Yes, youth training is fundamental. Just like the current captain of the team, Leeds United Milner, his current income is no longer the highest in the team, although the weekly salary of 90,000 pounds is still the highest grade, but without the Champions League bonus, his income has also regressed to the second echelon, and he has never complained. That's the backbone of Leeds.

Fortunately, Leeds United's youth training level is also ranked high in the UK, which makes Li Chengfeng feel very gratified.

Before Li Chengfeng bought Leeds United, the team's youth academy had young people like Sam Bayra, Charlie Taylor, and Lewis Cook who could establish themselves in the Premier League, and there were also Tom Reese, Calvin Phillips, Peacock Farrell, Jack Clarke, etc., who had the potential to play in the Championship, and the success rate can be said to be quite high. And at that time, Leeds United was still in the Championship and had a limited selection of materials, although now only Lewis Cook remains.

As for the young players James Madison, Ali, Sancho and others that Li Chengfeng later introduced, they are even more talented. Alli is already a regular player, and Maddison and others have become regular rotations, and these young England boys are the backbone of the team.

However, the necessary introduction is still necessary, and considering commercial considerations, Li Chengfeng, who left Dembele's position, chose Borussia Dortmund's American teenager Christian Pulisic. His current worth is only 15 million euros, but Dortmund is also a famous black shop, and he directly returned a 50 million euros, which made Li Chengfeng gasp.

Li Chengfeng, of course, will not be slaughtered, and the last sexual payment of 40 million euros to buy Pulisic, 20 million euros to buy his ability, and the other 20 million euros to buy the US market behind him.

Yes, for the sake of the world's No. 1 market behind him, Li Chengfeng is willing to do this business. Although Emily's presence has helped Leeds United brush up a lot of presence in the United States, football ultimately depends on the players to speak, and Li Chengfeng believes that this young and handsome young man has the ability to become the top figure in American football and help Leeds United open up the American market. This is the most important reason why he signed Pulisic, otherwise he would have more and better options for this price. Anyway, it's just a rotation player, even if it's not adapted to the Premier League, isn't there still Nicolas Pepe and Jadon Sancho waiting to get on top?

Li Chengfeng is only a pity that Chinese players are not qualified to land in England, otherwise it is also possible to consider buying one as a mascot. Of course, I can only think about it, in the past, Britain stipulated that the international players of the top 70 countries in the world can get labor certifications, and now this standard has been raised to the top 50, and I don't know if Li Chengfeng can see that there are Chinese players who can play in the Premier League in his lifetime, well, normal.

Leeds United also need reinforcements in the middle of the midfield. Leeds United lost the title last season, in addition to the big gap between the strength of the substitutes and the main team, another important reason is the lack of change in rhythm. Leeds United have a strong straight line attack, but the midfield is not organised, especially without an organised midfielder, not even a man who can play long balls, which is a rare situation since he took charge.

In the past, there was Alonso at Inter Milan, Klos at Manchester City, and even at Sheffield Wednesday there was a strong Toure. At Leeds United, neither N'Golo Kante nor Andreas Torreira have any organisational skills, and Milner is more of a sapper. Or the occasional cameo Kimmich could also play in that position, but Leeds need a world-class right wing-back, and there is always someone in the middle of the midfield.

For example, De Jong of Ajax, he has a good overall view and excellent passing organization, but he is still too young and inexperienced to be of much use. Or Portuguese midfielder Bruno Fernandes, who plays for Sampdoria, a midfielder similar to Frank Lampard who could form a rotation with Ali.

These two are not worth much, only about 10 million euros, which is just a small amount of money for Leeds United, who sold Dembele for 150 million, of course, all of them.

The backline is well manned, with Akanji gone, but Lenglet and De Ligt are both waiting for their chance to play, and even Gomez needs to look for opportunities on the wing.

The goalkeeper position is exempt from signing the veteran Caballero, whose contract expires at Manchester City, he will soon be 36 years old, and he has no pursuits, and he is quite content to be a substitute.

Only the replenishment of the striker ran into trouble, Li Chengfeng's fancy Immobile was unwilling to leave Lazio, others couldn't look down on it, and he couldn't afford it, and he was unwilling to compromise, so he couldn't replenish the manpower until the end.

It seems that we can only dig the potential inside. In fact, the team's forward reserves are quite sufficient, in addition to the absolute main Mbappe and the young who also need to grow on loan, there are also Callum Wilson, Alle, and Luka Jovic and Piatek who have been on loan for training before.

However, Li Chengfeng can't have too high expectations for their current ability, and the gap is obvious compared to last season's Belotti and Modeste. Instead of pinning your hopes on them, it is better to think of something else.

In the end, Li Chengfeng decided to change his tactics and shift the focus of attack from the forwards to the wings, allowing Salah and Sane to take on more goalscoring tasks rather than the previous role of assisters, and the two full-backs should also be more aggressive and more inserted in the attack.

Leeds will play more pressing in the new season, with more spread out in attack and difficult to defend. Of course, now it is only Li Chengfeng's assumption, and whether it can be realized depends on the performance of Salah and Sane.

However, since the choice of the main single striker, it is a bit wasteful to have 5 people on the front line, and they also need the opportunity to play. Callum Wilson was eventually loaned to Bournemouth for a £2 million loan fee plus a £10million buy-out clause.

Leeds United in the new season has declined in strength compared to last season, and the departure of Dembele and Belotti has caused the team's attacking power to decline, and whether the new style of play can make up for this loss still needs to be tested in practice. However, the team is more mature than last season, the mental level has been greatly improved, and the actual combat ability should be stronger, Li Chengfeng has higher expectations for the new season.

But in Birmingham in the real world, Li Chengfeng's expectations for him are much smaller. Although Birmingham still retained their Champions League qualification last season, they have played in Europe for the fourth consecutive year and the fourth consecutive year in the Champions League. But it still failed to increase its influence, and the commercial development was 108,000 miles away from the standard of the wealthy.

The lag in commercial development meant that Birmingham were unable to attract first-class stars, and had to find those embryos. But in the real world where information is extremely developed, without the support of future information, even if Li Chengfeng has a golden eye, there is no way to discover those unknown young players one by one, unless he is not the head coach to be a scout, which is unrealistic.

So it's hard for the real-world Li Chengfeng to hoard first-class stars like Leeds United in the CM world, and the scouting system and attraction of young talent for those big teams are much more than Birmingham, and Birmingham's youth academy is far inferior to Leeds United, and even Malaga is not as good as Malaga.

Como was lucky enough to have Tonali before, but he couldn't keep them due to financial pressure. Fortunately, Birmingham's new stadium can be put into use, so that Birmingham's income can be increased a little, but it is only a drop in the bucket. For Birmingham, broadcast fees and Champions League winnings are the main ones, and it is the unsatisfactory commercial development that makes him have to pay more attention to matchday income.

If you want to become a giant, the success of commercial development is a must, and Birmingham, who have no background and no hope of winning the championship, want to do it too hard, and it is far from being able to meet the requirements of the giants by relying only on broadcast fees and matchday income.

Maybe hope can only be pinned on Wanxiang. Last season, Wan Xiang brushed more than a dozen games, and only scored two goals under the tactical tilt, which has already caused some momentum in China, and the naming rights of the new stadium have also been sold for a good price. This season, Li Chengfeng is ready to strike while the iron is hot and give him more opportunities. The team's jersey sponsorship contract is about to expire next season, and Li Chengfeng hopes to attract money from Chinese companies.

As for Afre Elvarez, there are several American players who play in the five major leagues, although he is the best of them, but after all, he is not the first brother of American football, although Birmingham has some popularity in the United States, but after all, it can't compare to those giants, and can only drink some soup, unlike Wanxiang can have so many expectations in China.

As for the other teams, the foundation is even worse, and there is no hope for the giants, so let's honestly do a good job in Birmingham's player base and player supermarket. If you don't want to make money, you can lose a little less.

It can only be like this, Li Chengfeng doesn't want to spend too much energy, in addition to work, he also needs to live. It's been more than ten years since he entered the CM world, and he's a little tired of such hectic days. Since you don't have to worry about points, why are you so nervous, isn't it good to have time to spend more time with your wife and children and your family?

Now in the real world, Wen Shuting and Xiao Li Wen need his company. In the CM world, Emily and Li Chengfeng also had good news after the Christmas Eve passion, and now they are about to give birth. Emily has put down all her schedules and is ready to raise her baby, and now all she has to do is announce the news that the two of them are together.

At such a time, how can you let Li Chengfeng work with peace of mind, he is a first-time father, he just wants to spend more time with his children, as for things at work, although it is not slack, but after all, there is still a little relaxation.

(End of chapter)

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