Football feast, starting from the acquisition of European clubs

Chapter 387 Another giant crocodile came

On the Crystal Palace side, when Chen Ran saw that the team's next opponent was Real Madrid, he couldn't help but smiled wryly. It seemed that he and Mourinho were really enemies.

"Boss, this Mourinho seems to be getting weaker and weaker now. He was able to compete with you for the Premier League title, but now he can't even compete with Josep."

Southgate sighed, and at the same time he was a little envious of Guardiola's ability to be alone.

"I don't think Mourinho has become weaker, but Josep's ability has become stronger."

Simeone is also envious of Guardiola's ability to lead Barcelona, ​​a giant team, to play well and beat Real Madrid in La Liga.

"Haha, you two don't envy Josep, you will also have the opportunity to be the head coach in the future."

Chen Ran looked at the two sour guys with a funny face, and threw them a carrot.

"Really? Boss!"

Southgate looked at Chen Ran with surprise at first, but his face collapsed immediately.

"Boss, don't you plan to let us take over the Crystal Palace again? Even Josep doesn't dare to take over, how dare we?"

Hearing Southgate's words, Simeone also nodded with sympathy.

They have worked with Guardiola for several years, and they have a good relationship with each other, so they also know that Chen Ran once wanted Guardiola to take over as the head coach of Crystal Palace.

"What? Don't you dare?"

Chen Ran looked at the two guys playfully.

"Boss, Josep is right. You have brought Crystal Palace to such a high level, no matter who takes over, the pressure is too great. Coaching the strongest team in the world, if the results are not satisfactory, then we Do you still have the face to be a coach in the future?"

Southgate looked at Chen Ran with a wry smile and explained.

It's not that he's too cowardly, but that he's really under a lot of pressure.

After playing against Newcastle United, Crystal Palace got three days of rest.

Immediately afterwards, they ushered in the quarter-finals of the FA Cup.

This time, Crystal Palace will go to Old Trafford to challenge Manchester United away.

It is said that they have reached the quarter-finals of the FA Cup, and Crystal Palace should go all out to compete for the championship trophy.

However, after Chen Ran's repeated consideration, he still decided to send a substitute lineup to play according to his past habits.

There is no way, the Premier League has entered the final sprint stage, and many of the main players of the Crystal Palace have been injured. Chen Ran does not want to add an extra burden to the players who are already physically and mentally exhausted.

After the FA Cup, they will basically face strong teams, which will be a huge drain on the physical fitness of Crystal Palace players.If this affects the Premier League and the Champions League, it will not be worth the candle.

Therefore, even in the face of Manchester United, Chen Ran also handed over the command of the game to Southgate.

"Boss, I think it is more appropriate for Diego to direct this game than me."

What Chen Ran didn't expect was that Southgate actually rejected the precious opportunity to play against Manchester United, and took the initiative to give it to Simeone.

"Oh? Why is that?"

In fact, Chen Ran also thought that it would be more appropriate for Simeone to direct the game.

It's just that because he used to take turns to command in order to give Southgate and Simeone the opportunity to arrange actual combat training.

If the order is suddenly disrupted at this time, he is worried that Southgate has something in his mind.

Now that Southgate took the initiative to let Xian go, Chen Ran was actually very happy.

This shows that this guy Southgate is really thinking about the collective of Crystal Palace.

"Boss, Diego is better at defensive and counterattack tactics than me. We are going to Old Trafford this time, and we are still on the bench. Defense is the most important thing. From this point of view, Diego is obviously better than me. suitable."

Seeing Southgate's sincere expression, Chen Ran nodded slightly, and reached out to pat the guy on the shoulder.

"Gareth, you're fine!"

At this time, Chen Ran suddenly understood why many high-ranking people in ancient and modern China and abroad prefer to use loyal people instead of more capable people.

With Southgate's initiative to back down, Chen Ran smoothly handed over the command of the game against Manchester United to Simeone.

After all, even though Chen Ran was mentally prepared to be knocked out of the FA Cup by Manchester United, he definitely didn't want to lose a big score at Old Trafford.

Simeone is indeed a defensive maniac. Under his leadership, Crystal Palace's substitute players have adopted the tactic of placing the bus from the first minute of the game.

With the support of more than 6 fans in the audience, Manchester United has always been difficult to break through the goal guarded by Edwin van der Sar.

It was not until the end of the game that they won a penalty kick, and finally Berbatov scored the ball, and finally defeated Crystal Palace 1-0.

Regarding the result of the team being eliminated from the FA Cup, Chen Ran expressed great regret in an interview with reporters after the game.

After several years of competition, the media reporters in England have long known Chen Ran's virtues.Before they could expose Chen Ran's real purpose, Chen Ran had slipped away one step ahead of time.

After two days of rest, on March 3, Crystal Palace ushered in the No. 22 round of the Premier League.This time, they are going away to Wigan Athletic.

Chen Ran dispatched all the main players that Xuezang had played in the midweek FA Cup match. In the end, with the goals of Ronaldo, Messi, Dzeko and Chiellini, Crystal Palace beat Wigan Athletic 4-0 in the away game.

While getting three points, Chen Ran also got a "Hawkeye Guardian Card" from the system.

In the other matches of this round of the Premier League, Liverpool beat Aston Villa 5-0 at Anfield, but Chelsea lost 0-1 away to Tottenham Hotspur.

Manchester United may have used too much force in the game against Crystal Palace in the middle of the week. As a result, they lost to Fulham in an upset 0:2 in the away game.

Arsenal defeated Newcastle United 3:1 in the away game, while Manchester City continued their rhythm of losing a game and winning a game, beating Sunderland 1:0 at home.

With eight rounds left in the Premier League, the overall championship situation is already very clear.

Except that Liverpool is five points behind Crystal Palace and still has the hope of winning.The other teams have clearly fallen behind and lost their qualifications to compete for the Premier League title this season.

At this time, the power of the financial tsunami raging across the world has been displayed to the extreme.

The U.S. stock market has also reached the lowest point of this round of stock market crash. The Dow Jones Index fell from more than 4000 points to more than 400 points.

The decline of the market has exceeded 50%, not to mention the decline of that stock. It is not too much to describe it with words such as "horrible" and "sorry".

Of course, this so-called lowest point is only known to the reborn Chen Ran.

For others, the stock market has fallen from last year to this year, which has wiped out the confidence of most people, and no one knows whether it will continue to hit new lows.

These people, of course, also include Liverpool's two American owners Tom Hicks and George Gillette.

Just when they were devastated by the financial tsunami, Liverpool's outstanding performance this season immediately became their lifeline.

As long as they can cash out Liverpool's high price, they have the capital to deal with those guys chasing after their ass for debt.

So, these two guys left the mess in the United States, flew to England together, and started selling shares in Liverpool Club.

The news that Tom Hicks and George Gillette wanted to sell the Liverpool club was reported to Chen Ran immediately by Little Fatty Louis.

Chen Ran didn't pay much attention to this matter at first, because the two Americans had limited financial resources, and they basically relied on loans from Wall Street to complete the plan to acquire Liverpool Club.

Now that there is a financial tsunami, those Wall Street funders cannot protect themselves.And Tom Hicks and George Gillette owe another debt, and they definitely want to cash out.

However, when Little Fatty Louis reported to him again that the two Americans wanted to sell the Liverpool club, Chen Ran had to raise his vigilance immediately.

"Chen, there are recent rumors in the circle that those two Americans are in close contact with the Qatari royal family."

"The royal family of Qatar? Are you sure?"

Hearing this name, Chen Ran frowned immediately.

"I'm not sure yet. But you know, it's hard to keep things in this circle secret. It's definitely not out of thin air that this news can spread."

After hearing the judgment of little fat Louis, Chen Ran's heart sank.

This guy grew up in this circle since he was a child, relying on his father's network resources, he has always been well-informed.

He said yes, and nine times out of ten there will be no mistakes.

But didn't the Qatar royal family acquire the Paris Saint-Germain club two years later?
Why are you hooking up with Tom Hicks and George Gillette now?

Did they take a fancy to the Liverpool club?
In the previous life, it is said that it was to bid for the World Cup, so the Qatar royal family bought the Paris Saint-Germain club.

Chen Ran is not sure now whether it is because of him that the Qatari royal family intervened in the football circle in advance.

Could it be because he managed the Crystal Palace so well and built the behemoth Galaxy Football Group.In addition, the sheikh of Abu Dhabi in the United Arab Emirates also bought the Manchester City club, so it aroused the interest of the Qatari royal family?

If the royal family of Qatar really comes to buy Liverpool Club, then there will be one more rich man in the Premier League.

Abramovich behind Chelsea, the UAE Abu Dhabi consortium behind Manchester City, if you add the Qatari royal family behind Liverpool.Chen Ran has a headache when he thinks about these big money owners related to oil.

Unlike those football clubs whose owners are British and American, these oil tycoons have easy money and don't feel bad about spending it.

Paying 2.2 million euros to directly pay liquidated damages to sign Neymar from Barcelona, ​​and spending 1.8 million euros to buy Mbappe from a league title competitor, these shocking transfers are all done by those Qataris.

Chen Ran calculated his assets a little bit, and found that compared with the other party, it was really a drop in the bucket.

Facing this opponent who was more fierce than the Abu Dhabi consortium, Chen Ran had already sounded the air defense alarm in his heart.

No way, as the most powerful team recognized in the world at present.If the Qatar royal family really bought the Liverpool club, then their next step must be to poach people directly from the Crystal Palace.

Thinking of this, Chen Ran called the fat little Louis to him, and looked at him very solemnly.

"Louis, from now on, you must pay close attention to any news that the two Americans have contact with the Qatari royal family."

"Er Chen, you seem to take this matter very seriously?"

Fatty Louis also noticed Chen Ran's abnormality, but he didn't think it had much to do with the Crystal Palace.

"First, Roman Abramovich bought the Chelsea club. Not long ago, the Abu Dhabi consortium bought the Manchester City club. Now the Qatari royal family has also started to contact the Americans from Liverpool."

"Louis, there are only [-] teams in the Premier League. If more and more teams are acquired by these powerful financial owners, it means that it will become more and more difficult for us to win the championship in the future. "

"This is not a good thing for us Crystal Palace, we have to pay close attention to any news in this regard. If you can, try to prevent the Qataris from taking over the Liverpool club."

At this moment, little fat Louis understood Chen Ran's thoughts.

After thinking about it carefully, he had to admit that what Chen Ran said was indeed reasonable.

"Okay, Chen. Don't worry, I will keep an eye on this matter."

Fatty Louis readily agreed, but he immediately added another sentence.

"Actually, Chen, you don't have to worry too much. Liverpool Club owes so much money now. Even the funds for the introduction of players last summer came from loans. Those Qataris may not like them."

"Huh? Luiz, are you sure that Liverpool's signings last summer were all loans?"

"I'm sure. I know Dossena's agent. According to him, the transfer time was delayed because he was waiting for the loan approval, and almost missed the transfer deadline."

"That's it"

Chen Ran pinched the center of his eyebrows, intending to cause some confusion to those two Americans.

"Louis, you spread out the fact that Liverpool is heavily in debt and even rely on loans to bring in players for their daily operations. The more people who know about it, the better. Do you understand?"

"Hey, Chen, are you trying to sabotage those two Americans' plan to sell Liverpool Club?"

Fatty Louis' eyes lit up, and he immediately understood what Chen Ran meant.

"Ahem, what is sabotage? I just let more people know the truth and avoid being deceived."

Chen Ran glared at the little fat man angrily, will he speak?
"Hey, I understand, I understand, it actually means the same thing. Don't worry, it's a trivial matter, and it's up to me."

(End of this chapter)