Although Stamford Bridge is located in London's wealthy West End, it is surrounded by old, traditional houses.

Everyone knows that Roman Abramovich's purchase of Chelsea is actually a big loss.

Why?

Most of the Premier League's home stadiums are in the hands of the clubs, but Chelsea's Stamford Bridge stadium is in the hands of a company called the Chelsea Owners' Committee.

This has to be a piece of history.

Stamford Bridge was originally built to be loaned to Fulham, but Fulham did not use it, so the owners formed Chelsea Football Club to use the stadium.

In the 70s, Chelsea were on the verge of bankruptcy and had to transfer ownership of Stamford Bridge to Mahler Estate, a well-known London property developer, and later to Khafra.

In the hands of real estate companies, Stamford Bridge was even slightly turned into a shopping mall and department store.

It wasn't until Ken Bates bought Chelsea for a symbolic £1 that he worked with banks to redeem Stamford Bridge in 1992, and in 1997 he bought ownership of Stamford Bridge by setting up a Chelsea owners' committee to raise money from fans.

In other words, after Abramovich bought Chelsea, he was depressed to find that the stadium was not included!

It's even more disgusting than a man marrying a woman and finding out buy one get one free.

At the time, Chelsea's training ground was just north of Heathrow Airport, in a tattered place that almost resembled an amateur team.

This incident has always been a warning throughout the Premier League.

That is, the water of investing in football is too deep!

Eleven years after the Chelsea acquisition, Abramovich has been dealing with the owners' committee all the time.

He wanted to buy back ownership of Stamford Bridge, but the owners' committee refused to sell it.

Okay, don't sell it, right? Can't I move?

If you can't afford to provoke you, can't you still hide?

Abramovich wanted to 'open Stamford Bridge, he found the land for the original power plant on the south bank of the Thames, wanted to buy it and build a new stadium, but the owners' committee said they had signed an agreement with the club that if Abramovich moved out of Stamford Bridge, he would no longer be able to use the Chelsea name.

This is not only a cheat, but even the ancestors!

Okay, don't sell, okay, don't move, okay, your uncle, I can always expand, right?

Sorry, no!

Why?

First of all, Stamford Bridge is surrounded by residential buildings, and there is no place to expand unless the residential buildings are relocated, but in the West End of London, where every inch of land is at a premium, how much does it cost to acquire such a large piece of land?

Besides, although the Chelsea Stadium is here, the surrounding area is not a gathering place for Chelsea fans.

If there were rival fans, it would be a ......

Well, think of Manchester City demolishing and tearing down Manchester United fans' homes for a training base.

Also, the most important point is that the surrounding area is a residential area, and the expansion is too loud and not environmentally friendly, so it will definitely not be approved.

Therefore, the expansion and relocation of Chelsea's Stamford Bridge stadium has been mentioned almost every year, but it has been stranded every year.

In addition, the surrounding area is not very convenient, and it is not even as good as the Craven Farm Course in Fulham.

You don't have to think about the subway station or anything, even the bus stop is far away, and the fans come to watch the game, which is really inconvenient.

Add to that the fact that Chelsea's results have not been satisfactory in recent times, and they are now in the bottom half of the table, while Mourinho's style of management is not pleasant, and the Blues' home attendance is also declining.

So far this season, seven games have been played in the Premier League, with Chelsea with two wins, two draws and three defeats, sitting in 14th place in the Premier League.

This is a poor record compared to the Blues' glory days, but it is normal when compared to the last two seasons, after all, Chelsea have been in the middle and bottom of the table in the last two seasons.

The only pleasing game of the season was a 2-0 win over Arsene Wenger Arsenal at home last time out.

But if you go back further, it is a 2-1 upset at home to Crystal Palace and a 2-2 draw at home to Swansea.

As for the away game, a 0-3 loss to Manchester City and a 1-3 loss to Everton were both naked defeats.

Jose Mourinho had another miserable start to the season after a terrible season, and almost as soon as he started the league game, he was greeted with boos from the fans at Stamford Bridge.

There is news that Abramovich finally can't take it anymore and Mourinho could be out of class at any time.

But, who knows?

With the defeat of Chelsea's remnants now, in the face of the wolf-like Saints, fans also know how many chances they have.

So, even if it was a home game, in fact, on the day of the game, the Stamford Bridge stadium looked very deserted.

It's not that it's nobody, it's just that the ball market doesn't seem to be hot.

Even, if one counts them out, they may find that there are not necessarily fewer Saints fans in red and white quiver shirts than Chelsea fans in blue jerseys.

What happened in front of Stamford Bridge, as in a normal home game, was the case with fans gleefully discussing the arrival of the Saints, who might not have been Blues fans, but had come for the star-studded Saints.

Or maybe they are mechanically walking into the stadium in mind, they are the hardcore of the saints, watching the game is a habit, and losing the game has become numb.

'According to the data we have from Stamford Bridge, the 2-0 win over Arsenal at home last time out, and the star-studded Saints, this home game could reach a new high in the last two seasons, with more than 30,000 fans entering the stadium.

Sky TV's film crew was filming the pre-match warm-up when reporters appeared at the entrance to Stamford Bridge.

'Now that Chelsea have arrived early on the pitch and started their warm-ups, Mourinho says the team will continue their unbeaten run in the last two rounds of fixtures and will be sniping at the Saints at home.

'But based on the feedback from the fans before the game and the odds offered by the bookmakers, it was clear that most people were not optimistic about Chelsea because the Saints have been so good this season.

"However, two or three days ago, there were media reports that Messi, who just joined the Saints this summer, wanted to return to Barcelona before the winter break because he had not been able to play for a long time, and the Barcelona media also said that they were ready to take Messi back."

"Although the Saints have repeatedly refuted the rumors, for the Saints who are now in full swing, there is really not much difference whether there is Messi or not, and even many Saints fans feel that the heavy investment in Messi is purely for commercial considerations."

At that moment, the camera focused on the narrow road at Stamford Bridge.

"We saw the Saints' buses coming."

"Southampton is about an hour's drive from London, so this time, the Saints didn't arrive in London early, but stepped on the timing of the game and set off from Southampton."

"Let's go over and see now!"

Sky TV, as the Premier League's most important broadcaster, has a privilege that no other media outlet has, which is to enter the players' tunnel and even follow them outside the dressing room.

As the red-and-white arrow-striped bus slowly pulled up to the entrance of the players' tunnel at Stamford Bridge, the doors slowly opened and manager Carlo Ancelotti stepped out of the car.

"This is the head coach of the Saints, Carlo Ancelotti of Italy, with a pair of glasses around his neck, is it really worrying, can he see everything that is happening on the pitch when he directs the game?"

As Carlo Ancelotti got out of the car, the players also walked out of the car one after another.

Many of the Saints fans had already formed a circle, chanting the names of each player as they were stopped by security at Stamford Bridge, and the players all greeted the fans when they heard the movement.

One by one, the players stepped out of the car, and all of them went straight into the tunnel of the players.

But just when everyone thought it was over, suddenly a figure flashed in front of the car door, and a short figure walked down from the car, and everyone at the scene was stunned.

was stunned for two or three seconds, and then the audience erupted in a burst of cheers like thunder.

"Messi! Messi!! Messi !! ”

Sky TV's location hosts were also dumbfounded, "Oh my God, Messi, we saw Messi!" ”

"Ladies and gentlemen, did you see that? We saw Messi get out of the car! ”

"This means that Messi is on the eighteen-man roster for this game, which will be the first time this season!"

"Messi, the world's number one superstar, has been kept cold by the Saints since his transfer to Southampton, and there have been rumors from the outside world, and there are even rumors that Messi wants to return to Barcelona because he can't get the chance to play."

"But now, we see that Messi is finally in the squad for the game!"

"The Saints fans at the scene were frantically shouting Messi's name, oh my God, this is surprising, there was no news before, Messi actually entered the squad!"

"The fans are crazy, Messi is still as shy as ever, and after saying hello to the fans, he went into the players' tunnel, but we can all clearly see that the fans are excited."

"Yes, Messi is finally going to play for the Saints, and after three months of anticipation from fans all over the world, Messi is finally going to play for the Saints after a long absence, and this will be his first game in the Premier League."

"Oh my God, Messi has entered the players' tunnel, but the fans at the entrance of the tunnel still refuse to disperse for a long time, many fans who have heard the news are crowded at the entrance, they want to see Messi, will the Argentine superstar really play?"

"If Messi plays for the Saints in this game, will he make the already unstoppable Saints even more powerful? Or will it disrupt the rhythm and pace of the Saints' winning streak? ”

"No one knows the answer!"

"It's as if there are countless people who doubt that Messi will follow in the footsteps of superstars such as Veron and Shevchenko and become another shining superstar in the Premier League, but the Saints are full of confidence in this issue, and manager Carlo Ancelotti has said that Messi will succeed in Southampton."

"Now, Messi is about to play for the Saints, and perhaps, the questions we and the fans have to worry about will be answered soon."

With the arrival of the Southampton players at Stamford Bridge, the game is about to begin.

More and more fans gathered at the stadium, and when they heard that Southampton had arrived and that Messi would be playing for the Saints, they all rushed to Stamford Bridge.

Even media reporters who didn't care much about it came to Stamford Bridge at this time to buy tickets to enter.

Messi's Premier League debut, which is a rare sight, will definitely be the headline of tomorrow, who wants to miss it?

For a while, no one expected that it would drive the attendance rate of Stamford Bridge.