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"Damn it! How could this happen!" Seeing the news posted by his mortal enemy Hot Face on the club's official website, Wenger, who has always shown himself to be elegant, could be said to have an extremely ferocious expression at this time, "Pat! What on earth is going on? ?Why did Cristiano Ronaldo join Tottenham?!”
"Arsena, I'm not very clear about the specific situation." At this moment, Pat Rice obviously had the same doubts as Wenger. "When he and his agent were invited to visit us, they didn't He didn't show any dissatisfaction with joining Arsenal. The agent named Mendes even said that he could negotiate with us on Ronaldo's personal treatment. If there were not some differences between us and Sporting Lisbon on the amount of the transfer fee , I guess Ronaldo is now our Arsenal player."
"If it's like what you said, Pat, then Ronaldo's change of mind to join Tottenham must have been caused by the money-grubbing chairman da Cunha." The thought of the star of hope that he had been scouting for so long rubbed against him. After passing by each other, and joining Arsenal's rival Tottenham Hotspur, Wenger felt upset in his heart, "Damn it! Is that kid George too worried about the money? He actually paid for a man with only one A transfer fee of 9 million pounds for a young player who is only 18 years old and has only played a full season!"
Regarding George's generous move in the transfer of Ronaldo, Wenger, who has always been diligent and thrifty, expressed that he could not understand it at all - you know, even Henry, who is now respected as the "King of Highbury" by Arsenal fans, Wenger moved from Juventus Tooth only spent a transfer fee of US$16.5 million (approximately 10 million pounds) to sign him. At that time, Henry was already a member of the World Cup winning team and a talented forward who scored three goals in the 1998 World Cup.
Therefore, when he learned that George actually paid a high price of 9 million pounds to acquire Cristiano Ronaldo, who had just debuted, Wenger, who has a bachelor's degree in economics, first reacted that there must be something wrong with this young man's brain. In the eyes of the professor, with Ronaldo's current ability and level, the Portuguese is worth 4 million pounds, so he will never pay even one penny more transfer fee to Sporting Lisbon!
Thanks to Wenger's stubborn attitude towards player transfer fees, George had the opportunity to intercept Ronaldo from Arsenal. Otherwise, before George could make an offer to Sporting Lisbon, Wenger, who had been scouting Ronaldo for a long time, would have already brought the Portuguese to Highbury Stadium.
In fact, although Wenger's attitude of requiring player transfer fees to match his own level is not wrong, in an environment where gold-dollar football is so popular and various giants are spending huge sums of money to compete for outstanding players, Professor's recruitment strategy is undoubtedly It's become quite outdated - yes, the player you want is only worth £30m based on his ability, but when everyone else is willing to offer more than £50m for him, who would be stupid enough to do this? Players sold to stingy Arsenal?
However, Wenger, who does not agree with this trend, insists on his "value for money" signing concept. Therefore, in George's previous life, the professor would use "40 million + 1 pound" to buy Suarez, which was the biggest joke in the European transfer market at the time.
"Who knows. Maybe it's because the young man named George thinks Ronaldo is worth the price?" Pat Rice first gave his guess, then sighed and said to Wenger, "Forget it, Arsene . The matter has come to this, and it is too late to say anything now. Ronaldo is now a Tottenham player, and it is impossible for us to dig him to Arsenal again. Even if you want to replicate the deeds of signing Sol freely, you have to wait until Ronaldo. The contract with Tottenham only has half a year left to negotiate. Not to mention, Tottenham will definitely guard against our poaching actions now and will not let us easily access Ronaldo."
Ever since Arsene Wenger used the double temptation of high salary + championship in the summer of 2001 to lure Sol Campbell, then captain of Tottenham Hotspur, to Highbury, while also allowing his arch-rival Spurs not to receive even a penny of the transfer fee, Tottenham Hotspur Club has become increasingly aggressive towards players. The matter of contract renewal has become extremely important. After George became the owner of Tottenham, he made clear stipulations at the high-level meeting that the contract renewal work with the team's main players must be completed one or two years before the contract expires, and Campbell's matter must not be allowed to happen again. Happened once!
"Since you said so, Pat, let's forget it." Wenger sighed heavily, which showed that the professor was still unwilling to be intercepted by Tottenham. "Fortunately, except for Ronaldo, the other Negotiations on the targets are progressing quite smoothly, and hopefully they will all be settled in the near future. Otherwise, this summer will be too bad for us at Arsenal."
At this time, the time has entered late June 2003. It stands to reason that most players should accompany their girlfriends or family members to go on vacation at this time. However, I don’t know if it’s God who favors Tottenham. George and other people have never encountered the situation where the player himself is on vacation outside the country after settling the club. Basically, they all set the goal on the same day. The club and the players will directly finalize the deal.
Therefore, after concluding the negotiations with Sporting Lisbon and confirming that the recruitment of Marotta and several other people was proceeding as planned, George, who had nothing to do for the time being, roped in Ronaldo and prepared to take advantage of this opportunity. When I have two days to spare, take him on a small tour.
However, just when Ronaldo and his new girlfriend were happily preparing to set off with his "big brother", a phone call from Marotta disrupted George's original plan!
"Boss, something big has happened." Marotta's voice on the phone was extremely serious, but also a little bit shocked. "In the just-concluded Confederations Cup semi-finals, Vivian Fo suddenly suffered a heart attack. He died suddenly during the game, and now there is almost an uproar outside because of this incident."
On June 26, 2003, during the FIFA Confederations Cup semi-final between Cameroon and Colombia, Cameroon international Vivian Foe, who played for the Premier League Manchester City club, suddenly fell to the ground when no other players were around him. He collapsed in the center circle of the stadium and fell unconscious on the spot. The team doctor who rushed in for emergency treatment could not save the tragedy. Less than an hour after the incident, the hospital officially announced the news that Vivian Fu had passed away after rescue efforts failed!
No one would have thought that such a shocking tragedy would occur in the Confederations Cup, which has been regarded as "tasteless" since its birth. Therefore, when the news of Vivian Foe's sudden death on the court spread, almost the entire international football world fell into great grief!
However, just when people were expressing condolences and memories of Vivian Foe in various ways, FIFA President Blatter suddenly jumped out and confidently announced that the next Confederations Cup The finals will not be postponed due to this incident!
"I have not yet communicated with the Cameroon coach and players, but I believe that our football will continue despite the grief. Strength is the characteristic of football. I firmly believe that the final will go on as scheduled, and I also firmly believe that the Cameroon team can face it with strength. The final." When interviewed by reporters, the FIFA president, who has been questioned by all walks of life since he took office, said this.
Blatter's inappropriate remarks once again stoked the hornet's nest. After all, although the late Liverpool coach Bill Shankly once said that "football is higher than life and death", no one really dares to think that football matches are really more important than human life - players play for life, not for life. Go risk your life.
As a result, people who had long been dissatisfied with the Confederations Cup, a useless event, came forward one after another and demanded the cancellation of the Confederations Cup, a wasteful event that wastes people and money!
Especially after the hospital's diagnosis confirmed that Vivian Fo died due to a heart attack on the field, and also ruled out the possibility of death due to collision during the game, and no pharmaceutical ingredients that could cause death were found. People's voices became louder and louder.
After all, in the eyes of many people, although Vivian Fo died of a heart attack, if he had not participated in this damn Confederations Cup and had gotten sufficient rest in the summer, he might not have been so heroic. Died young.
Although this is just a hypothesis, most people are willing to think better at this time. Therefore, many people believe that increasingly intensive football matches and a wide variety of football events are the main reasons for the sudden death at Vivian Fu Stadium!
The tragedy of Vivian Foe cannot be allowed to happen again! The physical health of the players must be guaranteed! Driven by this kind of thinking, the Confederations Cup and Blatter, which have been questioned since their inception, have naturally become the target of public criticism and become the main target of people's fire.
However, for George, although the unfortunate death of Vivian Foe is an extremely regrettable thing, it also gave him an opportunity to expand Tottenham and his influence in the football world!
It is true that with George's current status in the football circle, he is not qualified to participate in the decision-making of "whether the Confederations Cup is necessary to continue to be held." However, in English football, as Viscount Koscielt, he is Qualified to express opinions on this issue and promote the development of certain things.
For example, the Premier League head coaches have long criticized the cheating system of only allowing five substitute players in a game!
