Chapter 291: Team Soul Battle

Gerrard's clear statement on the issue of renewing his contract with the club immediately caused a strong panic among Liverpool fans, and also made Tottenham and Chelsea, clubs that have been eyeing Gerrard but have always been rejected by Liverpool, finally see a glimmer of hope and dawn to take away the soul of the Red Army from Anfield Stadium!

Especially Tottenham Hotspur, who has always been a thief to Gerrard, after learning Gerrard's attitude towards renewing his contract with Liverpool, George immediately arranged for Marotta to launch a transfer offensive to Gerrard to see if he could seize this opportunity to bring the Reds captain to White Hart Lane!

After receiving George's order, Marotta, who did not dare to slack off in the slightest, immediately took action. Pen | fun | pavilion www. biquge。 However, the Tottenham CEO very wisely did not choose to surprise the snake, so that Liverpool realized that Tottenham was now preparing to launch another offensive against Gerrard, but quietly sent right-hand man Paratici to contact Gerrard's agent Stroon Marshall to ask Gerrard if he had any intention of joining Tottenham!

Although FIFA has repeatedly stated that players are not allowed to have private contact with other clubs without the permission of the club they play for, and violators will be severely punished, but then again, how can any club not have private contact with a player before making a player trade? Who can tolerate the cheating situation of their own club after spending a lot of manpower and energy to settle the club where the target player plays, only to find that the player has no interest in transferring to their side?

So, as long as it's not going too far, this rule that players are not allowed to have private contact with other clubs will not be put on the table in most cases - no one can guarantee that if you use this rule to scold someone this time, they will not be turned back in the same way next time.

Of course, even if Steven Gerrard had the idea of leaving Liverpool and pursuing another career at a more powerful club, he would not necessarily choose Tottenham – as we all know, clubs such as Chelsea are also interested in Gerrard. They will surely now be aware of the impasse between Steven Gerrard and Liverpool, and will join the battle for Gerrard!

Despite the alliance between Chelsea and Tottenham, and the good relationship between Roman Abramovich and George, that doesn't mean the two clubs will back down when a top player is possible. After all, Chelsea and Tottenham are rivals as well as allies. Therefore, if George wants to take Gerrard, he not only needs to convince Liverpool to agree to release him, but also defeat these potential competitors and draw Gerrard and his agent into the Tottenham camp!

Also, if Liverpool really plan to sell Gerrard, use their captain's transfer fee to make up for the huge losses left over from the Houllier era, and set aside some money for summer reinforcements, then George will have to fight with Roman Abramovich to see who has more money in their pockets, or who is more willing to spend a lot of money for the team!

George wasn't too worried about this last item. On the one hand, because UEFA has not yet implemented the set of cheating financial fair play laws at this time, even if Tottenham has insufficient liquidity, he can use his own liquidity to bring in Gerrard, and on the other hand, the reason is that whether it is personal assets or cash flow in his hands, George is far superior to Abramovich and other competitors!

Of course, the premise is not to meet the Abu Dhabi consortium or the Qatar Investment Authority, which does not take money as money, otherwise even George may have to surrender in this regard - although Abu is willing to give the clubs they control a lot of money and make the transfer market a bloody storm, but in terms of personal treatment, they are quite in line with the existing order of football. The Arab tyrants are different, their team plays a realistic version of FM (Football Manager, a football management series game produced by the British company SI), and it also comes with a financial nuclear version!

In George's previous life, the player's salary skyrocketed again, starting with the Abu Dhabi consortium taking over Manchester City. With the backing of the Abu Dhabi consortium, Manchester City have brandished cheques and poached people all over the world with irresistibly high transfer fees and salaries far higher than those of their peers, so that other teams are under pressure to give their players a steep raise.

Although the approach of Manchester City and these players has caused a lot of criticism, if you think about it, the decision of these players is indeed understandable. After all, players are a youth industry, and it is not easy to earn enough for the next half of their lives in just over a decade. And, since none of the clubs they play for have been able to withstand City's silver bullet attack, why should these players be asked to give up the high-paid contracts that the Blue Moon willingly offered?

Although the battle for Steven Gerrard is on the horizon and George is indeed salivating over the Reds captain, he can only leave it to Marotta for now, devoting most of his energy to training and studying the opponents for the next two games. Because the next two games will directly determine whether Tottenham will replicate the trajectory of Bayer Leverkusen in the 01-02 season this season and end up with a "Sanya King"!

If they only get a four-four finish after a busy year, and they end up runners-up in the FA Cup, league and Champions Cup with a high chance of winning at least one trophy, then the team is likely to repeat the "Sanya King" Bayer Leverkusen or Valencia, who have won the Champions League twice, have a player whose mentality collapses because their hopes for a trophy are close at hand, which can lead to a major decline in Tottenham's results next season, or a disillusioned disillusionment of the player.

Not to mention, Tottenham's opponents in the FA Cup final are Arsenal, the century-old rivals. So, no matter what, George will never allow the Sanya King affair to be repeated on Tottenham!

Of course, George is still a lot less stressed than other managers. At the very least, he will never be constrained from within the club or pressured from the top, and the players will not dare to openly disagree with him or disobey his tactical plan because of his dual status as manager and owner of the team. This makes Tottenham's tactical execution and team cohesion the best in the Premier League, even the professor's Arsenal and the Lord's Manchester United are inferior, that is, Chelsea, which is in the honeymoon period of Abou and the magic bird, can have a fight.

And so, in the anxious wait of the fans, the calendar finally turned to May 14, and Tottenham and Arsenal gathered at the Millennium Stadium in Cardiff to prepare for a battle for the FA Cup title within reach!

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