928 Occasional dreaming
"I want the team to win the league and the European championship. The goal is to win, not to make money. I have other more secure businesses to make money. I'm not going to throw money around, but it's for fun, it means to be successful, to win championships. ”
Abu became the number one man in the Fleet Street chase, and his every word made the headlines, and in addition to the verbal criticism in Russia about whether Abu was transferring property or national betrayal, the British were also suspicious of Abu.
Since it's entertainment, how long will the rich man's interest last?
Abu himself gave the answer.
As soon as Fleet Street came up, he was asked if he would invest in Chelsea for more than 10 years!
Abu replied: "It's hard to say 10 years. Maybe 20 years, 50 years, I see it as a long-term obligation. ”
With his answer, Fleet Street could not put any more pressure on him, and the most realistic questions ensued around Abu and Chelsea.
The team, the team, the team is definitely made up of players, Chelsea is imagining a wonderful future, but with 100 million, 1 billion pounds in cash, it is impossible to realize the dream, it depends on what kind of players you have in the team!
When asked by a reporter which player he would buy first, Abu did not hesitate to say: "Henry! ”
Then, after talking to his assistant, he added, "I like Campbell too." ”
Then, as if remembering his identity, he told reporters: "I won't tell you the names of the other players anymore, because it will increase their value." ”
I have to say that Abu, a tycoon who is not a rich second generation. Words spoken. It feels like walking the talk.
It's like the phrase "it will make them worth more". It sounds cautious, but if you think about it, if he is not going to put it into action, but is bragging, why bother with the matter of worth?
On the other hand, some club owners, presidents, will always shout a list of top star names, which sounds exciting. But in fact, their big words are too level, a little think about it can know the loopholes, the stars in the football circle are like prey, the buyers are like hunters, and there must be a minority to buy with great fanfare, because the more high-profile, the more difficult it is, and only low-key transfers tend to be more smooth. And the sensation created is more effective.
The much-anticipated Chelsea made their first shot in the era of Abou. Failed!
And it was a very embarrassing failure!
Prior to Abou's arrival at Chelsea, Chelsea's Honoured Player Gianfranco Zola decided to return to Italy and sign for his hometown side Cagliari in the second division due to the turmoil in the team.
Abu's first shot was to recall Zola! Even if Zola pays liquidated damages for his contract with Cagliari, Cagliari is equivalent to earning 1.25 million pounds for nothing, while Chelsea is giving Zola a contract with an annual salary of 3 million pounds!
However, Gianfranco Zola turned down Chelsea's call and did not break his contract for financial gain.
Chelsea began to operate in the transfer market, and at the same time, internally, gave players like John Terry a new contract, a generous contract, so that the players could feel the difference of the times, the generosity of the new owner.
In the transfer market, the free signing of Sunderland goalkeeper Marco is a small test.
Soon, Chelsea was making a splash!
A real sensation!
Head coach Claudio Ranieri is down!
Ranieri, who was travelling in France, was swept away by Chelsea before his trip ended.
Instead, Sweden coach Sven Eriksen!
In fact, Abbu met Eriksen a year ago, when he still had some ideas about buying Lazio, and insiders said they had met five times before officially inviting Eriksen to coach at Chelsea!
Eriksen played a name for himself in Serie A, with a "small World Cup" and "world number one league" as the background has a great reputation, when England was selected as a coach, if there was no Aldridge, Eriksen could make the arrogant Englishman bow his head and go to the door to hire, it can be seen that his prestige is not boasted, and he came to coach Chelsea, although it cannot be said to be the top coach, because he can not be equal to Lippi, Capello, Aldridge, Ferguson, Wenger and other coaches, but at least, The ambition that Chelsea has shown to the outside world is that we are working towards the best and building this team with the aim of being at the top!
Chelsea have a new manager, but when it comes to player recruitment, they present an embarrassing situation to the outside world: they have money, but they can't spend it!
On July 5th, a piece of news came out of Millwall, east London, causing a sensation in European football.
Millwall have officially announced that they have received a £50 million bid from a team for Thierry Henry.
At the same time announced: Millwall refuses!
Henry is not for sale!
Millwall did not disclose the information about the club, but the outside world speculated that it was Abu who made a move, spending a lot of money, and being arrogant!
With this move, a new world record for the transfer value of a player will be created!
Transfer information like this is not disclosed by the club.
If you can talk, you can sit down and talk slowly.
If you don't want to talk about it, if you can't talk about it, you should have nothing to do.
But Millwall's external propaganda can easily be interpreted as: ridicule!
Chelsea, what if you have money?
The best of the world's best is not something you can buy with money!
Especially when they took the initiative to release the news, it also represents another kind of confidence, that is, even if Henry learns the news, he has absolute confidence that Henry will not waver!
This is the confidence of the giants!
July 6, evening.
In Chelsea Village, the rooftop of the hotel was quickly converted by Abu into a platform for private jets.
When the lights were on, his private jet flew from afar, landed on the roof of the building with a strong wind, and when the wind stopped, a person got off the plane, and Abu stood at the door of the roof passage with a smile.
Dressed in casual clothes, the visitor strode towards Abu and laughed, "I'm just kidding." Why should you take it seriously? ”
Abu also did not shake hands with the other party. Turn sideways and stretch out your hand. smiled: "It's not true or false, didn't Barnett send me to London like this back then?" It's all trifle, it's not worth mentioning, Andrew, I remember you said you liked Ukrainian cuisine, today I brought in a celebrity chef from Kyiv, dinner is ready, let's go. Don't get drunk tonight. ”
Andrew still has a golf club in his hand, he was playing on the golf course in the afternoon, Abu called him to invite him to dinner, Andrew joked that he would wait for the other party's plane to come, and as a result, a joke, Abujin let the private jet fly to pick up Andrew, which is sincerity.
Walking with Abu from the passage to the inside of the hotel, Andrew played: "I actually miss the beauties of Ukraine more. ”
"Then, let's just fly to Ukraine today. As long as you have time. ”
Abu seems to be in good spirits, and has the boldness of sacrificing his life to accompany the gentleman.
Andrew waved his hand and said, "Haha." It's just nostalgia, nostalgia, you know, I'm married. ”
Abu laughed but didn't say a word.
At the door of the restaurant that was set up, Andrew met Zahavi and threw the golf club in his hand to the other party, Zahavi was confused, and then handed the club to the waiter.
After coming to the table and sitting down, Andrew turned his head to look at Zahavi, who was followed in by them, and Zahavi was stared at by Andrew's calm eyes for three seconds before suddenly realizing.
This dinner is not his share.
He disappeared automatically.
Abu and Andrew tasted the food first, and after eating seven points full, Andrew took the lead in speaking with a wine glass: "Barnett, I, Aldrich, our three brothers, what about the relationship, Roman, you and Aldrich have the least friendship, we can say this kind of thing openly, you should be able to understand that Millwall is Aldrich's alone, Barnett and I will neither interfere in his career, nor can we influence his decision, Millwall refuses Henry's offer, this is a war, RomanMaybe you don't understand, because you don't understand the relationship between Chelsea and Millwall, take 10,000 steps back, you offer 100 million pounds to impress Aldridge, and you can't get Henry, because the transfer fee is not for Henry, and if Henry transfers to Chelsea, he will be hated by all Millwall people, and at the same time, the Qiē he gets in Millwall will be worthless, and the honor he has won in Millwall will be denied by the Millwall club first, and people will no longer remember Henry with a great striker, Only a greedy traitor will be remembered, which is absolutely unacceptable to Henry, in fact, very few great players can accept, especially, Chelsea, who are nothing at the moment, there are just, dreams of hanging gardens, a future that speaks of the mouth, a magnificent pyramid, not a single brick of you has yet to be piled up. ”
Abu didn't care, he waved his hand and said, "I don't care what is written in the newspaper. ”
Yes, what Millwall's humiliation of Chelsea, money is not everything, and quite a few began to laugh at his voice.
Abu doesn't care, for him, in fact, the more right and wrong, the better, and the more controversy, the better, this is the attention, and it is also his dedication to "playing the game" here.
'Andrew, I asked you to come today because I want you to help me with advice, I want Chelsea to be strong and naturally need good players.'
Although Abu has "loved" football, it does not mean that he knows the players in the football circle well, which players are good? He probably only knew some of the more famous people.
However, he firmly believes that money can make the devil grind, like the ice hockey team he built in Russia. It's not just money!
With the level of the Russian ice hockey league, the ice hockey team built by Abu has a total annual salary of more than 15 million US dollars, which is the top league, the level of the North American NHL, how can it not be strong in Russia? It's not an exaggeration to say that if a club in the Japanese league had an average budget in the Premier League or Serie A, they would dominate the Japanese league.
Andrew is also not interested in giving Abu a lesson, anyway, the other party is the boss, and he will definitely not do it himself.
It's just that the selection of players is the owner's pleasure, and Andrew has drawn up a high-quality roster with him and his staff team according to Abu's requirements.
Vieira, Gerrard, Nedved, Dyer, Davies, Duff, Emerson, Geremi, Veron, Rivaldo, Ronaldo, Colwill, Joe Cole, Henry, Ruudney, Raul, Owen, Rooney, Ronaldo, Ronaldo, Vieri, Crespo, Recoba, Cisse, Ibrahimovic, Shevchenko, Kluivert, Mutu
If this "recruitment shortlist" of more than 30 people is made public, Abu's entertainment may shock the entire football world.
Andrew looked at Abu with a smile on his face, as well as the staff members who joined in the fun.
Andrew didn't laugh at them either, he just thought they were probably equating football with ice hockey.
Names like Xiao Luo and Nedved, if Andrew objects, it seems that he will not give Abu face, after all, it is his player, but what about writing it?
Abu and his team were very happy, and they were very excited to talk about the names, as if they had already got their hands on them.
Andrew could only sigh in his heart: it turns out that super rich people also dream occasionally. (To be continued......)