Abramovich's first impression of Leon was not that of a tycoon boss or a rich man with a lot of money, but of a middle-aged uncle who seemed to be low-key and kind.

Jeans, a plaid shirt, and a pair of sunglasses.

When he first met Abu at the airport, Leon's first impression was very good.

The Abu in front of him was a perfect fit for the best owner of Chelsea in his memory.

And when Leon greeted Abu in fluent Russian, Abu and his assistants on the plane were stunned for a moment.

After the surprise and simple explanation, the atmosphere inside the plane suddenly became more relaxed.

Abu didn't immediately talk to Li Ang about the new season's team, but talked a lot about China and Russia with Li Ang.

In this regard, Abu felt that Leon was the most talkative player he had ever met.

Abu's conversation was high, and Abu's assistant was also amazed when he saw this.

He's a very easy-going owner, and he has a good relationship with the players in the club.

But it's all too rare to have a homely conversation with a player like this now.

This can only mean one thing, and that is that Leon has a unique place in Abu's heart.

It's definitely not just about bringing in a football superstar.

And just as Leon was rushing to London on Abu's private plane, the entire London media also sent their capable reporters to the airport in a hurry.

Inside the closed Cobham training base, Jose Mourinho was in a good mood as he watched the Chelsea players work on their fitness.

The young Chelsea players, who were being overwhelmed by Ruifaria's practice, also had the leisure to talk about Leon during the short break.

There's no way, Leon's movement in this summer window is too big.

Moreover, his own club poached Li Ang in a way that was higher than the liquidated damages, which also shocked these young post-90s Chelsea players.

No matter what the era, the transfer fee is a good indication of a player's status in the new team.

No one would think that Leon, who spent 80 million on Chelsea, just came to London to continue as a pure defensive player.

In other words, the young Chelsea players also understand that they are likely to rebuild their squad around Leon.

It doesn't matter to Romelu Lukaku and Kevin De Bruyne, the little transparents in the current Chelsea squad.

After all, they are still working hard to stay at Chelsea

None of them have any opinion on who will be the core of the team in the future.

But for Oscar and Eden Hazard, who played well last season, the news was naturally a mixed bag.

The arrival of Leon will undoubtedly further strengthen Chelsea's attacking and defensive strength in the middle of the midfield.

At that time, with Leon's defensive protection, they will also have more room to play in the attacking position in the frontcourt.

But what if Leon didn't come to Chelsea as a central midfielder?

In case he wants to switch to a midfielder who plays the ball and becomes an attacking midfielder

So can Oscar's position and Hazard's possession of the ball still be guaranteed by the coaching staff?

This is a big trouble and problem for the two of them.

It's not that they want to embarrass Leon, it's that there are only two or three people in a team who have the ball and the attacking midfield.

If those who come after them want to share more of the ball and tactical position, those in front of them will inevitably have to make concessions and tactical sacrifices.

Just by saying it, anyone can say it, and anyone can be a team player with a sacrificial spirit in their mouths.

But when it comes to doing it, when it is related to one's own vital interests, it is another matter.

The little absent-mindedness shown by the two at this time was naturally seen by Mourinho

However, Mourinho does not plan to talk to the two right away.

It's best to let the players figure things out on their own.

Whether you are worthy of this tactical position or not, whether you want to cooperate openly with stronger teammates.

Jose Mourinho believes that once Leon is officially involved in Chelsea's training, these young Chelsea players will know what to do.

Another day of demonic fitness training was over, and the young Chelsea players rushed to the physiotherapy area for massages.

The Chelsea veterans, who are still training in recovery today, continue to listen to Essien tell the story of his honour harvest at Real Madrid over the past year and a half.

And the part related to Leon is naturally more interesting to these Chelsea veterans.

"I bet with you, look, I will never take the initiative to contact the little lion today, but tomorrow at noon at the latest, you will see him appear on the training ground!

That's a proper training maniac, he will ask you to practice in the future, really, don't agree!

After the practice, he said that he wanted to invite them to dinner, but don't go, absolutely don't go! ”

When he said this, Essien seemed to remember the time when Leon and Ronaldo "warmly" invited him to have a big meal together after the training.

Good guy, those boiled dishes, baked potatoes, and pan-fried steaks and boiled chicken breasts sprinkled with coarse salt, he really never wants to touch them again!

Compared to those things, he didn't even think it was so hard to swallow looking up at the stars.

When Terry heard Essien say this, his heart grew more interested.

His understanding of Li Ang basically comes from previous British media reports.

But these days, with Essien's vivid storytelling, he found Leon to be a very interesting young man.

At least it's much more vivid than the image described in the newspaper that is not at all feminine, boring and homely, and too calm.

Maybe when the time comes, these old guys will get along with Leon far better than he thought before.

The grand occasion of Leon's arrival in London that day quickly spread around the world with the filming of reporters of all sizes near the airport.

The fans who were greeted near the airport were not just Chelsea fans in London.

There are also many Real Madrid fans in London, as well as Asian fans.

And then looked at the long guns and short guns in the photo, scrambling to interview Li Ang's group of reporters.

Countless melon-eating fans on the Internet are also very surprised, just looking at this battle, it is not an exaggeration to say that Li Ang is the top superstar in the current football world.

Let's not talk about whether the status and strength have reached the standard of a superstar, this influence and sensational effect are obviously almost enough.

However, as in the style of Madrid, Leon still refused all media requests for interviews with him during the offseason.

In the eyes of the local media in London, this is a proper disadvantage given to them by Li Ang!

In this respect, Leon and his mentor Jose Mourinho are simply identical.

But there is no way, who made Leon the focus of the entire football world now?

In order to sell, the media in London also had to try their best to contact Leon.

But now reporters in London are not panicking, they feel that there is always a time to interview Li Ang.

After all, Li Ang is new to London and is not familiar with London, so he has to find a house and buy a car, right?

After finding a house, if you don't like the place, you have to find a way to renovate it and buy some furniture you like, right?

Journalists with connections in these areas are actually very easy to get in touch with players who are in need first.

When you get there, say something nice and help a little bit, won't the interview be completed smoothly?

But what these reporters never expected was that after Li Ang arrived at the hotel in London, he directly handed over the RV problem to the assistant team to solve it, and he didn't want to ask at all.

Yes, when it comes to stars of Leon's status and income level, they generally pay more attention to the quality of life.

But Leon is different.

He neither lived with his family nor had a heterosexual partner.

Without having to take into account other people's opinions, he simply set four accommodation requirements for his assistant team and left it alone.

First, it's close enough to the Cobham training base.

Second, the environment is good enough, and the green coverage area is large enough.

Thirdly, it should not be too noisy, preferably a single-family villa.

Fourth, hire the best security team, it doesn't matter if you spend more money, Leon doesn't want to go home one day and find that his bedroom has been pried open, that's really bad enough!

In terms of cars, Li Ang's requirements are simpler, it is more comfortable to drive, the space is large enough, and it is over.

Therefore, the London reporters who waited left and right did not wait for the big news that Leon's team was looking for a house in London.

On the contrary, some Chelsea fans who were normally ambushed outside the Cobham training base were pleasantly surprised.

Early in the morning of 20 July, a small number of Chelsea fans squatting outside the Cobham training base were surprised to see Leon coming to the training base in the club's special car.

To their surprise, Leon motioned to the staff at the gate of the base to stop the car first, and then Leon got out of the car to greet them and sign autographs.

Lucky Chelsea fans who were hit in the head by the huge surprise were quick to post photos of themselves with Leon social media.

And Leon, who surprised reporters all over London, also gave his new teammates a big surprise at the Cobham training base!

After a few simple medical examinations, Leon first met with Mourinho and Mr. Ruifaria.

He then got to know the team's new assistant manager, Mr Steve Holland, and the rest of Chelsea's new coaching staff.

'Hello Leon, welcome to Chelsea! Have you been training lately to keep up the basics? You look pretty good! ”

After Steve Holland greeted Leon, he patted Leon's arm in surprise.

Previously, although Li Ang also started the preseason training camp with Real Madrid in Madrid, after all, he has to deal with transfer matters these days

Steve Holland originally thought that Leon would be out of training for a few days to concentrate on completing the transfer.

As a result, he didn't expect Leang's state to look much better than he expected.

Jose Mourinho and Ruifaglia are no surprise.

After the medical examination, Leon only gave a brief tour of the internal environment of the Cobham training base.

He then asked directly where Mourinho's dressing room and power room were.

After two days of not training at high intensity, Leon felt that his body muscles already had some impatient desire to exercise and sweat.

Steve Holland was stunned by Leon's resolute style at this time.

Over the years he has been at Chelsea, he has seen a lot of young players in the squad.

But none of them are like Li Ang, who is about to start training as soon as he arrives at the training base!

The key is that Leon didn't mean to show off half a point, Mourinho directly asked Steve Holland to take Leon to the locker room and power room first.

He and Ruifaria went to the office to check in on today's training again.

On the way, Leon and Steve Holland communicated very enthusiastically.

And after accompanying Li Ang to watch the so-called "warm-up" strength training for an hour and a half, Steve Holland also kindly reminded Li Ang one more sentence.

"Today, the whole team is going to train for physical training, but the amount of training you will have has been raised, why don't I tell He Sai later, and you will do recovery training today?"

Li Ang shook his head when he heard this.

"I know, Mr. Steve, I was told before I came, I was going to do physical training today, and I also read the training plan in advance, it's okay, I'm just making up for the training..."

Before Leon could finish speaking, Steve Holland thought he had misheard.

He has been involved in the recent physical training.

Hazard and Lukaku are trained every day, but Leon said that he wants to make up for the balance of training?

Steve Holland originally wanted to be kind enough to persuade Leon, but he suddenly remembered Leon's previous performance in Real Madrid.

"Maybe Leon is serious, this kind of training really can't reach his limit?"

Holland had such a thought in his mind, and then he didn't say anything more.

After quietly watching Leon finish a full set of strength and cardio training, Holland took him back to the locker room.

There are already plenty of Chelsea players chatting and changing their training uniforms in the dressing room at the moment.

The moment Holland entered the dressing room with Leon, the Chelsea players immediately stopped communicating, and they all looked at their new teammates who had not shown up these days, but who had always been in their chat.

Li Ang, who has seen countless big scenes in Real Madrid, is not stage frightened, and he introduced himself very enthusiastically as soon as he opened his mouth, and then shook hands and hugged his new teammates one by one.

Perhaps Leon's memory of this group of Chelsea players was a little blurred.

But after actually meeting each other, Leon was very enthusiastic and accurate in calling out every Chelsea player by name.

Naturally, his style is quite pleasing.

At least in the eyes of Holland and the Chelsea players, Leon has done his homework before coming to Chelsea and is willing to communicate with them enthusiastically.

After spending a few minutes getting to know their new teammates, Leon and Essien exchanged high-fives and hugs at the end.

After a few more pleasantries, Holland arrived at the training ground with a full stream of Chelsea players.

Before training began, Ang was at the front of the pack and introduced himself to all his new team-mates and the current Chelsea coaching staff.

More familiarity, Mourinho directly put in today's training.

The Chelsea youngsters, who had been trained by Ruifalia in the past few days, had a preliminary understanding of Leon's physical strength in just two hours in the morning.

Is a player strong, and how strong is it?

It's really easy to see in training.

At least after the first fitness session in the morning, Hazard was quite convinced of Leon's fitness level.

They were wailing, and Leon was enjoying it!

Yes, looking at the relaxed expression on Leon's face, Hazard could only think that he was enjoying the training.

The rest of the Chelsea young players are counted as one, and they are also dissatisfied with Leon.

But they didn't know that the physical training plan developed by Ruifaria today was simply the result of reducing the burden on Pintus's previous Devil's physical training program.

That set of devil physical training can directly practice Benzema and them, while Leon can hold it up intact and use it as his normal physical assault stimulation training.

Now Hazard, they haven't even felt the original devil's physical training.

At this point, I feel very painful, and I feel that I am very uncomfortable to survive?

Leon just laughed at this.

He knows that Mu Shuai will definitely go to the real devil's physical training in the future, so that the Chelsea players can feel it first, and then they will have fun watching it~

After the morning's fitness session, Jose Mourinho announced something that was totally good news for the current Chelsea players.

This afternoon, they are not going to work on their fitness, but they are going to practice their tactics and play another training game within the team.

It was a complete relief for Chelsea's young players.

And they finally have the opportunity to show their technical characteristics in front of Mourinho.

I'm so excited.

Like Lukaku and De Bruyne, these two guys are even more suffocated, just waiting to perform well in front of Mourinho!

The reality turned out to be quite cruel.

The physical fitness of this group of young men is enough, but in the tactical drills and confrontation matches in the afternoon, their performance can only be said to be fighting separately and scattered.

After all, you also want to play, and I want to play, but football is just that, and there are not a few people who want to eat more balls, so it is easy for such a situation to occur.

After all, Hazard and Oscar had a lot of time running in last season, and the two still had some tacit understanding when they worked together.

But in Mourinho's eyes, he can only give these two lads a passing grade.

In contrast, Li Ang, who was assigned to a group of veterans, integrated quite quickly.

His sweeping style of play at the defensive end has made Frank Lampard, who is now transitioning to a central midfielder, feel comfortable for a long time.

And Leon's habit of sharing the ball in time after quickly inserting a strong burst in the middle also made Torres of the veteran group feel pleasantly surprised.

Now Leon is also slowly changing his style of play, but he doesn't eat the ball much after all, and he can bond the front and back courts well, and play an important role at both offensive and defensive ends.

To put it more bluntly, it is that Leon's way of playing can make the veterans who partner him more comfortable and more grounded.

He does a lot of work, retreating to defend actively to protect the midfield, and he can even retreat directly to the midfield position to protect the central defender line!

And when attacking, there are no good shooting opportunities, and Li Ang is not easy to get up.

Therefore, he basically does not occupy the right to shoot, and he is active in the front of the ball and the ball is divided.

What veteran doesn't like to partner with such a young man?

Leon's excellent training performance was expected by Mourinho.

Of course, the immature performance of Chelsea's current group of young players is actually expected by Mourinho.

However, Mourinho is now more patient with the malleability of young players than he was three or four years ago.

When it comes to talent, there is no shortage of young players in the Chelsea squad at the moment.

What they lack is just more game time, and what they lack is more patience and tolerance from the coaching staff.

It can be said that the experience of coaching the Castilla gang in Real Madrid in the past two years has made Mourinho more calm and more patient with young players.

Although Lukaku always likes to play wide on the training ground, De Bruyne always likes to disobey tactical instructions and has a bad habit of passing bold balls unexpectedly.

However, Mourinho, who had also been tormented by Morata's double backfoot and was anxious about Jesse's lack of tactical discipline, can now look at the shortcomings of these young players very calmly.

Overall, Chelsea's current group of young players has a lot of potential and a lot of problems.

But with Leon in charge of the midfield, Mourinho is sure in his heart.

The new season of the Premier League has set off a youth storm belonging to Chelsea!

It may only be more than 10,000 today, and there will be a chapter later, so I want to have dinner with my family, and I will continue to update 15,000 tomorrow!

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