When the League One was over, Zhang Tiehan and his teammates returned to Wigan, where a grand welcome awaited them.

Back in the last round, the league championship trophy had already been delivered to Wigan.

But after the final round, they were able to celebrate, and this time even Wigan's mayor, Kerr Brown, came to the ceremony, standing with some government officials and the crazy fans who were all on the side of the street waiting for Wigan Athletic to return.

All Wigan people are welcome, this is really a hero's treatment!

When the Wigan Athletic bus stopped in front of them, everyone cheered, they applauded vigorously, and the reporters who came quickly pressed their cameras.

It's a glorious moment for Wigan Athletic!

Then all the players returned to the club, Ridell took out the trophy and showed it to the fans, they will tour the city for a week to show each player the league championship trophy, and then they will take photos with the fan representatives, and according to the club's arrangement, they will hand out a lot of signed memorabilia.

Zhang Tiehan is the busiest.

He needed to get 200 autographs in one morning because a lot of people, including Mayor Fox Brown, wanted him to autograph the football, and of course, it came at a cost, which was that the town government would be allocating some of the money to help Wigan Athletic renovate the JJB stadium.

They are ready for next season's Premier League.

In addition to the city government, many fans are also involved in the fundraising, which is not a source of the club's finances, but a little bit of the fans' heart for the development of the club.

After the grand ceremony, already in the evening, a dinner party was held inside the club, and everyone got drunk and the next morning. They came to the club to make a symbolic report, and Jewell announced something and told them to pay attention to their health during the holiday, and then it was over.

The summer holidays have begun.

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The day after the end of League One, the Premier League also ended.

English football has entered a break period, and the only competition that has not ended is the UEFA Champions League final. But that has nothing to do with English football, the two teams in the final are Monaco in France and Porto in Portugal, and England's teams are all in the semi-finals.

At this time, the players are away from vacation, but the clubs are still busy.

The summer transfer work really began.

With the end of the league at all levels, various clubs have started transfer work, among which the one that has attracted much attention is Chelsea FC, which spilled 100 million euros last summer, for Russia's richest man, Roman Abramovich, 100 million euros is nothing. He could have spent another €100 million to strengthen Chelsea.

Everyone thinks so.

Because Chelsea can be said to have achieved nothing this season, finishing third in the Premier League, behind Arsenal and Manchester United, the Champions League in the semi-finals, and failing to win other cup competitions, club president Roman Abramovich was very dissatisfied, so Ranieri was also kicked out of the club after the last round of the league.

However, he received a lot of liquidated damages. Not bad, either.

Soon Chelsea were linked with Porto manager Jose Mourinho, who was preparing for the Champions League final, with plenty of 'grapevine' claiming that Mourinho would be after the Champions League final. He left Portugal to move to the Premier League, taking over from Claudio Ranieri at the helm of Chelsea Football Club.

These 'gossip' are not reported by small media outlets, including The Sun, The Times, and even Sky Sports. This matter has been reported, and it can be seen that this news should be true and accurate.

In addition, Zhang Tiehan and Chelsea have been entangled.

Three days ago, there were also media reports that Abramovich was 'poaching' in public. 'He's a fantastic young man, I admire him a lot and I think he's going to be a great success if he comes to Stamford Bridge!'

This compliment is really ...... Well, it's very enviable, after all, Russians don't say that about anyone else.

In short, it is undeniable that Abramovich admires Zhang Tiehan very much, and the media also talked about the reason in the report, that is, Wigan Athletic once defeated Chelsea at Stamford Bridge, Zhang Tiehan scored three goals and scored a hat trick in that game, and more importantly, Abramovich was on the scene in that game.

And this season, England's best young man is Zhang Tiehan!

Those young players in the Premier League team, the most eye-catching performance is Everton's Wayne Rooney, but Rooney only scored six goals in the Premier League, Zhang Tiehan scored thirty-eight goals in League One, even if it is worse than the first league, but the difference in numbers is too big, not to mention, Zhang Tiehan scored a hat trick in the game against Chelsea and Arsenal, and two hat tricks covered all six goals of Rooney.

It can't be said that Zhang Tiehan is better than Rooney.

Rooney has not played many times at Everton, and the two have different positions in the team, Rooney is an orthodox striker and has a tactical role in many games, while Zhang Tiehan's position is a little behind, but it is Wigan Athletic's first firepower point, and it is normal for him to score more goals.

But in any case, in the eyes of the Russians, there is no doubt that Zhang Tiehan is very appreciative.

Chelsea have also begun to work on Zhang Tiehan's transfer in the open.

13 million euros, this is the first time Chelsea made an offer to Wigan Athletic to Zhang Tiehan, this offer is 3 million euros more than the 10 million euros that the media assessed Zhang Tiehan's value, but obviously, due to the inflated value of players in recent years, this value is completely acceptable to other clubs, not to mention Chelsea.

There are many clubs that also want to get Zhang Tiehan, most of them are giants, and only these giants want to get young people who perform very well and may become superstars in the future, including Arsenal, Liverpool, Manchester City in England, Inter Milan and Roma in Italy, Stuttgart and Werder Bremen in Germany, Atletico Madrid in Spain and other clubs have asked Wigan Athletic about Zhang Tiehan's transfer.

The answer they get is 'not for sale'.

However, as we all know, there is no real 'non-sale' in the European football market, including iconic Barcelona stars such as Luis Figo, who can transfer from Barcelona to rivals Real Madrid. What else can anyone else say?

As a result, quite a few clubs have made offers.

There are many clubs with sincerity, and in terms of money, the most sincere clubs are Chelsea, Liverpool, Italy's Inter Milan, Roma and Germany's Stuttgart.

Chelsea's offer rose to €15 million.

Liverpool and Inter Milan are both €14 million.

Roma and Stuttgart have an offer of only 12.5 million euros.

Other clubs are mostly on the sidelines, and for many, more than 10 million euros is really nothing. But every investment must be beneficial, money is not thrown out casually, Zhang Tiehan is only worth 10 million euros in the evaluation of European professionals, and there is a reason for this.

His strengths are obvious, his performance is good, but his shortcomings are just as obvious.

For example, the technique of art.

It is because of this that few teams in Spain are interested in Zhang Tiehan, Zhang Tiehan's skills are too rough, and he mostly relies on his body to play. It's hard to get a handle on the technical side, and if he gets to the Spanish team, it's possible that he will be a mess.

In addition to this, the value also includes business value.

In particular, many superstars, such as David Beckham, whose value generally comes from commercial value, Zhang Tiehan is a German-Chinese, and he does not have much market in England. He has never played at the Premier League level, and his reputation in Germany is almost negligible. At least for now, there is no commercial value in his business.

10 million euros, all his value at the competitive level.

Most clubs spend money on players to consider these two levels, they play football and they are also to make money, it is impossible to make a losing investment. No matter how Zhang Tiehan performs, his disadvantage in business has a great impact, at least many clubs are unwilling to spend 10 million euros to buy such a young man who is not very famous.

So there are not many clubs that really want to get Zhang Tiehan sincerely.

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At the same time, Wigan Athletic's debate over Zhang Tiehan's transfer is also ongoing.

They are going to be promoted to the Premier League next season. There are a lot of issues to consider, and there is no doubt that Wigan Athletic will definitely go through a big change this summer, and many of their substitutes have come up from League Two, and these players are not even playing well in League One, let alone the Premier League.

They're definitely going to be eliminated.

A group of people are leaving, and naturally a group of people will make up for it, but the embarrassment of Wigan Athletic is that they don't have more purple gold, and the club's chairman Whelan has increased his investment in the club, and this fund is only five million euros, five million euros, and in the top league, it can't even buy a good frontcourt player.

The funding gap they face is too great.

In addition to the simple renovation work of the JJB stadium this summer, which also requires an expenditure of nearly three million euros, it can be said that the current Wigan Athletic has reached the point of smashing the pot and selling iron, and they can only buy some cheap players if they want to maintain it, and at the same time sign some free players.

Without funding, they can do very little.

"I think we should sell Zhang!" Looking at the latest offer from Chelsea, Nelson said to Jewell, "They offered 16.5 million euros, Paul, do you know how much it is? That's more than three times Mr. Whelan's additional investment! With this money, you'll be able to buy half of your team generously! ”

That's a bit of an exaggeration......

But it's a lot, 2 million euros is enough to buy some excellent 'blue collars', if you don't buy famous players, 16.5 million euros to buy 6, 7 'blue collars' who can fight and grab is not a problem.

Jewell obviously didn't agree to sell Zhang Tiehan, "No! My team can't live without Zhang! ”

"Paul, Zhang is very good, I know that, but are you sure you can keep him?" Nelson continued, "I also hope that there will be more good players in the team, but whether Zhang wants to stay at the club is still a question, you know, you see, so many teams are interested in him, he would be willing to stay in Wigan Town? And, can we give him a satisfactory contract? ”

Nelson continued, "Not to mention his own wishes, even if he is willing to stay on the team, what about the other players? You can't play in the Premier League with your current squad, do we have to buy some guys, or do you just want to sign some free players? ”

"Or, would you like to sell Andy?"

Maybe he didn't feel much about what he said earlier, because he knew everything, but the last sentence made Jewell very entangled...... Zhang Tiehan and Riddle, these are the two best and most valuable players on the team.

Zhang Tiehan can be sold at such a high price, and Chelsea's participation is inseparable.

Andy Riddle's worth is also fluctuating around 10 million, and he is about the same as Zhang Tiehan, so selling Riddle can also raise enough funds for the club, and there are many teams interested in Riddle, most of which are local teams in England.

Unlike Zhang Tiehan, Riddle is the heart of the midfield.

There is no team in England that does not lack a midfield core, and players like Ridell are much more popular in the transfer market than Zhang Tiehan as a simple striker.

And for Wigan Athletic Club, Ridell is much more important than Zhang Tiehan!

Riddle is not only a star, but also the soul of the team, an indispensable pillar of the team, he represents Wigan Athletic Club, and his prestige among Wigan fans is irreplaceable by others.

There's no way they're going to sell Ridell.

So if they want to build a good team, they can only choose to sell Zhang Tiehan......

This choice is undoubtedly cruel, especially for Jewell, Zhang Tiehan is something he has watched grow up step by step, he must be a big star in the future, and it is too painful to send this disciple out of the club by hand.

There was a long silence in the office.

But in the end, Jewell nodded......

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