Volume 1 Chapter 280 Divergence

The Godfather of the Championship led the Blues to immortality

The great Chelsea have reached the top of the Premier League, and the Lions have the ambition to win the Champions League

The phenomenal manager said that we were stronger than AC Milan back then

Ye Qiu: The Premier League is just the beginning, let's plant the Blue Lion flag at the top of Europe

The next day, the front pages of the major British newspapers were undoubtedly reporting on Chelsea's unbeaten record to win the Premier League, although everyone was mentally prepared for this, and many even thought that Chelsea should have won the title sooner if they had not insisted on fighting on two fronts, but they are still excited about it.

In the words of Times columnist Martin Samuel, 'All football fans who truly love football should be proud to have experienced such a season in their lifetime, not only for Chelsea's unbeaten title, but also for the tragedy of Arsenal ending the season unbeaten only to win the title. ”

"It's been an epic season, and in the history of English football, there's only one team that has gone unbeaten before this season, and that was in 1889, the first season of the English Football League, which was a league of teams that are now considered to be very unprofessional, and Princeton won the league title unbeaten and won the FA Cup, which was the double."

"It was only 15 years later that English football was unbeaten again, and to everyone's shock, there were two teams unbeaten in this season, which was enough to ⊥make this season the most legendary in the history of English football."

'For a Chelsea team that finished the season unbeaten and reached the Champions League final, anyone will find it difficult to describe a team with almost no shortcomings in effective adjectives, because even as opponents, it is difficult to find faults in this team, which is why Ferguson said that only natural disasters and major accidents can stop Chelsea'

"I still remember that when answering reporters' questions before the game, Ye Qiu refused to call the team immortal, he thought that such an adjective was a bit excessive, and even he felt that the team was not invincible, but in fact, it is not difficult for us to find that whether it is a professional, a newspaper reporter, or a fan, they will not be stingy with praise for Chelsea."

"When I asked some senior journalist friends who have been in the industry for many years what they thought of Ye Qiu's first season in the Premier League at Chelsea, they all thought about it for a long time, and finally said that it was difficult to describe it in simple words, and at the end they used a lot of different words to express their meaning."

"Subversive, Challenger, God, Immortal, Invincible"

Not only the Times, but also in the Daily Telegraph, the well-known columnist Gill also spoke highly of Ye Qiu, who led Chelsea to the Premier League throne in his column, saying, "When writing this manuscript, I went to look through the [Oxford Dictionary], and I found that the word phenomenon is defined as an unusual or inexplicable fact, so in the end, I found that I could not use the phenomenon to describe Ye Qiu, because it is not enough to prove his greatness."

The Guardian also wrote a front-page review of Chelsea and Arsenal, two teams that have also been unbeaten this season, and there was no shortage of spicy comments.

"A lot of people regret Arsenal's unbeaten record but didn't win the title in the end, and think that Chelsea are luckier, but in fact, if you look closely, it is not difficult to see that it is really fair for Chelsea to win the title."

'Arsenal's unbeaten record this season is mainly reflected in the league, their cup performances have not been satisfactory, such as in the Champions League, they lost twice to Chelsea, and then they also lost to Manchester United in the FA Cup, and the Red Devils eventually won the FA Cup, which is enough to prove that Arsenal's absolute strength is not as strong as the outside world thinks.

"From the point of view of the schedule, many people feel that the Arsenal schedule is more difficult, because they are very concentrated on the games of the strong teams, the most famous is the devil's schedule, but all professionals engaged in football know that the so-called devil's schedule is not as terrifying as the outside world imagines, because the schedule is concentrated, which helps the coaching staff to adjust the state of the players very well, concentrate on playing a certain period of games, and then pay attention to maintaining physical consumption when playing against weak teams."

"That is to say, the schedule is always only a part, there are good and bad, Chelsea's schedule against strong teams is more scattered, there are advantages, but the disadvantages are equally obvious, because this is very strict with the team's state requirements, Ye Qiu has to keep the team in a stable state every month anytime and anywhere, otherwise, it will be a loss when encountering a strong team Chelsea."

'There are two sides to everything, and if you judge who is greater Chelsea or Arsenal by the fixtures, it's completely untenable, but one thing is very clear, Chelsea are in the Champions League final and the chances of winning the trophy are very high, but Arsenal are empty-handed, and that speaks volumes.

But as a rigorous newspaper, the Guardian did not easily pin a host of accolades such as immortality on Ye Qiu and Chelsea, as other newspapers did, arguing that if a team was to be defined as immortal, it would have to win at least one consecutive league title and win the European Cup

The Observer's Oliver also argued in his column that Chelsea are still some way from immortality.

"I noticed that some newspapers simply defined what Ye Qiu said as Ye Qiu saying that Chelsea was stronger than AC Milan, which is inappropriate, because I was there when Ye Qiu said it, and he meant that AC Milan's unbeaten record in Serie A was an extraordinary feat, and he personally admired it very much, but he believed that Chelsea could do better."

"From beginning to end, Ye Qiu did not want the outside world to label Chelsea with all kinds of hats, he refused to accept the so-called immortal and invincible titles, he felt that Chelsea still had a long way to go and a lot of potential to be tapped."

"If it is said that after winning the championship with an undefeated record, the reborn Blue Lions have a fantastic start, then Ye Qiu's calmness and sanity after winning the championship undefeated make people full of expectations for the future of Chelsea, maybe the current Chelsea is not immortal, but the future Chelsea does not know the way"

While the media hyped Ye Qiu and Chelsea, the Premier League also announced the team of the season this season.

Goalkeeper is Chelsea's Edwin van der Sar, who has shocked everyone with just 14 goals conceded this season, and Van der Sar's performances have earned everyone recognition as the most consistent goalkeeper in the Premier League this season.

There is no doubt that the centre-back duo of Edwin van der Sar, John Terry and Cannavaro are in the Premier League's Season of the Season, with all three at the heart of Chelsea's unbeaten title-winning defence, while Ashley Cole beat Patrice Evra to the left-back of the Season and Gary Neville has also been named to the Team of the Season.

In midfield, Davies, Vieira, Lampard and Gerrard all won the best team of the season, although many people regretted and puzzled that Makelele and Deco were not selected, after all, the performance of these two players is also very good and stable, among which Ye Qiu also spoke highly of Makelele and Deco after winning the championship.

Up front, there is a combination of Henry and Ronaldinho, although Shearer has performed well and Ruud van Nistelrooy has also performed well, but as the Premier League's top scorer, Thierry Henry, who has entered the list of legendary scorers with 30 goals this season, and Ronaldinho, who is the core of Chelsea's attack this season, are indisputably in the team of the season.

Because the team won the Premier League championship and occupied half of the team of the season, Ye Qiu naturally won the award of the best manager of the season selected by the Premier League, which is also an affirmation of his outstanding performance in the past season.

In addition, major newspapers such as The Sun and the Daily Mail have also reported on what happened before and after Chelsea's championship, and two of them have attracted a lot of attention, one is that Ye Qiu did not appear on the team parade bus, but the team's owner Abramovich celebrated with the players on the bus.

The other protagonist is still Ye Qiu, that is, after the team won the league championship Gold Cup, all the Chelsea players hugged Ye Qiu tightly, and some staff members claimed that in the locker room, Ye Qiu was bathed in champagne by crazy Chelsea fans, and he missed the team's parade celebration.

However, as compensation, during the parade celebration, many Chelsea fans held up Ye Qiu's head and photos, and some fans wrote Ye Qiu's name in broken Chinese and raised it above their heads to celebrate, which can show Ye Qiu's status in the hearts of Chelsea fans.

Peter Kenyon has the habit of reading the newspaper while eating breakfast every morning, but this morning, he only reads the newspaper and skips breakfast, and at the end of the day, he is even in a daze at the cover of the Sun, on the cover, Ye Qiu raised his hands high, celebrating the arrival of the team's championship moment, and the title is immortal

In the same scene, Abramovich opened his arms in the stands, flamboyantly welcoming the arrival of the championship moment, as if he was going to embrace the championship Gold Cup, but only appeared in a very small and inconspicuous corner of the sports page, and the difference in treatment between the two can be said to be worlds apart.

Just when Peter Kenyon was deep in thought, the mobile phone on the desktop rang at an inopportune time, and the bald guy looked at the phone screen, it was Ye Qiu, which suddenly made his half-stretched hand pause, but finally took it.

Ye Qiu's tone on the phone was not very friendly, a little stiff, and it felt like he woke up this morning after being drunk last night, and his mouth was dry, and he was angry, "I want to know Lu Dao, what else is there that I don't know?" ”

This question came a little inexplicably, and Peter Kenyon was also directly stunned, and then immediately realized what Ye Qiu was talking about, so he was very embarrassed, "I only learned about this matter yesterday."

"Really?" Ye Qiu's tone on the phone was full of suspicion.

"I don't think I need to lie to you, do I?" Peter Kenyon was also angry, to be honest, he felt uncomfortable about this matter himself, what could be more embarrassing than such an important transfer, as the club's chief CPO, to be kept in the dark?

"Tell me, then, how far has it progressed?" Ye Qiu finally believed Peter Kenyon's words.

In fact, after a year together, both Ye Qiu and Peter Kenyon found that there is a lot in common with each other's development direction for Chelsea, that is, they both want Chelsea to embark on a healthy path, rather than always relying on Abramovich's blood transfusion.

And Peter Kenyon himself knows very well that continuing to poach European giants like this will only gradually push Chelsea into a more embarrassing situation in the end, and the influence of those giants is definitely not just measurable with money.

Imagine if the Champions League didn't have giants like Manchester United, Real Madrid, Barcelona, Inter Milan, AC Milan and Juventus. Don't say anything impossible, when things really develop to a certain extent, everything is possible

'I don't know exactly how it is going, but I have received information that Shevchenko is willing to join Chelsea, but he will not intervene in transfer negotiations, and AC Milan want most at the moment to keep the Ukrainian, so they refuse to negotiate with us, even if our transfer offer has been increased to 7000000 euros.

"What?" Ye Qiu on the other side of the phone was obviously a little surprised, "70UU million? Is he crazy? ”

Here he is obviously referring to Abramovich, this is also the first time Ye Qiu has said this about his boss in front of others.

As a person with professional ethics, Ye Qiu never commented on his boss in front of others, and never spoke ill of Abramovich, at most he mentioned his hidden worries to Eliza, but this time, he was obviously angry.

Zidane's transfer record is 73.5 million euros, which is the first day price in the world even now, especially in the past few years, the transfer market is sluggish, and the major clubs are tightening the monetary base, no one will spend such money, and as long as this money is taken out, Ye Qiu can be sure that anyone can buy it.

AC Milan's refusal is actually because Chelsea may only be trying to convey their intentions through intermediaries, such as asking Pini Zahavi to test without really opening a sincere bargaining chip, otherwise, take out 70UU million euros, needless to say, Shevchenko announced the transfer the next day

Peter Kenyon was visibly embarrassed on the phone, and he only found out about it yesterday afternoon.

"By the way, who told you this?"

"Pini Zahavi," Ye Qiu said indignantly.

"Damn vampire" Peter Kenyon suddenly scolded, of course he wanted to get it, this was deliberately used by the Israelis to hit Ye Qiu, in fact, he had already seen Pini Zahavi's attitude towards Ye Qiu, but Abramovich was convinced of the Israelis and put his heart into his heart.

Ye Qiu on the other side of the phone was obviously calming down, and he was angry early in the morning, you can imagine how bad his mood was.

"Peter, I don't want this matter to get out of the way, you have to block all news immediately," Ye Qiu said.

Peter Kenyon is still sure of this, "Okay, I'll arrange it right away"

"In addition, you tell him again, I don't want Shevchenko, I don't want Nedved, I don't want Gerrard, I don't want Ballack, I want Drogba, Davis has to keep me, the transfer is in my hands, whoever goes and who stays has the final say, if he wants to intervene, yes, we don't have to talk about contract renewal"

Ye Qiu's statement so clearly that he had actually blocked all the back roads, that is, if they came, he would leave.

Listening to the busy beep on the phone, Peter Kenyon also fell into a dilemma.

He is not stupid, of course he can see that Abramovich is regretting that he regrets giving all the power to Ye Qiu.

To be honest, if Chelsea's results were not so good and the limelight was not so big, things would be easier to solve, but now that Chelsea is undefeated and has the opportunity to reach the Champions League final, Ye Qiu's prestige has soared, not only Chelsea, but even the entire English football world has almost worshiped him as a god.

In this case, Abramovich regretted it, he felt that he was the owner of Chelsea, not Ye Qiu, if the team's results were good, it would be him, the person who attracted attention, and the prestige should be him, not Ye Qiu.

Of course, there must be the instigation of the cunning Pini Zahavi behind this, but Abramovich's heart is indeed like this, he is a very possessive and controlling person, and Ye Qiu cannot be allowed to step on his head.

If Peter Kenyon knew Chinese, he should sigh at this time, it is easy to share hardships and hardships, and it is difficult to be rich and rich.

"What's wrong?" His wife sat across from him, watching him in a daze for the newspaper before, and now telling people on the phone about this, and then there was a sad face, which was a little strange.

"It's nothing, it's just that some things don't hold the idea." Peter Kenyon was torn between words.

Chelsea's original power structure was a troika, and Chairman Booker belonged to Abramovich's extension, but Booker was a lawyer, and he became chairman after helping Abramovich get the deal a year ago, and he didn't know much about the football business, and Abramovich himself was not very familiar with football, so in fact, Chelsea's biggest core power is on Peter Kenyon and Ye Qiu, the former is responsible for management, and the latter is responsible for athletics.

But now, Abramovich clearly wants to change this situation, and it was previously reported that he went to the Netherlands to meet Eindhoven general manager Frank Arnesson, who is famous for his scouting network and youth training system, but the most famous is his feud with Ye Qiu in Dutch football.

Abramovich put his hand into Ye Qiu's sphere of power, this is not the first time, and it will not be the last time, I believe that sooner or later he will also put his hand into his sphere of power, and Ye Qiu dares to resist with contract renewal and resignation, what about himself?