Football feast, starting from the acquisition of European clubs

Chapter 342 Untidy

Swallowing his saliva, he seemed to have made up his mind. Guardiola looked into Chen Ran's eyes and said slowly, word by word:

"Boss, Crystal Palace has been able to transform from an unknown small team in the British Championship to today's top giant club. You have poured your heart and soul into it. We can see how many difficulties we have overcome over the years."

"Although I also want to be the head coach of Crystal Palace, I feel that my current ability is not enough for this position."

"Since retiring, I have been working as an assistant coach for you, the boss. I don't have any experience as a team head coach at all."

"If I force myself to sit in this position now, it is likely to destroy the team you have worked so hard to build. In this way, I have not only failed the trust of the boss, but also become a sinner of Crystal Palace."

"So, after careful consideration, boss, please forgive me for refusing your invitation."

After finishing these words in one breath, Guardiola seemed to have exhausted all his strength and collapsed on the sofa.

Chen Ran was not surprised by Guardiola's choice.If it were him, he would do the same.

There is no way, the risk is too great.

If the Crystal Palace, which is now in full swing, is brought down, who would dare to ask Guardiola to be the head coach in the future?Maybe Guardiola's coaching career will end here.

"Josep, since you don't want to be the head coach of Crystal Palace, what are you going to do next? Are you going to be the head coach of Barcelona?"

Seeing that the choice made by Guardiola was completely in line with his prediction, Chen Ran also asked directly about Guardiola's next plan.

Perhaps moved by Chen Ran's sincerity, Guardiola did not say those high-sounding words this time.

"Boss, since you value me so much, I don't want to hide it from you. Although I am really willing to return to Crystal Palace and continue to be your assistant coach, deep down in my heart I actually want to be the head coach of FC Barcelona."

"There is no assistant coach who does not want to be a head coach, and I am no exception. Compared with our Crystal Palace, Barcelona has not won any important championships in the past two seasons, and the pressure to be a head coach there is not as great as Crystal Palace."

"My real idea is to go to Barcelona to accumulate some experience as a head coach. If you still want me to be the head coach of Crystal Palace in the future, I will definitely be more confident than now."

Chen Ran's painstaking efforts to go to Barcelona in person were not in vain. Guardiola spoke out all his true thoughts.

Finding that Guardiola's thoughts were still the same as he predicted, Chen Ran nodded slightly.

"Josep, I am very glad that you can tell me your true thoughts. Don't worry, going to Barcelona as the head coach is a rare opportunity, and I will not stop it."

"As you said just now, I hope you will return to Crystal Palace after coaching Barcelona for a period of time and accumulating enough experience. The gate of Crystal Palace is always open to you."

"thank you boss!"

In fact, Chen Ran gathered Guardiola, Simeone and Southgate under his banner before retiring, and he planned to let them take over Crystal Palace in the future.

It's just that Chen Ran's performance in leading the team is so abnormal that even Guardiola, the most outstanding of the three, dare not take over the Crystal Palace, which makes Chen Ran dumbfounded.

As a last resort, Chen Ran had no choice but to adopt Plan B, asking Guardiola to go to Barcelona Club to practice first, and then return to coach Crystal Palace after he has accumulated a certain amount of experience.

After talking about business, Chen Ran stayed at Guardiola's house for lunch.In the following time, he took time out of his busy schedule to accompany Cheryl to have fun in Barcelona for a few days.

Because Chen Ran had a premonition that he would be very busy this summer, and he might not have time to go on vacation with Cheryl.

Just as Chen Ran flew to Barcelona, ​​Mendes also flew from Madrid to London.

In Ronaldo's newly purchased mansion, Mendes, who came here for the first time, looked around with great interest.

"Jorge, you insist that I stay and wait for you. If you have anything to say, just tell me. I'm still waiting to go on vacation."

Ronaldo, who accompanied Mendes on a tour of his new home, complained impatiently.

He just got a new girlfriend, and it was the time when he was full of passion, how could he have the heart to talk to an old man?
"You, aren't you a woman? Chris, with your current development momentum, I'm afraid you will become the dream lover of countless women in the future. So you should set your sights higher, can't you understand it just by looking at it?"

"Got it. Jorge, you didn't just come here to tell me this, did you?"

Ronaldo rolled his eyes speechlessly, how could he listen to this when he was at an age full of hormones?
"Of course not. Chris, are you interested in moving to Real Madrid?"

"Real Madrid? Mourinho's team? He asked you to be a lobbyist?"

As clients of Mendes and fellow Portuguese, the relationship between Ronaldo and Mourinho is really ordinary.

Both of them have a proud and conceited personality, and they can't pee in the same pot at all.

"That's right, Jose wants to invite you to join Real Madrid, let me ask your opinion." It's all his own, and Mendes has nothing to hide.

"No! I have a good stay in Crystal Palace, why go to Real Madrid when I have nothing to do?"

"What's more, when I get there, I have to adapt to everything again. Am I not asking for trouble for myself?"

With a wave of his hand, Ronaldo bluntly rejected Mourinho's invitation.

Just kidding, he just bought this luxury house in London at a huge price, and he is about to move in a few days before enjoying it. He is really full.

"That's Real Madrid! Didn't you say before that the biggest wish of playing football when you were young was to join Real Madrid?"

"Is there? That's not the case now. Mourinho is the owner's loser. If I join Real Madrid, I will basically bid farewell to the Champions League trophy. I'm not stupid."

Hearing Ronaldo's unabashed contempt for Mourinho, Mendes could only shake his head with a wry smile.No way, who let people say it is true?

"I see what you mean. Then, let's talk about serious business."

"Serious business? Why? Isn't that serious business just now?"

Ronaldo glanced at Mendes, a little surprised.

"I know that you will most likely not agree, so I just mentioned it to Jose by the way, and I have fulfilled my responsibility."

"The real purpose of my coming to you this time is to use the fact that Jose wants to invite you to join the Real Madrid club to talk to Chen Ran about giving you a raise."

For things like salary increases, no one in ancient and modern China and abroad will refuse.

Hearing that there was a chance to raise his salary, Ronaldo, who was still a little bit unmotivated, suddenly became more energetic.

"Jorge, can I really get a raise? I only got a raise the year before last, and now there are three years left in the contract. Will the boss agree to give me a raise?"

After carefully calculating his contract situation, Ronaldo was a little unsure.

"Haha, Chris, this kind of thing is the job of the agent, you can leave it to me."

"Although you only raised your salary once the year before last, your performance in these two seasons is obvious to all, and your contribution to Crystal Palace is also one of the best."

"Especially not long ago in the UEFA Champions League final, when you were kicked in the head for a goal and stained the stadium with blood, I believe Chen Ran will not fail to express it."

Mendes pointed to the scar that could still be vaguely seen in the corner of Ronaldo's left eye, and said with confidence.

Touching the corners of his eyes, Ronaldo seemed to have confidence.

"Well, I'll leave this matter to you. But, Jorge, how much do you plan to raise?"

"I don't think we should go too far. How about a 50% increase based on your current annual salary?"

"Gudu."

Hearing Mendes' offer, Ronaldo couldn't help swallowing a mouthful of saliva.

He is now the top salary of the Crystal Palace Club, with an annual salary of 500 million euros.

A 50% increase is 750 million euros. According to England's habit, that is a weekly salary of 14.42 euros.

Don't forget, it's only 2008, and Ronaldo is just 23 years old.

"Jorge, isn't this asking too much?"

"Hehe, Chris, 750 million euros is our goal, and my asking price for Chen Ran is not limited to this. After all, there is still room for Chen Ran to bargain."

"Then how much do you plan to ask for?"

"Double, annual salary of 1000 million euros."

"OMG! Jorge, aren't you asking too much?"

The young Ronaldo was really taken aback by Mendes' lion's big mouth.

"Oh, Chris, bargaining, that's what it is. You can forget about these things, happily take your new girlfriend on vacation, and then wait for my good news."

"Okay, then I'll leave this matter to you. But, Jorge, I want to remind you, be careful and don't get into trouble with the boss. After all, I will continue to stay here."

"Don't worry, I know what to do."

Chen Ran, who had been playing with Cheryl in Barcelona for a few days, had just returned to London when he was blocked in the office by little fat Louis.

"Chen, you are quite happy. You traveled around Barcelona with Cheryl, and even the Spanish tabloids published photos of you two."

The little fat man who was in charge of the intelligence gathering of the Crystal Palace club directly put the newspaper with the photos of Chen Ran and Cheryl playing in the water on the beach in Barcelona on the table in front of him.

"What are you doing collecting this?"

Chen Ran glared at the little fat man angrily.

"Hehe, don't be so busy staring at me, people even posted about your visit to Guardiola's house."

Picking up the newspaper to check the content carefully, it is really like what the little fat man said, it seems that the Spanish media reporters are not small.

"Recently, the Barcelona club has released rumors that they are planning to invite Guardiola to replace Rijkaard as the head coach. Those Spanish media said that you are going to personally visit Guardiola to retain Guardiola."

Hearing the little fat man's report, Chen Ran was not surprised.

To create hype and pave the way for Guardiola to take office, these are common methods.

"Not only that, Mourinho also jumped out unwillingly. When he was interviewed by the media, he said that our Crystal Palace is full of talents. He very much hopes to introduce some excellent players from the Crystal Palace, and also revealed that Real Madrid has sent us a letter. bid."

The little fat man pulled out another newspaper with a photo of Mourinho, pointed to one of the reports and said.

"Damn it, there are always people who want to harm me."

Looking at Mourinho's energetic smiling face in the newspaper, Chen Ran could not help but twitch his mouth slightly.

This guy has just been in Spain for a season and won a La Liga championship, and he has already started to drift a little bit, forgetting all the lessons he has learned under his own hands.

Now they dare to provoke openly, it seems that they still need to clean up!

Find out the current list of players of Real Madrid Club, Chen Ran intends to teach Mourinho a lesson for him to remember.

But after going back and forth several times, there was not a single player Chen Ran liked.

It's not that these players are not capable, but that Chen Ran's lineup for Crystal Palace is too strong.

Even the main players of Real Madrid can only sit on the bench and wait for the opportunity to rotate when they arrive at the Crystal Palace.

"Snapped!"

Chen Ran reluctantly slapped Real Madrid's player list on the table. He really couldn't convince himself to spend a lot of money to buy a player he didn't like.

Forget it, let Mourinho go this time.

"Louis, have those private detectives gotten any valuable information recently?"

"Chen, now London is almost becoming a player trading center. As far as I know, there are transfer staff from more than a dozen wealthy clubs in London."

"Oh? Isn't it all related to our Crystal Palace?"

Chen Ran's heart sank, and he turned his head to look at the fat little Louis sitting beside him.

Unfortunately, what he saw was the little fat man who nodded heavily.

"It should be. Although they haven't had direct contact with our players yet. But according to the photos provided by those private detectives, they have already found that they have hooked up with our players' agents."

"Which players' agents did those guys contact?"

"All the main players were spared, plus a couple of other regular players."

"Fxxxk!"

Chen Ran couldn't help but swear, "Do you know the specific progress?"

"This is not clear yet. However, judging from the situation in front of us, these contacts should still be in the initial stage."

"After all, if there is real progress, then the players must be involved."

The little fat man was born in a family of brokers, so he is very familiar with the operation of the transfer.Chen Ran still trusted his judgment very much.

"Louis, next you have to focus on which players stayed in London and did not go on vacation."

"understand!"

(End of this chapter)