The Godfather of Greenery

Chapter 429 Football Economy Forum
Frankly speaking, Ye Qiu is not very interested in participating in UEFA's awards ceremony and draw ceremony.

But Eliza Moon personally persuaded Ye Qiu to show up, because this time there is indeed a cooperation between them and UEFA. Of course, it is not Tottenham Hotspur, but the agency, and Pra After Tini came to power, he treated Ye Qiu relatively close. Before the election, he mentioned Ye Qiu many times, and after the election, he even made a private phone call with Ye Qiu.

Of course, at that time Tottenham Hotspur had not yet qualified for the Champions League, and the team had just acquired Beckham at that time, so the conversation between Ye Qiu and Platini was more in the club and European competitions Communication on some level.

For Ye Qiu, Platini is also not stingy with admiration. He has mentioned many times that among all the current head coaches, Ye Qiu is the most creative and innovative, and it is worth learning from all the head coaches. , and all these left a very good impression on Ye Qiu, so this time, he decided to come to UEFA's awards ceremony and draw ceremony.

Although Ye Qiu came in person, there was no way to change many things, such as the best team.

As last season's UEFA Cup champion, Tottenham Hotspur won nothing in all the awards except Ruud van Nistelrooy who won the best striker of the year and the European Golden Boot. The best coach is Carlo Ancelotti.

But in the draw ceremony that followed, Tottenham Hotspur was placed in the fourth pot because of the few points in the Champions League, which is the pot with the worst points. In a heartbeat, how unlucky does it have to be to draw this team in fourth gear?

Before the draw, Ye Qiu said in an interview with the media with a smile that no matter who Tottenham draws, he and the players will not be under pressure, and the pressure should be on their opponents, "Whoever draws us , who is unlucky!"

The final result is that the weakest player in the first tier comes from La Liga's Valencia, the weakest player in the second tier comes from Romania's Steaua Bucharest, and Prague's Slavia from the Czech Republic. The team became Tottenham Hotspur's opponents in the group stage.

When the result of the draw came out, there was an uproar in the venue, because the possibility and hope of the two teams, Tottenham Hotspur and Valencia, from the group stage were too great, and the other two opponents The strength seems to be difficult to compete with these two teams in the four major leagues.

But some people think it is not necessarily true, because in the third round of the qualifiers, Slavia Prague eliminated Ajax, which has performed well in the Champions League in the past few years, and Steaua Bucharest eliminated Ajax. It is Toulouse from Ligue [-]. From this point of view, these two teams are not without upset strength at all.

Relatively speaking, the grouping of other games is more interesting. Manchester United met Roma. Last season, Roma suffered a 7-1 bloodbath at Old Trafford. This bloody tragedy shocked European football. Some people suspected that it was a match-fixing, which made Roma feel ashamed.

The situation of Chelsea is more embarrassing. Sevilla, Schalke 04 and Rosenborg, this group can be said to be the strongest overall among the eight groups. Barcelona is with Lyon, Stuttgart and Glasgow Rangers. in a group.

In the past two years, with the widening gap in the strength of the four major leagues, coupled with the blow of the Serie A call gate in 2006, there are not many teams in Italy that can really win. Inter Milan's performance in the Champions League is not ideal. Even worse, AC Milan did not perform well in the league, but they performed the best in the European arena.

In addition, many well-known European giants such as Bayern Munich and Arsenal this season missed the Champions League in the end.

This has also led to the Champions League group stage gradually giving some mid-lower league champion teams a chance to stand out, because these mid-lower league teams often gather a group of good players, and the overall strength will not even lose to the four teams. Some of the mid-range teams in the major leagues are even better, so it is not surprising that such a team is upset.

Say goodbye to the monopoly of the four major leagues and return to the era when a hundred flowers bloom. This is undoubtedly what UEFA is willing and hoping to see.

Regarding the results of the lottery, Ye Qiu, in an interview as usual, said with a smile that he had no problem with the lottery ceremony after the lottery, and that he was not able to win the best coach of the European season again, Ye Qiu expressed magnanimously Expressed his congratulations to Ancelotti.

"Last season, AC Milan was indeed very strong and outstanding. I think they won the championship and Ancelotti won the best coach of the season. I think this is well deserved!"

Ye Qiu's answer did not give the reporter any criticism. When a reporter asked about the UEFA Super Cup, Ye Qiu smiled and said that Tottenham Hotspur will have a big fight with AC Milan in the game. One game, he was full of confidence in the team.

But in fact, at the Louis II Stadium in Monaco on the second day, even if Tottenham Hotspur started better, with Beckham's goal in the first half, they took a 1-0 lead, but the second half started. It didn't take long for Inzaghi to use an anti-offside to equalize the score for AC Milan.

At the last moment, Kaka made a breakthrough with the ball in the middle, and formed a cooperation with Seedorf. After penetrating into the penalty area, he shot successfully. AC Milan completed a beautiful reversal against Tottenham Hotspur.

Losing the European Super Cup, Tottenham Hotspur are quite regretful, but the overall strength of the team is indeed still unable to compete with AC Milan. The biggest advantage of the Rossoneri lies in their rich experience, and Tottenham Turnham Hotspur's personnel structure is too young. Although the strength is there, it still needs some accumulation and precipitation.

Not only did they lose the European Super Cup, because of their participation in the European Super Cup and the third round of the UEFA Champions League qualifiers, Tottenham Hotspur missed the fifth round of the Premier League, which directly led to Tottenham Hotspur's current only Three rounds of Premier League matches were played, with one win and two losses, and only 3 points were scored.

And when the fifth round of the Premier League was over and the Premier League standings were opened, everyone was surprised to find that Tottenham Hotspur ranked No. 18 in the Premier League, which means they fell into the relegation zone.

The Premier League has been very competitive this season, only one Derby County team has not won so far, but they have also scored a draw and scored a point, and the worst start is Bolton, with one win and four losses , scored three points, and Reading had one win, one draw and three losses, ranking No.17.

The unlucky Tottenham Hotspur fell to No.18 in the league and entered the relegation zone because they missed two rounds. This really surprised everyone. No one thought that this start would be like this .

Regarding the situation of Tottenham Hotspur, after Chelsea coach Mourinho lost 0:2 away to Aston Villa in the fifth round, he specifically made fun of Tottenham Hotspur, Said with a smile, "No matter how bad our performance is, we will not fall into the relegation zone!"

After Ferguson beat Sunderland 1-0 at home and defeated his proud disciple Roy Keane, he was asked by reporters about what happened to Tottenham Hotspur. He smiled and promised himself this season The first wish, "I hope that unlucky guy and his team will always maintain this ranking!"

Wenger's team also won this round, beating Portsmouth 3:1 at home, which made Wenger's confidence soar, and said with a smile that Tottenham Hotspur's ultimate goal this season should be relegation, because after two Tottenham Hotspur face Arsenal at White Hart Lane after their national team game this week.

This is the first North London derby of the season, and Wenger also wants to take advantage of this battle to undo the shame of losing the Champions League last season.

Ye Qiu is also very helpless with the current situation of Tottenham Hotspur, because the two missed rounds are against Everton at home and against Fulham away. In the eyes of Tottenham Hotspur, these two games The game is very promising to get three points, so there is no need to maintain this ranking.

So when a reporter from the Daily Telegraph asked Ye Qiu what he thought of the standings for the first five rounds of the Premier League, he had only one answer.

"I feel very, very, very, very sad about this!" He used four very exaggerated words to describe his mood.

This made Ferguson and Wenger standing next to him couldn't help laughing, and even Benitez, who looked like a robot, couldn't help but smile, which was obviously rare for everyone present .

Mourinho also came to the scene, but please don't get me wrong, this is not a Premier League head coach summit, but a gathering between clubs and agents organized by Ye Qiu and Eliza Moon's agent company The gathering was named [Football Economic Forum], and today is the first time this forum has been held, but it has attracted great attention.

The forum was held at the Hilton Park Road Hotel on the east side of Hyde Park in London. For this purpose, the hotel has specially arranged a floor, because it is now the last three days of the transfer market, and today all professional and semi-professional clubs in the English Professional Football League will be closed. When the invitation came, all brokers from all over the world were also welcomed into the venue.

Not only that, Richard Scudemore, the chief executive of the Premier League, also came to the scene in person, and David Taylor, the Scottish secretary-general of UEFA, also came to the venue. Before they walked into the hotel venue just now, they accepted During the interview, the reporters all said that this is a very interesting innovation and I believe it can change the pattern of the transfer market.

Richard Scudemore also said that he would sit down in person, "Our FA and Premier League officials have come to the venue, and all player transfer transactions completed today can be approved on the spot, which can greatly improve Facilitate the progress and procedures of the transfer, at least, they don't have to worry about the transfer being aborted due to fax problems!"

"Of course, I still don't know the specific function and effect of this forum, but I am very happy to see it appear, because it can greatly promote the circulation of the transfer market!"

Scudemore's remarks caused a lot of laughter, because in the past, there were indeed many transfers that were aborted due to fax problems on the last day of the transfer, but this was only part of the forum.

The five famous coaches of the Premier League walked into the venue together, but they did not attract the attention of the venue at all, because those who walked into the venue were either agents, club officials, or even the head coach. Crazy attitude came to the scene as it was the first time in the history of English football.

Ye Qiu's idea came from the Serie A league in his previous life. Maybe many ordinary fans don't know that the Serie A league was in the years before and after Ye Qiu's time travel, and in the last two or three days of each transfer window of each season, Serie A and Serie B were all in the same league. The league teams will gather at the ATA Hotel in Milan to participate in a round table meeting and stage the final madness of the transfer market.

Quite a lot of transfers are completed in this kind of meeting, such as Luca Toni, on the last day of the transfer market in 2012, Luca Toni came to Milan and wanted to sign with Siena. Many fans believed that It is strange to see this piece of news. To sign a contract, you should go to Siena. How did you come to Milan?
In fact, he came to Milan because his agent, Siena, participated in such a round table meeting.

Not only the teams from Serie A and Serie B will participate in the meeting, but also the Registrar Office of the Italian Football Federation, so that all professional teams and agents can be brought together in the shortest possible time and in the most efficient way , complete a speed-dating-style final orgy, and as long as you register with the Football Association's registration office, the transfer is considered successful.

But what Luca Tony's agent finally found for him was Florence, who managed Luca Tony and his agent in this meeting, and Luca Tony himself has been waiting outside the hotel .

There is also an anecdote, that is, the famous agent Mino Raiola, after helping Balotelli return to Serie A, he started to make another transfer, which is to transfer the defender who played for AC Milan in Serie A Emmanuelson was exchanged for the Swiss midfielder Kasami who was playing for Fulham at the time.

All parties had already agreed to this transaction at the venue, but when the registration materials were handed over at the end, the handover could not be completed because of a failure in the hotel's network. Although Raiola rushed to submitted information to the Registrar's Office, but the deadline has passed.

For this matter, Raiola also directly bombarded the Italian Football Association, thinking that they are too bureaucratic, and it doesn't matter if they lag behind in other countries, but they have to follow the rules and declare the transfer invalid.

But Emmanuelson successfully moved to Fulham, while Kasami failed to come to Milan, but was forced to go to Switzerland.

Ye Qiu and Elisa co-planned and organized such a venue, not only wanting to learn from this Italian model, in fact, the most important thing for them is to promote their own network platform, which is the scouting data platform .

When the opening time of the venue arrived, all the invited guests sat down one after another. Eliza walked up to the front desk of the venue dressed in elegant and capable professional attire. After passing by the guests present, many of them were stunned, but in the end they fell on Ye Qiu, smiling.

"Everyone, welcome to our football economic forum!" Eliza's voice was conveyed to the ears of nearly a thousand people in the venue through the sound effect, very clear and pleasant to hear.

"I believe that the staff of all professional clubs present have encountered a problem. When the coaching staff proposes that they need a player and give specific characteristics of the player, you may have to learn from many, many videos and reports. Finding this player can take you months, sometimes even a year."

Many people present felt the same way. Many fans thought that the efficiency of the club was very low, but they never imagined how low it was. Even in many aspects, such as scouting reports and player statistics, they had not completed computerization at all.

There are only a handful of teams that have truly completed computerization, because there is a saying in football, trust intuition, don't trust technology.

"Maybe, you all have missed some players and missed the transfer period, and you were eventually scolded by the team president, head coach and fans. We must find a way to get rid of this almost boring and tedious manual labor. We need a broader, more open platform to serve ourselves."

When talking about this, Eliza laughed again, "I once had a friend who was the technical director of a well-known team and was in charge of player inspections. He told me that five years ago, he The team office is so full of tapes that they even had cracks in their floors!"

Eliza's words made everyone present burst into laughter. This is not uncommon in many big teams. Even now, many teams still have those videotapes. Maybe they may find out some of them. The name is now very popular, but they ignored the superstars in the past.

"It was much better later on, we have VCDs and DVDs, I believe everyone can become very relaxed, but I want to ask everyone, have you ever thought that when you want to pick a player, it is completely Can you not have to work so hard, without having to observe the players playing football over and over again from thousands or even tens of thousands of videos and DVDs?"

Eliza's words moved the hearts of many club officials present, especially those engaged in player inspection.

"Also, I want to ask my fellow agents again, forget about your competitive relationship with me, let's talk about the future openly and honestly!" Eliza's words made the audience burst into laughter again, because A large part of the guests at the scene are agents, and they all have a dispensable mentality and want to come here to recommend their players.

"I want to ask everyone, when you have worked so hard to travel around the world, go to clubs around the world to recommend your own players, and submit DVDs and game videos, have you ever considered whether there is a platform for you Can save a lot of work, a lot of busyness, but at the same time allow your players to get more and wider attention?"

Following Eliza's speech, the atmosphere in the venue was obviously mobilized.

Ye Qiu has always said that football can be very modern, because football is closely related to the media, and the relationship with many sponsors is very advanced, but football is also very closed, which is reflected in the management model and operation method of football.

But now, Ye Qiu felt that such patterns and rules should be broken, starting with player selection and transfers!
(End of this chapter)