After the experience and baptism of the World Cup, Ling Feng became the star of Leicester City.

Therefore, after the club officially announced the news of the completion of the contract renewal with Ling Feng, a large number of fans in Leicester City poured into the club's official website.

"Yay!"

"Well done!"

"As long as Ling Feng doesn't leave, it's a perfect transfer window!"

The happy Blue Fox fans almost took out firecrackers to celebrate

Fans of other Premier League teams beat their chests and ran to Ling Feng's social media account to make various comments:

"Young people are confused!"

"Going to Manchester City and Chelsea winning the Premier League, isn't it fragrant?"

"What the hell did Leicester City pour you with ecstasy?!"

"A real man should join the army!"

Of course, Ling Feng didn't care what the fans of other clubs thought.

He directly posted a photo of himself and the Blue Fox team emblem on social media, and wrote:

"I love this club! I will do everything in my power to help my club establish itself in the Premier League! ”

"Forward, Blue Fox!"

After completing the contract renewal with the team's leading star, Leicester City has also completed the contract renewal with Vardy, "drinking brother" Drinkwater, Morgan, Schmeichel and other key players.

And some players who are willing to play rotation have also renewed their contracts.

Of course, depending on the status and ability of the team, the salary increase of individual players will also be different.

How much strength gets how much weekly salary, that's fair!

After largely retaining Leicester's main framework, Leicester's transfer team can finally focus their full attention on the transfer market!

In fact, as early as when he became the owner of the Blue Foxes, Vichai also shouted a slogan, claiming that once the team was promoted to the Premier League, he would take out 10 billion baht to help the team's transfer operation.

Of course, slogans are just shouting.

If you really want to put it into practice, it's good to have general.

You know, 10 billion baht, but nearly 200 million pounds!

Even Manchester City and Paris, which are backed by oil dads, dare not say that they can spend so much money on transfer operations in a transfer window.

And the team's promotion to the Premier League and qualifying for the group stage of the Europa League through the FA Cup made the team's owner Vichai smile.

The exposure of the Premier League and European competitions will certainly greatly increase the popularity and influence of the tourism group behind it.

Although it did not come up with 200 million pounds at once, as in the slogan.

However, he still approved a transfer budget of 20 million pounds!

This amount is already a very large investment for a Premier League promoted horse.

The team director and the head coach are very satisfied with this.

After all, they are a small team, and the business philosophy of those big clubs is completely different.

Leicester City's primary goal after being promoted to the Premier League is to stay in the Premier League!

As long as they remain in the Premier League, they will be able to continue to earn tens of millions of pounds in broadcast fees, more exposure and attention, higher attendance and commercial income.

Only by keeping revenues in excess of expenditures and the club's business in good health can the team owners slowly increase their investment.

And 20 million pounds, not too much, no less.

may not even be able to buy a famous star, but with careful budgeting, you can buy a few powerful players.

In fact, Leicester City's transfer operation has started since the end of the season at the end of May!

Player transfers are not like the vegetable market, where you pat your head and see which player's name is more pleasing to the eye, or which giant wants to sign a certain player, and you pay to buy it.

First of all, scouts need time to look at the player, to see if he is capable of adapting to the team's tactics, as well as his competitive form, age, injury history, etc.

Sometimes, clubs will even look at a player for more than a year!

A blockbuster transfer often requires a lot of work behind the scenes.

Secondly, the transfer must be willing of both parties before it can proceed to the next round of negotiations.

Finally, through negotiations with the club and the player, the transfer can be finalized.

With little money on hand, Leicester City's transfer team is focused on a budget-conscious approach.

When looking for the right player in the transfer market, Walsh, the assistant coach and chief scout known as the "Hawkeye", first set his sights on free agents whose contracts expired.

After agreeing a personal agreement with the player, Leicester City first signed 35-year-old centre-back Matthew Upson, a former England international and former West Ham United captain.

He also waived the signing of left-back Mark Albrighton, a former hopeful who has now lost his place at Aston Villa.

It can be said that the joining of both will greatly increase the team's experience in the Premier League.

After all, apart from former international Koncheski and Dean Hammond, none of the other players in this Leicester City team have any Premier League experience.

Even Ling Feng and Vardy, who have already participated in the World Cup, are playing in the Premier League for the first time.

Upson and Albrighton will be able to pass on their Premier League experience to others on and off the pitch so that these players can adapt to the Premier League as quickly as possible.

In addition to the waiver, they have also loaned midfielder Nick Powell from Manchester United to add depth to their midfield.

And Leicester City's real first transaction that cost a transfer fee was the introduction of Argentine center Ulloa from "Seagull" Brighton for 7 million euros!

There is no doubt that Leicester City will still adopt the same 4231 tactics that they did in the Championship last season.

And the "Blue Fox Three Musketeers" combination with tacit understanding in the front court will definitely not be dismantled.

Therefore, Jamie Vardy, who became an England international, is undoubtedly the first choice for Leicester City's starting striker in the new season.

However, there is not only one set of tactics for a mature team, nor is it set in stone.

When the team's tactics need to be changed, a big center forward with excellent confrontation ability who can play as a fulcrum up front can take the ball with his back in the box and play for his teammates when Vardy is off the field or on the side.

Although there is already a New Zealand youngster Chris Wood who is more than 1.9 meters tall in the team.

However, he is still too young to resist even in the Championship, how can he gain a foothold in the fierce Premier League?

In last season's game against Brighton, Ulloa, who was able to resist tall defenders in the box and repeatedly threaten the goal, impressed Pearson and Walsh.

In the face of Leicester City's olive branch, Ulloa did not hesitate to seize this precious opportunity to participate in the Premier League and European competitions!

And this Argentine will become Leicester City's "battering ram" in the Premier League in the new season!

Of course, there is in and out.

Some players who are incompetent or not adapted to the team's tactics have also left the team:

Thirty-two-year-old left winger Lloyd Dyer, whose physical and competitive form has deteriorated badly, was sold to Championship side Watford for one million euros;

Dean Hammond, the team's midfielder who was exempted from signing last season, is not satisfied with his playing time and is not willing to play as a substitute.

As a result, it was also sold to another Championship side, Sheffield Wednesday, recovering a transfer fee of two million euros.

Substitute striker Martin Waghorn was sold directly for half a million euros.

It is worth mentioning that David Nugent, the team's main center last season and the first half of last season, also left the team!

In fact, Nugent's performance in the league can be described as not outstanding, scoring 22 goals.

However, his position in the team is somewhat awkward.

If he played a single arrow in the 4231 formation, his speed was not fast enough to form a good tacit understanding with Ling Feng's through ball.

If he plays as a winger on the left, speed and crosses and dribbling are not his strong suits.

And he himself doesn't want to play rotation.

Thankfully, his performance in the FA Cup has caught the attention of Premier League side Hull City, who have made an inquiry.

And he himself wants to play as a central striker, and Hull City have also promised to give him a place in the main team.

Therefore, after making up for Ulloa, Leicester City did not retain it, and directly sold Nugent to Hull City for 7.5 million euros.

It's almost the equivalent of exchanging Ulloa with a Nugent draw!

However, both the Leicester City boss and Walsh were satisfied with the deal.

They are convinced that Ulloa will be better than Nugent!

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On 23 July, Leicester's first-team players returned to Belvour to prepare for the new season.

However, due to their participation in the World Cup, Ling Feng and Vardy have extended their vacation and have not yet returned to the team.

Immediately afterward, the team flew to Thailand for a pre-season tour training.

On July 28, Leicester City played a pre-season warm-up match against Premier League team "Toffee" Everton in Bangkok.

It is worth mentioning that in the announced Premier League schedule, Everton will also be their opponent in the first game of the Premier League!

Perhaps because Ling Feng and Vardy, two core players, did not start, coupled with the addition of new signings, Everton finally beat Leicester City 1-0.

Although the opponent did not do his best to play the main force.

However, it is perfectly acceptable to lose just one goal against a Premier League powerhouse like Everton.

While training in Thailand, the team's recruitment is still continuing.

You know, in the upcoming new season, Leicester City will not only play in the Premier League, but also in the Europa League.

Plus the FA Cup and the League Cup.

This means that over the course of the season, Leicester City's starters in every position have to play nearly 50 games!

Therefore, considering the team's injuries and rotation, it is necessary to strengthen the depth of the squad in order not to collapse at both ends.

Among Leicester City's lineup, the weakest depth of the squad is the winger position!

In the left winger position, after Dier's departure, Albrighton was added, which means that the number has not changed.

Right winger, starting Riyad Mahrez, rotating Konokite.

And the most important forward position in the formation is only one player, Ling Feng!

If you count Vardy, Ling Feng and Nick Powell, who occasionally make cameos, there are only six players who can play as a forward midfielder and a left and right winger!

Three positions, six people, not enough!

Although in the unimportant cup matches, when Ling Feng rotates, he can also let Mahrez make a temporary cameo, or directly on Manchester United teenager Nick Powell.

However, if they can add a frontcourt that can play both left and right wingers, then their rotation lineup will be more balanced.

And in Walsh's opinion, Manchester United's Jesse Lingard is such a talent!

As a member of Manchester United's "new class of 92", Lingard is not tall and relatively thin.

However, the speed is fast, flexible, and there is a certain skill in passing, stopping and shooting.

What Walsh likes most is his excellent endurance and off-ball running!

He is running in the front court all the time, constantly running open to meet his teammates, and can pull out space for Vardy and Ling Feng and others in the frontcourt.

Lingard, on the other hand, spent a brief loan spell at Leicester City at the end of 2012.

Although the rental trip was not pleasant.

However, with the first time, the second time will be easier to negotiate.

Walsh contacted his acquaintance at Manchester United, current technical director Mick Court, and offered to sign Lingard on a season-long loan.

Manchester United didn't think about it for too long and agreed to the request.

However, whether or not to go to Leicester City depends on the player's personal wishes.

Having received a loan offer from Leicester City through the club, Jesse Lingard, who has just returned to Manchester United on loan from Brighton, is in a tangle.

As a Manchester United academy player, he certainly hopes to gain a firm foothold in the "Red Devils" step by step and become a starter through his own efforts.

And when Louis van Gaal takes over Manchester United, he will definitely give the players a chance to perform.

But the agent persuaded him to accept the loan.

The reason is simple and realistic:

Lingard has no main position in this Manchester United team that is in ruins!

In the Manchester United team, which player who can play in the middle of the midfield and on the wing, which one is not more powerful and famous than him?

Herrera, Nani, Shinji Kagawa, Ashley Young, Juan Mata and others, and there is also Real Madrid's winged "Angel" Di Maria, who is already close to transferring.

You know, at his age, sufficient and stable playing time is the key to rising balls!

A trip to Leicester City will allow you to compete for a place in the main team and also compete in the Europa League.

You know, last season Manchester United was only seventh in the Premier League, there was no Champions League, and there was no Europa League.

After an analysis by his agent, Lingard couldn't help but think of fond memories of last season at the King Power Stadium.

It was his goal that ended Leicester's Championship winning streak in that game.

And after the game, he also exchanged shirts with Leicester City's midfield core Ling Feng.

At that time, they also agreed to meet in the Premier League.

Lingard never imagined that the black-haired teenager who was omnipotent in the Championship would become the core of the Three Lions' midfield in just a few months!

He was curious as to why Ling Feng was able to progress so quickly.

Perhaps, playing with him, you can get the answer?!

Finally, after a personal call with Walsh, Lingard was quickly persuaded by the old man's words:

'We're a young team and we really need a guy like you who is so energetic and on the pitch!'

"You're going to be an important part of us!"

"And, as long as you do well at Leicester City, you will be able to return to Old Trafford next season with a more mature and strong posture and compete for a place in the main team!"

Let's start with a chapter.

The second chapter is being written, and it should be out by twelve o'clock.

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