Didier Drogba of England

After Tottenham Hotspur knocked out Liverpool in the Carabao Cup, the English media praised Carroll, who scored twice and provided an assist, believing that the soon-to-be-20-year-old England centre-forward is another top centre-forward in English football after Alan Shearer

Liverpool manager Rafael Benitez, who was knocked out by Tottenham Hotspur, said, "Andy Carroll has the potential to be a top centre-forward, I wasn't a fan of him before, but after this night, I completely changed my opinion of him, I believe he is a genius, the most talented of the best"

"I think what Andy Carroll needs most at the moment is to be able to play more games as soon as possible, we all know that he has the talent and potential not to lose to Wayne Rooney, and he is taller than Wayne Rooney, has more control over the ball, is a very dangerous centre-forward in the box, and Wayne Rooney is already a regular at Everton and Manchester United at his age."

Andy Carroll is nineteen years old and twenty years old in 09, but at present, because of Tottenham Hotspur's attacking players are obviously a little bloated, coupled with the presence of Van Persie and Cavani, Andy Carroll has never been able to play the main position, and more often in cup competitions and substitutes in the league.

However, in the two knockout rounds of the Carabao Cup, Carroll has shown strong penalty dominance and scoring ability against Premier League giants such as Newcastle and Liverpool, and he has been voted Player of the Match in two consecutive games, scoring twice in both games.

has strong high ball control, tall and strong body, simple and practical skills at his feet, tall but not bulky, and good ball handling ability, these have become Carol's label, but more importantly, he is a player that Ye Qiu fancies.

I have to admit that in the past ten years, almost every player Ye Qiu has taken a fancy to has become a talent, from Robben, Abidal, Lucio and others who are far away in Ajax, to the recent Ramsey, Eden Hazzard, Gareth Bale and others, as well as Ziglinski who joined this season.

The Ukrainian centre-back did not have the slightest fame before, although he has the title of Zickenbauer in Ukraine, but he is almost unknown in European football, but Tottenham Hotspur he has performed very well, after zero mistakes in his debut, his subsequent performances have been satisfactory, especially his excellent ability to play the ball at the back, which has made him famous, and his value has skyrocketed.

According to current media estimates, Ziglinski's value will have to be at least doubled, that is, in the fifteen million euros, but to convince Tottenham Hotspur to release him, some people joke that they will have to double on this basis, and as soon as possible, because with Ziglinski's outstanding performance, his value will skyrocket at any time.

Produced by Ye Qiu

This has become a label in football, many young players hope that they can be favored by Ye Qiu, playing in Tottenham Hotspur, and there are many players who have skyrocketed in value because of the scandal with Ye Qiu, such as Werder Bremen's Brazilian midfielder Diego, before it was reported that Tottenham Hotspur was going to bring him in, the Brazilian player was even as high as 40 million euros at one time, but then with the gradual retreat of potential buyers, it shrank to about 30 million euros.

Andy Carroll is called by the media as a powerful center forward who combines the advantages of Alan Shearer, Drogba and Van Nistelrooy, and is a local player in England and a Ye Qiu product, and it is natural that his value has skyrocketed.

But for the hype of the outside media, Ye Qiu repeatedly emphasized that Andy Carroll is still young, and what he needs is low-key, rather than excessive media exaggeration and hype, and as for the English media's question of whether Andy Carroll will be given more opportunities in the next game, Ye Qiu said that it will depend on the opponent in the game.

However, the head coach of the England youth team, Pierce, who promoted Carroll from Hl9 to l, said in an interview with the media that Carroll's talent and strength are absolutely undoubted, and he will be the most dominant super center forward in England in the next decade, and his partnership with Rooney will make England's forward strength invincible.

'But what he needs to do now is get more training in the game, not just in some dispensable cup competitions, and only the top league games will help him improve his game

As Carroll's former club, the Magpies Newcastle were happy to recall Andy Carroll to Tottenham Hotspur in a player exchange, but now they are hoping to recall the famous England homegrown hopeful star during the winter break for five million euros.

Regarding the transfer application from Newcastle, Tottenham Hotspur has only one official answer, no need to talk

But Andy Carroll also said in an interview with the media that he is willing to play at Tottenham Hotspur because it is a pleasure to play with Franck Ribery, Messi and others, "but if there is no place for me at Tottenham Hotspur, I want to be able to leave and play for a team that recognizes me"

It was quickly interpreted as Carroll's comments on pressure from Tottenham Hotspur's management, as while he has played nine times in all competitions so far this season, all but two of his Carabao Cup starts, many of them have come on in garbage time.

However, Tottenham Hotspur responded quickly, and Carroll herself stood up to clarify, saying that her remarks were misled by the media and that she had no intention of leaving Tottenham Hotspur.

However, after the League Cup, some people were happy and some were sad.

Tottenham's problem is that the squad is a bit bloated, but some people are worried that there are too many transfer fees in their hands.

Mark Hughes once saw some news about the United States from the newspaper, which he noticed in order to understand Ye Qiu, and heard that Google had been pressured by the board of directors for a long time because of the large amount of cash in their hands, requiring them to spend the cash as soon as possible.

At that time, he was still laughing, saying that there was such a nonsense thing in this world? Too much money to spend?

But when he really encountered this situation, he really realized that in fact, the days without money are indeed very bitter, and every penny is eager to be broken in half to spend, but the days of money may not be happy, especially when you have a large amount of money in your hands, but you don't know how to spend it, you will feel that this is simply a troublesome thing for people to die.

On the team's return to Manchester from Brighton, Mark Hughes was invited to the city stadium's office by club president Al Mubarak, much to the panic of Mark Hughes as Manchester City had just been knocked out of the Carabao Cup by Championship side Brighton & Hove Albion.

If that's all it takes, it's fine, but the worst thing is that after 12 rounds of the Premier League, Manchester City's current league ranking has fallen to 15th, which is completely disproportionate to Manchester City's investment of more than 100 million euros at the beginning of the season, and there have been rumors that Mark Hughes is going to leave more than once.

"Call me all of a sudden," said Mark Rest, a little apprehensively.

In fact, there are still many problems in Manchester City's current situation, but no one can say that Manchester City's players are not strong enough, because in the front field, Robinho, Ruo, in the midfield, Modric, Wright Phillips, Elano, in the backfield Dunn, Zabaleta and Hangrande and other stars, Manchester City's strength can definitely not be said to be weak.

At the very least, it is completely inconsistent with the current Premier League ranking close to the relegation zone.

It is clear to everyone that one of the most important reasons why the team is like this is because of head coach Mark Hughes.

But not long ago, after Manchester City lost to Tottenham Hotspur, Tottenham Hotspur manager Ye Qiu gave Mark Hughes support after the game, and the Chinese said he believed Mark Hughes was capable of leading Manchester City out of the current predicament.

And Mark Hughes also said in an interview with the media that Manchester City's current difficulties are only temporary, and he believes that as long as the team strengthens its strength in the local area and runs in a set of its own tactical play as soon as possible, Manchester City's rise will not be a problem, because in the first year of Ye Qiu's reorganization of Tottenham Hotspur, the situation is even worse than his current situation.

Knock Knock-

"Come in" came the voice of Chairman Al Mubarak.

Mark Hughes pushed open the door and walked in, and found that not only the chairman Mubarak, but also the club's chief executive, Gary Cook, was there, and the two seemed to be discussing something important, and after seeing Mark Hughes, the atmosphere in the office was clearly a little wrong.

"Hello, Mr. Manager, please be seated" Mubarak smiled as he stood up from behind his desk, his smile not looking stiff, just a little fake.

Gary Cook followed Mubarak to the hospitality area, and the three of them sat down in a zigzag pattern

"OK" Mubarak slapped his palms, then folded his hands together and rubbed them together, "Mr. Coach, to tell you the truth, Al-Fasime is very dissatisfied with the current situation of the team, and I believe everyone knows that the team's investment this season should not be as good as it is now." ”

Mark Hughes's heart jumped, knowing that he must face this pass, "Yes, Mr. President, but"

Mubarak reached out and stopped Mark Hughes from continuing, "Please don't doubt our trust in you, you are a very powerful Premier League manager, you have achieved excellent results, and you have a wide network of contacts and connections in English football, we have always believed that you can help the team out of trouble. ”

After hearing this, Mark Hughes suddenly put down a big stone in his heart, and immediately nodded: "I am very grateful for the trust of you and Mr. Alfasim, and please believe that the team will be able to get out of the predicament."

Mubarak slapped his palms again and asked with a smile: "I wonder what you think, Mark?" ”

"The biggest problem for the team at the moment is one front and one behind, we need a center forward in front, Robinho and Ruo are both quite good attackers, but they are not suitable for the center, we need a player to attack the opponent's defense for them and maximize their attacking power."

'At the back, we need a consistent goalkeeper and I don't think we have a problem defending, but we don't have a big problem with the goalkeeper and we need to bring in a high-quality goalkeeper.

Mark Hughes thought for a moment and then said: "If possible, I would also recommend bringing in a defensive midfielder, but it is more difficult because there is a shortage of defensive midfielders at the moment. ”

Mubarak nodded again and again after hearing this, "These suggestions of yours, in the previous proposals, Mr. Alfasim have read them, but he personally has a different opinion on the target of recruitment, such as the striker, you want Blackburn's Santa Cruz, but he wants to bring in Valencia's Villa"

'As for the other ones on the list, we should prioritise big names like Kaka, Lionel Messi, Franck Ribery or homegrown charismatic superstars like Steven Gerrard and John Terry.

After a pause, Mubarak smiled, "You know, the transfer fee is not a problem for us, you know very well what we want"

After the Abu Dhabi consortium took over Manchester City, all they had to do was to completely reinforce their Abu Dhabi consortium and the power behind it, and they wanted to make Manchester City their own business card and make them famous.

If you just bring in players like Santa Cruz, Parker, Bridge, etc., you won't be able to achieve this goal, and if you want to achieve this goal, they should bring in the most popular superstars.

After hearing this, Mark Hughes shook his head in embarrassment, "Mr. Mubarak, they can't transfer to Manchester City, no matter how much money we spend, we can't dig up these superstars, because their goal is not just money, because if they want to make money, they can get more money by changing a team than they are now, but what they want most now is to leave a mark of their own in football history, a name"

For this point, Mark Hughes made it clear when he took over Manchester City at the beginning of the season, but he poached Robinho, Modric and Hangrande, so that Mubarak and Alfasim didn't believe Mark Hughes's words, and they began to wonder if it was because Mark Hughes was worried that he couldn't hold down the superstar?

At least, Mark Hughes can't stop Robinho right now.

"But I've heard that Liverpool are struggling with funding for a new stadium and Tottenham Hotspur is struggling with funding for a new stadium and a skyscraper, isn't that an opportunity?

"We want to be able to get a player like Robinho in the winter transfer market who can cause a general reaction in the transfer market, no matter how much money is spent on it." Mubarak stared at Mark Hughes, "You know what I mean, right?" ”

The biggest difference between Alfasim and Mubarak and Abramovich is that they are well aware of their laymanship, so they do not participate in the creation of the team or the selection of players, but adopt a similar system to the company, leaving professional things to professional people.

The decision on the transfer is still in the hands of Mark Hughes, and they are giving general direction guidance, telling Mark Hughes his thoughts and requirements, and letting him meet and meet his own ideas and requirements.

"I believe that with the addition of high-level players, the strength of the team will be greatly improved, and the results will also be improved, what do you think?" Mubarak asked with a smile.

Mark Hughes nodded, "The current situation of the team is the same as when Ye Qiu Chu was in charge of Tottenham Hotspur, it took him more than half a year to bring Tottenham Hotspur on the right track, and then the results climbed all the way to the top four in the league, and I am very confident in this."

"Good," Mubarak complimented with a smile.

It wasn't until Mark Hughes left that Mubarak's smile faded and was replaced by a look of disgrief, and it was clear that all of them were unhappy with the current state of the team.

Mark Hughes always likes to compare his six months at Manchester City with Ye Qiu's first year at the helm of Tottenham Hotspur, but that year Ye Qiu had already played the prototype of offensive football and already had the framework to play offensive football, but the current Manchester City did not give people this feeling at all, but looked disorganized

"Do you really believe him?" Gary Cook shook his head with a sneer, "He's just like when he was playing football, he doesn't have enough brains at all, he can't meet our requirements at all"

Mubarak also knew this very well, sighed and said: "But he is the only manager we can trust at the moment, if there is a change of coach in the middle of the process, and a team is accidentally relegated, it will be a disaster."

After investing so much and being demoted, it will not only be Mark Hughes who will get out, but even Mubarak and Gary Cook, who is the CEO, will have to follow suit.

Gary Cook nodded in understanding, and he agreed with Mark Hughes keeping him, and although he was not familiar with football at all, he knew that what City needed most was stability, not continued conflict

"Believe me, Mubarak, we need a super transfer, just like Nike won Jordan back then, we need to find our own Jordan" Before joining Manchester City, Gary Cook held a key position at Nike headquarters in the United States, responsible for Jordan brand promotion, and was later poached by Thaksin to Manchester City.

"Do you have a way?" Mubarak looked at Cook and asked with a smile.

Gary Cook smiled, "In the modern professional football market, as long as you are willing to spend money, there is no player who can't be bought, especially in recent years, the subprime mortgage crisis in the United States and the European debt crisis, and the big teams in European football generally have financial problems, as long as we are willing to pay the transfer fee, I believe there is no player who can't get it."

Mubarak smiled after hearing this, "Don't worry, you let it go, money, it must not be a problem"