1199 Lobbying
Since taking over from Abou, Chelsea have competed with Millwall in the Premier League for many years, and have not only been able to reach the knockout stages in the Champions League, but also won the runner-up, and quickly established a good popularity base around the world.
Fans don't love the snow and romance in the same way, and naturally some people will appreciate Chelsea's iron blood and tenacity.
The green world has never become the mainstream in a style, and it can be said that it has been in a state of contention for a long time.
Abou himself was furious that the G14 had kept Chelsea out for so long, but at the moment when this fateful turning point was approaching, Millwall threw an olive branch to Abu's heart.
Yes, Chelsea are not nobodies in the current Champions League, but they are really penniless in terms of heritage and history.
Fans of AC Milan, Manchester United, Liverpool, Real Madrid, Barcelona, Millwall, Bayern Munich and many other major giants can openly laugh at Chelsea: Can you win the Champions League first? Then let's talk about whether Chelsea are giants or not.
And things turned out predictably, even if Chelsea won the first Champions League, other fans still mocked them: "We have three, five, seven have won one title, don't show off, Nottingham Forest has won more titles than you!"
It is precisely because the history of the Champions League is too long that it is too difficult to subvert the traditional concept!
The glory of those old yellow calendars will still be brought out by modern people to show off and talk about it shamelessly.
Abou is certainly a new player in European football, and Chelsea are among the new ones. At this time. Bury the Champions League. Turn a new page and Chelsea will start differently!
It can be said that it is re-competing with Real Madrid, Millwall, Bayern Munich and other giants at the same level, and ten years later, twenty years later, maybe fans will no longer talk about the Champions League, and they will not talk about what the Champions League era was like. They will only talk about the European Super League.
In addition, Abu doesn't want to lose Barnett Hall's friend, in poaching Millwall to buy Adam, he really didn't do a good job, and he owes an explanation, at this time, take this opportunity to erase this matter, why not?
Chelsea have also joined Millwall's camp.
At the end of November, Aldridge led his side to Anfield, where the Reds were boosted by last season's Champions League triumph. Owen has slipped more clearly than Millwall's Thierry Henry Ronaldo, who is too fragile after all. Liverpool, who had just won the Champions League, immediately took the Spanish golden boy Torresro to the account, enriching the fighting power, and bought Mascherano, Liverpool returned to the top ranks of Europe in one fell swoop.
Just want to compete with Millwall in the Premier League, Benitez is not as strong as Aldridge, Millwall's terrifying stability is beyond the reach of other teams, Liverpool also occasionally drops the chain, and the state is unstable, although the Champions League is still like a bamboo, and the group stage staged a massacre, but in the league and bid farewell to the championship early, which makes fans feel helpless.
In fact, Liverpool is also short of money, and the funds that Benitez has introduced over the years have been raised by the boss smashing the pot and selling iron, which is really smashing the pot and selling iron, such as the transfer funds for the introduction of Kuyt, which was obtained by the Liverpool owner mortgaging his mansion in exchange!
Fortunately, Benitez did not disappoint the owner, led the team back to the Champions League, and won the championship in one fell swoop, which eased Liverpool's financial pressure.
But in the long run, the Liverpool owner is also aware of the crisis, so he sold Liverpool in the first half of the year, and American capital became the owner of Anfield!
Years after the original history, Liverpool's acquisition was not settled until new owner John Henry took over.
Because the two current Liverpool owners, Hicks and Gillette, are complete liars!
The new stadium they promised to bring to Liverpool did not materialize!
The transfer budget they promised Liverpool also reversed itself when each transfer window arrived!
They just want to play a capital game of empty gloves white wolf buying low and selling high.
So much so that in the end, he had to go to court against Bo, which made all Liverpool fans protest angrily, and cheered when Henry bought Liverpool, as if he had ushered in a savior.
Now, after listening to the ideas laid out by Millwall's representatives, together with Benitez, the two bosses agreed without hesitation.
Why?
Earn money!
Money money, money, as long as you can make money, let alone messing around behind Millwall's ass, they are happy to be grandchildren!
These two owners were forced by the double pressure of Liverpool's public opinion and fans, and they almost fell into a desperate situation!
Tony Barrett, the ace reporter of Liverpool's local mouthpiece Les Echoes, published an op-ed during this period, in which he first questioned why Liverpool's two American owners stopped the construction of the new stadium because they had no money at all, and they only spent 150 million pounds to buy the Liverpool club, and the rest of the money was borrowed, and predicted that the loan from the Royal Bank of Scotland would drive Liverpool to a dead end.
In addition, there are also conflicts between the boss and the coach within the team, and the fuse is still money!
Rafael Benitez expressed his displeasure with his new boss right in front of the media.
Reporter: "How much transfer fee do you think you can get in January?" β
Benitez: "I can only train and coach my team as usual. β
Someone asked, "Do you have a target for reinforcements now?" β
Benitez said: "I can only train and coach my team as usual. β
Another reporter asked, "What is your long-term plan?" β
Benitez said: "I can only train and coach my team as usual. β
The reporter sensed the problem: "Is there anything that makes you unhappy?" β
Benitez said: "I can only train and coach my team as usual. β
A reporter asked unwillingly: "Do you have anything else to say?" β
Benitez said: "I can only coach my team when I train as usual. β
In this context, Liverpool vowed to follow in the footsteps of Millwall, hoping that Millwall could lead them to realize that great idea, so that Liverpool could quickly become financially rich, and it was logical that Millwall's lobbying had no resistance!
By the time December 2007 arrived, Millwall had completed the unification of the front within England.
At the same time, Beckenbauer sent a message to Aldridge, on the German side, Bei Huang came forward to lobby secretly, Bayern Munich needless to say, monopolizing the Bundesliga is their consistent purpose, and they can obtain more benefits, Bayern Munich will not miss such an opportunity, not to mention that Bayern Munich's influence on Bayern Munich is not trivial.
Dortmund in a few years ago, over-invested, the director zhì since 2005 on the verge of bankruptcy, the team in the league struggle, and now has not come out of the predicament, at this time, Millwall to form the European Super League, Dortmund, itself did not qualify for the European competition of the former powerhouse, did not hesitate to agree.
Leverkusen also wants to establish their position in the country in one fell swoop, rather than sometimes competing for the championship, sometimes sinking, although they dare not say that they overturn Bayern Munich's absolute domination of the Bundesliga, but at least to get rid of the gap with Borussia MΓΆnchen, Bremen, Schalke 04 and other teams, so they are also very interested in this plan, especially the policy implemented by the Bundesliga makes them less financially competitive than the top European giants, and the transfer fee and salary have huge limitations, Leverkusen wants to break free from this shackle, He took the initiative to cater to Millwall's vision.
England, Germany, Europe's major leagues, Aldridge has completed both parts of the puzzle before a low-key trip to Italy in December.
The trip to Italy was very smooth.
Moratti came forward to host a banquet in Milan to welcome Aldridge's arrival, and at the same time, Juventus and AC Milan representatives came together to welcome Aldridge.
The representative of AC Milan was unsurprisingly Galliani.
Juventus are not represented by the current president of the club, Blanc, but a man of Aldridge's age, the only adult man in the Agnelli family, Andrea Agnelli.
After Juventus' relegation, the Fiat Group injected a large amount of capital into Juventus, in order to obtain the actual control of Juventus, Juventus worked hard in the second division for a year, and easily returned to the first division, although it was only a year away, but Serie A is already a different scene, Inter Milan is dominant, AC Milan is old and sinking.
The Agnelli family is very dissatisfied with Juventus's super high transfer budget in the new season but makes frequent mistakes in the transfer market, so the family is brewing to return to Juventus in power, Agnelli Jr., Andrea is the representative!
The blow of the phonegate incident to the Italian arena continues, the football market is sluggish, the stars are fleeing, the brand value is shrinking rapidly, etc., so that the life of the giants is not easy!
Among the three giants, Inter Milan and Juventus are still down, as long as the backstage boss is willing to invest money, it is not a problem, but AC Milan's problem is more strict, Lao Bei doesn't know if it's because there is too much negative news off the field, or he knows that he is old, and there is almost no future for politics, he is the prime minister, and he can't afford to pull any more votes, and the enthusiasm for AC Milan is rapidly fading, which is reflected in spending money.
Coupled with Italy's own harsh tax system, AC Milan has encountered considerable difficulties in its development.
Although Moratti and the Agnelli family are maintaining their respective clubs, it is unimaginably expensive to keep the team in the top ranks of Europe!
Therefore, when Aldridge came to Milan City, these three giants first put aside the grievances between them internally, and first listened to what Aldridge would bring them, after all, they combined, the top three in the north, can almost represent the core strength of Italian football. (To be continued......)