Chapter 030: Bad News
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"Damn! How can this be!" Seeing the news posted on the club's official website by the sworn enemy Hot Noodles, Wenger's expression, which has always been elegant and elegant, can be said to be extremely hideous at this time, "Pat! What the hell is going on? Why did Cristiano Ronaldo join Tottenham?!"
"Arsène, I don't know exactly what happened. Pen, fun, pavilion www. biquge。 At this point, Pat Rice clearly shares Arsene Wenger's doubts, "He and his agent were invited to visit us before, and they didn't show any dissatisfaction with joining Arsenal. The agent, Mendes, even said that he could negotiate with us about Ronaldo's personal treatment. If it weren't for some disagreement between us and Sporting Lisbon over the amount of the transfer fee, it is estimated that Ronaldo would have been our Arsenal player by now. ”
"If it's really like what you said, then Ronaldo's change of mind to join Tottenham must be caused by the money-hungry chairman of Da Cunha. As soon as he thought that the long-standing star of hope passed by him, and joined Arsenal's city rival Tottenham Hotspur, Wenger felt his heart upset, "Damn! Is that kid George's too much money to burn in a panic? actually offered a transfer fee of 9 million pounds for a young player who was only 18 years old and had only played a full season!"
Wenger, who has always been a thrifty housekeeper, said that George's generous move in the transfer of Cristiano Ronaldo was completely incomprehensible - you must know that even Henry, who is now revered by Arsenal fans as the "King of Highbury", only spent $16.5 million (about 10 million pounds) to sign him from Juventus. At that time, Henry was already a member of the World Cup winning team and a talented striker who scored three goals in the '98 World Cup.
Therefore, when learning that George actually used a high price of 9 million pounds to buy Ronaldo, who had just debuted, Wenger's first reaction with a bachelor's degree in economics was that this young man must have a brain problem. In the eyes of the professor, with Ronaldo's current ability and level, the Portuguese is worth 4 million pounds, so he will definitely not pay more than even a penny to Sporting Lisbon!
Thanks to Arsene Wenger's stubbornness on the player's transfer fee, George had the opportunity to cut off Cristiano Ronaldo from Arsenal. Otherwise, before George made an offer to Sporting Lisbon, Arsene Wenger, who had been studying Ronaldo for a long time, would have already brought the Portuguese to Highbury.
In fact, Arsene Wenger's attitude of demanding that the player's transfer fee match his own level is not wrong, but in the environment where Jinyuan football is popular and various giants do not hesitate to spend a lot of money in order to compete for excellent players, the professor's recruitment strategy has undoubtedly become quite outdated - yes, the player you are looking for is indeed only worth 30 million pounds in terms of ability, but when everyone else is willing to make an offer of more than 50 million for him, who would be stupid enough to sell this player to Arsenal who are stingy to death?
However, Arsene Wenger, who does not share this trend, insists on his "value for money" approach. Therefore, in George's previous life, the professor made a fuss about buying Suarez with "40 million + 1 pound", which was the biggest joke in the European transfer market at that time.
"Who knows. Maybe it's because the young man named George thinks Ronaldo is worth the price?" Pat Rice first gave his guess, then sighed and said to Arsene Wenger, "Forget it, Arsène. It's come to this, and it's too late to say anything. Ronaldo is now a Tottenham player and we can't poach him to Arsenal again. Even if you want to replicate the free signing of Saul, you will have to wait until Ronaldo has only half a year left on his contract with Tottenham. Not to mention, Tottenham are now sure to be on the fence against our poaching and it is unlikely that we will have easy access to Ronaldo. ”
Since Arsene Wenger seduced Saul Campbell, who was then the captain of Tottenham, to Highbury in the summer of '01 with the double lure of high salary + title, and also made his rival Tottenham not get a transfer fee of a penny, Tottenham Hotspur FC has become extremely serious about the renewal of the player's contract. And after George became the owner of Tottenham, he made it clear at the high-level meeting that he must complete the contract renewal with the main players in the team one or two years before the contract expires, and Campbell's thing must not happen again!
"Since you've said that, Pat, forget it. Wenger sighed heavily, which showed that the professor was still unwilling to be cut off by Tottenham, "Fortunately, except for Ronaldo, the negotiations on the other targets are going well, and it is very hopeful that they will all be completed in the near future." Otherwise, it's going to be a terrible summer for us at Arsenal. ”
By this time, it was late June 2003, and it stands to reason that most players should accompany their girlfriends or family members on vacation. However, I don't know if it's God's old man who has a good eye for Tottenham, George and these people have not encountered the situation that after getting the club, the player himself is on vacation in the field, and basically the target club and the player are settled on the same day, and the deal is directly finalized.
So, after ending the negotiations with Sporting Lisbon and confirming that the recruitment of Marotta and several other people is going according to plan, George, who has nothing to do for the time being, pulled Ronaldo and was ready to take him to a small tour while he was free in the past two days.
However, just as Ronaldo was happily preparing to set off with his "big brother" with his new girlfriend, a phone call from Marotta disrupted George's original plan!
"Boss, something is wrong. On the phone, Marotta's voice was extremely serious, with a hint of shock at the same time, "In the just concluded Confederations Cup semi-finals, Vivian Foo died suddenly of a heart attack in the game, and now there is a lot of trouble outside because of this incident. ”
On June 26, 2003, in the semi-final of the FIFA Confederations Cup between Cameroon and Colombia, Cameroon international Vivian Foo, who plays for Manchester City in the English Premier League, suddenly fell into the middle circle of the stadium without being touched by other players, and was unconscious on the spot. Less than an hour after the incident, the hospital officially announced the news of Vivian Fu's unfortunate death!
No one would have imagined that such an astonishing tragedy could happen to the Confederations Cup, which has been regarded as a "chicken rib" since its inception. So, when the news of Vivien Fo's sudden death on the pitch spread, almost the entire world of international football fell into great grief!
However, just when people were expressing their condolences and nostalgia for Vivian Fook in various ways, FIFA President Sepp Blatter suddenly jumped out and confidently announced that the next Confederations Cup final will not be postponed because of this incident!
"I haven't spoken to the Cameroon coach and the players, but I'm sure our football will continue in the midst of grief. Strength is the hallmark of football and I am confident that the final will go ahead and that Cameroon will be strong enough to face it. In an interview with reporters, the FIFA president, who has been questioned from all walks of life since taking office, said.
Blatter's untimely remarks once again poked the hornet's nest. After all, despite the late Liverpool coach Bill Shankly's remark that "football is more important than life and death", no one really dares to think that football is really more important than human life - players play for life, not for life.
As a result, people who have long been dissatisfied with the Confederations Cup have stood up and demanded the cancellation of the Confederations Cup, which is a costly event!
In particular, after the hospital diagnosed that Vivian Fu died of a heart attack while on the field, ruled out the possibility of death due to a collision, and did not find any pharmaceutical ingredients that could cause death, the call for death became even louder.
After all, in the eyes of many, Vivien Fo died of a heart attack, but if he hadn't played in the damn Confederations Cup and had been well-rested in the summer, he might not have died so young.
Although this is just a hypothesis, most people are willing to think about the good at this time. Therefore, many people believe that the increasingly intensive football matches and the wide variety of football matches are the main reasons for the sudden death of Vivian Fu Stadium!
The health of the players must be ensured! Driven by this mentality, the Confederations Cup and Blatter, which have been questioned since their inception, have naturally become the target of public criticism and the main targets of the people's fire.
However, for George, the tragic death of Vivien Foe was a great regret, but it also gave him a chance to expand Tottenham and his influence in the football world!
It is true that George's current position in the football world is not qualified to participate in the decision on whether the Confederations Cup is necessary to continue, but in English football, as Viscount Coschelt, he is qualified to speak out on this issue and push something forward.
For example, the pit system that has been criticized by Premier League managers for only bringing five substitutes in a game!