I build a giant in the Premier League

Chapter 18 Showdown

Yang Cheng has always felt that European professional football is very realistic.

As long as you are a winner, everything you do is right.

After Bayswater Chinese returned to the top of the list, good news continued to come.

The number of home fans attending the games exceeded 3 for consecutive days, and exceeded 4 for the cup matches with lower ticket prices.

This is really great news for the Chinese in Bayswater.

Earning 10 pounds for a game is simply too good to be true.

Although there is still a big gap between them and other teams, Yang Cheng believes that as long as the current momentum is maintained, it will not be difficult to fill the 5 seats.

This is at the club management level.

With the players' outstanding performance, Yang Cheng received calls from England U21 head coach Peter Taylor and Ireland national team head coach Brian Carr.

Peter Taylor hopes to call up Bayswater Chinese centre Jonathan Steed into his squad.

The 20-year-old center forward has scored 14 goals in 11 rounds of the English League Two this season, with an amazing efficiency.

You know, this is 2003.

Before Messi and Ronaldo scored that crazy number of goals, scoring more than 20 goals in a single season was considered high productivity.

For a 20-year-old young player, scoring more than goals is very good, even if it is only in the English League Two.

What's more, Jonathan Steed demonstrated the technical characteristics of a very traditional British center.

Currently, the two main strikers of the England U21 national team are Charlton Cole, a young player on loan from Chelsea to Charlton Athletic in the Premier League, and Darren Bent, who plays for Ipswich Town in League One.

Charlton Cole is also a center forward, while Darren Bent is a speedy forward.

But Charlton Cole is currently unable to get any playing time at Charlton. A few months have passed and he has only played for 30 minutes at Charlton and has not even scored a goal.

Darren Bent is a key player for Ipswich and has scored three goals in League One this season, but he was injured in the match against Sunderland and will be out for at least two months.

Peter Taylor also recruited several young players into the national team training camp in early October, but the results were not very good, so he turned his attention to Jonathan Steed, who was on a strong scoring momentum in English League Two.

Because of Peter Taylor, Yang Cheng paid attention to the current England U21 and noticed Leeds United's right winger Aaron Lennon.

This is a good player!
Especially considering that the right winger of Bayswater Chinese cannot satisfy Yang Cheng, it really makes him drool.

It’s a pity that Aaron Lennon now plays for Leeds United.

Ireland national team coach Brian Carr wants to call up Martin Rowland.

The player, who holds dual Irish and English citizenship, has yet to be selected for the national team.

But in this season's English League Two, he scored 8 goals and performed very well.

Unlike England, which has a wealth of talented players, Ireland has relatively few outstanding players. As soon as Brian Carr discovered Martin Rowland, he immediately issued a call-up invitation and even went to London to meet Martin Rowland in person.

Martin Roland is 24 years old.

He knew very well that there was no chance that he would be selected for the England national team, so he agreed to Brian Carr's request and chose Ireland without hesitation.

One England U21 player and one Irish international, this really makes the Chinese fans of Bayswater in English League Two feel excited.

Yang Cheng was equally happy, but not surprised.

Bayswater Chinese performed well, scoring 14 goals in 38 rounds of the English League Two, making them the team with the most goals in the English League Two so far, 6 goals more than Plymouth, the second-most scoring team.

The reason for Bayswater Chinese's unstable performance is the team's 13 goals conceded.

In comparison, Queens Park Rangers have conceded just nine goals and Brighton have conceded just 9.

Yang Cheng knew clearly where the problem lay, but he didn't want to solve the defensive problem for the time being.

He believes that the best option for the Chinese in Bayswater now is to continue to hold high the banner of offensive football, rush all the way to the championship and reach the English Championship with an overwhelming attitude!

But while the team and players performed well, naturally there were also teams that set their sights on Bayswater Chinese players.

English League One's Black Cats Sunderland were the first team to show a serious interest in Jonathan Steed.

Head coach Mick McCarthy even went to Bayswater Stadium to watch a League Two match.

Queens Park Rangers from the same city have expressed interest in Martin Rowland.

No one knows whether this is a smokescreen due to league competition or they really want to get the player.

But Yang Cheng talked to Steed and Roland successively, and basically stabilized the players.

For the Chinese in Bayswater right now, upgrading is the top priority.

And it's interesting.

In Yang Cheng's mind, Ribery and Modric, the most important players, did not attract much attention, which was indeed surprising.

The reason is not hard to guess.

In the English League Two where there is no television broadcast, the goal and assist statistics of these two players are not eye-catching, so it is naturally difficult to attract attention.

But among all the good news, there is also a piece of bad news.

……

"Chris Hunter asked me out to dinner."

Lin Zhongqiu had just returned from dinner and went straight to Yang Cheng’s office to report the latest situation.

"He told me that his company had contacted several buyers who were interested in our stadium and training ground. The buyer who offered the most was willing to offer £1000 million, which met our asking price. He hoped that we would seriously consider it."

Yang Cheng was originally concentrating on his work, but when he heard this, he suddenly raised his head and looked at Lin Zhongqiu with some surprise.

But soon, he was relieved.

This is in line with the profit-seeking nature of financial capital.

"what do you say?"

"I just said, I'll discuss it with you when I get back."

Lin Zhongqiu looked at Yang Cheng.

I don’t know when it started, but Yang Cheng’s status in his mind has become so high.

And he thought it was natural. "Then forget it, reject him!" Yang Cheng replied without hesitation.

"How to say?"

"Let's just say that times have changed. We did ask for £1000 million, but that was a few months ago."

Having said that, Yang Cheng looked deeply at Lin Zhongqiu.

"A few months ago, we were in a precarious situation, without players, without a manager, and we might not even be able to play in League Two, so we wanted to sell the land."

"But what about now? We are top of League Two and we are favourites to be promoted."

"As long as we are promoted to the Championship next year, our revenue will increase significantly."

The Premier League allocates a sum of money every year to the following levels of leagues, with English League One receiving the largest share.

Moreover, English Football League One is broadcast on television, which brings in another huge amount of income.

Commercial sponsorship is hard to negotiate these days, so it wasn’t until 02 that a mobile phone brand sponsored Everton and sent Chinese players to the Premier League.

But as long as the salary expenditure is properly controlled, life will be easier after being promoted to English League One.

Apart from anything else, after obtaining the qualification to participate in English Football League One, the club can sell for a large sum of money.

"I understand. I'll go tell them."

After saying that, Lin Zhongqiu turned around and was about to leave.

"Uncle Lin." Yang Cheng called him.

"As for the contract we had with Elvino, you should find professionals to study it again. You should go through every clause carefully. If it is not in our favor, you should think of a way to deal with it."

Lin Zhongqiu frowned, "You are worried..."

"in case."

Yang Cheng sighed, "We were in a hurry to use the money before, and although we asked someone to study the contract, there are too many details, and I am afraid there will be omissions."

"Understood. I'll go get ready."

Watching Lin Zhongqiu leave, Yang Cheng's frown still couldn't relax.

He had a sense of insecurity and always felt that this matter was not that simple.

But in the final analysis, it was because I had to make some compromises when I asked Elvino to borrow money. I was too passive.

Apart from anything else, if the land is sold for 1000 million pounds now, the Chinese in Bayswater will have to rent a stadium and training ground outside.

And what about Elvino?

They get a 20% share.

From today's perspective, that life-saving money was indeed crucial at that time.

But in order to overcome the crisis, this has become a major hidden danger.

……

Yang Cheng had taught for 30 years in his previous life and understood one thing very clearly.

At the same time, this is also the principle that all head coaches around the world are implementing.

When the team is in good momentum, don't change the starting lineup!

Even if only one person is moved, it may cause the team to collapse.

So some people say that coaching is a metaphysics.

As Yang Cheng said, it is because people are too complicated.

But there are also benefits.

Once a lineup is established, it will be very stable.

In the 15th round of English League Two in midweek, Bayswater Chinese beat Sheffield Wednesday 3-1 away.

The game was as clean and neat as ever, and the style of play was as smooth and skillful as ever.

At the weekend, back at Bayswater Stadium, in the 16th round of English League Two, Bayswater Chinese beat Blackpool 1-0 at home with Steed's goal.

A week later, in the 17th round of English League Two, Bayswater Chinese beat Oldham 2-1 at home with goals from Steed and Devaney.

After another five-game winning streak, Bayswater Chinese has firmly established its foothold at the top of the list.

17轮11胜5平1负的成绩，拿到了38分，位居英乙积分榜首位。

Plymouth and Queens Park Rangers, ranked second and third, each have only 31 points.

This once again confirms the inference made by Yang Cheng before the season.

The lower the league level, the greater the gap in strength between teams.

Once the Bayswater Chinese are integrated, they will be invincible in the English League Two.

Jonathan Steed is top of the English League Two scoring list with 17 goals in 13 rounds.

Martin Roland is fourth in the scorer list with 9 goals.

Under the offensive storm of the Bayswater Chinese, even Martin Devaney scored 6 goals this season and entered the top ten of the scorer list.

After 17 rounds, the league was temporarily suspended and the national team training period in November began.

However, during the training camp, lower-level league teams will participate in the first round of the FA Cup.

Jonathan Steed and Martin Rowland both reported to the national team separately.

When Yang Cheng led others to actively prepare for the FA Cup, Chris Hunter from Elvino came straight to them.

This time he did not go looking for Lin Zhongqiu, but went straight to Yang Cheng's office.

They finally decided to have a showdown!

　Wish you all a happy National Day!

　　
　
(End of this chapter)