There is no need to think too much about the plans for next season, and the priority is Leeds United. This season is the final year of Leeds United's previous shirt contract and chest advertisement, and Leeds United could get £20 million a year from sponsors for the first two years, and Li Chengfeng hopes the new contract can be boosted to the level of £60 million to 70 million. This is not an exaggeration, like Tottenham, whose results are far inferior to Leeds United, chest advertising and shirt sponsorship add up to £60 million a year, not counting the sleeve advertising contract.

Although Leeds United's re-emergence has been very short, it is very topical, and winning the Premier League title has given Li Chengfeng the confidence to make this offer. And several owners of the team, like Emily, Leeds United, and Liu Yifei, can make the team have enough exposure. The team also has the new American Footballer of the Year Pulisic, and Li Chengfeng is not afraid that no one will pay a high price. It was not in vain that Li Chengfeng gave him the opportunity to brush up for half a season, and of course, Pulisic also showed good ability.

Of course, results are the biggest guarantee for Leeds United, although there is little hope for the Premier League this season, Li Chengfeng hopes to make a breakthrough in the Champions League, at least not worse than last season. As for the league, it is not difficult to guarantee that the top three will qualify for next season's Champions League, as long as the next few league games can be played well.

Leeds United will next face direct rivals for Champions League qualification, Tottenham, Manchester United, and Chelsea in the league. If the performance is good, you can basically determine the Champions League qualification in advance, on the contrary, if the performance is bad and the team goes through a losing streak, Leeds United, who are mainly young players, are afraid that they will collapse.

This is the moment of the decisive battle, the moment that determines the fate of this season, and Li Chengfeng attaches great importance to it.

The FA Cup was given up cleanly, and in the FA Cup quarter-finals with Manchester United, Leeds United sent a full rotation combination, and all the main players did not register, but some underage players, such as Sancho, Hudson-Odoi, and Pellegri got the chance to be in the squad.

However, the performance of these young people was much better than Li Chengfeng expected, although the team lost the game 0-2, but the process of the game made Li Chengfeng happy, they even faced Manchester United's main lineup did not fall into the disadvantage, if it were not for the lack of experience, I am afraid that it will be an upset.

In the first half of the game, the young people of Leeds United were still a little restrained, and they looked a little nervous against the big teams, but the core players on the field have also seen the world, and they did not show too many flaws. Still conceded a goal, though.

In the 38th minute of the first half, Manchester United's Lukaku beat Lenglet's header to score, 1-0!

Lenglet's physical condition was still a little worse, and although he stood up early, he was still suppressed by his opponent with brute force. If he can be in better physical condition, I am afraid that he can also become a world-class defender. Li Chengfeng sighed a little, Lenglet was a pity, and it was estimated that his future growth would hit the ceiling. But he has a good mentality, he doesn't cry or make trouble as a substitute, and the team needs a player like that.

In the second half, Leeds United's youngsters were much better and more positive. Manchester United are clearly not mentally prepared for this. They may also want to be able to put a little less effort into winning the game and focus on the league.

However, the hard-working Leeds United told United with a positive attitude that the game was far from over.

Leeds United controlled the situation in the second half, and if it weren't for the lack of experience in seizing opportunities, I am afraid that Leeds United would have equalized or even overtaken the score.

However, it was United who scored again. It was in the 84th minute of the second half when Nemanja Matic took advantage of a long-range shot to score! Widened the gap to two balls.

It was United's first shot on goal in the second half, and it was a shame that Leeds had completely overpowered the Reds and failed to equalise.

In the end, Leeds United lost 2-0 to Manchester United, and the youngsters paid the price for their growth. But Li Chengfeng believes that it is all worth it, and the performance of the young people gives him greater expectations.

Despite the loss, Li Chengfeng decided that he should give these youngsters more chances, such as the Champions League second leg against Porto. But before that, you still have to get through this devil's schedule first.

First up was Leeds United's home game against Tottenham Hotspur, with both sides fielding their strongest squads to fight for Champions League qualification worth tens of millions of pounds. Leeds United, playing at home, fielded a more attacking 4-3-3 and started the attack. Not to be outdone, Tottenham have never been a defensive.

Both sides played very actively, striving for the initiative on the field, fouling one after another, the rhythm of the attack was always interrupted, and set-pieces became the most effective means of attack. However, goalkeepers Ederson and Lloris are both top goalkeepers, and it will be difficult to find the opponent's goal from set-pieces.

Both sides were unable to find the back of the net until the last minute, when substitute Bruno Fernandes assisted Mbappe for the winning goal.

Leeds United's 1-0 win at home to Tottenham Hotspur took a solid step towards their goal, and the next game is the game against Manchester United. Ten days ago, Leeds United, who were eliminated by Manchester United in the FA Cup, will give Manchester United a different experience.

Leeds were lucky in this game, taking the lead in the opening ten minutes. In the 13th minute, the Leeds United midfielder took the ball to the top of the penalty area, Mbappe received the ball to the left and knocked it to the big penalty area line, Ali hit the goal, and the ball hit Lindelof and bounced into the net! De Gea is also powerless in this ball. 1-0！

After that, the sky began to rain lightly, and the grass began to become a little slippery, although the impact was not great, but the two teams fought very actively, and the mistakes began to increase under the entanglement, and it was difficult to attack smoothly.

This phenomenon did not change until the end of the first half, but now it is Leeds United who are in the lead, and Li Chengfeng does not care.

In the rematch, Manchester United opened the game and was tackled by N'Golo Kante of Leeds United. It was Leeds United's chance to counter-attack, but United's foul was decisive and directly interrupted Leeds' counter-attack. But the opportunity is not over, when the Manchester United players have not yet returned to the defense, Leeds United quickly sent a free kick, Van Dijk came to the penalty area against offside, and pushed the near corner from a small angle on the left side to score! 2-0！

Don't underestimate Van Dijk, he used to be a midfielder, and even now he plays at the back, it's a defender with a knife.

However, United quickly pulled a goal back, and in the 55th minute, United picked up a ball from the back of the box and Smalling headed a difficult reverse goal. Ederson didn't expect Smalling to play that angle, reacting a little slower and allowing him to score the goal. Reflex speed may be Ederson's only weakness, and he also knows this problem, often through accurate anticipation to defend in advance, but when the judgment is wrong, it is difficult to have a quick second reaction to save the team.

However, Leeds soon widened the gap to two goals again. Salah saw De Gea occupy the front and scored directly on the right side of the midfield, 3:1!

Manchester United are very tenacious, in the 77th minute, Manchester United's long-range shot from the edge of the penalty area hit the defender and bounced off the crossbar and fell to the feet of Lukaku, Lukaku was not decisive enough after receiving the ball, and after adjusting it, Ederson saved the ball at his feet, and Manchester United missed a great opportunity. Lukaku's technique is still flawed, otherwise he would not have missed such an opportunity, and of course, Ederson's decisiveness was decisive.

However, Manchester United, who insisted on attacking, finally scored a goal, in the 92nd minute, Mata took the ball back in the penalty area, his teammate's pick pass was blocked, Matic received the ball on the edge of the penalty area, and slightly adjusted the outside of his left foot to fly into the corner of the goal. However, it was too late, as Leeds United claimed their second win in the devil's campaign with a 3-2 home win over arch-rivals Manchester United.

With Chelsea ahead of us, if Leeds can win three in a row, the rest of the game will be a smooth one. Li Chengfeng is quite sure of this game, and Conte's Chelsea results have dropped a lot this season for many reasons. On the one hand, Conte's personality is too hot and has a big conflict with the club's top management. On the other hand, because of injuries, the striker Belotti who was heavily introduced by the team has been lying for two months at the beginning of the season, and he has not been able to return to last season's form after the injury, and the team's results are understandably not as expected.

However, since it is a giant, Chelsea can even be swept away by the meritorious coach Mourinho, and Conte is nothing, he has been announced to be out of class at the end of the season just halfway through. A chaotic Chelsea have also been in poor form of late, winning just one of their five games and losing four, and are moving further and further away from the top four.

Li Chengfeng wanted to take advantage of the fire, but he didn't expect that what he thought was the easiest game failed to win, and Chelsea, who had been languishing for nearly a month, suddenly broke out and scored two goals for Leeds United.

At the beginning of this game, Chelsea took the initiative to attack and played very actively, and Leeds United did not expect Chelsea to break out in this game, a little too relaxed, and a little passive on the field.

Chelsea had a chance early on when Davide Zappacosta's cross from the right was headed wide by Olivier Giroud in front of the six-yard box. Immediately after that, Drinkwater's pass from outside the box was met by Giroud's volley in front of the six-yard box that was blocked by Ederson. Then it was Eden Hazard's pass and Willian cut inside on the right and fired a low shot that was confiscated.

It's good that there is Ederson, otherwise Leeds United would have been beaten into a sieve at the beginning.

(End of chapter)

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