Chapter 336: The Legend Ends, the New Chapter Begins

"This big-eared trophy is so fucking beautiful!"

At the award ceremony that night, Ibrahimovic was still staring at the Champions League trophy when he received the medal.

The sudden expletive made other Chelsea players and award presenters laugh out loud.

However, everyone at the scene could understand Ibrahimovic's excitement at this time.

Besides, except for Leon and Kroos, the other players in the Chelsea team have never tried to win the Champions League trophy.

Are they not in agitated moods at this moment and unable to control themselves?

What Infantino and Platini said on the podium could not be heard clearly by the Chelsea players. At this moment, they only had the desire for the championship trophy in their eyes.

Finally, after completing all the pre-award ceremony, Terry was surrounded by other Chelsea players, stood in the center of the team and raised high the St. Bradford Cup that had frustrated Chelsea several times!

Colorful ribbons all over the sky spurted out from around them, and then fell down one after another.

And this time, Li Ang saw clearly the tears falling from the corners of the eyes of the old captain Terry when he kissed the Champions League trophy affectionately!

Not just him, Lampard, Drogba, Cech, Torres...

Almost all Chelsea veterans had tears in their eyes at this moment!

They burned out the afterglow of their careers, and in the final and most brilliant light, they finally ushered in their happy ending.

Li Ang was not in the center of the team at this time, but stood aside, smiling and contentedly watching his teammates celebrate excitedly.

After celebrating in the stands, Chelsea's generals did not let go of their coaches.

Holland, Ruiz and finally Mourinho.

When the Chelsea team carried Mourinho and threw him into the air again and again, the countless fans who were still watching the live broadcast couldn't help but sigh.

When Mourinho entered Chelsea for the second time, many people asserted that he would lead Chelsea to start another Premier League dynasty.

But at the time, absolutely no one could believe that in just two seasons, Mourinho led Chelsea to complete the great feat of winning two consecutive Premier League titles and winning the Champions League for the first time!

Four Premier League titles and one Champions League title!

Throughout the Premier League era, Mourinho's achievements are second only to Ferguson.

He also successfully brought Chelsea into the palace of European giants tonight!

Abu has already received congratulations from too many people in the box in person or on the phone.

His brain was still a little dizzy, and a huge sense of joy and satisfaction filled his heart.

However, in his excitement, he still did not forget to remind his assistants to call several senior leaders of the club at this time and ask them to seize the time to negotiate contract renewal with the important players in the team and Mourinho!

In recent seasons, Chelsea have been very generous in the transfer market, but the price/performance ratio is also very high.

Apart from the signings of several veteran players, the value of each of the young players in the Chelsea team has skyrocketed!

At this time, we must pay attention to the contract renewal work.

Not to mention young players such as Li Ang, Cross and Hazard who have already become the main force of the team.

Even young substitutes from teams like Maguire, Karas and Ake would feel pain if they let go of Abramovich for nothing.

After being patiently trained and taught by Chelsea's coaching staff, these young players have grown at an astonishing rate that is visible to the naked eye.

They are all talented young players. Even if some of them cannot play the main role in the current Chelsea, it is not an exaggeration to say that they are the future of Chelsea.

Whether they will continue to play at Chelsea next season is a question that must be evaluated and dealt with by Mourinho and his coaching team.

But their contract renewal must be arranged first, and they can be rented out to practice. If they become famous in the future, they can return to Chelsea!

Abramovich has already begun to think about the future of the team.

And he has never been stingy with material rewards for the current meritorious officials.

At the celebration banquet that night, Abramovich showed up and directly handed out generous Champions League winning bonuses on the spot!

Club executives have already distributed bonuses for winning the previous league and two English domestic cups in advance.

Chelsea never defaults on money. As long as they can win the championship, the reward will be generous enough!

The atmosphere of the celebration dinner reached its climax at this moment.

Personal honor and material needs were met at the same time, and the double happiness made every Chelsea player present have a great impression of the club again!

It was very rare for Ibrahimovic to get drunk.

He was so happy that he even fell asleep in the hotel holding the Champions League trophy that night.

After waking up the next day, feeling the texture of the Saint-Bride Cup in his arms, Ibrahimovic lay in bed having fun for a while.

But while he was happy, Ibrahimovic finally made the next decision about his career.

The afternoon after winning the Champions League, Ibrahimovic told Leon and Mourinho about his future decision in person at the celebration hotel.

"If I were 5 years younger, I would definitely want to continue working with you. I like Chelsea, I like the feeling of working with you, and I also like the current group of young people...

But I am no longer young. I have been very happy in the past two years, but my body is very honest. It has been telling me: I need to stop and take a rest.

I haven't decided yet which league I will play in next season, but I am sure that the possibility of staying in the Premier League is very small, so..."

Mourinho seemed to have expected this day to come. He showed a warm smile on his face, patted Ibrahimovic's arm, and comforted him:

"I understand, Zlatan, you are also at the age of enjoying football. Follow the guidance of your heart to make a decision. I will contact the club to cooperate with your subsequent transfer matters. "

Leon didn't say anything. He just stood up and opened his arms generously to Ibrahimovic.

"Thank you, little lion, thank you for the phone call. ”

“Your coming here already explains everything. We don’t need to say thank you, Zlatan. I will always miss the time playing football with you. Enjoy football. No matter where you are, you will always be unique…”

The two hugged each other tightly, which was also a formal farewell between the two brothers.

Afterwards, Ibrahimovic also found every teammate who was still in the hotel and said goodbye to them in person.

That night, Ibrahimovic invited all teammates and coaches to dinner.

At the dinner, Li Ang took a photo of the three Milan brothers and then updated the social media.

At this time, Chelsea fans had no idea that Ibrahimovic had decided to leave Chelsea.

They left messages on Li Ang’s social media, praising the good relationship between the three brothers. Let them continue to work hard next season.

Chelsea fans who just won the Champions League are still immersed in endless joy.

But the wave of departures within Chelsea began to surge shortly after the successful season.

Ibrahimovic was the first to express his intention to leave the team, and then Drogba and Ashley Cole also revealed their desire to leave the team to Mourinho and the club's top management.

Drogba originally only signed a one-year loan contract with the club. After realizing his dream of the Champions League this season, he has no regrets.

Galatasaray will basically not renew his contract, so he and a few old brothers discussed going to the MLS together to get the last contract and prepare for "retirement".

Ashley Cole's plan is consistent with Drogba, only Lampard is still a little hesitant.

Although It is said that the genie is about to turn 37, but he feels that his game is still good.

He will definitely not be able to play as a starter in Chelsea, but he should be able to play for another season or two in the other four major leagues.

So he may let the economic team contact the other four major league teams again, and he does not necessarily have to retire in the MLS.

Mikel and Ramirez have received invitations from Chinese teams one after another.

At first, they planned to refuse directly, but after seeing the huge contract amount, they took the initiative to find Li Ang to understand the situation of the team that invited them.

Now, almost 6 Chelsea first-team players have expressed their attitude and want to leave the team this summer.

And Ivan, who has been completely squeezed to the bench by Azpilicueta, seems to be Almost also moved the idea of ​​leaving the team.

So many first-team players may leave this summer, and Chelsea's management dare not ignore such a situation.

Fortunately, Mourinho has made enough psychological preparations long ago, and he doesn't think there is anything to panic.

Their coaching team basically has a plan for the new signings. When the time comes, the management will take action in advance and complete the negotiations early, and they can smoothly start the preparations for the new season.

In general, there will be no major changes in the main framework of Chelsea's first team.

The biggest change is the substitute rotation lineup of the first team.

Many veterans have left, and among the young players, except Lukaku, who has a main demand, the rest will basically choose to renew their contracts and stay in the team.

So at present, Chelsea's uniform group will not encounter any major problems in the summer window signings.

However, Ibrahimovic's departure still greatly affects Chelsea's offensive system construction in the new season.

The introduction of substitute players in other positions can be done step by step, but Mourinho is very urgent for the signing of the starting center.

The first choice is of course Suarez, who was not happy in Liverpool last season.

With Li Ang's help, Chelsea successfully started negotiations with Suarez's agent team and Liverpool Club at the end of the season.

Suarez's agent was easy to talk to. As soon as Chelsea approached him, he enthusiastically expressed that he would definitely bring Suarez to Chelsea.

But on the Liverpool side, Chelsea was first rejected.

Liverpool's attitude was very tough, and they kept saying that Suarez was not for sale.

Mourinho had no doubts about Liverpool's words.

After all, the only thing Liverpool can show off now is these brothers on the front line, and Suarez alone supported Liverpool's offensive system last season.

Liverpool's head coach for the new season has not yet been settled. If Suarez leaves, the team's performance will collapse and the loss will be even greater.

Besides, Liverpool is not a small club that lacks money. The big boss behind them is very rich, but having money and being willing to invest a lot of money are two different things.

Liverpool may think that they can continue to persuade Suarez to sign a new contract.

Mourinho was no longer in a hurry as he saw that his club's negotiation team had been turned down.

While signaling Li Ang to keep in touch with Suarez, he sent a scout team to Chile to observe Suarez's performance in this year's Copa America.

As a result, Suarez was injured and left the field in the first round of the Copa America due to a reckless foul by his opponent.

Although it was just a sprain and he would be fine after two or three weeks of rest, Suarez was still very frustrated that he could not continue to represent the national team in this year's Copa America.

At this time, Li Ang called him to express his condolences.

During the call, Li Ang did not talk about any transfer matters, but was concerned about Suarez's physical condition, and also comforted him and asked him to relax.

Anyway, the Copa America will be held enough times in the next few years, and he will have no shortage of opportunities to play in national competitions...

Li Ang had just finished comforting Suarez when Liverpool's management called and kept persuading Suarez to renew his contract with Liverpool.

Good guy, this contrast is too obvious.

Suarez had a very uncomfortable time playing for Liverpool last season. Now that Liverpool's top management has been urging him to renew his contract, his resistance is getting stronger and stronger.

In addition, Gerrard has left Liverpool in the summer window this year to join the MLS.

Suarez doesn't want to stay in Liverpool and waste his career.

Within two days, the news that Suarez's contract renewal negotiations with Liverpool broke down was suddenly disclosed by major European sports newspapers.

This was not done by Chelsea, but Suarez's economic team leaked the news to the media.

For a while, Liverpool's top management was also confused, refuting rumors everywhere while trying to re-negotiate with Suarez on the contract renewal.

But Suarez has now received Mourinho's promise that he will give him the main center position next season, so he naturally expressed his decision to leave the team again with a firm attitude.

Seeing that Suarez was determined to leave, Liverpool could not make a decision to force him to stay for a year and then lose both people and money.

At this time, Chelsea made an extremely sincere first offer.

Barcelona heard the news that Suarez was leaving the team from somewhere, and they were in need of a center forward, so they naturally rushed over to get involved.

But after Chelsea made the second offer, Barcelona's top executives fell silent.

Liverpool was also shocked when they saw the amount of Chelsea's offer!

On July 6, the second day after the end of the Chilean America's Cup, Chelsea and Liverpool announced at the same time that they had reached an agreement on Suarez's transfer!

A few days ago, Chelsea fans were a little nervous and uneasy because the team announced the departure of 6 players in succession.

They were afraid that the club would suddenly take a frugal transfer route and mess up the good situation created in the past two seasons.

But as soon as Suarez's signing was announced, they immediately felt relieved.

Neither Chelsea nor Liverpool disclosed the specific transfer amount, but Sky Sports still got the "exclusive news".

"The estimated one-time transfer fee is 88-92 million euros, and with floating clauses, it can be as high as 110 million euros..."

As soon as this news came out, the European transfer market once again experienced a major earthquake!

The summer transfer window for Chelsea has once again arrived...