The Godfather of Football

Some people say that from Manchester United, fans can feel the spirit of the heavy industrial era.

Enthusiastic, united, and tenacious, Manchester United today, in the information age, uses its football and its spirit to interpret the spirit of the heavy industrial era that many people regard as outdated.

So many Manchester United fans even use this to criticize their city rival Manchester City. They believe that Manchester United can better reflect the spirit of Manchester, a once glorious heavy industrial city, while Manchester City has always been linked to decline. In recent years, it has been acquired and has become a slave to money.

Of course, Manchester City fans also fought back, believing that Manchester United's high commercialization has turned the club into a money-making machine. They have to admit that the reason why Manchester United still retains this spirit of the heavy industrial era is mainly because of their head coach, Ferguson, the soul of the team.

Many people call Ferguson coach in front of him, but call him Scottish shipwright behind his back.

It is difficult to tell whether these people call him that out of kindness or malice, but you have to know that in the heyday of British heavy industry, shipbuilding was undoubtedly the pride of the British, and was also regarded as an industry that best reflected the strength of British heavy industry. From Ferguson, you can also see many traces of the peak period of British industry.

Many people even analyze Ferguson's personality and think that many of his reasons for getting angry are completely untenable and even unreasonable, but the problem is that he can always put on a look that makes you think he is very reasonable.

This is very similar to the image of the group of workers who were busy on the factory assembly line all day long.

Some people say that heavy industry created the Manchester United empire, because the predecessor of Manchester United, Newton Heath Club, was formed by a group of railway workers. From the day the team was born, teamwork and passion were injected into the soul of the team. Even if Newton Heath was reorganized into Manchester United later, it still couldn't change all this.

Even in 1999, when Manchester United was almost acquired by Murdoch, Manchester United fans at that time angrily declared rebellion and formed a new team, the Red Rebels. All of this seemed to interpret a kind of worker spirit.

Old Trafford was also created during the most developed period of Manchester's industry, and its surroundings are very different from Anfield, Arsenal's Wembley Stadium, or Tottenham Hotspur's White Hart Lane Stadium. They are not residential areas, but industrial areas composed of low factories, warehouses and railway stations.

Standing in the office on the second floor of the main gate of Old Trafford, through the light green glass curtain wall, you can see the statue of Sir Busby outside the club's fan shop below. He seems to be welcoming the bustling fans who come to Old Trafford.

There were crowds of people around the statue, but few people would look up to take a look at this legendary figure who had brought countless glorious deeds to the club. Perhaps only those tourists who came here with leisure would take a photo in front of this statue. On the contrary, local Manchester United fans seemed indifferent to this.

"The longer I live, the more I feel that I am so unfamiliar with this world!" Ferguson sighed for no reason.

Recently, Manchester United has not been peaceful. After a season of outstanding performance, Las Diarra began to ask for a salary increase. After a peak season and the World Cup, Sneijder's state also declined. It is said that there were several bad news, but they were suppressed by Manchester United and not announced to the public.

And Tevez, the damn greedy Joorabchin, is still asking for a salary increase, and even frequently uses the media to put pressure on him. All of this makes Manchester United's luxury chariot look full of problems.

Of course, no team can be without problems, it just depends on whether the problem is big or small.

"This is the so-called generation gap!" Ye Qiu laughed. The two stood shoulder to shoulder in front of the translucent glass curtain wall, watching the Manchester United fans pouring out of Old Trafford like a tide. There were too many people, and Ye Qiu was somewhat envious.

"You know? Sometimes I wonder what the young people are thinking about now? I feel that I can't grasp their ideas now. In a few years, not more than five years, I'm afraid I will have a generation gap with them."

This is a terrible thing, especially for companies like Ye Qiu and Yezi Technology. Young people are their biggest potential users. Once they are out of touch with young people, the final result is that they will be eliminated by a new batch of young people and replaced by new companies that can cater to this group of young people.

So Ye Qiu has always attached great importance to keeping up with the times, adjusting and improving.

Tottenham Hotspur has relatively no such problem, which is also the biggest advantage of the football and sports industry.

"More than 20 years ago, when I first came to Manchester, people here were still working hard. They worked hard and created their own lives with their sweat and efforts. But in their spare time, they would come to Old Trafford and cheer for football. It was a perfect era full of masculinity!"

"Twenty years later, social welfare has increased, but the government has borne a heavy and expensive price. Although many people in Manchester have gone to work, they don't need to worry about their lives. They start to stay away from steam, sweat, and pollution, and even start to pursue fashion, partying and having fun everywhere. Many people who receive government welfare and social assistance even shouted the slogan of drinking champagne for breakfast."

"More importantly, they are no longer crazy about football. Even if they still come to this stadium for every game, they have become very indifferent. I even believe that many of them can't name the starting eleven in the team. Is this a kind of sadness?"

Ye Qiu has not experienced the perfect era that Ferguson said, but he has suffered and worked hard in his own country in his previous life, and his parents have been teaching him a truth since he was a child, that there is no free lunch in this world, and all the good life needs to be created with hard work and sweat.

Ye Qiu is not a philosopher, nor does he have such profound thoughts. He can't even tell whether this is related to the essence of capitalism, or whether it is related to the Western media and public opinion environment, because they emphasize individualism very much. The most typical idea is that as long as I live well, I don't care about you, other people, or even the whole country!

Obviously, a large number of people, including Ferguson, are reflecting on this new trend of thought, but this reflection has been too weak so far, and it may not work at all, because the current British government, no matter which party it is, only serves one purpose, that is, votes!

"This is an era where individualism is extremely magnified. More and more people are beginning to abandon teamwork, begin to advocate personal heroism, and become selfish. Sometimes I even wonder, since they like individuals so much, what will happen if they are thrown on a deserted island and live alone?" Ferguson was obviously angry in his heart.

Ye Qiu couldn't help but think of a movie "Cast Away" by Hollywood actor Tom Hanks.

Many people think that this movie describes how a person survives in the most difficult environment, and think that this is a movie about individualism, but in Ye Qiu's opinion, it is not the case at all.

After four years of lonely life on a deserted island, where time seemed to be frozen, he returned to civilized society and found that everything had changed. The world did not stop because of his departure. His job was replaced by others, and his fiancée became someone else's wife. Everything did not stop for him.

This is the ending of the movie. It actually tells everyone who has watched this movie a truth. Maybe you can do a lot of things by yourself, and even create miracles, but the earth will not stop because of you, and human society will not stop because of you. You only have two choices, either integrate into civilized society or return to the lonely deserted island.

In the eyes of many people, Ferguson may be a very arrogant and difficult person to get along with, but Ye Qiu knows very well that Ferguson is actually a very ordinary, flesh-and-blood person, but many times he always feels that he needs to protect something that he thinks is very important in his heart through a gesture.

Perhaps, these things have been regarded as worthless and obsolete in the mainstream values ​​of society.

And he is like a lonely fighter, defending these things!

Ye Qiu is not as pessimistic as Ferguson. He is more positive. He thinks that since there are still so many people who like football as a team sport, it proves that in the bones of many people, they may worship individualism in their mouths, but they still tend to teamwork in their bones, because human history is created by teamwork.

"By the way, let's not talk about other things. I want to discuss something with you!"

Ye Qiu now really doubts whether Ferguson has learned face-changing in Sichuan.

Damn, he just looked like a lonely old man with a deep sorrow, but now he has turned into a cunning and shameless profiteer. The change in this process is too fast and too surprising.

"Speak, let me listen!" Ye Qiu returned to the office and sat down.

"Sell Lucas Moura to me!" Ferguson came over with a smile and poured wine for Ye Qiu enthusiastically.

Upon hearing this, Ye Qiu immediately laughed, "I knew you, an old fox, weren't that kind. You lost the game and were in a bad mood, but you still treated me to a drink? How could such a good thing happen in the world?"

Tottenham Hotspur had just defeated Manchester United 2:0 away at Old Trafford, with two assists from Ribery and goals from Messi and Cavani, and established its position as the leader of the Premier League with nine consecutive wins. Not only did it win ten consecutive wins in the new season, but it also extended Tottenham Hotspur's unbeaten record in the Premier League to 22 games.

The last loss can be traced back to February of last season. Tottenham Hotspur only lost one game in the entire 09/10 season, which was to Wolves. After that, Tottenham Hotspur never lost again, and has been unbeaten for 22 games so far.

Lucas Moura's performance at Ajax is indeed quite good, and Ajax has specially trained and cultivated Lucas Moura. Bobby Haarms has also given him guidance many times. Tottenham Hotspur arranges personnel to go to Amsterdam every month to inspect his training and physical condition, which shows that they attach great importance to him.

Tottenham Hotspur, Manchester United and Arsenal have all three teams not to poach each other, and this agreement currently even includes Chelsea, Liverpool, Newcastle, West Ham United, Manchester City and other teams. After all, this is good for all teams in the Premier League. We do not poach each other. If necessary, we can apply for transfers in person and conduct transparent operations. It is good for everyone.

"You know this is impossible!" Ye Qiu shook his head without hesitation, "And don't you already have Nani?"

After hearing this, Ferguson was not angry. He laughed and said, "Okay, let's change it to Nick Powell or Januzaj. Give me one!" After a pause, Ferguson seemed to increase his leverage and said again. : "You have so many talents in the midfield now, it would be a waste for these two players to stay at Tottenham Hotspur."

Nick Powell is now 16 years old, and Januzaj is 15 years old. They are currently playing in the youth team and are performing very well. Together with left back Luke Shaw and right back Callum Chambers, Toth Naham Hotspur's U18 youth team is full of talents and is invincible in the entire Premier League.

"Have you lost your temper?" Ye Qiu asked without answering, "They still have a chance at Tottenham Hotspur, but if they come to Manchester United, with your old personality, they will have to survive at least three or four more years. Only then can I get a chance to play in the first team, what do you think?”

As soon as Ferguson saw Ye Qiu's smiling face, he knew there was no chance, "Does that mean there's nothing to talk about?"

"Of course... no!" Ye Qiu simply wanted to disgust him and stood up with a smile, "Today's wine is not good. I will treat you to a good wine when I come to London another day!" After saying that, he gestured towards Ferguson. He waved his hand, said goodbye and left.

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"Why did that old guy Ferguson suddenly invite you to drink?"

In the bus leaving Old Trafford, Mauro Tassotti and Roland Shepas both chased Ye Qiu and asked.

Obviously, everyone knows Ferguson's character, he just can't afford to be early if there is no advantage.

"He wants to poach us!" Ye Qiu said with a frown.

"Who?" Fatty Luo is the one who protects his shortcomings the most. This guy has the best relationship with the players and hates the team being poached the most.

"Lucas Moura, or Nick Powell and Januzaj, this old guy is very ambitious!"

"This is too outrageous. I absolutely cannot agree to this!" Roland was even more excited than Ye Qiu.

Ye Qiu knew very well that a large part of Manchester United's so-called youth training was actually obtained by poaching semi-finished products. Of course, Manchester United itself also has a strong ability to cultivate youth training, which is similar to Tottenham. Tottenham are very similar.

But now Tottenham Hotspur’s scouting team and youth training channels are obviously much better than other teams such as Manchester United. Just like M’Vila, a young French midfielder that many people are optimistic about now. He is 20 years old and comes from Rennes in the French Ligue 1. But if anyone wants to get Mwila, they have to ask Tottenham Hotspur first.

The reason is very simple. Tottenham Hotspur has a cooperative relationship with Rennes and has priority for Rennes' players. That is to say, for the same price, Tottenham Hotspur has priority. If other teams do not want to use the same price, Tottenham Hotspur has priority. If you want to compete for a high price, it is best to reach an agreement with Tottenham Hotspur first.

There are also Ajax, Santos, Anderlecht, and Southampton. Tottenham Hotspur's cooperative teams are all teams with strong youth training capabilities, and Southampton once again has the momentum of development this season. The possibility of promotion to the Premier League is very high, and according to Ye Qiu's idea, he must do his best to help Southampton gain a foothold in the Premier League.

The advantage of this is that once Southampton has a stable foothold in the Premier League, some outstanding young players in the Tottenham Hotspur team can first go to Southampton to receive training in the Premier League. Once they have achieved results, they can then leave Southampton. Returning to Tottenham Hotspur, the entire process was carried out on loan.

You know, this kind of training method for young rookies is very popular in the Premier League and European football. For example, Beckham was loaned out by Manchester United. Arsenal also has many rookie players on loan. Once they show their strength and level, Afterwards, returning to play for the team is also a good way to train.

The reason why Ye Qiu came forward to invite Adrian Se to take over Southampton was that, in addition to helping Southampton complete the creation and construction of a continental tactical style system, a very important reason was that Ye Qiu wanted Adrian Se to take charge of Southampton. Ampton's style is Dutch, which makes it more similar to Tottenham Hotspur.

In this case, the value of Tottenham Hotspur players going to Southampton for training will be higher, and they will be better integrated with the team after returning to the team in the future.

In addition to Southampton, European teams such as Ajax, Rennes, Anderlecht and other European teams are very ideal training grounds for young players. Ye Qiu's intention is also very obvious, using these partners to provide training for Tottenham. Tottenham Hotspur provides and trains a steady supply of talent to ensure Tottenham Hotspur's competitive strength.

In the short term, such a system has not yet been able to play an effective role. After all, the cooperation between the two parties has not been very long. However, once time has passed, the advantages of this cooperation will gradually manifest themselves, just like Manchester United and Arsenal now. Their teams have never lacked young talents and talents, which are provided by the cooperating clubs, which makes their youth training strength also very outstanding.

In addition to this youth training method, Tottenham Hotspur is also working hard to create and promote the Talent Day selection event, which will also become one of the supply chains of Tottenham Hotspur's youth training talents in the future.

In the past few years, in addition to bringing results to Tottenham Hotspur, Ye Qiu has also been working hard to build a solid foundation for the team, including a top home stadium, a large and complete youth training and talent supply system, and an excellent business operation system.

Now, these efforts are showing results, and all Ye Qiu needs to do is to further consolidate these results and move towards his ultimate goal!