The Godfather of Greenery

Chapter 366 Dynasty Foundation
"Hello, Martin, welcome to the Zigwell Training Base!"

On this day, Ye Qiu received Martin Samuel, a well-known reporter from the London Times, at Zigwell's training base in the west of Enfield. He was an old friend of Ye Qiu when he was coaching Chelsea. So this time he left the first interview of the new season to Martin Samuel.

This is an unwritten tacit understanding of the Premier League. Before the new season, the head coach will accept media interviews to make a round of expectations for the new season. Calling for more fans to come to watch the game is almost the same as Lao Chen calling for monthly tickets.

"This is the first time I've come to Zigwell!" Martin Samuel was a little unbelievable, not that it was so bad, or outrageous, the venue, indoor venues, training buildings, everything that should be there , but it just gives people a feeling that they are not in line with the Premier League team, or even the English Championship team.

"You know, I read your column in The Times and said that I spent nearly [-] million to set up a training base. I just want to invite you to come here for a walk!" Ye Qiu said with a smile The reason why I arranged the location of the interview here.

Martin Samuel smiled after hearing this, and looked around. He really found that the Zigwell training base was very simple.

If compared with Chelsea's Harrington training base back then, the only thing Zigwell won was the indoor training ground covered with plastic film, but everything else was a complete failure. This is definitely not a Premier League team. There should be a training base, because all rest environments including players are too rudimentary.

"Although I now agree with you to build a new training base, I still reserve my opinion. It would be a waste to spend so much money!" Martin Samuel continued to insist on his opinion with a smile.

Ye Qiu chuckled, "You know what? I've been thinking about a question, what is the core asset of a football club? Yes, I don't deny it, it's the club itself, and it's the players who can maintain it. , It is the result of the players fighting game after game on the football field."

"All football clubs, including giants, have a long history and glorious traditions, which are achieved through the blood and sweat of their players. So I wonder, why can't all football clubs treat their players better?"

Ye Qiu smiled, "I have seen the headquarters of many big companies in the United States, such as Google, Apple, Microsoft, and, of course, the headquarters of our Leaf Technology." Technology is now a well-known big company in the United States and the world, and is currently preparing to create an industrial park in Silicon Valley.

"If you think of a football club as a company, it is actually a company. Then the players are the backbone elites who create value for this company. And all companies will not treat their backbone elites badly, and will try their best to give these elites The best working environment, the best treatment, the best living environment, so that they can work with peace of mind!"

At this point, Martin Samuel understood what Ye Qiu wanted to say.

"So, I want to build Theobald training base, I want to provide my players with the best in the training base, our dormitory will be completely in accordance with the standard of a five-star hotel, and our restaurant will employ the best chefs. , the most professional nutrition experts to take care of the players' diet, we will also provide the best services to the players, not only in the training base, including outside the training base, including the life of the players, as long as they need, we will provide Biggest help!"

"I think I understand a little bit!" Martin Samuel nodded after hearing this. This is indeed a place that many clubs, and almost all clubs, have never paid attention to, "Although I still think You spend too much money on the training base, but I take back my previous opinion!"

The last sentence made Ye Qiu laugh. In fact, he admired Martin Samuel because the latter, as an independent writer, has his own professional and independent standpoint. Although he has always treated Ye Qiu well, But in fact, he scolded Ye Qiu a lot.

Of course, Martin Samuel's scolding is not cursing, not random and baseless scolding, but directly pointing out why I scolded you.

"I've watched all six of Tottenham's warm-up games this summer and I've found that this team is getting better and better, especially the attacking football that this team is showing, which is very similar to when you were at Chelsea. It's not the same, but it's a bit like returning to the Ajax period." Martin Samuel expressed his opinion.

Ye Qiu nodded, "I once told my assistant, Mauro Tassotti, that I don't think I have made much progress during the two years I have been coaching at Chelsea. I am talking about the tactical level as a head coach. Progress, Mauro told me, he said partly because of the pressure on performance, and partly because the overall strength of the players is too strong."

Martin Samuel understood Ye Qiu's meaning. The pressure of results would make people give up some risky approaches, while too strong players would force the head coach to make compromises on the tactical level, because the overall combat effectiveness of the team is the most important.

"I personally feel that I have not improved. I have improved a lot, but I have not had the opportunity to show a lot of things. During the year of my rest, I have been sorting out and thinking about my future football path. , I slowly figured it out from front to back, and then I decided that I want to build a team that belongs to my ideal."

"The passion of the Premier League, the defense of Italy, the delicacy of Spain and the whole of Germany?" Martin Samuel asked with a smile.

Ye Qiu nodded with a smile. This is indeed what he said in the past, the most ideal team in his mind. After getting Mauro Tassotti to join him, he really found that he had the hope to achieve such a goal. .

"Actually, I believe that there will always be many fans, not even fans, but your fans will feel very strange, why you have reached the height you are now, but you still want to buy a team and come to coach yourself What about the team?" Martin Samuel asked a question that has been shared by the whole world for a long time.

"Is it very tall?" Ye Qiu smiled and shook his head, "It's just making some money!"

"Really, I'm not trying to be humble or anything, I think I'm just like that, I've been back to my country and my hometown, I've been to many, many different places, I've met a lot of people who like The people on the Zeus phone, they know me, they recognize me, but that's all, and they go on with their lives."

"Sometimes I have been thinking, are celebrities really that high? They are just human beings, they also have to live, make mistakes, and have pursuits, and I always feel that there are many celebrities who always feel good about themselves. , I feel that I can control or influence others, and can change many things, but in fact, you really don’t have that much influence, because you are only famous.”

"You mean you haven't considered yourself a celebrity?" Martin Samuel asked.

"No, I consider myself a celebrity, so before I do anything and say a word, I will think about the consequences!" Ye Qiu shook his head, "But I never regard myself as someone who can be controlled casually." , influence, interfere with others, you know that many people scold me, but I never call on those who support me to scold him, because it doesn't make any sense to me."

"But you can't deny that there are many people who really admire and support you!" Martin Samuel said.

"So, I always feel that I should bear the responsibility for this, but I also believe that it is just a process in their life path. When they mature in the future, have a family, a job and a goal to strive for, then What am I in their eyes? It's just a talking point!"

Martin Samuel laughed after hearing this, "It's rare to hear celebrities say that about themselves, but this kind of thinking is very sensible."

"I think I'm lazy!" Ye Qiu replied with a smile, "Because those who like to influence and interfere with others have a feeling of being a savior in their hearts. Fighting side by side, and I don't have to, I don't have to bear the responsibility for it!"

This sentence was purely a joke, so Martin Samuel just laughed and let it go.

"You haven't said why you want to come back to coach!" Martin? Samuel reminded.

"Personal pursuit!" Ye Qiu nodded, "I remember Ferguson once said that when he just left, he would feel that he had let go of a big rock, and the whole person felt relaxed, but it was like this for one month, two months, three months. After a month you feel out of place, like something important is missing from your life."

As soon as Ye Qiu finished speaking, Martin Samuel laughed loudly, "I heard Ferguson say the same thing, so he refuses to retire!"

"Yes, you just can't let go. You still have pursuits and ideas in your heart, so you can't let go!"

"So this time when you come back to coach, have you set yourself a goal?" Martin Samuel asked, "Or is it a purely personal pursuit, and you can do whatever you want?"

"Of course not. There must be goals. Without goals, it would be boring. I hope to build Tottenham Hotspur into the top team in the Premier League and Europe. I hope to build it into a giant." Ye Qiu didn't hide his thoughts at all.

After hearing this, Martin Samuel frowned, "But before, there were indeed many people who thought that you could rebuild a giant by giving money and time. Now, he is not considered a wealthy family, at least, no one in the mainstream of Europe recognizes him!"

Ye Qiu thought for a while, then shook his head and said, "It should take some time. You know, the memory of football is very short. During Chelsea's glorious period, the topics discussed by fans in Europe and around the world must be indispensable, so you To say they are not giants is only because they have not been recognized by the original giants, but the fans have recognized it."

"This must be fueled by the media, the word rich is overused!" Martin Samuel thought.

"Yes, but you can't deny that in the past three years, the memories of many fans belong to Chelsea. In the minds of these fans, Chelsea is a wealthy family that belongs to them. It is impossible for others to admit it or not. Change."

"Of course, I have to say that Chelsea are not doing very well in many aspects. They could have done better and conquered more fans. They can be on the pitch, among the teams, among the younger generation of fans, in the Philanthropy and even society as a whole have made more contributions and efforts, but they have done poorly in these areas, which also affects an important reason why they cannot be recognized by the mainstream.”

Martin Samuel laughed after hearing this, "It seems that you really have a long-term and complete plan for the team, so can you reveal that in your plan, Tottenham Hotspur How many years will it take to win the Premier League title?"

Ye Qiu thought for a while, "Three years!"

"Isn't it too long? You know, you won the double in the first year of coaching Chelsea!" Martin Samuel expressed his dissatisfaction on behalf of Ye Qiu's fans, thinking that three years was too long.

"Chelsea is going too fast and taking too many steps, which has caused many, many problems, and no one can obliterate Mr. Ranieri's coaching and contribution to Chelsea before. Without Ranieri, there would be no future Chelsea. And Tottenham Hotspur have been more turbulent in the past few years, that is, last season was a little bit better."

Martin Samuel accepted this explanation, "I found that you gave three years, but in fact you have always exceeded expectations. For example, when you coached Chelsea, no one expected to win the double in the first year."

"This kind of thing can't be calculated. I don't know what to do. I don't know what to do. I can't say that I want to win the championship now, but after the end of the season, I can't win the championship. The fans keep scolding me. Me, say I'm bragging, bragging, or something like that?"

Martin Samuel laughed loudly, "There is another question. Recently, some Tottenham fans have been opposing your application with the city government to jointly build the London Olympic Stadium. They feel that you want to build It should also be built in Tottenham, what do you think about that?"

Ye Qiu thought about it. This problem is really difficult. Of course, it's not a big problem. It's just that some Tottenham Hotspur fans have applied to the District Council, hoping that the District Council can stop Tottenham Hotspur's idea .

"I think it's like this Zigwell training base. It's very small and crude, but the most important thing is that the surrounding land doesn't belong to us, and it's impossible to buy it. Even if it is bought, it must be very expensive. , so the question is, what should we do if we want to build a new training base?"

"Build, you can develop and have a future. If you don't build, you have been guarding this dilapidated training base, watching your competitors surpass you one by one, and you realize that you are constantly being distanced. ,what would you do?"

"Arsenal has to build a new stadium and a new training base because they are very clear that this is the future of a team, and they built it, but we don't build it. We can't see it now. In two or three years, In a few years, you will find that they are constantly stretching their lead, and we can't catch up no matter how hard we try!"

"In the same way, Tottenham Hotspur's White Hart Lane is surrounded by dense residential areas, and behind it is a sports club. If you want to build a new stadium here, it will involve a lot of work and the cost will be very high. Yes, we have to take this into account.”

When it came to this point, Ye Qiu did not continue to say anything, but adopted a soothing strategy.

"I can understand some of the thoughts of Tottenham fans. They have feelings for the club and hope that the team can stay in Tottenham, but I can promise that even if we do move to downtown London in the future, we will definitely The Tottenham area will not be forgotten, and I believe that all fans who support and love Tottenham Hotspur do not want the club to miss this opportunity to develop."

As a matter of fact, Tottenham Hotspur's fans are quite divided when it comes to Tottenham Hotspur's plan to cooperate with the London City Government. Apart from many fans who have left the Tottenham area, they are almost all in favor of it. , Even the local fans in the Tottenham area are equally divided between support and opposition.

Supporters believe that the team going south will get better development opportunities and a broader development platform, which is of great benefit to the team. The management's decision is definitely wise and should be supported.

Opponents believe that the management only considers the development of the club and ignores the feelings of the fans. For those fans who live in the Tottenham area, once Tottenham goes south, they will inevitably feel lost in their hearts. , It is also very inconvenient to watch the game in the future, so they objected and hoped that the community would stop it.

Ye Qiu and Eliza did not dare to underestimate these opponents, because in many cases, opponents can exert great influence, so the club has taken appeasement measures.

Not only that, in order to appease the Tottenham district government, Ye Qiu also decided to donate a part of the money every year in the name of Tottenham Hotspur to support the public security and environmental governance issues in the community. The organization cooperates to support and help some fan families in difficulty, and also establishes public welfare undertakings such as the Tottenham Hotspur Student Fund.

Ye Qiu did this partly because he wanted to appease the fans. At the same time, he managed Tottenham Hotspur's core fan organization. At the same time, he also wanted to strengthen the club's image and enhance the soft power of the club.

According to the estimates of Eliza and the marketing department, although they spend a lot on these projects, in fact, the club can get more and greater returns from other aspects in the future, such as sponsors.

Among other things, as long as Tottenham Hotspur can obtain the post-Olympic ownership of the London Olympic Stadium and the surrounding land, this piece of income is enough to make Tottenham Hotspur profitable!

Therefore, in many cases, many things can achieve a win-win situation, it just depends on whether your operation method and method are appropriate.

As Ye Qiu kept saying during his time at Chelsea, kingship is the foundation of a sustainable dynasty, and dominance can only rule the roost for a while. Therefore, Tottenham Hotspur must follow the kingly road, even if it is only in appearance and words kingly way.

(End of this chapter)