Eight Hundred and Ninetieth Chapters Self-Inflicted

"Our reporter reported that in order to welcome the annual Boxing Day, all major merchants in the UK have launched the largest price reduction promotions. Although this year's Boxing Day fell suddenly, it still failed to affect people's shopping enthusiasm .”

"Outside the Glory Plaza in Southampton, in order to seize the opportunity to shop, nearly 10,000 enthusiastic shoppers lined up tremblingly in a long queue ten hours before the plaza opened, braving the biting cold wind. "

"In order to allow consumers to buy their favorite products in advance, Harrods opened two hours in advance at 7:00 in the morning, attracting more than 3,000 customers rushing into the store to buy."

"In the first hour after opening the door, it set a sales record of 2 million pounds, and people's enthusiasm for consumption is surprising."

"According to the reporter's on-site observation, the Glory Plaza has attracted at least 80,000 consumers, and it is expected that the number of visitors will exceed 300,000 throughout the day. This is simply unbelievable in Southampton."

"Earlier, due to the rise of Black Friday in November and the promotion of major merchants this Christmas, many people were pessimistic about the sales prospects of this year's Boxing Day, but it turns out that although there are Black Friday and Christmas There are big sales ahead, but Boxing Day is still the UK's favorite shopping carnival."

"In addition to the Glory Plaza in Southampton, the reporter also got news that the London West End shopping district will also attract more than 700,000 people to spend today, and Birmingham's most famous Burling Shopping Plaza will also have a customer flow of more than 200,000 this year. million, and the shopping plaza in Liverpool city center will exceed 120,000."

"In view of the current consumption situation, major businesses believe that this year's Boxing Day sales will increase compared to last year."

"For this situation, according to the analysis of professionals, the main reason is that the major merchants offer greater discounts, and at the same time, they have also innovated in marketing and publicity methods."

"For example, the Glory Plaza in Southampton, they built a commercial ecosystem around the Glory Stadium in Southampton, and created a way to exchange points for consumption, which greatly attracted fans and users. Merchants have great discounts, which naturally stimulate people's enthusiasm for consumption."

"Southampton innovatively developed this brand-new business model, which not only changed the business model of the traditional retail industry, but also attracted many Premier League teams to learn from it."

"Tottenham Hotspur in the north of London said that they are about to learn from Southampton's Glory Square around the new stadium that will be fully completed in two years, build a commercial shopping center, and will soon conduct investment."

"It can be seen that Southampton's approach,

Not only consumers buy it, but also the competitors of the Premier League team are very envious and take the initiative to learn. "

"The chief executive of the Premier League, Richard Scudemore, publicly called for more Premier League clubs to learn from Southampton's business model when he was interviewed by this reporter."

Abramovich sat on the sofa in the living room, staring at the news on TV, watching with cold eyes, his face calm.

Only those who are familiar with him know that he is not happy in his heart.

At this time, whoever goes up to provoke him will definitely be unlucky.

Therefore, both Granovskia and Bruce Barker sensibly chose to sit aside and not speak.

It's better to be a boring gourd than to be scolded all over your face, right?

As the club's operators, they all have to admit that Southampton's management is indeed quite good.

Firstly, they really value professional talents, and secondly, Yang Huan also knows how to reuse these talents.

Therefore, in just a few years, Southampton has become the most well-run and most successful top team in Europe.

However, it is difficult for Chelsea to learn from Southampton's successful experience.

On the management level, Chelsea personally sent away management experts such as Peter Kenyon and Ron Gurley, resulting in the club's talent withering. At the same time, the ownership of Stamford Bridge Stadium, its location, and the surrounding environment are all Makes it difficult for Chelsea to be like Southampton.

Also, although Yang Huan often interferes with the team, he knows the ball very well and knows when enough is enough.

But my own boss, in many aspects, is obviously much better than Yang Huanfeng.

However, these words can only be rotten in their hearts. Anyone who dares to say it will definitely die a miserable death.

In front of his boss, Yang Huan is taboo.

Fortunately, just after broadcasting the news of Southampton's Glory Square, Sky TV soon began to forecast the live broadcast of the Premier League tonight.

"Tonight, the Premier League will usher in the eighteenth round of the game. This is also the first game of the Christmas Devil's schedule. The highlight is the defending champion of the league. Southampton will host Chelsea at home."

"Since this season, Southampton has continued the outstanding performance of the previous two seasons. It has firmly occupied the league leader's throne from the very beginning. So far, no other team has been able to shake Southampton's position."

"On the other hand, Chelsea's current situation is not ideal. Mourinho's team ranks 16th in the standings and is only two points away from the relegation zone. It is very surprising."

"There has been news from the outside world that the Chelsea management has lost patience with Mourinho and has ordered that Southampton must be won away. Otherwise, Mourinho will be dismissed again due to poor results."

"This also makes people full of expectations for this upcoming game, to see whether the Portuguese madman's blue army can fight back, or the Saints will completely step the blue army into the abyss of despair."

Hearing the broadcast on the Sky TV news, the three people present were a little bit dumbfounded.

Because, there are some speculative news in it.

It's not about Chelsea's current situation, but the news about Mourinho being fired is definitely fake news.

The reason is simple, who can afford to fire Mourinho?

It is estimated that the Portuguese madman is now hoping that the management will fire him, because he has completely lost control of the locker room.

However, he has repeatedly emphasized to the outside world that he will never take the initiative to resign.

What does it mean?

Meaning, if management thinks I'm not doing a good job, then fire me.

But, that was your initiative to fire me, so you still have to pay me the liquidated damages, salary and so on.

After all the calculations, Chelsea will have to pay at least tens of millions to fire Mourinho.

What's more, now that European coaches are scarce, who will take over the team after Mourinho is fired?

This is also the reason why Chelsea's management has been silent for a long time.

Otherwise, with Mourinho's results this season, he would have dismissed get out of class ten times and eight times, how can he survive until now?

Abramovich sighed, turned off the TV, looked at the two core Chelsea executives sitting on his left and right sides, and asked lightly: "How is the team doing now?"

"It's still the same." Granovskia replied, "Since Mourinho fired the team doctor, the players reacted fiercely, but the more they reacted, the more Mourinho wanted to press. so……"

Abramovich himself is quite aware of the character of the Portuguese madman, so he is not surprised at all.

In fact, his intention to fire the team doctor is to tell the players that everything about the team, even including your injury diagnosis and treatment, must be approved by me.

This was normal before.

But now it is obviously different. The self-awareness of the players is far stronger than ten years ago, so how can they accept Mourinho's tricks?

As a result, the more the players resisted, the tougher Mourinho became, and eventually the two sides quarreled.

"The team doctor has now publicly stated that he wants to sue us. The whole thing is very troublesome." Bruce Barker also said worriedly.

Abramovich raised his head and pinched the bridge of his nose, feeling a little headache.

Now he really felt that many things were getting out of his control.

As the saying goes, poor and lowly couples are sad, Chelsea is in a bad situation, it is the time when everyone needs to work together, but at this time, there are so many moths.

What's even more tragic is that he, the owner of the club, has nothing to do with it.

On the other hand, Southampton, managed by Yang Huan, is thriving and thriving.

If Southampton wins the championship again this season, it will be three consecutive championships. It will completely surpass Chelsea back then and become the new Premier League overlord, but what about Chelsea?

It is not certain whether they can successfully relegation this season.

After a short silence, Abramovich suddenly sighed and said, "Tonight's game, you guys lead the team, I won't go."

Granovskia and Bruce Barker looked at each other, obviously seeing the meaning behind Abramovich.

He is not optimistic about tonight's game.

That's right, Southampton is so strong now, not only the leader of the Premier League, but also has such an obvious lead, and the overall strength of the team is so strong. On the other hand, Chelsea, not to mention the low morale, is far from the same level as Southampton .

Under such circumstances, Chelsea's visit to the Glory Stadium to challenge Southampton is indeed a narrow escape.

Abramovich is unwilling to go to the away game, and he probably doesn't want to see the team lose miserably, and at the same time avoid Yang Huan's enemy.

If Chelsea lost to Southampton in an away game, with Yang Huan's personality, he would definitely show off in front of Abramovich again.

After trying to understand this level, Granovskia and Bruce Barker had nothing to say.

However, the former, as Abramovich's confidant for many years, after thinking about it, decided to speak his mind.

"Boss, actually, I think it's definitely not an option to continue like this."

Abramovich raised his brows, thinking about the female subordinate who had been with him for many years, "What do you mean?"

"I mean, if this continues, in case... I mean in case, if the team falls into the relegation zone, then..."

To fire Mourinho now is indeed a heavy price, but if he is not fired, if the team is relegated from the Premier League, the loss will not be tens of millions, but hundreds of millions.

Because the loss of relegation is not just as simple as the broadcast fee of the Premier League, it also includes the weakening of the Chelsea brand, and even the sponsors will definitely exert pressure at that time.

Let me ask, they sponsored Chelsea at the level of a Premier League title contender. Now that the team's performance is poor and they have fallen to the lower reaches, they have already complained. If they are relegated...the consequences will be absolutely unimaginable.

Abramovich understood Granovskia, but...

"Marina, who do you think will take over once Mourinho is dismissed?"

"This..." Granovskia was also very troubled.

With Chelsea's heart, the selected head coach must not be too bad.

But even Mourinho is out of class, who else can take over?

Besides, in the past few years, Chelsea's image in the field of coaching has indeed been bad.

At the beginning, Guardiola was unwilling to take over Chelsea.

Sometimes when I think about it, Chelsea will come to the predicament it is today, and it feels more or less self-inflicted.

Just, I hope that tonight, the team will not lose too badly.

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