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Surprise
The long wait has finished, the time has come! I saw Yvon Kermarec approaching me from a distance, I felt the relief..
:
"Hello there Mr.Winchester, I'm a bit late, sorry."
Winchester:
"No, no, it's okay. We aren't in a hurry anyway. Sit down and let's start."
Yvon *sitting down*:
"Yes, I know. But that's not the case."
Winchester:
"What is it?"
Yvon:
"I've had a meeting with the directors and the staff members of the club today, we discussed more options for the managerial role. Most of us agreed on one thing, and that is the manager should be experienced enough to take the club to the next level."
Yvon:
"I'm sorry, Mr Winchester. We've decided to not sign you, we will be signing Alex Dupont. He has the experience and has the ability to do what we are trying to do."
Winchester:
"I'm disappointed but I understand."
Yvon:
"I'm also very sorry to have told you to come this far to France. I must book you a flight to wherever you want to go."
Winchester:
"I'm fine Mr Kermarrec, thanks."
Yvon:
"Good luck, I'm very confident you can secure a job one day. You have what it takes."
I was very disappointed but I knew I had to let go and start looking for a club quickly. I started to think about what should I do, I'm in France, I know nobody here, I'm looking for a job and I don't have much money left. I rented a room in a local hotel, where I can sit down and think better.
I picked up my phone to call my personal assistant Alfred Pennyworth
Winchester:
"Hello Alfred, change o-"
Alfred:
"Mr Winchester, you won't believe it!"
Winchester:
"What happened?"
Alfred:
"I've just been told that AS Monaco FC are looking for an inexperienced manager to take the managerial role!"
Winchester:
"Wait what? Why would Dmitry Rybolovlev and his members sign an inexperienced manager?"
Alfred:
"Sir, with all due respect. This is your chance."
Winchester:
"Oh, ok. I got the hint, haha. Where can I meet him then?"
Alfred:
"Do you want me to schedule a meeting with him?"
Winchester:
"Yes, please."
Alfred:
"Al right, give me a minute or two."
Four minutes later
Alfred:
"It's set, tomorrow morning Mr Winchester. Good luck my friend!"
Winchester:
"Thanks a lot!"
I was happy, but I didn't raise my hopes so I won't be disappointed. I was also sure that I'm not the only one who is looking for a job. Success rates are low this time.
The next day(17th of June)
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Right now, I'm here, about to knock Dmitry Rybolovlev's door, I feel nervous, but also excitement is running in my vessels.
Winchester: *knock knock*
Dmitry:
"Come in Mr Winchester!"
Winchester:
"Hello there, nice to meet you!"
Dmitry:
"Nice to meet you too, how are you?"
Winchester:
"I'm good, thanks!"
Dmitry:
"Good, so let's get straight to the subject. As you can notice, Claudio Ranieri left the club and we are looking for someone who is young and willing to spend his career with us."
Winchester:
"That definitely means there is some sort of a project you would like to start with the club."
Dmitry *laughing*:
"I've been told you are smart."
Dmitry:
"Anyways, yes. Simply, we are looking for someone who can do that project for us."
Winchester:
"What's the project?"
Dmitry:
"Mr Winchester, I want this club to become one of the biggest clubs in Europe, I want us to be the favorites to win the Champions League, I want people to start betting in favour of AS Monaco FC. To do all of that, we have to build this club financially and footballistically."
Winchester:
"Sounds like a great project, how do you want to achieve that?"
Dmitry:
"If we play good football, we will grow financially. The manager must play beautiful football."
Winchester:
"That's right."
Dmitry:
"We also want to develop young talents. We've got superb youth facilities and we would like to make the most out of it."
Winchester:
"That's also right, developing young talent will definitely help us in the long term."
Dmitry:
"That's right, but I also want us to sign high profile players. Our squad should be a mixture of youth and elites."
Winchester:
"Signing high profile players will also grow our reputation as a club. I completely agree with this."
Dmitry:
"Exactly. We are also planning on building a new stadium. We have a small stadium and we will need a much bigger stadium to match our future stature."
Winchester:
"This is an exciting plan, I now understand why you want an inexperienced manager, you want them young so they can stay here for the long term."
Dmitry:
"Not exactly, I've already enquired about a lot of experienced managers who are a bit young. None of them agreed with us."
Winchester:
"Why is that?"
Dmitry:
"They want the club to spend more and more. They're demanding a very high transfer budget AFTER we bought too many players. I want this club to start spending the money it generates, not fully depend on my money."
Winchester:
"Al right then. So far I agree with the philosophies. I would like to become the manager of AS Monaco FC."
Dmitry:
"Good, I will talk you later then. I will study the situation and then decide. But first, can you tell me why should we pick you?"
Winchester:
"Simply because I'm sick of watching teams winning trophies whilst I'm jobless.. I want to get right in the action. I know that there are people out there who have been jobless more than me, but last year was very, very slow. I learned a lot in that year and I'm confident that I can use that knowledge in AS Monaco FC."
Dmitry:
"Al right fair enough. Just to let you know there are 3 other managers who applied, so far you are the best candidate!"
Winchester:
"Thanks a lot! See you later, bye!"
Dmitry:
"Bye."
I'm the best candidate so far.. Could this be it?
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Writer's Note:
The introduction to this story is very long and I apologize for that. Hopefully you liked it.
In the next post we will start 
