The Godfather of Football

When Kevin Stroman, accompanied by his agent Decker, walked out of Heathrow Airport, he saw a very surprised scene. There were more than 500 fans at the scene to welcome him, and there were many reporters. He took photos crazily as he walked out of the gate.

This made him a little at a loss, and he just stood there, not knowing what reaction he should give.

"This is Tottenham Hotspur!" Dekker pulled the player next to him, indicating that he should bravely walk up.

Kevin Stroman glanced at his agent, took a deep breath, raised his head and walked forward, but he was asking, "Do I want to say a few words? Or accept them?" Interview?" His voice was trembling.

Dekker pretended to look in other directions, but said: "It's best not to use it, just smile to show that you are not nervous."

After hearing this, Stroman immediately showed a smiling face, but this guy's face looked a bit like Ruud van Nistelrooy, and he looked terrible, so he looked more terrifying when he smiled than when he didn't smile. But at this moment, in many people's eyes, In the eyes of Tottenham Hotspur fans, this smile represents muscles, toughness and fearlessness.

A month has passed since the Champions League final. In the past month, all the media have been hyping and promoting Tottenham Hotspur's transfer progress and signings. Especially many people know that this is coached by Ye Qiu. In his last season, although Ye Qiu said in an interview that he will not pursue results this season, everyone hopes that he will have a perfect ending.

Anyone with a little knowledge knows that Ye Qiu wants to lay the foundation for Mauro Tassotti, but results are also very important. We can't give Ye Qiu a disappointing ending, right? The midfield is undoubtedly Tottenham Hotspur's weakest link and the most dangerous link.

Ramsey, Pogba, Vidal, Eriksen, Phil Jones and others are capable and very young, but none of them are qualified to play the team's defensive midfielder position or serve as the team's midfield organizer. role, but Pirlo has aged. At this time, the introduction of a midfield organizer has become Tottenham Hotspur's biggest problem.

This type of player is often very dangerous, just like Real Madrid. Xabi Alonso is younger than Pirlo, but Real Madrid can't wait to find a successor for him, and that is Real Sociedad's Illarramen Dee.

This player was also linked to Tottenham Hotspur. Peter Devisser also personally inspected this player, but the price offered by Real Sociedad was too high and Tottenham Hotspur was not willing to pay the 40 million. The transfer fee was Euros, so the player eventually moved to Real Madrid with a release clause.

From the return of Yaya Toure, to Gundogan's arrival, and then to Fernandinho, Tottenham Hotspur's midfield signing target has been hyped by the outside media, and finally fell to PSV's Dutch international, Kevin Stroman.

Kevin Stroman, 23 years old, plays as a midfielder and left-footed general. What impressed everyone most is that he was the midfield steal leader in the Europa League last season, averaging 7.7 steals per game. , far ahead of other competitors such as Lars Bender. Not only that, he averaged four shots per game, averaged 77.3 passes per game, and a success rate of 91.8%, according to the rating given by OPTA The data is 7.67, ranking tenth, and he is the best midfielder in the Europa League.

B2B, that is, from the penalty area to the penalty area, this is everyone's impression of Stroman.

Because of his outstanding performance in the Europa League and his role as a field commander at PSV, Stroman has attracted the attention of many wealthy teams, including AC Milan and Inter Milan in Serie A. They all included him as a key signing target, and Manchester United even issued a strong invitation to him. Ferguson believed that he was a combination of Keane and Carrick.

Tottenham Hotspur's official evaluation of Stroman is also very high. Peter Devisser from Eindhoven believes that Stroman is better at playing in teams that pay attention to ground ball cooperation and pressing style. He is a threat, and he is not a defensive midfielder, nor is he a strong defensive midfielder. He is a central midfielder with excellent organizational and post-penetration abilities.

According to Ferguson, he is a Carrick who has better running coverage, defensive ability and offensive ability from behind. Especially the through ball within the opponent's 30-meter area is very threatening, and There is also a free kick technique.

But he can only use his left foot, and his right foot is a weak spot. This is far less threatening than Carrick's feet, and his long passes are slightly inferior to Carrick, so he is said to be a combination of Carrick and Keane.

In a Europa League match against Naples, it was Stroman's outstanding performance that gave PSV the overall advantage. Among them, PSV's pressing style reduced Naples' number of short passes. Suppressed to only half of PSV, Stroman contributed 11 steals, which shows his anticipation of the ball and his excellent defensive skills.

As a midfielder, Stroman also has a weakness, that is, his physical confrontation is relatively weak, but for the 1.86-meter-tall Kong Wu, this is definitely not a problem, especially for Tottenham Hotspur As long as the player meets the team's requirements and his body can be trained, he is only 23 years old after all.

A very important reason why this player has aroused the interest of Tottenham Hotspur fans is that Martin Samuel broke the news that all transfers of Tottenham Hotspur this year are solely responsible for the technical department. Ye Qiu Just nod.

In other words, this year's transfer has nothing to do with Ye Qiu, so many people are looking forward to whether these signings from Tottenham Hotspur can continue to exert Ye Qiu's dazzling effect.

In fact, if we analyze it from another level, we can also see the differences.

The transfers that Ye Qiu advocates are all high-quality and low-priced. However, among the two transfers that Tottenham Hotspur has announced this year, Lewandowski's transfer fee is as high as 20 million euros. Tottenham's biggest transfer in recent years.

Although Stroman's transfer fee is not as high as Lewandowski's, it is still as high as 15 million euros. For Tottenham Hotspur, it is also a quite high transfer.

The Guardian's famous reporter Sean Ingle also broke the news that after signing two transfers, Tottenham Hotspur will also introduce a midfielder and midfielder player, and it has been basically finalized, and the transfer fee is also Not less than 15 million euros.

Fifty million euros, this may only be said to be trivial money to some other wealthy teams, but for Tottenham Hotspur, which has always been diligent and frugal, spending 50 million euros in one summer is a huge expense. It dates back to when Ye Qiu just took over Tottenham Hotspur, but at that time it was a strenuous reform, but now it is just about strengthening the midfield.

Therefore, many fans can see from this summer's transfer operations that Tottenham Hotspur is changing, gradually de-Ye Qiu, and getting rid of Ye Qiu's influence on the team.

"Hi Kevin, could you stop and say a few words?"

"I'm a reporter from The Sun. Can I ask you a few questions, Kevin?"

"We would like to know what made you reject Manchester United's invitation and choose to join Tottenham Hotspur?"

"I heard that Ferguson personally called you to invite you, but you rejected him. Is it true?"

"Do you think Manchester United will decline under Moyes?"

After Kevin Stroman approached, many reporters rushed up. They pointed their microphones and recorders at Kevin Stroman and blocked his way.

Stroman was still playing in the Dutch second division two years ago, and went to Utrecht in 2011. He was poached by PSV after half a season, and soon became the team's vice-captain and was selected for the national team. Now captain of the Dutch national team.

But he has never experienced such a battle, because whether it is in Eindhoven or in the Dutch national team, the media will not throw so much attention on him, but he has done nothing now, just Just joined Tottenham Hotspur.

Could it be that this team really attracts so much attention?

Just when Stroman and his manager didn't know how to deal with this situation, the crowd nearby suddenly separated, and they saw Ye Qiu walking over with a smile and dragging a suitcase in his hand. Taking off his sunglasses, he had obviously just come out of the gate.

"What a coincidence?" Ye Qiu came over, smiled and stretched out his hand, "Kevin, I'm Ye Qiu!"

"Hello...Hello, Mr. Ye Qiu!" Stroman was a little stunned to meet the head coach here.

"Hello, Mr. Ye Qiu, I'm Dekker, his agent!" Dekol greeted in a somewhat reserved manner.

Ye Qiu's sudden appearance suddenly changed the atmosphere at the scene. All the reporters turned their attention to Ye Qiu, and most of the questions they asked were related to Stroman.

"Mr. Ye Qiu, can you explain to me what is the reason why Tottenham Hotspur is willing to pay such a high transfer fee for Stroman? You know, the value of Tottenham Hotspur's midfielder in the past The highest is Vidal, 12 million euros."

After listening to the reporter's question, Ye Qiu smiled and shook his head: "There's no comparison, right? Vidal only had one year left on his contract at the time, but Kevin was what we desperately wanted. I believe if we wait two more When his contract expires, we can transfer him on a free transfer, but the problem is, we want him this summer!”

"I want to explain one more thing. We brought in Kevin because we believe he can provide enough help to the team. Our transfers have always believed in one principle, which is the value of players on the court. I think this It’s a great transfer because he will give us more help in the midfield.”

"Mr. Ye Qiu, I heard that Ferguson also wants to get him."

Ye Qiu smiled and waved his hand, "That old guy has retired, he has no say!"

All the reporters burst out laughing. Everyone knew that Ye Qiu and Ferguson had a close relationship, and the two often attacked each other.

"What about Sandro? Many fans believe that the Brazilian midfielder should stay in the team!"

Mentioning this, Ye Qiu became very cautious, "I will have a good talk with him. I know he is an excellent professional player and he has no problems, but sometimes the team must make some mistakes." Choice, I can keep him in the team, but the problem is that he is only twenty-three years old. If there are not enough games to continue to help him grow and improve, it will be a big regret for him. I can't do that. , but I believe we will have a good result.”

After answering a few questions casually, Ye Qiu waved his hand and announced that was the end of the day.

"If you still have any questions, we will arrange an unveiling ceremony tomorrow. You can ask them then!"

After saying that, Ye Qiu waved to Kevin Stroman and his agent, and the group separated from the reporters and fans and left the departure hall of Heathrow Airport.

"Thank you, Mr. Ye Qiu!" Stroman said politely, walking beside Ye Qiu.

Ye Qiu smiled and shook his head, "It's okay, but you'd better be mentally prepared. After joining Tottenham Hotspur, there will be a lot of things like today, so you need to get used to and adapt to such scenes. When the time comes, you will Someone will train you on how to deal with questioning from the media, reporters and fans.”

"Also, don't be stressed!" After Ye Qiu finished speaking, he waved to Stroman, said goodbye, and walked towards an extremely stunning supercar opposite the entrance of the departure hall. It was the same Tom ?The BMW hybrid supercar I8 that appeared in the Cruise movie "Mission: Impossible".

The car in front of you is more eye-catching than in the movie, and almost everyone passing by can't help but stop for it.

Seeing Ye Qiu sit in the passenger seat, Stroman noticed that sitting in the driver's seat was an oriental beauty, who must be Ye Qiu's wife.

"BMW is a sponsor of Tottenham Hotspur. This car has also been reported by the media before. It is said that it is a concept car specially built by BMW for Ye Qiu. It contains a set of brand-new smart phones jointly developed by BMW and Ye Qiu. The car systems, including the touchscreen windshield and more, are a dream car.”

Dekker is obviously also a car lover. Watching this extremely cool I8 roaring away, he smiled at Stroman next to him: "After you make your debut, they will arrange for you to choose a car. , it is estimated that I8 will be available next year.”

Stroman looked forward to it. Joining Tottenham Hotspur means more than just landing in the Premier League. For example, he can get a top-notch BMW car for free.

At this moment, a staff member walked out and said, "Hello, Kevin, I'm from the Tottenham Hotspur Player Service Center. Welcome to London!"

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Tottenham Hotspur defeated Manchester United, AC Milan and Inter Milan to introduce Kevin Stroman, one of the captains of the Dutch national team, which caused quite a stir in the transfer market.

Strengthening the midfield has become the consensus of several Premier League teams this season.

After Moyes took charge of Manchester United, the Scotsman is still reorganizing Manchester United's coaching staff and preparing the lineup. The midfielder is undoubtedly the top priority, but Manchester United's current problems are definitely not just the midfielder, but also include Line of defense.

But Moyes' efficiency in this area is indeed not high. It's almost July, but he hasn't made any movement yet. This also makes Red Devils fans very anxious. Is it because Moyes has no real power? Or is it because the Scots don't know how to handle the transfers of wealthy teams?

Relatively speaking, last season's runner-up Liverpool appeared to be very fast. Benitez's team successively won Ali Sissoko and Mamadou Sakho, two defense backbones. There is a typical characteristic, that is, young and very powerful.

This is indeed an unusual year, because even Arsenal claims to have 70 million pounds in transfer fees, but after a month has passed, Arsenal has not spent even a penny so far. The two introduced The players are all free transfers, including Auxerre young player Yaya Sanogo and AC Milan midfielder Flamini.

Wenger is interested in many players, including Liverpool's Villa and Suarez, Celtic's Wanyama, Marseille's N'Kulu, etc. They are all Wenger's targets, but so far he has not seen Assen. There is no movement.

Mourinho's Chelsea almost reached the Champions League qualification zone last season. This season the Portuguese madman is making a comeback. His targets include Anzhi's Willian, Southampton's Matic, and Atletico Madrid's Diego Costa and other powerful stars, and these players are also worth a lot of money.

But Chelsea has deep pockets. After a month of operations, they signed Schurrle from Bayer Leverkusen for 18 million pounds and Brazilian midfielder Willian from Anzhi for 30 million pounds.

After Dortmund center Lewandowski has announced his move to Tottenham Hotspur, Chelsea will next attack Atletico Madrid's Diego Costa. In addition, Mourinho also wants to introduce a right back. The player was interested in Borussia Dortmund's Piszczek, but Klopp announced that the player was not for sale.

Entering July, with the Confederations Cup over, Tottenham Hotspur's Brazilian genius Neymar has also received strong attention from the outside world, especially Barcelona, ​​which has declared that it is willing to pay 50 million euros for Neymar. Transfer fee, but Tottenham Hotspur announced that Neymar is not for sale.

After finishing the Confederations Cup, Neymar also said that he would not consider leaving Tottenham Hotspur because he is eager to succeed here and he feels that he is already familiar with and adapted to the style of the Premier League.

"I would like to say that in the past few seasons at Tottenham Hotspur, I have not been able to perform at my best due to various reasons, but I hope to have a good performance this year. It just requires me to put in more effort.”

So, after the Confederations Cup, Neymar will only rest for a few days before returning to London to participate in the team's pre-season training.

With the end of the Confederations Cup, more and more transfer news has become the focus of media attention.

After entering July, Tottenham Hotspur announced that the team had introduced the third player of this summer, that is, the 18-year-old center forward Alexander Mitrovic from Belgrade Guerrilla. This young Serbian center forward cost Tottenham Hotspur 4 million euros in transfer fees.

But in the eyes of many fans, Tottenham Hotspur, which has been promoted to a top giant, spent 4 million euros to introduce a powerful center forward who has the ability to become a new generation of Warcraft. This is undoubtedly a very cost-effective deal.

Moreover, there is still a Drogba in the team now, and the old will bring the new, which is also the expectation of the fans.

That is, the day after the announcement of the introduction of Alexander Mitrovic, a superstar transfer that has been hyped by the media around the world for more than half a year has finally settled!