Football feast, starting from the acquisition of European clubs

Chapter 403 Low Profile Mourinho

England, Chelsea.

CEO Peter Kenyon also sat down with head coach Carlo Ancelotti to discuss Chen Ran's matter.

Although the 2008-2009 season that just ended, the Chelsea club also had no results, but because Ancelotti's character is not as rebellious as Mourinho's, and the relationship in all aspects is maintained well, so the Chelsea head coach was finally retained. s position.

"Carlo, Chen Ran is now the head coach of the Portuguese national team. This is good news for us. You must take advantage of this rare opportunity."

"If you still can't bring a significant championship trophy to the club next season, Mr. Abramovich's patience may be at its limit."

Hearing Peter Kenyon's reminder, Ancelotti nodded slightly.

"Peter, thank you for speaking for me in front of Mr. Abramovich. If I can't bring the club a championship next season, I will have no face to stay here anymore."

"Carlo, apart from Crystal Palace, clubs like Manchester United, Liverpool, and Manchester City should also pay attention. According to the information I got, these clubs are also preparing to make a big fight because of Chen Ran's decision."

"Especially Liverpool and Manchester City, they have just replaced rich new owners and are in the stage of spending money like crazy. The strength of the team is likely to show explosive growth in a short period of time, you must not underestimate them .”

Chen Ran did not expect that one of his decisions would affect so many clubs.

He is now busy arranging the next work of the Crystal Palace club, and then he will immediately call the Portuguese national team for training to prepare for the next South Africa World Cup European qualifiers.

"Louis, the annual summer transfer period is coming soon. It's still the old rules, mobilize all your eyeliners."

"Now that the owners of Premier League clubs are getting richer, we must prevent them from reaching out to our Crystal Palace."

"If there is any trouble, you must inform me immediately. When I am not in the Crystal Palace, you must help me take care of my home, understand?"

"Okay, Chen, don't worry, I will keep an eye on those guys."

Fatty Louis changed his usual laughing and joking, and nodded with a serious face.

"One more thing, you send someone to the Le Havre club in France, find a 16-year-old kid named Paul Pogba, and bring him back to Crystal Palace."

"Pogba? 16 years old? Chen, have you found a good seed again?"

Fatty Louis' eyes lit up when he heard about the transfer.

"Yes, this is also a very talented kid. Be quick, don't be snatched by other clubs."

"Understood, I'll deal with it right away."

After assigning tasks to Little Fatty Louis, Chen Ran turned to look at the butler of the Crystal Palace Club who was sitting beside him.

"Stephen, I'm afraid I don't have the time and energy to take care of this year's International Champions Cup, so I'll leave everything to you."

"Don't worry, Chen, this is not the first time we have held the International Champions Cup. Everyone knows what to do. Leave this year's International Champions Cup to me."

After explaining to Stephen and Little Fatty Louis, Chen Ran called Southgate and Simeone to the office.

"Diego, Gareth, for the next period of time I will focus on the Portuguese national team. Therefore, I intend to leave everything about Crystal Palace's preparations for the new season and participation in the International Champions Cup to you two. to take charge."

Hearing what Chen Ran said, Southgate and Simeone glanced at each other.Somewhat surprised, but not surprised either.

"Boss, are you really going to leave it all to the two of us?"

Southgate asked a little nervously.

"That's right. I'll leave you a training plan, and you just follow it."

"That's good, I thought you really let go of Crystal Palace. If the pre-season preparations are not done well and affect the team's performance next season, then the two of us will be more guilty."

Seeing that Chen Ran didn't really care about anything, Southgate was relieved.

"The two of you are discussing how to deal with something. If it's really difficult to decide, you can call me. In the International Champions Cup, the two of you will take turns directing. This is also a good opportunity to exercise your coaching ability, understand?"

"Understood, boss."

When Chen Ran was busy arranging various affairs of the Crystal Palace, an old friend whom he hadn't seen for a long time suddenly came to the door.

"Jorge, the summer transfer period is coming soon, why do you have time to come to me now?"

Chen Ran knew very well that Mendes should be very busy now, and he would not come to the Crystal Palace if there was no important matter.

Does this guy want to give Ronaldo a raise again?Thinking of this, Chen Ran felt a little unhappy in his heart.

After all, the Crystal Palace club just raised Ronaldo's annual salary last year.If Mendes still asks for a raise this time, it will be greedy.

Seemingly sensing Chen Ran's unfriendly gaze, Mendes quickly stated the purpose of his visit to the Crystal Palace club today.

"Chen, you have now become the head coach of the Portuguese national team. I wonder if the candidate for the assistant coach has been confirmed?"

"Assistant coach?"

Chen Ran was taken aback for a moment, this question from Mendes was really beyond his expectation.

However, he immediately realized that this guy would definitely not come here to discuss this topic with him for no reason.

"Jorge, do you have anyone to recommend to me?"

Chen Ran has a lot of things waiting for him to deal with now, but he has no time to go around slowly with Mendes.

"Haha, Chen, you really know me well. I have a candidate. He used to be coach Robson's assistant, and then he has been Jose's assistant for six years."

"The most important point is that although he is Portuguese, he can speak English very well. Maybe he can help you as the head coach of the Portuguese national team, so I have the cheek to recommend it to you."

"You mean Boas?"

"Er Chen, I didn't expect you to know Andre."

Mendes froze for a moment, and looked at Chen Ran in surprise.

"Haha, Jorge, there is an old saying in Huaguo, which is 'know yourself and know your enemy, and you can win a hundred battles.' Mourinho was my competitor before, so of course I have to understand the situation around him."

Chen Ran smiled slightly, put on a calm look, and pretended a little.

"So that's the case. Chen, it's no wonder you won so many championships. You can't accept it." Mendes couldn't help sighing.

"Since it is Villas-Boas, there is no problem. You go back and tell him that I will propose to the Portuguese Football Association to hire him as my assistant coach."

"Great. Chen, thank you very much, Andre will definitely not let you down."

Chen Ran, who is a reborn person, still knows something about the coach Boas.

This guy is said to have become the assistant of England's legendary coach Robson at the age of 17, and later as Mourinho's assistant, all the way from Porto to Chelsea to Inter Milan.

However, although Boas's starting point is similar to Mourinho's, his subsequent achievements are far from being comparable to Mourinho's.

When Chen Ran was reborn, Mourinho was still coaching the Roma Club, but Boas, who was 14 years younger than Mourinho, could only stay at home.

Therefore, Chen Ran didn't mind being a favor and helping Mendes cultivate his clients.

Because he knew very well in his heart that Boas's upper limit was at most a low-profile version of Mourinho, which did not pose any threat to him.

After arranging the affairs of the Crystal Palace, Chen Ran immediately flew to Lisbon, Portugal.He has issued a call-up order in advance to gather his selected Portuguese national team players to prepare for the World Cup qualifiers in the near future.

And Boas, who received the news from Mendes, also quickly signed a contract with the Portuguese Football Association.After saying goodbye to Mourinho, he rushed from Madrid to Lisbon to join Chen Ran.

The Portuguese players selected by Chen Ran this time are not much different from Queiroz before.

Although Portugal is only a small country, its football youth training system is very complete.

After countless times of screening, capable players are on the bright side, and basically there are no fish that slip through the net.

Forwards: Ronaldo, Quaresma, Simão, Nuno Gomez, Almeida, Postiga;
Midfielders: Deco, Nani, Moutinho, Meireles, Petit, Veloso;

Defenders: Pepe, Carvalho, Andrade, Coentrao, Ricardo Costa, Duda, Miguel, Bosingwa, Paulo Ferreira, Bruno Alves, Mela, Rolando;
Goalkeepers: Eduardo, Fernandez, Beto.

Looking at the list of players in front of him, Chen Ran really couldn't understand how Queiroz led the Portuguese national team to such a poor record.

"Mr. Chen, all the players have arrived, and now we are waiting for you to go to the meeting."

Boas walked into Chen Ran's office at the Portuguese training base and reminded him.

Today, Chen Ran, the new head coach of the Portuguese national team, met his players for the first time.

When Chen Ran walked into the meeting room, under the leadership of Ronaldo and Pepe, all the Portuguese players in the room gave a standing ovation.

Seeing Ronaldo winking at him non-stop, Chen Ran knew it was the kid who did it.

No way, although Ronaldo is young, he has won countless championship trophies as a core player of Crystal Palace in the past few years, and now he seems to be the top figure in the Portuguese national team.

Even some old players gave him some face.

The current Chen Ran is not a rookie when he first took over the Crystal Palace.He serves as the head coach of the Portuguese national team, and no player is unconvinced.

Walking up to the podium with a smile on his face, Chen Ran looked around at the players in the room.

"Hi everyone, I am Chen Ran, and I will be your head coach from today on."

"I believe that everyone is not satisfied with our team's current results. Time is running out, so I won't talk nonsense."

"I set myself two short-term goals, one is to lead Portugal to get tickets for the World Cup in South Africa; the other is to at least reach the semi-finals of the World Cup in South Africa."

"If these two goals are not fulfilled, I will take the initiative to resign and leave."

Before Chen Ran could finish speaking, the whole conference room was already erupting.

Chen Ran's doing this is equivalent to driving himself to a dead end, which is too ruthless.

The Portuguese players sitting below looked at each other in blank dismay. They had already heard of Chen Ran's name.But today's first close contact still gave them a huge shock.

A player sitting next to Ronaldo came over and asked in a low voice: "Chris, is your boss so cruel to you?"

Ronaldo was also a little dumbfounded at this time, and he didn't expect Chen Ran to amplify his moves as soon as he came up.

"Ahem, actually, the boss is usually easy to get along with."

It's a pity that no one believes Ronaldo's explanation now.

Damn, how can a man who is so cruel to himself be easy to get along with?Are you cheating on ghosts?
Chen Ran's unexpected move quickly paid off.

In the following training, the Portuguese players strictly followed Chen Ran's tactical requirements and implemented them without compromise, which gave Chen Ran the illusion that he was still in the Crystal Palace.

Standing next to Chen Ran, Boas, who had witnessed all this, couldn't help secretly admiring him in his heart.

Chen Ran deserves to be the top coach in today's football, he begged Mendes to be his assistant coach, it was really the right time.

After about a week of training, Portugal ushered in the sixth round of the European qualifiers for the World Cup in South Africa. This time, they will go away to challenge Albania.

There are a total of ten rounds in the group stage. Portugal is still seven points behind No.2 Hungary. The task is arduous.

Because Albania is the second weakest team in this group, only a little stronger than Malta, so even if it is an away game, Chen Ran still has a starting lineup that focuses on offense.

Left winger Simão, center Ronaldo, right winger Quaresma

Central midfielder Moutinho, Central midfielder Deco, Central midfielder Meireles

Left back Coentrao, center back Carvalho, center back Pepe, right back Bosingwa

goalkeeper eduardo
Although it was just an ordinary World Cup qualifier, due to Chen Ran's reasons, this game still attracted the attention of many people all over the world.

Thousands of miles away in China, there was an unprecedented discussion of a match unrelated to the Crystal Palace in the post bar of the Crystal Palace.

"Brothers, did you watch the match between Portugal and Albania?"

"Damn it! Why is the time of this game the same as the Champions League? You have to stay up late again?"

"I've set the alarm clock. I want to see if Chen Ran is as good as Crystal Palace when he leads the Portuguese national team."

"Did you drink too much upstairs? Can the Portuguese national team be compared with the Crystal Palace? The Crystal Palace is composed of the world's top players. Apart from Ronaldo, who else in Portugal can play the main role in the Crystal Palace?"

"Because of this, isn't it better to reflect Chen Ran's coaching ability?"

"Huh? What the upstairs said makes sense. Then I'll get up and watch the game."

"Haha, watch together, watch together."

(End of this chapter)