Football's Number One Madman

Chapter 619 Who dares to poach Chelsea?
In mid-July 2018, the British Isles were in an unprecedented festive mood.

It has been 52 years since England won the World Cup last time.

In 52 years, for some deserts where football lags behind - such as the United States, China, India - this data is meaningless.

But for England, the birthplace of modern football, it is indeed embarrassing that it has not been able to win the championship for half a century.

The British government even temporarily ordered that after the World Cup final (Sunday, July 7th), factories, businesses, schools, banks, shops, hospitals across the country can take a day off according to the actual situation to welcome this day of universal celebration .

The England national team also plans to spend a whole week holding a grand championship parade across the country!

Starting from London, first head to Brighton (Seagull Legion) in the south, and then go all the way north along the eastern coastline, passing Norwich (Canary), Leicester (Blue Fox), Nottingham (Forest), and arrive in the north. North Yorkshire (Middleborough), Newcastle (Magpies), then turn around the border, pass through Manchester and Liverpool in turn, all the way south, passing West York (Leeds United), Stoke (Potters), Birmingham (Second Great City, Birmingham and Villa), and then around Southampton, Bournemouth, Portsmouth on the south coast, and finally back to London.

Considering the precious rest time for players, the FA also humanely allows players not to participate in the whole process, and can choose to only participate in the parade celebration held in their hometown or club location.

This arrangement can not only save players time, but also prevent Henderson from being smashed with eggs when he toasted in Manchester, and Lingard who danced wildly in Liverpool and then broke his leg...

According to this arrangement, Lee Polo only made an appearance at the London celebration on the first day, and then took his wife and children to a small island in the Mediterranean for vacation, officially ending his first World Cup trip, and also for the past season. Draw a successful full stop.

For Lee Polo, the 2017-2018 season is undoubtedly the pinnacle of his career.

He transferred to Chelsea with a huge net worth of 1.8 million, and then swept England with this blue chariot!

Not only successfully defended the Premier League championship, but also won the League Cup, FA Cup, Community Shield, and the second Champions League trophy in team history!

Of course, I have to mention that it was also this season that he won the first Golden Globe and the first World Footballer of the Year trophy in his career!

From August 2017 to July 8, for a whole year, Li Polo played 2018 games for Chelsea, scored 7 goals and contributed 52 assists; played 173 games for the England national team and scored 19. Ball, plus 15 assists.

On the whole, in the past year, he played a total of 67 games, scored 257 goals, and 24 assists!
Averaged 3.8 goals per game!
Of course, behind this terrifying statistic, Lee Polo must thank opponents such as China, South Korea, Panama, and Tunisia. Without their warmth, his scoring efficiency would have dropped by at least 20%!
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Due to the effect of the World Cup, this year's summer window transfer market has become more lively.

For example, the Brazilian goalkeeper Alisson Becker switched from Rome to Liverpool at a price of more than 7000 million euros. This price directly made Alisson the most expensive goalkeeper in football history. The team's goalkeeper problem for many years...

Midfielder Lucas Torreira, who followed Uruguay into the quarter-finals, joined Arsenal at a price of more than 3500 million, which is the first important signing for the Gunners after Wenger retired.

Brazilian flying wing "dog leftover" Douglas Costa completely left Bayern and was bought out by Juventus at a price of 4600 million.

French midfielder Lemar left Monaco with a transfer fee of 7000 million and joined Atletico Madrid, which ended the transfer ban.

However, it is not only the outstanding players in the World Cup that can be sold at high prices. Many players who have not been selected for the main list have also attracted the attention of the entire transfer market.

For example, Fred and Fabinho, the two major defensive midfielders who were not selected for Brazil's main lineup, joined Manchester United and Liverpool at high prices of 5900 million and 5000 million euros.

Defender Lenglet, who was not selected for the French squad, moved to Barcelona for 3600 million.

There is also a little-known Brazilian forward Malcolm who transferred with Langley. He spent 4100 million on the Dream Team and became Barcelona's bid king this summer...

As for some players who have no chance to participate in the World Cup at all, the transfer was confirmed earlier.

For example, the Dutch central defender Van Dijk, he did not stay in Valencia in the end, but was forcibly poached by Liverpool at a price close to 8000 million, and the world line returned in the dark.

After buying midfielders, defenders, and goalkeepers in a row, Liverpool originally wanted to buy Leipzig's midfielder Naby Keita at a price of 6000 million, but Klopp looked at the pockets of Fenway Group and could only Reluctantly give up.

——Save it for Boss Henry to change the yacht!

Mahrez, who was also not eligible for the competition, left the Blue Fox for 5000 million and joined Guardiola's Manchester City.

Real Madrid has successively signed several lesser-known teenagers: 3500 million full-back Odriozola, 3000 million striker Mariano, 800 million goalkeeper Lu Ning, and 4000 million Vinicius. invest.

While enjoying family fun on a small island in the Mediterranean Sea, Lee Polo spent the most leisurely time since 2014 while brushing up transfer rumors every day.

In the past four summers, he has either been training hard, or running around for transfer matters, and it is true that he rarely has such a relaxing moment.

Chelsea, the hottest this season, has been very quiet in this transfer window.

This is also completely understandable. As the champions of the Champions League and the Premier League, the honor of the players has been unprecedentedly satisfied, and Abramovich's salary is also generous enough. Unless they want to get more opportunities to play, the average player is really unwilling to leave.

Throughout July, only defender Zouma, who could not get the desired position in the first team and could only be rented out, finally decided to leave the team.

Due to the existence of the World Cup, it is obviously impossible to have any commercial competitions of the International Champions Cup this summer, and because the opening game of the new season-the Community Shield Cup has been confirmed to start on August 8, leaving Li Polo with a rest time It's only half a month.

Conte’s agreed reporting time for most players is July 7. For players who participated in the finals such as Lee Polo, Cahill, Hazard, and Courtois, it was postponed to the last day of July.

Lee Polo did not pretend to be aloof and refused the head coach's humanized care, but went to the Cobham training base to report on time and on time.

"Warm welcome, our world champion!"

As soon as he entered the training ground, he received a big wave of cheers.

The "Four Guardians" of "Pineapple Hall" - Remy, Cesc Fabregas, William, and Louis immediately surrounded him, while Cahill, who stepped into the turf almost at the same time, was completely ignored.

"Hahaha."

Hazard, standing next to Cahill, laughed before he noticed something:
"Gary, the atmosphere at the head coach... seems to be a little bit wrong?"

After all, Cahill is an experienced vice-captain. He nodded slightly, glanced at his teammates around him, and ruled out the possibility of anyone being injured.

Then he pondered for a few seconds:
"Tebow... he didn't come to report?"

Azar froze for a moment.

He is very familiar with this name, because half a month ago, they also participated in the final of the World Cup together...

Thibaut Courtois, the World Cup's best goalkeeper, has received a lucrative offer from Real Madrid.

After failing to negotiate peacefully with the club, he flew directly to Madrid and expressed his attitude by refusing to participate in Chelsea's training camp!

Courtois is only 26 years old, and his contract has only the last year left. Chelsea, who are completely passive, are now facing the dilemma of riding a tiger!

After learning about the situation, Lee Polo sent a message to Chelsea's general manager Marina:
"Let this guy go!"

Marina quickly replied to him:

"We have already started plan B, introducing Kepa from Athletic Bilbao, but we are very passive in terms of transfer fees."

The whole world knows that Chelsea wants to buy a goalkeeper, and of course Bi Bao wants the Lions to open his mouth!

Lee Polo shrugged his shoulders:

"Then make a deal with Real Madrid and ask them to send Keylor Navas to us."

Chelsea is willing to let go of the world's No. [-] goalkeeper who is on the rise at a low price, and Real Madrid sends over a veteran they don't want to reuse for free. Is this reasonable?
(End of this chapter)