Midfielder

Lyon, PSV Eindhoven, Chelsea, AC Milan, Inter Milan, Liverpool, Juventus, Bayern Munich, this time UEFA is finally not afraid of any sharp drop in ratings. Except for PSV Eindhoven, the top eight teams are all considered giants.

Even the Lyon team from Ligue 1 can be considered a veteran, especially in recent years, they have always been able to successfully enter the top 16 of the Champions League, and occasionally make it to the top eight. Last year they fell at the feet of Porto, and this time they came back with great momentum.

They used the difference of 10 to 2 in the total score of two rounds to bloodbath the defending champion of the Bundesliga Bremen team. Although Bremen still has strong players like Klose and Miku, they couldn't stop the impact of the Lyon team, especially in the second round, 7 to 2 was simply a massacre.

The midfield built by Juninho, Diarra, Malouda and others completely killed Micoud, who had just been selected for the French national team. They did not give Bremen any chance throughout the game. Now I don't know how many European giants are coveting this group of players from Lyon.

It can be said that most of the eleven main players of Lyon have been targeted by those giants. It has become the former Ajax, a complete assembly line star-making factory. Even after a group of people leave, they can quickly replenish a group of people.

Although Ligue 1 is known as one of the five major leagues, it is now more like a primary processing plant, always processing those semi-finished products into shape, and then selling them to those giants at a high price. Although Lyon has achieved good results in recent seasons, selling people is inevitable.

Just like the Lyon team this season, although the results are not bad, not only has the domestic league been defended in advance, the cup has also reached the finals, and the Champions League has now entered the quarterfinals, but for them, who will stay in the team next season is still a question.

This is the embarrassment of many European marginal leagues, such as the Dutch Eredivisie, the French Ligue 1 and the Portuguese Super League. Most of the time, they can only play the role of a star processing factory. Although Porto won the glory of the treble last season, there is no need to say much about the ending of this season.

The Premier League, La Liga and Serie A have become the most powerful buyers, especially England, where the transfer market has been booming in recent years. They are the first choice for those guys who have just emerged. There is no way. This is reality. The economy is the primary factor supporting the operation of the club.

Even if those players want to flaunt their loyalty, most of them will eventually succumb to the checks. Maybe they don’t want to leave, but the club will abandon these former heroes because of economic interests. Lyon is now in this embarrassing situation.

The better its performance, the more powerful its players are. Of course, this also means that when the transfer market opens, Lyon will be quickly dismembered, but it doesn’t matter. Those French fans have long been accustomed to this kind of thing, and the same is true for Lyon.

Now Chelsea has also become one of the potential buyers of Lyon, but their target is players like Malouda and Diarra who are strong and good at attacking and defending, rather than Juninho and others who are more concerned by other teams. Mourinho does not want any changes to the core position of the midfield.

As long as Lin Yi can play, this position is his. Even if Mourinho is given a Juninho and a Miku, he will not change it. After all, he knows his apprentice best, not to mention that there is Lampard in the Chelsea team.

However, various transfer rumors have begun to brew into a storm before the end of the season, especially transfer giants such as Chelsea and Real Madrid, who are ready to open their mouths when the summer comes. Any player who wants to improve his treatment must take this opportunity to toss.

Not only those already famous players want to seek a breakthrough in their value, but many guys who have just become famous also want to find a good owner while they are in good shape. For example, those players who are about to land in the Premier League and Serie A need to see who can wave a check for them.

But Mourinho doesn't participate much in the transfer market. That's Kenyon's territory. He doesn't want to give too many opinions, but he's not interested in who that guy can sign. Anyway, he needs to make the final decision when it comes to the final decision, otherwise he doesn't need to sign it.

Kenyon seems to have some opinions on Mourinho's approach. After all, it's the early days of Chelsea's entrepreneurship. They want to let the whole of Europe know them more. So Kenyon's idea is actually very simple, that is, to follow the old path of Real Madrid.

Stars, only stars can attract the attention of neutral fans, just like Real Madrid, which also needs to have its own superstar lineup, preferably those stars that everyone can recognize at a glance, so as to comprehensively enhance the reputation of Chelsea.

Yes, guys like Lampard, Drogba and Lin Yi are all very strong, but their reputation is now only in the Premier League. There are still many fans in Europe who don't know them, especially they don't know Chelsea that well.

When people talk about the big clubs in the Premier League, they always mention Manchester United, Arsenal, and Liverpool. But in the eyes of many people, Chelsea is more like a nouveau riche. Kenyon needs more stars to improve the club's foundation and increase its attention.

Besides, Chelsea has already made it to the quarterfinals of the Champions League. Throwing one or two more stars into the team is just icing on the cake. It can only make the team liked by more fans, which will also be beneficial to the team's future development. It's just that Mourinho is a bit difficult to deal with.

Mourinho has no idea of ​​drastically adjusting the team's personnel structure. What he needs is stability. Just like when he was in Porto, he would only make a slight adjustment to individual positions, and the overall tactical thinking and personnel of the entire team would not be changed on a large scale.

Even when Abramovich once asked him whether he wanted to introduce players like Zidane, Mourinho refused very straightforwardly. For him, people he trained himself are more reliable. Those so-called big names are too difficult to serve and not very practical.

Mourinho needs players who can immediately obey his command when they come and fight with opponents after they go on the court, rather than some signs that rely on their own fame to sell jerseys. He only needs to consider the team's performance. As for marketing, he doesn't care at all.

Therefore, Mourinho and Kenyon have always been a little out of sync when it comes to the issue of who to bring in during the transfer. However, when Chelsea's performance was soaring, Kenyon could not say anything, because even his Russian boss was pampering Mourinho.

Although he did not get Mourinho's approval, Kenyon's steps to recruit stars did not stop at all, especially after Chelsea successfully entered the quarterfinals of the Champions League, they were getting closer and closer to the glory of the triple crown, and Kenyon also hoped that his shadow would appear in it.

Players like Gerrard and Ashley Cole have been recognized by Mourinho, and Kenyon naturally spared no effort to recruit them, and he himself was also considering buying some of the others, such as Kaka and Shevchenko of AC Milan, and Adriano of Inter Milan.

These powerful players are the players he wants to recruit, especially Shevchenko, a Ukrainian who has a good personal relationship with Abramovich, who has always been the target of Kenyon's pursuit, and the Russians have always given great support to Kenyon's action.

And now Chelsea has such an opportunity to bargain with AC Milan. For the aging Rossoneri, cheap and easy to use is the ultimate standard. The previous high-priced acquisitions have no appeal to Berlusconi, who is immersed in political struggles. This big man, the Italian Prime Minister, no longer wants to continue to invest a lot of money in AC Milan.

Just like this season, they rented Crespo from Chelsea to prevent the team's strikers from transferring away, and Crespo did play his role after the transfer. Now AC Milan is contacting Chelsea privately and considering buying out the Argentine.

But Crespo's excellent performance in the Champions League has caused himself a big trouble. When Kenyon talked about the deal with the other party, he also talked about the possibility of Shevchenko's transfer, and Crespo was one of the chips.

It's just that Galliani has not given Kenyon a final answer, but many Italian media seem to have smelled something vaguely, especially those reporters in Milan. They have begun to speculate on the future whereabouts of the Ukrainian, which has made many people pay attention to Chelsea's actions again.

"After Chelsea entered the quarterfinals of the Champions League, Kenyon's hands began to reach out to those giants again. What kind of waves will this robber in the transfer market stir up?" From the headline of the Milan Sports Daily, we can see how much Kenyon is hated now.

Mourinho was actually unaware of Kenyon's private contact with AC Milan. He was trying his best to adjust the team's status to prepare for the next fierce battle that might come, but when the news reached England, he still saw the news in the newspaper.

"A stupid choice." This is Mourinho's evaluation of Kenyon. He is not denying Shevchenko's ability, but in Chelsea's current tactical system, a strong center forward, such as Drogba, is the first choice for the team's forward line.

If Shevchenko really comes, then for the Ukrainian, Mourinho will have to adjust the team's already formed tactical system. As for the result of the adjustment, I am afraid no one can tell clearly. This kind of unknown result is what Mourinho hates the most.

So Mourinho can only say that Kenyon's contact was a stupid choice, but Mourinho did not go to talk to that guy. For a matter that has not been finalized, he does not need to cause any internal disputes at the most critical moment of the team's impact on the Champions League trophy.

Maybe he should have explained all this to that guy before the transfer market opened. He needs players, but not everyone is suitable for Chelsea. Otherwise, even if it is a big name, he will not buy it.

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