The Godfather of Greenery

Chapter 270 Welcome back to Earth!

The whole locker room of the home team at Stamford Bridge was noisy. All the players seemed to be in a good mood, and each of them looked extremely excited, because they had just defeated Arsenal outside and successfully advanced to the semi-finals of the Champions League.

The players were screaming and celebrating wildly inside. Ye Qiu, who was standing in the corridor outside, could hear it clearly, but he was not going to go in, because now the inside belongs to the players, and inside is the locker room. Don't worry about what's going to happen, unless it's a bunch of big naked men trying to do something.

Thinking of this, Ye Qiu raised his head, feeling a little funny, his thoughts had been corrupted by that group of media.

"I used to be very simple!" Ye Qiu suddenly muttered to himself for no reason, followed by a burst of laughter.

Once again reached the semi-finals of the UEFA Champions League. This was Ye Qiu leading the team to the semi-finals for the third consecutive year. They also won the championship last year.

It can be said that with this honor alone, he is worthy of the title of European coach, and no one can doubt him.

Just as Ye Qiu was smiling, the phone in his pocket vibrated, and when he took it out, it was a text message.

The text message was from his wife Huang Chu, and there was nothing written in it, just a tearful emoticon and a lot of exclamation points, which made Ye Qiu couldn't help but smile. He would receive a text message from his wife after every game. , but he didn't know where Huang Chu was sitting.

"I can't promise to watch every game live, so, in order not to affect your mood, I won't tell you, and you don't have to look for it, and then you will watch every game as I do!"

Needless to say, this kind of deceitful method works really well, and she will send text messages in almost every game, and occasionally miss a few times, all because she is operating on a patient, and in return, Ye Qiu would also send her a text message after each operation.

Thinking of Huang Chu, Ye Qiu felt warm in his heart. This feeling is really good, because you always know that there is such a woman at home who is waiting for you and supporting you, so you will never feel lonely up.

It's still a private mobile phone, or a text message, but this time it's not an expression, but a sentence.

"There are 10 games left!"

There are very few people who know his private mobile phone number, they are all his family members, his wife, and his best friend, but now it is Eliza Moon who is far away in the United States. No need to guess, this text message is Elisa sent it, she should be watching the live broadcast.

"Just wait, I won't lose!" Ye Qiu replied while pressing the keyboard with a smile.

Soon, a smiling cute expression with tongue out appeared on the screen of Ye Qiu's phone, which made him laugh too. Only Eliza could make this disgusting kawaii expression , Too shameless.

Just as Ye Qiu put the phone back into his trouser pocket, another phone rang.

"Ye Qiu, are you in the locker room?" Peter Kenyon's voice came from the phone.

"At the door, what's the matter?"

Peter Kenyon smiled, and it seemed that even if something happened, it was a good thing, "The boss and I will be there soon!"

It didn't take long to see Peter Kenyon, Abramovich, and the Russian bodyguards who were always by his side appearing in the player tunnel, talking and laughing all the way to the door of the locker room.

"Thank you, Ye Qiu, we won!" Abramovich looked very excited, opened his arms from a distance, and hugged Ye Qiu. Such an intimate gesture came from a man, and Ye Qiu was a little bit Not used to it, but didn't avoid it, just responded politely.

"Why are you here?" Ye Qiu asked.

The locker room has always been the head coach's territory. Without Ye Qiu's approval and promise, even Abramovich would not enter it casually, and the Russians have always abided by the original gentleman's agreement. But until now, he has never appeared in the locker room.

Abramovich seemed to have expected Ye Qiu to ask such a question, and immediately nodded to Peter Kenyon, indicating that the latter would speak.

"The boss is very happy with the two games played against Arsenal. He is very, very satisfied with the team's performance, so he decided to come to the dressing room to congratulate the players, and at the same time pre-serve the team's bonus for entering the semi-finals."

Ye Qiu understood, but he still didn't understand, because according to the contracts signed by the team with players and coaches, they are basically linked to the team's performance. Among them, every time the team moves forward, the bonus will be cashed out directly.

As the team decided before, every player can get a bonus of 5 euros after successfully advancing to the group stage. When the group stage advances early, the bonus has already been paid in advance. Bonuses are paid out as well.

This is all according to the contract, there is no need for Abramovich to come to the locker room in person, unless...

"Double!" Peter Kenyon also expected that Ye Qiu had guessed it, and said directly with a smile.

Not only do the players double, but everyone in the coaching staff also doubles their bonuses. The staff of the club, and even everyone in the administration department and the Stamford Bridge Stadium Management Department, also doubles their bonuses.

Ye Qiu was a little dumbfounded, doubled the 15 euros, wouldn't that be 30?
Although this is only the bonus of the main players, the bonus of the substitute players is very small. Substitutes such as Joe Cole and Sun Jihai only had 7 euros before doubling, and it would be about 5 if they doubled. There are even fewer young players such as Fabregas and Messi, and some even have none.

Even so, this is not a small expense, and this bonus alone is enough to introduce a powerful star.

Seeing Ye Qiu's tongue snapping, Peter Kenyon shrugged. He was also very helpless.

"Wait!" Ye Qiu suddenly stopped, "This is against the rules!"

Abramovich froze for a moment, "Why is it against the rules?"

"If I remember correctly, the Premier League clearly stipulates in the provisions that the bonuses of all Premier League football clubs must be paid according to the amount stipulated in the contract signed with the players, and must not exceed one cent per cent. Otherwise, you will be fined, deducted points or even disqualified from player registration."

Peter Kenyon has been in the Premier League for many years, and he is also very clear about the terms of the Premier League. It's just that he didn't think of this apparently remote clause for a while, but now that Ye Qiu mentioned it, he couldn't help but suddenly realized it.

"Yes, it's a good thing you remember!" Peter Kenyon panicked.

The purpose of the Premier League drafting such a clause is to avoid tax evasion and tax evasion by clubs, and it is also to prevent some teams from taking advantage of bonus loopholes to evade taxes, that is to say, setting the basic salary very low and then pulling the bonus to a very low level. High, in order to avoid some taxes.

If Ye Qiu hadn't reminded her, if she really did this, if the news leaked out, Chelsea would be in great trouble.

"Then what should we do now?" Abramovich was very depressed. It was obviously his own money, so why would he go to such trouble even though he was willing to give it to him?

Ye Qiu and Peter Kenyon looked at each other and smiled. They both knew in their hearts that it would be no problem to pay taxes, but in this case, Abramovich would vomit more blood, and it would no longer be just It's just a matter of doubling down.

"Don't worry, you still promise to double the player's bonus when you go in. Peter will find a solution. This kind of thing is a big trouble for others, but for him, it's easy, but it takes time!" Ye Qiu laughed.

Almost every Premier League club has its own way of tax evasion, and even many players are like this, such as Beckham, why do you really think he has so many companies?Isn't it just for tax evasion and tax avoidance?

"Then I'll leave it to you!" Abramovich patted Peter Kenyon's shoulder with a smile.

The bald man smiled wryly. If he had known earlier, he should have directly rejected Abramovich's proposal to double his bonus just now, because it would save him a lot of trouble. However, he is an expert in this field after all. I have already thought about how to accomplish this.

"On behalf of the players and all the staff, thank you, the great Mr. Peter Kenyon!" Ye Qiu did not forget to hit the bald man.

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Abramovich's generosity is indeed commendable, not only doubling the prize money for reaching the semi-finals, but also doubling the prize money for reaching the finals, and even the team's prize money for winning the championship also doubled. The player's bonus will exceed 100 million euros, which is a big record in the entire European football.

It's not hard to see at this point how excited Abramovich is about the team's performance this season.

Of course, the bonuses of the players and staff were doubled, and Ye Qiu's bonuses were also doubled, but that didn't include extra bonuses.

You know, the huge bonus he promised to Ye Qiu before was all paid extra. The purpose is to hope that Ye Qiu can do his best to lead the team to win the championship. If they go to the end of the UEFA Champions League, Ye Qiu will be able to get an extra bonus of 1000 million euros.

For Abramovich, this transaction is also worthy, because he spent 1000 million euros to buy a Premier League champion and a European Champions Cup champion, which greatly increased the prestige of his Chelsea, and the players are also worth a hundred times , not at all disadvantaged.

In addition to this bonus, Ye Qiu can still enjoy a series of bonuses and treatment stipulated and listed in the contract like other head coaches, and Abramovich also talked with Ye Qiu in the locker room At that time, he told Ye Qiu with certainty that the club would conduct a new round of contract negotiations with Ye Qiu after the end of this season.

It is reported that Barcelona's performance this season is very bad, almost fell into the relegation zone in the first half, and although Rijkaard's team performance in the second half has improved, and has been affirmed by Laporta , but many Barcelona fans said that the team should undergo a coaching change, and the most popular candidate is undoubtedly Ye Qiu, the most popular player in European football this season.

Real Madrid is also preparing to change coaches. Unless Queiroz wins the Champions League, he will also be forced to leave get out of class. The person Florentino most wants to invite to coach at the Bernabéu is also Ye Qiu.

The two giants of La Liga tried to poach Ye Qiu last summer, but they were unsuccessful. Now Ye Qiu's reputation has been further improved. If he can lead Chelsea to the double crown of the Premier League and the Champions League, then he will undoubtedly become the hottest top name in Europe. Shuai, for membership clubs like Barcelona and Real Madrid that have no salary pressure, high salaries are not a problem, results are the most important.

In Serie A, Inter Milan's desire to change coaches has been clearly revealed. According to the report of Gazzetta dello Sport, if Ye Qiu wins the double at Chelsea, it is very likely that he will retreat in a hurry. Moratti hopes to transfer the young Chinese The national coach dug into the Meazza Stadium and led the Nerazzurri to revive.

Lippi of Juventus is also likely to dismiss get out of class. Although Moggi never mentioned the issue of Lippi staying in office, and there are many signs that Moggi prefers Capello to be in charge of the Bianconeri, but there are many signs that Ye Qiu is likely to become a dark horse and enter the Alpen Stadium strongly.

But everyone knew that with Ye Qiu's usual style, being in charge of Juventus meant Moji's loss of power.

Bayern Munich is also actively preparing for a coaching change. Beckenbauer has always said that Ye Qiu is a head coach who is very suitable for Bayern Munich in terms of tactical concepts and overall operations. He even feels that Ye Qiu was born for The gold medal coach tailored by Bayern Munich.

There is no doubt that in the summer of 2004, Europe will usher in a round of coaching changes. Regardless of whether Ye Qiu can win the Champions League and the Premier League, he will definitely become the target of all the rich teams, because he no longer needs Rely on trophies to prove your strength.

Because of this, after Abramovich asked, Peter Kenyon also suggested that Ye Qiu should re-sign a contract. Although he felt that Ye Qiu's salary was ridiculously high, according to the regulations, the renewal About to raise salary.

Needless to say, Ferguson spent decades, and his salary is only half of Ye Qiu's. Peter Kenyon thinks Ye Qiu's salary is too early, which is reasonable, but the problem is that Ferguson and Wenger None of them are willing to come to Chelsea, otherwise, their salary will be higher and more outrageous than Ye Qiu.

The management doubled the bonus, which made everyone in the team feel like a rainbow, even young players such as Cesc Fabregas and Messi also rejoiced, because they also got a sum of money. A nominal bonus, just not much.

But when Chelsea's morale was boosted, the second round of the UEFA Champions League's quarter-final knockout round had an unimaginable turn of events, with constant upsets.

On the same day, in another match in the upper half, the winning Real Madrid unexpectedly lost 1:3 to Monaco. Didier Deschamps' team used excellent overall football to defeat the visiting Galacticos at home.

You know, the most discussed in the media before the game was not the match between Real Madrid and Monaco, but how Real Madrid will play against Chelsea in the semi-finals. Head coach Queiroz is even more confident that Real Madrid will use gorgeous offensive football. Defeated Chelsea and reached the final again.

It can be said that after 90 minutes, Queiroz's words sounded more like a joke, because they couldn't even make it to Monaco, so why are they talking about reaching the final?What about defeating Chelsea?
Real Madrid's unpopularity is shocking, and the Spanish media frequently questioned why this Real Madrid team lost to Monaco?Especially in the case of an advantage in the first round, but an away loss?

Aspen even published the headline on the front page [Welcome back to Earth! ] Such a satirical and sarcastic headline, but carefully savoring this newspaper that supports Real Madrid, it is not difficult to feel a bit of sourness and bitterness, because Real Madrid is a galaxy battleship, but they lost the game on earth. Anyone who was confident at Real Madrid was disappointed.

Marca also said that the failure of the Galaxy Battleship has been foreshadowed since the summer transfer period, and Morientes' rebellion has made all fans who like Real Madrid taste what is called retribution!
"At the most critical moment, Ronaldo, Zidane, and Figo failed to save the team; at the most critical moment, only Raul was still working hard; at the most critical moment, our most loyal fighter broke through Our goal!"

If Real Madrid’s unpopularity is still lingering, then on the second day, AC Milan beat La Coruña 4:1 at home in the first round, and suffered a big collapse in the away game, and unexpectedly lost 0:4 to Deportivo. Runia's hand directly created a major earthquake in the entire European football world.

Match-fixing?

I believe this is the first reaction of everyone who heard this score, because it is simply too fake!

They defeated their opponents 4:1 in the first round. Everyone, including AC Milan, already had the chance to win. Unexpectedly, they lost a 0:4 away game and were directly eliminated from the Champions League. Such a result was not only unacceptable to the fans, Even the players themselves find it unbelievable, and many people are even wondering, how did the ball get lost?How is the game played?

After this game, AC Milan general manager Galliani, in an interview with the media, believed that this defeat would bring lessons to AC Milan, and what he got from it could make AC Milan thrive in the next few years. Benefited a lot.

But AC Milan's chief scorer Andriy Shevchenko was extremely disappointed with the team's accidental elimination from the Champions League when he was interviewed by the media after the game. When leaving Chelsea, Shevchenko implicitly expressed his appreciation for Chelsea and his disappointment with AC Milan for the first time.

Even if this is just a very small detail, I believe that in the eyes of some caring people, Shevchenko's position and attitude are no longer firm. After all, Chelsea have performed so well this season, even in the Europa League. , can be said to be invincible, and the prestige of all the players in the team has soared.

Mourinho's Porto drew 2:2 with Lyon in an away game without any risk, and successfully reached the semi-finals.

As a result, the Champions League semi-final matchups are also freshly released. Ye Qiu's Chelsea met Didier Deschamps' Monaco, Mourinho's Porto met Irueta's Deportivo, and none of the four teams Traditional rich.

But because of the appearance of Ye Qiu and Chelsea, this year's Champions League has become more attractive and has attracted more fans' attention. Correspondingly, the bookmaker has also reduced Chelsea's odds of winning the championship to the lowest level. As the number one favorite to win.

But under the support of public opinion, Chelsea suddenly ushered in a wave of trough.

(End of this chapter)