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Although compared with the previous life, Chelsea in this life lost Steve Walsh, a top scout, three years earlier, but to be honest, Walsh's departure is not that big a deal for the current Chelsea. Huge loss - you know, before he divorced his first wife Irina, Abramovich was still willing to spend money for Chelsea, especially during the period when he just took charge of Stamford Bridge, the Blues' transfer budget can be said to be The largest number of any football club in Europe. Therefore, as long as Kenyon and Ranieri play steadily, it will not be difficult to transform Chelsea, which was originally a second-rate team in the Premier League, into a team capable of competing for the championship.
What's more, although Walsh has left, he has left Chelsea with a complete and mature scouting network and a fairly detailed player inspection report. Under such circumstances, Chelsea will not be in a situation of insufficient recruitment in the past one or two years because of the departure of Walsh alone.
Just when George was overjoyed to get Steve Walsh, Chelsea, who had received a large capital injection from the new owner, finally entered the transfer market and started their actions under the attention of many people!
Perhaps because of the butterfly effect brought by George, Chelsea in this life moved much faster in the transfer market than in the previous life. No, the day after Abramovich announced his arrival at Stamford Bridge, Chelsea announced their first signing of the summer - talented right back Glen Johnson, who has more than a month to turn 20 years old, for 6.5 million. Transfer to Chelsea from West Ham United for £100!
The British media generally praised Chelsea's signing of Glen Johnson and believed that Ranieri had made a very cost-effective deal. In addition, they also took a look at Tottenham, who also poached players from West Ham United and spent a huge sum of 9 million pounds, but only won Carrick, who served as Joe Cole's deputy in the Hammers. I believe that compared with the veteran Ranieri and Kenyon, George still has a long way to go if he wants to run a Premier League club well.
George naturally sneered at this statement. In his view, it is truly incredible that the British media praised Glen Johnson so much - a defender who only knows how to attack and cannot even do his own defensive job well is actually rarer than an English player like Carrick. The midfield metronome is even more favored at first sight. Is there something wrong with the eyes of you reporters?
You know, although the style is similar to Glen Johnson, there are many defenders who like to frequently intervene in the game to participate in the offense, such as Roberto Carlos, the world's number one left back, and Daniel, the future world-class right back. Alves is one of the representative figures. But they can become first-class stars in people's eyes not only because of their outstanding performance on the offensive end, but also because they can do their job well as defenders!
Even Alves, who is criticized as more like a right winger than a right back, his super physical strength allows him to also make outstanding contributions on the defensive end. And what about Glen Johnson? Until George traveled through time in 2016, he still couldn't get rid of his habit of focusing on offense and neglecting defense. Therefore, in George's view, Glen Johnson is a player who looks promising, but in fact it is impossible to gain a foothold in a wealthy club.
However, although George is very dissatisfied with the evaluation of the British media, he currently has no way to reverse people's bad impression of Carrick or let people see through the true face of Glen Johnson. Therefore, in order to prove that Carrick's worth of 9 million pounds is worth the money, George must prove it with real results in the new season!
After the successful signing of Glen Johnson, Argentine midfielder Juan Veron, who regained his form under George's training last season, also became a new member of the Cherski team. In order to get the Argentine wizard, Chelsea had to pay a transfer fee of up to 20 million pounds to Manchester United!
After seeing that Veron finally chose Chelsea as the next stop of his career, George's already very unhappy mood became even worse. He wanted to make a fool of everyone who planned to watch the joke between himself and Tottenham in the new season. The thought of being slapped became more and more intense!
Some people may have questions. It is clear that both Tottenham Hotspur and Chelsea have a super-rich owner worth more than 10 billion U.S. dollars. Why does it seem so much more difficult for Tottenham to buy players than for Chelsea?
This is just like Manchester City and Chelsea in the previous life. They also received support from foreign capital, and the owners were willing to spend huge sums of money in the transfer market to strengthen the team. However, before the Abu Dhabi consortium and Abu took over, these two clubs There is a considerable gap in status and performance in the Premier League, making it difficult for Manchester City to buy the players they like even if they have a large transfer budget. It is precisely because of the difference in the starting line between the two sides that Blue Moon's road to becoming a wealthy club is much more bumpy than Chelsea's.
The same goes for Tottenham. With their mediocre record in recent years, even if George is willing to spend money to strengthen the team, the players he likes will not be willing to play at White Hart Lane. Chelsea is different. They have qualified for the Champions League and have won many cup championships in the past few years. They have the capital to impress these stars, so the recruitment work is naturally much smoother than Tottenham.
Okay, let's stop talking about Chelsea, which is causing trouble in the transfer market. Now let's take a look at the transfer progress of Tottenham.
"Mr. Walsh, I am very happy that Tottenham has plans to introduce me. However, as a Spanish player, I prefer to seek development domestically." In the rented apartment, 21-year-old David Bee Leah looked at Steve Walsh sitting in front of him with an apologetic look, "After all, in Spain, no matter which team I play for, I don't need to worry too much about adapting to the local language and living environment. But if I play for Tottenham Hotspur, these two items alone will require me to readjust a little bit. I'm worried that this will cause irreversible negative effects on my career. Influence."
No wonder Villa is worried about these things. After all, the collective demise of a group of Spanish stars, led by Mendieta and Farinos, in Serie A has left these Spanish players with a serious psychological shadow on playing abroad. In addition, La Liga itself is one of the five major leagues in Europe. Therefore, for a long time after that, except for a few teams coached by Spaniards (such as Benitez’s Liverpool), many teams went abroad (especially It is Italy) and there are not many Spanish players playing football.
In George's previous life, this shadow was not completely erased until Spain successfully won the 2008 European Cup. After that, the number of Spanish players playing abroad experienced an explosive growth.
Therefore, George chose to acquire David Villa in 2003, less than two years after Mendieta's death. Naturally, the difficulty can be imagined.
"Mr. Villa, I can understand your concern." Seeing that Villa was so resistant to playing abroad at the beginning of the negotiation, although Walsh was secretly anxious in his heart, there was no emotion on his face. It was revealed, but he persuaded with an unusually sincere attitude, "However, compared with those La Liga teams that are interested in introducing you, such as Zaragoza, our Tottenham performance is obviously better and more stable. In addition, our Tottenham Hotspur performance is better and more stable." , I believe you also know that our Tottenham Hotspur just changed a new owner and head coach last month, and the first team also went through a large-scale change. Almost every position is short of manpower, so if you perform well at Tottenham If he is good enough, he will hopefully become a member of the rotation or even the main force of the team!"
After hearing what Walsh said, Villa's decision to join Zaragoza began to waver. Because in Villa's eyes, what Walsh just said is quite convincing. After all, although Zaragoza and other teams have very good conditions, this is only compared with Sporting Gijon, where he currently plays. If the comparison object is Tottenham Hotspur, the latter's results will obviously be better. Be more stable - you know, among the buyers who are interested in him, Zaragoza, who has the best conditions, was still hanging out with Sporting Gijon in the Spanish Second Division last season. Therefore, no matter how you look at it, these clubs are not as good as Tottenham Hotspur, which has been firmly in the middle of the Premier League standings and is not in danger of being relegated.
Therefore, after Walsh's "kind" reminder, Villa couldn't help but start to worry. If he just jumped to Zaragoza and the team was relegated from La Liga, wouldn't he be in vain? Wasted a year? Even if his tone is good enough and he has become famous in this short season, how many people can take the main shooter of a newly promoted La Liga team?
Moreover, based on Walsh's introduction and understanding of Tottenham from the media, Villa felt the hidden ambition in the young man who was both the owner and the head coach of Tottenham. He understands that as long as he is still at White Hart Lane, he will definitely not tolerate the team being so desperate in the Premier League. Otherwise, there is no need for Tottenham to undergo such a major operation on the first team lineup this summer.
And this is obviously more in line with the appetite of the equally ambitious Villa than Zaragoza, which has no ambition at all!
Since finishing fourth in La Liga in the 1999-00 season, but under pressure from the Spanish Football Association and Real Madrid, they took the initiative to "carry forward their style" and gave away the hard-won Champions League tickets. The status of football and its attractiveness to players have plummeted - no player believes that such a team, which cannot even qualify for the Champions League and has little ambition, is worth their efforts.
Thinking of this, the balance in Villa's heart quietly tilted towards Tottenham. He was ambitious and didn't like Zaragoza, a team that had no ambition at all. In contrast, Tottenham Hotspur, which showed strong ambitions this summer, obviously has more appetite for him.
"Also, Mr. Villa, I think you may not know that you are the player that our boss, our head coach, Mr. George Nelson, named and requested to introduce." Seeing Villa's face wavered a little With a look on his face, Walsh had an idea and quickly struck while the iron was hot and planned to pursue the victory, "So I think George must have had an idea in his mind about how to arrange your position at Tottenham and how to better adapt to the Premier League competition environment. Clear plan!”
"...Seriously?!" Villa felt that if things were really like what Walsh said, then joining Tottenham would undoubtedly be a better choice for him!
