While Morse was heartbroken that he had to let Gerrard go at a "low price" of 35 million pounds, on the other side, accompanied by his agent Marshall, Gerrard was extremely solemn at Manchester United. Lotta signed his name on the contract he brought!
"Congratulations, Mr. Gerrard. From today on, you are a member of Tottenham Hotspur!" Seeing that Gerrard's transfer was finally completed after a lot of work, Marotta only said I felt like a stone in my heart had finally fallen to the ground, "I believe you can reach the peak of your career at White Hart Lane!"
"I also hope that during my time playing at White Hart Lane, I can help Tottenham win more championship trophies." Gerrard smiled and shook Marotta's hand. However, perhaps because of leaving Liverpool, with whom he has played for many years and has a deep affection for him, Gerrard's smile at this time seemed a bit bitter.
As a professional manager who has operated countless transfers, Marotta can completely understand Gerrard's mood at this time. With the comfort of him and Marshall, Gerrard, who felt confused and sad after experiencing the first official transfer in his life, finally calmed down.
In this way, under the fanning of George's little butterfly, Gerrard in this life left Liverpool, where he had played for ten years, and embarked on a completely different path from his previous life!
"The dust has settled!" Gerald falls in love with White Hart Lane! ", the BBC and Sky Sports, which have reliable news channels, immediately printed such a title. The announcement of this news directly set off a huge wave in English football!
After seeing this news, Chelsea, who were stupidly waiting for Gerrard to come to discuss personal treatment with them, could be said to be confused at this time - why haven't we started contract negotiations yet, and Gerrard has already become A Tottenham player? !
It was only then that Chelsea and Kenyon realized belatedly that, before they knew it, Gerrard had already reached a consensus with Tottenham on joining the club and was waiting for Liverpool to nod to release him. !
From the early morning of May 30, when Gerrard issued a statement through his agent, announcing that he would terminate contract renewal negotiations with Liverpool and request a transfer to a club with a better chance of winning the championship trophy, to the announcements made by Chelsea, Manchester United and Tottenham. Joining the battle for Gerrard, Tottenham Hotspur officially announced on June 1 that it had signed the Red Army captain for a transfer fee of 35 million pounds. Lasting less than three days, this transfer, which was enough to shock the entire English football world, has come to an end!
If Gerrard had not reached a tacit understanding with Tottenham on this matter beforehand, how could this transfer have been so quick? How could Chelsea be told that Gerrard had signed a contract with Tottenham without even meeting him in person?
"George, if you had told me earlier that you had reached an agreement with Gerrard in advance, I wouldn't have to put so much thought into this meaningless transfer." Kenyon said on the phone. Complaints. Obviously, the Chelsea CEO was extremely dissatisfied with George's behavior of making a fortune in silence, "Do you know that because of Gerrard's incident, Chelsea and I have become the names of the media and fans? What a joke!”
"Sorry, Peter (Kenyon). I didn't expect Giuseppe (Marotta) and the others to do this. I'm really sorry this time." Regarding Kenyon's complaints, he didn't want to have any problems with Chelsea because of this transfer. George, whose relationship was at loggerheads, apologized profusely on the phone, "How about this? Aren't there a few players on my side who want to leave? Peter, see who you can convince to go to Stamford Bridge. Then I'll sell it to you Chelsea at a cheaper price." Compensated."
"Since you said so, George, then it's settled!" As one of the top CEOs in Europe, Kenyon naturally knows what it means to give up when things are good, and made a decision immediately, "This matter of Gerrard is over. That's all, Chelsea is still Tottenham's important ally in English football!"
Although George said so and the compensation he gave sounded sincere, in his heart he had scolded Marotta and Paratici who were responsible for the matter - these two idiots , don’t you know how to hide it a little bit and delay for a while longer before completing the contract signing with Gerrard? Do you have to make it so that everyone can guess that Gerrard and Tottenham have already reached an agreement in private before they are willing to give up? !
It seems that in the future, it is better to focus on Marotta for heavyweight transfers like this, so as not to cause a lot of things that are not conducive to the image of the Tottenham club like this time, which is obviously a sure-fire transfer. With this in mind, George, who knew that he had made a mistake in personnel arrangements this time, made a decision about Marotta's future and planned to let him gain more experience as Tottenham CEO before taking full responsibility for this level. recruitment work! Prior to this, Marotta could only participate in the club's important signings as a deputy to John Smith and others!
George knew that the reason why Marotta made such a low-level mistake was mainly because he had never personally operated such a high-level signing before. Under the influence of this eagerness for success, Marotta naturally inevitably made some mistakes during operation. Therefore, in George's view, it is understandable to give Marotta another chance to prove himself.
Some people may say that George would not have so much trouble if he had said hello to Abramovich or Kenyon in advance, but don't forget, can this kind of thing be said to anyone casually? What if Kenyon used his powerful public relations skills and top-notch eloquence to persuade Gerrard to change his mind after learning the news, then wouldn't George and Tottenham be married to someone else in vain?
Just when George vowed to Kenyon that Chelsea would be compensated, the other party to the deal, the Liverpool Club, was facing an extremely severe situation!
"When McManaman left, you said we still had Owen, Fowler and Redknapp; when Fowler and Redknapp left, you said we still had Owen and Gerrard; Owen left. When you were here, you said we would go to glory under the leadership of Gerrard... Now that Gerrard is gone, what the hell do you have to say!" Hundreds of fans gathered in front of the gate of Liverpool headquarters angrily Shouting slogans and protesting the club's move to sell Gerrard!
Fans know very well that when things have developed to this point, Gerrard is destined to never stay at Anfield to play football again, but this does not prevent them from venting their anger for losing the team flag on the club!
As more and more fans gathered, the behavior of Liverpool fans became more and more violent. Especially when some irrational Liverpool fans threw coins, stones, bricks and other debris in their hands at the club building, causing injuries to some people, the nature of the incident suddenly escalated from a simple protest to one. It became a massive riot!
In this way, June 1, 2005 is destined to become an unforgettable day for all fans. Because on this day, Liverpool fans who were dissatisfied with the club's sale of Gerrard launched a large-scale protest! Under the influence of emotion and alcohol, this demonstration eventually turned into a major riot that spread throughout the city of Liverpool!
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