This season's Premier League championship, second and third place were all taken by teams from London. This result naturally makes these major media in London extremely satisfied - although for the honor of British football, they must spare no effort to support all participating in the European war. The English team in the competition, but when they returned to the domestic arena, these London media were naturally extremely unhappy with Manchester United's dominance of the league for many years. And now, they finally have a chance to celebrate at the end of the season!
As the dust of the 2004-05 Premier League season has settled, Chelsea has become the new Premier League champion, and West Bromwich Albion has become the first team to successfully avoid relegation as deputy captain in the first half of the league. As soon as the results came out, the entire English football world Everyone is excited about it - for them who have long been tired of watching the duo of Manchester United and Arsenal, now they see that someone can finally break the two teams' blockade and win the league championship. There is no need to feel excited and excited in their hearts. Say more. As for West Bromwich Albion, which has created a miracle of relegation, it has been praised by fans and the media. Its head coach Bryan Robson has taken this opportunity to become famous and has become the most promising among the new generation to advance to the ranks of famous coaches. One of the local coaches!
However, while the fans cheered for Chelsea's championship and West Bromwich Albion's miraculous relegation at the last minute, people from all walks of life in the Premier League turned their attention to Nan'an, which was already confirmed to be relegated from the Premier League. The three clubs, Purton, Norwich and Crystal Palace, are ready to use knives and forks as usual to carve up the high-quality assets owned by these three unlucky guys!
Not to mention, among the three teams relegated from the Premier League this season, there is also a club like Southampton with an excellent youth training system. This has undoubtedly aroused the interest of other teams in carving up the assets of the relegated teams!
Behind Henry with 21 goals, Crystal Palace forward Andrew Johnson, who won the Premier League Silver Boot this season, Norwich midfielder and team's top scorer Damian Francis, and defense general Gary Doherty and others have all become key targets that many Premier League teams are chasing after the final game of the league. As for Southampton, which has long been famous, from Peter Crouch, the biggest discovery this season, who scored 12 league goals in just 17 starts, to former Premier League Golden Boot winner Kevin Phillips, to the Chinese Field general Rory Delap, Belgian youngster Van Damme, and main goalkeeper Andy Niemi, etc., have all been rumored to leave the team this summer!
West Ham United in the 2002-03 season, Leeds United in the 2003-04 season, Southampton in the 2004-05 season... these young guards with great strength were relegated one after another, causing other Premier League clubs to suffer. While being full of oil, it also proves the fact that with the implementation and deepening of the Bosman Act, how to adapt to this new era has become something that all football clubs need to learn and focus on!
In addition to the three unlucky teams that were unfortunately relegated, Newcastle, who dismissed Bobby Robson, are also facing a similar situation at this time. The Magpies, who were hired by Liverpool legend Souness to coach this season, did not achieve the take-off in performance as Sheppard claimed. Instead, they continued to decline and did not even win a UEFA Cup berth. Such an ending not only disappointed the Magpies fans, but also caused widespread doubts about Sheppard, who served as Newcastle chairman. In order to quell the doubts about him from the outside world (and to ensure ticket sales), Shepard vowed in an interview with the media that he would invest every penny he earned from the club in the transfer market. , bringing in powerful new players for the team!
This also means that in the coming summer, Sheppard will intensify efforts to clean up the players left over from the old Robson era in order to achieve what he calls the goal of "improving the team's strength." Judging from Sheppard's consistent poor performance in the transfer market (for example, in this season's winter transfer window, he sold Peruvian international Solano to Aston Villa for 1 million pounds, the introduction of high-paying players has begun to take off. (Kluivert who is going downhill), other teams can take this opportunity to steal Shepard's vote, or take advantage of Newcastle!
Laurent Robert, Bellamy, Lee Bowyer, Dyer, Babayaro...these names that fans are familiar with have all been put on the transfer list by Souness and Sheppard!
And Liverpool, the former British hegemon, did not survive this carve-up feast. The current situation of missing the Champions League for two consecutive seasons and being inactive on other fronts has greatly affected the Red Army's image as a top club and its appeal to stars. It makes Liverpool unable to compete with Manchester United and Chelsea in the Champions League. Teams compete in the transfer market.
To make matters worse, many Liverpool players, including Gerrard and Hyypia, have begun to think about transferring and leaving the team in the summer because they have not seen hope of the team's revival!
Especially after Owen left, Gerrard has become Liverpool's number one star. The Reds captain publicly stated in an interview that he would "seriously consider" renewing his contract with the club. The prerequisite for Gerrard and Liverpool to complete the contract extension is that the club must show sufficient ambition and ensure that the team can be stable in the championship group!
If Liverpool cannot guarantee these, then no matter how loyal Gerrard is to the Red Army, he will not follow Mathieu Le Tissier and waste time at Anfield for the reputation of a loyal minister!
Unlike rival Everton in the same city, the players of the "Toffees" did not set qualifying for the Champions League as their goal when they first joined. They can get a ticket to the UEFA Cup at the end of the season. They are content. Therefore, although Everton's league ranking is one place lower than Liverpool (due to the butterfly effect brought by George, Liverpool in this life was able to invest more energy in the league, resulting in Everton not being as good as in the previous life) Overtaking the Reds in the standings), but the things Moyes needs to deal with are not as troublesome as Benitez.
However, the biggest problem facing Liverpool now is that in terms of strength, they are no match for the top four teams in the standings; in terms of financial resources, the Red Army does not have enough funds to compete with George and Abramovich. Burning money; in terms of reputation, Liverpool is also not as attractive as teams such as Chelsea and Tottenham. This also means that it is basically impossible for Liverpool Club to realize Gerrard's request for a contract extension to return the team to the league championship group!
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