George's choice to accept Rummenigge and Beckenbauer's invitation to travel to Germany to watch the Confederations Cup was not a whim, but a decision made after careful consideration. Because he knows that if he refuses the other party's well-intentioned invitation at this delicate time, he will undoubtedly greatly offend Beckenbauer and the German football world, which is only the emperor of football, and thus bring unnecessary trouble to himself and Tottenham!

What's more, George had a rather important matter that he planned to discuss with Beckenbauer in person. In order to avoid attracting the attention of those who care, it is obviously a good idea to go to Germany to meet the football emperor secretly under the pretext of "going to the Confederations Cup to observe the players up close".

On June 15, just as Argentina and Tunisia officially kicked off their opening match of the Confederations Cup, George and Elisabeth finally arrived in Frankfurt to watch the opening group game between Germany and Australia, which is scheduled to take place three hours later!

"George, you mean, you hope that I will not compete with Blatter for the presidency of FIFA, but take over the position of UEFA presidency as Johansson had thought before?" In the VIP box at Wald Stadium, Beckenbauer asked with a somewhat unhappy expression, "You are so optimistic about the outcome of the duel between me and Blatter? Look at the seven years he has been the president of FIFA, not only has he not done anything good, but he has also offended all his former supporters." So, now is definitely a great opportunity to overturn his mediocre rule at FIFA!"

Obviously, for this FIFA presidential election, Beckenbauer can be said to be full of confidence. In particular, South Africa, which defeated Blatter before, successfully won the right to host the 2006 World Cup, which made Beckenbauer more confident, believing that Blatter was already a betrayal, and there were not many people who would support the discredited FIFA president!

"Franz, I'll admit that you're definitely a few notches better than that stupid Blatter in terms of ability. But don't forget, how Johansson ended up losing with a huge advantage!" George was well aware of Beckenbauer's source of confidence, but he also knew that the football emperor was too upright to be a proper politician compared to Blatter!

In order to defeat Johansson, who had a huge advantage, Blatter once made empty promises to the AFC and the African Football Confederation. And now, although Blatter's credibility has been seriously overdrawn in the past few years, as the president of FIFA, he can still repeat his old tricks and win the votes of the football associations of those third world member countries!

After all, in this regard, Beckenbauer did as badly as Johansson's PR work. As champions of elitism, the football associations in the developed regions of football will naturally support them, but the football associations of the less developed countries will obviously not buy them, even if Beckenbauer has the title of football emperor. In the eyes of these associations, no matter how cheap Blatter's credit is, he can bring them more benefits than Beckenbauer in the position of FIFA president!

It is for this reason that George is not optimistic about Beckenbauer's election path this time. Because he knew that without Beckenbauer changing his election platform, it would be absolutely impossible for those football associations to choose to support the German, who would not be able to bring them enough benefits!

If Beckenbauer decides to run for UEFA presidency, the situation will be very different. Although European football is also divided into developed and underdeveloped regions, with the prestige of the football emperor and Germany's influence in Europe, coupled with the secret help of Johansson himself, it is completely possible to suppress the fledgling Platini and successfully complete the transfer of power within UEFA!

However, Platini used the position of FIFA president as a bait to successfully divert Beckenbauer's attention, resulting in a huge hole in Johansson's succession plan, and finally had to personally defend himself against the election offensive launched by the French once again!

Although Johansson has made outstanding contributions to the development of European football during his 15 years as UEFA president, and has built the European Champions Cup into the world's top football club competition, his age and long-term experience as UEFA president have also become the target of Johansson's political opponents!

You must know that Johansson, who was born in November 1929, is now an old man who is about to turn 76 years old, and has been sitting in the UEFA presidency for 15 years. Crucially, the national football associations that are unhappy with Johansson's move to still seek re-election and are very interested in Platini's slogan that "when he takes office, he will provide financial support to football's backward regions", it is likely that the football associations will unite against Johansson!

That's why George approached Beckenbauer as soon as he arrived in Frankfurt. Because the primary purpose of his trip is to make the football emperor recognize the reality and change his mind, give up the idea of competing with Blatter for the president of FIFA, and according to Johansson's original plan, first stabilize the basic plate of UEFA and then slowly plan for FIFA!

"I have to admit that George, what you said does make a lot of sense. After listening to George's analysis, Beckenbauer's expression also became solemn, "However, I think it is very likely that I will not be able to endure it for so long." Although Bilennat (Johansson) is a bit younger, I'm a 58-year-old now. Let me wait four years before I attack the FIFA president, and to be honest, it's a bit of a tough thing. Besides, since you've pointed out these problems, George, I'm going to fix them. I don't believe it, I'll lose to that mediocre Blatter who only knows how to take power!"

What a stubborn fellow! Hearing Beckenbauer's answer, George was speechless for a while. He didn't expect that he had analyzed things so thoroughly, and the other party insisted on taking the initiative to jump into the pit deliberately dug by Platini!

If Beckenbauer insisted on running for FIFA president, then George would have to find another way to stop Platini's campaign!

In any case, Platini must not be allowed to be elected UEFA president two years later, as he did in his previous life. Otherwise, with his inferior black-box operation methods, he and Tottenham, who have a different position from Platini, will definitely be unlucky at that time, and it is not impossible for him to make a White Hart Lane tragedy!

George didn't wait for himself to suffer a dark loss before going to Platini to settle accounts, taking precautions and nipped all the factors that might be unfavorable to him or Tottenham in the bud, which is what he likes and is best at doing!

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