Football Feast, Starting From the Acquisition of European Clubs

  Chapter 206 Either don't buy it or buy the best one!

   "Really or not? How much money can those two Americans give?"

   As soon as he said the words, Chen Ran knew that he had asked a stupid question.

  Whether it was Tom Hicks and George Gillette, or the former Glazer family, these Americans never intended to buy football clubs with their own money.

   "Haha, Chen, as you analyzed before, don't care if the billion pounds are theirs or borrowed, as long as we can receive the money."

"indeed so."

  Chen Ran nodded slightly. If he had not taken it too seriously when he heard the two Americans proposed acquisition intentions before.

   Now, they actually agreed to their offer of one billion pounds, which made Chen Ran have to pay attention.

   After thinking for a moment, Chen Ran looked up at Stephen.

   "Stephen, you tell them that now that they have agreed to the billion-pound price, formal negotiations can begin."

   "However, because of the schedule, I have neither the time nor the energy to deal with this matter, so they need to wait patiently for a while."

   "Chen, do you mean to wait until the end of the season before starting the formal negotiations?"

   "Stephen, you also know about Crystal Palace's upcoming schedule. Do you think I have the time and mind to deal with this matter now?"

  Chen Ran spread his hands and looked at Stephen helplessly.

"But."

  Stephen glanced at Chen Ran, gritted his teeth, and continued to speak.

   "Chen, if our next results don't meet expectations, then the two Americans are likely to haggle over the price."

   "Hehe, Stephen, do you think that if you start negotiating with them now, the two Americans won't delay the negotiation until the end of the season?"

   "Chen, do you mean that they are also waiting for our Crystal Palace's final result this season?"

"Of course. If we can finally win the Premier League title and the Champions League this season, although they may need to pay more, but after all, Crystal Palace will also double their value because of the blessing of these championship trophies. They are not at a loss. ."

   "In case we don't win these two championships in the end, or only one of them, then they will have reasons and chips to bargain. No matter how they calculate, they will not suffer."

   "That's true. These Yankees are really good."

   After listening to Chen Ran's analysis, Stephen also felt that those Americans probably thought so.

   "The reason why I want to put the negotiation until the end of the season, there is a more important reason is that now is the critical moment for Crystal Palace to sprint, and I do not allow anything to interfere with the players' emotions."

   "British paparazzi are all-pervasive. I'm worried that once I have official contact with those Americans, if it is exposed by the media, it will cause the team's mental instability and affect the competition for the championship.

   "That's true. Chen, you still thought it through."

  As a native Englishman, Stephen is all too aware of the power of British paparazzi.

   "Stephen, there is one thing you need to keep in mind. Crystal Palace is developing very well now, and I don't necessarily mean to show up."

   "So, even if we fail to win the Premier League title and the Champions League this season, the price of one billion pounds will only go up and down. As for whether the two Americans are willing to accept it, I don't care."

   "Okay, I took note."

   stared at Chen Ran earnestly, Stephen was able to understand Chen Ran's true thoughts.

After a day off, Crystal Palace welcomed Newcastle United at home.

  According to the previous plan, Chen Ran made a large rotation in this game.

  In Crystal Palace's main lineup, only Ribery continued to start.

   The reason is very simple, because of the red card in the last game against Real Madrid, Ribery was suspended from the Champions League two days later.

   For this game against league leaders Crystal Palace, Newcastle United are obviously well prepared.

   From the first minute of the game, they all shrunk in their own half and put on a stance that they could not die on the center line.

   This move by Newcastle United is really good for Crystal Palace's bench lineup.

  The game went on until the 70th minute, and the score on the court was still 0:0 unchanged.

   As a last resort, Chen Ran had to replace Tony and Cristiano Ronaldo, plus Jan Kohler and Ribery on the court, and resorted to the twin towers tactic for the final storm.

   Finally, in injury time, Tony scored the only goal of the game. Crystal Palace defeated Newcastle United 1-0 at home.

When    got three points, the system once again awarded Chen Ran a "Level 1 Healing Card".

   This is the first time that the system has rewarded the same type of cards in a row, and they are all cards that Chen Ran desperately needs to supplement his physical strength. It seems that the system can’t stand the intensive schedule of Crystal Palace anymore.

   After a day off, Crystal Palace's Champions League semi-final opponent, Inter Milan, came.

   When it comes to Inter Milan, there is always a layer of sadness.

  Especially before the "Italian Phone Door" incident, Inter Milan was overwhelmed by the rivals AC Milan for a long time.

Inter Milan's chairman Moratti has invested heavily in signings for the club all year round, but after those previously imposing stars arrived at Inter Milan, they often failed to perform at their due level, which also gave Inter Milan a "star black hole". nickname.

   But despite this, Inter Milan's lineup is still daunting enough.

   Forwards: Adriano, Recoba, Martins, Cruz;

  Midfielders: Luis Figo, Veron, Stankovic, Cambiasso, Pizarro, Zanetti, Solari, Kiley;

  Defenders: Zanetti, Samuel, Materazzi, Cordoba, Mikhailovic, Zemaria, Burdisso, Favalli, Worm;

   Goalkeepers: Toldo, Giulio Cesar, Orlandoni.

  The head coach is the young coach Mancini, who is just in his early forties.

  According to convention, every important game, Chen Ran will arrange for Guardiola to edit the opponent's game video, and this time is no exception.

   In order to take care of Simeone, this coaching staff meeting was held in Simeone's ward.

   After playing the video, Chen Ran once again looked at his three assistants.

   "How is it? Do you have any ideas against Inter Milan?"

   Chen Ran's voice just fell, Southgate and Simeone's eyes "swipe" to focus on Guardiola.

  Guardiola looked at the two with a bewildered expression, what happened? Feelings, these two guys are corrupting me?

   In the end, Guardiola was defeated by the big-eyed staring at each other, so he had to stand up again to speak.

"Boss, Inter Milan's front, middle and back are all very strong, and they have few shortcomings. If they must find their weaknesses, maybe their right back and captain Zanetti and left back Favalli are considered a weakness."

"Zanetti is almost thirty-three years old this year. As a full-back, his speed is much worse than when he was young. And his side happens to be facing Ronaldo, our strongest offensive player. If we strengthen this offensive, There may be a small gain.”

   "For the same reason, left-back Favalli is 34 years old this year, and his speed is also his weakness. However, Ribery was suspended for this game. I don't know how Alves, who replaced him, played."

   Guardiola just finished speaking here. Simeone, who is also a fellow Argentinian and has played in Inter Milan and Lazio, also added:

"Josep is right, as you can see from the video just now, the speed of Javier and Giuseppe is indeed incomparable to that of the year. If we focus on two flanks, the effect must be very good. "

   Seeing that both of his two assistants thought that the main attack direction should be placed on the two flanks, Chen Ran, of course, followed suit.

   Moreover, considering the lack of height of Inter Milan's back line, except for one Materazzi who is 193CM tall, others like Samuel 182CM and Cordoba 173CM are very disadvantaged in high-altitude ball defense.

   So Chen Ran adopted the 442 twin-tower tactic. After breaking through from the flank, he bombed Inter Milan's restricted area from high altitude.

   Striker Tony, striker Jan Kohler

  Left midfielder Cristiano Ronaldo, right midfielder Alves

   Vieira, midfielder, Yaya Toure

  Left-back Chiellini, centre-back Gareth Southgate, centre-back Vidic, right-back Maicon

   Goalkeeper Cech

   On Mancini's side, Juventus was once again overpowered in Serie A, and the Champions League has naturally become his most important goal now.

   Therefore, he also sent all the main force of Inter Milan.

   Center Adriano

   Left midfielder Stankovic, midfielder Veron, right midfielder Luis Figo

   Cambiasso in the back, Zanetti in the back

  Left-back Favalli, center-back Samuel, center-back Materazzi, right-back Zanetti

   Goalkeeper Toldo

   For this match, neither Crystal Palace nor Inter Milan are conservative.

   As soon as the referee blew the whistle for the start of the game, the two teams opened up and fought against each other.

   As Chen Ran and the others analyzed before the game, the speed of Inter Milan's two full-backs obviously couldn't keep up with Cristiano Ronaldo and Alves on Crystal Palace's side.

   After a few rounds, Mancini found that the situation was not good, so he had to order his fullback to retreat to help the defense.

   In this way, the offensive of Inter Milan, which lost the support of both wings, was immediately suppressed by Crystal Palace.

   The front midfielder Veron in the middle, was sandwiched between Vieira and Yaya Toure, who seemed to be isolated and helpless, not to mention sending artillery shells to Adriano in front.

   The game has just played for less than 20 minutes, and the situation on the field has already begun to tilt towards Crystal Palace.

   At this time, in a box at Highbury Stadium, Tom Hicks and George Gillette appeared again.

   "Tom, although this game is very important for Crystal Palace, we only need to know the result of the game. There is no need to go to the scene to watch, right? Do you also like football now?"

  For George Gillette, sitting for nearly two hours watching a game that he is not interested in is actually a kind of torture.

   "George, you have to adapt to your new role as soon as possible. We will be the owners of the football club in the future, and we must be there to watch the team's games often."

   "I said Tom, the acquisition of Crystal Palace has not yet started negotiations. Are you so sure that the acquisition will be successful in the end? Didn't you hear the reply from Crystal Palace? Everything will be discussed after the end of the season."

  George Gillette thinks Tom Hicks is a little too optimistic.

   "Haha, George, doesn't this mean that the Chinese owner of Crystal Palace has seriously considered this matter?"

   "If he has no intention of selling Crystal Palace Club, he can simply refuse us, or send someone to negotiate and find a reason to refuse."

   "That's true."

   Hearing Tom Hicks's analysis, George Gillette also felt that this matter was really a little confusing.

   "But what if that Chinese man bites to death a billion pounds and doesn't let go?"

   "It depends on Crystal Palace's performance this season. If they really win the Premier League and the Champions League in the end, a billion pounds is not unacceptable."

   "Are you crazy?"

  George Gillette almost cried out.

   He was really frightened by Tom Hicks' words, and the Glazer family only spent less than 800 million pounds to acquire the Manchester United club.

  George Gillette looked around carefully, and then whispered in Tom Hicks ear.

   "Tom, don't forget how much money we have together."

   "I know. George, if you think about it this way, since we're ready to lend hundreds of millions of pounds, what's the difference between another 100 million or 200 million pounds?"

   "It's nothing more than repaying the loan for a few more years. Anyway, we don't use our own money to repay it. Either don't buy it, or buy the best one! What do you think?"

  Tom Hicks stared at George Gillette's eyes tightly, as if he wanted to see his true thoughts through his eyes.

   "What's the difference between 100 million and 200 million more loans? You're talking lightly."

  George Gillette whispered, and then asked Tom Hicks back.

   "Tom, do you really want to play this big?"

   "Hehe, George, do you think we're playing small now?"

   "Well, as you said: 'Either don't buy it, buy the best one!' This one, I followed."

   "Haha, great, I knew you would support me. Let's join forces, the Glazers are nothing."

   Seeing that George Gillette agreed to his plan, Tom Hicks happily put his arms around George Gillette's shoulders and cheered.

   At this moment, there were also deafening cheers in the entire Highbury Stadium.

   "What happened? What happened?"

  Tom Hicks then looked at Rodriguez, a football consultant sitting not far away.

   "Boss, Crystal Palace scored."

   (end of this chapter)