Football giants

Chapter 183 The Knowledge of Taking Advantage
In the penthouse of a street-facing single-family apartment in the Kensington district of London, Abramovich sat at the dining table, holding a fork in his left hand and a knife in his right, slowly and very gentlemanly eating the seven-ripe sirloin steak on the plate in front of him.

There are two plates in front of him, with fruit and toast respectively.

There is also a glass of red wine from Bordeaux, France.

This is Abramovich's daily breakfast.

After breakfast, Abramovich gently wiped the corners of his mouth with a napkin.

The whole process was very gentlemanly, like an elegant British nobleman.

"Clean it up!" Abramovich called out to the servants who were waiting by the side.

He got up, left the dining room, and walked into the living room.

The personal assistant and confidant, Marina Granovskia, and the famous football agent in European football, Pini Zahavi, have been sitting on the sofa in the living room, which looks like a British aristocrat, and have been waiting for a long time.

"boss!"

"Roman!"

Seeing Abramovich approaching, the two immediately stood up together.

"Sit down!" Abramovich motioned them all to sit down.

Sitting on the main table, Abramovich was attracted by the stacked newspapers placed in front of the servant at first sight.

The top one is the UK's largest circulation newspaper, The Sun.

A front-page headline in The Sun called a belated apology.

"Wow, did the Sun newspaper realize its conscience and is willing to apologize to Liverpool fans for the Hillsborough tragedy?"

Abramovich was joking and took it casually.

A look, only to find that this is not the case at all.

The Sun newspaper made a bet with more than a dozen British media before reporting on Southampton's owner Yang Huan.

This incident caused quite a stir later on, and many journalists were affected by it.

It took Yang Huan three days to make a game that is popular all over the world, and has received countless praises for it.

Abramovich clicked his tongue twice, showing no interest, and put it aside.

Below is an independent newspaper.

As a person from Russia, Abramovich likes this newspaper very much, because at least their positions have always been relatively neutral and objective, which he can accept.

But the headline on the front page of The Independent today is a letter of apology.

Glenn Moore, chief reporter of The Independent, formally apologized to Yang Huan.

Same thing with The Sun.

On the lower half of the front page, there was a colorful advertisement.

There are many colorful and various candies in the advertisement, forming a beautiful pattern.

"Everyone says women can't afford a game."

"But, I don't believe it."

"I just want to design a game for female players!"

"You can doubt women, but I believe they will prove themselves!"

"I am Yang Huan, and this is a gift I give to female players all over the world."

"Candy Crush Saga!"

After seeing this advertisement, Abramovich couldn't help laughing.

"Women? Don't they all look after the children at home, cook and wash clothes and mop the floor? They also play games?"

The Russian couldn't help shaking his head and laughing, "This guy is really stupid. Does he think that these few provocative slogans can make women play games?"

Games have always been a man's world.

Marina Granovskia is a middle-aged woman who has followed Abramovich for 18 years. She understands the boss's temper, and instead of refuting Abramovich's words, she laughed, "He's still too young, he's messing around."

Abramovich nodded, "Just a lucky kid."

He still remembers the love and resentment between him and Yang Huan in the FA Cup.

But as soon as that incident was mentioned, a beautiful image flashed in Abramovich's mind.

If he remembered correctly, that pure and charming female singer seemed to be called Lin Yuner.

He never forgot her.

That night, she was really beautiful.

"By the way, Pini, how did you handle the bet I made with Yang Huan last time?"

For such trivial matters, Abramovich gave Pini Zahavi full authority to communicate and contact at that time.

It was only when he saw this newspaper today that he would think of it.

"It's a little troublesome, Roman." Pini Zahavi is also having a headache about this matter recently.

"What? His request is too outrageous?"

Abramovich sneered with disdain.

"It's no wonder that a League One team can select players from Premier League teams. No matter what they ask for is outrageous!"

Marina Granovskia on the side also laughed, "I doubt whether they can afford the high salary of the players after they get them?"

Abramovich couldn't help but smile, it's interesting.

Seeing the boss smile, Marina Granovskia became even more excited.

"If they can't afford the high salary of the players, what should we do if the players refuse to stay in Southampton and run back to our Chelsea? We must talk to them first, and we will not be responsible for this situation!"

What the personal assistant said made Abramovich laugh out loud, and his mood improved accordingly.

"Pini, it's nothing to worry about. They'll give it to whoever they want. We can't just keep our promises!"

Abramovich also has his own plan, which is to take advantage of this opportunity to reorganize the team.

He has drawn up a plan for the next season, and has been in touch with Porto's young coach recently, Boas, who has the title of Mourinho II, hoping that the latter can take over Stamford Bridge next season.

The entry of a young marshal at Stamford Bridge just brought about a round of metabolism.

At this time, Abramovich is still willing to send away two well-known stars who have begun to decline.

"They..." Pini Zahavi saw the two of them smiling so happily, and felt a little bit reluctant to spoil their interest.

But things always have to be revealed.

"...they have no interest in our stars."

"What?" Abramovich's smile froze, very surprised.

Pini Zahavi sighed, "Yang Huan said that he is not interested in our star."

"Fart!" Abramovich felt humiliated.

Marina Granovskia was also surprised, "They don't want stars, so what do they want?"

Pini Zahavi shrugged, and he also felt that this was indeed a bit outrageous in the eyes of ordinary people.

But this is precisely where Yang Huan is most shrewd.

"They asked for two players who couldn't play for us."

"Who?" Abramovich was really interested to know.

"Daniel Sturridge and Nemanja Matic."

"Matic?" Abramovich frowned. He vaguely seemed to have heard of this name.

Pini Zahavi nodded and said, "A player under agent Timic's command."

Abramovich slapped his thigh, "Yes, Timic's player. Back then, Timic kept recommending him to me. It seemed that it cost us nearly 200 million euros. You should negotiate with Pini."

Pini Zahavi nodded. He and Timic also have a very close personal relationship, and he introduced Timic to Abramovich.

"Is this player in the team? I didn't see him in the game." Abramovich asked strangely.

Marina Granovskia immediately replied: "After Nemanja Matic came to the team, he has not been able to play the game. This season, we have been rented by us to play for the Vitesse team in the Netherlands. He is the main force of Vitesse."

"What about Daniel? Sturridge?" Abramovich asked again.

Or Marina Granovskia answered first.

"Since Sturridge joined the team from Manchester City, he has always been on the bench. During the winter break of this season, we loaned him to Bolton."

Abramovich shook his head and smiled after hearing this, "He wants these two players who can't play at Chelsea?"

He looked as if he had picked up a great bargain.

It also seemed to be mocking Yang Huan for not knowing anything.

Such a good opportunity to kill someone, how could he just miss it?

Isn't this a fool?
Pini Zahavi hesitated for a while, but finally did not break through.

Because he knew very well that if it was broken, he might not be able to please Abramovich.

But I didn't tell the truth, Yang Huan must have known it in his heart.

I heard that the Chinese have a saying, if you don't take advantage of something, you are a bastard.

But how to account for the cheapness is also particular.

Matic performed very well in Waiters, but Sturridge was even more eye-catching.

After the local rookie joined Bolton, he played 23 minutes as a substitute in the first game against Wolves at home, scoring a key winning goal for Bolton, and scored a goal in each of the following three Premier League games.

Scoring four goals in four consecutive rounds, Sturridge is simply bombing in Bolton.

But if that's all there is to it, that's fine.

In the last two rounds of the Premier League, Bolton played against West Ham United and Arsenal respectively. Sturridge scored twice and scored the winning goal respectively.

It can be said that Sturridge is now the hottest supernova in English football.

The 22-year-old Matic and the 21-year-old Sturridge, at first glance, are not well-known now. Compared with Drogba, Cech, Terry and other top superstars, the gap is really not ordinary.

But the problem is that these two hopeful stars have a bright future. Who dares to say that they will not become top stars in the future?

Instead of taking advantage of those superstars who have gone downhill, but their salaries are frighteningly high, and they may not be willing to go to Southampton, it is really better to want these two young rookies.

The superstars are the present, but the rookies have the future!
So, here lies Yang Huan's shrewdness.

"Pini, I don't understand. Since they want these two players, then just give them. What's the trouble?"

Abramovich didn't quite understand, where did Pini Zahavi's troubles come from?

Pini Zahavi smiled wryly, "Roman, do you still remember the deal we made with Benfica when we introduced David Luiz?"

Abramovich still didn't understand that he didn't need to worry about this kind of thing at all.

Marina Granovskia suddenly realized, and quickly explained: "When we introduced David Luiz, we made an agreement with Benfica to use Matic at a price of 500 million as part of David Luiz's transfer fee, allowing the Serbian to transfer to Benfica after the season."

Abramovich understood, it turned out to be this relationship.

"It's very simple. You just tell Benfica that we have another use for this player. As for David Luiz's transfer fee, we will pay in cash. Even if Benfica is not satisfied, we can also give some compensation."

On this point, Abramovich is still very generous.

"Then we really send these two players to Southampton?" Pini Zahavi asked again for confirmation.

Abramovich flashed a look of hesitation, and nodded coldly, "Since they want it, then give it to them!"

Originally in a good mood, whenever he thought of that bet, he would get angry.

"Sooner or later, I will definitely make him pay the worst price, just wait and see!"

When Abramovich decided indignantly in London to give Yang Huan two future stars, Yang Huan, who was in Southampton, was in his office, wowing and jumping up excitedly.

"I'm developed, I'm developed!"

　The fourth change, asking for a monthly pass! !
　　
　
(End of this chapter)