In the eyes of Fleet Street, Chelsea owner Roman Abramovich is definitely not a patient boss.
This Russian tycoon, who was revealed to have sought advice from Inter Milan owner Moratti, seems to be becoming similar to Moratti, that is, he will fire the coach if he is not satisfied with the results.
Just after he acquired Chelsea, he fired Ranieri without meeting with him, and then chose Eriksen. In Eriksen's first season as coach, last season, the league was not over yet.
When Chelsea were eliminated from the Champions League, Eriksen's fate was decided.
Now, one of the hotly debated topics in Fleet Street is whether Mourinho will be sacked.
Hence the exploratory dialogue between commentary team Martin Taylor and Andy Gray.
"Martin, we must look at Mourinho's record at Chelsea rationally. Right now, we only see that Chelsea led by Mourinho cannot shake Millwall's dominance. However, looking at it from another angle, Chelsea is ahead of Manchester United.
Arsenal, Liverpool, and the gap is huge, and at the same time, Mourinho also brought the championship and the League Cup to Chelsea this season."
"Haha, Andy, you mean that Manchester United didn't fire Ferguson, Arsenal didn't fire Wenger, and Mourinho actually shouldn't have been fired, right?"
"There are factors in this regard, but it is not entirely true. You must know that a head coach will give a team his own personal color. Even if Chelsea cannot win the league championship this season, they are tough, tenacious and pragmatic football.
The style has begun to take root in people's hearts. If Chelsea invites a coach with a completely different style to coach this team, then the new coach may make a very significant transformation of the team. First of all, he must erase Mourinho.
traces, just this one, it will cost a lot of time
Time, the price of this time, must be the record! Secondly, this may not only be a change of head coach. Changing a head coach will inevitably have further impact on the team's lineup. Today's main force may be kicked out tomorrow. Chelsea
There have been too many personnel changes in the past two seasons, and the locker room should be very turbulent. If this continues, it will definitely violate the laws of football. Chelsea has financial resources, which can accelerate their success, but if they violate the laws of football to build the team,
But there will be no good fruit to eat."
Coincidentally, when the commentator was discussing whether Mourinho's butt could still sit as Chelsea coach, Abramovich was also communicating with Kenyon in the stands of Stamford Bridge.
After Chelsea was held to a draw by Arsenal at home in the last round, Abramovich almost gave up hope on Chelsea's league title this season.
It's not that he doesn't have enough enthusiasm and support for Chelsea. After spending a lot of money for two consecutive years, no one can question his enthusiasm for running Chelsea. However, he is more realistic and will not dream of empty idealism.
For example, Fleet Street made a probability prediction before the start of this round. I don't know how they calculated it or what they based it on. However, such an almost one-sided prediction coincided with Abramovich's inner thoughts.
If Chelsea can win the championship, it will be a miracle!
In the first three games this season, Chelsea suffered a crushing defeat. At the most critical moment, Chelsea suddenly showed their strength. Who would believe it?
It has been almost two years since he really entered the football circle. In these two years, Abramovich has gone from being an "amateur scout" to gradually understanding the ins and outs of this circle.
Mourinho didn't seem surprised or disappointed that he couldn't win against Aldridge.
Very simple reason.
How strong Aldridge is, just look at the championship record in his book of honor.
Why can't Chelsea beat Millwall?
It's also very simple.
Insufficient strength.
Abu will not think about how profound or complicated the issue is. The facts presented before him are clear at a glance: Our strength is not as good as that of the Mad Lion!
The dream lineup he originally envisioned was a starting lineup of eleven world-class superstars!
But during the implementation process, an embarrassing situation occurred for him: Raul was quoted 100 million euros, but he couldn't buy anyone!
For players of the superstar level, although money is a very important part, there are still other factors affecting player transfers, and they may play a key role. For example, Raul is unwilling to go to Chelsea, even with Flo
Lentino is unhappy, but he still wants to stay at the Bernabeu, even sacrificing himself for the team's skills and tactics. This is a player's loyalty.
Chelsea is not attractive enough to superstars. Abramovich can only accept the compromise of reality. His greatest resource: wealth, cannot play a role. So, the next best thing is to buy some first-class players and have the potential to grow into a world-class superstar. He hopes to
After a period of waiting, the new Chelsea can reach world-class standards.
So just looking at the lineup, there is nothing that Abramovich cannot accept when Chelsea loses to Millwall. Last season, he would be furious because Eriksson led the team to a disastrous home defeat. Now, he may have been in the industry for a long time, but it is not
I find this so hard to accept.
Millwall's star group, divided according to strength, seems weaker than before, because they used to have half a team of world-class stars, but today there are only three on the field.
Ronaldinho, Henry, Nesta.
But there was Nedved sitting on the bench.
Other players, such as Cristiano Ronaldo, Kaka, and Alonso, are already top-level stars. De Rossi, who grew rapidly last season and has become more stable this season, is considered by the outside world to be the Premier League's No. 1 player.
Two stars like Vieira, even Lahm and Silva, both have made huge progress this season, and their growth rate is breathtaking.
And what about Chelsea?
There is only one person who can be recognized as a world-class superstar by the outside world, Lampard!
This midfield superstar who helped England win the World Cup and European Cup would probably not have come to Chelsea if he had not returned to the Premier League from Inter Milan and had nowhere to go. But just like his worth, he is now Chelsea's highest earner
star.
But what about others?
Makelele is underestimated and not considered world-class, but he should be considered at least half of it.
Originally, Ashley Cole was absolutely world-class, but this season, his value has dropped!
Because he doesn't have a better performance on the offensive end, a full-back who relies solely on defense, no matter how good his defense is, cannot become world-class!
Other players like Robben, Franck Ribery, Drogba, Essien, Carvalho, etc., although they look very good, but compared with Millwall players at the same time, they always feel a little bit behind.
So in terms of overall strength, Millwall is better than Chelsea, but not necessarily much better. Therefore, Millwall was able to leave Manchester United and Arsenal without a trace in the league, but it still failed in the penultimate round.
Keep Chelsea's title hopes alive.
Abramovich is neither dissatisfied nor satisfied with Mourinho's work.
Mourinho did not bring him a surprise. A League Cup championship was forgotten the day after winning the championship, so there was no satisfaction at all.
But Mourinho did not lead the team to a bad record. Chelsea showed its worth and strength. In the league, it ranked second in strength and second in the standings. It was quite satisfactory. If it hadn't been for Millwall in the Champions League, it might have been
will go further.
Kenyon suggested that Abdo give Mourinho some time, for the same reasons Martin Taylor gave in his exchange with Andy Gray.
Chelsea can't afford it!
Who else are you going to invite?
Invite a coach who has never coached in the Premier League, then this coach must be familiar with the Premier League, understand Chelsea, and put his own methods into practice. Even if everything goes well and is on track, the Premier League may have finished next season 1/
3. What then? Chelsea may have said goodbye to the championship.
In the Premier League, a league that is so competitive that it is outrageously cruel, there is only one opponent you have to keep an eye on: Millwall.
If the other party doesn't make mistakes, you can't make mistakes!
Abramovich does not want to perform another major surgery on Chelsea.
That will put the team into turmoil, and it will inevitably pay a price in terms of record.
However, his patience is limited, and he will only give Mourinho one more season.
Isn't it enough that your work performance is just meeting the standard? You should always make some extraordinary achievements, right?
At the same time, in order to narrow the strength gap between Chelsea and Millwall, Abramovich hopes to bring one or two world-class stars to Chelsea in the summer!
In this way, the slight gap between Chelsea and Millwall this season may be filled, because Chelsea's current main lineup also has room for growth. After this season, it should be stronger next season.
In terms of player selection, the first target is naturally Millwall's players. If successful, it will be equivalent to directly reducing Millwall's strength.
Hearing Abu's low-pitched question, Kenyon shook his head and smiled bitterly, but did not answer. In fact, everyone knew the answer.
If we say that poaching three Millwall players last summer was a huge success for Chelsea, however, if we still want to poach Millwall players this summer, or even continue to work hard in this area in the future, it may not be possible!
Why?
Because Ashley Cole set an example.
They have not had much impactful success at Chelsea, which makes Millwall stars who have nothing more than money in mind to be tempted, and other stars in the Millwall team may avoid Chelsea.
Going to Chelsea?
Looking for bad luck!
Abu probably also knew that it was unrealistic, so he did not continue this topic.
Then he mentioned two names.
Kenyon looked thoughtful when he heard the names of these two world-class players.
Finally, he said to Abramovich: "We show the greatest sincerity and try our best to bring them to Stamford Bridge in the summer."
The two names mentioned by Abramovich are also related to Millwall.
One is Shevchenko, the leading striker of AC Milan, who has a good personal relationship with Abramovich.
The other is midfielder Ballack, who has only one year left on his contract at Bayern Munich.r1152
