The biggest fanatic in football

Chapter 623 New friends from the old club

"Sesk, I wish you a happy wedding!"

After winning the first championship trophy of the new season, Fabregas finally took the time to make up for his wedding.

Although it was a second marriage, the scene was not small at all.

Not only most of Chelsea's players - such as Kante, Willian, Remy, Pedro, Alonso, Azpilicueta, Zapacosta, youth training youngster Ampadu, Luiz who has left the team, even

Former captain Terry - all took special leave to rush to the wedding venue, which was located in Ibiza, Spain.

Li Polo was not surprised to see Lao Fa's friends from all walks of life in football.

For example, Henry, his old captain when he played for Arsenal, came from France with his wife to congratulate him.

And Gunners goalkeeper Lehmann also came from Germany with his family to share the meal.

Although the "loyalty law" incident at that time caused Fabregas to bear a lifetime of infamy, his teammates and big brothers still sent him blessings.

However, Professor Wenger, whose heart was broken by him back then, did not appear on this occasion.

Old friends from Barcelona - Xavi, Iniesta, Busquets, Puyol, Alba, Suarez, and of course Messi.

The only surprise was that Pique, who had the best relationship with Francesco at Barcelona, ​​did not attend with Shakira.

This group of Barcelona players were a little embarrassed after seeing Lee Polo, but Lee Polo himself had no self-consciousness and instead sent greetings enthusiastically:

"Hey Leo, your wife is getting more and more beautiful!"

Messi nodded slightly:

"Thanks."

He is not the kind of person who likes to cause trouble. Although he does not like Lee Polo's playing style, as long as the opponent does not provoke him, he can treat him as an ordinary passerby.

However, Li Polo still received a prompt message:

[Negative sentiment from Leo Messi, +10!]

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Conte was in a bad mood.

The reason is of course not that the players collectively asked for leave to attend the wedding, but that he is still under a lot of coaching pressure this season.

First of all, the World Cup has severely compressed pre-season training. Until the new season is about to start, many players' physical fitness has not returned to normal levels. The overall preparation situation is really worrying.

Secondly, the departure of Courtois, Luis and others has weakened the team's strength.

Although Cahill is still very reliable, he is already thirty-three after all, and his physical fitness has already begun to decline, especially when faced with fast and agile forwards, he is like a wooden stake...

Conte has always wanted to buy another central defender from Italy, but his signing list failed to pass the approval of the top management. He was even criticized for not properly handling the conflicts in the locker room, which led to Luis leaving the team at a low price, causing more than a dozen losses to the club.

Millions of economic losses.

Then it brought up the topic of Kong Er’s stupid text message expelling Costa last season. If the Chinese Super League team hadn’t been taken advantage of, Shengshi Beauty would have turned into a bad debt!

What makes Conte most angry is that Chelsea's first players' congress invited Marina and Emenalo, but did not invite him as the head coach!

This meeting was discussed for a long time, and finally they bought a substitute midfielder Barrios!

Director Li Polo's level is nothing more than this!

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The opening game of the new Premier League season is scheduled for August 10, but before that, the second-tier English Championship has already started - after all, they have hardly been affected by the World Cup.

In last season's English Championship, a total of three teams won the final promotion spots:

After receiving huge investment, the Wolves team headed by Nuno Santo won the championship strongly.

"Crazy Gang" New Wimbledon ranked second with a gap of 10 points.

Third-placed Cardiff City went through a brutal play-off, eliminating Fulham, Aston Villa, and Middlesbrough to get the last ticket.

As a legend of the "Crazy Gang" and one of the actual investors, Lee Polo is very pleased with this result, and even a little surprised.

After all, apart from the initial investment of 20 million pounds, neither he nor Mike made any additional investment last season.

However, Lee Polo is still the biggest contributor to the Kuang Gang’s advancement.

Because...the funds used by the Kuang Gang to sign players all come from the secondary share of Lee Polo's transfer to Chelsea...

According to the original transfer agreement, of the 180 million transfer fee for Lee Polo, the Mad Gang will get 30% of it, which is 54 million. Even after deducting the 2 million youth training fee paid to Clapton, the remaining

52 million is still an extremely considerable income for the English Championship team!

Since the Mad Gang finally entered the top league, the original management structure seemed too extensive.

The main person in charge of the club, the old manager Powell, is certainly dedicated and conscientious, but after all, his level is limited and he lacks more professional vision and management methods.

The coaching team also has this problem. As a meritorious coach who led the team to two consecutive promotions in three years, Neil Adderley is deeply loved by players and fans, but he is obviously not the same as Ancelotti, Mourinho, and Pep Guardiola.

Diola, a talented head coach like Zidane, can he gain a foothold in the Premier League without sufficient funds?

Considering that the team lacked a backbone, Mike and Lee Polo had many remote discussions in June. In the end, Mike was responsible for contacting a sports director with Premier League experience to provide technology for this young team.

Assure.

By mid-July, Mike’s operation really paid off.

The famous French coach Arsene Wenger, who only announced his retirement from Arsenal in May, accepted the contract offered by the Mad Gang after finishing his short-term job as a World Cup commentator on French TV.

When the official news was confirmed, the entire European football world was shocked!

Although the results in the later period of Arsenal's coaching are far less impressive than those at the beginning of the 21st century, considering the intensity of the club's investment, there is certainly no doubt about Wenger's huge contribution to the Gunners.

Some Arsenal fans cannot accept this reality, accusing Kroenke of having broken the heart of coach Arsene Wenger over the years with his management style, which led to Wenger preferring to give up a top-three salary in football and switch to a newly promoted club.

Some radical fans went to the other extreme. They publicly burned their collection of posters with Wenger's portrait at the gate of the team's training base!

They even used their traditional skills and hired a plane company to fly a banner over the Wimbledon training base:

"Dear traitor, see you at the Emirates Stadium!"

Wenger, who is used to seeing big winds and waves, obviously doesn't feel comfortable accepting such treatment, but this does not affect his operation.

As the newly appointed sporting director, Wenger focuses on two aspects:

Transfers and youth training.

With the Kuang Gang's background, there is no need to count on youth talent. If you want to compete in the Premier League, you still have to recruit from outside.

As the most discerning head coach at the beginning of the 21st century, although Wenger's vision has declined in recent years, he has rich experience and connections that Powell and Adderley do not have.

In just half a month, he used his personal influence to put together the framework of a team.

For example, he signed the former midfield brains Cazorla and the former prince Wilshere from Arsenal for free, hoping to regain their confidence in the newly promoted team.

Also joining them is goalkeeper Ospina, who lost his main position in the new season due to the joining of Leno.

Professor Wen, who had just retired from Arsenal, took away three players from his old club and vaguely regarded the Kuang Gang as a recycling bin for the arsenal...

Of course, Wenger would not just focus on his old club. Soon he signed the left back and England international player Delph from Manchester City for free.

Rented Belgian striker Origi from Liverpool who had not had a chance for a long time.

Then he turned his attention to foreign leagues and introduced 20-year-old Italian midfielder Locatelli from AC Milan on a rent-and-buy basis.

From Leipzig in the Bundesliga, he bought his fellow countryman, 20-year-old French central defender Upamecano, for 18 million euros.

On loan from Real Madrid, a young player with dual nationality of Morocco and France, right back Achraf Ashraf - he very much wanted to directly buy out this promising defender, but Real Madrid, with its deep pockets, would not let him go at all.

He also poached an unknown 21-year-old winger, Luis Dias, from an unknown team in Colombia for a transfer fee of up to 5 million.

After completing this series of transfer operations, Wenger spent a total of 23 million euros - actually the money of Upamecano and Dias, and the others were either visa-free or on loan.

After seeing Professor Wen's operation, Lee Polo had an idea and used his influence at Chelsea to recommend a young player to his old club.

Mason Mount.

He said earnestly to the thin frontcourt genius:

"Go to the Kuang Gang! There, you will grow into a real man!"

(End of chapter)