Football feast, starting from the acquisition of European clubs

Chapter 131 Someone paved the way for us?Then take a ride
Arsenal and Chelsea are tied, and the biggest beneficiary is naturally the top-ranked Crystal Palace.

This time, Chen Ran was so happy that he couldn't close his mouth from ear to ear, he turned around and went back to the bedroom to find Cheryl to continue celebrating.

I don't know if the appointment was made at the same time. In this round of competition, apart from Crystal Palace, other strong teams have been defeated.

Arsenal and Chelsea drew, Manchester United was also tied 1:1 away by Fulham, and Liverpool simply lost 0:1 away to Everton in the Merseyside derby.

After the end of the No.17 round of the Premier League, Crystal Palace topped the standings with 51 points in [-] consecutive victories.

Chelsea has twelve wins, three draws and two losses with 39 points, continuing to rank second.

Arsenal ranked third with 34 points from ten wins, four draws and two losses.

Thousands of miles away in Huaguo, the fans of Crystal Palace were overjoyed. The most discussed topic in the post bar was not the Crystal Palace match, but the draw between Arsenal and Chelsea.

"Haha, what is 'sitting on the mountain and watching the tiger fight', I can see it today."

"That's right. It just so happened that the Crystal Palace game ended a day earlier. You can drink a little wine at home and watch these two families fight each other easily."

"I guess Chen Ran must have watched the Arsenal-Chelsea match, and when he saw the result of the draw, he probably celebrated the result."

"From this point of view, Crystal Palace's Premier League title this season is becoming more and more stable."

"That's right. Arsenal, Chelsea, Manchester United and Liverpool, these four strong teams have either tied or lost this round, and none of them scored three points. This is really forcing the league championship into Crystal Palace's hands."

"The key depends on the next round of the Premier League. At that time, Crystal Palace will go to Old Trafford to challenge Manchester United. If this game is won again, then Crystal Palace will sweep the top four of the Premier League and deserve the championship. "

"I'm really looking forward to next week's game, and I'll have to stay up late to watch it."

"Same viewing +1"

"Same viewing +2"

Like the majority of fans, Chen Ran's focus is also on Manchester United on the weekend.

But before that, Crystal Palace will play a UEFA Cup match against Partizan Belgrade.

Chen Ran didn't know much about the Belgrade guerrillas.

Therefore, he can only focus on me according to the plan and send many substitute players in the starting lineup.

center crouch

Left midfielder Evra, right midfielder Alves
DM Yaya Toure, DM Fabregas, DM Mascherano
Left back Chiellini, center back Thiago Silva, center back Pepe, right back Maicon

goalkeeper cech
I have to say that Crouch really can't play a single forward.

His body is too thin to support Partizan Belgrade's strong central defender and cannot play the role of a fulcrum.

The ball was passed to his feet, and before the other teammates could catch up with him, it was intercepted or destroyed by the opponent.

Throughout the first half, Crystal Palace didn't make a decent counterattack.

Fortunately, the strength of the Belgrade Partizans is also limited, and they are also unable to break through the goal guarded by Petr Cech.

In this way, the two teams played a goalless first half and played a dreary 45 minutes.

Seeing that the strength of the Belgrade Guerrillas was just that, Chen Ran was moved to win the game.

After all, this is 250 million euros in vain.

Therefore, Chen Ran replaced Mascherano with Tony during the intermission.

While adding a high point to the striker, it also turned Crystal Palace's style of play into a twin tower tactic.

Although the tactics are simple and crude, they are really effective against the Belgrade guerrillas.

In the second half of the game, although Pepe gave the opponent a penalty again.

But Tony and Crouch also scored a goal to help Crystal Palace finally beat Partizan Belgrade 2:1 at home.

While Chen Ran received the 250 million euro winning bonus that he had been thinking about, Crystal Palace also successfully advanced from the UEFA Cup group stage.

The point is that many of the main players of Crystal Palace have been rotated in this game, which makes Chen Ran more confident in winning Manchester United.

However, what Chen Ran did not expect was that on the morning after the game, major sports media in England published an explosive news on their front pages.

"According to reliable sources, Manchester United and Chelsea are eyeing Crystal Palace's new international Crouch at the same time, and have conducted in-depth negotiations."

"According to a person close to the Manchester United club, they are indeed in contact with Crystal Palace players, but it is not convenient to disclose who."

"The reporter asked Chelsea coach Mourinho about this transfer today, but Mr. Mourinho refused to answer, just showing a mysterious smile."

"Crystal Palace just showed the momentum of rising, and was suppressed by the new and old tyrants?"

"The prospect of Crystal Palace winning the Premier League title this season is cast in a thick shadow."

"Crouch may well be the first player to leave Crystal Palace, but he won't be the last."

"Could it be that this winter transfer period is the beginning of the disintegration of the Crystal Palace?"

"Fxxxk!"

Chen Ran, who saw the news, couldn't help but swear.

"Louis, can you find out who broke the news?"

"I'm afraid it will be difficult. However, according to my guess, it is probably the two clubs Manchester United or Chelsea who did it."

The little fat man shook his head while expressing his judgment.

Similar things in the transfer market have happened before, and Luiz, who comes from a family of agents, is not surprised.

This news did not break out sooner or later, but it happened before the game between Crystal Palace and Manchester United.

The purpose is nothing more than to disturb the morale of the Crystal Palace, hoping that the players of the Crystal Palace will be affected in the upcoming game and cannot perform at a normal level.

Judging from the perspective of who benefits and who is the most suspected, it is hard not to suspect the mastermind behind this incident.

"Well, what you said makes sense. From this point of view, Manchester United is the most suspicious of this matter."

Chen Ran nodded, approving the little fat man's judgment.

"Chen, what are you going to do?"

The little fat man looked at Chen Ran worriedly, this kind of thing is very difficult to deal with.

Because the transfer itself is not fake news, the two parties have already started contacting, and Chen Ran is also ready to release him, but the final price has not been negotiated yet.

Therefore, there is no way to use the sentence "this is fake news" to refute the rumor.

Otherwise, it was just denied earlier, and the transfer will be made as soon as the winter transfer period starts in a few days.

Isn't this slapping yourself in the face?
"Crouch will definitely be affected. This is unavoidable. Now we can only try to appease other players so that they will not be disturbed by this matter."

Chen Ran pinched the center of his eyebrows with his hands, feeling a headache.

The opponent's scheming is really vicious. It's hard to say what happened to the other players, but at least his backup striker has been abolished.

After dismissing the fat man, Chen Ran immediately brought Southgate, Guardiola and Simeone over.

"You know everything, right?"

Looking at his three right-hand men in the team, Chen Ran asked helplessly.

"Understood. Boss, is the news outside true? Crouch really wants to transfer?"

Southgate couldn't bear his strong curiosity, so he confirmed with Chen Ran first.

"To be precise, there is contact, but whether the transfer can be successful in the end depends on whether the price is negotiated."

"Boss, it's probably not an accident that news of the transfer broke out at this time, right?"

Guardiola's mind is flexible, and he quickly realized that things were not that simple.

"That's right. This is probably our opponent, deliberately using this news to disturb the mentality of our players, so as to take advantage of the next game."

"So, Manchester United did it?"

Simeone also recalled it now, and Manchester United's name blurted out.

"It can only be said that Manchester United is the most suspected, but we have no evidence."

"Boss, is there Manchester United among the clubs that want to buy Crouch?"

"Yes, and Chelsea."

"That must be what Manchester United did." Southgate slapped his thigh, "Boss, Mourinho from Chelsea just joined this summer, and he doesn't have the energy to do these things."

"That's right, Gareth is right. From the owner to the head coach, Chelsea are all newcomers. It will not be possible to release news through such media."

Guardiola also feels that in this matter, Manchester United is most likely to be behind the scenes.

"Okay. Now it doesn't matter whether Manchester United did it or not."

Chen Ran interrupted the discussion of the assistants, and began to arrange countermeasures.

"Our top priority now is to quickly appease all the team members and minimize the impact of this matter."

"Gareth, Josep, Diego, I'm going to give you a task: after the three of you go back, talk to the players one by one and explain things clearly, especially emphasizing the danger of the opponent trying to interfere with our game Be careful."

"If any team member's mood is abnormal, please notify me immediately, and I will deal with it personally."

"Playing well against Manchester United tomorrow and winning the game is our best response. Do you understand?"

"Understood, boss."

"Boss, don't worry, we will definitely not make it easy for Manchester United."

"Boss, let the players leave it to us."

After Southgate and the three of them left Chen Ran's office, Chen Ran called Crouch over again.

"Boss, are you looking for me?"

Crouch walked into Chen Ran's office with a bitter face.

News of his transfer was so widespread today that others in the team shunned him when they saw him.

In an instant, he became an outsider.

As long as he passed by, he could hear rustling discussions.

This feeling is terrible.

"You know all the news outside?"

Seeing the frowning Crouch, Chen Ran didn't know what to say.

If you stay in the Crystal Palace honestly, how can there be so much shit?

When he thought that his current troubles were all caused by this guy in front of him, Chen Ran became furious.

"Understood. I'm sorry, boss, I didn't know it would become like this."

Crouch knew in his heart that he had brought a lot of trouble to the club now, and that he himself was not a human being either inside or outside.

At this moment, he really regretted that he had to transfer.

It's a pity that there is no turning back when the bow is opened.

He just doesn't want to transfer now.

With the current situation, can he still stay in Crystal Palace?

"Someone wants to use the news of your transfer to disturb the mentality of the Crystal Palace players, so as to take advantage of the game. Are you clear about this?"

"Clear. My agent has analyzed it for me."

"Hehe, that manager of yours is a bit smart."

Chen Ran smiled disdainfully, finding a good agent is too important for a player.

This point, in the case of Crouch, Chen Ran has a deep understanding.

Most of these messy things now are caused by the agent who pushed Crouch to transfer.

"Peter, you also understand the current situation. Tomorrow's game against Manchester United, if you are sent to play, will you still be able to perform normally?"

"Eh, I don't know, boss."

Crouch thought about it carefully, but he himself was not sure.

"Well, if I don't put you in the squad for the game tomorrow, I hope you can understand."

".I see."

Manchester, Ferguson office.

As soon as Ferguson arrived at the office, his assistant Queiroz rushed in with a stack of newspapers in his hand.

"Alex, did you arrange this?"

"whats the matter?"

Ferguson was inexplicably asked, and while taking off his coat, he looked back at Queiroz.

"this."

Queiroz reached for Ferguson's coat and handed him the newspaper.

Ferguson sat down on the chair unhurriedly, and slowly flipped through the newspapers.

"Hahaha, someone is helping us."

Ferguson, an old Jianghu, quickly figured out the cause and effect of the matter.

"What? Didn't we do this?"

Queiroz asked again.

"You wait a moment."

Ferguson reached out and picked up the phone on the table, "David, do you have time now? Okay, then come to my place."

Soon, Manchester United CEO David Gill appeared in Ferguson's office.

"Alex, what do you want from me?"

"Look, did you do this?"

Ferguson didn't answer David Gill's question, instead he stuffed a newspaper into his hand.

Soon, David Gill also understood what Ferguson meant.

"No, I didn't send anyone to do this. The motive for this operation is too obvious, and it is easy to think that Manchester United did it. I am not that stupid."

"Tsk tsk, that's interesting. It seems that someone wants to use us Manchester United to deal with Crystal Palace."

"Then this guy is quite insidious. Alex, what are you going to do? Do you need me to find someone?"

"You must be looking for it. If you want to use Manchester United as a weapon, you must pay a sufficient price."

"However, since someone has already paved the way for us, we might as well take a ride first."

(End of this chapter)