April is here.

April is a busy period for English football, both in the Premier League and League One, and those teams with little pursuit and no pressure are the most idle, but the teams with aspirations are often the most nervous at this stage.

When the league comes to an end, it means that you have to fight for the championship.

The European competition is also coming to an end, which also means fighting for the title.

Chelsea and Arsenal are in the final stages of the knockout stages as they meet in the last four of Europe, and at home they have received more attention than Chelsea as they have extended their unbeaten league run with a draw with Manchester United, as well as breaking the record of 29 games unbeaten in a single season set by Leeds United (1973-74) and Liverpool (1987-88).

Apart from Arsenal's unbeaten record, it is only the European competitions that are at issue, which are the focus of the European and world circles, and there is very little controversy about the heavyweight titles on the British Peninsula.

Arsenal have been so strong this season that they are already seven points clear of Manchester United at the top of the Premier League table, and the seven-point gap at the end of the league is almost fatal, with most people seeing Arsenal win the Premier League title.

In the lower leagues, Wigan Athletic only have a two-point advantage, but their strength is well known, and there seems to be no suspense in the League One title.

The April campaign is about to begin, but England fans, the media and even many clubs are no longer concerned with the game itself.

They started to focus on summer transfers.

It's only April, before the summer transfer window opens, but as the league draws to a close, many teams are already planning ahead, such as Chelsea, which became the focus of European attention last summer due to Russian money injections, and there is a lot of big news. For example, they have a crush on such and such a player, for example, their manager Ranieri will leave at the end of the season, etc.

The news is a bit of a chase.

However, there are two points that the media have received and the inferences that have been drawn are still very clear, the first is about the departure of Chelsea manager Claudio Ranieri.

In recent times, Chelsea club president Roman Abramovich has repeatedly expressed his displeasure with Ranieri to the media, and the Russian is not optimistic that Ranieri can lead Chelsea to the top. Even though Chelsea have had a very good season and are now in the last four of the Champions League, Abramovich just doesn't like Ranieri.

For what?

No one can say for sure, and some media speculate that Abramovich would probably prefer to find a stronger coach to make Chelsea Football Club the team of the year in England and even Europe, rather than the current situation - the league is fighting for third place, and the European competition is also a little weak, and every time he is promoted, he takes a big risk.

Roman Abramovich is not at all happy with the current state of affairs at Chelsea.

In his opinion. This result has nothing to do with Ranieri, he has invested more than 100 million euros in the transfer market, and if this lot of money is smashed, even a stupid pig can bring good results, so what is the use of Ranieri?

The other point has to do with Wigan Athletic.

Abramovich admires Wigan Athletic's No. 13 Zhang Tiehan, especially after Wigan Athletic defeated Arsenal to win the League Cup, the Russian has revealed his appreciation for Zhang Tiehan more than once.

"What our team didn't do, he (Zhang Tiehan) did." Interviews with journalists. Abramovich said so.

This is praising Zhang Tiehan, and it is also ridiculing Ranieri.

Chelsea and Arsenal play this season. Only drew at home to Arsenal, at Highbury Stadium, they lost 1:3 to Arsenal, which made Abramovich very unhappy, and Zhang Tiehan alone penetrated Arsenal's door three times, so what did Chelsea do? What a player can do. They couldn't do it as a team.

Of course, it's not about the Chelsea players, it's all the manager's responsibility.

Although Ranieri's success is actually good, anyone knows that as long as Chelsea are owned by Roman Abramovich next season, then Ranieri will not be able to stay at Chelsea.

Of course. What about Ranieri, the English media don't care.

Ranieri has been in England for so long, but he has never been a man of the year in English football, and the gap between him and Manchester United's Alex Ferguson and Arsenal's Arsene Wenger is too big, even if he leads the team to a good result, it is difficult to remember, mainly because his presence is too weak, so he leaves the Chelsea media is not concerned.

I don't think Chelsea fans will care.

Blues fans are now more concerned about which star they will buy in the summer, and as for Ranieri, they don't care at all, in their opinion, a star is much more important than Ranieri.

Zhang Tiehan was naturally noticed by Chelsea fans.

Chelsea fans are no strangers to Zhang Tiehan, although half a year has passed, but Zhang Tiehan's hat trick at Stamford Bridge, there are still many Chelsea fans who remember clearly, that young man brought pain to Chelsea, and when Zhang Tiehan's name was mentioned before, there will be Chelsea fans who grit their teeth.

But if this youngster turns into a Chelsea player, they will definitely welcome with a raised hand!

They won't even question anything, because they have already seen Zhang Tiehan's strength, even if the two had grievances before, but the world of football values the present, and turning a strong opponent into their own people, it will not only not make the fans dissatisfied, but it will also be a big surprise.

Blues fans are expecting that with the Chelsea president not hesitating to praise, there will be some ties between Zhang Tiehan and Chelsea.

Many English media are paying attention to Zhang Tiehan, and naturally they will also make a big deal about it, in their opinion, a small club like Wigan Athletic, even if they are promoted to the Premier League, will not be able to retain talented players.

They should find a better way out for a good player like Zhang Tiehan in advance, so they will not hesitate to report on Zhang Tiehan's transfer.

Entering April, almost all reports about Zhang Tiehan can be related to Chelsea -

"Abramovich once again publicly praised Zhang and openly declared - he will succeed here!"

"Wigan Racing coach Jewell said that Zhang Tiehan is the team's 'not for sale'!"

'Chelsea captain John Terry commented on Zhang – it's hard for me to limit him!'

There have been a lot of reports, not just about Chelsea chairman Roman Abramovich, but even about some Chelsea players. In interviews, I will occasionally be asked about Zhang Tiehan, which is mostly the result of media hype, but it cannot be denied that Chelsea have contributed to the trouble.

As a result, media interviews are even more unscrupulous.

Even Zhang Zhenren, who came to Wigan to help Zhang Tiehan deal with some things, was interviewed a lot, and media reporters began to wonder who Zhang Zhenren was, but it was strange that he was free to enter and leave Wigan Athletic Club. After inquiring, I learned that Zhang Zhenren was Zhang Tiehan's cousin, and he was temporarily responsible for handling some of Zhang Tiehan's affairs, which was almost the agent's job.

The media reporters are happy!

They all rushed over to interview Zhang Zhenren, Zhang Zhenren was inexplicable, and only reacted after listening to the reporters' questions, but said, "The league is not over yet, and it's too early to talk about this." ”

So the media declared that 'Zhang Tiehan's agent did not deny the news that he would sign for London in the summer. ’

In the midst of these stumbling reports. Zhang Tiehan has also been affected a little, although he has refused to be interviewed recently, the team still discusses some things in private, such as Ridell asked, "Zhang, will you stay here next season?" ”

Zhang Tiehan was a little dazed, "I haven't thought about it yet." ”

He really didn't think about it!

Eight months ago, Zhang Tiehan was sold to Wigan Athletic 'cheaply' by Manchester United. So far he's only thinking about winning the league title for the team this season, and what to do next season. He really doesn't have much to plan, after all, it's only April and there are still a few games left in the league to end.

But Zhang Tiehan still has his own ideas.

"I'm not going to leave." That's what he thinks.

He's feeling good at Wigan, with familiar teammates, friendly fans, and a bunch of friends who care about him. Here he started football, he didn't think about leaving, and he was a little at a loss when it came to leaving.

After a season of hard work, he and his team-mates helped the team to promotion to the Premier League and will be able to play in the UEFA Cup next season. It's the best and most comfortable option to stay here, and if there are no problems with the team, he doesn't think about leaving.

Of course, it's too early to talk about that.

It's only early April, and the League One schedule in April is still quite intensive, just one League One, and the players don't have time to think about more issues.

In April, Wigan Athletic have six games to play.

Six games a month, it sounds like you know how dense the schedule is, and now Wigan Athletic is still under great pressure as the top of the League One table, in order to ensure that the team can win the league championship steadily, Jewell can only let the main players who have no physical problems start all the time, and Zhang Tiehan has played all the time in the six rounds of the league.

On April 3, Wigan Athletic hosted Wimbledon, Zhang Tiehan scored two goals in the first half, Wimbledon fought back in the second half, scoring two goals in three minutes, but Wigan Athletic still won 4-2, the other two goals came from Ellington and full-back Leighton Barnes.

On 7 April, Wigan Athletic comfortably beat Gillingham by three goals.

On April 10, Wigan Athletic challenged Norwich City away, Norwich is second in the league, the strength is quite strong, despite the hard work of the Wigan Athletic players, but only Zhang Tiehan scored one goal in the whole game, and Norwich won Wigan Athletic with home advantage, scoring one goal in each half.

On 14 April, Wigan Athletic breathed a sigh of relief and beat Cardiff City by three goals at home.

On April 17, Wigan Athletic challenged Crystal Palace away, and the team again encountered stubborn resistance, and Crystal Palace relied on home advantage to take the lead and defend tightly, and finally won by a narrow goal.

After a week's rest, Wigan Athletic hosted Sunderland, Zhang Tiehan broke out strongly, and made the whole Sunderland team lose their fighting spirit with a hat trick, and the final score of the two teams was 5:1, and Sunderland could only leave with a big defeat.

The six rounds of the league in April, the time is very tight, Wigan Athletic up and down has no heart to talk about anything else, in addition to the league or the league, after one game, even Zhang Tiehan is a little unbearable.

After the end of the game with Sunderland, the whole team exhaled, and Zhang Tiehan also felt a lot more relaxed, especially in the last game against Sunderland, although he scored three goals, he still had no energy, and when the game was over, he felt weak, as if he had fought in bed for a day and a night.

All in all very tired.

If this continues, he will have to ask his coach not to participate in the competition, but fortunately April has passed.

They have a record of four wins and two losses.

The four-win and two-loss record can only be regarded as average for a strong team, but Wigan Athletic is under pressure, and other players are also under pressure, as rivals Norwich and West Bromwich Albion have performed even worse, Norwich seems to have exhausted the team after the victory over Wigan Athletic, and the next two consecutive rounds suffered Waterloo, West Bromwich Albion won three draws in the middle of the month.

As a result, Wigan Athletic opened a six-point gap with second-place Norwich.

With a goal difference of up to 19, the six-point gap is enough for them to lock up the league title two rounds in advance! (To be continued......)