When everyone in the team held a huge championship parade in central London and the whole city was celebrating Tottenham Hotspurs' reversal of Manchester United to win the Champions League, Ye Qiu and Chen Zhong arrived at the White Hart Lane Stadium.

After entering the Bailu Lane Stadium, the two made an appointment to stay at Ye Qiu's house in the evening, and then parted ways.

Ye Qiu went directly to the conference room because the team was about to start taking vacations, and many players had to participate in national team games and European Cups, so many things in the team had to be finalized before the players left the team, such as the players' contract renewal, the team's summer signings and transfers, etc.

Mike Dawson never got a chance at Tottenham Hotspur. Ye Qiu did not appreciate the tall England central defender. He obviously prefers Thiago Silva or Kompany who can hold the ball, so Mike Dawson had submitted a transfer application to the club before.

There are also many teams interested in this English central defender, including several Premier League teams, such as Fulham.

Tottenham Hotspur also opened the green light to the transfer of the local central defender, and Mike Dawson's departure completely announced that Tottenham Hotspur had a complete farewell to the past, because he was the last player under Ye Qiu's command to take over the team, and all the rest were players introduced by Ye Qiu himself.

After selling Mike Dawson, Tottenham Hotspur team also had three central defenders, including Hangland, Thiago Silva, and Kompani. In addition, Yaya Toure and Mascherano played as central defenders, they all performed well, so Ye Qiu was quite at ease with the defense.

In addition to the central defender, Tottenham Hotspur may also consider letting go of a player in the midfield, because this summer, the team will definitely introduce a ball handler in the middle, so Ye Qiu is considering whether to sell Lucas.

Brazilian players have made good progress and are also very strong. There is no big problem with playing as a substitute, but Tottenham Hotspur’s current problem is that the middle lane is too bloated, especially if another midfielder is introduced, it will further trigger competition. In this case, selling a player can reduce the team’s salary pressure and alleviate this competition.

As for the frontcourt, Ye Qiu felt that the staffing configuration was the best in the team. Ribery, Messi and Ashawen were on the side, Gareth Bale made rapid progress, and Ashley Young performed well as a substitute. This configuration made Tottenham Hotspur’s frontcourt staff very abundant, which is the most reassuring part.

The combination of Van Persie, Cavani and Carroll on the front line is also reassuring. Van Persie and Cavani are two forwards that Ye Qiu relied heavily on, and Carroll's existence can enrich the team's offensive methods, so the entire forward line configuration is also very satisfactory.

In general, Tottenham Hotspur will continue to use the strategy of last season. Except for the midfield to supplement and adjust, there are no other positions to ensure the stability of the team, especially the offensive end, and then further adjust the defense.

The development of a team is dynamic, because the players' strength, status and age are constantly changing, so the overall strength of the team is constantly changing. When the head coach builds a team, he should also follow this trend, rather than wanting to challenge it or take risks.

"While we won the Champions League, Arsenal also completed two transfers, one of which was to allow Flamini to transfer freely to AC Milan, the other was to introduce French young player Nasri, and also to take back Mexican striker Carlos Bella who was on loan."

At the beginning of the meeting, Peter Kenyon introduced to all those attending this high-level meeting the current transfer market and the situation facing Tottenham Hotspur.

"Framini's departure has a significant impact on Arsenal's midfield. Whether it is Diaby, Denilson or Alexander Song, he cannot play the role of Flamini last season. His departure has a great impact on Arsenal's midfield, especially in defense." Ye Qiu gave his own judgment.

Flamini performed very well last season, and it was even rumored that he would be selected for the Premier League season's best team. Otherwise, AC Milan would not have liked him, so his departure and Gilberto Silva's aging will definitely make Arsenal's midfielder vacuum.

There are also reports that Wenger may attack several veterans of the team, including Gilberto Silva, Lehman and other players, will be forced to leave the team. In this way, Arsenal will inevitably usher in a round of turmoil and uneasiness in the new season.

Nasri's introduction should be able to strengthen Arsenal's front-court attack strength, especially in terms of technology and ball control, but how to solve Arsenal's midfield defense is a problem, especially considering that Galas is one year older and Sendros is overwhelmed, Arsenal's problems are still many.

"Manchester United's young centreback Gerrard Pique was sent back to Barcelona, ​​and your previous news was correct." Peter Kenion looked at Ye Qiu, "Barcelona has indeed had contact with Messi and Fabregas in private. They obviously hope to recall this group of talents lost to that year."

"Can they pay?" Ye Qiu asked with a smile.

According to Messi and Fabregas' performance last season, the combined transfer fee of the two players is only 100 million yuan, at least 70 to 80 million yuan, right? Does Barcelona have that much money? Not to mention that Barcelona wants to buy it, is Tottenham willing to sell it?

Given the current situation of Tottenham Hotspur, selling Messi and Fabregas, whoever sells it is a fool

So, in theory, their value is just like this, but in fact, unless it is sky-high price or pressure from players, it is impossible to complete such a transfer.

After hearing Ye Qiu's rhetoric, Peter Kenyon smiled, "They have no shortage of funds, but if you want to buy Messi and Fabregas, you still have a little less."

Tottenham Hotspur just won the Champions League and is just popular. Coupled with the performance of the past two seasons, if you want to introduce these two players, any one of them will have a net worth of more than 50 million, especially Messi and Maradona II's title is worth? In addition, how much is the second goal in the Champions League final?

"The situation in Barcelona is not optimistic at the moment. Chairman Laporta has been impeached. The opposition is very dissatisfied with Laporta's current situation in the past year and has requested a referendum on the presidential election in advance. So now Barcelona is most eager to sign up for the most is not the new head coach Guardiola, but the chairman Laporta."

Ye Qiu didn't find it strange because it was the feature of two member-based clubs, Barcelona and Real Madrid.

When the chairman encounters a crisis of trust, he tries every means to strengthen his appeal by introducing stars and thus stabilize his position. Florentino, now Calderon, or Barcelona's Laporta were all like this.

"Barcelona has a lot of ambitions, Messi, Fabregas, Alves, Mascherano, they have a big appetite and almost just want to poach half of our lineup." Peter Kenion sneered.

As long as it is a little more normal, no one who is a little rational will believe Laporta's remarks. Messi and Fabregas need not say much. Alves' worth is at least about 40 million euros. Mascherano is the captain of Tottenham Hotspur. For this reason, the Argentine's value will not be lower than Alves.

If you want to introduce four players at the same time, haha, if you can introduce one, you have to burn the incense.

"By the way, Peter" Ye Qiu suddenly thought of something, "I heard that Barcelona is contacting Chelsea's Deco?"

"Yes," Peter Kenyon nodded, "It is indeed to introduce Deco."

"Their goal must not be Fabregas. I can only say that the fool's feelings were squandered by them."

When Ye Qiu scolded the fool, his tone was not sarcastic, but full of pity. He knew very well that the connection between Barcelona and Fabregas and Messi was endless, because they had lived together for so many years and had a close relationship.

Barcelona seems to be using this relationship to make a fuss, at least to use it to create some public opinion.

The introduction of Pique can only be regarded as a civilian signing. If you want to maintain your position, Barcelona must make a major signing. The first thing you consider is a superstar.

"I also heard that Guardiola doesn't like Etoo. After sending Ronaldinho away, the African Cheetah has become the next target of disaster, but Barcelona wants to introduce a high center forward, who is interested in Ibrahimovic and our van Persie."

Ye Qiu can understand that using Etoo to exchange Ibrahimovic in his previous life was passed since Guardiola came on stage, but it is said that the operation was not going well in the first season, which led to the operation being stranded. Even Guardiola and Barcelona themselves did not expect that they would win the triple crown that year.

By the summer of 2009, the exchange and transfer had entered a substantial stage, and with Guardiola's insistence, it was finally completed, but Barcelona also completed the most famous player exchange in the club's history with the worst losses.

"If Barcelona really calls to buy Van Persie, tell them to exchange Iniesta for money," Ye Qiu smiled and explained to Peter Kenion.

Tottenham Hotspur needs a ball handler in the midfield. In Ye Qiu's opinion, the best player in today's football who can make deep progress after getting the ball in the midfield is Iniesta. He has a rare combination of people and balls in the world. Even when facing intensive defense, he can perform at a very solid level.

Kaka is also an expert in deep advancement, but Kaka's characteristics make him effective in counterattacks. However, Tottenham Hotspur is now in a high-level defense. If you want to cooperate with Kaka, you must retreat the defense line. In this way, the team's entire offensive system will completely change.

To put it simply, Messi's threat will be greatly reduced, and Ribery's way of playing football will also change. Ye Qiu even felt that if he really played like this, Gareth Bale might perform even more outstandingly, because the Welshman's sprint speed is amazing and the effect will be greater in counterattack tactics.

Sometimes it is one thing to prefer the head coach, but whether the players are in line with the overall team's tactics is another thing to do.

The introduction of Kaka can indeed create momentum, but let alone whether Kaka agrees to transfer to Tottenham Hotspur. Even if he transfers, how much is his worth? What is his salary? The key is that after introducing Kaka, the team's salary structure will be broken, and core players such as Ribery and Messi will also ask for a salary increase. What should I do?

It can be said that introducing superstars is like pushing down dominoes, and the chain reaction caused by the reason is worthy of being alert.

Looking around the world, after Chelsea introduced superstars, Abramovich now regrets that he can't beat his chest and vomit three liters of blood. Besides Real Madrid and Barcelona, ​​who else would risk introducing popular superstars?

No

It’s not that other teams are fools and do not understand the value of superstars, but that as long as any team wants to operate healthily, they cannot afford the price of introducing superstars.

Even Ye Qiu had this feeling in his previous life. As the chairman of Real Madrid, Florentino did not like Cristiano Ronaldo, whose ex Calderon focused on introducing. He must have thought of taking Cristiano Ronaldo, but the problem is that no one took over.

Never believe those media rumors, but should pay attention to whether anyone has taken action

Even Manchester City, which is rich enough to rival a country, deliberately avoids top superstars in signing players, but instead introduces a group of powerful stars of around 20 million to 40 million euros because they know the heavy price to pay for introducing superstars. Chelsea is the lesson for everyone.

When no one is willing to take over, Real Madrid can only adopt a team-building method with Cristiano Ronaldo as the core, and at the same time, they have to carefully accommodate his unhappiness from time to time and even salary requirements, because Real Madrid has no choice at all, and this is the price of introducing superstars.

Of course, this does not mean that Cristiano Ronaldo is not strong enough. On the contrary, he is definitely one of the best superstars in Ye Qiu's previous life, so Florentino compromised with him.

But sometimes we have to calculate whether the efforts and gains are proportional?

Perhaps it should be said that it is impossible to consider giving or gain when introducing superstars. It is a game for the rich. We can’t afford to play silk teams like Tottenham Hotspur.

On this point, Ye Qiu, as the club's chairman, is completely consistent with the club's CEO Peter Kenyon, and they both insist on the principle of not introducing superstars.

"In addition to Barcelona, ​​Real Madrid, AC Milan, Inter Milan and other teams have set their sights on our players, including Ribery, Alves, Vargas, Messi and Fabregas.

Just as Peter Kenyon finished speaking, Ye Qiu sneered, "This group of local tyrants are planning to shear the wool."

Nowadays, European giants are eager to directly divide Tottenham Hotspur. After all, this team's lineup is too dazzling. Whether it is the offensive players in the frontcourt or the organizers in the midfield, it is difficult not to appreciate it. Many of them are rare types that are currently short of European football, such as Fabregas and Mascherano.

Fengshui has changed. In the past, it was popular for offensive players in the frontcourt, but now in the past two years, central defenders are short of, and the value of defenders has also increased. With the rise of the ball-control genre, the core of the midfield organization has also received great attention. In addition, there are also the back-level problems that have plagued almost all European giants, so the back-level midfielder is also highly valued.

No matter which position you are, you can find high-quality products in Tottenham Hotspur team. It is conceivable that this momentum of dividing Tottenham Hotspur will continue.

"This summer, our top priority is not signing, transfer, or anything else, but to retain this group of players in the team. We are not Arsenal and we don't need to rely on selling people to live. We have a longer-term goal, so ensuring the team's combat effectiveness is the prerequisite for all the club's operations.

Peter Kenyon and all the executives present nodded frequently after hearing this.

"According to the preliminary estimates of the Finance Department, in the next year, even if we pay 100 million euros of new stadium construction funds, we can still withdraw about 20 million euros of funds as transfer fees without affecting the team's operation.

For Tottenham Hotspur, this is already a very, very difficult thing. Fortunately, the 100 million euros will be until September. If it is in July, it will inevitably affect the team's transfer policy, because at that time, the funds from sponsors such as Adidas and Vodafone have not yet been in place.

It must be clarified here that Ye Qiu is rich, but he never takes the initiative to say that he should inject capital into the team, because Tottenham Hotspur’s current finances are very healthy and there is no foreign debt, but if Ye Qiu injects capital, it is debt.

Moreover, Ye Qiu doesn't want Tottenham to always rely on his own investment, but hopes that the team can take on their own profits and losses and operate in a healthier way. Otherwise, professional football is a bottomless pit, and no matter how rich your wealth is, it will not fill its stunning appetite.

Therefore, Ye Qiu had a tacit understanding with Peter Kenyon, unless it was a critical moment when it was forced, for example, the new stadium was about to be funded, but the team could not make up enough money and could not delay it anymore, Ye Qiu would take out the money, but at other times, the team would bear the profit and loss.

Ye Qiu and Peter Kenyon also have the same position on this point.

Ye Qiu nodded, "The next two or three years will be a hard time. I hope everyone can work together to overcome difficulties together. We will win the Champions League this season, and we will continue to fight for the Champions League, the Premier League, and even for higher honors in the future. The achievements we have made today are just the beginning.

"I have enough confidence to work hand in hand with everyone in the next few years to build Tottenham Hotspur into a top-notch team in Europe. A top giant player was born through your efforts."

When talking about this, Ye Qiu smiled confidently and said, "The Champions League last night is a proof."
Chapter completed!