Chapter 651 Inside Story
I don’t know when it started, but Shian-Ingel began to enjoy the treatment of a senior journalist within the Guardian.
The so-called treatment of senior journalists is that the comments and reports he writes can always appear in the most prominent position, even the front page headlines, and that is, he can open his own signed columns, occasionally revealing some inside information about a certain team and a certain aspect of the desires of those fans.
But these are all false. The real preferential treatment is that he can enjoy a lot of reimbursement for public funds, and he can even appear openly in a famous high-end cafe in London during working hours like now.
Sometimes he doesn't know how he has encountered all this. He even often gets up in the morning, looks at the street-side apartment he just bought, then looks at the newly bought luxury car downstairs of the apartment, and then looks at the fiancée who is sleeping in his bed. He really feels like everything is unreal.
Perhaps, at that time, he would slap himself hard to see if all this is true.
It was as if at this moment, sitting in this cafe in London, in front of him was a cup of his favorite cappuccino. The man opposite was from Spain, a famous Spanish journalist working in the Daily Sports newspaper, Louis Mascaro.
This is the most popular columnist for readers in addition to the editor-in-chief Maria Casanovas of the Daily Sports Daily. He has a very good relationship with many international players in the Catalonia region. Moreover, as the Barcelona team newspaper, he can also get a lot of insider information that outsiders don’t know. Many times they even act as a source of Barcelona’s news channel to help the team dig up some insider information.
Almost everyone knows that Shian Ingle is a die-hard fan of Tottenham Hotspur. When he comes to him, it must be that Tottenham Hotspur has something to do with him. There is basically only one Spanish news related to Tottenham Hotspur, Fabregas
From being fucked with a Barcelona jersey in the South Africa World Cup, to returning to his hometown to hear fans shouting about Barcelona, Fabregas publicly stated in an interview that he hoped to return to Barcelona, but last summer he finally chose to stay at Tottenham Hotspur. The reason was simple, and he was still hesitant.
Perhaps, at some moments, he would be subjected to emotional impulse, but he calmed down afterwards, especially after discussing with Ye Qiu and others in detail, he would become calmer, but all the signs showed that he really wanted to leave London and return to his hometown.
Tottenham Hotspur is in crisis, which is what everyone is passing. Even though the North London team defeated Stoke City at home in the 32nd round of the Premier League, they lost to Manchester United at home in the mid-week Champions League quarter-finals knockout match. At the critical moment, Rooney defeated Tottenham Hotspur.
Manchester United finally eliminated Tottenham Hotspur again with their away goals and successfully advanced to the semi-finals.
This is the only time Tottenham has failed to reach the semi-finals in the past four seasons.
At the same time, in the FA Cup semi-finals, the team was away from Manchester City in the weekend's FA Cup and was defeated by Manchester City. Yaya Toure scored the winning goal, and Phil Jones received a red card.
In just one week, Tottenham Hotspur suffered a defeat on two fronts. What is even more ironic is that the huge gap between the two players Yaya, Toure and Phil, Jones, almost the huge gap between heaven and hell made Tottenham Hotspur fans feel regret and sigh.
Even though he won the league championship with an impressive advantage of 19 points, even if Tottenham Hotspur has an amazing record in the past few seasons, no matter whether it is any European team, everyone can see that this team is in trouble, especially after selling Yaya or Toure.
Some people have begun to sell Tottenham Hotspurs Yaya or Toure to Florentino to sell Maclale, and they even believe that Tottenham Hotspur will repeat the mistakes of the Real Madrid Galaxy Battleship and will start to decline in the next few years.
From the perspective of football industry insiders, this is no big deal.
Almost all top giant teams have their own peaks and troughs. After achieving peak results, they have ushered in a period of troughs. There is nothing wrong with this, not to mention that Tottenham Hotspur was able to stand out in the Premier League with such fierce competition this season and win three consecutive championships with the right advantage. This is itself the strongest and strong proof of its strength.
In Sheen or Ingel's opinion, Tottenham Hotspur is not wrong to let go of Yaya or Toure, because a good separation has always been the standard of this team. Anyone, even Messi, can leave, but this winter break transfer obviously disrupted Ye Qiu's plan and Tottenham Hotspur's plan.
When you perform poorly, there will definitely be some rumors. Many people even start to hype Tottenham Hotspur’s defeat, believing that Tottenham Hotspur will completely lose its combat effectiveness next season. Many teams have begun to hype the news of poaching, but more English media are still watching Tottenham Hotspur’s summer transfer.
In the end, we must maintain the existing tactical situation and introduce a targeted midfielder who can fill the loopholes of Yaya O Toure?
Or should we completely change the general direction, break the existing pattern, and adjust the team's tactics?
You should know that the flowers are not red for a hundred days. The changes brought by Tottenham Hotspur have stimulated others' progress. Now European giants have basically adjusted their tactics, absorbed the advantages of Tottenham Hotspur, and combined with their own characteristics to create a set of their own tactical systems.
For example, Manchester United's Champions League championship last season was precisely what Ferguson mustered up the courage to make huge changes. If Cristiano Ronaldo is not sold, and if Benzema, Sneijder and Las Diala are not introduced, which Champions League can Manchester United have?
With Tottenham's current strength, no matter how it adjusts or changes, no team dares to underestimate it. However, it is very difficult to win the Champions League again. At least Ye Qiu must adjust the team's lineup quickly.
"Shien, have you heard that Real Madrid and AC Milan are also making offers to Fabregas?" Luis Mascaro asked casually, but I'm afraid this is the purpose of his invitation to Shien Ingel?
"Indeed, I received the news that Florentino has been pursuing Fabregas for many years, and AC Milan's participation in the competition has only recently come out, but I don't think AC Milan has enough funds to participate in the transfer of such superstars." Shian-Ingel smiled and commented on the two teams.
Luis Mascaro also felt the same, "So, if Fabregas really decides to transfer this summer as the outside world says, then the most likely thing he is to go to is Barcelona and Real Madrid
"Yes" what Shian and Ingel said are the truth, and it is not a secret. In the words familiar to many people, when Tottenham decides to sell Fabregas, there is no need to put any pressure at all. On the contrary, the hands that have always adopted the idea of refusing and suppressing players' transfers in the past. As long as they relax a little, the player's transfer heart will swell.
Fabregas is going to return to Barcelona, which has begun to sprout since he arrived in the Premier League. It can even be said that his purpose of leaving La Liga is to hope to return to Barcelona one day, especially when he is still behind Iniesta and Xavi in the national team, this mentality becomes even stronger.
After all, only by playing the main role in Barcelona and Real Madrid can we have the hope of competing with Xavi and Iniesta for the main position of the national team. Everyone knows that the Spanish national team is almost invincible in the field of national teams.
It is equivalent to being recorded in history as a result of the main force. It can be imagined that Fabregas's return mentality is strong
After the South African World Cup, if Ye Qiu had not strongly persuaded him to stay and Barcelona was not sincere enough and gave up halfway through, he would have submitted his transfer application long ago, and maybe he would have worn the Barcelona jersey now.
"But I can tell you clearly that Louis, he wants to go back to Barcelona." Shien-Ingle basically did not lie to his colleagues, because this was their intelligence exchange.
Mascaro was not surprised by what Chien Ingel said. Real Madrid is the mortal enemy of everyone in the Catalonian region, a symbol of the Spanish capital, and almost no Catalans are willing to play in Real Madrid.
"By the way, Luis, how is the situation in Barcelona this year?" Sheen-Ingel asked in turn.
Luis Mascaro smiled, "The team is in good condition at the moment. Guardiola is ambitious to make a difference in the Champions League. You know, the league can no longer satisfy him. Now Rossell also wants to complete the work that his ex cannot do. Moreover, Barcelona missed Villa last season because of the election, and the management was under a lot of pressure."
From the perspective of political struggle, Laporta has wanted to introduce Fabregas for many years, but has never been able to complete the operation. Now Fabregas has undoubtedly lost freshness to the Premier League and wants to return to his hometown team and stand in the Spanish national team. If Rossell can introduce this superstar, he will undoubtedly be praised by Barcelona fans.
"However, Tottenham Hotspur's asking price is not cheap," Shihn-Ingel smiled.
Mascaro knew this was a cliché, "Real Madrid really offered a quotation of 60 million euros?
"It's true" Sheen or Ingle is very sure, it's obviously a secret that's not a secret
"Then I'm not sure, Barcelona's bid will be higher than Real Madrid," Mascaro shook his head.
Rossell hopes to put pressure on the club through the players, preferably by pressing the transfer fee. After all, doing so is more beneficial to Barcelona, and the players' feelings are indeed inclined to Barcelona.
"This is why we don't like Barcelona. The transfer operation is too fucked and too petty." Shien-Ingel smiled, but Mascaro couldn't refute it because it was the fact.
Compared with Real Madrid's high-end, atmospheric and high-end quality, Barcelona's signings have always given people a very petty feeling. No matter who they are introducing, they are all scrupulous and even a little bit of omnipotent. They do not have the temperament of aristocratic, which is also something that many Barcelona fans are dissatisfied with.
If Real Madrid is rejected for 60 million euros, you should be more generous and just spend 80 million euros. Don’t sell it?
This is called a wealthy family, this is called a noble family
Barcelona put pressure on players. On the surface, they don’t seem to be involved, but secretly who doesn’t know you are secretly tampering with your hands behind your back? This is called stealing the bell. Don’t treat everyone in the world as fools.
"The thing I want to remind Spanish fans is not to think of Tottenham Hotspur as a sucker. You know, Ye Qiu and Tottenham Hotspur don't care about that little money. Selling the leading stars is a matter of digging out the meat from them. If I try to make trouble on the price, based on my understanding of Ye Qiu, in anger, players will never be able to transfer, and they may even sell to Real Madrid at a low price." Shihn-Ingel's reminder was out of kindness and very serious.
Mascaro also knew in his heart that Ye Qiu was a person with status and status. If he really couldn't get out of Taiwan, anything could happen. So over the years, any team had to do business with Tottenham Hotspurs openly, and no one dared to make any conspiracy.
"If you want to say that little money, Barcelona can also give it all. Isn't it useless to want to acquire Villa's 40 million euros last year? With this year's transfer fee budget, just make up the transfer fee," Shien-Ingle said with a laugh.
Many Barcelona fans praise Rosel, which is actually completely unnecessary, because he may not be much smarter than Laporta. On the contrary, he is not as smart as Laporta in many aspects. Of course, this is not in Quaraporta, but the fact.
For example, many fans believe that Rossel is very good in running the team and has good finances, but you should know how much more financial revenue is than in Laporta's period? How much more advertising is sold on the chest? The team's performance is much better than in Laporta's period, especially in La Liga. There are also many stars in the team, and the revenue in broadcasting fees and jersey sponsorship has increased significantly. If these factors are removed, how much better than in Laporta's period?
According to the inside story learned by Shian and Ingel, when Laporta settled Fabregas before the World Cup, the two sides reached an agreement. It was under this agreement that Barcelona players dared to put a Barcelona jersey on Fabregas after winning the World Cup, causing a jersey storm.
But later, Rossel came to power and faced the 70 million euros offered by Tottenham Hotspur, he chose to give up. He even hesitated for David Tsuya's 40 million euros, which eventually led to Fabregas not coming, Villa also went to Liverpool, and Barcelona fell to nothing at both ends.
But this is not important. What is important is that after he chose to give up, Rossell was still trying every means to use the media and public opinion, using Fabregas to build momentum for himself, and trying every means to shape the player into an impression he wanted to go home, but Tottenham Hotspur left.
In the end, he was forced to do nothing. Fabregas stood up under Ye Qiu's persuasion and said that he would stay at Tottenham Hotspur. At the same time, he revealed his dissatisfaction with some irresponsible remarks from Rossell, which brought the storm to an end.
It can be said that compared to Real Madrid's openness, Barcelona's operating model is worth discussing.
With the defeats in the Champions League and the FA Cup, Tottenham Hotspur failed to complete the outbreak of adversity that everyone expected, and ended in the Champions League for two consecutive seasons.
In the 33rd round of the Premier League, before playing Chelsea away, Ye Qiu faced reporters' inquiry at the press conference, saying that the team has no problems at the moment.
"You know, no team can guarantee that they can win the Champions League every season, or enter the Champions League semi-finals, or even win all the championships. All we can do is to maximize our strength and strive to win every game. This is the only thing we can guarantee
"For the two consecutive seasons of losing to Manchester United, I think Ferguson's team is in a very reasonable and balanced stage now. And we should note that we have the advantage in the second leg of the semi-finals, but we didn't handle it well enough in some aspects, which led to the final kill."
"For us, this is a very valuable lesson | We haven't lost at home for a long time, but this home loss made us clearly realize that we still have many shortcomings, we need to continue to improve, we need to work harder, and we also need to make some changes."
Ye Qiu did not give a face-to-face explanation about what changes would be made, but he told reporters very clearly that the team would introduce the talents needed for the team during the summer transfer.
"We have already had specific goals." Ye Qiu said with great certainty, after all, it has been two or three months.
Many people have analyzed that the players Tottenham Hotspur wants to introduce must be midfielders, and it is very likely to be defensive midfielders, because this position is Tottenham Hotspur’s biggest weakness and deficit now.
If letting go of Yaya or Toure is a surprise change that Tottenham Hotspur encountered, then if the team in the summer transfer has no more statements and no appropriate signings to the midfielder position, then Tottenham Hotspur is going to be a self-destructive person. If the performance is not good at that time, there will be no way to say anything more.
With Ye Qiu's words, media around the world began to hype Tottenham's recruitment targets, almost counting all the famous midfielders in the entire European football world.
Perhaps in the eyes of some players, Tottenham Hotspur cannot let them stay in the team wholeheartedly, but in the hearts of most players in European football, Tottenham Hotspur is undoubtedly their dream target.
Ye Qiu and the coaching staff also began to prepare for the next season in advance.
After all, the league has already won the championship early, and Chelsea also lined up to welcome Tottenham Hotspur at Stamford Bridge Stadium.
Two consecutive seasons, two teams of mortal enemies were welcomed by each other, which was a good feeling.
Chapter completed!