In the prime location of Eaton Square in central London, Abramovich has a street-side townhouse that was bought in 1999.

But he only owns two of them, which makes him very dissatisfied with his residence in London. Recently, he is intensively contacting the other seven houses, hoping to buy the entire townhouse and transform it.

As for how much to spend, that is not what he cares about.

At this moment, he was sitting in the living room on the second floor of the mansion, pointing to a newspaper on the table, glaring at the assistant Marina Granowski, who was sitting across from him, and the club chairman Bruce Buck.

"I need an explanation, what on earth is going on?"

The newspaper is from The Times, and the front page cover shows a group photo of Chelsea having a dinner in a Chinese restaurant. The scene seems to be a happy and harmonious scene. Whether it is the main force or the substitute, they all get along very harmoniously.

What really angered the Russians was the content reported in the second edition.

"Why didn't we have a Christmas dinner?" Abramovich asked sharply.

Since he landed in London, he has always been known for his lavishness and outspoken spending, but now the media says that not only did he not hold a Christmas carnival, but even the routine dinners were cancelled, making the head coach Gao Han had to pay for everything out of his own pocket. People eat, which makes Abramovich feel shameless.

The authority of the Times is affirmed by the whole world, and looking at the posture, not only the Times but also the British media have published it. I am afraid the whole world knows it now.

"Roman, we have been busy dealing with internal management matters before. Many employees have left and many positions are still hiring. There is a little chaos inside, so we neglected the routine Christmas party." Bruce Buck explained quickly.

"We were only reminded when it was almost time, but the time was too late, and we were going to play the league on the 26th, so we decided after a meeting of the management. Since it is too late, we will do it after a delay. But the January schedule is also very tight, we have the League, the League Cup and the FA Cup to play, so we plan to postpone it to March."

Chelsea have performed well on all fronts. There are three events to play in January and another UEFA Cup in February, so the schedule for January and February is indeed very tight.

Abramovich now has some experience in running a team and understands the difficulties of management.

"Then have you discussed this matter with Gao Han?"

When Bruce Buck and Marina Granovsky heard them, they couldn't help but glance at each other, and they were silent.

Indeed, they excluded Gao Han and the coaching staff from making the decision to the final plan.

"That's it, boss." Granovschia explained, "Gao Han has been very busy since coaching the team. He is personally responsible for all the big and small matters of the team. We think, The management was able to decide on this matter for himself, so he didn't bother him anymore."

What a smart man Abramovich was. Hearing this reason, he immediately looked at his trusted assistant deeply.

In just ten seconds, the air in the huge living room seemed to be condensed, not to mention Bruce Buck and Granovsky who were the first to bear the brunt. Even if they were sitting on the sidelines, it didn’t matter. Pini Zahavi was frightened.

After all, it is an oligarch who came out of the cruel competitive environment of Russia, and he is not angry!

"This is the end of this matter. You go to apologize to Alpine, the coaching staff and all the members, and give each a replacement Christmas gift." Abramović confessed indifferently, which is not open to discussion, but it aggravated in the end. Tone.

"But... I don't want another time."

Bruce Barker and Granovskia both had a heartbeat and nodded immediately.

"understand."

"I see, boss."

Abramovi then withdrew his sharp eyes, raised his head, closed his eyes and calmed down.

Seeing him closing his eyes, the three people sitting across from him were so nervous that they didn't dare to express themselves. It was not until he exhaled heavily that everyone breathed a sigh of relief.

They knew that he was calm down.

Pini Zahavi looked at Abramović, whose eyes were still closed, and then at Bruce Barker and Granovschia. Both of them looked at him in unison, as if waiting. He broke the silence.

"Hey, actually, Roman, they are quite wrong about this."

"Wrong?" Abramovich replied lazily without opening his eyes.

"As far as I know, this Chinese restaurant was invested by Gao Han, and it is also a major shareholder. It is newly opened and the business is so-so. According to my opinion, Gao Han invites the players to the Chinese restaurant to eat. I am afraid that I hope to use the reputation of the team to serve the restaurant. Put an advertisement, this kind of thing is quite common in European professional football."

When Pini Zahavi said this, he pointed to the newspaper on the desktop and smiled: "Look, there are a lot of introductions to this restaurant in the report. It looks like a soft article written by a reporter with the benefit. I didn't suffer."

Abramovich listened, his eyes suddenly opened, and he stared at Pini Zahavi.

Although not directly pointed out in every sentence of the Israeli agent, all of them together gave him an impression.

The management was put together by Gao Han intentionally or unintentionally!

From the perspective of the whole matter, the management did make mistakes, but according to Pini Zahavi, Gao Han invited a meal, but it served multiple purposes and gained both fame and fortune, but all the ill-fated management was given to the management. Back.

Just imagine, when the whole thing spreads, the media and fans will only praise the cold and scold the management.

Is this intentional? Still unintentionally?

Does Gao Han have such a dark belly?

Just as Abramovich was thinking to himself, Granovsky also spoke.

"Boss, I have tentatively asked Gao Han if he can arrange for another top center in the team lineup. The choice is up to him, whether it is Shevchenko, Henry, Crespo, or even Van Nistelrooy. Rui and Ronaldo, we can both consider and try our best to introduce them."

Abramovich nodded repeatedly, "Well, what did he say?"

"He refused without thinking about it."

"Oh?" Abramovich frowned.

"He said that Eto'o and Ibrahimovic will not lose to any of the superstars above, and he has confidence in them."

Hearing this, Abramovich opened the Premier League page of the Times in front of him, took a look at the scorer list, and found that Eto'o had caught up with Henry and Van Nistelrooy. The number of **** is not inferior to a striker like Irving.

It is not difficult to see that Gao Han's vision of identifying players is still very accurate.

Pini Zahavi saw Abramovich's brows loose, and he had the answer in his heart.

"Ibrahimović and Eto'o are both brought in by Alpine Forces. The former is a center cultivated by Ajax, and the latter is a forward cultivated by Aragones for many years. After Chelsea, they have all become players under Mendes, and it is normal for Alpine to use it smoothly."

Abramovich frowned slightly at hearing, but said nothing.

"Actually, in terms of the opportunities created by the Chelsea midfielder, it is not difficult to average three goals per game. The reason why we have played so hard in many games is that, in the final analysis, the striker is not strong. Even Good Johnson's goal efficiency is better than before. The significant improvement in the past few seasons is enough to confirm a rumor in the media circle."

"What rumor?" Abramovich asked concerned.

Pini Zahavi laughed, "It's just a joke."

"Let's listen." The Russians were even more curious.

"What the media reporters said, the previous sentence is that with Chelsea's luxurious midfielder, even a dog can be caught on the front line." Pini Zahavi said with a smile.

Abramovich smiled, complimenting Chelsea as if he was complimenting him, "What about the next sentence?"

"Next sentence..." Pini Zahavi hesitated.

"What? Say it." Abramovich urged.

"The next sentence is that with Chelsea's huge lineup, even if it is a dog sitting on the coach's bench, it can still win."

As soon as Pini Zahavi's words fell, everyone in the living room suddenly looked at Abramovich.

The Russian first showed a thoughtful look, but then he laughed.

"That's what a fart!"

The three of them also laughed at once.

After laughing, Abramovich got up from the sofa, "Go, let's go to the Chinese restaurant in Gaohan for lunch today."

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December 26th, Boxing Day.

The Premier League finally ushered in the traditional Christmas Devil schedule.

In just two days, the eighteenth and nineteenth rounds of the league are ushered in. After entering January, the Premier League teams will officially participate in the FA Cup, starting from the third round of the knockout.

The schedule is so tight that the teams dare not take the slightest care.

In the eighteenth round, Alpine arranged a rotation in the away game against Charlton. The result was not very satisfactory at the opening effect. He lost a goal at the Valley Stadium, but soon, Chelsea pulled four goals in a row, and the final four match. One defeated Charlton.

Ibrahimović scored twice and Eto'o and Ronaldinho scored a goal each.

Also in the 18th round, Manchester United defeated Everton 3-2 at home, and Arsenal defeated Wolves 3-0 at home.

Henry finally broke the scoring drought, scored twice, and increased his number of goals to fourteen.

Two days later, Chelsea played at home against Portsmouth.

Pompeii was very tenacious in the first half, defending Chelsea's trident very tightly, did not give the Blues offensive players the slightest chance, and received a zero-to-zero intermission.

But after changing sides in the second half, Chelsea adjusted the team's tactical play. Bridge, Joe Cole and Ferreira scored one after another, and finally defeated Portsmouth 3-0 at home.

Manchester United and Arsenal also beat Middlesbrough and Southampton by one goal.

At this point, the top three of the Premier League have won two consecutive victories and passed the Christmas schedule smoothly.

After the 19th round of the league and halfway through the Premier League schedule, Chelsea continued to lead the standings, followed by Manchester United and Arsenal. These three teams are far ahead of the other 17 teams in the Premier League with a gap of 13 points. Everyone is convinced that the team that wins the championship is born from it.

And the most promising is undoubtedly Chelsea.

Nineteen rounds of victory, scored an impressive record of 57 points, a full lead of Manchester United by 11 points, and Chelsea won the Premier League half-time championship.

And whether it is from the number of goals, or from the average possession rate and pass success rate per game, even steals per game, Chelsea are well-deserved No. 1 in the Premier League, leading other opponents by a wide margin.

In the exaggerated terms of media reporters, this makes all competitors desperate.

But Ferguson and Wenger also said that they would not give up ~lightnovelpub.net~ because just last season, Manchester United was behind Arsenal during the winter break and finally reversed the situation and reversed the championship.

Last season was successful, and naturally I will not give up this season.

In the scorer list, Shearer still led with 15 goals, Henry ranked second with 14 goals, followed by Van Nistelrooy with 13 goals, Eto'o and Sasha with 12 goals. Ha, Ibrahimovic who scored ten goals.

Then there are players like Ronaldinho, Anelka and Irving.

Among the top ten scorers, Chelsea smashed into three in one go, and the British media were shocked.

For a time, the voice of Chelsea to win the championship is also rising.

　　

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