Chapter 893
"This station reporter reported that in order to welcome the annual Boxing Day, major British businesses have launched the largest price reduction promotions. Although heavy snow fell this year on Boxing Day, it still failed to affect people's shopping enthusiasm."
"Outside the Honor Plaza in Southampton, in order to seize the opportunity to shop, nearly 10,000 enthusiastic consumers lined up in advance ten hours before the square opened, tremblingly with the bitter cold wind."
"In order to enable consumers to buy their favorite products in advance, Harros Mall opened two hours in advance at 7 o'clock in the morning, attracting more than 3,000 customers to rush into the store to buy them."
"In the first hour after opening the door, it set a record of £2 million in sales, and people's enthusiasm for consumption is surprising."
"According to the on-site observation of the reporter, Honor Plaza has attracted at least 80,000 consumers, and the total passenger flow is expected to exceed 300,000. This is simply incredible in Southampton."
"Earlier, due to the rise of Black Friday in November and the increase in promotions from major merchants this year, many people were pessimistic about the sales prospects of this year's Boxing Day. However, it turns out that although Black Friday and Christmas promotions are ahead, Boxing Day is still the most popular shopping carnival for the British."
"In addition to the Glory Plaza in Southampton, the reporter also received news that the West End business district in London will attract more than 700,000 people today, and the most famous Boerling shopping mall in Birmingham will have a passenger flow of more than 200,000 this year, and the shopping mall in downtown Liverpool will also exceed 120,000."
"In view of the current gratifying consumption situation, major merchants believe that sales on this year's Boxing Day will increase compared to last year."
"For this situation, professionals analyzed that the main reason is that major merchants have greater discounts, and they have also made innovations in marketing and publicity methods."
"For example, in Southampton, they have built a business ecosystem around Southampton's Honor Stadium, and created a way to exchange points for tickets for consumption, which has greatly attracted fans and users. In addition, the discounts of major merchants have been high, which naturally stimulates people's enthusiasm for consumption."
"Southampton's innovative business model has not only changed the business model of the traditional retail industry, but also attracted a number of Premier League teams to learn from it."
"In Tottenham Hotspur in north London, they said they will learn from Southampton's Glory Square around the new stadium that will be fully completed in two years, building commercial shopping malls, and will be investing soon."
"It can be seen that Southampton's approach is not only bought by consumers, but also as a competitor to Premier League teams, they are very envious and take the initiative to learn."
"In an interview with our reporter, Richard Scudmore, CEO of the Premier League, publicly called for more Premier League clubs to learn from Southampton's business model."
Abramovich sat on the sofa in the living room, staring at the news on the TV, looking coldly, his face calmly.
Only those who are familiar with him know that he is not happy.
At this time, whoever goes up to provoke him will definitely be in trouble.
So, Granovskiya and Bruce Barker both rationally chose to sit aside and not speak.
Being a dull man is better than being scolded by others, right?
As club operators, they have to admit that Southampton's operations are indeed quite outstanding.
First of all, they really attach great importance to professional talents, and secondly, Yang Huan also knows how to reuse these talents.
Therefore, in just a few years, Southampton has become the best-run and most successful top team in Europe.
However, Chelsea is difficult to learn from Southampton's successful experience.
At the management level, Chelsea personally sent away business experts such as Peter Kenyon and Ron Gurley, resulting in the decline of the club's talents. At the same time, the ownership of Stamford Bridge Stadium, its location and surrounding environment make it difficult for Chelsea to be like Southampton.
Also, although Yang Huan often interferes with the team, he knows the ball very well and knows how to stop at the right time.
But in many aspects, my boss is obviously much larger than Yang Huanqing.
However, they can only be ruined in their hearts. If anyone dares to say this, they will definitely die miserably.
In front of his boss, Yang Huan is a taboo.
But what's so terrible is that after the news of Southampton's Glory Square just aired, Sky TV soon began to predict the live broadcast of the Premier League tonight.
"Tonight, the Premier League will usher in the 18th round, which is also the first game of the Christmas Devil's schedule. The highlight is the defending champion of the league, Southampton will face Chelsea at home."
"Southampton has continued its outstanding performance in the previous two seasons since the beginning, and has firmly occupied the throne of the league leader. So far, no other team has been able to shake Southampton's position."
"In contrast, Chelsea's current situation is not ideal. Mourinho's team ranks 16th in the standings and is only two points away from the relegation zone, which is very shocking."
"There has always been news from the outside world that Chelsea's management has lost patience with Mourinho and has issued a statement that he must win Southampton away, otherwise Mourinho will be dismissed again due to poor results."
"This also makes people look forward to this upcoming game. Is it possible to see if the Portuguese madman Blues can fight back or the Saints completely trampled the Blues into the abyss of despair."
When they heard the news broadcast on Sky TV, the three of them were a little ridiculous.
Because, there are some news about storm.
It’s not about Chelsea’s current situation, but about the news of fired Mourinho, which is definitely fake news.
The reason is very simple. Who can afford the price of firing Mourinho?
It is estimated that the Portuguese madman is now hoping that the management will fire him because he has completely lost control of the locker room.
However, he repeatedly emphasized to the outside world that he would never quit his job.
What does this mean?
What this means is that if the management thinks I'm not doing well, then fry me.
But, you took the initiative to speculate on me, so you have to pay me the penalty, salary, etc.
After all the battles and calculations, Chelsea will have to pay at least tens of millions of dollars to fire Mourinho.
What's more, there are now scarce European coaches. After Mourinho is fired, who will take over the team?
This is also the reason why the Chelsea management has not been in trouble for a long time.
Otherwise, with Mourinho's results this season, he would have been out of class ten or eight times, so how could he survive until now?
Abramovich sighed, turned off the TV, looked at the two Chelsea core executives sitting on both sides of him, and asked lightly: "How is the team now?"
"It's still the same." Granovschia replied, "Since Mourinho fired the team doctor, the players' reactions are very fierce, but the greater their reactions, the more Mourinho wants to press, so..."
Abramovich himself knew very well what the Portuguese madman was, and was not surprised at all.
In fact, his intention to fire the team doctor is to tell the players that everything about the team, even your injury diagnosis and treatment, must be approved by me.
This was normal before.
But now it is obviously different. The players' self-awareness is far stronger than ten years ago, so how could they take Mourinho's trick?
As a result, the more the players resisted, the tougher Mourinho became, and the two sides eventually had a big fight.
"The team doctor is now publicly saying that he wants to sue us, and the whole thing is very troublesome." Bruce Barker also said worriedly.
Abramovich raised his head and pinched the bridge of his nose, feeling a little headache.
He really felt that many things were less and less under his control.
As the saying goes, poor couples are sad. Chelsea are in a bad situation now and it is time for everyone to work together. But at this time, so many troubles have occurred.
What's even more sad is that the boss of the club is powerless to do anything about this.
In contrast, Southampton was managed by Yang Huan soaringly and at its peak.
If Southampton wins the championship again this season, it will be three consecutive championships, which will completely surpass Chelsea and become the new Premier League overlord, but what about Chelsea?
Whether it can successfully relegate this season is not certain.
After a short while of silence, Abramovich suddenly sighed and said, "You will lead the team to this game tonight, and I won't go."
Granovskia and Bruce Buck looked at each other, and they both clearly saw the meaning behind Abramovich.
He is not optimistic about this game tonight.
Yes, Southampton is so strong now, not only the leader in the Premier League, but also the leading advantage is so obvious. The overall strength of the team is so strong. In contrast, Chelsea has a low morale, but its strength is far from the same level as Southampton.
In this case, Chelsea is visiting the Glory Stadium and challenging Southampton, which is indeed a life-and-death death.
Abramovich is unwilling to go away, and probably doesn't want to see the team lose a crushing defeat, and avoiding Yang Huan's enemy.
If Chelsea lost to Southampton away, with Yang Huan's character, he would definitely come back to Abramovich to show off his power, so it would be better to just lose sight of him and save time from being angry.
After figuring this out, Granovskiya and Bruce Barker had nothing to say.
However, as Abramovich's confidant for many years, the former decided to speak out after thinking about it.
"Boss, actually, I think it's definitely not a solution to continue like this."
Abramovich raised his eyebrows and looked at the female subordinate who had been thinking of for many years, "What do you mean?"
"I mean, if this continues, what if...I mean, if the team falls into the relegation zone, then..."
Now, it is indeed a heavy price to fire Mourinho, but if he is not fired, if the team is relegated from the Premier League, the loss will not be tens of millions, but over 100 million.
Because the loss of downgrade is not just the broadcast fee of the Premier League, but also the weakening of the Chelsea brand, and even sponsors will definitely put pressure on them at that time.
Let me ask, they sponsored Chelsea at the level of Premier League champion contenders. Now the team has poor performance and has fallen into the downstream. They have already complained. If they are relegated, the consequences are absolutely unimaginable.
Abramovich understood what Granovskiya meant, but...
"Marina, then do you think, who can take over once Mourinho is dismissed?"
"This..." Granovskiya was also in trouble.
With Chelsea's spirit, the coach you choose must not be too bad.
But even Mourinho has been dismissed, who else can take over?
Besides, Chelsea's image in the coaching field has indeed been bad over the past few years.
Guardiola was reluctant to take over Chelsea at the beginning.
Sometimes when you think about it, Chelsea will come to its current predicament, and it feels more or less like a self-inflicted person.
Chapter completed!