Chapter 190: The Transfer Storm
Regarding the skirmish between Abou and Mourinho, the elder Lei learned all the details through Guò Mendes a few days later. This sudden news made him a little dazed, but it didn't make him feel much surprise. Knowing the personalities of Abou and Mourinho, he already knew that these two equally powerful people could work together for a long time. But what he didn't expect was that the conflict would suddenly come when they were just climbing to the top.
After understanding this qiē, I don't know why, Lao Lei suddenly had a hunch that neither he nor Mourinho would stay at Chelsea for a long time, at least not long enough for them to really create a dynasty. Such a prediction is also somewhat of a blow to Lao Lei, who originally planned to stay at Chelsea for a long time. Previously, he was leaving Leiria and Porto because that stage was too small for his development. And there are no such reasons and reasons for Chelsea, even if it is not a traditional world-class giant, but it has all the ingredients to become a new giant. The founder and creator of a big club is one of the biggest reasons to attract Lao Lei to Chelsea.
These doubts and doubts, although they did not make Lao Lei have the idea of leaving. But it is like a seed buried deep in Lao Lei's heart, as long as there is the right time and environment, it may bloom a flower called parting. However, these are still things for the future, unless Abbu and Mourinho are crazy, otherwise they will not tear down the treble team they have just put all their heart and soul into to build. What's more, no one knows what the future will be, Lao Lei comforted himself with this reason.
In fact, after knowing the news, Lao Lei discussed with Mendes whether he should come forward to adjust the contradiction between Abu and Mourinho. One is his football mentor, the other is the president of the club he admires very much, and if he can, he still hopes that they can avoid any conflicts. However, the decision was vetoed by Mendes. And in the following conversation, Mendes also gave enough reasons to convince Lao Lei, "Two lions can keep balance, but three tigers cannot."
However, persuasion is persuasion, and in the next period of time, Lao Lei is still very troubled by these messy things. But then, Lao Lei found out that this was not the most nerve-wracking thing for him. Faced with Kayla, who hurried back with deep exhaustion after finishing work, Old Ray suddenly didn't know how to deal with it. Looking at Kayla with an apologetic and worried face, he suddenly felt that he had become a scumbag, whether he took the initiative or not. "I knew that two women must be a nuisance to death." The superstars on the football field are in deep distress.
Fortunately, Kayla put all her thoughts on Lao Lei's right foot injury, otherwise, Lao Lei's abnormality is estimated to be difficult to escape her sensitive eyes as a girlfriend. But I just don't know how long Lao Lei can keep this secret, whether it's a month, a year, or a lifetime.
At this time, Lao Lei suddenly found that his life and work had planted the seeds of a serious crisis overnight. And compared to this, the honor of the Triple Crown is more like a limited-term painkiller, and its effect is really limited. Faced with this mess of troubles, Lao Lei began to spend more time in the gym and medical room, and chose to escape again as before.
While Ray was busy healing his injury, Chelsea's transfer work was well underway. To the relief of all Premier League teams, Chelsea's performance in this summer transfer window is finally not so crazy, and they no longer have to worry about when their core players and stars will suddenly be taken by Chelsea. However, this is only a comparison of Chelsea's transfer fees in the last two seasons, and Chelsea's overall investment in transfers is still among the best in the Premier League.
For £24.4 million, the 23-year-old Ghanaian beast Essien has officially landed at Stamford Bridge, which is Chelsea's transfer bid for the season. It is said that Arsene Wenger and Arsenal also took a fancy to him before the transfer was finalized, but in the end, it was Chelsea who won with more money. For this reason, Arsene Wenger's criticism of Chelsea for disrupting the transfer market has renewed. Between him and Jose Mourinho, there was once again a war of words that attracted the attention of the entire English football world. The discussion about Jinyuan football and traditional football is once again in the dust.
However, this is not about Lao Lei, the only reason for him to pay attention to this is that it can be part of his daily jokes. I have to say that he is still very concerned about the content of the war of words between Mourinho and other managers. It's one of the few things that would make him smile in normal times.
On top of that, the good news for Ray is that he will welcome another former Porto comrade at Chelsea, and that is Maniche. The former Porto treble champion returned to Dynamo Moscow in Russia for the second season after the departures of Lao Lei and Mourinho. The veteran Russian had planned to retire all the time, but a phone call from Mourinho raised his ambitions again. He will play on loan for Chelsea in all competitions for the 05/06 season. Regardless of Maniche's current strength and form, his arrival is a rare piece of good news for Lao Lei, who has been in trouble recently.
Not everyone is bullish on the deal, though. Due to the immense glory of last season's treble, any movement in the transfer market by Chelsea now will attract the attention of the entire English football scene, and indeed European football. Maniche's loan has sparked a lot of ridicule from the media that have a bad view of Chelsea. The Sun even commented: "Chelsea have brought in a dressing room helper, a water cooler manager for a certain Portuguese kid. For this, they will pay the most expensive water worker salary in fact. ”
In the end, when these criticisms and public opinion intensified, Lao Lei, who was in retreat and treatment, had to come out and speak. Moreover, his counter-attack continued his usual style, saying: "This 'pensioner' player is going to be the champion player next season, and I don't know anyone who has any reason to compare him to those players who have not won a championship. As soon as Lao Lei's map cannon was released, it caused a wide repercussion, and the voice of English football who did not like him was once again strongly criticized him.
But at the same time, the focus of the media on Maniche has gradually shifted to Lao Lei, and this is exactly what Lao Lei wants. For him, as long as it is for the sake of the people he likes or has a close relationship with, and it is within the scope of law and morality, he will do and say anything, regardless of what others will think of it or how it will be affected. As for the responses and reactions of others, Old Ray had only read it once at the dinner with Maniche, in the perspective of jokes. After that, he didn't look at it again.
After Maniche and Essien, Chelsea have made several more acquisitions. Among them, Athletic Bilbao defender Del Orno, Manchester City's winger Wright Jr. and Le Havre's Diarra, the three together cost Chelsea a total of £32 million. After that, Jose Mourinho publicly announced that Chelsea's transfer door was officially closed in the summer and that there would be no more deals.
There have been mixed reviews of Chelsea's quick and concise transfer moves this summer, with some arguing that Chelsea have been wise enough to opt for reinforcements in a few positions rather than disrupting the Treble-winning squad and structure. Others believe that Chelsea's transfer is too conservative and has not brought much reinforcement to the team. Overall, though, there is a consensus that Chelsea will still be one of the strongest teams in European football next season, the favourites and alternates for the title of the tournament.
In addition, while Chelsea continue to strengthen themselves, their opponents are constantly recovering and preparing to make a comeback in the new season, or replace them. With the idea of knowing oneself and knowing one's opponent and not being defeated in a hundred battles, Lao Lei is also quite concerned about this in his spare time for treatment. In terms of the Premier League, Manchester United's reinforcements have caught his attention the most, as Ferguson has been very pragmatic.
Van der Sar, Park Ji-sung, and the still rumored Nemanja Vidic and Evra, looking at these names, Lao Lei has a hunch of how much improvement the Red Devils' defense will be next season. "Sure enough, the one who should be most vigilant should be the old man with a red nose, what a difficult old man." Lao Lei couldn't help but comment in his heart.
In addition to Manchester United, several other teams, such as Arsenal, Liverpool and Everton, etc., are not too careless, and from the perspective of their transfer operations, he will give their manager a failing evaluation.
Liverpool's transfer eyes are still focused on local players in England, and the power of the "household registration book" and the backwardness of England's local youth training make them continue to do the useless work of "taking money to waste".
Arsenal, on the other hand, continue to have to pay for their new stadium, and while Ray thinks the young players in their squad such as Cesc Fabregas are very good, they don't think they can immediately become the backbone of the championship team. They belong to the future, they can't give Arsenal and Thierry Henry the present they need. Thinking of the gradual decline of the Gunners, Ray even has a bold guess that Thierry Henry will eventually leave Arsenal for this.
Finally, the actions of teams such as Everton show that they are very content with the status quo and have no intention or ability to take the team to the next level. At the stage the team is at the moment, it is already the highest in their minds. In this regard, Lao Lei is very sure that such a team is hardly a threat to Chelsea, at most it is just a qualified spoiler.
"Ahh I'm really looking forward to next season!! After closing the transfer news page, Lao Lei stood up and sighed while stretching his waist.
"Don't be as simple as this season!" R1152