Chapter 516: Chilling
Abramovich has already made a decision, and it is not difficult to choose between Shepchenko and Grant, Shepchenko is his. Fellow', the relationship between the two in private is very good, of course, he also has to consider the competitive factor, what needs to be considered is that Shepchenko's performance and state are really not very good, Shepchenko's unilateral accusation of Grant is really worth considering, he put all the responsibility for the bad performance on Grant, it is definitely impossible, anyone knows that Shepchenko's performance is not good, there is a large part of his own reasons, otherwise why would Zhang Tiehan be excellent?
But Grant's role in the team is really not much
He hasn't done much in the head coach position, just like the media said, now this Chelsea team has already had Mourinho's defensive foundation, and there are a lot of outstanding stars, playing against small teams, even without Grant, they can still win, even if they play against Manchester United and Arsenal, they also have to win, because they have Zhang Tiehan, Zhang Tiehan's personal goal efficiency is too high, this is Chelsea's biggest confidence.
However, Abramovich is still worried about the impact of the change of manager on the team's results, and Chelsea's results are not bad at the moment, so he has been hesitating because he does not want to see a decline in results.
He asked Zhang Tiehan, but he just listened to Zhang Tiehan's opinion.
Zhang Tiehan didn't say anything, but in fact, he didn't argue for Grant, which was tantamount to supporting Abramovich's decision - since Grant didn't leave or not, Zhang Tiehan felt that it didn't matter, so he could stick to his choice.
However, it is impossible to change the coach directly, there must be a gradual process, Abramovich still has to consider the team's results, if Grant can lead the team to guarantee the results, he doesn't care about the internal contradictions of the team or anything. So he still needs to watch for a while, especially since the Christmas game is about to begin, which is not a good time to change the manager
With four games to play in December, and with Barcelona in the second round of the Champions League, Chelsea left the squad for the Camp Nou with an all-out bench. In the end, Barcelona won 3-1.
Despite the defeat, Chelsea still pressured Barcelona to top the group on goal difference.
After playing the Champions League group stage, Chelsea moved on to domestic league and cup competitions.
Chelsea met Birmingham City in the Carabao Cup, and in this game Grant sent a semi-substitute line-up, even Shepchenko got a chance, and when the media knew the squad before the game, they exclaimed' Grant and Sheva may have been released', but there are not many people who support this statement, mainly the League Cup substitute line-up. So Shepchenko got the opportunity, which is normal, even if Grant and Shepchenko have conflicts, but Shepchenko is also a member of the team, a player that Chelsea bought for 30 million pounds in the summer, and he is not used in the team, and Grant definitely can't afford this responsibility.
Eventually, this League Cup. Chelsea won 2-1 against Birmingham City.
However, Zhang Tiehan did not play, and it was already good to win. That's how the media commented, "Zhang didn't appear? Can Chelsea win? Grant's luck was really good."
Grant's luck was more than just a game.
Chelsea also won the next two league games before Christmas, one against Newcastle United and one against Everton, with Zhang Tiehan playing both games. They scored three goals, but against Newcastle United Chelsea played 1-0 and against Everton 4-3, Chelsea scored four. Everton also scored three, and judging by the scoreline, you know how difficult it is to win.
But it was always a victory, and Grant used his results to slow him down.
After the game against Everton, there is a week's rest, and then it is the Christmas season that is intensive, and the club has a rare three-day break to give the players a good rest.
Taking advantage of the three-day holiday, Zhang Tiehan went to Manchester and went to Morrill to see his son, who already had a name, which was taken by Zhang Tiehan, called Zhang Long, Zhang Tiehan felt that this name was very powerful, Zhang Long, listen, there is a lot of momentum, and the meaning of dragon is translated into English as ' Jack', the English name is Jack Zhang, so both the English name and the Chinese name are very good, Zhang Tiehan originally wanted to visit his son and left, but in the end he stayed in Manchester for one night, and the part where he was unclear with Morriel did not say much, in short, he returned to London the next day and began to prepare for the wedding with Lola.
Lola was quite annoyed that Zhang Tiehan stayed in Manchester for one night.
But no matter what she said, Zhang Tiehan smiled and admitted her mistake, such an attitude made Lola feel a little helpless, she really hoped to marry Zhang Tiehan, thinking that Zhang Tiehan and Moryl had a son, and also decided to marry her, she still felt very happy, so this matter was over.
At the same time that Zhang Tiehan and Lola were preparing for their wedding, the European transfer market was also surging.
Taking advantage of the gap before Christmas, many clubs have begun to work on transfers, and this winter's transfer is still very meaningful to Europe's major giants, which will start with the summer transfer, and the summer transfer giants have bought various stars, and this winter they will have to pay the price or continue to work hard.
This started with Chelsea's introduction of Sheva and Ballack, and many European giants have been caught in the whirlpool of "mistakes" since the summer.
Andriy Shevchenko, Ballack and Bolarus arrived at Chelsea and were unable to adapt to the Premier League for half a year.
"A striker and a defender." That's what Chelsea are looking for.
With Roman Abramovich's financial backing, Chelsea began to search for people in Europe with chequebooks. Charlton striker Darren Bent was the first to be eyed, but they immediately offered an outrageous price: £18 million.
Although many media say that Chelsea is wronged, but in fact, Chelsea really don't want to be wronged, Darren Bent is also worth about 10 million pounds, 18 million pounds is too expensive, this price can buy a world-class star, not a second-rate goalscorer like Darren Bent.
So there is no possibility of this transfer going through to the next level.
At the same time, Chelsea's transfer has had a knock-on effect. AC Milan and Bayern Munich, which were taken out of the backbone by Chelsea, have started a new round of "core search plan" this winter.
Although Milan have basically confirmed Odd and Geremi, the biggest suspense is still up front.
"A new striker with quality!" The answer to Galliani's puzzle will determine whether Milan will be in the relegation zone in the second half of the season.
In the Bundesliga, Bayern have already made a move - they have signed Schlaudraf from Aachen for 1 million euros.
Look at La Liga again.
Back in the summer, when Chelsea were hoarding. Fabio Capello strongly proposed Real Madrid: take the opportunity to "clear" the old star. However, Capello's plan was not fully implemented in the end, so a new round of Real Madrid's fire sale this winter kicked off early - the general manager is actively looking for a next home for Ronaldo. At the same time, Capello needs a new team that is in full swing to build.
In the last 10 years, Real Madrid has invested a total of only 47 million euros in the winter market; However, as soon as the transfer window opened this year, they paid 42 million euros for the three youngsters Gago, Marcelo and Higuain.
By all indications, this is just a prelude. Real Madrid also offered a high price of 40 million euros to Manchester United to buy C-Ronaldo.
Ferguson said: "C-Ronaldo is not for sale. He then offered £15 million to Bayern Munich for England international Hargreaves.
In short, Chelsea's summer introduction of Shepchenko and Ballack had a knock-on effect in the European transfer market, with many teams involved in it, constantly preparing to buy and sell, and every day the media is full of rumours and specific news about transfers. It's not often that a winter transfer like this is busy.
Soon a few days passed.
Contrary to what the media imagined, Chelsea broke the news of their bid for Darren Bent. There have been no transfer rumours, and they have even sold one player, Wright Phillips Jr.
'Wright Jr. finally has a chance to end his years as a Chelsea substitute!' "The Sun" analyzed.
According to the latest report from The Sun, West Ham United have largely agreed with Chelsea that Wright Phillips is likely to make the switch to Upton Park for £9.8 million.
West Ham boss Corbishley has already begun to prepare to incorporate Wright Jr. into his tactical system, and since new club Magnussen is close to joining West Ham, the former Premier League 'Axe Gang' has repeatedly made surprising moves in the transfer market. The transfer of Carlos Tevez and Mascherano was hardly a success, but the signing of two key players in the Argentine national team to a far from first-class Premier League side still caused quite a stir, and this time if West Ham successfully brought in Wright-Phillips from Chelsea, it could be seen as a New Year's gift from Magnussen to Kobishli.
In the latest round of the Premier League, West Ham suffered a 6-0 defeat to Reading. Magnussen believes that bringing in reinforcements in this situation is a good indication of his trust and support for Kobishley.
It is worth mentioning that compared to the 21 million worth of Wright-Phillips who joined Chelsea in 2005, the £9.8 million is already a full five percent discount.
For Wright-Phillips, who made a name for himself at Manchester City, it has been a long time since he found the feeling of being in the sky blue jersey, and when he joined Chelsea in 2005 to become "deeper blue", the Manchester City youngsters were never able to find their own place, and the bench and the stands became his two permanent residences.
Wright-Phillips has even been spoofed by the media during the Premier League transfer inventory, with columnists saying that "it is harder to find Wright Jr. than bin Laden".
So one can imagine Wright-Phillips at Chelsea.
Despite his reluctance to leave, his departure seems to be a foregone conclusion, although in the media, more are seen as a mistake on the part of Chelsea, who are in desperate need of full-backs despite Wright-Phillips' poor performance.
Chelsea's main wing-backs are Joe Cole and Arjen Robben, the former who has been injured all the time, and the latter has also been injured on and off and rarely played.
Now that Wright-Phillips is gone, Chelsea have been able to play almost without a winger – even though they have always done so
Zhang Tiehan also expressed regret over Wright-Phillips' departure, but this is a matter for the club, so he is reluctant to get involved, and when the media asks questions, he only responds briefly and does not give specific answers at all.
He has been preparing for the wedding.
The wedding was after the Christmas intensive schedule in January, and he chose to get married at that time because almost all his friends were free, so that he could also receive more gifts, about the etiquette of the Chinese, he had carefully said it to everyone, Zhang Tiehan was still looking forward to this, and he also looked forward to the gifts that Abramovich would give him, before the wedding, he liked to talk about these with Lola, and Lola rolled her eyes when she listened.
"Zhang, why didn't I find out, you turned out to be a miser."
Zhang Tiehan said helplessly, "I don't make more money to make our lives better" This answer slightly satisfied Lola.
The daily life of the two before marriage is quite harmonious and happy, but the only problem is that the media has often broken some Zhang Tiehan's 'scandals' recently, and there are various photos with pictures, which makes Lola a little moody, Zhang Tiehan also feels very helpless about this, and the most rumored of them is still two or three things with Moriel.
Zhang Tiehan looked at those reports, and his heart was full of fire.
So on this day, after the training, Zhang Tiehan said directly in an interview, "Don't guess, Moriel's son is my son, that's right, my son's name is Zhang Long, you just report it like this, and Lola also knows about it." We're about to get married, don't catch on to this and not let Lola be unhappy, and I'm not happy either."
Zhang Tiehan's rough voice made all the reporters hear it clearly, and even the teammates passing by next to him heard it clearly, and everyone stopped and looked at it in surprise for a while.
Zhang Tiehan said in a rough voice, "Surprised what! Sue you, I, Zhang Tiehan, have a son, I will definitely train him to be an outstanding star, and when I retire in 18 years, my son will come directly to take over! Hahaha, he'll be better than me then."
He shook his fist as he spoke.
The reporters around them thought about Zhang Tiehan, and they all shuddered when they appeared on the football field together.
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