The Young Lion

Perhaps before July of 2003, not many people in the football circle knew who Abramovich was.

But one year back in time, in the spring of 2002, when Millwall faced Barcelona and Real Madrid consecutively in the Champions League match, Abramovich took Barnett's private plane to the Lion King Stadium before the battle. When he was in London, he was greeted by Andrew Hall, who accompanied him to watch the soul-stirring and shocking battle in the stadium.

A year later, when Abramovich came to England to watch football again, the people who greeted Abramovich at the airport were Zahavi and Blackburn coach Souness.

Zahavi, an agent of Israeli nationality, has his figure in the numerous transactions in the English football circle, but only few people know that he is Andrew Hall's queen follower.

Andrew doesn't show up often, and he only wants to see him when some earthquake-level transfers happen, such as when he took four Italian internationals to Milan before the World Cup, and when some other players were traded, he would let others come Come forward, such as the transfer of Ferdinand, Zahavi is the representative that Andrew pushed to the front of the stage.

Andrew probably realized what was going to happen, so starting this spring, he asked Zahavi to keep in touch with Abramovich, and he himself, in order to avoid suspicion, still wanted to earn money, but he didn't want to bring some trouble to Aldrich .

After all, if he is too showy, he will inevitably be involved in some inexplicable right and wrong.

Abramovich came to the UK this year, not to London, but to Manchester. Zahavi took the VIP ticket that Andrew had already prepared, welcomed Abramovich with Souness, and then watched Manchester United and Manchester United at Old Trafford. Great match for Real Madrid.

At the end of April this year. Zahavi held a private meeting with Chelsea's executive director Poch. Issues for discussion include Chelsea's player deals. Finally, a new topic was opened with Chelsea's financial problems. Chelsea needs money, and Zahavi knows a very rich man.

It is no secret in his circle that Abramovich wants to buy a Premier League team.

The status of the United Kingdom in the world itself is there, and the political influence of Manchester, where Manchester United is located, is excluded, and London is the highest.

From the end of April, throughout May, although Abramovich got on the line with Chelsea. But he didn't care.

It's easy to pay.

However, he is a rich man, and he can choose goods slowly.

Unable to buy Millwall, he originally thought that his second choice would be Manchester United, but he was concerned about the turmoil caused by Murdoch's acquisition of Manchester United.

Coupled with the geographical location of Manchester, Abramovich finally chose to give up.

Therefore, his choice is only in London, not even Liverpool.

Arsenal. Tottenham, Chelsea.

Chelsea are last.

Arsenal's situation is too complicated. Apart from the club's majority shareholders, most of the shares are in the hands of conservative Britons.

Abramovich really began to entrust Zahavi to help negotiate the deal, which started with Tottenham.

The representative of the group, Levi, a Jew, had a meeting with Zahavi. When Zahavi asked the other party at what price he hoped to sell the 29.9% of the shares held by the group, Levi, the Jew regarded Abu as Kai The son directly asked for a price of 150 million pounds. In fact, Levi's own valuation was not even 50 million pounds, let alone the total value of Tottenham's stock did not exceed 80 million pounds.

So Abramovich gave up Tottenham again.

Finally, at the end of June, Chelsea’s stock price was still in a slump, and Chelsea, because Betts was hesitant to choose among many choices, seemed to be afraid that he would suffer a loss. When deciding to start talks with Chelsea, it was Chelsea's last choice, or the best of the remaining choices!

However, this was not the best choice from the beginning, because a consortium had bid higher than Abramovich before. Unfortunately, Bates paid a certain price for his greed, but this can be ignored.

Just after seven o'clock on the evening of June 26, in the posh Dorchester pub, a place frequented by the rich and famous, Bates met Abramovich and Abramovich's entourage. They drank mineral water and ate food provided by the bar. The snacks, the talks did not last long, Bates couldn't bear the pressure, and Abramovich is not a stingy person. After only 45 minutes, the two shook hands and the deal was concluded!

The next day, Abramovich and his personal team arrived at Chelsea Village and had a hasty meeting with Chelsea management.

In the past day, Abramovich's funds have been confirmed by Citibank, and the overall acquisition is officially launched!

A hurricane swept through English football. At this decadent and desperate time, the impact brought by Abramovich seemed to reinvigorate the entire English football!

Despair stems from the small teams that keep going bankrupt, no hope in sight, from the fate that Leeds United is still falling, and Chelsea seems to be inevitably sinking!

What people talk about the most is a future that is getting worse and worse. It seems that English football is dying. This has nothing to do with competition, but the survival foundation of a football kingdom is being shaken. Usher in reincarnation one after another, even if they still have strong teams like Millwall, Manchester United, and Arsenal, but if there are no other teams, or other teams are on the pace of decline and death, then Millwall Well, will Manchester United and their lives be the same as they are now?

Because of this, Abramovich seems like a god descending from the earth. His arrival alone changed the fate of a club living in an aristocratic area of ​​London, and made everyone feel desperate. The irreversible situation was reversed by him alone!

And on the second day after he bought Chelsea, the headlines of newspapers on Fleet Street, big and small, all published his photos, and he became a household name. Get known by people all over the world!

He no longer has to hide in the Kremlin as a mysterious figure in the shadow cabinet, although he is in exile in England with his mentor, who is. The former Russian oligarchs were in the same city. But the fate of the two. It is completely different. One, every day, has to worry about being quietly brought back to China by Russian agents for trial. One, can be active in the West with a glamorous identity, and stay away from the center of power in Moscow as a playful tycoon, break free from the shackles, and be free.

one day. Chelsea's stock changed hands more than 270,000 shares, an increase of more than 40%. Before the new news was announced, a total of 127 shares were traded, which caused a shock in the London stock exchange department, and immediately asked the financial services department to investigate and finally recorded There are shareholders in Chelsea who took the opportunity to make huge profits, and 5 of them and 2 companies were blacklisted.

And on July 1st, Chelsea was rescued from the brink of death. Nirvana rebirth!

Although there are still many people in football circles who express concerns: a foreign billionaire privately owns the Chelsea club, in the long run. Not a good thing.

But compared to death, who can live, who would think about the uncertain future?

Abramovich has become the most mysterious and most concerned headlines.

Chelsea ushered in a series of shocks.

Bates got his wish and continued to stay at the club as the chairman, and began to flatter Abramovich, enjoying the ease that he had never enjoyed in the past 21 years even if he was the king of Chelsea in the past 21 years.

Ranieri is on vacation in France and was told by the club director that all transactions are prohibited!

Gudjohnsen got a call from his agent, his father, yes, when he left Millwall two years later, he parted ways with Andrew, and let his father be the agent, so the money won't go out to outsiders Tian, ​​his father told him not to rush to sign the new contract, not even to show his attitude, but to wait and see.

It seems that in the eyes of everyone, a rich man like Abu who spends a lot of money has endless oil and water.

As for Chelsea, from the first day of the Abramovich era, the starting style is completely different from before.

Their goal is ideal and their requirement is perfect.

Everyone at Chelsea started talking about a bright future, putting Chelsea right at the top of Europe as they saw Manchester United, Millwall, Real Madrid, Barcelona, ​​Milan and the rest as contenders.

As Betts said in an interview: It's a wedding in heaven. Let's be honest. I've been running Chelsea frugally. We should have continued that policy, but if we want to be with Millwall To compete with Real Madrid, we need money, a lot of money. With Abramovich behind us financially, we can compete on the world stage, which has always been my dream and why I have always worked hard for the club.

A team that has not had a top league title for 50 years has started to talk about directly participating in the top competition in the green world because of sudden money. Betts, who has been king of Chelsea for 21 years, seems to have not seen the reality clearly.

Abramovich reaffirmed his motivation as he and Betts strolled around Stamford Bridge on his second day in charge of Chelsea.

for entertaining!

He did not put on a noble feeling of living for football and dying for football. He was very simple, which made many diehard fans feel ashamed when they heard the adjective: entertainment.

Like what he did to turn a Russian provincial ice hockey team into the pinnacle of Super League supremacy: entertainment.

In Russia, however, condemnation of Abramovich has come and gone.

The chairman of the Russian Football Association said angrily: Abramovich's money should be invested in Russian sports.

The mayor of Moscow also denounced Abramovich: He betrayed Russia!

However, Abramovich, the person involved, simply ignored these voices. He was once a mysterious person in the shadow cabinet, and he was the closest to the top real power figures in Russia. For entertainment, take the initiative to marginalize yourself and avoid offending the strong man. You must know that there were nearly a hundred Russian oligarchs back then, and now they can still live happily. That is, in addition to embezzling national property, the oligarchs also try to control politics and establish political power. Abramovich came to the West to play with things and lose his mind.

From this day on, modern football has changed.

A long time ago, football was a public welfare activity, representing the honor and spirit of the community.

Before yesterday, football was a commodity, an investment commodity like real estate and stocks.

Starting today, football can become a tool of entertainment for the rich. (to be continued..) ()