Chapter 104: Sprint
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Anderson Deco is one of the stand-ins George is looking for for Carrick, who is likely to move to Manchester United this summer. Pen | fun | pavilion www. biquge。 In George's eyes, the Portuguese midfielder, who has an unpretentious style of play and is exceptionally hard working on the pitch, is arguably the best alternative to Carrick!
Although Deco's performance after landing in the Premier League in the previous life was not as eye-catching as when he played in La Liga, and his performance in the two years he played for Chelsea can only be said to be quite average, and he did not even mix up a main position, but in George's view, the main reason for this situation is that Deco was already a 31-year-old veteran when he transferred to Chelsea, and due to age and injuries, his physical fitness has declined a lot compared to his peak, and the Premier League is a league with extremely high requirements for the physical fitness of players.
Now it is different, Deco is only 26 years old, which is the golden age of a professional footballer. Therefore, if Deco can join Tottenham at this time and build a suitable tactical system around him, George has reason to believe that the midfield maestro can create a legend of his own at White Hart Lane!
As for Carvalho's transfer, it is George's preparation for a possible injury to Ledley King. After all, although the Tottenham captain has maintained a fairly high attendance rate this season and has not been plagued by many injuries, George, who has memories of his past life, does not dare to put all his chips on Ridley King not injured. After all, Ridley King's glass man attribute in his previous life can be said to be a household name, and it has even been so serious that successive Tottenham managers have allowed him not to participate in the team's daily training, and only do some simple warm-up before the game to play, because if Ridley King is allowed to participate in the team's training, then the final result is likely to be that the Tottenham captain will never have the opportunity to play even a single official game for Tottenham again.
The most important thing is that Ledley King is the only one in the Tottenham team who can be called a defensive all-rounder, and can play at a first-class level in terms of tackling and filling in the positions. Vidic and Dawson are both the kind of masters who are good at frontal defense and lack of help defense. As a result, Tottenham will inevitably be a little stretched in the position of dragging the central defender back.
As for Vermaelen, the Belgian has the potential to do well this season, but let's not forget that Vermaelen is still just an eighteen-year-old. In order to protect Vermaelen from a tragedy like Sendros's previous life, George would at best arrange for the Belgian to start in domestic cup competitions and in some less important leagues. And what about Tottenham Hotspur, who will be playing on four fronts next season (league, League Cup, FA Cup and European competition), and it is natural that a young centre-back like Vermaelen, who still needs to be trained, will not be able to come in handy!
In such a situation, Carvalho, who is also good at filling and helping to defend, and at the same time had an outstanding performance at Chelsea in his previous life, naturally entered George's eyes. After all, in George's previous life, the Portuguese centre-back was one of the most fearsome backlines in the Premier League, along with John Terry and Petr Cech. Cech was able to break the record set by legendary Liverpool goalkeeper Ray Clemens for the fewest goals conceded in a single season in England's top flight in 1978/79, and Carvalho's role as a lagging centre-back was arguably indispensable.
However, although Tottenham Hotspur launched an offensive against Deco and Carvalho under the command of George, the transfer deal for these two players has only just begun, and as for whether the two transfers can be completed smoothly in the end, even George does not dare to pack tickets easily. After all, Porto is not a fool who gets carried away at the sight of a little money. With the black-hearted president of Da Costa at the helm, Tottenham's desire to sign Deco and Carvalho from Porto is obviously extremely unrealistic.
What's more, although Porto are unlikely to beat Deportivo La Coruna to advance to the Champions League final, the Portuguese giants still have a little hope anyway. Under such circumstances, it is naturally impossible for da Costa, a cunning old fox, to make the decision to sell the two at this time - if Porto really eliminated Deportivo to advance to the final, then the value of Deco and Carvalho will definitely rise a lot!
In addition, the player's own will is also a big factor in shaping both transfer deals. You know, Porto is also a team that has reached the semi-finals of the Champions League, although the fame is not as good as that of Deportivo La Coruna and Monaco, but there are still many teams interested in Deco and Carvalho.
Let's talk about the transfer for the time being, and now let's get down to business. After a four-goal win over Arsenal to qualify for the FA Cup final, Tottenham players who had been given a week's break arrived at Goodison Park on April 10 to take on David Moyes' Everton club!
For the Everton team, George still has a lot of feelings. After all, the Everton team now has a representative figure of the Celestial Empire studying abroad! You know, unlike those who later played the banner of staying abroad, but it was always difficult to get the opportunity to play, Li Tie sat firmly in the position of the main midfielder in the first season of joining Everton, but it is a pity that this gentleman has been seriously injured this season, otherwise the Premier League can continue to stage the Celestial Derby.
Although George has a good impression of Everton because of Li Tie's relationship, this will not affect George's decision-making in this game. After all, feelings belong to feelings, and as the owner and manager of Tottenham Hotspur, George must be responsible for his team's results. If you deliberately release water because you have a good impression of a certain team, then it is not Tottenham themselves who suffer?
I have to say that the impact of Li Tie's injury on Everton is very huge. The Toffees, who lack depth on the bench, are in the absence of a main midfielder, and the new striker Wayne Rooney has been unable to find a sense of goal for a long time, and his results and rankings in the Premier League can be said to have plummeted compared with last season, and he is in the predicament of fighting for relegation!
Facing Everton, who are more than tough and dexterous, and are also eager to get enough points for relegation, Tottenham Hotspur, who are playing away, have not been treated by their opponents with strict defense and iron buckets. After all, for Everton, just one point is clearly not enough for their relegation cause, only a win and three points are what they need most now. In this way, Tottenham's side naturally has room and opportunity for a quick counterattack.
In the end, relying on a goal scored by Didier Drogba in the 60th minute of the game, Tottenham beat Everton 1-0 away, and followed Manchester United with a slight disadvantage of one point with one game less, and continued to launch a fierce offensive to the third place in the standings!
At this time, the most depressed team is Liverpool, who are in fifth place, because the Reds, who have picked up 49 points from the past 32 league games, are currently a full eleven points behind their rivals Manchester United. With just six league games to go, Liverpool's hopes of qualifying for the Champions League at the end of the season are clearly becoming increasingly slim.
After all, Liverpool will have to win four more games than Tottenham in their final six league games if they are to overtake Tottenham, who are temporarily fourth in the table due to a game in hand, but with a full ten points more than them. And this is obviously an extremely unrealistic thing - although Tottenham's performance this season is not consistent enough, and in the middle of the season they fell out of the title contenders because of two consecutive draws, but it also depends on who Tottenham compares to. If it is compared with Liverpool, then the Reds are definitely far inferior to Tottenham!
Then, after returning to London from Liverpool, the Tottenham players did not have time to catch their breath, and just two days later ushered in the 33rd round of the Premier League. Tottenham's opponent this time is Manchester City, which has been killed three times by Tottenham this season!
George was eager to take out the officials in charge of arranging the schedule and shoot him for half an hour - at this juncture, you dare to arrange this kind of three-day, two-game schedule, do you want the Premier League team to play well in Europe?
You know, April every year is the time for teams to accelerate their sprint for season goals, but the Premier League has a brainstorm and comes up with a schedule of two matches in three days at this time. With such a packed league schedule, how can Premier League teams who need to play on multiple fronts focus on preparing for European competition?
A bunch of pig teammates are of no use other than dragging their feet and taking credit – that's what George said about the officials responsible for arranging Premier League fixtures.
It has to be said that the negative impact and physical burden of the two matches in three days on the Tottenham players is quite obvious. Although George rotated the starting lineup heavily in order to ensure the fitness and health of his players, it was still difficult for newcomers such as Vermaelen and Dawson to help the team break the deadlock on the pitch in the face of Manchester City, who were bent on preventing Tottenham from achieving four kills and did not hesitate to put on a bucket formation to seek only one point.
In the end, after 90 minutes of playing time, Manchester City and the home team at White Hart Lane successfully managed to hold on to a draw from Tottenham, achieving Stuart Pearce's pre-match goal of "not being killed"!
The draw with Manchester City also widened the gap between Tottenham and Manchester United, who won this round, to three points. Naturally, the Tottenham players are frustrated by this – although Tottenham are now playing one game less, they will face second-placed Chelsea in the league. It is obviously extremely difficult to get points from the Blues!
And what annoyed George the most was that according to the schedule given by the FA, in three days, Tottenham Hotspur will usher in the 31st round of the league with Chelsea!
Three games in six days? Hehe, the IQ of these FA officials is really good.