Now that Leeds United have the potential to become giants, the rest is a matter of money. It's impossible to invest money, and you can only rely on the team to make money on their own. Although the commercial development of the team has been greatly improved, after all, it started too late, and even if it wins the Premier League title, it is still far from the big teams.

Until the team's commercial development reaches a sufficient level, Li Chengfeng can only choose to become a human trafficker. However, the core player Li Chengfeng is unwilling to sell, which is the basis for the team to compete for honor in the future. All he can do now is collect more vouchers that he can use to resell players for money.

For example, Moussa Dembele, whose contract with Fulham expired, was signed by Li Chengfeng. There is also Saravia of Getafe, Spain, who were relegated last season and Li Chengfeng signed him for only £1 million.

Even more rewarding is Manchester City's rising star Jadon Sancho, who has just turned 16 and is about to sign his first professional contract as a player, but he is worried about his career prospects at Manchester City, and he doesn't know if he will be able to get enough of the stars at Manchester City.

At this time, Li Chengfeng took advantage of the situation, originally he admired this young man when he was coaching at Manchester City, and had many exchanges with him. Now he's at Leeds United, a youth team known for their academy skills. Even last year, there were young people under the age of 20 such as Lewis Cook, Ali, and James Madison who played important roles, and Ali was the absolute main force.

Leeds United's tradition of valuing young players gives Sancho hope, not to mention that there is a manager who knows and values him, and how to choose is not a difficult thing at all.

Joining Jadon Sancho in joining Li Chengfeng was Brahim Diaz, and City's academy trio was poached by Leeds United in two, with only Phil Foden remaining at City. Foden is a Manchester City fan, just like James Milner and Leeds United, and he won't leave easily.

There are other youngsters like Domingos Keener, Luke Bachio, Ampadu and others who are just the future of the team, and they, along with the rest of Leeds United, will either stay in the youth team for training or have been loaned out to the lower leagues for a tough road to relegation. Professional players are the road with a very low success rate, and they can't stand the loneliness of growth, and they are destined to not have a good future.

As for the other side, Norka got rid of it for 30 million euros after successful relegation. It's a low price compared to the status of a La Liga team, but it's also acceptable given Lorca's size and the fact that he's close to an empty shell.

It's a pity that Malaga failed to be promoted last season, but this season Li Chengfeng will focus resources on Malaga to ensure the team's promotion success.

Birmingham will be able to move into a new stadium next season. Although Li Chengfeng also had to sell people to raise money this season, the team finally survived. As long as the new stadium is operational, Birmingham's annual revenue alone could rise to 200 million to 250 million pounds, not counting the Champions League.

Of course, there is still a gap compared to those giants, such as Manchester City, both of which have reached 500 million pounds, and Birmingham is still far behind. However, Birmingham are on their way, and with Avere Elvares playing an increasingly important role in the American team, Birmingham also have some influence in the United States.

Moreover, Li Chengfeng also has a killer feature, that is, the Chinese teenager Wan Xiang. He has been training in the UK for several years. Although his talent is not top-notch, he is very hard-working, and his growth rate can finally keep up with the standards of professional footballers, and if it goes well, he may also be used as a substitute at Birmingham City in the future.

Of course, this is not the most important thing, the important thing is that he has been training in the UK for 5 years, and even if he retains his Chinese nationality, he can still bypass the restrictions of the labor certification and play for Birmingham. This is the only Chinese in the Premier League, the world's most influential league, and think about what effect he can create for Birmingham in the Chinese market.

Originally, Li Chengfeng wanted to use this method to operate more Chinese children to come to the UK, but due to FIFA restrictions, he could not send such a young child to the UK for training without a guardian. Only 10,000 items, Li Chengfeng won his custody and successfully sent him to the academy in Birmingham.

It's a gamble, a gamble with only one chance. However, there is no risk, if it fails, Li Chengfeng has nothing to lose, but once it succeeds, it will be a million profits.

Fortunately, Wan Xiang seized the opportunity, and he knew that this was the only chance to change his destiny, and he struggled desperately to seize this opportunity.

God rewards hard work, and he did it. Of course, Li Chengfeng also spent a lot of effort on him, and the resources he gave him were also the best, so that he who was not very talented could keep up with the footsteps of those geniuses.

Now, when it was time to reap, Li Chengfeng promoted him to the first team to train with the team, giving him more direct guidance, as well as the opportunity to play in some unimportant games, even if it was blowing, to give him enough influence in China. As for whether Wanxiang will be frustrated by the influence of the outside world, this Li Chengfeng is not worried, Wanxiang's heart is extraordinarily tenacious, if it weren't for this, he would not have today's results. And with Li Chengfeng's protection, what impact can those noises from the outside world have.

With a good vision, Li Chengfeng started the new season and lost the first game. In the 2016 Charity Shield, Leeds United lost 1-2 to FA Cup winners Manchester United.

Li Chengfeng didn't attach much importance to this game, and sent several new signings to inspect the state, but Mourinho did his best, hoping to win this championship to boost morale.

As for the curse of the Charity Shield, Mourinho doesn't care. Manchester United have too many weaknesses to fill, they didn't even qualify for the Champions League last season, and it won't be easy to win the title this season. Their rise will be a long process that cannot be achieved overnight, and any champion will strive for it.

Matches against Jose Mourinho's side are always boring and neither side has too good chances. The two sides were deadlocked for a long time, and Manchester United, who had the main force, took the lead in breaking the deadlock. In the 32nd minute, Lingard took the ball in front of the center circle and broke through with the ball, he faced the goalkeeper with a single knife after passing four people in a row, and pushed a right-footed shot from 12 yards, Ederson blocked it with his foot but the ball still went into the net, and Manchester United led 1-0.

Belotti equalised for Leeds in the second half, but late in the game, new signing Ibrahimovic scored the winning goal with a header he was not good at.

Looking at Eevee's wanton celebration on the court, Li Chengfeng also understood what he meant. Back then, he tried his best to ask Inter Milan to sell Ibrahimovic, and he must have been haunted by it all along.

Ibrahimovic's performance in this game was actually not good, and the first 80 minutes were mediocre. But the value of a top scorer is in scoring goals, and he can do nothing for the whole game, but the occasional flash of light can score crucial goals. This is a shortcoming for Leeds United, and it cannot be changed in the short term.

However, Leeds United has hope, and Li Chengfeng looked at the French teenager Mbappe, who came on the bench and ran hard, full of expectations.

failed to win the Charity Shield, Li Chengfeng has no regrets. It's just a chicken rib trophy, there's nothing to look forward to, not to mention the existence of the famous Charity Shield Curse. Li Chengfeng still believes in this kind of metaphysics on the football field, even he himself can dream of entering the CM world, what else is impossible.

Leeds United, who lost the Charity Shield, had a smooth sail in the league, winning eight consecutive games until the ninth round to draw away from last year's runners-up Leicester, leaving the giants far behind, and the league title looks like it is in the bag.

Of course, Leeds United's schedule is also a reason, with only Tottenham Hotspur being the only one big in the first nine games, which also makes the team's results a little lacking.

However, the result of 25 points from 9 rounds is also good enough, looking at the other competitors who have high expectations, Pep Guardiola's Manchester City with 6 wins, 2 draws and 1 loss with 20 points is not bad, and Conte's Chelsea 6 wins, 1 draw and 2 losses are also acceptable. The worst situation is Mourinho's Manchester United, with 4 wins, 2 draws and 3 losses in the first 9 rounds.

Compared with the lead in the league, what makes Li Chengfeng more happy is Mbappe's performance, although he does not have many opportunities to play, mainly in the cup, and can only be used as a substitute in the league, but he has shown extraordinary talent, has scored 5 goals in all competitions, and 3 assists, which can be said to be the biggest surprise. You know, he's not even 18 years old now, and compared to his performance last season, it can be said that the growth rate is extraordinary.

The only regret is the Champions League, the away loss to Barcelona in the group stage made there be some suspense in qualifying from the group. So Li Chengfeng fielded a mixed squad in the league against Liverpool, so there was only one draw, allowing Manchester City and Chelsea to close the gap.

With a total of eight goals scored by both sides in this goal shootout, Leeds United's rotational defender combination is still a bit behind the main one.

In the 16th minute, Liverpool opened the scoring when Coutinho picked up a pass in the middle, Moreno passed the ball directly to the middle without stopping on the left side of the penalty area, and Emre Can grabbed the goal to score. Liverpool 1-0 away.

However, Leeds soon equalised and in the 18th minute, Lovren made a mistake and the ball was too high for Alli to head into the net before Kalius.

In the 21st minute, Coutinho took a corner kick, Lovren grabbed the header and scored strongly, and Liverpool took the lead again, 2-1.

In the 32nd minute, Leeds equalised again, Salah crossed from the right, and it was Ali who grabbed the ball in front of Lovren to score the ball, and the score came to 2-2.

(End of chapter)

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