The Godfather of Football

Drogba of England! ! !

After Tottenham Hotspur eliminated Liverpool in the League Cup, the English media gave overwhelming praise to Carroll, who scored twice and had an assist, thinking that this Englishman, who was about to turn 20, The local center is another top center that English football has welcomed after Alan Shearer.

Benitez, the head coach of Liverpool, who was eliminated by Tottenham Hotspur, said, "Andy Carroll has the potential to become a top center. I was not a fan of his before, but after this night, I have completely changed my view on him, I believe he is a genius, the best genius!”

"I think what Andy Carroll needs most right now is to be able to play more games as soon as possible. We all know that he has the talent and potential not to lose to Rooney, and he is taller than Rooney and has more control over the high ball. He is a very threatening center in the penalty area, and Rooney has already played the main role at Everton and Manchester United at his age!”

Andy Carroll is already nineteen years old and will be twenty in January 2009. However, Tottenham Hotspur's frontcourt offensive players are obviously a bit bloated, plus Robin van Persie and Cavani. The existence of Andy Carroll has always prevented him from playing the main position. He mostly plays as a substitute in cup games and league games.

However, in the two knockout rounds of the League Cup, Carroll showed strong dominance and scoring ability in the penalty area when facing Premier League teams such as Newcastle and Liverpool. He was elected the best player in two consecutive games and performed in both games. Scored twice.

He has strong control of the ball, is tall and strong, has simple and practical skills with his feet, is tall but not bulky, and has good ball handling ability. These have become Carroll's labels, but more importantly, he is what Ye Qiu sees. players on.

I have to admit that in the past ten years, almost every player Ye Qiu has fancied has become a talent in the end, from Robben, Abidal, Lucio and others as far away as Ajax, to the recent Ramsey, Eden Hazard, Gareth Bale and others, as well as Zygrinski who joined this season.

The Ukrainian central defender had no reputation before. Although he is known as Zickenbauer in Ukraine, he is almost unknown in European football. However, he performed very well at Tottenham Hotspur. After making zero mistakes in his debut, , his subsequent performances were satisfactory, especially his excellent backcourt ball-playing ability, which made him famous and his value soared.

According to the current media valuation, Zyglinski's worth should at least double, that is, 15 million euros. But to convince Tottenham Hotspur to release him, some people joked that it must be on this basis. Double it again, and it has to be as soon as possible, because with Zyglinski's outstanding performance, his value will skyrocket anytime and anywhere.

Produced by Ye Qiu!

This has become a label in football. Many young players hope that they can be favored by Ye Qiu. Playing for Tottenham Hotspur, there are also many players whose values ​​have skyrocketed because of scandals with Ye Qiu, such as Yun Werder Bremen's Brazilian midfielder Diego, there was news before that Tottenham Hotspur wanted to introduce him. This Brazilian player was even worth 40 million euros, but later as potential buyers gradually retreated, it shrank to Around 30 million euros.

Andy Carroll is called by the media as a powerful center that combines the advantages of Alan Shearer, Drogba and Ruud van Nistelrooy. He is also a local player in England and a product of Ye Qiu. His value has skyrocketed. It's a natural thing.

But regarding the hype from the outside media, Ye Qiu has repeatedly emphasized that Andy Carroll is still young and what he needs is to keep a low profile, rather than excessive exaggeration and hype by the media. As for the question raised by the English media, whether it will be in the next game. To give Andy Carroll more opportunities, Ye Qiu said it would depend on the opponent.

However, Pearce, the head coach of England's U21 youth team who promoted Carroll from U19 to U21, said in an interview with the media that Carroll's talent and strength are absolutely beyond doubt, and he will be the most dominant super player in England in the next ten years. Center forward, his partnership with Rooney will make England's forward strength invincible.

"But what he needs to do now is to get more game training, not just to appear in some dispensable cup matches. Only the top league competition can help him improve his strength!"

As Carroll's former club, Newcastle are happy to recall Andy Carroll. They originally sent Andy Carroll to Tottenham Hotspur through a player exchange, but now they hope to For a price of 5 million euros, this famous British star of hope was recalled during the winter break.

For the transfer request from Newcastle, Tottenham Hotspur officially has only one answer, no need to talk!

But Andy Carroll also said in an interview with the media that he is willing to play at Tottenham Hotspur because playing with Ribery, Messi and others is a very pleasant thing. "But if there is no place for me at Tottenham Hotspur, I hope to leave and go to a team that recognizes me!"

This was quickly interpreted as Carroll's remarks to put pressure on Tottenham Hotspur management, because although he has played nine times in all competitions so far this season, except for two Carabao Cup games. Except for the second starter, all others were substitutes, and many of them played in garbage time.

But Tottenham Hotspur responded quickly, and Carroll himself stood up to clarify, saying that his remarks were misled by the media and that he had no intention of leaving Tottenham Hotspur.

However, after the League Cup, some people were happy and some were sad.

Tottenham Hotspur's trouble is that the team's roster is a bit bloated, but some people's trouble is that they have too much transfer fees.

Mark Hughes once saw some news about the United States from the newspaper. It was some news that he noticed in order to understand Ye Qiu. He heard that Google had been in business for a long time because it had a large amount of cash in its hands. , and were pressured by the board of directors to spend the cash as soon as possible.

He was still laughing at that time, saying how could there be such nonsense in this world? Too much money to spend?

But when he actually encountered this situation, he truly realized that life without money was indeed very difficult. Every penny he spent was eager to break it in half and spend it. However, life with money may not necessarily lead to happiness. Especially when you have a lot of money in your hands but you don't know how to spend it, you will find this a troublesome thing.

After the team returned to Manchester from Brighton, Mark Hughes was invited to the office of the City Stadium by club chairman Al Mubarak. This made Mark Hughes feel a little panicked, because Manchester City had just been defeated by a player from the League Cup. Eliminated by Brighton in the English Championship, the team performed poorly.

If it were just like this, it would be easy to handle, but the terrible thing is that after twelve rounds of the Premier League, Manchester City's current league ranking has fallen to 15th. This is completely different from Manchester City's investment of over 100 million euros at the beginning of the season. It's not proportional, and there have been rumors that Mark Hughes is going to be dismissed more than once.

"Called me all of a sudden, could it be..." Mark was a little uneasy while resting.

In fact, there are still many problems in Manchester City's current situation, but no one can say that Manchester City's players are not strong enough, because they have Robinho and José in the frontcourt, and Modric, Wright-Phillips, and Elano in the midfield. With stars such as Dunn, Zabaleta and Hangland in the backcourt, Manchester City's strength cannot be said to be weak.

At the very least, it is completely inconsistent with the current Premier League ranking close to the relegation zone.

Everyone outside knows very well that a very important reason why the team is like this lies in head coach Mark Hughes.

But not long ago, after Manchester City lost to Tottenham Hotspur, Tottenham Hotspur head coach Ye Qiu gave support to Mark Hughes after the game. The Chinese said that he believed that Mark Hughes had the ability. Lead Manchester City out of its current predicament.

Mark Hughes also said in an interview with the media that the difficulties Manchester City is currently encountering are only temporary. He believes that the team only needs to strengthen its strength in local areas and develop its own set of tactics as soon as possible. Rise will not be a problem, because in the first year of Ye Qiu's reorganization of Tottenham Hotspur, the situation was even worse than he is now.

Knock knock~

"Come in!" came the voice of Chairman Al Mubarak.

Mark Hughes opened the door and walked in, and found that not only Chairman Mubarak, but also the club's CEO Gary Cook was there. The two seemed to be discussing something important, and when he saw Mark Hughes After that, it was obvious that something was wrong with the atmosphere in the office.

"Hello, Mr. Coach, please take a seat!" Mubarak stood up from behind his desk with a smile. His smile didn't look stiff, just a little fake.

Gary Cook also followed Mubarak to the reception area, and the three of them sat down in a cross-leg shape.

"OK!" Mubarak clapped his hands, then folded his hands together and rubbed them together, "Mr. Head Coach, to tell you the truth, Al Fasim is very dissatisfied with the current situation of the team. I believe everyone is It’s clear that the team’s investment this season should not have resulted in the results they have achieved now.”

Mark Hughes's heart skipped a beat, knowing that he must face this hurdle, "Yes, Mr. Chairman, but..."

Mubarak stretched out his hand and stopped Mark Hughes from continuing, "Please don't doubt our trust in you. You are a very prestigious and influential Premier League head coach. You have achieved excellent results, and you are in "English football has a wide network of contacts and relationships, and we have always believed that you can help the team get out of trouble."

After hearing this, Mark Hughes felt a big stone put down in his heart. He immediately nodded and said: "I am very grateful to you and Mr. Alfasim for your trust. I also ask you to believe that the team will be able to get out of this predicament."

Mubarak clapped his hands again and asked with a smile: "I wonder what you have in mind, Mark?"

"The biggest problem for the team right now is that we need a center forward. Robinho and Ruo are both very capable attackers, but they are not suitable to be centers. We need a player to serve as a center forward. They attack the opponent's defense and unleash their offensive power to the maximum extent."

"In the backcourt, we need a stable goalkeeper. I think there is no problem with our defense, but our goalkeeper problem is not small. We need to introduce a high-level goalkeeper."

Mark Hughes thought for a moment and then mentioned: "If possible, I would also suggest introducing a defensive midfielder, but this is more difficult because there is currently a huge shortage of defensive midfielders."

After hearing this, Mubarak nodded repeatedly, "Mr. Al Fahim has read your suggestions in previous proposals, but he personally has a different view on the signing targets. For example, if you are a forward, you Wants Santa Cruz from Blackburn, but he wants Villa from Valencia!”

"As for the other names on the list, we should give priority to big-name stars, such as Kaká, Messi, Ribery or local superstars with appeal like Gerrard and Terry."

After a pause, Mubarak smiled and said, "You know, the transfer fee is not a problem for us. You know exactly what we want!"

After the Abu Dhabi Consortium takes over Manchester City, all they have to do is to completely launch the sign of their Abu Dhabi Consortium and the power behind this consortium. They want to make Manchester City their business card and make them famous.

If they just introduce Santa Cruz, Parker, Bridge and other players, this goal will not be achieved at all. To achieve this goal, they should introduce the most popular superstars.

After hearing this, Mark Hughes shook his head in embarrassment, "Mr. Mubarak, it is impossible for them to transfer to Manchester City. No matter how much money we spend, we will not be able to dig out these superstars because their goals have already been It's not just money, because if they want to make money, they can get more money than they do now by changing to another team, but what they want most now is to leave a mark of their own in football history, a name! "

Regarding this, Mark Hughes already made it clear when he took over Manchester City at the beginning of the season. He only hired Robinho, Modric and Hangeland, and let Mubarak and Alpha Sim didn't even believe what Mark Hughes said. They began to wonder, is this because Mark Hughes was worried that he couldn't suppress the superstar?

At least, now Mark Hughes can't control Robinho.

"But I heard that Liverpool are struggling with funding for a new stadium, and Tottenham Hotspur are also struggling with funding for a new stadium and a skyscraper. Isn't this an opportunity?"

"We hope to get a player like Robinho in the winter transfer market who can arouse widespread response in the transfer market, no matter how much money we spend for it, it doesn't matter." Mubarak stared at Mark? Hughes, "You know what I mean?"

The biggest difference between Al Fahim and Mubarak and Abramovich is that they are very aware of their outsiders, so they do not participate in the creation of the team or the selection of players, but adopt a company-like system. Leave professional matters to professionals.

The decision-making power of the transfer is still in the hands of Mark Hughes, and they provide general guidance, tell Mark Hughes his own ideas and requirements, and let him achieve and satisfy his own ideas and requirements.

"I believe that with the addition of high-level players, the team's strength will be greatly improved and its performance will also improve. What do you think?" Mubarak asked with a smile.

Mark Hughes nodded, "The current situation of the team is the same as when Ye Qiuchu took charge of Tottenham Hotspur. It also took him more than half a year to get Tottenham Hotspur on the right track, and then the results Climbing all the way up and finally reaching the top four in the league, I am very confident about this! ”

"Okay!" Mubarak praised with a smile.

After Mark Hughes left, Mubarak's smile faded and was replaced by eyes full of dissatisfaction. It was obvious that all of them were very dissatisfied with the current situation of the team.

Mark Hughes always likes to compare his six months at Manchester City with Ye Qiu's first year in charge of Tottenham Hotspur. But that year Ye Qiu had already played the prototype of offensive football and had the ability to play offensive football. framework, but now Manchester City does not give people this feeling at all, but looks very disorganized.

"Do you really believe him?" Gary Cook shook his head with a sneer. "He is just like when he was playing football. He doesn't have enough brains at all. He can't meet our requirements at all!"

Mubarak also knew this very clearly and sighed: "But he is the only head coach we can trust currently. If the coach is changed midway and the team is accidentally downgraded, it will be a disaster! "

After investing so much and being downgraded, not only Mark Hughes will get out, but Mubarak and Gary Cook as CEO will also have to get out.

Gary Cook nodded to express his understanding. He also agreed with keeping Mark Hughes. Although he was not familiar with football at all, he knew very well that what Manchester City needed most now was stability instead of continued conflicts.

"Believe me, Mubarak, we need a super transfer, just like when Nike promoted Jordan, we need to find our own Jordan!" Before joining Manchester City, Gary Cook held an important position at the Nike headquarters in the United States. , responsible for Jordan brand promotion, and was later hired by Thaksin to Manchester City.

"Do you have any idea?" Mubarak looked at Cook and asked with a smile.

Gary Cook chuckled, "In the modern professional football market, as long as you are willing to spend money, there is no player you cannot buy. Especially in recent years, the U.S. subprime mortgage crisis and the European debt crisis have caused the giants of European football to The team generally has financial problems. As long as we are willing to pay the transfer fee, I believe there is no player we can’t get!”

After hearing this, Mubarak laughed and said, "Don't worry, just go for it. Money will not be a problem!"