Chapter 86: Chelsea

Bevelen's chairman, Peters, is actually in a very similar situation to David's previous situation, inheriting his father's legacy to lead the team, and also managing the team poorly, bringing the team to a situation where both finances and results are worrying, unlike David's sudden rise, Pistel is still sinking.

If he hadn't been impressed by David's grand blueprint, Pistel wouldn't have agreed to David's stake, and now, he was going to make a big move.

In fact, Bevelen's market value is not that high, 500w of the £12 million that David invested went into Pistel's private pocket, and the rest became the club's assets, which will be operated by Pistel to renovate the stadium and expand the academy base.

At the same time, Pistel's next focus is to collect demons within Belgium, and the list in his hand is provided by David.

Eden Hazard, De Bruyne, Romelu Lukaku, Vincent Kompany......

These future superstars are on the list.

However, David has been busy chatting with Pisterle about club construction for the past two days, and has not taken time to see the training of Bevelen's first team, and then left in a hurry.

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On the day David returns to England, Notts County travel to take on Premier League side Chelsea in the fourth round of the FA Cup.

Under the leadership of Chairman Bates, Chelsea are in the best period of their history, winning a number of trophies and finishing in the top six of the Premier League and a strong contender for European places.

This summer, Bates once again played a big game, and made a big purchase to bring stars such as Petit, Gallas, Zenden and Lampard under his command, further strengthening the squad.

But it is precisely because Bates overspends the club's future practices that it has brought more than 700 million pounds of foreign debt to the club, casting a shadow on the club's future, and if it were not for the arrival of Abu later, the tragedy of Leeds United would have happened to the Blues.

Although Chelsea are strong in front of them, Notts County, who have already beaten Arsenal, are not yet trembling in front of the Blues.

This game is destined to be a tough game, no way, although the League Cup has advanced to the final, but in the Cardiff Millennium Stadium a winner-of-defeat final, no one knows if there will be any accidents, Notts County is not completely sure to win Tottenham, so the victory over Chelsea to advance to the next round of the FA Cup has become Notts County's impact on the European competition, there is no room for error.

The trouble is that Notts County has to play away from home, facing a strong opponent in the Premier League away, no matter how you look at Notts County, it is out of disadvantage, not only the media think that Notts County is more than lucky, but even Notts County fans are rational that the team should have reservations, because there are more than a dozen rounds of the league in the future, even if Notts County has a clear lead, it is difficult to guarantee that there will not be a weak situation.

Of course, David didn't put pressure on Loew this time, or rather, David hasn't put pressure on Loew since the beginning of this season.

In his pre-match interview, Ranieri, who later proved himself in Leicester that he could achieve good results even with a full season, did not play any psychological warfare, although he was determined to win the game, and even against Notts County, who were in the limelight, he did not think Chelsea would lose the game.

In other words, Chelsea's main focus is not on the cup competition right now, compared to last season's sixth-place finish for the Blues in the middle of the table, a result that will not satisfy the club and the fans after buying heavily in the transfer market, so Ranieri has to work hard to get his team up the table.

This is only the fourth round of the FA Cup, and the semi-finals and final are still far away, so even if you want to make a difference in the Cup, you won't be able to do it now.

Claudio Ranieri praised Notts County's phenomenal performance and said Chelsea would value the enigmatic League Two side and that it would be a thrilling game.

But when the tinker said that, someone was not satisfied, and that person was Chelsea chairman Bates.

In fact, after experiencing Gullit's sexy football, Bates was very dissatisfied with Ranieri's conservative tactical thinking, but considering that this old Italian man is also a famous coach, he naturally has his own coaching style, so he did not interfere excessively.

But now in the FA Cup, facing a League Two club, I don't dare to say some cruel words, and it gives people a feeling of weakness, can I still have the demeanor of a strong team manager.

He has already made up his mind, if Chelsea's results this season are still not dead and not improving, then don't blame him for not knowing how to respect the old and love the young, damn the old Italian man should go back to the Apennines.

Since the coach is not strong, then go into battle yourself.

So, the cunning Bates made a move.

'Notts County are a good League Two team with a lot of great youngsters and in fact Chelsea are very interested in a couple of players in the Notts County squad, such as Marcos Alonso and Villa, who have been professionally vetted by our scouting system and are a great fit for Chelsea and have the quality to be in the Premier League. Yes, I know they have a contract with Notts County, but I don't think any Second Division player would be able to turn down an offer from a Premier League team because it's an honour for them, even if they might only get it once in a lifetime! ”

'I know these two players are expensive and we will put a reasonable market price on these two players, Notts County will definitely not be able to keep these two players, and maybe in the next game they will be seen playing for Chelsea at Stamford Bridge in the Blues shirt.'

Speaking to reporters, Bates spoke as if it were an honour for Notts County and the two players that Chelsea valued for the two Notts County players.

The reporters looked at Bates in amazement, not knowing what to say!

Well, there's a guy who doesn't know the Notts County player market has appeared.

If you are a reporter who has been following Notts County news for a long time, you must know how many clubs have suffered from Notts County in this regard, and where are Notts County players so easy to buy?

In fact, this is not to blame Bates, busy with his own business, and busy with the club's mess, where can he care about how much money a League Two club has spent on how many people, he can know that Notts County is not bad for money.