Stamford Bridge, London, England.

The atmosphere in Chelsea's chief executive's office was a bit stiff.

Gulley, who took over the reins of the club from Peter Kenyon, was looking furious, while sitting across from him was Nigerian, 45-year-old technical director Emenelope.

This summer has not been a good time for Chelsea, with both the team and the management experiencing a tumultuous period of no small time.

After Scolari's departure, Chelsea struggled to pick up a manager, opting for a young Villas-Boas, who also had ambitions to return home and make a career at Stamford Bridge to step out of Jose Mourinho's shadow.

This is exactly what Gully and Emenello have in mind.

They all want to prove that they are no worse than their predecessors.

And their predecessors were almost all some of the biggest names in European football, Peter Kenyon and Frank Arneson.

There's nothing to say about Emenelo's career, having played in the USA, Belgium, Germany and England's Notts County, but that's about it, and after retiring he transitioned into coaching, working as Grant's second-in-command, and later following Grant to Chelsea, where he was head scouting and was soon promoted to assistant coach with Scolari.

After Villas-Boas took office, Frank Arneson's resignation as technical director was left unresolved, and the club finally decided to promote Emenelo from within, but soon the drawbacks appeared.

Bringing in a high-quality centre-back has been Chelsea's biggest challenge for more than half a year, with David Luiz always at the top of the club's list of transfers, even coming close to joining Stamford Bridge during the winter break in January, but then falling aground for a variety of reasons.

The team has been in close contact with Benfica this summer, in talks over the transfer of David Luiz, but the two sides could not agree on the price, so they focused on attacking Juan Mata and Romelu Lukaku first, and then brought in midfielder Romeu from Barcelona.

But just when the club was about to switch to David Luiz, Paris Saint-Germain suddenly attacked, caught Chelsea off guard, and made Gully and Emenelo completely confused.

"What to do?" asked Gully in a deep voice.

David Luiz has always been the first choice for Chelsea's centre-backs, but now he has been given a head start by Paris Saint-Germain, which has disrupted Chelsea's original deployment and plans.

"I didn't expect PSG's efficiency to be so fast, it is said that Mendes personally went to negotiate, he is David Luiz's agent, and the player and PSG also hit it off, so the transfer was negotiated in just two days, and we didn't even receive the news, they had already signed. "Emenelope was also depressed.

If you want to say that you were not prepared before, who would believe it?

What's more, Paris Saint-Germain are only offering €30 million, which is only €5 million more than Chelsea's previous offer, which is well within Chelsea's acceptable range.

'Oh my God, with the current situation in European football, there is such a shortage of centre-backs, what are we going to do next?' Gully felt that his head was as big as a fight, and Emenello was still inexperienced in this area, his action and efficiency were too slow to keep up with the pace of the transfer market.

You know, today's European transfer market is like a battle for football resources, and the advantages and disadvantages of traders are too important.

At the very least, if Arneson is here, it is estimated that David Luiz will take it.

"Our number two target is AC Milan's Thiago Silva and our number three target is Alderweireld in Chinatown, both centre-backs are on the radar of a lot of teams and I think we should do it as soon as possible. Emenello suggested.

Gulley exhaled heavily, picked up the phone on the table, pressed a number, and called.

Soon, Abramovich's voice came from the phone.

The Russian shouted on the phone why David Luiz's transfer had failed, and Gully had to explain in a low voice that it was indeed a mistake in the transfer operation, and also asked Abramovich for advice in the hope of turning to Thiago Silva and taking the second target as soon as possible.

Everyone knows that AC Milan is the most short of money.

It was a full ten minutes before Gulley hung up the phone, looked up, and looked at Emenello with bad intentions.

"The boss has agreed to take Thiago Silva as soon as possible anyway and not make any more mistakes. ”

Gully can understand Abramovich's mood at this moment, failing to win David Luiz has caused Chelsea to lose a lot, because the transfer market has lost another good centre-back, players have become more scarce, and Thiago Silva is bound to be worth a little more than before.

From David Luiz to Thiago Silva, Chelsea pay at least 10 million euros more, and even if Abramovich has money, his heart will definitely bleed.

If they mess up again this time, Gully and Emenello will be waiting for more than just a scolding.

Emenelo knew this well, so he immediately took out his mobile phone and found his partner in Italy, hoping to bring AC Milan general manager Galliani out to meet as soon as possible.

The call was made quickly, but just as Emenello had just explained what he meant, he was given a thunderbolt from the other side of the phone, so shocked that he almost dropped his phone.

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"What?"

At the Camp Nou in Barcelona, Spain, Barcelona president Rosell Hodi jumped from his seat.

"What did you say?"

"The latest news just got, AC Milan central defender Thiago Silva successfully transferred to Paris Saint-Germain at a sky-high price of 50 million euros, and it is estimated that it will be officially announced in the next two days. ”

Technical director Subisareta's words made Rosell's face change, and Thiago Silva, one of their most important additions this summer, was now ahead of Paris Saint-Germain, which ......

"Fifty million euros...... Rosell muttered to himself, his face full of gloom.

The wealth of the Middle East tycoons is huge, and the whole European football world saw it when Manchester City was aggressively recruiting, and now Paris Saint-Germain is obviously following the old path before Manchester City.

Before the loss, everyone was still laughing at Paris Saint-Germain for just introducing veterans, but the result was good, people either didn't make a move, and once they made a shot, they continued to spend a lot of money, from Pastore to David Luiz, and now Thiago Silva, Paris Saint-Germain has quietly spent more than 100 million euros.

"There aren't many good centre-backs in the transfer market at the moment. Subisareta reminded with apprehension.

"Who else?"

"With the transfers of David Luiz and Thiago Silva, there are now only two favourites left, both in Chinatown. ”

Russell frowned, "Otamendi and Alderweireld?"

'Yes, Otamendi is our second target, but according to what we've learned, Real Madrid are also interested in the player, with United eyeing Alderweireld and Chelsea likely to switch to Chinatown's two centre-backs after losing David Luiz and Thiago Silva. ”

"What about Chinatown's attitude?" asked Russell.

Subisareta's face became a little weird, "Not for sale!"

"Not for sale?" Rosell almost didn't laugh out loud, "I'm going to the special non-sale, how much do they want?"

But Subisareta didn't answer, just looked at Russell with a tacit expression.

The Barcelona president suddenly felt in his heart, "Termination money?"

'Alderweireld's release fee is 40 million euros, but Otamendi's release fee is as high as 50 million euros. ”

"I'm going to it!" Russell scolded again.

"But the current situation is that even if we are willing to pay the termination fee, it is estimated that Chinatown may not be willing to let go. ”

If Chinatown refuses to relent, even if Barcelona pays the release fee, at least tens of millions of euros more in taxes and fees, which is absolutely unacceptable to Barcelona.

"Damn Paris Saint-Germain, damn Middle Eastern bastards, what are you doing in European football for no reason? The whole transfer market has been completely disrupted by them, and what good is it for them to make the players so valuable?"

By the end, Russell almost burst into rage.

Barcelona has just completed the transfer of Cesc Fabregas, spending 50 million euros, which is an explanation from Rosell to the fans, if they pay liquidated damages for Otamendi at this time, Barcelona can only borrow money from the bank.

But now the situation is very bad, Puyol surgery, doomed to miss the opening stage, if not in time to bring in a central defender, Guardiola will not be able to say at all, when the team's results will be affected, all fans will vent their anger on the management.

Russell was chosen by the fans, and he must be accountable to the fans.

"If I think about it, your technical department and scouting team will also take a good look at the other candidates. ”

Russell said with some frustration.

50 million euros is indeed too expensive for Barcelona right now.

Not to mention, even if Barcelona is willing to pay the 50 million euros, it still depends on the face of Chinatown.

This dark horse team, which finally finished fourth in the league last season and broke into the Champions League this season, is now ambitious to make a big splash in the Champions League and gain a foothold in the top four of La Liga.

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While the entire European football world is still immersed in the shock of David Luiz and Thiago Silva, the two central defenders switching to Paris Saint-Germain, the Ligue 1 giants have quietly officially announced the progress of recruitment.

Antero Enrique convened a press conference to officially announce the team's transfer of 20-year-old midfielder N'Golo Kante from Boulogne in Ligue 2 in a player swap.

It was also in the form of a player exchange, bringing in African-American teenager Kurzawa from Monaco and defender Aurier from Lens, a team that was relegated from Ligue 2 this season.

Aside from Aurier's good performances in Ligue 1 last season, N'Golo Kante and Kurzawa are unknown, but PSG are trading for established players in the team, in the same way that Nene was traded for Azpilicueta.

This kind of seemingly loss-making player exchange, if only one sum, is understandable, but again and again using this way to bring in reinforcements, it has to make people suspect that this is Paris Saint-Germain is deliberately rejuvenating and reorganizing.

Antero Enrique said at his press conference that all transfer deals are for the club's long-term development.

But Antero Enrique is silent about who will take over PSG.

Just two days after the announcement of the introduction of three young players,

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