a local rich man or an American billionaire, the council doesn't care.

“Actually, the situation is not as bad as many people talk about outside." His uncle Wayne explained to Daniel.

“It appears that Crystal Palace has successfully applied for administrative guardianship, and the necessary documents are in place. Just waiting for a deal between the new owner and Simon Jordan himself, about the price of his 80% share ownership." Summarize Wayne Collins, drinking his beer.

Daniel actually doesn't really expect new owners to come quickly, with the new bosses of the team mostly going to have to change the look following the owner's tastes. He hopes at least, Simon Jordan will stay until the end of the winter transfer. So the new boss will wait until the new season to start his show of strength.

After all, the current football industry has started to enter the stage of money wastage, and all kinds of transfer fees are soaring. Since Russian billionaire Roman Abramovich took over Chelsea. And now that the Conglomerate of middle east origin is coming to Manchester city, the price of players is soaring high.

Crystal Palace have not produced much in recent years, the main reason being Simon Jordan himself. He as the owner instead of giving a lot of capital to Crsytal Palace, instead selling the team's mainstay players for the money that goes into his pocket.

But Palace fans cannot point directly to Simon Jordan, because almost all the owners of the club. Whether it's from the premier league or the championship division all the same, they buy the club just for profit.

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December 24, 2009 morning. Wayne Collins took Daniel to the board of Crsytal Palace, with the recommendation of former coach Neil Warnock. The board will assess whether Daniel deserves to be head coach of Crsytal Palace.

To make sure he can get this job. Daniel dressed up neatly, dressed in a black formal suit with a blue tie hanging around his neck.

Upon arriving at the meeting place, Daniel is led by his uncle into the. Inside the meeting room were already three people waiting for him.

The first was William Carlton. An old man of his uncle's 60s, the council representative of Crsytal Palace. The second was a bespectacled young man in his 30s, Jack Woods a representative from the local bank where Crsytal Palace owed. And lastly the owner of his own club Simon Jordan, he for now as the owner deserves to be here.

“ Daniel Ward, you look younger than I thought." The first word came out of William Carlton's mouth when they met.

"I hope this will leave a good impression on you, Mr. Carlton!".

William Carlton was born in Croydon, he has been a fan of Crsytal Palace for decades. Because of his love for the Palace, ten years ago. Carlton nominated himself as the head of the board of Crsytal Palace and has since taken office. He was also the one who pushed Simon Jordan to leave Crsytal Palace immediately.

Right now, the main job he had to do was to increase income and reduce expenses. Actually this is a task that the owner has to do, but because Simon Jordan wants to sell the club. So now he's the one appointed to take care of it.

And hear that it was his uncle who would be entrusted by William Carlton to be the interim manager of Palace, until the new owner decided whether to retain or replace him with a man of his own choice.

Increasing revenue of course sells players, fills holes and pays debts, and reducing spending means reducing club financial spending. High-paying players must find a way to send them out.

" That's right, I want this resolved quickly." Simon Jordan chimed.

“ I am responsible to the bank, and I want to ensure their interest at this meeting." Jack said immediately, after the waiter finished delivering coffee and snacks for all of them.

" You are only 31 years old, and have never handled a professional team before. Are you going to say something to convince the three of us. " William Carlton opens the conversation.

" First of all I will introduce myself, I am Daniel Ward, 31 years old, original and great in the city of Croydon. Ever coached an amateur team and became a school football coach, had A level football certificate." Daniel opens by introducing himself.

" I didn't have the experience of coaching a professional team before, but Mr. Warnock taught me a lot during these few months. Crsytal Palace are a good team, I will put all my energy into making Crsytal Palace known throughout England." Keep Daniel.

From a competitive perspective, he really did not have the experience of coaching the first team independently. In the summer, he worked as an amateur team head coach at Croydon for a period of time. In just ten days, he managed the team well. Armed with the recommendation of Neil Warnock, Daniel can certainly train Crsytal Palace.

Jack Woods is not interested in football, but he still has an understanding of the team. Head coach Warnock is a topic that cannot be ignored. With a word from him that was enough to convince him, because he was here to make sure that Crsytal Palace was still able to pay off a debt of 15 million pounds. Jack doesn't really care who will train to replace Warnock.

Finally, I would like to say that Daniel is a native local. He was a loyal Crystal Palace fan, not much of a hitch from Crsytal Palace's board to stop him from becoming the team's head coach.

" What do you two think is Daniel Ward worthy of being head coach replacing Neil Warnock." William Carlton opened his opinion with two others.

" I'm Jack Woods, as a representative of Croydon's local bank. Approve Daniel Ward as Crsytal Palace coach." Jack said it first.

Simon Jordan, who had just been silent, finally opened his mouth. " Because Warnock recommended it. I don't think it's a problem for him to be Palace coach."

 William Carlton is very satisfied, he wants Crsytal Palace's team to continue the current positive trend in the league. And he has heard a lot that Daniel has an important role to play in the team's rise at the moment. With the brain removed from the Warnock coaching ranks, he hopes Warnock's departure will have no impact on the team.

***

Daniel and his uncle Wayne, have returned from a board meeting and are currently sitting in a restaurant for lunch.

" Uncle, why could they so easily agree to me to become the coach of Crsytal Palace." Daniel inevitably felt confused, why the Palace officials so easily agreed.

" Daniel, what else could stand in your way. William Carlton was just a temporary representative, Jack Woods wanted a debt repayment commitment, and Simon Jordan, he himself already wanted out of Palace. So no one really cares about the new coach." Wayne Collins outlines all the things that bothered Daniel's mind.

" That's how it is?, so they just don't really think of me." Daniel's emotions are triggered.

" Not really, Neil Warnock, William Carlton and myself consider you Daniel. Don't forget that." His uncle's words calmed him down.

" Now you just have to prove that making you Palace coach is not wrong."

" Yes, I'll do that. I'll take Palace to play in the premier league next season. That's my promise" . Daniel said with a serious glint in his eyes.

On December 25th, it is Christmas day in England. Crystal Palace held a press conference, as a Championship team in the Greater London area, foreign media may not have noticed it, but the media in the London area kept a close eye on it. The Times and other newspapers and TV stations sent reporters to attend the news conference.