The Godfather of Football

What was Ferguson doing at home at 22:00 on Saturday night?

Perhaps some people would say he was watching TV, some would say he was enjoying the cool air on the balcony, and some would say he should be sleeping.

However, no one would have thought that at this moment, Ferguson would wear his wife Cathy's emerald flower apron and wash dishes in the kitchen of his Cheshire villa. There was a full glass of red wine from France next to the sink. He washed and drank a sip, humming a Scottish ditty from his hometown, which was quite leisurely.

This scene was absolutely not allowed to be leaked, otherwise, Ferguson's prestige might be weakened.

As for enjoyment, sorry, that was the power of his wife Cathy and grandchildren, not his!

He had to wait until he finished washing the dishes and cleaned up the kitchen before he could take off his apron and sit down comfortably in the living room. He looked at the time and it was still early, because he never rested so early. Many games were in the evening, which forced him to develop the habit of going to bed late.

When he was bored, he would watch those TV series that were complained by young people, just like all the old people, and laugh at the vulgar plots in them from time to time. At this time, he was no different from other old people.

But when his mobile phone on the table rang, his face quickly changed from smiling to serious.

"Hello!" Ferguson picked up the phone directly without having time to see who it was, "Who is it?"

"It's me, David!" David Gill said on the other end of the phone, "Did you get the news?"

"What news?" Ferguson's eyes were still fixed on the TV. He was watching it enthusiastically, and it was none of your business.

David Gill sighed when he heard it, "Ronaldinho announced his transfer!"

"What?" Ferguson jumped up from the sofa when he heard it.

You know, since April this year, he has been working on Ronaldinho's transfer. In his opinion, after Veron refused to move to the right, Ronaldinho became the most suitable candidate to replace Beckham, and the Brazilian has magical footwork that Premier League players do not have, which will be a powerful supplement to Manchester United.

Frankly speaking, there are many giants who are optimistic about Ronaldinho, but not many are really interested, because the Brazilian only made a splash in the World Cup in Korea and Japan. In Ligue 1, he performed well in the first year, but was just average in the second year.

From the transfer market this summer, the biggest player hotspot is still Ajax. The only team that is really interested in Ronaldinho is Manchester United. As for Real Madrid, after introducing Beckham, who thinks they will introduce Ronaldinho? It is said that Florentino's condition is to stay in Ligue 1 for another year and transfer to Madrid next year.

But Ronaldinho clearly rejected Real Madrid's proposal and said he would not stay in Ligue 1 anymore.

After the World Cup last summer, Ronaldinho was really popular. At that time, Brazil's 3R was in full swing. Paris Saint-Germain also took the opportunity to ask for a high price, which scared away many buyers, resulting in Ronaldinho's rot in their hands. A year later, in April, Ronaldinho's outside valuation was 9 million euros.

At that time, Ferguson directly expressed his interest in Paris Saint-Germain, hoping to have in-depth negotiations, but when Paris Saint-Germain saw that a team expressed interest, it immediately raised the price, but it was only 12 million euros. Ferguson, who was frugal, said that he would temporarily put it on hold and deal with it coldly.

This is also a common trick in the transfer market. Anyway, there are no other buyers. I will deal with it coldly for a while, and then slowly grind with you.

In June after the end of the season, Beckham's transfer was made public, and Ferguson's idea of ​​looking for Beckham's successor was obvious. At this time, Paris Saint-Germain also raised the price, offering Ronaldinho as high as 20 million euros, and did not allow Manchester United to counter-offer.

Ferguson observed the situation and determined that no other team was interested in Ronaldinho, so he decided to wait.

This wait led to the entry of Real Madrid and Barcelona, ​​but the two teams entered the game in different ways. The former directly found the player, hoping to persuade Ronaldinho to stay in Paris for another year and then switch to the Galaxy Battleship, but Ronaldinho's brother and agent refused.

As for Barcelona, ​​Laporta's most important thing now is to find a head coach. Although the introduction of Ronaldinho is in progress, it is just to maintain a sense of presence, without giving a positive contact, and even without an offer or asking for the price, which makes Manchester United feel relieved.

But Paris Saint-Germain took the opportunity to raise the price again, and directly shouted that if there is no 45 million euros, don't come to Paris!

Everyone can see that they are treating Ronaldinho as a cash cow, especially after seeing that after selling Beckham, Manchester United must have Ronaldinho, and Laporta, after losing Beckham, is also in urgent need of introducing a star player to replace Beckham to appease the fans. The appetite of the Parisians is really too big.

Even though Ferguson, David Gill and Peter Kenyon personally negotiated with Paris Saint-Germain's chairman Grelle, the Frenchman arrogantly stated that Ronaldinho had no shortage of buyers, and the transfer was deadlocked since mid-June.

Ferguson was confident because his opponent Barcelona did not have as high a transfer fee as the Parisians wanted, and after selling Beckham, Manchester United became one of the few top teams in European football that could afford the transfer fee. , so he can wait and is willing to wait.

But what no one expected was that just ten days later, news of Ronaldinho's transfer suddenly broke out in the transfer market. How could this surprise Ferguson, who was confident of winning.

"Who? Barcelona?" Ferguson asked in shock.

David Gill said with some frustration on the phone: "No, it's not Barcelona. They must be quite surprised now."

"Who is that? Don't fucking tell me the truth!" Ferguson was a little angry.

"Chelsea!" David Gill said.

Ferguson was surprised, but he quickly calmed down. Yes, there are not many teams with sufficient budgets in the transfer market. Chelsea and Manchester United are two of them, and Chelsea has more money than Manchester United.

"Damn it!" Ferguson almost had the urge to throw away the phone. "How much did they pay?"

"30 million euros, plus a young player introduced from Bastia, Michael Essien, who loaned to Paris Saint-Germain for free for one year, Grelle has officially informed me that Paris Saint-Germain has only considered it for one day. I agreed, and Ronaldinho will come to London to sign a contract tomorrow, accompanied by his brother.”

Michael Essien was a player that Ferguson was interested in. However, due to the labor certificate issue in the Premier League, Ferguson had to give up this Ghanaian rookie. Unexpectedly, he went to Chelsea, which made Ferguson have an idea. The urge to vomit blood.

Two players he liked were poached by his opponents at the same time. How could he not hate it?

Even he could get 30 million euros, but why was Ye Qiu the first to get it?

"Damn guy!" Ferguson cursed angrily.

"They spent 8 million euros to bring in Michael Essien and sublet him to Paris Saint-Germain for one year. Sources said that this was because Essien was temporarily unable to obtain a labor certificate, and Paris Saint-Germain also had feelings for Michael Essien. Interested, so the transfer was finally completed.”

"Fuck!" Ferguson said several swear words in succession, which shows his anger at this moment.

Being rich is good, and there is no need to worry about spending it lavishly. But Ferguson is used to being thrifty and managing his family. Although Manchester United is rich now, he still has to save some money, unlike the nouveau riche.

"What do we do now?" David Gill asked.

Ferguson was a little distressed, thought for a moment, and sighed: "We'll talk about it when we go back tomorrow!"

He really couldn't think of any tricks for a while. He just kept scolding that damn Ye Qiu in his mind. He felt that the Chinese seemed to be specifically against him and kept attacking him. Why? Didn't you kill Wenger?

As everyone knows, at this moment, Wenger is at David Dunn's home, and he is also feeling depressed.

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Early the next morning, the whole of London was boiling!

Because on this morning, the media broke the news that Paris Saint-Germain posted on its official website last night, stating that Paris Saint-Germain had accepted Chelsea’s offer of 30 million euros for Ronaldinho. This amount The transfer also surpassed Beckham and became the top transfer bid this summer.

All the fans were shocked because there was no news before. Everyone thought that Ronaldinho was closest to Manchester United or Real Madrid, but suddenly it became Chelsea. This has to be said to be shocking. I was surprised.

In the morning, Ronaldinho arrived at London's Heathrow Stadium, accompanied by his brother Roberto Assis and his lawyer. There was already a media station here to take photos of their arrival in London, and then followed them all the way to see They got into the car that Chelsea came to greet and headed to Stamford Bridge.

Throughout the morning, both parties were engaged in intense negotiations on personal treatment, and Ye Qiu also took the time to meet with Ronaldinho. The Brazilian expressed his satisfaction with joining Chelsea and hoped to have the opportunity to perform here. He wanted to show his best, and Ye Qiu promised to give him the maximum room to perform.

During the whole process, many reporters and media from all over the world gathered outside Stamford Bridge, and many Chelsea fans came here to support the team after hearing the news. After all, Ronaldinho is considered a superstar. .

The happiest person is Abramovich. He gave Ye Qiu a transfer budget of 300 million euros in the hope that Ye Qiu can introduce powerful superstars. But so far, Maicon and Edwin van der Sar are relatively powerful. Famous, Evra is not well-known, and almost no superstar-level players have joined, which makes him very disappointed.

Of course, Abramovich himself knows very well that although Chelsea currently occupies the top four in the Premier League every year, it is very difficult to obtain superstars. Even a quasi-star like Ronaldinho is difficult to operate. It's very complicated. Chelsea promised an annual salary of 4 million euros after tax to lure the Brazilian to join Chelsea.

You know, Cannavaro's current star level only has an after-tax annual salary of 4.5 million euros. Can Ronaldinho be unhappy? In addition, Chelsea got Assis through Eliza, and finally the transfer was finalized after a lot of hard work.

So, Abramovich could still understand Ye Qiu's dilemma.

Four hours later, the two sides officially signed an agreement. Ronaldinho would belong to Chelsea for the next five years.

Then, despite the scorching heat at noon, Chelsea invited all the reporters waiting outside to the press conference at Stamford Bridge and officially announced Ronaldinho's joining to them. But this time, Ye Qiu was obviously not just announcing Ronaldinho's joining.

"I am very happy to introduce such an outstanding superstar like Ronaldinho. He is one of the most incredible players in today's football. I have no doubt that he will succeed in Chelsea, and I also believe that he will become the core soul of the team's frontcourt in the new season. He is our No. 10!"

When introducing Ronaldinho, Ye Qiu focused on the important position of the Brazilian in his tactics, and the Brazilian did not hide his buck teeth, grinning and laughing, and seemed very happy.

"I feel very honored that Chelsea and Mr. Ye Qiu think highly of me. Yes, many people think Mr. Ye Qiu is very young, but I don't think this is a problem at all, because his age allows us to maintain better communication, and I believe I can reach a higher level in Chelsea."

Finally, Ye Qiu personally presented Ronaldinho with a Chelsea No. 10 jersey with Ronaldinho's name printed on the back, and then showed it to all the reporters who came to the scene, allowing them to take pictures at will.

After introducing Ronaldinho, the Brazilian left the venue early, while Ye Qiu stayed to focus on introducing several transfers of Chelsea.

"We are very happy to announce that we have reached an agreement with Porto to introduce midfielder Anderson Deco from Porto for a transfer fee of 12 million euros. This Porto star will bring more vitality and creativity to our midfield. I believe he will succeed in Chelsea!"

The reporters at the scene were all in an uproar. Originally, they just wanted to report Ronaldinho's joining, but unexpectedly, Ye Qiu suddenly offered more news, which made them all crazy.

"In addition, we introduced Italian international Fabio Cannavaro from Inter Milan with an offer of 10 million euros. The captain of the Italian national team will become an important member of our defense in the new season."

When the reporters heard this, they were stunned, and then burst into exclamations, because Cannavaro was previously associated with giants such as Real Madrid and Barcelona, ​​but Chelsea made a bold move to dig up the captain of the Italian national team, which was no less than digging Ronaldinho.

It must be admitted that Cannavaro's bad year at Inter Milan has weakened and questioned his influence and strength, but no matter what, he is the captain of the Italian national team, who can question it?

"Mr. Ye Qiu, what kind of chips did you use to impress Cannavaro to join?" An Italian reporter asked in surprise. This news has not been exposed in Italy yet, and it is absolutely exclusive and first-hand report.

"Because I promise that we will be full of fighting power in the new season, and our goal is to build the strongest team in Europe!" Ye Qiu smiled confidently, and he is now full of confidence in the future.

Then, Ye Qiu focused on two transfers, one of which was to introduce Drogba from Guingamp in France for 6 million euros. This player was watched by Wenger and Mourinho at the same time, but neither of them succeeded. Instead, Ye Qiu's Chelsea got the Ivorian beast first, which made Wenger vomit blood.

Another deal is that Chelsea introduced Chinese right-back Sun Jihai from Manchester City. This player played well in the Premier League last season, but with Chelsea already introducing Maicon, it is obvious that Ye Qiu still positions Sun Jihai as a versatile player and substitute.

In addition, Chelsea's sales are still continuing. After Grunsjær left the team, Desailly and Petit also left the team one after another. Ye Qiu originally wanted to keep Hasselbaink, but the Dutch shooter wanted to get Ye Qiu's guarantee of the main position, but Ye Qiu obviously could not give such a promise.

In Ye Qiu's view, the fulcrum of the front court is Drogba. Hasselbaink is indeed very strong in scoring ability and very impactful, but Drogba's tactical role is greater, which Hasselbaink cannot give. It can even be said that there are not many center forwards who can meet Ye Qiu's needs in the current football world.

Because of this, Hasselbaink decided to transfer in a rage, and Ye Qiu did not try to keep him. With one year left on his contract, Hasselbaink was sold to Middlesbrough for 5 million euros, and Gudjohnsen was announced to stay with the team.

After Ye Qiu announced this series of transfer operations, the entire European football world was shocked. In addition to being shocked by Chelsea's big move, they were also amazed at Ye Qiu's ability to operate such a huge transfer operation for the first time.

You know, Chelsea has spent less than 80 million euros, but the entire team's lineup is completely new, with famous stars such as Cannavaro, Van der Sar, Maicon and Ronaldinho, as well as Drogba, Evra, Deco and other players who have proven their strength in Ligue 1 and Portuguese Super League.

With Gallas, Terry, Cudicini, Lampard and Gudjohnsen staying in the team, Chelsea's overall strength is obviously much better than last season. The key lies in Ye Qiu's ability to integrate.

But when many people thought that Ye Qiu was going to give up, he announced on the spot that Chelsea would continue to strengthen the team's lineup, especially in the midfield and frontcourt.

"We will introduce at least three more midfielders and three more attackers!" Ye Qiu said confidently, as if he had already made up his mind about the transfer operation.

Sure enough, soon after, these transfers amazed Europe and the entire Premier League. Everyone was amazed at Chelsea's big hand and transfer operation ability.