The Mercenary Challenge: Becoming the richest manager in world football. A re-do.

What happened in Europe part 1 (2036-37 season)

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So we played games against Israel and Cyprus in the World Cup qualifiers and we won both of them. And also England won the 2037 Nations League.

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Also we applied for a lot of jobs and got quite a considerable number of job offers but I declined it because of the wages.

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More job offers, more rejections from my side. It could be possible that we stay on as Spain manager for a while.

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It is that time of the year again, it is the 1st of July and we are going to talk about the managerial rich list. It is the same three people even now, Antonio Conte, Jurgen Klopp and Brendan Rodgers. An interesting fact is that Marcelino who was earning the same amount as Brendan Rodgers has retired from football after managing Atletico Madrid for about 7 years. And Jurgen Klopp is now 70 years old on the save so maybe he could quit the Real Madrid job too. So under Conte last season, Inter finished 2nd in Serie A, got knocked out in the Italian Cup semi final against Juventus and got knocked out by Benfica in the quarter final of the Champions League. Under Klopp, last season, Real Madrid finished 3rd in La Liga, lost to Barcelona in the Spanish Super Cup final, lost to Levante in the fifth round of the Spanish Cup and got knocked out by Liverpool in the first knockout round in the Champions League. Under Rodgers, last season, Liverpool finished 2nd in the Premier League, lost to Tottenham in the Community Shield, got knocked out by Bournemouth in the Carabao Cup third round, got knocked out by Manchester City in the FA Cup quarter final and got knocked out by Manchester United in the Champions League semi final.

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So we received some job offers and declined them because of the wages on offer. USA won the Gold Cup. And a player called Juan Carlos Aguirre has made a nationality switch from Spain to Ecuador and will represent their national team.

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We remain unbeaten in the World Cup qualifying games after a win against Malta and a draw against Ukraine. But we have a couple of injuries to deal with and the squad for the World Cup qualifying games in October has been decided. I brought in two youngsters to the squad who are in good form and if you are good enough you play for the Spain national team.

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Shock loss to Israel in the World Cup qualifiers for our Spain national team. That is the big story. We face a fight to qualify for the World Cup now as we are in 2nd place in the group and we need wins against Ukraine and Cyprus to confirm that. I have somehow managed to hang on to the job and this is my first truly big job so it is a huge test.

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So I have been SACKED as Spain manager after 16 months in charge. I had a 60% win rate. I failed to finish top of my group with Spain in the World Cup qualification campaign. And I finished 3rd with 20 points in 10 games. It is honestly heartbreaking. I think I have also failed to qualify for the World Cup. This is absolutely ****. And I just hope someone who offers me decent wages takes me as their manager. Greed has caught up to me over the past 16 years in management. And being the mercenary I am, I will pursue more money on the save. So it continues.

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I have applied for many jobs, I have also been offered many jobs but I refused to take them all because of the wages. I wish Cyprus did not score that last minute equalizer. Maybe I could have stayed on as Spain manager. But I trust the universe. I trust it has something bigger in store for me.

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I have received a few job offers but did not take any of them because of the wages on offer. I will see if there are any jobs available.

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So many clubs approached me, but I refused to take the jobs that are available because of the wages on offer.

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So a few national teams have approached me and I turned down those jobs because of the wages that were offered to me. It will be nice if we can get a job soon.

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So it is that time of the year again. The managerial rich list is as follows. A new name has entered the list after many seasons. Top of the list is Antonio Conte at Inter Milan who is earning 300k pounds per week. Second on the list is Brendan Rodgers at Liverpool who is earning 160k pounds per week. Third on the list is Julian Nagelsmann at Atletico Madrid who is also earning 160k pounds per week. Under Conte last season, Inter Milan won Serie A, they also got knocked out by Roma in the Italian Cup semi final, and they got knocked out by Olympique Lyon in the Champions League quarter final. Under Rodgers last season, Liverpool came 2nd in the Premier League last season, they won the Club World Cup final against Manchester United, got knocked out in the Carabao Cup third round by Chelsea, lost to Norwich in the FA Cup quarter final and got knocked out in the Champions League semi final against Olympique Lyon. Under Nagelsmann last season, Atletico Madrid finished 2nd in La Liga, lost to Real Sociedad in the Super Cup semi final, lost to Real Madrid in the Spanish Cup final, lost to Manchester City in the Champions League quarter final.

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Holland won the 2038 World Cup. We have been unemployed for a little over 8 months now. And I hope I get a good offer soon. I got passed over for the jobs of the bigger nations that sacked their manager after the World Cup, so it is going to be like I will wait for the most appropriate offer to come that I will take.

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10 months without a job, there was a period in between the Benfica B and the UAE job of 18 months where I could not find work on the save. We have to have faith in ourselves that we can find an employment opportunity that matches our wages.

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At least now we are getting job offers, but none of them are matching the wages I had when I was Spain manager.

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