Chapter 380 Chairman of Tottenham: Got plotted by Lin Quan!
On May 3, the 35th round of the Premier League begins.
Manchester United, who played first, lost 0:1 at home to West Bromwich Albion and suffered a fourth consecutive defeat.
This is the first time in 35 years since 1979 that Manchester United has suffered four consecutive defeats in the Premier League.
After the game, there was no cheering from the fans at Old Trafford. What filled the sky was all the abuse and greetings from the Red Devils fans towards Van Gaal.
This damn Dutchman's leadership performance is not even as good as Moyes last season. He nailed Manchester United to the pillar of shame!
Not only ordinary fans were angry and disappointed, but Sir Alex Ferguson, who came to watch the game, was also very disappointed with this game.
Sir Alex Ferguson seemed to have suffered a heart attack from anger. Before the game was over, he clutched his chest and hurriedly left the field with the help of on-site staff.
After losing this game, Van Gaal encountered the biggest crisis of confidence, and the countdown to dismissal seemed to have entered.
The outside world has speculated when Manchester United will fire this so-called famous coach who does not deserve his name.
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As Manchester United's mortal enemy, usually when they see Manchester United being unlucky, the Manchester City fans next door will probably sneer and laugh at them.
After all, the sadder the Manchester United people are, the happier the Manchester City people are.
But this time there is an exception. It is not that Manchester City fans have changed their gender.
It's that they are too busy worrying about the state of their own team to care about the life and death of Manchester United next door.
There is good news and bad news for Manchester City.
The bad news is that this game is an away game and very close to the Champions League semi-finals. They cannot give their best in the game and will inevitably have reservations.
The good news is that the opponent in this game is Tottenham.
Tottenham, on the other hand, have always been Manchester City's plaything in the past few seasons, and Manchester City often scored very exaggerated scores against them.
There seems to be some kind of bloodline suppression between Manchester City and Tottenham.
But don't be careless, because Tottenham definitely hopes to get rid of this fate of being at the mercy of Manchester City.
By taking advantage of Manchester City's poor form at home and being distracted from the Champions League, defeating the opponent will break your inner demons, and you won't be so scared when you meet Manchester City again in the future.
Another highlight of this game is the duel between Tottenham's popular Harry Kane and Manchester City's number one star Lin Quan.
Harry Kane has performed very well this season and has shown the potential of a super forward.
In recent years, there have been relatively few strikers in football. The transfer fee for a top striker like Suarez is as high as more than 80 million!
Therefore, Kane was focused on training by Tottenham, with the intention of using him as the core of the team.
And his local household registration book also made the British excited, and the media in Fleet Street went all out to tout it.
Titles such as the British Emperor Star and the future number one forward in the world were all assigned to him.
It has to be said that when it comes to bragging and star-making, the British are invincible.
This time, they stepped on Lin Quan and forced him to use it to hype up with Kane.
In fact, Lin Quan is not playing center, but a free agent. The person who is more suitable to compare with Kane is actually Aguero.
It's just that the British felt that comparing with Aguero could not attract attention, so they forced the two positions to be hyped together.
Not only that, before the game, they also sent someone to interview Lin Quan to ask him what he thought of Kane and let him express his own evaluation.
Although he knew that the other party was using his name to praise Kane, Lin Quan not only did not undermine him, but also cooperated very well:
"Harry Kane is a very good player, he has the ability to become the world's top striker, I am very optimistic about him!"
Kane was very happy and excited to hear Lin Quan's evaluation of himself.
He posted a photo of himself and Lin Quan during the game on social media with the following text:
"You have always been my idol and someone to learn from. Thank you for your recognition. This is a great inspiration to me!"
Harry Kane was extremely excited by Lin Quan's praise, but Tottenham chairman Levi's expression changed after hearing Lin Quan's words.
Lin Quan is one of the top players in today's football, and you can even remove one or two words.
His evaluation of Harry Kane is bound to attract great attention to the latter.
The major giants may not have heard of Harry Kane before, but after this time, I'm afraid he will be on the radar of major teams.
If Tottenham were still the same Tottenham before, with no ambitions for the league championship and could safely sell players to make a small amount of money, then that would be fine.
But Tottenham now have ambitions. They want to become an upstart in the Premier League and win the league championship.
As a result, they will not be able to easily sell the treasures of their youth training.
But Kane has become famous after being praised by Lin Quan like this. If other wealthy clubs come to poach people with checks, can they still keep Kane?
When he thought of this, Levi's mood suddenly turned bad.
"I was tricked by that boy!"
Kane obviously didn't know this yet, so before the game started, when he saw Lin Quan in the player tunnel, he ran over excitedly to say hello to Lin Quan and thanked Lin Quan again for recognizing him.
"Work hard, the future belongs to you!"
Lin Quan, like a senior, patted Kane on the shoulder and said to him.
Kane, who was blessed by Lin Quan, was very excited about this game.
After the start, he frequently performed stunts and attacked Manchester City's goal.
Seeing Kane's outstanding performance, every Tottenham fan who came to the scene was extremely excited.
This is a treasure produced by their own youth training, and its status in the hearts of fans is completely different from that of previous stars.
Harry Kane's performance is indeed outstanding, but his teammates are average.
In this game, Manchester City had strong control over the midfield. It was difficult for Tottenham's organization to be effective. Every time it hit the center, it was intercepted by Manchester City.
The ball was in Manchester City's hands most of the time, and the situation on the field gradually evolved into Manchester City's siege on Tottenham's goal.
This reminded Tottenham players of the fear of being dominated by Manchester City.
In the 21st minute, Manchester City broke the deadlock and Aguero scored first.
In the 33rd minute, Lin Quan scored another goal.
In the 43rd minute, Cross scored from a long shot. Before the half was over, the score had become 3:0.
Guardiola really did not intend to fight a war of attrition with Tottenham at White Hart Lane, so he planned to solve Tottenham in only 45 minutes of the first half.
And judging from the current score, he did it!
Tottenham tried to launch a counterattack in the second half, but Lin Quan's goal in the 55th minute shattered their attempt.
After the score was expanded to 4:0, Guardiola began to make early substitutions.
David Silva and Aguero were replaced one after another.
In the 75th minute, Lin Quan was also replaced.
At the last moment of the game, taking advantage of the fact that Manchester City's main players were off the field and the players were relaxed after taking a big lead, Kane finally scored.
However, the goal came too late to be of any use.
In the end, Manchester City defeated Tottenham 4:1 in the away game. Before the Champions League semi-finals came, they used a big victory to clear away the haze of the previous game!
In this game, Lin Quan scored two goals and assisted one goal. He was undoubtedly the best player of the game.
Although Tottenham lost, Harry Kane also received high praise for his goal at the last moment of the game.
Many experts and celebrities believe that it is Tottenham's platform that limits Kane.
If he chooses to join a top club, with his talent and strength, he may not be able to defeat Manchester City on the field in the future.
The media who praised Harry Kane also began to agree, believing that Tottenham's temple was too small and delayed their British star.
Under the publicity reports of these media, Harry Kane has a feeling that he will leave Tottenham at any time.
After this news reached the ears of Tottenham Chairman Levy, he became restless.
I'm afraid I'll wake up to the news that Harry Kane has been poached by another club!
"Renew the contract. Hurry up and renew the contract with Kane. The liquidated damages must be increased to the sky. I wonder who else dares to dig up the treasures of our youth training!"
In February, Tottenham started contract renewal negotiations with Harry Kane's agent.
It's just that the other party's agent asked for a weekly salary of 50,000 pounds, but Tottenham was only willing to give 35,000 pounds.
The two sides have major differences and have not reached an agreement for the time being.
But as Harry Kane's reputation and performance in the league get better and better, the opponent's asking price has also increased. 50,000 pounds can no longer satisfy their appetite. Their latest asking price is 70,000 pounds.
This price is already close to Tottenham's maximum salary.
Tottenham is not a wealthy club, and their salary expenses are more than double that of the wealthy clubs.
Taking last season as an example, Manchester City, Manchester United, Chelsea and other teams all spent more than 200 million pounds on wages last year.
And Tottenham only cost 100 million pounds, which is 60% lower than Manchester City, which has the highest expenditure!
A lower salary cap means that Tottenham's maximum salary is lower, making it less attractive to top stars.
This is also the reason why Tottenham wants to become a wealthy club. Only by being promoted to a wealthy club and gaining more operating income can they have enough funds to buy people.
Harry Kane's request for a weekly salary of 70,000 may seem outrageous to Tottenham, but if he transfers and leaves to other teams, it can be much higher than this every minute!
Therefore, Kane's agent feels that their asking price is not high. If Harry Kane had no feelings for Tottenham, their asking price would definitely be higher.
Levi also knew that the other party was telling the truth, and it was said that Wenger could not help but take action.
Harry Kane is not only young, but also has great potential. Wenger is really coveting such a young devil.
More importantly, this is a player from the mortal enemy Tottenham. If he can be poached, he can severely humiliate Tottenham.
Therefore, Levi could only painfully accept the conditions proposed by the other agent's agent.
Sure enough, those media should not be allowed to praise Kane unscrupulously. Now, they have shot themselves in the foot.
And that kid Lin Quan, why did you follow the unscrupulous reporter's words when you have nothing to do? If you didn't catch Kane and praise him like that, would Tottenham be so passive?
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Just when Manchester City defeated Tottenham at White Hart Lane, Bayern Munich had already dispatched in advance and came to Manchester to prepare for the Champions League semi-finals.
After defeating Hertha Berlin in the last round, Bayern has won the championship 4 rounds in advance.
After winning the championship in advance, Bayern strategically gave up the game against Leverkusen, leaving only some substitute players to play, and the main players rushed to Manchester three days in advance.
Bayern has a good relationship with Manchester United, and coupled with the relationship between Manchester City and Manchester United's mortal enemies, they successfully moved into Manchester United's Carrington training base.
While the players resumed training on the pitch, Heynckes and his assistant coaches were watching live matches between Manchester City and Tottenham.
"This Tottenham Hotspur team is too weak, isn't it? So inexperienced?"
Seeing Manchester City surrender to Tottenham after only half a game, Bayern's assistants were speechless.
I originally expected Tottenham to consume more of Manchester City, and even use Manchester City's mentality of worrying about gains and losses to defeat them and further damage their morale.
As a result, they didn't expect Tottenham to lose so quickly and so simply. Their expectations were really wasted.
"There is indeed a gap between Tottenham's strength and top teams such as Manchester City, and their style of play is restrained by Manchester City. It is not surprising to score like this!"
Tottenham's strength is probably similar to that of Bayer Leverkusen and Schalke 04. When facing top teams, we can't have high expectations for them.
"Well, you're right. To defeat Manchester City, we can only rely on ourselves after all!"
After watching this game, Heynckes has a good idea of ββManchester City's state.
Although Manchester City is fighting on two fronts, it benefits from Guardiola's rotation and his excellent tactical arrangements.
Manchester City's physical problems are not as serious as outside rumors. At least this game with Tottenham did not consume as much as expected.
Therefore, the game three days later will definitely not be easy for Bayern.
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After defeating Tottenham, Manchester City did not stay in London and returned to Manchester immediately.
"Is Bayern already here? It's so fast!"
Guardiola was surprised to learn that Bayern had arrived at the Carrington base.
Bayern came to prepare for the game so early, which shows how much they attach importance to this game.
"The Allianz Arena is not easy to play. If we don't establish a big enough advantage in the first round, we will be quite passive in the second round!"
"Well, you are right, so we must win this home game!"
Guardiola is thinking, should he use the new tactics he has developed before in this game with Bayern?
The new tactics have worked well in the league and can effectively enhance Manchester City's offensive power and allow them to score big scores.
However, when encountering top teams, the weaknesses of this tactic are likely to be completely exposed.
If something goes wrong, it might ruin the team's hopes of promotion.
3 days passed by in a blink of an eye.
On May 6, the first leg of the Champions League semi-final between Manchester City and Bayern Munich officially started at the Etihad Stadium.
