Chapter 491 Zickenbauer
An Airbus arrived from Donetsk, Ukraine slowly landed at Heathrow Airport in London.
Twenty-one-year-old Ziglinsky, accompanied by his brother and agent Victor, passed security check and walked out of the gate.
This tall and strong Ukrainian with long flowing hair and tall hair looked worried. Not only did he not have the powerful brute force of Kong Wu, but he gave people a literary temperament. If it were in Donetsk, Ukraine, no one would not know him in the entire city. They all called him Bekenbauer of Ukraine.
That was the love that Donetsk citizens loved him, but that was limited to Ukraine, but he was now in London.
It is one of the best international financial centers in the world, and the team he wants to go to is Tottenham Hotspur, who miraculously reversed the Red Devils and Manchester United in the Champions League final, but even now, he still feels a little unbelievable.
Everything seems to be dreaming
The Ukrainian Super League started very early, and it started in mid-July. It has played five rounds so far. The Donetsk miners have not performed very well this season. This team that Ukraine has performed very strongly in the past decade has only ranked seventh in the league this season, which is not outstanding.
Two days ago, he vowed in his heart to fight for Donetsk miners to defend the Ukrainian Super League championship in the new season, but two days later, he no longer belongs to this team, which made it difficult for Ziglinsky to accept such a change, but as his brother, the agent Victor, said, this is a very, very rare opportunity.
Two days ago, after a training session, he was called to the club's office where he met his brother, and there was another man, a very old man, who introduced himself to Peter Devithel of the Netherlands, a name that Ziglinsky had never heard of.
But after the old man left, he knew from the club officials and head coach how famous the old man was, and which wealthy team he represented now was.
Yes, maybe in the Premier League and in the Champions League, Tottenham Hotspur is not a giant, but in Ukraine, it is a giant
Even now, the Russians and Ukrainians are still discussing the Luzhniki miracle that just passed not long ago. It is not only the pride of Tottenham Hotspur fans, but also the pride of the Russians. The Ukrainians are also honored.
It was at that time that the club told him that the Donetsk miners had accepted the offer from Tottenham Hotspur, which was 7 million euros. He belonged to Tottenham Hotspur. According to Tottenham Hotspur's request, he should leave for London to report as soon as possible and participate in the team's new season game.
All of this came too quickly, too suddenly, so fast that he couldn't react, but suddenly made him resist a little.
The seven million euros are not low for the players of the Donetsk Miners, because a year ago, the core midfielder Brazilian Errano transferred to Manchester City from the Donetsk Miners, and the transfer fee was only 8 million euros. However, Errano has the aura of Brazilian and is the core midfielder. From this point of view, it is not difficult to see that Ziglinsky's value is not low.
And value often represents how much the new owner attaches to you.
He took off the familiar Donetsk miner's jersey, put on a straight suit, watched his elder brother busy preparing for a plane ticket to London, and communicated with the Tottenham Hotspur resettlement staff who called. On the contrary, Ziglinsky was a little idle, but he just couldn't sleep.
Not only did he not sleep that night, he didn't even close his eyes on the whole journey on the way to London, so when he walked out of the gate, his eyes were covered with blood, giving people a feeling of being indifferent.
Tottenham Hotspur, Ye Qiu's team, Ribery, Messi, Van Persie, and Fabregas have a lot of world-class stars in this team, and he can compete with these world-renowned stars and play in the Premier League. As long as he thinks of all this, Sieglinski is inexplicably excited, excited, but a little scared.
He has never been a guy with great confidence. On the contrary, the head coach often tells him that what he needs to strengthen most is his psychological quality, because with his body and position, he should make himself more domineering and awesome, so that he can control the court.
"Hello, Ziglinsky?" The two brothers had just walked out of the gate, and immediately a guy who looked very fat and fat was blocking them. If the fat guy hadn't been smiling, they would have suspected that they had met a terrorist.
"Yes," Brother Victor answered immediately.
"Tottenham Hotspur assistant coach, Roland Shepars, in Theoborde, everyone calls me Fatty Ro." This chubby Dutch didn't seem to mind at all about his figure, and even took the initiative to joke about it.
This made Ziglinsky look at his brother, and Victor shrugged, thinking it was very interesting.
After leaving the airport, I arrived at the parking lot, got on BMW. Both brothers sat in the back row, and Roland drove in front
"Are we going to the White Hart Lane Stadium?" Victor asked casually as he watched the car drive out of Heathrow Airport.
At this time, they were very glad that both brothers had learned English and spoke very well. Not only did they have no problems with communication, but they even had no problems in football and some professional fields.
"Oh, no, we are going to Theobord now, that's our training base." Roland drove with a smile. "When I came just now, the coach told me that I hope Ziglinsky will meet him at noon and attend training classes in the afternoon. Victor, we will have someone to send you to the White Hart Lane Stadium. This should be no problem?"
Victor and his brother looked at each other and nodded, "Of course, there is no problem."
Although Roland was driving, he secretly glanced at the Ukrainian with the rearview mirror. This guy is quite big and has a strong body. Although he is not as good as Hangland, it is not bad. Peter Devithel said that this guy has good skills and his passing and organizational skills are quite outstanding among the central defenders, so Ye Qiu and the old Dutch man discussed it and bought it directly.
I walked along the Circle Expressway with anxiety, and soon I arrived in the north of Enfield, got off the expressway, entered Hertfordshire territory, and arrived at the Theobord training base.
The Siglinsky brothers were naturally amazed at this super luxurious five-star training base.
"Hello, Roland" the security guard at the door came up, glanced at the car with a serious look on his face, and then nodded and let it go.
"That's our security captain. He knows you. When you come back next time, you should be able to see a smile on his face." Roland teased the club's security captain with a smile.
BMW entered Theoborde and walked slowly, but soon arrived in front of the first team's training building.
After getting off the car, I felt the air freshen. It was surrounded by green trees and the environment was as good as a garden.
"Come with me" Roland greeted them both. When passing the first floor of the training building, Ziglinsky noticed that in one of the rooms near the stairs, the players seemed to be playing games, some were playing table tennis, and some were playing cards and mobile phones.
After going up the second floor, I first passed a technical analysis room, then the coaching room, and then the head coach's office.
The one who came to open the door was the old Dutch man I met in Donetsk the day before yesterday. After walking in, there were many people in the office. If it were a few days ago, Ziglinsky would not recognize him, but now he knows every one because he specially made up his homework in this regard.
"Please come in" Peter DeVisel smiled and invited them in.
The people in the office seemed to be discussing something before. The table was covered with various drawings. After seeing Ziglinsky come in, Mauro Tasotti immediately put away everything, and Ye Qiu came forward directly, with a kind-hearted welcome smile on his face.
"I heard you speak English very well?" Ye Qiu's first sentence was a tentative joke.
"Yes, sir," Ziglinsky was a little reserved, "I can understand whatever you can say to me in English."
After hearing this, Ye Qiu clapped his hands hard and laughed. In his previous life, after Ziglinsky joined Barcelona in 2009, he immediately encountered a very serious problem, that is, language.
At that time, the only English-speaking question in Barcelona was Pique, including Guardiola, so Ziglinski was indeed quite unlucky in Barcelona and did not perform very well. There were technical and tactical issues, as well as language and living habits.
Ziglinsky's physical flexibility, especially in turning, made him more obvious in La Liga, because he is actually two players who are very similar to Pique, and his technical and tactical characteristics and physical fitness are very similar, so his miserability in Barcelona cannot be a proof of his strength at all.
But there is no problem with this aspect when coming to the Premier League. First of all, the Premier League style is closer to the Ukrainian Super League than La Liga, and Tottenham Hotspur’s overall tactical style can better play Ziglinsky’s characteristics of getting and taking balls in the backcourt, at least more suitable than Barcelona.
After greeting the two Siglinsky brothers into the office, the other members of the coaching staff left, leaving Ye Qiu alone to greet them and sat in the hospitality area for tea.
"You know, our relationship with you, Ukraine has always been very good. I believe that I and you will be like this." Ye Qiu smiled and joked, and then introduced the whole process of his favouriteness to Chiglinsky and the team's current problems on the defense line.
Ye Qiu was never very relieved to use Yaya Toure to hit the central defender. One or two games are OK, but it won’t work over time. Moreover, Lucas is not there in the midfield, only one Beckham, and Ye Qiu is worried about the interception and hardness of the midfield.
The two central defenders, Thiago Silva and Kompani, could not last a season, so Ye Qiu asked Peter DeVisel to find a central defender early. Ziglinsky was named by Ye Qiu himself, so Peter DeVisel was allowed to observe. The Dutchman also gave a high evaluation. Because the Ukrainian Super League started, he inspected the player's total three games, and the evaluation was not bad, not only his defensive strength, but also his ability to play and organize.
Ziglinsky's defensive characteristics are a bit like Brad Hangland. He has excellent frontal features, strong high ball ability, and his physical fitness is not as good as Hangland. But it is also good. One-on-one is excellent, but the turn is slow, and it will be a problem to meet fast players.
Unlike Hangland, he has strong ability to shoot balls, not only short passes, but also very good mid- and long passes. In addition, he can hold the ball and has enough sense of receiving, so Ye Qiu believes that he will be a powerful supplement to Tottenham Hotspur's defense line, and at least he can complement each other with Kompany and Thiago Silva.
Ye Qiu noticed a problem when he was in China. After selling Hangland and Mike Dawson, Kompany was about to be firmly in the main force. This seemed to have put some pressure on Kompany, and he was a little unwilling to let go in the game.
Judging from Tottenham Hotspur’s central defender configuration, Thiago Silva has the strongest defensive strength, the best personal awareness, the best skills and ball-taking ability, but the short figure is a weakness in the Premier League, with fast speed and strong ability to chase back, which is Thiago Silva’s advantage.
Kompani is a bit different. His defensive skills need to be further crafted, especially when grabbing the ball, which is a bit rash. However, all the top players in the central defender position were ravaged. Kompani has rich experience in this area, so I believe that after playing as the main player, his strength will continue to improve steadily.
The Belgian has an almost perfect central defender figure, speed, turn, flexibility, etc., but at the same time, he is outstanding in strength and high-altitude ball control. His ability to take and play is equally excellent, but he is not stable enough, and this is exactly one of the life goals of the central defender.
Ye Qiu introduced Ziglinsky, on the one hand, to strengthen the team's competition. If necessary, he would use Ziglinsky to suppress Kompany, at least to remove his burden and urge him to make progress. Ziglins is basically a powerful addition to Tottenham Hotspur's defense.
Therefore, from all aspects, seven million introduced Ziglinsky, Tottenham Hotspur was not at all at all.
Ziglinski, Kompany and Thiago Silva, three central defenders are enough to deal with Tottenham Hotspur this season, and with Yaya Toure, who can play center back anytime and anywhere, Ye Qiu feels that such a combination is enough.
"By the way, I stay in Theoborde for training this afternoon and tomorrow | I hope you can participate in the Community Shield Cup the day after tomorrow. Are there any problems?" Ye Qiu asked.
"Just participate in the game directly?" Ziglinsky was a little surprised. He had not participated in any training class at Tottenham Hotspur, but when he heard Ye Qiu's tone, he seemed to be preparing to play the main player in the Community Shield.
Not only Ziglinsky was a little surprised, but even his agent's brother Victor was also surprised.
"It's just the Community Shield Cup. Although it's an official match, it can only be regarded as a warm-up match hosted by the official. One week after this match, it's the first round of the Premier League, so I hope you can participate in this match and let me see your strength."
Ye Qiu was obviously encouraged, but also very strongly stimulating words made Ziglinsky feel moved. He didn't think about it anymore and nodded in agreement, "No problem." If Ye Qiu had such confidence in him, he would be timid himself, and he would appear too weak, and it would definitely make Ye Qiu look down on him.
After all, for Ziglinsky, it would be nothing to mess up, but Ye Qiu is different, and he will be under greater pressure.
"Considering that the league is approaching, the team will participate in the European Super Cup next time, so we will not arrange a special franchise ceremony for you, but in our first home game, we will have a brief ceremony to let all fans of the White Hart Lane Stadium know you." Ye Qiu still said with a smile.
Ziglinsky had no other thoughts about this. He himself knew very well that he was not a star at all, especially in the Premier League. In Tottenham Hotspur team, the Ukrainian player who came from the Donetsk miner had no capital to show off. It was an honor for him to be able to play for Tottenham Hotspur.
After receiving Ziglinsky's nodding and agreeing, Ye Qiu called Roland in again.
"In the next few days, we will arrange for you to stay in the hotel, and then there will be a club's special car to pick you up and drop you off every day. At the same time, the club also hopes that you can find a house nearby as soon as possible. You have already conveyed your ideas and requirements to the resettlement staff, and they will take you to see some houses in the past two days."
"Also, wait a moment, Thiago Silva will come to take you to the player area and arrange everything in your locker room. In a few days, you will get a BMW. You can tell Roland about your favorite model. In the future, you can only drive a BMW at the Theobord training base."
As Ye Qiu's instructions and explanations were one by one, Ziglinsky was a little flattered.
Big teams have rules for big teams. Although Tottenham Hotspur is not a giant in the eyes of many people now, this team is undoubtedly a quasi-giant team. Therefore, with the establishment of the sponsorship system, there are also many rules, especially some matters that cooperate with sponsors.
Not long after, Thiago Silva arrived.
The captain of the team in the new season has become center back Thiago Silva. Beckham is still the team's deputy captain. This is also the final conclusion that Ye Qiu consulted Beckham after talking to Beckham, because Thiago Silva is one of the earliest players in Tottenham Hotspur team, and Beckham is gradually unable to play as the main player, so Thiago Silva is very good as the captain of the team.
The Brazilian central defender is calm and calm, and is relatively low-key and restrained, but he gets along well with other players in the team. Moreover, this player is very strong in his bones, has a strong desire to play, and has a sense of responsibility. He is indeed an ideal candidate for captain.
Moreover, in Ye Qiu's positioning, Thiago Silva's position in the team is not less than Messi and Ribery in the frontcourt. Ye Qiu also revealed to Thiago Silva that he firmly believes that Thiago Silva can become the best central defender in the world, and the player also accepted the position of captain, and expressed his gratitude to Ye Qiu, saying that he would do his best to repay Ye Qiu's trust and affirmation for him.
Chapter completed!