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After signing with Xavi Alonso, George left San Sebastian, on the edge of the Bay of Biscay, for Valencia, Spain's third-largest city. Pen ~ fun ~ pavilion www.biquge.info

However, George did not come to Valencia this time to poach the players of the Bat Legion. Although many clubs are full of interest in Valencia, who have just won the La Liga and UEFA Cup double this season, believing that this team is no longer inferior to the Bats led by Cooper who have reached the Champions League final twice in two years, George, who has memories of his past life, has no intention of getting involved.

After all, after winning the double, Valencia players have reached their highest value. Unless Rafael Benitez's successor can lead the Bats to the same impressive performance in the Champions League, there is a good chance that the Valencia player will lose money now.

In addition, in George's memory, Valencia would be mired in a period of civil strife that would last for several years from this summer. The newly appointed Juan Soler, one of the three shareholders of Valencia FC, has no idea how to manage a football club. You must know that when the former Soler was forced to resign as president of Valencia by the other two major shareholders of the club, Soriano and Villalonga, the debt of the Bats was already as high as 300 million euros, and the team fell from the double in the 03-04 season to a team that could not even qualify for the Champions League.

Therefore, for the above two reasons, George is not very interested in the Valencia players who are now highly sought after in the transfer market, and has no intention of developing Valencia into a satellite club of Tottenham Hotspur - compared to Valencia, which is at the highest point in market value, it is obviously cheaper and easier to buy Atletico Madrid, which has just changed its new chairman.

Now let's get down to business, this time George came to this seaside city with only one purpose, and that is to get the former captain and heart of Valencia, Gizka Mendieta!

Despite leaving Valencia three years ago in the summer and playing for Premier League club Middlesbrough last season, Mendieta clearly has a lot of affection for the city where he has lived for almost a decade and made his family. So every summer, he and his family return to their home in Valencia for a while before heading to other tourist destinations.

Of course, it cannot be ruled out that Mendieta chose to return to Valencia in the summer in order to get the chance to play again in La Liga. However, George obviously doesn't care about Mendieta's return to Valencia, he only needs to care about one thing, and that is to bring the former best midfielder in Europe and Spanish Footballer of the Year to White Hart Lane!

And the reason why George chose to sign Mendieta, who is no longer in his prime, is because there are two pieces of news from Tottenham Hotspur headquarters that he has to do - after careful consideration, two important substitutes in the Tottenham team, Uruguayan veteran Gustavo Poyet, and the main member of the "Liverpool Little Tigers", Jamie Redknapp, will announce the end of their professional careers this summer!

Although there was some psychological preparation for Poyet and Redknapp Jr.'s decision, the fact that both of them chose to retire at the same time still had a certain negative impact on George's plan - with Poyet and Redknapp Jr. retiring, Carrick confirmed his move to Manchester United, and the number of Tottenham midfielders in the squad suddenly dropped to six. Tottenham will face a four-tier battle next season, and if a player is injured in the middle of the season, then George will face the embarrassing situation of being unavailable. So, finding a reliable midfielder to replace the vacancy left by the departure of the two has naturally become a top priority for Tottenham!

Gezka Mendieta fits George's selection criteria quite well. First of all, the Spaniard has played in all competitions as the core of Valencia and the Spanish national team, and has achieved quite good results. This also shows that Mendieta's psychological quality is still quite good, and at least he will not be beaten up when he encounters a big scene.

Secondly, Mendieta is only thirty years old now. For a non-blue-collar midfielder, that's actually not that old. And according to Tottenham's coaching staff, as long as the care is properly maintained, and the right tactics are developed around Mendieta, then the Spaniard can play at least seven or eight percent of their peak level in the next three years.

In addition, Mendieta, who returned from loan at Middlesbrough. The work contract between him and Lazio will also expire this summer. Therefore, Tottenham does not have to pay a single pound transfer fee at all in this transfer. At the same time, due to his lackluster performances over the past three seasons and his age, Mendieta will not be too demanding in terms of personal treatment.

To sum up, this also means that signing Mendieta, who is about to become a free agent, is a sure deal for Tottenham!

As for the parallel label attached to Mendieta, George feels that it is just a side effect of the media and fans expecting too much from Mendieta, and as a result, the Spaniard's performance is not as expected. You know, in that season at Lazio, from Dino Zoff to Zaccheroni to Mancini, the Blue Eagles changed a total of three managers, plus the Italian and Spanish league styles are already very different, and Mendieta's position at Lazio is not as unshakable as it was in Valencia. Under such circumstances, it was normal for Mendieta to be out of shape that season.

In fact, the midfield superstars who opted to move in the summer of 2001 were not consistent in the rest of the 01-02 season. Zinedine Zidane didn't crush the skepticism with a kick until the Champions League final, Nedved was nowhere near as impressive as he was at Lazio, and Veron, who moved to Manchester United, sank with Mendieta. And Mendieta is unlucky, he is not like Zidane has Florentino as the chairman behind him, nor is it like Nedved and Veron met Lippi and George, who reversed the decline in time, but caught up with the time when the Blue Eagles were on the verge of bankruptcy and even the captain of the team Nesta had to be sold, and as a result, he was directly loaned out by the club to relieve the financial pressure, and did not get the same treatment as the previous three.

So, George believes that if Mendieta can be given enough trust to play as freely as he did in Valencia, then the Spaniard could regain his form of being the best midfielder in Europe of the year. And his view has also been unanimously endorsed by other members of the coaching staff.

"Mr. Viscount Nelson, it is a great honour to have you here. ”

Because of the experience of being loaned to England by Lazio, Mendieta, who knew George's identity more clearly, naturally did not treat him casually like others, but put on a very respectful appearance and welcomed George in. Although generally speaking, a big man of George's status would not have much to do with him, Mendieta did not dare to treat the other party as an ordinary head coach.

"Mr. Mendieta, I hope you will accede to my invitation to join Tottenham Hotspur. After the guests and hosts exchanged polite expressions and sat down one after another, George said straight to the point, "Although you have had a decent season at Middlesbrough, you must know very well that with the strength of Middlesbrough, it is basically impossible to achieve many honors. And you're just turning 30 now, and it's a shame to choose to stay out of sight at this age. ”