Shevchenko and the sad years at Chelsea (Part 4)

Not only did he see the home team lose the advantage of leading three goals after the break, but he also missed a decisive penalty. Later, Andrea Pirlo recounted the terrible obsession that Istanbul night left in every Milan player. For the first time since arriving in Italy in 1999, Sheva thought about leaving.

A few months later, Abramovich and Sheva were seen talking on the field, before the friendly match between Chelsea and AC Milan in the summer of 2005. A transfer is only a matter of time, although AC Milan is now trying to keep. To that end, Abramovich had to rely on a third party, as his contract with Milan was still valid until 2009, and he didn’t want to risk a great relationship at AC Milan.

And so Kristen Pazik, Sheva’s wife, came in. While Abramovich and Sheva played together, the two wives were able to make friends. Abramovich’s wife, Irina, constantly whispered Kristen Pazik about the wonderful life in London. At the time, Kristen was pregnant with Sheva’s second child, while Jordan, the first, was still young. Kristen wants her two children to use English as their primary language. From England, the couple went to Ukraine close, and to America – the hometown of Pazik – was also more convenient from Italy. Sheva’s decision to move to Chelsea later, therefore, is more social and personal than football.

Chelsea after two consecutive Premier League titles with Mourinho.

While his wife persuaded Sheva, Chelsea was ready to pay the salary that Milan offered to Sheva. Although Galliani maintained the view of not letting Sheva go at any cost, Sheva was determined to move to London to live. Knowing he could not keep a head turned elsewhere, Milan sold Chelsea for the sixth highest cost in transfer history. Sheva is almost 30 years old, but it is still a painful decision, viewed from Milan.

Galliani later said: “This is an English victory over Italian. I tried to persuade him to stay until the last minute. During my time working for Milan, this was a painful farewell”.

Milan boss Silvio Berlusconi received the news with a worse mood. Seven months after Sheva’s departure, Berlusconi turned regret into anger. He said, aiming at Sheva and especially his wife: “A true Milanista, a true man no one acts like that. In my house, I am the one who decides. But Sheva left his wife When his wife screamed, he crawled under the bed like a dog, his wife wanted to go to London, let the children breathe the mist to keep their lungs strong and he obeyed. “.

And now let us return to the crucial question: how is Mourinho’s role in this transfer? In January 2007, answering BBC Radio 5 , Director Kenyon was confused at the question. He hesitantly replied, “Yes, actually, yes, negotiations have been going on, uh, before Mourinho came to Chelsea. It has been going on for years until we really got him.”

So clearly, Mourinho did not actively recruit Sheva. When he named Sheva at the end of his wish list, he absolutely didn’t think Chelsea could buy him. And one more thing that he did not expect thousands of times: why did such a talented striker fail at Chelsea? But is it because Mourinho doesn’t try to use him?