The strongest winger

Chapter 860 The Medal of Honor and the Bronze Statue of a Real Person

The new season has a long way to go for Valencia, but Ai Luo has successfully helped his teammates take away the hatred. I believe that the results of the new season will definitely not be bad...

There was an agreement between Valencia and Chelsea when discussing the transfer of Aiello. The two sides will have a friendly match at Stamford Bridge before the start of the new season.

The two warm-up games Chelsea played in Germany before the season showed excellent competitive state. First, they beat Hamburg 3:1 on August 1nd, and then beat Dortmund 0:[-] on August [-]th.

Scolari, who had just taken over the coach of Chelsea, even shouted the slogan that he would surely win the Premier League title in the new season.

Therefore, Scolari attaches great importance to Chelsea's last warm-up match with Valencia before the start of the new season. The level of the two Bundesliga teams is very good, but there is still a gap compared to the strong Chelsea lineup. That is to say, the two warm-up matches in Germany cannot fully test the overall level of the team.

Valencia is different, they were crazy in the summer transfer window...

It is worth mentioning that Zhang Linpeng gave up his summer vacation and came to Chelsea to report in advance. Scolari was quite surprised by this. In addition, Zhang Linpeng’s five games in the World Cup gave him a deep memory. He was good at attacking and defending.

It’s just that the first warm-up match of the new season is not important to Ancelotti. He mainly wants to check the status of a few marginal players and young players. If they perform well, they can stay in the team.

The key inspections are: Azpilicueta, Alba, Isco, James Rodriguez, Figuri, Harvey Martinez, Benatia, Schneiderlin and other players...

In addition, Ancelotti hopes that the top management of the team can bring a high-level midfielder. With Baraja's retirement, Albelda, Albiol and Javi Martinez, who can be qualified for the midfielder position, all give him an unreliable feeling.

Moreover, the offensive midfielder is quite bloated, and it is urgent to lose weight.

Aiello, David Villa and David Silva will definitely occupy the three main positions in the frontcourt, so they indirectly squeeze the playing time of the midfielders. In addition, the introduction of Cazorla, who has excellent dribbling and organizational skills, Ancelotti clearly informed Mata, the main midfielder last season, that he will not be able to guarantee the main position, but there will be a main substitute.

Mata instantly felt that his future in Valencia was uncertain, but he didn't want to leave Valencia easily. He knew that with Aiello's return, there would definitely be many champions...

Three seasons in Valencia made him familiar with everything here, and his family and girlfriend all settled here.

If he has to adapt again once he goes to a new club, coupled with the fact that the Premier League pays great attention to the physical contact between players, it will be difficult to adapt to his small body, so...he began to hesitate at the critical moment.

The clubs that have expressed interest in Mata are mainly Manchester City, Manchester United, Chelsea, Bayern Munich and Real Madrid, but Real Madrid's chances of buying are very low, because Valencia, which is not short of money, will not sell Mata to them, so the Valencia executives prefer to trade him to the Premier League.

The closest to Mata are undoubtedly the wealthy Manchester City and Chelsea. Both clubs have sufficient financial guarantees. However, after Manchester City failed to buy David Silva, head coach Mancini became very interested in Mata, who had the idea of ​​leaving the team, and directly offered 500 million euros. General Manager Caboni was quite satisfied with this price.

It's just... the person involved is still vacillating.

After negotiating with Ancelotti, Caboni decided to suspend the transfer first, to see how the warm-up match before the new season is going, and then make plans.

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The entire Valencia team arrived at London Heathrow International Airport at 11:[-] pm on NO.[-]. Thousands of Chelsea fans who welcomed Aiello back to London appeared on the plane.

Of course... At this time, many Chelsea fans held up banners and slogans insulting Aiello. They believed that Aiello's departure was a betrayal of the great blue team, and the words they said when they returned to Mestalla made them feel deeply heartbroken and dissatisfied.

The reporters who came to the airport shot wildly at Ai Luo. They knew that there would be no shortage of hot-selling reports tomorrow.

That evening, Aiello met Chelsea owner Roman Abramovich in an upscale cafe in London.

The two are like long-lost old friends, chatting about Chelsea's past honors and visions for the future. Aiello can easily hear Abramovich's reluctance for him. According to the content of the "Times" report, Chelsea without Aiello means that there is no guarantee of a championship.

Why does Abramovich spend a lot of money every season?
Isn't it for honor?
When a person is used to having trophies every season, once he loses these things, he will feel extremely uncomfortable, and Abramovich is like this now...

But he is a man of his word. He said that he only insists on staying for one season, but it’s just a man’s fortune. Originally, the 2009-2010 season was smooth sailing, but who would have thought that a sudden major injury would make Ai Luo directly reimbursed for the entire season?
The next day, the reports of the London media were not about Aiello's return to play at Stamford Bridge, or the happy conversation between Aiello and Abrahimovic in a high-end coffee shop in London last night.

In the warm-up match in the evening, because the Spanish international in Valencia will return to the team in three days, the lineup at Stamford Bridge is mainly to inspect newcomers.

In the afternoon, the two warm-up matches held a press conference at the Stamford Bridge Stadium, attended by the head coaches, captains and Aiello.

The focus of everyone's attention is naturally Ai Luo, so he sat in the middle of the press conference.

Both Scolari and Terry praised Ai Luo, especially Terry, who spent three seasons with Ai Luo, and he was more convincing than Scolari's understanding of him, saying: "The loss of such a top teammate is a huge loss for our team. At the same time, I feel quite sad, but I understand Ai's choice very well. He is like I will never leave Chelsea..."

Sitting in the middle, Ai Luo turned his head and winked at Terry and said: "Thank you John for your understanding. If I have the opportunity to meet Chelsea in the Champions League, I will repay you well, you know..."

There was a burst of good-natured laughter at the scene.

Under such circumstances, Terry was naturally not to be outdone, and pretended to say fiercely: "I won't let you succeed!"

With this "performance" by Aiello and Terry, the atmosphere of the press conference was very good. When it was the turn of Chelsea's new coach Scolari, he did not take the initiative to mention Aiello as the reporter meant, but expressed that he would lead Chelsea back to the top of the championship in the new season!
And the next warm-up match victory will also belong to Chelsea.

So... the press conference with a good atmosphere at the scene had a slight smell of gunpowder under Scolari's interference.

Fortunately, the press officer responded quickly and quickly brought the topic back to the main topic.

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The friendly match between Chelsea and Valencia at the Stamford Bridge Stadium will take place at [-]:[-] p.m. local time in London, which is [-]:[-] a.m. BJ time. However, there are many Chinese fans watching the live broadcast, because there will definitely be three Chinese players in this game—Ai Luo, Zhang Linpeng and Wang Xiaolei.

"The friendly match at Stamford Bridge early this morning will be a rare scene for everyone. According to reports from both sides before the match, Aiello represented Chelsea in the first half and Valencia in the second half. It can be said that this game is full of highlights. In addition to Ai Luo, the young player Zhang Linpeng who turned out to be born during the World Cup is also worthy of our attention. His cooperation with Ai Luo in the first half will be very interesting..."

CCTV was connected to the signal from the Stamford Bridge Stadium an hour before the start of the game, and the live commentator Zhan Jun talked eloquently.

The Stamford Bridge Stadium was already full at this time, and the Blues fans in blue jerseys occupied the entire stadium. Countless fans welcomed Aiello back to the game, with slogans, banners, and huge posters.

"Chelsea's die-hard fans have a very deep love for Aiello. From joining Chelsea three years ago to leaving Chelsea and returning to Valencia, Aiello has brought countless honors to the Blues and made these lovely fans intoxicated. From the summer of 2007 to the eve of 2010 was their happiest moment, but there is always a feast that never ends..."

Time passed quickly, the two sides returned to the locker room in accordance with international practice, and then the players of both sides stood by in the player tunnel.

When players from both sides came out of the player tunnel following the World Cup golden whistle Webber, the players lined up automatically in two rows, and the provocative voice of the announcer Bill Chapman sounded on the live broadcast: "Now...the most outstanding star in our Chelsea history——"

"——Ai!"

At the same time, more than 4 Chelsea fans burst into neat slogans.

Then Aiello stood up from the Chelsea queue and waved to the Blues fans in the stands around the stadium, and then accepted the Chelsea Medal of Honor from the club CEO Kenyon under the applause of the fans.

But the climax of the game was not these, but Kenyon's words: "Although Ai left Chelsea, I believe his future will be closely connected with Chelsea... After the unanimous consent of our senior management, it has been decided to build a real bronze statue for Ai in Stamford Bridge Square before the start of the new season!!"

(End of this chapter)