4.011 The beginning of a miracle
The final suspense was soon revealed, as Leicester failed to win Chelsea in the end, only a draw was held, and promoted Malize United became the Premier League champions this season.
This is probably the weakest champion in the history of the Premier League, Li Chengfeng is not sure, at least since he began coaching in 2003, he has not seen 78 points to win the championship. I don't even have a chance to finish second most of the time.
However, strangling a civilian miracle with his own hands also made Li Chengfeng feel a little emotional, but being able to create a new miracle can be regarded as a compensation. At the championship award ceremony after the game, Li Chengfeng couldn't help but think about it.
Yes, it is a miracle that Leeds United can win the title this season, and it is the first time in the Premier League to win the title as a promoted horse. With the intensity of the Premier League, it is really unprecedented to want those giants to be constipated collectively.
Leeds United wants to win the championship next season, I'm afraid it won't be so easy, Pep Guardiola enters Manchester City, Mourinho returns to England to take charge of Manchester United, and Antonio Conte, the leader of Italian coaches, is airborne to Chelsea.
However, this season's Premier League championship must be able to make Li Chengfeng's prestige rise to the peak, and the attraction of young players in the future is only not inferior to some top giants, which is very helpful to Li Chengfeng's grand plan.
Leeds United's victory has made these players the sweet buns of the transfer market, and a large number of giants have waved cheques to carve up young Leeds United, but Li Chengfeng is unmoved. With his current influence in football, as long as he doesn't want to, these players rarely dare to fight him, they are just young people who don't have such complex ideas.
Of course, there are those who have left, but they are all some marginalized people in the team. Like Charlie Taylor, a youth player who spent £4 million on loan at Burnley in the Championship, Burnley were promoted this season and spent £4 million to buy the full-back. This is a good young man, and he is qualified to play as a substitute at Leeds United, but his style is too traditional in England, more than tough, and not delicate enough, especially in terms of passing awareness, which does not meet Li Chengfeng's requirements. Leeds United is based on the standards of giants, and the requirements for players are the same, so for the sake of the player's future, Li Chengfeng chose to let go, which is good for everyone.
There is also La Liga Eibar on loan, Jota was bought by Championship side Birmingham City for £5 million, and the Hong Kong-listed club are trying to overtake the company to solve the company's debt problems.
Among the main players, only the central defender Orban left, Li Chengfeng wanted to support Skrinha, who had better ball control ability, and Orban went to the Bundesliga to promote RB Leipzig for the main position, a new local tyrant. The £10 million price tag is not too high for a Premier League champion, and Li Chengfeng did not embarrass him in terms of his value and sent him to a suitable place.
Orban's departure made those giants think they had a chance, and they have made offers thinking that they can carve up Leeds United cheaply, just like Chelsea, who want to take Leeds United's main midfielder, the core of the defense, Kante for 25 million pounds.
What are you kidding, the Premier League's No. 1 defensive midfielder, known as the man who can't get by, is only worth so much money, is Li Chengfeng a hillbilly who has never seen the world?
Li Chengfeng didn't talk nonsense, and directly multiplied this offer by 3 times and went back, so if he didn't have any money, he would go cool. Li Chengfeng is not afraid of these players making trouble, they and the team have at least 3 years of contracts, and they all have replacements, if they are disobedient, they will wait to rot on the bench.
The Chelsea man withdrew his offer, leaving Li Chengfeng a little underestimated. Since Abou reduced his investment, Chelsea no longer have the boldness to spend a lot of money, and rely on the proceeds of reselling players every year to maintain their business, that is, their management is doing well, and they can make a lot of money every year to buy people for the team, otherwise it will be worse than Arsenal.
Like Manchester City, this is called the spirit of a giant, and throwing money is like waste paper, Li Chengfeng was almost smashed by their 50 million pounds and sold Sane to the other party.
It's a pity, if the other party is not Manchester City, Leeds United wants to dominate the biggest rival of the Premier League in the future, Li Chengfeng will compromise, it is 50 million pounds. Li Chengfeng trembled and replied with a hundred million pounds, waiting for Manchester City's reply, if Manchester City added a little more, Li Chengfeng felt that he had no way to persevere.
Unfortunately, Manchester City did not increase the price again, they changed their target and bought Arsenal's Alexis Sanchez, Pep Guardiola's old player.
Manchester City's retreat made Li Chengfeng both disappointed and happy, although there were some regrets about the lot of pounds, but the team finally retained the core lineup, and he is confident to break his wrists with a group of giants next season.
Of course, it is impossible to keep these players only with toughness and ideals, Li Chengfeng has also started a large-scale contract renewal, and the champion should naturally have a championship return.
For example, the team's original maximum salary of £60,000 has been increased to £90,000, and only Salah, James Milner and N'Golo Kante have received this salary. The next bracket of £60,000 a week also has Ederson, Van Dijk, Sane, Kimmich, Belottti, Alli and others. Slightly lower Modeste, Robertson and others also have salaries of more than £40,000. Of course, the most are young people with less than £20,000 a week, waiting for the opportunity to rise to the top.
Only Grabri let him down. He didn't have a chance at Arsenal, Li Chengfeng brought him to Leeds United, spent half a season recuperating from his injury, and spent another half a season helping him grow, but because of his son's dream, he had to leave.
Li Chengfeng will not be forced to stay, but Bayern should not think about prostitution in vain. Now that Grabley and Leeds United still have three years left on their contracts and the salary is not high, Li Chengfeng would rather let him rot on the bench than make an example of him, so that those agents who are ready to move can see his determination.
In the end, Bayern relented and spent 15 million euros to bring him back to Germany. However, Li Chengfeng added many terms to this transfer, such as the number of appearances, the number of goals, the top scorer, the Golden Ball Award, etc., up to 50 million euros in additional terms. Of course, there can't be so many, like the Golden Ball Award and the top scorer, he estimates that he will never get it in a lifetime, but it is still possible to increase it by another 10 million or 20 million.
Turning around, Li Chengfeng used the 15 million euros to buy Grabley's stand-in Dembele, a dribbling maniac like Grabry, and younger, better skills, and a weekly salary of 40,000 pounds is not too high.
The encounter between Grabri and Kante has made those giants who are waiting to carve up Leeds United see Li Chengfeng's determination, if you want people, you can, but you must be prepared for heavy bleeding. So they also died down, and the set of seducing players against the water was useless in front of Li Chengfeng.
successfully retained the core players, which made Li Chengfeng settle down a lot. While the team's salary bills have risen by almost 50 per cent, these expenses are perfectly acceptable given that the new broadcast contract will come into effect this season, which will increase the annual broadcast revenue from a guaranteed minimum of more than £60 million to almost £100 million. What's more, there is also the income of the Champions League, as long as it can enter the Champions League, the income brought can fully make up for this expense. What's more, Leeds United has confirmed that they will relocate to a new stadium that can accommodate 50,000 people in the new season, and the additional income will be nearly 20 million pounds, not to mention the rent of the new stadium.
It's just that where Leeds United's future home stadium will be has not yet been finalized. The Elland Road Stadium is old and dilapidated, and the number of people that can accommodate it is limited, and it must be renovated at a great expense to meet Li Chengfeng's requirements. As for the stadium of the skeleton, although the number of people that can be accommodated can barely meet Li Chengfeng's requirements, there is only this one. In addition to being able to play, there are not enough commercial areas, there are no places for fans to consume, even the team memorial room has to be rebuilt, and the income that can be brought by the match day is very limited, which is very insufficient for a big club.
Mr. Lee wanted a new stadium, and he called a poll for fans to decide whether to build a new stadium at the original site on Elland Road or somewhere else. However, it will take time for the new stadium, and during this time, Leeds United have leased the stadium of Skeleton as Leeds United's home stadium, which is not satisfactory to Li Chengfeng, but it is also a more suitable choice than Elland Road Stadium.
The team's lineup is also very complete, except for not having a super scorer at his peak, this lineup definitely has the strength to compete for the championship. It's just that most of the super goalscorers of the year are not for sale of the big teams, even if Leeds United has money, they can't buy it.
Perhaps the only hope is for Romelu Lukaku, who now plays for Everton, but Everton's asking price is too high, £70 million. Leeds want to buy him, and at least one or two key players will have to be sold, such as Leroy Sane or N'Golo Kante, whether it will be worth it or not. In addition, Lukaku's agent is the notorious Raiola, even if Li Chengfeng spends money to buy him, or the team will explode in a year or two.
Instead of buying a super shooter, let's train one yourself, Li Chengfeng thought so. So he spent 30 million euros to buy the 17-year-old Mbappe from Monaco.
Monaco are actually optimistic about Mbappe's future, but he didn't perform well last season, playing 500 minutes in all competitions and scoring just one goal. Young age is of course a reason, but it is also because of the young age that there are many uncertainties. So after Li Chengfeng auctioned the record value of underage players, they also chose to compromise.
Leeds United bought Mbappe and also got a future superstar, as long as he can grow smoothly.
(End of chapter)
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