The Godfather of Greenery

Chapter 631
At the end of January and the end of August every year, the Hilton Hotel doesn't need to worry about the source of customers, because in the second half of these two months, their houses will be overcrowded, and even the hotels around Hyde Park are also overcrowded.

All of these are the benefits brought by the Football Economic Forum of Moon Sports Services Company, which has become the largest football forum in the world. Almost all the famous football clubs in the world hope to participate in this forum. Put up your own flag and set up a desk.

Today's Football Economic Forum has developed from the first floor to the banquet halls on the second to fifth floors of the Hilton Hotel. The second and third floors are the European area, and the fourth floor is South America. The fifth floor is a mixed area of ​​Africa, Asia and North America, but even so, it is still overcrowded, which shows how big it is.

In addition, the forum has also rented several floors, which are specially used for VIP customers, and to arrange meetings and negotiations for some well-known customers. In addition, football associations of various countries have offices in the hotel, such as England, Scotland, France, Spain, etc. All of them have arranged for special teams to settle in, and the same is true for some other major countries, and even many small countries have simply entrusted Moon Sports Service Company as an agent.

In other words, as long as you negotiate all the transactions in this venue, you can register in the shortest time.

The closing time of the transfer market is nominally 23:[-], but in reality, those who are not so punctual usually have a slight delay, about half an hour, and after entering the night, the things that should be discussed are basically settled That's right, all the things that should be done have been done, so the venue has become very deserted, and more people are gathered in the negotiation room or conference hall.

The FA's office area was arranged in a suite on the eighth floor of the Hilton Hotel. This time they arranged for a working group of more than a dozen people to come in. They spent almost all of these three days in the venue, and even often Take turns to take breaks, because the work is too much and too busy.

Many people say that the transfer during the winter break is no better than the transfer in the summer. This is true or not, because the transfer in the summer is longer in preparation and the preparation time is more sufficient, so there will definitely be more transfers and the transaction value will be greater.

But the winter break is shorter and there are fewer operating hours, so most of the transfers are concentrated in the last few days, especially after the Football Economic Forum was established, the last three days have almost become the signings or leases of various teams. important channel.

In the last three days of this year, there were 130 transfers and loans in the Premier League alone. Most of them were loans. , and the risk is relatively small, if it is not suitable, it will be returned directly after half a year.

But this is only the Premier League. You must know that England has four professional leagues, the British Championship, League One and League Two, and there are even some professional teams in the amateur leagues. Their transfer needs are also very large, and they are not lost at all. The Premier League, so the turnover of players is also very frequent.

It is not as simple as many ordinary fans imagine to make a transfer deal. If it is outside the economic forum, the procedures will be more complicated. They need to go to many departments. The advantage of the football economic forum is that the FA has arranged A working group, each Football Association department has arranged personnel to enter this group, and there are even labor certification reviewers from the Ministry of the Interior.

That is to say, in the past, you needed to go to many departments, but now you don’t need to. You only need to go to the Football Economic Forum, and all the work can be done in one stop.

But even if so many links are saved, there are still a lot of things to do and materials to provide.

For example, Deportivo La Coruña in La Liga wants to rent the striker Sisco who is playing for Newcastle. If this transfer is to be completed, an agent must first participate, and the agent must provide his own agent certificate and player information. In addition, if Newcastle wants to sell a player, they must show the club executives, at least the signature document of the CEO. In addition, Deportivo must also provide documents for loan players. .

In addition to finishing it with the FA and the Spanish Football Association, considering that it is a cross-border transaction, UEFA must also handle it, so the whole process will take a lot of time, and these are essential. Because this is a transfer that involves players and two top league clubs, who dares to be careless?
With the Football Economic Forum, they run upstairs and downstairs at most, but if it was in the past, when there was no Football Economic Forum, the method they used would be even more inefficient, so they could only use fax, and after passing it Just waiting for the news, even every year there will be some reasons such as lack of paper or failure of the fax paper at the last moment of the transfer period, or the delayed reply of the Football Association, etc., resulting in the cancellation of the transfer.

This is why they are willing to participate in the football economic forum, not only because it is a comprehensive forum, but also because it is more convenient and efficient.

The CEO of Moon Sports Services, Paul Newman, will appear at the office of the Football Association at the last moment of each football economic forum. He will pay close attention to the transaction volume, and Moon Sports Services will also have its own This is to provide better and more targeted services in the future, and to improve some problems at the same time.

The time is already 23:25. Many working groups of the Football Association have finished their work and ended the busy three days. What awaits them next is leisurely work, and they will not be busy again until summer.

But the FA still couldn't stop, because they were still waiting for a piece of news.

Paul Newman raised the watch on his left wrist from time to time, looking at it several times a minute.

"Will it work?" The FA staff seemed a little impatient.

If they can succeed, it doesn't matter if they wait a while, but if the negotiation breaks down, their waiting will be completely useless, and you must know that according to the regulations, 23:[-] is the transfer deadline, but now it has been more than half an hour , They have every reason to just throw their hands away and leave.

After Paul Newman heard this, he chuckled, "Don't worry, it should be done. I'll ask the hotel to deliver hot coffee. Let's take a rest first. Don't worry, it should be done soon!"

Moon Sports Services Company does not take any commission from transfers. This is the purpose of the player database and the Football Economic Forum, so whether or not a deal is made has little impact on Moon Sports Services Company. One side is Tottenham Hotspur. Strictly speaking, Tottenham Hotspur and Moon Sports Services Company are considered brothers, and they are both owned by Ye Qiu.

The time passed by one minute and one second, and it didn't take long for the time to skip three or ten minutes.

"Let's go, we probably won't be able to negotiate!" People in the FA are usually bureaucrats, and they have never waited for someone like this. If it wasn't for Ye Qiu's Tottenham Hotspur, plus With Paul Newman around, they'd already left.

Just when they were about to pack their things, they heard an eager knock on the door from outside.

"Come on!" Paul Newman laughed, heaved a sigh of relief, and walked over to open the door himself.

I saw Yaya Toure's manager, Dimitri Seluk, walking outside panting. Although this guy looked like he was about to die from running, his expression was extremely happy, and such an expression almost never It can be seen on the face of every agent who walks into this room.

Because when they walked into this room and walked out, they no longer knew how much money they had made.

"What the hell did you do? You were half an hour late and you just came now? Don't do it!" These FA staff dare not be angry with Paul Newman, and they dare not offend the Premier League bosses, even for some Big-name agents dare not offend, but Dimitri Seluk is obviously not in this ranks.

Therefore, these old men of the FA who are usually bossy, now vent their sullen anger on Seluk.

Paul Newman also knows the situation. The FA is different from the Premier League. The former is a typical bureaucracy, while the latter is managed by a modern company system. Unfortunately, many things in the Premier League have to go through the FA. , such as labor certification, such as schedule and adjustment, and red and yellow card violations and so on.

"Go ahead, prepare all the materials, and do it quickly!" Paul Newman also felt that Seluk was unlucky, so he was a little sympathetic on the surface, but he knew very well in his heart that this guy encouraged Yaya Toure to change jobs and transfer. I don't know how much commission I will get from this transaction, and I deserve to be scolded.

Soon, representatives of Tottenham Hotspur and Manchester City also entered the room one after another with materials. Tottenham Hotspur had CEO Peter Kenyon and COO Ron Gurley's signature document, Manchester City's side is the club chairman Mubarak personally negotiated at the Hilton Hotel.

"Wow!" When the FA people got the transfer documents, as usual, their first reaction was to see who transferred, and then to see how much the transfer fee was. A little surprised.

The price of 500 million euros is indeed not high for Tottenham Hotspur's habit of selling their stars at high prices, but the problem is that this contract has another additional clause, that is, if Manchester City can get the top four in the league this season, and Yaya Toure has played double digits and will pay another 500 million euros.

In other words, it is calculated that this is a transfer fee of only 500 million euros, but if all the additional conditions are met, then this transfer will reach 6000 million euros, which is almost the price Chelsea introduced Torres. For a midfielder, this is simply sky-high.

Yaya Toure has been very popular in recent years, especially after Tottenham Hotspur sold Javier Mascherano, Real Madrid and other giants have pursued him successively, and Manchester City has also pursued him before I wanted to get him, but Yaya Toure was worth about 3000 million euros at most at that time, but the problem is that he just won the African Footballer of the Year, and at the same time played at a high level for three consecutive seasons, and now he is playing at the right time. These have become the reasons for his high price.

Now, switching to Manchester City at such an astonishingly high price is bound to confirm his title as the world's number one midfielder.

Seeing the surprised look of the FA officials, Seluk also laughed. He can get 10% commission from this transaction, which is 550 million euros. This commission will be borne by Manchester City, that is to say, Manchester City In order to introduce Yaya Toure, he paid a higher fee than Torres.

Of course, in Torres' transfer, no one knows how much and how the agent smoked.

Seluk himself did not have a broker certificate, so he asked one of his broker friends to act as a broker to complete the transfer.

After several hours of intense negotiations, Tottenham Hotspur's main midfielder Yaya Toure finally switched to Manchester City!
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The major European newspapers on the second day were all related to the last madness of the transfer market during the winter break the day before, especially the reports on the Premier League teams, because during the entire winter break transfers, several Premier League players The team is the most dynamic.

In other leagues, Mourinho's Inter Milan also introduced many players including Pacini and Ranozia to further strengthen their own strength. In Mourinho's words, not only Not only to hit the Serie A championship, but also to continue to hit the Champions League.

While the entire European football world is paying attention to the frenzy of Premier League transfers during the winter break, Tottenham Hotspur players have also heard the news of Yaya Toure's transfer to Manchester City. For them, this is already It's not a surprising thing, after all, Yaya Toure had mentioned it to them before.

It's just that it's more or less a pity, after all, the strength of the Ivorians is indeed very good.

Without him in the team, who else can you trust in the midfielder position?
The next day, the first-team players gathered in Theobald were either worried or joyful. After all, Yaya Toure’s departure was an opportunity for many people to gain a firm foothold in the first-team. It is even a chance to hit the main force.

Ye Qiu announced this news to the players before the training session started in the morning. At the same time, the club's official website and mobile app also pushed this news to fans all over the world at the first time in the morning, and Ye Qiu also told everyone , Yaya Toure's departure is regrettable, but Tottenham Hotspur will continue to be strong!
In the first training session that followed, everyone clearly felt Ye Qiu's test for them. After all, tomorrow will usher in the fifth round of No.20 in the Premier League. Who will replace Yaya Toure? The players are full of fighting spirit.

During training, Ye Qiu tried three players successively, Ramsey, Phil Jones and Pogba.

Among the three players, Pogba is the youngest, only 17 years old, and also the weakest one. After all, his age is there, and Ramsey is the most competitive because of his original running and covering ability. It's very good, but his defense seems to be more about fighting and shoveling.

After all, as a midfielder, if Ramsey wants to play as a midfielder, he will be at a physical disadvantage. Most of the time, the reason why he shovels is because the opponent is about to break through his defense, so he can only do it when he has to. The shovel itself was caused by a defensive failure.

Phil Jones is excellent in terms of defensive ability, physical fitness, speed, and physical confrontation, and he is also very suitable to play this midfielder. Regardless of his talent, this kid has a strong fighting spirit and a strong desire to fight. He is a typical England's hot school young people.

But after all, he is young, reckless, and has a drive, but whether he can let it go or not, it will take a long time to sculpt.

After Ye Qiu tested Ramsey in the morning, he pulled Phil Jones out for individual training in the afternoon.

The first is to let Phil Jones as a defensive player face various offensive routines of the main players in one-third of the field, and then Mauro Tassotti, who is in charge of defensive training and skill carving, personally treats him Supervise, call stop immediately when there is a problem, remind and teach him how to run and stand, and how to protect the line of defense behind him.

During the whole process, apart from Phil Jones, Ramsey, Pogba and even other midfielders were all on the sidelines, or participated in the game, and they were all analyzed by Mauro Tassotti and guidance.

The entire tactical special training lasted for an hour, and then arranged for Phil Jones to go to the practice room for special training, and arranged for him to face incoming balls from any direction at any time and under any circumstances, not only to be able to stop steadily, At the same time, it is necessary to be able to pass the ball to the most suitable place in the shortest time.

Moniz and Meulensteen personally took care of his work in the practice room, especially passing and stopping.

In addition to Phil Jones being valued by the coaching staff, Pogba is also the focus of the coaching staff's attention. After all, the position of the midfielder is urgently needed. Both of them are the key targets of the team, like Beckham, La Musai, Varane and others can only be regarded as guest appearances at best.

The players also have no objection to the coaching staff making a small fuss for Phil Jones and Pogba, because if they are willing to practice more, they can also get relevant treatment from the coaching staff, but it is not as good as Phil Jones. The treatment the two of Jones received is nothing more than that, but this also takes into account the team's current scarcity of midfielders.

In the transfer throughout the winter break, in addition to selling Yaya Toure, Tottenham Hotspur also sent Thorgen Hazard to Southampton in the English Championship. The Belgian player His talent may not be as eye-catching as his elder brother Eden Hazard, but his strength is still very good. If he can't play in Tottenham Hotspur, he can only go to Southampton.

With Tottenham Hotspur selling Yaya Toure at a high price, the future prospects of the North London team have also been doubted. After all, Yaya Toure plays the midfielder position and is an important part of defense , Although Tottenham Hotspur is passively selling people, but selling the main midfielder will still have a great impact.

Many gaming companies have lowered Tottenham Hotspur's championship expectations, especially in the Champions League. The winning odds of teams including Barcelona, ​​Real Madrid, and Inter Milan have begun to catch up with Tottenham Hotspur. In the Premier League, Tottenham Hotspur is still the number one favorite to win the championship relying on a strong lead.

Interestingly, in the fifth round of No.20 in the Premier League, Tottenham Hotspur challenged Blackburn away.

This is Phil Jones' old club!
(End of this chapter)