Chapter 166: London Sight (Part II)

Inter's fourth goal came in the 61st minute.

Inter Milan's free-kick in front of the field was fast, Modric sent a through ball, and Aguero, who was in an offside position, was clever enough to stand still and not touch the ball.

This caused CSKA Moscow's players to miscalculate, with their defenders all raising their hands to signal Aguero for offside, only to see Juan Mata on the other side cut in and dribbled into the box.

In the face of goalkeeper Akinfeev on the attack, Juan Mata crossed unselfishly and Silva easily pushed the empty net into the net.

Four to zero!

"Four to zero! Inter Milan leads CSKA Moscow by four goals!" The Italian giants have shown their opponents how strong they are, and this is what the old giants are all about, and they have told CSKA Moscow how strong they are with one goal!" Lineker's voice sounded on the TV.

Abramovich snorted when he heard this, and the commentator's words caused him great displeasure.

Lineker's words brought back bad memories and feelings in him, and pricked his sensitive nerves.

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It was at the end of the 2006/2007 season, in the summer, that Chelsea owner Roman Abramovich travelled to Dubai, with the important purpose of a holiday to support a friend's summer football camp. When Abu went to the junior soccer camp twice, he never wanted to go again, and his assistants followed the rich man's gloomy gaze to find that most of the children in the camp were wearing Real Madrid, Barcelona, Inter Milan and AC Milan uniforms outside the stadium.

Although everyone knows that Abbu does not need the financial reward of football, he cannot accept that a team that has invested 535.8 million euros in the three years of Mourinho's management should have such a pale impact on the world and its fans. Paid world superstars Shevchenko and Ballack have not been featured, and in Dubai's seven-star hotel, Manchester United's rising star Cristiano Ronaldo, who stayed here a week ago, is being talked about. As the owner of Premier League powerhouse Chelsea, Abu always gets only the flattery of a few staff members around him, and even the bartenders in the hotel claim to be Real Madrid fans.

Abu was furious, bitterly recalling a few years ago when the alien Ronaldo won applause from the Red Devils fans for his hat-trick in a Real Madrid shirt at Manchester United's home stadium, and it was this sense of conquest that was far more intense than finding oil that led the billionaire to buy Chelsea and enter the football arena, vowing to build a blue aircraft carrier even more luxurious than Florentino's galactic battleship.

However, then-coach Ranieri did not have the ability to realize Abou's vision. So, at the 2004 European Championship in Portugal, Abu's private superliner docked at the port of Porto, and Jose Mourinho, who had just won the UEFA Champions League, boarded the cruise ship's spiral staircase. A year later, Chelsea regained the Premier League title after half a century and successfully defended it the following year. Chelsea, the Premier League, or European football has entered an era of Jose Mourinho.

Abramovich thought that his Chelsea could already be among the giants, but this experience in Dubai, he saw that his Chelsea influence was weak, and even non-existent, which deeply pierced Abramovich's sensitive and proud nerves.

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And in such a situation, the contradiction between Abramovich and Mourinho has further intensified.

Jose Mourinho, who received the first annual salary in world football, forgot two important factors after three years of being associated with the title. First, when Abou recruited him, Mourinho had the highest honour in European football at the time, which was the Champions Cup. Second, Jose Mourinho, the team built by Chelsea for 535.8 million euros, apart from being able to influence the corner of London, cannot be compared to the members of the G14 in terms of brand or popularity in the world arena.

In September 2005, Mourinho had already foreseen a crisis and Abou signed former Valencia player Alsen as the club's official scout and investigator, with whom Mourinho had disagreed on a number of competitive issues. In the summer of 2007, Abou promoted his close friend Grant to technical general manager, by which time Mourinho had completely lost his competitive administrative rights at the club, and he could only fight by snubbing Ballack and Shevchenko.

Mourinho's philosophy is very clear, a club like Chelsea has to go through iterations, and it must first accumulate competitive results before it can achieve a breakthrough as a big club. In this inevitable process, only the designer and the practitioner are the most important, and Mourinho is the only designer and practitioner. It was no longer possible for Abu to accept the arrogance and stubbornness of the Portuguese as he did in the summer of 2004, and he waited for Mourinho to wait for the boredom of Mourinho and the limit of his patience with a drastic reduction in the acquisition funds.

In fact, Abu is also well aware that Mourinho is not really passively waiting for a decision from Abu, as he himself has said publicly on many occasions. At the end of 2006, his agent, Mendes, secretly met with Real Madrid president Calderón in the small Portuguese city of Faro. During the conversation, the names of Mourinho and Cristiano Ronaldo were mentioned interchangeably. What makes Calderón uncertain is Mourinho's high annual salary, as well as an iron fist and dictatorship that closely resembles Capello's. What no one expected was that Mourinho followed the same path shortly after the departure of then Real Madrid coach Fabio Capello.

Chelsea's draw with the underdogs Rosenborg in the Champions League group stage ultimately angered Roman Abramovich, who believed that Mourinho was no longer in a magical position to lead Chelsea to greater glory.

So, a month ago, Chelsea Football Club announced that Jose Mourinho was no longer the club's manager, explaining that it was neither Mourinho's resignation nor the club's departure, but a tacit agreement between the two parties.

After that, Chelsea were replaced by Grant as head coach, but, as everyone knows, Grant is only a temporary choice, and Abramovich will definitely choose a new captain for Chelsea to lead the blue ship to conquer the seas and realize the dream of a giant club that has always been in his heart.

According to the English media, Roman Abramovich is looking for a manager who is more capable than Mourinho to lead Chelsea forward!

Who is this person?!

The English media once named a person: Inter Milan manager Leon!

In fact, Abramovich's aides have recommended Leon to him more than once, suggesting that Abramovich invite Leon to coach. The head coach of Inter Milan is undoubtedly the most glamorous champion coach in football now, whether it is in terms of popularity, coaching ability and championship resume, all meet Abramovich's requirements, but Abramovich has been hesitating, just ended his 'love affair' with the unruly Mourinho, and the Russian rich man is not interested in Leon, who is also known for his unruly personality.

However, at this moment, watching the strong dominance and wonderful game scenes displayed by Inter Milan on the pitch, Abramovich began to carefully examine and think about the possibility of inviting the famous Chinese coach to coach Chelsea for the first time.

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Li Ang sat in the coach's seat with an extremely relaxed expression.

Little did he know that in front of the TV, the super-rich man in London was watching him.

He was in a very happy mood now, and he was going to use the corpse of CSKA Moscow to warn all invading enemies, which was a good show to make an example of the monkeys.