George would not have known that the series of changes he had caused after joining Tottenham had caused Henry to consider leaving Arsenal and switching to another team a year in advance. Of course, even if George knew about this, he would not take this opportunity to make an immediate decision to introduce this top forward.
It is true that if George can really bring in Henry from his local rivals Arsenal this summer, then the shock effect of this transaction will far exceed that of Sol Campbell, the captain of Tottenham Hotspur five years ago on a free transfer. Arsenal and Tottenham can also rely on the influence of this signing to completely trample Arsenal under their feet. But one thing must be considered in advance, and that is if Henry really switches to White Hart Lane, how should George place the King of Highbury?
If you choose to introduce Henry, his arrival will inevitably have an impact on the team's already formed chemical reaction just like Chelsea's purchase of Shevchenko in the previous life. With Henry's strength and reputation, the Frenchman will definitely not accept the main rotation or even the position of substitute.
As a result, contradictions arise. And this problem is precisely one that is difficult for George to properly solve - he can't force the attacking trident of Robben, Ronaldo and Drogba, which has led Tottenham to almost sweep Europe this season, to make room for Henry. Break it up?
Indeed, the team must enrich its own tactical reserves as much as possible and strengthen the level of each position to avoid the disadvantage of a set of play styles being thoroughly studied by opponents, or a shortcoming in a certain position being pursued by opponents. But at the same time, we must also avoid the situation of blindly piling up stars.
Regarding this topic, Inter Milan's Moratti must be the most knowledgeable. During the years when Moratti served as president of Inter Milan, the Nerazzurri never lacked big-name stars, even superstars such as Roberto Baggio, Vieri, and Ronaldo. However, the team's status and results have always been ups and downs, and the locker room has always been unstable. There are constant internal strife, and the only real honor that can be achieved is a UEFA Cup championship, which is enough to show the harm caused to the team by mindlessly stacking stars.
Not to mention, unlike Tottenham who were unable to make any effective restrictions on Campbell's free transfer decision five years ago, Henry's work contract with Arsenal still has one year left until it expires. This means that even if Henry plans to leave the team, Arsenal will have a considerable say in the Frenchman's transfer destination - unless Henry is mentally prepared to fight Arsenal to the death and be regarded as "Judas" by Gunners fans. , unwilling to go anywhere but Tottenham.
Now back to business. After successfully advancing to the Champions League final by sweeping Arsenal with a total score of 7-1, Tottenham welcomed their next guest at home, Bolton Wanderers coached by "Big Sam" Allardyce.
Since Chelsea unexpectedly lost to Blackburn in the last round, it is still six points away from the top of the standings. Therefore, for Tottenham, who have three rounds left in the Premier League schedule, as long as they win this game If you don't lose to Bolton in the next round, you can lock in the Premier League championship for the 2005-06 season in advance!
For Bolton, currently ranked eighth in the standings, the situation of no hope of relegation in the European War and no worries about relegation has fully reached the goal they set before the start of the season. However, Allardyce, who was affected by Mourinho's previous remarks, He does not intend to be an adult, but to use all his main players in this game to try to prove his determination not to let Tottenham easily defend the title.
Finland national goalkeeper Jaaskelainen, former Real Madrid central defender Ivan Campo, Nigerian bird Okocha, Shinko World Cup qualifying top scorer Borgetti, former Japanese star Hidetoshi Nakata... are limited by historical factors and their own conditions. It was difficult for Bolton to buy the players they needed domestically, but Allardyce just used his extraordinary skills to piece together a main lineup with both fame and strength.
Allardyce's wishful thinking was very successful, but unfortunately it overturned in the first step because his players did not want to go all out to fight Tottenham. In their view, instead of fighting Tottenham for ninety minutes, it is better to save enough energy to deal with Middlesbrough and Birmingham behind. Not only are these two opponents far easier to deal with than Tottenham in terms of hard power, but Bolton will also have home court advantage by then, and their chances of winning will obviously be greater!
Compared with the Bolton players who have no desires and desires, facing the great situation of winning the championship ahead of schedule with just a draw, Tottenham showed an extremely strong desire to win. The starting midfielder composed of Davis, Dempsey and Speed firmly suppressed Bolton's midfield and helped the team take the initiative in the game; Mendieta, who continued to serve as the left attacking midfielder, once again showed the performance he was criticized for. As the best midfielder in Europe, he managed Tottenham's frontcourt offense in an orderly manner, constantly sending penetrating passes to the forwards to threaten the goal guarded by Jaaskelainen!
In the end, with superior overall strength and smooth tactical operation, Tottenham easily defeated Bolton, who had no intention of fighting, with two goals at White Hart Lane and won this crucial game for Tottenham!
"The game is over! Let us congratulate Tottenham! After defeating the visiting Bolton Wanderers, the 2005-2006 Premier League championship battle has finally come to an end!" Lineker, who was sitting in the commentary box, spared no effort to praise this. The current golden signature of English football, "With Tottenham locking in this season's Premier League championship two rounds in advance, they have also become the second club to complete three consecutive Premier League titles!"
Although the championship trophy will not be officially awarded until the end of the last round of the league, this obviously did not affect the excitement of Tottenham players for winning three consecutive Premier League championships - as soon as the final whistle sounded, Ronaldo and others took off their clothes. He picked up his jersey, ran to the sidelines as fast as he could, and started celebrating and interacting with the fans in the stands!
Three consecutive league championships! You know, among the four major European leagues in the past two decades, there are only a few teams such as Manchester United, Real Madrid, Barcelona, AC Milan, and Bayern. These clubs are all top clubs with a well-known reputation in international football!
And now that they have also achieved this achievement, doesn't this mean that Tottenham is now fully qualified to become a member of the top wealthy clubs!
"Boss! Why are you running?!" The shirtless Ronaldo suddenly turned to look at George not far away, then rushed over with a smirk on his face, and at the same time acted as a temporary on-field commander, "Captain! Xavi! You must block the head and don't let him run into the tunnel!"
"Chris! Wait for me, kid!" Seeing the menacing Ronaldo, George saw that the situation was not good and tried to escape, but found that there were two people on the road, Ledley King and Xavi Alonso. He only stood in the way, so he had to threaten him verbally, "Ledley! Harvey! Your wages for this week are gone!"
"I'm sorry, boss." Upon hearing George's serious threat, Ledley King and Alonso looked at each other and smiled, and they invariably spread their hands and shrugged helplessly, "Anyway, boss, the salary you offered us is high enough. This economic loss is completely acceptable to both of us.”
In this way, as the head coach and head of Tottenham, George was "backstabbed" by the players after the game. The players headed by Ronaldo swarmed forward and threw George high into the air amid bursts of laughter and cheers, which were also mixed with George's panicked curses:
"You brats! Put me down quickly! Do you know this is very dangerous?"
