Midfielder.

Chapter 303

Lyon, PSV Eindhoven, Chelsea, AC Milan, Inter Milan, Liverpool, Juventus, Bayern Munich, this time UEFA is finally not afraid of a sharp drop in ratings, among the top eight Except for PSV Eindhoven, they are all considered wealthy.

Even the Lyon team from Ligue [-] can be considered battle-tested, especially in recent years, he has always been able to successfully break into the top sixteen of the Champions League, and occasionally reached the top eight. Last year they fell Falling at the feet of Porto, this time they made a comeback aggressively.

They bloodbathed the Bundesliga defending champion Bremen with a total score of [-] to [-] in the two rounds. Although the Bremen team still has strong players like Klose and Micoud, they failed to block the impact of the Lyon team, especially in the second round. , Seven to two is simply a massacre.

The midfield built with Juninho, Diarra, Malouda and others completely killed Micoud, who was recently selected for the French national team. The whole game did not give Bremen any chance. Now I don’t know how many European giants are coveting this group of Lyon players.

It can be said that most of the eleven main players of the Lyon team have been targeted by those giants. He has become the former Ajax, which is completely an assembly line star factory. After the batch of people, a group of people can be added soon.

Although Ligue [-] is known as one of the five major leagues, they are now more like a primary processing factory, always processing those semi-finished products, and then selling them to those giants at a high price. Although the Lyon team has performed well in recent seasons, but Sellers are also unavoidable.

Just like the Lyon team this season, although the results are not bad, not only the domestic league has defended ahead of schedule, the cup has also reached the final, and the Champions League has now reached the quarter-finals, but for them, there is still a lot to do next season. Who can stay in the team is still a question.

This is an embarrassment for many European fringe leagues, such as Eredivisie, Ligue [-] and Portuguese Super League. More often than not, they can only play the role of a star factory. Although Porto was able to win the glory of the Triple Crown last season, but There is no need to say more about how this season will end.

The Premier League, La Liga and Serie A have become the most powerful buyers, especially England, where the transfer market has shown a blowout in recent years, is the first choice for those budding guys. There is no way, this is the reality, and the economy is the support The primary factor in the running of the club.

Even if those players want to flaunt their loyalty, most of them are subdued in front of the checks one by one. Maybe they don't want to leave, but the club will abandon these former heroes because of economic interests. The Lyon team is now in this embarrassing situation forward.

The better its performance, the more powerful its players are. Of course, this also means that when the transfer market opens, the Lyon team will be dismembered very quickly, but it doesn't matter, those French fans have long been used to it This kind of thing, the Lyon team is the same.

Now Chelsea has also become one of the potential buyers of the Lyon team, but their goal is Malouda and Diarra, who are physically strong and able to attack and defend well, rather than Juninho and others who are more concerned about by other teams. Regarding the position of the midfield core, Mourinho does not want any changes.

As long as Lin Yi can play, this position is his. Even if Mourinho is given a Juninho and a Micoud, he will not change it. After all, he knows the apprentice he brought out best. His situation, let alone Lampard in the Chelsea team.

However, various transfer rumors have begun to brew into a storm before the end of the season, especially transfer predators such as Chelsea and Real Madrid, who are about to open their mouths when summer comes. Anyone who wants to improve their salary Players, take this opportunity to make a fuss.

Not only those players who have already become famous are looking for a breakthrough in their value, but many guys who have just become famous also want to find a good club when they are in good condition. See who can wave a check for them.

But Mourinho doesn't have much involvement in the transfer market, it's Kenyon's territory, he doesn't want to give too much advice, but he's not interested in who that guy can sign, anyway, the final decision When it is time, he needs to finalize it, otherwise even if it is signed, he doesn't need it.

Kenyon seems to have a little bit of opinion on Mourinho's approach. After all, it is the early stage of Chelsea's business. They want to let the whole of Europe know themselves, so the guy Kenyon's idea is actually very good. Simple, it is to follow the old path of the Real Madrid team.

Stars, only stars can attract the attention of those neutral fans, just like Real Madrid, they must have their own superstar lineup, preferably those stars that everyone can recognize at a glance, so as to comprehensively enhance the reputation of the Chelsea team .

That's right, guys like Lampard, Drogba and Lin Yi are very strong, but their fame is only in the Premier League now, and there are still many fans in Europe who don't know them, especially them. I don't know much about the Chelsea team.

When people mention the giants of the Premier League, they open their mouths and shut up and talk about Manchester United, Arsenal, including Liverpool, but Chelsea, in the eyes of many people, is more like an upstart. Kenyon needs more stars to improve for Chelsea. The background of the club increases the attention of others.

What's more, now that Chelsea has reached the quarter-finals of the Champions League, throwing one or two more stars in the team is completely icing on the cake. It can only make the team liked by more fans, which will also have certain benefits for the future development of the team , It's just that Mourinho is a bit difficult to deal with.

Mourinho has no idea of ​​a major adjustment to the team's personnel structure. What he needs is stability, just like when he was in Porto, he only made a small adjustment to individual positions, and the entire team as a whole Tactical ideas and personnel will not be changed on a large scale.

Even when Abramovich once asked him whether he wanted to introduce players like Zidane, Mourinho refused very simply. For him, the people he cultivated are more reliable, and those so-called The big names are too difficult to serve, and they may not be very practical.

What Mourinho needs is the kind of player who can immediately obey his command when he comes on the field, and can meet the opponent's bayonet after he comes on the field, not some signboard that sells jerseys based on his own fame. What he has to consider is only the team As for marketing, he doesn't care about it at all.

Therefore, Mourinho and Kenyon have always been a little out of tune with each other on the issue of who to bring in during the transfer, but when Chelsea's results are so fast, Kenyon can't say anything, because even he The Russian bosses are talking to Mourinho.

Although Mourinho's approval was not obtained, Kenyon's search for stars has not stopped at all, especially after Chelsea successfully reached the quarter-finals of the Champions League, they are getting closer and closer to the glory of the Triple Crown. Nien also hopes that there is his own shadow in it.

Players like Gerrard and Ashley Cole have been recognized by Mourinho, Kenyon is naturally sparing no effort to recruit, and he himself is also considering buying some of the rest, like AC Milan's Kaka and Shevchenko, like Inter Milan's Adriano.

These powerful players are the players he wants to recruit, especially Shevchenko, this Ukrainian who has a good personal relationship with Abramovich, has always been the target of Kenyon, and for Kenyon's action , The Russians have also been giving great support.

And now Chelsea has such an opportunity to bargain with AC Milan. For the aging Rossoneri, cheap and easy to use is the ultimate criterion. For Sconi, there is no longer any attraction. This big man who is the Prime Minister of Italy no longer wants to continue to invest a lot of money in AC Milan.

Just like this season, they rented Crespo from Chelsea to prevent the strikers in the team from leaving, and after the transfer, Crespo did play his own role. Now AC Milan is in private with Chelsea. Contact, consider buying out this Argentine.

But Crespo's excellent performance in the Champions League has caused himself a big trouble. When Kenyon talked about the deal with the other party, he also talked about Shevchenko's transfer. The possibility of meeting, and Crespo is one of the chips.

It's just that Galliani hasn't given Kenyon a final answer, but many Italian media seem to have vaguely smelled something, especially those reporters in Milan, who have already begun to speculate on the future of the Ukrainians. Many people have once again noticed Chelsea's actions.

"After Chelsea broke into the quarter-finals of the Champions League, Kenyon's hand began to reach out to those giants again. What kind of storm will this robber in the transfer market cause?", from the headline of Gazzetta dello Sport You can see how hated Kenyon is now.

Mourinho was actually unaware of Kenyon’s private contact with AC Milan. He was trying his best to adjust the state of the team to prepare for the next fierce battle that might come, but when the news reached England’s At that time, he still saw the news from the newspaper.

"A stupid choice." This is Mourinho's evaluation of Kenyon. He is not denying Shevchenko's ability, but in Chelsea's current tactical system, a strong high center forward, such as Drogba, that is the first choice of the team's striker.

If Shevchenko really comes, then for the sake of the Ukrainians, Mourinho will have to adjust the team's already formed tactical system. As for the adjusted results, I am afraid no one can make it clear that this kind of unknown result , is what Mourinho hates the most.

So Mourinho can only evaluate Kenyon's contact as a stupid choice now, but Mourinho did not go to talk to that guy, for a matter that has not yet been followed, he does not need to be in the team What internal disputes arose at the most critical moment of hitting the Champions League trophy.

Maybe he should explain all this to that guy before the transfer market opens, he needs players, but not everyone is suitable for Chelsea, otherwise, even if it is a big name, he will not buy it.

(The old-fashioned Celtics ruined the New Yorkers' delusion in the last 13 seconds...)
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