Chapter 380 Tottenham Chairman: Lin Quan was tricked!
On May 3, the 35th round of the Premier League kicked off.
Manchester United, who played first, lost 0:1 to West Bromwich Albion at home, suffering four consecutive defeats.
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 more cheering from the fans at Old Trafford. Instead, the air was filled with abuse and greetings from the Red Devils fans to Van Gaal.
This damn Dutchman's coaching performance is even worse than Moyes last season. He has nailed Manchester United to the pillar of shame!
Not only ordinary fans felt angry and disappointed, even Sir Alex Ferguson, who came to watch the game, was very disappointed with the game.
The Sir Alex Ferguson seemed to have a heart attack due to anger. Before the game was over, he hurriedly left the field with his hands on his chest and was helped by the staff on the scene.
After losing this game, Van Gaal encountered the biggest crisis of confidence, and his dismissal seemed to have entered the countdown.
The outside world is speculating when Manchester United will fire this so-called famous coach who does not live up to his reputation.
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As Manchester United's sworn enemy, usually when seeing Manchester United in trouble, Manchester City fans next door will most likely ridicule and mock them.
After all, the sadder the Manchester United fans are, the happier the Manchester City fans are.
But this time it is an exception, and it’s not that Manchester City fans have changed their nature.
Instead, they were busy worrying about the state of their own team and had no time 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 is very close to the Champions League semi-finals. They cannot give their all in the game and will inevitably hold back.
The good news is that the opponent in this game is Tottenham.
Tottenham have been Manchester City's playthings over the past few seasons, and Manchester City often scored very exaggerated scores against them.
There seems to be some kind of blood suppression between Manchester City and Tottenham.
However, we cannot be careless, because Tottenham Hotspur certainly hopes to escape the fate of being at the mercy of Manchester City.
By taking advantage of Manchester City's poor form and the need to focus on the Champions League at home and defeating them, we can break our psychological barrier and won't be so afraid when we meet Manchester City again in the future.
Another highlight of this game is the duel between Harry Kane, the hotshot of Tottenham, and Lin Quan, the top star of Manchester City.
Harry Kane has performed very well this season and has shown the potential of a super striker.
In recent years, there are fewer strikers in football. The transfer fee of a top striker like Suarez is as high as 80 million! Therefore, Kane was trained by Tottenham, intending to make him the core of the team.
His local household registration book also made the British very excited, and the media on Fleet Street went into overdrive to hype it up.
All the titles such as British Imperial Star and future world's best striker were given to him.
It has to be said that when it comes to bragging and creating stars, the British are invincible.
This time, they pulled down Lin Quan and forced him to be hyped up against Kane.
In fact, Lin Quan does not play as a center forward, but a libero. Aguero is actually a more suitable player to be compared with Kane.
It’s just that the British think that comparing him with Aguero won’t attract attention, so they force the two players who play in different positions together for hype.
Not only that, before the game, they also sent someone to interview Lin Quan, asking him about his opinion on Kane and letting 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 sabotage him, but also cooperated very well:
"Harry Kane is an outstanding player. He has the potential to become a world-class striker. I am very optimistic about him!"
Kane felt very happy and excited to hear Lin Quan's evaluation of him.
He posted a photo of himself and Lin Quan at the game on social media, and wrote:
"You have always been my idol and role model. Thank you for your recognition. This is a great encouragement to me!"
Harry Kane was extremely excited by Lin Quan's praise, but Tottenham chairman Levy's face changed after hearing what Lin Quan said.
Lin Quan is one of the top players in football today, and you can even remove the word "one of".
His comments on Harry Kane are bound to attract a lot of attention to the latter.
The major clubs may not have heard of Harry Kane before, but after this time, I'm afraid he will enter the sight of all the major teams.
If Tottenham were still the same Tottenham as before, with no ambition for the league title and content to sell players to make small amounts of money, then that would be fine.
But Tottenham now has ambitions. They want to become a new upstart in the Premier League and win the league championship.
In this way, it would not be possible for them to sell the gems of their youth training easily.
But Kane has become famous after being praised by Lin Quan. If other wealthy clubs come to poach him with checks, can they still keep Kane? When Levi thought of this, his mood suddenly became unhappy.
"That kid tricked me!"
Kane obviously didn't know all this, so before the game started, when he saw Lin Quan in the player tunnel, he excitedly ran over to greet Lin Quan and thanked Lin Quan again for his recognition of him.
"Keep working hard, the future belongs to you!"
Lin Quan patted Kane on the shoulder like a senior and spoke to him.
Kane, who was blessed by Lin Quan, was very excited in this game.
After the start, he frequently displayed his special skills and launched attacks on Manchester City's goal.
Seeing Kane's outstanding performance, the Tottenham fans who came to the scene were extremely excited.
This is a treasure produced by their own youth training, and his status in the hearts of fans is completely different from those of previous stars.
Harry Kane's performance was indeed outstanding, but his teammates were just average.
In this game, Manchester City had a strong control over the midfield, and Tottenham's organization was difficult to be effective. Every time they reached the middle, they were 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 of Tottenham's goal.
This made Tottenham players recall the fear of being dominated by Manchester City.
In the 21st minute, Manchester City broke the deadlock and Aguero scored the first goal.
In the 33rd minute, Lin Quan scored another goal.
In the 43rd minute, Kroos scored with a long shot. Before the end of the first half, the score had become 3:0.
Guardiola did not intend to fight a war of attrition with Tottenham at White Hart Lane, so he planned to defeat Tottenham in just 45 minutes in 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 extended to 4:0, Guardiola began to make early substitutions.
David Silva and Aguero were substituted one after another.
In the 75th minute, Lin Quan was also replaced.
In the final moments of the game, Kane finally scored a goal, taking advantage of the fact that Manchester City's main players left the field and the players were in a relaxed state of mind after taking a big lead.
However, this goal came too late and was of no use.
In the end, Manchester City defeated Tottenham 4:1 away from home, and before the Champions League semi-finals, they used a big victory to sweep away the shadow of the previous game!
In this game, Lin Quan scored two goals and assisted one goal, and was unsurprisingly named the best player of the game.
Although Tottenham lost the game, Harry Kane received high praise for his goal in the final moments of the game.
Many experts and celebrities believe that it is the Tottenham platform that limits Kane.
If he chooses to join a top club, with his talent and strength, he may be able to defeat Manchester City on the field in the future.
Those media who have been praising Harry Kane have also begun to echo the view that Tottenham is too small and has wasted their time trying to attract their great British star.
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Under these media reports, Harry Kane feels like he is about to leave Tottenham at any time.
After the news reached Tottenham chairman Levy, he became uneasy.
I was afraid that I would wake up and hear that Harry Kane was poached by other clubs! "Renew the contract, renew the contract with Kane quickly, and increase the penalty to the sky. I wonder who dares to poach our youth training gem!"
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, while Tottenham was only willing to give 35,000 pounds.
There are major differences between the two sides and they have not yet reached an agreement.
However, as Harry Kane's fame and performance in the league have been getting better and better, the other party's asking price has also risen. 50,000 pounds can no longer satisfy their appetite, and their latest asking price is 70,000 pounds.
This price is close to the maximum salary in Tottenham.
Tottenham is not a wealthy club, and their wage bill is more than half 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.
Tottenham Hotspur only has 100 million pounds, which is 60% lower than Manchester City, which has the highest expenditure!
A lower salary cap means that Tottenham's top salary is lower, making it less attractive to top stars.
This is also the reason why Tottenham wants to become a top club. Only by becoming a top club and obtaining more operating income can they have enough funds to buy players.
Harry Kane's demand for a weekly salary of £70,000 may seem outrageous to Tottenham, but if he transfers away and goes to another team, his salary can be much higher than this in no time!
Therefore, Kane's agent feels that their asking price is not high. If it weren't for Harry Kane's feelings for Tottenham, their asking price would definitely be higher.
Levy also knew that what the other party said was the truth, and it was said that Wenger could no longer hold back and was about to take action.
Harry Kane is not only young, but also has great potential. Wenger is really salivating over such a young talent.
More importantly, this is a player from Tottenham Hotspur, their arch-rival. If he can be poached, we can severely humiliate Tottenham Hotspur.
Therefore, Levi could only accept the conditions proposed by the other party's agent with great pain.
As expected, the media should not have been allowed to unscrupulously praise Kane. Now they have shot themselves in the foot.
And that kid Lin Quan, why did he just follow the words of unscrupulous reporters for no reason? If you hadn't praised Kane like that, would Tottenham be so passive?
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Just as Manchester City defeated Tottenham at White Hart Lane, Bayern Munich had already set out in advance and arrived in Manchester to prepare for the Champions League semi-final.
After defeating Hertha Berlin in the last round, Bayern has won the championship 4 rounds in advance.
After winning the championship ahead of schedule, Bayern strategically gave up the game against Leverkusen, leaving only a part of the 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 arch-rivals, they moved into Manchester United's Carrington training base very smoothly.
As the players resumed training on the pitch, Heynckes and his assistant coaches were watching the live broadcast of the game between Manchester City and Tottenham.
"Isn't this Tottenham team too weak? They are so weak?"
Bayern's assistant coaches were speechless when they saw Manchester City force Tottenham to surrender in just half a game.
Originally, we hoped that Tottenham could consume more of Manchester City's energy, or even take advantage of Manchester City's fear of loss to defeat them and further undermine their morale.
Unexpectedly, Tottenham lost so quickly and so easily, which really wasted their expectations.
"There is indeed a gap between Tottenham's strength and top teams like Manchester City, and their style of play was restrained by Manchester City, so it's not surprising that they got such a score!"
Tottenham's strength is probably similar to that of Leverkusen and Schalke 04. When facing top teams, we can't have too high expectations on them.
"Yes, that's right. In the end, we can only rely on ourselves to defeat Manchester City!"
After watching this game, Heynckes had an idea of Manchester City's condition.
Although Manchester City is fighting on two fronts, it benefits from Guardiola's rotation and his excellent tactical arrangements.
Manchester City’s physical fitness problems are not as serious as rumored by the outside world. At least in this game against Tottenham, the consumption of Manchester City was not as great 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.
"Has Bayern arrived yet? They're so quick!"
Guardiola was surprised to learn that Bayern had arrived at the Carrington base.
Bayern came to prepare so early, which shows how much they value this game.
"The Allianz Arena is not a good place to play. If we don't build up a big enough advantage in the first leg, we will be quite passive in the second leg!"
"Well, you are right, so we must win this battle at home!"
Guardiola was thinking, should he use the new tactics he had developed before in this match against Bayern? The new tactics worked well in the league, effectively enhancing Manchester City's offensive power and allowing them to score big.
However, when facing top teams, the weaknesses of this tactic are likely to be completely exposed.
If things go wrong, it might ruin the team's hopes of advancing.
Three days passed in a flash.
On May 6, at the Etihad Stadium, the first leg of the Champions League semi-final between Manchester City and Bayern Munich officially kicked off.
(End of this chapter)