The Godfather of Football

When Ye Qiu woke up, the first thing he felt was cold.

Even in summer, Moscow is still a bit cold in the morning.

He reached out and wanted to go to the nightstand next to the bed to get his phone to check the time, but he accidentally disturbed his wife who was holding him tightly while sleeping. The quilt covering Huang Chu's body opened with his movements, revealing The pink and white skin blooms with an alluring luster under the slightly bright light.

Even though they had just completed two shocking battles last night, Ye Qiu saw it now and couldn't help but react again. However, the cold temperature in the morning made him wake up quickly. He gently pulled the quilt on his wife and carefully held his hand. Withdrawing from her arms, there would inevitably be some greasy touches.

I put on my pajamas, took my mobile phone, walked to the floor-to-ceiling windows of the hotel room, opened the curtains, and saw the beautiful scenery of Moscow in the early morning.

The east is slightly red, and the bustling urban area is still lit up with stars-like lights, and day and night are intertwined. This scenery makes Ye Qiu, who had only slept for more than an hour and was a little depressed, wake up and marvel at this scene. A charming view.

There was a lazy sofa in front of the floor-to-ceiling window. He lay down on it gently. It was neither soft nor hard, just right and comfortable. Looking at the beautiful morning scenery outside the window, he had the urge to fall asleep again, so he simply closed his eyes. .

As soon as his eyes closed, the world returned to darkness, and a question involuntarily emerged in his mind.

Did Tottenham really win the title?

Now he has doubts, so he thinks hard and searches for the memories in his mind, trying to confirm his point of view and tell himself that he has indeed won the championship, so stop being suspicious!

He knows better than anyone the weight of this championship and the changes it will bring to Tottenham Hotspur.

He can even feel that this morning in this world, everyone will be amazed by Tottenham Hotspur and shocked by Tottenham Hotspur's performance last night, and he is the director of it all.

This feeling made him feel very fulfilled and satisfied, and it also made him more or less forget about the coolness of the morning.

It wasn't until a warm thin quilt covered him that he realized the warmth. When he opened his eyes, he saw his wife Huang Chu.

"Did it wake you up?" Huang Chu asked softly.

Ye Qiu shook his head, "I should be the one who woke you up!" After patting the side of the sofa, Huang Chu lay down directly and hugged Ye Qiu tightly. The two of them hugged each other and lay there. On the sofa, covered with a thin quilt.

"I called back to London overnight last night. I have made an appointment with the hospital. After the victory parade celebration in the afternoon, Ribery can go directly to the hospital for testing and treatment. Don't worry, as I see it, it's not a big problem. It’ll be good to take some rest, but I’m just afraid of the European Cup!”

Huang Chu is now a well-known neurosurgery expert at Wellington Hospital, but she also has some experience in players' sports injuries. After the team returned to the hotel, she and Peter Brandt examined and initially treated Ribery's injury. , it’s not a serious injury, so there’s no need for surgery.

However, considering that the European Cup is coming soon, Ribery is now the core midfielder of the French national team. If his injury has not recovered by then and he plays in the European Cup again, this may leave hidden dangers in the future.

"Don't worry, I will find an opportunity to make a call to France national team coach Domenech!" When Ye Qiu said this, he didn't have much confidence in his heart.

With the retirement of Zidane, there is a vacuum in the core players of the French national team. The emergence of Ribery has undoubtedly become the expectation of everyone in France. They all hope that Ribery can provoke the situation after Zidane's retirement. There is a heavy burden to stay, and Ribery's performance at Tottenham Hotspur is indeed worthy of their expectations.

Because of this, Ye Qiu knew very well that he didn't have much confidence in being able to convince Domenech.

"Oh, it's beautiful!"

When Ye Qiu was thinking about how to tell Domenech, Huang Chu tilted his head, pillowed it on his chest, and looked out the window through the opened curtains. Unknowingly, the eastern sky had been completely dyed. It's red, and the sun will rise soon!

"I'm getting lazy now!" Huang Chu moved her face to make her pillow more comfortable. "I wanted to see the child just now, but now I don't want to move!" As she spoke, she still said Hug Ye Qiu tightly.

Women are like this. Since having children, Huang Chu has focused a lot of her energy on the two children. In addition, she insists on not letting Huang Rong and Ye Chen sleep in the same room alone, which makes it difficult for the two of them. Finding an opportunity to be alone together was a rare opportunity to enjoy the world between two people, and she wished she could be in love with her for a while longer.

Ye Qiu also hugged his wife gently and rubbed her smooth body with his left hand. His contribution to the family was far less important than that of his wife. Without Huang Chu to help him manage the family, he would not have been able to work hard outside. It is even more impossible to have a miracle like today's Tottenham Hotspur.

Sometimes, he felt that he could understand Ferguson's henpeckedness, because as a head coach, all his energy was given to football and the team, and it was difficult for him to have time to take care of his family, so a virtuous and capable wife was very important. .

Of course, Ye Qiu's mother is also a good helper.

"Don't worry, in my heart, you have never changed!" Ye Qiu chuckled.

Huang Chu raised his head and knocked his chin on Ye Qiu's chest, feeling a little itchy, but held his face with both hands, "In my heart, I am always proud of you!"

Looking at his wife's beautiful and refined face, Ye Qiu couldn't hold it back for a moment, and leaned in for a passionate kiss. The two couldn't help but have another tender moment on the lazy sofa. After they were done, the sky became brighter again.

"Little Huang Rong followed her godmother, I don't know if she's awake or not!" Huang Chuzhen was a little too lazy to move, lying lazily on the sofa bed, which was very charming, especially when he thought of what he had just finished, his face was full of satisfaction It looks like it's dripping, not to mention how charming it is.

"Probably not yet. How could two lazy idiots be so early?" Ye Qiu said with a smile.

Huang Chu also smiled, but as if he thought of something again, his face darkened, "Did you know? Eliza just rejected another man, and I heard he is a famous banker in the United States!"

"Really?" Ye Qiu didn't know, "She has very high standards, even bankers look down on her." After saying that, he laughed.

Huang Chu sighed after hearing this, "I didn't know about it originally, but I found out when I heard her call a few days ago. I feel like I've never seen her have a boyfriend since we got to know her. , it’s quite pitiful to think about it!”

Ye Qiu told Huang Chu about Eliza's past love, which made his sympathetic wife full of pity for her best friend.

"With her conditions, she will definitely be found sooner or later!" Ye Qiu said lightly.

"You are already thirty years old. If you don't hurry up, you will become old!"

"She is thirty years old?" Ye Qiu was a little surprised. He swore that Eliza didn't look like a thirty-year-old woman.

Huang Chu smiled softly, "I am already thirty-one and you are thirty-two. What do you think?"

Ye Qiu smiled after hearing this. He had not forgotten his own age, nor the age of his wife, but he really didn't know how old Eliza was. He vaguely remembered that she was a little younger than him and Huang Chu.

"Then you should persuade her!" Ye Qiu said casually with a smile.

"I tried to persuade him, but she said that she has been waiting for a man her whole life!" As he spoke, Huang Chu's eyes were fixed on Ye Qiu.

Ye Qiu was stunned and couldn't help but raise his head and look at the ceiling, a little afraid to look at his wife.

In fact, he has not done anything to regret his wife at all. He has always been very restrained, but for some reason, he is a little afraid to look into his wife's eyes now.

"She is a good woman, but also a very pitiful woman, and she is my best friend. And over the years, she has gone out of her way to help you, help me, and help our family, so..."

When he said this, Huang Chu paused, and then seemed to muster up the courage, "...So, if you meet that man again, tell him not to let down such a good woman!"

Ye Qiu was completely stunned, but soon he showed a wry smile, "As far as I know, the man she is waiting for is already married and has children. He loves his wife and children very, very much. What do you think? What should he do?"

"I don't know, don't ask me this kind of question, I don't know!" Huang Chu shook his head, "I'm just thinking about how to maintain my family, take care of my husband and children, and our best friend. I don’t know anything else!”

After saying that, Huang Chu hugged Ye Qiu tightly again, while Ye Qiu was thinking and savoring what his wife suddenly said just now. He didn't understand what it meant? Is the man Huang Chu said Eliza was waiting for August? still

"I'm going to see Ye Chen. Don't be lazy, get up quickly!"

Huang Chu got off the couch and ran to take a shower. After changing his clothes, he left the room.

Ye Qiu was lying alone on the beanbag. He felt that the longer he lay on this kind of sofa, the lazier he became. No wonder it was called a beanbag. If he continued to lie like this, he would probably be useless in his life.

Breakfast is not a team meal, but rather casual.

After the game last night, Ye Qiu no longer restricted the players' activities, so many players went to their wives or girlfriends' rooms to spend the night, and many of them did not get up to have breakfast.

But Ye Qiu met several high-spirited team executives and Eliza. But he didn’t know what happened. Maybe it was Huang Chu’s words just now that made Ye Qiu see Eliza. When she was sleeping, she always felt a little awkward and something was wrong, and it was the same when she saw Ye Qiu.

Peter Kenyon, Robert Milson, and the club's chief operating officer Ron Gurley, plus club chairman Ye Qiu, vice-chairman Eliza Moon, Tottenham Hotspur's top five Gather together in the Swiss Café at the Swissot Krasny Home Hotel.

This is a very famous chain coffee restaurant. Their most famous thing is a Swiss cheese fondue, as well as other specialties, such as Zurich beef tenderloin, mashed potato pancakes, etc., and even some other delicacies from various countries.

Ye Qiu is a glutton, so he wanted to try something new while he had time today and happened to be in this hotel.

With the arrival of the club's top executives, this early adopter meal has also turned into a dinner for Tottenham Hotspur's top executives.

The coffee shop is on the 33rd floor. The entire floor is circular and the walls are all designed with glass curtain walls. Ye Qiu and his friends chose a private room with the best view, which overlooks most of the Moscow block. They ordered their own food and began to discuss the next series of plans after the team won the championship.

Robert Milson, as the team's chief press officer, reported to Ye Qiu the news he had just received, that is, early this morning, almost all newspapers around the world were reporting Tottenham Hotspur's epic reversal. He even predicted that the influence of this game will continue until the European Cup.

The team's marketing and press departments will continue to use the momentum that has been hard-won to build momentum for the team. The marketing department will also start the team's sponsor system. In addition to continuing to cooperate with Adidas and Vodafone, it also hopes to win more big-name sponsors in the future.

It is difficult for Tottenham Hotspur to make a breakthrough in its home stadium business. After all, the restrictions of White Hart Lane Stadium are there, and the progress of the broadcasting fees of the Premier League will not be very large, which is not something Tottenham Hotspur can control. As for the Champions League, it is even more rare, so Tottenham Hotspur's important financial growth point in the next few years is business development.

This aspect is the forte of Peter Kenyon and Ron Gourlay. They have already started to spread the network. Now with Tottenham Hotspur winning the Champions League, the limelight is so strong that I believe there should be some breakthroughs, but in the short term, Tottenham Hotspur still cannot compete with top giants such as Manchester United and Real Madrid.

But this Champions League has greatly shortened the gap between Tottenham Hotspur and them.

Ye Qiu is still very satisfied with the current business situation of the team. Everything is moving forward steadily according to his previous plan. Although every step is taken very carefully, it feels a bit like running in small steps.

"Tell me, how is the income of our two events this year?" Ye Qiu wanted to ask last night, but he never got the chance. Now that he finally got the chance, he immediately seized the time.

Peter Kenyon smiled, "The difference in broadcasting fees between the first and last place in the Premier League this season is only 20 million pounds. Our Premier League broadcasting fees this season are 50 million pounds, which is not much different from Manchester United, the champion."

For this, Ye Qiu can understand that this is also a major feature of the Premier League, so even the last relegated team can get a huge sum of money from the Premier League that is unimaginable for the mid-level teams in other leagues, and this has also contributed to the tragic promotion of the English Championship and the relegation of the Premier League.

In addition, the Premier League also has a very famous parachute plan, which still provides financial assistance to the relegated teams, which also ensures that the relegated teams can better retain their strength in order to return to the Premier League.

"What about the Champions League?" Ye Qiu asked with concern. He had known that the prize money for this year's Champions League was very generous, but he didn't know how generous it was, so he was somewhat looking forward to it.

One thing that must be mentioned here is that, in fact, whether it is the Premier League or the Champions League, the bonuses are not paid out at once, but are paid out in succession. For example, in the Champions League, the bonuses for the group stage are paid after the group stage, and the appearance fees for the knockout stage are paid to all teams participating in the knockout stage. After the knockout round of 16, the bonuses for the knockout round of 16 are paid again, and the appearance fees for the knockout round of 8 are paid, and so on.

Therefore, Ye Qiu knows how much the bonus for winning the Champions League is. The appearance fee for the final is more than 4 million euros, and after winning the championship, he can get more than 3 million euros. In addition, the winning bonus, etc., is about 10 million euros.

But Ye Qiu asked about the income for the entire season, not just the income from the final.

"If we calculate according to the schedule of this season, we can get more than 20 million euros in bonuses and appearance fees from UEFA. And if we play in the final and win the championship, we can probably get another 15 million euros in appearance fees and bonuses, and the final championship bonus. All added up, it's nearly 50 million euros in net income."

The broadcasting fee of the Premier League is about 60 million euros. In other words, if we calculate it purely based on this, Tottenham Hotspur can get more than 100 million euros in income, which is definitely a huge fortune for Tottenham Hotspur.

"What else?" Ye Qiu was very calm, a little greedy, and continued to ask.

Peter Kenyon smiled and said, "Also, according to our estimates, considering that the broadcasting fees of the Premier League are not under our control, we initially estimate that the team will get about 100 million in potential income in the next year, taking into account the income from commercial sponsorship, player value increase, ticket sales, and a series of other commercial development activities in the next year."

These potential incomes are not exaggerated by themselves, but the income that the team is sure to get. After all, the title of Champions League champion will still hang on Tottenham Hotspur for another year. During this year, the size of the team's commercial operation ability will inevitably affect the team's exploration of potential income.

Looking back at the past few years, the worst is Liverpool. In the end, they only got about 60 million euros in potential income, while AC Milan got nearly 90 million euros last season.

From the perspective of business operation ability and brand appeal, Tottenham Hotspur is undoubtedly not inferior to AC Milan. After all, the two major sponsors of this team are Adidas and Vodafone, and Tottenham Hotspur's business operation ability has been constantly improving in the past two years, especially after Peter Kenyon took over.

Ye Qiu was a little surprised. This is the Champions League, the money league!

Winning the Champions League once, from beginning to end, the total income exceeds 200 million, because the above listed obviously does not include the home stadium operation and advertising sponsorship of the competition venue added by playing in the Champions League, which is also a considerable income.

"No wonder all teams want to play in the Champions League, the money comes too quickly!" Ye Qiu said with a smile.

He is not worried about the 100 million stadium payment in September, and he is not even worried about the funds needed for the summer transfer.

Now he has a feeling that his wife has become a mother-in-law, and he has finally become a rich man!

Even if it is only a temporary rich man!

It's so satisfying!