Super Marshal

As a famous player in Porto, Paul Futre still has a lot of connections and channels in Portuguese football, so it is often easy for them to obtain some inside information that is difficult for outsiders to know.

And he suddenly asked such a question, it would definitely not be aimless, so Gao Han was naturally concerned.

"As far as I know, there is a clause in Mourinho's renewal contract with Porto."

"Um?"

"Yes, the purpose of the clause is that Mourinho renews his contract with Porto. If there are invitations from the top four teams in the Premier League within two years, Mourinho can terminate the coaching contract early without paying Porto liquidated damages."

When Paul Futre said this, his eyes were fixed on Gao Han, and he felt that his meaning was obvious enough.

There are not many top four teams in the Premier League. Manchester United and Arsenal always occupy one of them. Liverpool, Newcastle and Chelsea compete for the other two seats respectively. But since last season, everyone can see that Chelsea is already the most Premier League champion. Strong contenders, with the one remaining seat most likely to be Liverpool.

The coaching positions of Ferguson and Wenger can be said to be as stable as Mount Tai, basically it is impossible to change coaches within two years.

Liverpool decided to replace Houllier and is currently looking for a coach, but if it was the Red Army, how could Mourinho renew his contract with Porto and ask for such a clause?

He can simply not renew his contract and switch to Liverpool. Isn't that more troublesome?

It can be seen that the possibility of Liverpool is also very small.

Then the remaining options are simple, there is only one Chelsea!

From the fact that Mourinho renewed his contract with Porto and asked to add such a clause, it is not difficult to see that he must have obtained some kind of promise from certain people, so he added such a clause to the contract.

As for who and what commitments, that is already very obvious.

Gao Han's thoughts changed sharply, but on the surface he remained calm and calm, "Paul, is your news reliable?"

"Indeed," replied Paul Futre, with absolute certainty.

Gao Han nodded and smiled slightly: "Then I know, thank you for telling me."

The Portuguese also immediately understood that Gao Han must have his own plans.

Today's Gao Han is no longer the Gao Han he was when he was a fledgling at the beginning of the year. He is already the leading marshal in Europe.

Based on his coaching performance at Chelsea this season, I am afraid that even Abramovich may not dare to change the coaching idea easily. The reason why he has such an agreement with Mourinho is probably to prepare a copy for the team. A spare tire, otherwise, once things come to light, Chelsea will become the team that all European coaches avoid.

And the fans of the Blues must be the first to quit!

Gao Han is very aware of his situation at Chelsea, and he also knows what kind of person Abramovich is.

From the first time he met Abramovich, his piercing eyes told him that the Russians were ambitious, impatient and possessive, and that he didn't come to the Premier League just for football, he came to the Premier League. Looking for a safe haven, and at the same time hoping that professional football can become a stepping stone for him to join the British upper class.

It can be said that from the first meeting between the two, the differences were very obvious.

At that time, Abramovich’s question was whether Gao Han could form a team similar to Real Madrid in the Premier League, where every position is the world’s top superstar, and Gao Han’s reply was that it did not suit him. concept.

What he pursues is the whole, destined to run counter to Real Madrid's superstar strategy.

Moreover, it is not difficult to see from the situation of Real Madrid this season that the superstar strategy of the Galaxy Battleship has exposed problems.

After more and more superstars join the team, who is the core has become the biggest problem.

How to win on the court, how to defeat the opponent, is insignificant.

This is why many Spanish media commented that the most important task of the Real Madrid coach is not football, but managing the locker room.

What Gao Han pursues is that everyone in the team revolves around him.

It's not that he can't tolerate superstars, the premise is that this superstar can be used by him.

As Ferguson said, when a head coach loses authority in the locker room, he is undoubtedly putting himself on a cliff, and he may fall to pieces anytime, anywhere.

Gao Han would never do such a stupid thing.

It is precisely because the differences are clear from the beginning, so Gao Han has always been more in control.

When the team won the championship, Abramovich was left aside by the media. Gao Han saw his unhesitating expression and immediately came forward to help him out of the predicament. Later, it was rumored that Abramovich had a private meeting with Jose Vega and After being photographed by The Sun, Gao Han didn't take advantage of the problem, but instead took the initiative to return the transfer right.

It can be said that for the stability of the team, Gao Han has made concessions.

But unexpectedly, he seemed to be more and more dissatisfied with the status quo.

Perhaps, he really felt that after paying the money, everyone on the team had to revolve around him and obey his orders.

Thinking of this, Gao Han immediately took out his mobile phone and called Jorge Mendes.

Lin Xia, who was driving in the driver's seat, also noticed the change in Gao Han's expression and realized the seriousness of the matter.

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Editorial Office of The Guardian, London, UK.

Greenwald arrived in the editor's office.

As soon as he entered the door, before he could sit still, the editor-in-chief opposite threw out a few photos.

As a Guardian reporter who has followed Chelsea for a long time, Greenwald recognized the person in the photo at first sight.

Abramovich's most trusted agent, Pini Zahavi, the Russian's trusted assistant Marina Granovskia, but it was the other two that surprised Greenwald.

Arsenal left-back Ashley Cole, with his agent Jonathan Barnett.

"This was taken by our front-line reporters. The location is the Royal Park Hotel, and the time is the day before the national team's training camp."

Green Wald was slightly moved, the time and place are so clear, it can be seen that this material is genuine.

But the Chelsea executives privately met with the Arsenal left-back and their agent, what is this?

"In addition to that, we have received very solid information that Arsenal are looking at Chelsea's asking price and that the latter have approached Arsenal with the possibility of a move for Ashley Cole in an undisclosed manner. "

Greenwald shook his head and said, "Wenger won't agree."

Everyone knows that Arsenal's sharpest attack is on the left, and Henry, Pires and Ashley Cole are the key players in this left attack. How could Wenger cut off his own arm and sell Ashley? What about Cole?

Unexpectedly, the editor-in-chief sitting opposite smiled unpredictablely, "No, you are wrong, Wenger is also said to be tempted."

"What?" Greenwald was taken aback. "How is this possible?"

Wenger's brain is not broken, he would do such a stupid thing?

"I heard that the bargaining chips proposed by Chelsea are Gallas, Van Persie and Cesc Fabregas, three for one."

"What?" Greenwald jumped up from his seat in shock, "This... this is absolutely impossible!"

After a pause, he still shook his head, "Gao Han will never agree to this transfer, and according to the exact information I got from him, he really wants to bring in a left back, but it's not Ashley Koe And he didn't think about sending away Gallas, Van Persie and Cesc Fabregas, all three players are in his plan."

Although Greenwald was reprimanded by Gao Han at the post-match press conference before, I refused to answer your question, embarrassing the Guardian reporter, but the friendship between him and Gao Han is still good.

Of course, there is no personal contact, only business exchanges, but after all, they cooperated for a year, and they are very friendly to each other.

Regarding Gao Han's plan, Green Wald also vaguely knew something, but it was definitely not what he saw in front of his eyes.

unless……

Looking at the unpredictable and profound eyes of the editor-in-chief, Green Wald felt a shudder all over his body.

His ominous premonition was right.

As early as the past period of time, Chelsea's management has made frequent shots, and Abramovich has also begun to appear in the newspapers frequently, and many of them were arranged on their own initiative, which has revealed an obvious signal.

That is management restlessness.

In the Premier League, many people only noticed Manchester United's Ferguson and Arsenal's Wenger, but they never noticed that these two teams belong to the kind of relatively modern management teams in the Premier League, especially Manchester United.

But behind these two teams, there are also some restless behind-the-scenes bosses in the Premier League, such as Liverpool chairman Rick Barry, former Leeds United chairman Ridsdale, former Chelsea chairman Betts and Newcastle chairman Sheppard, etc., even to a certain extent, the boss decision-making system is the mainstream of the Premier League, even in some listed clubs.

One of the most famous is the former Chelsea chairman Bates, which can be seen from his nickname vulture.

As for David Dunn, the vice chairman of Arsenal, who is admired by many people, his reputation in the circle is not very good. Many people think that he is forced to deal with the major shareholders because of lack of financial resources Strongly support Wenger, otherwise, he will do harder than anyone else.

The purpose of these behind-the-scenes bosses in running the team is not the same, but it is clear that all players and head coaches are like pawns in their hands. Many of them enjoy this kind of monopoly and scold Fang Qiu, Lead the team to success and enjoy the pride that fans love.

And a team run by such a boss will not have Ferguson and Wenger.

It should be said that it is never allowed.

It now appears that Chelsea seems to have such signs.

"I also got a piece of news, Green." The editor-in-chief was silent for a while, allowing Green Wald to digest the shock in his heart before continuing, but there was a faint posture of not being surprised and dying.

Greenwald's heart skipped a beat.

"Chelsea has basically settled on Crespo, and the transfer fee is expected to exceed 25 million euros."

"What?" Greenwald lost his voice in surprise again.

His first reaction was that the rumors from the outside world were true.

The Sun reported before that Chelsea is very close to Shevchenko, and the Ukrainian nuclear warhead is also very interested in Chelsea, but due to AC Milan's retention, Shevchenko decided to stay with the team, and the Blues turned to Crespo.

"Since Ibrahimovic and Eto'o already have, why do we need Crespo?" Green Wald asked inexplicably.

Is it just because Ibrahimovic and Eto'o are not big enough?

But if Crespo comes, and there is Shevchenko who has been pursued by Abramovich for a long time in the future, how will Ibrahimovic and Eto'o deal with it?

These two tiger generals are Gao Han's favorite generals. Does Gao Han know about such a transfer transaction?

Thinking of this, Green Wald shuddered all over.