I build a giant in the Premier League

Chapter 122 We sold it too cheap! Let's go together, we want to win the championship! [Subscribe]

Real Madrid’s first offer was simply ignored by the Chinese in Bayswater.

Because what they want is Pepe, who has just been selected for the Portugal national team.

Can Yang Cheng still indulge them?

The world-class central defender that Yang Cheng favored so much and was brought from Porto with great effort, is being sold to Real Madrid?
Want to eat shit?

But soon, Real Madrid made another offer, they wanted to sign Skrtel from Bayswater Chinese.

And a transfer fee of 1350 million pounds was offered at once.

In other words, a direct transfer fee of around 2000 million euros was given.

This came as a surprise to Yang Cheng and the Chinese people in Bayswater.

"This offer is fine."

Adam Crozier looked at Yang Cheng with a smile, his eyes full of inquiry.

"It seems that Real Madrid is really anxious now."

"Of course they are anxious. Right now, the whole European football world is short of central defenders. Rich teams like Real Madrid can still stand up and shout a few words, but poor teams like Arsenal dare not say a word." Adam Crozer harshly mocked Arsenal.

Why?

Wenger said that the transfer market in European football is too chaotic now, the prices of central defenders are too high, and he dare not make a move.

That sounds nice.

To put it bluntly, it means that we don’t have the money to buy it.

Therefore, the media and fans outside were all making jokes.

With this little investment, you still want to be in the top four?
The Sun has directly said that Arsenal has secured the fifth place in the league in advance!

The season hasn't even started yet and I'm being treated like this. It's really depressing.

I just don’t know if Wenger’s defense has been broken?
"From the team's perspective, can it be sold?" Adam Crozier asked.

From the beginning till now, Yang Cheng has been looking at the notebook in front of him, which contains some player information that he asked the scout department to collect, and his main focus is on the game situation of Brazil's Fluminense.

The Brazilian domestic league is not yet synchronized with the European league and is not a cross-year competition system.

Their league is from May to December.

But before the league starts, they have a domestic cup competition.

Thiago Silva moved back to Brazil from Dynamo Moscow in Russia in January 2006.

While in Russia, he contracted tuberculosis, nearly died, and was hospitalized for six months.

After returning to Brazil, his overall performance was average.

Fluminense's performance was equally mediocre, finishing only 15th in the Brazilian Serie A, close to the relegation zone at 17th place.

As a defender, the defense led by Thiago Silva conceded 38 goals in 58 games.

Thiago Silva played 31 games.

This is not surprising.

It would be strange if a person who almost died of tuberculosis could return to the court after resting for half a year and immediately give his best performance.

In the first half of 2007, Fluminense bought Thiago Silva from Dynamo Moscow for 200 million euros.

Then, this team and this person began to explode.

In the just-concluded Brazilian Cup, Fluminense won the championship.

Thiago Silva started in all 12 games, played the full game and scored 3 goals.

Most importantly, Fluminense conceded only 11 goals.

In Brazil, a country that advocates offense, it is really not easy to achieve this.

Yang Cheng also took a special look at Fluminense's transfer situation and found that they not only had no strong reinforcements, but the lineup was basically the same as last season, and they even sold a central defender, Renato Silva.

So, now they have three central defenders, Thiago Silva, Luis Alberto and Roger Machado.

Among these three, Thiago Silva is the defensive pillar.

After watching Thiago Silva's performance, Yang Cheng turned to look at the defense line of Bayswater Chinese.

Jose Fonte, nicknamed the Political Commissar, is indeed a very good central defender and a lubricant in the locker room.

But his strength is beginning to fall behind the current situation of the Chinese in Bayswater.

The Bayswater Chinese are in the quarterfinals of the Champions League and the Premier League champions.

With Jose Fonte's ability, it is indeed difficult for him to always lead the defense.

Pepe and Koscielny are both very good, and both have speed, return to defense quickly, and are both the type to steal the ball.

Scottel is tall and strong, and looks like a tough guy at first glance, but he is a little slow in turning.

From the middle of last season, Yang Cheng began to change the team's tactical play, and the overall defense line was relatively forward.

This is not very favorable for Skrtel.

Especially when encountering some faster forwards.

Judging from the ability alone, Yang Cheng feels that Skrtel is even stronger than Koscielny now.

But from the perspective of technical characteristics, Koscielny is more suitable for the current Chinese team in Bayswater.

Combined with Thiago Silva, the answer is obvious.

After hearing what Adam Crozier said, Yang Cheng nodded slightly and said, "It can definitely be sold."

"I have always said that among us Chinese in Bayswater, there is only one person who is indispensable."

Who it is, needless to say, everyone present knows.

"But Real Madrid is clearly messing around right now, especially Calderon and Mijatovic. Do they know how to transfer?"

Adam Crozier was the most astute and immediately caught the hidden meaning in Yang Cheng's words.

"You mean, to rip him off?"

While talking, this guy also used his right hand to make a gesture of cutting vegetables with a knife.

This caused everyone in the conference room to burst into laughter.

"Think about it, if you don't kill the fat sheep that comes to your door, are you worthy of this fat sheep?"

Yang Cheng now completely understood why Real Madrid was slaughtered so badly by Porto in the previous life.

"Then how much should we bid?" Adam Crozier smiled cunningly.

"3000 million..."

Everyone's eyes lit up, what a good price.

"……GBP!"

Everyone present almost fell down.

Crazy?
"3000 million pounds? 4500 million euros?" Adam Crozer was speechless.

"Yes, that's the price."

"There's no way Real Madrid would agree to that."

"That's even better. We don't want to sell it yet!" Yang Cheng also smiled.

He just wanted to create an illusion that Real Madrid had been begging for the deal and the Chinese in Bayswater had no other options, so they offered a sky-high price in an attempt to scare Real Madrid off.

This way the fans will be more accepting.

"Not only that, you're making an offer, but they're also shouting that Skrtel is not for sale."

The first rule of unscrupulous businessmen is to be both a dictator and a dictator, and to want both.

Without such good moral character, what's the point of being a profiteer?
"You know, our players' weekly wages are not high. Although the transfer fee is higher, the total cost during the entire transfer contract period is not much different from that of other players."

The total cost during the contract period is the transfer fee plus the total salary during the contract period.

But the total salary will also be subject to tax.

Just like Qi Wu, he asked for an annual salary of 500 million after tax, which is equivalent to about 700 million euros before tax.

Foreign players enjoy tax benefits under the Beckham clause in their first three years in La Liga, but there are no more after that.

Over the past five years, the average is about 5 million euros before tax.

That is 3500 million euros, plus a transfer fee of 1800 million euros.

In other words, Real Madrid's cost for Zidane's transfer is approximately 5 million euros over five years.

Skrtel's annual salary is not that high. According to his performance last year, he probably earned around 100 million pounds, or 150 million euros.

Real Madrid will raise his salary a little more, directly to 300 million euros.

This is after tax, before tax it is about 420 million euros.

In other words, Real Madrid's salary cost in five years is approximately 5 million euros.

Add the transfer fee of 4500 million euros, it is about 6600 million euros, which is 1300 million euros more than Zidane.

See, not as many as you imagined?

What's more, Real Madrid is not stupid, can't they bargain?
If Calderon and Mijatovic are really so generous and don't bargain at all, then Yang Cheng will have no choice.

"In the current environment, Real Madrid has no choice!" Yang Cheng said with a smile.

This brings us back to the classic word problem.

I met Jack Ma in the desert. He was dying of thirst and wanted to buy a bottle of water from me. How much should I sell it to him?

……

After making the decision, Yang Cheng handed over the specific negotiations to Adam Crozier.

He is now trying to extricate himself from these daily affairs.

Xia Qing is in charge of the administrative department, and Adam Crozer is in charge of operations, so Yang Cheng is relieved.

By the way, after returning to London, Yang Cheng packed his luggage openly and moved directly into the apartment rented by Xia Qing.

This apartment is not far away, but it is not big, and there are many neighbors on both sides.

Xia Qing was originally struggling with where to find a house in London.

But Yang Cheng was completely clueless about this matter.

So he brought Chris Hunter over and asked the head of the infrastructure department to look for the candidate.

What?
The head of the infrastructure department is not responsible for finding housing?

Give you a chance to say it again?
Is the boss’s house considered infrastructure?

Under Yang Cheng's coercion and inducement, Chris Hunter had no choice but to sell out his private time.

After all, he was engaged in bankruptcy reorganization, so he found a lot of things at once.

All around Bayswater.

From Notting Hill to Westminster, and then to the south around Knightsbridge, Holland Park, etc.

Expensive, cheap, single-family mansions, townhouses, apartments... everything is available.

So, Yang Cheng took a day off and took Xia Qing, plus Chris Hunter, the light bulb, to look at houses in the West End of London.

The Notting Hill area is very close to Bayswater, but the styles of the houses are either single-story apartments or townhouses, which Yang Cheng and Xia Qing don't like very much.

There are many luxury houses on both sides of Holland Park, but they are all very expensive.

With one or two million pounds, you can't even choose a house in this area.

But this area has one advantage: rich people gather there and the environment is good too.

To the east is Hyde Park, to the west is Holland Park, and to the south and north are large shopping malls and shopping streets. It's amazing.

Especially on the west side of Holland Park, there are many detached villas.

The most valuable thing is that there is a courtyard in front of the house and a garden behind the house, with a 999-year property right and a very large area.

Yang Cheng remembered that in his previous life, after the British Prime Minister Cameron stepped down, he moved out of Downing Street and lived west of Holland Park.

But he lived in the best location on Ilchester Square Road, which was full of large detached houses. It was said to be worth 1600 million pounds at the time, and later it rose to more than 2 million pounds.

Since the former prime minister moved in, there have been police standing guard at the street corners every day, and the public security is very good.

Of course, this is the wealthy area with the best security in London.

The villa that Chris Hunter took Yang Cheng to see was also a detached villa.

It has 3 floors, with a total area of ​​about 700 square meters, and is equipped with an independent garage next to it.

The walking distance from here to Bayswater is about 2 kilometers, and the driving distance is about the same.

From the location to the security to the environment, everything is really good.

It’s just that the interior decoration style seems a bit old-fashioned, kind of old money style, which neither Yang Cheng nor Xia Qing likes.

Moreover, it has been renovated for many years and many places are old and dilapidated and not very suitable for living.

It is precisely because of this, and the fact that the owner is a foreigner, that the property is put up for sale.

"Since last year, the UK has started to control mortgage lending, so the entire luxury home market is not particularly prosperous. A house like this currently costs around £350 million."

As soon as Chris Hunter finished speaking, Xia Qing was startled.

"350 million pounds?" She looked at Yang Cheng, as if to say: Do we really need to buy such a good house?
"This is just the early stage. After you buy it, you will definitely have to redecorate it, which will cost a lot of money. The renovation cost of a single-family villa is also very expensive." Chris Hunter reminded.

Xia Qing did some calculations herself and estimated that it would cost 700 million pounds, which is 7 million yuan.

Be nice!

"Let's live in Notting Hill. I like it there very much." Xia Qing pulled Yang Cheng's hand and suggested.

This is too expensive!

"By the way, how much is the property management fee?" Yang Cheng asked.

"It's £10 a foot a year, so that's about £7 in total."

"It's enough for us to rent a house for a year." Xia Qing felt very distressed.

This is indeed too expensive.

But Yang Cheng had something else in mind.

It may seem expensive now, but it won’t be expensive later.

In the next few years, the UK's base interest rate will drop to almost zero. By that time, investors from all over the world will rush in frantically, causing ordinary house prices in the UK to plummet, but luxury homes in London to skyrocket.

For example, didn’t the richest man, Wang Dawan, buy a luxury house next to Holland Park as an investment?

So, this deal is worth doing.

After making up his mind, Yang Cheng immediately asked Chris Hunter to take charge.

Renovation should also be put on the agenda.

It just so happens that Norman Foster was invited to design the stadium.

Instead of bothering two people with the same task, just ask him to help.

Just in a few days, Yang Cheng, as the client, will go to listen to Norman Foster's design report in order to finalize it.

……

"Are you sure you want to buy it?"

Xia Qing still felt that it was too expensive.

"Don't worry, I know what I'm doing." Yang Cheng put his arm around her soft shoulders and said with a smile.

"You know, my mom has a lot of private money now, and we have been living in England. If I don't dig some more money over, what if she and my dad give me a brother or sister one day? Wouldn't I be at a big disadvantage then?"

Xia Qing was amused by Yang Cheng, but she also scolded him, "Don't talk nonsense all day long."

Although they had not been together for a long time, she could see that Yang Jianguo and his wife were doting on Yang Cheng.

Yang Cheng really wasn't talking nonsense.

Of course his adoptive parents would not give him any more brothers or sisters, but Yang Cheng didn’t know how this rich second generation should behave.

He has absolutely no experience in this.

Since mom said so, let’s just do it.

What's more, they do have this need.

"Okay, I'll take care of this, but you have to help me with something."

"You said."

"Please help me invest the 600 million pounds in my account in the US stock market and buy Apple."

"why?"

"There's no use just keeping the money." Yang Cheng said righteously.

Over the past few years, he was so busy that he didn't pay any attention to money at all.

But now that he has money, he wants to make some long-term investments.

For example, buy Apple stock.

The stock market has its ups and downs, and a half-baked person like Yang Cheng is simply not suitable for short-term trading.

So, just learn from Buffett, identify a stock, buy it, and then don't look at it for more than ten years.

Apple split its stock 2005-for-3 on March 1, 1. The stock price was $2 at the time, but it fell to $90 after the split. It has since risen slowly to its current price of around $43.

The first generation of iPhone was released, but its sales were not very good, and it did not bring about the so-called epoch-making change.

These are the definitions given by people later when they traced back.

Right now, that crappy phone can’t even use 3G and it’s still so expensive, how many people would buy it?
At least it's not available in the UK yet.

Before 2005, Yang Cheng really had no money.

Now that he has it, he wants to invest all the £600 million in Apple.

You can probably buy 12 shares.

By 2014, the stock was split 1 to 7, which means 84 shares.

If we wait until 2020, the stock will be split 1 to 4, which means 336 million shares.

When Apple's stock price reaches its peak in 2024, exceeding $200, that will be...

Uh…less than $7 million.

It doesn’t seem like there are too many.

Not enough for me to build a stadium...so disappointing!

How do those time travelers who can easily make a fortune from stock trading do it?
I'm sorry, I brought shame to us time travelers!

Forget it, just consider it as some pension money.

If it really doesn't work out, then he can only return to China and inherit billions of assets.

When the time comes, grab Biyadi in one hand and Jingdong in the other, and lie down directly. No matter what happens, he won't wake up!

……

Real Madrid were indeed taken aback by the offer from the Chinese at Bayswater.

£3000?
Want to eat shit?

Combined with what Adam Crozier said in an interview with the Times, that Skrtel is vital to the team and the team is unlikely to sell him, it seems that the Chinese in Bayswater want to scare off Real Madrid with a sky-high price.

But now, this scumbag of Real Madrid is different from usual.

Florentino is one of those people who has been through many flowers without getting hurt, and he knows too well the twists and turns in the transfer market.

Calderon and Mijatovic are not, they are fake scum.

Not only are they not, but they are also the kind of Phoenix men who come from poor families.

She obviously doesn't have the character or means of a scumbag, but she insists on pretending to be affectionate.

When they were handling Qi Wu's transfer, it was clear that they were really clumsy.

He wanted to smack multiple targets at the same time, but ended up not smack any of them.

Barcelona and Juventus have already shifted their targets, and it's clear that Zidane wants to go to Inter Milan, but you're still hanging on to this tree.

What? Do you want to appear infatuated?
Now, after being rejected by the Chinese in Bayswater, Calderon and Mijatovic became more excited.

Mijatovic led the team personally and marched towards London in a mighty manner.

The slogan is to bring Robben and Skrtel home!
Robben's current situation at Chelsea is quite embarrassing.

There is no doubt about his ability, but the key is that he has suffered too many injuries and cannot be relied upon in crucial matches.

This is very troublesome.

Mourinho's original idea was to bring in another high-level winger to complement Robben.

But the Dutchman was not happy and when he renewed his contract with Chelsea, he rejected the contract offered by the Blues.

In this situation, Chelsea could only take precautions in advance and signed Malouda from Lyon in Ligue 1.

This is already a very obvious signal that Robben is leaving the team.

The British media has also been reporting that Robben has refused to renew his contract with Chelsea and is preparing to leave the team.

In this situation, Mijatovic led the team to London and eventually signed Arjen Robben from Chelsea for a transfer fee of 2450 million pounds, or about 3600 million euros.

We are talking to Robben here, and also to the Chinese in Bayswater.

From the perspective of the Chinese in Bayswater, Calderon and Mijatovic have many faults, but there is one good thing.

They don't even contact the players privately.

Therefore, when negotiating with the Chinese in Bayswater, the two sides were always going back and forth on the transfer fee.

The Chinese in Bayswater are adamant that they won’t sell.

Real Madrid is determined to buy you, but you have to lower the price.

Yang Cheng’s confidence comes from the transfer market, as there are no excellent central defenders to be found nowadays.

Skrtel performed well in the Premier League and the Champions League last season and can be considered a central defender who has proven his strength.

This also made everyone at Real Madrid feel reassured.

After several days of negotiations, Real Madrid continued to increase its offer, but the Chinese in Bayswater rejected it again and again.

Adam Crozier is also a real scumbag and a playboy. After get off work every day, he has nothing to do but pick up girls everywhere.

What this kind of person is best at is fishing.

His scumbag ability was fully demonstrated in the negotiations with Real Madrid.

When you hesitate to move forward or backward, I will tease you a little; you take one step forward, and I reluctantly move forward; you take two steps forward, and I take another step forward shyly...

In this way, the distance between us was slowly shortened.

Finally, the two sides agreed on a price.

2350 million pounds, which is equivalent to 3500 million euros.

Why is this number?
Because Mijatovic almost cried at the end.

If I really want to surpass Robben, I won’t be able to explain to the fans when I go back.

If the Chinese in Bayswater really don't want to sell, then Real Madrid can only not buy. Seeing that there is really no money to be made, Adam Crozier can only nod and agree, and by the way, do a big favor for Mijatovic.

I see that it’s not easy for you, so I sell it to you at this price!
I will definitely be scolded to death by our boss when I get back!

In the end, Skrtel transferred to Real Madrid for 2350 million pounds.

……

"How many?"

"Eight million pounds?"

In his mansion in Knightsbridge, London, Abramovich was about to jump up.

This number is outrageous.

"Our Robben was only sold for 2450 million pounds, and they are selling a central defender for this price?"

Russians don't understand football, but even if they don't, they know that forwards are more valuable than defenders.

What's more, Robben is a superstar.

"We sold it too cheaply!" Abramovich shook his head, regretting his decision.

He really didn't expect that the pair of funny guys from Real Madrid would be so cowardly.

"But it's better this way. After selling a central defender, the strength of their back line has been greatly affected, and there will probably be problems in the new season." Abramovich quickly adjusted his mood.

He looked again at his personal assistant, Marina Granovskaia.

"The team's trip to the United States this year is also very important. Last year, the Bayswater Chinese made a lot of money in Asia. We also want to make some money this year. We can't always rely on our investment."

Granovskaia nodded.

She knew that this was the information her boss wanted her to reveal to Peter Kenyon and others.

"In the new season, we must defeat the Bayswater Chinese no matter what!"

"And Shevchenko..."

Abramovich gets a headache when he thinks of Ukrainian nuclear warheads.

That bastard Mourinho really has no sympathy for him at all.

Shevchenko was not even allowed to play in the warm-up matches.

This is a bit embarrassing for Abramovich.

Last season, we lost 0-5 at home to Bayswater Chinese, and I forgave it myself...

How could he be so disrespectful?
……

“Did you really sell it?”

Colney training base, north London.

After hearing the news that Bayswater Chinese had sold Skrtel, Wenger felt relieved.

“Definitely sold.”

Pat Rice nodded affirmatively.

"In addition, we have received news that Manchester City is making an offer for Danny Collins."

"That left-back?" Wenger immediately laughed.

“Can also play as a centre-back.”

Wenger nodded; he knew this man.

Last season, Bayswater Chinese's main left-back was Leighton Baines, and Danny Collins came on as a substitute in many games and was considered an important rotation player for the team.

Unexpectedly, I was poached.

This is actually the trouble with managing a team.

Many people think that the main lineup is the most important.

That's true, but in fact, the substitute lineup is also very troublesome.

Just like Danny Collins or Gokhan Inle.

Once these players perform well and have a certain level of strength, they will seek out other teams, even mid- and lower-level Premier League teams, to play as the main force.

After all, playing as a main player in a team can help you improve and express yourself better than playing as a rotation or substitute in a strong team.

What's more, the salaries and benefits for Chinese people in Bayswater are indeed low.

"We sold Ashley Young and now Skrtel, plus Inler and Danny Collins, it looks like we have a chance of making the top four this year!"

Thinking of this, Wenger couldn't wait any longer.

He felt that his Arsenal was back in action.

……

“So many people were sold?”

By the time Ferguson received the news, Bayswater Chinese and Manchester City had already made the official announcement.

Danny Collins moves to Manchester City for £1000 million.

Four players were sold at once, among which Ashley Young and Skrtel were both important main players.

Inler and Danny Collins are rotation players.

Plus backup goalkeeper Danny Coney.

There can’t be no turbulence in the Bayswater Chinese line-up.

"Yang Cheng didn't recruit any reinforcements?"

"We have previously signed backup goalkeeper Begovic, 18-year-old midfield genius Rakitic from Basel, Switzerland, and local genius Aaron Ramsey from Cardiff, Wales." reported his younger brother Martin Ferguson.

He is Manchester United's chief scout.

Ferguson listened and nodded.

Rakitic is a well-known talented midfielder in European football, but he is only 18 years old.

There are many talented players in European football these days, but only a few of them can become successful players.

It's a pity for Ferguson that Aaron Ramsey is gone.

He has been keeping an eye on this young player for a long time.

Why didn't you take action?

Because Ferguson decided to sign Anderson.

This is also a young player, and a Brazilian player, nicknamed Ronaldinho II.

Ferguson deeply regretted missing out on Ronaldinho in 03.

Now that there is an opportunity to sign Ronaldinho II, Ferguson will of course cultivate him carefully.

Aaron Ramsey?
Let him continue to stay in Cardiff to level up.

Ferguson was certain at the time that Arsenal, Liverpool and Chelsea all had the same idea.

As for the bids from Everton, Tottenham and other teams, they don’t matter to the top clubs.

They even hope that Everton and other teams will sign Aaron Ramsey, train him carefully for a few years, and then wave their money and rush to buy him when the time is right.

Isn't this what all the top teams do?

I just didn’t expect that the Chinese in Bayswater would take action.

But that's okay.

Ferguson now has a clear idea.

The Chinese in Bayswater will be very short of money for many years to come.

"I heard that they quietly signed a 22-year-old central defender from Brazil and are preparing to use the special talent clause for him."

"This guy is really careful with his money. He uses it once a year." Ferguson couldn't help but laugh.

"I think I used it last year? Who did I give it to?" Ferguson suddenly couldn't remember.

"Last year? Maicon? No, Di Maria, no..."

Martin Ferguson clapped his hands vigorously. "Oh, it's a kid called Marcelo, he's 19 years old now."

Ferguson nodded slightly and remembered the name.

Based on his understanding of Yang Cheng, this kid is definitely not a simple guy.

"I also heard another piece of news." Martin Ferguson said again.

"what news?"

"In May, weren't there rumors that David Dunn had found investors from outside?"

"Hasn't that American, Kroenke, already bought 9.9% of Arsenal from Granada Ventures, a subsidiary of ITV?"

"Yes, I heard that another one was contacted recently."

"There's another one?" Ferguson was a little surprised.

How bad is Arsenal?

Do you still want two men to share one woman?
“I heard he’s a super-rich man from Russia.”

When Ferguson heard this, he became irritated.

Manchester United is now being dragged down by the Glazer family.

At the beginning, many of the things the Americans promised him were fulfilled.

But Ferguson could never have imagined at the time that they would actually transfer the debt to Manchester United.

Now, they have gotten something for nothing, and Ferguson is almost being scolded to death by the fans.

"Arsenal has failed to qualify for the Champions League for two consecutive seasons, and the debt pressure of the new stadium is too great..." Martin Ferguson shook his head and sighed.

Arsenal are now caught in an embarrassing vicious circle.

If you want to ease the debt, you must enter the Champions League; if you want to enter the Champions League, you must improve your strength; if you want to improve your strength, you must increase the number of players; if you want to increase the number of players, you must invest.

The problem is that the club has no money at all now!

If you borrow money, regardless of whether there are banks or institutions willing to lend, even if there are, your debt will be further increased after borrowing the money.

Why did Henry refuse to renew his contract with Arsenal after the Champions League final and directly switch to Barcelona?
Because Arsenal can't play in the Champions League.

Henry's departure at least helped Arsenal secure some funding.

But what about this year?

The Gunners are not even for sale!

In the end, they sent away Reyes, Ljungberg and others, and in exchange for a sum of money, they signed Eduardo Silva, Sagna and Fabianski and others.

After all, it's basically the same.

In this case, it is hard to say whether Arsenal can get back to the top four.

Because Liverpool has no money either.

"If another super-rich man like Abramovich is introduced, the situation in the Premier League will become more and more intense," Martin Ferguson sighed.

Before Abramovich came, Manchester United was invincible in the Premier League.

This is also the glorious past that all Manchester United fans miss now.

……

Before the summer training camp started, Yang Cheng took time out to go to the Brent training base to participate in the annual youth training selection day.

This is also a positive signal that the club attaches importance to youth training.

With the continuous investment of Chinese people in Bayswater over the past few years, the number of people participating in the youth training selection is increasing every year.

Of course, there are also some players who have already been selected.

Like Paul Pogba for example.

There is no doubt about the French midfielder's quality and talent.

The biggest mistake he made was that he shouldn't have returned to Manchester United.

With his development momentum in Juventus at the time, as long as he did not return to Manchester United, he would basically be a real core player if he went to Real Madrid or other teams.

Especially the strength shown in the 2018 World Cup.

Pogba’s best position is not defensive midfielder, but left central midfielder.

In this position, Pogba is definitely the world's top superstar.

But no one knew what was wrong with Manchester United at the time. They actually had to transform a world-class attacker into a defensive midfielder, and then accused him of poor performance.

Isn’t this a very strange thing?

At the very least, it would be nice to have a thug to provide him with some protection.

But Manchester United is so willful. They just say no to the transfer fee plus salary, an investment of over 100 million pounds.

Similar situations have happened more than once.

It’s just like Yang Cheng couldn’t understand why Ferguson didn’t use Pogba and let him leave Manchester United.

Pogba is now 14 years old and will directly enter the U16 after arriving at Bayswater Chinese.

But in the past few years, he didn't receive any very good cultural education in France.

Therefore, Yang Cheng’s requirement is that he must strengthen his cultural studies.

When professional players fight to the end, what they fight for is culture.

Without education, people can do all kinds of messy things and take any confusing medicine.

If you eat it wrong, you will be banned!

Yang Cheng would never allow such a thing to happen in his team.

During the youth training selection day, there was another person who surprised Yang Cheng.

Jordan Sancho.

The boy is only 7 years old and was born in Kennington.

Note, not Kensington.

Kensington is near Hyde Park in the city center. Kensington is on the south bank of the Thames and the surrounding area is a black community.

This is the area that Yang Cheng had asked Dan Ashworth to pay attention to develop before.

In 2023, data showed that 10% of Premier League players came from the south bank of the Thames, an area within a radius of 10 kilometers.

Born in Kennington, Sancho moved with his parents to Northwood in northwest London when he was a child.

Northwood is just northwest of Brent Reservoir and Wembley Stadium, next to Walcott's hometown of Stanmore and closer to Watford.

So, in Yang Cheng’s previous life, Jordan Sancho went to Watford’s youth training.

But now, he has been recommended to Bayswater Chinese by his coach.

Yang Cheng also watched his game specially. Among his peers, his performance was indeed outstanding.

"This kid has a bright future if he is trained well." Yang Cheng praised casually.

It doesn’t cost any money anyway.

Speaking of which, this is another player who was wasted by Manchester United.

Yang Cheng always adheres to one principle when looking at a matter.

Once is a coincidence, twice is bad luck, but if it happens repeatedly, then there is definitely a problem.

That's what Manchester United is like.

If you have a problem and you don't admit it, then just keep fighting and see who gets beaten by reality.

……

While at the Brent training base, Yang Cheng went to the site to inspect the progress of the second phase of the training base project.

The roof has been completed and the next step is to enter the decoration stage.

It is expected to be put into use in the summer of 08.

The indoor training ground is currently under construction.

By the way, at the request of the players, Yang Cheng specially built an indoor football stadium inside the training building.

There is no way. With the enthusiasm of several Brazilian and South American players, this trend is becoming more and more serious in the team.

There's no harm anyway, so Yang Cheng certainly supports it.

The construction of satellite training centers is still underway. Currently, three have been put into use and the renovation has been completed.

Chris Hunter is currently in negotiations with two more youth training clubs.

The first phase of the Brent training base is absolutely the best in terms of hardware and software conditions among all youth training clubs.

From the leisure and entertainment area for young players to the study area to the living area, everything is the best.

Not to mention the training facilities outside.

The level of youth training coaches is also very good in the industry.

Not only in England, in order to absorb the training advantages of Spanish youth training in technology, creativity and other aspects, Yang Cheng also specially hired several Spanish youth training coaches to London to learn from each other's strengths and make up for each other's weaknesses.

Yang Cheng still said the same thing, keep investing and never slack off!
In the car returning to central London from the Brent training base, Yang Cheng received a call from Adam Crozier.

Got the latest information about Arsenal.

David Dunn found a Russian super-rich man who wanted to invest in Arsenal.

"What is Hillwood's reaction?" Yang Cheng's focus is different from everyone else's.

In his previous life, David Dunn always wanted to introduce foreign capital. From Kroenke to Usmanov, he has been doing so.

But in August this year, David Dunn was fired by the Arsenal board headed by Hill-Wood.

This means that the Arsenal board, headed by Hill-Wood, rejects foreign investment.

Of course, it was gradually infiltrated by Kroenke, and in order to resist Usmanov, it was eventually forced to sell to Kroenke, but that is another story.

What Yang Cheng is most concerned about is what is the current attitude of Arsenal’s management?
After returning to Bayswater Stadium, Yang Cheng went directly to Adam Crozier's office.

The latter also found out the latest intelligence.

Hillwood and others did not even plan to clean up David Dunn!

"They don't want to maintain the purity of Arsenal?" Yang Cheng was surprised.

"Hey, purity? I heard that Arsenal has not been able to play in the Champions League for two consecutive seasons. The losses are huge. The Highbury apartment project has been suspended. If they can't raise money, they may have to sell players again to survive from the 08/09 season."

Adam Crozier sneered.

He didn't have a good impression of Arsenal.

"Who else can we sell?" Chris Hunter asked with a smile.

"Fabregas, Van Persie, Adebayor, Aaron Lennon, we can still sell a few of them."

Strangely enough, after Chimbon arrived at Arsenal, his condition suddenly declined a lot.

Is it because the Gunner has some kind of DeBuff?

If Yang Cheng really had a choice, he would consider signing Wilshere.

It's just a pure pity.

There are very few local players like Wilshere.

Of course, Aaron Ramsey's talent is no less than Wilshere's, and his athletic ability is even better.

As for Fazhongyi, whoever likes him can sell him, he will return to Barcelona in the end anyway.

"According to what I have learned, Arsenal is indeed very short of money and the team lacks competitiveness. Hill-Wood and others mean that the other party only pays money and gives shares but does not participate in decision-making."

When Yang Cheng heard this, he couldn't help laughing, "Are the investors crazy?"

Oh my god, even the domineering president falls madly in love with my routine.

What about female channels?
Everyone shook their heads.

This is really treating investors like fools, and do you really think you are so awesome?

It’s true that many old stubborn people in Britain are like this, still immersed in the glory of the British Empire.

However, the situation is obviously different from Yang Cheng's previous life.

The fact that David Dunn was not purged proves that many things are changing.

This is normal. Arsenal has not been able to play in the Champions League for two consecutive seasons. If they can't raise money, they will probably have to sell the captain again.

Selling it has become a habit.

"There is still about a year left, and it is estimated that the parties will continue to contact and negotiate to see who wins in the end."

In the current situation, no one can see clearly how the future will develop.

"David Dunn's move was very smart." Yang Cheng still gave him a thumbs up.

"The whole world knows that Arsenal is short of money. If they only find one investor, they will definitely be ripped off. Arsenal does not have many bargaining chips."

"But now, he has found two at once, one from the United States and one from Russia. These two investors are competing with each other, and Arsenal is getting the most benefit from it."

It's just like a skilled woman.

Since we're all going to sell it, just bid and see who offers the highest price.

"Among so many managers in the Premier League, David Dunn is considered to be very good." Adam Crozer also praised.

When he was the CEO of the English Football Association, he was schemed against by David Dunn and others.

He was forced to step down in disgrace.

Because of this, he has no good feelings towards Arsenal, Manchester United, Liverpool and other top teams.

If he really has to choose, he is more likely to choose Chelsea.

Compared with Yang Cheng, Adam Crozier, Chris Hunt, and even Xia Qing, they are all a little worried about the upcoming Premier League competition. After all, once Arsenal gets foreign investment, it will recover strongly.

Not to mention, there is Thaksin's Manchester City next to them.

But Yang Cheng was not worried.

Thaksin’s assets and accounts will soon be frozen, and the one who comes next year will be the real terror.

Not only do they have endless money, but the key is that they are also very patient and continue to invest every year.

It is impossible for Abramovich to invest recklessly like he did in the past two years.

As for Manchester United, with the existence of DeBuff like the Glazer family, the Red Devils will be finished sooner or later.

Not to mention Liverpool, at least in the next few years, Yang Cheng and the Chinese in Bayswater are not afraid of him.

If you think about it this way, no matter how bad the game gets, at least we can stay in the top four of the league, right?
If all else fails, just learn from Wenger and Arsenal in the previous life and be a top four defender for a few years. Wouldn't that be great?

Of course, Yang Cheng was talking about the last step.

Given the current situation, Yang Cheng still dares to confidently say to all Premier League teams...

Let’s go together, we want to win the championship!

　Sorry! I was writing so late last night that I forgot to update... How embarrassing...

　　
　
(End of this chapter)