Chapter 60: A Gentleman's Agreement
Just as he breathed a sigh of relief, a voice as crisp as a yellow oriole came from behind him.
"What? You don't like this kind of occasion either? ”
A strange girl handed over a glass of champagne, and Benjamin took it and looked at each other suspiciously.
"Oh, I forgot to introduce myself, my name is Leona, German."
"Hello, my name is Benjamin, Benjamin Lewis, British."
"Poof!"
Benjamin's serious answer made the girl laugh out loud.
And Leona's sweet smile was like a spring breeze, blowing in Benjamin's heart.
"Of course I know, you're the star of the night."
"Really?"
Benjamin smiled bitterly and looked around, and everyone was in groups of three or five, talking to each other.
"I'm curious, you don't seem to be comfortable with such an occasion?"
"yes, I've not been interested in these since I was a kid, I'd rather go back to the office and work overtime on tactics or talk to my assistant about next season's signings."
'No wonder you've been successful, yes, I'm a Bayern fan, but maybe next season and I'll be watching Tottenham more.'
"Oh? Is it so that I can often see me sitting on the sidelines? ”
"Huh? I thought you were different from the other stinky men, but it wasn't that different. ”
Leona said angrily.
"Uh, I'm sorry, I'm just kidding."
Looking at the other party's blue eyes, Benjamin thought that he had really annoyed the girl, and quickly apologized sincerely.
"Hahaha, teasing you, you're a lot more interesting than I thought."
Benjamin:?
"Aunt Nancy, oh, it's your mother who said she wanted to introduce you to me, and now we know each other."
With that, the girl unexpectedly pressed Benjamin's face up and kissed him on the cheek like a dragonfly.
"Okay, I'll go first, it's nice to meet you!"
Looking at the girl's distant figure in a daze, Benjamin seemed to be able to smell the faint smell of perfume on Leona's body.
Wait, I haven't got the contact information yet?!
……
As the 2014 World Cup in Brazil approached, Benjamin received a piece of unexpected good news.
"What? Manchester City interested in selling Demichelis? ”
Benjamin pondered whether the Argentine centre-back, who had played for River Plate, Bayern, Atletico Madrid and Manchester City, would be a good fit for the current Tottenham team.
"Yes, they were just three points shy of missing out on the league title last season, and Demichelis made a number of mistakes that upset the City hierarchy.
So they are ready to sell the Argentine centre-back, and they are in a hurry. ”
Demichelis made a special trip to Manchester City to join Pellegrini, and Benjamin couldn't help but feel a little embarrassed that he ended up in this situation.
In competitive sports, strength is king, and who made the Argentine's performance last season really unsatisfactory.
Demichelis has always been nicknamed the big colander by fans.
From an objective point of view, he has the ability, strong one-on-one ability, fierce defense, good position awareness, strong header ability, high pass success rate, and he seems to be really a top central defender if you look at it this way.
However, his problem is poor stability, easy to make mistakes at critical moments, and he plays directly in the main team when he first arrives in the Premier League, and it is inevitable that there will be some mistakes.
If such an experienced defensive player can join the team, it will definitely do more than harm to Tottenham's squad depth next season.
As for the problem of easy mistakes, it can be compensated for through the team's overall tactics, so that teammates can make up for him in time.
Anyway, Benjamin didn't plan to let Demichelis play the main team, and the rotation players would only play more than 20 games in various cup competitions a season, so it shouldn't be a big problem.
Then the question remains, "Would he be willing to come to us as a rotation player?" ”
'We've spoken to his agent and he says he wants to stay in the Premier League and prove himself, preferably with a team that plays in the Champions League.
As a result, his options are very limited, and we are the only top four teams in the Premier League who are interested in him. ”
"Okay, give me his contact information, and I'll communicate with him."
Demichelis should have entered the national team at this time and prepared for the World Cup in Brazil.
It is estimated that it is not realistic to meet in person, so I can only make a phone call to contact my feelings.
'Hello Martin, I'm Benjamin, Tottenham's manager.
"Hello, you were so good last season, you took the championship away from us."
Benjamin is a little embarrassed to say this, if he hadn't come out of nowhere last season and led Tottenham to win the Premier League.
Then Manuel Pellegrini should have led the Blues to win the league title again.
In this way, even if there are some low-level mistakes in his favorite player, Demichelis will not cause so much dissatisfaction with Manchester City's hierarchy and have to leave the team.
In other words, Demichelis was treated like this, in fact, it was inseparable from Benjamin.
"I knew the World Cup was going to start and I shouldn't have bothered at this time.
But I'm very worried that I'll miss out on your chance to join Tottenham.
It's a pity that I can't go to Brazil to communicate with you in person, and there may be some things that can't be said so clearly through mobile phones.
So I'm going straight to the point and I'm cordially inviting you to join my team, Tottenham will need your strength next season. ”
There was a moment of silence on the other end of the line.
"Well, let me ask you a question, where do you think Argentina can go?"
Benjamin was also stunned, and he thought that Demichelis would ask him questions about the position of the main team, the tactical arrangement or the salary package.
"Argentina has a chance to reach the final."
"Haha, you don't have to say that on purpose to make me happy."
"That's not because of this, I really think Argentina has the quality to reach the final, and if the opponent is not unexpected, it should be Germany, as for whether it can win the cup, it is difficult to say.
Personally, I think Germany has a better chance of winning the title. ”
"If that's what you say, then I wonder how far you think England can go?"
"Well, I'm not very optimistic about England's World Cup journey, the old coach Hodgson is too conservative, and England may not be able to qualify from the group."
"Hahahaha, it's because you won the Premier League title, but Hodgson didn't call up a single Tottenham player, did you say that?
And you, an Englishman, said that Argentina can reach the final, and England will be eliminated from the group, aren't you afraid of being sprayed? ”
"Doesn't that show that the old guy is outdated? Stubborn and old-fashioned, his set has long been unable to adapt to modern football.
In addition, I am telling the truth, and the result of the game will confirm my opinion, so I am not worried at all. ”
The position of England head coach is already stressful, and the ridiculous self-esteem of the British makes them prefer to hire a third-rate English coach rather than hire a first-class foreign coach.
As an Englishman, Benjamin is a professional in the field of football, and he really can't afford to sit in the position of manager of the Three Lions.
After a short pause, Demichelis gave his own reply.
"Good! That's it, as long as we can really reach the World Cup final, then I promise you to join Tottenham.
If you're not right, then I'm going to doubt your professionalism as a head coach. ”
"Well, that's it!"
Although he said it very definitely, in fact, Benjamin did not know the bottom of his heart.
Anyway, he also managed Tottenham for half a season, rewriting the Premier League and FA Cup titles.
It remains to be seen how much of an impact it will have on the football world as a whole, and whether his butterfly effect will change the outcome of the World Cup.