The first thing to solve is of course the position of the defender, now there are only 3 defenders left in the team, and Mancini does not know if he will stay, Lucas Mai can't pick up the big beam, so he naturally needs to prepare in advance. Lee Seung-bong spent €3oo0,000 to buy Argentine centre-back Walter Canneman, who has German nationality and does not have to occupy a non-EU quota from Brazil's Boca. Although his air defense capabilities are average, both Mancini and Ranocchia are good air defense players, and there is no problem with him to partner up. However, he has a bad temper and is easy to get cards, having received six yellow cards in 18 games at Gremio last season, otherwise he would not have had this price with his ability.

The position of the striker is also very important, neither Weedant nor Wazter can take on the responsibility of the main tactical center, Kwame can, but Lee Seungfeng can't expect him to last a season. However, Li Chengfeng is not prepared to spend too much on this position, under the trend of modern football, there is less and less market for high-level forwards with single functions, and they can only look for opportunities in the middle and lower teams. Moreover, it takes a lot of effort to cultivate a qualified fulcrum-type center, so Li Chengfeng, who operates with a small capital, is unwilling to do such an investment with large input and small output. Think about the tens of millions of euros that Fiorentina spent to buy Luca Toney, and when he became a European Golden Boot transfer and left, it was only a transfer fee of tens of millions of euros. With such an investment on other people, Li Chengfeng can earn several times more, and Cumo still has Wei Dante and Kwamei to cultivate, how can there be so many resources scattered to too many people.

In the end, Como signed high school striker Robert Ingles on loan from Napoli, who scored eight goals in a season on loan at Parma last season and performed less than expected, before Parma waived the buyout. Although his ability is somewhat flawed, it is enough for a promoted horse like Como, and Li Chengfeng can't expect too much.

Lee Seung-feng spent another 3oo million euros to buy Chinese teenager Zhong Taxi from Manchester United. Tahith Chung is the most talented Chinese player Lee has ever seen, but he barely played at Manchester United last season, either under Jose Mourinho or Ole Gunnar Solskjaer. This down-and-out giant could not give him such a young talent a chance due to the pressure of results, and he finally could not bear it anymore and chose to leave, and Li Chengfeng's Chinese identity and appearance commitment gave him hope. The only regret is that he is so talented that he has no chance to be willing to play for China, the door of the Dutch team has not been closed to him, and he will not give up such an opportunity.

Then came the €1oo0,000 buying of right-wing winger Victor Garcia from Portugal Guimaraes, who had lost his place since that six-month-long serious injury and was replaced by the younger Farah Sako, who had to leave.

Coupled with the 4oo0,000 euro Croatian defender Tomas Soucek, he has good defensive ability, although the offense is not very good, but Lee Seung-peak does not count on his offense. He was supposed to come to Italy last year, but Fiorentina and Slavia Prague failed to negotiate a price and the transfer fell through.

There is also Serbian goalkeeper Rajkovic, who plays for Maccabi Tel Aviv, who also spent Lee Seung-peak with a transfer fee of 4oo million euros plus a salary of 1oo million euros. He used to be a talented goalkeeper, but after an unexpected move to the Israeli league, he didn't grow as expected, and now he wants to change to a more competitive environment.

In the end, Li Chengfeng brought a substitute winger Gabriel Ziño from Portugal, who is not a genius, and his good performance is the rotation level of the middle and lower reaches of Serie A. However, it is cheaper, less than 1oo million euros, which is very cost-effective. Of course, the main reason is that he is non-EU and cannot sell for a high price.

Originally, Li Chengfeng also took a fancy to Mbiwa of Lyon in Ligue 1, but Mbiwa obviously didn't like Como's contract, and the salary of 3oo million euros he wanted was far beyond the club's upper limit of 2oo euros, and Lyon was not willing to go on loan, they preferred to cash out, and Li Chengfeng could only give up this experienced veteran.

After completing these transfers, their transfer fee plus this season's salary cost more than 2ooo euros, and the cost of Serie A has increased several times compared to Serie B.

Como's budget of nearly 6ooo euros this season is suddenly reduced to just over 1ooo euros, and considering the budget of the club Lorca, some funds need to be left just in case. Li Chengfeng didn't know what he could do with the little money left. Money, Li Chengfeng even thought about bringing Jiang Shenglong to Como, not to mention anything else, just with the gimmick of the only Chinese player in the five major leagues, he could bring Li Chengfeng millions of euros in sponsorship and other additional income. It's a pity that the contact with Wu Lei failed, and he was really unwilling to give up the huge domestic income to work hard in Europe. It's not a good thing to have too much money.

It's not that there are no players without other clubs offering Como, like the front three who performed well last season have received offers. Weydant, who scored 12 goals, received an offer of 2oo million euros, Kwamei, who played a double pair, received an offer of 4oo million euros, and Dejan, the Serie B bronze boot who is not yet 2o years old, was offered nearly 1ooo million euros.

Li Chengfeng was a little moved, but he knew that if these people were allowed to play in Serie A for another year, their value could at least double. However, if he sells them now, he may be able to bring in a few more potential youngsters and get more money. It's just that now Como is Serie A, and Lorca is La B B, and the second tier league suitable for young talent training is one less layer, and if Lorca can be promoted to La B, it will be complete.

Li Chengfeng considered the gains and losses, and he didn't need to spend money now. Originally, Li Chengfeng was interested in acquiring a low-level English club a while ago, and the company collected a lot of information, and finally set its sights on Birmingham Club. It is a club controlled by Hong Kong capital, and the club's situation has gone from bad after the previous owner, Yeung Ka-shing, was jailed on money laundering charges. Later, Hong Kong businessman Sun Couhong bought a 5o.5% stake in the club's parent company and took control of the club.

Sun Kuanghong is just a speculator, he tries to increase the investment rush, and then make a big profit. But it turns out that it is not good to be a club in a hurry for quick success, let alone a layman who has never been involved in football affairs, even if Li Chengfeng does not have the existence of a golden eye, he will not dare.

Sun Kuhong's investment was in vain, and the Birmingham club was only relegated for two consecutive years, losing more than 3ooo euros in two years. Such a loss was an unacceptable result for a public company that operated the club as a company, so they had other ideas. In the past two years, the company's business projects have also changed, and they have acquired some properties in Phnom Penh, Cambodia and its surroundings at a price of more than 4ooo US dollars, trying to transform to improve the company's operating conditions.

Regarding the idea of Lee Seung-bong trying to buy the club, they made a big offer of 100 million euros, citing the expected benefits of the project in Cambodia. But Lee Seung-phong has no interest in their company's Cambodian project, he just wants to get the Birmingham club.

The two sides couldn't reach an agreement, although they also wanted to give up this industry that was destined to lose money every year, but they still wanted to sell it for a good price, and they even bought a few players to try to make assets for a big team, and wanted to sell them for a high price. Li Chengfeng gave up decisively, his gold is now, the strength of those players is clearly exposed, there is no potential to be tapped, they are all assets that will only depreciate.

Li Chengfeng withdrew, but the Birmingham club was dumbfounded, he thought that after buying a few powerful players, Li Chengfeng could offer a higher price, but he didn't expect that Li Chengfeng's purpose was just to buy the bottom, just to add a platform that could introduce potential players to appreciate, and his own operation made Li Chengfeng lose interest. Now, the operating costs have increased again, and it was not easy to reduce the annual loss to several million euros last year, but now I am afraid that I will have to run for a loss of tens of millions of euros. It's a pity that they have to finish the cannon they have made, they can only hope that this season will be explosive, and Birmingham can be successfully upgraded, otherwise it will be a big loss.

Although Li Chengfeng gave up on buying Birmingham, he finally decided to make a big one. The cultivation mode of multi-point flowering is not very suitable for his current situation, he does not have so much financial resources to dig up too many calves to cultivate, it is better to focus resources on the future superstar. Now the value of superstars is calculated in billions, as long as there is one, it is enough for Li Chengfeng to support a Serie A club for a few years.

However, although Li Chengfeng has introduced many young talents now, he has not really been able to grow to a world-class level, and if he really has it, he can't compete with others, and those giants who started from the doll will not give him a chance. Just like Bayern's youngster Sanchez, he was bought by Bayern Munich at a sky-high price of 350,000 euros and an additional 450,000 euros when he was not yet 19 years old. The 16-year-old Vinicius was bought by Real Madrid for 450 million euros, as well as the transfer fee of 450o euros for the 17-year-old Rodrigo, who is worth 680o euros and less than 2o years old, not to mention the 19-year-old Mbappe, who is worth nearly 200 million euros. This is not the football world of the past, and in the current world of Jinyuan, he has no chance to acquire those real talents except for big spending.

Li Chengfeng now has more than 1ooo euros at his disposal, but he can still sell people, if necessary, 3ooo euros or less can be considered, which is already a strong purchasing power in Italy, and he also has a goal.

(End of chapter)

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