Chapter 287: The End of the League (Part I)
Knowing Galliani's intention, George was naturally overjoyed. www.biquge.info know that in his vision, Tottenham will have to wait at least to win a league title or Champions League before they have a chance to become a member of the G14. And now, how can Tottenham not be surprised that they can get a bid from G14 so early?
Although Tottenham Hotspur is destined not to get much say in this giant organization in the early days of joining the G14, with the help of related households such as Manchester United and Juventus, coupled with the strong influence of George himself, even if someone wants to take the opportunity to suppress Tottenham, it may not be an easy thing to do.
Not to mention, joining the G14 will raise Tottenham's status in the hearts of fans and make them much more attractive to top players – and of course, this will only be possible if George makes Tottenham competitive enough in the league and Champions League in the future. Otherwise, Tottenham, like Bayer Leverkusen before, will lose the best chance to establish the image of a giant club because of the rapid decline in the team's results!
For the above reasons, George readily agreed to the invitation brought by Galliani, promised to attend the next G14 meeting, and submitted all the documents for joining the G14 organization at the meeting. And after getting a satisfactory answer from George, Galliani didn't stay long, and chose to leave after a few simple polite words with George - not that the bald man didn't want to take this opportunity to get close to George, to see if Tottenham had any cheap here. But the problem is that George didn't pay attention to Galliani's side-by-side probing of the Tottenham players, and instead asked Gabald if Milan were interested in selling Kaka, and offered him a sky-high transfer fee of 60 million pounds!
60 million pounds! This means that if Galliani agrees to this transfer deal at this time, then Kaka will break the transfer fee record set by Zidane when he joined Real Madrid from Juventus in the summer of 01 and become the most expensive footballer in the world!
In the face of George's offer, Galliani is obviously impossible to say that he is not at all moved. You know, Berlusconi has become more and more reluctant to invest heavily in the transfer market for AC Milan in recent years, resulting in Galliani with a limited budget can only find some bargains to make minor repairs to the first team, and there is simply not enough financial resources to upgrade the aging main squad. And if you sell Kaka for a large transfer fee, then Galliani can do well in the next transfer market!
What's more, although Kaka has shown the potential to become a top player, it is only potential after all. And AC Milan can be said to be full of talent in the central midfield, but the backline is in dire need of fresh blood - the aging Maldini and Cafu need a qualified successor, and Nesta also needs a reliable replacement, these are all places that need a lot of money!
However, although he was quite tempted by George's offer, Galliani finally gritted his teeth and chose to refuse. Because as the general manager of AC Milan, Galliani has to consider the feelings of his own owner, the elder Berlusconi. Therefore, as a player who Lao Bei introduced and won the red hand (without Lao Bei's support, Rui Costa, who led AC Milan to the Champions League championship as the main force the previous season, would not have been reduced to a substitute in less than half a year), Kaka's position in his heart can be imagined. Even if he was a bald man, he didn't dare to discuss Kaka's transfer without Lao Bei's clear statement.
didn't get any cheap, and was countered by George. This was the end result of Galliani's trip to London.
Let's hope Roman [Abramovich] doesn't get angry and make some impulsive moves when he learns the news. As he bid farewell to Galliani, George thought to himself. After all, Tottenham Hotspur, who have yet to win a major title, are now a member of the G14 group first, while Chelsea, who have already won the Premier League, have not even secured a G14 alternate. Although George is very sure that with Abu's vision and insight, the other party will never be angry with him and Tottenham because of this matter, but such a sharp contrast will inevitably make Abu dislike him, which will affect the future cooperation and stability of the three alliances.
Therefore, at the upcoming G14 meeting, George will definitely push hard for the proposal to make Chelsea an alternate member of the G14 as a bargaining chip to appease Abu.
In this way, in the midst of the busyness, the time came to May 14th. On this day, Tottenham Hotspur ushered in the final game of the 04-05 Premier League season at White Hart Lane, and their opponent was Blackburn, who still did not improve after the change of manager!
Despite Tottenham's misery of leading the table for most of the season and being overtaken by Chelsea, Tottenham fans are not unhappy with the team's performance, but are lamenting the result - it is a remarkable achievement to be able to hold on to the league, FA Cup and Champions Cup on multiple fronts, and still retain the hope of winning the last two competitions!
For Tottenham fans, who were tormented by the club's half-dead league situation two years ago, Tottenham's performance this season has been enough to satisfy them. So, to show their support for the team, in the final game against Blackburn, the fans filled the four stands of the stadium, and the passionate cheers almost toppled the roof of White Hart Lane!
And George did not live up to the expectations and enthusiasm of the fans, sending all the main forces in this closing game. Because Tottenham had already been given a week's rest before this game, the players had already adjusted to their competitive condition and there were no fitness problems. So, it would obviously be a good choice to start them and put on a great game for the fans, as well as a perfect end to Tottenham's league campaign this season.
Petr Cech, Stephen Carr, Ledley King, Nemanja Vidic, Patrice Evra, Mascherano, Xavi Alonso, Basturk, Arjen Robben, Cristiano Ronaldo and Didier Drogba, these are Tottenham's starting eleven in the league finale!
Of course, the FA Cup final against Arsenal won't be played until next weekend at Cardiff's Millennium Stadium, which is one of the reasons why George dared to field his squad today – if the FA Cup final was played in three days' time, George would not have started all of his players today!
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