Chapter 27: An Invitation from the Premier League
Because they have to continue training tomorrow, after having dinner together, Deegan and Park Ji-yeon drove back to Barcelona from Madrid, on the way, neither of them spoke, Park Ji-yeon was thinking about what to do to make Digan's family accept her, and Digan was thinking about himself and Kaka's future.
As soon as he got home, Degan didn't have time to change his shoes, he received a call from Zahavi, in the most difficult time of Degan in the past two years, Zahavi, a year-old friend, has been by his side, handling some personal affairs for him, almost becoming his assistant, at the end of the season, Zahavi began to be busy contacting the next home for Degan, nearly a month, Zahavi almost all over Europe.
And Digan's former agent, Mendes, as long as he has the opportunity, expresses his regret for Degan with a tone of hatred for iron and steel, but those words sound sarcastic and sarcastic.
It seems that the reason why Degan is where he is today is completely because he was blind and fired him as an ace agent.
"Elan! It's so late, but I hope you can bring me some good news! Deegan smiled and walked barefoot into the living room, and Park Ji-yeon chased after him, complaining, and helping him change his slippers.
Zahavi laughed: "Of course, I think you've heard enough bad news during this time!" ”
Digan lay on the sofa in the living room and said with a smile: "Say, I'm listening!" ”
Zahavi was silent for a moment before he said, "I don't know if this is good news, Rod!" There's a team that's very interested in you, but only if they can't afford your huge annual salary of 17 million euros! ”
As for the annual salary, Degan didn't care much about it: "Okay! Tell me, my request is actually very simple, Champions League! As long as you can play in the Champions League! ”
Degan's next family must be able to play in the Champions League, and only then can he complete his revenge on Barcelona, which is a prerequisite.
Zahavi laughed: "Of course, this team is very lucky, originally they were almost hopeless, but in the last round of the league, their rivals, something went wrong! ”
Deegan was stunned, he had already vaguely guessed which club Zahavi was talking about: "Premier League teams!" ”
Zahavi said: "That's right! Go on! See if you can guess! ”
Degan helplessly: "I know, it's Tottenham Hotspur!" Is that right? ”
Zahavi smiled: "That's right! Rod! It's this team, it's just that their fame and status seem to be a little out of line with your identity! ”
Digan laughed twice: "Elan! Are you making fun of me by saying that? Identity? After two years on the bench in Barcelona, do you think I still have any status? ”
Digan said, thinking about the pros and cons of joining Tottenham Hotspur, compared with the traditional Premier League four Manchester United, Arsenal, Liverpool, Chelsea, and Manchester City, which has risen in recent seasons, Tottenham Hotspur can only be regarded as a Premier League reserve at best.
However, in recent seasons, because of the rise of Bale, Van der Vaart's nirvana rebirth, and Tottenham's wonderful reversal games one after another, many people have begun to pay attention to Tottenham, and Degan is no exception, of course, he initially began to pay attention to Tottenham only because their nicknames are somewhat similar to the Fiorentina he once played, Fiorentina is the purple lily, and Tottenham is the white lily.
Tottenham Hotspur, founded in 1882, is home at White Hart Lane in Tottenham, north London, and is known as the "White Lily" by Tottenham fans due to the white color of the traditional home jersey.
Deegan also liked the team's motto "Dare to do".
In this respect, it is very similar to Degan's personality.
Although the historical record is not as good as that of the sworn rival Arsenal, Tottenham Hotspur is also a traditional powerhouse born and raised in the north London area, and since its establishment, no matter how frequent the replacement of players and coaches is, and how the team's results have fluctuated, the team has always insisted on attacking football.
Tottenham fans have long formed a belief that Tottenham football is attacking football.
Relying on defensive football to win any trophy, everything is a cloud in the eyes of Tottenham diehards, and what local Tottenham fans in London need the team to do, first of all, exciting scenes, and then the championship trophy.
Because of this, in London, England, even though there are more than a dozen football clubs in London, including five in the Premier League alone, and the sworn rival Arsenal has suppressed the team in terms of results, but in London, Tottenham Hotspur still has the largest number of fans.
All this is because Tottenham Hotspur has played the most pleasing football in the city of London for a hundred years, and is the only representative of attacking football in the London area.
And Arsenal has only slowly been labeled as a technical stream since French professor Arsene Wenger took over, and Arsenal before Wenger was ridiculed by locals as "stuffy Arsenal" and "1:0 doctrine".
In the history of this team, there have been many famous stars who have left wonderful performances here, Klinsmann, Gascoigne, Lineker, Ginola, these four most famous stars in the history of the Tottenham team, each has a large fan base.
Personally, the star who best represents Tottenham's style must be Gascoigne, a pure technical stream that has never been seen in English football, a bad boy on the pitch who combines a fiery temper, rebellious personality and extraordinary skills, and is considered by Ferguson to be the most regrettable player in his life.
"Golden Bomber" Klinsmann, twice in and out of White Hart Lane, saving the team from fire and water, the Klinsmann-style lion shake his head in the relegation battle, leading his teammates to fly to the corner flag to celebrate the goal of the passionate picture, has become a classic picture in English football.
Lineker, England's only World Cup Golden Boot, the classic match of England vs Argentina in the 1986 World Cup, people remember Maradona's "hand of God", the best goal of the World Cup on a long journey, and Lineker's goal is more of a sadness.
Ginola, many Premier League fans are still discussing, if Tottenham's results at that time were better, if football at that time also paid attention to commercial packaging, maybe Beckham would not be the current Bei handsome guy, on the male charm of men, long flowing hair on the field, extraordinary temperament off the field, Ginola exposed Beckham.
Tottenham Hotspur had a great moment in Tottenham's history known as the glory days, marked by the appointment of Nicholson as Tottenham manager, and on the afternoon of his appointment as Tottenham manager, Nicholson won 10-4 in his first game in charge of visiting Everton at White Hart Lane.
Two years later, Tottenham won the club's first double of the 20th century in the 60/61 season, taking home the League One trophy and the FA Cup.
Tottenham dominated the season with 11 consecutive league wins and 115 goals in 42 games, and the following year, they won the FA Cup again and came close to reaching the Champions League final, losing to Benfica in the semi-finals.
In the 62/63 season, Tottenham became the first English club to win three major European cups, and on 15 May 1963 in Rotterdam, Tottenham won the European Cup Winners' Cup with a 5-1 victory over Atletico Madrid.
However, after a brief period of glory, Tottenham quickly sank, and it was only in recent seasons that they slowly got back on track, and the team structure gradually stabilized.
In the 2010/2011 season, they also broke the pattern of the traditional big four giants dominating the top four places, especially in the late season when they beat Arsenal and Chelsea in succession, and won the away game against direct rivals Manchester City, and established a top-four Champions League place in one fell swoop.
With the arrival of Portuguese Villas-Boas, Tottenham's style of play has matured, and last season's Tottenham were arguably the most passionate team in the Premier League, relying on sharp breakthroughs on the left and right, and multiple people in the middle to outflank and grab points, which is very similar to Ferguson's Manchester United team.
Compared with Manchester United, Tottenham pays more attention to attack, Tottenham's starting midfielder, only one midfielder is responsible for protecting the backfield, not Fletche and Carrick like Manchester United, Tottenham Hotspur is in the middle, more inclined to the technical flow of the back, Modric plus Huddlestone, it is in this situation that Tottenham's two fullbacks are still frequently pressing assists, and there is no way, fans like to watch such games.
Therefore, Tottenham's game scene often gives people the impression of lack of stability, the top of the defensive penalty area is often not protected by the back, or the protection is not strong, and the defenders always encounter a one-on-one situation with the opposing striker, which makes Tottenham fans both excited and worried.
However, this kind of competition looks obviously cooler and more enjoyable!
"Elan! How did you get in touch with them!? ”
Zahavi said: "It's not that I contacted them, in fact I was going to sell you to Manchester City, you know, those West Asians are very rich, it's a pity that Mancini is not interested in you, just when I was very disappointed, someone called me!" ”
Degan frowned: "Daniel. Levi! ”
Zahavi laughed: "That's right! It's him, the shrewd and black-hearted businessman, but I like him very much, he's a smart guy, and it's always fun to deal with smart people! ”
Deegan will know about Daniel. Levy is not at all surprising, because in addition to Berlusconi, Florentino, Abramovich and Moratti, Daniel. Levy is one of the most talked-about club presidents in world football, and he has beaten Laporta and his ilk.
Since 2001, Daniel has been in charge of White Hart Lane. Levy has been turning things around at Tottenham Hotspur, no longer spending a lot of money on mediocre players, no longer signing long-term contracts and suffering huge losses for selling them.
In the beginning, Levy was just a small fight, but each transaction was improving Tottenham's competitiveness little by little.
Levy's first exposure came when he signed for Van der Vaart two years ago, when the Dutch genius had just played in the World Cup final but was sold by Real Madrid for a very low price.
Then there was the man who asked Manchester City to pay Tottenham Hotspur's wages, loaned Bam Adebayo for nothing, and then sold Meadow to Middlesbrough for £6 million, and it turned out that the Egyptian striker only deserved to play in the Championship.
Or this man, for 19 million pounds, Robbie. Keane sold it to Liverpool and bought it back six months later for £12 million under his nose.
Daniel. The transfer of players operated by Comrade Levy at White Hart Lane is a bit of a prank, but Tottenham Hotspur is not very interested in talented players who have been abandoned by Europe's richer or "privileged" teams.
From that point of view, a deal with the Tottenham chairman was like a nightmare, and United had a very difficult time when spending £18 million on Carrick was a lot of money, but Levy still squeezed an extra £5 million from Berbatov's transfer.
However, let Digan know the name Levy because of the great sage who caused a sensation in world football in his previous life, when Monkey King Bale was one of the best players in the world.
But no one knows what Real Madrid thinks, and will pay more than Cristiano - three-time Premier League champion - Champions League winner - Ronaldo's classmates?
Countless people will definitely scratch their heads and be puzzled when they hear the news, especially Liverpool fans, who probably can't figure out how the club could sell their Michael Triple Crown winner-Ballon d'Or winner Owen to the same Comrade Florentino for only 8 million pounds.
In addition, when the Southampton club went bankrupt, the chairman insisted on buying out Bale's add-on and selling add-ons, such as selling a player, the parent club can get a certain percentage from the next transaction. Because of this trick, Tottenham did not have to pay Southampton 21 million pounds for 25% of the transaction value of Bale's deal to Real Madrid.
And while selling Bale for a sky-high price, Levy also went to the pit of his sworn enemy Arsenal, and to say that Comrade Levy's tricks really have nothing to do with strengthening Tottenham, it is purely a personal bad taste.
Sky-high prices can cause a chain reaction, so the Tottenham chairman did everything he could to cover the deal in an attempt to delay Arsenal's recruitment, Real Madrid did not see Bell or Ozil, and Comrade Daniel Zhuge Levy knew this.
It wasn't until the last day before the transfer window that the Blancos said that if they didn't release Bale in time, they would probably miss the next game against Athletic Bilbao, that Comrade Levy finally let go.
Real Madrid were finally able to get the men they wanted, but Levy always tried to make them suffer as much as they could, and Arsenal eventually bought Mesut Ozil, but the Gunners' board of directors was debatable about whether it was really necessary to spend 43 million pounds on the German.
One can almost imagine in the mind that Levy is sitting in his office on transfer deadline day, rubbing a magic lamp, hoping that the magic lamp will not fulfill his three wishes, as long as he finds an angry manager, who is obviously the boss of Arsenal, Comrade Wenger.
It is impossible for Digan not to be impressed by such a person of character, and it can be said that Comrade Levy is a shrewd and capable person, or a treacherous ghost.
Although due to some omissions and confusion of Comrade Levy, Tottenham's squad in recent years has been short, but without Comrade Levy's wisdom in the transfer market, Tottenham would not have reached today's heights.
Even if you don't have a large stadium as your home stadium and don't have a rich godfather boss, it's no problem!
Tottenham Hotspur fans can not only firmly believe that under the leadership of Comrade Chairman, Tottenham can "be super well-off and go to the middle class" even if they sell top players, they should also firmly believe that the good thing of "getting out of the middle class and welcoming prosperity" is in the near future.
Before this, Digan never thought that one day he would be associated with Tottenham, speaking of which, he still had some relationship with Tottenham, at the beginning, Digan followed Fiorentina to London to play the Champions League knockout round, but was put by Arsenal and could not find a training venue, as a result, Levy was very bold to help, solved Fiorentina's urgent needs, and very generously let Tottenham Hotspur to Fiorentina as a sparring partner, Degan also took advantage of that opportunity, out of return, to point out Bale's free kick technique.
But it's been many years since this happened, and who knew that today Deegan would be linked with Tottenham.
Thinking of Levi's unpredictable methods, Deegan even felt a little scared: that guy couldn't have started beating him a few years ago, right?
If that's the case, it's too scary!
The only explanation is that Levi is also a reborn! And he's a reborn from another dimension!
Zahavi waited for a long time and didn't see Deegan speak, and said, "Rod! I don't know if you're interested, but I think it's a good choice and it's worth considering, Tottenham are not too famous, but the team is very young, just like Fiorentina at the beginning, and they have had a very good record in recent seasons! ”
Deegan laughed, "No! Not what you think, Elam! I'm interested! Yes! Very interested! ”
Degan is indeed very interested, not only in that character chairman Levy, but also in Tottenham as a team, a team that has always admired attack, which is simply the dream of an attacking maniac like him, and most importantly, there are many acquaintances of Degan at Tottenham.
Luka Modric, who spent many years with Fiorentina, and Vertonghen, a team-mate in the Belgian national team, are all triggers for Degan's interest in Tottenham.
Moreover, Tottenham have a place in the Champions League next season, and when the time comes, Digan can take revenge on Barcelona, which is the most important thing!