77. Doing things and talking about cooperation (two-in-one chapter)

"I am deeply saddened to hear what happened to the national team in Germany, and now I hereby declare that I will never cooperate with German companies! Never give interviews to the German press! Never join a team in Germany! ”

Tan Xibi's article stirred up a thousand waves with one stone, and soon spread throughout the country, and also caused a lot of repercussions in the European continent.

"Tan Xibi is mighty! Countless likes to you! ”

"What a 'three never' statement, we should follow in Tan Xibi's footsteps and boycott German goods!"

"Yes, boycott German goods!"

"I've burned the German jersey!"

"Pink to Germany has turned black!"

"It's so exciting, that's great!"

"It's a pity that Tan Xibi can't play in the Europa League and can't play in the midweek game against Cologne."

"It's okay, keep the top four this season, and I want to be in a group with Bayern in the Champions League next season, and Dortmund will be okay!"

"With Tan Xibi here, what are you afraid of?"

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"Tan Xibi's article quickly redeemed the negative image caused by his withdrawal from the national team." Liu Chuanfeng said with a smile.

"He has always been Chinese, and I believe he will definitely return to the national team." Taishan Shi said with an oath.

That's not necessarily, if you want to participate in international competitions, the Chinese team is not the best choice.

Confused with the confidence of Taishan Stone, Liu Chuanfeng shook his head, too lazy to hit him.

Fabian Goetze watched Tan Xibi sort out his clothes with a bitter face, he didn't expect Tan Xibi to be so decisive, three "never" to cut off all ties with Germany, but not with the Germans, such as him, such as the German players in the Arsenal team, and Arsenal's shirt sponsor Puma.

"Except for the race uniform, I don't want anything related to Puma, burn it for me." Tan Xibi cleaned out the clothes with the Puma logo and handed them to Gotze.

"Contact the domestic sports equipment manufacturers, Puma's contract seems to expire after next season, as long as the domestic price can be more than 200 million pounds for five years, Puma can be driven away."

"You even know that?"

"Don't you know there's an Internet and you can find everything?"

Ge Ce hugged the clothes and had no choice but to burn the clothes, as for contacting Huaguo Sporting Goods Companies, he had to find Liu Chuanfeng and Taishan Shi, he was not familiar with Huaguo.

As for Tan Xibi's decision to match the sponsorship of Arsenal's jerseys, there is actually his careful thinking in it.

If this is successful, it will make a lot of money.

In this way, it is one step closer to living in a big house and driving a good car.

"Damn, I want to use Lao Tzu to make money from my Chinese fans, I want to be beautiful." Tan Xibi scolded Puma while manipulating the PS4 remote control in his hand, and on the huge TV screen, the Arsenal team and the German team were playing.

It is worth mentioning that the Arsenal team manipulated by Tan Xibi does not have a single German player, and due to the version, he is not in it.

"Left!"

"Right!"

"Pass! Pass! ”

"Shoot for Lao Tzu!"

"Haha, kill you, the world champion is amazing, I'll kill you like this!"

In the office of the Arsenal CEO, Ivan Gazidis frowned, while the secretary David Myers and the chief commercial officer, Tom Fox, sat in their chairs in an orderly manner, their eyes fixed on a stack of papers.

Tan Xibi did something and brought the Arsenal club in. Because Puma Group's sales in the Chinese market have declined sharply in the past few days, and the return rate has increased significantly, even if Puma wants to solve this public relations crisis, it can't find an entry point, who calls them German companies.

Puma sent a fax, on the one hand, to negotiate with the club about contract renewal, and on the other hand, to ask the club if there was a way to "appease" Tan Xibi.

"This guy is a thorn." Gazidis sighed.

The withdrawal from the Chinese team has also affected Arsenal's image in China.

This anger against Germany also affected the financiers.

This Tan Xibi is too good at doing things.

"Bang bang."

The door to the office opened, and in came Tan Xibi's agent, Gotze.

"Can Wall take that article down?"

"I can't."

"But what about the club's losses?"

"Puma's contract expires next season," Götze sat down on the couch for a while, "will you continue to work with Puma, or will you choose a new sporting goods manufacturer?" ”

Gazidis and Fox glanced at each other, what does it mean for an agent to care about the business affairs of the club?

"Wall is certainly not going to retract that article, and what he says counts. If you want to continue working with Puma, for the good of the club, Wall is definitely not going to stay, right? ”

Gazidis's eyes narrowed slightly, and generally speaking, if you choose between a player and the number one sponsor, unless he is an indispensable member of the team and has great market value, the club will choose to sell the player who is doing the thing.

But Tan Xibi has proven himself with his strength, and the Chinese market behind him is extremely important to Arsenal's commercial development, and the jersey alone can at least buy Granit Xhaka in a season.

But Puma is not easy to offend, they are willing to continue to sponsor Arsenal, on the basis of the original contract, the fee may rise by two percent, which is undoubtedly a relief for Arsenal, which has lost Champions League income, unstable results, and has been lacking heavyweight trophies.

"I know people in Paris have contacted you." Gotze smiled and said something amazing, "It's not a secret, after all, I'm Wall's agent. ”

Gazidis frowned, Miles and Fox looked at each other, this is indeed not a secret, when Paris contacts them, it will definitely contact Tan Xibi's agent.

Paris Saint-Germain, who have been setting record transfer fees in the transfer market this season, are at the top of the list in Ligue 1 and are one of the seven teams that are still unbeaten in the top five leagues.

In the Champions League, Paris beat German hegemon Bayern Munich to top the group, and is the only team in the Champions League to win five consecutive games.

is such a strong team, it still has to buy people, and the main position to buy is not the frontcourt player, but the midfield.

Yes, you read that right, it's the back.

While Paris were undoubtedly better than the same period last season, the defence conceded two more goals than in the same period.

Although Paris conceded the second-most goals in the league with a 4-1 win at home at the weekend (before the game, Paris and Montpellier were tied for the fewest goals conceded in Ligue 1 with eight goals), but in the course of the game, the Parisian defence still exposed a lot of problems.

There is a famous saying in football circles, attacking to win games, defending to win championships, in the league, strong soldiers, and the overall strength of the invincible Paris in Ligue 1 can win the league championship with attack, but in order to go further in the Champions League with low error tolerance, or even reach the final, Paris must introduce a midfielder who can immediately improve the team's defensive ability.

Therefore, they set their sights on Tan Xibi, who has unlimited potential and can be plug-and-play.

Of course, Tan Xibi, who represented Sporting Portugal in the Champions League this season, will not be able to participate in this season's Champions League even if he transfers to Paris, but Paris is not in a hurry, they have the same young French talented striker Kylian Mbappe, Brazilian ace killer Neymar, Pirlo's successor Marco Verratti and other post-90s talents, so Paris has the patience to fight for the Champions League trophy in the next three years.

With the most firepower in Europe this season, Manchester City, both league goals and Champions League goals, crushing Josep Guardiola's Manchester City, what are the defensive problems?

In the case of the use of 433 or 4231 formations in Paris this season, the attackers on both wings have limited investment in defense, especially when Neymar and Mbappe play together, they still want to suppress the opponent through attack.

What's more, the team's full-backs are quite hard in terms of assist, so it is easy to lead to the problem of the opponent opening up the side corridor after the midfield counter-attack fails (against Bayern, Paris used a defensive counter-attacking tactic, if the attack is against the full-back, maybe the full-back problem will still be used).

We take a look at the Paris first team's midfield configuration, with Thiago Motta at 35 years old and the former Italy international, who has been plagued by injuries this season, is about to enter the countdown to his career.

This season's Paris double back conventional configuration is Andrien - Rabiot and Verratti, strictly speaking, the technical characteristics of the two are similar, both belong to the drag organization midfield, the only difference is that in recent years, in order to be able to play the main force, Rabiot has changed his style of play, to the development of B2B midfield, often forward when attacking, with goals and assists to brush the sense of presence, in the Paris three midfielders are not full-time as a water lifter, he is difficult to retreat in time when the transition between attack and defense.

Needless to say, Verratti, a typical playmaker who is not good at filling and chasing, not only cannot cover the defensive end, but the Italian will have a high rate of passing errors as long as he enters the center circle. In the case of the team's two wing attackers not retreating in time, Verratti could not settle in time to make up for the defense, because most of the opponents in Ligue 1 have limited attacking power, if they meet a strong team in the Champions League, the Paris defense without the protection of the back is worrying.

As for the French U20 midfielder who was promoted to the first team, 20-year-old Christopher Nkunku, one of the top 100 rising stars who has been selected for "442" magazine, as a talented midfielder cultivated by the Paris academy, Nkunku has very good athleticism with black genes, and the first position is the central midfielder, he is a bit like Chelsea midfielder N'Golo Kante with strengthened organizational ability and weakened defense, with good running ability, whether it is advancing with the ball or passing organization, you can see his good ball control ability.

But Paris coach Unai Emery can hardly be counted on reusing Nkunku in important games, Nkunku has only made three substitute appearances in Ligue 1 this season, adding up to only 21 minutes, which is too slow for a young talent who is already 20 years old, and it is too slow for him to expect him to be a star in the Champions League and defending European giants.

Unai Emery knows very well that in order to realize the Champions League dream in Paris, it is not enough to invest heavily in the frontcourt stars, and Kante-level iron waists must be introduced in the midfield position, but the one who can enter his eyes is Tan Xibi, who shines at Arsenal.

With an excellent view of the big picture and a wide view of the pitch, his tackles and interceptions are not only the first in the Premier League (based on the same number of games), but also the best in Europe.

Strong athleticism and running ability, accurate passing and long passing, terrifying heavy artillery bombardment, and a big heart that is not thrilling to the big scene, such a back, which giant doesn't love it?

Coupled with the fact that Emery and Tan Xibi's mentor Argustinho Oliveira have a close relationship, it is not surprising that Paris, who are in dire need of a midfielder, sent a fax to Arsenal asking for a price.

Paris needs a midfielder, but Arsenal don't?

Tan Xibi is Arsène Wenger's baby now, and the Frenchman is still counting on him to achieve his Champions League dream.

If Gazidis dares to agree to release him, the old man will have to pull out his bayonet and fight with him, knowing that the office of the Arsenal CEO is not far from Wenger's office.

"Wall is not for sale," Gazidis affirmed, "and he's going to stay here and at least complete his contract." ”

Gotze smiled slightly, he was not the kind of agent of Mino-Raiola, who made his employer change jobs frequently for commissions.

And as long as Wenger is still around, Tan Xibi has no intention of leaving Arsenal at all.

"Since Wall stayed, then Puma's side is not easy to explain."

Gazidis said, "I'll take care of it." ”

"I have a suggestion," Gotze saw that Gazidis did not interrupt him, and did not look like he did not want to listen, and continued: "Choose other sporting goods companies, if it is a Chinese company, with Wall, I believe that the club's influence and market in China will exceed that of other teams." ”

Gazidis and the others had their eyes lit up and looked at each other.

In fact, they didn't think about how to run Tan Xibi, but Tan Xibi, the chicken thief, did not authorize the portrait right to them at all when he signed the contract, so Tan Xibi's commercial income Arsenal couldn't get a piece of the pie at all.

Now Arsenal can only get a little bit of his residual value by selling Tan Xibi's jersey, as for the cooperation with the father of the Huaguo financier, Gazidis and others have not yet figured out how to do it, and they have not obtained Tan Xibi's portrait rights, and the club cannot write him into the marketing plan as the biggest buying point to "fool" the Huaguo financier.

Now that Tan Xibi's agent took the initiative to come to the door, could it be that Tan Xibi felt that he had caused a loss to the club and had a great conscience to authorize the portrait right to them?

If that's the case, I really have to thank the German bunch of stupid hats, with the Chinese financier, Puma is a fart, and it doesn't matter if you don't cooperate with German companies, anyway, in addition to Adidas and Puma, there are no other companies in Germany that sponsor football.

It's a pity that they think too much, how could Tan Xibi, the chicken thief, authorize them with the most precious portrait right?

That's the most valuable place for athletes, Tan Xibi is playing the idea of working with his employer, he will give the image rights, the club will contribute, and the two sides will score five or five points.

After listening to Gotze's words, Gazidis and the others were dumbfounded.

For them, Tan Xibi's proposal is simply an unequal treaty!

I'm your boss, okay?

Why do I sweat from running errands, and you sit at home and lie down easily to collect money, only five or five points?

The fruit is not as ruthless as you!

In the end, although the first negotiation between the two sides did not reach cooperation, they still made an appointment for the next time in a harmonious and pleasant atmosphere.