Football feast, starting from the acquisition of European clubs

Chapter 237 Why do you have to compete with the boss?
"Stephen, tell me, what happened in Brazil?"

Hearing this bad news, Chen Ran, who was in a good mood after winning two consecutive Champions League victories, immediately collapsed.

"The staff we sent to Brazil for negotiations contacted Recife Sports in the name of the Galaxy Football Group, and the negotiations went smoothly at the beginning."

"However, I don't know where the owner of Recife Sports got the news, and learned about the relationship between Galaxy Football Group and Crystal Palace."

"You also know that since we won the Champions League and the Treble last season, the reputation of Crystal Palace has now spread all over the world."

"So Recife Sporting now has a big opening and has doubled the previous asking price from 1500 million euros to 3000 million euros."

Stephen looked at Chen Ran with a wry smile. It's not all good to be famous.

"Does Papa Louis know about this?"

"I know. Father Luis's people accompanied our people to Recife Sports to negotiate. After Recife Sports raised the price, they immediately reported it to Father Luis."

"Luis' father also personally called the owner of Recife Sports, but it didn't work."

"According to what was reported, the owner of Recife Sports is very short of money now, and he has no capital to play football after selling the club, so Luis' father, a big man in the agent world, is not easy to speak."

Hearing this, Chen Ran probably figured out the cause and effect of the matter.

The owner of Recife Sports knows that the owner behind the Galaxy Football Group is also the owner of Crystal Palace, with strong strength, so he is naturally unwilling to let go of this opportunity to slaughter the fat sheep.

However, is it so easy to take advantage of yourself?
Chen Ran curled his lips in disdain.

"Stephen, tell the people we sent to Brazil to temporarily terminate the negotiations with Recife Sports."

"Chen, what do you mean, we gave up on the acquisition of Recife Sports?"

"Not necessarily, let's air Recife Sports first. Isn't the owner of Recife Sports waiting to sell the club and use the money to save his career? Then let's wait and see who is more anxious. "

"Yes, this is a good way. Anyway, Recife Sports is just icing on the cake for us. If it doesn't work, we can also buy other clubs."

After hearing Chen Ran's handling, Stephen nodded again and again. Anyway, Crystal Palace is not in a hurry and can afford to wait.

"Of course, we can't just wait like this. You let our personnel in Brazil go to Luis' father, ask him to recommend a few clubs, and then go to investigate with great fanfare."

"Since the relationship between Galaxy Football Group and Crystal Palace has been leaked, let's not hide it at all. Invite a few more local Brazilian media to hype up our plan to acquire the Brazilian club."

"Let the owner of Sporting Recife know that we don't have to do it. Maybe it won't be long before he will honestly lower the price."

"Okay, this is a good way. Haha, Chen, you're still smart. The boss of Recife Sports wants to take advantage of us. It's just a daydream."

Chen Ran's response made Stephen slap his thigh.To deal with such profiteers who sit on the ground and raise prices, we just can't let them succeed.

After dealing with the matter of Recife Sports, Chen Ran turned his energy back to Crystal Palace.

On September 9, in the seventh round of the Premier League, Crystal Palace challenged West Ham away.

Because Crystal Palace had just finished playing the Champions League two days ago, Chen Ran made a substantial rotation in this Premier League game.

Fortunately, Crystal Palace's bench is deep enough now. Even with a lineup dominated by substitute players, their strength is still quite strong.

Crystal Palace beat West Ham United 1-0 away with a goal from Mascherano.

At the same time as he scored three points, Chen Ran also got a "Level [-] Recovery Card" from the system.

Yes, another hole card was added.Looking at his gradually restored inventory, Chen Ran expressed his satisfaction.

Next, because of the national team's match day, there were no club games for about two weeks.

But because the Crystal Palace is so popular now, almost all the main players in the team are international players from various countries.

Players from Europe are okay, after all, the distance is relatively short.For Brazilian international players like Kaka, Maicon, Alves and Thiago Silva, the game plus long-distance flight consumes more than playing in the club.

And after the end of the national team match day, Crystal Palace will usher in a consecutive week of double matches.

With the addition of the Premier League, the UEFA Champions League, and the upcoming English League Cup, Chen Ran is busy again.

On October 10th, the eighth round of the Premier League, Crystal Palace will face Chelsea at home;
On October 10, in the UEFA Champions League group stage, Crystal Palace will go away to challenge CSKA Moscow;
On October 10, the ninth round of the Premier League, Crystal Palace will face Arsenal at home;
On October 10, in the third round of the English League Cup, Crystal Palace will go to Anfield to challenge Liverpool;
On October 10, in the tenth round of the Premier League, Crystal Palace will go away to challenge Portsmouth, the dark horse of the season.
On November 11, the UEFA Champions League group stage, Crystal Palace will face CSKA Moscow at home;
On November 11th, in the No.5 round of the Premier League, Crystal Palace will challenge Liverpool at Anfield for the second time within ten days.

Seeing the Crystal Palace match schedule in his hand, Chen Ran still felt his scalp tingle even though the strength of Crystal Palace was not what it used to be.

In the next period of time, Crystal Palace almost played seven games in a row at the rhythm of one game in three days.

And among the opponents in these seven games, whether it is Chelsea, Arsenal and Liverpool or the regulars of the Champions League, the Russian Super League overlord CSKA Moscow, none of them are good.

That is, the dark horse of the Premier League this season, currently ranked fourth, and Portsmouth, which is second only to Crystal Palace, Manchester United and Chelsea, may be slightly weaker.

According to the usual practice, Chen Ran called his three assistants over and sent them a copy of the Crystal Palace schedule.

Although it is not the first time to experience this kind of thing, whether it is Guardiola, Southgate and Simeone, they all look pale.

"Let's talk about it, how will we play the next seven games?"

Chen Ran glanced at the three of them. As expected, Southgate and Simeone looked at Guardiola in unison.

Knew it would be like this again.

Guardiola secretly complained in his heart, and finally stood up on his own initiative.

"Boss, now it seems that we may have to give up the away game against Liverpool in the League Cup in the middle of the seven games."

"If we give up this game, we can get about five days of rest in the middle of this schedule. This will also allow the players to take a breath and recover their physical fitness."

"That's right, boss, I also agree with Josep's approach. After all, the importance of the League Cup is incomparable to that of the Premier League and the Champions League."

As soon as Guardiola's voice fell, Southgate stood up to express his support.

"Boss, comparatively speaking, Josep's method pays the least price. Moreover, even if we send substitute players to play in the League Cup, Liverpool may not be able to beat us."

Simeone also agrees with Guardiola's plan, and he is more confident.

Because Chen Ran has added powerful players to Crystal Palace in recent years, the strength of Crystal Palace's current bench lineup should not be underestimated, which is where Simeone's confidence lies.

Seeing that everyone agrees with him, Guardiola is more confident to continue talking.

"As for the remaining six games, they can be divided into two stages. The two Champions League games against CSKA Moscow must be the top priority and must be won."

"Chelsea has been our strongest opponent for the championship for the past two years. This summer, we have introduced Ukrainian striker Shevchenko and German international Ballack, and our strength has been further strengthened."

"In this direct conversation, we have to keep Chelsea down so that we can get a head start in the Premier League title race this season."

"But in this way, let's fight for Chelsea first, and then go to distant Moscow to return after playing the Champions League. At that time, it's hard to say how much stamina the main players will have left to deal with Arsenal."

"If it doesn't work, we may have to use the substitute lineup to face Arsenal. Boss, I'm afraid you have to be mentally prepared for this."

Although Guardiola's arrangements are very reasonable, there are still pits that cannot be avoided after all.

"It doesn't matter. We can make adjustments according to the physical condition of the players before the Arsenal game. Most of our players are not very old. I guess it will not be a problem to form some main players and substitutes."

Having gone through so many devil's matches in the past few years, Chen Ran is already very experienced.

"The boss is right. I think the same can be done for the game against Portsmouth. Although this dark horse is doing well now, its strength is limited after all. Half of our Crystal Palace's main players are almost enough."

Southgate also came up with an idea inspired by Chen Ran's idea.

After some brainstorming, the Crystal Palace coaching staff formally determined the battle plan for the next stage.

On Chelsea's side, facing a strong lineup, coach Mourinho couldn't be happier.

Because, the preferred formation in his mind is 433, a center forward and two wingers, flying on both wings, grabbing a shot from the middle.

In his mind, Drogba is the candidate for Zhengyin center.

However, this summer, the boss Abramovich bought his long-awaited striker Shevchenko at a price of more than 5000 million euros, which set a Chelsea club transfer record.

This put tremendous pressure on Mourinho, especially after Mourinho still insisted on using Drogba to start and put Shevchenko on the bench.

This pressure is getting bigger and bigger.

"Jose, listen to my advice, let Shevchenko start, it's better for you."

As Chelsea CEO Peter Kenyon, who has worked with Mourinho for more than two years, he does not want to see him and his boss Abramovich get into a stalemate, so he persuades him earnestly.

"Peter, Shevchenko is not suitable as a center forward in a 433-[-]-[-] formation."

"How do you know if you don't try?"

"Try? What if the effect is not good? Crystal Palace is now at the top of the standings. We don't have the capital to try and make mistakes."

"Then how about changing the team to a 442-[-]-[-] formation? Shevchenko played double strikers when he was in AC Milan."

"Peter, please pay attention, I am the head coach of Chelsea. It is up to me to decide what tactics Chelsea will use and which players will be used."

Hearing that Peter Kenyon wanted to intervene in his tactics, Mourinho's expression darkened, and he slammed back unceremoniously.

Peter Kenyon also knew that he was a bit overstepping his authority, and he deserved being bullied, so he had no choice but to admit it.

"José, if you continue to be stubborn like this, I'm afraid you won't last until the end of the season."

In the end, Peter Kenyon couldn't hold back and reminded Mourinho.

Hearing this sentence, Mourinho suddenly fell silent.

He knew that his impression in the heart of his boss, Abramovich, was probably getting worse and worse.

If this continues, there is really a possibility of being fired at any time.

No, no matter what, he had to grab the Premier League title from Chen Ran before leaving, otherwise he would really not be reconciled.

Thinking of this, Mourinho gritted his teeth secretly.

"I know, Shevchenko will be in the starting lineup."

"Haha, that's right. Jose, you're just too stubborn. To put it bluntly, we're just here to work. Why do we have to compete with the boss? It's not good for you."

Seeing that Mourinho finally compromised, Peter Kenyon was secretly relieved.

No one knows better than him. In fact, the boss Abramovich has not stopped looking for a new head coach.

It's just that no satisfactory candidate has been found so far, so I have to bear with Mourinho.

It can be said that Mourinho has one foot on the edge of the cliff now. If he continues to fight against the boss, then maybe the boss will fire him without waiting for the new coach to be in place one day. .

Under pressure, Mourinho put Shevchenko into the starting lineup.

However, maybe Shevchenko really doesn't adapt to Mourinho's tactics.The Ukrainian nuclear warhead that killed the Quartet in AC Milan is at best a mortar when it comes to Chelsea.

Mourinho still insisted that his 433 formation remained unchanged. The starting center used Shevchenko to try a few times and found that the effect was not good.He simply reactivated Drogba as a center forward, and then let Shevchenko play right winger.

So, facing the upcoming game against Crystal Palace, Mourinho sent a compromised starting lineup.

Robben left, Drogba center, Andriy Shevchenko right

CMF Makelele, CMF Ballack, CMF Lampard

Left back Ashley Cole, centre-back Terry, centre-back Carvalho, right-back Boulah Luz

Cudicini
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