No one expected that Chelsea would lose against West Ham United, which was the league leader, while West Ham United ranked third from the bottom in the league. The results of the two teams were very different, and the media did not expect West Ham United to stop Chelsea, which had just beaten Watford. ←

West Ham United is a topical team in the Premier League this season, but not because of their achievements, but because they are being acquired by foreign capital as a whole.

This deal was just completed before the two teams' match.

The acquisition of West Ham United has become popular in the summer, and the consortium led by Icelander Magnusen and Iranian Hobrachin have been fighting openly and secretly.

The Hobrachin consortium, which funded Argentina's two-star transfer to West Ham United, seems to have a greater hope, but when both sides speculated West Ham United's shares to £4.21 per share, Hobrachin lost and Magnusson's Icelandic consortium ended up laughing - after taking 83% of West Ham United's shares, the Icelanders took the 111-year-old Premier League club to £85 million.

However, the consortium will also bear West Ham's current debt of up to £22.5 million.

At the same time, the Premier League West Ham United Club officially announced that they have reached an agreement with the Icelandic consortium led by Egert Magnussen, who will acquire the club as a whole for 85 million pounds (about 161 million US dollars) and become the new owner of the "Harves".

West Ham United has also become the sixth English football club to fall into the hands of foreign capital after Chelsea, Manchester United, Portsmouth, Fulham and Aston Villa.

After the acquisition is completed, Magnussen will replace Terry Brown as the new chairman of West Ham United, and before that, he must resign as chairman of the Iceland Football Association and member of the UEFA Executive Committee.

In fact, Magnusson is not the main force of the acquisition, at a press conference. He admitted that he had received great support from his friend, Icelandic billionaire Goodmanson.

According to the ranking of foreign rich people living in England released by the UK last year, Goodmanson ranked 103rd with an asset of 598 million pounds. Although it cannot compete with Chelsea boss Abram, it is enough to operate a football club.

"Mr. Goodmanson's investment is very important, and West Ham will enter a new stage." Magnusson said confidently.

However, judging from the past situation where foreign capital intervenes in Premier League clubs, only Abraham's Chelsea can be said to be successful. For the Icelandic consortium led by Magnussen and Goodmanson, how to change the "Harves" hovering around the Premier League relegation zone is the real problem.

Magnusson said he had been waiting for this day for a long time and he hoped to lead the team to revive the magnificence of the 1960s. Although the acquisition price was 85 million pounds, it was still necessary to repay the debts owed by the club. Magnusson actually ended up investing 100 million pounds, but he thought all of this was worth it.

But when Magnusson came on stage, West Ham United had already suffered seven losses in 12 rounds of the new season, head coach Paduce was questioned, but Magnusson said he would support Paduce to maintain the tradition of selecting clubs and cultivating young players. In addition, Magnusson also plans to move the club's current home court Upton Park Stadium to the Olympic Stadium after the 2012 London Olympics.

These news made West Ham United the focus of England. Perhaps England fans have become accustomed to the fact that their country's clubs are injected with foreign capital. When Chelsea succeeds, I don't know how many fans are calling Chelsea a "pound team", but if the team they like also becomes a pound team and bring big-name stars to their team, no fan will refuse.

Therefore, West Ham United fans are looking forward to the club being injected into funds and becoming a foreign club. West Ham United's performance has always been ups and downs in history. If there is a large amount of capital injection, they may be able to become the top team.

It is against this background that the match between Chelsea and West Ham United began.

Since the next game is against Manchester United, neither Zhang Tiehan, Drogba and Marklele were on the roster. Grant used a team composed of other players to deal with West Ham United.

He thought it was enough.

The media also thinks it is enough. Chelsea is strong enough now. Even without Zhang Tiehan, Marklele, and Drogba, they have other excellent players, which is absolutely overwhelming for West Ham United. But in the end, Chelsea drew with West Ham United at home. In the second half of the game, Chelsea almost kept attacking around West Ham United goal, but still failed to score.

The game ended 1:1.

This is Chelsea's second game in three rounds.

After the game, it is difficult for Chelsea media to find excuses. There are many "excuses" outside of Chelsea.

"When Zhang failed to play, Chelsea almost changed into a team. They lost their goal efficiency, their exquisite cooperation, and everything they are good at. All they have is rough football..."

In this analysis, Zhang Tiehan was elevated to a certain extent, while Chelsea was generally belittled to a certain extent. At the same time, such arguments are very marketable. At least those teams that lost to Chelsea believe that the analysis is correct-

Before Zhang Tiehan appeared, Chelsea scored two more goals on average, and he directly helped Chelsea establish the victory. Zhang Tiehan did not play, and Chelsea became the real Chelsea, a Chelsea who did not have Mourinho's defense and could not play offense.

This is what Chelsea is.

So a football commentator made a remark that Chelsea without Zhang Tiehan would fall into a second-rate team. At the same time, Zhang Tiehan is also the only correct choice Abramovich made in the summer.

This argument is undoubtedly quite marketable.

But no matter what the media says, Chelsea or Chelsea, it is not possible to complete Chelsea's transformation in a short time. It may take a season or even longer. After all, his control over the team is not good enough, and he has never proved himself. His authority in the team is not enough. Even if Chelsea players listen to him, it is definitely a huge project to transform Chelsea. It is still a intensive period of the league schedule. He thinks about how to transform it, and it is impossible to complete it in a short time. The main reason is that he is too late to come to Chelsea. When he comes, the summer transfer is about to end. So it is really difficult for Grant to do something.

After the match against West Ham United, many media were talking about Chelsea and began to talk about the next round, the "England derby battle" between Chelsea and Manchester United. At the same time, the news revealed by Chelsea clubs are all related to winter transfers.

The first thing that broke the news was not the buyer, but the seller. Chelsea team revealed that West Ham had contacted them a few days ago and asked about the purchase of Wright Phillips.

Since joining Chelsea, Wright Phillips has rarely been able to play as the main player, and his position in the team is in danger. West Ham has improved its financial resources after the new boss takes over. Icelander Magnusson promised to give head coach Padu a 20 million pounds of winter transfer funds, West Ham began to look for targets everywhere.

This summer, Chelsea refused to let Wright Phillips go and instead sold Duff to Newcastle, but there have been rumors about Wright Phillips' transfer, and now Chelsea finally admits that if the bid is right, they can consider selling Wright Phillips.

Chelsea Club CEO Kenyon said in an interview: "West Ham expressed interest to us, but there is no official bid yet, and we will not consider selling players for the time being. But if we receive a formal offer, we will consider it. This is our process for handling the transfer."

"In fact, they were interested in Wright Phillips before West Ham was acquired. As for whether there is a possibility of transfers in the future, it depends on the transfer funds. Any negotiations on prices have not begun, and there is no formal offer."

Although Wright Philips himself hopes to stay at Chelsea and continue to work hard, there are high calls for him to leave here.

England coach McLaren is worried that he will not be able to play in the game. If Wright Phillips continues to do so, he cannot guarantee that Wright Phillips still has a place in England, and Phillips stays at Chelsea, it will be difficult for Robben to compete.

Although the transfer has not been finalized, in the media's opinion, Wright Phillips' departure is already destined.

Soon Wright Phillips' transfer negotiations are about to begin, and West Ham's new chairman, Icelander Magnusson, even personally inquired about the matter.

"I know Kenyon, we'll sit down and discuss a suitable price," Magnusson said in an interview with BBC. "Wright Phillips can't play at Chelsea, but he's excellent and has the ability to play well at West Ham."

After the Iceland consortium injected funds, West Ham had a transfer fee of more than 20 million pounds in winter. The price they offered for Wright Phillips was 10 million pounds. Although this is much less than the 24.4 million Chelsea bought him in 2005, Chelsea's big sale is not once or twice. For players who cannot use the team, they are likely to cut the price and deal with it.

You know, over the past season, Wright Phillips has only started 10 times for Chelsea and has 23 substitutes. His role is really a bit sorry for his salary level.

This news is the biggest news after the game. When Wright Phillips' transfer started, the media had already begun to report on the upcoming Chelsea and Manchester United battle.

Every season, there are two teams competing in the Premier League.

Before 2004, Manchester United and Arsenal were always competing, and other teams were not as threatening as possible.

After 2004, Chelsea joined the competition.

The next year was the competition between Chelsea and Arsenal, and then the competition between Chelsea and Liverpool. By this season, it became the competition between Chelsea and Manchester United.
Chapter completed!