Chapter 290: Divide the Feast
This season's Premier League champions, runners-up and runners-up were swept together by teams from London, a result that naturally made the major London-based media extremely happy - although they must spare no effort to support all English teams participating in European competitions for the sake of English football, but back on the domestic stage, the London media are naturally extremely unhappy with Manchester United's long-term dominance of the league field. Pen Fun Pavilion www.biquge.info and now, they've finally got a chance to celebrate at the end of the season!
As the dust settled on the 04-05 Premier League, Chelsea became the new Premier League champions, and West Bromwich Albion became the first team to survive relegation as vice-president in the first half of the league, the whole English football scene was boiling over - for those who were tired of watching Manchester United and Arsenal turn around, it is needless to say that they are excited and excited to finally see someone break the blockade and win the league title by the two teams. As for West Bromwich Albion, who created a relegation miracle, it was praised by fans and the media, and its head coach Brian Robson took the opportunity to make a name for himself and become one of the most promising local coaches in the new generation!
However, while the fans were cheering for Chelsea's title and West Bromwich Albion's last-minute relegation, the people who remained in the Premier League turned their attention to Southampton, Norwich and Crystal Palace, which had already been confirmed to be relegated from the Premier League.
Not to mention, Southampton, a club with an excellent youth system, is among the three teams relegated from the Premier League this season, which has undoubtedly piqued the interest of other teams in carving up the assets of the relegated teams!
Behind Thierry Henry with 21 goals, Crystal Palace's leading striker Andrew Johnson, who won this season's Premier League Silver Boot, Norwich City's midfield core and team's top scorer Damien Francis, and defender Gary Doherty have all become the key targets of many Premier League teams after the league finale. As for Southampton, which has long been famous, from the biggest discovery this season, Peter Crouch, who scored 12 league goals in only 17 starts, to former Premier League Golden Boot winner Kevin Phillips, to midfielder Rory Delap, Belgian teenager Van Damer, and main goalkeeper Andy Niemi, etc., there are transfer rumors that will leave the team this summer!
West Ham United in 02-03, Leeds United in 03-04, Southampton in 04-05...... The relegation of these strong young guards has not only made other Premier League clubs full of oil, but also proved the fact that with the implementation and deepening of the Boseman Act, how to adapt to this new era has become something that all football clubs need to learn and focus on!
In addition to the three unlucky teams that were unfortunately relegated, Newcastle, who sacked Bobby Robson, were in a similar situation. The Magpies, who have brought in Liverpool legend Souness to coach this season, have not achieved the spurt in results as Shepard claimed, but have been slumping all the way to not even a place in the League Cup. Such an ending has not only disappointed Magpies fans, but also made Shepard, who is the president of Newcastle, widely questioned. In order to quell the doubts about him (and also to ensure ticket sales), Shepard vowed in an interview with the media that he would invest every penny he earned from the club into the transfer market and bring in strong new signings to the team!
This means that this coming summer, Shepard will step up his efforts to purge players from the Robson era in order to achieve what he calls the goal of "improving the team". And judging by Shepherd's usual poor performance in the transfer market (such as the sale of Peruvian international Solano to Aston Villa for £1 million in this season's winter transfer window, and the introduction of Kluivert, who is starting to decline with a high salary), other teams can take advantage of Shepherd's vote or take advantage of Newcastle!
Laurent Robert, Bellamy, Lee Bowyer, Dyer, Babayaro...... These familiar names to fans have been put into the transfer list by Souness and Shepard!
And Liverpool, the former British hegemon, did not survive this carving-up feast. Missing out on the Champions League for two consecutive seasons and doing nothing on other fronts has greatly affected the Reds' image as a top club and their appeal to their stars, making it impossible for Liverpool to compete with teams in the Champions League such as Manchester United and Chelsea in the transfer market.
To add insult to injury, many Liverpool players, including Steven Gerrard and Hyypia, have begun to have the idea of moving away in the summer because they have not seen the hope of reviving the team!
Especially after Owen's departure, Gerrard, who has become Liverpool's number one star. The Reds captain has publicly stated in an interview that he will "seriously consider" a contract extension with the club. The premise for Gerrard and Liverpool to complete the contract extension is that the club must show enough ambition and ensure that the team can be stable in the championship group!
If Liverpool can't guarantee that, then even if Gerrard is loyal to the Reds, he doesn't intend to follow the example of Matthew Letissel and waste his years at Anfield for the sake of a loyal man's reputation!
Unlike city rivals Everton, the Toffees players did not set their sights on qualifying for the Champions League at the start of the season, and they were satisfied with a ticket to the League Cup at the end of the season. So, while Everton are one place lower in the league than Liverpool (due to the butterfly effect brought about by George, which allowed Liverpool to put more effort into the league this life, resulting in Everton not being able to overtake the Reds in the table as they did in previous lives), Moyes has less to deal with than Benitez.
However, the biggest problem facing Liverpool now is that they are no match for the top four teams in the table in terms of quality, the Reds do not have enough money to burn money more than George and Roman Abramovich in terms of prestige, and Liverpool are also not as attractive as Chelsea and Tottenham Hotspur in terms of prestige. This also means that Gerrard's request for a contract extension to return the team to the league championship group is basically impossible for Liverpool FC to achieve!
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