Football Feast, Starting From the Acquisition of European Clubs: Chapter 291 Back to the big tree to enjoy the shade
Chapter 291 Back to the big tree to enjoy the shade
After arranging all the affairs, Chen Ran took time off from his busy schedule and took Cheryl on vacation.
And those fans who were on the tree looking forward to Crystal Palace's next big move, waited and waited, but waited for the news that Chen Ran and Cheryl were going on vacation, and they immediately exploded.
"Fuck, Chen Ran went on vacation? Does that mean that Crystal Palace doesn't plan to buy more people this summer transfer period?"
"I'm afraid that's the case. Although Crystal Palace is in charge of the transfer affairs, it is the sports manager Louis Figel, but everyone knows that the real leader of the transfer operation is Chen Ran himself."
"After selling Ibrahimovic, doesn't Crystal Palace plan to replenish its staff?"
"Isn't there that kid named Messi."
"Can that little kid be on a par with Ibrahimovic? With a height of less than 1.7 meters, he is like a chicken in front of 195CM Ibrahimovic, and I don't know what Chen Ran really is. Where did you see him?"
"Cough, the one upstairs is a bit too much. I heard that Messi is a young player who is fast, skilled and talented."
"Then can he replace Ibrahimovic as a center?"
"Uh, I'm afraid this won't work."
"So, Crystal Palace should at least buy a center to replace the vacancy left by Ibrahimovic. Are they really going to rely on Tony and Jan Kohler to play all the games in the new season? I don't know Chen Ran. What did that guy think?"
"Actually, Crystal Palace is not completely inactive. They seem to announce the withdrawal of two young players who were loaned to Willem II club, one is called Dzeko and the other is called Cavani, both of them are strikers."
"I have also seen this news. However, these two little guys are also in their early 20s. Don't tell me that Chen Ran is going to use them to fill Ibrahimovic's departure and stay. vacancy?"
"Maybe this is the case, otherwise if he continues to recruit, Chen Ran will not go on vacation."
"It's over. Recently, other giant clubs have been making big transfers, and they are all engaged in an arms race. However, the strength of Crystal Palace has not increased but decreased. I am afraid that Crystal Palace wants to win the Premier League and Champions League double crown in the new season. It's very difficult."
"Hehe, upstairs, you still want the Premier League and the Champions League double? I think I'll be thankful to keep one."
"Okay, let's all get down from the tree, it seems that Crystal Palace's summer transfer period has ended early."
"Hey, it seems that he has won the championship for several years in a row, which makes Chen Ran a little bit floating."
In addition to taking the opportunity of returning to China to establish a youth training base in the first year, I took Cheryl on a tour of the great rivers and mountains of the motherland. In the next two years, Chen Ran was too busy to accompany Cheryl on vacation. .
This time, Chen Ran, who felt guilty, took Cheryl to Barcelona to have a good time.
Of course, he also visited Macy's house "by the way", which surprised the Macy's family who were busy packing and preparing to move to London with their family.
Fortunately, with Cheryl, a family member who is good at activating the atmosphere, by his side, the restraint caused by Chen Ran's club owner status quickly disappeared.
Seeing that the new boss Chen Ran is so approachable and has no air, also relieved Messi and his family, and felt that the next life in Crystal Palace should not be too difficult.
After visiting the Macy's family, Chen Ran took Cheryl to Fabregas' house for a while the next day, and then enjoyed a rare vacation with Cheryl.
When Chen Ran returned to London again, it was already the start of the new season preparation period for Crystal Palace.
The first thing after came back, Chen Ran released the news of Beckham joining the team, which can be regarded as a boost to the popularity of Crystal Palace, which had been quiet for a while.
Then, Chen Ran also held a special press conference for the five new players, Messi, Beckham, Cesc Fabregas, Dzeko and Cavani.
Unsurprisingly, the Crystal Palace press conference was packed. Not only are all the well-known media in England absent, but they have even attracted many sports media from continental Europe, such as Spain's "World Sports".
The first half of the press conference was normal. The five players appeared one by one, and the media reporters present also gave warm applause to the face.
However, when the press conference entered the question-and-answer session, the situation changed abruptly.
"Mr. Chen, what prompted you to let go of Crystal Palace's main center last season, Ibrahimovic?"
Since Crystal Palace announced that they would exchange Ibrahimovic for Messi and Cesc Fabregas, media reporters have been eager to know what Chen Ran thinks.
However, all interview requests sent to the Crystal Palace Club received the same answer, which was rejection.
Today, the media reporters who managed to catch Chen Ran have long been ready to deal with this difficult guy.
"The reason is very simple, the reason why I agree to the transfer of Zlatan Ibrahimovic is to get Messi and Cesc Fabregas."
Chen Ran was already mentally prepared for today's press conference. He has not played against these media reporters once or twice. When has he lost?
"Mr. Chen, do you think Messi is stronger than Ibrahimovic?"
This reporter went too far, directly ignoring the existence of Cesc Fabregas, which made Cesc Fabregas sitting on the stage look very ugly.
"Messi is a very talented player in my opinion and he will not be inferior to Zlatan Ibrahimovic in the future. Add in a very good Cesc Fabregas and this transfer I can't find a reason to refuse."
As soon as Chen Ran said these words, not only Cesc Fabregas looked at him gratefully, but even Messi turned his head to look at his new boss unexpectedly. He didn't expect the boss to have such high expectations of him.
"Mr. Chen, according to what you just said, can I understand that FC Barcelona suffered a loss in this transfer transaction?"
At this time, a reporter with a special accent stood up.
"There is no way to generalize this kind of thing. From different perspectives, completely different conclusions can be drawn."
"For example, Barcelona, they have a lot of fast, skilled and agile strikers similar to Messi's style, but they don't have a central striker. So in the eyes of FC Barcelona, they use Messi and Cesc Fabregas. Swapping for Ibrahimovic is totally worth it."
"On our Crystal Palace side, in addition to Zlatan Ibrahimovic, there are Toni and Jan Kohler, plus Dzeko and Cavani are also center-type players. So in my opinion, Swapping Ibrahimovic for Messi and Cesc Fabregas is also perfectly acceptable."
Chen Ran's watertight answer made the reporter who heard the question nodded frequently and sat down with satisfaction.
Nonsense, for high-quality customers like Barcelona who often lose money, of course Chen Ran must protect their face, otherwise how can we continue to cooperate in the future?
Picking up a bowl to eat meat, putting down chopsticks and scolding mother, Chen Ran will never do it.
"Mr. Chen, even if Messi's talent is stronger, he is still only 20 years old, and he is obviously far from his prime. After losing Ibrahimovic, you don't plan to add another strong striker. ?"
"Who said I didn't add strong strikers? Not only did I add them, but I added three at a time. Did you see these three sitting next to me? Whether it's Messi or Dzeko and Cavani, they They're all real power forwards."
Following Chen Ran's words, whether it was Messi, Dzeko or Cavani, they all straightened their waists.
Seeing that Chen Ran is so optimistic about them, supporting them in front of so many reporters, and letting the blood of these three little guys go straight to their foreheads, they are all grateful.
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Many reporters sitting in the audience had completely different feelings at this time. Chen Ran is still as smooth as ever. I believe you are a ghost.
"Mr. Chen, what is Crystal Palace's goal for the new season? Or is it a Champions League and Premier League double?"
"Of course. We have won the Premier League three consecutive championships last season, and I hope to achieve three consecutive championships in the Champions League in the new season."
"However, Mr. Chen, because of Ibrahimovic's departure, it is widely believed that Crystal Palace's performance in the new season will decline. What do you think about this?"
"very happy."
"What? Mr. Chen, can you say it again?"
"I mean, I'm very happy with the fact that 'the general perception is that Crystal Palace's performance will decline in the new season'."
"???? Can you tell me why?"
"Because this way, everyone will not focus on Crystal Palace, which will make us a lot easier and make it easier to achieve the goals we set."
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Because of Chen Ran's nonsense and bullshit, Crystal Palace's first press conference of the new season finally became a stage for him to perform alone.
Inside the Crystal Palace Club, after holding a welcome ceremony for new players such as Messi, Chen Ran also held a retirement ceremony for Southgate and Simeone.
At the ceremony, Chen Ran also officially announced that in the future, all players who have played at Crystal Palace until retirement will be given priority to become coaches or club officials under the Galaxy Football Group, and do not have to worry about their life after retirement.
As soon as this new benefit was promulgated, it immediately caught the eyes of many players present.
For a football player, most of them play until they are in their thirties and retire. But what will they do in the next 40 years when the average life expectancy is generally over 70 years old? Are you sitting and eating?
This benefit that Chen Ran threw out today directly solved the players' worries.
The feelings of young players are not very deep, but older players such as Van der Sar, Jan Kohler and Tony are all excited and their loyalty is directly on the table.
After all, there are three living examples of Guardiola, Southgate and Simeone in front of us, and everyone believes in Chen Ran's commitment.
Because of the departure of Ibrahimovic and the addition of Messi and Cesc Fabregas, Chen Ran also made some adjustments to the Crystal Palace lineup.
Center Tony
Left midfielder Cristiano Ronaldo, midfielder Kaka, right midfielder Messi
Midfielder Vieira, Midfielder Modric
Left-back Chiellini, center-back Thiago Silva, center-back Vidic, right-back Maicon
Goalkeeper Cech
This 4231 lineup is Chen Ran's initial plan to start the main lineup, but in reality, he doesn't plan to launch it immediately.
For example, Ribery's emotions need to be taken care of. Messi can't directly replace Ribery's position as soon as he arrives. In this case, Ribery's guy will definitely explode.
Therefore, in the initial stage of the Premier League, when the schedule is not very dense, Chen Ran will still use Ribery as the starting right midfielder.
Wait until Ribery's physical fitness declines in the second half of the league, and then the two will play in turn. In this way, the frog is boiled in warm water, and the effect of slow cooking is better.
After a period of physical reserve training and technical and tactical training, Chen Ran led the team to participate in the "International Champions Cup" in the East Asia Division.
Everyone wanted to see Crystal Palace's performance after Ibrahimovic left, but found that Chen Ran was still using the same old lineup, and immediately lost interest in them.
Crystal Palace won all three games in the "International Champions Cup" and won the first place in the East Asia Division. Then, taking the opportunity to compete in China, he also inspected the youth training base in Shencheng and the situation of Shencheng Galaxy (formerly Shencheng East Asia).
There is good news that Shencheng Galaxy won the second league championship last season and has been promoted to the first league this season.
Taking advantage of Chen Ranlai's opportunity to inspect the team, Director Xu asked him to introduce foreign aid.
At this time, domestic football had not yet entered the Jinyuan era, the player’s worth was very low, and the level of foreign aid was not high.
Shencheng Galaxy is only a second-tier league team, and naturally does not need any big-name foreign aid.
Chen Ran agreed to Xu Guizhi's request.
After inquiring about the position of the players that Director Xu needed, Chen Ran directly called David Gill, the CEO of Galaxy Football Group, who was still in Brazil.
Let him pick a few players directly from Recife Sports Club and send them directly to Shencheng Galaxy on loan.
Chen Ran did not shy away from the whole process, and it was all carried out in front of Director Xu.
Coach Xu, who has been the head coach for so many years and led many teams to win championships, sighed at his old partner Coach Jiang after Chen Ran left.
In the past, when selecting foreign aid, it was not only complicated and cumbersome, but also often deceived into buying parallel imports.
Now it's good, it's just a phone call.
And the quality is guaranteed from the source, which is really a different treatment.
At this moment, Director Xu is extremely grateful for his decision to join the Galaxy Football Group.
It is good to enjoy the shade with the back of the big tree.
(end of this chapter)