1010 Dismissal
"Tomorrow morning, we'll talk."
In the stand of the Barcelona chairman, Rosell was shocked by the vibration sound from his mobile phone, and when he took it out, it was a very concise but meaningful text message from Guardiola.
His hand shook visibly, and then he gently stepped back, "Where?" β
"My house." Pep Guardiola was quick to reply.
Rusell knows Pep Guardiola as a deeply insecure person, so he likes to make big decisions in his own home, which makes him feel a little more at ease.
"Okay." Russell returned.
After a long time, the phone stopped moving.
Russell let out a long sigh as he turned off his phone's screen.
The sigh was full of embarrassment, but at the same time it seemed to have a little bit of ease.
It's embarrassing because Rosell knows that the page in Barcelona's history that belongs to Guardiola has been turned over, and the next Barcelona will usher in a future uncertain challenge, and no one knows what Barcelona will become in the future.
Relaxed because he could finally breathe a sigh of relief.
Pep Guardiola will resign, he will be saddled with the humiliating record of 0-8 defeat to Real Madrid, and then Rosell will support Pep Guardiola's assistant coach Vilanova to become the head coach of Barcelona.
He spoke to Vilanova in October last year, this is a very thoughtful and ambitious person, he is not willing to be an assistant to Guardiola all the time, he has wanted to be in charge for a long time, taking over Barcelona is undoubtedly his chance to take a step to the sky, and more importantly, he is very familiar with everything about Barcelona.
This matter has always been hidden from Guardiola, because the matter was still unclear at the time, Guardiola was just unwilling to renew his contract, and did not make it clear that he wanted to leave the team, so Russell and Vilanova have always been in secret contact.
Now, the biggest obstacle is gone.
Even, after Rusell put down the phone and heard the boos in the stadium at Camp Nou, he no longer had the fear and panic just now, because he knew that as long as Guardiola left class, everything would be overturned.
This is how the game of professional football has always been played!
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"Whose news?" Bartomeu, the first vice-president, sat next to Rosell all the time and asked with concern.
Russell replied lightly: "Guardiola." β
"Him?" Bartomeu was a little surprised, texting at this time?
It was also at this moment that Bartomeu suddenly discovered that Guardiola was no longer in front of the home team at Camp Nou.
So what does it mean to send a text message at this time?
Bartomeu is also an extremely smart person, especially when he thinks of the change in Russell's expression before and after, he suddenly realized, "Could it be that he has already made a decision?" β
"He asked me to meet him tomorrow morning, I guess." Russell said softly.
This matter needs to be kept under wraps for the time being, as there is a Copa del Rey final ahead.
In any case, if they can win a Copa del Rey, it will barely be a fig leaf, and Barcelona's record this season will not be too embarrassing.
Bartomeu is not surprised, either, because Pep Guardiola is indeed such a person.
Maybe it's not fair to him, but Barcelona really need him to do it at this moment.
"We have to stabilize the situation as soon as possible." Russell frowned and said in a deep voice.
"What do you mean......"
"Speed up the recruitment operation, Pep Guardiola's resignation should be announced after the Copa del Rey final, and at that time, regardless of the victory, we will have to come up with some results to reassure the fans."
The best way to make fans forget the pain of the past season is to make blockbuster signings this summer, especially superstar signings, which are the best way to reawaken the fans' vision and stabilize the foundation of Russell's administration.
"We have to come up with a restructuring plan as soon as possible, and you discuss it with Villanova to make a restructuring plan as soon as possible." Russell explained the task, and then thought of something, and reminded in a low voice: "Be careful, don't attract the attention of the media." β
"Okay, I'll be careful." Bartomeu agreed.
"Valencia should be able to break through very quickly, starting with Alba." Russell said.
Bartomeu thought for a moment and nodded: "It's almost over, Alba also wants to return to Barcelona, if we step up our efforts as soon as possible, it should be announced after the Copa del Rey final." β
"And Neymar, I heard that Real Madrid has been chasing him very fiercely recently, and even Baldano seems to be planning to go to Brazil after the season to negotiate with Neymar's family?"
"That's exactly what happened out there, Real Madrid are doing their last try."
After hearing this, Rusell snorted and sneered, "Then they will be late, Neymar already belongs to our Barcelona." β
"Yes, we missed Di StΓ©fano back then, which led to the latter's brilliant record at Real Madrid, and three years ago we missed Yang Yang, which made him proud of his three years at Real Madrid, and now, we haven't missed Neymar." Bartomeu is still confident about this transfer.
Because, in private, Barcelona has reached an agreement with Neymar's family.
'You take the opportunity to talk to Neymar's father, the plan has changed, the transfer has to be done in advance, we hope to bring in Neymar this summer, let him arrange it, we can make a compromise in terms of transfer fee and commission. Russell said decisively.
Bartomeu pondered, "But we currently have a transfer budget of 50 million euros, I'm afraid it's ......"
'I will contact the bank to try to get more loans, in addition to Neymar and Alba, we need to bring in at least one central defender, Puyol is old and has to strengthen in this position, Manchester City's Vincent Kompany, Valencia's Mathieu and AC Milan's Thiago Silva are all candidates and can be considered.
Bartomeu was a little stunned and frowned: "I heard that Paris Saint-Germain also wants to get Thiago Silva, will it be ......?"
"Try to do it." Russell said.
Bartomeurden understood.
Isn't it?
Barcelona try to operate, but that doesn't mean it's going to be successful.
The weakness of the defense is a long-standing problem for Barcelona, especially the central defender, Puyol has been unable to find a suitable candidate since he got old, including Ziglinski, who Guardiola once favored.
Now, Barcelona must strengthen the back line and stabilize the fans.
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Barcelona lost 3-0 at home to Real Madrid, losing 8-0 on aggregate and being knocked out of the Champions League in disgrace.
Real Madrid stepped on Barcelona's corpse and once again entered the Champions League final.
In the other matchup, Bayern Munich and Chelsea were tied 0-0 over two legs, and in the end, after 120 minutes of hard fighting at the Allianz Arena, Chelsea finally defeated Bayern Munich 5-4 with the decisive blow in the penalty shoot-out by Drogba, and entered the final of the Allianz Arena.
Real Madrid and Chelsea will meet in the final, which has undoubtedly become the biggest attraction of the Champions League.
All the media reporters outside are waiting to see if Real Madrid can win the Champions League final for the third time in a row, but many British media also believe that Chelsea are solid defensively despite being the underdog, and the Blues have a strong record after Italian Roberto Di Matteo replaced Villas-Boas as Chelsea manager in March.
Besides, Abramovich has been in charge of Chelsea for nearly ten years, and he has invested amazingly, and failing to win the Champions League has always been the biggest regret of the Russian rich, and this time in order to reward the team, he even offered a huge bonus, hoping that the team can make a difference in the Champions League.
A 0-0 draw with Bayern Munich over two legs in the semi-finals and a tenacious penalty win were a testament to the Blues' fighting spirit, and Roberto Di Matteo, the best organiser of Italy, convinced that Chelsea's Champions League final might not be without the possibility of an upset.
In addition to the two teams that reached the Champions League final, Barcelona also had a lot of controversy after the game.
First of all, the famous Spanish journalist Felix revealed that Guardiola's relationship with some players has deteriorated extremely much, and the dressing room cannot understand some of Guardiola's decisions and questions him.
Then Le Monde published a report by journalist Sos Torres, revealing that Barcelona had secretly finalized Pep Guardiola's successor, and that it was Guardiola's most effective assistant Vilanova.
Sos Torres revealed in the article that Vilanova secretly reached a consensus with the management as early as October last year, and in January this year, he was already plotting to replace Guardiola, and only Guardiola himself was kept in the dark about the whole thing.
Barcelona was obviously very nervous about this, and immediately protested to Le Monde, saying that they would take Sos Torres to court, and at the same time announced that Sos Torres's report was not at all true.
But soon, media outlets such as Ace and Marca, which are close to Real Madrid, followed up, saying that they had indeed heard similar rumors, and the authenticity was very high, which undoubtedly caused chaos within Barcelona.
The Catalan media broke the news that the day after the Real Madrid game, Guardiola discussed with Rusell at home about the team's plan to restructure next season, but after learning of the report of Le Monde, Guardiola was furious and even yelled at Rusell, threatening to reveal all the secrets.
Subsequently, when Guardiola went to the training base, he was intercepted by media reporters, but refused to answer anything about Vilanova, saying that he had not heard any rumors and would not respond.
As for Russell, Guardiola's attitude is extremely cold, and even said in an interview with the media that he and Russell have never been friends, not before, not now, and will not be in the future.
Guardiola's statement undoubtedly pushed Barcelona to the forefront, the media around the world heard the news, and many Barcelona fans began to worry, if Guardiola really left, where will Barcelona go in the future?
Cruyff revealed in his column that Barcelona will enter another new stage after the end of a cycle.