363 Anelka
It's been a lot of good things for Blackburn Rovers lately. The whole club was beaming.
After all, it's a football club, as long as it's a good result, everything is good. Blackburn Rovers are now top of the Premier League and 12 points ahead of second-placed Arsenal. In such a good situation, both Blackburn Rovers and the players are full of confidence.
If you can win the Premier League title for a second time, what a majesty it is.
This season, the prestige of Manchester United, the hegemony of the Premier League, has completely disappeared. They are now fourth in the Premier League, almost 20 points behind Blackburn.
Liverpool, who were in good form at the beginning of the season, fell into a plummeting state because Houllier was admitted to the hospital. If we talk about victory, it was already more than a month ago.
Only Arsenal are still struggling to catch up with Blackburn. But it was already twelve points behind Blackburn.
Blake is not Newcastle, Arsenal is not Manchester United. George would never let his opponent turn the tables with a 12-point advantage. Manchester United's red-hot form at the end of the season last season has not really been able to catch up with Blackburn. Now Arsenal want to catch up with Blackburn Rovers and no one is optimistic about Arsenal.
Even the London media don't think Arsenal can catch up with Blackburn.
In such a good situation, how can everyone's mood be bad.
But George didn't have it so easy.
Because George has a big problem to solve. That's Anelka.
Although Anelka has performed well in these two games. Both opened the scoring for Blackburn. But George couldn't settle for anything but that. Because in these two games, it is clear that Anelka relied on his individual strength to break through the opponent's goal.
George doesn't need such an Anelka.
The opponents were weak in these two games. So it was possible to win.
But once you face a strong team, you can't have such a good thing. So George needs Anelka's true homecoming even more. At least during the lease period. But Anelka, George hesitated.
Is this Anelka?
Mom's. Even Arsene Wenger and Bosque have nothing to do with him. George didn't think he was any better than the two of them.
And Anelka is different from other bad boys.
Just like Barton, they are scandals and scandals. Either there is a "case of forcible annihilation" or a "case of wounding people". These people are all people who have no brains, and they are completely problematic with their surnames.
After they competed, they all went to drink, pick up girls, and fight, which was a common thing. Therefore, there are scandals and scandals on them every day, and those paparazzi follow them all in the news.
But Anelka is different. Anelka's news is all about disagreements within the team.
What kind of conflict with the head coach, disagreement with teammates, salary increase, this kind of thing. On the contrary, there are no off-the-field scandals. Anelka is a typical otaku, how should this kind of person be convinced. George wasn't sure.
But you have to give it a try.
Thankfully, with ten days to go until the next game, George has plenty of time to talk to Anelka.
At the end of the day, when he was about to disband, George called Anelka. "Nicholas, come to my office."
Anelka's face was expressionless, as if George had told him not to feel anything.
George arrived at the office and waited for Anelka, also thinking about how to talk to Anelka. Anelka stumbled, and George waited in the office for a while before seeing him come in.
"Sit down."
Looking at Anelka, who didn't speak, George shook his head.
"By the way, how did it feel to win the Champions League last time?"
George didn't open any pot, and Anelka was very angry when he heard George's words. Speaking of Anelka, when he went to Real Madrid, he was completely confident. Anelka was only 19 years old at the time, but he was already worth more than 20 million pounds.
Anelka was also smug in his heart.
It's a pity that Real Madrid won the Champions League that year, but it didn't have much to do with Anelka.
Anelka thinks it's George humiliating him.
However, as if he didn't see Anelka's expression, George continued: "But speaking of which, the Champions League title doesn't belong to you. Haven't you ever thought about winning the Champions League of your own? ”
Anelka was stunned.
Champions League winners, what is it? This is the highest honour in European football.
"Nicolas, if you stay at Paris Saint-Germain, you will never have a chance to win the Champions League again in your life. But we have the quality to win the Champions League, have you ever wanted to play at Blackburn? ”
"You mean, I'm transferring?" Anelka hesitated.
George nodded.
"In Paris Saint-Germain, I have wronged you so much."
George looked at Anelka and watched his face change several times. Knowing that Anelka is indeed not satisfied with the degree in Ligue 1.
"Nicholas, a lot of people say you like money." Anelka looked up at George, not understanding why George was so blunt. "Actually, I also like money. As you may have heard, my salary is the highest among any manager in the Premier League. I'm not afraid to tell you that my annual salary is much higher than yours. ”
Anelka's current salary is only £40,000 a week, which is much less than George's. George's weekly salary is nearly 60,000 pounds.
"But I don't dare to feel guilty. Because I qualify for such an annual salary, I have been at the club for three seasons and have brought four titles to the club. Among them are the Premier League champions and the UEFA Cup winners. So I think I'm worth the price. The same goes for the players. ”
"The value of a player's contribution to the club is £40,000, so the weekly salary I give will definitely not be less than £40,000, and it is normal to give as much salary as I contribute."
Anelka didn't expect George to talk about money so much in front of him.
Many people say that Chinese are dead to face and suffer crimes. Then the English are a group of people who are bitches and set up archways. On the surface, they all pay attention to the so-called gentlemanly demeanor and disdain to talk about money. It's like talking about money.
In fact, where in the world are there people who don't love money.
One of the biggest criticisms of Anelka in the English football media is that he is greedy for money.
But George was casually talking about money in front of him.
"It's normal for players to like money. After all, your career is so short, and it is normal for you to put in your own efforts and earn more money. ”
Hearing this, Anelka's eyes lit up.
"Nicholas, you can see our results this season. I want you to come to me and continue to play for me, but it depends on how you perform on this loan. If you behave well, I'll bring you in in the summer. And in terms of salary, I will never be stingy. ”
"Thirty thousand, forty thousand, fifty thousand, if you can show an answer that satisfies me, I will not hesitate even sixty thousand pounds. It's commercial football now, why should players play for you if they don't make money. So I just look at your performance, and I don't care about the rest of the media. As long as the performance is good, nothing else is a problem. ”
"Would you like to play with me?"
Anelka was satisfied with George's words.
Because of the managers Anelka has seen, only George told Anelka that it's normal for you to behave well and get a high salary. Players play football to earn money, and there is nothing more normal than this.
Anelka, however, did not answer directly.
"I'm willing to play at a higher level."
George was already very satisfied with this answer. So nodded.
"Alright, Nicholas. That's it for today, and I'll be watching you perform. I hope we can continue to work together next season. Go ahead. ”
looked at Anelka, who was leaving, and shook his head.
Buying Anelka, George definitely didn't think about it. George doesn't like this kind of player who is a headache, although he is very talented. What I said today is just for the sake of Ananelka's heart.
If Anelka doesn't want to play again in the Premier League, it's absolutely impossible.
But George, absolutely no idea of buying Anelka.
If it weren't for Klose's injury, George wouldn't have been willing to deal with Anelka.
………… George didn't know what Anelka was thinking.
However, on the second day's training match, Anelka was very active. Although he is still very withdrawn, he doesn't talk much. But in training, it's very positive. In previous training, Anelka was always in front, and after someone else passed the ball, he was very alone.
But in today's game, George saw it.
Anelka also drops back to get the ball and sometimes plays with people.
Anelka is a genius.
As long as he is willing to play with the players, then there is no problem. Or the French trident in the frontcourt, the cooperation of Pire, Miku, and Anelka is completely dazzling. George watched from the sidelines with a smile on his face.
That's it.
George was delighted. A conversation with Anelka still worked.
On January 12, Blackburn Rovers faced Charlton Athletic at home.
Just over twenty days ago, George had already beaten Charlton. At that time, they were held to a draw by Charlton Athletic, much to George's dismay. In this game, George will definitely not miss out.
Sure enough, the game was over, and Blackburn Rovers swept Charlton Athletic 4-0 at home. avenged the revenge of an arrow more than 20 days ago.
Anelka was very active in the game, scoring a goal in each half.
After the game, not only George, but the whole Ewood Park went crazy.
Why?
At the same time, there was also a major event on the tee-off. Like just over twenty days ago, it was a match between Liverpool and Arsenal.
In the first half of the season, it was Arsenal who won against Liverpool.
It's a pity that in this game, they lost both. Arsenal were held to a 1-1 draw at home by Liverpool. Liverpool needless to say, were thrown off by Blackburn by almost twenty points. Arsenal, a club that closely follows Blackburn Rovers, are fourteen points behind Blackburn Rovers after this round.
Ewood Park is like celebrating a Premier League title.
They believe in 14 points, and Arsenal can't catch up with the kill.
(To be continued)