Among those who left, Norwood's departure made Li Chengfeng a little regretful, although he played a great season at Leeds United last season and was an important contributor to the team's promotion, but he has never been recognized by Leeds United after coming through the Academy.

"Whenever I go to the pub, whenever Manchester United is on TV, even my friends will watch me and call me 'trash.'"

A heartbroken Norwood decided to leave, with Leeds United sending him to Brighton for a low £3 million.

Also leaving are the likes of Che Adams, a young man who has been on loan out for free, as well as the likes of Harry Maguire. No way, there are too many centre-backs in the squad. Last season, the team played 3-5-2 and only prepared so many central defenders, but in the new season, Li Chengfeng used a back four, and with the addition of Virgil van Dijk, the position of this central defender is too inflated.

As well as the departing Tom Reece and Liam Cooper, Maguire also moved to Hull City, who were relegated from the Premier League last season, for a loan fee of £500,000, and will pay a further £1 million if they can be promoted. Leeds United have also reduced the number of centre-backs to five, a decent number.

The main framework of the team has been built, and all that remains is to bring in some future stars. Like West Ham United's Declan Rice, who just turned 16 and is facing the first professional contract of his career. Leeds' £6,000-a-week salary is double that of West Ham, and Leeds prefer to use youngsters over West Ham United, as is the case model for Alli who became a regular in the team at the age of 18 last season. Leeds United spent a small amount of money on training.

There is also Croatian striker Luka Jovic, who has only spent 2 million euros on his training. Under the age of 18, he is not yet able to sign a professional contract with his parent club, but the restriction for English teams to be over 16 years old has allowed Leeds United to take advantage of it, just as Arsenal did before snatching Cesc Fabregas from Barcelona.

Others like Nicolas Pepe, youngsters with only a few Ligue 2 games of experience, etc., Leeds United signed them for a small price and then went on loan to the lower leagues, hoping that they can succeed in the relegation and play their worth.

However, it is not without regrets, such as Fulham's teenage talent Sessegnon, who is not yet 16 years old and has not yet signed a professional contract, and Leeds United cannot start.

There is also French teenager Lemar, who refused Li Chengfeng's invitation to go to Monaco in Ligue 1. It's also a club that values youth development, and there are European competitions to play in, and Leeds United is completely unattractive.

Despite all the regrets, Li Chengfeng is still very satisfied with Leeds United's harvest this summer. Now there is no need to worry about someone competing with him for players, and the happy Li Chengfeng and Emily and others held the first press conference after buying Leeds United, exposing themselves to everyone.

At the beginning, the reporters at the press conference didn't think so, isn't it just the introduction of some newly introduced players, I have seen a lot, and it is not a giant club, but the introduction of world-class superstars, it is worth such fanfare, even foreign media reporters have been found, and there is also the entertainment sector?

By the time Salah and Milner appeared, the atmosphere was a little more enthusiastic, but only a little. But when Li Chengfeng appeared, the venue was in chaos.

Leeds United had done a good job of keeping the secret before, and no one had received the slightest bit of news at all. Although Li Chengfeng announced the news of his departure from Manchester City early, the speculation about the next family has not been confirmed, and no one would have thought that he would deign to coach such a promoted team, is it April Fool's Day?

"It's all a kind invitation between good friends, and here, I can get complete freedom." Regarding the reporters' questions, Li Chengfeng did not answer them directly, he threw a bigger news bomb, "Now, there is a new owner of Leeds United, who is also my friend." ”

The appearance of Emily, Lin Chiling, Liu Yifei and others made the venue fall into a frenzy, and even the entertainment reporters who were still interested in it before couldn't be calm, especially the appearance of Hollywood superstar Emily, which made them explode, this is the United Kingdom, Emily's home field.

'We didn't buy Leeds on the spur of the moment, it was a long period of scrutiny. Ever since my best friend, Coach Li Chengfeng, was unhappy at Manchester City and wanted to have a team of his own to realise his football dream, we had this idea. ”

"Coach Lee's salary? We can't afford to pay City's salary. It's just 5% of Leeds United's annual revenue, and it's a friendly price. ”

Leeds United's current operating income can be more than 100 million pounds a year, which is only 5,6 million pounds before tax, which is not a level compared to his 10 million pounds after tax in Manchester City, not to mention that those giants who are not bad for money are willing to pay a higher price, which is really a jump price. Just being a friend can make such a big sacrifice?

The reporters looked at the few people on the stage suspiciously, guessing their true relationship, is there a leg between them? Or is it a man and three women? It's really envious, jealous and hateful.

The secret that Lee Chengfeng is one of the Leeds United bosses has not yet been revealed. Li Chengfeng wants Leeds United to become a new giant as soon as possible, so it is very important for the team to have a steady stream of topics, so let these reporters take the initiative to dig in.

Now, with a Hollywood superstar Emily who debuted in England, two Chinese backgrounds Lin Chiling and Liu Yifei, and the only world-class figure in Chinese football, Li Chengfeng, whether it is the United Kingdom, the largest market for world football, or the United States or China, the largest market for world football, Leeds United can attract enough attention for a period of time. For the rest, as long as the results can be guaranteed, Leeds United will become a giant club just around the corner, and this is what Li Chengfeng is good at.

'Our goal is to make Leeds a world-class giant.' Li Chengfeng said categorically.

No one makes fun of Li Chengfeng's vision, and as the best coach in the world, he has such prestige. As for money, with Li Chengfeng and a world-influential boss like Emily, Leeds United already has the influence of a giant club. As for the most important money, as long as Li Chengfeng is willing to accept the investment, a lot of money is waiting to pour in, and it only depends on whether Leeds United is willing.

Now Li Chengfeng is naturally unwilling, with the current influence of Leeds United, financing will only make him lose absolute control of Leeds United. Even if you want to raise money, you have to wait until the team can make it to Europe consistently. And, do teams really need financing? With these young talents that Leeds United are hoarding now, the total value will only exceed 1 billion pounds in a few years, will Leeds United still be short of money?

In addition, Li Chengfeng's bold words are also to stabilize the team. With Li Chengfeng's influence, even if the players of Leeds United have not yet played their value, they are afraid that they will be targeted by many people, and there will be no shortage of giants who are trying to poach. Can Li Chengfeng's personal charm alone make Leeds United's players feel at ease to stay? Li Chengfeng thought he couldn't do it yet.

These players are champion-level players, they should aim for the title, and only by giving them a belief that Leeds United are giants can they limit the poaching of players to the greatest extent.

What Li Chengfeng has to do is to produce results as soon as possible and strengthen this belief in order to make Leeds United a real giant, otherwise, in a few years, I am afraid that these players will not be able to stay.

However, it is not enough for Leeds to become a big club and it is not enough to succeed at a competitive level, he needs to do more. Li Chengfeng is not so good at this, even if he has three clubs in the real world, at the management level, the three clubs together are not enough for a giant.

In the real world, he has only recently started this layout, such as bringing in American talents, sending Chinese players to Como, and so on.

But this is far from enough, in recent years, that is, it has some influence in China, but it is still far from being translated into actual benefits.

The innate shortcomings of these clubs give them little chance of becoming a giant, which means that Birmingham still have a little hope, but only a little. Birmingham, which has only entered the European competition in recent years, has only been in the second largest city in England, and there are no strong competitors in the local area.

Birmingham's desire to become a giant is harder than a camel's needle, and Li Chengfeng doesn't know if he will be able to achieve this goal on the day he retires.

Relatively speaking, Leeds United will be much simpler if they want to become giants. Leeds United, located in Leeds, England's third largest city and second largest financial centre, is the only professional football club in the city.

Leeds United have also won the English top flight on several occasions in their history and have also played in the Europa League many times. Just over a decade ago, the youth storm set off by the Young Guards in White in Europe is still remembered by many people.

What is even more rare is the existence of Emily, Lin Chiling and Liu Yifei. Can you imagine that in the real world, Li Chengfeng can hook up with Scarlett Johansson and Guan Xiaotong and get them to endorse Birmingham? What's more, Li Chengfeng in the real world is far from having prestige in the CM world, and he can make young players cry and shout to follow him.

With so many favorable conditions coming together, if Li Chengfeng has no ideas, he will come to Leeds United in vain, so it is better to honestly choose a giant club as a salted fish.

(End of chapter)

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