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According to current regulations, when a Premier League team participates in the Premier League and various domestic cup competitions, the head coach can only arrange 16 players to be included in the game roster. In other words, each coach has only five substitute players available during the game.
However, in the eyes of the head coaches of each team, putting only five players on the bench is far from meeting their needs in the game. Moreover, most Premier League clubs now have their first teams at or near full capacity. Therefore, the rule that teams can only bring five substitute players in the game will not only make the Premier League games slightly less enjoyable and varied, but also be suspected of wasting the resources of each team.
What's more, the other four major European leagues like the Premier League have much looser restrictions on the number of substitute players than the Premier League. Therefore, the rule that only five substitute players can be brought into the game has always made all head coaches coaching in the Premier League very dissatisfied.
Manchester United coach Ferguson once complained in an interview that there were too few substitute players in the Premier League, which prevented him from arranging more players to enter the game roster, and it was also difficult to make appropriate adjustments according to the situation on the field during the game: "I think In today's football competition, with the status of the Premier League and the money invested by each team, the team should be able to bring seven substitutes on the field during the game. Because now every Premier League club has more than 16 first-team players It would be a waste to only bring five substitutes to the team lineup. For example, at Manchester United, the number of first-team players is even close to the upper limit of 25 players. However, due to rules, we can only bring 16 players to the game. This is a very big restriction for those head coaches who have excellent on-the-spot adjustment ability, and it is also extremely unfair to those players who have the ability but cannot be included in the game squad because of this regulation."
It is precisely because the rule that can only bring five substitutes places great restrictions on the head coach's on-the-spot adjustments during the game. In addition, the TV broadcast fees of the Premier League have been rising over the years, and the star resources owned by the Premier League teams have become increasingly large. The more players there are, the more calls for increasing the upper limit of substitutes are getting stronger. After all, no one wants to see the star they spent a lot of money to sign can only wander outside the roster due to rule restrictions.
And this time, Vivian Fu's sudden death in the Confederations Cup gave these people a very good opportunity to use the topic to their advantage!
Yes, although the hospital said that Vivian Fo died of a heart attack, who can prove that Vivian Fo's heart disease was not caused by fatigue due to too frequent participation in competitions? What about? If there are more substitute places in the Premier League, can the head coach be more confident and bold in making rotations, so that the players can get more rest opportunities?
It has to be said that the British media's propaganda work is quite satisfactory. Under their publicity offensive, the Football Association, knowing that public opinion was hard to disobey, had no choice but to agree and would hold a special meeting to discuss the issue of "increasing the number of substitutes in the team"!
As the owner of Tottenham and one of the driving forces behind this proposal, George naturally has to return to the UK at this time to participate in the discussion on this proposal and build a reputation and presence for himself and Tottenham. Therefore, George had no choice but to shelve his plan to travel with Ronaldo for the time being, and at the same time secretly contacted the owners of other Premier League clubs to make relevant preparations for this meeting in advance.
If this proposal can be passed with George's secret promotion, then he and Tottenham will definitely gain huge reputation in English football, and other Premier League clubs who profit from it will also owe Tottenham a favor. In this way, the difficulties and obstacles Tottenham encounters on the road to rise can be reduced a lot.
Why did Manchester City in the previous life burn through so many years of money, but until George's time in 2016, it was still not recognized by fans and the media as a wealthy football club? The failure to win a championship trophy of sufficient weight (such as the Champions League) is indeed the main reason, but in the process of the rise of "Blue Moon", especially in the transfer market, it has harmed the vital interests of many teams, resulting in no one willing to Helping Manchester City on this road will deliberately set up countless obstacles for it, which is also a very important factor.
On the other hand, Chelsea, in addition to constantly challenging the authority of several wealthy clubs such as Arsenal and Manchester United, has a much gentler attitude towards other Premier League clubs. In addition, the Blues already had a good foundation before Abramovich took over. Mourinho achieved excellent results again during his coaching period, so Chelsea was able to transform from what people call the "upstart" to one of the "BIG4" in the Premier League in just five years.
"So, George, do you really plan to go back to the UK now?" Cristiano Ronaldo, who came to see him off at Portela Airport in Lisbon, looked at the "brother" in front of him with some reluctance, whom he only saw once a year. "It took a lot of effort to meet you. I originally thought we could take advantage of the offseason to go out and have some fun together. Unexpectedly, it's only been two days and you have to go back to work."
"Haha, Chris (Cristiano Ronaldo), there is no need to be so downcast." George smiled and patted Ronaldo on the shoulder, comforting, "You are still an eighteen-year-old boy now, and you have to learn to be independent. ...Besides, we will only be separated for a few days. When the team’s summer training begins, I guarantee you will be bored to death watching me every day!”
"...That's true." After hearing George's words, Ronaldo also realized that he was now a Tottenham player and would definitely play under the guidance of the other party in the future. Thinking of this, the Portuguese couldn't help but feel a lot better: "Then, I'm looking forward to the day when the team gathers. Don't wait until I check in. George, you haven't gathered enough to play an intra-squad match." The number of people~”
"You talk too much!" George pretended to be angry and wanted to fight, but Ronaldo laughed and dodged him. And the atmosphere of parting was diluted a lot by the fight between the two.
While George was nervously preparing meeting materials and secretly contacting and wooing the owners of other teams, preparing to promote the proposal to increase the number of benches at this meeting, Tottenham's recruitment work was not done because of him. any delay due to departure.
After successively acquiring Drogba and Cech, two "must-sign players" marked by George, Marotta signed Argentinian left-back Gabriel who plays for Paris Saint-Germain for 6 million euros. Heinze. Subsequently, the Tottenham player went north to the Netherlands, and after paying the same transfer fee as Heinze, he finalized a deal with Anderlecht for the talented new star Vincent Kompany in his team. Then, Marotta spent a small sum of money to sign Thomas Vermaelen, who was under 18 years old, from another Belgian club, the Akron Club in Antwerp!
Five players have been signed in less than half a month. Even with George's "logistical support", it is enough to reflect Marotta's superb work ability.
As for Paratici, their first destination was Eastern Europe. Faced with Tottenham Hotspur's offer of 7 million pounds, Red Star Belgrade, a club that has produced famous stars such as Savicevic, Pantsev, Stojkovic, etc., obediently announced its surrender and transferred all members of the team to the club. Rising star central defender Nemanja Vidic was handed over. Although CSKA Moscow is also interested in bringing in Vidic, the Serbian and Montenegrin central defender who has better options (Serbia and Montenegro has not split into two countries in 2003) has no interest in playing in distant Russia.
In this way, while Tottenham's recruitment work is proceeding in an orderly manner, the time has finally arrived on June 29. On this day, the meeting to discuss whether the bench needs to be expanded will be held in Wenbu under the expectation of countless people. The FA headquarters at Leeds Stadium is officially open!
Since the 20 Premier League club owners who attended the meeting belong to different teams, before the start of this meeting, there were many cases of mutual hostility and even mutual opposition among them who arrived early. For example, Liverpool owner David Morse got angry when he saw Manchester United chairman Edwards, to the point where he would definitely oppose anything the latter supported; George also criticized Arsenal owner Hill because of his relationship with Tottenham. Wood didn't have a good face, and even went to the other party to ask him if he had no plans to sell Vieira and Henry!
"Stop your wishful thinking! How can our Arsenal players come to your poor Tottenham to play? If you want to eat swan meat, you have to watch it," an angry Hillwood said to George angrily, especially after the latter proposed When he planned to buy Vieira for 60 million pounds and Henry for 50 million pounds.
Haha, I hope you can still say this with confidence after Arsenal starts building a new stadium. George kept Hillwood's taunt firmly in mind. With memories of his past life, he knows very well that since the construction of the Emirates Stadium, the Gunners have never returned to the ranks of the top clubs. Therefore, George is not in a hurry to retaliate against Arsenal and the unscrupulous Hillwood in front of him. After all, in his opinion, he will have many opportunities to do these things in the future.
Although the relationship between these Premier League bosses was not good in private, when the meeting began, everyone shared the same hatred and had been asking the Football Association to increase the number of substitutes for each team to seven starting from this season. It was as if the tense atmosphere between them had never happened before.
This is the general environment of the Premier League. Privately, clubs can undermine each other, but they must be unanimous on major matters! The same is true even if their opponents are the Football Association or the higher-level UEFA.
Faced with the collective attack from the bosses of the 20 Premier League clubs, especially when George, a real Viscount, was in charge, the FA, which had already lost its momentum, was even more unable to be tough at this time. At the meeting After losing ground, they finally had to announce the approval of the proposal, agreeing that starting from the 2003-04 season, each team can bring seven substitute players into the game roster instead of the previous five!
