Chapter 62: The Right Candidate

If Vinicius Jr. is Granada's target on the left flank next season, there are two of Granada's favourites on the right flank that has been vacated after Pozzo's departure.

The first is Scottish international "Bantam" Ryan Fraser!

With Fraser's contract set to expire in the summer of 2020, Bournemouth face a difficult decision as to sell him now or risk losing him for nothing next summer and keep him.

Last season, Fraser played 38 Premier League games, contributing seven goals and 14 assists. If Granada want to sign Fraser, they will face competition with Premier League giants Arsenal and Tottenham!

Gunners boss Unai Emery wants a wide player and a B2B midfielder and they already have a good impression of the 25-year-old Fraser. Scotland international Fraser's performances at Bournemouth this season have caught the eye, while Tottenham are also keeping an eye on him.

Fraser is known for his speed and skill, and he also has a strong goalscoring ability, and Arsenal are looking to bolster their squad in that regard.

However, the Cherry Army's price tag for Ryan Fraser exceeded 30 million euros, which even exceeded Granada's entire transfer fee this season, even if Granada could offer an installment contract, Ji Qin was still not optimistic that they could get Fraser.

The other player is also from England, but not from the Premier League, but from Leeds United in the Championship, Jack Clark.

Leeds' Young Player of the Year Clarke had a breakthrough season under Bielsa. He made 24 first-team appearances, scoring twice and providing two assists – and at just 18 years old now, he is considered one of the country's most exciting potentials!

Leeds United are a well-known star-making factory, and despite a 15-year absence from the Premier League, they have been constantly developing new talent, with Clarke being the latest one.

In the past 15 years, England has had at least one star in the national squad at every major tournament from Leeds United's academy. Paul Robinson, James Milner, Danny Ross and Delph to name a few.

Unfortunately for Leeds fans, they are often forced to sell their talents because they can't be promoted.

In 2017, Clark was on the show. City were rumoured to want to sign him, but on his 17th birthday, he opted to sign Leeds on his first professional contract. In the FA Cup game against Newport, Clarke was on the bench.

In the 2017/18 season, under Paul Highkin Bothom, Clark was hidden. After that, Bielsa came and he began to reuse Clark, making the youngster's debut against Brentford.

Since then, Clarke has become an important part of Leeds' squad, often making impressive performances after coming off the bench. At home to Reading, his frequent runs down the flanks helped us win at home.

Against Sheffield United, he was substituted at half-time and set up Pablo Hernandez to score the winner!

Visiting the Villa Park Stadium, the youngster played the brightest game.

Leeds were 2-0 down at half-time when Clarke was called upon after half-time and changed the game completely, scoring a goal to close the gap and sprinting left and right to help his team stage a comeback.

At the time of his fame, there were many rumours about Clarke in the winter transfer window, with Liverpool and Tottenham rumoured to be interested in the talented teenager, and Manchester United later joined the race for the talented teenager.

Clark's specialty is dribbling the ball. He had the third-most successful dribbles of any player who played more than 500 minutes in the Championship last season. In Leeds United, Clarke is the king of dribbles, averaging 5.5 attempts per game.

Clark also did a very good job of handling the ball after entering the danger zone. He averages the third-highest number of crosses per game and is also among the best in chance creation and assists.

In short, Clark has the key qualities that a flying wing needs to have!

Leeds United managed to retain the teenager in their quest for promotion, but things changed in February.

In Leeds' game against Middlesbrough, at the end of the first half, Clarke was substituted early due to physical discomfort.

In the middle of the second half, Clarke suddenly fell to the ground on the bench. The referee immediately blew the whistle to stop the game, allowing the team doctors of both teams to rescue him, and then took Clark to the hospital, where the youngster was unwell because he was infected with a virus.

A little over a month later, he was back on the pitch.

As Leeds' hopes of promotion faded, so did Clark's form. He never got a start again, not even for more than 30 minutes as a substitute. However, Clark still won the club's Rookie of the Year award last season.

After Leeds United failed to qualify, the England talent once again fell into the limelight of the major clubs.

Clark's worth is probably around 10 million, and if Granada wants to take this player, they can only rely on a high transfer fee to smash it!

After reading Granada's transfer plan for next season, Ji Qin closed the folder and handed it back to Jiang Lizhang, who couldn't wait to say: "How about it?" ”

"They're all very good players, but how many are you confident you can take?"

"First of all, Rodwell has no problem, Martinez was already talking to Rodwell about the specifics of the contract before I came." Jiang Lizhang put down the folder and introduced it to Ji Qin.

"Klaassen and Berisha, we prefer Klaassen naturally, and the offer was accepted by Werder Bremen, but I don't know where he heard the news, and Ibrahimovic has to move to Granada to join us."

Saying that, Jiang Lizhang scratched his hair with some distress, "In order to avoid not having a bamboo basket to draw water, we are also in contact with Berisha." ”

"There is Vinicius, Zidane is willing to loan Vinicius to Granada, although the price is a little expensive, but it is not unacceptable, but Lafayette did not agree, in his eyes, Vinicius is more worthy of training than Asensio and Brahine, so we are still doing further negotiations, but overall the problem should not be big!"

"As for Fraser and Clark, we haven't officially approached them yet, mainly to determine the transfer of the first few players first, to see how much transfer budget is left, and Ibrahimovic!"

Jiang Lizhang looked at Ji Qin's eyes and said: "As far as I know, your favorite AC Milan is not sincere enough to sign Ibrahimovic, in this case, why don't you consider Granada?" As long as Ibrahimovic is willing to come to Granada, the club is willing to hand over the captaincy position left by Baena after he leaves, and can also offer him a salary no less than that of the top stars! ”

"You know, it's not about the money." Ji Qin shook his head: "You should know how arrogant Ibu's temperament is, it is too difficult for him to join a promoted team like Granada." ”