Spain, Real Madrid Club, President's Office.

"What do you think of this Crystal Palace team?"

Real Madrid president Florentino put down the Aspen in his hand and looked up at Real Madrid vice president and sports manager Butragueno, head coach Rosenborg and technical director Sacchi in front of him.

Since Florentino was elected president of Real Madrid, the superstar strategy he has implemented has achieved great success.

However, things must go to extremes, and since last season, the club has begun to show decline.

Especially within the team, because there are too many superstars and they form cliques, the team lacks cohesion and its combat effectiveness drops significantly.

First, Camacho resigned angrily because he could not control the locker room, and his replacement, assistant coach Ramon, resigned after only three months.

In the end, Florentino invited former Brazilian national team coach Luxenberg to stabilize the situation. However, the league championship eventually fell to the archrival Barcelona.

Florentino also knows that there is a big problem within the team, but he obviously has no intention of giving up his superstar strategy.

Just this summer, he also spent a lot of money to introduce the Brazilian genius Robinho, as well as Baptista, Ramos, Pablo Garcia, Diogo and other stars.

And now, Crystal Palace can actually defeat the flourishing AC Milan in the Champions League. This also makes Florentino's eyes turn to this sudden team for the first time.

"Mr. Chairman, the Crystal Palace's fighting capacity is still very strong. Especially their defensive ability is very tenacious. AC Milan failed to score a goal in the entire game, but they succeeded in a sneak attack."

Butragueno, Luxenberg and Sacchi looked at each other, and finally Luxenberg stood up and answered Florentino's question.

"What I care about is not whether their defense is tenacious. What I care about is, do they have players worthy of our introduction?"

In order to save Real Madrid's current decline, Florentino already has the feeling of seeking medical treatment in a hurry. Wherever he sees good players, he wants to dig them into his own team.

"Mr. Chairman, according to the information collected, there are still many very talented players in the Crystal Palace team. And more importantly, they are generally very young."

As technical director, Sacchi is very attentive.

He is a meritorious coach who has led AC Milan to win the European Champions Cup twice. After the game between Crystal Palace and AC Milan, he asked some old friends about the specific process of the game.

After receiving feedback that the Crystal Palace was unexpectedly strong, he immediately ordered his subordinates to start collecting various detailed information about the Crystal Palace.

In fact, Sacchi and others have a similar mentality to Ancelotti.

For those of them who have stayed in wealthy clubs all year round, suddenly rising teams like Crystal Palace will appear one or two every now and then, but they are often short-lived.

So as long as it's not a team in the league where their club is located, they usually don't take it too seriously.

However, if this team can perform well in the Champions League, that will be another matter.

"Oh? Arrigo, please tell me in detail."

Upon hearing Sacchi's introduction, Florentino immediately became interested.

Regarding the current situation of Real Madrid Club, Florentino is very clear that the root of the problem lies with these superstars.

One is that these guys form cliques and fight among themselves, and the other is that as they grow older, their strength will inevitably decline.

The best way is to find a group of outstanding and younger stars to replace the current group.

But stars who meet this condition are often in the hands of other wealthy clubs. How can they be sold to Real Madrid? Isn't that capitalizing on the enemy?

Now, after hearing Sacchi's report, Florentino felt as if he had discovered a gold mine that could completely solve Real Madrid's problems.

"Okay, Mr. Chairman."

Sacchi immediately made a phone call and asked his subordinates to send a thick stack of information on Crystal Palace players.

"Mr. Chairman, according to my analysis, Crystal Palace has very good players in terms of forward, midfield, defense and goalkeeper."

While Sacchi continued the introduction, he distributed the information to Florentino, Butragueno and Luxenberg.

"Moreover, considering their ages, some of these players will be able to achieve achievements in the future that will not be worse than the current superstars in our team."

"So, I suggest that if there is an opportunity, we must bring in their main players from Crystal Palace at all costs. These people can form a new 'Galaxy Battleship' in the future."

"Ahem, Mr. Saki, isn't your evaluation a little too high?"

Luxenberg didn't quite believe it when Sacchi spoke so highly of the Crystal Palace players.

Moreover, the reason why Rosenborg was able to stabilize Real Madrid's situation was entirely because he received the support of fellow Brazilians Ronaldo and Roberto Carlos.

Coupled with Robinho and Baptista who recently joined in the summer, the Brazilian gang has become Real Madrid's second largest force after the Spanish gang.

Now Sacchi proposes to introduce players from Crystal Palace to form a new "Galaxy". Isn't this going to shake up his base?

Rosenborg knows that President Florentino is not satisfied with the current civil strife in Real Madrid, but if he loses the support of his Brazilian players, his position as head coach will not be stable.

Therefore, Luxenberg must safeguard the interests of his fellow Brazilians in Real Madrid no matter what.

As Luxenberg raised questions, Florentino and Butragueno also turned to look at Sacchi. Obviously, they also felt that Sacchi's evaluation was a bit exaggerated.

You know, it took Florentino several years and hundreds of millions of euros to build Real Madrid, now known as the "Galactico".

Every star here was recruited by Florentino with great effort and at a sky-high price.

Now, according to Sacchi, this Crystal Palace team that suddenly appeared has many such players. How can this make Florentino feel embarrassed?

"Mr. Chairman, I can guarantee on my reputation that the evaluation I just made about the Crystal Palace players is true."

Sacchi ignored Luxenberg, but looked directly at Florentino and said with a serious expression.

"That's it, I understand. Arrigo, I will consider your suggestion carefully."

Seeing Sacchi's serious look, Florentino couldn't help but become cautious.

After the three people left, Florentino called Butragueno back alone.

"Emilio, what do you think of Arrigo's suggestion?"

As his confidant and right-hand man, Florentino wanted to hear his opinion alone.

"Mr. President, although I also think Mr. Sacchi's evaluation is a bit exaggerated. But the players of Crystal Palace must be capable, otherwise they would not be able to defeat AC Milan at the San Siro Stadium."

"Well, that makes sense. Then do you think we need to follow Arrigo's suggestion and bring in players from Crystal Palace?"

"Mr. Chairman, I think we can first send scouts to follow up on the Crystal Palace players to see if they are really as good as Mr. Sacchi said. If the results of the scouting investigation prove Mr. Sacchi's point of view, then

It’s not too late for us to take action.”

"Well, Emilio, your approach is good. I'll leave this matter to you. Be careful not to let Rosenborg know about this matter. He is too close to those Brazilian players."

"Don't worry, Mr. Chairman, I will keep it confidential."

...

Also in Spain, but this time at FC Barcelona.

Barcelona's president Laporta called his sports manager in charge of transfers, Fernandez, to his office.

"Robert, did you watch the Champions League match between Crystal Palace and AC Milan?"

"Look, Mr. Chairman, what are your orders?"

"How would you rate the Crystal Palace team's performance?"

"Although they were very passive on the sidelines, they were able to defeat AC Milan in an away game, which shows that the Crystal Palace team's combat effectiveness is stronger than we expected."

"Well, you agree with me. Robert, in addition to the scouts that have been sent to track Ronaldo, you can send two more scouts there. Include all the main players of Crystal Palace within the scope of investigation."

"Okay, Mr. Chairman. However, Crystal Palace Club just renewed the contracts of these main players in the summer. We may not be able to buy these players in a short period of time."

"Robert, you have to remember one thing. As long as the price is high enough, there is no player in the world that cannot be bought."

"Isn't this how people like Zidane, Figo, Ronaldo, and Beckham were bought by Real Madrid? As long as the target is good enough, maybe we should also refer to Real Madrid's approach."

...

Crystal Palace's upset victory over AC Milan in the Champions League not only attracted widespread attention in European football, but also caused an uproar in China thousands of miles away.

Thanks to the earliest broadcast of Serie A in the country, the influence of these Italian giants in the country is very amazing.

At its peak, AC Milan was one of the best.

A Champions League group match completely detonated the Crystal Palace forum.

"Here, Chen Ran is so awesome. Crystal Palace actually defeated AC Milan at San Siro? Why do I feel like I'm dreaming."

"Upstairs, you'll know if you're dreaming if you slap yourself twice."

"Haha, I also think it's a bit unreal. Is the Crystal Palace so powerful? It feels like reading a novel."

"I watched the game. Crystal Palace is actually not as strong as AC Milan. It's just that Chen Ran's ability to adjust tactics is so good."

"That's right. That goal was a long pass from Crystal Palace's midfielder directly into the AC Milan penalty area. Who has played like this before? I guess the AC Milan defenders were confused at the time. That's why Crystal Palace succeeded in the sneak attack.

.”

"What you said above makes sense. Chen Ran's move was so unexpected that no one could have imagined it. The reaction of the AC Milan defender was so slow that it is understandable."

"That's right, I guess Ancelotti is depressed right now. This guy Chen Ran doesn't play by the rules at all."

"Haha, Chen Ran called this 'beating the old master to death with random punches'."

...

After playing the Champions League group match against AC Milan, Chen Ran flew back to London with the team overnight.

Because two days later, they will usher in the eighth round of the Premier League. Crystal Palace will face West Ham United at home.
To be continued...