The Godfather of Greenery

Chapter 499 Too dark!
Gary Cook never thought that he would have the opportunity to be treated so grandly by the media.

When he was still in Milan, dozens of reporters from all over the world escorted him onto the plane, and when he arrived at Manchester International Airport, dozens of reporters were waiting for him.

In normal times, Gary Cook would be ecstatic to make a show, but now he is not in the mood at all.

When he walked out of the airport gate, countless reporters flocked to stop him from asking about the latest progress of the introduction of Kaka, but he repeatedly refused to answer any questions about the transfer. He also said that he would not respond to the series of incidents that have occurred recently.

Contrary to the stern Gary Cook is Joorabchian, the famous agent still wears his trademark innocuous smile, but keeps silent rationally, he is well aware of the current situation, It is inappropriate to say anything.

After being intercepted by a group of reporters, they finally got rid of the entanglement, boarded the reception car that had been waiting here, and headed to the City Stadium in Manchester.

"Fuck!" As soon as he got in the car, Gary Cook swears angrily. Now he really feels like he has a big head, and if he can, he will beat people without hesitation. Beat to death, beat that goddamn Mark Hughes to death.

When he was negotiating with AC Milan on the transfer of Kaka in Milan, Mark Hughes' Manchester City lost in England. They first made their debut in the FA Cup and lost 0:3 at home in the knockout round At the foot of Nottingham Forest, the relegation team of the British Championship, and then lost 0:2 away to Pompeii Legion Portsmouth in the Premier League, and lost 0:1 to Wigan at home.

This battle caused Manchester City to slip to No.15 again, only one step away from the relegation zone.

Kaka's transfer failed to be negotiated in the end. AC Milan chairman Silvio Berlusconi, who had agreed to let Manchester City negotiate with Kaka on personal treatment, called Gary Cook at the last moment, announcing the cancellation of the transfer and Kaka staying in AC Milan. .

This will make Manchester City lose face. I believe that countless people are laughing at Manchester City. At least from the perspective of nouveau riche spending money, Manchester City can be regarded as the most substandard, because Chelsea spent the first season. won the championship, but Manchester City is still fighting for relegation. This is definitely not what Manchester City fans want.

Arriving at the city stadium, Gary Cook and Joorabchian got off the car and went straight to the chairman's office.

When they came to Mubarak's office, the latter was answering a phone call. He looked very serious and his tone was very polite. It was obvious that the person on the phone was far above him. If Gary Cook hadn't guessed If it is wrong, it should be Al Fasim, the boss of the Abu Dhabi consortium.

There are actually only two people from the Abu Dhabi consortium involved in the daily management of Manchester City. In addition to Mubarak, who is the chairman, there is another group shareholder who is in charge of daily operations. The latter is still in Italy and has moved to the city with a team of lawyers. Ling, hoping to win Juventus' chief goalkeeper Buffon to fill the vacancy that lost Kaka.

Originally there was another candidate, Ibrahimovic of Inter Milan, but Inter Milan's offer for Ibrahimovic was a bit ridiculously high, and Gary was so angry that he shouted that he should not come if there is no 5000 million. ? Cook gave up directly.

But this can't be blamed on the Inter Milan Lions, the reason is very simple, the whole world knows that you are chasing superstars, who will be merciful to you?I haven't seen even Valencia, which is on the verge of bankruptcy, yelling a sky-high price of 9000 million euros to David Villa. Just imagine, what else can't be done in this crazy world?
"I can assure you, trust me!" I heard Mubarak say something into the phone, and then hung up.

He sighed deeply, raised his head, and just saw Gary Cook sitting in front of him, and Joorabchian, who served as the team's transfer consultant. Since the latter helped Manchester City introduce Robinho, Just like Pini Zahavi of Manchester City.

"First of all, we must not be relegated!" Mubarak said this bottom line straight to the point.

Of course, Manchester City has not yet reached the point of relegation. After all, such a large-scale signing, if it is relegated in the end, it will definitely be a big joke, and it will completely turn the Abu Dhabi consortium into a laughing stock of the whole world.

"Robinho is dissatisfied with the status quo of the team. He has some conflicts with Mark Hughes. Get rid of him!" Mubarak seemed to be ordering, because he is the boss of Manchester City and the only one under Alfasim. decision makers.

"I met Mark Hughes, he wanted a high center forward, and I promised to give it to him!" When Mubarak said this, he looked at Joorabchian, "How about Zlatan Ibrahimovic? ?”

Joorabchian smiled awkwardly, shook his head and said, "5000 million, if you insist, it won't be much cheaper!"

Mubarak spread his hands, very speechless, he didn't say anything, but his face was puzzled and helpless.

"As I said, the introduction of big-name stars during the winter break will be slaughtered. Kaka's 2000 million is crazy, and we are too anxious. Now the whole world knows that we are going to introduce strikers. Even Valencia called Villa a sky-high price of 9000 million euros, and I can't help it!"

Mubarak slapped his forehead hard, and then looked at Gary Cook. The latter's ability in this area is almost zero, and he doesn't even have football transfer negotiation skills. Therefore, in many cases, Manchester City's signings are Rely on Joorabchian.

Now Manchester City is still in the stage of buying bones with thousands of dollars. There is really no other way except to use money to pave the way.

"Is Kaka still a chance?" asked Mubarak.

Joorabchian shook his head, "If I'm right, it's impossible for AC Milan to agree, and Kaka won't transfer to Manchester. Someone should have changed Berlusconi's mind. I heard that now Florentino's return to Real Madrid has great momentum, and he will definitely buy superstars as soon as he comes up."

This analysis is somewhat understandable. Compared with Real Madrid, it is useless for Manchester City to give more money.

"I heard Chelsea made an offer for Tottenham's Andy Carroll. Is that true?" asked Mubarak, who was previously Joorabchian recommended it, but Mubarak and Gary Cook, who wanted to win superstars, finally chose to operate Kaka.

"Chelsea made an offer of 2000 million euros. Tottenham Hotspur seem to show signs of agreeing to get Drogba's successor!" Joorabchian, as an insider, has relatively reliable news channels of.

Drogba has been affected by injuries and rejection by the head coach this season, and his performance is not very satisfactory. Chelsea also needs a stable scorer in the frontcourt, so Pini Zahavi wants to get this Carroll, who has the title of hopeful striker in England for the next ten years, let Carroll and Rooney form the striker combination of the England national team to play a localized brand.

2000 million euros is indeed high enough for a substitute center forward, but considering Carroll's local attention and his outstanding performance in the cup, no matter from which point of view, it is obvious that Chelsea I think this deal has been done.

Tottenham Hotspur's halo has been too dazzling in the past two years.

This offensive football team has become the focus of fans all over the world, with a high coverage rate and almost no negative news, and the team's performance is very satisfactory.

In the just-concluded No.20 round, they beat Wigan 5-0 in the away game, and in the No.18 round of make-up matches in the middle of the week, they beat Newcastle 3-0 away, and then they won the No.20 second round. In the first round of White Hart Lane, they slaughtered Portsmouth, the Pompeii army 6-0. You know, Portsmouth just humiliated Manchester City.

Fourteen goals were scored in three consecutive rounds, and no goals were conceded. Such an excellent record really surprised everyone.

Sometimes Mubarak finds it difficult to understand why other people's teams seem to be very simple and smooth, but his own team always has bumps and bumps and encounters such and other problems?

Perhaps it is so embarrassing for an outsider to lead an insider!

On January 3, Tottenham Hotspur defeated the British Championship team Burnley 0-[-] away. Carroll and Ashley Young both started. The England center scored a goal and the Danish teenager Eriksson and Ramsey each scored a goal.

Tottenham Hotspur eliminated the Championship team from the League Cup with a total score of 7:1 and joined Manchester United in the League Cup final.

This battle made Carroll famous again, and also made Manchester City, which failed to introduce Kaka, immediately put forward an offer to Tottenham Hotspur, and the first offer was 500 million euros higher than Chelsea, reaching 500 million euros.

Peter Kenyon has the potential to be a profiteer. He was still considering whether to accept Chelsea's offer. As soon as he received Manchester City's offer fax, he replied a fax immediately and raised Carroll's offer. It reached 4000 million euros, and immediately after that, announced the rejection of Chelsea's transfer offer, but did not explain the reason.

After Manchester City received the feedback from Tottenham Hotspur, Mubarak was furious, because Tottenham Hotspur had just been tempted by Chelsea's offer of 2000 million euros. The price, this is obviously too outrageous, it is clear that Manchester City is to be slaughtered as a fat sheep.

Pini Zahavi, the CEO of Chelsea, accused Manchester City of breaking the rules of the transfer market and creating a bubble in the transfer market. It’s crazy that a player on the pitch would be elevated to such an extent!”

But at the weekend, Tottenham Hotspur ushered in the FA Cup against Swansea from the British Championship. This time Carroll did not score, but he had an outstanding performance in the game, and with two assists, helped Eden Hazard and Ramsey score goals, and was elected as the best player in the game.

January is the stage of the League Cup and the FA Cup, and Carroll's performance in this series of cups is quite impressive, coupled with media reports and publicity, it has made Carroll famous.

And as the transfer deadline approached, Manchester City became more and more passive. Finally, on January 26, club chief executive Gary Cook and transfer consultant Joorabchian, coupled with the transfer back from Italy's setback The team, a group of five people went south to London to start the final negotiation with Tottenham Hotspur.

After eight hours of intense negotiations, the two sides finally reached an agreement. Carroll and Ashley Young finally transferred to Manchester City with a package price of 5000 million euros, which became the biggest signing of the winter break. .

In an interview that night, Mark Hughes welcomed the team's move to introduce Carroll. He believed that Carroll already had the potential to become a top star. He appreciated Carroll's dominance in the restricted area very much, saying England's talented centre-forward will shine in Manchester City.

"He will become Manchester City's scoring guarantee for the striker in the next ten years. With him in front, we will be invincible!"

As for Ashley Young, Mark Hughes felt that the native England winger would be a strong supplement to the team's wing. With Robinho playing as the second striker, he and Wright Phillips formed the two wings. , will make Manchester City's wing attack sharper and more threatening.

But the biggest winner of the winter break transfer is Tottenham Hotspur. While almost everyone is amazed at the transfer operation of Tottenham Hotspur, quite a few colleagues have expressed that they will be interested in Tottenham Hotspur. Tottenham's players stayed away from them, and Tottenham Hotspur was also placed together with Porto and Lyon by the media. The three teams became the top three black shops in Europe.

When Porto was negotiating at the beginning, they abruptly raised the price of Pepe, who had originally planned to sell it to Inter Milan for 900 million, to 3000 million euros; and Lyon even sold Mohamed Diarra, who originally planned to sell it to Inter Milan for 800 million, to 600. Wan, in contrast, Tottenham Hotspur's method of killing Manchester City seems to be more polite.

However, selling Carol and Ashley Young at a package price of 5000 million euros is amazing enough.

After Tottenham Hotspur announced the transfer of Carroll and Ashley Young, the team also promoted teenager Eden Hazard from the youth team to the first team non-stop. The Belgian teenager played in the youth team. The performance is also very good, and has represented the first team in league and cup appearances many times, filling the vacancy after Ashley Young left the team is not a problem.

Once in and out, Tottenham Hotspur got 5000 million euros, which is really too dark!
Regarding Tottenham Hotspur's transfer policy, the fans understand on the one hand, after all, the team currently needs to raise funds to invest in the new stadium, but on the other hand, they are also worried that such a big sale will affect the team's performance?
But soon, Tottenham Hotspur used a 20-5 home victory over Stoke City in the No.0 three rounds of the league to make everyone feel at ease about the team, and even more happy What's more, Ribery's state has recovered a lot in this game. He passed and shot in the game and performed quite well.

The trident of Robin van Persie, Ribery and Messi was once the most anticipated offensive combination of Tottenham fans last season, and with the addition of David Silva this season, Yaya? Toure has become more and more stable. After forming the iron triangle in the midfield with Cesc Fabregas, Tottenham Hotspur's midfield has become more and more skillful and excellent.

Almost all Tottenham Hotspur fans have high hopes for Ribery, thinking that as long as the trident recovers, Tottenham Hotspur's attack power will become stronger than ever.

After the 23rd round, the league standings took a turn for the worse.

After Liverpool survived the Christmas schedule, entering January, the last three rounds have surprisingly ushered in a three-game tie. On the contrary, Manchester United, since the draw with Tottenham Hotspur in December, Ferguson The team actually ushered in a six-game winning streak, and the state of the fire is indeed surprising, chasing Tottenham Hotspur all the way.

After 23 rounds of the league, Tottenham Hotspur scored 53 points with an impressive record of [-] wins and [-] draws, ranking first in the league standings, while Manchester United ranked second in the standings with [-] points, surpassing Liverpool and Chelsea, while Arsenal is still ranked sixth, and their performance still has not improved very well.

However, after the Stoke City team that survived successive victories, Tottenham Hotspur won the best team of the month, Ye Qiu also won the best coach of the month, Messi won the best player of the month, In the first game after entering February, Tottenham Hotspur suffered a 20-0 draw with Bolton in the No.0 round of the league in the middle of the week, and the winning streak came to an end for the time being.

But Tottenham Hotspur's unbeaten 23 league games surprised everyone, and even quite a few fans are appealing, hoping that the team can continue to maintain this winning streak, and it is best to surpass Arsenal Nathan and Chelsea's unbeaten record.

But Ye Qiu himself is not very positive about this undefeated record in the league. He feels that this unbeaten streak has brought heavy psychological pressure to the players, so when he was interviewed by the outside world, he never mentioned the undefeated record.

On February 20th, in the fifth round of No.0 in the Premier League, Tottenham Hotspur suffered a 0:[-] draw with Arsenal at home.

Wenger's team obviously learned enough of Ferguson's tricks, put up a iron barrel formation steadily at White Hart Lane, and paid the painful price of two red cards for Clichy and Eboue. Lane took one point, Alexander Song showed surprising strength for the first time in the midfielder position.

But Tottenham Hotspur did not get any benefit. Ribery, who had just shown a slight improvement, was injured in this game. Team doctor Peter Brandt identified the injury as a stoppage. groin, at least four weeks of truce.

Franck Ribery was absent at the start of this season, and then came back. Ye Qiu didn't dare to use him boldly. After the winter break, his performance improved, but now he suffered a groin strain, which can be described as a disaster. .

But the real disaster is obviously more than that. In the FA Cup round of 1 knockout rounds, Tottenham Hotspur, who played with a semi-substitute lineup, lost 2:[-] away to Manchester United and was eliminated.

To make matters worse, the team had just returned from Manchester, and immediately ushered in a make-up match for the third round of the league as a guest at Stamford Bridge. This battle was against Toth, who had been successfully shortened to three points by Manchester United. For Nam Tottenham, it is a game that must be won, and there is no room for loss!

(End of this chapter)