In the stands at Stamford Bridge in Chelsea's home game against Newcastle United, an old Chelsea acquaintance caught everyone's attention, and Chelsea fans and players saw that familiar figure again five months later. Under the once familiar rhythm, the madman was expressionless, and Grant, who was seated on the away team's seat, was like sitting on pins and needles!

Mourinho spoke to the media six hours before the game and his comments must have struck a nerve with Grant, who believes the Blues would have been at the top of the Premier League had not left Chelsea in the first place. In addition, the madman's words also mean that Grant's Chelsea is less bloody than his Chelsea, saying that the current Chelsea is flashy.

In fact, this game, and Chelsea's watch throughout the season, proved that Mourinho was not deliberately provoking.

Under Grant's leadership, the Blues are now hardly able to play a bloody game, not to mention that they will not turn the game around, and the once impregnable Stamford Bridge has become a blessed place to give points to opponents. It's fair to say that Grant's makeover of Chelsea is a bit overkill.

What exactly is Chelsea's problem? I'm afraid the most important thing is the ball-control tactics pursued by Grant, that is, the so-called "attacking" transformation. This change only made people shine in the autumn, and now it seems that there are three sins: the style of play is too soft, the team is not fighting power, and the players have lost their enthusiasm for the game. In order to cater to Abu's beautiful football, Grant had his team work on the ball first, but the end result of doing so was. There were beautiful numbers in the air, and the opponents began to lose their former awe in front of the Blues.

Now that Mourinho has returned to London, the media will naturally not let the 'madman' go lightly. What topic is most striking right now? Naturally, the results of the World Footballer of the Year selection have just been announced.

Kaka won by a slim one-point win over Jonk, which intensified the bicker over who was the one who deserves to lift the World Footballer of the Year trophy.

'Kaka is good and everybody would be happy to have a player like that.' Mourinho said, "But if I had to vote, I would choose Jonker. Because. Personally, Jonker is a bit better, I'm the head coach. Truth be told, Jonk is the player any manager dreams of. ”

The former head coach who is at home is still so individual and makes no secret of his preferences. However, his subsequent words. It caused an uproar. "I have a gut feeling that Jonker will still be my player, and that day won't be too long."

'When I was at AC Milan, I had the opportunity to bring him to Chelsea and unfortunately missed that opportunity. That's one of the things I regret most during my tenure as Chelsea manager, if not. Chelsea have already won the Champions League, not the lessons. Mourinho was full of regret.

This immediately drove the reporters on the scene crazy?

What does that mean? Is Jose Mourinho going to coach Manchester United? Or is the madman extending an invitation to Jonker? Considering that Mourinho is now at home, anything could come up, so the media is more inclined to the former.

For a time, Mourinho was Sir Alex Ferguson's chosen successor, and the storm began to sweep the UK!

The old man has repeatedly said that he is about to retire, and Mourinho is the favorite candidate for Ferguson's successor predicted by the British media.

For Manchester United's legendary manager, Jose Mourinho's words are full of respect. Speaking to the Mirror, Mourinho said: "There is only one special coach in the world, and he is Alex Ferguson. His life has been dedicated to football, and Manchester United is his forever home. I can't imagine football without Alex Ferguson, although I know he's going to retire one day. ”

'It's very difficult to be a good manager at a club like Manchester United because you always have to keep a title mentality. Alex Ferguson is a great coach like no other, and he deserves the respect of each and every one of us. Mourinho continued. Jose Mourinho is at the top of the list of candidates for Alex Ferguson's successor in the British media, while Everton boss David Moyes and Barcelona coach Pep Guardiola are also seen as favourites. Mourinho has made no secret of his interest in taking charge of Manchester United.

Mourinho said: 'Like Chelsea, a job at Manchester United is something that a lot of people want and I'm no exception. But not everyone can be as successful as Alex Ferguson. I also hope to reach the heights of Ferguson and if there is one that I can be his successor, I think I will give it my all, it is a challenging job and I look forward to having that opportunity in the future. ”

However, the media has also noticed that Mourinho is not just a potential next home, there is also a suitor, that is, Inter Milan.

Whether it is Inter Milan or AC Milan, these two teams have a habit of introducing stars with the color of the city's rivals, although Jonk has only played for AC Milan for one season, but he still has great influence in the hearts of Milan fans, not to mention, Jonk himself is a superstar, is one of the greatest goalscorers in football, if Jonk can join Inter Milan, it can not only enhance the strength of the team, but also be able to hit the city rivals.

This is the kind of thing that Inter Milan president Moratti is absolutely happy to do.

Although Mourinho did not say this, it really made the Chinese media very excited.

The media has completely linked the whole incident, the next home is Inter Milan, and Mourinho's subtext is that he wants to bring in Jonk to coach, which seems so reasonable.

If Jonker goes to Inter Milan, it is also a good choice. Inter Milan have a huge number of fans in China, and these fans are definitely much more than Manchester United fans.

In China, the number of fans of AC Milan and Inter Milan is quite large, even some AC Milan fans, for Jonker's 'possible joining' of Inter Milan, is also complicated, they do not want this to happen, but also feel that Jonk left Manchester United. It's best to join the giants again.

This is a very strange phenomenon, the recognition of Serie A by Chinese fans is not something that the Premier League can catch up with in a day or two, but emerging fans still respect Manchester United very much. But there is another problem that a large part of Huaxia fans are following in the footsteps of Jonker, that is, which club Jonk goes to, which club this part of the fans will support.

This phenomenon is rare in world football, which also has a certain relationship with the current situation of Chinese football.

They are supporting Jonker's dream of creating a No.25 legend at Manchester United. But more fans still hope that Jonk can make a big slam in all leagues, albeit with some YY. But in fact, in his previous year in Serie A, Jonk did miss the title of Serie A champion, and the Premier League champion Jonk is not lacking.

Because Mourinho's words were about Jonker, so. The response of the media in Huaxia was quite swift. Almost that night, the news broke on the Internet in China that 'Mourinho invited Jonk to join Inter Milan and Moratti's father was going to make a move'.

The news came out of the Inter Milan Bar, and just from the title, you can see that the poster's excitement is overflowing.

I don't know why, after saying this, the next day, before leaving Manchester and returning to Portugal, Mourinho was interviewed by the media. He 'overturned' his own remarks yesterday.

"I never said that I had to bring in Jonker to coach Inter, I said to be his coach. This is because I accepted the invitation to be the coach of the 'Jonker Friends Team', and Jonk will definitely be my player and will definitely attend the 'Jonk Friends Team' and the Park Ji-sung Friends Team. ”

Later, Mourinho said another thing that made people speculate too much, "Of course, there is no manager who doesn't want to have a star like Joonke......"

The Times also highlighted Jose Mourinho's return to England to watch Chelsea's match against Newcastle in the article...... The most special one is back, he only stayed in London for two days, and it is clear that Grant will not like some of what his predecessor has to say, and Manchester United will be wary, although there is no evidence that there is a link between Jonk and Inter Milan, but what of those high-impact transfers in history will have a trace of before they succeed? Jonker's arrival at Manchester United from AC Milan last summer was breaking news in itself......

Because it's now in the winter break, this also makes people talk about this matter even more.

Manchester United responded in the first place, "...... Jonker is a player for Manchester United and we also think that Mr Mourinho's words were a tribute to the number 25 and nothing else, in fact, as far as we know, Jonk is very happy at Manchester United and the United fans have nothing to worry about. ”

On 17 January 2008, Manchester United played Birmingham City at home, the twenty-first round of the league.

Manchester United won 2-0 at home to Birmingham City, with Jonker opening the scoring in the first half for the Reds, his 21st goal in the Premier League this season.

Manchester United's win over Birmingham City was not big news, with the game in focus at half-time.

At halftime, Jonker came out of the locker room ahead of his teammates, came to the sidelines, and walked over to reporters on the sidelines, where he picked up the microphone from one of the reporters and gave a speech.

This is also the refutation of the rumors in the media about his departure from Manchester United in the past two days. Speaking of which, Jonker is both a little laughing and a little unhappy about Mourinho dragging himself into this transfer scandal.

'Every transfer window, there are some rumours about my future and I don't need to say anything, but I feel it's important to say something, Manchester United are doing well at the moment and I don't want that good momentum to suffer...... I'm happy at Manchester United, yes, I'm happy here, I'm not going anywhere! Jonk exclaimed.

His words caused a huge cheer at Old Trafford in Manchester.

"I came to Manchester United, I have my own dream here, yes, this dream, is to achieve great things with this team! I am enjoying my life and playing at Manchester United and I am confident that we will have great success! ”

Jonk also said. I hope the fans will support the team even more, and he and his teammates will hand over a good report card to everyone at the end of the season!

Jonk's speech at this intermission. In English football, in the history of European football, in the later years of history, it was a big event, and it was a profound speech for Manchester United.

On the one hand, his words expressed his confidence in the future at Manchester United. Peace of mind for the fans, in addition, there is a benefit. That is, Jonker's statement also played a great role in helping Manchester United continue to expand its strength. Especially when Manchester United's results continue to maintain their good momentum under the leadership of Jonker.

But. Except for Jonk. There are other players in the Manchester United squad who have also been tempted by some other clubs in Europe.

Juventus have expressed interest in Tevez. As the striker of the Argentine country, Tevez has attracted the attention of many giants, and in the transfer to Manchester United on loan, Tevez's performance is even better, Manchester United's excellent performance, Jonk is a big contributor, but this is inseparable from the excellent performance of new players such as Tevez!

According to the Italian newspaper "All Market". Tevez is chasing with the exception of Juventus. City rivals Manchester City are also very fond of this striker.

In addition, there are a lot of chasers for Rooney, and now Manchester United is fiercely competitive in the forward position, and there is naturally no shortage of suitors for this England leading scorer, and now Drogba can't effectively open the goal account in the game, so a powerful leading scorer must be the target of Chelsea, and Rooney's status as an England international will also bring more local identity to Chelsea, which is also something that Chelsea urgently needs.

In addition, Manchester United's central defender, Serbian Vidic, also attracted the attention of the giants with his excellent appearance. Barcelona are said to be interested in the powerful centre-back and AC Milan are also hoping he can strengthen the team's backline.

In response to these transfer rumors, Manchester United manager Alex Ferguson concentrated on refuting the rumors: "I'm glad that someone is interested in my players, which shows that our results are very good, but I want to tell everyone that no one will leave Manchester United, at least, those players named by the media will not leave!" ”

Manchester United Club President Glazer Jr. even broke Manchester United's attitude in the transfer market, "Manchester United will not sacrifice the glory of hand because of the pressure of money, you all know this truth." ”

This is very arrogant, but this is the case, Manchester United has the strength to win trophies, unless the players themselves are desperate to leave, otherwise, they will not be able to sell the team and sell the main players.

In addition, Glazer Jr. also has a certain amount of capital to say this, strictly speaking, the current operation of Manchester United has a direct relationship with the results, and there will be more benefits with the results.

For the sake of financial pressure to deplete Manchester United's combat power, not to mention that the little Glazer is going to become the role of Manchester United fans, even Ferguson, the Manchester United bigwig, will not agree!

Now, the whole team has excellent results and high morale, it is impossible to sell the main players, and the players probably will not have the idea of leaving at this time.

Of course, there are still two meanings for the words of Manchester United coach Alex Ferguson, one is that Tevez, Ronaldo, Vidic and others who have been 'named' by the media will not leave the Municipal Stadium, and the other is that some players who are not in a stable position in the team may be purged by the team.

And just three days after the league game against Birmingham, Manchester United's purge of redundancy began.

Manchester United FC's official website announced that the team's young English goalscorer Welbeck joined the Championship team Crystal Palace on a loan price of zero value, and it is not difficult to see that Manchester United's move is also intended to train Welbeck, the young striker already has a record of appearances in the first team of Manchester United, and now he is on loan, and the purpose of training the newcomer is obvious.

Other clubs have not been idle, with Chelsea finally making a move after a summer of silence, with Chelsea and Bolton Wanderers agreeing a formal agreement, with Bolton accepting Chelsea's offer for Anelka, and the French striker joining Chelsea for £15 million, in what became the biggest deal since the winter transfer of the season.

Although Chelsea have a large number of players, due to the injuries of the two major goalscorers Drogba and Shevchenko, Chelsea have a shortage of strikers, and due to the upcoming start of the Africa Cup of Nations, Drogba and Kalou will represent Ivory Coast. As a result, Chelsea need a firefighting striker in the winter transfer window.

The Blues had previously locked in three players, Dimitar Berbatov, Villa and Nicolas Anelka, but neither of the former could be added due to transfer fees or club reasons. Blues boss Grant's favour of Nicolas Anelka has accelerated Chelsea's bid to acquire the French striker.

The £12 million offer made by Chelsea to Bolton was denied by the latter, and in order to secure Anelka's chance to feature in the Premier League against Tottenham Hotspur this weekend, Chelsea raised the offer to £15 million to Bolton's satisfaction, and the two clubs eventually reached an agreement on a transfer.

Chelsea have also agreed a personal contract with Anelka himself, with the 28-year-old set to sign a four-and-a-half-year contract with £90,000 a week. Anelka joined Bolton Wanderers in August 2006 for £8 million and signed a four-year contract extension with Bolton in August last year. He has scored 10 league goals for Bolton Wanderers in the Premier League so far in the last round.

Once regarded as a talented goalscorer, Anelka played for a number of clubs before moving from Paris Saint-Germain to Arsenal in 1997, where he was trained to become a world-class striker under Arsene Wenger. In 2000, he moved to Real Madrid for 35 million euros, and then moved to Paris Saint-Germain, Liverpool, Manchester City, Fenerbahce and Bolton Wanderers, and his frequent transfers also led the media to give him the title of "wandering goalscorer".

One of the most interesting transfers in the winter season has also come in the Premier League. This time, the protagonist is Tottenham Hotspur, who have always had strange things.

If you want to select the "world's first glass man" on the green field. England defender Woodgate must be up to the task. The former Real Madrid centre-back, who was nicknamed the "English Patient" by the Spanish media, was injured again in less than 24 hours after signing for Tottenham Hotspur on Monday.

According to English media reports, Woodgate is injured in the leg socket this time and has at least two more weeks to hang up the exemption card. Tottenham fans were horrified when they heard the news, fearing that the £7 million gentleman would become another lingering Darren. Anderton.

Another source claims that Woodgate was injured before his appearance at Tottenham, so how did he get through a strict medical on Sunday night. I can't help but put a big question mark on it.

But this is not the first time that Woodgate, once known as "England's No. 1 centre-back", has taken part in a medical examination with illness, when Real Madrid manager Camacho bought Woodgate for a whopping £13.4 million in 2004. He had come to the Spanish capital with a strained thigh. He then suffered a thigh and leg socket injury, endured several surgeries and a lengthy recovery period, and made just nine appearances for Real Madrid in two years, placing him in the top three of La Liga's worst signings.

Tottenham Hotspur announced on Monday that Woodgate has signed a three-and-a-half-year, £65,000-a-week contract. However, Tottenham fans can only watch him receive his first two weeks' salary from his hospital bed. Originally, manager Sergio Ramos wanted to bring in Woodgate to fill the vacancy of central defender Dawson's suspension, but at least in the next Premier League game against Everton, he certainly can't count on Woodgate's support.

Just before the winter transfer window was about to close. Portsmouth have announced the official signing of Tottenham Hotspur's England international striker Defoe, and the two sides did not disclose the details of the contract, but the official Portsmouth website confirmed that the contract will not be too short.

The last-minute decision on the transfer comes as Pompeii have been unable to negotiate a move for striker Benjani Mwaruvari. Defoe had already made an experience at Portsmouth on Wednesday before signing a long-term contract with Pompeii. It was only after Mwaruvari's move to Manchester City was confirmed that Portsmouth had announced the signing of Defoe.

Defoe was very happy to join Pompeii, "I'm very happy to be here, I can't wait to play in Pompeii's shirt. ”

Portsmouth manager Harry Redknapp brought Defoe from Charlton Athletic to West Ham United in 1999, with the latter scoring 41 goals in 105 games for West Ham. Defoe came to Pompeii and Ray played a key role: "I worked with Harry when I was at West Ham and his offer was the main reason why I ended up signing. Defoe then praised Redknapp Sr., "Ask anyone who has played under him, and everybody will say the same thing to you – he's the best coach he can be. Harry said to me he needed me and he wanted me to play for him. When you sign with a club with such a sincere coach, you will have a lot of confidence."

Redknapp Sr. was also happy about the reunion: "He's an outstanding scorer and it's a great signing for the club. He needs space to play, he's a very good player and you can't stop him every week. (To be continued......)