As Italian bald coach Vialli said in his book, right-back has become a major weakness of all teams in today's football, because the left foot will be highly valued, and the good right foot will go to play the front court or central defender, and only the kind of right-footed player who is not high or low will play right-back.

Good right-backs are indeed very scarce in football at the moment, especially when McCone is showing signs of old age and even Manchester City is a little unable to stand in the main position, Lahm and Alves have become the top right-backs at the moment, and Puyol and Ramos seem to be more suitable for development in the middle.

As for Glenn? Johnson, Zabaleta, Sania, Abate and others are still lacking for the time being, while Rafael and Kyle? Walker and other young people still need to be further refined and improved, so when it was rumored that Tottenham Hotspur might want to sell Alves, it immediately caused a huge reaction in the transfer market.

As a party, Tottenham Hotspur has always denied the possibility of selling a Brazilian right-back, but as a party, Ye Qiu has never come forward to clarify the contradiction between Ye Qiu and Alves, which also leaves people with doubts and suspense.

You must know that Ye Qiu has always believed in the tradition of internal resolution of internal contradictions within the team, although he did not expose it to the outside world this time, he also did not actively defend Alves, many media people have analyzed, this is because Ye Qiu is very dissatisfied and disappointed with some of Alves's attitudes.

There is no shortage of buyers for Brazilian right-backs, and Russia's Anzhi is the first team to officially contact Tottenham Hotspur, and this big money has made an offer of 30 million euros, wanting to get a Brazilian right-back and make him Robert? After Carlos, another superstar of the Anzhi team.

In addition, teams including West Ham, Newcastle and Chelsea are coveting Alves, and their right-backs need to be further strengthened, especially Chelsea, with Bosingwa, Pacos Ferreira and Branislav Ivanovic all proving difficult to dominate on the right flank, and bringing in a reliable right wing-back has become Mourinho's number one target.

However, in the transfer market, the strongest contenders for Alves are Real Madrid and Barcelona, who are the giants of La Liga.

Real Madrid's current main right-back is Arbeloa, but this player has good defensive ability, but the attack is a little lacking, Alves is not only a top star, but also the kind of right-back who has excellent offensive ability, but also is not bad defensively, which is very suitable for Real Madrid's needs.

What's more, Barcelona also want to get the right-back, for the simple reason of liberating Puyol!

In the past, Barcelona lacked a right-back to be trusted, so they moved Puyol to the right side, but as a result, the performance in the middle was not good, and the right side did not feel safe, so bringing in a good right-back has also become a desperate need for Barcelona, who have already expressed interest in Alves on more than one occasion.

At the age of twenty-nine, the world's No. 1 right-back in his playing years, it is not surprising that Alves can attract the attention of so many big clubs, and the salary structure of Tottenham Hotspur in the past few years is not high, and Alves' own salary will not be a pressure compared to those big teams.

This is also a big factor in why Tottenham Hotspur players were able to sell for a high price.

Because the transfer cost is the transfer fee plus the player's salary, any team from its own cost pressure, if the player's salary is relatively low, the transfer fee can be appropriately relaxed, and if the player's salary is very high, the transfer fee should basically be as low as possible, or even give up the recruitment.

Ye Qiu believes in a healthy management policy, he will not blindly pay high salaries to players, and he attaches great importance to the salary structure of the team.

For example, last season, Chelsea's total salary expenditure was as high as 191 million pounds, that is, nearly 240 million euros, while Manchester City's was 173 million pounds, and Liverpool, West Ham United, Newcastle, Manchester United and other teams also had salaries of more than 150 million pounds, which is a very high level.

Tottenham Hotspur's salary expenditure is in the middle of the Premier League rankings, originally lower than Arsenal's £124 million, but with the successive contract extensions, the team's salary expenditure has increased to more than £130 million.

Last season, the salary of the Premier League skyrocketed by more than 200 million pounds, the highest and most terrible increase among all the leagues in Europe, and the overall debt of the Premier League has reached an astonishing height, Chelsea alone has a debt of up to 900 million pounds, and you know, Chelsea's total income a year is only about 300 million pounds.

Even recently, the overall value of Chelsea was assessed by an authoritative body, and the total value of the Blues was just over £400 million, and the brand value was only £250 million.

All of this illustrates the fact that teams like Chelsea and Manchester City are fed by blood transfusions from Abramovich and the Abu Dhabi consortium, and they are completely different from Manchester United themselves, who have given their own blood to the Glazer family and they have survived on the blood transfusions of the owners behind them.

It's important to understand that the model of Chelsea and Manchester City is not sustainable either way, and that United are the long-term model if they get out of the Glazer family's debt crisis.

Another experience worth learning from is Bayern Munich, the annual income of the Bundesliga team is about 300 million pounds, but their salary expenditure is only 135 million pounds, which is also maintained at a relatively reasonable level.

So Ye Qiu has always known one thing very clearly, Tottenham Hotspur has had a frequent exodus of superstars in the past few years, and many fans think that it is the result of the team's low salary structure, but they have never considered it, on the contrary, it is not that the team's salary structure is low, but that the salary structure of many teams outside is high, or even ridiculously high.

As Ferguson once said, in today's world, you either follow those local tyrant teams to burn money and burn yourself into debt, or you simply let go, whoever wants to go, let him go, sell for a high price, stick to your own business line, who makes you not a local tyrant?

Ye Qiu is qualified to be a local tyrant, he has a lot of money, but he feels that everything should consider a question of values.

At least in his football values, this unbridled burning of money is not included.

At least in the past few years, after his acquisition of Tottenham Hotspur, the north London team has undergone earth-shaking changes, and Tottenham Hotspur has entered the top five in the Forbes wealth list, with a total market value of 1.1 billion pounds, second only to Manchester United's 1.5 billion pounds and Real Madrid's 1.25 billion pounds in the football world.

In terms of the brand value of the team, Tottenham Hotspur has surpassed Real Madrid, Barcelona and Bayern Munich to become the second largest team after Manchester United, with a brand value of up to 510 million, less than Manchester United's 540 million, and in the past year, Tottenham Hotspur's brand value has increased by as much as 60%, which can be described as a leap and bound.

Judging from this series of events, Ye Qiu's management of Tottenham Hotspur is successful, at least now anyone who wants to buy Tottenham Hotspur does not need to consider two billion pounds, that is, about two billion euros, and then think about the value of Ye Qiu's acquisition of Tottenham Hotspur back then, doesn't this mean success?

Of course, Ye Qiu can understand the thoughts of some fans, they rarely care about the operation of the team, they only care about two things, results and stars, but as the manager of the club, Ye Qiu must consider other more things, such as the financial health of the team, such as the health and order of the team's daily operations, as well as the business development of the team, etc.

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Sitting in the back of the BMW car returning to the White Hart Lane Stadium, Ye Qiu turned his head sideways all the way, looking at the street scene outside the car window, the city of London has become more and more like the Olympic Games, and I believe that with the advancement of time, this atmosphere will become more and more intense.

"Do the fans have any thoughts about the team's decision to sell Alves?" Ye Qiu broke the silence and asked.

He actually cares about the fans very much, because he knows very well that the most important core of a team is the fans.

Ron? Gulley sat in the front passenger seat, turned his head, shook his head and smiled bitterly, "Of course, there will definitely be some fans who are dissatisfied, but there are very few of them, after all, Kyle? Walker is a homegrown player and has been doing well, mainly because Alves' performances in those two games last season have upset the fans. ”

As Arsene Wenger said, the Anglo-Saxon character is emotional, and what England fans value most is attitude.

So, as a player who plays in the Premier League, you can lose anything, you just can't lose that attitude.

"What about sponsors?" Ye Qiu asked again.

This time it was Peter who answered? Kenyon, he smiled, "I've got that done." ”

Ye Qiu nodded and didn't continue to say anything, now Tottenham Hotspur does not need to blindly follow sponsors, on the contrary, many sponsors must follow the principles of Tottenham Hotspur in turn, this is because the current Tottenham Hotspur is no longer the north London team of six years ago.

"How did you think about Alba?" Ron? Gully asked with concern.

"How much sincerity can Barcelona give?" Ye Qiu asked with a smile.

"Twenty-five million euros!" Ron? "This is their first offer. ”

With Abidal's illness, Barcelona's left side has also become a weakness, so they are also desperate to bring in Alba, who also wants to return to Barcelona, at least Barcelona can guarantee his main position, while at Tottenham Hotspur, he must compete with Marcelo for a place.

"Alba's current value has soared to 30 million euros after the European Championship, and Barcelona wants to get him for 25 million euros?" Ye Qiu sneered and shook his head, is this treating others as fools, or do you think that the emotional offensive can be invincible?

"You know what? I don't like Russell a lot, this guy is too snobbish and too calculating, he's never been a big guy, relatively speaking, I admire Florentino more, that's the kind of person with a big heart. ”

Ye Qiu's words made Peter? Kenyon and Ron? Gully thought it was funny, looking at today's football, how many successful people like Florentino are at the helm of the club?

However, Barcelona is indeed too small, always blindly wanting to play emotional offensive, but on the issue of transfer fees, this is why Real Madrid is so popular, but Barcelona is always turned away.

"What do you mean...... "Peter?" Kenyon was the first to understand what Ye Qiu meant, "...... Real Madrid to put the pressure on? ”

"It doesn't have to be pressure!" Ye Qiu laughed, "We don't need to be beautiful, could it be that Alba wants to go to Barcelona, and Barcelona refuses to pay more, so we have to suffer ourselves and fulfill them?" ”

Ye Qiu felt that this was like the vulgar episode of love in those idol dramas, it was too disgusting, could it be that the true love of Barcelona and Alba would be grateful to you for the rest of your life? Don't be stupid, it's professional football!

From the moment Alba said that he would return to Barcelona, there was only a contractual relationship between him and Tottenham Hotspur, nothing else, so even if Tottenham Hotspur asked him to transfer to Real Madrid because of this, he could only comply.

"I see!" Peter? Kenyon nodded, what Ye Qiu said was still the old rule, the one with the highest price will get it.

The car slowly entered the White Hart Lane Stadium and parked in the fixed parking space of the parking lot, Ye Qiu and the three of them got out of the car and directly entered the stadium, and went up the stairs to the administrative office on the second floor.

As soon as you sit down, Peter? Kenyon's secretary sent a travel plan.

"Here's the team's detailed itinerary for the trip to the United States, and a copy of your personal itinerary!" Peter? Kenyon didn't even look at it and handed it over to Ye Qiu's hands.

Tottenham Hotspur will travel to the United States this summer to play four warm-up games in Boston, New York, Washington and Miami, and the opponents are basically strong teams, and the training plan for this trip is led by Adidas, and all the warm-up opponents are Adidas sponsored teams, and all of them are on the East Coast.

In addition to summer preparations and further development of the North American market, another reason for this trip to the United States is to personally visit the ball markets in New York and Miami, and Tottenham Hotspur's plan to form a new team in the American Major League is very clear and obvious, which is another major move for the team to develop the American market, and it is long-term.

Whether it's New York or Miami, Ye Qiu has to go and see for himself to be sure.

In addition to these things of the team, Ye Qiu also has a very important personal plan, that is, to go to Harvard Business School in the United States to conduct an open class, which he agreed to after receiving an invitation from Harvard Business School half a year ago, and in this open class, he will focus on football, management and management.

This is also a PR campaign that Tottenham Hotspur attaches very, very importance to, because the fact that the team's head coach can appear on the podium of Harvard Business School as the head coach of football is in itself a very important recognition and affirmation for Tottenham Hotspur, and they are unlikely to pass up such an opportunity.

During the team's training camp, Ye Qiu went to Harvard University to give a lecture, and the team played the first warm-up game in Boston, the opponent was AC Milan, which was also another meeting between the two teams after the Champions League quarterfinals.

The other warm-up matches were against Ajax, Bayern Munich and Real Madrid.

After four warm-up matches, the squad will travel to Qatar in the Middle East for a warm-up match against Raul's FC Al Sadd, before returning to Europe to prepare for the Community Shield and the Premier League season.

It is worth mentioning that a number of Tottenham Hotspur players will participate in the Olympic Games this season, including Edinson Cavani, Ramsey, Kyle? Walker, Phil? Jones, Thiago? Silva, Marcelo, Sandro and Neymar, plus Coutinho and Lucas on loan at Southampton? Moura is also in the squad for the Brazilian Olympic team.

Ye Qiu has negotiated with the football associations of various countries, these players will participate in the team's summer training, and after the team returns from the United States, they will go to the national Olympic team to report, the specific return time depends on the performance of their national Olympic team, even if they reach the Olympic finals, that is, August 11, miss the Community Shield.

As for the first round of the new Premier League season on August 18, Tottenham Hotspur's first round opponent is away to Newcastle.

Last season at St James' Park, Tottenham Hotspur suffered a lot, and this season's team is back at St James' Park, it is still unknown whether Tottenham Hotspur will be able to get out of the way.

In the summer, after two seasons in charge, Redknapp was announced to be sacked by Paris Saint-Germain and replaced by coach Carlo Ancelotti, who was ambitious after taking charge of Newcastle and showed that he wanted to lead the Magpies into a second Tottenham Hotspur team, not only to achieve excellent results, but also to play the most gorgeous attacking football.

"The day after tomorrow, the FA will have a meeting to discuss two things, one is the youth training reform, and the other is the winter break!" Peter? Kenyon said to Ye Qiu.

Ye Qiu is also one of the initiators of youth training reform, and together with others, he called for the implementation of youth training on small fields for young players, such as playing futsal, or seven people and nine players, and the field will become smaller, which can increase the use of technical skills by players.

As for the winter break, this is already an annual topic that is not tired of being fried, Ye Qiu has little interest in this topic, because he has always felt that although the Premier League does not have a winter break, in fact, the entire first half of January is basically a cup competition, and even the whole month of January is the leading role of the cup competition, and the most intensive schedule is after Christmas.

Judging from the benefits and the price paid, Ye Qiu believes that there is a need to reserve the winter break, which is also the reason why in the past so many years, there have been people mentioning the winter break every year, but every year it has ended without a problem.

"You can do this thing!" Ye Qiu shook his head and sighed, he already had a lot of things, this kind of thing Peter? Kenyon just had to make up his mind, he didn't need to meddle anymore.

So Ye Qiu is directly in Peter? After signing a few documents in Kenyon's office that required his signature, he stood up directly, "I still have to go to Theobald and meet Devisel, I hope our detective won't let me down this time!" ”

Before Ye Qiu asked Peter? De Visser and the scouting team looked for a right-back, and this time Ye Qiu did not give any advice except for recommending Desiglio, a young player from AC Milan, and gave the scouting team full discretion.

Therefore, Ye Qiu is also looking forward to what kind of report card they will give. Retreat is still an unknown.

In the summer, after two seasons in charge, Redknapp was announced to be sacked by Paris Saint-Germain and replaced by coach Carlo Ancelotti, who was ambitious after taking charge of Newcastle and showed that he wanted to lead the Magpies into a second Tottenham Hotspur team, not only to achieve excellent results, but also to play the most gorgeous attacking football.

"The day after tomorrow, the FA will have a meeting to discuss two things, one is the youth training reform, and the other is the winter break!" Peter? Kenyon said to Ye Qiu.

Ye Qiu is also one of the initiators of youth training reform, and together with others, he called for the implementation of youth training on small fields for young players, such as playing futsal, or seven people and nine players, and the field will become smaller, which can increase the use of technical skills by players.

As for the winter break, this is already an annual topic that is not tired of being fried, Ye Qiu has little interest in this topic, because he has always felt that although the Premier League does not have a winter break, in fact, the entire first half of January is basically a cup competition, and even the whole month of January is the leading role of the cup competition, and the most intensive schedule is after Christmas.

Judging from the benefits and the price paid, Ye Qiu believes that there is a need to reserve the winter break, which is also the reason why in the past so many years, there have been people mentioning the winter break every year, but every year it has ended without a problem.

"You can do this thing!" Ye Qiu shook his head and sighed, he already had a lot of things, this kind of thing Peter? Kenyon just had to make up his mind, he didn't need to meddle anymore.

So Ye Qiu is directly in Peter? After signing a few documents in Kenyon's office that required his signature, he stood up directly, "I still have to go to Theobald and meet Devisel, I hope our detective won't let me down this time!" ”

Before Ye Qiu asked Peter? De Visser and the scouting team looked for a right-back, and this time Ye Qiu did not give any advice except for recommending Desiglio, a young player from AC Milan, and gave the scouting team full discretion.

Therefore, Ye Qiu is also looking forward to what kind of report card they will give.