Football feast, starting from the acquisition of European clubs

Chapter 170 Too good a player is also a trouble
Spain, Real Madrid Club, Office of the President.

"What do you think of this Crystal Palace team?"

Real Madrid chairman Florentino put down the Aspen newspaper in his hand, and looked up at Real Madrid vice chairman and sports manager Butragueno, head coach Luxenberg and technical director Sacchi in front of him.

Since Florentino was elected as the president of the Real Madrid club, his superstar strategy has achieved great success.

However, extremes must be reversed. Since last season, the club has begun to show signs of decline.

Especially within the team, because there are too many superstars, they form cliques, resulting in insufficient team cohesion and a sharp drop in combat effectiveness.

First, Camacho resigned angrily because he couldn't control the locker room, and his assistant coach Raymond resigned after only three months.

In the end, Florentino invited the former Brazil national team coach Luxenberg to stabilize the situation.But the league title eventually fell to rival Barcelona.

Florentino also knew that there was a big problem within the team, but he obviously did not intend to give up his superstar strategy.

Just this summer, he also spent a lot of money to introduce the Brazilian genius Robinho, as well as Baptista, Ramos, Pablo Garcia, Diogo and other stars.

And now, Crystal Palace was able to beat the thriving AC Milan in the Champions League.This also made Florentino's eyes cast on this sudden team for the first time.

"Mr. Chairman, the fighting power of this Crystal Palace is still very strong. Especially their defensive ability is very tenacious. AC Milan failed to score a goal in the whole game, but was attacked by them instead."

Butragueno, Luxemborg and Sacchi looked at each other, and finally Luxemborg stood up and answered Florentino's question.

"What I care about is not whether their defense is tenacious. What I care about is whether they have players worthy of our introduction?"

In order to save Real Madrid's current decline, Florentino has already felt a bit like going to the doctor in a hurry.Seeing where there are good players, I want to dig them into my team.

"Mr. Chairman, according to the collected information, there are still many very talented players in the Crystal Palace team. And more importantly, they are generally very young."

As the technical director, Saki is still very attentive.

He is the meritorious coach who led AC Milan to win the European Champions Cup twice. After the game between Crystal Palace and AC Milan, he asked some old friends about the specific process of the game.

After receiving the feedback that the strength of the Crystal Palace was unexpectedly strong, he immediately ordered his subordinates to start collecting various detailed information about the Crystal Palace.

In fact, Sacchi and others have similar mentality to Ancelotti.

For those of them who have stayed in wealthy clubs all year round, a team like Crystal Palace that has risen suddenly will pop up one or two every three to five, but they are often short-lived.

So as long as it is not a team in the league where their club is, they usually don't pay much attention to it.

However, if this team can perform well in the Champions League, it is another matter.

"Oh? Arrigo, tell me in detail."

Hearing Sacchi's introduction, Florentino immediately became interested.

The current situation of the Real Madrid club, Florentino is very clear, the root of the problem lies in these superstars.

One is that these guys form gangs and fight fiercely, and the other is that as their age increases, their strength will inevitably decline.

The best way is to find a group of outstanding, younger stars to replace the current group of people.

But stars who meet this condition are often in the hands of other giant clubs, how can they be sold to Real Madrid?Isn't that an enemy?

Now, after hearing Sacchi's report, Florentino feels that he seems to have found a gold mine that can completely solve Real Madrid's problems.

"Okay, Mr. Chairman."

Sacchi then made a phone call and asked his subordinates to send a thick stack of information on Crystal Palace players.

"Mr. Chairman, according to my analysis, Crystal Palace has very good players whether it is in the striker, midfielder, defense or goalkeeper."

While continuing to introduce, Sacchi distributed the materials to Florentino, Butragueno and Luxenberg.

"Besides, considering their age, some of them will be able to achieve achievements in the future that will not be worse than the current superstars in our team."

"So, I suggest that if there is an opportunity, we must at all costs introduce their main players from Crystal Palace. These people can form a new 'Galaxy Battleship' in the future."

"Ahem, Mr. Saki, isn't your evaluation a little too high?"

Hearing that Sacchi gave such a high evaluation to Crystal Palace players, Luxenberg was a little bit unconvinced.

Moreover, the reason why Luxenberg was able to stabilize Real Madrid's situation was entirely because he had the support of fellow Brazilians Ronaldo and Roberto Carlos.

Coupled with the newly joined Robinho and Baptista in the summer, the Brazilian gang has become the second largest force after Real Madrid's Spanish gang.

Now Sacchi proposes to introduce Crystal Palace players to form a new "Galaxy Battleship". Isn't this going to move his basic set?
Luxenberg knows that Chairman Florentino is very dissatisfied with Real Madrid's current civil unrest, but if he loses the support of his Brazilian players, his position as head coach will not be stable.

Therefore, in any case, Luxenberg must safeguard the interests of his fellow Brazilians in Real Madrid.

As Luxenberg questioned, Florentino and Butragueno also turned their heads to look at Sacchi.Obviously, they also felt that Sacchi's evaluation was a bit exaggerated.

You know, it took Florentino several years and hundreds of millions of euros to build the Real Madrid team now known as the "Galaxy Battleship".

Every star in it was dug by Florentino after trying his best to pay a sky-high price.

Now according to Sacchi's meaning, there are many such players in the Crystal Palace team that suddenly appeared.How embarrassing did this make Florentino feel?

"Mr. Chairman, I can use my reputation to guarantee that the evaluation I just made about the Crystal Palace players is true."

Sacchi ignored Luxenberg, but looked directly at Florentino and said with a serious expression.

"Well, I see. Arrigo, I will consider your suggestion carefully."

Seeing Sacchi's serious look, Florentino couldn't help becoming cautious.

After the three left, Florentino called Butragueno back alone.

"Emilio, what do you think of Arrigo's proposal?"

As his confidant and right-hand man, Florentino wanted to hear his opinion alone.

"Mr. Chairman, although I also think that Mr. Sacchi's evaluation is a bit exaggerated. But the players of Crystal Palace must be capable, otherwise they would not be able to beat AC Milan at the San Siro Stadium."

"Well, it makes sense. Then do you think we need to introduce players from Crystal Palace according to Arrigo's suggestion?"

"Mr. Chairman, I think we can first send scouts to follow up and investigate the situation of Crystal Palace players. See if they are really as good as Mr. Saki said. If the results of the scouting inspection prove Mr. Saki's point of view, then It’s not too late for us to make a move.”

"Well, Emilio, you have a good idea, and I will leave this matter to you. Be careful, don't let Luxenberg know about this matter, he is too close to those Brazilian players."

"Don't worry, Mr. Chairman, I will keep it confidential."

Also in Spain, but this time at FC Barcelona.

Barcelona's chairman, Laporta, called Fernandez, his sports manager in charge of transfer affairs, to his office.

"Robert, did you watch the Champions League match between Crystal Palace and AC Milan?"

"Look, Mr. Chairman, what are your orders?"

"How do you rate the performance of this Crystal Palace team?"

"Although the sidelines were very passive, the fact that they were able to defeat AC Milan in an away game shows that the combat effectiveness of this Crystal Palace team is stronger than we expected."

"Well, I have the same opinion. Robert, in addition to the scouts you have already sent to track Ronaldo, you send two more scouts there. Include all the main players of Crystal Palace in the scope of investigation."

"Okay, Mr. Chairman. However, the Crystal Palace Club just renewed the contracts with these key players in the summer. We may not be able to buy these players in a short time."

"Robert, you have to remember one thing. As long as the price is high enough, there is no player in this world that cannot be bought."

"Zidane, Figo, Ronaldo, Beckham, etc., isn't that how they were bought by Real Madrid? As long as the goal is good enough, maybe we should also refer to Real Madrid's approach."

Crystal Palace upset AC Milan in the Champions League, which not only attracted widespread attention in European football.Even in China, thousands of miles away, it caused an uproar.

Benefiting from the earliest domestic broadcast of Serie A, the influence of these Italian giants in the country is very amazing.

And AC Milan at its peak is one of the best.

A Champions League group match completely detonated the post bar of Crystal Palace.

"Come on, Chen Ran is so awesome. Crystal Palace actually beat AC Milan at San Siro? Why do I feel like I'm dreaming?"

"Upstairs, if you slap yourself twice, you will know if you are dreaming."

"Haha, I also feel a little unreal. Is the Crystal Palace so fierce? It feels like reading a novel."

"I watched the game. The strength of Crystal Palace is actually not as strong as that of AC Milan. It's just that Chen Ran's tactical adjustment ability is too good."

"That's right. That goal was a long pass from Crystal Palace's midfielder directly into AC Milan's penalty area. Who ever played like this before? I guess AC Milan's defenders were confused at the time. That's why Crystal Palace succeeded in a sneak attack." .”

"What you said above makes sense. No one would have thought of Chen Ran's surprise move. The AC Milan defender's reaction was a bit slow, which is understandable."

"That's right, I guess Ancelotti is depressed right now, Chen Ran doesn't play his cards according to routine at all."

"Haha, Chen Ran is called 'beat the master to death with random punches'."

After playing the UEFA Champions League group match against AC Milan, Chen Ran took the team back to London overnight.

Because two days later, they will usher in the eighth round of the Premier League. Crystal Palace will face West Ham United at home.

Due to too much consumption in the match against AC Milan, Chen Ran rotated most of the main players.

Fortunately, the strength of West Ham United is not strong. Even though Crystal Palace played as a substitute, they finally won the opponent 1-0 with a header from Thiago Silva.

At the same time as getting three points, the system rewarded Chen Ran with a Level [-] Harvest Card again.

In the other games of the eighth round, there is another highlight, that is, Liverpool will face Chelsea at Anfield.

As for Liverpool, they still continued their performance as a layman in the civil war.

In this season's Champions League grouping, Liverpool and Chelsea were placed in the same group.

On September 9, in the Champions League group stage, Liverpool drew 29:0 with Chelsea at home;
And just three days later, in the eighth round of the Premier League, also at Anfield, Liverpool was beaten 4-1 by Chelsea.

The same team, the same venue, only three days apart, how can there be such a big difference?

Liverpool's performance is really speechless.

The other two strong, Manchester United beat Fulham 3:2 away, Arsenal beat Birmingham 1:0 at home.Not long after the league started, Liverpool began to fall behind.

Crystal Palace won all three games a week, especially the away game against AC Milan, which put Chen Ran in a very good mood.

There will be no Champions Cup match next week, so Chen Ran thought he could relax a bit.

However, the arrival of Little Fatty Louis completely ruined his good mood.

"Chen, there have been rumors in the circle recently that someone has seen many scouts from European clubs in London."

"What do you mean? You mean they are coming for our Crystal Palace?"

Chen Ran is now very sensitive to the movements of these giant clubs.

"It's not sure, but I really can't think of a club other than our Crystal Palace that would attract these scouts to London."

"Isn't that possible with Arsenal and Chelsea?"

"Arsenal and Chelsea have many outstanding players, but these players are not young, and there are a lot of game videos, do you still need to send scouts to investigate?"

"Well, what you said makes sense."

The little fat man is worthy of being from a family of agents, so he knows these things very well.

Chen Ran was upset when he heard that, these wealthy clubs are like flies.

You thought you drove it away, but it circled around and came back.

It is estimated that this time Crystal Palace's victory over AC Milan was too sensational, and they were recruited again.

Players are too good is also a kind of trouble.

(End of this chapter)