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Chapter 193 Li Ang's Brother Calls, Zlatan Comes to Blue Bridge! [Please subscribe! 】

After the training session on the first day, Li Ang left a very deep impression on the Chelsea players.

Not just because of his excellent performance on the training ground and his rapid integration into the team.

It was also because after the training that day, Li Ang generously invited all the new teammates and coaching staff to a dinner in downtown London.

After eating this meal, Li Ang directly spent more than 3 pounds!

This is not a small amount, and Li Ang's generosity also allowed him to gain the favor of all his new teammates in a short period of time.

Strong ability to handle things, generous and easy-going attitude.

With such a new teammate, who would not want to have a good relationship with him and become friends?

Moreover, Li Ang will not be more enthusiastic about whom, or be more indifferent to whom because of his status in the team.

At the dinner party that night, Li Ang chatted happily with Terry Lampard and other old Chelsea players.

But it showed more desire to get close to De Bruyne.

This surprised De Bruyne, who is still a little transparent in the Chelsea team.

Not to mention Hazard and Oscar, who are already firmly established as starters in the Chelsea team.

Even Lukaku, who went to West Brom on loan last season and played [-] goals in a single season in the Premier League, is even more dazzling than him.

Although he also played close to the double-ten performance of the season at Werder Bremen last season.

But that's still in the Bundesliga.

Having not proven himself in the Premier League, De Bruyne does not know whether he can stay at Chelsea in the new season and stay in the Premier League under Mourinho.

After uncovering the superficial silence and humility, De Bruyne is actually quite proud in his bones.

He is confident in his own strength, but he can't find a way to quickly prove that he can adapt to the Premier League at the moment.

After today's training session, De Bruyne himself felt the dissatisfaction in Mourinho's eyes.

Although that trace of dissatisfaction is not necessarily directed at him.

But how can a talented player like him who is so proud of his heart accept the status quo that he is not recognized?

Conflicts and contradictions flashed repeatedly in his heart.

So when Li Ang's intentional attitude of getting close at this moment appeared, De Bruyne was not only surprised, but also felt an inexplicable gratitude in his heart.

This is not the way of recognition that De Bruyne wants most, but it is the emotion he urgently needs to be recognized by a stronger person at this moment.

In the low-pitched conversation with him, Li Ang was even able to express his thoughts and thoughts on passing the ball in the training match, which made him feel even more delighted!

After one dinner, Li Ang felt that what he had gained far exceeded the value of thirty thousand pounds.

In the next few days of pre-season training, the relationship between Li Ang, De Bruyne and more young Chelsea players is also rapidly getting closer.

After all, they are all young lads. Even if they compete for position on the court and positioning in the team, as long as they are willing to actively communicate and contact in private, the relationship will heat up quite quickly.

Of course, in this ongoing transfer period in full swing, not all players in the Chelsea team have been set for the new season.

On the third day after Li Ang participated in Chelsea's pre-season preparations, rumors of transfer transactions related to Chelsea still emerged.

The first is the two strikers Demba Ba and Torres.

After Demba Ba, who played bravely at West Ham United and Newcastle United, moved to Chelsea last season, his scoring efficiency plummeted.

Moreover, his performance at the center position and his not very strong desire to confront did not satisfy Mourinho.

Let's go back to Torres, it's still an old problem.

Torres, who has long since ceased to be at his peak, has suffered from injuries, and his current level of ability is not at all top-notch in football.

In order to win the Champions League within three seasons this time, Abramovich gave Mourinho the power of life and death in the team.

If Mourinho is really dissatisfied with Torres, then even if Abramovich likes this former Spanish golden boy, he can only send him away with tears.

However, Mourinho did not choose the most ruthless way to treat these two forwards as soon as he came up.

Perhaps earlier, such as when he first took charge of Chelsea, he would have chosen a tougher approach to dealing with dissatisfied players.

But now he has changed a lot after all.

After two frank and sincere conversations, Mourinho got two completely different answers.

Demba Ba is unwilling to continue to be a substitute striker at Chelsea, and he is likely to be the third substitute.

So after being notified by Mourinho, even though he was not particularly willing, Demba Ba contacted his agent and started working on returning to Newcastle or transferring to a new Premier League team.

Torres' answer to Mourinho was that he was willing to accept the position of a substitute.

As long as Chelsea's newly introduced striker is indeed stronger than him, then he has no objection.

This surprised Mourinho. He originally thought that Torres would be the striker who was determined to transfer and leave, but he did not expect that Torres was willing to stay on the bench.

"I lost to Real Madrid in the Champions League final in 12. I am not reconciled. I want to stay at Chelsea and try again! I want to leave Chelsea fans and Mr. Abramovich with the championship they most want before leaving..."

Torres' answer silenced Mourinho, but after another conversation, the relationship between the two appeared to be more harmonious and intimate than before.

After dealing with the two forwards in the team, the player Mourinho No. 3 interviewed was Mata who became a midfielder.

This is a change that many Chelsea players did not expect.

Possibly including Juan Mata, he himself couldn't believe it.

After he hit double 20 last season, he turned out to be one of Mourinho's starting players!

This meeting was not so pleasant.

Mourinho explained his tactical philosophy to Mata, and he has stated many times that it is not that Mata is not good enough, but that Mata's technical characteristics now conflict with his tactical philosophy.

So Mourinho can't guarantee that Mata will get as many starting opportunities as last season.

For Mata, such an answer is obviously something he doesn't want to hear, let alone accept.

So the choice Mata faces now is very simple, either become Mourinho's rotation in the new season, or leave the team.

Three consecutive players were interviewed by the head coach, and two of them are likely to leave Chelsea in the near future.

Such a change made the remaining Chelsea players involuntarily start to worry about their future at Chelsea.

Fortunately, after talking with Matayo, Mourinho is not talking to other players for the time being.

However, Li Ang learned of a transfer related to Chelsea from Mendes.

That is the German striker Schurrle, who was investigated by both Boas and Di Matteo before, has been crossed out by Mourinho from the transfer signing list.

This deal is an easy one for Chelsea.

After all, Schurrle is willing to transfer to Chelsea, and Leverkusen can't resist Chelsea's offer of more than 2000 million euros.

However, after a detailed analysis with the new Chelsea coaching staff, Mourinho decided to terminate the deal to introduce Schurrle.

In a word, not suitable.

Because Mourinho does not plan to change to four-four-two in the new season, it is not suitable to play on the wing, and Schurrle, who plays a forward center and can't stand his position, seems very tasteless.

With this coming and going, almost two Chelsea players are about to leave the team, and then there is a new player who was supposed to come to Chelsea and can't come.

There are many veterans in the current Chelsea team, but their strength is not bad. With a group of young players with full potential, the overall team structure is still no problem.

That is, if Chelsea wants to focus on Real Madrid's previous four-two-three-one in the new season, they will have to supplement players at the wing and center positions.

Hazard's personal performance last season was quite impressive, and the data of [-] goals and [-] assists throughout the season also fully reflected his current strength and super talent.

Mourinho is very relieved to hand over the left to Hazard and the old and strong Ashley Cole.

But on the right, the current Chelsea is still short of a sharp knife.

Mata can't get up to speed on the right. He is an organizational type of midfielder, so in Mourinho's two-wing tactics, there is really no place for Mata.

Not to mention the center position, Torres and Demba Ba are not the right candidates. If they want to achieve stable results in the new season, then Chelsea still needs to buy a first-class center in football.

Preferably a first-rate high center in his prime...

When Li Ang stayed in the hotel and reviewed the current Chelsea lineup, he was also worried about the position of the team's center, just like Mourinho.

He instinctively thought of Llorente, who had been abandoned and refrigerated by Athletic Bilbao before.

In terms of characteristics, Llorente really meets Mourinho's requirements.

He has a tough body, a prominent header, and a strong fulcrum. The key is that he is reliable in front of the goal.

Slow speed is not a very important defect, after all, most high center forwards in football are not fast.

If he can really partner with Llorente in Chelsea, Li Ang thinks the effect will be good.

But in the end he did not give Mourinho any advice in this regard.

You said that it is reasonable to occasionally give tactical advice to the coach as you did in Real Madrid.

But in terms of team building and recruiting, Li Ang has always been able to keep his mouth shut. This can be regarded as a red line between players and coaches.

So until the news of Juventus' visa-free Llorente's successful transfer reached London, Li Ang never mentioned Llorente's name to Mourinho.

Seeing that the date of the International Champions Cup (friendly match) is coming soon, Li Ang also put all his thoughts into the running-in training with his new teammates.

It is of course good that the coaching staff can get the candidates for the starting center and right winger as soon as possible.

If we can't figure it out in the near future, we can't stop the progress of training and preseason running-in.

Naturally, Li Ang can only be himself first, speed up the progress of running in with his existing teammates, and perform as expected.

As for other matters, they were beyond his jurisdiction, and he couldn't manage them even if he wanted to.

Besides, if it doesn't work, you can take the kid Lukaku first for a while, even if he just likes to pull the edge?
As long as he can maintain his level of performance and impact at West Brom last season, he can pull the side.

It's better than having no one available!

Anyway, Li Ang was mentally prepared. During this period of time, he also entangled Lampard to further polish his long-range shooting skills.

It is easy to talk about the improvement of shooting skills, because his previous shooting level is too bad, so the speed of improvement is not slow.

As soon as he saw Li Ang's additional offensive items, Oscar felt uncomfortable first.

Li Ang is now frequently practicing long-range shooting and shooting. It is impossible to play as a midfielder in the new season, right?
If there is no accident, in the follow-up running-in training, Li Ang should be promoted to the position of central midfielder or even midfielder by Mourinho.

Oscar knew that his starting position should not be guaranteed.

And Hazard hadn't been lucky for a long time, and Li Ang came to the door with the cheek to ask him about dribbling.

So Hazard also emo, after all, he didn't know that Li Ang just wanted to learn more offensive methods now in case of emergency.

He thought that Li Ang was already planning to take over Chelsea's offensive ball in the frontcourt in the new season.

The pressure on the two young Chelsea talents is quite great!

After all, what competes with them for their status and position in the team is that they have won three top league titles in the past three years, and successfully defended the Champions League with Real Madrid as the post-90s first midfielder.

The two of them have also experienced Li Ang's offensive and defensive skills during training.

It's really incomparable at this stage.

Even if Hazard and Li Ang play in different positions, he can only admit that if Li Ang marks him in a game, it will be really difficult for him to perform.

Li Ang's status in the team was slowly established after training one after another.

It's no wonder that Mourinho believed that Li Ang could handle the matter of fighting for his position in the team by himself.

Let's not talk about how much Chelsea spent to poach Li Ang from Real Madrid.

Just talking about Li Ang's current strength, it is completely easy to overwhelm these young players in the Chelsea team.

You must know that Li Ang played against Messi many times in La Liga before.

On weekdays, in Real Madrid's team training games, Li Ang also often faced top attackers such as Ronaldo and Di Maria.

Where are Hazard and Oscar?
Since Mourinho didn't make any additional explanations, of course Leon had to do it in his own way—using his performance on the training ground to speak for himself and gain status.

At noon on July 7th, the Chelsea players who had been training for a long time finally got a half-day free holiday before the start of the pre-season friendly match.

With a big wave of his hand, Li Ang wanted to treat his teammates to a private French restaurant in the city for another meal.

But he had just finished rinsing and changing clothes when he was called to Mourinho's office by Mr. Faria.

And this time, just as Li Ang stepped into Mourinho's office, his good coach made a request to him that made him dumbfounded.

"Should I call Zlatan?"

"Yes, you fight first, then I will fight again, first ask Zlatan about his personal wishes, if he does not reject it, then make official contact with the club..."

Mourinho is not embarrassed at the moment.

Compared with the thorny matter of Chelsea being short of a reliable center forward, he and Li Ang's tricks can certainly be spared.

So Li Ang acted as a pioneer and called his good brother Ibrahimovic first that night.

After talking about it, Li Ang asked Ibrahimovic tactfully:
"Zlatan, would you play football with me if given the chance?"

Ibrahimovic on the other end of the phone thought that Li Ang was joking.

He said carelessly that if there is a chance next year, he will definitely suggest that the club's senior management try to poach Li Ang again.

But when Li Ang made it clear that he would not go to Paris, Ibrahimovic quickly understood what Li Ang meant.

"Little lion, is this your personal problem, or..."

"The boss said, he will call you tomorrow too."

At the critical moment, Li Ang still chose to sell Mourinho, and the sale was extremely clean.

Now it was Ibrahimovic's turn to stop talking, but he gave Li Ang a pretty good answer at the end.

"Then I'll tell you my answer tomorrow after I talk to coach Mourinho, you slippery boy..."

Li Ang was hung up by Ibrahimovic in this way, and Li Ang didn't know how Mourinho communicated with Ibrahimovic afterwards.

On July 7, Ibrahimovic did not call Li Ang to explain.

But Li Ang didn't feel that the conversation between Ibrahimovic and his boss had collapsed.

On the contrary, he felt that this matter was likely to succeed!

Because if Ibrahimovic does not want to come to Chelsea, he will at least call him to explain the situation and reasons.

But now Ibrahimovic is still silent, and Li Ang feels that his big brother is probably looking for an agent to discuss the feasibility of the transfer.

Think about it carefully, what is the appeal of Paris Saint-Germain compared to Chelsea?
Chelsea now has Mourinho and Ly Ang, and can meet Ibrahimovic's salary requirements and pursuit of honor.

Li Ang really couldn't think of any reason for Ibrahimovic to reject Chelsea's invitation this time.

On the morning of August 8, the Chelsea players who had initially completed the pre-match training boarded the plane to Indiana, USA.

They will play in the first round of the International Champions Cup in Indianapolis.

And shortly after the Chelsea players arrived in the United States, the French media took the lead in breaking the news:
Chelsea and Paris Saint-Germain have reached a preliminary agreement on the transfer of Ibrahimovic!
This blockbuster transfer news, which had never been revealed before, once again shook the entire European football world!

The fans who ate melon at the beginning yelled in disbelief.

But with Higuain and Paris Saint-Germain suddenly implicated in the transfer scandal emerged.

These fans quickly changed their tune.

After all, Ibrahimovic is good, but he will soon be 32 years old
Compared with Higuain, who has proven himself in Real Madrid and is in his prime, Paris Saint-Germain is really not difficult to choose.

Once the two transfer fees are offset, Paris Saint-Germain may only need to add a few million euros to bring Higuain to the Parc des Princes.

This is not profitable?It's just a lot of money, okay?

Throughout the day on August 8st, the French and British media released news in various ways, spreading plausible and fake transfer progress through the traffic.

And "Sky Sports", which had been silent before, did not officially publish an article until the morning of August 8, saying that Paris and Chelsea had reached an agreement on the transfer of Ibrahimovic!
They also said that Higuain has flown to Paris at this moment, ready to accept the medical examination in Paris!

Once two consecutive transfer news were released, "Sky Sports" once again successfully drew the attention of all fans to themselves!
Many fans who eat melons are still very confused. As a result, less than two hours later, Paris Saint-Germain and Chelsea officially released official announcements with almost the same content!

800 million euros, Ibrahimovic, who is about to turn 32, officially transferred to Chelsea!
Premier League fans in the new season will soon see Ibrahimovic wearing a blue jersey in the Premier League!
Zlatan, come to the blue bridge!

(End of this chapter)