Chapter 173: Three-Party Secret Talks (6)
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Abou's willingness to agree to a loan of Cudicini to Manchester United is partly to show his sincerity in the alliance, but also to avoid possible confusion in the dressing room. While Akinfeev, who joined this summer, is indeed full of potential, reminiscent of his predecessor and former Soviet Union goalkeeper Lev Yashin, for now, Akinfeev and Cudicini are inseparable. Therefore, if Mourinho forcibly corrects Akinfeev as the main force in the goalkeeper position, it will inevitably cause strong dissatisfaction with Cudicini!
In George's previous life, Jose Mourinho faced the same problem when he first took over the reins of Chelsea. However, it was Peter Cech, who was now playing for Tottenham Hotspur, who was competing with Cudicini for the starting goalkeeper spot. The more powerful Czech goalkeeper defeated the Italian in this contest with a more consistent and excellent performance than Cudicini, coupled with the high salary offered by Abou, which made Cudicini willingly serve as a substitute for Cech without much trouble.
The situation was completely different now, as Akinfeev did not have the ability to convince Cudicini, leading to the Italian's long-standing resentment over the loss of his main position. Therefore, Abu, who has already decided to support his compatriot in the ascendant, agreed to the loan of Cudicini after Ferguson spoke.
Similarly, Ferguson's choice to sign Cudicini on loan over Kessie Keller is not only because the former is younger than Kessie Keller and has been in his prime for a longer period of time, but also because he has limited the idea of Tottenham from taking advantage of the opportunity to further strengthen the squad. After all, George's eyes are terrifying. From becoming the owner of Tottenham to the present, almost every transfer deal he has led has been worth the money. Even when they were seen as buying people at a premium, these players quickly proved their worth with real actions.
The most typical example of this is Cristiano Ronaldo. When the Portuguese youngster announced his £14 million move to White Hart Lane last summer, almost everyone thought George was crazy enough to shell out such a huge sum of money for a young winger who was only 18 years old. And by the time the year has passed, no one is guilty of the transfer fee that Tottenham spent on Cristiano Ronaldo - after watching Ronaldo's performance at the European Championships, everyone is convinced that this young man can become a future superstar who is not inferior to Luis Figo!
With £14 million to sign such a young player with the potential to become a superstar, no one would feel that Tottenham had made a loss-making deal.
There are these successes in the past, so if Alex Ferguson chooses to sign Kessie Keller on loan from Tottenham, then George may get a backup goalkeeper who is even stronger than Kessie Keller from out of nowhere. And if Cudicini is brought in, then Tottenham is very likely to continue to retain Kessie Keller - for these old courtiers who played at Tottenham before they became owners, as long as they are not weak in strength, or openly argue with George, then they will basically stay at Tottenham and continue to play.
It is precisely because of this that George has this feeling - George has realised that although he has pushed Tottenham, Chelsea and Manchester United to form three leagues and reach agreements on cooperation in many areas, there is still private competition and intriguing.
On this point, though, George is not worried. After all, the main purpose of the formation of this three alliance is to eliminate the possibility of internal friction and malicious competition among each other, and this level of calculation does not go beyond this range.
After receiving aid from Chelsea, realising the truth of George's words and the sincerity of Abou, Ferguson and David Gill were very cheerful in the ensuing meeting, barely raising any objections, and passing all the proposals in their entirety – and they were clearly aware of the benefits that such a three-way league could bring to United!
Not to mention the aforementioned information sharing and mutual assistance, the last item on the agenda of this meeting, the prohibition of malicious competition between the three clubs, can be implemented after the meeting, which can win enough benefits for Manchester United to survive this most difficult period with relative ease!
It's not like Ferguson is worrying about it. You know, since Roman Abramovich took charge of Chelsea last summer, Manchester United has had many transfers forced to be suspended or even successfully intercepted by opponents due to the Blues' relationship, such as Damien Duff, Joe Cole, as well as Robben, Mikel and Pedro in the previous life, etc., and even their CEO Peter Kenyon has become a member of the Chersky!
Therefore, if Abu reduces the interception of Manchester United in the future, it will undoubtedly be a huge good news for Manchester United!
By the way, if Mikel hadn't failed to grow to the heights he expected and instead became a blue-collar midfielder under Mourinho's tutelage, I'm afraid that Manchester United and Chelsea would have had to fight a war of words for many years for the Nigerian midfielder. Therefore, the main purpose of George's intention to set up three leagues is to avoid this situation from happening again, so that Tottenham, Manchester United and Chelsea can turn their guns to the outside world and reduce the possible internal friction between each other!
Of course, that doesn't mean that Chelsea and Tottenham won't be able to snatch a player when Manchester United have their eye on a player in the future. Because the main purpose of this agreement is to reduce the malicious competition between the three clubs for the purpose of disgusting opponents, rather than prohibiting the competition in the transfer market!
In this way, in an atmosphere of great joy, the secret meeting of the three alliances was finally announced to be successfully concluded!
Abu is content to have reduced Chelsea to a potential future rival, and Ferguson is pleased that Manchester United are in the throes of a new generation. As for George, who is the initiator of the three leagues, he is even more excited about the success of the league - after pulling Manchester United and Chelsea into the Tottenham chariot, he finally does not have to worry about the team being poached by Chelsea and Manchester United, thus creating a good external environment for Tottenham!
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