Gabriel > Marcotti is a well-known Italian football commentary columnist, but he occasionally writes for the British media, commenting on the big and small things in European football, but he is best known for working with bald coach Vialli on an interesting book about football, "Italian Mission".

The book is actually about two different football nations, England and Italy.

For example, Vialli said that football is like love, but in England and Italy, love is very different, like two equally lovely but completely different women.

One is called Mary, she is loyal, frank, cheerful, she may not be born beautiful, but she can give everything for you. Sometimes you think she should go for beauty or lose some fat, and sometimes you think she is too simple and plain, but when you are at your lowest, she will become your patron saint.

One is called Veronica, shrewd, proud, passionate, she is very beautiful, and she understands this very well, and at the same time she is very good at taking advantage of this, she will not give you too much every time, so you will never forget, although you will have insecurity, but you will be extremely yearning, and even often angry at her flirting with other men in front of you, you are angry, but so what? You still can't help but want to get her, even though you can never predict what she'll bring you next.

Vialli also said that if the tragedy of Leeds United's relegation had happened in Italy, instead of the 40,000 fans sharing the grief and frustration of the Elland Road stadium, there would have been a riot, a beating with the bomb guards, and finally forced the players, coaches and the host to slip out of the tunnels in body armor.

There is no doubt that Vialli may not have been successful in his coaching career, but he is indeed a very talented footballer.

In this book [Italian Mission] written in 2006, there are many pages written about some insider stories that others are not familiar with, for example, he once had a large section dedicated to introducing why Ye Qiu wanted to buy Tottenham Hotspur, and he believes that this is Ye Qiu's most shrewd, and it is also the place that many people in the outside world care about the most.

"In the early years, the relationship between the media and the football club was simple, the media wanted to increase the circulation of the club's starlight, and the club was happy to do free advertising for the media, but gradually, as the media became more and more influential, the relationship between the two began to tilt."

"But in the information age, the relationship between the media and the team has begun to change, and the relationship is reversed, and many big teams like Manchester United and Arsenal don't need to look at the face of the media, because they have their own promotion media, but these traditional media can't afford to lose them."

"It's very simple, a football star who smokes a cigarette or pees can make the media cover for days!"

"When the Premier League went from being a two-man to a semi-final, the newspapers and TV stations in Manchester, Liverpool and London were completely crazy, and the competition between them was getting bigger and bigger, and everyone wanted to grab the headlines, but the headlines would offend the club a lot of the time, so how could you grab the headlines without affecting the team?"

"It's naturally about a good relationship, hugging a thigh that can't be thicker, and many teams and big-name stars are also happy to let a few famous pens support themselves, after all, the pen is still very useful at critical moments."

"Having said that, one of the key points I would actually make is that the relationship between the media and the club is complex, and there are even a lot of grievances in it, as if you would never see Ferguson interviewed by BBC TV, even after the game, because the BBC made a documentary that exposed the inside story of Ferguson's son's enrichment as an agent."

"Also, you'll never see Alex Ferguson speaking to the Manchester Evening News because the newspaper is Manchester United's sworn enemy, and do you know why the Sun went out of their way to defend Rio Ferdinand after he missed his drug test? Because Liverpool's sworn enemy newspaper has the best relationship with Manchester United, they got exclusive headlines about Beckham's transfer that year! ”

"Back to the main topic, in London, more than 90% of taxi drivers are Tottenham Hotspur fans, so when you stop a car in London, if you can introduce a few Tottenham Hotspur stars, congratulations, you may be able to waive a few dollars of fare; In London's media industry, around 90% of journalists are fans of Tottenham Hotspur and West Ham United, with the former accounting for the vast majority, but the latter has one who claims to be the most famous football journalist in England. ”

"The Times' Martin >Samuel, once a West Ham United die-hard, he and Chelsea's Frank Lampard are close friends, as early as the West Ham United period, and later formed close friends with Terry and others, but the most important thing is the relationship between him and Ye Qiu, that is, he introduced Ye Qiu to the twists and turns in the British media field, and after Ye Qiu became the owner of Tottenham Hotspur, he seems to have also turned to Tottenham Hotspur."

"Martin > Samuel's sworn enemies are Gerrard's loyal fans, Henry > Winter, the number one commentator for the Daily Telegraph, who forms the Daily Telegraph's Reds fan base with Alain > Hansen, and even more thoroughly than them is Liverpool Echo reporter Evans, who and his team are crazy Reds fans."

"Arsenal also has its own piece of the world, that is, the Independent, the sports department of this newspaper is all Arsenal fans, and there was even a piece of news at the beginning, I heard that when the sports department of the Independent was recruiting, it was not Arsenal fans who didn't even use interviews, so you can imagine how loyal they are."

"A lot of people think that Ye Qiu bought Tottenham Hotspur because the latter is in London and has a good result, in fact, these are not the point, the real point is that Tottenham Hotspur has the largest and scarce in the city of London, and at the same time it is necessary for a football club to rise."

"A lot of people are wondering why they can see Tottenham Hotspur news and news every day in newspapers such as The Guardian, The Times, Daily Mail, etc., and why are some Tottenham Hotspur player transfer headlines getting the news earlier than others?"

"This is the real purpose of Ye Qiu's acquisition of Tottenham Hotspur, because he has planned all this behind his back!"

"Therefore, we saw that after Ye Qiu acquired Tottenham Hotspur, he gave Martin >Samuel an interview for the first time, and the most important preview interview before each season was basically The Guardian, The Times and the Daily Mail, the Daily Mail is Martin > Samuel's old club, and with this relationship, he hugged Ye Qiu's thick thighs."

"So, this is the core reason why Ye Qiu bought Tottenham Hotspur!"

"And the role of the media is actually overlooked by many people, he is not only in publicity and promotion, he also has a huge credit and role in shaping the star, just like Martin >Samuel has been promoting for Frank Lampard in the past, and when John Terry was on the scene at the World Cup, they used their pen to portray his appearance as the embodiment of the spirit of the English bulldog, and then turned the bad into the good. ”

"In the star-making project that all clubs are pursuing, the media will always be an indispensable part of it!"

This is Vialli's last description, and in fact, although Vialli's is a little biased, for example, Ye Qiu's acquisition of Tottenham Hotspur is definitely not just because of the team's influence and appeal in London, but in fact, many of his views are correct, and they all get to the point.

It's just that in this book written at the end of 2006, Vialli didn't foresee that Ye Qiu's other big move was to poach Robert > Milson, a figure who worked in almost all the big newspapers in the UK, and it was Robert >Milson's crisis PR again and again has made Tottenham Hotspur's star-making project very smooth.

Why was Falcao able to go from €5 million to €70 million in one season?

Is it just 50 goals in that season?

Don't be stupid, it's not for nothing that there are more goals than him in a single season in this world, but why don't people have such a big value surge? The reason is very simple, Falcao appears in the newspaper almost every day, he scores, the media immediately sing praise, if he doesn't score, it doesn't matter, the media immediately give him other aspects of publicity and hype, such as zooming in on a certain pass in the game, or a certain shot on goal, etc.

Not only Falcao, Tottenham Hotspur can appear in the newspaper every day, relying on the all-round publicity and promotion of the whole team, which is an important reason why Tottenham Hotspur's value has soared and income has soared in the past few years.

That's the rules of the game in professional football, and if you can't adapt to it, you're going to be eliminated!

Because of this, Ye Qiu has always paid attention to the cooperation with the media, even if he is now worth a hundred times and does not need to look at the face of the media to act, but he is still the same as always, as Vialli said, before each season, he will be interviewed by two reporters, The Guardian and The Times.

And every time, there is only one person in the Times who can face Ye Qiu, that is, the old fat man in Vialli's mouth, Martin > Samuel, and the Guardian can get a pre-season interview because Sheehan > Ingle, a rising star in the British media industry, the fastest rising rookie in the past two or three years.

The reason why Ye Qiu did this is because these people have helped him when he was in decline, or on his way to success, and he has always believed in a principle, that is, don't forget those who helped you.

But every time he saw Martin > Samuel, Ye Qiu would think of an image that Vialli had described when he mentioned him.

An old fat man with drywall on his arm!

With the image of Martin > Samuel, it is indeed very joyful, and every time I think of it, it makes Ye Qiu want to laugh.

Martin > Samuel heard Ye Qiu mention it, and he had also read Vialli's book, so every time he saw Ye Qiu laughing, Martin > Samuel would retaliate, or deliberately ask some very sharp and difficult questions, or write an article after going back to disgust this guy, which has become the norm of the competition between the two.

"You know, a lot of Tottenham Hotspur fans are starting to doubt your feelings for Tottenham Hotspur, and they even think that you are using Tottenham Hotspur to make money, for example, in the past, you have invested a huge amount of money in Tottenham Hotspur real estate, as far as we know, more than half a billion euros, of which 200 million are still with bank loans."

"Compared to your generosity and generosity in the real estate business, you seem to be very stingy in recruitment, selling Van Persie, Gareth> Bale, Falcao, Ziglinski and other players, you have not used the transfer market, and after selling the popular stars, you have brought in young rookies including Neymar, Coutinho, Courtois, etc., do you think they can make up for the loss caused by the departure of powerful stars such as Coentrão, Ziglinski and Falcao in the new season?"

It is clear that this time Martin > Samuel are making things difficult.

Ye Qiu is now sitting in the head coach's office at Theobald's training base, the office chair that his wife Huang Chu bought for him, it is very comfortable, after all, it is ergonomically designed, and then looked at Martin > Samuel with a smile, he found that all the fat people were very interesting when they were angry, including Roland> Shepas, and that damn Benitez.

"Can you answer my question more seriously? I'm going to rush back and deliver the manuscript! Martin > Samuel urged.

Go to that damn delivery, who would dare to press Martin > Samuel? I guess you want to go back in a hurry and think about how to disgust me, right?

But Ye Qiu didn't say anything, but coughed, "I once said that we Tottenham Hotspur will not become a team that spends a lot of money to bring in reinforcements, and we will not become a team that introduces superstars, and I can understand the thoughts of many Tottenham Hotspur fans, but what I want to say is that in the transfer market now, is there anyone who can directly bring us a boost in strength?" ”

In the face of Ye Qiu's rhetorical question, Martin > Samuel a little embarrassed, Tottenham Hotspur's main lineup is strong, that is well known, almost every position in this team has excellent world-class stars, the bigger weakness may be the left back, Ye Qiu has always trusted Marcelo, who is strong in attack and weak in defense.

But Marcelo has also improved a lot in the last few years, and the defense is very good now.

With the departure of Diglinski this season, Vincent Kompany has been promoted to the main team, and Nastasic and Raphael Varane have also become rookies in the team and have been promoted to the first team.

If anything, Tottenham's weak point now is bench depth.

But let's be honest, who would spend tens of millions of euros to bring in some substitutes to sit on the bench?

"The reason why I didn't bring in mature players is because the transfer market is full of bubbles right now, and on the other hand, because bringing in mature players may not be able to adapt to our technical and tactical style, and we have a very good group of players in the youth team, so I think we should give them a chance."

"For example, Ramsey, Hazard and Eriksen, who we promoted before, have all performed very well, while Pogba, Nastasic, Varane and others have also proven their quality and potential in the previous youth teams, reserves and cup competitions, and Neymar and Coutinho have also proven their talent and quality in Brazil."

'I would say these players are the future of the team and in 10 years we don't need to make any changes at all, and with them we at Tottenham Hotspur can guarantee a strong competitiveness in European football, not to mention that we have some very good, very good young players in our Academy.

"If you do it right, you can develop them into the talent that the team needs in the first team, and the players who develop it will be more loyal to us and they will appreciate your education and development, so I really like that way of forming a team."

"Of course, if we find out that there are players we need in the transfer market, we will also sell them if the price is right, such as Raul and Alba!"

still remembers what Wenger said to Ye Qiu in a private chat, "In terms of attitude towards football, the Latins are rational and critical, while the Anglo-Saxons are unreasonable and blind; After losing a game, you see anger in the eyes of the French and Italians, and pain and disappointment in the eyes of the English. ”

And Wenger later said, "Latins are good at analysis, good at fine consideration, when they encounter something they like, they will want to ask why they like it, which makes them a little emotionally distant, while the English do not have this kind of rationality, they do not analyze why they love and believe." ”

'So, if I had to fight, I would choose to be with the English, that's why I chose to coach in the Premier League!'

Arsene Wenger is right, loyalty and hard work are the virtues that England fans respect the most and value the most.

Even from the perspective of England fans, a player can behave badly, he can lack strength, he can even have no future and talent, but you can't be disloyal, you can't not work hard, as long as you are loyal and work hard, then congratulations, no English fan will hate you!

Martin > Samuel sat in front of Ye Qiu, looking at this guy who was a little serious on the surface, but in fact he must be happy in his heart, and he was very helpless, because his words hit the death hole of England fans, because he emphasized loyalty and a sense of belonging, which is undoubtedly the most important thing for England fans.

It's cunning, and it's simply cunning!

"Well, one last question!" Martin > Samuel's notebook questions are almost the same, "Old question, among the odds offered by many bookmakers, Tottenham Hotspur are the favourites to win the Premier League in the new season, what do you think?" Also, who do you think Tottenham's strongest rivals will be? ”

Ye Qiu had already guessed this question, and after thinking about it for a while, he answered: "I think we have to go all out to have a chance to win the championship, and if I want to name the competitors who win the championship, there is no doubt that Manchester United will be a very strong opponent, and Liverpool, which has invested heavily this season, will also be a very difficult opponent." ”

'No Chelsea and no Arsenal?' Martin > Samuel smiled and dug a pit for Ye Qiu to jump.

"Nope!" Ye Qiu didn't think much about it and shook his head directly, "But"

He also wanted to say, but Martin > Samuel didn't wait for him to finish, he directly reached out and turned off the recorder, closed the notepad, and stood up, "Thank you for your cooperation, Mr. Ye Qiu, you can wait to read the newspaper tomorrow morning!" ”

Watching that damn big fat man walk out of his office, Ye Qiu felt that he had been cheated, and he could even predict that what appeared in the newspaper early tomorrow morning would definitely be Ye Qiu's belief that Chelsea and Arsenal had no hope of winning the championship.

"What an unscrupulous dead fat man!" Ye Qiu scolded with a smile.