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Chapter 296 New Team, New Teammate

On the second day of the press conference, Nick officially reported to the team.

The coach is the Italian La Nieli, the so-called 'tinker' Italian who brought Chelsea to the sixth position last season, but this is far from Abramovich's requirements, so La Nieli's position is also suspended.

"Nick, welcome to the team. Everyone knows that Nick will be the captain of Chelsea, so let's all say hello to the new captain of the team." La Nieli made an opening remark.

"Captain, it's great to be able to play with you again." Iliye and Malouda jumped over and shouted, both very excited.

The teammates also introduced themselves one by one. There are currently 28 players in the Chelsea first team, including Desailly, Gallas, Zola, Hasselbaink, Baba Yaro, Gudjohnsen, Glenshire, Terry, Lampard and other players with good strength.

But not all of these people can stay. With the arrival of Nick, Chelsea is bound to set off a youth storm. Many veterans such as Leboeuf, Petrescu, and Di Matteo may be purged by the team.

"Hi everyone, I'm very happy to play football together in the future. Chelsea is nothing now, but I hope it can become the champion of England, the champion of Europe and the champion of the world in our hands, OK?" Nick's words are very simple. What is the pursuit of playing football?In addition to money, I am afraid that honor ranks first.

The young teammates immediately began to get excited, while those old fried dough sticks looked familiar.

These old fritters were not at all dissatisfied with Nick being appointed as the team captain as soon as he came. They even thought that the team's old captain Dennis Wise was sold to the Leicester City team at a low price because of this.

Nick naturally understood it, but he didn't pay attention to it. He now has a lot of power to advise the team. If someone is not good for the team, he will definitely not stay.

During the first day of training, Nick conquered the hearts of many teammates.

Nick did not join the main team, but played with young players such as Terry, Lampard, and Morris. In the first training game, he beat the main team 3:1. Nick contributed both offensively and defensively.

The old players kept challenging Nick. Poyet was directly knocked to the ground by Nick in the process of fighting hard against Nick. Le Saux was also directly crushed when defending Nick. Petrescu couldn't pass this level at all in a one-on-one contest with Nick.

Ranieri on the sidelines couldn't help snickering. He was on the verge of dismissing get out of class, and now he grasped the life-saving straw. With Nick, he is absolutely confident to bring Chelsea to a new height.However, these nasty old guys don't seem to like Nick very much, and they are probably not convinced in their hearts, so they still have to suggest to the boss to deal with them.

Within two days, many old faces were lost and many new faces came to Chelsea's training ground.

Except for goalkeeper De Houer, defender Desailly and striker Zola among the veterans, everyone else should be sold and resigned.

These old guys now know that they have done too much, but they have no other way but to leave now. Staying at Chelsea must be an endless bench career, and they can enjoy beautiful evenings in other teams.

After getting rid of these old players, Chelsea's first team has shrunk a lot, so the club's signing work has also proceeded rapidly, and a large number of talents have come in.

Duff was transferred from Blackburn for 1000 million pounds. Duff is very fast, and he can work quite well with his feet. He can cut inside or pass or shoot. With Duff and Glenshire, Chelsea can play both wings.

This is very much in line with Nick's character of central scheduling. In Borussia Mönchengladbach, Li Yihuan and Madavikia often played such wonderful offenses.

Subsequently, Aston Villa's main defender Southgate of the England national team also joined Chelsea at a price of 1000 million pounds. Southgate was very solid in defense as a central defender. With him, Desailly and Gallas, Chelsea's central defender combination basically needn't worry.

And Stuttgart's young midfielder Hleb spent 1100 million pounds on Abramovich. After two seasons of training, the Belarusian player has shown a general demeanor. His arrival will make Chelsea's midfielder even stronger.

Roma left-back Candela, who had just helped Roma win the Serie A championship, was also captured by Ibrahimovic's gold dollar offensive. The deal amounted to 1400 million pounds.

Candela is considered to be the top world-class left back in the world, and he is also a player with excellent assist ability, which is very in line with Nick's appetite.

Chelsea's action is not over yet. When the Premier League is about to kick off, they bought Everton's Portuguese right-back Xavier for 600 million pounds, and bought Pettit, who was depressed in Barcelona, ​​for 750 million pounds. It is also considered a good deal.

The continuous purchases made Chelsea the biggest buyer in the player trading market in the summer of 2001. Not only did players transfer to Nick Nick, but they also acquired many international players in one go. The team spent more than 1.3 million pounds throughout the summer.

This simply left other clubs in the dust, and faced with the aggressiveness of Chelsea, the Premier League overlord Manchester United could not sit still, and they also began to trade frequently. After sending the veteran Keane to Nottingham Forest, Ferguson immediately used 1000 million euros to introduce wild boar Davis from Juventus, and then used 1900 million euros to buy Eindhoven striker Ruud van Nistelrooy.

And the French national goalkeeper Butters was also won by Ferguson with 1200 million euros. The French national goalkeeper turned out to be a substitute in Borussia Mönchengladbach, which seemed unreasonable to Ferguson.After Schmeichel left, Manchester United's gate has also been unstable. Ferguson hopes that Butters can take over Schmeichel's mantle.

Ferguson even wanted to buy Bayern's young midfielder Hargreaves, but was rejected by Bayern.

Professor Arsene Wenger's Arsenal is also strengthening. He got England's main center back Campbell for free from rivals Tottenham, which greatly supplemented Arsenal's lineup.Now this Arsenal team has the qualifications to challenge the overlord of Manchester United. Of course, they also have to be careful of teams like Chelsea and Liverpool. Everyone is strengthening this season. Who wins and who loses, everything will not be revealed until the end of the season.

Nick is of course in a good mood. The players that Chelsea bought are quite good. It seems that Lola is indeed unique in the selection of players. This is probably an important reason why Abramovich invited her to take charge of Chelsea.

In addition to the good news from Chelsea, Nottingham also sent good news to Nick. Diane Kruger successfully gave birth to a baby boy on August 8, weighing 8 catties. He was named Keke Hansen. There is a gram in their names, so the name is self-evident.

Nick also asked for leave immediately to go to Nottingham, and paid attention to the whole process. Being a father again, Nick felt that the burden on his shoulders was even heavier.

In addition, Nottingham Forest's preparations for the Premier League are also very perfect. Hilton laughed and said that he would wrestle with Nick in the Premier League.

Nick still attaches great importance to this. Nottingham Forest's lineup for the new season is also very strong. There are Klose and Drogba in the front, Ribery, Robben and Keane in the middle, and Essien, Chiellini and Carvalho in the back. This can completely hit the top four in the Premier League.

If the two teams really meet, Chelsea may not necessarily gain any benefits.

Back in London, the team's preparations have entered the final stage, and the day of the Premier League debut is coming.

Attachment: Chelsea lineup in 00-01 season

Coach: Ranieri (Italy)

Goalkeeper: No. 1 De Huye (Netherlands) No. 23 Cudicini (Italy)
Defenders: No. 6 Desailly, No. 13 Gallas, No. 2 Candela (France), No. 3 Babayaro (Nigeria), No. 33 Xavier (Portugal), No. 4 Southgate, No. 5 Terry (England), No. 15 Melchiot (Netherlands), No. 18 Ferrer (Spain)

Midfielders: No. 10 Nick (Germany), No. 16 Hleb (Belarus), No. 17 Petit, No. 7 Malouda (France), No. 11 Duff (Ireland), No. 19 Glenshire (Denmark), No. 14 Darabona (Italy), No. 8 Lampard, No. 20 Morris (England), No. 12 Stanic (Croatia)

Forwards: No. 9 Hasselbaink (Netherlands), No. 22 Gudjohnsen (Iceland), No. 25 Zola (Italy), No. 21 Ilier (Romania), No. 32 Forsell (Finland)
(End of this chapter)