Chapter 1022 Is He Really Moved?

?The last pride!

In his latest column, Martin Samuel, a famous British columnist, used such a title to tell the story of the contract renewal conflict between Terry and Chelsea, and published it prominently on the front page of the Daily Mail.

In this column, Martin Samuel introduced Terry's past achievements at Chelsea, and highly praised the role Terry played as the backbone of the team in the past few seasons when the team's performance declined and the lineup was in turmoil.

At the same time, Martin Samuel believes that it is indeed quite unfair for Chelsea to force Terry in this way.

"If the club is really sincere about renewing the contract, it should inform the player in advance."

"But now, with less than six months until Terry's contract expires, Chelsea has not yet informed whether it has decided to renew the contract, but wants to continue to delay the time, which is obviously an irresponsible behavior."

In the article, Martin Samuel regarded Terry's resistance and determination to buy out the remaining six months of his contract as a defense of the pride of the Blues captain. He believed that at a time when Chelsea had been messed up by Abramovich, Granovskij and others, Terry used this move to defend the pride of the Blues' tradition.

At the end of the article, Martin Samuel also said that Terry has decided not to stay in the Premier League. "He said that it is difficult for him to face the team he loved in the past and was willing to give everything for as an opponent. He will leave the Premier League."

As soon as Martin Samuel's column was published, it immediately attracted considerable attention around the world.

As a well-known British columnist, Martin Samuel has always been hailed as Chelsea's mouthpiece. He always gets some internal information about Chelsea and has a very good relationship with the Blues.

But now, with Lampard leaving for America and Terry about to leave Stamford Bridge, Martin Samuel's connection with Chelsea has gradually faded. Now standing up to speak for Terry is undoubtedly to support his old friend.

However, what he said resonated with countless fans and football journalists.

It is no secret that Chelsea treats its heroes unfairly.

Ancelotti was announced to be dismissed on the bus, which directly led to all the famous European coaches staying away from Chelsea.

Abramovich begged and pleaded to invite Guardiola to coach, but why did the Spaniard refuse to agree? It was because what the Chelsea coaches did back then was too chilling.

Now, Chelsea has started to drive away its former heroes and celebrities. Does this mean that Chelsea wants to further destroy its image in the minds of the players?

You know, with the decline in the club's performance in the past two years, it has been difficult for Chelsea to invite top European stars to join. If such a thing happens now, not only will the club's players become discouraged and demoralized, it may also cause huge damage to Chelsea's future signings.

Stephen Howard, a famous columnist for The Sun, pointed out in his article that "the old players are getting old, and the team is changing from old to new. This is a problem that all teams will inevitably encounter, but Chelsea's handling of the problem has always been criticized because it is too simple and crude."

"Now, with the news of Terry's incident again, it is definitely another painful blow to Chelsea's already poor image. It will undoubtedly make it more difficult for Chelsea to introduce strong reinforcements in the future."

Faced with a flood of comments and criticisms from the outside world, under pressure, Chelsea officials had to come out to explain that the club did not want to renew Terry's contract, and even that the club would consider renewing Terry's contract.

But such remarks seem very pale and powerless in the face of Terry's agent's tough attitude, who publicly stated that his players will buy out the remaining six months of their contracts.

All the Blues fans also said that the official behavior of Chelsea was too disheartening and too much.

Only if the team went too far and was truly disheartening would Terry be so determined to leave the team he had played for his entire career.

As British media began to pay attention and report on the incident, the news spread quickly and soon brought about a chain reaction.

First, a British media reporter in Munich, Germany asked Bayern Munich head coach Diola what he thought about Terry leaving Chelsea.

Guardiola refused to answer at first, but was later pestered and had no choice but to express his opinion. He also believed that Chelsea seemed too hasty and not ideal in handling Terry's contract renewal.

When he was a professional player, Guardiola faced the same problem that Terry is facing now.

Barcelona's approach at the time was quite brutal, forcing Guardiola to leave Serie A and even causing him to bear the greatest shame of his life, which was the drug testing scandal in 2001.

Guardiola, who had just transferred from Barcelona to Brescia, was found to have used performance-enhancing drugs during a post-match drug test. As a result, he was banned for four months by the Italian Football Association and then imprisoned for seven months by the government, which was suspended.

Guardiola regarded this as the greatest shame of his life because he had never used stimulants.

So, after the penalty was issued, he has been appealing, accusing the Italian Football Association's testing equipment of having problems.

It took him eight long years to finally declare that his injustice had been vindicated and he was cleared of all charges.

It is precisely because of this tragic history that Guardiola sympathizes with Terry's situation. He believes that Chelsea could have done a better job in handling the contract renewal issue of veterans.

However, when reporters asked Guardiola whether he was interested in coaching in the Premier League, the Spanish coach smiled and said that he regarded coaching in the Premier League as the biggest and most interesting challenge of his life.

It has been said that Guardiola refused to answer whenever he was asked about this before, but this time he took the initiative to answer. It can be seen that he is full of expectations for coaching in the Premier League.

This caused an uproar among reporters and fans all over the world.

Does this mean that Guardiola is really going to coach Chelsea?

The whole world knows that Guardiola of Chelsea has been pursuing him for many years. Abramovich even went to Munich in person to invite Guardiola. Could it be that he is really tempted?

Many people began to look for a lot of evidence to prove this argument.

First of all, of course, Guardiola made a rare comment on the contract renewal between Chelsea and Terry.

Also, in the past six months, Guardiola has only been linked with Chelsea. Considering that Abramovich has been pursuing Guardiola tirelessly for many years, it is not surprising that the Spanish male god is moved.

As a result, the media immediately took action and began to fabricate a lot of news.

For example, Abramovich launched a great blueprint, claiming to invest hundreds of millions of dollars to bring in Neymar and build a strong lineup for Guardiola that can compete for the Premier League championship and compete with Southampton in the short term.

But soon news came out that the team Guardiola might actually go to was Manchester City.

Manchester City has also been pursuing Guardiola, and head coach Pellegrini's coaching performance in the team is not satisfactory, but Manchester City's relatively more patient management style is more in line with Guardiola's requirements.

But the really explosive news came from the Manchester Evening News, which publicly stated that Manchester City’s top management has already made a plan. If Guardiola coaches Manchester City, they will provide an unlimited transfer budget in order to introduce strong reinforcements to compete with the arrogant Southampton!

It is obvious that the powerful Saints are invincible in the Premier League and constantly making history. They have become the target of all Premier League teams, and everyone is proud to defeat the Saints.

In this situation, all teams have come up with various tricks, hoping to recruit Guardiola, the world's top coach, and build a tactical system that can compete with the Saints.

As the media paid close attention and reported on the incident, the German media soon dug out the news that Bayern Munich had already confirmed that Guardiola would leave the team after the end of this summer and would not stay in Munich.

"During his time as Bayern Munich coach, Guardiola found that the differences between him and the management were getting bigger and bigger, especially with his immediate boss Sammer. People in the football circle know that these two people are notoriously strong factions and it is difficult for them to piss in the same pot. Their differences were already exposed with the big quarrel a year ago."

"In the list of players who will leave with Guardiola, Spanish midfielder Xabi Alonso is ranked first. Sammer believes that although Xabi Alonso still maintains the strength and form of a world-class midfielder, it is not in line with the club's business policy for the next few years. His contract will expire in the summer and he has basically decided to leave the team. He may even be sold for a good price during the winter break."

"Another player who may leave the team is Bernat. With Guardiola's departure, Bernat, who is in an awkward situation in the team, is likely to return to La Liga."

As for another main midfielder, Guardiola's favorite Thiago, whether he will stay in the team depends on the ideas of the new coach of Bayern Munich. If it is not in the plan, Thiago is basically certain to leave the team, especially he may return to Barcelona.

As the media dug deeper, it was initially just a contract renewal conflict between Terry and Chelsea, but gradually it was overwhelmed by discussions about Guardiola's new club next season.

After all, the media and fans are very forgetful. They will naturally pay more attention to Guardiola, who is more well-known and has greater hype value, and more and more teams are associated with Guardiola.

In the end, even Real Madrid and Manchester United were involved, and it almost became a topic of national concern.

It was in this trend that the European winter transfer market quietly opened.

However, compared with the booming winter transfers in the past, the winter transfers have gradually declined in recent years with the economic recession.

Rich teams, led by Southampton, Manchester City and Tottenham Hotspur, have all announced that they will not make any signings during the winter transfer window, which has set the tone for the transfer market early on.

How can the transfer market become lively without the intervention of wealthy people?

But just when everyone thought that the European winter transfer market might become lukewarm, the tycoons from the Chinese Super League quietly made their move.

First, Yangcheng Hengda's main striker Elkeson transferred to Longhai Longgang at a high price of 18.5 million euros, which triggered a sensation in the winter transfer market.

Following closely, the Hua Xia team from the Chinese Super League introduced winger Gervinho from Roma for 18 million euros.

This deal once again surprised everyone. You know, Gervinho's performance in Roma is quite outstanding. Even if he wants to transfer, he is still very popular in Europe. But he actually transferred to the Chinese Super League?

Isn’t this Chinese Super League team too rich?

But this is just the beginning.

After Gervinho, Hua Xia was obviously not satisfied and continued to pursue Chelsea striker Remy fiercely, intending to recruit the Blues striker. This made the whole of Europe marvel at the wealth of the Chinese Super League team.

However, while China's poaching has not made any progress, Su Ling has already poached midfielder Ramires from the Blues for a high price of 28 million euros, thus becoming the highest bidder in the transfer market.

But before Su Ling could secure the title of the best bidder, the title changed hands again.

After selling its main striker, Guangzhou Evergrande announced that it would introduce Porto striker Jackson Martinez for 42 million euros, thus chopping down the banner of the top transfer target in the winter transfer market.

The whole world was shocked!

What on earth are these Chinese doing?

I have seen rich people, but I have never seen one as rich as this!

Isn’t this outrageous?

Are they planning to buy all the European football stars to China?

However, when all the teams in the Chinese Super League were making great efforts to introduce strong players at sky-high prices, Master Huan, who was highly anticipated by domestic fans, and his Beijing Guoan, had not made any progress.

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