Building Leeds United into a new world-class giant is the only joy Lee has as a coach now, and now he is getting closer to that goal.

The lineup of Leeds United in the new season ushered in a great change, and Sane, who had high hopes for Li Chengfeng, left. Due to Sane's delay in renewing his contract and wanting to join Bayern, Li Chengfeng could only choose to let go. Leroy Sane lost his place in the main team last season, but he also collected a double-double in his short playing time, proving his ability and attracting the attention of the giants. Bayern spent €100 million to take him away to help build Leeds United's new stadium.

Nicolas Pepe was bought out by Inter Milan for 50 million euros, although it is a bit low compared to his value, but considering the value of Zaniolo as a head, Leeds United also made a lot of money. With Salah and Sancho in the right winger position, Li Chengfeng can rest assured.

Substitute full-back Grimaldo has also departed, unable to compete with Robertson for a place in the main line-up. Grimaldo brought in £30 million for Leeds United.

Li Chengfeng spent £10 million to buy Daniel James, the left winger of Swansea City in the English Championship. Although they are not as good as Leroy Sane, he is willing to play as a substitute and is a versatile player, and a Leeds United-born native is the most suitable replacement. Sane will be up for the next season with three youngsters, Christian Pulisic, James and Brahim Diaz.

This position may be the weakest position of this Leeds United team, but there is no way, Sane is bent on returning to Germany, and others can't buy it, so they can only settle. If you can't do it, you can do what you did last season, giving up this position in important games and letting Mbappe play as a second striker.

Leeds United also brought in Premier League Burnley youngster McBurnie, although he is a left winger, but Li Chengfeng is ready to transfer him to a left wing-back to replace Grimaldo, just like Pep Guardiola did with Zinchenko. Of course, he can't play the main team yet, the main position is Robertson's, he is very young, he can start from the bench. Now excellent fullbacks are a scarce commodity, and they can't buy suitable ones at all, so Li Chengfeng can only cultivate them himself.

There is also Zaniolo, who has only been with Leeds United for one year, Li Chengfeng gave him the opportunity to play more than 20 games last season, performed well, and also attracted the attention of many giants. Of course, more crucially, there was a problem with his contract extension, and he asked for a weekly salary of £80,000, which was too high for his position in the team. So although Zaniolo's contract still has a few years to go, if the price is right, Li Chengfeng will not force him to stay.

Other passives were minor knockouts, such as David Brooks and Lewis Cook, who failed in the competition with Jadon Sancho and Zaniolo and left after Leeds United couldn't get enough of their chances. There are also players who have been out on loan for many years, such as Gerald Bowen, whose departure has not had much impact on Leeds United's strength, and has also brought Leeds United a lot of income.

What really gave Li Chengfeng a headache was the transfer application of the team's important players. Like the annual Mbappe and Real Madrid eyebrows. However, now Real Madrid is in a mess, and Mbappe, who wants to be the best in the world, has no strong desire to leave, and has chosen to renew his contract, raising his weekly salary to 250,000 pounds, and if he can win the Ballon d'Or again, he can get another 5 million pounds.

This season, Mbappe has won two heavyweight titles, the Premier League and the Champions League, and is second only to Messi in terms of personal data, and has a good chance of winning the Ballon d'Or in a row. In this way, plus other bonuses, Leeds United will pay him close to £25 million this year, a proper first year salary in the Premier League.

Real Madrid and Barcelona are also very willing to give this income, after all, the world's top two football clubs in terms of commercial income have such confidence.

Li Chengfeng can only grit his teeth in order to keep Mbappe, but if Mbappe can really win the Ballon d'Or for a second time, then the increase in direct commercial contracts he brings can reach 50 million pounds per year, and Leeds United is willing to pay this money.

As for other people's income, there has not been a significant increase, like Leeds United's second-paid Salah has a basic weekly salary of 200,000 pounds, plus various bonuses, the annual income can reach 15 million pounds, which is almost the second salary of Real Madrid. But now he is not the only one who gets this income, there is also Virgil van Dijk and N'Golo Kante.

Van Dijk is worth the price as the team's defensive core. As for N'Golo Kante, who is considered to be one of the best defensive defenders in the world, at least one of them, it is understandable to take this income, and the impasse between him and the team over a contract extension has finally come to an end.

However, N'Golo Kante's contract extension comes at the expense of Andreas Torreira, with Leeds not needing two highly-paid defensive midfielders, especially when there is only one player available to start most of the time. Torreira lost out in the competition with N'Golo Kante, and although he is younger and cheaper, Leeds United need to remain competitive and the only place in the main team is to choose to stay the best. Torreira will be filled by the younger and cheaper Rice, with Portuguese youngster Florentino waiting to play.

Lee also reclaimed the young defender Tonali on loan at Brescia, plus N'Golo Kante and Frenkie de Jong, and their combination also has the same structure as the combination of Modric-Vidal-Klos that Lee used when he was at Manchester City, which is also a thruster with the ability to carry the ball, a dealer capable of making long passes, and an interception machine that is good at dragging back sweeps. Of course, Tonali is still a little tender, but Li Chengfeng has the patience to wait for his growth. Milner is getting older and the youngsters in the squad need to take on more responsibility.

In addition to important players such as Sane and Torreira, other important players Li Chengfeng did not want to let go, but it was not so easy to keep them.

For example, in the forward line, in addition to Mbappe, Alai and Luka Jovic have also attracted a lot of attention. Alli is more tactical, the big clubs have limited interest in him, Leeds want to keep him easily, but Luka Jovic is different. As the team's third striker last season, he didn't make many appearances, but he was extremely efficient, and was the team's third-leading scorer, behind Mbappe and Salah. And he is only 21 years old, his talent has attracted the pursuit of many giants, and it is not easy to keep him, unless Li Chengfeng can promise him the position of the main force.

However, now there are several options on the front line, Mbappe and Salah cannot be replaced, and Alai has a stronger tactical role, and the order is also before him, which is a little difficult to do, Li Chengfeng can only choose to play the emotional card. Fortunately, Real Madrid, the most sincere giant, also has Benzema as the main force, and Jovic's opportunity to go there may not be more Leeds United, so Jovic stayed.

But even more troubling is the competitive backline. The centre-back position is now Van Dijk at the core, with Todibo and Ampadu on the bench, De Ligt, Skrinha and Militão competing for one of the remaining positions.

One of the most disappointing is Skrinha, who was originally a regular but his chances of playing have been diminished by the arrival of the younger Militão and De Ligt. There is no way to do this, among several people, Skrinia has the worst physical fitness, although it can be compensated for with outstanding awareness, but it is a weakness after all.

De Ligt was also a nuisance, though, and Barcelona approached him with the promise of a higher salary. De Ligt's income at Leeds United adds up to almost 5 million euros a year before tax, before tax. Barcelona are willing to give him €8 million after tax to poach people, almost as fast as Van Dijk, and De Ligt's dream of Sonsa makes it harder for Leeds to keep him.

Of course, Li Chengfeng can choose to give De Ligt a new contract, but due to the salary structure, the maximum is 8 million euros before tax, which is nearly double that of Barcelona.

It's good to have money, the newly rising Leeds United is obviously not comparable to the two giants in Spain in terms of income, and Li Chengfeng does not dare to break the team's salary structure.

Leeds United's revenues have reached a peak this season, with the combined revenues of Leeds United close to £500 million, second only to Manchester United, Manchester City and Liverpool in England. If it weren't for the stadium, which had Leeds United's matchday revenue dragged down, Leeds United would have no problem overtaking Liverpool.

However, with Leeds United's current results and commercial development ability, Leeds United will be able to surpass Liverpool next season, and if it does better, surpassing Manchester City is just around the corner. Manchester United, which has only reached the limit of commercial development, has no chance to surpass it in the short term, but with Manchester United's current half-dead competitive state, if they continue to perform like this, Leeds United can be expected to become the number one earning team in England when this round of commercial contracts passes.

But now, Leeds United's high income is mainly based on excellent results in competition, once they can't play in the Champions League and Mbappe leaves, Leeds United's income will suddenly drop to less than 300 million pounds, and now the team's salary expenses have increased to almost 200 million pounds. It's already a dangerous ratio, and once the most dangerous situation happens, it will be like the Leeds United team many years ago, in the danger of going bankrupt, or you will need to sell people to raise money.

Of course, the situation is not so bad, and if they don't play in the Champions League, Leeds United's salary for players will fall below £150 million, but this trend is still dangerous, especially not good for Leeds United, who are starting to build a new stadium.

Li Chengfeng is a cautious person, he can't