Chapter 651: The Insider
I wonder when the road began, Sheehan? Ingle began to enjoy the treatment of senior reporters within the Guardian.
The so-called senior journalist treatment is that the comments and reports he writes can always appear in the most conspicuous position, even the front page headlines, and he can open his own signed column, occasionally revealing some inside information about a certain player of a certain team, and satisfying those fans in a certain aspect.
But these are all false, the real preferential treatment is that he can enjoy a lot of public money consumption reimbursement, and even he can appear in a famous high-end café in London during work hours as he is now.
Sometimes he doesn't know how he got all this, and even he often gets up in the morning and looks at the apartment he just bought on the street, then at the newly bought luxury car downstairs in the apartment, and then at the fiancée sleeping in his bed, he really has a feeling as if everything is very unreal.
Perhaps, he would slap himself hard at that time to see if all this was true.
It's as if at this moment, sitting in this café in London, with a glass of his favorite cappuccino in front of him, opposite this person from Spain, the famous Spanish journalist who works for the daily sports newspaper, Luis? Mascallo.
This is the Daily Sports newspaper in addition to the editor-in-chief of Mary? Outside of Casanovas, the most popular columnist among readers, he has a very good relationship with many Catalan internationals, and the daily sports newspaper is the team newspaper of Barcelona, and he can also get a lot of insider information from it that outsiders don't know, and even many times they also act as a source of news for Barcelona, helping the team dig up some inside information.
Almost everyone knows it, Sheehan? Ingle is a die-hard fan of Tottenham Hotspur, and if you find him, it must be that Tottenham Hotspur has something to do with it, and there is basically only one Spanish news related to Tottenham Hotspur, Cesc Fabregas!
From the South African World Cup jersey to his hometown where he heard the fans chanting for Barcelona, Cesc Fabregas openly stated in an interview that he wanted to return to Barca, but he chose to stay at Tottenham Hotspur last summer, for the simple reason that he was hesitant.
Perhaps, at some moments, he will be impulsed by feelings, but after calming down, especially after talking to Ye Qiu and the others in detail, he will become calmer, but all the signs indicate that he really wants to leave London and return to his hometown.
Tottenham Hotspur is in crisis, this is what everyone is saying, even if the north London team defeated Stoke City 3-1 at home in the 32nd round of the Premier League, but they lost 1-2 at home to Manchester United in the Champions League quarter-finals in midweek.
Manchester United finally eliminated Tottenham Hotspur again and successfully advanced to the semi-finals by virtue of the number of away goals.
This is the only time in the past four seasons that Tottenham Hotspur have failed to reach the semi-finals.
Meanwhile, the team travelled to the City Stadium in Manchester at the weekend's FA Cup semi-finals and were beaten away by Manchester City. Toure scored the winning goal, Phil? Jones received a red card.
In just one week, Tottenham Hotspur suffered a rout on two fronts, and what is even more ironic is that Yaya? Toure and Phil? The almost heaven and hell gap between Jones and the two players has made Tottenham Hotspur fans feel regret and sigh.
Even if they won the league championship with a proud advantage of 19 points, even if Tottenham Hotspur has an amazing record in the past few seasons, whether it is compared with any team in Europe, everyone can see that this team is in trouble, especially after selling Yaya? After Toure.
Someone is starting to sell Tottenham Hotspur to Yaya? Toure has likened Florentino to the sale of Claude Makelele, and even believes that Tottenham Hotspur will repeat the mistakes of Real Madrid's Galaxy era and will start to decline in the next few years.
From the analytical point of view of those in the football industry, this is not a big deal.
Almost all of the top teams have their peaks and lows, and there is nothing wrong with a period of slump after a peak record, not to mention that Tottenham Hotspur have been able to stand out in such a competitive Premier League this season and win three consecutive titles with an absolute advantage, which in itself is a testament to the strength of the strongest in itself.
In Sheehan? In Ingle's opinion, Tottenham Hotspur let go of Yaya? Toure is not wrong, because good gathering and good dispersion has always been the standard of this team, and anyone, including Messi, can leave, but this time the transfer during the winter break obviously disrupted Ye Qiu's plan and disrupted Tottenham Hotspur's plan.
When you perform badly, there will definitely be some rumors, and even many people have started to hype the debacle of Tottenham Hotspur, thinking that Tottenham Hotspur will be completely ineffective next season, and many teams have begun to hype the news of poaching, but more English media are still watching Tottenham Hotspur's summer transfer.
Is it to maintain the existing tactical situation and introduce a targeted player who can fill Yaya? Toure loophole in the back?
Or do you want to completely change the general direction, break the existing pattern, and adjust the team's tactics?
The changes brought about by Tottenham Hotspur have stimulated the progress of others, and now the European giants have basically adjusted their tactics, absorbed the advantages of Tottenham Hotspur, and combined with their own characteristics, to drum up a set of their own tactical system.
For example, Manchester United's Champions League triumph last season was the result of Ferguson's courage to make a huge change, if Cristiano had not been sold? Ronaldo, if not to bring in Benzema, Sneijder and Russ? Diarra, what Champions League can Manchester United have?
With Tottenham Hotspur's current strength, no matter how it is adjusted, no matter how it changes, no team dares to underestimate it, but if you want to win the Champions League again, it will be very difficult, at least Ye Qiu must quickly adjust the team's lineup.
"Sheehan, have you heard that Real Madrid and AC Milan are also making offers for Cesc Fabregas?" Louis? Mascalo seemed to ask casually, but I'm afraid this is what he invited Sheehan? The purpose of Ingle's coming out, right?
"It's true that I've received news that Florentino has been pursuing Cesc Fabregas for many years, and AC Milan's involvement in the competition has only recently come out, but I don't think AC Milan have enough money to be involved in the transfer of such a superstar!" Sheehan? Ingle commented on both teams with a smile.
Louis? Mascaro also thinks so, "So, if Cesc Fabregas really decides to move this summer, as the outside world says, then he is most likely to go to Barcelona and Real Madrid!" ”
"Yes!" Sheehan? Ingle is telling the truth, and it is no secret, in the words that many people are familiar with, when Tottenham Hotspur decided to sell Cesc Fabregas, they did not even need to exert any pressure at all, on the contrary, the hand that has always been used to reject and suppress the player's transfer thoughts in the past will swell as a little loosening.
Cesc Fabregas's return to Barcelona has been germinating since he arrived in the Premier League, and it can even be said that the purpose of his departure from La Liga is to return to Barcelona one day, especially when his position in the national team is still behind Andres Iniesta and Xavi.
At the end of the day, only with Barcelona and Real Madrid playing the main team can there be any hope of competing with Xavi and Andres Iniesta for the main position in the national team, and everyone knows that the Spanish national team is now almost invincible in the national team field.
Playing the main force is equivalent to going down in history, and it is conceivable that Fabregas's return psychology is strong.
After the World Cup in South Africa, if it weren't for Ye Qiu's strong retention, coupled with Barcelona's lack of sincerity and giving up halfway, he would have submitted a transfer application a long time ago, maybe he would have worn the Barcelona jersey now.
"But I can tell you very clearly, Luiz, he wants to go back to Barcelona!" Sheehan? Ingle basically doesn't lie to his peers, because it's an exchange of information.
Mascalo vs. Sheehan? It is not surprising to say that Real Madrid is the sworn enemy of everyone in Catalonia, it is the symbol of the Spanish capital, and almost no Catalans want to play for Real Madrid.
"By the way, Luis, how is Barcelona going this year?" Sheehan? Ingle asked in turn.
Louis? Mascalo smiled, "The current situation of the team is good, Pep Guardiola is ambitious and wants to make a difference in the Champions League, you know, the league can no longer satisfy him, now Rosell also wants to do what his predecessor could not do, and Barcelona missed out on Villa last season because of the general election, and there is a lot of pressure on the management." ”
From a ******** point of view, Laporta has been wanting to bring in Cesc Fabregas for many years, but has never been able to do so, and now Cesc Fabregas has undoubtedly lost his novelty in the Premier League and wants to return to his hometown team and make a place in the Spanish national team, if Rosell can bring in the superstar, he will undoubtedly be praised by Barcelona fans.
"However, Tottenham Hotspur's asking price is not cheap!" Sheehan? Ingle smiled.
Mascalo said that this was a cliché, "Real Madrid really made an offer of 60 million euros? ”
"It's true!" Sheehan? Ingle was pretty sure that this was clearly a secret that was not a secret.
"Then I'm not sure that Barcelona will bid more than Real Madrid!" Mascalo shook his head.
Rosell still wants to put pressure on the club through the players, preferably to press the transfer fee, after all, it is more beneficial to Barcelona to do so, and the players' feelings are indeed inclined to Barcelona.
"That's why we don't like Barcelona, the transfer operation is too fucked up and too petty!" Sheehan? Ingle smiled, but Mascalo had no way to refute it, because it was true.
Compared with Real Madrid's high-end atmosphere, Barcelona's recruitment has indeed always given people a feeling of being very small, no matter who they are introducing, they are all calculating, and even a little bit of a feeling of doing everything, without the temperament of the aristocracy at all, which is also where many Barcelona fans are dissatisfied.
If Real Madrid's 60 million euros are rejected, you should be bold and just throw 80 million euros and not sell it? Smash again!
This is called a wealthy family, this is called an aristocracy!
Barcelona put pressure on their players, and on the surface they don't seem to be involved, but who secretly doesn't know that you are secretly doing things behind your back? It's called covering your ears and stealing the bell! Don't take the whole world for fools!
"One thing I want to remind Spanish fans is that don't want to treat Tottenham Hotspur as a big wrongdoer, you know, Ye Qiu and Tottenham Hotspur don't care about a little money, selling the star is itself a matter of digging meat from them, if you do it on the price, with my understanding of Ye Qiu, in a fit of anger, it is impossible for the player to transfer, and it is even possible to sell it to Real Madrid at a low price!" Sheehan? Ingle's reminder was well-intentioned and serious.
Mascalo also knows in his heart that Ye Qiu is a person with status and status, if he really can't get off the stage, then anything can happen, so over the years, any team that does business with Tottenham Hotspur has to come openly, and no one dares to play any conspiracy.
"If you want to talk about that kind of money, Barcelona can fully take it, isn't it useless to buy Villa for 40 million euros last year? Add to this year's transfer fee budget, and if you put it together, the transfer fee will be enough! "Sheehan? Inglehara said with a smile.
Many Barcelona fans admire Russell, which is actually completely unnecessary, because he is not necessarily much smarter than Laporta, on the contrary, he is not as smart as Laporta in many ways, of course, this is not in Kwala Porta, but in fact.
For example, there are many fans who think that Rosell runs the team very well and has good finances, but you have to know how much more money Barcelona has in the financial income than under Laporta? How much more do you get by selling chest ads? The team's results are much better than in Laporta's time, especially in La Liga, there are many stars in the team, and the income from broadcast fees and jersey sponsorship has increased significantly.
According to Sheehan? The inside story that Ingle learned was that Laporta got Cesc Fabregas before the World Cup, and the two sides reached an agreement face-to-face, and it was under this agreement that the Barcelona players dared to put on the Barcelona jersey for Fabregas after winning the World Cup, causing a storm of jerseys.
But then Rusell came to power, and in the face of the 70 million euros offered by Tottenham Hotspur, he chose to give up. He was a little hesitant about Villa's 40 million euros, which eventually led to Fabregas not coming, Villa also going to Liverpool, and Barcelona fell short on both ends.
But this is not important, the important thing is that after he chose to give up, Rosell is still doing everything possible to use the media and public opinion, using Fabregas to build momentum for himself, trying in every possible way to shape the player into an impression that wants to go home, but Tottenham Hotspur is stubborn.
Fabregas stood up under the persuasion of Ye Qiu and said that he would stay at Tottenham Hotspur, and at the same time revealed his dissatisfaction with some irresponsible remarks by Russell, which brought the turmoil to an end.
It can be said that compared to the openness of Real Madrid, this mode of operation of Barcelona is debatable.
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With successive defeats in the Champions League and the English FA Cup, Tottenham Hotspur failed to complete the outbreak of adversity that everyone expected, and ended in the Champions League for two consecutive seasons.
Ye Qiu was in the 33rd round of the Premier League, before playing Chelsea away, at the press conference, in the face of reporters' inquiries, he said that the team does not have any problems at present.
"You know, no team can guarantee that they can win the Champions League every season, or reach the last four of the Champions League, or even win all the titles, what we can do is to maximize our strength and try to win every game, this is the only thing we can guarantee!"
'For two consecutive seasons of defeat to Manchester United, I think Alex Ferguson's side are in a very reasonable and balanced stage, and we have to note that in the second leg of the semi-final we had the advantage, but in some areas we didn't handle it well enough and we were beaten in the last moments.
'It's a very valuable lesson for us, it's been a long, long time since we've lost at home, but this home defeat made it clear to us that we still have a lot of shortcomings, we need to keep improving, we need to work harder, and we need to make changes in certain areas!'
As for the specific changes that will be made, Ye Qiu did not give a face-to-face explanation, but he told reporters very clearly that the team will introduce the talents that the team needs when transferring in the summer.
"We already have specific goals!" Ye Qiu said with great certainty, after all, he had been preparing for two or three months.
Many people have analyzed that the player that Tottenham Hotspur wants to introduce must be a midfielder, and it is likely to be a defensive midfielder, because this position is Tottenham Hotspur's biggest weakness and deficiency now.
If you let Yaya go? Toure is a surprise change for Tottenham Hotspur, so if the summer transfer team does not say anything and does not make appropriate reinforcements in the midfield position, then Tottenham Hotspur will be self-inflicted, and there will be no more to say anything about the poor performance at that time.
With Ye Qiu's words, the media in the world began to hype up Tottenham Hotspur's recruitment targets, and almost counted the famous midfielders in the entire European football world.
Perhaps in the eyes of some players, Tottenham Hotspur cannot let them stay in the team wholeheartedly, but in the hearts of most players in European football, Tottenham Hotspur is undoubtedly their dream partner.
And Ye Qiu and the coaching staff also began to prepare for the next season in advance.
After all, the league has already won the championship ahead of schedule, and Chelsea are lined up at Stamford Bridge to welcome Tottenham Hotspur.
It's not a bad feeling to have two rival teams lined up for two seasons in a row!