Football feast, starting from the acquisition of European clubs

Chapter 388

After the No.30 round of the Premier League, Crystal Palace ushered in another two-week national team match day.

This also gave Chen Ran the time and energy to pay attention to the two Americans' contact with the Qatari royal family.

Fatty Luiz is still very energetic in the football circle. The news about the Liverpool club's heavy debts was quickly spread all over the sky, and even attracted the attention of some financial media.

"Fxxxk!"

"Who is spreading these rumors?"

Tom Hicks and George Gillette, who were asked by the Qataris whether the rumor was true during the negotiation, went mad with anger. This is to cut off their money. It is so sinister and vicious!

The two Americans, who said on the spot that it was purely a rumor, hurriedly ended the negotiation and hurried back to the Liverpool club to discuss countermeasures.

"Tom, we must find out who is spreading the news behind our backs!"

In the chairman's office, George Gillette shouted to Tom Hicks angrily.

Tom Hicks was quite calm. After bowing his head and thinking for a while, he directly denied George Gillette's thoughts.

"George, it doesn't matter who is spreading the news behind our backs. Our top priority now is how to explain the loan issue to the Qataris."

"After all, the rumors are indeed true. Even if those Qataris don't know now, they will definitely ask to send someone to check the accounts after the negotiations are in-depth. At that time, they will still know the debts of the Liverpool Club. This is unavoidable. things."

"call!"

Heaving a sigh of relief, George Gillette sat down on the sofa, still aggrieved.

"Is this the end of the matter?"

"George, this is England, not the United States. We are not familiar with the place we live in, and we don't know much about the football circle. It is not easy to find out who is doing the tricks."

"With this time and energy, we might as well think about how to fool those Qataris. After all, our goal is to sell Liverpool Club for a good price, not to fight people. What do you think?"

"Okay, I see. You have a point, and I'll listen to you."

Thinking of those guys chasing after him for debts, George Gillette decided to hold back.

While Tom Hicks and George Gillette were discussing how to fool the Qataris, little fat Louis also ran to Chen Ran's office to ask for credit.

"Hey, Chen, everything is done. Now there are rumors that Liverpool is in a deep debt crisis. It is estimated that those Qataris will not buy the Liverpool club before they find out how much Liverpool owes."

"Well, well done."

Chen Ran nodded slightly, and put down the Financial Times in his hand. The headline "Liverpool in deep debt crisis" on the newspaper was particularly eye-catching.

"Louis, try to find a way to pass a message to Ferguson and ask him if he wants to see Liverpool change to a rich new owner."

"Er Chen, your move is too insidious."

Fatty Louis was taken aback for a moment, and then realized that Chen Ran was trying to kill someone with a knife.

Manchester United and Liverpool are well-known deadly rivals, and they wish that the other party would be doomed and never turn around.

Liverpool is not like Chelsea and Manchester City, which have no background. If this old giant club is replaced with a petroleum engine, will there still be a place for Manchester United in English football in the future?

This situation, presumably Ferguson is absolutely unwilling to see.

"Ahem, football is a war in peacetime. "Sun Tzu's Art of War" said: A good fighter has no great achievements. I just strangled a possible competitor in the cradle. How can it be called insidious?"

Chen Ran glared at Little Fatty Louis in displeasure, talking nonsense!

"Hey, I understand. They all mean the same thing. I know what to do."

Soon, Ferguson received a message from the little fat man Luisto, and then he called Ed Woodward, the CEO of Manchester United, to his office.

"Ed, what do you think of this matter?"

After listening to Ferguson's introduction, Ed Woodward was also a little dumbfounded.

During this period of time, he put all his energy on increasing the income of the Manchester United club.

No way, the Glazer family also suffered heavy losses in this financial tsunami.

Fortunately, they have Manchester United, an old hen who can only make golden pills, so they withdraw funds from here every now and then to help in emergencies.

For this matter, Ferguson often slapped Ed Woodward on the table and lost his temper.

But Ed Woodward, as the CEO appointed by the Glazer family, had to carry out the orders of the boss.

As the mainstay of the Manchester United club, Ferguson must also be appeased by Ed Woodward.

In desperation, Ed Woodward had no choice but to try his best to get sponsorship for Manchester United.

In this life, due to Chen Ran's intervention, the Manchester United Club has not won a decent championship trophy for several years, which has resulted in lower and lower advertising sponsorship costs for Manchester United.

Coupled with the fact that the whole world is suffering from the financial tsunami, there are fewer and fewer sponsors who still have spare money to invest in advertising.

In the end, Ed Woodward could only bring a bunch of messy advertising sponsorships to Manchester United, which felt like Tang Guoqiang in the Premier League.

Now that he heard that Liverpool was favored by the oil tycoon, Ed Woodward could hardly bear the envy, jealousy and hatred in his heart.

"Sir Ferguson, I think we need to prevent the Qataris from buying the Liverpool club. We and Liverpool are mortal enemies. If we let Liverpool fall into the hands of those oil tycoons, will we have a bright future at Manchester United?"

Ed Woodward looked at Ferguson with a serious face and talked, as if I was thinking about Manchester United.

"Well, Ed, you are right, I think so too. There are more and more foreigners in the Premier League. If this continues, all Premier League clubs will become teams of foreigners. This momentum, It has to be contained."

Seeing Ed Woodward's statement, Ferguson nodded in satisfaction.

In fact, he had already made up his mind, and talking to Ed Woodward was just a formality.

Ed Woodward curled his lips in disdain, the power of capital, how can you, a bad old man, be able to stop it?

However, he is now in the same position as Ferguson, and he is unwilling to see Liverpool change to a rich and powerful new boss, so naturally he will not say these words.

"Sir Ferguson, is there anything I can do?"

"No. Ed, you can't help with this matter. I'll go to my old friends and have a good chat, as long as you don't withdraw funds from the club."

"Understood, Sir Ferguson, I wish you a smooth trip."

Seeing that Ferguson finally tapped himself with a gun and a stick, Ed Woodward could only touch his nose and left Ferguson's office resentfully.

On the side of the Crystal Palace, Chen Ran has already handed over to Fatty Luis what needs to be done.Now let the bullets fly for a while and see what kind of result things will have.

However, before Chen Ran could wait for the result from Liverpool, he first waited for the bad news that Crystal Palace players were injured again.

This time it was Chiellini who was injured, because of fatigue caused a strained thigh muscle.

Although the problem is not very big, at the most critical time of this season, Chen Ran lost his main left back again.

You must know that as soon as the national team match day is over, Crystal Palace will immediately face the Premier League and Champions League eight-to-four games.

On April 4th, in the No.4 round of the Premier League, Crystal Palace will sit at the Emirates Stadium against Portsmouth;

On April 4th, the first round of the UEFA Champions League quarter-finals, Crystal Palace will fly to Spain to challenge Real Madrid away;

On April 4th, the No.11 second round of the Premier League, Crystal Palace will go away to challenge Middlesbrough;

On April 4th, the second round of the UEFA Champions League quarter-finals, Crystal Palace will host Real Madrid at home this time;
On April 4th, in the No.18 round of the Premier League, Crystal Palace will face Liverpool, the direct competitor of this season's league title, at the Emirates Stadium.

Five games in fifteen days, an average of one game in three days.

Especially when the last two matches against Real Madrid and Liverpool were linked together, Chen Ran couldn't help but frown.

If Crystal Palace can't secure the right to qualify in the first round against Real Madrid, then after returning to the home court, they must go all out.

By that time, how much energy will the exhausted Crystal Palace players have to face Liverpool who is next?Frankly speaking, Chen Ran was also a little uncertain.

"What do you two think about the upcoming schedule?"

Chen Ran looked up at his crouching dragon and phoenix chick.

Southgate scratched his head and turned to look at Simeone beside him.He couldn't think of any good way. After Guardiola left, he had to pin his hopes on Simeone.

"Boss, although we have difficulties, Liverpool don't need us much better. Their opponent in the quarter-finals of the Champions League is Chelsea, and the game will definitely not be easier than us."

Simeone took another approach and went to study Liverpool's schedule.

"Chelsea have often encountered Liverpool in the Champions League before, but they always won less and lost more. I hope this time they can win their breath and hold Liverpool back."

The past records of Chelsea and Liverpool made Chen Ran not dare to expect too much from them.

On April 4th, Crystal Palace ushered in the No.4 round of the Premier League, at home against Portsmouth.

Because he was going to challenge Real Madrid away in three days, Chen Ran sent out a starting lineup of half main force and half substitute.

In the end, with goals from Cavani, Alves and Suarez, Crystal Palace easily won Portsmouth 3:1 at home.

While getting three points, Chen Ran also got a "level one blood recovery card" from the system.

In the other games of this round of the Premier League, Liverpool beat Fulham 1-0 in the away game, still maintaining a five-point gap behind Crystal Palace.

切尔西在客场2：0轻取纽卡斯尔联队，曼联在老特拉福德3：2力克阿斯顿维拉，阿森纳则在海布里球场2：0战胜了重金投入的曼城。

Early the next morning after the match against Portsmouth, Chen Ran led the Crystal Palace team to Madrid, Spain.

On the Real Madrid side, Mourinho has long been ready.

According to the countermeasures he discussed with Mendes before, Mourinho resolutely arranged a 532 defensive counterattack formation for Real Madrid.

Forward Raul, forward Benzema
Central midfielder Las Diarra, Central midfielder Guti, Central midfielder Sneijder
Left back Marcelo, center back Albiol, center back Metzelder, center back Ramos, right back Salgado
goalkeeper casillas

On the Crystal Palace side, Chen Ran also put all the main players who can still play in his hands into the starting lineup.

Dzeko
Left midfielder Ronaldo, midfielder Cesc Fabregas, right midfielder Messi

DM Yaya Toure, DM Mascherano
Left back Evra, center back Thiago Silva, center back Vidic, right back Maicon
goalkeeper cech
This strong dialogue between the world's top teams has attracted the attention of countless fans, and the Bernabéu Stadium, which can accommodate 8 people, is full of seats.

But when everyone saw the positions of the Real Madrid players on the field, there was an uproar.

"Does Real Madrid have a 532 formation?"

"What does Mourinho want to do? Is he going to learn from those weak teams and drive the bus against Crystal Palace?"

"This is not our Real Madrid. Mourinho is a bastard, he will destroy the team by doing this!"

"Ugly bus tactic, Mourinho get the hell out of the Bernabéu!"

"Damn Real Madrid by doing this, damn Mourinho!"

Before the game even started, some radical Real Madrid fans couldn't bear to attack Mourinho personally.

On the sidelines, although he couldn't understand Spanish, Chen Ran still understood some common international expressions.

This guy is still so maverick and doing his own way.

Chen Ran quietly glanced at Real Madrid's bench, and saw Mourinho standing alone on the sidelines, facing the criticism, with a blank expression on his face.

While secretly admiring it, Chen Ran also knew that Crystal Palace's game would be difficult.

When the referee blew the whistle to start the game, as everyone saw, the Real Madrid team shrank their formation and retreated within their own half.

Except for Benzema who stayed near the center line, even Raul became the first line of defense in the midfield.

Seeing this situation, Chen Ran was naturally not polite.With a big wave of his hand, he immediately called the Crystal Palace players to press on the whole line.

In this way, in front of the [-] fans at the Bernabeu Stadium and countless fans watching the live broadcast of the game around the world, Real Madrid pioneered the bus at their home court.

(End of this chapter)