The Godfather of Greenery

Chapter 291

The 64-year-old Czech coach Carlisle Bruckner is undoubtedly a very admirable head coach.

Although he has never had dazzling achievements in the top European leagues or in the national team in his life, the Czech team he led has become the most eye-catching team in this European Cup.

Three consecutive victories in the group stage, defeating Latvia, the Netherlands and Germany, this report card is enough to make people awe-inspiring to this Czech team, which has no top superstars except Pavel Nedved, and the chief striker of the Czech team Baros also became famous for his outstanding performance in the group stage.

In the midfield of the Czech team, the young player Rosicky stood out and impressed everyone. He is different from a tough guy like Nedved. He is more like his teammate Poboski. The Czech midfielder composed of Poborski and Nedved made this Czech team invincible in the group stage, and he himself won the attention of the world.

Ye Qiu arrived in Lisbon, checked into the hotel, and just wanted to visit the floor where the England national team is located. Unexpectedly, he happened to meet him after finishing the group match with the German team last night, and was about to leave for Porto, where the next match was held. The Czech team, so coincidentally they lived in the same hotel.

"Hello, Mr. Bruckner!" When we met, Ye Qiu smiled and walked forward to say hello.

"Nice to meet you, Mr. Ye Qiu!" Bruckner also smiled and shook hands with Ye Qiu.

"Hello, Mr. Nedved!" Ye Qiu turned to Nedved at the side.

To be honest, when he saw Ye Qiu, Nedved was really embarrassed. His first reaction was, is this Chelsea head coach coming after him?
You know, it has been rumored that Chelsea wants to get Nedved, and it just so happens that they did not expect to meet Ye Qiu here. Nedved will naturally think that Ye Qiu is here to find his thoughts.

But even so, he still maintained a polite manner, "Hello, Mr. Ye Qiu!"

"Although I have just arrived in Portugal, I have been watching the European Cup. I can only say that your performance is really great. I even think that as long as you continue to maintain this performance and momentum, you will win the championship. Big hit!"

In the group stage, they double-killed the Netherlands and Germany, and even defeated Germany with most of the substitute lineup. This result in itself is enough to prove the strength of this Czech team, so what Ye Qiu said now is not true at all. Exaggeration, if the Czech team hadn't met the perverted Greece in the semi-finals, it would really be the favorite to win the championship.

"Hi, Milan!" Ye Qiu saw Baros come up to say hello, and immediately extended his hand with a smile. They are all from the Premier League. Milan? Baros played for Liverpool, "The next time your opponent is me, Remember to be merciful!"

The Liverpool striker has scored 4 goals in three group matches, which can be described as infinite scenery, and is currently being followed by many European giants.

This also has something to do with Bruckner's tactics. The double striker combination is Jan Koller and Baros. So Liverpool's Irving during Houllier's time got a lot of opportunities in every game, so he scored more goals.

"Hey, little Mozart!" Ye Qiu met Rosicky, who is also a big hit now.

Nedved saw that Ye Qiu treated him the same way he treated his teammates around him. He couldn't help but feel relieved. It was obvious that Ye Qiu didn't come after him. This was really very likely a coincidence, because England also live here.

Apart from Pavel Nedved, the Czech team currently has no top players. Baros has never had a chance at Liverpool. Rosicky has performed well in the Bundesliga, but the Bundesliga has been at a trough in recent years. The strength is very small, and Bobowski was very beautiful back then, but now it is no longer what it used to be.

How should I put it, this is a team that is considered capable but not well-known.

When the Czech players saw the hottest champion coach in European football, they immediately came up to say hello one by one politely. Except for the ones he met just now, Ye Qiu couldn't recognize most of the other players, but he tried to be as polite and friendly as possible. polite.

"Hello, Mr. Ye Qiu, nice to meet you!" A shy young man walked up to Ye Qiu. He was almost a head taller than Ye Qiu, but because he lowered his head, Ye Qiu was very nervous. It was easy to see him.

"Peter Cech!" Ye Qiu smiled and shook hands with him, "I paid close attention to you. You were very calm during the game, and you have a perfect goalkeeper's body. It's great. I firmly believe that sooner or later you will have the opportunity to enter the top European league. Play, keep working and you can be the best goalkeeper in Europe, believe me!"

Cech came to say hello to Ye Qiu, originally he just dropped by, he felt that he was just an unknown person, and he didn't have much reputation in Ligue [-], but now in the European Cup, his performance is also quite satisfactory, he did not expect to get Ye Qiu. Qiu has such a good evaluation, you must know that Ye Qiu is most famous not only for his excellent coaching performance, but also because of his vicious eyes.

Even Petr Cech's own agent often said that if Ye Qiu had his eye on a top player, he must be a first-class player in Europe!
"Don't believe me?" Seeing that Cech was a little dazed, Ye Qiu asked with a smile.

"Oh, no, no, no!" Cech quickly shook his head, but he didn't know what to say, and finally turned it into a sentence, "Thank you very much for your appreciation, I will definitely continue to work hard!"

Ye Qiu smiled and patted Petr Cech on the shoulder, and sent off the Czech team who were about to board the bus.

He found that his arrival seemed to have changed a lot of things. Robben, van der Vaart and others are likely to go to Real Madrid now. Then, will Real Madrid return to the downturn and darkness of the previous life?
There is also Cech, he is still in Ligue [-]. At present, Van der Sar and Cudicini are the main goalkeepers of Chelsea. There is absolutely no need to sign Munia.

Although Cech is doing well in the European Cup now, his worth is not cheap at all. It is expected to cost 800 million euros, and if he wants to go, he will basically go to the top European teams, but there are no balls for the time being. The team wants to introduce goalkeepers, even if it is Manchester United, Ferguson has three goalkeepers in Howard, Carroll and Ricardo, he still wants to introduce Petr Cech?
Thinking of this, Ye Qiu shook his head. He couldn't control many things and could only go in his own direction, but he really had a premonition that many things had obviously deviated from the original track.

"Why did you come?"

When Ye Qiu came to the floor where the England national team was located, Roland was obviously impatient to wait.

"I met the Czech team downstairs and chatted for a while!" Ye Qiu said casually.

"Yeah, you're a big name, I've been waiting for you here for a long time!" Roland grumbled and complained.

It can be said that the two have been fighting side by side since their infancy, and they have been partners until now. Ye Qiu is also used to the complaints of Roland's mother-in-law, so he gave him a light punch, and walked to the room of the England national team side by side.

Because they will play against Portugal tomorrow, the players of the England national team are obviously a little nervous. Ye Qiu can easily see the pressure of this knockout match on their faces. After all, this is Portugal.

Because they are going to familiarize themselves with the field training later, and Ye Qiu's purpose today is not to visit the squad, so he just visited his players in the England national team, said a few words, and encouraged them to continue. After a while, I went directly to a restaurant in the hotel.

Roland was sitting next to Ye Qiu, and sitting opposite Ye Qiu was a middle-aged English man in a casual suit. His most conspicuous sign was his full head of white hair, which could impress people at first glance. impression.

This person has an unusual surname, Stretford. If you are a Red Devils fan, you must remember that the west stand of Old Trafford is called the Stretford Stand, but it is obvious that this person has the same name as Stretford. The west stand of Old Trafford has nothing to do with it. His family are all Manchester City fans.

Paul Stretford, an agent who caused a lot of controversy in English football.

When he was young, he played football in the amateur league with mediocre strength. Later, he worked as a vacuum cleaner salesman. He started to get involved in football in 1987, and he was also very close to Manchester United, because at that time Manchester United striker Frank Stapleton was his lifelong partner. The first client, and then he set up a brokerage company, including Kevin? Moran, David? May and Andy? Cole and other players are Paul? Stretford's players.

But the man is best known not only for his management of an agent company with more than 270 players, but also for the shareholders of his agent company including Dalglish, Souness, Keegan, Bobby ?Robson and other well-known coaches are among them, and the Premier League has been leaking about the black money of the coach in recent years, and this man is also the focus of attention.

Ellis, the chairman of Aston Villa, fined the head coach John Gregory during the black gold turmoil because he had a close relationship with Stretford. Unexpectedly, Gregory After class, Ellis favored Graham Taylor, and it turned out that the manager was also close to Stretford.

There were even insider revelations that Stretford and Graham Taylor once told Ellis that no matter which manager he changed, the result would be the same, which made Ellis completely disheartened Cold, gradually faded out of football.

From this point, it is not difficult to see how much influence Stretford has in English football. If you compare him with Pini Zahavi, the former is a local snake, and the latter is a tiger crossing the river.

Ye Qiu has always had a bad impression of this kind of agent who lives in the player's pocket. This is not because he has a share in running the agent company. In fact, although the agent company has his shares, he never goes to Interfering in the affairs of players and agents, most people don't even know that Ye Qiu has shares in the agent company.

His dissatisfaction is because this type of broker is often very greedy.

But sometimes, you have to deal with such people. Who made Ye Qiu fall in love with his players?
"Mr. Ye Qiu, Peter has already talked to me, but I'm sorry, I can't let you meet my players privately. You know, this is the rule, but if you have anything to say, it's the same if you tell me!" Stretford showed the fat on his cheeks, and said with a smile.

This guy is notoriously selfish, he is very domineering and has a very strict control over the players. One of his most famous rules is that he forbids players to get out of his control and act in private, because he has a lot of control over every player. Detailed on-court and off-court operational plans, some people even think that Rooney's prostitution scandal not long ago is actually out of his handwriting.

As for the reason, it's hard to say, maybe it was to find an excuse for Rooney to leave Everton, or to make news.

You must know that in many cases, the influence of players is not only positive media attention, but also negative news.

After Ye Qiu heard Stretford's remarks, he cursed inwardly. Although the rules are like this, in reality, who doesn't contact players privately when signing players?Who dares to say that he is following the formal procedures?
"Mr. Stretford, it's the same with you. I just want to know if Rooney has considered leaving Everton, and is he willing to go south to London?" There is a relationship, but that is more of a media campaign. Many people know that Manchester United and Rooney are getting closer.

Ferguson has a very close relationship with Paul Stretford, maybe they had an agreement long ago.

"What I can answer is that my player is a player with great fighting spirit and ambition. He does not object or resist joining any ambitious and pursuing team, but the premise is that he must be trusted and have the space to display his talents. .” Stretford didn’t answer directly, but the meaning was obvious.

"Where's Everton?" Ye Qiu asked again.

"Everton?" Stretford shrugged and shook his head, "They should be more worried about their bank loans!"

The operation of many Premier League teams is actually not satisfactory, but usually some media deliberately ignore this aspect of the problem when reporting, for example, many teams have already taken out their tickets and game day income Mortgage, even many teams have mortgaged the ownership of the players in the team to the bank.

Running a professional team, especially a Premier League team, costs a lot. Assuming that Ye Qiu buys a Premier League team now, and the debt repayment and acquisition amount reaches 2 million, then he will have to prepare at least 1 million in the future. To maintain the team's operations and transfer operations, but this can only be maintained for one year.

As long as you do a serious calculation, what is the annual salary of a Premier League club with more than [-] people including players, coaches, staff, staff, etc., plus bonuses and taxes, etc., you can know that running such a team How difficult.

For teams like Aston Villa, Fulham, Everton, Tottenham Hotspur, West Ham United, etc., their influence is limited, and there is no way to use their business as Manchester United. It has spread to all parts of the world, so a large part of their team management depends on broadcasting fees, and then reduces expenses on weekdays, using player transfers to gain profits and maintain club operations.

It is revealed that Everton's Wayne Rooney has already been mortgaged by the club to the bank, so the sale is a matter of time.

The quarrel between Rooney and Moyes was not widely reported by the media. After all, Everton is not a big team, but as an industry insider, Ye Qiu knew that the two had quarreled many times. Rooney wanted to leave. Don't stay, this is also a secret that has long been known in the streets, but after the end of the season, Everton suddenly proposed a contract extension with a weekly salary of 5 pounds.

This is actually an attitude. The attitude of starting the land price is beneficial to the club, players and agents. The disadvantage is the buyer. Rooney has also increased from the previous 1000 million pounds to 1500 million pounds, and now it has skyrocketed , Everton's chairman Ken White said before that Rooney's worth is 5000 million pounds, which will break Zidane's world's first day price.

That's a bit of an exaggeration, of course, and anyone who believes him is an idiot, but the 18-year-old won't come cheap.

But for Ye Qiu, just like what Peter Kenyon said, Abramovich wants an influential star, no matter from which point of view, Rooney is considered, and he can meet Ye Qiu's requirements. Tactical needs.

The current Rooney is not the Rooney who has transformed after joining Manchester United in the future. The current Rooney is very hardworking, fast, has excellent ball skills, and has a strong breakthrough ability. He is a very good frontcourt offensive player. He shined in the cup, coupled with the local household registration, and more importantly, Abramovich had always wanted to introduce him before.

Perhaps because Ye Qiu thought Rooney had no one to pursue, Stretford reminded with a smile, "I just received a call from the chairman of Newcastle Shepard yesterday, and they are also paying attention to Rooney, and they expressed a very strong interest."

Among all the Premier League teams, apart from Manchester United, the closest to Stretford is Newcastle, and even the Magpies have a far more relationship with him than Manchester United, because all the Magpies' head coaches are Stretford. Shareholders of Tford Brokers Company, you can see how close the relationship is.

Ye Qiu also understood this a long time ago. He has no interest in getting involved in these complicated local football networks. He only wants to get his own players, and the most important thing is that it is best for the agent not to interfere in the internal affairs of the team. .

"I don't think Newcastle has the money to bring in Rooney, Mr. Stretford!" Ye Qiu smiled politely. He had already got the answer he wanted, but without seeing Rooney, he would be very angry with this damned man. No matter how much the agent said, it was a waste of words.

Stretford shrugged. Even though Ye Qiu had exposed him, he was not unhappy.

"By the way, Mr. Stretford!" Ye Qiu stood up and said to Stretford before leaving, "Please pass on to Rooney and tell him, I'm sure, after the European Cup is over , the team he goes back to report will no longer be Everton, but directly to London, to Cobham!"

Cobham, which is the new training base that Chelsea will move into this season, is located in a small suburban town in southwest London.

"I will definitely convey it, Mr. Ye Qiu!" Stretford didn't stand up either, but his tone sounded very polite.

But after Ye Qiu left, he obviously pouted and smiled, as if he was a little happy for Ye Qiu's words.

Agents are commissioned from players. The higher the wages of the players, the greater the transfer fee, and the more they will benefit.

Now, the whole world knows that Chelsea is the big benefactor, who would reject this big benefactor?
(End of this chapter)