rossoldiniho
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Today was one of the weirdest in my career in football, it was the day legendary Danish man Michael Laudrup was hired by Swansea City, only to be sacked hours later!
I began the day as usual and everything was perfectly fine up until about 3 in the afternoon, then I received a phone call from the Swansea City chairman...
“Mr Clarke, we would be extremely interested in your services in a very flexible capacity.”
“What do you mean?”
" We want to put Swansea back on the map after Brendan Rodgers left. We would be very interested in your services not only as a direct football consultant for the football club in terms of our youth development, but as the manager of the senior squad.”
“I don’t manage senior teams; I’m 54 years old, I have never been given a managerial position before…”
“We have followed your career, and we know that you are what we need, the missing piece of our puzzle. You can lead us back to the championship, I'm sure of it."
"Anyway Michael Laudrup was just hired weren't he?"
"That was a mistake, a very costly one infact, we feel you're the man to take us forward."
“Well, I can’t say I’m not flattered…”
“We are also willing to offer you a contract of £1,500,000 a year, with personal bonuses dependingon how well we do in domestic competitions.”
“That is an exceptionally generous offer; will you give me time to consider?”
“I’m afraid time is of the essence, we will need a response within 48 hours.”
“Then I don’t need 48 hours. I’m your man.”
“What do you mean?”
" We want to put Swansea back on the map after Brendan Rodgers left. We would be very interested in your services not only as a direct football consultant for the football club in terms of our youth development, but as the manager of the senior squad.”
“I don’t manage senior teams; I’m 54 years old, I have never been given a managerial position before…”
“We have followed your career, and we know that you are what we need, the missing piece of our puzzle. You can lead us back to the championship, I'm sure of it."
"Anyway Michael Laudrup was just hired weren't he?"
"That was a mistake, a very costly one infact, we feel you're the man to take us forward."
“Well, I can’t say I’m not flattered…”
“We are also willing to offer you a contract of £1,500,000 a year, with personal bonuses dependingon how well we do in domestic competitions.”
“That is an exceptionally generous offer; will you give me time to consider?”
“I’m afraid time is of the essence, we will need a response within 48 hours.”
“Then I don’t need 48 hours. I’m your man.”
That was it, I was packing my bags and planning my route to the Liberty Stadium...
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