Leeds United saw hope, but time was running out, and Lee Chengfeng replaced Sane with Modeste in an attempt to play more direct. Leeds United began to break through the ball frequently, and for a while, Juventus's goalmouth was in full swing, and it looked like Leeds United could tie the score at any time.

In the 85th minute, Barzagli finally couldn't hold it down under the frequent onslaught of Leeds United and fell to the ground. He was injured and was replaced by Benatia.

Leeds launched a frantic attack for the rest of the game, and even the two full-backs pressed straight into the front and did not return, crushing the Serie A supremacy in the half, but never being able to score a single goal. In the final moment, Juventus did not care about face, almost all of them retreated at the back, and did not give Leeds United another chance to score.

In the end, Leeds United could only draw 1:1 with Juventus, and were eliminated from the tournament with a score of 2:3.

Having lost the Champions League, Li Chengfeng does not want to lose the league again, and now with two rounds of league games left, Leeds United is two points ahead of second-placed Chelsea, and still occupies the lead, but there are not many opportunities to make mistakes.

In the penultimate round of the league, Leeds United slaughtered Hull City, which had been relegated, 5:0 without mercy and maintained its advantage in the standings. With only one final round of the league game remaining, Leeds United will travel to rivals Manchester United for one of the biggest games of the season.

Prior to this game, Leeds United scored 88 goals and had a goal difference of 51, far exceeding Chelsea's 80 goals and 48 goal difference, even if Leeds United drew with Manchester United, as long as Chelsea could not outscore their opponents by more than 4 goals, Leeds United would still win the title. In addition, Manchester United are facing the Europa League final, which is their only chance to qualify for next season's Champions League, so they will not be giving it their all.

As Li Chengfeng expected, Manchester United sent a number of development squad players to start the game in preparation for next week's Europa League final, with only Eric Bailly, Phil Jones, Paul Pogba, Jesse Lingard and Wayne Rooney in the first team. Mourinho doesn't care about the feud between Leeds United and Manchester United that the media has exaggerated, and the strong man who can deliberately lose in order to control the team, will he care what those media think? He only has the Europa League final in his eyes and that's the only thing he values now.

If Leeds United, which is playing at full strength, can't even handle a Manchester United second team, Li Chengfeng can retire directly. Relying on goals from Belotti and Mbappe, and assists from Dembele, Leeds United easily defeated Manchester United 2-0 and won the Premier League title, even if Chelsea on the other side beat Sunderland into a sieve and beat the opponent 5-1.

This Premier League title gave Li Chengfeng some comfort that this season has finally not been for nothing. What's more, Leeds United's young people have grown immensely through the Champions League, both in terms of ability and value, and have shown the world their potential, which a Premier League champion can't do.

Leeds United's youngsters have been sought after more than they won last season's Premier League title this season, with the big clubs waving cheques to buy Leeds players, even if they knew they would bleed profusely.

Li Chengfeng will certainly not let these giants slaughter, Leeds United's young people only went through a round of large-scale contract extensions last season, and the rest of the contracts are more than 3 years, so he will not worry about the players leaving because of the expiration of their contracts. However, he is also ready to renew his contract, like Arsenal and Manchester United, and wait until the players have only the last two years left in their contracts to negotiate a contract extension, and then it will be the team that is passive.

Of course, not all players will stay, such as Modeste. Because of the relationship between Li Chengfeng, Lin Chiling and Liu Yifei, Leeds United has gained great attention in China, and Leeds United's players have naturally attracted the attention of the Chinese Super League team.

With the rise of Mbappe, Modeste has gradually lost his position, and he also wants to move the place, although there are other teams in the top five leagues interested in him, but only the Chinese Super League team is willing to give a huge contract. In the face of money, Modeste fell. Li Chengfeng is also very happy that in addition to the Chinese Super League team, no team will be willing to pay a transfer fee of 25 million pounds for Modeste, and he is also happy to let Modeste go to China to make a lot of money.

There is also Akanji, who also won the favor of opponents after a strong performance in the Champions League against Borussia Dortmund last season, and Li Chengfeng sold him for £20 million, also to make room for Lenglet and De Ligt.

Tottenham bought right-back Kieran Trippier for £20 million. Originally, Li Chengfeng didn't want to sell it, but he rotated with Kimmich so that Li Chengfeng didn't need to worry about anyone's accidents. But Trippier is not content to be behind Kimmich and wants a more important place in the team. Tottenham, on the other hand, just sold their main right-back Walker to Manchester City for £50 million this season, and there is no pressure to buy Kieran Trippier for £20 million from it.

However, Bayern also took a fancy to Kimmich, and it was impossible for Li Chengfeng to let go of the two at the same time. He certainly prefers to keep Kimmich, who is younger and more capable, not to mention the fact that he can play in almost every position except goalkeeper. Such a player is almost irreplaceable, but he is not sure if Kimmich has a strong ambition to be a child, like Grabry.

Bayern Munich has an extraordinary place in the hearts of German players, and many German players dream of playing for Bayern one day. It was also for this reason that Li Chengfeng sold Grabry to Bayern for 15 million euros. Well, it's 20 million euros now, and it's likely to be 30 million euros in the future, or even more, but it's not a loss.

Li Chengfeng breathed a sigh of relief after talking to Kimmich, who is a Dortmund fan and does not have a strong yearning for Bayern's calling. And he is also very grateful to Li Chengfeng for discovering him from Deyi and helping him grow step by step to where he is now, and he has no idea of leaving, he believes that he will be able to win many honors under Li Chengfeng.

After agreeing a new contract intention with Kimmich, with a salary of £60,000 a week and a Champions League bonus of £20,000, Li Chengfeng let Trippier go, did not bring in new players in this position, and there are young players like Joe Gomez and Wan-Bissaka waiting to play, Li Chengfeng does not want to let them leave with a chill, just like Sancho and they left Manchester City disappointed.

Chelsea have made another offer for N'Golo Kante, with United wanting to buy Nemanja Matic in their squad, and if the move goes through, they will need a new midfielder. Manchester United, too, are hoping to buy one of Nemanja Matic and N'Golo Kante. However, in the face of Li Chengfeng's offer of 80 million pounds, they chose to back down. There are still a lot of things they want to strengthen in their squad, and they don't want to spend too much on the midfield position, preferring to spend that big money on more important things, such as the striker.

Manchester United have spent £75 million on Everton's Romelu Lukaku, and Chelsea have also made an offer for Leeds United's number one striker, Belotti.

Belotti is versatile, capable of scoring goals and being a fulcrum, and he is hard-working, which is very much in line with Chelsea coach Antonio Conte, and they are both Italians. However, Li Chengfeng is also unwilling to let go, he has already sold Modeste and then sold Belotti, is Leeds United counting on Mbappe and those young people who have not yet grown up? Besides, he doesn't think Chelsea's £45 million offer is very sincere, and at such a price, it is better to sell him back to the Italian, but AC Milan have been eyeing him for a long time.

However, the Chelsea man increased his offer, with an additional clause of £45 million plus £25 million, a total of £70 million in offer, which still made Li Chengfeng excited.

Belotti is certainly capable, but not irreplaceable. He's not the kind of first-tier star, but his hard work has improved his performance, but it also comes with some injury risks. If you can exchange him for such a large sum of money, it will still be worth it.

But Li Chengfeng also had to consider other risks, whether selling Leeds United's best performer last season would make others doubt Leeds United's ambitions, which would also affect the mentality of other players. Unless a striker of the same grade can be brought in, but the price is only higher than Belottti.

But Leeds also need money, and last season's vote for a new stadium was met with Leeds fans who felt they needed a new stadium. The 50,000-person stadium in Skeleton is almost full, which also shows the popularity of the ball market. Leeds United want to become a true giant, and building a larger and more modern stadium is a must, whether it's building a new stadium or expanding the Elland Road stadium. This means a lot of money, even more than the real-world city stadium in Birmingham.

When building the city stadium, Li Chengfeng did not rush to build the most advanced stadium, Birmingham did not become a giant, it is difficult to become a real giant, Li Chengfeng built a similar stadium is enough.

But Leeds United is different, he has a chance to become a real giant, naturally needs an advanced stadium worthy of the status of a giant, Li Chengfeng needs a lot of money to achieve this goal.

So Li Chengfeng gave the option to Belotti, and if he was willing to stay and sign a new contract, then it would be better to stay. However, Belotti wants to leave, Chelsea are willing to offer him a weekly salary of 180,000 pounds, and Leeds United will not exceed 120,000 pounds even if he renews his contract.

But Leeds United's offer of a new contract of £90,000 plus Champions League bonuses was rejected by him, and the gap between the two sides was too big to negotiate, so they had to break up.

(End of chapter)

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