The Godfather of Greenery

Chapter 769 Do you want to make a move?
Tottenham Hotspur arrived in Dortmund, Germany at noon on April 23.

The team still arrived at Dortmund Airport on the special plane of the sponsor Qatar Airways. Although Tottenham Hotspur did not deliberately push the team's itinerary and plans in advance on the official website and mobile APP, the pervasive diehard fans still gathered Arrived at Dortmund Airport to welcome the team upon arrival.

When Tottenham Hotspur walked up and down the airport passageway, there were many Tottenham Hotspur fans from the UK and all over the world, including many Tottenham fans from Germany, but unfortunately, they all talked to Tottenham Hotspur. Mhotspur is separated by a barbed wire fence, but this does not affect the screams and cheers at the scene.

As the airport has temporarily opened an independent channel for Tottenham Hotspur, so that Tottenham Hotspur can leave the airport without interference, so this time Tottenham Hotspur did not come to the scene with everyone fans to interact with each other, but there are still many fans taking pictures through the barbed wire.

After passing through the elevator, they directly entered the bus waiting at the exit of the passage from an independent passage, and the team went straight to the hotel.

According to the itinerary, after a break at noon, the team will go to Dortmund's home stadium, which is the Westfalenstadion that has been renamed Signal Iduna Park Stadium.

No matter what, Ye Qiu still prefers the Westfalenstadion, because he always feels so familiar.

Although Tottenham Hotspur are also actively looking for major sponsors of the stadium, they are basically some billboard sponsors, and there is no title sponsor. Can't agree on price.

According to the current evaluation of Stratford Stadium by Peter Kenyon and the team's business department, with the background of this Olympic stadium and the influence of Tottenham Hotspur, such a stadium Naming rights must not be sold at a low price, and the initial internal valuation is more than 5000 million euros.

Considering that Real Madrid's Bernabeu and Manchester United's Old Trafford are basically at this price, Tottenham feels that it is more in line with the positioning.

But in the end Tottenham Hotspur's new stadium has the same fate as the Bernabeu and Old Trafford stadiums, that is, it is too expensive, and the highest bidder is Qatar Airways, which is currently the team's owner. Chest advertising sponsors, they offered a price of 500 million euros a year, but Tottenham Hotspur rejected this request.

Of course, this transaction did not disclose much to the outside world. Tottenham Hotspur also gave Qatar Airways enough face in publicity and public relations, saying that the latter showed full sincerity and offered a price of 5000 million euros, but Tottenham Hotspur was pressured by the fans, especially the diehard fans in the UK, and then invited a few famous fans, reporters and celebrities to criticize a few words on newspapers and TVs, and then the club came out and announced that it would not consider naming the stadium and so on.

But these are public relations battles, and the core issue is that they can't agree on the price. Otherwise, who would give up the huge sponsorship of 5000 million euros a year?
However, Tottenham Hotspur is special. The surface of Stratford Stadium is covered with display film, and the advertising effect is very ideal. Turnham Hotspur has brought incomparably rich profits, and continues to operate in depth, with great potential in the future.

After all, Stratford Stadium is located in the Olympic Park and is a landmark building in London.

Therefore, in these aspects, Tottenham Hotspur is not in a hurry at all. Peter Kenyon also feels that, for the time being, Tottenham Hotspur does not need to rush to sell the naming rights of the stadium and training base, but More consideration should be given to the improvement of the business system.

After Tottenham Hotspur arrived at Dortmund's hotel, everyone had already gotten used to the rhythm of the away game, went back to the hotel to rest, and prepared to go to the Westfalenstadion in the evening for the last training session before the game .

Mauro Tassotti was discussing tomorrow night's game with the coaching staff and analysts, while Ye Qiu lay in the room for a while, squinted, and was woken up by the phone.

10 minutes later, he received an old friend in his room.

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"Long time no see, Leo!"

As soon as Ye Qiu opened the door, he saw Leo Benhak standing outside with a smile. He still had the iconic white hair with a touch of silver, and his face looked good, just like the chubby Roland Sheppa Si standing together always makes people feel awkward.

He is too thin!

"Long time no see!" Leo Benhak also shook hands with Ye Qiu with a smile. Soon, Ye Qiu welcomed the two of them into the room, and Ye Qiu had to shrink back to make way for Fatty Luo. OK.

"Leo, why did you suddenly come to Dortmund from the Netherlands?" Ye Qiu asked with a smile after sitting down with Leo Benhak and Fatty Luo. There were some conflicts between Ben Hack, but these things were resolved later. After all, we are all adults, and as long as the goals are the same, there is no disagreement.

What's more, some things Leo Benhak did later made Ye Qiu feel that he really planned for Ajax sincerely, and he also supported Ye Qiu after serving as the team's technical advisor. Work, so reconciliation with each other is normal.

After Ye Qiu left Ajax, Leo Benhak also left Ajax, went to Poland to coach the Polish national team, and then returned to Ajax for a period of time, and now he is basically in retirement So Ye Qiu was a little surprised by his visit this time.

Leo? The focus of the outside world is a battle, and the other is Bayern Munich vs. Barcelona.

However, it is obvious that Barcelona was beaten very badly by Tottenham Hotspur last season. Now Heynckes let go of his rhetoric before the game and must beat Barcelona. In addition, Bayern Munich is in a very good state, so this time There is not much suspense in this game.

Although Tottenham Hotspur has an advantage in strength, Tottenham Hotspur has not been in a good state recently. Before the game, Klopp took the initiative to challenge Tottenham Hotspur. When the German media When asked about the huge difference in the value of players from the two teams in this game, he smiled and said, "I am a boxer by nature, and the thing that my players and I like to do the most is to kill the players on the court. Those who have more money than us!"

Ye Qiu was even more outrageous. When Theobald held a pre-match press conference in London this morning, he directly announced the starting lineup for the game in advance, and promised not to make adjustments before the game, and put down his harsh words , "I'll just see how that boxer can beat me!"

The tit-for-tat confrontation between the coaches of the two sides has attracted the attention of fans all over the world, so this matchup has naturally become the most watched key battle in the semi-finals of the Champions League.

"What about the secondary one?" Ye Qiu asked with a smile, mainly because he wanted to watch the football game, which proved that there were secondary problems.

Leo Benhak also laughed out loud. Ye Qiu is no longer what he was then. Whether it is his status, status, influence, or even his tone of voice, it is obviously completely different from what it was then.

"I heard that you are investigating Lewandowski recently?" Leo Benhak also asked straight to the point.

Ye Qiu thought for a while, nodded and said, "It is true that we are investigating, but we are also investigating many other people, such as Mandzukic and Thomas Muller, Immobile from Italy, and others."

"So, Cavani is really going to leave the team!" Leo Benhak can be considered an old fox. He is well-informed and has been able to coach so many teams, and basically he has done well, which proves that This man is an old fritter, and he can see through at a little bit.

Ye Qiu smiled and said nothing, because he didn't need to answer many things.

"Let me just say it!" Leo Benhak saw that Ye Qiu didn't say anything, so he took the initiative to speak, "Lewandowski was single-handedly picked up when I was coaching the Polish national team. He had just joined the Polish national team. The Poznan Lech team, which is strong in the domestic league, and in the two seasons before that, he played in the C and B leagues respectively, and he won the Golden Boot of the C and B leagues in both seasons , is a well-known young talent in Poland."

Ye Qiu nodded. He is more familiar with this point than Leo Benhak, because he has a very detailed and complete Lewandowski file in his hand, which is also the basis for Tottenham Hotspur's investigation. A strict requirement when playing.

Just kidding, sending the chief scout Peter DeVissel to the scene to watch his game in person, is that boring?
"I decided to recruit him to the national team after watching him only one game. It was the first round of the 08/09 season of the Polish First Division. He had just arrived and was a substitute for the team. The game lasted 10 minutes. It was a 1-1 draw, Lewandowski replaced the midfielder Injac, and he scored after 4 minutes!"

Leo Benhak seemed to have returned to the scene of the game that year, and he was describing his first impression of Lewandowski, "He was 20 years old at the time, and he was just a fledgling, but he was very shocking to me. Because he is very calm, very few young players seize the opportunity so calmly at such a critical moment."

"Facts have proved that my impression was not wrong. In the first four rounds, he started three games and made one substitute, scored three goals. It was a very good performance, but more importantly, I think his learning ability and adaptability He is very capable. He was promoted from the C-League to the B-League with the aura of the Golden Boot, and he will get more Golden Boots soon. After moving to an unfamiliar environment, he became the main force in the first season and scored [-] goals. the ball and become the team's leading scorer."

"In that year, there were only two players in the Polish league who scored more goals than Lewandowski. One was the 27-year-old Zimbabwe foreign aid Chinyama, and the other was the Polish native scorer, the 26-year-old international player. Krakow, that year was also the best ranking for Poznan Lech in recent seasons, and they won the league championship in the second season, and Lewandowski also won the Golden Boot of the First Division .”

Ye Qiu listened to Leo Benhak's words, and agreed with his judgment in his heart. In fact, Peter Dewissel's greatest appreciation for Lewandowski lies in his super learning and adaptability. This makes Lewandowski very, very malleable, so he can adapt to various tactics and environments at a young age.

Of course, in the past few years in Dortmund, Lewandowski's characteristics have basically been reflected, but the problem is that he is only 24 years old. With his mind and golf quotient, he still has a lot of potential to tap. This is also one of the reasons why Tottenham Hotspur focus on examining him.

"His agent is ex-Poland international Kucharski, Lewandowski called me after they heard that Peter de Wiesel was on site to inspect them, and I understood His situation, that's why I'm here."

Ye Qiu listened silently. He knew that Leo Benhak wanted to understand Tottenham Hotspur's thoughts and wishes on behalf of Lewandowski. Tottenham Hotspur.

Lewandowski's transfer is also a very complicated event. Although he has performed well for Dortmund in the past few years and made a lot of contributions, his salary is only 150 million euros per year, and it is still Before tax, this is indeed good for young people who came out of the Polish League, but with his outstanding performance in recent years, it is far from enough.

So the negotiations between the two sides began. After Dortmund won the league championship, several players in the team also left the team one after another, such as Shinji Kagawa and Sahin, so the Hornets will renew their contracts, but there are some disputes between the two sides on salary. For example, Dortmund wanted to get him with 400 million euros, but Lewandowski asked for 500 million euros, but Dortmund disagreed, because the maximum salary at the time was 460 million euros for Gotze.

So Dortmund also felt that it was not worthwhile, called to stop the player's contract renewal negotiations, and promised Lewandowski that as long as he can find a team and is willing to pay him a transfer fee of 2000 million euros, he can leave the team freely.

In fact, the entanglement of the problem lies in that Dortmund bought out Royce's contract from Borussia Mönchengladbach in January 2012 with a liquidated damages of 750 million euros, and gave Royce a team salary of up to 400 million euros. The salary of Lewandowski, the core player in the team at that time, was less than half of that of Royce.

Another point is that after buying out Royce's contract, Dortmund immediately renewed the contract with Gotze and gave the team a maximum salary of 460 million euros, while Lewandowski's contract renewal has been delayed. In the final analysis, it is not enough attention.

Just imagine, after a year and a half, the players' mentality will definitely not be balanced, they will want to fight, so it happened two days ago that Gotze was directly bought out by Bayern Munich with liquidated damages. Ce is a traitor, but behind the traitor of Gotze, it actually has a lot to do with Dortmund's salary structure. The contradiction has been buried since Royce's transfer.

This is why Ye Qiu insists on the team's salary system life and death. If this system is broken, Dortmund will be a lesson for Tottenham Hotspur. The reason why Dortmund players such as Shinji Kagawa and Sahin are popular is because of them. Salary is too low.

Just imagine, if Tottenham Hotspur wants to introduce Lewandowski now, with his salary of 150 million euros in Dortmund, after the team pays him a transfer fee of 2000 million euros, as long as there is a negotiation, the maximum is 600 million. The annual salary of [-] euros, that is, the weekly salary of [-] pounds, is similar to that of Cavani before the contract renewal.

Looking at the next few years, if Lewandowski really plays out, when the contract is renewed two or three years later, the weekly salary will be around 15 pounds at most. The salary has been raised again, and the team's salary structure is still maintained very well, so this is very beneficial to Tottenham Hotspur.

With Lewandowski's strength and potential, coupled with his salary and transfer fee, it is indeed very attractive to Tottenham Hotspur, and all this is caused by Dortmund's operating embarrassment .

The Bumblebee's salary budget for a season is around 7000 million euros, which is less than half of Tottenham Hotspur's, so Ye Qiu has always felt that Klopp is indeed very good, and it is not easy, while Dortmund has been accepted by others. It will be a matter of time before the family is separated, because they lack the financial resources and courage of the rich teams.

Today's professional football is no longer suitable for small businesses. It basically belongs to the era of big capital, and people without money can't afford it!
"Leo, I heard that after Gotze announced the release clause and switched to Bayern Munich, Dortmund stopped Lewandowski's contact with Bayern Munich?" Ye Qiu asked with a smile.

Leo Benhak was a little confused about Ye Qiu's thoughts, and nodded: "Yes, firstly, it's because the fans are too emotional, and secondly, because Dortmund doesn't want to further weaken itself and strengthen Bayern Munich, And third, they now want to keep Lewandowski!"

Bayern Munich is really good at playing this move, playing Dortmund around, first reaching an agreement with Lewandowski, plus the agreement between Lewandowski and Dortmund, the two sides are basically finalized, and then against Gotze Starting liquidated damages and forcibly poaching corners is tantamount to digging out the two pillars of Dortmund overnight.

If Dortmund still wants to send players to Bayern Munich now, it would be really stupid!

But from Lewandowski's point of view, since the team agreed to let him choose freely, as long as he spends 2000 million euros, no matter who he is, he can transfer freely, and he has indeed handled Bayern Munich. , So even if Gotze is forcibly poached by Bayern Munich now, Lewandowski definitely does not want to stay in the team.

Everyone knows that there are only two outcomes for staying in the team, either continue to fulfill the previous contract and transfer freely after one year, but the salary is only 150 million euros before tax, or reach a new contract renewal negotiation with the team. Everything I have done for more than half a year has been completely wasted.

"If I'm not wrong, Dortmund must have offered conditions now, except for Bayern Munich!" Ye Qiu said with a smile, this is actually very similar to Vidal's transfer back then, and it was all because of Bayern Munich's deep pockets. of.

In fact, such cases are not uncommon. For example, the chairman of Real Madrid, Sanz, forcibly poached Valencia’s Mijatovic. As a result, the Bat Corps was so angry that they would never sell players to Real Madrid. As a result, Mendieta went to Serie A. Leah went to Barcelona, ​​David? Silva and Juan? Mata both went to the Premier League, life and death is not to sell you Real Madrid.

Sometimes running a team is like opening the door to do business. You can make money by being friendly. Although you may gain some benefits in a short period of time by using certain methods, in the long run, you will lose a lot of money. After all The operation of football clubs is a matter of more than ten years and decades, and the antagonism in football sometimes becomes stronger over time.

That's why Ye Qiu also often said that the kingly way created by an upright conspiracy can last long, and the domineering created by a small conspiracy that succeeds for a while must not last for a long time, because the conspiracy will be exposed sooner or later.

Now, for Tottenham Hotspur, there is only one question, should they make a move?
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