Chapter 940 Why not rob a bank?

"cry?"

At Stamford Bridge in west London, Abramovich sneered as he shook a copy of The Times in his hand.

"Do you think I will cry?"

Without waiting for anyone else in the conference room to answer, the Russian himself smiled and shook his head.

"No, no, no, I won't cry. On the contrary, I will laugh. Do you know why?"

At this point, Abramovich stood up with a laugh. "I am laughing so hard. The management of Southampton is a bunch of idiots. They didn't use a champion coach like Bielsa, but chose a coach who was abandoned by us. What do you think, isn't this idiocy?"

Ancelotti coached Chelsea a few years ago. His results in the first season were quite good, leading Chelsea to win the English League championship. However, he only coached halfway through the second season before being dismissed in disgrace.

Abramovich's current logic is that a guy who can't make it at Stamford Bridge was invited by Southampton to coach, but this does not mean that Chelsea is stepping on Southampton's head.

At first glance, this logic seems to make sense, but why does it always make people feel a little weird?

How can you calculate like this?

"I seem to have seen the day when Southampton will decline, because I have said it before, that bastard Yang Huan doesn't understand football at all. Once Bielsa falls, he will be finished. Now it is just the beginning!"

The Russian shouted loudly.

His tone and expression seemed to tell everyone that once the Saints fell, Chelsea would have a chance.

But anyone with a little common sense should know that these are two completely different things, right?

The Russians obviously noticed that the club executives present were not so easy to fool, so they quickly changed the subject to Chelsea itself.

"Let's talk about the current situation in the transfer market!" Abramovich sat down again.

Granovskia immediately stood up. "Roman, we followed your previous instructions and sold a number of unwanted players before bringing in new players. We have started looking for buyers in the transfer market and have made some progress."

Abramovich nodded and hummed, feeling that his assistant's efficiency had improved a lot.

"Bayern Munich, Roma and Juventus are all very interested in Benatia. We contacted Bayern Munich and they offered the highest price."

"How many can there be?"

"Fifteen million euros!"

Abramovich's eyelids jumped. What the hell, only 15 million euros?

I spent 30 million pounds, which is equivalent to 36 million euros, to buy Benatia.

Doesn’t that mean that I lost a total of 20 million euros in two years?

I am so fucked!

But Abramovich now knows in his heart that he has to sell it.

Because even if he sold all these players, the cash he got would not be enough for him to reorganize the team.

If he doesn't sell it, unless he is willing to pay the money himself, how can Chelsea rebuild?

"Sell!" Abramovich gritted his teeth and just treated it as another divorce!

"Cuadrado was not on the list Mourinho gave us, and we had contact with Barcelona before, but they were no longer interested in him."

Abramovich heard this and sneered, "Fuck, you're still pretending to be pure!"

"Currently, the teams that are more interested in Cuadrado are all Serie A teams, including Juventus, Roma, Inter Milan and AC Milan. AC Milan wants to rent him for one season with a buyout clause, but they are only willing to offer a maximum of 1 million euros for the loan and 15 million euros for the buyout."

"Fifteen million euros?" Abramovich sneered, "Ask Galliani, is he stupid?"

It cost more than 33 million euros to introduce Cuadrado, but now it’s only 15 million euros?

"Juventus also rented first and then bought out. The rental fee they offered was 1.5 million euros, and the buyout fee was 20 million euros. However, the 20 million euros must be paid in installments over three years!"

"Damn, Italians are all a bunch of poor people!" Abramovich cursed indignantly.

"Roma doesn't have money either, so they can only offer a transfer fee of 15 million euros at most, with 10 million to be paid first and the remaining 5 million to be paid within two years."

When Abramovich heard this, he almost wanted to cry.

Big brother, it’s only five million, can you guys be more generous?

"Marina, are all the Italian teams really that poor?" Abramovich asked depressedly.

Granovschia nodded and said with amusement, "The purchasing power of Serie A has indeed been very weak in recent years. Generally speaking, a transfer of around 20 million euros can even get the highest bid in Italy."

Abramovich really wanted to curse. With only around 20 million euros, he could become the highest bidder?

In England, the teams fighting to avoid relegation have signed more than this number of players!

"Boss, actually, the offer given by Inter Milan is the most suitable one."

"Inter Milan?" Abramovich frowned. Isn't that Yang Huan's team?

Granovskia nodded. "Yeah, didn't we owe them money when we brought in Icardi and Ranocchia?"

"Is this true?" Abramovich really forgot about this matter.

Granovskia smiled bitterly and said, "Boss, you have used me for a year, you can't just deny your responsibility."

"And what do they mean?"

"Inter Milan's Fassone called me and said they wanted to use the 20 million euros we owed to sign Cuadrado, which we were supposed to pay within the next year."

When Abramovich heard this, he immediately started to think about it.

Inter Milan’s proposal is actually quite good, but that bastard Yang Huan looks annoying.

Never mind, let’s sell the players first.

Damn it, each Italian team is poorer than the other. It would be better to throw them to Inter Milan and let that bastard Yang Huan die!

"Okay, you decide on this matter!"

Granovskia also knew what was going on.

The remaining few players to be cleared out have basically been discussed.

For example, Cech. Chelsea has basically secured Begovic from Stoke City, so it is natural to sell Cech.

But the annoying thing is that Cech's transfer fee is 10 million pounds. Originally, Begovic expected that it could be done with 10 million pounds at most, but unexpectedly, that bastard Daniel Levy intervened and raised the price to 15 million pounds, and it had to be paid in cash. It's really fucked up!

Ranocchia and Icardi are also included in the team's plan to sell them, but no team is currently interested in these two players. Granovschia means to recommend them to Italian teams, but Chelsea will definitely make concessions on the transfer fee.

"What about signings?" Abramovich asked depressedly.

When I bought them, they were worth a hundred times more, but now when I want to sell them, they have depreciated. It's really fucking stupid.

"I have contacted Lyon before. Aulas offered Lacazette a high price of 30 million pounds, which is far beyond our expectations."

"Thirty million pounds?" Abramovich was a little surprised.

If he remembered correctly, half a year ago, Aulas himself said that whoever offered 20 million euros would take Lacazette away.

Nimei, how come it has risen to 30 million now? And British pounds?

Why don't you rob a bank?

"It is said that Manchester United has also made an offer. You know, Aulas..."

Granovskaia didn't say it out loud, but everyone knows that Aulas is a famous vampire in European football.

In recent years, with the rise of Paris Saint-Germain and Monaco, Lyon has had a hard time and Aulas is also short of money, so the tone of the transfer has been lowered. If it were in the past, it is estimated that 30 million pounds could only buy one leg of Lacazette.

Who can blame him for being the striker of Ligue 1?

In today's French Ligue 1, the most popular striker, ranked first, is of course Ibrahimovic of Paris Saint-Germain.

The second place is Monaco's Mitrovic, but Monaco is not short of money now, so there is no motivation to let go of this Warcraft II who is said to be taught by Drogba himself.

Further down, there is Lacazette.

"In addition, we contacted Augsburg in the Bundesliga, and they also offered Barbara Rachmann 25 million euros. However, I personally think that this price is too high because they only spent 2.5 million euros when they introduced Barbara Rachmann from Fürth a year ago."

Within a year, it increased tenfold. It's like robbing a bank!

Abramovich had a gloomy face. He finally figured out that the budget he had planned to reorganize the team was not enough. What was even more disappointing was that Chelsea was no longer as attractive as it was two years ago.

Who made the Blues rank in the middle of the league in the past two seasons? In the past season, they were even ranked 14th.

This is simply a lower ranking in the UK!

"Roman." Granovskia thought for a moment and mustered up his courage.

"The Glazer family has already made a tough statement. In this summer's transfer market, Manchester United will have to invest at least 200 million pounds to restructure the team. Rich teams like Tottenham Hotspur and Manchester City don't even have a transfer budget, so..."

Abramovich sighed deeply.

After all, it was all Yang Huan's fault!

Ny, Saints' good performance has greatly affected several other English teams, especially Manchester City and Manchester United.

You know, Manchester City has been completely suppressed by Southampton now, and Manchester United used to be the flag of the English League, but now it is obviously lagging behind Southampton.

If this is short-term, then it doesn’t matter, but what about long-term?

By then, will those big-name sponsors still be willing to offer such high sponsorship fees to Manchester United?

Stop joking, by then everyone will run to Southampton!

Therefore, it is not surprising that the two Manchester giants have started spending money again.

As for Tottenham Hotspur, they are a wealthy team, okay?

It would be strange if they didn't spend money!

But the question now is, will Chelsea burn?

If the money is burned, Abramovich will definitely bleed heavily again, otherwise he will not be able to bear such a burning situation.

Moreover, even if Chelsea burns, it may not be able to burn out a top four in the league.

Because the competition for the top four in England is too fierce right now.

But if it doesn't burn, then Chelsea will most likely sink directly to the middle of the English league and have no hope of being in the top four of the league.

I regret it. I really regret it!

Abramovich is regretting his decision now.

Chelsea now needs to introduce strong reinforcements in every line, but in the past few years, it has released outstanding stars every year.

There is no need to mention Matic, De Bruyne, Sturridge, Oscar and others, let’s just talk about Lukaku.

Mourinho didn't like Lukaku at the beginning and sold him to Everton for 28 million, but then he brought in Falcao and Icardi.

But what is the result?

Falcao and Icardi became duds, but Lukaku shined at Everton.

There were previous rumors that Manchester United wanted to poach Lukaku, and Everton directly offered a high price of 45 million pounds.

If Lukaku had not been given to Everton, why would Chelsea be worried about its forward line now?

Thinking of this, Abramovich suddenly lost interest.

He shook his head and let out a long sigh.

"Let me think about the transfer process again."