Super Marshal

For the British media, Gao Han's flight to London is definitely a big event, and his influence is not even inferior to that of foreign leaders' visits, and they are given extremely high-standard treatment.

But Gao Han obviously didn't intend to cooperate with them. After arriving at Heathrow Airport, he didn't take the regular passage, but was greeted by the airport staff, and left the airport through a special passage to avoid the media reporters and fans stationed at the scene.

However, after walking around Heathrow Airport, avoiding media reporters and fans, they circled back to the Harrington training ground one kilometer north of the airport.

As a result, everyone was dumbfounded as soon as they arrived at the door.

"This is Chelsea's training base?" Gao Han took off his sunglasses and looked at everything in front of him in disbelief.

It doesn't feel like a Premier League team's training ground at all, but more like a run-down warehouse on the outskirts of London.

The road looks like it should have been repaired just after Abramovich bought the team. It extends directly from the main road outside Heathrow Airport to the parking lot in the training ground, forming a continuous stretch.

The gate is welded with rusty water pipes, and the security room is a temporary building like a metal room.

The training building inside has two floors. It looks old, and the outer walls are already mottled. It is conceivable that the facilities inside are definitely not much better.

Going inside, there are four turfs in total, but only one is installed with geothermal and drainage systems.

"Hey, how do you train in winter?" Lorenzo Buenaventura was dumbfounded.

Atletico Madrid's training ground is relatively poor, but I didn't expect Chelsea to be even worse.

You must know that the UK is rainy all year round and snowy in winter. Without good geothermal and drainage facilities, the team would not be able to train at all.

The staff who greeted them to inspect the training ground also smiled bitterly, "In winter or rainy days, the youth team will stop training, and the first team will train in the open air if they can. If not, they will change to indoor training."

Gao Han and the others looked at each other, is this okay?

I'm so convinced!

No wonder England's players are so violent, they were honed in harsh conditions!

In fact, with England's climate and environment, all Premier League teams should at least be equipped with indoor training grounds.

But it's clear that even teams like Chelsea are that bad, let alone the rest of the Premier League.

"Mr. Abramovich means that everything is to follow Mr. Gao Han's instructions. If you have any needs or ideas, you can just mention them, and we will do our best to meet them."

The staff's statement made Gao Han feel better, otherwise, he really wanted to retreat on the spot.

"You immediately arrange to overhaul the geothermal and drainage systems, as well as all the equipment and props used for training. From now on, we will take over the entire training ground." Gao Han gave the first instruction.

The staff had already received the management's arrangement and agreed immediately.

"Carlos, Lorenzo, Pedro, Unai, please take stock as soon as possible, clean up all those that do not meet our requirements, and then sort out a purchase list."

The assistants immediately nodded.

Seeing Chelsea's training ground so dilapidated, they all felt a headache.

"Sergio, organize your staff immediately and start to form an analysis team."

"Understood, leave it to me." Sergio Garcia smiled.

Gao Han took another deep look at the training ground, shook his head and sighed.

As long as he thinks that he will work here for the next two years, he will feel overwhelmed.

Just as Gao Han was frowning and inspecting the training ground, a text message came in.

"Hello, Mr. Gao Han, welcome to Chelsea."

"I am very much looking forward to the opportunity to meet and communicate with you, to train under your command, and sincerely hope that we can fight side by side and achieve success."

The person who signed the text message is John Terry.

This text message warmed Gao Han's heart.

John Terry is one of the captains of the team. After the French veteran Desailly gradually faded out, he is a local central defender cultivated by Chelsea. His strength is not bad, and he is also the banner of the Blues.

"He's very good." Gao Han said with a smile.

After reading the text message, Cantarero and Unai Emery also nodded. This is really good for Terry.

"Thank you, I hope to meet you before the training camp." Gao Han returned a text message after taking back his phone.

Soon, the text message came again.

"Okay, I'm in London, I can do it whenever it's convenient for you."

This made Gao Han happy again, "Tomorrow, how about it?"

"Of course." Terry replied, "The location will be arranged at your hotel."

"Okay." Gao Han understood that Terry knew that he was unfamiliar with London, so he arranged to meet at the hotel.

This kid has a high emotional intelligence, no wonder he became the captain at a young age.

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After inspecting the Harrington training ground, Gao Han and his party returned to the hotel.

During lunch, Jorge Mendes also arrived in London, and accompanied Gao Han to London to look at the house in the afternoon.

After Gao Han came to the Premier League, he must live in London. Lin Xia also applied, hoping to be transferred to work in London, England, but it would take some time, so Gao Han did not plan to sell the house in La Finca, Madrid.

The location of that place is good, the neighbors on the left and right are political and business celebrities, and players from Atlético de Madrid and Real Madrid also live near there. Others can’t buy it if they want to buy it. Gao Han is not short of money, so I don’t plan to sell it. I will leave it to Lin Xia and Chu for the time being. Yao lives.

As for London, Gao Han's original idea was to rent a house, but Mendes suggested buying a house.

The reason is also very good. The rent in high-end residential areas is not cheap, and if you buy a house, you can register a company in the Cayman Islands and other places, and then buy the house in the name of the company, and then reasonably reduce the personal tax burden in the UK.

Gao Han doesn't understand how it works, but there are experts in this field in Mendes' company.

More importantly, housing prices in London are not expensive now.

As we all know, buying a house depends on the location.

As one of the world's leading international financial centers, London has attracted the attention of global investors and has obvious advantages. The area around Hyde Park in the West End of London is undoubtedly the core area of ​​London.

Good law and order, convenient transportation, and prosperous business, all of which meet the requirements of the alpine.

As for the level of education, although Gao Han does not consider it, there has always been a saying in this area of ​​the Royal District, and the educational resources are second to none in Europe, so naturally there is no need to say more.

When all overseas investors set their sights on Knightsbridge, Belgravia, Mayfair and Eaton Square, Gao Han chose to buy a house in the area of ​​Kensington Palace Garden Street. He is not the best here The high-quality educational resources in Europe are attracted, but because it is relatively cheaper here.

On both sides of the garden-like boulevard, there are traditional buildings exuding an Edwardian atmosphere, all of which make Lin Xia extremely satisfied.

Four-storey high street-facing townhouse with a total area of ​​more than 1,000 square meters. Behind the house is London's Embassy Street, and at the end of the street is next to Kensington Palace and Hyde Park. The location is excellent, and the interior decoration is also excellent. Designed by a famous artist, there are four large rooms in total, equipped with luxury facilities such as home theater, gym, indoor swimming pool, and sauna.

Such a luxury house is priced at four million euros, which is not cheap.

In the words of the manager of a high-end real estate agency company, if such a house is placed near Eaton Square, it will cost at least six million euros, and it may even be higher.

Moreover, he also vowed to tell Gao Han that in the next few years, housing prices in London will definitely rise.

Because Lin Xia had already visited once before with the company of friends in London, so Gao Han, accompanied by Mendes, had a look at the house on the spot in the afternoon and decided to buy it on the spot.

Although the agency's promotional slogan is to move in with bags, but because many places need to be refurbished according to Gao Han and Lin Xia's requirements, Gao Han can't move in for the time being, so he can only continue to live in a nearby hotel, and it is expected that he will have to stay again a month.

"I found out that the original owner of this house was an IT upstart in the UK. He bought it in 1999 and spent more than two million euros, and then spent more than two million to hire a famous A designer friend was decorating and designing, but before he could move in, he caught up with the wave of the Internet crash, and his company went bankrupt."

On the car back to the hotel, Mendes introduced what he had learned.

"Currently, investors from outside the UK like to buy real estate in the Knightsbridge area in the south of Hyde Park. Although the west side is also very good, it is not well-known, especially Kensington Palace, which is not taken seriously, so The price is not high, but it is very cost-effective.”

Speaking of this, Mendes smiled at Gao Han, "I was thinking, if you don't want to buy it, I will make a move."

Gao Han shook his head and smiled. He didn't pay much attention to where he lived. Anyway, Lin Xia liked it, so he bought it.

"Guess how much Abramovich paid you?" Mendes asked suddenly.

Gao Han frowned, thought for a while, shook his head and said, "I can't guess, how much?"

"This number." Mendesby made a gesture of eight.

"Eight million?" Gao Han was taken aback.

"After-tax annual salary." Mendes nodded.

This made Gao Han breathe a sigh of relief, it really is rich and powerful.

However, when Mendes took the initiative to return the blank check, he did a very good job. He kicked the ball back to Abramovich to see how strong his desire to seek talents is.

Facts have proved that Abramovich did not disappoint. The annual salary of 8 million euros can be said to be the first sky-high price in today's football, which is higher than the original highest Ferguson's 6 million euros.

"The signing fee is also a lot, a full two million euros, and the prize money for winning the championship is also very generous. One domestic cup is 1.5 million euros, the UEFA Cup is two million euros, and if you can win the Premier League championship, the bonus is three million euros. In addition, if you can win multiple championships at the same time, there will be additional bonuses.”

Mendes smiled shrewdly and was obviously very satisfied with the results of his negotiations.

Gao Han also nodded towards him appreciatively. Although the talk was high-level and Mendes also had commissions, he did a pretty good job.

Of course, Abramovich shouldn't feel at a loss, because Gao Han's current worth is priceless.

"Abramovich hopes to have a meal with you and meet you before signing the contract. It can be seen that he likes your team leadership style very much, and he wants to hear about your team formation plan."

When Mendes said this, he looked at Gao Han with concern, "How is it? Do you have any specific ideas?"

Gao Han nodded, "I have an idea, but for specifics, I need to understand the situation first."

"That's good. After all, you are new here, so you can't make a decision too hastily." Mendes also agrees with Gao Han's idea.

"I have an appointment with Terry tomorrow."

"John Terry?"

"Well, I want to use him as a breakthrough to understand the situation of the team."

Gao Han's current task is very clear. The team needs to be reorganized and recruited. So whoever leaves and who stays, he needs to draw up a plan as soon as possible.