"Do you still remember our game two years ago when you first arrived in the Premier League? At that time, I doubled your team during the season. I really didn't expect that your team could play so well.
If I had known this, maybe two years ago, my choice would have been another one. Two years ago, you said it would not be difficult to defeat me. I thought you were telling a joke, but now it seems,
Maybe, I am the joke."
Sitting in a tavern in London, Li Bin and Ferguson, two Premier League managers, were drinking and chatting together. The game had passed. Tottenham defeated Manchester United and won the FA Cup - this did not make them happy.
People find it strange that it would be strange for Manchester United to beat Tottenham at this season's level.
After the game, Li Bin also invited Ferguson to have a drink with him. Ferguson knew that such an invitation was Li Bin's show off and Li Bin's show of goodwill. In the past, if anyone dared to do this, he would be regarded as a challenge by him.
, but now, faced with such an invitation, he had no possibility of refusing - Li Bin had challenged him long ago, and he also won.
Looking at the cold rain outside the window, Ferguson's mood was as old and heavy as his age. He had always thought of himself as a very confident and fighting person, but this season, despite all his efforts, he was unable to do so.
Achieving the results he expected, in the end, two runners-up and one semi-finalist, that is, all the gains, made Ferguson sigh with emotion.
Although the media still praises him a lot, thinking that it is not easy for Manchester United's current lineup to achieve such results. However, Ferguson himself knows that Manchester United is gradually starting to decline, and the Heat
Spurs are gradually going uphill. These two completely different directions will make the future competition between Manchester United and Tottenham even more difficult.
No matter how you say it, you are a little unwilling...
"Two years have passed, why bother talking about him again?" Li Bin just smiled at his words without refuting or agreeing. Now Tottenham is the winner. Since they are the winner, Li Bin is also happy to show it.
He had to be more generous and said, "Besides, Sir, you took the wrong path. If you had not taken the wrong path, we wouldn't be sitting here drinking now."
"Maybe... If you can really defeat Barcelona and win this championship, then this will also be your third Champions League, right? The third Champions League! It's amazing. If I can have three Champions League titles, it will be
How good." Ferguson praised, and then continued to speak, "Moreover, after winning this Champions League, your team will really be a giant... It's really enviable. In just three years, it has become a giant.
It’s a wealthy team.”
"It's just luck. It's still far behind your achievements." Li Bin smiled.
"Whether it's luck or not, you know better than me. I'm not an old fool and I don't need to listen to your flattery. The honors you have received indeed exceed mine in some respects. Do you think I will be so jealous that I refuse to admit it?
?" Ferguson paired with Li Bin
At a glance, "I'm not that stingy. I know better than anyone how difficult it is to become a wealthy team. Your team must also be careful. Don't think that you have everything after winning two championships. Trust me, nothing else
Teams will try their best to hollow out your ball
As a team member, you have to be cautious. You are no better than when I was rising in the 1990s. At that time, my salary in the Premier League was higher. Even though my level was poor, I could still recruit people. You can’t do that now, even though your tactics are very good.
, but they definitely have more players than other companies. It is not easy to agree on a salary level that satisfies everyone without making the team spend too much money. You have to be careful yourself, otherwise, your
The team will fall into an accident."
"I'll be careful."
"Also, be careful about La Liga, and the teams next door to us are poaching people. They have money, and they can poach people if they have money. Even if your team has good results, but has a lot of money and a big reputation, it will still replace a lot of things.
Your players are not fools. They will consider leaving when they see the money. They must be handled well. If not handled well, one person's departure may cause a series of problems. The entire team will become alienated, and there is nothing you can do about it.
Leading the team to play football.
"I'll pay attention."
When Li Bin and Ferguson said this, they could obviously be regarded as enemies, and they could even be said to be fighting to the death for the hegemony of the league. However, when the two people were chatting, the atmosphere was surprisingly harmonious. Ferguson kept mentioning things to Li Bin.
Various suggestions told him what a dominant team should pay attention to and how to do it. These things are logically speaking from Ferguson's experience and should not be said. However, when Ferguson talked about it, it was
No reservations at all.
"I know that you are a smart person. Even if I don't tell you, you must be ready for every next step. What I say to you is actually to remind you that you must have already done it yourself.
Have you made a plan?"
Ferguson's question made Li Bin nodded, "Yes, I've thought about it. Some of our players can't wait to leave. After the Champions League final, I guess Thiago Silva may not be able to leave."
Will stay. Similarly, in the frontcourt, I think Royce may take the initiative to leave and return to Germany. He is so good.
Fans of Manchester United will definitely want to go back after seeing the team's revival. Carroll and Sturridge, these two people, Liverpool have already given me an offer. I think I will not force them to stay, but
They will be forced to leave. Then there are Janus and Lennon. The former wants to go somewhere else and has been the main force for two years, but the latter..."
"I want to buy it, and the media is not talking nonsense."
"I will let him go." Li Bin nodded, "He has made a lot of contributions to Tottenham, so there is no need to embarrass him. Apart from them, there should be no one else - at least this season, there will be no one."
It’s someone else.”
"But there will be in the future."
"Yes. Yaya still thinks the money is low. Tottenham now gives him a weekly salary of 170,000, which is 40,000 more than the second-place Suarez, but he still refuses. I think, keep him for one more season, and then
, if he is willing to go to Manchester City, let him go - it's time for him to earn money for two years. Cavani is playing better and better now, and he is becoming more and more dissatisfied with his position. He wants to get the absolute main force.
Can
If I can't meet his requirements, if it really doesn't work, I can stay for another year and let him go. Besides, Bell's ambition is also growing day by day, but he is in the youth training, so he may stay longer.
, Piszczek also wants to return to the Bundesliga, and Bayern seems to be interested in him... Indeed, once the team plays well, there will be a lot of people poaching your team."
"But are you ready?"
"Of course, next year, if you sell Carroll and Sturridge as a package to Liverpool, you can get 50 million back, and if you send Thiago Silva to Paris, you can get 40 million, and then you can get Royce
Sold it, Lennon gave me a little replenishment, I
I can also have a budget of 150 million. With so much money, I can naturally buy a lot of people. I finally have the money to buy Lucas Jr. from Brazil. As a defender, I want to start from
Ligue 1 bought Varane, and then added Boateng, our ball
The players can play for a long time. As for the forwards, I have signed Piszczek's fellow player Lai Wandowski, and then I can just find a fast horse player in England. This is not difficult... Actually
I can still make a lot of money. As for next year
, let Yaya go, I can also buy other players to supplement, including Croatian, Spanish, and French players. The same is true for the winger. I am also optimistic about a French winger, and we will play it when the time comes.
Football will not let you down."
Ferguson was teaching Li Bin earnestly, and Li Bin also told Ferguson all his plans. While the two were chatting, they had already told almost all of Tottenham's future plans. These plans made everyone It may sound surprising to everyone, but here, Li Bin said it without hesitation.
"Aren't you afraid that I will steal someone from you?" Ferguson raised his head and asked.
"There is nothing to be afraid of. I dare to say it here because you have taken the wrong path. Jazz, I can even tell you clearly: one of the people I want to poach is Pogba from your club. But , I’m just telling Le, what can you do? Can you keep him? You can’t, because he is not suitable for your wretched playing style. He cannot grow up with your playing style - you know, I know it, and he also knows it, why are you competing with me? Similarly, you have been interested in Varane for a long time, right? But what is the use of just being interested? There is no way for your team to compete with me. Mine The reputation is enough for them to come to my team."
You're on the wrong track - that's what Li Bin wants to tell Ferguson.
Between the words of the two people, behind the tenderness, Ferguson's Manchester United lost. Now he can only watch Tottenham rise, but he is still unwilling to do so. He wants to rely on his own words to find Li Bin's Weaknesses, all his words were all kinds of temptations. Ferguson wanted to know how far Li Bin's plan was from the outside world. He even wanted to use his words to warn Li Bin that his plan was not feasible, and Li Bin Bin did not hesitate to tell Ferguson that not only did he think far enough, but also high enough that Ferguson could not even destroy it - he also told Ferguson that his plan was absolutely feasible.
This is a battle between the old and new bar owners.
"I know that it is not easy for a team to become a giant. If you want to make your team stronger, you always have to go through a lot of hard work. However, it is not that I have no long-term plans. I think , my team may continue to be rampant for another year next year. But after that year, the change of generations will make my team sink a little. Maybe Manchester City or Chelsea will replace my team's position. And I will train a new generation of players and then take them to the big stage. I think that from 2014 to 2016, my team will gradually strengthen, and after 2016, my team will become It is quite strong, and by that time, it may be the second peak period of my team - but it is a pity that by that time, you will no longer be able to witness my glory in the Premier League."
Li Bin said everything very calmly. He knew that all of this was bound to happen in the future.
"Not necessarily. Maybe I will still insist on it then."
Li Bin smiled and didn't argue with him anymore.
Ferguson himself knew that no one would believe his joke. He smiled self-deprecatingly and then said, "Li, you are a smart man. I believe that Tottenham will definitely rise in the future. Maybe, Missing out on letting you take over Manchester United was the biggest mistake of my life... However, what is there to say? It has passed. Now I can only hope that one day in the future, you and Tottenham will fall out. , maybe he will come to Manchester United... I hope that one day, because I believe that if you lead Manchester United, you will definitely succeed."
Since he can no longer stop him, then making friends is a way to do it. Ferguson knows that after today, the rise of Tottenham is inevitable, so the most he can do is leave some future possibilities for Manchester United.
"Who knows what will happen in the future?" Li Bin didn't say anything. What's wrong with having one more way out?
"Don't you know? I thought you could really predict things like a god and know everything about the future."
"How is it possible? I don't know that much at all. If I do know, I only know one thing: soon, my team will play against Barcelona, and I must win that game."