We agreed to play football together, and you will be the head coach?

Chapter 248: US investment, black whistle controversy

Sky Sports: "British star Abang Laho is injured and is expected to be absent for a month, which will not affect the World Cup in the summer!"

The Times: "Villa and Manchester United meet in the Carabao Cup final. Can Manchester United avenge their FA Cup exit?"

"Echo": "Vardy scored again, his efficiency remained high, and the public called for this grassroots legend to be brought to the World Cup!"

[Ding! You led your team to the League Cup final and obtained "Basic Steal", "Basic Confrontation", and "Basic Curve Ball"]

He Tianqi gave the [Basic Curve Ball] to Albrighton.

[Basic confrontation] was given to Giroud.

[Basic steal] was given to Bonucci.

[Ding! De Bruyne's "Basic Through Pass" is upgraded to "Surgery Through Pass - Star Level"]

[Ding! Bonucci's "Basic Header" is upgraded to "Air Overlord - Star Level"]

The upgrade of player skills is determined by the player's own playing habits, technical characteristics, tactical thinking, etc.

Bonucci's aerial dominance is fine.

But De Bruyne's surgical pass surprised He Tianqi a little.

Ding Ding, you can't do this.

Momo has already mastered the [Rocket Shooting] a long time ago.

Although they are both "star-level skills", [Rocket Pass and Shoot] is definitely a core skill that can be compared to "superstar-level skills".

The most important thing for a player is to find his or her own inherent skills.

De Bruyne's [Long Stride] is half a skill, which is more in line with his current style of play, but it is definitely not his real destiny.

He has not yet found his true self.

……

"Master, are you looking for me?"

De Bruyne pushed open He Tianqi's office.

He Tianqi motioned him to sit down, and then handed him a document: "What do you think of your performance?"

De Bruyne: "It feels good. I can feel that I am integrating with the team and we are getting stronger and stronger."

He Tianqi: "I'm not talking about the team, I'm talking about you. Dong Fangzhuo, Bale, Agbonlahor, Vardy, they all became famous one after another. Although you have also had exposure, you will suffer a little in terms of data."

De Bruyne: "There is no disadvantage. I play in a different position and role than them. If the team needs me to contribute a lot of goals, then there may be problems soon."

De Bruyne has a very mature mentality.

He Tianqi nodded: "This is the extra training plan arranged for you."

De Bruyne was stunned.

He thought he had met He Tianqi's requirements.

However, He Tianqi’s extra training plan…so is there still a gap between me and my master’s expectations?
Could it be that Modric at this time was stronger than he is now?
De Bruyne found it a little hard to accept.

He doesn't compare himself with Dong Fangzhuo, Abang Laho and others, because he has his own real comparison object... Modric!
After leaving the office, De Bruyne called his girlfriend Caroline: "Hey, Caroline, I will be back late tonight. The master arranged extra training for me..."

Before he could finish his words, De Bruyne heard the sound of beating on the other end of the phone.

"Okay, got it. I'll be home late too." Caroline's voice sounded drunk, and it was obvious that she had been drinking a lot. However, she hung up the phone very quickly.

De Bruyne looked at his phone and sighed.

When I walked to the training ground, I saw several players still practicing.

"Thibaut, practice shooting with me." De Bruyne found Courtois.

Bang bang bang!
De Bruyne kept shooting from long range.

Courtois keeps making saves.

After a round of training, Courtois' hands were numb: "Kevin, are you worried about something?"

De Bruyne looked at the night sky, as if he hadn't heard it.

After a while, he said, "Come to think of it, your birthday is coming up in a few months, right? How are you going to celebrate then? How about I help you arrange it!"

As a leader in his team of friends, De Bruyne will not tell others about his difficulties, but will take the initiative to help others solve their problems.

And to a certain extent, he is very resistant to this kind of concern from others.

Because he doesn't need it!
He is strong enough!
He is perfect!
After the extra training, Courtois and De Bruyne said goodbye.

De Bruyne returns to the villa.

Courtois returned to the team dormitory.

But looking at De Bruyne's back, Courtois smiled disdainfully.

Who is on the mind, Ding Ding!
Regarding Caroline's matter, have you really never thought of other possibilities, or are you really afraid to think in other ways?
More practice?

I think it's an escape!
De Bruyne returned to the villa and the house was peaceful after turning on the lights.

Caroline hasn't come back yet.

In the next few days, De Bruyne hardly saw Caroline.

His extra training workload was heavy, and sometimes he would simply go back to Courtois' dormitory after training. His previously empty bed was still there, which was convenient.

Caroline didn't object to this because she didn't actually go back to the villa very often.

There are too many British noblemen in Birmingham.

At least they don't stink of sweat like De Bruyne.

Caroline has passed the stage of yearning for sporty, youthful, sunny and cheerful big boys.

She now knows how to appreciate the gorgeous and elegant people who spend money.

Gradually, the originally inseparable relationship between De Bruyne and Caroline drifted apart.

If this continues, maybe one day they will separate and neither of them will feel sad about it.

"So this is the vaccination you gave De Bruyne?" Clara hid under He Tianqi's desk and asked curiously while comforting He Tianqi.

"Hiss... You can't say that. I don't want to interfere in the personal lives of players." He Tianqi breathed rapidly, "But this is what he must go through after entering the workplace."

"Because of being busy with work, we neglected to take care of our partners, and we were drifting apart on our own paths."

“Many couples get lost in this environment and never get back together.”

"But there are many couples who are able to overcome these difficulties, rediscover their original intention to be together, and their relationship becomes stronger."

Clara licked her lips and smiled: "You are obviously worried that the core of your team will have a mental breakdown."

Boom boom boom!
Inzaghi pushed open the door of his office and said, "Tianqi, this is the statement you asked me to write. Please take a look."

He Tianqi sat upright and said, "Well, just put it on the coffee table. You go out first. I still have to..."

Inzaghi nodded, put his things down and left the office.

But after he walked out, he was a little confused: "I remember that Clara, the editor-in-chief of Global View, seemed to come to interview Tianqi? Why is there no one in the office?"

"Has the interview been completed?"

"When did you leave? Why didn't I see you?"

When they got to the training ground, Inzaghi suddenly remembered that there seemed to be something that had not been changed in the statement.

He hurried back to He Tianqi's office. As soon as he opened the door, he saw Clara sitting there interviewing He Tianqi. She had paper and pen in her hands, taking notes while interviewing him.

"This..." Little Inzaghi rubbed his eyes.

I'm afraid I'm possessed by a demon, right?
"Ms. Clara, when did you come? Why didn't I see you just now..." asked little Inzaghi.

Clara smiled and said, "I've always been here."

"Ah?" Inzaghi was confused.

"Mr. Simone, are you overworked and in a trance?" Clara acted very conscientiously, "The two games were not smooth. It's not your fault. You must not have too much psychological burden."

Inzaghi was a little flustered: "This... could it be... I..."

After explaining the problem with the declaration, Inzaghi left in a daze.

He decided to go to the hospital for a thorough physical examination.

After Inzaghi left, Clara looked at He Tianqi.

She really didn't lie, she was always there.

"No, no, that's all for today. Next time you don't have to come in person for this kind of interview. Just send a random reporter over." He Tianqi covered the joystick.

Clara is too greedy.

Who can bear this?
Clara raised her lips. "Oh? What kind of reporter are you sending? Miss England of the Year? Or an outstanding contestant of the European Model Contest? Or a daughter of an English noble?"

He Tianqi said helplessly: "What are you talking about? I'm talking about business." Clara was jealous: "Business? I heard that there are many rich girls in Birmingham who want to date you, even the wives of royal family members..."

He Tianqi could only admit defeat: "Okay, okay, you come, you come. Let's get down to business, has the press conference been arranged?"

Clara nodded.

He Tianqi's eyes gradually became sharper and he looked out the window.

……

The next day, Aston Villa held a press conference.

Explanations and complaints were made regarding the misjudgments that occurred in recent Championship matches.

Three Championship matches on February 6th, February 9th and February 11th.

Villa will play against Plymouth, West Bromwich Albion and Sheffield Wednesday respectively.

They are ranked 23rd, 3rd and 19th in the Championship respectively.

Villa had one win, one loss and one draw.

They fell to second place in the Championship standings and were overtaken by Newcastle United.

There were a lot of "misjudgments" in these three games.

Judging from He Tianqi's experience in the "phone gate" incident, it is not difficult to see that this was a black whistle.

This caused some trouble for the team.

The English Football Association has taken action!
So this time He Tianqi went through the process, filed an appeal, and made it known to everyone.

It is to warn the English Football Association not to continue to be black.

Otherwise, I will flip the table.

Regarding Vera's warning, the outside world generally believes that this is He Tianqi's consistent style, tough but reasonable.

However, some people think that He Tianqi relies on his status and does not respect the English Football Association, and the English Football Association should give He Tianqi certain punishment.

In short, there are different opinions.

But He Tianqi's opinion was expressed.

Speak clearly first, so there will be no chaos later.

So why does the English FA want to target Villa?

Because the ratings of the Championship this year are so good!

This is the highest ratings and attendance in the Championship in more than a decade.

The value of the English Championship has increased significantly as a result.

The reason is that Aston Villa led by He Tianqi has attracted too much attention.

Once Villa is promoted, all this attention, traffic and sponsorship will belong to the Premier League.

The Premier League is governed by the English Premier League.

The English Football Association administers the Championship, League One, League Two, League Three, FA Cup and FA Cup.

Giving the meat to the Premier League will definitely not be as delicious as eating it yourself.

But this is just the surface.

The deeper reason is that...some people believe that the English do not want Aston Villa to really fall into the hands of the Chinese.

Once Villa completes the upgrade, Aston Villa will completely belong to the Lu Group.

If Vera fails to upgrade, she will automatically leave the Lu Group... The Lu Group helped them pay off their debts of tens of millions of Euros for nothing.

But this is still not the whole picture.

Because of He Tianqi's presence, Villa fans are currently very supportive of him, and have also accepted the fact that the team is Chinese-funded.

Most of these fans are England's "upper class", including Prince William. If these old English people all agree, why would the rest of the English want to drive away the Lu Group?

So we have to dig deeper.

How did the Lu Group buy Vera in the first place?
Villa were relegated.

How did Villa get relegated? They were once a strong team in the Premier League.

The English cannot say this, but He Tianqi can.

Because of the joint encirclement and suppression by American capital!
In addition, the head of Villa's sports department was also corrupted by the Americans, and it would only take one or two years for it to collapse from within.

Manchester United and Arsenal have been taken over by the Americans.

Although Liverpool is struggling, they are not far from being completely taken over by the Americans.

In the future, more and more Premier League teams will be swallowed up by American capital.

Aston Villa is a high-quality asset that can rival Manchester United, Arsenal and Liverpool.

Whether it is the geographical location, the team's own conditions, the team's history or potential commercial value, Villa is very high.

Most importantly, he also represents the face of old England.

Therefore, Villa fans have always opposed the acquisition of the team by American capital.

The American capital then set up a plan to give Chinese capital an opportunity to acquire Villa.

The British are already under tremendous pressure for rejecting the Americans. If they reject others, American capital will inevitably jump out and talk about fair competition.

The purpose is to take over Villa naturally after the Chinese capital fails, leaving the British speechless and helpless as they watch their own honor being bought by the Americans.

By the way, this sinister plan was provided by Liverpool.

To be precise, it was provided by Liverpool's minority shareholder Huang Jianxiang.

The two American bosses who worked with him strongly supported him.

Of course, the Americans knew that Huang Jianxiang's proposal was intended to benefit the Lu Group.

But they still had a backup plan, which could make the Lu Group lose both the wife and the army, so they went with the flow and made this plan.

This also has another purpose, which is to use Villa to attract the attention of the English, and take the opportunity to completely defeat Liverpool!

Unexpectedly, Lu Group invited He Tianqi.

As soon as He Tianqi made a move, Vera was about to belong completely to the Chinese.

This is how American capital bribed the referees and manipulated the games.

As long as Villa is stuck outside the top two, American capital can do more in the play-offs and prevent Villa from qualifying.

Then it would only cost 10 million euros to take over Villa, which has already paid off its debts and has countless young stars that He Tianqi has just trained.

This is simply a win-win situation.

Nothing comes faster than a money grab, right?

He Tianqi had already seen through this, so by making a big fuss this time he was actually reminding the British and the Premier League.

He won't go to the Premier League unless Villa is promoted.

The value of the Premier League will inevitably be affected.

This is the value of winning five Champions League titles!

It is better to let Chinese people have a seat in the Premier League than to let Americans have more and more seats in the Premier League!

Sure enough, despite the American media constantly promoting He Tianqi’s arrogant remarks.

English Football Association officials have also frequently expressed their intention to punish He Tianqi.

But the Premier League immediately expressed its strong support for He Tianqi.

The old aristocrats of England also voiced their support for He Tianqi.

England has a long history, and China also has a long history. Apart from the English, the Chinese are the team that best understands Villa's value.

The Villa they lead will not change. They understand Reisba much better than Americans who have no history!

Similarly, capital from other regions, such as Chelsea owner Abramovich and Manchester City owner Mansour, also support the entry of Chinese capital.

Rather than allowing American capital to dominate the market.

Otherwise, everyone can guess what will happen next.

American-funded teams are in collusion with each other, sharing what they have, helping to target other teams, monopolizing the top four and top six Premier League seats and other European competition seats and then distributing them internally.

This has happened too many times in other industries.

All previous resistance had failed.

But with the X factor of Chinese capital, the results might be different.

(End of this chapter)