Winning the championship at Wembley Stadium has a very ritualistic process, which is to climb the ladder of winners.
This is a staircase leading to the royal box, which is the podium. It has a history of nearly a hundred years.
In the past, the winner's ladder at the old Wembley Stadium only had 39 steps, but after the renovation, it was extended to 107 steps.
Along this narrow staircase, go all the way up, enter the back of the second-level stands of the stadium, turn and continue up the steel frame stairs, enjoying the cheers from the surrounding and fans in the stands the whole time.
This is a great honor for any player and any team.
Especially when you walk out of the steel frame stairs and enter the royal box, you are firmly locked by the live broadcast camera. It is not only displayed in front of all the fans at the scene, but also live broadcast in the eyes of fans all over the world.
This is not the first time Gao Shen has climbed the winner's ladder, the last time he represented Manchester City.
I still remember that he was also walking at the end of the team at that time.
When he walked out of the royal box, he saw arms reaching towards him, so many that he couldn't even tell whose they belonged to.
There is no other way but to hold them one after another.
After entering the royal box, the guests were all political and business celebrities from European football.
For example, German Chancellor Merkel, King Juan Carlos and Prime Minister of Spain, as well as members of the British royal family, Prince William and Princess Kate, and the British Prime Minister.
Gao Shen smiled and shook hands with them one by one.
But Juan Carlos seemed particularly excited and leaned over to hug Gao Shen.
"Good job, cum!"
Gao Shen smiled and thanked him, but in his heart he wanted to say: Brother, your seat should have been mine.
Platini and Infantino stood side by side, Infantino was responsible for delivering the championship medal to Platini, and Platini wore it around the player's neck.
They give everyone a courtesy hug and congratulate them.
When they reached the climax, the two of them seemed particularly enthusiastic.
Both Infantino and Platini were very kind to Gao Shen, and they poured out all kinds of compliments without hesitation, just to make Gao Shen feel their praise.
Five Champions League titles, which is unique in the history of the Champions League!
More importantly, he seems to have considerable potential and can make further progress.
Gao Shen talked to them politely, but he didn't take them too seriously.
To be honest, he now has a very important voice in European football.
To a certain extent, even if Gao Shen publicly scolded them, both of them would have to endure it with a smile on their face.
Of course, if Gao Shen violates the rules, they can punish him, which is another matter.
This is mainly because Gao Shen is the most successful head coach in the history of the Champions League. To a certain extent, Gao Shen's prestige also represents the prestige of the Champions League and UEFA.
They are a community of interests.
In fact, UEFA's interests have to be maintained by Gao Shen.
It's like FIFA always lifts Pele out.
Why?
That is a golden sign!
In the end, Casillas and Ramos lifted the Big Ear Cup together.
Everyone in Real Madrid cheered wildly.
This is the most glorious moment in their careers and a peak period in their careers.
In fact, if they don't work harder next time, this may very well be their peak.
Gao Shen stood at the edge, looking at his players with a smile.
The last part of the game was when the Real Madrid players brought the championship trophy to the stands where the Real Madrid fans were and interacted with the Real Madrid fans.
Every time the players raised the championship trophy high, they would let out deafening cheers in unison.
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From the dressing room at Wembley Stadium to the hotel where the team stayed, Real Madrid was caught up in crazy celebrations.
Especially after returning to the hotel, Gao Shen gave the players an hour's leave, and they all ran to celebrate with their relatives and friends.
Gao Shen doesn't have this kind of free time.
Because Real Madrid's chairman, board of directors, technical director Valdano and others all returned to the hotel.
The players were dismissed for vacation only after meeting with the management.
Florentino announced that the team's championship bonus will be paid out on time tomorrow. At the same time, the club has also prepared a massive championship parade for the team. At that time, it will bring the two championship trophies of the Champions League and the King's Cup around Madrid.
City parade.
It can also be seen from this arrangement that the club actually knows that the possibility of La Liga is unlikely.
In the last two rounds, Barcelona basically won't miss.
Of course, it is not ruled out that Real Madrid will be lucky.
But for Gao Shen, it would be better not to win this way at all.
If you want to take it, you must take it openly!
As he said to Heynckes, next season, he will win the Triple Crown!
After seeing off the players, Florentino, Valdano and the core members of the board of directors sat down in the hotel's cafe and chatted about the team's signing plan for this summer.
Yin Guayin, Kaka and Albiol all want to leave, and Gao Shen has given the green light, so signings need to be made next.
As for central defenders, there are really not many central defenders who meet the advanced requirements in the current transfer market.
For example, Gao Shen requires the central defender not to be too slow and to have excellent ball-playing ability.
This is a mandatory requirement.
Why?
This is Real Madrid's tactics.
If Real Madrid is a low-defensive team, then it doesn't really matter if the center back is slower.
But Real Madrid is a high-defense team, and even an offensive team that uses its full-backs as wingers. It is common for the central defender to play wide. If the central defender is too slow and has poor ball-playing ability, it will be really bad.
Currently, the most suitable player in the transfer market is Koulibaly of Leeds United.
But this central defender is so popular now.
Manchester United is watching, Chelsea is watching, Bayern Munich is watching, Paris Saint-Germain and Monaco are watching.
If Real Madrid intervenes again, the price will definitely not be lower.
But the problem is that Real Madrid is now introducing a fourth central defender.
Ramos, Pepe and Varane are all trustworthy central defenders. It is not cost-effective to spend such a high price to introduce a fourth central defender, so Real Madrid will wait and see.
"We have already released the news that we are also interested in Coulibaly." Butragueno said with a smile.
Gao Shen was a little surprised, but he laughed again.
Is this considered Real Madrid building momentum for Koulibaly?
Of course, the advantage is definitely that Leeds United has the advantage.
"If there is no suitable candidate, I think it is better to just leave it like this. We still have Nacho, who can also play as a central defender, either on the left or right," Gao Shen said.
This is the benefit of being a generalist.
To be honest, instead of spending a lot of money to buy a player who may not play a few games throughout the season, it would be better to just use Nacho, which would save worry and effort.
This is a trade-off between input and output.
"As for the midfielder, we have considered Gundogan, Paul Pogba, Thiago and Pjanic. At present, we have basically locked Paul Pogba as the first target."
This is highly recommended by Zidane, and Gao Shen also speaks highly of Paul Pogba.
The whole world knows that it was Gao Shen who personally persuaded Ferguson to sign Paul Pogba to Manchester United.
The transfer fee is only 1.5 million pounds, but this is mainly because Paul Pogba only has one year left on his contract with Manchester United.
Everyone knows that there is only one year left on the contract and there is not much remaining value. At that time, Gao Shen persuaded Pogba to join Leeds United.
Players who have been hand-picked by experts are never wrong, and Paul Pogba's performance at Leeds United is obvious to all. His potential is extraordinary, and Zidane also highly praises him.
This player is now worth as much as 30 million euros in the German transfer market, which shows how optimistic the outside world is about Leeds United's core midfielder.
The key is that he is only 20 years old and his future is limitless.
"But the introduction of Pogba is also very difficult. Paris Saint-Germain has recently been short of high-level local players and is also eyeing Pogba. Manchester United, Chelsea and Monaco are all eyeing Pogba."
When he said this, Valdano smiled bitterly at Gao Shen, "But the most troublesome thing is Leeds United. Fernando Lucas told me very clearly that we will not talk about it until the end of the World Youth Championship!"
Everyone immediately looked at Gao Shen.
"This has nothing to do with me." Gao Shen quickly shook his head and said three consecutive denials.
"However, Lucas still cherishes the old friendship and promised to give priority to us, Real Madrid." Valdano said.
Although there is priority, the transfer fee must not be low.
If Paris Saint-Germain really intends to raise the price, the transfer fee will be astonishing.
Of course, for now, it cannot be lower.
The valuation on the transfer market is already 30 million euros. To convince Leeds United to release him, this price is definitely unrealistic.
The British Times estimated that it was at least 40 million euros.
If all parties are very optimistic and enter the competition, it will probably be higher.
What can be done about this?
There is only one talented midfielder like Pogba in the world.
However, there is another one in the Leeds United team, Kondogbia. His worth is slightly less than Pogba, and his performance is also very good, but his card is not as big as Pogba's, and his current valuation is around 20 million euros.
The two are also the core midfielders of the French National Youth Team.
Recently, Leeds United signed a French midfielder named Rabiot from Manchester City's youth academy. Many people said that his characteristics are somewhat similar to those of Pogba and Kondogbia. This seems to be a precautionary measure.
Buy low, sell high, Leeds United's business is getting better and better.
But Real Madrid don't care.
For Real Madrid, what they want is stars, high-level stars.
money?
It's important, but it's also not important.
"Leave this matter to Jose and Jorge, you two will be responsible for the negotiation." Florentino decided with a wave of his hand.
Jose Sanchez is a good negotiator and Valdano is the technical director. It is just right for the two to join forces.
Gao Shen remained silent from beginning to end. The only attitude he expressed was that Pogba is really good.
"How is Dzeko? Did you convey what I told you before? What did he say?" Gao Shen asked with concern.
Valdano secretly met with Dzeko and his agent this afternoon.
Gao Shen asked Valdano to convey a lot of words, including his positioning of Dzeko, and revealed his hope to help Dzeko complete his transformation. He believed that Dzeko can become a high-level, world-class center.
