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Chapter 408 Is the difference really that big
Chapter 408 Is the gap really that big?
After hearing Chen Ran’s words, Nasser Al-Khelaifi fell into silence.
He did not expect that such a complicated stake would be involved behind this seemingly ordinary transfer dispute.
However, Nasser Al-Khelaifi had to admit that Chen Ran had a point.
Whether it is the Qatar consortium behind him or the Abu Dhabi consortium behind Manchester City, entering European football is all about doing a great job.
And this will inevitably conflict with the existing vested interests.
It seems that Leonardo’s operation made the opponent take advantage of the opportunity of Crystal Palace’s counterattack to take the lead.
Knowing that it is impossible for Crystal Palace to withdraw the charges against Liverpool Club now, Nasser Al-Khelaifi completely dismissed the idea.
“Mr. Chen, thank you very much for telling me so much. The situation is a bit beyond my expectations. I need to go back and prepare for countermeasures now, so I will leave first.”
At this time, Nasser Al-Khelaifi had no intention of staying here any longer, and after a few simple greetings with Chen Ran, he left in a hurry.
For this dispute between Crystal Palace and Liverpool, many people are discussing and studying.
In the Manchester City club, the chairman of the club, Caldun Al Mubarak, also called Mancini and Raiola together.
“I know Nasser Al-Khelaifi, the current chairman of the Liverpool club. He is not a person who easily compromises and admits defeat.”
“But this time the Liverpool Club bowed its head to Crystal Palace so neatly. Do you think there is any reason behind this that we don’t know?”
Kaldun Al Mubarak looked at Mancini and Raiola and asked.
Mancini has not joined Manchester City for a long time, and his understanding of English football is still in the groping stage. Hearing the boss’s question, he could only turn his attention to Raiola beside him.
Seeing that both of them were looking at him, Raiola knew that he couldn’t escape, so he could only curl his lips inwardly.
Although the number of times he has dealt with Chen Ran in recent years is not many, he has never taken advantage of it.
As a result, now as long as Chen Ran is involved, Raiola is afraid to avoid it.
However, today, the boss of the gold master asked a question face-to-face, and he would not be able to answer it.
“Cough, Mr. Mubarak, in fact, the Crystal Palace club’s Chen Ran is very powerful. Maybe he used some means to force the Liverpool club to bow.”
“Mino, then what do you think Chen Ran used to make Nasser Al-Khelaifi bow his head?”
Kaldun Al Mubarak asked curiously.
For Raiola that Chen Ran is powerful, Karduen Al Mubarak does not deny it. Mark Hughes suffered a big loss from Chen Ran before, and he still remembers it freshly.
“Although I don’t know the specific situation, but I think it’s nothing more than money and power.”
“With the Qatar consortium as the backing, I believe that Chen Ran is unlikely to suppress the Liverpool club financially, so only the power aspect is left.”
“Judging from Manchester United’s Ferguson and the high-level speeches of some other giant clubs, I think these giant clubs are likely to have started to join forces now.”
Raiola thought and said, but the more she thought about it, the more frightened she became.
Wang Defa, won’t this turn into a big showdown between old and new forces?
aside, Karduun Al Mubarak, who was in the audience, also became serious at this time.
Originally, he was just gloating on the misfortunes of the melon eaters, but now he suddenly found that he was probably also in the game.
“Mino, what do you mean, the Liverpool Club is not only facing the Crystal Palace club, but the entire group of giant clubs?”
“Well, I don’t know if all the big clubs are involved. But at least the clubs of those high-level clubs who have spoken in support of Crystal Palace recently are very likely.”
“Yes, Mino, your analysis is very reasonable. Then, what do you think we should do next to the current situation?”
Kaldun Al Mubarak nodded slightly. At this moment, he was extremely happy with his decision to hire Raiola.
It’s different to have an old Jianghu by his side to give advice. That Nasser Al-Khelaifi had to hire a rookie Leonardo. Although it is cheap, but it has caused so much trouble, it is really worth the loss.
“Haha, Mr. Mubarak, in fact, we don’t need to be nervous at all. Let’s just operate the Manchester City club as normal, don’t do those illegal operations, don’t get caught, especially don’t provoke the Crystal Palace Club.”
“Although the Liverpool club will definitely be severely punished this time, don’t forget that Liverpool and our Manchester City are in the same league, and the opponent’s heritage is much deeper than our Manchester City. From this point of view, Liverpool’s loss is not necessarily a bad thing for us. .”
Looking at Raiola’s meaningful smile, Kaldun Al Mubarak nodded slightly, making sense.
Madrid, Spain.
After Florentino became the president of Real Madrid again, he finally chose to keep Mourinho.
Mourinho, who has kept his job, is finally in the mood to pay attention to the news of his old rival Chen Ran.
“Jorge, this Qatari consortium doesn’t seem to be very good. The Liverpool club they took over did not perform as well as the two Americans before.
“José, this matter is not as simple as it seems. As far as I know, there are very complex interests involved, and even the top officials of UEFA have taken action personally.”
Mendez shook his head slightly as he cut his cigar slowly.
“What? Someone at the top of UEFA personally took action? Chen Ran has such great energy now?”
Mourinho was really shocked, and some couldn’t believe his ears.
“That’s right. But it’s not as exaggerated as you think. They are more of a cooperative relationship that each gets what they need.”
“It’s about the same.”
Mourinho breathed a sigh of relief.
“This is already very remarkable. Even if it is just a partnership, but with the high-level support of UEFA, as long as Chen Ran doesn’t do stupid things, his football career will be difficult to shake.”
Mendez also sighed at this time.
He was very optimistic about Chen Ran a long time ago, but because Mourinho and Chen Ran have always been in a competitive relationship, it is not convenient for him to get too close to Chen Ran.
But seeing Chen Ran step by step from the British Championship to the top of the world, from a small sapling that may be broken at any time, to a towering tree that is difficult to shake today, Mendes also has a kind of witness to history with his own eyes. Feel.
Also in Spain, Barcelona, Guardiola’s home, Pere Guardiola looked at his younger brother in disbelief.
“Pep, Liverpool obviously has a new boss with deep pockets, but when they encounter Crystal Palace, they still bow their heads and admit defeat. Is Chen Ran’s energy so great now?”
“Cough, Peret, I was only an assistant coach of Mr. Chen before, and I didn’t participate in the management of Crystal Palace Club. Those things were all his two friends. The CEO Stephen and the sports manager Louis were in charge.”
“Tsk tsk, it seems that Stephen and Louis are Chen Ran’s true confidants.”
After Pere Guardiola sighed, the conversation suddenly changed.
“Pep, does Chen Ran want you to go back and take over the Crystal Palace Club in the future?”
“Mr. Chen said that several times.”
“That’s good. Judging from the fact that Crystal Palace pushed Liverpool to voluntarily admit defeat this time, the future is limitless. Pep, you perform well, maintain a good relationship with Chen Ran, and in the future, when you go back to take over Crystal Palace Club, you will become the world’s No. 1 coach. It’s not difficult.”
Looking at his elder brother who was getting more and more excited, Guardiola couldn’t help but shook his head with a wry smile.
With a boss, it would be difficult for me to become the number one coach in the world.
Under the promotion of a senior UEFA executive, UEFA’s work efficiency this time is surprisingly high. The penalty for Liverpool was announced ahead of the start of the summer transfer period.
Unsurprisingly, Liverpool FC has been banned from making any transfers during the summer transfer window.
The Qatari consortium, which has just joined the Liverpool club and is ready to make a big fight, has to postpone many of its plans for more than half a year.
At this time, Chen Ran had already accompanied Cheryl back to China for a vacation.
He first went to Smart Island to visit the young players in the youth training base, and then watched a Chinese Super League match of Shencheng Galaxy.
At present, the Chinese Super League is not over halfway through, and Shencheng Galaxy is now in third place two points behind the top Beijing Beijing team.
Considering that Shencheng Galaxy is a newly promoted horse this year, it is acceptable to get this result.
After all, there are still a lot of games left, and the difference of two points is almost negligible.
The day after the game, Chen Ran, accompanied by the head coach of Shencheng Galaxy, Xu Gui, went to the club to meet with the players in person.
The current Shencheng Galaxy is no longer the original Shencheng East Asia.
The original batch of young players, now only a few can enter the team’s starting lineup, and most of them can only be played as substitutes for the team.
Before the start of the season, Shencheng Galaxy bought a group of international players, the best of which is Zheng Zhi, who is now the captain of Shencheng Galaxy.
Looking at dozens of familiar or unfamiliar faces in front of him, Chen Ran sighed inwardly.
Although he knew that this group of players could not help the national football team to rush to the World Cup again, he should be encouraged.
After all, compared to those domestic players in the latter age groups, they are already strong.
“Hello everyone, I’m Chen Ran. To put it bluntly, there should be no one present who doesn’t know me, right?”
“No!”
“You don’t even know the boss, don’t you want to mix up?”
“Ha ha ha ha.”
A few daring players took over the conversation immediately, and the atmosphere at the scene suddenly became much more relaxed.
“It’s good to know them all. As for me, I usually live in Europe and don’t have much time to return to China. Let’s take this rare opportunity today and let’s chat casually.”
Next, Chen Ran introduced the situation of Shencheng Galaxy, Crystal Palace Club and Galaxy Football Group to the players in detail.
and publicly promised that if any player wants to study abroad, they can apply to the Shanghai Galaxy Club.
Shencheng Galaxy will arrange for players to go to other clubs under Galaxy Football Group for trial training. As long as they are approved by the coach of the other club, they can join that team. There will be no obstruction from Shencheng Galaxy.
This moment aroused the strong interest of the players present.
Especially those young players who still have football dreams are eager to try, and can’t wait to apply to Chen Ran immediately.
After the meeting, Director Xu invited Chen Ran to dinner in the evening.
During the dinner, Director Xu complained without complaint.
“Xiao Chen, do you know how much trouble you’ve caused me with the promise you made to those little red guys today?”
“As soon as you left, I was blocked in the office with the back. A group of unscrupulous white-eyed wolves, all of them wanted to sign up for a trial training in a foreign club.”
“Hahahaha, Director Xu, then I’m really sorry for causing you trouble.”
As he said, Chen Ran raised his glass to toast Xu Zhizhu.
After the two had a toast, Chen Ran asked meaningfully.
“Guide Xu, all those young players are looking for you to sign up?”
“That’s really the case. None of the international players we just introduced this year have come.”
“So, while these young people still have the energy, let them go out and open their eyes. Even if it doesn’t work, at least let them know their gaps.”
“Xiao Chen, you really have good intentions.”
Guo Xu is also a veteran, and he can understand it at one point.
“However, if too many people leave, it may affect the performance of Shencheng Galaxy. Xiao Chen, are you not worried at all?”
Although he knew in his heart that Chen Ran did this for the good of those players, he still couldn’t help expressing his worries.
There are not many people in China who are willing to play football with their hearts, and Director Xu does not want to see Chen Ran suffer.
“Don’t worry. If they can really gain a foothold abroad, I’m not too happy. Sadly, the chances of this happening are almost zero.”
“What? Xiao Chen, you don’t like these guys so much?”
The young players in Shencheng Galaxy’s current team are basically trained by Director Xu. Hearing Chen Ran say this, he was also a little unconvinced.
“Guide Xu, let me tell you the truth, if I didn’t open the back door, it would have been beyond expectations that these kids could keep three.”
If someone said that as a disciple of Instructor Xu, then he would have already started scolding his mother.
But Chen Ran is currently recognized as a top coach in the world, and the heavyweight championship trophies are enough to block all doubts.
After a long silence, Director Xu picked up the glass and took a sip.
“Xiao Chen, is the gap really that big?”
(end of this chapter)