Super Marshal

Canary Wharf, London.

After three years of waiting, Abramovich’s long-awaited super luxury yacht Eclipse was finally completed and delivered just before the New Year from the shipyard in Hamburg, Germany to London’s Canary Wharf.

This luxury yacht is 170 meters long and costs 400 million euros, making it the largest in the world.

It is not just a luxury yacht, but more like a mobile fortress on the sea. It is equipped with two helicopter landing pads, three water slides, and multiple small speedboats. The rear half of the yacht is also equipped with submarines and submarine cabins for security. The facilities are also very tight, equipped with anti-missile systems, bulletproof glass and motion sensors.

This newly released world-class yacht docked at Canary Wharf, standing out from the crowd, attracting the attention of countless passers-by and even the entire London, and media reporters also rushed to report on it.

In order to celebrate receiving the world's number one New Year's gift, Abramovich decided to prepare a luxurious New Year's party on the Caribbean island of Toba Thelemi. A total of more than 250 distinguished guests will be invited. In addition to well-known European and American superstars and celebrities such as Jude Law, it also includes Abramovich’s business partners.

The media broke the news that the drinks alone for this party will reach 2 million pounds, and the song and dance performances will also cost 1.5 million pounds. All guests will be transported by private jets, and the expenditure of the entire party will be astronomical. number.

But while Abramovich was squandering money in the Caribbean, Chelsea in London was in trouble, so much so that even Martin Samuel, a columnist who was usually close to Chelsea, lamented helplessly in his column.

"Maybe Abramovich really doesn't consider spending money for Chelsea in this winter's transfer market."

Chelsea officials have remained silent on the matter, but there has been constant news outside.

On Christmas Day, Chelsea head coach Luiz Felipe Scolari said helplessly in an interview with the media that the team would not sign any players during the winter break. "Everything I said is true. Really, we will definitely not sign any players this winter." Players, if I break my promise, I'm willing to run naked at Stamford Bridge."

Scolari's remarks immediately appeared in major newspapers and were seen as an indirect protest by the Brazilian coach against Chelsea management, expressing his dissatisfaction with the team's operation.

After playing in the league on the 26th, Drogba, Essien, Kalou and Mikel will all return to Africa to participate in the training of the national team and prepare for the African Cup. They will be sidelined until at least late January, and during this period Inside, Chelsea's staffing in the forward and midfield is stretched thin.

After Drogba and Kalou, Chelsea's frontcourt attacking players are Anelka, Malouda, Robinho and Arshavin. Originally, Scolari planned to use Anelka as the lone forward. But on Christmas Day, the Chelsea team doctor announced that Anelka had a muscle problem and would miss the Christmas schedule. His return time may not be until mid-January at the latest.

This is undoubtedly adding insult to injury for Chelsea.

In the midfield, Ballack is getting old and is no longer trusted by Scolari, but now he has transferred Essien and Mikel, the two main midfielders, to return to the national team. How will Chelsea arrange the midfield?

Scolari's complaint also received sympathy from media reporters, because Chelsea is the Premier League team that has been most affected and severely affected by the African Cup, and almost all of its main players are.

On the contrary, like Arsenal, there is only one Alexander Song, and Manchester United, Manchester City and Liverpool do not have African Cup players.

In contrast, Scolari's team was deprived of three main players, which undoubtedly made Chelsea, which already had problems, even worse. Scolari's complaints seemed justified.

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Abramovich was sitting on the top deck of the Eclipse yacht, flipping through news from major British newspapers.

He saw what Scolari said in the interview, also noticed Anelka's injury, and saw many comments from the British media, and he felt that he should do something.

Toba Thelemi Island is a top place for European and American upper class to hold luxurious parties. Paul Allen, one of the founders of Microsoft, has always been a frequent visitor here and frequently entertained guests here. World celebrities such as Hollywood director Spielberg also They often appear here, and it can be said to be an excellent place to break into the upper class society in Europe and America.

Abramovich came to the UK with only one purpose, and that was to break into the upper class society in Europe and America and become a part of it.

He finally waited for such an opportunity, and he didn't want to be affected by Chelsea's incident.

He knew very well that among the two to three hundred VIPs he invited, fans accounted for the majority. Football must be an essential topic when arriving on the island. They even arranged an important program to be broadcast live in the open air on the island. Premier League match.

Abramovich never wanted the opportunity she had been waiting for years to slip past her nose.

Just as the Russians were closing their eyes in deep thought, there was a sound from the steps on the outside of the deck.

Abramovich knew who was coming without even raising his eyes.

"Boss, are you looking for me?" Granovskya asked politely.

"Well, sit down." Abramovich pointed to the seat opposite her.

When the trusted assistant came over and sat down, he saw the newspaper on the table, glanced at it, and roughly understood what was going on.

"Boss, I talked with Scolari, and we both agreed to increase efforts to promote young players. During Anelka's absence, we will arrange for the youngster Borini to join the first team. Although he is only 18 years old, he is not very strong. We have also made similar arrangements in the midfield, taking this opportunity to vigorously promote young players."

When Abramovich heard this, he opened his eyes slightly and suddenly smiled helplessly, "It seems that everyone has concluded that I am not planning to sign any players during the winter break."

Granovskya remained silent, but more or less acquiesced.

The whole world knows that Chelsea is in urgent need of forwards and midfielders, but apart from Falcao, who previously pursued Chinatown, Chelsea has not had any other transfer scandals, and there has been no movement. This in itself is very obvious. signal of.

"Does the scouting department have any recommendations?" Abramovich suddenly asked.

Granovskya was a little surprised, because she knew that Abramovich had no intention of signing any players. Could it be that he had changed his mind?

"The transfer market this winter is very lively. Dzeko from the Bundesliga, Suarez from Ajax in the Netherlands, and Falcao from Chinatown in La Liga are all popular candidates in the transfer market, and each of them is worth a lot of money. Fei."

"Tell me about it," Abramovich said calmly.

"These three players have come into the fans' sight after their outbreak last season. Falcao won the top scorer in La Liga and is also leading the La Liga scorer list this season. Dzeko is in the Bundesliga. The league performance is very good, and as for Suarez, he is another strong scorer cultivated by Ajax after Huntelaar moved to Real Madrid."

"How's your net worth?"

"They are not cheap," Granovskia said. "Dzeko has attracted the attention of many teams, but Wolfsburg has made it clear that any team that wants to get Dzeko must show their talent. The price is high, at least 30 million euros, to convince Wolfsburg."

"Suarez has also received attention from many teams, including Manchester United, Barcelona, ​​Real Madrid and Liverpool. They are all interested in him. Ajax is also starting to raise the price, and it is estimated that the transfer fee will not be less than 30 million euros. Oh. , by the way, his agent is Jorge Mendes.”

When Abramovich heard this, he couldn't help but frown.

Today's European winter break transfer market can easily cost tens of millions of euros. Isn't this outrageous?

Granovskia has followed Abramovich for many years and is well aware of the boss's temper. When he saw his frown, he immediately said: "Actually, there is also a good player in the Premier League, and that is Blackburn's center Santa Cruz. But his performance in the last two seasons has been unsatisfactory, and Blackburn's asking price will not be less than 15 million pounds."

Abramovich's mouth twitched slightly. A center who had not shown his due strength for two seasons was still asking for 15 million pounds. He really couldn't understand what was going on in this world?

"Marina, what do you think?" Abramovich asked again.

Granovskya didn't understand what her boss meant for a while, so she thought about it and carefully selected her words.

"I think based on his current performance, Falcao is the most powerful and has the most potential. In addition, he is a player hand-picked by Gao Han, and we all know that basically none of the players Gao Han is optimistic about will Poor, so it will only take one or two years for Falcao to become one of the top scorers in Europe, which is why all the wealthy teams are chasing Falcao."

"Dzeko plays in the Bundesliga and his performance is not bad, but his characteristics are a bit inconsistent with our style of play. Suarez is invincible in the Netherlands, but Kežman has learned from his mistakes and we must be careful."

Granovskia’s words irritated Abramovich.

At that time, Kežman was also killing everyone in the Netherlands and became one of the top killer Red Stars in Europe. However, he did not expect that after moving to the top league, his performance immediately shrank significantly, which was far less than half of his original performance in the Netherlands.

The same situation exists for Huntelaar and Kuyt. The former has been sent to AC Milan by Real Madrid, while the latter has been reduced to an engineer in the Liverpool team. Benitez is even chasing Falcao without considering it. Set him straight.

After Shevchenko's lesson, Abramovich did become more cautious in his investment in transfers. It was only at this time that he truly realized the importance of Gao Han.

Throughout the years, Chelsea's most cost-effective transfer signings were undoubtedly the year Gao Han coached.

Thinking of this, Abramovich couldn't help but feel moved.

"How's Falcao doing?"

"I have scored two goals and made two assists in the past two rounds, and my performance is quite eye-catching."

"What about Real Madrid?"

"According to reliable information, Real Madrid seems to be determined to win Falcao. They are considering using Higuain to add money and talk to Chinatown about a transfer. It is said that they have already started to formulate a plan, and Florentino spoke with Chinatown two days ago. Mendes had a meal.”

When Abramovich heard this, his brows could not help but frown deeper and deeper.

Judging from all signs, Falcao can be said to be closer to Real Madrid.

There is no doubt that Falcao is the best and most reliable choice Chelsea can make, but he is also the most expensive.

You get what you pay for, this is undoubtedly an iron law in the European transfer market.

The scheduled time for the Eclipse to set sail from Canary Wharf and head to Toba Thelemi Island was getting closer and closer. Abramovich closed his eyes in deep thought for several minutes, then suddenly opened his eyes again after letting out a long sigh.

"Marina, call Mendes for me."