Football giants

Chapter 256

Strange!
This is a big phenomenon in the transfer market this summer.

In the absence of much movement in Spain's Real Madrid, the Premier League has become the absolute protagonist of the transfer market.

Both Manchester City and Chelsea are scrambling to wave their sterling in their hands and sign up.

But it is Southampton in the British Championship that has attracted the most attention.

If it is said that the raid was successful last season and the introduction of Zlatan Ibrahimovic caused shock in the media all over the world.

So this year, Southampton has made amazing achievements in both the introduction and transfer.

It fully demonstrates the operational ability of the team's management.

In terms of sellers, Chamberlain, Adam Lallana and Benatia were obviously transferred at a higher price.

The first two players are from Southampton's local youth training, and Benatia was a free transfer last summer.

The three transfers netted Southampton £[-]m.

Such amazing transfer income, looking at the world, Southampton is unique.

If it's just about success in selling people, then there's nothing worth talking about.

After all, selling people will weaken the team's strength, so to test the team's management, we have to look at the strength of signings.

Southampton has also done a good job in this regard.

After selling Chamberlain, Adam Lallana, Benatia, Jose Fonte, Lambert and other players, they brought in powerful stars such as Gary Cahill, Matic, Sturridge, Harvey Martinez and Didier Drogba, even superstars.

Judging from the cards alone, almost everyone believes that Southampton's strength has further improved compared to last season.

Gary Cahill is an England international, and Harvey Martinez is a Spanish international. Their strengths are beyond doubt.

Drogba is a top superstar, no need to say much.

Matic is a Serbian international, his strength is also good, and he is still very young.

Sturridge is the best candidate for the future center that is generally optimistic about the whole of England.

From the perspective of team management, the operation of Southampton throughout the summer is really exquisite.

Most importantly, make a fortune.

The seller sold [-] million pounds, but what about the buyer?

Gary Cahill £700m, Harvey Martinez £500m.

But the transfer fees of Drogba, Matic and Sturridge are not made public.

And for a long time, the outside world has also been rumored that Southampton still has a shocking transfer of 6000 million pounds that has not been made public.

That must be a superstar star.

Entering July, the entire transfer market presents a very strange atmosphere.

Especially when Drogba held a press conference on WeChat and announced that he had officially joined Southampton, the media all over the world were blown away.

Because they found out that a team in the English Championship actually overwhelmed Real Madrid, Manchester City and other rich teams, and became the absolute protagonist in the European summer transfer market.

How much did Drogba cost?

How much did it cost to introduce Matic and Sturridge?

Who is that rumored stunning £6000m move?

All kinds of doubts have stimulated the nerves of the media and fans.

They all want to dig out the inside story crazily and get as much information as possible.

All-pervasive reporters frantically dug three feet to dig out news inside information.

So, bad luck for Chelsea!
Drogba said bluntly when accepting fans' questions at the WeChat press conference that the most important thing he wanted to do was to meet Chelsea and beat his former club.

This statement by the Elephant King of Côte d'Ivoire is tantamount to exposing the contradiction between him and Chelsea to the world.

Coupled with the previous core players such as Terry and Lampard who were dissatisfied with the transfer operation.

For a while, Chelsea became a victim of the media and fans.

Even Martin Samuel, a well-known columnist for the Daily Mail who is usually close to Chelsea, described Chelsea's entire transfer operation as clumsy and stupid in his column.

Martin Samuel also disclosed some team insider column.

For example, Boas was not willing to let Drogba go, and even Sturridge, who had an eye-catching performance in Bolton, was very optimistic about Boas, but Abramovich personally intervened in the transfer operation and let the three go.

"A superstar, two talented rookies, just like that, at an unbelievable price, left Stamford Bridge!"

"Chelsea will definitely pay the worst price for their stupidity this summer!"

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"Stupid? Clumsy?"

bang!
Abramovich grabbed the vase on the coffee table casually, and fell to the ground forcefully, breaking into pieces.

"What the hell is Martin Samuel? Call me stupid? Call me clumsy?"

The Russians are obviously mad!

He actually knew very well that he made a big mistake in the transfer market.

If it is said that the transfer of Drogba, Matic and Sturridge is inevitable.

So, in the transfer of Benatia and Adam Lallana, the price he paid was too painful.

But it's one thing for him to know clearly, but it's another thing to be pointed at in the newspaper and scolded.

He can allow himself to make mistakes, and even reflect on himself, but he must not be scolded in front of his face like this.

"Damn it, there is a ghost, there must be a ghost!"

Abramovich is already going crazy.

He discovered that even inside Chelsea, which he regarded as forbidden, there were still people secretly stabbing him.

Without a ghost, how could Martin Samuel know so many things?

Both Chelsea and Southampton are private teams, and there is no need to disclose their finances or signings to the public.

Even the Premier League and even UEFA have no right to require them to fully disclose everything.

He didn't want to disclose the transfer fees of Drogba, Matic and Sturridge, but he didn't want to cause trouble.

But now, someone secretly revealed it.

This must have been done by the ghost!

"Could it be Lampard?" Marina Granovskia asked speculatively.

"It's him?" Abramovich frowned.

Lampard is the soul of Chelsea. After Captain Terry's girlfriend-wife affair broke out, Lampard is like the banner of Chelsea.

"Lampard and Martin Samuel are very good friends. The Daily Mail was able to get so much first-hand information from us. It was Lampard who connected them. Even when Lampard and Gerrard fought for the national team position, Lampard's gold medalist was Martin Samuel."

Supporting Gerrard is Henry Winter, the number one columnist of the Telegraph.

Martin Samuel, the guy with the toughest pen, challenged Henry Winter of the Telegraph and also verbalized Evans, a famous reporter from his old club, The Times, for Lampard.

He also became famous in one battle!
Since then, as long as there is any news about Lampard and Chelsea, Martin Samuel is always the first to know.

Abramovich looked a little hesitant. What he hated the most was being betrayed by his subordinates.

But he is not stupid.

He is very aware of the importance of players such as Lampard and Terry to Chelsea.

Without them, with the xenophobia of the English, they will reject Chelsea even more.

Abramovich pondered for a while, then turned his head and looked at Marina Granovskia.

"Go, give them an order and tell them that from now on, no one is allowed to discuss the team's transfer operation when interviewed by the media!"

When he said these words, Abramovich also had a ruthless expression on his face.

I said it before, I just said it, I didn't see it.

But if my gag order is issued and you dare to commit the crime again, we will wait and see.

"I think Ron Gurley is a bit weak in this matter!" Granovskia said.

Abramovich immediately became annoyed, "Then ask him to supervise him more tightly and tell him that if this happens again, he, the CEO, doesn't have to do it anymore, just get out of here!"

Granovskia nodded, but dared not say any more.

On the one hand, she has achieved her goal.

Moreover, the boss seems to have become more and more irritable recently.

Maybe it has something to do with mood.

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"Come on, big guy, cheers!"

In the main store of Wangjiang Pavilion in Southampton, the top and bottom of the WeChat company are gathering together and holding a grand celebration banquet.

In addition to the employees of the WeChat company, the game company and the team also gathered in Wangjiang Pavilion.

Even many reporters who came to interview after hearing the news were invited into Wangjiang Pavilion.

Hundreds of people gathered together, and the atmosphere was indescribably warm.

People who are familiar with Yang Huan and Southampton are used to such scenes.

"This time, the big guys did a great job, everyone's bonus is doubled!"

As soon as Yang Huan finished speaking, the audience was in an uproar.

"it is good!"

"Master Huan, you are so proud!"

"Long live Young Master Huan!"

"I love you, Master Huan!"

"Master Huan, you are my idol!"

This group of WeChat employees shouted all kinds of slogans.

With the stimulus of bonuses, the atmosphere of the celebration banquet is even more intense.

People from other companies also gave envious glances.

But they won't be jealous, because as long as they do well, they will also get a lot of bonuses.

Following Master Huan to do business, the benefits are indispensable.

High salary, good job, good benefits!

Where can I find such a boss!

"Through Drogba's WeChat press conference, our African strategy has had a very good start, but this is only the first step. How to maintain the current success and continue to expand our territory depends on our next operation!"

Zhu Liangcheng, Wang Lin and others kept nodding.

Who is Drogba?

Among the [-] most influential celebrities in Africa, the only professional player.

At the same time, he is also the greatest player in African history, second only to George Weah.

Drogba's press conference attracted more than 600 million WeChat users in total, and also brought millions of fans to his star account. It is not an exaggeration to say that he became popular on WeChat overnight.

But this is only part of WeChat's Africa strategy.

The real test is in the follow-up operations.

Drogba will become the spokesperson of WeChat in Africa, helping WeChat to enclose as many lands as possible in Africa.

From this point of view, Drogba's operation is more successful than when Ibrahimovic joined.

However, this also depends on the influence of WeChat.

After all, WeChat had just launched when Zlatan Ibrahimovic joined.

But now, WeChat is already the number one player in the field of mobile social networking.

"Okay, everyone, let's have another drink, for the joining of Drogba!"

Yang Huan once again raised his glass high.

Everyone in the audience immediately stood up and raised their glasses high.

The Elephant King of Côte d'Ivoire has just tasted the taste of fame. On WeChat, he said a word, and tens of thousands of fans responded in unison. That feeling is so cool.

He even felt a kind of pride and pride when he scored a goal on the court and was worshiped by tens of thousands of fans.

It turns out that WeChat can bring such a great sense of accomplishment to people.

If he had known earlier, he would have registered long ago!
Even just now, Master Huan told him that these fans are resources, and if they work well, the benefits will be astonishing.

This can be regarded as opening up a second way for him outside of playing football.

Thinking of this, Drogba drank the drink in his hand, casually copied a bottle of Kailong family red wine that had just been uncorked on the table, and walked towards Yang Huan.

He wants to get drunk!
Get drunk, wake up tomorrow morning, forget about the past, forget about Chelsea.

He's going to have a new life at Southampton!
He wants to tell everyone the truth.

He, Didier Drogba, the King of Ivory Coast, even though he is 33 years old, is still the strongest and most terrifying top center in the world!

"Master Huan!"

Yang Huan turned his head and saw Didier Drogba with a malicious look on his face.

The big dark man shook the red wine in his hand, a little provocatively.

"Come on, blow a bottle with me, and I'll convince you!"

Everyone at the scene was dumbfounded.

Is this guy crazy?

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