Chapter 169 The Dust Settles (1)
This early July is definitely the spring of English football! Even though the England team has lost its wings in Lisbon!
The most notable among them is the champion coach who just joined Chelsea - Jose Mourinho. This 41-year-old Portuguese man just came to London and offended almost all the English media with his arrogant face!
So, they nicknamed this arrogant guy "Madman", Madman Mourinho, as soon as he arrived in London, he announced in public the "ownership" of this year's Premier League championship.
"Excuse me, Mr. Mourinho, what is Chelsea's goal this year? Do you think the team can join the championship battle?" asked a London reporter. Looking at his slightly contemptuous face, you can tell that he is definitely not a Chelsea fan.
"Goal? Of course it's the championship!" Mourinho affirmed. He seemed to feel that the answer was a little uncertain, so he asked in return: "Do you think that in this season, there is any team that is qualified to compete with Chelsea for the championship?"
Look how arrogant this annoying middle-aged man is! !
This is a blatant disrespect to other Premier League teams!!
However, relatively speaking, Abramovich admires this Portuguese man very much. Before, he had a club in Russia called CSKA Moscow, so he still has some knowledge of football and never interferes with the team. Although sometimes this Russian billionaire likes to be arbitrary, he is indeed a very qualified club chairman.
Just when many media were expecting to see Mourinho's joke, Chelsea's actions showed its determination to win the championship:
On July 1, Chelsea squeezed out rival Manchester United and signed the Dutch rising star Arjen Robben, who had set off a left-wing craze in the European Cup, for a transfer fee of 12 million pounds.
On July 5, Mourinho brought Paulo Ferreira, the right-back he had cultivated, from Porto for £13.3 million, amid the puzzled gazes of the fans.
On July 6, Chelsea's official website broke the news: they have reached a consensus with Porto Club, Ricardo Carvalho will join Chelsea for a transfer fee of 19.85 million pounds;
On the same afternoon, Ivory Coast's 'Magic Beast' Didier Drogba, for £24 million, jumped from Marseille to Chelsea and joined this pound-for-pound team.
If you don’t make a sound, you will be amazing when you do!
Chelsea spent the entire season's transfer fee of Manchester United in just one week. Four players, a total of more than 70 million pounds. This made the media feel that the Russian "sucker" was really rich, but they also had to admit that this young "madman" did have a unique vision. Except for Ferreira who suffered a "Waterloo" in the European Cup, the strength of the other three was beyond doubt!
Looking at other top teams, Manchester United is still in tense negotiations with Everton regarding Rooney's return. Recently, they spent 12.9 million pounds to sign Alan Smith and Gabriel Heinze, but the shocking news about Chelsea did not cause any waves at all.
At least in the transfer market, Manchester United cannot be compared with Chelsea for the time being. Although many professionals have called for maintaining the "purity" of the football field, without the support of the pound, talented stars will never come directly to invest.
After all, this is not the Romance of the Three Kingdoms...
Arsenal recently signed the Dutch rising star Robin van Persie. The specific transfer amount was not disclosed, but according to media speculation, it will not be too high. This unruly player is a headache wherever he goes. Maybe Feyenoord can't wait to send him away and exchange him for priceless pounds!
As the league champion last season, Arsenal has been almost calm in the transfer market and has sold a large number of players such as Parlour and Jeffers. It can be seen that the team must have some financial problems, which makes the media not optimistic about their performance next season.
As the club with the most world championship trophies, Liverpool's development has always been a topic of concern, but its performance in recent years has been disappointing. This season, it was revealed that Liverpool's finances showed a negative growth trend, which made the media even more pessimistic about them.
However, in recent days, it was revealed that they were going to introduce England's "dance master" Alan Wong, plus Michael Owen. This England team's forward partnership has attracted the interest of many media, and they have flocked to Liverpool to interview the progress of the transfer negotiations.
However, at this time, a piece of breaking news came out from Spain.
England's golden boy Michael Owen officially announced his joining the Galacticos - Real Madrid! !
What a ridiculous thing!
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Wang Li learned the news on TV and jumped up on the sofa in surprise. He couldn't help but be surprised. Just a few days ago, Owen was still lobbying him to join Liverpool, but a few days later, he ran to Spain!
"Michael? Why?"
There was silence on the other end of the phone. After a while, a deep voice said, "I'm sorry..."
"I just found out about this yesterday, but I had no choice..."
"Is Liverpool's finances really in trouble?" Wang Li asked in surprise. Owen had already been labeled as a Liverpool member. In his opinion, Liverpool would never sell him for a few pounds.
"The new head coach wants to sell me and use the transfer fee to get other players. You know, I have no choice because the chairman has already agreed." Owen whispered, and it seemed that he was in a really bad mood.
Wang Li thought about it, was silent for a while, and comforted him: "Spain is very good, you can be on the same team with David, I wish you success!"
"Thanks."
Without Owen saying much, Wang Li already had a general understanding of what had happened.
For these professional players, that simple contract is almost equivalent to a contract of sale. As long as the two clubs reach an agreement, the players' opposition is very weak. As long as the club is determined to sell you, it is impossible to stay.
"Going to Real Madrid might be a good start," Wang Li thought silently.
After pressing the hang-up button, Wang Li directly dialed Rita's number.
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Rita was in Liverpool at this time. She had been here for more than a week. The negotiators sent by Liverpool were very difficult to deal with. They seemed to not care about the competition from Chelsea at all, as if they were sure that Wang Li would join Liverpool. This made Rita very passive.
However, Rita knew that Wang Li preferred this team. All she could do was to try her best to get better treatment for Wang Li and to better solve Wang Li's transfer problems. In fact, she found Chelsea just to make Liverpool feel a sense of crisis and increase her bargaining chips. So even though the conditions offered by Chelsea were already very good, she still did not agree.
In this situation, Liverpool seemed more confident. They had been demanding to get Wang Li by paying liquidated damages, but Rita obviously would not agree, so the two sides have not reached an agreement until now.
"I demand that your club must implement a legitimate transfer strategy, otherwise I will not agree!" Another boring negotiation. Rita has said this sentence countless times in these days.
"Miss, we can increase Mr. Allen's weekly salary to 70,000 pounds, and we are willing to pay a signing fee of 500,000 pounds!"
Rita rubbed her forehead helplessly. This kind of negotiation was so boring. But at this moment, the phone rang. After saying sorry to the people in front of her, she walked out and pressed the answer button.
"What, you said to stop negotiating with Liverpool?" Rita said in surprise, but she couldn't hide the joy in her words.
"Yes, because Michael has gone to Spain..."
Without saying anything, Rita immediately understood what he meant, 'If you don't come to Liverpool, then Chelsea, Chelsea is in London, maybe we can meet often in the future? ' Thinking of this, she was happy.
But what made her even happier now was that she finally didn't have to face those annoying 'misers'!
These Liverpool people are totally insincere, their faces are just like Wang Li who refuses to go to Liverpool, so annoying!!
"I'm sorry, gentlemen, I feel that you have no sincerity at all, so I decided to cancel this negotiation. Goodbye!" Back in the main hall, Rita said this, picked up her handbag, turned around and walked out.
Rita's sudden change of attitude caught the Liverpool people off guard, but no matter how they explained, or even agreed to her request, it was of no use! Because no matter how good the treatment was, it was impossible to keep Wang Li's heart.
PS: [bookid=1738285,bookname=《异界玄渊》]Thanks to Brother Shiwan Doujiang.