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Terry Brown personally greeted Chen Ping at the door.

In the fourth round of the League Cup, although Chelsea sent Frank Lampard, Crespo, and Mutu in the second half, they still failed to save Chelsea's defeat.

West Ham beat Chelsea 4-1 at home to advance to the fifth round of the Carabao Cup.

In the game, Defoe once again completed a hat-trick and caused a sensation in English football. After all, West Ham faced Tottenham and Chelsea, two Premier League powerhouses, in the third and fourth rounds of the League Cup, but Defoe was still so good.

West Ham's luck was still bad, and in the fifth round of the Carabao Cup, they once again met a strong London team, this team is the London giants Arsenal. However, it is fortunate to say that the giants of this era do not pay much attention to the League Cup.

This is especially true for Arsenal.

It was already the quarter-finals of the League Cup, but Wenger told Chen Ping how much he disdained the League Cup. Tottenham and Chelsea have at least half of the main players, but Arsenal turned out to be mostly substitutes, and even seventeen or eighteen-year-olds were fielded.

Many players, Chen Ping, have never heard of the name.

The goalkeeper is a player named Stark, Toure, Sigan, Keown, Klich in the back, and Parlour and Edu in midfield, as well as Gilbert Silva and Bentley, who have just returned from injury. Up front are Kanu and Abiyi.

Among these players, Stark's appearances this season can be counted on one hand, and no one who is not an Arsenal fan has probably heard of his name. Toure is the only main player in the backline, but Toure has been playing at centre-back this season. In this game, he was arranged to play right-back on the right side. Keown is thirty-seven, Sigan is a substitute for Arsenal and Klich is only eighteen. Keown, Sigan and Chrissy have also made more than 10 appearances this season.

Only Gilbert Silva, who has just returned from injury, was the main player in midfield, but this game was mainly about finding form. The rest of the players were Arsenal substitutes.

Abiyi up front is only 17 years old and, like Klich, only has a chance in the Carabao Cup. The two of them occasionally train in the first team, but most of the games are in the youth team.

In this game, Arsene Wenger put all the important players of Arsenal off the pitch. Thierry Henry, Vieri, Andre Pire, Campbell, Ashley Cole, Ljungberg and Lauren are mostly not even in the eighteen-man squad, while Bergkamp is recovering from injury.

Arsene Wenger's attitude can be seen.

If you can win, you can win, but if you can't, forget it.

Wenger has this attitude, and Chen Ping will certainly not let it go. There is only a gap of about ten days between the fourth and fifth rounds of the League Cup. On 17 December 2003, West Ham met Arsenal at home.

Eliminated Arsenal by a score of 2-1.

So far, West Ham have eliminated three giants from London in this League Cup and advanced to the semi-finals of the League Cup. To the delight of West Ham supporters, West Ham met another dark horse team in the League Cup.

West Bromwich Albion.

This season's Carabao Cup powerhouses have been beaten one after another, with the League Cup semi-finals being two Premier League teams Bolton Wanderers and Aston Villa, and two League One teams West Ham and West Bromwich Albion.

West Ham met West Bromwich Albion in the semi-finals.

Final.

Everyone is expecting West Ham to reach the Carabao Cup final. Chen Ping's mood is also very good. The status of the League Cup in English football is low, and it is not generally low. Just look at Arsene Wenger's attitude towards the Carabao Cup, and you can see what these strong teams think about the Carabao Cup.

But for Chen Ping, the League Cup is all about luxury right now.

Champion.

No matter what the championship is, getting a championship is very important for Chen Ping. Terry Brown is of course very excited as West Ham chairman. West Ham only had a good run of results in English football in the sixties and seventies. For the rest of the hundreds of years, the results have not been very good.

"Terry, you're so kind. ”

"It should be, it should be. You know, I've been president of West Ham for so many years and not once in a cup game have we done this season. ”

Terry Brown was very polite.

You're welcome, of course.

That's the change in strength. When West Ham was looking for Chen Ping, although Chen Ping had a good result in Oxford United, West Ham was a big club compared to Chen Ping. But after half a season, Chen Ping has proved his strength with his performance.

No matter how xenophobic the English football world is, it is impossible for Chen Ping to be seen by no one. There are not just two clubs in England that are stronger than West Ham. There must be those who want to poach Chen Ping.

"Here, here's the coffee I prepared for you. ”

"Thank you. ”

Chen Ping sat on the side, and Terry Brown had not only Terry Brown in his office, but also West Ham's sporting director, Paul Pitt. However, Chen Ping found that Paul Pitt's face was not very good-looking.

Chen Ping instantly felt that the atmosphere was a little different.

Looking at Terry Brown again, although he was smiling, he could see a trace of sadness on his face. Chen Ping was a little inexplicable, now that the situation in West Ham is very good, these two people have nothing to worry about.

West Ham are not short of money at the moment and have good results.

"Chen, there's something I really can't talk about. ”

Terry Brown sat down and sighed, his face becoming very solemn.

"What's going on?"

"Defoe's agent just approached me this morning. ”

"Jermaine?"

Chen Ping frowned.

In an instant, countless thoughts flashed in my mind. If you want to renew your contract and want a high salary, you shouldn't be able to make Terry Brown so dignified. After all, West Ham is doing well now, and West Ham's players are generally young people and their salaries are relatively low.

When West Ham are promoted, the salaries of these players will all increase, which is inevitable. Not to mention West Ham's young players, even Chen Ping's salary will also be upgraded and increased. In the Premier League and League One, the salary system is completely different.

Since I don't want to renew the contract, then .......

Chen Ping instantly thought of a very bad thing, so he couldn't help but say, "He wants to transfer?"

"Yes. ”

"Damn. ”

Chen Ping was furious in an instant.

Defoe's shit, not long ago Chen Ping talked to Defoe, and Defoe also swore to himself that he likes West Ham very much, and he likes the current West Ham very much.

He is willing to stay at West Ham and help the team get promoted and help the team win the title.

But it's only been a long time.

It turned out to be another transfer application. And it turned out that he found the president of the club directly without going through himself. Damn, Chen Ping's heart suddenly became angry.

The tactics that Chen Ping is building now are so much of a support for Defoe.

"Which club the hell?"

Defoe is not cheap. If an average player is relegated with the team, then his value will also decrease. But Defoe's situation is completely different. Tottenham were already aggressively pursuing Defoe in the summer, and even their psychological price tag was £8 million. This is the value of Defoe in the summer.

And Defoe used half a season to double his value.

Of course, if it is a player from other countries, such as Spanish players and German players, even if they have a performance like Defoe, they cannot be worth more than 10 million pounds. But whoever let Defoe have an English account is easily worth more than 10 million pounds.

But spending more than 10 million pounds, or even 15 million pounds, on Defoe is definitely not something that ordinary clubs can afford.

It's not ten years from now.

"Is it Manchester United?"

Ferguson is interested in Defoe, Chen Ping knows that. But Ferguson has only said that he never really meant to do it. Chen Ping remembers very well that Ferguson did not make a move against Defoe.

"It's not. ”

"That's ......"

'It's Chelsea. Zahavi has already been to us and met Defoe's agent. ”

Chen Ping's face was ugly.

Although Chen Ping has been in English football for many years, his connections in English football are still very poor. Zahavi came to West Ham to meet with his player's agent, and he didn't know it.

Who is Zahavi?

That's one of the top agents in English football. West Ham is even more familiar with Zahavi, because Zahavi single-handedly manipulated Ferdinand's transfer to Leeds United, and then from Leeds United to Manchester United. Rio Ferdinand's transfer fee for a centre-back has broken through the sky-high price, which shows Zahavi's ability.

Now Zahavi is even more famous in the circle.

Because he was the first agent to help a wealthy man buy a club as an agent.

"Chen, Defu probably can't keep it. I also met with Zahavi at noon and Chelsea would pay Defoe at least three times as much. If Defoe goes to Chelsea, Chelsea can offer Defoe a £50,000 weekly salary. It's not something our club can withstand. ”

Terry Brown smiled wryly.

Fifty thousand pounds.

Although the salaries of English football players have increased rapidly in recent years, 50,000 pounds is something that only the Premier League giants can afford. Not to mention West Ham United, even the same London powerhouse Tottenham Hotspur currently has no player with a salary of £50,000. The highest salary in Tottenham's salary system is only £40,000 a week. In fact, not to mention Tottenham, even the current salary of Arsenal's gun king Thierry Henry is only that.

Henry, as the current top player in the entire Premier League, negotiated a contract extension with Arsenal, and asked for only a weekly salary of 70,000 pounds. Pire, Ljungberg and Vieri all have salaries around £40,000. Players who have just successfully renewed their contracts in the past two years rarely have salaries above £50,000. Of course, if these players renew their contracts now, their salaries can reach fifty or sixty thousand pounds. But this is the London giants Arsenal.

The average salary of West Ham's current players is around £10,000, and there are even many players whose salary is only a few thousand pounds. West Ham captain Michael Carrick is now paid just £15,000. Fifty thousand pounds, West Ham can't even think of it.

Chen Ping was also annoyed.

I didn't think much of it in my previous life, but it was fun to watch the excitement of the transfer market. But when he was really in English football and really in it, Chen Ping really gritted his teeth at Chelsea.

Not because they want to buy Defoe, but because Chelsea will greatly increase the salaries of players in English football this time. For a small team like West Ham, it's hard to keep good players. Of course, it is also because of an upstart like Chelsea that the value of the Premier League will become higher and higher. will make the broadcast fees of Premier League teams higher and higher, and the income of clubs will also increase rapidly. There are also pros and cons.

"So Defoe must go?"

"Chen, we only have two paths now. Either let Defoe go, or completely tear his face with Defoe. But Chen, we're a small club after all. If we get into too much trouble with the players, it's not good for us. ”

Chen Ping did not blame Terry Brown.

And the players are tough and look handsome of course. But for a small club like West Ham, after the Bosman Act, it has become more and more vulnerable to players. Defoe was bent on leaving, and West Ham really had no good way to stop it.

Unless West Ham tears their faces, they insist on keeping Defoe.

But both sides lose, and those giants and strong teams can bear it. But West Ham don't have that kind of confidence.

"Let's go?"

Chen Ping smiled, damn it. I was used to Chinese football in my last life, and I actually mixed English football with Chinese football in my previous life. In Chinese football, clubs are much stronger than players, but this is European football. And he was naïve to believe in Defoe's promise.

But since he was leaving, of course Chen Ping needed to get what he needed.

"Terry, how about I leave this transfer to Zahavi to come and talk to me about Defoe's transfer, and Defoe's agent has come to me. ”

"Yes. ”

Terry Defoe nodded, but said, "Still, Chen." Don't make too much trouble, it's not good for us. ”

"I know. ”

Chen Ping already had his own thoughts in his mind, so he said with a smile: "Di Fu transferred, his transfer fee should be kept." I want to use winter transfers and summer transfers. ”

"Good. ”