After winning Torquay United, the team returned to London and began preparing for their next home game against Ipswich Town in the Championship.

Guardiola's surgery has been successfully completed at this time. However, when he can return to the state of playing games, we still need to observe his subsequent recovery.

The first thing Chen Ran did after returning to London was to take the whole team to the hospital to visit Guardiola.

Because there were too many people, it affected other patients, so they were kicked out of the hospital after a short stay.

Before leaving, Chen Ran held Guardiola's hand tightly.

"Josep, rest in peace and recover. I have everything under my control, and I will definitely make that Dennis Wise pay the price."

Looking at Chen Ran's serious eyes, Guardiola nodded heavily. He already knew everything Chen Ran had done for him, and thousands of words turned into just one sentence.

"thank you boss."

On the way back to the club, Chen Ran asked Stephen who was following him:

"Is there no news from Sky TV yet?"

"Judging from internal news, their senior management is also very controversial. I heard that they have quarreled several times over this matter."

"Oh? Did you bribe the people in the sky?"

"Well, I made some friends. You know, Louis is best at this."

"Then work harder. Also, how is the prize collection going? How many clues have you received?"

"How many? I've received hundreds of them. Now the people below are having a headache because there are too many people to identify the authenticity."

"so much?"

"Chen, you underestimate the value of 1,000 euros."

"Okay. If I guess correctly, these clues must be provided by those reporters, right?"

"how do you know?"

Stephen asked a little surprised, he hadn't reported this matter to Chen Ran yet.

"Because there are 1,000 euros. Journalists are ordinary people, and they also like money. In this way, you have people pick out the clues provided by those reporters and prioritize identification. Firstly, they are professionals after all, and the accuracy of the information is relatively high; secondly,

This is also an opportunity to build a good relationship with them.”

"Understood."

In fact, Chen Ran was so concerned about this matter. On the one hand, he was really angry because of Guardiola's serious injury and wanted to give him a sigh of relief; on the other hand, he also wanted to take this opportunity to win Guardiola's heart.

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Just like the reason why Chen Ran dealt with the Simeone incident before, this time he was also laying the groundwork for his future plans.

As a top coach with greater achievements than Simeone, the attraction of money will no longer play a big role by then.

In Chen Ran's plan, his energy will inevitably be dispersed domestically in the future.

But Crystal Palace Club, as his bridgehead in Europe, absolutely cannot give up.

Not only could he not give up, Chen Ran also wanted to make the Crystal Palace his golden signature.

In this way, he will be able to speak more convincingly and reduce some resistance when doing something domestically.

And all of this requires a super capable person to help him take charge in the Crystal Palace.

This person, the target chosen by Chen Ran, is Guardiola.

Therefore, he must now start preparing to retain Guardiola in the future.

When Guardiola shows his outstanding coaching talents in the future, countless wealthy clubs will definitely invite him to coach.

When the time comes, Chen Ran really doesn't have much confidence if he wants to rely on money alone to retain people.

After all, the history of his previous life clearly told him that there will be a steady stream of consortiums entering the football field in the future. Especially those people in the Middle East really do not regard money as money.

Therefore, Chen Ran planned to focus on the emotional card, plus financial assistance, a two-pronged approach. If Guardiola couldn't be retained in this way, then he would have to admit it.

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Fabregas's outstanding performance in the League Cup has greatly increased Simeone and Southgate's confidence in him.

When Chen Ran was drawing up the substitute list for the game against Ipswich, he put Fabregas on the list again, and the two did not raise any objections.

In addition, the FA also issued penalties for what happened during Millwall's match against Crystal Palace.

The good news is that the Football Association did not impose additional penalties on Simeone's red card, so Simeone can play in this English Championship game.

The bad news is that Dennis Wise, the instigator of the whole thing, was only suspended for 5 games and fined 10,000 euros by the Football Association. Although this was far from what Chen Ran expected, it was still more severe than previous penalties.

Quite a few.

In the end, no other players from the two teams who fought together were punished.

"Boss, it seems that your pressure is still effective. You can feel it from this fine. The bosses from the Football Association still made concessions."

Southgate, a native Englishman, is so familiar with the FA's style of doing things that he immediately read the hidden meaning behind the FA's unusual fine.

"Only suspended for 5 games and fined 10,000, does it scratch your itch?"

Chen Ran curled his lips, the FA was just sending beggars away.

"Boss, it's not easy to get the FA to give in."

"Don't worry, I know the appropriateness. Just take your time and watch."

Although the game against Ipswich was a home game, because Guardiola was absent, Chen Ran still used Simeone's defensive counterattack tactics.

Guardiola's replacement will not be Cesc Fabregas, but Yaya Toure. He will partner with Simeone to form Crystal Palace's double midfielder.

Although Yaya Toure's organizational skills are still very immature, fortunately he has a good body and will have no problem helping Simeone strengthen his defense.

"Diego, before Fabregas comes on the field, you will be responsible for the organization and scheduling."

"Okay, boss."

After the last round of turmoil, this time Crystal Palace's home court was still full of fans who came to support the team.

The media area was even more packed, and everyone wanted to come and see how Crystal Palace performed without core midfielder Guardiola.

As soon as the game started, people discovered that Guardiola's replacement in the starting lineup was the same black player from the previous game.

Is this big black man also a talented player? Otherwise, how could Chen Ran use him to replace Guardiola?

Everyone suddenly had more expectations for Yaya Toure.

However, when the game lasted twenty minutes, everyone realized that they were wrong.

Crystal Palace's current midfield organizer is not the black player, but Simeone.

Is there no one left at the Crystal Palace?

This question suddenly appeared in everyone's mind.

"What is Crystal Palace doing? They are at the top of the league and playing at home, but they are sitting back and playing defensive counterattacks?"

After watching the game for more than twenty minutes, a reporter said impatiently.

"I guess it's because the Chinese guy wants stability. After all, we're missing a midfield playmaker. There's no harm in being careful."

"Yes, look at Simeone, who is now responsible for organizing the offense. His passing accuracy is much worse than Guardiola. Ronaldo and Ribery on both sides have difficulty receiving the ball comfortably, and several opportunities to counterattack are in vain.

It’s a waste, I guess that Chinese guy also expected this.”

"It seems that it will be difficult for Crystal Palace to continue their winning streak in this game."

"I think so."
Chapter completed!