After beating off Real Madrid, George arranged for John Smith to travel to Japan to deal with Tottenham's participation in the Club World Cup.

As in previous lives, thanks to the intervention of FIFA and David Blatter, the 25-year-old Toyota Cup finally came to an end last year, with Porto taking home the last Toyota Cup trophy after the 03-04 Champions League winners. Starting this year, the Toyota Cup will be replaced by the Club World Cup, which is heavily promoted by FIFA. Tottenham, who won last season's Champions League, will become the third European team to compete in the tournament!(Note: FIFA hosted the first Club World Cup at the end of 2000, and both Manchester United and Real Madrid were invited to participate, but due to the busy schedule and the lack of attention to the Club World Cup itself, both teams did not perform well in that tournament at that time.) ）

Although he is not very interested in a chicken competition like the Club World Cup, now that he has agreed to participate, it is only natural that George will try to do his best. Moreover, the title of Club World Cup winner is what Tottenham need now. Therefore, this time, George has only one goal, and that is to win the final championship trophy!

Before that, though, George has two more things to work out. The first is the team's 16th round match with Portsmouth on December 10, and the second is to accompany Ronaldo to Paris to participate in the European Ballon d'Or ceremony as a group of relatives and friends!

That's right, at the invitation of France Football magazine, Ronaldo left for Paris after the match against Real Madrid, and participated in the annual European Ballon d'Or ceremony as one of the three finalists!

"Brother George, do you think I have a chance to win the Golden Globe this time?" Sitting on George's private jet, Ronaldo asked George excitedly, "The 20-year-old European Golden Globe winner!

"Calm down, Chris. Looking at Ronaldo, who was jumping up and down on the seat like a monkey, George slapped the latter on the back angrily and funny, "It's all twenty-year-old boys, can't you make me more stable?"

"Hehe~" George, who is regarded as his brother, said, Ronaldo smirked twice, and hurriedly returned to his seat and sat down obediently - he knew that George could make this kind of action because he did not treat him as an outsider. If you treat him politely at all times, it will be the worst situation in Ronaldo's opinion!

"Originally, I thought that you kid still had a good chance of being elected. George first looked at Ronaldo seriously, and then said with a pretended seriousness, "However, I don't think you have a good chance of winning the award." After all, Ronaldinho and Frank Lampard are both long-established stars and have been no worse than you this year. This should be taken into account by the judges, allowing them to take advantage of the votes. ”

George's words were not unfounded. In the 1965 European Ballon d'Or awards, the judges hesitated for a long time between Facchetti and Eusebio, who created the "big international era" as the captain of Inter Milan, and finally chose the Portuguese Panthers, who were older, because they felt that Facchetti was "still young, and there will be opportunities in the future". And the result: Inter Milan went into decline after that, and Facchetti was also stolen by Rivera, and never had a chance to be on the podium of the European Ballon d'Or again!

"Huh?" Hearing George's words, Ronaldo immediately hung his head in great frustration. But soon, he reacted and looked at George suspiciously, "Brother George, I said, you shouldn't be deliberately scaring me, right?"

"Haha, you actually found out~" Seeing Ronaldo's drastic facial expression, George couldn't help laughing, and easily kneaded his cheap brother's well-groomed hair into a chicken nest, "How is it?

Although he said this verbally, in fact, George knew very well in his heart that it would not be easy for Ronaldo to beat the other two competitors to win the Ballon d'Or!

Unlike the UEFA Player of the Year selection, which has just been born and still needs time to prove and precipitate, the European Ballon d'Or selected by France Football has a longer history and more authoritative influence, and its results are widely recognized. Therefore, for the selection results of the European Golden Globe Awards, George naturally attaches great importance to it. Because if the Ballon d'Or finally goes to White Hart Lane, it will undoubtedly play a great role in improving Tottenham's popularity around the world and the appeal of players!

However, as George thought before, although he has two championship trophies in the FA Cup and the Champions League, and won the UEFA Player of the Year honor before the season, Ronaldo does not have as much advantage in the selection of the European Ballon d'Or as he did in the previous UEFA Player of the Year selection. Because France Football measures the performance of players over the past whole year, not one season. In this regard, although Tottenham have performed well on all fronts since the start of the season, Ronaldo's own performance has not been very impressive, and it is nowhere near as impressive as when he scored two goals in the Champions League final last season to help Tottenham take the lead.

It is inevitable that such a situation will occur. Although under George's careful cultivation, Ronaldo's growth rate and personal ability have far exceeded that of his previous life, and his fame is much greater than that of his previous life, there are too many good players in the Tottenham team, and Ronaldo is not always needed to step up and turn the tide. This, coupled with Tottenham's tactical style of play, which focuses on the team rather than relying on the individual ability of a single star, has left Ronaldo with few opportunities to perform.

Although the establishment of Cristiano Ronaldo as the core of the attack can make Ronaldo more beautiful and more eye-catching, as in the previous Manchester United, it will also make it more difficult for Tottenham to win. The most important thing is that once Ronaldo is absent, then Tottenham, who have become accustomed to the Portuguese as the core, is likely to fall into the dilemma of lack of attacking power!

Let's look at Ronaldo's two rivals. Although Ronaldinho has grown into a world-class star and his performance in Barcelona is also extremely eye-catching, Xiao Luo's hard injury is that he can only win one La Liga championship, the Champions Cup only stops at the round of 16, and he is even firmly suppressed by his rival Real Madrid in La Liga in the new season!

Needless to say, Frank Lampard's Chelsea side are almost completely suppressed by Tottenham on all fronts. Had it not been for Clattenburg's help last season, the Blues probably wouldn't have had a chance of winning a Premier League title. Therefore, among the three, the chance of winning the "magic lamp" can be said to be the lowest!

Each of the three candidates has its own strengths and weaknesses. In George's opinion, who will win this year's European Golden Globe Awards may really only be revealed on the day of the awards!

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