There are also central defenders Maguire, Russells, Orban, Leeds United spent £10 million to grab these guys at a premium, but they can be worth 100 million in the future.

Others include Auxerre striker Sebastian Alle, Coventry striker Callum Wilson, Spekera midfielder Andreas Torreira, Coventry midfielder James Maddison,

The money went out like a stream of water, and before I knew it, it cost almost 30 million pounds, and the transfer budget was suddenly reduced to less than 10 million pounds. With such a speed of spending money, Li Chengfeng also felt a little unbearable, and he needed to control his spending.

Fortunately, the framework of the team has been reached, and these players have been introduced, plus the team's academy promoted left wing-back Sam Baira, right wing-back Charlie Taylor, midfielder Lewis Cook, midfielder Kalvin Phillips, goalkeeper Piqueco Farrell, and former captain, right-back Lee Pertier, and central defender Tom Rees, the team can be regarded as a giant in the Championship with a little more tinkering.

It's just that the pound is not so sufficient, Li Chengfeng chose the latter between the introduction of foreign capital and careful calculation, so he bought central defender Liam Cooper from Chesterfield in League Two, and left-back Barry Douglas bought from unknown leagues, and Leeds United's backline for the new season was restructured.

As for the vacancy in the forward position, Leeds United bought Southampton's Sharpe at a low price, and then loaned teenager Bamford from Chelsea and veteran Glenn Murray from Crystal Palace. Well, there's Che Adams and McNeil, but those two are only brought in as youth team members and they are the future of the team, not the present.

Mainly in midfield, Leeds United signed right winger Buendia and left winger Jota at a low price, and midfielder Norwood after loaning young left winger Callum Robinson from Aston Villa and right winger Garrod Bowen on a free transfer.

In the winger position, Leeds United have failed to bring in any future superstars, and there are really no suitable targets, except for non-EU and those who are too expensive, and the rest will basically not come to the Championship team. It's good enough to sign so many of the best Championship players at a very low price, and they're still young and have room to rise.

With so much change in the team, of course a capable helmsman is needed. Li Chengfeng originally wanted to poach Bournemouth manager Eddie Howe, who is a very capable young coach, but he is a die-hard of the Cherries and turned down an offer from Leeds United.

In the end, Li Chengfeng hired Serbian Jokanovic to coach. The Serbian has a rich coaching resume, having led Serbian giants Partizan Belgrade to a domestic double. Li Chengfeng is optimistic that Leeds United can play beautiful football under his leadership, even if it is possible to upgrade. Even if the promotion fails, at least the young people in the team can be trained, their value will increase, and selling one or two people when the team is financially difficult next year will solve the problem.

Another important thing is the satellite club, Li Chengfeng asked people to arrange to go to the Belgian First Division to find a satellite club, which can be used as a springboard for Leeds United to bring in non-EU players, where it only takes three years to obtain a Belgian passport.

When Li Chengfeng selected players according to the map before, too many excellent seedlings could not join because of labor certificates, which made Li Chengfeng very sad, it was all money, a lot of money. This will be even more after promotion to the Premier League. In order to reduce the occurrence of such things, it is necessary to find a satellite club to use as a springboard, and Belgium is the most suitable place.

After arranging all this, Li Chengfeng can finally put his mind on other places, such as the real world, and the several clubs he owns are also waiting for his arrangement.

Compared to the CM world, the operation in the real world is much more complicated. Birmingham first started the fire sale, with Ennihiri, Che Adams, and Matthias Rojas, and Li Chengfeng exchanged these three for hundreds of millions of pounds.

Originally, Li Chengfeng still wanted to keep Ennihiri, the team needed such a strong center, but the player wanted to leave, he wanted to go to a giant team to fight for honor, Li Chengfeng was released happily after the transfer fee was sufficient.

After selling Alan Brown, Joe Lawley, and Velázquez on the fringes of the team, Birmingham did not continue to sell people, and Li Chengfeng had to wait until these young players of the team made their debut in the Europa League and appreciated more before making a move. It's like Karamoko Dembele, Xavi Eliad, Jedun Berg, Marcos Aarons, some of them have been here for a year, some have been here for two years, and the longest, Mitchell Obafemi, has been three years and has not had many opportunities to play, and the departure of those old people can just make room.

In addition, the style of the team will gradually change, with the previous players putting too much emphasis on strength and lack of technical ability, and the team's style of play will tend to be more British-style hard-bridged. This is also because of the needs of the previous head coach, but he quit halfway, after Li Chengfeng took over, he spent more than a year injecting the mainland's passing and control style into this Birmingham team, and the players introduced are all players with good skills and passes, and the team's style of play is becoming more and more continental, and some of the original main forces have lost their positions, and it is inevitable to be abandoned.

However, the necessary manpower to lose so many people still needs to be replenished, especially the position in the front court, the loss of three main players.

Li Chengfeng brought back Afre Elvarez and Ali Ackerman from Norka to supplement the manpower up front. Then he finally made a big deal, spending £70 million to buy Isaac and Joelinton.

Isak, like Odegaard, was a player who rose to fame at a young age, but his development did not go well, and then he showed some potential in the Eredivisie, and was finally poached by Li Chengfeng to save their career. It is not a good thing for young players to go to the giants too early to sit on the cold bench for their growth, not everyone is a genius like Ronaldo Messi, and they can play the main role in the giants at a young age, young people should still be realistic, and it is the right choice to go to a place where they can play first, rather than being carried away by the aura of the giants.

The pair spent almost all of the money to sell Ennihiri and Che Adams, but the team is stronger than last season, and Li Chengfeng will still be hoping to make a difference in the new season, at least finishing in the top six, to secure European qualification, rather than leaving fate in the hands of someone else.

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