Everyone is also guessing, when York City really gets promoted to League One, with the support of boss Pan Yi, how much trouble will it cause...

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After the fourth round of the FA Cup, this season's winter transfer window has come to an end.

In the winter window of this season, not only the Premier League transfer market is not busy, but the other four major leagues are also the same.

What is slightly worthy of attention is that Torino announced that it will loan Immobile for half a season, Roma announced that Ashley Cole will terminate his contract and join the Los Angeles Galaxy, and Barcelona announced that Tello will loan Fiorentina for half a season.

In other words, most of them don’t pay, and even if they do, there are very few “big deals” exceeding 10 million.

Newcastle signed Swansea midfielder Shelvey for 12 million pounds, which is already considered a top bid...

Those who actually spend some real money mostly happen outside the five major leagues - the sixth major league?

On January 26, Hebei China Fortune Land Development officially announced the signing of Gervinho for 18 million euros.

On January 27, Shanghai Shenhua announced the signing of Inter Milan midfielder Guarin for 13 million euros.

Coupled with Oscar joining Shanghai SIPG and Ramirez joining Jiangsu Suning in the past two years, it can be said that the Chinese Super League has really become another place for players from the five major leagues.

As for why the five major league teams have stood still during the winter window this season?

Sometimes it's just the lack of a "catfish" that stirs up the market.

Imagine that if a team's main forward is poached, they will definitely have to find his replacement, and then go to another team.

And when some teams receive a large amount of funds, they will also think about a lot of reinforcements, which may then produce a butterfly effect and the entire market becomes active.

For example, the transfer of Coutinho from Liverpool later triggered a series of chain reactions, which is an obvious example.

However, no team has jumped out to be the "catfish" this season, and the market has remained balanced. Pan Yi is also happy to see this situation.

Because in this case, he doesn't have to worry about it in the winter window, nor does he need to spend too much time studying the opponent's strength and lineup changes.

Now that the team is about to enter the sprint stage of various competitions, it is still very important to maintain stability!——

On the evening of February 4, in the 24th round of the Premier League, Chelsea faced Watford away from home.

Watford is playing pretty well this season and has been firmly in the middle of the league.

However, Chelsea were in very good shape today, and Watford was a bit unlucky to hit the muzzle.

Only five minutes into the game, Hazard broke through from the left and passed in. Lukaku scored in front of the goal.

After that, Chelsea launched a continuous offensive and became more efficient. They scored two goals in five minutes, the 30th and 35th minutes, and established the victory in the first half.

In the second half, after Pan Yi made substitution adjustments, Chick and Gary Cahill, who came on the bench, also made contributions.

In the end, Chelsea defeated Watford with a score of 5:0, taking all three points.

At the post-match press conference, most of the reporters' focus was not on this game with a huge disparity, but on the Champions League round of 16 knockout rounds that will begin in two weeks.

"It's always difficult to play against a team with superstars like Paris Saint-Germain in an away game, but I will still do my best to lead Chelsea to this victory." Pan Yi answered neither humble nor arrogant.

The reporter asked again: "There are rumors that Paris Saint-Germain chairman Nasser once said that if Blanc cannot make a breakthrough in the Champions League, he is likely to be fired directly. What do you think?"

Paris Saint-Germain has maintained a strong momentum in Ligue 1 this season, and is still stronger than Chelsea in the Premier League.

Now after 24 rounds of Ligue 1, their results are 21 wins and 3 draws, remaining unbeaten!

With a score of 66 points, Paris Saint-Germain has surpassed Monaco, which is ranked second with only 42 points, by a huge distance of 24 points. It can be said that the French Ligue 1 championship is already in the bag.

However, from the perspective of Paris Saint-Germain's senior management, winning the championship in the less competitive French Ligue 1 is not their goal. Their ultimate goal is the Champions League championship!

Since the Qatar Group took over Paris Saint-Germain, they have failed to reach the top eight for several consecutive years, and this year they only finished second in the group stage. As a result, they faced Chelsea, the favorite to win the championship, in the top 16...

Nasser couldn't sit still!

He doesn't want to wait any longer!

Therefore, he gave coach Blanc a fatal order. If he did not win Chelsea in the top 16 knockout rounds, he would change the coach!

Regarding this rumor, Pan Yi expressed his support for his colleague Blanc:

"Blanc was a meritorious player for the French national team when he was young, helping the French team win the 1998 World Cup. After retiring, he also coached the French national team and once led Bordeaux to win the Ligue 1 championship."

"For such a meritorious player and coach, I feel that Paris Saint-Germain lacks enough respect for him."

"It is true that the French League 1 may not be as competitive as the Premier League, but a record of 21 wins and 3 draws in 24 games cannot be achieved by just asking anyone to coach it, and maybe I can't do it either."

"Don't believe it? If you don't believe it, you can take a look later. What I want to express is that the top management of Paris Saint-Germain is a little too eager for quick success. They have only been in charge of Paris Saint-Germain for four years? Five years? But they only want to win the Champions League..."

"This is too disrespectful to the sport of football and to so many teams in Europe that have worked hard for many years."

"Football is a sport that requires precipitation. Just say that after Mr. Abramovich purchased Chelsea, didn't the team slowly grow and eventually become European and world champions?"

"After the Emirates Group took over Manchester City, they moved forward step by step, first making the team competitive in the Premier League, and then seeking a breakthrough in the European arena. But even though their team building time is longer than that of Paris, their strength is still higher than that of Paris.

Paris is balanced, they also haven't won the Champions League yet."

"So, you have to be patient. It's unfair to Mr. Blank that you are announcing that you are going to dismiss people from get out of class so early. It will also seriously increase the psychological burden on the head coach and players, and maybe even It will affect the performance of the players."

"To sum up, it can be summed up in one word: unprofessional!"

Pan Yi talked a lot arrogantly, which quite surprised the media reporters at the scene.

It seems that Pan Yi rarely expresses so many opinions on other teams' affairs.

Could it be that his relationship with Blanc was actually very strong? That’s why he came out to help speak out in anger.

In fact, Pan Yi and Blanc can only be regarded as casual friends at best, that is, they played a few times in the game and chatted a few words before and after the game.

He is mainly not interested in Paris Saint-Germain.

No matter in the past or present, PSG's top management and fans will always make some outrageous moves that make people laugh or cry.

For example, when buying people, you will only have superstars in the frontcourt, and then there will be no one in the middle and backcourt. The gap between the substitutes and the main players is even more astonishing;

And if you buy superstars, just buy them. Players like Neymar and Messi, once you have them, just use them. How can such players not be treasures?

But not Paris Saint-Germain.

He is always stumbling behind his back every day, and the fans are also booing Neymar and booing Messi.

To be honest, only a team with no foundation would do this.

Is it because Neymar or Messi didn't contribute to the team or something?

They can't stand their own star players. Things like Ronaldinho receiving applause after scoring a goal at the Bernabeu Stadium and Cristiano Ronaldo receiving cheers from Juventus fans when he represented Real Madrid should never happen.

Therefore, Pan Yi just took the opportunity to vent.

Anyway, it’s not unusual for coaches to support each other.

Everyone is under great pressure to perform well, and sometimes they have to stick together to keep themselves warm, in order to gain an advantage in public opinion and stop the bosses from being so impatient and dismissing people from get out of class every day.

Therefore, Pan Yi's words also resonated with many coaches.

"It's really outrageous that I have to be fired even if I win the championship undefeated." - Inzaghi.

"If the coach of every team has to win the league and the Champions League to stay, then there may be only one head coach left in the world in the end, and that is Pan Yi." - Nagelsmann.

"I have always been a winner, but I also feel that Paris Saint-Germain's definition of victory is too strict." - Mourinho.

"If there is a clause in my contract that I must win the Champions League within a specified time, then I will definitely not go to Manchester City. It's not that I don't have confidence, but I feel that the club that makes such a request is definitely unprofessional.

.”——Guardiola.

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As for the reaction from Paris Saint-Germain?

Regardless of its.

Pan Yi would not coach such a heartless and short-sighted team anyway!

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February 7, the 25th round of the Premier League.

Chelsea continued their unbeatable performance and defeated West Bromwich Albion with a score of 5:1 at home.

Although West Bromwich Albion are not in the relegation zone, they are still in danger of being relegated, so they naturally set up an iron bucket formation against Chelsea in the away game, trying to take away one point at Stamford Bridge and be satisfied.

But Chelsea launched a wild attack after the opening, and in the 13th minute, Goretzka scored a goal for the Blues with a long shot, and four minutes later, Harry Kane scored again.

Before the end of the first half, Gnabry scored another goal, expanding the score to 3-0.

After winning the game, Pan Yi made substitution adjustments early and replaced several young players.

In the second half, it was Abraham who came on as a substitute and succeeded in shooting in the penalty area, expanding the score to 4-0.

Five minutes later, Marcos Alonso scored another victory, 5-0.

But West Bromwich Albion only scored a goal to save face when the game was about to end.

In the end, Chelsea won at home and added another three points.

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A week later, on February 14, Chelsea continued to sit at Stamford Bridge at home to face the challenge from Newcastle United.

Although Pan Yixue has hidden many main players for the Champions League knockout rounds three days later, this is still a game with a large difference in strength.
To be continued...