Chapter 543

"Porto?"

In the high-level conference room at Stamford Bridge, the behind the scenes owner of Chelsea, Abramovich, couldn't help but be complacent and burst into laughter. "It's a lucky draw. It's excellent. It's very good. Ha ha."

In the conference room, assistant granovskia, chairman Bruce Barker, CEO Peter Kenyon, who has just returned from Nyon, Switzerland, and head coach Jose, who specially came to the meeting, were all beaming with joy.

With Porto in the draw, Chelsea can be said to have stepped into the last eight with one foot.

They still have this confidence.

"In the past four years, I have invested no less than 100 million a year to bring in a batch of stars. Even if I use money to advance, I believe this money should be enough to put our Chelsea on the podium of the Champions League

Abramovich, speaking of this, couldn't help shaking his head.

He always believed that money had magical power.

When he was coaching in Gaohan, he believed that after Gaohan left, he was more convinced.

Many people outside said that he was regretting his leaving in the cold. This is just nonsense. On the contrary, he never regretted his decision. Even if there was an occasional flash of this idea, he would soon be crushed down.

Because he was convinced that there was nothing in the world that money could not do.

If so, it's definitely not about money, but about people.

So, if Jose can't do it, change someone, change someone who can do it to be the head coach.

Abramovich calmed down and looked deeply at Jose.

The Portuguese madman knew what the boss meant and nodded: "it's a good signing. I'm sure I can lead the team to the next level."

Just as the Russian nodded his head, he said, "however, it's easy to get into the top eight. It's a little difficult to stand out from the top eight."

"What do you mean?" Asked granovsky.

Jose knows that she is Abramovich's trusted assistant, her problem is equal to the Russian problem.

"According to the draw of this season's Champions League, there are many strong conversations in the group stage, which make a good momentum. In the final 16, it is also very eye-catching. Inter Milan vs Real Madrid, Barcelona vs Liverpool are all very interesting matches, but the real highlights are in the final eight and final four, even the final."

"Yes," nodded Peter Kenyon, "it is said that UEFA has learned from Porto's experience of winning the championship and losing a lot in business operation, intentionally or unintentionally arranging such a suspense schedule. The specific operation is not known."

Whether the draw is fair or not has been questioned by fans all over the world, but there has been no conclusion.

Perhaps it should be said that, from a commercial point of view, UEFA intends to plan the competition system. For example, there is a division in the group stage, but it should not be targeted at which team.

As for the major European teams, they have basically acquiesced to this rule. After all, with the increase of business income and more money, they will not care too much.

Sometimes it's not a good thing to do well in the Champions League.

Abramovich can mix to today's position, already is a personal elite, suddenly saw the meaning of the words of Jose, heart secretly smile, "Jose, you have any specific plan, let's hear."

Jose was encouraged and nodded: "there are some plans, mainly that our team still needs to strengthen the recruitment in several positions, but I heard that not long ago you just decided on the recruitment..."

Not long ago, Abramovich said in an interview with the media that the era of high-profile investment by Chelsea has passed. He wants to tighten his money appropriately. If he has to attract, he must bring in high-level reinforcements, not players who are cheap but the team can't count on.

In the past few years, this type of player is not uncommon, such as ketzman.

High level players are a little expensive, but they are more secure. They are valuable and can make some impact on the transfer market. It is more cost-effective than bringing in cheap but not necessarily good players.

Everyone in the room understood what he meant. It was to buy people during the winter break.

Abramovich thought for a moment, tapping gently on the oval table next to him with his right hand, hesitated for a moment, then pointed to Jose, "how sure are you?"

Portuguese eyes are very firm, the whole body revealed a strong self-confidence, "that depends on how many people you give me."

"You said

"As a centre back, what I want most is Carvalho of Atletico Madrid."

Abramovich looked at Peter Kenyon, who shook his head and said, "I'm afraid it's not easy. Atletico Madrid won't even talk to us, and he's from Mendes."

Jorge Mendes is very familiar with Abramovich. He knows very well that he is a vampire like guy. First of all, he was very unhappy with him when he was in the cold. This time, he really had to dig hard. It's impossible that he didn't make a lot of blood.

"Then there's another, Porto centre back Pepe

Peter Kenyon was embarrassed. "This is also a Mendes player, and Porto should not agree. Moreover, he can't play in the Champions League."

Pepe is a rising star in Europe this season. He has performed very well in Porto, but his agent is Mendes. There have been media rumors before that many giants including Real Madrid are targeting him, which has led to his soaring price, which is said to have exceeded 20 million euros.

After listening to this, he fell silent.

Abramovich, too, looked at Peter Kenyon, who knew it and sighed.

"Maybe we can look for it again. It's better to play in the Champions League and have good strength."

He nodded slightly, "that's Andrade, the centre half of La Coruna, but I also want Micah Richards of Manchester City. I like him very much. They can all play in the Champions League."

Peter Kenyon's brow was raised when he heard that these two players, together, are worth at least 20 million pounds, especially Micah Richards, who is one of the hottest players in the Premier League this season. I don't know if he can win 15 million pounds.

Abramovich also noticed Peter Kenyon's look and knew that he had to make a decision at this moment.

Obviously, Andrade is a member of Jose Vega and a Portuguese international. He didn't make it to the world cup because of his injury before. He must have wanted him for a long time.

As for the previous Carvalho and Pepe are just bargaining chips.

This guy is smart!

But in the past few years, especially after Gao Han left the team, everyone laughed at him openly and secretly, thinking that it was a very wrong decision for him to let Gao Han go, but he never believed it.

He doesn't believe it. He has money and can't get a Champions League.

Now the team is in a good situation. After defeating the defending champion Barcelona in the group stage, Jose is so confident that he thinks this should be the most promising season since he took charge of Chelsea.

Thinking of this, he stood up with his hands on the table and looked at Jose.

"I'll ask you again, Jose, how sure are you?"

"You give me people, I give you a champion," he said

Without waiting for Abramovich to think more, he added, "you should understand, Roman, our goals are the same."

Yeah, consistent!

Abramovich has been trying to prove to everyone that he can still make Chelsea win the championship without the cold, but how could he not always think about how to get out of the shadow left by the cold?

In the past two years, no matter what achievements he has made, no matter how his team performs, everyone will think of alpine cold.

Win, it is the cold left him a treasure house, lost, that is, he has no ability.

Abramovich has had enough of these days, and so has he and Jose!

"Good, good, good." Abramovich pointed to Jose and nodded, "I'm here to give you a promise, Jos é, you want people, I'll give you people, you want power, I'll give you power, I'll give you no upper limit on your transfer budget, but if you don't get the Champions League..."

Abramovich opened his eyes and said nothing more.

"I'll resign on my own initiative. You don't have to fire me." Jose also stood up and solemnly promised.

Everyone at the scene could see that he was too reckless.

In European football, there is an unwritten rule that if a coach is fired, he will usually have to pay an additional termination fee. The specific amount and duration depend on the negotiation between the two sides. Some even reach the annual salary of the coach and have to pay until he finds the next teaching job or the contract period expires.

The most famous one is inter coach Cooper. After he was fired by Moratti, he didn't contact work for the first time. Instead, he took the annual salary paid by inter and sat at home for a good rest.

It can be said that inter actually paid the annual salaries of two managers at the same time when Zaccheroni was in charge.

But on the contrary, if the head coach takes the initiative to resign, the club will be able to reduce the amount of termination money as far as possible, or even do not have to pay. For Jose, this is at least a few million euros of income.

So this time, he really gave up.

With his eyes fixed on the back of the departing Jose, Abramovich had a cruel smile on his lips.

"Boss, do you really want to do your best to support him?" Asked granovsky.

Abramovich looked at his assistant and said with a smile, "since I was very young, I have learned a truth that if a person can be cruel enough to gouge out meat from his body, he must have a determination not to stop until he reaches his goal."

After listening to the crowd, they looked at the direction of Jose's departure and nodded with admiration.

It can be seen that Jose is trying his best to recover his dignity as a professional head coach.

He doesn't want to live in the cold shadow forever, he wants to let everyone know him again.

"My experience over the years tells me that when you meet this kind of person, you either fight side by side with him or get away from him, but don't get in his way."

Abramovich didn't say what would happen if he got in his way, but the meaning was clear.

Abramovich is an oligarch killed in a sea of corpses in Russia. He has seen everyone, let alone people.

"Peter, tell Arnesen to leave him alone."

"I understand." Peter Kenyon nodded.

For some time in the past, it was rumored that the management of Chelsea used sports director Arnesen to overhead Jose.

"And, whatever he wants, support him as much as he can."

After that, Abramovich stood up.

It can be seen that he is looking forward to the match between Jose and Gao.

It's not just a showdown for Jose, it's his.