In a prime location at Eaton Square in central London, Abramovich has a street-facing mansion that was purchased in '99. Pen × fun × Pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 ｉｎｆｏ

But he only owns two of them, which makes him unhappy with his London residence, and has recently been in close proximity to seven other owners to buy and renovate the entire townhouse.

As for how much to spend, that's not what he cares about.

At this moment, he was sitting in the living room on the second floor of the mansion, pointing to a newspaper on the table, glaring at his assistant Marina Granovskia, who was sitting across from him, and the club's president, Bruce Barker.

"I need an explanation, what the hell is going on?"

The newspaper was published in The Times, and the front page cover featured a group photo of Chelsea having dinner at a Chinese restaurant, and the scene seemed to be very happy, with both the main team and the substitutes getting along very well.

What really angered the Russians was what was reported in the second edition.

"Why didn't we have a Christmas dinner?" Abramovich snapped.

Since he landed in London, he has always been known for his lavish spending and lavish spending, but now the media says that not only did he not hold a Christmas party, but even the routine dinner party was canceled, so that the head coach Gao Han had to pay out of his own pocket to invite everyone to dinner, which made Abramovich feel shameless.

The authority of the Times is affirmed by the whole world, and looking at the posture, not only the Times, but also the media of the whole of Britain have been published, and now I am afraid that the whole world knows about it.

"Roman, we have been busy dealing with internal management matters, many employees have left, many positions are still hiring, and there is some internal chaos, so we have neglected the regular Christmas party. Bruce Buck hastened to explain.

"We were reminded when we were almost there, but it was too late and we had a league game on the 26th, so we decided after a meeting with the management that since it was too late to do it, we would postpone it later, but the schedule in January is also very tight, we have the league, the League Cup and the FA Cup to play, so we plan to postpone it until March. ”

Chelsea are doing well on all fronts, with three games to play in January and one more UEFA Cup in February, so the fixture schedule for January and February is really tight.

Abramovich now has some experience in running a team and understands the difficulties of management.

"Then have you discussed this matter with Gao Han?"

When Bruce Barker and Marina Granovskia heard this, they couldn't help but look at each other, and they were silent.

Indeed, from the time they made the decision to the final plan came out, they excluded Gao Han and the coaching staff.

"That's right, boss. Granovskia explained, "Gao Han has been very busy since he took charge of the team, and he is personally responsible for all the big and small things of the team, and we feel that the management can decide this matter for itself, so we don't bother him anymore." ”

What a smart man Abramovich was, hearing this, he immediately looked deeply at his close aides.

In just a dozen seconds, the air in the huge living room seemed to condense, not to mention Bruce Buck and Granovskia, who were the first to bear the brunt, even Pini Zahavi, who was sitting on the sidelines, and had nothing to do with himself.

In the end, the oligarchs who came out of the cruel competitive environment of Russia are not angry and arrogant!

"This is the end of the matter, you go and apologize to Gao Han, the coaching staff and all the members, and give each of you a Christmas present. Abramovich explained lightly, non-negotiable, but in the end he accentuated his tone.

"But...... I don't want a next time. ”

Both Bruce Barker and Granovskia nodded their heads in a heartbeat.

"Understood. ”

"Got it, boss. ”

Abramovi then withdrew his sharp gaze, raised his head, and closed his eyes to recuperate.

Seeing him close his eyes, the three people sitting opposite him were so nervous that they didn't dare to come out, until he exhaled heavily, and everyone breathed a sigh of relief.

They knew he was deflated.

Pini Zahavi looked at Abramovich, whose eyes were still closed, and then at Bruce Barker and Granovskia, both of whom looked at him in unison, as if waiting for him to break his silence.

"Hehe, actually, Roman, they were quite wronged in this matter. ”

"Wronged?" Abramovich replied lazily.

"As far as I know, this Chinese restaurant is invested by Gao Han, and it is also a major shareholder, newly opened, the business is so-so, according to me, Gao Han invited the players to eat in the Chinese restaurant, I am afraid that he also hopes to use the team's fame to advertise the restaurant, this kind of thing is also quite common in European professional football. ”

Pini Zahavi said this, pointed to the newspaper on the table, and said with a smile: "You see, there are a lot of introductions to this restaurant in the report, it looks like an advertorial written by a reporter who received benefits, and Gao Han didn't suffer a loss." ”

Abramovich listened, his eyes snapped open, and he stared at Pini Zahavi.

Although not directly mentioned in every sentence of the Israeli agent, it all added up to give him an impression.

The management was put on a stand by Gao Han intentionally or unintentionally!

Judging from the whole thing, the management did make mistakes, but according to Pini Zahavi, Gao Han invited a meal, but he won multiple birds with one stone, fame and fortune, but all the black pots were carried by the management.

Just imagine, when the whole thing spreads, the media and fans will only exaggerate Gao Han and scold the management.

Is this intentional? or unintentional?

Is Gao Han so black-bellied?

Just as Abramovich was thinking to himself, Granovskia also opened his mouth.

"Boss, I tentatively asked Gao Han if he could put another top center forward in the team, and he would like to choose the candidates, whether it is Shevchenko, Henry, Crespo, or even Ruud van Nistelrooy and Ronaldo, we can consider it and do our best to bring it in. ”

Abramovich nodded repeatedly, "Well, what did he say?"

He refused without even thinking about it. ”

"Oh?" Abramovich frowned.

He said Samuel Eto'o and Ibrahimovic are not inferior to any of the superstars above and he has faith in them. ”

Hearing this, Abramovich flipped through the Premier League page of the Times in front of him, glanced at the scorer list, and found that Eto'o had caught up with Thierry Henry and Ruud van Nistelrooy, and Ibrahimovic's goals were no less than that of strikers like Owen.

It is not difficult to see from this that Gao Han's vision for screening players is still very accurate.

Pini Zahavi saw Abramovich's brow loosen and had an answer in his mind.

"Ibrahimovic and Eto'o are both brought in by Gao Han, the former is a center forward cultivated by Ajax, the latter is a striker cultivated by Aragonés for many years, and after coming to Chelsea, they have become players under Mendes, Gao Han is easy to use, and it is normal. ”

Abramovich frowned slightly, but didn't say a word.

In fact, in terms of the chances created by the Chelsea midfield, it is not difficult to score three goals per game, and the reason why many games are played so hard is that the forward line is not effective, and even Gudjohnson's goal efficiency has been greatly improved compared to previous seasons, which is enough to confirm a rumor in the media circle. ”

"What rumors?" Abramovich asked with concern.

Pini Zahavi laughed, "It's just a joke. ”

"Tell me about it. The Russians are more curious.

"The former sentence of what the media reporters said was that with Chelsea's luxurious midfield, even a dog on a leash in the front line can score goals. Pini Zahavi said with a smile.

Abramovich laughed and praised Chelsea as if he were complimenting him, "What about the next sentence?"

"Next sentence...... Pini Zahawi was a little hesitant.

"Why? Abramovich urged.

"The next sentence is that with Chelsea's huge squad, even if it's a dog in the dugout, you can still win. ”

As soon as Pini Zahavi's words fell, everyone in the living room immediately looked at Abramovich.

The Russian looked thoughtful at first, but then burst out laughing.

"That's what a fart!"

The three of them also immediately laughed.

After laughing, Abramovich got up from the sofa, "Let's go, let's go to Gao Han's Chinese restaurant for dinner at noon today." ”

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December 26, Boxing Day.

The Premier League has finally ushered in the traditional Christmas devil's schedule.

In just two days, there are two rounds of league games, 18 and 19, and as we enter January, Premier League teams will officially participate in the FA Cup, starting with the third knockout round.

The schedule is so tight that the teams dare not be careless.

Gao Han made a rotation in the 18th round of the game away to Charlton Athletic, but the opening effect was not ideal, conceding a goal at the Valley Stadium, but soon Chelsea scored four goals in a row to beat Charlton Athletic 4-1.

Zlatan Ibrahimovic scored twice, while Samuel Eto'o and Ronaldinho scored one each.

In the same round of 18, Manchester United beat Everton 3-2 at home and Arsenal beat Wolves 3-0 at home.

Thierry Henry finally broke his goal drought by scoring a brace to take his tally to 14.

Two days later, Chelsea host Portsmouth.

Pompeii were tenacious in the first half, defending Chelsea's trident so tightly that they didn't give the Blues attacking players the slightest chance to send it to half-time.

However, after the restart-up in the second half, Chelsea adjusted their tactics, with Bridge, Joe Cole and Pacore Ferreira scoring in a 3-0 home win over Portsmouth.

Manchester United and Arsenal also beat Middlesbrough and Southampton by one goal away from home.

So far, the top three in the Premier League have won two in a row and survived the Christmas schedule smoothly.

Halfway through 19 league games, Chelsea continue to lead the table, followed by Manchester United and Arsenal, with a 13-point gap between the other 17 teams in the Premier League, and everyone is convinced that the team that will eventually win the championship will be born.

And the most promising is undoubtedly Chelsea.

Winning all 19 rounds, Chelsea won an impressive record of 57 points, a full 11 points ahead of Manchester United, and Chelsea won the Premier League halfway title.

And whether it is in terms of goals, possession and pass success per game, and even tackles per game, Chelsea is well deserved to be the first in the Premier League, a considerable distance ahead of other opponents.

In the exaggerated words of media journalists, this made all competitors desperate.

But Ferguson and Arsene Wenger also said they would not give up, because just last season, Manchester United finally turned the tide and won the title after falling behind Arsenal by a large margin during the winter break.

We succeeded last season, and we will not give up this season.

In the scorers' charts, Shearer still leads the way with 15 goals, followed by Thierry Henry with 14, followed by Ruud van Nistelrooy with 13 goals, Samu Eto'o and Saha with 12 goals, and Ibrahimovic with 10 goals.

Then there are players such as Ronaldinho, Nicolas Anelka and Owen.

In the top 10 scorers, Chelsea actually crashed into three in one go, which shocked the British media.

For a while, the call for Chelsea to win the title was also rising.