The Godfather of Greenery

Chapter 526

Sitting on the Airbus provided by Qatar Airways, flying from Rome to London, through the window of the cabin, you can clearly see the golden sunrise above the sea of ​​clouds, and a new day has come.

In the narrow space of the cabin, the players who haven’t slept all night still look very excited. The flight attendants and flight attendants are busy greeting the players, while the team’s reporters are running around in the small cabin. , raising the camera in his hand from time to time, with a dazzling spotlight, he took a quick shot.

"Would you like something to eat? Or something to drink?"

The shouts of the stewardess were obviously drowned in the noise of the cabin. Everyone was still immersed in the championship in the early hours of this morning, and they were still very excited.

"Hello, all European champions of Tottenham Hotspur!" At this time, the voice of the captain in front came from the cabin.

His appellation and yell immediately got cheers from all the players in the cabin, a strange yell.

"The plane is about to arrive at London's Heathrow Airport. Please sit back in your seats, fasten your seat belts, put away your meal boards, and adjust your seats. Thank you for your cooperation!"

Following the captain's notification, the flight attendants and duty personnel in the cabin became busy again, and began to pack up any things and objects in the cabin that might affect the landing of the plane and the safety of passengers.

Ten minutes later, the plane landed steadily at London's Heathrow Airport.

Even if Tottenham Hotspur had notified all fans in advance before the game, telling them that they did not need to pick up the plane at the airport, the team would go directly to White Hart Lane from Heathrow Airport in London, after receiving the league championship trophy , and then all the way south from Haig Road, there will be a team's championship celebration parade.

The focus of the team's parade this time will be the Olympic Park and Zhenhua Hotel, which are under construction in full swing. For this reason, the two major projects will be suspended at the same time throughout the day today to coincide with Tottenham Hotspur's parade celebration .

But despite this, more than 1000 Tottenham Hotspur fans still gathered at the scene. They all waited early to welcome the team at Heathrow Airport, and the flight the team took arrived at Heathrow Airport At that time, all the fans flocked to the waiting hall frantically.

To their disappointment, though, Tottenham left Heathrow straight off the tarmac.

Tottenham Hotspur successfully defended the Champions League and won the European Championship from Rome again. This immediately became the headlines of most media in the world today. Countless media are frantically reporting Tottenham Hotspur The defending tour, and for this final, almost everyone admits that Tottenham Hotspur has an overwhelming advantage.

Driving on the road in London in the morning, especially when entering the city center, anyone can clearly feel the carnival of the city last night, even now that the sun has risen in the morning, but the carnival The breath is still very strong, and it has not dissipated for a long time.

And soon, Tottenham Hotspur's championship parade is bound to detonate the city again.

This time, the BBC and Sky TV not only broadcast live the whole process of Tottenham Hotspur winning the championship and returning to the hotel to hold a celebration banquet, but even on the way back, the team’s players spontaneously celebrated on the flight, and followed it up. Afterwards, the team's championship parade celebration will be followed up and broadcast live.

This is the first time in the Premier League. Even Manchester United, Chelsea, Liverpool and other teams have never had such treatment. It can be seen that Tottenham Hotspur can successfully defend this time. The level of attention will be greatly increased, because in the past dozen years, no team has achieved such an achievement.

Ye Qiu still didn't participate in the team's parade. He deliberately missed the teams and crowds celebrating with the team. After they left, he entered the White Hart Lane. Before that, he made a special trip to have a rich meal. delicious breakfast.

The championship parade is not a good thing, because the whole process is too tiring and hard, so Ye Qiu has always been reluctant to participate in the team's championship parade, and he has always felt that the championship parade should let the players be the protagonists, and the head coach does not Participation is necessary.

With the team successfully defending the title and the team winning the Premier League title this season, both Ye Qiu and Peter Kenyon felt that apart from the first-team players should honor their previous promises, the club's administrative department Staff, as well as club coaching staff employees and youth team players, should be given some incentives.

Of course, considering the team's finances, it is certainly impossible to give rewards similar to first-team players, but it is still very necessary to express a little bit of heart, and to express that the club has not forgotten their meaning.

When Ye Qiu arrived at White Hart Lane, the most important thing was to communicate with Peter Kenyon, Ron Gourley, Robert Milson and others about these aspects, and deal with the aftermath of the season. After that, he will also start to take a vacation up.

Such a long season is indeed too tiring. Without a good rest, it is difficult to re-enter work.

In addition to these business matters, Ye Qiu has two major events. One is the cooperation between the team and Leaf Technology. Leaf Technology has specially arranged a research and development team in London. This is a very beneficial thing for both parties. , and from next season, Tottenham Hotspur will fully use the research and development results of both parties at Theobald Training Base.

Another one, of course, is the transfer market operation that must be carried out every summer.

"Since the 14th of this month, Florentino announced his participation in the Real Madrid presidential election at the Ritz Hotel in Madrid. His competitor has not appeared. If no competitor has come forward in the last two or three days If so, then he will automatically become the president of Real Madrid."

Peter Kenyon introduced that this big crocodile may appear in the transfer market this summer. Florentino's debut is bound to cause huge repercussions in the transfer market, and another big crocodile is Abramovich Manchester City of the Zabi consortium.

Manchester City and Tottenham Hotspur have reached a consensus on the transfer of Messi, 5000 million euros in cash, which is a temptation that no professional team can refuse, so Tottenham Hotspur He wisely chose to agree, and Ye Qiu did not refuse, because he knew very well that Peter Kenyon and others would not refuse.

Sometimes, he should not only consider from the position of the team's head coach, but also from the position of the team's owner, that is, he should also consider the feelings of Peter Kenyon and others Otherwise, their morale and work enthusiasm will be hit, and Tottenham Hotspur will suffer.

"As for Messi's transfer, I still say the same thing. I agree, but the decision is up to the players!" Ye Qiu said flatly.

Letting Messi leave the team does have a great impact on Tottenham Hotspur's entire tactical system, but compared with 5000 million euros, there is no doubt that Messi should be sold.

"We know how to do it!" Both Peter Kenyon and Robert Milson knew Ye Qiu's idea, which was to sell the players, but they also had to consider the image of the club to avoid being thought by the fans that the team was only for money. A snob who can sell anything.

This is also the approach that all professional teams will take. Even if it seems a bit pretentious to do so, at least it is easier for everyone to accept, and Ye Qiu does not want Tottenham Hotspur to force Messi to transfer. , because it would seem too cold-blooded, after all, you can sell people, you can do what you want, and the price is so high, no one can say anything, but if the player refuses to leave, but you force him to leave the team, it is a bit unreasonable , especially in this matter.

"Messi's father has reached an agreement with Manchester City, and there is no room for change in this matter!" Ron Gurley has already received a definite answer from Messi's father, that is, Messi already belongs to Manchester City .

Of course, this transfer is good for all parties, especially Messi and his son, they can get three times the salary of Tottenham Hotspur, and Ye Qiu also said before, about other aspects, such as Messi Image operation, Rodrigue Messi's Argentine restaurant and other aspects of cooperation will not be affected by the transfer.

It's Ye Qiu's attitude to get together and get away.

"If Messi leaves the team, Ribery, Van Persie and Gareth Bale must stay!" Ye Qiu said.

This is also the transfer strategy he has insisted on in the past few years, that is, not to do the kind of transfer transactions that will hurt the team, and to ensure the overall strength of the team to the maximum extent.

Peter Kenyon knew Ye Qiu's thoughts very well, and Robert Milson took great care to record this matter in his notebook, because he had to understand Ye Qiu's attitude before he could deal with the news media calmly.

"It is reported that Alves has been listed as the number one target of the summer by teams including Barcelona, ​​Real Madrid and Chelsea. What do you think?" Robert Milson asked again with concern.

In many cases, this kind of heavy transfer, the news war is very important, so Robert Milson will play an important role every summer, especially in the PR of the team's sales and signings, while Peter Kay Nin is responsible for specific business operations, such as signing sponsors, or negotiating transfers with opponents.

The division of labor between them is very fine, but they cooperate closely with each other.

"Kyle Walker is too young and immature. If we sell Alves now, we can't find a suitable supplement!" Ye Qiu thought for a while, and the first thing he thought of was England in Portsmouth. Local right back Glenn Johnson, but this player is obviously not the type that Ye Qiu likes. He thinks this player is seriously lacking in creativity in offense, and he is a bit egotistical. Thorns are hard to survive.

At the very least, there were players like Ribery, Van Persie, and Messi in front of them. The purpose of the full-back's forward attack was to assist the front trident, not to steal the show, so Glenn Johnson was overwhelmed by Ye Qiu.

Kyle Walker is fast and has outstanding physical strength. After joining Tottenham Hotspur, after a long period of refinement by the coaching staff, his technical skills are relatively solid. Ball control, but on defense, he still needs to mature and improve.

Regardless of Ye Qiu's preference for offensive full-backs, in fact, whether it was the former Maicon or the later Alves, Ye Qiu was still relatively cautious in the selection of full-backs, especially the defense against full-backs. He is quite valued, and the defensive ability of Maicon and Alves is actually quite good.

It's just that these two right backs belong to the type whose defensive ability is overshadowed by the offensive scenery.

This is also the reason why Marcelo can't play alone this season. Ye Qiu will arrange for Arbeloa to start in many games, so strictly speaking, it is difficult for Arbeloa and Marcelo to distinguish between the main force and the substitute. , and even Arbeloa was the starter in the Champions League final, because it was very simple, Marcelo's defense made Ye Qiu not very relieved.

Although Ye Qiu does not refuse to sell people, he does not sell everyone. He has a prerequisite for selling people, that is, the team can find a good replacement plan, or a replacement, but judging from the current situation, there is no Man can replace Alves.

This is also a very weird place in European football in the past few years, that is, there is a shortage of good defenders.

There has already been a shortage of central defenders. Even a player like Pepe can sell for 3000 million euros, and Hangeland even sold for a higher price. This shows how scarce central defenders are. Now, the left and right fullbacks The degree of scarcity is no worse than that of central defenders. Almost all the rich teams are good defenders.

As Ye Qiu said before, with the new round of tactical reforms, the offense, as the pioneer of the reform, took the lead in setting off the storm of position blurring, but the defense obviously suffered a disadvantage when dealing with the new type of offensive system. It takes longer to train a defender than to train an attacker, so the defender is still groping.

This directly caused the current shortage of good defenders.

Want to get Alves?Not to mention whether Tottenham Hotspur will sell or not, even if it is sold, Tottenham Hotspur will not easily consider selling without a sky-high price.

These days, if you want to be a black shop, you have to put on the posture of the shopkeeper of the black shop, no second price, buy it if you want to buy it, get out if you don’t buy it, I will not accompany you!

Tottenham Hotspur's summer transfer plan is only a temporary idea of ​​the team. After all, the transfer market is turbulent, and no one knows what will happen at that time, but it is still very effective to have a plan and keep in touch of.

After discussing the team's transfer operation, Ye Qiu, Peter Kenyon and others discussed the specific matters of the summer training camp.

This summer Tottenham Hotspur's warm-up match schedule can be said to be densely arranged, because there is a Confederations Cup in South Africa this summer, and several Spanish and Brazilian internationals in the team will participate in this cup, so in the team After the end, they will only have one week of rest, and then they will report to the national team. After the cup, they will also have about two weeks of rest.

The team will gather in London on July 7, and then go to Los Angeles in the United States. The team will arrange this summer's training camp in Los Angeles, and will stay here for two and a half weeks, play four warm-up games, and then go to Los Angeles. Qatar in the Middle East played another warm-up match there, and finally returned to Europe to play the Amsterdam Invitational in Amsterdam.

Among them, going to the Middle East is mainly considering the interests of the team sponsor Qatar Airways. Originally, I hoped to arrange the training camp in the Middle East, but the summer there is too hot, the temperature is as high as 40 degrees, and it is definitely not suitable for preparing for the game. Finally considering moving to Los Angeles, USA.

But in this way, Tottenham Hotspur will have to go to Qatar to play a warm-up match after the tour in the United States. The opponent in this warm-up match will be the Qatar national team before participating in the Amsterdam Cup.

"How's the sponsorship going?" Ye Qiu asked about the latest development with concern.

With the improvement of Tottenham Hotspur's performance in the past three years, the team's sponsorship treatment must also be improved accordingly. On the one hand, the contract is about to expire, and on the other hand, Tottenham Hotspur It is hoped that by taking advantage of the momentum of winning the Premier League and the Champions League this season and successfully defending the Champions League, they can sign a sponsorship contract with a higher value.

Judging from the profit from sponsoring Tottenham Hotspur, Adidas does not suffer a loss, and Vodafone makes a lot of profits, so the two major sponsors are full of interest in Tottenham Hotspur's new round of sponsorship.

Among them, Adidas gave a high degree of sincerity. They expressed their willingness to negotiate with Tottenham Hotspur, and the price offered by Tottenham Hotspur was no less than 100 million euros from Manchester United, which was given by Nike. The price of Manchester United, and Nike also promised that if Tottenham Hotspur switch to Nike, they will get a sponsorship fee that will not lose to Manchester United.

So, in terms of jersey sponsorship, Tottenham Hotspur are not worried at all.

As for the chest advertising sponsorship, Ye Qiu rejected the temptation of the gaming company. He felt that it was obviously not suitable for Tottenham Hotspur's flaunting of himself in the past, or in terms of the team's image building. Get hooked up with bookmakers.

Vodafone intends to continue to cooperate with Tottenham Hotspur, but the price they offer is not as good as Qatar Airways, which has long been eyeing Tottenham Hotspur's chest advertisement, and they are now Tottenham Hotspur. The advertising sponsor for Tottenham's training kit, once the negotiations are settled, Tottenham Hotspur will look for a training kit sponsor again.

"It's good to have competition, but I'm afraid there will be no competition!" Ye Qiu felt good when he heard about Vodafone and Qatar Airways. As long as there is competition, the price will definitely not be too low.

By the way, as Tottenham Hotspur learned the practice of the Brazilian national team and introduced sponsors on training uniforms, Manchester United, Bayern, Liverpool, Chelsea and other teams have also successively introduced sponsors, among which Bayern Munich's The training suit sponsorship even sold the training suit sponsorship at a price of 350 million euros per year. Manchester United signed a sponsorship contract of up to 1000 million pounds with DHL for a period of four years.

However, from the current point of view, the Brazilian national team is still the best. They get more than 4000 million euros in income from the chest advertising sponsorship and the four sponsors on the training uniform every year, which is indeed a bit amazing.

At present, Peter Kenyon and the Ministry of Commerce are considering whether it is possible to separate Tottenham Hotspur's Premier League jerseys, domestic cup jerseys and Champions League jerseys, and sell chest advertising sponsorships separately?
This is also a focus of Tottenham Hotspur's current negotiations with major sponsors such as Vodafone and Qatar Airways.

(End of this chapter)