The Godfather of Greenery

Chapter 538 Messi's New Way

In the third warm-up match of the US tour, Tottenham Hotspur played at the Sam Boyd Stadium in Las Vegas, with three goals from Messi, Franck Ribery and Falcao, 3 :1 defeated AC Milan, who had just traveled a long distance to the United States, and won three consecutive victories in the warm-up match in the United States.

And four days later, in New York, Tottenham welcomed Barcelona.

Last season's Champions League final was played in the United States, which attracted [-] fans, most of whom wore Tottenham Hotspur jerseys to show Tottenham's passion Stab's influence in the hearts of American fans.

Tottenham Hotspur did not let this group of fans down in the slightest. In this closely watched game, the team beat Barcelona 2-0 with Ribery's brace. Completed four consecutive victories in the warm-up match, and finally ended his first trip to the United States with a record of victory.

The four warm-up matches were 5:0, 6:1, 3:1 and 2:0. Tottenham Hotspur scored a total of [-] goals and conceded two goals. People have to be amazed, it can almost be said to be impeccable, but more importantly, Tottenham Hotspur has completely opened up the US market by virtue of these four warm-up games and the long-term promotion and preparation in the past.

In these four warm-up games in the United States, Tottenham Hotspur attracted a total of 34 fans into the stadium to watch their games, and many of them broke attendance records, creating a record that even American baseball clubs cannot do. The achievement achieved, which is called by many media as a sign of Tottenham Hotspur's capture of the United States.

More importantly, this trip to the United States brought Tottenham Hotspur extremely lucrative income.

Just for the appearance fees of these four games and the additional income during the training camp in Los Angeles, Tottenham Hotspur can directly earn 600 million euros, but this is not all, because Tottenham Hotspur will be able to directly earn [-] million euros during the tour in the United States. , A total of seven sponsors have reached cooperation agreements, many of which include Coca-Cola, Epson and fitness giant Icahn, which specializes in sports equipment.

These seven sponsorship projects will bring Tottenham Hotspur at least 500 million euros in revenue in the next year.

If you count the jersey sales detonated by Tottenham Hotspur's trip to the United States, the team can get a lot of money from Adidas, so in general, this trip to Tottenham Hotspur Mu Hotspur is definitely making a lot of money, and it can definitely be regarded as a double gain of fame and fortune.

After the trip to the United States, the Tottenham Hotspur summer training camp began to divide things up. Several young players on loan, including Neymar, Lucas Jr., Coutinho, Eriksson, etc., left the training team and went to the training camp. Their respective teams reported, while Ye Qiu took most of them from New York to Qatar on the Qatar Airways flight.

On the second day after arriving in Qatar, a warm-up match was held with the Qatar national team. In the end, with the goals of Cavani and Kompany, they defeated the Qatar national team 2:1 and continued to maintain the warm-up match. .

After this warm-up match, Tottenham Hotspur were divided into two again. The commercial team led by Peter Kenyon flew directly from Qatar to London, while Ye Qiu flew directly to Amsterdam with the first team. , to participate in the Amsterdam Cup Invitational.

The other two teams in this year's Amsterdam Cup are Sevilla from La Liga and Juventus from Serie A. They are both powerful teams. Ushered in two duels, and finally defeated Juventus 2:0 and drew Sevilla 3:3.

Although it was one win and one tie, Tottenham Hotspur finally won the Amsterdam Cup Invitational with the points they scored.

After the Amsterdam Cup Invitational Tournament, everyone in Tottenham Hotspur returned to London and began to prepare for the final sprint for the new season's schedule.

When Tottenham Hotspur trained overseas, European football also became very lively.

First, after the acquisition of West Ham United by the super-rich Russian, Rybonolev, he signed up for the Hammers, claiming to build a team capable of challenging the rivals in North London in the shortest possible time. More than 1 million euros have been invested, and powerful stars including Eto'o, Toulalang, Lucio, Carvalho, etc. have been introduced. The combat effectiveness of West Ham in the new season cannot be underestimated. Many people even think that this This team has the potential to become a dark horse in the new season.

Another important reason why people are so optimistic is that the new head coach of West Ham is Ranieri, a tinkerer. The strength of this Italian head coach is beyond doubt. If you combine the overall strength of a team , If measured by the foundation of building a strong team, Ranieri can definitely be regarded as the top player in today's football.

It's just that many people think that Ranieri's life is not good, and he always has a chance with the champion.

Another club transaction that has attracted the attention of the outside world is Southampton.

After receiving Ye Qiu's secret financial and human support, Matthew Le Tissier acquired Southampton from the trusteeship committee in just two hours. The acquisition cost a total of 500 million. GBP.

During Tottenham Hotspur's training camp in North America, Le Tissier announced that he was in charge of Southampton, and he served as the chairman of Southampton, while Ye Qiu arranged for Eliza Moon to be the CEO of Southampton. He is mainly responsible for business and team operations. In addition, Southampton's head coach is the famous Dutch coach Ke Adrianse who is currently at home.

On the day when he announced his inauguration, Le Tissier said that in the new season, the acquisition consortium he formed will continue to invest 500 million pounds. On the one hand, it will be used to renovate Southampton's youth training camp. It is to strengthen the team's signings in order to return to the British Championship in the new season.

At the same time, Le Tissier also announced that Southampton will reach a comprehensive partnership with Tottenham Hotspur. The two parties will carry out all-round cooperation in youth training, youth team exchange games, and other aspects. It includes the introduction of a batch of advanced training equipment from Tottenham Hotspur.

The purpose of introducing Cole Adrianse is to adopt a continental tactical style, learn and learn from Tottenham Hotspur's training and technical and tactical concepts. These are all part of Southampton's continental itinerary in the eyes of Le Tissier , He firmly believes that in the next few years, he will not only bring Southampton back to the Premier League, but also build a strong Saints team.

With the success of the two club transactions, more and more potential transactions have gradually surfaced. For example, the Qatari consortium, which was rumored to acquire Manchester United not long ago, has now turned its attention to Liverpool, which is in conflict between the two major shareholders. , and Newcastle, who have been relegated to the English Championship this season.

Liverpool is the heaviest football giant in the history of English football. This in itself is the most fascinating place for the Red Army. In addition, Liverpool, Manchester United, Manchester City, and Everton, the four Premier League teams, are all gathered in one place. Strong influence and attention, so it was revealed that the Qatari consortium failed to buy Manchester United and switched to Liverpool.

And Newcastle is also one of the potential acquisition targets of the Qatar consortium. The reason is very simple. The Magpies are very cheap now, but at the same time this team is the most appealing team in the UK, and their number of fans is the largest in the UK.

In the outside world, it seems that funds and consortiums from all over the world are going to swallow up the entire Premier League. The Community Shield, which has the title of Premier League warm-up game, was held at Wembley Stadium in London. Tottenham Hotspur 1: 0 small victory over rival Chelsea.

As early as the end of last season, when Hiddink decided to leave Chelsea, he once said that he thought that the strength of Chelsea players was not a big problem. What is really worrying is the age structure of this lineup, so many 30 Players over the age of [-], in the long season, the risk is too great.

This summer, Pini Zahavi further purged the Chelsea players from the Jorge Mendes period. Carvalho was sent to West Ham United by him. There is no increase in investment and signings as Abramovich said, but the introduction of Brazilian goalkeeper Cesar from Inter Milan, Zhirkov from CSKA Moscow for 800 million pounds, and introduction from Manchester City. The young teenager Sturridge.

It can be said that only the introduction of Cesar is a timely help for Chelsea. This game is his outstanding performance in front of the goal, which ensures that Chelsea will not be scored more goals by Tottenham Hotspur.

As for the strengthening of Chelsea by Zhirkov and Sturridge, at least for the time being, the effect is not visible.

As Messi gradually became famous in Tottenham Hotspur, he bought in a small village in the south of Hertfordshire, not far from Tottenham Hotspur's Theobald training base. I bought a luxury villa in England.

This villa is very big, and there is no problem for their family to live in. However, considering that Rodrigo will soon open an Argentine restaurant in Canary Wharf, Messi bought another apartment in the financial district to support This brother who has a very good relationship with him.

Therefore, this English villa located north of Enfield is currently only lived by Messi and his parents. Occasionally, his little girlfriend Antonella will come from Argentina to live for a few days, but that's all.

With the arrival of the new season, Ye Qiu's new round of reforms to the team is also continuing.

As early as last season, he had tried many times. The team was not concentrated the night before the game, and this did not cause any trouble for Tottenham Hotspur. So when he was in the United States, Ye Qiu held an internal meeting, After asking the players for their opinions, everyone agreed in the end that they should not concentrate on the night before the game, and everyone should stay at home to rest.

Of course, Ye Qiu also made it very clear that this is his trust in the players. If he finds that the players have violated the rules, such as doing anything unfavorable to the next day's game the night before the game, not only will the players be punished, This rule will also be reconsidered, that is to say, whoever makes a mistake before the game is tantamount to public outrage.

In the past, the night before the game, I had to live in Theobald’s dormitory. There were two people in one room, but now I woke up in my own home, on that familiar soft bed. Messi felt that this feeling was very different, but If you think about it carefully, there seems to be no difference.

Theobald's dormitory was built exactly like a five-star hotel room. In terms of comfort, there was someone to take care of it. It was more relaxing than at home, but he still felt that living at home was better.

Perhaps, this kind of goodness is not physical, but psychological, a goodness of being trusted.

Washing his face, brushing his teeth, and going downstairs, Messi saw his mother busy in the kitchen, while his father was sitting at the dining table reading the newspaper, but every time he saw him like this, Messi felt like laughing, because he knew, My father actually couldn't understand too many English words.

Since the last incident about his transfer to Manchester City, the relationship between Messi and his father Jorge seems to be a bit rough. They have lost the harmony they used to have, and there is always a bit of estrangement in their speech, and Jorge is also He belonged to the kind of father who wanted to save face. When he saw Messi going downstairs, he didn't say hello to him. As a father, he simply pretended not to see him.

"Your breakfast, Leo!" His mother put a breakfast in front of him.

Tottenham Hotspur has specially hired a professional nutritionist to supervise and guide each player's daily diet. In addition to paying attention to Theobald and playing with the team, players must also consciously pay attention to diet at home .

Just like Messi, tonight he will play the first round of the Premier League against the visiting Liverpool at home, so he cannot eat meat and some high-fat food today, and his favorite Argentine barbecue has to be saved until the game break in the future To be able to eat once a week.

Breakfast is milk, soy milk, cereal, fruit, juice, butter, bread, jam, cheese, ham and yogurt.

There are many types and richness, but as a professional player, although Messi is not tall, he has a big appetite. The breakfast in front of him is his task now, and he must eat it all, because breakfast is very important for a professional player. For players, it is very important.

According to the nutritionists of Tottenham Hotspur, the most important thing for breakfast is three things, starchy food, high-quality protein food and vegetables and fruits, and it needs to have high water content, and the variety should be rich and the quantity should be sufficient .

Even in many cases, if breakfast is not enough, it will be added.

"The new striker is very popular recently!" Jorge finally couldn't help it, and said when Messi gnawed on the bread.

Messi's hand stopped for a moment, he knew that his father was referring to Romedal Falcao, "Well, it's okay!"

Falcao is said to be the biggest discovery in the United States after Tottenham Hotspur sold Robin van Persie this season, and his goal efficiency has remained at a very high level since his trip to the United States.

"Is he very good?" Jorge asked with some concern. After all, if Falcao is too good, the person who will be directly threatened is Messi. After all, his son is now the number one superstar of Tottenham Hotspur.

"It's okay!" Messi replied indifferently.

"What does it mean?" Jorge was a little dissatisfied with his son's attitude.

"The scoring ability will not be worse than Robin, the shooting stability is higher, and the skills are also good, but he is an efficient scorer, not a serial player. From the perspective of tactics, he may not even be comparable to Kava Ni."

After finishing speaking, Messi continued to destroy the group of food in front of him, because he had to make the best preparations for tonight's game, after all, this was the opening game of the season.

"But Mr. Ye Qiu seems to trust him very much!" Jorge said a little worried, after all, Messi had a transfer dispute in the summer.

Messi shook his head and said with a smile: "It's very simple. He can score goals. Everyone must have ups and downs. Now that he is in good condition, we must trust him more, and we really need a player like this." An efficient center forward, in some of our tough battles last season, the deterrence in the penalty area and the ability to attack were not enough."

Jorge finally put down the newspaper and tore off his calm disguise, "I'm worried about you, look at what the media and reporters are saying, saying that this center named Romedal Falcao will become a tortoise. Turnham Hotspur's next rising superstar, if he becomes a superstar, what do you do?"

"If you can believe what the media and reporters say, then there are ghosts!" Messi smiled and said nothing more, "And the teammates are stronger and the competition is fierce, which is also very stimulating to me."

"I heard the news before. I heard that Theobald recently introduced a brand new training system. I also heard from Roland that Ye Qiu intends to adjust your development trend. Is it true? He Don't let you continue to score more goals?"

"Dad!" Messi really put down the milk and bread in his hands this time, and looked at his father seriously, "I beg you, don't keep asking around, I know you care about me, but I Proper, I'm 22 years old."

"The head told me that he didn't want me to develop into a scorer like Romario who focused on running off the ball, because that would degrade my skills, not only me, but also Frank, and There are others, what we at Tottenham have always insisted on is with the ball and without the ball."

"Look at Cristiano Ronaldo who went to Real Madrid. His physical fitness has been strengthened, and his strength has improved. However, his long-term running without the ball has made his technique very stiff. He can still sprint at high speed. He can stop and buckle quickly, change speed and change direction, but as long as there is a small space, he will be finished immediately, so his technique can only be used in counterattacks, and the positional battle will not be effective, because what Ferguson set for him before is to completely become a grabbing point Machines, Terminator."

"I'm shorter than him, I'm not as big as him. If I continue on the same path as last season, I might become a Romario-style player, who just walks around in addition to scoring goals, but like this No one can guarantee how much tactical role the role can play and play in modern football, so the boss hopes that I will adjust, and I think it is for my own good."

Perhaps because he was worried that his father would not believe it, Messi said again, "I'll tell you one more thing, the coaching staff of Real Madrid called Theobald himself, and Pellegrini and Florentino personally called us. Let’s make a phone call to understand his previous positioning and cultivation plan for Gareth Bale, because Gareth Bale asked to play on the right side after he went to Real Madrid.”

"A player needs to go through many levels from his debut to the pinnacle of success. He needs to go through a lot of tempering and testing. The reason why I decided to stay at Tottenham Hotspur is because I believe that here, there are The best coach and the best coaching staff, they can help me reach a new peak."

"Besides, in many cases, the value of a player is not determined by the number of goals scored, but by whether he is a big player or not!"

(End of this chapter)