Gary Cook never imagined that he would have the opportunity to be treated so ceremoniously by the media.

When he was still in Milan, dozens of reporters from all over the world saw him on the plane, and when he arrived at Manchester International Airport, dozens of reporters were waiting for him.

In normal times, Gary Cook would be ecstatic to put on a show, but now he is not in the mood at all.

When he walked out of the airport gate, countless reporters flocked to him to ask about the latest developments in the introduction of Kaka, but he repeatedly refused to answer any questions about the transfer, and when asked by reporters whether this rush back had anything to do with Manchester City's recent series of turmoil, he also said he would not respond.

The opposite of the stern-looking Gary Cook was Horabchin, the famous agent with his trademark harmless grin, but also sensibly silent, well aware of the situation and the inappropriateness of saying anything.

After being intercepted by a group of reporters, they finally got rid of the entanglement and boarded the reception bus that had been waiting here for a long time, and headed to the City Stadium in Manchester.

As soon as "Pu" got into the car, Gary Cook scolded angrily, he really had a feeling that his head was as big as a fight, and even if he could, he would not hesitate to hit someone, beat him to death, and beat that damn Mark Hughes to death.

While he was in the final negotiations with AC Milan over Kaka's transfer, Mark Hughes' Manchester City suffered a massive defeat in England, first in their FA Cup debut with a 03 home defeat at the feet of Championship relegation rivals Nottingham Forest, then a 0 defeat away to Pompey Portsmouth in the Premier League and a 0l defeat at home to Wigan.

The game dropped City to 15th place and were just one step away from the relegation zone.

Kaka's transfer was not negotiated, and AC Milan president Silvio Berlusconi, who had agreed to let Manchester City negotiate a personal deal with Kaka, informed Gary Cook by phone at the last moment, announcing that the transfer was cancelled and Kaka would remain at AC Milan.

This will make Manchester City lose face, I believe that there are countless people who are laughing at Manchester City now, at least from the perspective of nouveau riche throwing money, Manchester City is also the most unqualified, because Chelsea smashed the championship in the first season, and Manchester City is still fighting for relegation, which is definitely not what Manchester City fans want.

Arriving at the City Stadium, Gary Cook and Horabchin got off the bus and headed straight for the chairman's office.

When they arrived at Mubarak's office, the latter was answering a phone call, looking serious and polite, and it was clear that the person on the phone was far above him, and if Gary Cook was not mistaken, it was Al Fasim, the owner of the Abu Dhabi consortium.

There are actually only two people involved in the day-to-day management of Manchester City in the Abu Dhabi consortium, in addition to Mubarak, who is the chairman, and there is also a group shareholder who is responsible for the day-to-day operations, the latter is still in Italy, and has moved to Turin with a team of lawyers, hoping to take Juventus' chief goalkeeper Gianluigi Buffon to fill the void of the loss of Kaka.

Originally, there was another candidate, Ibrahimovic of Inter Milan, but Inter Milan's offer for Ibrahimovic was a bit outrageously high, shouting that if you don't have 150 million, don't come, so angry that Gary Cook gave up directly.

But this can't blame the Inter Milan lion for opening his mouth, the reason is very simple, the whole world knows that you chase superstars, who will be merciful to you? I didn't see that even a Valencia, which was on the verge of bankruptcy, shouted a sky-high price of 90 million euros to David Villa, just imagine, what else can't be found in this crazy world?

"I can guarantee it, trust me," Mubarak said into the phone, and then hung up.

With a deep sigh, he looked up just in time to see Gary Cook sitting in front of him, and Horabuchin, who was the team's transfer adviser, who had been like Manchester City's Pini Zahavi since helping Manchester City bring in Robinho.

"First of all, we must not be downgraded," Mubarak said straight to the point.

Of course, Manchester City has not yet reached the point of relegation, after all, such a large-scale recruitment, if the most relegated is relegated, it will definitely be a big joke, which will make the Abu Dhabi consortium completely become the laughing stock of the whole world

"Robinho is unhappy with the current state of the team, he is a bit at odds with Mark Hughes, and getting him done" Mubarak is more like an order, because he is the boss of Manchester City, the only decision-maker under Alfasim.

"I've seen Mark Hughes, he asked for a high school striker, and I promised to give it to him," Mubarak said, looking at Horabuchin, "how is Ibrahimovic?" ”

Horabchin smiled embarrassedly, shook his head and said: "150 million, if you insist on it, it is estimated that it will not be much cheaper."

Mubarak spread his hands out, speechless, and said nothing, but his face was puzzled and helpless.

"I said that the transfer of big-name stars during the winter break is itself going to be slaughtered, Kaka's 120 million is crazy in itself, and we are in too much of a hurry, and now the whole world knows that we are going to bring in a striker, and even Valencia has shouted a sky-high price of 90 million euros for Villa, which I can't help"

Mubarak slapped his forehead hard and looked at Gary Cook, who has almost zero ability in this area and doesn't even have the skills to negotiate football transfers, so in many cases, Manchester City have to rely on Horabuchin for reinforcements.

Now Manchester City is still in the stage of buying a thousand dollars, and there is really no other way than to use money to pave the way.

"Does Kaka still have a chance?" Mubarak asked.

Horabuchin shook his head, "If my estimate is correct, AC Milan is no longer likely to agree, and Kaka will not transfer to Manchester, someone should have made Berlusconi change his mind, I heard that now Florentino's return to Real Madrid is very strong, he must buy a superstar as soon as he comes up." ”

This analysis is a bit understandable, compared with Real Madrid, no matter how much money Manchester City gives, it is useless.

'I've heard that Chelsea have made an offer for Tottenham Hotspur's Andy Carroll, is it true?' Mubarak asked, Andy Carroll and Ashley Young had been recommended by Horabuchin before, but Mubarak and Gary Cook, who were bent on winning superstars, chose to run Kaka.

"Chelsea have made an offer of 20 million euros, and Tottenham Hotspur seem to have signs of agreeing to get the successor of Drogba."

Drogba has not performed very well this season due to injuries and the rejection of the manager, and Chelsea also needs a solid scorer in the frontcourt, so Pini Zahavi wants to get the Carroll who has the title of striker in England for the next ten years, so that Carroll and Rooney form the striker combination of the England national team and play a local brand.

Twenty million euros is high enough for a substitute centre-forward, but given Carroll's homegrown attention and the fact that he has been so good in cup competitions, it is clear from any point of view that Chelsea feel that the deal has been done.

Tottenham Hotspur has been shining in the last two years.

The attacking football team has become the focus of attention from fans around the world, with a high coverage rate, almost no negative press, and the team's results are very good.

In the 21st round that just ended, they beat Wigan 0 away, and in the 18th round of the midweek, they beat Newcastle 0 away, and then slaughtered Pompeii Portsmouth 0 at White Hart Lane in the 22nd round.

Scoring 14 goals and conceding a clean sheet in three consecutive games is a surprise to everyone.

Sometimes Mubarak finds it very incomprehensible, why does it seem that other people's teams are simple and smooth, but their own teams are always bumping and bumping, always encountering such and such problems?

Perhaps, it is so embarrassing for a layman to lead an insider

Tottenham Hotspur beat Championship side Burnley 0 on 20 January, with Carroll and Ashley Young both starting, with England centre-forward netting a goal and Danish youngsters Christian Eriksen and Aaron Ramsey netting a goal each.

Tottenham Hotspur knocked out the League Cup on aggregate and met Manchester United in the League Cup final.

This match brought Carroll to prominence again, and the Manchester City team, which failed to bring in Kaka, immediately made an offer to Tottenham Hotspur, and the first offer was 5 million euros higher than Chelsea's, reaching 25 million euros.

Peter Kenyon has the potential to be a profiteer, he was still considering whether to accept Chelsea's offer, as soon as he received the fax of Manchester City's offer, he immediately replied to a fax, raising Carroll's offer to 40 million euros, and immediately after, announced that he rejected Chelsea's transfer offer, but did not explain the reason.

After Manchester City received feedback from Tottenham Hotspur, Mubarak was furious, because Tottenham Hotspur had just been tempted by Chelsea's offer of 20 million euros, and now seeing Manchester City intervene and immediately raise the price, this is obviously too outrageous, and it is clear that Manchester City is to be slaughtered as a fat sheep.

Chelsea's chief executive, Pini Zahavi, blamed Manchester City, believing that Manchester City's behavior has undermined the law of the transfer market and created a bubble in the transfer market: "It's hard for me to imagine that a player who can't even start in the Premier League can be elevated to such an extent, it's crazy"

However, at the weekend, Tottenham Hotspur faced Swansea City in the Championship, and this time Carroll did not score, but he did well in the game and was voted Man of the Match with two assists for Eden Hazard and Aaron Ramsey.

January is the stage for the League Cup and FA Cup, and Carroll's performances in this succession of cup competitions have been quite impressive, coupled with the media coverage and publicity, which has made Carroll even more famous.

And as the transfer deadline approached, Manchester City became more and more passive, and finally on January 26, the club's chief executive Gary Cook and transfer adviser Horabuchin, together with the transfer team returning from Italy, traveled south to London to start the final negotiations with Tottenham Hotspur

After eight hours of intense negotiations, an agreement was reached, with Carroll and Ashley Young finally moving to Manchester City for a package of €50 million, which became the biggest signing of the winter break.

Mark Hughes welcomed the team's move to bring in Carroll in an interview that evening, believing that Carroll already has the potential to become a top star, and he admired Carroll's dominance in the box, saying that England's talented centre-forward will shine at Manchester City.

'He's going to be City's scoring guarantee for the next 10 years, and with him up front, we're going to be on top

As for Ashley Young, Mark Hughes feels the England winger will be a powerful addition to the wings, with Robinho playing as a second striker, and his flanks with Wright Phillips will make City's wide attack sharper and more threatening.

But the biggest winner of the winter break transfer is Tottenham Hotspur, almost everyone is amazed and admired by the transfer operation of Tottenham Hotspur, while quite a lot of peers have said that they will stay away from Tottenham Hotspur's players, and Tottenham Hotspur is also placed together with the media and Porto, Lyon, the three goals are known as the three major black stores in Europe.

When Porto was negotiating, they forced Pepe, who was originally going to be sold to Inter Milan for 9 million, to 30 million euros; And Lyon even sold Mohamed Diarra, who was originally intended to sell for 8 million, to 26 million, and Tottenham Hotspur's method of slaughtering Manchester City seems to be more polite in comparison

However, the sale of Carroll and Ashley Young for a package price of 50 million euros is also surprising enough.

After Tottenham Hotspur announced the transfer of Carroll and Ashley Young, the team also promoted teenager Eden Hazzard to the first team from the youth team, and the Belgian youngster also performed well in the youth team, and played for the first team in the league and cup competitions many times, filling the vacancy after Ashley Young's departure is not a problem.

One in and one out, Tottenham Hotspur got 50 million euros, which is too dark

Regarding Tottenham Hotspur's transfer policy, on the one hand, fans give understanding, after all, the team currently needs to raise funds to invest in the new stadium, but on the other hand, they are also worried that such a large-scale sale will affect the team's performance?

But soon, Tottenham Hotspur's performance in the 23rd round of the league with a 0 home win over Stoke City reassured everyone about the team, and what was even more pleasing was that Ribery's form had revived a lot in this game, and he performed quite well in the game.

The trident of Van Persie, Franck Ribery and Lionel Messi was once the most highly anticipated attacking combination for Tottenham Hotspur fans last season, but this season with the addition of David Silva, Yaya Toure has become more and more stable, and after forming a midfield triangle with Cesc Fabregas, Tottenham's midfield has become more and more skillful and excellent.

Almost all Tottenham Hotspur fans have high hopes for Ribery, believing that Tottenham Hotspur's attacking power will become stronger than ever if the trident recovers.

At the end of the twenty-three rounds, the league standings have changed in a peak.

Liverpool have survived the Christmas schedule and entered January, and the last three rounds have surprisingly ushered in three consecutive draws, but Manchester United, since the draw against Tottenham Hotspur in December, Ferguson's side has ushered in six consecutive wins, the fire of form is indeed surprising, all the way to Tottenham Hotspur.

After 23 rounds of league play, Tottenham Hotspur has scored 60 points with 19 wins and three draws, ranking first in the league standings, while Manchester United is in second place in the standings with 53 points, surpassing Liverpool and Chelsea, while Arsenal is still in sixth place, and the performance is still not very good.

However, after surviving the successive big victories of the Stoke City team, Tottenham Hotspur won the team of the month, Ye Qiu also won the best coach of the month, Messi won the best player of the month, but the first game after entering February, the 24th round of the league in midweek, Tottenham Hotspur was forced to draw by Bolton 00 away, and the winning streak came to an end temporarily.

But Tottenham Hotspur's 23-game unbeaten run in the league has surprised everyone, with a sizable number of fans even calling for the team to continue their winning streak, preferably by beating Arsenal and Chelsea's unbeaten streak.

But Ye Qiu himself is not very positive about this unbeaten record in the league, he feels that such a streak of unbeaten streak has brought heavy psychological pressure to the players, so in an interview with the outside world, he never mentioned the unbeaten streak.

On February 7, in the 25th round of the Premier League, Tottenham Hotspur was forced to draw by Arsenal at home 00.

Arsene Wenger's side clearly learned the tricks of Alex Ferguson, playing in a steady formation at White Hart Lane and paying the heavy price of two red cards from Klich and Eboue to take a point from White Hart Lane, and Alexander Song showed surprise quality for the first time in a central midfield position.

However, Tottenham Hotspur did not benefit either, with Franck Franck Ribery, who had just improved slightly, injured in this game, and the team's doctor, Peter Brandt, determined that he had strained his groin during a stoppage and was out of action for at least four weeks.

Ribery missed the start this season, and then returned, Ye Qiu didn't dare to use him boldly, and after the winter break, his performance improved, but now he has suffered a groin strain, which can be described as a lot of disasters.

But the real disaster clearly didn't stop there, as Tottenham Hotspur, who had been semi-substituted in the FA Cup last-16 knockout round, lost away to Manchester United.

To add insult to injury, the team has just returned from Manchester, and immediately ushered in the third round of the league at Stamford Bridge, which is a must-win game for Tottenham Hotspur, who have already managed to reduce their lead to three points by Manchester United