In their first season back in the Premier League after a decade, Leicester City finished fifth in the league and qualified for next season's Europa League.

Thanks to such excellent performances and the performance of core players such as Ling Feng, the popularity and influence of Leicester City have expanded rapidly in the past year.

Not only in the British Peninsula, but also in the fan circle of the whole of Europe, many people also know this fearless blue fox located in a small city of 300,000 people in the middle of England!

For the club's owner, Vichai, the club's good results are also an opportunity to expand the brand influence of his travel group.

Therefore, in order to reward the team's hard work on the field, and to expand the club's influence in Thailand and even Asia, Vichai specially arranged for the team to travel and train in Thailand, and by the way, played two friendly matches with two Asian giants to earn some ticket money.

Although the team's star Ling Feng is still in the Czech Republic.

However, when all the Leicester City staff arrived at the airport in Bangkok, Thailand, they were greeted with a very warm welcome.

Thai fans, wearing Leicester City's home jerseys for the new season, held various placards in their hands, waving and screaming at the Blue Foxes who had just stepped off the plane.

Seeing this battle, Makhrest took out his mobile phone and took a picture of the person holding "Love Tiger Oil, Ling!" in his hand. The Thai girls who waited for the brand, and then sent the video to Ling Feng in the Czech Republic.

And add a sentence:

"Man, the fans of this place are so welcoming! You have a lot of fans."

According to the original plan, Leicester City will stay in Thailand for a week.

There will then be two friendlies before returning to England for pre-season training.

This period is a relaxing holiday for the team.

And for the team, it is a very crucial opportunity!

In addition to negotiating with Ling Feng to renew his contract, the club is also in full swing to renew the contract with other main players.

This summer, for Leicester City, reinforcements or something, can be thrown aside first.

Being able to retain most of the structure of the existing squad is a big win!

Among them, most of the main players and rotation players are not too difficult to renew.

Because, they can also feel that Leicester City's good team atmosphere is something that other teams can't give.

Moreover, they are also afraid that the team will not look at their own level and replace them with more powerful players.

Therefore, as long as they can get a salary increase, they are basically willing to sign a new contract and continue to play for Leicester City.

The club focused on renewing the contract, and there were only four people.

That's the Blue Fox Three Musketeers plus Brother Drinking Water!

As attacking players in midfield, these four are the most integral four players in Leicester's attacking system.

Even though all four have received offers from other clubs.

However, judging from the willingness of the players to renew their contracts, all four are willing to stay with the team.

It's just that in terms of conditions, we need to consider it slowly.

As long as the players feel the importance of the club and the fans in Thailand, as soon as they are happy, they may directly renew their contracts.

This is one of the reasons why Vichai invited the whole team to visit Thailand!

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While the team is feeling the enthusiasm of the Thai fans, the club's scouting department is also actively looking for suitable recruits in the transfer market.

Among them, Schalke 04's main left-back Christian Fox, whose contract is about to expire.

Schalke, on the other hand, does not intend to renew his contract.

Of course, an experienced veteran, who is in his playing year, is a veteran, but he is a sweet spot in the eyes of many small and medium-sized teams.

Leicester City are in close contact with their agent in an attempt to bring the experienced Austrian international to the King Power Stadium.

Although Schlupp is a youth team player, his defense is really not reassuring.

If a Bundesliga player like Fox can be recruited, the team will be guaranteed at left-back.

Walsh, the team's head of scouting and known as "Hawkeye" by insiders, flew across Europe to find the right person for the team.

It is worth mentioning that France is definitely the blessed land of Walsh.

At that time, when Abramovich was in charge of the Blues, Walsh had recommended players such as Petr Cech at Rennes, Didier Drogba at Marseille and Essien from Lyon.

In Leicester's squad, Riyad Mahrez is another treasure that Walsh has unearthed in Ligue 2.

Therefore, this time Walsh also decided to go to France to see if he could find some good seedlings at a good price.

At a time when the major giants of the Premier League have already bought strong reinforcements, Leicester City's first deal this summer has come quietly.

They simply bought out 31-year-old German centre-back Robert Hutter, who had been on loan from Stoke City for £3 million.

Subsequently, the club made another offer of another young centre-back Harry Maguire on loan for £5 million!

These two loan deals, which were completed in the winter window, will be clear for Leicester City's defensive improvement in the second half of the season.

Although not much playing time.

However, in the second half of the season, especially during the injury of captain Morgan, the central defensive combination of Huter and Maguire helped the team maintain a certain competitiveness in the league and Europa League, and did not fall behind.

And for Maguire's excellent performance at Leicester City, Hull City would never have thought of it.

Due to relegation from the Premier League this season, Hull City originally wanted to let the trained Maguire return as the team's main central defender and key training target.

As a result, they did not agree to Leicester's buyout clause when they negotiated a contract with Leicester City.

However, two and a half million pounds were bought back and five million pounds were sold, and the profit was doubled as soon as it changed hands.

It's also a good deal for Hull City.

Of course, people are greedy.

Seeing Maguire follow England to kill all sides in the European Youth Championship, once he wins the championship, Maguire, as the main central defender, will definitely be able to increase his value slightly.

If you sell it again, the price will definitely be higher.

What's more, after the team is relegated, the team's lineup and salary will be affected, and it may not be able to keep the existing players.

Keeping Maguire, who is young and has potential, can also help the team to soar.

As a result, Hull City did not want to sell Maguire.

It's just that Maguire, who has been personally recruited by Ling Feng, conveyed to the club his strong desire to transfer to Leicester City directly through his agent.

Since the player wants to go, Hull City is not easy to stay.

And Hull City's positioning of Maguire's team is not an indispensable non-sale.

Want to go?

OK.

Be sincere!

The two sides will definitely negotiate and negotiate the transfer fee next.

However, judging by Hull City's attitude, Maguire should be able to stay with the Foxes next season!

Before the start of the European Youth Championship, he made a point of mentioning to head coach Pearson, saying that he hoped the club would keep Maguire behind.

And in front of Pearson, he praised Maguire as a player with great potential and can help the team.

Pearson also heard what he meant, and also praised Maguire's importance to the team's backline, and assured Ling Feng that the club would find a way to keep Maguire.

Knowing from Maguire that the two clubs are negotiating, Ling Feng is satisfied with the club's positive attitude.

So, he also reminded Mendes to renew his contract with the team as soon as possible, so that the team can make reinforcements with peace of mind.

After all, as the star of the team, if he doesn't renew his contract first, the rest of the team will also be panicked, afraid that Ling Feng will not transfer and leave this summer.

Once Leicester City does not have Ling Feng, the strength of the team will definitely plummet, and the main players who originally wanted to stay will not necessarily stay.

Not to mention the players who had the opportunity to join the team, if they saw Ling Feng, the core of the team, leave, they would not hesitate to book the earliest train or flight immediately and run away overnight!

Under Ling Feng's "urging", Mendes had no choice but to fly directly to Thailand to negotiate with the club director and head coach in person.

At present, the two sides still have a huge deal about the weekly salary

In Mendes's view, with Ling Feng's current top strength and reputation in the Premier League, there is nothing wrong with taking the same weekly salary of 180,000 as Arsenal's dogs.

In particular, he is one of the most expensive players in the entire Premier League in terms of commercial value, and can bring more additional income to the team.

That being said.

But the weekly salary of 180,000 is simply astronomical!

For Arsenal, Manchester City, Manchester United, Chelsea and other big-pocketed BIG6 teams, the weekly salary of 180,000 is the highest salary in the team.

Not to mention Leicester City, who have just returned to the Premier League for a year!

180,000 a week, 52 weeks a year, that's 9,360,000 pounds!

Coupled with goal bonuses, assist bonuses and other miscellaneous bonuses, Ling Feng's salary and bonuses alone will cost tens of millions of pounds!

This is something that Leicester City, which runs on a small budget, cannot afford it.

Even if Ling Feng is the indispensable core of the team, he is one of the best players in the entire Premier League

Of course, the lion's opening is nothing more than Mendez's usual negotiating tactic.

Mendes then hung out at the club for a few days and claimed that the player loved the club so much that he was willing to lower his salary requirements.

Not 180,000, not 168,000, just 140,000!

Then the signing fee can also be reduced a little.

For Mendes, a difficult opponent, Rudkin, the director of the Blue Foxes who is in charge of contract renewal negotiations, also cursed in his heart.

Although the weekly salary of 140,000 is still difficult for the club to accept.

However, at least there has been progress in continuing the renewal negotiations

Just as Mendes and the club continued to argue over weekly salary, signing fees and termination fees, Ling Feng and England U21, who were far away in the Czech Republic, also ushered in the third game of the group stage.

Their opponent is the "Blue Coats" Italy.

In last year's World Cup in Brazil, Ling Feng made his World Cup debut against Italy.

and helped England equalise, thus changing the fate of the Three Lions out of the group.

And in that game, the scene where Ling Feng picked the ball past Pirlo also became one of the classic scenes in that World Cup, making him famous.

Now, he really doesn't have much interest in the Italian national youth who don't have many stars.

However, when looking at the starting line-up of the Italian youth team from the perspective of a future fan, he found an interesting thing:

That is the team of the Italian national youth team, which has collected the tricolor babe that has been praised by future fans!

The tricolor baby is actually the collective name of the three local rising stars of the same age in Italy who have a shell beginning in their names.

The three-color babe, namely the "green bebe" Berardi, plays for Sassuolo;

"Red Babe" Belotti, who plays for Palermo;

"Purple Bebe" Bernardeschi, plays for Fiorentina.

All three are up-and-coming Italian strikers in the last year.

Among them, Berardi, who plays for Sassuolo, is the most famous.

Its most talked-about nickname is the nickname of "Milan Killer".

The striker scored a hat-trick against AC Milan in the league this season.

Last season against Milan, he also staged a senior brat, leading the team to a comeback victory!

In addition to the tricolor babe, the Italian team also has several well-known Italian stars such as Romarioli, Biraghi, Rugani, and Sturaro.

After a year, compared to himself in the World Cup, Ling Feng has visibly become a lot stronger.

And he is so confident that even if he encounters Verratti, Andrea Pirlo and De Rossi again in midfield, he will not be able to defend himself.

What's more, it's little Calami like Sturaro and Benasi?!

Although the spot has been locked in early, Southgate has also made a range of rotations.

However, in the last two games, both Southgate and all the fans have been well aware of one fact:

With Ling Feng on the field, and without Ling Feng on the field, the combat effectiveness of this lion cub is completely different!

Therefore, in order to ensure that the team won three consecutive victories and maintained the momentum of Ruhong, Southgate could only let Ling Feng, who is the captain and the core of the team, continue to start.

And in this game, Ling Feng's performance is still outstanding!

In the 16th minute, he sent in a lethal cross from the right flank to help Kane score his fourth goal of the tournament.

Then, five minutes later, his superb long-range shot from 35 yards out of goal led the goalkeeper to get out of his hands and Ings, who played as a right winger, struck a clever follow-up effort to extend the score to 2-0.

Back in the dressing room with a two-goal lead, Southgate approached Ling Feng privately and asked if he needed a break.

And Ling Feng also said that he was not tired and could play for another twenty minutes.

Although leading by two goals. However, Ling Feng was really afraid that after he got off the field, Italy would score two goals in a row, and even reverse the tables.

At the sixty-third minute of the second half, he scored the third goal himself, and Ling Feng was relieved to be replaced.

The score of the game was finally fixed at 3-0.

After beating Italy, England won three straight group games to reach the semi-finals of the European Youth Championship and qualify for next year's Olympic Games in Rio.

However, just as Ling Feng led LinkedIn Gran all the way to the European Youth Championships, he suddenly received an unexpected bad news!

(End of chapter)

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