"Mr. Chairman, our team's current forward configuration lacks a genuine center, which leaves obvious shortcomings in our offensive methods."

"We can only rely on ground passing and cutting cooperation, and there are very few high-altitude bombings. This also makes it easier for our opponents to concentrate on defense."

"If we could have had a strong center last season, I believe we could have won some games, and the league championship trophy would not have fallen into the hands of Real Madrid."

"So, I very much hope that Mr. Chairman can introduce a strong center to the team this summer. And Ibrahimovic is obviously the best candidate we have the opportunity to get at the moment."

Looking into Laporta's eyes, Rijkaard became more and more excited as he spoke.

In last season's La Liga, Barcelona and Real Madrid ended up with 76 points, but fell behind due to the outcome, and the league title was snatched away by Real Madrid led by Capello.

It doesn't matter if they are behind in points, but if they lose the league title with the same points, they still lose to their archrival Real Madrid.

Not to mention that Rijkaard couldn't swallow this result, even Laporta and Fernandez were not willing to accept it.

Hearing Rijkaard mention the La Liga championship last season, Laporta, who was still hesitant at first, suddenly made up his mind.

You must know that although he is the president of Barcelona, ​​he is not the owner of the club.

Due to Barcelona Club's special membership system, the president is elected by the members. If the team performs poorly, members can also impeach the club president and oust him.

After losing the league championship trophy to rival Real Madrid last season, Laporta also received a lot of doubts. Some of his competitors have even begun to join forces in private to initiate a vote of no confidence in him.

What can be expected is that if Barcelona still cannot perform convincingly in the new season, then he is likely to face the impeachment of the club president.

Thinking of this, between Messi, the future core of the team, and Ibrahimovic, the top center who can immediately enrich the team's offensive system, Laporta gradually favored the latter.

After all, even if Messi really becomes a superstar in the future, if he is no longer the chairman of Barcelona Club, does he still have anything to do with him?

"Robert, if you reply to Crystal Palace, say that we agree to their conditions and can exchange Cesc Fabregas plus Messi for Ibrahimovic."

Laporta, who planned to keep his position first, turned to look at Fernandez and made an important decision that would later prove to change the development pattern of world football.

"Okay, Mr. Chairman."

...

London, Crystal Palace Club, the fat little Louis who received Barcelona's reply came to Chen Ran's office again.

"Chen, Barcelona's latest reply is that they agreed to your conditions and agreed to exchange Cesc Fabregas plus Messi for Ibrahimovic."

The little fat man had mixed feelings in his heart. He was not very happy that Barcelona agreed to Chen Ran's price.

Frankly speaking, he didn't quite understand Chen Ran's decision to exchange.

In his opinion, there is no way that the Argentine kid can compare with Ibrahimovic, a top center.

However, Chen Ran's precise vision in selecting players made Louis somewhat doubt his own judgment.

Seeing the confusion on the little fat man's face, Chen Ran secretly laughed in his heart.

You know, in the past life, countless people speculated about the chemical effect that would happen if these two "peerless twins" Ronaldo and Messi were in the same team.

Unfortunately, this kind of thing is destined to only come true in dreams or novels.

Now, he actually has the opportunity to complete this YY in reality. Even if it requires paying the price of Ibrahimovic, a top center, Chen Ran thinks it is worth it.

What's more, if the development of Ibrahimovic continues according to the trajectory of his previous life, if Ibrahimovic is still acclimatized in Barcelona, ​​then there is no chance that he will buy Ibrahimovic back a year later.

Of course, Chen Ran was not completely sure whether this situation would happen again like it did in his previous life, so now he could only bury this plan quietly in his heart, and then wait quietly for the opportunity.

"Louis, please contact Ibrahimovic's agent Layinola and tell him that I want to meet with him."

"Okay, I'll go and notify Rayinola right away."

Seeing that Chen Ran was determined to complete the transfer, the little fat man finally decided to trust Chen Ran's judgment.

After all, it was Chen Ran who led them to achieve seemingly impossible miracles one after another for the Crystal Palace to develop to what it is today.

...

Early the next morning, the little fat man came to Chen Ran's office again.

However, this time his expression was a little solemn.

"Chen, according to the latest news provided by my friends, just last night, Kaká had a dinner with Chelsea's current head coach Carlo Ancelotti and player Shevchenko."

As the little fat man spoke, he placed a few photos on the desk in front of Chen Ran.

Chen Ran picked up the photo and looked at it. In the photo, Kaká, Ancelotti and Shevchenko looked like they were having a great time talking to each other. They obviously had a good relationship.

"What do you think about this matter?"

Putting down the photo in his hand, Chen Ran turned to look at the little fat man.

"Well...Kaká, Ancelotti and Shevchenko have played for AC Milan before. Logically speaking, it wouldn't be a big deal for them to have a dinner together."

"However, the current time point is quite sensitive. The summer transfer period is about to begin. And after all, Ancelotti and Shevchenko are from our competitor Chelsea, so we can't help but guard against him trying to poach Kaká.

possibility."

The little fat man, who was very familiar with transfer matters, quickly analyzed the matter very thoroughly.

"Well, what you said makes sense. Chelsea should be guarded against. Although Mourinho has left, Peter Kenyon, an old rival, is still there. This old fox is not easy to deal with. He can do anything.

"

"However, after all, Kaká is one of our own, and we certainly can't just ask him directly if Chelsea wants to poach him. Doing so will show that we don't trust him, and getting along with the team will become difficult in the future.

Very embarrassing."

Chen Ran was thinking about countermeasures as he spoke. It was necessary to take precautions before they happened, but also to take Kaka's feelings into consideration. The balance here was very difficult to grasp.

"Louis, find someone to send these photos to the media in the form of breaking news. After this topic is hyped, we will see Kaka's reaction. If there are no problems, I believe he will take the initiative to come to me to clarify."

"Okay, this is a good idea. It's much more natural to let Kaka speak on his own initiative than for us to ask him. Chen, your brain is better."

Hearing Chen Ran's idea, the little fat man couldn't help but pat his thighs and applaud. This way he not only found out the truth of the matter, but also avoided embarrassment. It was simply killing two birds with one stone.

...

At the same time, in Chelsea Club, Carlo Ancelotti and Peter Kenyon got together again. However, neither of them looked very good-looking.

"Carlo, is there no chance at all?"

Although Ancelotti had already told the results of his test when he had dinner with Kaká last night, Peter Kenyon was still a little unwilling to give up.

"Probably not. I know Ricardo relatively well. He is not the kind of person who is half-hearted. He now earns a lot of money at Crystal Palace and has a championship trophy to win. You can feel it from his words.

I am very satisfied with my current life.”

Although Ancelotti was also a little frustrated, he was happy for Kaká as a friend as he saw that Kaká was doing well.

"Carlo, don't jump to conclusions yet."

Peter Kenyon's mind was running rapidly, and he soon came up with an idea.

"In this way, I will release the news about your dinner party with Shevchenko and Kaká to the media. You also know that the summer transfer period is about to begin, and everyone's nerves are very sensitive."

"If the Crystal Palace club sees this news and suspects that Kaka has contact with us, it may cause a rift between them, and we may be able to take advantage of it."

"Um...isn't this bad?"

Ancelotti was shocked by Peter Kenyon's idea, how could he still play like this?

"Haha, there's nothing wrong with that. If the Crystal Palace club really doubts Kaka just because he had a meal with you, it means they don't trust Kaka at all."

"For a team that doesn't trust itself, what's the point of Kaka staying there? It's better to come to Chelsea and get more salary. Do you think this is true?"

Seeing Peter Kenyon talking eloquently, Ancelotti was immediately dumbfounded. This guy could really make the dead seem alive.

However, after all, Peter Kenyon was trying to help him find a way to recruit players, and Ancelotti still acquiesced to Peter Kenyon's method in a very sensible way.

...

Soon, an explosive news quickly spread throughout England.

"The latest news is that Kaká, the core midfielder of Crystal Palace, the double defending champions of the Premier League and Champions League, has privately met with the new head coach of rival Chelsea, Carlo Ancelotti and the leading striker Shevchenko, and is suspected of wanting to switch to Chelsea."

"After England international Crouch, Chelsea once again set its sights on rival Crystal Palace. This time, they set their sights on Brazil international and midfielder Kaká."

"Chelsea, which had been suppressed by Crystal Palace for three seasons, once again launched an attack on its opponents."

"Although the summer transfer period has not yet begun, the air is already filled with the smell of gunpowder smoke."

"This summer, there may be many shocking transfers, let's wait and see."

...

Crystal Palace Club, Chen Ran's office.

During this period of time, the little fat man spent more time here than in his own office.

"Chen, the news that Kaka, Ancelotti and Shevchenko had a meal spread extremely fast."

"And some media do not have photos when publishing news. Even if they reprint, they won't use existing photos, right?"

The little fat man touched his fat chin and said thoughtfully.

"Oh? Louis, you mean, someone is also spreading this news at the same time?"

Regarding these specific matters, Chen Ran did not know as much as the trader Little Fatty. Hearing Little Fatty's judgment, he immediately became suspicious.

"That's right. I asked the person responsible for breaking the news, and they all sent photos to the selected media. And those media that did not publish the photos obviously got the information from other channels."

After clarifying his thoughts, the little fat man became more certain about his judgment.

"Chen, do you think this is Chelsea spreading news? After all, only the two parties know best what happened that night."

"It's very possible. Chelsea probably want to hype up this matter, and then make us suspect that there is collusion between Kaká and them, so as to alienate the relationship between us and Kaká, so that they can take advantage of it."

After placing the suspect on Chelsea, Chen Ran immediately deduced Chelsea's purpose of doing this.

He could even guess that this plan must have been thought up by his old rival Peter Kenyon.

"It makes sense. Chen, now that it is confirmed that Chelsea is the one who made the move, what should we do now?"

The little fat man also felt that Chen Ran's judgment was probably the truth of the matter.

"Just one word, wait! As long as we don't mess up, Chelsea can't do anything to us."

"Understood."

...

At the same time, in the Chelsea Club, Peter Kenyon and Carlo Ancelotti were staring at the tables full of newspapers and magazines.

"Peter, you found so many media? And you actually took photos?"

The corners of Ancelotti's mouth twitched slightly and he looked at Peter Kenyon speechlessly. He now doubted whether coming to Chelsea was the right choice for him.

Damn it, he is just a football coach, how can he be followed and photographed?

Does Chelsea Football Club have any hidden secrets?

Suddenly, Ancelotti remembered that this was the birthplace of 007, and also recalled the Russian identity of Abramovich, the owner of Chelsea Club.

For a moment, Ancelotti was so frightened by his own imagination that he broke into a cold sweat.

Seeing Ancelotti's strange look, Peter Kenyon was also very embarrassed. He really didn't do this.

"Carlo, I can swear that I never asked anyone to follow you and take pictures."

"According to what I learned from friends in the media, someone saw you and Kaka having dinner together, so they took photos and reported the news to the newspaper in exchange for a bonus for breaking the news."

"Bonus for breaking the news? So that's what it is."

Ancelotti breathed a sigh of relief when he heard that it was not what he imagined.

Although Ancelotti was appeased by this reason, Peter Kenyon, as a veteran, did not believe it.

Based on his intuition, he believed that this matter was not that simple.
Chapter completed!