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After completing the contract with Xabi Alonso, George left San Sebastian on the Bay of Biscay and went to Valencia, Spain's third largest city.
However, George came to Valencia this time not to poach players from the Bat Corps. Although many clubs are full of interest in Valencia, which has just won the La Liga and UEFA Cup double this season, they believe that this team is not inferior to the team led by Cooper in terms of strength. The Bats entered the Champions League finals, but George, who had memories of his past life, had no intention of getting involved.
After all, after winning the Double, the value of Valencia players has reached its highest point. Unless Benitez's successor can lead the Bat Corps to perform equally well in the Champions League, players who buy Valencia now will most likely lose money.
In addition, in George's memory, Valencia will fall into a period of civil strife that will last for several years starting from this summer. The newly appointed Juan Soler is one of the three major shareholders of Valencia Club, but he has no idea how to manage a football club. You know, when Soler resigned as chairman of Valencia Club under the pressure of the club's other two major shareholders, Soriano and Villalonga, the debt of the Bat Legion had reached 300 million euros. The team also fell from the double championship in the 2003-04 season to a team that could not even qualify for the Champions League.
Therefore, for the above two reasons, George is not very interested in Valencia players who are currently highly sought after in the transfer market, and he has no plans to develop Valencia into a satellite club of Tottenham - compared to the market Valencia, whose value is at its highest point, is obviously cheaper and easier to acquire than Atletico Madrid, which has just had a new chairman.
Now back to the subject, this time George came to this coastal city with only one purpose, and that was to get the former captain and core of Valencia, Gazca Mendieta!
Although he had already transferred to Valencia as early as three summers ago, and even though he still played for Middlesbrough in the Premier League last season, he still feels that he has lived in this city for nearly ten years and raised a family here. Mendieta is obviously very emotional. So every summer, he and his family would return to their home in Valencia to stay for a while before heading to other tourist destinations for vacation.
Of course, it is not ruled out that Mendieta chose to return to Valencia for a short stay in the summer in order to get the opportunity to play in La Liga again. However, George obviously doesn't care what Mendieta's thoughts are on returning to Valencia. He only needs to care about one thing, and that is to bring the former best midfielder in Europe and Spanish Footballer of the Year to White Hart Lane!
The reason why George chose to sign Mendieta, who was no longer at his peak, was because two pieces of news from Tottenham headquarters forced him to do so-after careful consideration, two members of the Tottenham team An important substitute, Uruguayan veteran Gustavo Poyet and a main member of the "Liverpool Tigers", Jamie Redknapp, will both announce the end of their professional playing careers this summer!
Although they had been mentally prepared for Poyet and Redknapp's decision, the fact that they both chose to retire at the same time still had a certain negative impact on George's plan - as Poyet Special and Redknapp Jr. retired, Carrick confirmed his transfer to Manchester United, and the number of midfielders in Tottenham's team suddenly dropped to six. [爱↑去△小↓说△网wqu] And Tottenham will face a four-front battle next season. Once a player is injured during the season, George will face the embarrassing situation of having no one available. . Therefore, finding a reliable midfielder to replace the vacancy left by the two departures has naturally become Tottenham's top priority!
Gaezca Mendieta fits George's selection requirements quite well. First of all, the Spaniard has played in various competitions as the core of Valencia and the Spanish national team, and has achieved excellent results. This also shows that Mendieta's psychological quality is quite good, and at least he will not be beaten when encountering big scenes.
Secondly, Mendieta is only thirty years old now. For a non-blue-collar midfielder, this age is actually not too old. And according to the evaluation of the Tottenham coaching staff, as long as he is properly cared for and maintained and appropriate tactics are formulated around Mendieta, the Spaniard can still perform at least 70% to 80% of his peak level in the next three years.
In addition, Mendieta returned from Middlesbrough after his loan period expired. His contract with Lazio will also expire this summer. Therefore, in this transfer, Tottenham did not need to pay a transfer fee of one pound at all. At the same time, due to his lackluster performance in the past three seasons and his older age, Mendieta will not have excessive demands for personal treatment.
To sum up, this means that signing Mendieta, who is about to become a free agent, is a sure-profit deal for Tottenham!
As for the parallel import label affixed to Mendieta, George believes that this is just a side effect of the media and fans' high expectations for Mendieta. As a result, the Spaniard's performance was not as good as expected. You know, in that season at Lazio, from Dino Zoff to Zaccheroni and then to Mancini, the Blue Eagles changed a total of three head coaches. In addition, the league styles of Italy and Spain already have huge differences. The difference, and Mendieta's status at Lazio is not as unshakable as it was at Valencia. Under such circumstances, it is normal for Mendieta to perform abnormally that season.
In fact, the performance of the midfield superstars who chose to transfer in the summer of 2001 was not stable in the following 01-02 season. It wasn't until the Champions League final that Zidane shattered people's doubts with a flying kick. Nedvěd's performance was far less impressive than when he was at Lazio. Veron, who moved to Manchester United, fell into trouble together with Mendieta. . The unlucky thing about Mendieta is that unlike Zidane, he has the support of President Florentino, nor is it like Nedved and Veron who met Lippi and George and reversed the decline in time. The decline has caught up with the period when the Blue Eagles were on the verge of bankruptcy and even the team captain Alessandro Nesta had to be sold. As a result, he was directly rented out by the club to ease the financial pressure, and did not receive similar treatment as the previous three people. .
Therefore, George believes that if Mendieta can be given enough trust and allowed to play freely like he did in Valencia, then the Spaniard is likely to regain the style of the best midfielder in Europe that year. And his view was unanimously recognized by other members of the coaching staff.
"Mr. Viscount Nelson, I am truly honored that you can come to my humble residence."
Since he had the experience of being rented to England by Lazio, Mendieta, who knew George's identity more clearly, would not treat him casually like others. Instead, he put on a very respectful look and handed George to him. Welcomed in. Although generally speaking, a big shot like George would not care too much about him, but Mendieta did not dare to really treat him as an ordinary head coach.
"Mr. Mendieta, I hope you can agree to my invitation and join Tottenham Hotspur Club." After the guests and hosts exchanged polite greetings and sat down one after another, George said straight to the point, "Although you are in Middles Middlesbrough has had a pretty good season, but you must know very well that with the strength of Middlesbrough, it is basically impossible to achieve many honors. And you have just turned thirty years old, so at this age, you choose It’s a pity to be far away from people’s sight.” Mobile phone users please browse and read for a better reading experience.
