Chapter 53
Because Chelsea was playing away and lost 0:1 to Manchester United, Abramovich did not show up. He only sent his assistant to the locker room with good news: Chelsea has signed a contract with Italian fashion master Giorgio Armani and invited him to design clothes for them.
"Wow! Is this true?"
The teammates' voices of surprise rang out, and Endrit noticed that coach Mourinho seemed very happy as well, but what was there to be excited about? In other words, what is there to be happy about for Mourinho?
Endritt was confused, but a few days later he saw the disclosure in Chelsea's official magazine in the newspaper and understood the reason: Coach Mourinho is actually an avid follower of the Armani brand?
"This is really surprising," Endrit couldn't help but mention this when he received Ronaldinho's invitation to train next week. "The magazine said that Jose Mourinho, the popular lover of Stamford Bridge..."
Ronaldinho scratched his ears and interrupted Endritt's unfinished words, "Aren't you the most popular person at Stamford Bridge now?"
"Ah?" Endrit was very surprised. "But this magazine is from yesterday! It's the latest news. Where did you get it..."
"Didn't you read today's newspaper? It all said that your Chelsea official magazine was making up stories. According to the latest media data, you are now the most popular person at Stamford Bridge." Ronaldo reached out and flipped through the newspaper. "Oh, by the way, the media also helped you scold your teammates, coach and chairman in the newspaper."
Endrit was silent for a few seconds. "I regret that I changed my habit of reading newspapers every day. I won't say more. I'll go find today's newspaper from the staff."
After hastily hanging up the phone, Endritt found all the newspapers he could buy yesterday and today, and discovered that the newspapers published the day after the game with Manchester United were all "helping Endritt to criticize Cech". Their point of view was this: if Cech played, the game would have been lost, and by the same token, if Cech is no longer good enough, he should honestly step down and make way for our England's new star goalkeeper Endrit.
The next day's newspapers began to "help Endrit criticize Mourinho", believing that the madman dared not be crazy anymore and that he was no longer worthy of the title of madman. He could obviously win the game but he succumbed to the chairman's majesty, fielded a shitty lineup, used completely unsuitable players, and simply lost the game that should have been won - these newspapers did not mention a word about how they had been bad-mouthing Chelsea before the game even started and believed that Chelsea would not win.
Clearly they lost to Manchester United in the last game just as the media had predicted, but the media was not satisfied and asked why they didn't win when they could have.
The newspapers on the third day directly targeted Chelsea chairman Abramovich, criticizing him for nepotism, having no football literacy, and being a fool who didn't know how to spend money. Instead of using such a good English goalkeeper, he forced Mourinho to use a Czech goalkeeper. It turned out that stupid Russians just didn't understand football. It is indeed a shame for the whole of England that their Premier League team was bought by a Russian who doesn't understand football.
Endrit: ? ? ! !
No wonder they are called troublemakers. This nickname is not really an insult to them. In fact, it seems a bit too complimentary when used to describe them.
Endrit closed his eyes and took a deep breath. When he opened his eyes again, he found coach Mourinho standing in front of him.
"coach?"
"I heard from the assistant coach that you asked the staff to get the newspapers from the past few days," Mourinho's eyes fell on the newspaper at Endrit's feet, "Have you read them all?"
Endrit nodded, "Coach, I don't know about this newspaper..."
"I know. I asked Mendes not to tell you first," Mourinho shook his head and interrupted Endrit. "I haven't let you accept media interviews these days because of this matter. I don't want you to be affected. Our team knows what kind of person you are, so don't worry. No one has taken this matter to heart."
Endrit blinked, but he was not completely relieved. "Will Chairman Abu understand?"
Mourinho was silent for a moment, then he stepped forward and patted Endrit on the shoulder, "Don't worry, if you are sold, I won't stay here either."
Endrit: ...
"Okay, forget about it. The media is like this. The more you care about them, the more excited they get. Go back to training. Have you completed your training mission today?"
Endrit's gaze finally stopped on a newspaper he had already read, which had a huge headline highlighting the key points: Endrit's chance of playing may be in vain, Abramovich prefers the Czech!
"If I have to say who I prefer, Abramovich only prefers Sheva." Mourinho put his arm around Endrit's shoulders and walked out of the lounge. "But he is not bad for Cech either, because without Cech in the past few years, we Chelsea would not have won so many championships. This is why Abramovich agreed to Cech signing with Arsenal."
"You are still young and haven't shown him very good results yet. But Ritter, you are still young," Mourinho stopped and turned his head to Endrit and said seriously, "No club chairman will let go of someone who may become a goalkeeper in the future. If there is such a person, then I will not stay in this club."
Mourinho has often said this to Endrit recently. Endrit never took it seriously, but now when he heard Mourinho say this very seriously, he suddenly became suspicious, "Coach? You..."
"The Champions League group stage is about to start," Mourinho was silent for a moment, "If we lose or draw the game, I will definitely be fired."
"No," Endrit reached out and shook Mourinho's hand, "Coach, I'm here, no."
He understood that Murray Yuyu had a premonition that he might be fired, so he had been trying to lure him here.
After this conversation, Endrit began to train more seriously, staring at his very "eye-catching" teammates and practicing in his imagination every day. With the system plug-in, Endrit thought that he might really become a goalkeeper in the future.
[Whose fault is it that the England goalkeeper cannot play? 】
[The goalkeeper ruined by the money-driven football]
[The Russians killed a great goalkeeper]
When Endrit saw the newspaper, his eyes went round and round, and he wanted to catch the journalists who wrote these news reports and give them a beating.
Mourinho/Endrit: You/I may become a goalkeeper in the future
English media: Our goalkeeper is delayed!
Endrit took a close look at those heartfelt articles and felt that if he didn't have some clue in his mind, and if he was really just a simple 17-year-old boy, he would probably be flattered. With the way the English media is praising it, who wouldn't be popular?
Mendes has contacted him many times and said that his value is rising rapidly and advertisers who want to invite him to shoot commercials are lining up with money waved.
The cheap stepfather has begun to worry that Endrit's mentality is unbalanced, but Endrit has only one thought in his mind: the strongest troublemaker in the universe is worthy of his reputation.
According to the normal script, Endrit should have started giving interviews, shooting commercials, accusing his teammates, coaches and Abramovich in front of the camera, making his debut as the center of England and occupying the headlines of newspapers for the next few months.
But Endrit obviously got an abnormal script. Now he is picked up and dropped off by Mourinho whenever he goes out. The latter strictly guards against any reporter approaching him. Every day he does nothing but training. The training originally agreed with Ronaldinho was directly rejected by Mourinho because it was outside on the football field and there was a risk of being surrounded and blocked by the media.
He kept practicing like this. When Endrit had used up all the points he had previously accumulated and the system couldn't help but remind him to do some tasks, the first round of the Champions League group stage began. Chelsea, who were in Group B, would face Norwegian Premier League team Rosenborg at home.
The name of the team Rosenborg sounds unfamiliar and it doesn't look very powerful, but it has actually dominated the Norwegian Premier League for many years and can be called the Manchester United of the Premier League.
"Rosenberg," Mourinho wrote down the name of the opponent's team on the tactical board. "They have five wins, four losses and one draw recently, which is a good record. The opponent's head coach is good at the 451 formation. Based on the past few games, their forwards will be among Kone, Yakonan and Iverson."
"Norwegian Premier League defender Kopil can defend and shoot. We should pay special attention to his passing and shooting during the game."
"Goalkeeper Hirschfeld is 1.9 meters tall and has a great wingspan. He has blocked many threatening shots in the past games." Mourinho looked at the forwards and players who usually shoot. "But compared to Ritter, Hirschfeld is far from good enough. So after the meeting is over, you guys continue to train with Ritter on the field. You can disband after everyone has scored a goal."
“…”
"I have prepared the Champions League roster," Mourinho looked around and announced with satisfaction after seeing that every player was sitting upright. "Before the official roster comes out, I will keep observing each of you. Those who are not selected still have a chance, and those who are selected, if they do not perform well in the next period of time, then you will not have another chance to play in the Champions League this year."
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