The Godfather of Greenery

Chapter 319 Irreconcilable Contradiction

On January 1, Chelsea ushered in Middlesbrough at home, and everyone was dumbfounded that Drogba scored twice to help the team beat Middlesbrough 3-2 Fort, won 0 consecutive victories.

Not only that, but there are two other pieces of good news. Arsenal finally couldn’t bear the pressure of the intensive schedule. In the 22nd round, they drew with Manchester City 1:1 at home, while Manchester United drew 0:0 at home with Tottenham. Tottenham.

As a result, Chelsea's lead quickly expanded to 11 points, which is almost a gap that makes opponents feel desperate. Even Arsenal's head coach Arsene Wenger was frustrated after the game ended in a draw with Manchester City. Said that it is difficult for Arsenal to have any hopes for the league championship.

"I have to admit that since this season, we have never been so far away from the leading position. In such a dense Christmas schedule, relying on the will of the players, we scored 4 points in 10 games. An impeccable result, enough to please anyone."

When he said this, the frustration on Wenger's face became more visible, "But the problem is that our opponent has won all the games, which is very frustrating and painful. hit thing."

"Yes, our peak state at the beginning of the season came too early, which allowed us to play a round of almost crazy results at the beginning of the season, but in the most critical November and December, we lost some advantages quickly. , Too many draws have been bothering us all the time."

"However, what I want to say is that even now, we are 11 points behind our opponents, we still will not give up our pursuit of the championship, because if we give up our efforts for the championship now, it will undoubtedly be a disservice to the fans and the players. A crime."

"I told my players in the dressing room, don't care about the gap with Chelsea, don't care about Chelsea's performance, we have to care about our own game, go all out to win every game, so that as long as Chelsea is in the future When there are mistakes in the game, or when the performance is bad, we can close the gap with the opponent."

"I believe everyone should remember that Chelsea's reversal in the standings relies on chasing point by point. Now, we must correct our mentality and go all out to recover point by point."

Manchester United, who also suffered a draw in this round, also expressed that they would never give up.

In an interview, Ferguson repeatedly emphasized, "It's not that we are behind our opponents by double-digit points and successfully reversed the successful experience in the end. No one is better at fighting against the trend than us, and no one has more abundant reversal opponents than us. Experience, so, this season is not the end, everything is possible, we will not give up!"

Captain Keane also said that Chelsea will definitely collapse, "We have led the Premier League for a long time, and we have reversed our opponents to reach the top many times. Things like suddenly losing form, so we have to do our part and be patient and wait for the opportunity to come.”

However, Ye Qiu counterattacked when interviewed by the media, "Yes, if Manchester United and Arsenal want to reverse, then they must try their best to win, and at the same time wait for us to make mistakes."

"I don't want to say that we don't make mistakes, any team will make mistakes, but I want to tell my players, don't care about it, no one should feel pressured by leading too much, on the contrary, we should Enjoy the feeling of being at the top of the table, the feeling of being on top of rivals like Manchester United and Arsenal, the feeling of being on top."

"I know some people call us nouveau riche, say we are fake giants, it doesn't matter, we never deny that we are nouveau riche, and we never say that we are rich, but we will use the game to prove that we rely on strength, The giant teams you speak of are under your feet!"

"For the fighting spirit of Manchester United and Arsenal, I personally admire it very much. I also feel that they must try their best to catch up with us and never fall behind so that they have a chance to reach the trophy, but I am full of confidence in my players. Without confidence, it is impossible for them to catch up with us!"

The war of words between the head coaches and capable generals of the three Premier League teams that still have a chance to win the championship naturally became the closing speech of the Premier League Devil's Christmas schedule, but relatively speaking, most of the media and fans are generally more optimistic about Chelsea. This team has won 13 consecutive victories and is only one step away from Arsenal's 14 consecutive victories.

As long as Chelsea maintains the current momentum and does not suffer big ups and downs, it will be difficult for Arsenal and Manchester United to catch up with them, let alone teams such as Everton and Liverpool who are following behind.

This also led to the fact that after the 22nd round of the Premier League, the entire English football is generally optimistic about Chelsea, and even many Chelsea fans hope that the team can make persistent efforts to defend the Premier League champions while striving for the Champions League. It is best to become the first team to successfully defend the Champions League since the restructuring of the Champions League.

But at this moment, the BBC TV broadcasted breaking news, and the black gold scandal once again swept England.

The black gold turmoil has always been a scar in English football.

With the rapid expansion of the influence of the Premier League in recent years, English football has become a powerful force in European football and even world football. Especially with the strong rise of Chelsea in recent years, many people are even optimistic about it. The Premier League will become the world's number one league in the near future.

But behind the prosperity of the Premier League, there are also many people who are worried, because the Premier League has formed a huge common interest group over the years, and these interest groups have intricate relationships with clubs, players, and head coaches. relation.

Therefore, when the black money case was exposed by BBC TV, although the focus of the disclosure this time was the illegal operation of Israeli agent Pini Zahavi in ​​the transfer of multiple Premier League players, in fact everyone knew it. No broker is clean.

If we say that the previous dispute between Stretford and McShkin about Rooney, and Stretford's accusation of wiretapping, intimidation, bribery and other crimes are just the beginning, then this time Pini Zaha Wei Wei was deeply involved in the black gold storm and stabbed the hornet's nest, and it can even be said that the sky of the Premier League collapsed.

The next day, almost all the big and small newspapers in the Premier League carried this news on their front pages. The Israeli suddenly became a household name in the UK, and his photos appeared on TV, newspapers, magazines, and the Internet. important part of the media.

This time the FA reacted very quickly and immediately stepped forward to set the tone for this black gold case. The official spokesperson of the FA said that the FA will do its best to investigate this incident and will investigate the incident. The incident set up a research group dedicated to investigating club player transfers.

"We want all criminals to be brought to justice!"

Ye Qiu only noticed this piece of news when he was reading the newspaper the next morning. When he noticed that Pini Zahavi was under investigation, his first reaction was Paul Stretford counterattack.

This is quite in line with Ye Qiu's impression of Stretford. This person has been used to rampaging in British football for a long time, and he has a very strong British character in his bones. He is arrogant and saves face. If he didn't fight back, it was truly unexpected by Ye Qiu.

"Will this matter affect Elisa?" Huang Chu asked concerned, she already had a very obvious belly now.

Ye Qiu raised his head, looked at his wife who was a little fat due to pregnancy, and shook his head with a smile: "This is someone who wants to target Pini Zahavi, but there will definitely be an investigation. Elisa has always been very cautious in doing things. I seldom get involved in those illegal and illegal transactions, so this incident should not have any impact."

The most important thing in the real black money case is to combat the collusion of interests, that is, like Schmeichel when he switched from Aston Villa to Manchester City, the players and the coaches of both sides belong to the same agent company, and the left hand turns the right hand to gain two ends. The method of profit is to cooperate with the head coach to drive up player transfer fees and extract huge commissions from it.

Although Eliza is the agent of many Chelsea players, she only took over a large part of them after the players transferred to Chelsea, and most of her business is related to player image marketing and sponsorship, etc. For player transfers and salary contracts, she is not involved much.

So from this point of view, Eliza will not be greatly affected.

"I'll make a phone call!" Ye Qiu thought for a while, and to be on the safe side, he decided to call and ask.

From the living room to the balcony on the second floor, it was winter in London, and there were still traces of snow in the yard, and many farmlands in the distance were covered in thick snow.

"It seems that you still have a conscience, at least remember to care about me!" As soon as the call was made, Eliza over there heard a tired voice. If Ye Qiu remembers correctly, it should be midnight in San Francisco. Bar?

"What am I? How could I not care about you?" Ye Qiu scolded with a smile, "How's the matter?"

Apart from being tired, Eliza was not as serious as Ye Qiu imagined, but with a relaxed tone, "What can I do? It's not so much a black gold case as it is a A power struggle for power and profit!"

"Oh?" Ye Qiu didn't notice this.

"The FA has always wanted to get a piece of the big fat of the Premier League, especially with Eriksson's zipper gate last year and the financial difficulties in rebuilding Wembley Stadium, they are very concerned about the Premier League. A piece of fat is even more coveted, but the Premier League has always kept them out of the door, just giving them proper financial support."

Ye Qiu knew about this. When the FA had a financial crisis, the Premier League gave 1500 million pounds in aid, and then gave some financial support one after another. Therefore, the general manager has never dared to interfere too much with the Premier League.

But deep down, they still hope that they can take a share of the big cake of the Premier League.

"The FA now only has the power to appoint referees and discipline regulations. After the outbreak of the broker's black gold case this time, they will respond so quickly. In fact, they want to use this as an entry point. The Premier League and the Premier League clamp down, that's why they're so effective."

In her words, Eliza did not hide her disdain for the FA's wine bags and rice bags. They are definitely a group of guys who exist to gain a sense of presence and eat nothing.

Just like in 2004, they reorganized the leagues such as League One, League Two and League C, and reformed them into the three-tier leagues of the Championship, League One and League Two. They hope to commercialize this entire league system and follow the successful cases of the Premier League. But it turns out they failed.

When Ye Qiu was reminded by Elisa, he immediately came to his senses. He felt that the FA's reaction was too fast. It seemed that they were trying to grab the right to speak and arbitrate. He was afraid that others would not know that they were the arbitrators of the Premier League's discipline. By.

"It was fine before, and it's fine this time. Who let the FA's money bag be in other people's hands?" Eliza smiled with ease.

Hearing what she said, Ye Qiu was relieved, but he didn't forget to remind, "Even so, it's better to be careful."

"Don't worry, if something happened, it must be my fault, and you must be fine!" Eliza said softly on the phone, which made Ye Qiu feel uncomfortable.

"Stop talking silly, what's the relationship between us? I'll make sure you're okay!" Ye Qiu was very determined. All along, he always felt that he owed Eliza too much. The courage to protect her, even he himself despises himself, and now, for him, the little black gold case doesn't do much at all.

Looking at the mainstream European leagues, which league and which club dare to say that they have not done anything illegal?

The tax rate is so high?Who dares to say that he has not helped players evade taxes?

In order to get the player he likes, who dares to say that he didn't secretly give kickbacks to his agent?
Every industry has its unspoken rules, and football is no exception.

With Ye Qiu's status in European football today, even if he is really involved in the black money case, what impact will it have?
"You still have a little conscience!" Eliza said with a smile, "Don't talk about me, this time it's Stretford and Pini Zahavi who are fighting. According to my estimation, they may be depressed for a while. Time, but I heard that Abramovich has been very close to Brazilian agent Figel recently."

"Figel?" Of course Ye Qiu has heard of this name. Juan Figel, the Brazilian football agent giant, who can shake the European football world by stomping his feet, Florentino and others followed suit. He was very friendly.

When Ye Qiu heard this name, his first reaction was Corinthians, because just a few days ago, the Argentine media spread rumors that the beast Tevez had switched to Corinthians. The transfer of the Argentine teenager to the league of arch-enemy Brazil has indeed aroused huge repercussions.

In Ye Qiu's previous life, Abramovich had always been regarded as one of Corinthians' behind-the-scenes bosses.

"It is said that Figel was introduced to Abramovich by Frank Arnesen. You should be familiar with the Danes, right? He is now his technical director at Tottenham. It is said that Pini Zaza Xavi introduced it, and this Figel once led the rise of Leverkusen, and has a very close cooperative relationship with Porto."

Ye Qiu didn't think it was strange about all of this. European football is inherently complicated. It's not surprising that Abramovich knew Juan Figel. The gap between Vicky is getting bigger and bigger, at least not as close as when he first came to Chelsea two years ago.

At that time, Abramovich ran to the Harrington training base every three days, and would be friendly to Ye Qiuxiu from time to time, and would discuss everything with him, but after Ye Qiu rejected Shevchenko's transfer, all of this happened Cracks appeared.

When thinking of this, Ye Qiu sighed, the relationship between people is really elusive.

Perhaps, in my opinion, my choice is not wrong, but in Abramovich's view, his thinking is not wrong. Perhaps the biggest difference between him and Abramovich is that both of them Not willing to follow the other party's will completely.

In many things, there is no way to tell who is right and who is wrong. It can only be said that each side stands on their own different angles and positions, and inevitably there will be some differences and opinions, which may even be irreconcilable.

Ye Qiu feels that the most enjoyable and fulfilling thing is to create value. Leading a group of not-so-famous stars to create a vigorous career is the most fulfilling thing for him, especially watching himself After the outstanding performance of the low-priced players, their value soared hundreds of times and thousands of times, and he followed suit.

But Abramovich is different. What he pursues is to have value, so he wants to buy people, and wants to have a group of teams that can compete with Real Madrid, Manchester United, AC Milan and other star-studded teams in the shortest possible time. A superstar team, so players like Drogba are not liked by him.

What he wants is Shevchenko, and I believe this desire will become stronger after Shevchenko wins the European Golden Globe.

"Ye Qiu!" Eliza waited on the phone for Ye Qiu to be silent for a few seconds before speaking again, "I really have a premonition..."

"I know!" Ye Qiu said with a faint smile.

"You know?" Eliza was a little surprised.

"What's the relationship between us? What do you think, I don't know?" Ye Qiu smiled again, "Don't worry, I will handle this matter myself, you don't have to worry about it for me."

When Ye Qiu said that he knew everything, Eliza's heart trembled for no reason, as if Ye Qiu had unearthed the deepest secret hidden in her heart, but soon she felt amused again, You know, what do you stupid idiot know?
"Well, anyway, if you have anything to do, just ask me!" Eliza said lightly.

Ye Qiu nodded, "Yes!"

(End of this chapter)