Chapter 772 The Troubles of Happiness

Before the Champions League final, signing an important sponsorship contract is undoubtedly a happy event for Tottenham Hotspur. The fans responded very well to this. Many people think that this will bring good luck to the team.

Especially the opening of Stratford Stadium.

This stadium has always been a lucky place in the eyes of Tottenham Hotspur fans in the past few years, because since getting this stadium, Tottenham Hotspur seems to have started to turn its luck around. Everything about the team has become very smooth, whether it is the performance on the field or the business operations outside the field.

In this case, many superstitious fans attribute the credit to the good luck brought by Stratford Stadium, so every time Tottenham Hotspur wins a championship, fans will come to this new stadium to celebrate, from the beginning when it was just a depression to now, it has never stopped.

The most excited fans of Tottenham Hotspur were the fans of the new stadium. Many people asked to visit the new stadium, and Tottenham Hotspur also showed its humane side. Fans who hold Tottenham Hotspur season tickets and membership cards can enter the new stadium for free, while others, sorry, have to buy tickets.

As more and more fans enter the Stratford Stadium for a visit, the decoration and facilities in the stadium are also displayed in front of the fans one by one. What makes Tottenham Hotspur fans most excited is the huge LED TV combination, which has set a world record. Just looking at it from a distance makes people feel excited because it is so big.

In addition, the roof of the stadium has become very spectacular after the renovation, especially the arched arm beams that hang the huge TV combination, and the movable and retractable roof on the roof of the stadium, which makes all Tottenham Hotspur fans excited. Although the movable roof of the Cardiff Millennium Stadium has long been envied by English fans, Tottenham Hotspur now also has its own enclosed stadium, and it is so magnificent.

With the opening of the new stadium and the signing of the new sponsorship contract, Tottenham Hotspur's morale was high. In the remaining two Premier League games, they won two consecutive victories, both of which were 1:0. However, Ye Qiu did not arrange the main lineup to play in these two games, but rotated them. At the same time, he also adjusted the positions of several players. It can be seen that Ye Qiu saved his strength to play in the Champions League final and was ready to challenge the tactics.

But many people suspected that this was a smokescreen.

At the same time, some news was constantly coming out from the outside world. For example, Tottenham Hotspur had booked the lobby banquet hall at the Zhenhua Hotel next to the Stratford Stadium in advance. After the game, the team will gather all players and their families, staff and sponsors, as well as some fans and reporters to participate in the celebration.

Many fans and reporters also analyzed Tottenham Hotspur's move, believing that the team is full of confidence in winning this Champions League final and believes that they will definitely be able to keep the Champions League trophy in London.

Tottenham's move has also been supported by the whole of Britain. The Mayor of London's office has even called on all London fans to support Tottenham, and the government will also block the road for Tottenham's championship parade in advance. At that time, Tottenham will march from the northwest of Wembley Stadium to Stratford Stadium in the city center. Such a long parade route is also the first time for English football.

For the London City Government's move, Prince William, honorary chairman of the English Football Association, expressed support when attending the UEFA Champions League final event, believing that Tottenham represents English football and the government should give strong support. He also said that he is very confident that Tottenham can keep the championship trophy in London again.

So, when he took the St. Pauli Cup from Platini, he smiled and said to the reporter, "In the past year, I could see it anytime and anywhere I wanted. I am too familiar with it. In the next year, I believe I can see it anytime and anywhere as long as I want!"

After Tottenham Hotspur won the St. Pauli Cup, it placed the championship trophy in the team's honor room. Fans can go in and visit as long as they buy tickets. This is what Prince William meant.

This time Bayern Munich will not arrive in London until the day before the game. There are reports that this is because Bayern Munich can't find a suitable training ground in London. The reason is that the English teams around London are unwilling to lend their training bases to Bayern Munich for training, which makes the German team very depressed.

But in the last season, Bayern Munich, which had the home advantage, also caused a lot of trouble for Tottenham Hotspur before the game, so more people regarded this as the privilege of the home team. No one would talk about this. At best, it was just a topic of gossip.

As Bayern Munich arrived in London, the football atmosphere in London became extremely heated. Guests invited by Tottenham Hotspur and all the players on loan from Tottenham Hotspur also arrived in London at the same time as Bayern Munich. They all received invitations from Tottenham Hotspur to come to London to participate in this game.

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Since being loaned to Southampton, Lucas Moura has not come to Theobald again.

After not seeing each other for a long time, he found that Theobald had become more beautiful. The greenery around the gate and the layout inside the training base had become more beautiful and better than when he left.

He used to come to this training base every day, but now he felt very strange because he was in a state of confusion.

He, Coutinho and Neymar beside him, the three of them were ambitious to come to the Premier League to make a difference. Joining Tottenham Hotspur seemed to be a step to heaven, but it turned out that they took the Premier League too lightly and took playing in Tottenham Hotspur too easily.

It was only recently, after he became the main player in Southampton, that he gradually realized how much pressure and price he had to bear to become the main player of a team that had established a foothold in the Premier League, especially the core main player.

In the past, Ye Qiu often warned them that no one's success is easy to come by, and everyone's success is achieved through hard work and sweat. At that time, they didn't feel much, thinking that people like Messi and Ribery should not need to work so hard, but it turned out that they were wrong.

Southampton was one of the most eye-catching teams in the Premier League in the first half of this season. Even from the perspective of the entire season, they performed very well, but in the standings after the end of the season, they still ranked eighth, which did not look very ideal. When the team summed up the experience and lessons, the players would feel something.

They played well against strong teams, but they frequently lost points against some weak teams. Is it because they are not strong enough? Not only that, but also because they lack a kind of stability and concentration in the game!

To put it bluntly, because after playing against strong teams and achieving certain results, many people began to feel that playing against weak teams was too easy, but in fact, weak teams often made them encounter an embarrassing draw or defeat.

Southampton had too many draws this season, and this is the reason!

Arriving in Southampton, Lucas Moura felt as if he had entered a different environment. He began to be exposed to more things, understand more truths, and learn how to play better.

So, this time, returning to Theobald, he was deeply touched. Not only him, but also several Tottenham Hotspur players who were loaned to Southampton with him had deep feelings.

"You are here!"

When they walked to the first-team training building, they found that Tottenham Hotspur players were training on the training ground, led by assistant coach Mauro Tassotti, while Roland Schepers was waiting for them downstairs in the training building in training clothes.

"Let's go upstairs, he is waiting for you!"

Several people went up the stairs to the second floor familiarly, passed the technical analysis room, passed the coaching room, and came to Ye Qiu's office. After knocking on the door and getting a response, they went in directly.

"How do you feel in Southampton?" Ye Qiu asked kindly and caringly after inviting everyone to sit down.

"Very good!"

"Not bad!"

"Not bad!"

The answers of the crowd were inconsistent. It was obvious that everyone had different views and feelings about such a loan.

This is also a very normal thing. Different people have different understandings and views on different mistakes.

Just like Chambers, he originally came from Southampton's youth training camp. It was no problem for him to be loaned back to Southampton. He felt like he was back home, and he gradually became a main player in Southampton. Naturally, he felt very good.

As for Lucas Moura, the Brazilian performed quite well in Southampton this season, but it was up and down. After being selected for the Brazilian national team, he also attracted the attention of many European giants and was even linked with teams such as Barcelona and Real Madrid, but Tottenham Hotspur did not intend to let him go.

So, for Lucas Moura, it was a bit uncomfortable for him to continue to stay in Southampton.

The same is true for Coutinho. He is not very willing to stay in Southampton. It is not that he is not good in Southampton, but because he thinks that Southampton is too small. He hopes to join a team like Tottenham Hotspur, where he can play and show his strength in the Champions League in front of countless strong teams.

Do you know? The Times predicts that more than 200 million fans will be waiting in front of the TV to watch the live broadcast of this season's Champions League final. If he can play in such a game, he will definitely be famous.

Relatively speaking, Southampton's platform is too small!

Ye Qiu also understands the ideas of some players, but he cannot promise them a starting position, because Tottenham Hotspur currently has no place for them. There are Ribery, Messi, Neymar and Hazard on the front wing. Tottenham Hotspur is full of masters, and Lucas Moura can only play as a substitute.

And Ye Qiu feels that he has made great progress in Southampton, and he should continue to stay there to improve his strength.

As for the midfield, although Coutinho took on a certain amount of defensive pressure after changing to play in the middle, and his defensive improvement was not small, he still needed to further study his offense and defense. In this respect, he was still not as good as Ramsey and Eriksen, even though he seemed to be more intelligent and more cunning than these two players.

Therefore, this time Ye Qiu specially invited them to Theobald, just to have a good talk with them and stabilize them.

In addition, Ye Qiu also promised to let Tottenham Hotspur help Southampton with all their strength. Before, Mathieu Le Tissier and Adrianse came to London and talked to Ye Qiu about the need for a center forward and a center back to further enhance the team's strength.

Ye Qiu had previously asked Peter De Visser and the scout department to help Southampton investigate Serie A's top center Immobile according to Adrianse's ideas and requirements. Although this center did not perform well in Serie A, he met Adrianse's requirements very well. He was a very comprehensive center, and more importantly, he was young, inexpensive, and had strong plasticity.

Because half of Immobile's ownership was in the hands of Juventus, Southampton negotiated with ****** and Juventus successively, and finally introduced the 23-year-old Italian young center for 6 million euros.

In addition, Southampton's own scout department has also finalized the introduction of Croatian central defender Dejan Lovren from Lyon for 10 million euros. This is also a highly rated central defender, and he is only 23 years old, a very young central defender.

But considering that there are only veteran Jose Fonte and central defender Lovren at present, Adrianse is considering introducing another central defender. At present, they are considering Marseille's young central defender N'Koulou, who is also a young central defender strongly recommended by Tottenham Hotspur's scout department. It is believed that he can form a strong central defender combination with Lovren and Fonte at will.

For a team like Southampton, the transfer fee must be spent on the blade, so a young and practical player like N'Koulou is undoubtedly the most ideal choice, and his value is estimated to be higher than Lovren, at around 13 million euros, but Southampton will not be short of money this season.

With this lineup, Ye Qiu believes that Southampton will be more competitive in the new season than this season, especially after the growth of several young players and young players in the team, the strength of this team will become even better. I believe that it will also be able to make a difference in the Premier League. It is estimated that there is no hope of impacting the top four of the league, but it is estimated that it will not be difficult to get a better ranking.

Because of this, Ye Qiu is also trying to persuade Lucas Moura and Coutinho, thinking that they should stay in Southampton with peace of mind. After all, the most important thing for them now is the long ball. As long as they maintain the current momentum of progress, they will definitely be able to return to Tottenham Hotspur in the next one or two years. This is also a promise Ye Qiu made to them.

And if Tottenham Hotspur still has no place for them by then, Ye Qiu will let them transfer.

"This is indeed a happy trouble, isn't it?"

After sending this group of boys away, Ye Qiu said to Roland Shepard with a wry smile.

At present, there is another player that Ye Qiu attaches great importance to in Southampton. Because the team returned to Belgium after the holiday, he did not appear today. That is goalkeeper Courtois. This goalkeeper has performed very amazingly in the Premier League this season and has made obvious progress. Now he is already a well-known talented goalkeeper in the Premier League.

But Cech is only 31 years old, which is the golden age of a goalkeeper, and Courtois has not yet challenged Cech's main position, so Ye Qiu's idea is to keep him in Southampton.

In Ajax, Marquinhos, Balanta, Gino Peruzzi, Quintero and others have also performed well, and those who are currently on loan to other teams, such as Aaron Halilovic, Jedvic and others, are currently difficult to play in Tottenham Hotspur, but they have all been loaned out by the team.

Today, Tottenham Hotspur is becoming more and more like other big clubs, treating young players in a scatter-net training style, buying out players, keeping those who can play in the team, and renting them out if they can't. If they can succeed, they will succeed, but if they can't, there is nothing they can do. After all, no one can guarantee that their youth training can have a 100% success rate.

Just like Sandro, this Brazilian player failed to achieve the effect that Ye Qiu expected in Tottenham Hotspur, so Ye Qiu plans to rent or sell him in the new season to make room for a new midfielder.

However, the scout department is getting more and more powerful. They recently dug a treasure for Ye Qiu from Serbia, the new Drogba.

This Serbian center forward, born in 1994, is tall and strong, and his style is very similar to Drogba. He came from the youth training camp of Belgrade Partizan, but later joined Zemun. At the age of 17, he played 25 games in the Serbian League and scored 7 goals. After being recalled by Belgrade Partizan, he scored 10 goals in 25 games this season. He is a very outstanding young center forward.

Peter De Visser recommended him to Ye Qiu, thinking that he should be recruited into the team and stay, let him follow Drogba, and see if he can cultivate another strong center forward. What's more rare is that this player is a die-hard fan of Tottenham Hotspur.

There are more and more talents, but the troubles brought to Ye Qiu are also getting bigger and bigger. How to coordinate and balance the appearances and positions of the players within the team is also something that Ye Qiu must worry about as the head coach of Tottenham Hotspur.

Fortunately, in another year, this happy trouble will fall on Mauro Tassotti.

"If people knew about this, they would say that you don't know how lucky you are!" Roland actually spoke a sentence in Chinese. Although his tone was awkward, it made Ye Qiu burst into laughter. This fat guy is just like that.

Ye Qiu stood up from his seat and slowly walked towards the French window of the office. Below was the training ground, where the players were training intensively, and he also looked solemn.

Since he decided to make appropriate reforms to the team, he was pessimistic about whether the team could still perform like this in the next season. He saw the next season more as a preparation for Mauro Tassotti to take office, and more importantly, it would give Mauro Tassotti more time to run in the team.

Therefore, this season, this Champions League, may very well be the last Champions League of his career.

He was determined to win!