Football feast, starting from the acquisition of European clubs

Chapter 203 It's Not Impossible To Be On The Forbes List

"Chen, I didn't say that the Crystal Palace is going to be sold now."

"If you judge according to your judgment, there will continue to be foreign investors who want to acquire Premier League clubs in the future. Crystal Palace, the champion of the Premier League, will definitely become their first target."

"As you said, these poor Yankees only want to borrow money to buy the Premier League team, and they can't squeeze out much oil. But if we are spotted by those oil tycoons in the Middle East, we will directly offer a sky-high price. If we don't Wouldn't it be a pity to sell it?"

Stephen is a finance student, although he is now engaged in the football industry and has become the CEO of the Crystal Palace Club.

But to him, business is business.

Maximizing the interests of the Crystal Palace club is his best explanation to Chen Ran.

In Stephen's eyes, Chen Ran was able to bring a British Championship team Crystal Palace to its current position in three years, so it is obviously not difficult to bring a team with a higher starting point than Crystal Palace to the same position matter.

This is like starting a business. After developing a small company into a unicorn, it goes public and cashes out.

Then go to create a new company, and then develop into a new unicorn step by step.

Stephen now even feels that if this cycle continues, it is not impossible for Chen Ran to be on the Forbes list.

"Haha, if there is really an oil tycoon paying a sky-high price to buy the Crystal Palace Club, I wonder if I will be able to bear it by then."

While Chen Ran was responding to Stephen, the image of the camel in the rabbit looking for the rabbit to buy missiles appeared in his mind.

Being rich is self-willed, and ordinary people really can't bear it.

Chen Ran didn't know whether the two Americans, George Gillette and Tom Hicks, would accept his offer of one billion pounds. What he cared most about now was the current physical condition of the players.

Now it has come to the end of the season, and all fronts have reached a critical moment to sprint.

The physical stamina the players had stored up before the season was basically exhausted, and now it's up to who can grit their teeth and persevere.

Simeone's injury has also been diagnosed, that is, a muscle strain on the back of the right thigh.

According to the doctor, there is no good way for this kind of injury, only rest.

In the key battles of the Crystal Palace in the last period, Simeone will most likely not be able to keep up.

However, Chen Ran still gave Simeone the "one recovery card" previously rewarded by the system. Although it could only reduce the injury recovery time by [-]%, it was better than nothing.

Chen Ran took Guardiola and Southgate to the hospital to visit Simeone. Although Simeone cannot play now, his mind is still fine.

Just in front of his hospital bed, Chen Ran held a meeting of the coaching staff and sent the schedule for the final sprint of the season to the three assistants.

On April 4th, in the No.15 round of the Premier League, Crystal Palace will be a guest at Old Trafford to challenge Manchester United;

On April 4th, the No.17 fifth round of the Premier League, Crystal Palace played at home against Newcastle United;
On April 4, the first round of the semi-finals of the UEFA Champions League, Crystal Palace will face the Italian giants Inter Milan at home;

On April 4, the FA Cup semi-final, Crystal Palace played at home against West Ham United;

On April 4, the second round of the UEFA Champions League semi-final, Crystal Palace will fly to Italy to challenge Inter Milan away;
On April 4th, the No.29 sixth round of the Premier League, Crystal Palace will go away to challenge Portsmouth;
On May 5, in the No.2 seventh round of the Premier League, Crystal Palace will face Arsenal at home;

On May 5th, the No.7 eighth round of the Premier League, Crystal Palace is going to challenge Aston Villa away.

After the three of them finished reading the schedule and their faces turned black, Chen Ran spoke.

"Let's talk about it, what should we do at this last stage?"

It was so silent that in Simeone's ward, a needle could be heard now.

The three looked at each other, and finally Southgate and Simeone stared at Guardiola together.

In desperation, Guardiola had no choice but to stand up again.

"Boss, the schedule in this final stage is really abnormal, and I really can't think of any good way. I can only give up part of the game, but even so, I still don't know what the result will be like."

"You can at least think of a way, it's better than these two guys, let's talk about it in detail."

As Chen Ran spoke, he gave Southgate and Simeone a hard look.

"Boss, I think we must first be prepared to give up the FA Cup."

Guardiola's first sentence was a punch.

Although Chen Ran doesn't pay much attention to the FA Cup, he has already reached the semi-finals, and his opponent is still the weak West Ham United.

It's such a pity to say give up and give up.

"can."

Although Chen Ran felt a little pity in his heart, he could still distinguish what was important and what was not.

"That's good."

Seeing that Chen Ran agreed with his idea of ​​giving up the FA Cup, Guardiola also breathed a sigh of relief, and then said:

"If the FA Cup game is abandoned, then this schedule can be divided into two stages. The first three games and the next four games. There is a week of space in the middle, which can allow our main players to recover to a certain extent."

"However, the first three games are too close together. Three games will be played in five days, and the first and third games will be against Manchester United and Inter Milan respectively."

"So my suggestion is to use the main lineup for the game against Manchester United and Inter Milan. In the middle game against Newcastle United, we can only use substitute players."

Having said that, Guardiola stopped and looked at Chen Ran.

"Yes. It is definitely not possible to use one lineup for three games in five days. As for the game against Newcastle United, it all depends on the performance of the substitutes."

In fact, the plan in Chen Ran's heart is similar to what Guardiola said.

The reason why he wanted to ask the three assistants was that he wanted to take this opportunity to exercise their abilities.

After all, these guys can't be his assistant coaches forever, there will always be times when they are alone.At that time, these are all practical problems they will encounter.

Judging from several feedbacks, Simeone and Southgate are much worse than Guardiola. It is no wonder that Guardiola achieved the highest achievement in his previous life.

"Boss, I think the last game against Aston Villa can be ignored for the time being. Because this game is four days apart from the previous game, the players have more time to recover."

"And by that time, maybe the league championship has already been won by us in advance."

"Okay. Don't think about the last game for now."

Chen Ran also nodded in agreement with Guardiola's opinion, and drew a line on the game with his pen.

"The next three games will have more time than the previous three games. This time, there will be three games in seven days. However, in the first and third games, we will play against Inter Milan and Arsenal respectively, both of which are strong opponents. .”

"So my suggestion is to use the full main lineup against Inter Milan and Arsenal. In the second game against Portsmouth, use most of the substitutes and a small number of main players."

"Very good, Josep analyzed very well."

As soon as Guardiola finished speaking, Chen Ran took the initiative to applaud him, and then glanced at Southgate and Simeone.

"What do you two think? Is there anything to add?"

"Boss, I think Josep has said it very comprehensively, and I completely agree with him."

Hearing Chen Ran's roll call, Southgate immediately jumped out to express his support.

"Boss, do Chelsea have any strong opponents in this final stage of the game?"

Instead, Simeone asked Chen Ran his own question.

"There is one, in the No. 30 round of the Premier League, they will play against Manchester United at home."

Chen Ran nodded approvingly at Simeone. He is indeed a famous coach. Even Guardiola didn't think to ask about Chelsea's match schedule just now.

Thinking of this, Chen Ran couldn't help shaking his head secretly in his heart.

It's no wonder that Southgate didn't have any outstanding results except for being the head coach of the England national team. The gap is still very obvious.

"Boss, although Chelsea are five points behind us, they have a schedule advantage. They have already been eliminated from the Champions League, which means we have two less intense games than us. We also have one more Arsenal to play than them, I feel that the advantage of five points is a bit unsafe."

After hearing Chen Ran's introduction of Chelsea's schedule, Simeone's face suddenly looked worried.

"It doesn't matter, don't say that we are still five points ahead of Chelsea. Even if we don't lead by one point, we can still win this championship."

Seeing that his three assistants had bad faces, Chen Ran waved his hands indifferently.

"What we need to consider is always the next game. As for the next game, forget about it now. Just play one game after another. As long as we work hard, I believe we will have a good result."

"Yes, the boss is right. What do you want to do so much? Just do it."

Chen Ran's queen praised Southgate, once again showing his value.

Manchester, Manchester United, Ferguson's office.

"Alex, here's Crystal Palace's schedule in the final stages."

Ferguson's assistant Queiroz also made full preparations for the match between Manchester United and Crystal Palace.

"Hehe, that kid from Huaguo is probably having a headache about this schedule right now?"

Ferguson, who is extremely experienced in coaching, just glanced at him and immediately guessed Chen Ran's current state of mind.

"It must be. With such a schedule, any team can't stand it."

Queiroz, who had seen this schedule a long time ago, also looked concerned and sympathized with the kid for a second.

"Unfortunately, we still don't have our share of the Premier League title this season. We can only take advantage of Chelsea's nouveau riche."

"Alex, do you think Chelsea will be able to reverse Crystal Palace in the end? They are now five points behind, and there are only five games left in the league."

"Carlos, you can't look at it like this. Crystal Palace has two more difficult Champions League semi-finals than Chelsea, and among the remaining opponents, in addition to us, Crystal Palace will face Arsenal again. Coupled with the dense schedule, Instead, I don’t know what to do.”

"Yeah, this is really an unsolvable problem."

Hearing Ferguson's analysis, Queiroz also felt that it was too difficult for Crystal Palace to win the Premier League title.

"Prepare well in the past two days and teach that Huaguo boy a profound lesson. Although we have missed the championship, we can be the ones who decide the championship."

"Haha, Alex, you are right. Then, Sir, Sir, which team do you think will be the champion of the Premier League this season?"

On a whim, Queiroz played the reporter asking questions.

"Ahem, although I'm not sure who the final champion is, I can tell you with certainty that it will definitely not be Crystal Palace!"

London, Chelsea FC, Mourinho's office.

It was still the final stage of the Crystal Palace schedule, which also appeared in the hands of Mourinho and Peter Kenyon.

"José, the situation seems to be favorable to us now."

Although he was neither a coach nor a player, Peter Kenyon, who had been in the football club for so long, immediately saw the meaning behind the Crystal Palace schedule that Mourinho gave him.

"Yes, for us, this is indeed good news."

The corner of Mourinho's mouth rose slightly, revealing a faint smile.

It had been a long time since he had come to England from Portugal.

And all of this is thanks to the Chinese man.

If it weren't for the Chinese, he would have already won the Premier League championship in his first season in the Premier League.

But now, because of the existence of that Chinese man, this day has been postponed for two full years.

"Thank you, Peter."

Although Mourinho is arrogant, he is not a person who does not know what is good or bad.

The reason why Crystal Palace often encounters the devil's schedule is that Peter Kenyon sitting next to him has contributed a lot.

"Jose, don't say that, everyone is for Chelsea, this is what I should do."

Peter Kenyon waved his hand, as if you don't need to take it to heart.

"However, the reason why things went so smoothly and the effect was so good. I guess, there should be other forces dealing with that Chinese man."

"Oh? Then do you know which club it is?"

Mourinho is not a fool, and he immediately understood what Peter Kenyon meant.

"It's hard to say who it is. But one thing I can be sure of is that any club that has the strength to chase the Premier League title is suspected."

Mourinho pouted silently, isn't this nonsense?
"Haha, don't worry, Jose, I haven't finished my words yet."

Seeing Mourinho's expression, Peter Kenyon also laughed.

In order to catch up with Chen Ran, Mourinho has been too tense, and it is rare to have such a lifelike expression.

"Among these clubs, the most suspicious one is of course my old club Manchester United."

(End of this chapter)