The Godfather of Football

The next time I saw Abramovich was in a five-star hotel owned by Huangtian Group in Shanghai.

Because they had not yet reached an agreement, the meeting was a bit low-key. Abramovich did not come to China in a high-profile manner. Accompanied by Pini Zahavi, the two secretly arrived in Shanghai.

The last time we met, although Ye Qiu had already become famous, he had not yet established his own position. Abramovich was just an ordinary rich man, or he was only slightly interested in football. But this time they met again, One of them is the Champions League coach, and the other is the owner of the club. Their identities and status have changed.

What remains unchanged is Abramovich's humble smile when he sees Ye Qiu, which always makes people feel friendly.

"It's you, Mr. Ye Qiu. It was after watching your game that I decided to buy Chelsea!"

This was the first sentence Abramovich said after seeing Ye Qiu. He was smiling but very sure. Regardless of whether he wanted to give Ye Qiu a high hat or not, at least, this sentence showed his sincerity.

"Thank you, Mr. Abramovich!" Ye Qiu thanked him politely.

Because this was a business meeting, Huang Chu was not accompanied. She went to visit her parents after arriving in Shanghai, while Ye Qiu went directly to the hotel for the meeting. After the meeting, he would also visit his father-in-law and mother-in-law. .

"Please call me Roman, I like friends to be closer." Abramovich smiled.

"Then..." Ye Qiu smiled, "Let's be casual, Roman."

"Very good, Ye Qiu!" Abramovich was very satisfied with Ye Qiu's response. From the first meeting, he felt that Ye Qiu was right for him. This was an indescribable feeling. Anyway, the first impression Just very good.

"I have had in-depth contact with Miss Moon before. I believe you should feel my sincerity, and I really want to build Chelsea into the first-class team in Europe. I think you may be able to Give me the answer."

Ye Qiu shook his head, "I think, Roman, your ambition is too small."

"Oh?" Abramovich was a little surprised.

"Chelsea itself is already a strong team in the Premier League. Although it is unlikely to win the championship, it is a strong contender for Champions League qualification every year." Ye Qiu's positioning of Chelsea is still very accurate.

Talking about the current Premier League, Manchester United and Arsenal are competing for hegemony. The two teams can be said to be the super strong teams in the Premier League. Then Liverpool, Newcastle, and Chelsea all have relatively stable results. Among them, Chelsea's problems are more complicated. Bates In the past few years, huge sums of money have been invested in signings, and the team's strength has improved a lot, but the finances have been unable to make ends meet, and in the end they almost went bankrupt.

But no matter what, Chelsea's strength in recent years is obvious to all.

"If you buy Chelsea and invest huge sums of money just to become the first-class team in Europe, then I will tell you that I have no interest in this goal at all!" Ye Qiu shook his head without hesitation. He knew very well that this Sometimes you must show enough confidence and ambition to impress this person, so that you can gain the maximum bargaining chips and benefits for yourself.

"If I go to Chelsea, my goal is to break the dominance of Manchester United and Arsenal in the Premier League. I will not only build Chelsea into the best and most competitive team in the Premier League, but I will also make Chelsea the best and most competitive team in the Premier League within four years. Get on the Champions League podium and become a giant in Europe!”

In Ye Qiu's view, the so-called wealthy families need heritage and tradition, these are all false. Now is the era of fast consumption and information age. If there is enough influence and popularity, then it is a wealthy family.

So where does the influence and attention come from?

Results and stars!

After Ye Qiu won the Champions League, he had great confidence in his coaching ability, and he did not slack off after winning the Champions League. He still studied in the study room of the Godfather's training system every day, constantly Self-improvement, so now Ajax can no longer satisfy him, he wants to go to a higher platform to meet higher challenges.

As for the stars, who knows better than Ye Qiu who can become a star in the future?

What Abramovich said just now was quite polite. His hope for Chelsea in his heart was to become a wealthy club. So now that he heard Ye Qiu say this, he felt very happy and became more convinced that Ye Qiu is the one for him. The perfect choice to build a Blues dynasty.

Of course, everyone can say it, but the question is how to do it.

Pini Zahavi was very knowledgeable. After Ye Qiu finished speaking, and after Abramovich had digested it, he asked with a smile: "Mr. Ye Qiu, please forgive me, I am very interested in your goal. , I don’t doubt your ability to achieve this goal, but I would like to know, how do you think you can achieve this goal?”

Ye Qiu had already made preparations for this. He was already thinking about this issue on the plane from Xiamen to Shanghai.

"First of all, I think it is necessary to transform the team. For example, the goalkeeper, Dehuye is 36 years old and has not played much in the past two years. Cudicini's strength is good, but for a team with ambitions As far as winning teams are concerned, they are not suitable. If it were me, I would terminate the contract with Dehuye and introduce a strong goalkeeper to compete with Cudicini.”

Abramovich and Pini Zahavi both listened very carefully. In terms of professional tactics, they were not as good as Ye Qiu.

"The most important problem with Chelsea is that the entire first team seems to have many stars, but in fact there are very few stars in their prime. Desailly, Petit, Ferrer, Zola, and even Cen Den and Grenchar, I believe I don’t need to say more about this. If you followed Chelsea last season, you will know this problem.”

One of the important measures that Bates chose to strengthen the team was to introduce some past stars, such as Desailly and Petit. Both French stars were past their prime and were declining rapidly.

Looking at the entire Chelsea lineup, the aging problem is so serious that when the leading striker Hasselbaink first arrived at Chelsea, he criticized the club's aging strategy in an interview with the media, thinking that the 28-year-old he was actually in the team. They are young people, which shows how serious Chelsea's aging problem is.

In Ye Qiu's opinion, in the Chelsea first team, goalkeeper Cudicini, defenders Gallas and Terry, midfielder Lampard, strikers Hasselbaink and Gudjohnsen, these players can all It is said to be Chelsea's core combat effectiveness now.

As for Desailly, Petit, Zola and others, Ye Qiu believes that they are all past their prime.

"I believe you all know that the Premier League is gradually moving towards technology, but not any team can easily complete technology. Even now, Wenger's team is still rough and technical. Ferguson wants to play Technology, but Veron has become an embarrassing luxury for him.”

"So, I can say with absolute certainty that with Chelsea's current situation, it is very difficult to carry out reforms all at once. How to adapt mainland tactics to the Premier League style will take some time to explore and study, so, I need time to slowly improve the team, but what I am sure of is that I will not change the concept of pursuing offensive football!”

The technicalization of the Premier League is indeed a very troublesome thing, because the head coach needs to balance the technology of the mainland system with the tradition of the local system of the Premier League. If it is too detailed, it will not survive in the fast-paced Premier League. If it gets too rough, it will be difficult to gain a foothold in European competitions.

But it is impossible for a team to establish two completely different tactical systems, because the players will get confused while switching back and forth. Football and tactics have always been an industry where practice makes perfect, whether it is the skills of the players or the skills of the players. The team's tactics are the result of repeated training.

Why can players turn skills into instinct? Just because of practice! The same goes for the team!

Ye Qiu can now say that he wants to strike a balance between technology and the traditional style of the Premier League, but how to balance it?

The players introduced are from the technical department, which is the technical stream. What is introduced is the Premier League style, which is the traditional style. Is it possible to get a lot of players with the traditional Premier League style and insist on playing the mainland technical stream? Is that possible?

Ye Qiu would definitely not make this kind of mistake, but he would definitely not give up his pursuit of technology, and he had already figured out a good solution to the problem.

When Abramovich and Zahavi listened to Ye Qiu's rough idea, they couldn't help but be a little surprised, and then praised it, because Ye Qiu's idea is indeed the best way for Chelsea in the transition period, which can not only ensure the ball The team's combat effectiveness can also better allow players and coaches to become familiar with the Premier League environment.

"When I hear you say that, I am more confident than ever before!" After Abramovich and Zahavi looked at each other, their eyes could not conceal their admiration and admiration for Ye Qiu, at least before Ranieri. He was never given such expectations, "In a word, no matter how much money you want, as long as you think the team needs it, you can bring it in!"

"Doesn't that make me a rich man?" Ye Qiu said with a smile.

Abramovich laughed loudly, "Beckham, Veron, Ferdinand, Van Nistelrooy, Henry, Vieira, Pires... in short, no matter who you like, and he is willing to come to Chelsea, you can be bold to talk.”

Zahavi listened on the sidelines and added, "Roman has full confidence in you. After he acquired Chelsea and paid off all the debts, he even left a huge sum of up to 200 million pounds. The money is ready to be used in the transfer market. In today's football world, this money can definitely form a strong lineup to compete for the championship."

Ye Qiu was already prepared for Abramovich's big deal, but when he heard the 200 million pounds, his heart still jumped involuntarily. This is a full 300 million euros. I'll take it. Who can this buy?

Don't even think about superstars. Zidane, Ronaldo, Figo and the like have no hope. First of all, they may not be willing to come to Chelsea. Real Madrid is not short of money. In addition, to poach them, at least it will cost an astronomical sum. Ye Qiu refused to do such a deal.

If you don't want to poach superstars, then the best and most effective way is to poach stars who are cost-effective.

To be honest, Ye Qiu is not interested in superstars, because such superstars often no longer have much hunger for honors, which makes them easy to be undisciplined, causing inconvenience to the head coach's management, and also affecting the football team. team atmosphere.

Ye Qiu's favorites are those quasi-first-class stars who are powerful but not famous enough and need a transformation. Such stars are often more hungry for honors, have more fighting spirit, and are more dedicated. They play passionately and have amazing fighting power.

Thinking of this, Ye Qiu couldn't help but look up at Abramovich, and found that the Russian was looking at him with a smile. A flash of enlightenment flashed through his mind. This guy directly asked Zahavi to spend 300 million euros. It is estimated that there is a test of himself in this. Otherwise, why is he staring at him?

Thinking of this, Ye Qiu smiled, "The amount of the transfer fee, in my opinion, is not a big problem. There are ways to play with more money and less money. When I was in Ajax, the annual transfer budget of 10 million was the limit. When I just coached the team, I was scolded by the fans for introducing Ibrahimovic for 3 million. They thought I was squandering, but what happened in the end?"

Ye Qiu's confidence comes from his achievements. He is not complacent about this. After all, he has the advantage of being a time traveler to get such results. But in front of Abramovich and others, he must show his confidence and value. Otherwise, how can he let them give him power?

"Well said, transfer fee is not everything, I agree with this!" Abramovich admired Ye Qiu's rationality very much. If he was just confused by the transfer fee, then such a head coach had limited knowledge, which would greatly reduce Abramovich's impression of him.

"But I still said that the team's transfer budget this summer is 200 million pounds!"

The difference between the euro and the pound is quite a bit, a full 1.5 times.

"Then I can also promise that you will see a Chelsea that is completely different from anyone and any team in the new season, but full of fighting power!" Ye Qiu also confidently promised.

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With Ye Qiu's promise and guarantee, the negotiation of many things became very simple. Abramovich promised to give Ye Qiu the greatest competitive power, and the club management would never affect his coaching in the team. At the same time, he was given 300 million euros as a transfer budget. The specific details can be discussed later, that is to say, 300 million is not the bottom line.

In addition, in terms of personal contract treatment, Abramovich also gave Ye Qiu enough sincerity, because Chelsea is currently negotiating with the team captain Terry, promising to give the latter a weekly salary of 99,000 pounds after tax, and Ye Qiu has one requirement in the contract, that is, he must be the highest paid in the team.

Originally, Eliza thought that the other party would argue about this matter, but unexpectedly, Abramovich waved his hand and gave Ye Qiu a weekly salary of 115,000 pounds after tax, which also made Ye Qiu's annual salary income as high as 6 million pounds, or 9 million euros.

That's not all. Abramovich promised that Ye Qiu would receive 1.5 million euros for each championship he won as Chelsea coach, including the FA Cup and League Cup, 3 million euros for the League, and 5 million euros for the European Champions League. If he won both the Cup and the Champions League, the bonus would be 8 million euros. If he won both the League and the Champions League, the bonus would be 10 million euros. If, unfortunately, Ye Qiu imitated Manchester United and won the treble, the bonus alone would be more than 15 million euros.

This is definitely a shocking bonus, because you have to know. When Manchester United won the treble in 1999, Ferguson only received a bonus of 1.5 million euros, but now Ye Qiu only needs to win a cup championship to get this amount.

Ferguson's current salary is less than 3 million euros, less than one-third of Ye Qiu's, and Wenger is comparable to Ferguson.

Looking at the world football, the closest salary to Ye Qiu is England national team coach Eriksson, but the Englishman's salary is only 5 million pounds, or 7.5 million euros, which is still a long way from Ye Qiu. As for others, the distance is even farther.

Ye Qiu knew very well that the reason for this high salary was because Abramovich wanted to rely on him. If he did not show the coaching ability he should have, he might be fired at any time and anywhere.

"Abramovich is not a good person. Usually, people with courage like him are often possessive. So, don't think he is polite to me now. Maybe one day, he will fire me at any time and anywhere!" Ye Qiu said to Eliza with a smile after sending Abramovich and Zahavi away.

"What are you afraid of? Earn money for a few years and you will have no worries about food and drink for the rest of your life!" Eliza said with a smile.

Ye Qiu shrugged. He didn't care much about food and drink. He just had a higher expectation in his heart. He wanted to achieve it with his own ability, even if it seemed very difficult.

"I've decided!" Eliza looked at Ye Qiu and announced with a smile.

"What decision?"

Eliza stood up. "I decided to move the company's office to London. We have laid a foundation in the Netherlands in the past three or four years, and our business has expanded to a wider range. We should look further. Going to London is undoubtedly a good choice!"

It would definitely be right to hold on to Ye Qiu's thigh.

Ye Qiu left all the company's affairs to Eliza, and he had no objection. Anyway, it was enough to share the money.

"By the way, our partner in Brazil sent a player report before, suggesting that we can introduce potential players from Brazil at a low price, send them to the Dutch team for training, and then get a share from the club's future sales of players. I think this business can be done."

Ye Qiu was very disgusted with this kind of business like human traffickers, but now this kind of transaction model is everywhere in South America and Africa, and almost everyone has become accustomed to it. Even in his previous life, Tevez and Mascherano were exposed by the media after they transferred to West Ham United, but that was only a small part of it.

The real inside story involves almost all clubs, including the giants, and those agent crocodiles, which is equivalent to the unspoken rules of world football. Who would be willing to take such a big risk and offend everyone to reveal these truths?

Eliza wants to become bigger and stronger in the agent field, so she naturally has to get in touch with these, so Ye Qiu did not object, but repeatedly stated that she would not be involved in it. Eliza also promised that no matter what happened, it would not affect Ye Qiu.

"They all said that you have a good eye. I have asked them to draw up a list and a video report of the players. When the time comes, you can help me find a few!" Eliza did not miss the opportunity to develop and utilize Ye Qiu.

In this regard, Ye Qiu also readily agreed. For him, it was just a matter of a few words.