The Godfather of Greenery

Chapter 611 Lonely Old Man Ferguson

Some people say that from Manchester United, fans can feel the spirit of a heavy industry era.

Enthusiastic, active and united, tenacious struggle, today's Manchester United, in the information age, use their own football, with their own mental outlook to interpret the spirit of this heavy industry era that many people regard as outdated.

Therefore, many Manchester United fans even use this to criticize the arch rival Manchester City in the same city. They think that Manchester United can better reflect the spirit of Manchester, a glorious heavy industrial city in the past, and Manchester City has always been associated with decline. It was bought by others and became a slave to money.

Of course, Manchester City fans also counterattacked with this, thinking that Manchester United's high commercialization has reduced the club to a money-making machine. They also have to admit that the reason why Manchester United still retains this spirit of the heavy industry era is mainly because Because of their head coach, Ferguson, the soul of the team.

Many people called Ferguson the coach in front of his face, but they called him the Scottish boatman behind his back.

It's hard to tell whether these people called him out of good intentions or out of malice, but you must know that during the peak period of British heavy industry, shipbuilding was undoubtedly the pride of the British, and it was also regarded as the most representative of the British people. An industry with a level of strength in heavy industry, and from Ferguson, you can also see many traces of the peak period of British industry.

Many people are even analyzing Ferguson's character, thinking that his many reasons for getting angry are completely untenable, or even unreasonable, but the problem is that he can always put on a look that makes you think He looks very reasonable.

This is very similar to the image of the group of workers who were busy on the factory assembly line all day long.

Some people say that heavy industry created the Manchester United empire, because the predecessor of Manchester United, the Newton Heath Club, was formed by a group of railway workers. From the day the team was born, teamwork and passion have been injected into the soul of the team. , Even if Newton Sith reorganized into Manchester United later, it still can't change all this.

Even, in 1999, Manchester United was almost acquired by Murdoch. At that time, Manchester United fans angrily announced their rebellion and formed a brand new team, the Red Rebels. Spirit.

The Old Trafford Stadium was also built in the most industrially developed period of Manchester, and its surroundings are similar to Anfield Stadium and Arsenal's Wembley Stadium, or Tottenham Hotspur's White Hart Lane Stadium. They are very different, not residential areas, but industrial areas made up of low-rise factories, warehouses and railway stations.

Standing in the office on the second floor of the main gate of the Old Trafford Stadium, through the light green glass curtain wall, he saw the statue of Sir Busby outside the club's fan shop below, as if he was welcoming the bustling crowd. To Old Trafford fans.

Surrounding the statue, there are crowds of people, but few people will raise their heads and take a look at this legendary figure who has brought countless glorious deeds to the club. Perhaps only those tourists who come here with leisure , will take a photo in front of this statue, but it is a local Manchester United fan, who seems very indifferent to this.

"The more I live, the more I feel that I am so strange to this world!" Ferguson sighed for no reason.

Recently, the Manchester United team has not been peaceful. After Lars Diarra's outstanding performance for a season, he began to clamor for a salary increase. After a peak season and the World Cup, Sneijder's state has also declined. A few bad news came out, but they were suppressed by Manchester United and did not announce it to the public.

And Carlos Tevez, that damn greedy Joorabchian, is still clamoring for a salary increase, and even frequently uses the media to exert pressure, all of which make Manchester United's luxury chariot look like fraught with questions.

Of course, it is impossible for any team to be without problems, it just depends on whether the problem is big or small.

"This is the so-called generation gap!" Ye Qiu laughed, and the two stood side by side in front of the translucent glass curtain wall, looking at the Manchester United fans pouring out of Old Trafford like a tide below, there were too many people , Ye Qiu was somewhat envious.

"You know? Sometimes I also wonder, what are young people thinking now? I feel that I can't grasp their thoughts now. In a few years, not much, five years, I'm afraid There is also a generation gap with them.”

This is a terrible thing, especially for companies like Ye Qiu and Leaf Technology, young people are their biggest potential users. were eliminated and replaced by new companies that can cater to this group of young people.

So Ye Qiu has always attached great importance to advancing with the times, adjustment and progress.

Tottenham Hotspur have relatively no such problems, which is the biggest advantage of football and sports industry.

"When I first came to Manchester more than 20 years ago, the people here were still working hard, they worked hard, created their own lives with their own sweat and hard work, but in addition, they will come to Old Trafford, screaming for football, it was a perfect era full of manliness!"

"20 years later, social welfare has increased, but the government has borne a heavy and expensive price. Although many people in Manchester have gone to work, they don't need to worry about their lives. They start to stay away from steam, sweat and pollution. , and even began to pursue fashion, partying and having fun everywhere, and even many people who received government welfare and social security assistance shouted the slogan of drinking champagne for breakfast.”

"More importantly, they are no longer crazy about football, even if they still come to this stadium every game, but they have become very indifferent, even I believe, many of them say Is it a tragedy not to have the names of the starting 11 on the team?"

Ye Qiu has never experienced the perfect era that Ferguson mentioned, but he also suffered hardships and hardships in his own country in his previous life, and his parents have always taught him a truth since he was a child, first bitterness and then sweetness, There is no such thing as a free lunch in this world, and all good lives require hard work and sweat to create.

Ye Qiu is not a philosopher, nor does he have such a profound thought. He can't even tell whether this has something to do with the essence of capitalism, or whether it has something to do with the Western media and public opinion environment, because they place a lot of emphasis on the individual Doctrine, the most typical kind of thinking is, as long as I live well, I don't care about the death of other people or even the whole country!
Obviously, a large number of people, including Ferguson, are reflecting on this trendy thinking, but such reflections have so far been too weak, and may not work at all, because the current British government No matter which party, it only serves one purpose, and that is votes!

"This is an era when individualism is extremely magnified. More and more people are beginning to abandon teamwork, and start advocating individual heroism and becoming selfish. Sometimes I even think, since they like individuals so much, What would happen if they were thrown on a deserted island and lived alone?" Ferguson was obviously angry.

Ye Qiu couldn't help but think of a movie "Rest of a Deserted Island" by Hollywood actor Tom Hanks.

When many people watch this movie, they think that this movie describes how a person can survive in the most difficult environment, thinking that this is a movie that expounds individualism, but in Ye Qiu's view, it is completely Not so.

When he returned to a civilized society after four years of monotonous lonely life on a deserted island where time seemed to be frozen, he found that everything had changed. But at this point, his work was replaced by someone else, his fiancée became someone else's wife, and everything never stopped for him.

This is the ending of the movie. It actually wants to tell everyone who has watched this movie a truth. Maybe you can do a lot by yourself, and even create miracles, but the earth will not stop because of you, and human society will not stop. It will not stop because of you, you have only two choices, either integrate into the civilized society, or return to the lonely desert island.

In the eyes of many people, Ferguson may be a proud and difficult person to get along with, but Ye Qiu knows very well that Ferguson is actually a very ordinary person with flesh and blood, but often he always feels that he needs to go through a A posture to protect something that is very important in my heart.

Perhaps, these things have been regarded as worthless items in the mainstream values ​​of society.

And he seems to be a lonely fighter, defending these things!

Ye Qiu is not as pessimistic as Ferguson, he is more positive. He thinks that since there are still so many people who like football as a team sport, it proves that in the bones of many people, they may worship individualism in their mouths, but In my bones, I still prefer teamwork, because human history is created by teamwork.

"By the way, don't talk about anything else, I want to discuss something with you!"

Ye Qiu really wonders if Ferguson went to Sichuan to learn how to change his face.

Damn, just now he looked like a lonely old man with deep sorrow, but now he has turned into a cunning and shameless profiteer in the blink of an eye. The transformation in this process is too fast, too surprising.

"Speak, I'll listen!" Ye Qiu returned to the office and sat down carelessly.

"Sell Lucas Moura to me!" Ferguson walked over with a smile on his face, pouring wine for Ye Qiu enthusiastically.

When Ye Qiu heard this, he laughed immediately, "I know you, an old fox, are not so kind. After losing the game, you are in a bad mood and you still invite me to drink? How can there be such a good thing in the world?"

Tottenham just beat Manchester United 2-0 at Old Trafford with two assists from Franck Ribery, goals from Messi and Cavani, and established themselves with a nine-game winning streak. The leader of the Premier League, not only won the ten-game winning streak in the new season, but also extended Tottenham Hotspur's unbeaten record in the Premier League to 22 games.

The last time they lost can be traced back to February of last season. Tottenham Hotspur lost one game in the entire 09/10 season, and that was to the Wolves. After that, Tottenham Hotspur lost one game. The Spurs have never lost again, and they are unbeaten in 22 games.

Lucas Moura's performance in Ajax is indeed quite good, and Ajax specially carves and cultivates Lucas Moura, and Bobby Harms has also given him pointers many times. Tottenham Hotspur arranges staff to go to Amsterdam every month to inspect his training and physical condition, which shows the importance he attaches to him.

Tottenham Hotspur, Manchester United and Arsenal, the three teams have had mutual non-poaching agreements, and this agreement currently even includes Chelsea, Liverpool, Newcastle, West Ham United, Manchester City and other teams. After all, this is good for all teams in the Premier League. Everyone will not poach each other. If necessary, they can apply for transfer in person and conduct transparent operations. It is good for everyone.

"You know it's impossible!" Ye Qiu shook his head without hesitation, "And don't you already have Nani?"

After hearing this, Ferguson was not angry, he laughed, "Okay, change another one, Nick Powell or Januzaj, you give me one!" After a pause, Ferguson seemed to increase his bargaining chips, and said : "You are full of talents in the midfield now, and it is a waste for these two players to stay in Tottenham Hotspur."

Nick Powell is now 16 and Januzaj is 15, both currently playing in the youth teams and doing well, plus left-back Luke Shaw and right-back Calum Chambers, Tottenham Tottenham's U18 youth team can be described as full of talents, and they are invincible throughout the Premier League.

"Are you losing your temper?" Ye Qiu asked without answering, "They still have a chance in Tottenham Hotspur, but if they come to Manchester United, according to your old personality, they will have to wait at least another three or four years. You have a chance to play in the first team, what do you think?"

As soon as Ferguson saw Ye Qiu's smiling face, he knew it was over, "So there's nothing to talk about?"

"Of course...no!" Ye Qiu just wanted to disgust him, and stood up with a smile, "Today's wine is not good, and I will buy a good wine when I come to London sometime!" After finishing speaking, he waved towards Ferguson. Waved his hand, said goodbye and left.

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"Why did that old fellow Ferguson suddenly invite you to drink?"

In the bus leaving Old Trafford, Mauro Tassotti and Roland Shepas both chased Ye Qiu and asked.

Obviously, Ferguson's character is clear to everyone, it's just that it's not profitable.

"He wants to poach our corner!" Ye Qiu said, frowning.

"Who?" Fatty Luo is the most protective. This guy has the best relationship with the players, and he hates the team being poached the most.

"Lucas Moura, or Nick Powell and Januzaj, this old guy has big ambitions!"

"It's too outrageous, you absolutely can't agree to him!" Roland was even more excited than Ye Qiu.

Ye Qiu knew in his heart that a large part of Manchester United's so-called youth training was actually obtained by poaching semi-finished products. Of course, Manchester United also had a strong ability to cultivate youth training, which was different from Tottner's. Hotspur are very similar.

But now Tottenham Hotspur's scouting team and youth training channels are obviously much better than other teams such as Manchester United. It seems that many people are optimistic about the French midfielder M'Vila, 20 years old this year, from Ligue [-] Rennes, but everyone who wants to get Mwila has to ask Tottenham Hotspur first.

The reason is simple. Tottenham Hotspur and Rennes have a cooperative relationship and have Rennes' player priority. That is to say, for the same price, Tottenham Hotspur have priority. If you want to compete for a high price, it is best to negotiate with Tottenham Hotspur first.

There are also Ajax, Santos, Anderlecht, Southampton, Tottenham Hotspur's cooperative teams are all teams with strong youth training capabilities, and Southampton, with the momentum of development this season, once again There is a great possibility of being promoted to the Premier League, and according to Ye Qiu's thinking, he must do his best to help Southampton gain a foothold in the Premier League.

The advantage of this is that once Southampton has a stable foothold in the Premier League, some outstanding young players in the Tottenham Hotspur team can first go to Southampton to receive training in the Premier League. Returning to Tottenham Hotspur, the whole process is carried out on loan.

You know, this training method for young rookies is very popular in both the Premier League and European football. After returning to the team to play, this is also a good way of training.

The reason why Ye Qiu came forward to invite Adrian to take over Southampton, apart from helping Southampton complete the creation and construction of a continental tactical style system, was that Ye Qiu wanted Adrian to take over Southampton. Hampton's style is Dutch, which is more similar to Tottenham Hotspur.

In this case, the value of Tottenham Hotspur players going to Southampton for training will be higher, and after returning to the team in the future, the integration with the team will be better.

In addition to Southampton, European teams such as Ajax, Rennes, and Anderlecht are ideal training grounds for young players. Ye Qiu's intention is also very obvious, using these partners to provide Totten Tottenham Hotspur provides and trains a steady supply of talents to ensure Tottenham Hotspur's competitiveness.

In the short term, such a system has not been effective for the time being. After all, the cooperation between the two parties has not been very long, but once the time is long, the advantages of this cooperation will be gradually reflected, just like the current Manchester United. And Arsenal, their team has never lacked little monsters and talented people, it is provided by those cooperative clubs, which makes their youth training strength also very good.

In addition to this youth training method for Tottenham Hotspur, Ye Qiu is also working hard to create and promote the talent day selection event, which will also become one of the supply chains for Tottenham Hotspur youth training talents in the future.

In the past few years, apart from bringing results to Tottenham Hotspur, Ye Qiu has also been working hard to build a solid foundation for the team, including a top-notch home stadium and a large and complete youth team. Training and talent supply system, as well as an excellent business operation system.

Today, these efforts are showing results, and what Ye Qiu needs to do is to further consolidate these results and move towards his ultimate goal!

(End of this chapter)