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After making his first signing as Tottenham Hotspur CEO and informing Drogba of the team's pre-season training dates for the new season, Marotta rushed to his second destination, Brittany, in the north-west of France, but with Guingamp, but Rennes as the regional capital. Pen Fun Pavilion wWw. ｂiquge。 ｉｎfo

However, Marotta is not in the mood to admire the Brittany capital. Upon arriving in Rennes, he immediately headed straight for Rennes' HQ – where there was also a transfer that George had labelled as a 'must have' waiting for him to operate.

'I'm sorry, manager Marotta, Petr Cech is not for sale in the team. In other words, no matter how much you pay, we will not have the idea of selling him to Tottenham. Rennes' head coach, 48-year-old Christian Gourcuff, sat at the conference table with a frowning brow. Obviously, the head coach was very dissatisfied with Marotta's poaching operation against Rennes, so he gave Marotta a closed door as soon as he came up, intending to make the latter retreat in a difficult way, so as to achieve the goal of keeping Cech in Rennes.

That's right, Czech international Peter Cech, who now plays for Ligue 1 club Rennes, is George's number one goalkeeper for Tottenham in the new season. Although Tottenham's first-choice goalkeeper last season, American goalkeeper Kathy Keller, showed good form over the past season, George did not hesitate to take the latter to White Hart Lane when he was put together with Cech. After all, George was very impressed by the competitive form and goalkeeping ability of Cech before the skull fracture in his previous life, and the Czech goalkeeper at that time was capable of competing with Buffon for the existence of the world's number one goalkeeper. Even after suffering a serious injury such as a broken skull, Cech has seen a decline in his judgment of the ball and concentration of the game, but Cech is still a world-class goalkeeper.

And Kessie Keller is also a good goalkeeper, but compared to Cech, it is easy to see which is more important. So, in order to realise his ambition to build Tottenham into a champion, George had to bring in a world-class goalkeeper!

A good goalkeeper can top half a team, and that's not just words. On this point, look at Arsenal after Lehmann's ageing and Manchester United's performance on the pitch after Schmeichel's departure.

"It's not a good habit to talk so badly, Coach Gourcuff. Regarding the strong statement of the elder Gourcuff, Marotta, who said that he had not known how many similar scenes he had seen, would naturally not give up this operation for this reason. What's more, their boss has made it clear in their plans that Cech is a must-win transfer target, so Marotta will do everything he can to get the deal done with Rennes no matter what.

It's just that what Marotta didn't expect was that the person in charge of the transfer negotiations sent by Rennes was not their chairman or their general manager, but the head coach Christian Gourcuff!

Putting the manager in charge of the transfer of the main goalkeeper has undoubtedly made it more difficult for Tottenham to bring in Cech. Because unlike the chairman and general manager, who need to consider the interests of the club as a whole, the old Gourcuff, who is only responsible for the team's results, naturally wants the team to have as many quality players as possible. So, for the elder Gourcuff, he naturally wants to try to prevent Cech from leaving.

"Didn't I already say it? I will never consider any of your offers for Cech!So, manager Marotta, please get out of here as soon as possible, so as not to waste any more time on you and me. Seeing that Marotta did not retreat because of his tough attitude, but continued to stay here and entangle himself, the dissatisfaction on Old Gourkuff's face became more and more obvious, and he even said the words of direct expulsion.

"That's right, it seems that I really don't need to waste any more time on Coach Gourcuff. You know, unlike you, who only need to lead the team to play well, my time is very tight. With that, Marotta ignored the old Gourcuff's public gesture and dialed a phone number directly, "Hey, is it Chairman Saint-Serrin? I'm Giuseppe Marotta, the general manager and CEO of Tottenham Hotspur FC." I'd like to talk to you directly about the deal for your main goalkeeper, Petr Cech...... Yes, as the coach of the team, Coach Gourcuff is indeed very capable, but his vision is limited after all, and he can only take care of his team, and he can't see the benefits that this transfer can bring to both of us. ”

Old Gurkuv didn't expect that Marotta would make such a shady move. Not only did he directly bypass himself as the person in charge and take the high-level route, which greatly advanced the progress of Cech's transfer negotiations, but also kicked out himself, the person who is most likely to block the transfer.

Alas, it seems that there is certainly no way for Cech to stay this time. Looking at Marotta, who was talking happily with his chairman on the phone, and the numbers that kept spit out from the other party's mouth, old Gourcuff couldn't help but sigh in his heart, completely killing Qiangliu Cech's mind. The elder Gourcuff is very clear about the temperament of his own chairman, knowing that under Tottenham's money offensive, this chairman will definitely agree to the other party's transfer offer about Cech as he did when he sold other players. After all, Rennes have never been financially wealthy, and one of the main ways for Rennes to gain liquidity is to develop young players and then resell them for profit.

Thinking that the excellent goalkeeper he had spent countless hours and energy cultivating would be thrown into the arms of Tottenham, the extremely unhappy old Gourcuff couldn't help but glared fiercely at the Tottenham CEO who was sitting across the table and was having a good conversation with Chairman Saint-Serrin, and his teeth itched: "Isn't it just a new boss, and there is a little more stinky money in his pocket?

Naturally, the elder Gourcuff's expression did not escape Marotta's eyes, but the latter clearly didn't care what the Rennes boss would think of him. After all, it's not England, where everything related to the team is handled by the manager, but France, where the transfer is in the hands of the chairman and general manager. So, whether the elder Gourcuff agrees or not, as long as Marotta gets Rennes chairman and general manager and then convinces the player himself, then the Petr Cech deal can be declared complete.

Just as the elder Gourcuff gritted his teeth and was eager to rush up to give Marotta an old punch, George arrived in Lisbon, the capital of Portugal, on his own private jet. There, there's a future superstar waiting for George!

"Mr. Nelson, welcome to Lisbon. I wish you all the best of luck in your trip to Lisbon. "Sporting Lisbon president Antonio da Cunha was very enthusiastic about George's visit. Because he knew that the Tottenham Hotspur owner and manager, who was in power and not bad for money at all, must have come here to bring in a certain star in the Sporting Lisbon team. That's why Da Cunha, who realizes that there will be another credit, is so enthusiastic in front of George.

"Mr. Nelson. Due to George's special status as the owner and manager of Tottenham Hotspur, da Cunha had no choice but to choose such a title, and pulled the conversation between the two sides directly to the point, "You came to visit us in person this time, Sporting Lisbon must have met one of our players, right?"

Although Sporting Lisbon, as one of Portugal's three traditional clubs, is in much better shape than the aforementioned teams such as Rennes and Guingamp, and there are more stars coming out of here, again, due to the impact of the Bosman Act and the limited influence of the Portuguese league itself, even Sporting Lisbon has to go down the road of relying on the sale of players to generate revenue.

Don't look at Sporting Lisbon to make a lot of money by selling players, but don't forget that in order to develop these hopefuls, Sporting Lisbon also invests a very impressive amount of money every year in the academy and scouting system. Almost half of the income from the sale of players each year is thrown into these two divisions by Sporting Lisbon.

That's why da Cunha went straight to the point at the very beginning of the negotiation with such disregard for manners - the landlord's family has no surplus food now!

A team with money and popularity can build a luxury squad, while a club with no money or declining influence can only continue to sell high-quality assets in the team, and players are becoming more and more mobile. The impact of the Bosman Act on small and medium-sized clubs with insufficient financial resources, as well as clubs outside the four major leagues, is illustrative.

"President da Cunha, since you have asked so, then I will not go around in circles, and tell you directly the goal of my trip. Seeing that Da Cunha was so impatient, Giorgio was naturally happy to save a battle of words, "I came to Lisbon this time to bring in a wide player from your team. You know, Darren Anderton is a very good wide player in our team, but his attendance and injury history makes it impossible to put all my hopes in him. That's why I'm going to find you with a good tradition of producing good wingers, and see if I can find a qualified or even better replacement for Darren. ”

"Haha, I've thought of this for a long time. Hearing George's words, da Cunha laughed and said, "Mr. Nelson, you must have come for our team of Ricardo Quaresma, right?"

"No, President da Cunha, I'm looking at another right winger in your team, his name is Cristiano Ronaldo. ”