Volume 1 Chapter 376 The throes of reform

When Mourinho walked into the press conference at the Cobham training base, the reporters who had been waiting here for a long time suddenly became lively, because they all clearly felt that Mourinho should be going to fire a cannon today

There are indeed many people who don't like Mourinho, and even after Chelsea's three consecutive championships last season, many reporters criticized Mourinho in the newspapers, feeling that many of his remarks and actions are very inconsistent with him as Chelsea's manager, at least there is a huge difference from his predecessor Ye Qiu.

In any case, the most important thing for the media and journalists is sales, and for the sake of it, they can do everything, even to humble themselves to please this Portuguese madman whom they do not appreciate or like.

Mourinho was wearing a suit, always dragging him, as if the whole world owed him money, with a sneering arc at the corner of his mouth, after entering the venue, he swept everyone present with a very leading spirit, and then sat down with a golden knife.

As is customary, he was the first to announce the squad for tomorrow's trip to White Hart Lane to challenge Tottenham Hotspur, and almost all of Chelsea's main players were on board, which made everyone feel that no matter how crazy the Portuguese said, but in fact he took this game very, very seriously, because he had to prove one thing with such a game, he was better than Ye Qiu

Another aspect that makes Mourinho feel confident is that his internationals are not injured or sick, although a little tired, but it is only the beginning of the season, there is no problem on the pitch, and they are a mature team, but Tottenham Hotspur is young and has just regrouped, and Chelsea has an absolute advantage in terms of strength.

So, when the first reporter on the scene stood up to ask what Mourinho thought of this season's important rival, the Portuguese burst out laughing, "I never thought Tottenham Hotspur could be our opponent"

"Our goal is to win the title and what is their goal?" Mourinho sneered, but there are obviously too many psychological war factors mixed in this, "One win and two losses in the first three rounds, and it is not far from the relegation zone, maybe their goal this season should be relegation, we are too far behind"

After a bit of point-in-cheek banter, Mourinho started to comment on his opponent again.

"I have never denied that Ye Qiu is a very good manager, but he has been away from the top league for a year, in the past year, he seems to be out of football, he went to sell mobile phones, my daughter likes the mobile phones he sells, but the tactics of the professional league change every year, and he can't keep up"

"Putting aside the Ye Qiu factor, look at the Tottenham Hotspur lineup, too young and inexperienced, this is not the player lineup that a team with ambitions and goals should have, does Ye Qiu want to rely on this group of eighteen or nineteen-year-old children to win the league championship? Or is every one of them a genius? ”

Mourinho does not agree with Ye Qiu's statement that he has the ability to identify the talent of players, maybe Ye Qiu does have a certain vision, but what is a genius?

The same player, who is a genius in this team, is a fool in another team with a different style

So, what is genius? Who defines genius?

'Mr. Jose Mourinho, there are a lot of media and fans who have a kind of doubt, Ribery didn't get a chance at Chelsea, but he did well at Tottenham, Cesc Fabregas, Messi and Robin van Persie all got opportunities at Tottenham and did very well, and a lot of people think, is there a problem that Chelsea doesn't pay enough attention to young players?

Mourinho shook his head, "I think it's the opposite, things have to be seen this way, we at Chelsea are a team that wants to win the league title, we are aiming for four consecutive titles this season, we want to create a miracle that has never been seen in the history of English professional football, we have the strongest squad in the world, only the best players in the world are qualified to wear our shirts and play for us"

"So, let me ask you, Mr. Journalist, is it a problem that you are talking about four players who didn't play at Chelsea and were able to do well at Tottenham Hotspur? If that's a question, then I'll answer you, they don't have the quality to play for Chelsea."

This is indeed a loud mouth, shouting out must have created some trouble, but Mourinho is fearless, because he just wants the Tottenham Hotspur players to be angry and fight back, the more angry you are, the more you fight back, the happier I am.

And this is also belittling Tottenham Hotspur, the players who can't play here with me have become the main force when they come to you, what else are you embarrassed to say that you want to challenge me?

'Our rivals have always been Manchester United, Arsenal have dropped significantly this season, Liverpool lack consistency, neither team is a threat to us, our biggest opponent this season is Manchester United'

Soon, the reporter shifted the conversation to other places, such as Mourinho's biggest concern for the upcoming White Hart Lane stadium, and the Portuguese madman unscrupulously began to comment on the referee of this game, Howard Webb.

'I know that Howard Webb is one of the most famous referees in England and I really agree with his ability to play the whistle and I believe he can control the game and make it exciting, but I would say that no referee should be biased against a team before the game.

"Everyone knows Lu Dao, in the past, when I played with Ye Qiu, I often had one less person, I don't know what Lu Dao is because of, but I know very well that many referees prefer to protect the technical team, but every team regardless of their tactical style, they are doing their best to play and show themselves, and no one should be prejudiced and discriminated against them."

'If you ask me what my biggest wish for this game is, then I must tell you that I want to finish this game with 11 players intact, and as long as I have 11 players there I will be able to beat Tottenham Hotspur and I believe that is what all Chelsea fans want'

I have to say that Mourinho's battle is really sharp and ruthless enough, dare to say anything, before the game started, he was already putting pressure on the referee, and he was still playing away.

In fact, in the past season, Mourinho has frequently complained that the referee is biased against him and Chelsea, believing that many English referees do not want him and his Chelsea to win, but want Manchester United and Arsenal to win, and have been criticized and blamed by the outside world for this.

The most famous was after Chelsea won the title last season, when a well-known columnist for the Guardian wrote an article in his column called "Letter to Mourinho", in which the journalist, who has been a Chelsea fan for more than 40 years, advised Mourinho not to become unscrupulous or even sacrifice his image in order to win.

He even commented on the two former and former coaches of Chelsea in the article, thinking that Ye Qiu obviously considers the consequences and the team no matter what he does, and at the same time he is always trying to maintain the image of the team and himself, and do things that are in line with his identity, while Mourinho obviously does not have these, he is unscrupulous, reckless of the consequences, and never considers whether it is appropriate to do things and speak.

Of course, the reporter also mentioned in the article that the reason why Mourinho is like this is actually the result of the media's promotion, because there are many reporters and media who hope to rely on Mourinho's words and deeds to win news and sales, so he feels that this is a premeditated planning and hype.

But there are many things, and it is impossible for people who are not really involved to know the inside story of the Dao.

But one thing is very obvious, and that is that journalists and media outlets like to add fuel to the fire, and they are afraid that the world will not be chaotic.

Therefore, they attended Mourinho's press conference at Chelsea's Cobham training base in the morning, and immediately went to Ziegwell's training base in Enfield in the afternoon to attend Tottenham Hotspur's press conference, and sent Mourinho's words directly to Ye Qiu.

"What is our goal?"

When the reporter put Mourinho's sentence "Our goal is to win the championship, what is their goal? When it was sent to Ye Qiu, Ye Qiu shook his head with a smile, "You have to let me think about it, but if their goal is to win the championship, then one of our most important goals this season is to prevent them from winning the championship."

All the reporters present immediately burst into laughter, and this answer was indeed amazing

This is also one of the impressions that many people have of Ye Qiu, he generally doesn't like to fight, he appreciates mutual respect more, but this doesn't mean that he is not good at fighting, he really wants to fight, laughing and scolding everything, especially when he is mad, everyone will not forget Ye Qiu's several madness.

'I'll admit that Chelsea are the best team in the Premier League at the moment, but they are not strong enough to beat any team at will, at least there are many other teams in the Premier League this season who have the quality to challenge them.

"He said that you can't win anything with a group of children, I don't know if you still remember that someone said the same thing many years ago, but what was the result?" Ye Qiu smiled and threw the question to all the reporters.

Alan Hansen once ridiculed and ridiculed Ferguson like this, thinking that it was impossible for him to win anything with a group of baby soldiers, but what made Alan Hansen feel ashamed even now is that the 9 ⊥ finally created the highest glory in the history of Manchester United, and Ferguson will continue to use this sentence to make fun of Alan Hansen in the future.

'For us, Chelsea is really strong at the moment, but we are not completely powerless, we are like a group of soldiers who are about to rush to the battlefield, we have a life-or-death task in front of us, this is a battle, a fight with us, we can only choose to go forward, defeat the opponent, and move forward victoriously"

After a pause, Ye Qiu said, "I know very well what Mourinho's purpose is by saying this, he wants to provoke me and my players, but I don't think the players will be affected by him."

"The most important thing in a football game is to play your own rhythm and play your own things, and only then can you beat the opponent, so we have to make sure that we are 100 per cent committed and at the same time we have to be clear enough to be rational and calm."

Ye Qiu is not unaware of the team's situation, in fact, Tottenham Hotspur's current overall strength is indeed not at the level of challenging Chelsea, don't look at the star-studded team now, but it will have to be another two or three years, and there are not many people in the team who can really form combat effectiveness now.

Franck Franck Ribery has exploded in the World Cup, and he is one of Tottenham's most eye-catching players in the squad right now, while Ruud van Nistelrooy is an important scorer, Mascherano is as consistent as ever, and Alves' right side is also an important source of Tottenham Hotspur's attack.

But it must also be noted that Messi is 19 years old this year, even in his previous life, he was mainly a substitute at the beginning of this season, and he did not gradually play his form until he played a few excellent games, and then slowly stood in the main position, and finally became the core main force.

It's a process, that's how all the young players play, there are not a few consecutive good performances, the opponents are too strong, the team is not doing well, these are definitely not a good thing for the young players

Therefore, now for Tottenham Hotspur, what is needed is a period of accumulation, whether it is winning or losing, it needs a period of accumulation, accumulation of experience, accumulation of tacit understanding, accumulation of their own understanding and understanding of the team's tactics, and only after the last can we usher in an explosion.

Fabregas doesn't have any problems with his strength now, but his problem lies in the details, he is too deliberate in the control of the rhythm, everyone knows that you want to control and organize, I will stare at you, what should you do?

Whether or not they can continue to play their role after being closely watched is an important basis for measuring the core of an organization.

Cesc Fabregas needs to adapt and familiarise himself with the environment and learn to play to his strengths in it.

Yaya Toure started in place of Davies, but his performances were mixed, and there were certain problems between him and Cesc Fabregas, which directly led to problems in Tottenham's midfield operation.

There's also the backline, which Vargas is still adapting to, which is fine, but the combination between Hangrande and Thiago Silva will clearly take time to develop a chemistry.

If you carefully compare Ye Qiu's experience in Tottenham Hotspur and Ajax and Chelsea, it is not difficult to find that a very important factor in the Ajax period is that the competitiveness of the Eredivisie is relatively weak, and the disparity between strength and weakness is relatively large, but in the Premier League, even the promotion horse is enough to defeat such a strong force as Liverpool and Chelsea, and the competition is too fierce.

As for Chelsea, Ye Qiu's team was able to perform well in the first season, a very important factor is that the players are generally in the year of playing, or players who have proven themselves and have rich experience, such players are more adaptable, and have their own set of habitual playing styles, which are more tolerant of mixing

But now in Tottenham Hotspur, it is obviously impossible to do this, and it is undoubtedly unrealistic to want to play the rhythm and overall strength of a mature team in the first year after the reorganization, which is why Ye Qiu will say that coaching Tottenham Hotspur is a huge challenge for him.

Now some media are beginning to feel incomprehensible and dissatisfied with Ye Qiu's reorganization, but whether it is from the perspective of a team operator or the head coach of a team, it is very necessary to reorganize the team, because it is undoubtedly a very valuable thing to sell those stars in the team who do not match their own ideas at the most valuable time, in exchange for the opportunity to reorganize the team, and create a football that is in line with their own ideas and future football trends.

In other words, even if Ye Qiu retains players such as Robbie Keane, Carrick, Defoe, Lennon, and Ridley King, he can't guarantee that the team will win the championship, because these players have obviously reached their peak, and it is difficult to go any further, and the most important difference between the champion and the runner-up is actually this step.

Since this is the case, Ye Qiu would rather sacrifice two or three years to rebuild a strong team of his own, and after selling this group of stars, he can exchange a large amount of transfer fees, at least Ye Qiu can solve the financial problem of Theobald's training base without having to pay out of his pocket in private, and his money can be kept to deal with the gang of government officials in London and the Olympic Games Organizing Committee to negotiate the London Bowl, which is undoubtedly a big benefit.

Moreover, the batch of players introduced by Ye Qiu is actually not bad, the key is that it will take some time.

Perhaps, another person should be brought in

These are all calculations in Ye Qiu's heart, he has always been very clear about what he is in, what he wants, it's just that others don't know what to do, at least after his operation this summer, if he really wants to sell, Tottenham Hotspur as long as his results this season are not too bad, at least double the value, that is, 400 million euros.

If you wait until the Theobald training base is completed, and when the team signs a cooperation agreement with the London City Council at the London Olympic Stadium, then the total value of Tottenham Hotspur will at least exceed 600 million, or even 800 million, and if Ye Qiu's investment is counted, it will be a lot of money no matter how it is calculated.

Therefore, for Ye Qiu, this season's Tottenham Hotspur is a temporary pain during the reform and transformation, his goal is still the same, it is still the top four, and now it is just the beginning, he has no need to compete with Manchester United and Chelsea.

It's just that he also has some worries in his heart, he himself knows all this very well, and there is no need to compete with him, but what about the players? Will the players be provoked and stimulated by Mourinho? Will they have the ambition to compete with Chelsea?