Chapter 893 Self-inflicted Trouble
"Our reporter reports that in order to welcome the annual Boxing Day, major British businesses have launched the largest-scale price reduction promotions. Although there was a sudden heavy snowfall on Boxing Day this year, it still failed to affect people's shopping enthusiasm."
"Outside Glory Square in Southampton, nearly 10,000 enthusiastic consumers lined up in a long queue shivering in the biting cold wind ten hours before the square opened in order to grab the shopping opportunity first."
"In order to allow consumers to purchase their desired products in advance, Harrods opened two hours earlier at 7 a.m., attracting more than 3,000 customers to rush into the store to buy immediately."
"In the first hour after opening, we set a sales record of two million pounds. People's enthusiasm for consumption is amazing."
"According to the reporter's on-site observation, Glory Plaza has attracted at least 80,000 consumers so far, and the total daily passenger flow is expected to exceed 300,000, which is incredible for Southampton."
"Earlier, due to the rise of Black Friday in November and the increased promotion efforts of major merchants this Christmas, many people were pessimistic about the sales prospects of Boxing Day this year, but it turns out that despite the Black Friday and Christmas sales, Boxing Day is still the most popular shopping carnival for British people."
"In addition to Southampton's Glory Square, the reporter also received news that London's West End business district will also attract more than 700,000 consumers today, and Birmingham's most famous Bullring Shopping Plaza will have more than 200,000 customers this year, and Liverpool's city center shopping mall will also have more than 120,000 customers."
"Given the current positive consumer sentiment, major retailers believe that this year's Boxing Day sales will be higher than last year."
"For this situation, professionals analyzed that the main reason is that major merchants are offering greater discounts and are also innovating in marketing and promotional methods."
"For example, Southampton's Glory Square has created a business ecosystem around Southampton's Glory Stadium and pioneered a way to exchange consumption points for tickets, which has greatly attracted fans. In addition, major merchants have offered large discounts, which naturally stimulated people's enthusiasm for consumption."
"Southampton has innovatively created a new business model that has not only changed the traditional retail business model, but has also attracted a number of Premier League teams to learn from it."
"Tottenham Hotspur in north London has said that they will build a commercial shopping center around their new stadium, which will be completed in two years, following the example of Southampton's Glory Square, and will immediately start attracting investment."
"It can be seen that Southampton's approach is not only accepted by consumers, but even its Premier League competitors are very envious and are actively learning from it."
"Richard Scudmore, the chief executive of the Premier League, publicly called for more Premier League clubs to learn from Southampton's business model when he was interviewed by our reporter."
Abramovich sat on the sofa in the living room, staring at the news on TV with cold eyes, his face calm.
Only those who are familiar with him know that he is not happy in his heart.
At this time, whoever goes up to provoke him will definitely be in trouble.
So, both Granovskia and Bruce Buck wisely chose to sit aside and not say anything.
It's better to be a taciturn person than to be scolded and have spit all over your face, right?
As club operators, they all have to admit that Southampton's management is indeed quite outstanding.
Firstly, they do attach great importance to professional talents, and secondly, Yang Huan also knows how to make use of these talents.
So, in just a few years, Southampton has become the best-managed and most successful top team in Europe.
However, it is difficult for Chelsea to learn from Southampton's successful experience.
On the management level, Chelsea personally sent away management experts such as Peter Kenyon and Ron Gourlay, resulting in a decline in talent in the club. At the same time, the ownership of Stamford Bridge, its location and surrounding environment make it difficult for Chelsea to be like Southampton.
Also, although Yang Huan often interferes with the team, he understands football very well and knows when to stop.
But his boss is obviously much better than Yang Huanxuan in many aspects.
However, they can only keep these words in their hearts. Anyone who dares to say them will surely die a miserable death.
In front of his boss, Yang Huan is a taboo.
But what's worse is that after just finishing the news about Southampton's Glory Square, Sky TV quickly started to forecast the live broadcast of tonight's Premier League.
"Tonight, the Premier League will usher in the 18th round of matches, which is also the first game of the Christmas devil schedule. The highlight is the defending champions of the league, Southampton, playing at home against Chelsea."
"Southampton has continued its excellent performance in the previous two seasons this season and has firmly occupied the top spot in the league from the beginning. So far, no other team has been able to shake Southampton's position."
"Chelsea, on the other hand, is not in an ideal situation at the moment. Mourinho's team is ranked 16th in the standings, only two points away from the relegation zone, which is quite surprising."
"There have been reports that Chelsea management has lost patience with Mourinho and has issued a directive to beat Southampton away from home, otherwise Mourinho will be sacked again for poor performance."
"This also makes people full of expectations for the upcoming game, to see whether the Portuguese madman's Blues can fight back or the Saints will completely trample the Blues into the abyss of despair."
After hearing the report on Sky News, the three people present were both amused and confused.
Because these are all groundless news.
It’s not about Chelsea’s current situation, but the news about Mourinho being fired, which is absolutely fake news.
The reason is simple, who can afford to fire Mourinho?
I guess the Portuguese madman is now hoping that the management will fire him because he has completely lost control of the locker room.
However, he repeatedly emphasized to the outside world that he would never resign voluntarily.
What does this mean?
What this means is that if management feels that I’m not doing a good job, then just fire me.
But, it was you who took the initiative to fire me, so you still have to pay me the penalty, salary and everything else.
All in all, Chelsea will have to pay at least tens of millions to fire Mourinho.
What's more, there is a shortage of famous coaches in Europe now. Who will take over the team after Mourinho is fired?
This is also the reason why Chelsea management has been slow to take action.
Otherwise, with Mourinho's performance this season, he would have been sacked eight or ten times. How could he have survived until now?
Abramovich sighed, turned off the TV, looked at the two Chelsea core executives sitting on his left and right, and asked calmly: "What's the situation of the team now?"
"It's the same as always," Granovskaia replied. "Since Mourinho fired the team doctor, the players have reacted violently, but the more they react, the more Mourinho wants to suppress them, so..."
Abramovich himself is well aware of the Portuguese madman's character and is not surprised at all.
In fact, his intention of firing the team doctor was to tell the players that everything in the team, even including the diagnosis and treatment of your injuries, must be approved by me.
This was considered normal in the past.
But now it is obviously different. The players' self-awareness is much stronger than it was ten years ago, so how could they fall for Mourinho's tricks?
As a result, the more the players resisted, the tougher Mourinho became, and eventually the two sides got into a big fight.
"The team doctor has now publicly stated that he will sue us. The whole thing is very troublesome." Bruce Buck said worriedly.
Abramovich tilted his head back, pinched his nose, and felt a slight headache.
He now truly felt that many things were becoming increasingly out of his control.
As the saying goes, poor couples have many worries. Chelsea is in a bad situation now, and it is time for everyone to work together, but unfortunately, so many troubles happen at this time.
What's even sadder is that as the owner of the club, he is powerless to do anything about it.
In contrast, Southampton is thriving under the management of Yang Huan.
If Southampton wins the championship again this season, it will be three consecutive championships, and they will completely surpass Chelsea of that year to become the new Premier League overlord, but what about Chelsea?
It is still uncertain whether we can successfully avoid relegation this season.
After a short silence, Abramovich suddenly sighed and said, "You guys lead the team tonight's game. I won't go."
Granovskaia and Bruce Buck looked at each other, clearly seeing what Abramovich meant.
He is not optimistic about tonight's game.
That's right, Southampton is so strong now, not only is it the leader of the Premier League, but its leading advantage is so obvious, and the team's overall strength is so strong. On the other hand, Chelsea, not only has low morale, but its strength is also far from being on the same level as Southampton.
Under such circumstances, Chelsea's visit to the Glory Stadium to challenge Southampton is indeed a life-and-death struggle.
Abramovich was reluctant to go to away games, probably because he didn't want to see the team suffer a crushing defeat and at the same time avoid his enemy Yang Huan.
If Chelsea lost to Southampton away, given Yang Huan's personality, he would definitely come to show off in front of Abramovich again, so it would be better to just turn a blind eye to it, so as to avoid getting angry when seeing it.
After realizing this, Granovskia and Bruce Buck were speechless.
However, as Abramovich's confidant for many years, the former thought about it and decided to speak his mind.
"Boss, actually, I think that continuing like this is definitely not a solution."
Abramovich raised his eyebrows and looked at the female subordinate he had been thinking about for many years, "What do you mean?"
"What I mean is, if we continue like this, what if... I mean what if, if the team falls into the relegation zone, then..."
Firing Mourinho now would indeed come at a heavy price, but if he is not fired, if the team is relegated from the Premier League, the loss would not be tens of millions, but over 100 million.
Because the loss from relegation is not just the Premier League broadcasting fees, it also includes the weakening of Chelsea's brand, and even sponsors will certainly put pressure on them at that time.
Just think about it, they sponsored Chelsea as a contender for the Premier League title, and now the team is doing poorly and has fallen to the bottom. They already have complaints, and if they are relegated... the consequences will be absolutely unimaginable.
Abramovich understood what Granovskaia meant, but...
"Marina, who do you think will take over once Mourinho is fired?"
"This..." Granovskia was also in a dilemma.
Given Chelsea's ambition, the head coach they choose must not be too bad.
But even Mourinho has been sacked, who can take over?
Besides, Chelsea’s image in the coaching field has indeed been bad in recent years.
At the beginning, Guardiola was unwilling to take over Chelsea.
Sometimes I think that Chelsea’s current predicament is more or less their own fault.
I just hope that the team won’t lose too badly tonight.
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