Chapter 009: Arriving in the Fog Capital
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Zahavi, who had already left George's residence, would not have known at this time that "certain things" in George's mouth were not the same thing as what he understood. But one thing is clear to the Israelis, and that is that George, who is his favourite, will not accept his invitation to replace Ranieri as Chelsea's head coach for the new season.
Although there are countless lies in this world, and the football world is a place of smoke bombs, Zahavi believes that the truth of what George said is still very assured. On the one hand, because with George's current status and status, there is no need for him to lie to Zahavi, who has only developed in the field of football agents, and on the other hand, because this kind of lie can be easily exposed, and once it is proven that George was lying at that time, both sides will not look good at that time.
Therefore, after George said that he had already had a considerable degree of contact with Tottenham Hotspur and it was inconvenient to negotiate with Chelsea again, Zahavi decisively gave up the move to solicit the other side and instead went to other candidates.
Of course, although in Zahavi's view, George is indeed the best candidate to lead Chelsea, who are currently only a member of the second tier of the Premier League, to become a top giant, this does not mean that George is the only one on his shortlist. For example, Valencia coach Rafa Benitez, Deportivo coach Iruetta, Dutch coach Luis van Gaal, who has been at home since being sacked by Barcelona, etc., these famous managers in European football are on Zahavi's contact list.
However, it will be much more difficult for Chelsea to become the third pole of the Premier League, or even surpass Manchester United and Arsenal as the new king of English football, than previously anticipated. Zahavi, who was sitting in the car, thought worriedly. Obviously, the news that George intends to go to Tottenham Hotspur to coach revealed in previous exchanges has given the Israeli agent a sense of crisis, and his future prospects for Chelsea are not as optimistic as before.
Zahavi has seen the ability of the Premier League's No. 1 coach in the past six months. That's why the Israelis have the feeling that it will be much more difficult for Chelsea to rise as quickly as Abu envisions. Tottenham Hotspur, who have acquired George, are likely to soar in the Premier League in the same way as Manchester United, who acquired Alex Ferguson 17 years ago.
"Fortunately, it seems that the butterfly effect I have brought has not had too much impact on the world, and Abu Ta still chooses to join Chelsea at this time, just like in his previous life. On the other hand, George, who had seen off Zahavi, lay down on the sofa without a figure, lamenting at the prospect of Abou becoming Chelsea owner, "If he had chosen Tottenham over Chelsea, then I would have to run and talk to Ken Bates's insatiable guy about buying Chelsea right now." ”
Compared to ENIC, which has only recently entered the football world and currently owns only 29.9% of Tottenham, Bates, who have been in charge of Stamford Bridge for 21 years, has a much greater control over Chelsea, and Chelsea's debt problems are worse than Tottenham's. This means that if George wants to take Chelsea, he will have to pay a bigger price than Tottenham. Therefore, George should be the most fortunate to have Abou's choice to buy Chelsea, rather than Tottenham, also based in London.
While glad that the wheel of history has not changed much, George is also racing his brain to think about how to avoid a collision with Chelsea in the transfer market, that is, he and the other party have a crush on a certain player at the same time, resulting in a crazy price increase between the two sides in the transfer market. This is not to say that George is worried that he will not be able to compete with Abou financially, but because in this way, even if he gets the player he wants, he will definitely have to spend more budget on the transfer market, and as a result, the seller will be cheaper.
When you know that you can get a player for $10 million, but because of the price increase of your competitors, you have to spend twice as much money to get this transfer, it must be something that no one wants to encounter, right? What's more, even if George is really ruthless and let Tottenham and Chelsea compete for financial resources in the transfer market, I am afraid that the player will be more willing to choose Chelsea with Champions Cup qualification rather than Tottenham Hotspur, who has not even won a European seat.
If he can't get the target player, then George will have to face even more serious consequences - when the transfer target is snatched away by Chelsea, George will have to change the plan he has already made and find other players who meet his requirements. As a result, Tottenham's pre-season preparation and run-in will be greatly affected, which will have a negative effect on the results of the new season.
Therefore, how to avoid a head-on clash with Abramovich, who is brandishing the ruble to enter the football world, in the transfer market is the most important thing for George to consider now.
But then again, even if there is such a variable as George in this world, after Abu successfully takes over Chelsea, he will presumably snipe Manchester United and Arsenal, two clubs currently at the top of English football, on all fronts, just like in his previous life. After all, compared to Tottenham's tepid results, challenging Manchester United and Arsenal, clubs in the first tier of the Premier League, is the primary goal that Abbu will need to deal with after winning Chelsea.
Therefore, the biggest headache for Chelsea's imminent evolution into the Ruble Army should be Ferguson and Arsene Wenger. Because if Chelsea want to become the hegemon of the Premier League, they will definitely spare no effort to find them in trouble, such as snatching their favorite targets in the transfer market, or even more ruthlessly, poaching Manchester United and Arsenal players directly!
This kind of thing, Chelsea in the previous life did quite well. From Arjen Robben and Petr Cech at the beginning, to Mikel, Wright Phillips and Ashley Cole, to Juan Mata and Pedro, there are countless examples of Manchester United and Arsenal being cut off by Chelsea in the middle of the game.
Suffice it to say that Chelsea's road to the top is full of blood and tears of old Premier League giants such as Arsenal and Manchester United. But then again, it will be impossible for Chelsea to become a top club in just two years without relying on this kind of forced and crazy money-throwing tactics.
George doesn't think the managers of other Premier League clubs really don't know anything about Abou's arrival at Chelsea. Even if they don't know the details, they will know that there is a Russian tycoon who, like Moratti, doesn't care about money, is about to enter English football, and intends to change the main theme of the Premier League from a two-person to a threesome.
However, Ferguson and Arsene Wenger both underestimated the impact of Roman Abramovich on the Premier League landscape, as well as the appeal of Manchester United and Arsenal to the players. In other words, they have not fully adapted to the era after the emergence of the Boseman Act, thinking that they can easily recruit good players by relying on the prestige of traditional giants as before, and they do not realize that today's players pay more attention to personal treatment and development prospects, rather than just a sign of a giant.
It was the negligence of Alex Ferguson and Arsene Wenger that led to their lack of quick response to the Russian's move to Stamford Bridge, which led to Manchester United and Arsenal suffering a lot in the transfer market, and the backbone of the team was poached by the Blues. Arsenal, in particular, have been smothered by the massive financial pressures of Chelsea's and other rivals and the construction of new stadiums, and the blood-shedding Gunners have gone from a title team to a race for the top four in the media and fans.
In this way, although the news of Abramovich's arrival at Chelsea has not yet been made public, a superstorm from Russia has quietly formed in the sky over London without Ferguson and others noticing, and is preparing to sweep England and even the entire European football world!
Of course, what is even more unexpected is that it is not only the storm set off by Abu that exists in the sky above the foggy capital at this time. George is also secretly preparing, looking for an opportunity to win Tottenham Hotspur in one fell swoop!
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Trafalgar Square, Westminster, London.
One of Britain's most famous squares and tourist attractions, it was inaugurated in early 1805 to commemorate the Royal Admiral who died at the Battle of Cape Trafalgar and the national hero of the British Empire's maritime supremacy, Viscount Horatio Nelson. Over the course of nearly 200 years, the square has evolved into a meeting place for Londoners to celebrate and demonstrate. Napoleonic War victory, Queen Victoria's accession to the throne, Chartist movement...... The sun never sets on all kinds of major events in the past two hundred years of the empire, almost all of them have been witnessed by this square, so that unconsciously, this square has occupied a very important position in the minds of the British people.
The square is located on the main thoroughfare of Westminster, bordering the government office area "Whitehall" and the Parliament building of Westminster Palace to the south, the famous Admiralty Gate to the southwest, the Royal Guard of Honour Boulevard leading to Buckingham Palace in the background, and the National Gallery of England to the north...... To the south-central part of the square, the square's most striking building, the 53-metre-high Nelson Column, stands tall. At the top of the column is a statue of Viscount Horatio Nelson, made from French firearms captured at the Battle of Cape Trafalgar. The statue looks majestically down Trafalgar Square below, flaunting the hegemony that once belonged to the "empire on which the sun never sets".
"It's been a long time, Ancestor. Standing in front of the memorial column, George looked up at the statue of the original Viscount Nelson, and was filled with emotion in his heart, "Although I do not have as strong a patriotic heart as you, and it is impossible to reproduce the glory of the empire on which the sun never sets, I still ask for your blessing, so that I can make my wish come true, and successfully complete this acquisition, and fulfill my dream of building a football version of the Royal Navy." ”
"Boss, I've finally found you. Just as George was praying to his cheap ancestor, a voice familiar to him came from behind him, "All things are done, we have successfully acquired a 9.9% stake in Tottenham Hotspur from the stock market, do you want to start the next step as planned?" (Note: British law stipulates that once a company's ownership reaches 10%, the shareholder or company must disclose this information to the outside world.) )
"Oh, how fast it ......," said George, as he spilled the last handful of bird food in his hand and walked out of the flock of white pigeons that had gathered in an instant, "in that case, then we only need to wait for one more person before we can officially get started!"