2.033 Those Chinese players
The trip to China finalized two young players, Li Chengfeng was also a gain, and what made him even more excited was the performance of the Como team in the league, although it was only tied for second place, and it was three points behind the first place, but the team's upward momentum was obvious. After the early run-in, these youngsters of Como have shown great potential and fighting spirit, and as long as they maintain such performances, there is a good chance of promotion this season.
The best performers were striker Jack Mariott and goalkeeper Svillar, and it was their outstanding performances that ensured that the team didn't fall too far behind before the team was ready to go. As the team went on to get better and better, they played even better, allowing the team to gradually catch up from a backward position until they were only three points behind Livorno at the top of the table at the halfway point.
Jack Marriott has scored 15 goals in all competitions in half a season, the top scorer in Serie C, his partner Kwame has only five goals but five assists, and the rotational Weydant has eight goals despite not playing much. Lee Seung-peak bought the trio six months ago for only 1 million euros, and now he can sell for at least 5 million euros, and if they can maintain their current form in the second half of the season, they can sell even more. Golden Eye is really a golden skill of Taobao.
The duo is much like Darren Bent and Bam Adebayo when Lee Seung-bong coached Sheffield Wednesday in the CM world, both of which are weakened versions of the pair, but Como's 4-3-1-2 tactics allowed them to start together, and their characteristics complemented each other, and the two men have exploded together this season.
Svillar, on the other hand, also performed exceptionally well, and also helped Como eliminate Serie A side Cagliari with his excellent performance in the Coppa Italia. Although he scored an own goal in the 1/8 away game against Inter Milan that led to Como's elimination, his performance was also remarkable, saving Gagliardini's penalty in the first half.
After the game, Svillar cried on the pitch, and his desire to win moved Lee Seung-bong in the stands, so why shouldn't he succeed with such a persistent player?
Svillar's tears touched even the Inter Milan players, Inter Milan's Belgian teenager Zion Amos, and even came up to comfort Svillar, and the goalkeeper Handanovic, who did not play in Inter Milan in this game, also gave Svillar his gloves as an encouragement for his excellent performance. The fans at the Meazza Stadium also applauded, comforting the young man and encouraging him to cheer up, including Lee Seung-pung in the box and Mr. Zhang, the president of Inter Milan.
"What a nice young man, should I sell it to Inter Milan, think about it." Mr. Zhang also seems to appreciate Svillar.
It is not surprising that Inter Milan fancy Svillar and Li Chengfeng, their main goalkeeper Handanovic is 34 years old, although he is in good form, but after all, he is not young, and the matter of finding a successor has long been on the agenda.
However, it is not easy to find excellent goalkeepers now, and the value of the head is higher than the other, and 50 million euros is considered a preferential price. But Inter Milan is now under the UEFA FFP monitoring, spending is strictly regulated, can not spend money unscrupulously, must control their financial situation within a safe range, it is impossible to spend a lot of money to buy people, like Svillar potential goalkeeper is their goal, spend a small amount of money to buy, train for a few years, and wait for Handanovic to take over when he is old.
However, Li Chengfeng will not let go easily, Svillar's 5 million release clause is only for the first-team team that can give him playing status, and Li Chengfeng does not think that there will be a team to activate his termination clause now. Of course, if Inter Milan is willing to pay 10 million, Li Chengfeng will reluctantly accept it.
Inter Milan are clearly reluctant to take the blame, even for 5 million euros, and for a player who has only played in Serie C for half a year, they don't think too highly, but it can be included in long-term observation, or they can also use vouchers, such as several players they have loaned to Como this season.
This time it is Li Chengfeng's turn to be unwilling, in his opinion, those players have no potential to be tapped, that is, they can play Serie C, and the level of Serie B is not up to his requirements at all, so don't give it away for nothing. If it is other players, Li Chengfeng can also be considered, such as Odegaard, Bastoni, and Van Hesden or something, but Inter Milan will not let him go.
It's still early, it's not time to talk about this, maybe it will have to wait until next season Svillar's good performance in Serie B to sell for a good price.
However, first of all, he must be able to be promoted to Serie B, although Li Chengfeng does not know whether his funds can maintain a team's expenses in Serie B, but it would be too stupid to give up the opportunity to promote just for this reason, even if he sells the team in the future, he can make a lot of money.
Lee Seung-peak decided to bring in reinforcements again this winter window, and the Como team's performances in league and cup competitions this season have stimulated fans to enter the stadium, with an average attendance rate of nearly 1/3, close to 5,000 people, which is much better than expected, and Lee Seung-peak can put the 1 million euros he previously retained into the transfer market.
Li Chengfeng brought in two players this winter, one is the player Atalanta central defender Gianluca Mancini, Li Chengfeng put forward a loan plus buyout request, the loan fee is 500,000 euros, and the buyout fee is 1 million euros.
Lee Seung-bong wanted to bring him to the Giusep Sinigaglia Stadium last summer, but Atalanta and Roberto Mancini had expectations for each other and rejected Lee's offer. However, Mancini still hasn't gotten a chance in the past six months, and Mancini, who has been waiting in Atalanta for a year, finally stopped refusing to transfer. Even if Como is just a Serie C team now. However, he was just a rotation player in Serie B a year ago, and now he has been on the bench for another year, and he does not have too many requirements, he is only 22 years old, and it is the time when he needs to play and practice, not to mention that if Como cannot be promoted this season, the buyout clause cannot be activated. If you can play the main team in Serie B next season, you will not be considered a step backwards.
Atalanta are not against it, and the fact that they brought in Mancini a year ago in the winter was nothing more than a measly €300,000 to scratch the lottery ticket, which now does not seem to have been successful. Mancini is almost 22 years old, an age at which he can't even meet the standard of Serie A appearances, and it can be said that the future is not very bright in this era of young talent blowout. Lee Seung-bong only spent 500,000 euros to get the young player, maybe 1.5 million euros. In his opinion, Mancini's ability to play in Serie B is no problem, and he also has the ability to gain a foothold in Serie A with good training, and the price of 1.5 million euros is still very cost-effective.
Lee Seung-pong also brought in a player of Chinese descent. This trip to China gave Li Chengfeng another idea, he can introduce some Chinese overseas players with strength and potential, which can not only improve the strength of the team, but also increase the Chinese element of the team. Como's Lombardy region has one of the largest ethnic Chinese in Italy, and bringing in a player of Chinese descent may help attract Chinese to Como's games. Moreover, Como is a tourist city, close to Milan, and many Chinese come here every year, Li Chengfeng feels that the Como team can also be developed as a tourism project for Chinese tourists to increase the team's income.
Another point is that the Chinese Football Association is now starting to consider planning Chinese players to join the Chinese national team, if it can introduce Chinese players who may be naturalized, it will also help to improve the strength of Chinese football, Li Chengfeng does not mind helping Chinese football once.
Li Chengfeng has not paid attention to the situation of overseas Chinese players before, but now it is an online society, especially in China, a country with many fans and disappointing teams, every talented star with Chinese blood is concerned by Chinese fans and pinned their hopes, Li Chengfeng easily found a lot of information spontaneously summarized by fans on the Internet.
To say that the biggest name in this is the Colombian international Falcao, this is a world-class superstar, but people can't look at Como This kind of small temple, and there is no possibility of naturalization, Li Chengfeng's goal is the kind of Mesozoic power, players who can play the main team in Serie B, or young players with potential, preferably players with the potential to play in the five major leagues, of course, if it is an EU passport, otherwise it will not be possible to come to Como, China does not support dual citizenship.
In the end, Li Chengfeng set his sights on such a few people.
Hou Yongyong, born in 1998, has 1/2 Chinese ancestry. The players of the Norwegian Premier League Starbeck team, playing as midfielders and rotating standards, but they are young and have potential.
Tyace Browning, born in 1994, is 1/2 Chinese. The Everton player, who has been on loan at Sunderland in the Championship this season, is fast, has good stamina and can play in multiple positions at the back.
Jenaris, born in 1993, is 1/2 Chinese. Produced by Arsenal's academy, he can play as a midfielder and two full-backs, and is the main midfielder of Brentford in the Championship.
And then, gone. The better ones don't look down on him, and the worse ones he doesn't look down on. There may be other candidates he doesn't know, but that's all he can collect online.
There is not much room to choose, Li Chengfeng looked at his notebook, shook his head, and sighed, he decided to go back to Italy first, and then go to investigate these targets, and by the way see if there are other options.