Perhaps before July 2003, not many people in the football circle knew who Abramovich was.
But going back a year, in the spring of 2002, when Millwall faced Barcelona and Real Madrid in the Champions League peak match, Abramovich flew in on Barnett's private jet before the game kicked off at the Lion King Stadium.
When he arrived in London, he was greeted by Andrew Hall, who accompanied him in the stadium to watch the thrilling battle.
A year later, when Abramovich came to the UK to watch football again, the people who greeted him at the airport were Zahavi and Blackburn coach Souness.
Zahavi, an Israeli agent, has been involved in numerous transactions in the English football circle, but only few people know that he is Andrew Hall's regular follower.
Andrew doesn't show up often. If you want to see him, you can only see him when some seismic transfers happen, such as when he took four Italian internationals to Milan before the World Cup. When dealing with other players, he will let others do it.
To come forward, such as Ferdinand's transfer, Zahavi was Andrew's representative.
Andrew probably realized what was going to happen, so starting this spring, he asked Zahavi to keep in touch with Abu. In order to avoid suspicion, he still had to earn money, but he didn't want to cause any trouble to Aldrich.
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After all, if he is too pushy, he will inevitably get involved in some unclear right and wrong.
Abramovich came to the UK this year, not to London, but to Manchester. Zahavi brought the VIP tickets that Andrew had already prepared, and Souness welcomed Abramovich's arrival, and then watched the match between Manchester United and Manchester United at Old Trafford.
A wonderful battle with Real Madrid.
At the end of April this year, Zahavi had a private meeting with Chelsea executive director Poch. The issues discussed included Chelsea's player transactions. Finally, a new topic started with Chelsea's financial problems. Chelsea needed money, and Zahavi knew someone
A very wealthy man.
It is no secret in his circle that Abramovich wants to buy a Premier League team.
Britain's world status is there, and after excluding Manchester, where Manchester United is located, London has the highest political influence.
Starting from the end of April and throughout May, Abramovich was in touch with Chelsea, but he was not interested.
Paying money is very simple.
However, he is a rich man, so he can choose goods slowly.
Unable to buy Millwall, he originally thought that his second choice would be Manchester United, but he was concerned about the turmoil caused by Murdoch's attempt to acquire Manchester United and the geographical location of Manchester, so Abramovich finally chose to give up.
Therefore, his options were only in London, and even Liverpool was not considered.
Arsenal. Tottenham, Chelsea.
Chelsea is last.
Arsenal's situation is too complicated. Except for the club's major shareholders, most of the shares are in the hands of conservative British people.
Abramovich actually started entrusting Zahavi to help negotiate the deal with Tottenham.
The representative of Enic Group, Jew Levi, held talks with Zahavi. Levi, this Jew regarded Abu as a traitor. In fact, Levi’s own valuation was not even 50 million pounds, let alone
The total value of Spurs' shares does not exceed £80 million.
So Abramovich gave up on Tottenham again.
Finally, at the end of June, Chelsea's stock price was still in a sluggish state, and Chelsea, because Bates was hesitant when faced with many choices, seemed to be afraid that he would suffer a loss. As a result, some wealthy people who extended an olive branch were very dissatisfied. When Abramovich
When it was decided to start talks with Chelsea, it was Chelsea's last choice, or the best of the remaining options!
But this was not the best choice from the beginning, because a consortium had previously bid higher than Abu. Unfortunately, Bates paid a certain price for his greed, but this is negligible.
Just after 7 o'clock in the evening on June 26, at the luxurious Dorschester Bar, a place frequented by the rich and famous, Bates met with Abramovich and his entourage. They drank mineral water and ate the food provided by the bar.
snacks, the meeting did not last long, Bates could not withstand the pressure, and Abramovich is not a stingy person. After only 45 minutes, the two shook hands and the deal was concluded!
The next day, Abramovich and his personal team arrived at Chelsea Village and held a hasty meeting with Chelsea management.
In the past day, Abu's funds have been confirmed by Citibank, and the full acquisition has been officially launched!
A hurricane has swept through the English football world. In this decadent and desperate time, the impact brought by Abramovich seems to have re-injected vitality into the entire English football world!
Despair comes from those small teams that are constantly going bankrupt, with no hope in sight, from Leeds United still falling, and Chelsea seemingly inevitably falling as well!
What people talk about the most is the increasingly bad future, as if English football is dying. This has nothing to do with competition, but the foundation of a football kingdom's survival is being shaken. Teams are going bankrupt one after another.
Reincarnations are ushering in one after another, even if they still have strong teams like Millwall, Manchester United, and Arsenal, but if there are no other teams, or other teams are declining and dying, then Millwall
Er, will Manchester United's survival be the same as it is now?
Because of this, Abramovich seemed like a god descending to earth. His arrival changed the fate of a club living in an aristocratic area of London, making everyone feel desperate. The irreversible situation was reversed by him alone!
On the second day after he acquired Chelsea, the headlines of newspapers in Fleet Street all published his photos. He became a household name. He came from the cold Siberia to London, the center of Europe, and used the football circle as a springboard to start his career.
Be known by people around the world!
He no longer has to hide in the Kremlin as a mysterious figure in the shadow cabinet, even though he and his mentor, the former Russian oligarch in exile in the UK, are in the same city. But the fate of the two is completely different. One,
Every day, I have to worry about being quietly brought back to China by Russian agents to face trial. One person can be active in the West with a glamorous identity, stay away from the center of power in Moscow as a plaything tycoon, break free from the shackles, and be free.
In one day, Chelsea's stock changed hands for more than 270,000 shares, an increase of more than 40%. Before the new news was announced, a total of 127 shares were traded, causing shock to the London stock trading department, which immediately requested the financial services department to investigate and
It was finally recorded that there were shareholders within Chelsea who took advantage of the opportunity to make huge profits, and 5 of them and 2 companies were blacklisted.
And on July 1st, Chelsea was saved from the brink of death. Nirvana was reborn!
Although many people in football circles still express concerns: a foreign billionaire privately owns Chelsea Club, which is not a good thing in the long run.
But compared to death, who would think about the uncertain future while still alive?
Abu has become the most mysterious and headline-grabbing figure.
Chelsea ushered in a series of shocks.
Bates got his wish and continued to stay at the club as chairman, began to flatter Abramovich, and enjoyed the ease that he had never enjoyed even in the past 21 years even when he was dominant at Chelsea without pressure.
Ranieri was on vacation in France and was told by the club's directors that all transactions with the club were prohibited!
Gudjohnsen received a call from his agent, his father. Yes, when he left Millwall two years ago, he also parted ways with Andrew, leaving his father as his agent.
Tian, his father told him not to rush to sign the new contract, not even to show his attitude, but to wait and see.
It seems that in everyone's eyes, a rich man like Abu who spends a lot of money has endless opportunities to squeeze out.
As for Chelsea, starting from the first day of the Abramovich era, the starting point was completely different from before.
Their goal is "ideal" and their requirement is "perfection".
Everyone at Chelsea began to talk about the brilliant future, directly placing Chelsea in the top position in Europe, because they regarded Manchester United, Millwall, Real Madrid, Barcelona, AC Milan and other teams as competitors.
As Bates said in an interview: "It's a wedding in heaven. Let's be honest. I've always run Chelsea frugally. We should have continued with that policy, but if we wanted to do that with Millwall
To compete with Real Madrid, we need money, a lot of money. With Abramovich's financial support behind us, we can compete on the world stage. This has always been my dream and the reason why I have been working hard for the club."
A team that has not had a top league title in 50 years actually started talking about directly participating in the top competition in the green world just because it suddenly had money. Bates, who has been king of Chelsea for 21 years, seems to have not seen the reality clearly.
On the second day after he officially took over Chelsea, Abramovich and Bates took a walk inside the Stamford Bridge stadium, and Abramovich also reiterated his motives.
For entertainment!
He did not show any noble feelings of living and dying for football. He was very simple, which made many die-hard fans feel ashamed when they heard the adjective: entertainment.
Like the way he built a Russian provincial hockey team into the pinnacle of Super League dominance: entertainment.
However, in Russia, criticisms of Abramovich are rising one after another.
The president of the Russian Football Association angrily said: Abramovich's money should be invested in Russian sports.
The mayor of Moscow also denounced Abramovich: He betrayed Russia!
But as the person involved, Abramovich ignored these voices at all. As a mysterious man in the shadow cabinet, he was the closest to Russia's top real power figures. The person he needed to play against was not the chairman of the Football Association or the mayor. He just came out.
For entertainment, actively marginalize yourself to avoid offending the iron man.
Big brother, you must know that there were nearly a hundred Russian oligarchs back then, but only a handful of them are still living happily now. In the future, there may not be any left. Why? In addition to embezzling national property, the oligarchs also try to control politics.
After establishing political power, Abu came to the West to play with things, which was a clever way for Mingzhe to protect himself.
Since that day, modern football has changed.
A long time ago, football was a public welfare activity, representing the honor and spirit of the community.
Before yesterday, football was a commodity, an investment commodity like real estate and stocks.
Starting today, football can become an entertainment tool for rich people. (To be continued, please search Piaotian Literature, the novel will be better and updated faster!
