It's cheating, but Hazard

Chapter 258 Arsene Arsenal, Rosell and Barcelona
"How's it going, Arsene?"

"I……"

Wenger was about to speak when Abramovich on the other end of the phone interrupted him and said, "This question is important anyway. Maybe you can think about it carefully."

The gray sky was covered with dark clouds and no stars could be seen.

The moon was like the white eye of a dead fish, sticking blankly behind the dark clouds.

The blue-gray high-rise buildings are dozing with sleepy eyes, pale white, warm white... various colors of white lights and the orange-yellow busy roads are shining brightly.

Wenger gently drew aside the curtains.

"I'm not leaving Arsenal."

Abramovich was a little anxious. "Why? What you can have in Arsenal, Chelsea can also give you. What you don't have, Chelsea can also offer it with both hands. You can form the team's lineup at will, a set of starting lineups, a set of rotations, a set of Champions League, a set of league, and a set of cup competitions..."

"Besides, we are all in London, so you don't have to worry about any adaptation problems, and I won't interfere with the coach's deployment..."

Wenger was silent for a while.

In fact, his situation at Arsenal is not that good.

Arsenal's local fans have also made various "cooling-down actions", and the team's management has not provided enough support... The only difference between him and other coaches is that, like Ferguson, he is not just a coach, but a more accurate title should be team manager.

From taking cheap airlines to pay off debts to telling players not to bring too much luggage because there won’t be enough space;

To the point where the team had to sell the captain in order to prevent the team from collapsing, and a series of other problems led to the team's inexplicable collapse in the second half of the season;

There are also a series of extreme operations such as the thermos cup and maintaining the Champions League qualification at the end of the season.

"Roman, thank you for your invitation, but... I still choose Arsenal."

Abramovich sighed, "Well, Mr. Wenger, I don't know what magic Arsenal has that made you choose it in the end."

Wenger smiled without saying anything and hung up the phone silently.

Yes, he doesn’t know what magic Arsenal has.

From the moment he began his coaching career, he has never driven a galactico.

From coaching Nancy in 1984 to coaching Monaco in 1987;

One year after moving to Japan in 1995, he officially began his Arsenal career in 1996.

Maybe the French fortune teller was right, and he was destined to be poor all his life.

He has shown extraordinary coaching talent since he started coaching Nancy, and during this period, top clubs such as Real Madrid have also extended olive branches to him.

But his sense of responsibility and love for Arsenal prevented him from leaving this place, even though every season was like a struggle for survival.

Abramovich's conditions are very tempting. He also wants to drive a galaxy battleship and he also wants to coach Charr.

Unfortunately, the Corsican breeze did not reach Arsenal in the end.

But Arsene is Arsenal.

Wenger put his phone next to his computer.

He took out the contract that Ken Fia had sent over this morning from the drawer, and found the signature column with a pen.

"Arsene Wenger."

……

Hearing the busy tone on the phone, Abu put away his phone helplessly.

The secretary followed Abu closely, "He refused?"

In his impression, the coaches invited by Abramovich generally have a very high chance of success.

Whether it is Mourinho, Hiddink or the current Ancelotti, the coaches of Chelsea are basically famous coaches.

Even after Mourinho left Chelsea, he still retained some good feelings towards Chelsea.

He couldn't understand why there would be a coach willing to stay in a club that was in debt, had no money from management, no support from fans, and whose players were all kids bought from Taobao around the world, instead of coming to Chelsea to drive a galactico.

"He is so responsible. Arsenal's bank loan is now guaranteed by Wenger's position as Arsenal coach."

Abu said with a wry smile.

Wenger is good in everything, and this is probably the only bad thing about him.

The secretary seemed thoughtful.

"Should we call Guardiola again?"

"No, Guardiola won't play. There's no way he'll come. Let's go find Rosell directly."

……

With Abramovich paving the way with money, Charles' transfer was completed quickly.

On July 7, Barcelona’s official website announced the confirmed news that Charles had left the team.

"When a story ends, we always remember its beginning. Since Charles joined Barcelona on January 2009, 1, he has helped Barcelona win the 3-2008 La Liga, Champions League and Club World Cup; the 2009-2009 La Liga, Copa del Rey and Champions League, the 2010 Spanish Super Cup and the 2009 European Super Cup."

"Charles and Barcelona will not be on his way next. I wish him the best in challenging himself in the future."

Less than 10 minutes after the message was sent, Barcelona's official website crashed due to too many visitors.

No one expected that the news of Charles leaving the team was true!

Cruyff sat in his study with a grim face as he watched the news released by Barcelona that Charles had confirmed his departure.

The contract must have been signed, and he can't stop it from happening now.

But...but he couldn't get angry!

At the end of last season, there were all kinds of rumors that Charles was going to leave the team, and he even arranged for Charles to attend the La Masia activity day;

Arsenal and Real Madrid had been eyeing Charles, so he wrote to Wenger and Florentino respectively, asking them not to have such wishful thinking;
Pep said he wanted him to praise Charles more, and he often wrote such flattering articles in his column.

But he never expected that this damn guy Russell would really be so heartless as to sell his father's land without any regret.

"Where's Pep?"

Cruyff quickly stood up and asked.

"He's still in South Africa watching the game and is not in Barcelona right now."

"Well, then I'll go and have a good chat with this guy Russell by myself."

After saying that, Cruyff picked up his coat and prepared to go out.

But at this time, the secretary shook his head with an unpleasant look.

"gentlemen……"

"What's wrong? Are you going to persuade me not to be angry with that guy too?"

Cruyff walked towards the door without looking up.

"No, it's Rosell who wants to remove you from your position as honorary president of Barcelona."

The godfather of Barcelona stopped for a moment and looked at the secretary in disbelief. "What did you say?"

The secretary swallowed.

"Rosell has dismissed you from your position as honorary president of Barcelona."

Cruyff collapsed at once, "Bastard, petty-minded, damned borer!"

The secretary quickly stepped forward to support Cruyff's shaky body, but the stubborn Barcelona godfather pushed the secretary away, walked to the desk alone, opened the drawer, and took out the appointment letter issued when he was appointed as the honorary president of Barcelona in April this year.

Looking at the new appointment letter, Cruyff almost shed tears.

"Sir, you..."

"Send me to Barcelona, ​​I want to find Rosell." Cruyff wiped away his tears and said calmly.

When the secretary drove the car to Barcelona, ​​the outside was already surrounded by protesting Barcelona fans.

Seeing Cruyff's car, many angry fans posted on the car windows, "Why sell Charr?"

"We want Ciel, we want Ciel!"

"Roselle is fired! Give us back Laporta!"

There were also many fans wearing Benedikt's jerseys, holding up signs to protest: "Shameless liar!"

Among them, there were many reporters who were not qualified to enter the press conference and were doing street interviews.

Most reporters were interviewing Barcelona fans, but Marca was creative and took the microphone to find a Benedetto fan wearing a 2008-2009 Charlton jersey.

"Are you a fan of Benedikt?"

"I am a fan of Benedetto. My whole family are fans of Benedetto. Although our Benedetto cannot compare with Barcelona, ​​we Benedetto people are also proud of our team."

"This morning, we saw the news that Barcelona had really sold Charles, so we immediately drove here from Benedetto."

"Laporta and his team had promised that they would treat Charles well and that he would be crowned king at Barcelona. Because we were poor and of low rank, we believed Barcelona's lies in order not to delay him."

“And how did they treat us?”

"There are always problems in their kitchen. Even if they hired extra chefs, one is a mole in Real Madrid and the other is Rosell's undercover."

"Charles won the Golden Boy Award, but how did Barcelona do it?"

"Charles was concerned about the game and flew to the UAE overnight, but you didn't buy him a direct ticket. Instead, you made him travel back and forth and transfer in Turkey."

"Don't they know that he just flew to Milan to receive the award not long ago?"

"The most important thing is the Golden Globe Award. Everyone knows what's going on."

"You are just bullying someone who just arrived, not your youth training!"

"And he didn't like burgers, but now the snack stands at Camp Nou are almost completely occupied by burger restaurants."

"There are so many more, I don't want to say anything more, is this how Barcelona treats its heroes?"

All the fans around gathered together and booed into the microphone.

At this time, a fan wearing a Barcelona jersey forcefully pushed aside Benedetto's fans.

"He ruined Barcelona. Charles scored 15 goals in the Champions League and now 8 goals in the World Cup. Charles brought us honor and happiness, but Rosell is going to ruin it all."

"He has nothing to offer us and he has driven away players who said, 'Today, tomorrow, Barca will always be in my heart.'"

"He is a liar, he said he wanted to unite everything, but the most important person in Barcelona..."

Another bald, muscular fan, holding a golf club in his hand and wearing a reflective cone on his head, forcefully pushed away all the people in front of him*.

"Damn it, Rossel, you're dead!"

Under tremendous public pressure, Russell had to hold a press conference.

When Cruyff arrived, the press conference had already reached the question-and-answer session.

"Roselle, why did you remove Cruyff from the honorary chairmanship?"

"Rossell, is Cruyff's dismissal directly related to Charles being sent away?"

"Why did Charles leave Barcelona? Was there a factional struggle within the team?"

"Guardiola has not officially renewed his contract with Barcelona. Will Pep still be the next head coach of Barcelona?"

"Ibrahimovic wants to follow Charles's footsteps and leave the club. How will Barcelona cope with the loss of two top players in the front line?"

Ibrahimovic originally wanted to stay after the end of this season. Although he had some conflicts with Guardiola, after that incident, the conflict between the two was not that deep.

If you have to say it, Ibrahimovic had to humble himself and apologize to Guardiola, but Guardiola was arrogant and tough, and he was just being stubborn.

However, with the transfer turmoil of Charr, Ibrahimovic also noticed the discord and finally discussed with his agent and prepared to transfer away.

"How much is Charles' transfer fee? Will this kind of abandonment of a good player make the hero feel disheartened?"

Cruyff restrained himself and hid behind the door of the press conference.

Russell was in high spirits and looked radiant on the stage of the press conference.

"Charles left the team for his own reasons. He said he wanted to pursue new goals. I am deeply sorry about this. After all, I have always wanted to unite all Barcelona people."

"After he joined Barcelona, ​​apart from the Copa del Rey in the 2008-2009 season, Barcelona won all the honors it could win. We are very grateful for his efforts, so when he moved to Chelsea, we gave him an 8% discount on his transfer fee, 1.2 million euros."

As soon as Rosell finished speaking, the reporters in the audience couldn't help but say, "But Charles joined Barcelona on a free transfer, and Barcelona promised Benedetto's fans that they would make him happy in Barcelona."

"Isn't he happy at Barcelona?"

Roselle made a perfect counterattack.

"As for the future head coach of Barcelona, ​​as long as Pep is willing, then this position will definitely be his."

"Cruyff was dismissed simply because Laporta did not seriously understand the Barcelona constitution and made the wrong decision."

"This has nothing to do with Charles leaving Barcelona or the so-called factional struggle."

"There is no honorary president position in the club's charter, so Cruyff's current appointment is not in compliance with the regulations. No one wants to hang an empty title, so I can only act in accordance with the club's regulations."

"But," Roselle changed the subject, "the club's board of directors has already planned to vote on whether to establish the position of honorary chairman, and once approved, they will also select a suitable candidate for the position."

Cruyff, who was originally standing behind the door, shook off his secretary's hand and rushed in while Rosell was stunned.

"I am 63 years old. In 1992, I helped Barcelona win the first European Cup in the club's history and won the La Liga championship for four consecutive years between the 90-94 season."

"I founded La Masia, I was a player here, I was also a head coach... But you can't tolerate me being the honorary chairman without any responsibilities?"

"I have never thought about leaving Barcelona. I am Dutch, but I am also a Barcelona player. However, in your eyes, I am an unwelcome person."

"You made such a solemn promise in the La Masia Gardens, and everything sounded better than singing."

"I called you, but after you won the election on June 6, you didn't even answer my calls."

"I finally found you in the gardens of La Masia. You can't be a coward anymore."

"My advice to you as president is that it is easier to build a kingdom than to keep it. You have a lot of work to do to maintain the current achievements. If you can achieve the same results as Laporta, it will be a huge success because the success of the club in recent years is very unusual."

"I said you shouldn't sell Ciel, he is the cornerstone of the future, he is very young;"

"I said you should give Pep some authority. He is a good coach and has a good vision.

"I said to give Ibrahimovic some time. Ibrahimovic is a good striker, he is very good..."

"You nodded and said okay, okay, now you finally become the president of Barcelona, ​​just three days, just three days, you are going to get rid of me!"

"You are just a narrow-minded, arrogant villain!"

After saying this, Cruyff placed the appointment letter from three months ago on his podium with both hands and turned away.

The whole place was boiling.

The godfather of Barcelona stepped down and confronted the president of Barcelona.

This is not just a verbal abuse of each other in the newspaper.

They knew that there were many secrets that could not be told.

Russell, who was originally full of vigor and vitality on the stage, turned pale.

"Okay, today's press conference ends here."

But the tree wants to be still but the wind does not stop. However perfect Rosell's words are, a storm about him, Charles and Cruyff is constantly rising.

Do you remember who he is?

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(End of this chapter)