Sometimes, Ye Qiu thinks about it carefully, in fact, it is really not easy for players.

First of all, they eat youth, and there are not many people who can really stay in the football industry after retiring, and more people gradually fade out of the football circle after retiring, and the player's career begins to gradually decline after entering the age of thirty, from the debut at the age of twenty to the age of thirty, which is about ten years in between.

If you want to talk about the peak period, it is even shorter.

Another thing that is quite a headache for many players is family.

As a professional player, especially a professional player in the Premier League, it is quite not easy, because they can't do 9 to 5, no holidays, no rest time, and many times even eating, sleeping, and making out with their wives are restricted, and life can be said to be outrageously mechanical.

Yes, many people see the players beautiful, but they never notice how much they have put in everything behind the players' glory, as if there are many people who say that Ribery has left the top, but no one notices that he is training hard every day in the Theobald training base

Eat those bland and tasteless chicken without any seasonings every day, keep repeating some mechanical actions that are simple and boring to ordinary people every day, and when you get home every day, you have to continue to control your diet, and continue to eat foods that are very nutritious, but have no taste.

After taking a shower and going to bed, his wife slept on the side, but he couldn't even touch it, this kind of ascetic life is really not something anyone can bear, and Ribery did this with only one purpose, to return to the top

Tottenham Hotspur's official website and Android APp have a special column dedicated to Ribery, announcing what Ribery has eaten, what he has trained and how he is recovering, in this way the club hopes to tell all fans that he is still working hard and persevering, and not scolding him for his poor performance on the pitch.

Tottenham Hotspur fans are very moved, not only moved by Ribery's persistence, but also moved by the club's care and love for the players, at least, such a thing only Tottenham Hotspur will do, so almost every day there are quite a lot of fans on the official website and APp app to leave a message, wishing Ribery to return to the game as soon as possible.

At the club's Christmas party, the famous Tottenham Hotspur official fan organization [upHur] performed a knightly dance to encourage Ribery, hoping that he can return to the top as soon as possible.

The climax of the whole Christmas carnival was when all the Tottenham Hotspur players walked into the stadium one after another, everyone said a message of blessing to all the fans who came to the stadium, and then everyone gathered in the middle of the stadium to congratulate all Tottenham Hotspur fans on a happy new year.

After that, it entered the charity auction, just like the time of the China trip, this auction was also carried out at the same time using the official website, mobile app and on-site bidding, and the official website also carried out a simultaneous text and video live broadcast of this charity auction, so that other fans who did not come to the scene can participate.

In the end, the charity auction raised more than one million pounds, all of which will be used to build the main building of the Tottenham District Children's Hospital, and the hospital also said that it will place a bronze statue of Tottenham Hotspur's team emblem in front of the main entrance of the main building, thanking Tottenham Hotspur and the fans for their enthusiastic donations.

After the charity auction was held in the middle of the night, Ye Qiu left the White Hart Lane Stadium with the players, because there was still a Premier League game to be played tomorrow, while the fans continued to stay at the White Hart Lane Stadium because the program arranged by the team would last until dawn.

On the second day, major newspapers in the UK and Europe reported on Tottenham's Christmas carnival, and almost everyone felt that such a grand event not only brought Tottenham Hotspur and fans closer to the communication and interaction, but also could do something more meaningful.

"Tottenham's image has once again been positively affirmed after this Christmas carnival

"Would-be giants Tottenham Hotspur put all the big clubs to shame and they turned Christmas into charity"

Almost all the major European newspapers gave Tottenham Hotspur a positive opinion of the Christmas carnival, and it was a very successful one, with the fans satisfied, the sponsors satisfied, and everyone satisfied.

"Tottenham Hotspur is with everyone, that's a slogan that Tottenham Hotspur officially shouted at the beginning, and now we note that Tottenham Hotspur has always adhered to this line for the past two years or so."

"Last night, we interviewed some of Tottenham Hotspur insiders and we found out that Tottenham Hotspur has a very well-developed plan, not only for the fans, for the community and for charity, but also for their own players."

"According to authoritative media reports, many people have found that a very important factor in the emotional life of players is caused by the working hours of this special group of professional players, who have no way to guard their lovers, wives, and children like other young people."

"Ye Qiu once said, don't just see the players make a lot of money, but should care about how much the players have paid for it, there are many players who even pay their love and family for this, so Tottenham Hotspur has taken a series of measures, such as their training camp in the players and! During the away game, the players' families will be organized, and even the team will invite them to watch the game away with the team, and Ye Qiu also plans to try to adjust the pre-game concentration system and set the concentration time on the day of the game. ”

"This is a very bold change, even breaking the football tradition that has lasted for so many years, but at the moment Ye Qiu is negotiating with the coaching staff and the players to find an effective way, because they all believe that the team has the responsibility and obligation to help the players stay with their lovers and families more."

"Only when the relationship and family are stable can the players play for the team on the pitch without any worries

"At the same time, the team also supported some of the players' girlfriends and wives who had ideas, and established the team's official female fan club, which is also seen by many female Premier League fans as a signal that the status of women has been promoted and affirmed in the field of professional football, which has attracted considerable attention from the outside world."

"Compared to many teams, many big teams, caring for fans and players is just a word, an empty word, but it is difficult for them to have practical actions to practice, but for Tottenham Hotspur, maybe in the eyes of many people, they will feel that this is a show, they will feel that this is a purposeful promotion, but most importantly, they have raised more than a million pounds, and at the same time, they have also solicited a lot of Tottenham Hotspur fans to donate."

"According to the feedback we received from Tottenham Children's Hospital, in addition to the more than one million pounds that night, Tottenham Hotspur officially donated another one million pounds on behalf of everyone, and in recent days, countless people from all walks of life have expressed their willingness to donate through various channels, and it is no longer a problem to raise funds for the construction of the main building."

"We believe that whether it's a show or not, whether it's a conscious promotion or not, but the most important thing is that they do do what a lot of big teams don't do, or don't want to do."

"There used to be dissatisfaction and skepticism about HHC's vote for Tottenham Hotspur to be the most popular team in the Premier League, but if they count and see that almost every month in the past few months, Tottenham Hotspur has done something, made a difference, and interacted with the fans, then they won't be surprised in the slightest.

The Guardian report was written by Sheehan Ingle himself, and in addition to his affirmation of Tottenham Hotspur, he also made no secret of his findings, which is that all of Tottenham's moves are a win-win move for all parties.

"According to the information we have received from various sources, Tottenham Hotspur has signed three official sponsorships of the club before this Christmas carnival, including a sponsorship contract with Budweiser, which will become the official beer of Tottenham Hotspur and obtain the exclusive agency of beer at White Hart Lane."

"These three official sponsorships will bring a lot of money to the team, and the players will also benefit a lot, as is the case with Messi, who has made a name for himself this year, and Tottenham Hotspur has signed a total of 24 sponsorship contracts for him in the past year, compared to nine a year ago."

"And Tottenham Hotspur's other star Frank Ribery has as many as 21 personal sponsorship contracts, even Van Persie, Cesc Fabregas, Gareth Bale, Thiago Silva, David Silva, Yaya Toure, Alves and other players, and even Lucas, Ramsey, Cavani and others, also have a lot of personal sponsorship."

"Using Tottenham Hotspur as a platform to connect players, sponsors and all sectors of society is undoubtedly a set of effective business models that Tottenham Hotspur has explored for themselves in the past two years or so, so we see that the players are not only not resistant to the team's commercial and charitable activities like other teams, but on the contrary, they support it, because they know very well that they can also benefit from it."

"As Premier League chief executive Richard Scudmore said not long ago, Tottenham Hotspur has the potential to re-establish a model of operation for all Premier League teams, as they have always adhered to a healthy fiscal policy, insisted on going hand in hand on both the competitive and commercial paths, and both have achieved some results."

"But as Scudmore said, Tottenham Hotspur has a great peculiarity in that Ye Qiu himself is the sole owner of the team and the manager of the team, so there is no power dispute between him and Peter Kenyon, but in other Premier League teams, even in Manchester United, there will be a power struggle."

In addition to the Guardian, the Times, Bild, Milan Sport and Torino in Italy, Spain's Ace and many other mainstream European newspapers have reported on Tottenham Hotspur's Christmas activities, which also makes Tottenham Hotspur the European team that is most concerned by fans in the world during this Christmas season, and further enhances its influence in the world.

But Ye Qiu and Tottenham Hotspur's official attitude towards this is very reasonable, the most important thing for the team is to rely on the strength on the pitch to speak, so the team did not further increase the offensive at all, but devoted themselves to the Christmas devil schedule.

On the evening of the 26th, Tottenham Hotspur hosted its city rival Fulham, and Tottenham Hotspur defeated Fulham 0 with goals from Messi, Van Persie and David Silva.

Two days later, goals from Lionel Messi and Gareth Bale helped Tottenham Hotspur beat West Bromwich Albion 0 away to end two games after Christmas.

After 20 rounds, this fixture on the Christmas weekend in the Premier League makes way for the FA Cup, so this year's Premier League Christmas schedule will be played twice in three days, followed by the FA Cup on January 3, with Tottenham Hotspur having their youngsters in action.

In addition to Tottenham Hotspur's two wins in a row, Liverpool and Manchester United are also on a two-game winning streak, while Chelsea's form has declined, with one win and one draw just like Arsenal.

Halfway through the season, Tottenham Hotspur has 48 points with 15 wins, three draws and two fewer games, temporarily leading the Premier League standings, but Liverpool is in second place with 45 points, Manchester United has 44 points, Chelsea has 42 points, in third and fourth respectively, Arsenal is 35 points behind Aston Villa's 38 points, the two teams are fifth and sixth, many people have speculated that Arsenal is likely to lose the Champions League qualification again this year.

In fact, the Christmas holidays reflect the familiarity with the Premier League.

Ye Qiu, Benitez and Alex Ferguson are all managers who are quite familiar with the Premier League schedule, so they are all safe and sound, and Scolari is obviously not suitable for such a schedule, fortunately there are only two games in this year's Christmas schedule, and if one more game is played, it is estimated that Chelsea may lose.

In addition, Arsene Wenger's Arsenal situation is a bit special, the reason why this team has a poor record, a very important reason is the defect in the team's back position, it can be said that this defect strangled Arsenal, if this problem can not be solved, it is estimated that Arsenal's dream of the top four in the league this year has come to an end.

As for Manchester City, who were ambitious before the season and finished in 13th place after 20 rounds, it is clear to everyone that the real sticking point is not the team, but the manager Mark Hughes, who simply has no effective way of blending the team into an organic whole.

At first glance, Manchester City has introduced a lot of reinforcements and invested a lot, but in fact, their reinforcements do not have a fixed direction and goal at all, the introduction of Robinho and Modric, the team's midfield should take the technical route, but they adopt a British style of play, and many of the reinforcements are self-contradictory.

Mark Hughes is always used to comparing himself with Ye Qiu's first season in charge of Tottenham Hotspur, but the Manchester Evening News also issued an article of accusation when he couldn't bear it, questioning Mark Hughes, Ye Qiu led Tottenham Hotspur to work hard since December, and played a series of dizzying offensive football, but what about Manchester City?

"If the biggest crux of the Manchester City team so far must be the manager, if this problem is not handled well, even if Manchester City bring in Kaka, Mark Hughes will still not be able to play attacking football

Heading into January, Tottenham Hotspur soon welcomed the third round of the FA Cup.

Ye Qiu took advantage of this rare opportunity to adjust the physical fitness of the main players, so in the FA Cup match against Wigan at home, Tottenham Hotspur played with full substitutions and youth team lineups, but Carroll scored another brace, Ramsey scored the team's second goal, and defeated Wigan at home.

For Carroll, who has scored a lot of goals in the cup in recent times, the English media really can't wait to tear Ye Qiu to pieces, at least in their opinion, Carroll is fully qualified to play the main team of the Premier League, but Ye Qiu has always refused to entrust him with important tasks.

After the Wigan game, Carroll spoke to the media again and expressed his desire to get more chances, saying that he was in good shape and could take on more responsibilities.

But Ye Qiu knows very well that Carroll's non-stop scoring goals is because the team has created enough opportunities for him in the penalty area, not to mention Carol, if it is other players, there will be no fewer goals, it can only be said that Carol has a good ability to grasp opportunities in front of the goal.

But the problem is that as a high school forward, Carroll's partnership with Messi, Van Persie, Cesc Fabregas and David Silva is not good, and he does not match the smooth off-ball running that Ye Qiu values, he has always been a role player in Ye Qiu's eyes, that is, a surprise soldier when encountering dense defense.

On January 6, the team welcomed the League Cup semi-finals of the Championship team Burnley at home, Carroll started again, and the result was another brace, and there was an assist, the team defeated Burnley 4:l at home and won the first leg.

For a while, Carroll's transfer was immediately brought to the forefront by the English media, and the talented center forward, who was regarded by English fans as the hope of the forward line in the next ten years, was almost affirmed by everyone, and countless professionals have put words in the media, thinking that since Tottenham Hotspur has no position, Carroll should do the most or leave Tottenham Hotspur.

The big newspapers vaguely guessed Tottenham Hotspur's thoughts, so they all hyped Carroll's transfer and talent, and the tabloids were even more afraid that the world would shout out that they wanted to save England's talent and future hopes.

It was in this situation that in the European winter break transfer market, someone finally took the lead in making a move against Carroll