I build a giant in the Premier League

Chapter 181: Reassurance! Double Award Winner! Father Pu, please help us, we are in such a difficult situation! [Subscribe]

In a five-star hotel near the Grimaldi Forum in Monaco, UEFA arranged for all the Chinese people in Bayswater to rest.

The award ceremony and group stage draw will begin at 18: in the evening.

Yang Cheng and the players all brought formal attire and needed to prepare it in the hotel first.

The European Super Cup match is scheduled for tomorrow.

Before leaving, Adam Crozier came back from outside.

Since the team returned from the United States, Adam Crozier has been flying back and forth between Germany, Spain and Italy.

The main task is to connect the other 11 giants.

In fact, it’s mainly the other 6.

The six Premier League teams have already reached an agreement.

When it comes to developing overseas markets, the Premier League has never been left behind.

Interestingly, all these six teams are foreign-owned.

"Will you be attending UEFA's Elite Coaches Summit this year?"

Adam Crozier first gave a brief overview of some of the latest developments.

Yang Cheng thought about it and said, "I don't really want to go either."

It’s not that the Elite Coaches Summit is bad, but he is really busy.

In the past few years, UEFA has always invited him to go, but Yang Cheng always declined for various reasons.

Obviously, is it interesting for a young man around 30 years old to attend a summit attended by old men in their s and s?

Of course, this summit is mainly for professional exchanges.

If there is time, Yang Cheng can also go.

But he has too much to do.

During the two-week national team training in September, he will attend a series of business activities of the club.

A lot of things require the intervention of Yang Cheng, the club owner.

"Do you have any plans?" Yang Cheng looked at Adam Crozier.

The latter nodded and said, "I plan to invite the heads of the other 11 clubs to London to meet and finalize the International Champions Cup."

Yang Cheng nodded, this is very necessary.

“Then I won’t go to Switzerland.”

But soon, Yang Cheng reminded him again: "Adam, remember to remind them to travel as light as possible. After arriving in London, we will arrange all the itineraries. You must keep it confidential."

Adam Crozier frowned, "You are worried..."

Yang Cheng nodded. "G14 was just disbanded at the beginning of last year. Now, we are going to organize a summer warm-up league. If the news leaks out, think about what UEFA and FIFA will think?"

Previously, the Premier League was only planning to hold a 39th round, which was basically a warm-up match, but FIFA had already intervened.

If they made such a big fuss now, FIFA and UEFA would definitely intervene.

Adam Crozier suddenly realized, "No wonder you registered your company in the United States before!"

This is also a precautionary measure.

Given the nature of FIFA and UEFA, they will never allow the major European clubs to form an alliance.

To some extent, they hope these top teams will fight to the death.

More importantly, FIFA has always regarded continental competitions as the fat meat in its bowl. The incorporation of the Toyota Cup and the establishment of the Club World Cup are the best evidence.

In this case, how could they allow a brand new cup competition to appear in the summer?

Given the capabilities of FIFA and UEFA, it would be a piece of cake to sabotage this matter.

Yang Cheng’s idea was to keep it secret in advance so that by the time it was done, it would be too late for them to stop it.

When all the big clubs have tasted the sweetness, by then, will FIFA and UEFA be able to resist?

An alliance formed by interests is more solid than anything else!

A very important reason why the 39th round of the Premier League could not be held was that it was an official match.

This is expressly prohibited by FIFA.

Therefore, it will be useless even if the AFC reaches an agreement with the Premier League.

But now, Yang Cheng is going to organize a friendly match, not a formal match.

This is tantamount to playing a borderline ball.

As for whether this friendly match will continue to have higher prize money, more teams become more involved, and the games become more intense and exciting... who knows?

"I understand. I'll arrange it." Adam Crozier understood.

"Pay special attention to the media and don't let the news leak out!"

"it is good!"

Britain is the birthplace of paparazzi, but with only representatives from 12 teams participating, it is still possible to hide from the paparazzi.

After all, London is an international metropolis with so many business people coming and going every day. Who knows each other?
……

While they were plotting to poach people from UEFA, Yang Cheng, when he arrived at the Grimaldi Forum and met UEFA President Platini, was still all smiles, making Platini feel like he was in spring breeze.

It really proves the saying: Life is like a play, it all depends on your acting skills.

Isn't it the same for Platini?

The French guy chatted with Yang Cheng in a friendly manner, and was particularly full of praise for the Bayswater Chinese's defense.

"You know what, Jan? More than one person has told me that your team reminds them of Sacchi's AC Milan in the late 80s. It's really great!"

"Really? That's too much praise!" Yang Cheng's face was filled with surprise and joy.

Sacchi's AC Milan was the last team to successfully defend the title.

But Platini said very confidently that he admired the Chinese in Bayswater very much and was very optimistic about Yang Cheng.

He even encouraged the Chinese players in Bayswater in a serious tone to keep up the good work and strive for the third consecutive championship.

"You know, the last time we won the Champions League treble was in 1976, 33 years ago."

Yang Cheng didn't care whether he was true or false, he just wanted to be humble.

While waving his hands repeatedly, Yang Cheng shook his head and said, “If we can maintain the lineup, I still have confidence.”

Yang Cheng immediately changed the subject, "But as you can see, we had to sell off our stars in order to build a new stadium. We sold off four key players, Dzeko, Maicon, Leighton Baines and Yaya Toure, which means half of our main lineup is gone."

"In the new season, our goal is to qualify from the group stage, really!"

"You are too modest!" Platini laughed.

It was only at this moment that Yang Cheng realized that this was the news that made Platini happy from the bottom of his heart.

Even if it is the defending champion, it is normal to sell half of the main players in order to try to qualify from the group.

"Oh, by the way, does your new stadium really cost that much money?" Platini looked concerned.

"At least £10 billion!"

"So many?" Platini immediately responded, "I heard that you want to build a stadium that can accommodate 9 people. It's too big."

"This is not what we want. The London City Government forced us to build it in order to host the Olympics."

As he spoke, Yang Cheng kept complaining.

The general meaning is, Godfather Pu, please help us, our situation is really difficult!

Selling people?

This is nothing.

Look at us going to America in the summer to participate in that damn World Football Challenge, traveling thousands of kilometers back and forth from coast to coast, it almost made me faint.

After all, isn't it all about money?
For such a rubbish cup competition, apart from the Chinese of Bayswater and the two AC Milan clubs who are short of money, which wealthy club would be willing to go?

"Indeed, I heard that Real Madrid, Barcelona, ​​Manchester United and Bayern all refused." Platini really believed it.

"Who says it's not? But we can't do anything about it. It's millions of euros in revenue, right?"

"Also, Michelle, if you read more newspapers, you'll know that we're just like running a supermarket. If a player performs well, he'll be immediately targeted and can't be retained."

Everyone's happiness is built on the suffering of others.

Platini is no exception.

When he heard that Yang Cheng was having such a hard time, he smiled particularly happily, "Just like the recent English Drogba."

"Yes, I got reliable information. Those bastards from Manchester United, Chelsea, Arsenal and Manchester City are all targeting us. It's outrageous!" Yang Cheng was indignant.

Then he told Platini that he absolutely stood on the side of UEFA, that local youth training must be taken seriously, that financial health must be promoted, and that group of damn foreign capital must not be allowed to go on a buying spree.

This really hit the nail on the head for Platini.

"Don't worry, Yang. A club like your Bayswater Chinese, which insists on youth training and has a healthy finance, must be a model club that UEFA must strongly support!"

After hearing this, Yang Cheng felt relieved.

Suppressing the Premier League is a general trend, and this is definitely not going to change.

Given the current strength of the Premier League, if there is no suppression, the Champions League will probably become the FA Cup.

Yang Cheng lowered his posture and tried his best to let the Chinese in Bayswater suffer less losses and gain more advantages.

what?
Invite me to the UEFA Elite Coaches Summit?

I really, really want to go.

I swear to God, Michel, I am a huge supporter of UEFA!

But you also see that once the construction of the new stadium starts, money is spent like fire.

"I have to get the loan by September, otherwise my funding chain will be cut off."

After saying that, Yang Cheng complained again and asked Platini if ​​UEFA could give some support?
Platini was so harassed by Yang Cheng that he had no choice but to find an opportunity to escape. How could he care about the Elite Coaches Summit?
But he finally understood it.

It’s really difficult for Chinese people in Bayswater!

Looking at the entire European football scene, which club can spare so much money to build a new stadium?

If nothing else, Arsenal is the only team that has built a new stadium in recent years.

The gunners were directly transferred from the British to the Russians.

Disaster!Disaster!Disaster!
……

The achievements of the Chinese in Bayswater are truly outstanding.

European competition points statistics: In the past five years, Bayswater Chinese talents have participated in four years of European competitions and have successfully become a seeded team.

The current seeded teams are still ranked completely according to their European competition points, but the teams that can win the Champions League are basically all seeded teams.

This season, all four Premier League teams are among the seeded teams.

The other four teams are Barcelona, ​​AC Milan, Sevilla and Bayern Munich.

Yes, you read that right. Sevilla has made it into the seeded team thanks to its performance in the Europa League.

This is also a rather outrageous phenomenon in European competition points.

Because the points of the UEFA Cup and the Champions League are mixed together, Sevilla is actually among the seeded teams in the Champions League.

In fact, Yang Cheng has always felt that La Liga teams such as Sevilla and Atletico Madrid are competing for the Europa League more to earn La Liga European points.

The club's European points are reflected in the divisions, while the reward for the league's total European points is a place in the Champions League.

For example, the top three leagues in European competition points have four Champions League places, while the Bundesliga and Ligue 4, which are ranked 4th and 5th, only have three.

Back at the turn of the century, the Premier League was only the third league, losing to Serie A and La Liga.

If we go back to the 90s, it even lost to the Bundesliga.

When Serie A declined and the Premier League made a comeback, La Liga also felt the pressure.

At that time, there were many teams in La Liga, such as Celta Vigo, Valencia, Villarreal and other teams, but they were basically short-lived and it was difficult for them to maintain competitiveness in the long run.

The two giants in the Spanish Super League are truly stable.

But in the past few years, La Liga has had to compete with the Premier League and widen the gap with Serie A and the Bundesliga, so the Europa League has become the best stage.

Especially for teams like Sevilla and Atletico Madrid, earning European points through the Europa League gives them the opportunity to advance to the Champions League and directly enter the second tier, or even become a seeded team. This is undoubtedly a shortcut.

For example, Seville.

This season, the draw for the group stage based on the seeded teams is definitely a good draw.

On the contrary, the Premier League teams don't even think highly of the Europa League.

Not even as good as the FA Cup.

Maintaining four Champions League places will also benefit many La Liga teams.

And the facts have proved that Sevilla really drew a very good lottery that was almost a guarantee of success.

The Bayswater Chinese participated in the draw as a seeded team, and Real Madrid was drawn in the second pot.

The third tier was Marseille from Ligue 1.

The last tier was drawn to Debrecen, Hungary.

how to say?

This one isn't great, but it's not bad either.

Judging from the strength, Bayswater Chinese and Real Madrid should be able to qualify together, the difference is who gets first in the group.

In the interval between the draws, the UEFA awards ceremony was held.

Neuer won the Goalkeeper of the Year award.

He beat Van der Sar, Valdes and Cech to win the award.

In the selection of the best defender, Thiago Silva successfully defeated Terry and Vidic and won this honor.

Both players are Chinese from Bayswater, which also made Yang Cheng very happy at the scene.

However, in the subsequent best midfield award ceremony, Xavi was successfully elected.

The other two players shortlisted are Iniesta and Yaya Toure.

This made Yang Cheng feel unfair for Modric.

The six-time champion of the season couldn't even get Modric a place in the competition.

Instead, Yaya Toure, who had transferred, was shortlisted.

I can only say that Modric's playing style is really unpleasant.

The best forward award was given to Dzeko.

The Bosnian center forward defeated Messi and Ronaldo and successfully won the award.

It’s a pity that Dzeko is now in Real Madrid.

As for the final best player, Platini read out Messi's name without any suspense.

The Argentine's performance is beyond doubt.

What’s more, Barcelona did reach the final and won the double.

The biggest disadvantage for the Chinese in Bayswater is that there is currently no superstar who stands out from the crowd in the team.

Both Yang Cheng and Adam Crozier are vigorously supporting Gareth Bale and Walcott, hoping that these two guys can perform well.

……

When it comes to the Champions League draw, the Bayswater Chinese are pretty standard.

When interviewed by media reporters, Yang Cheng expressed that he was satisfied with the draw this season.

"According to the schedule, the third and fourth rounds of the group stage will be very important. We will play at the Bernabeu first and then return to Wembley."

Yang Cheng said that Bayswater Chinese must try their best to win the first two rounds of group matches and then try to snatch points from Real Madrid.

Almost all teams are having a headache for Real Madrid in the new season.

The lineup is terrifying!

"Real Madrid does have one of the strongest squads in world football today, but this is just the squad."

“It’s hard to say how effective we are on the football field right now.”

"I think we can get first place in the group!"

But Yang Cheng also said that Marseille is not without chance.

Valdano, who attended the Monaco draw on behalf of Real Madrid, said in an interview with media reporters that the leader of this group will be between Real Madrid and the Bayswater Chinese.

"We have a very strong lineup and we are determined to win the top spot in the group!"

But Valdano also said that the Bayswater Chinese are a strong opponent.

The British media generally believed that Arsenal was the luckiest and got the guaranteed signing.

Manchester United also had good luck.

The Chinese in Bayswater were average, while Liverpool had the worst luck.

Among them, the Reds have the worst start to the new season among the four Premier League teams.

British media analysis believes that judging from the group draw, none of the four Premier League teams have received special treatment from UEFA.

Apart from Bayswater Chinese, we basically haven't encountered any top teams.

But overall, Platini's grand strategy of using Serie A and La Liga to suppress the Premier League is obvious.

Another thing is that, with the support of Platini, many unknown teams have made it to the Champions League group stage with incredible luck along the way.

For example, Debrecen, Nicosia, Urcisene, etc.

No one has even heard of the names of these teams, but because of their excellent luck in the qualifiers and the weak matchups, they miraculously made it to the group stage.

Everyone knew that this was Platini giving back to his votes.

Didn't he rely on the votes of weak countries to defeat Johansson and be elected as UEFA President?
Platini's plan was to use the profits from the Champions League group stage to benefit the countries that voted for him, and then suppress the powerful Premier League through Serie A and La Liga.

Of course, not all teams from weak countries are weak.

For example, the Ukrainian Super League in recent years.

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In the past few years, both the Ukrainian and Russian Premier Leagues have vigorously promoted Latinization.

They brought in a lot of Latin American players, especially Brazilian players.

For example, Shakhtar Donetsk.

As the champion of last season's UEFA Cup, Shakhtar Donetsk has European stars such as Luiz Adriano, Willian, Fernandinho, Ilsinho and Dario Srna.

Each of these players is very strong.

Shakhtar Donetsk's head coach Lucescu is also a famous European coach with a good coaching level.

In the European Super Cup, facing Bayswater Chinese, Shakhtar Donetsk played with a 451 lineup, which was ready for battle.

The Bayswater Chinese continued to stick to their 433.

Goalkeeper: Neuer;

Defense: Marcelo, Thiago Silva, Pepe and Piszczek;

Midfield: Matic is in the back, Rakitic and Modric are in the middle;

Forwards: Gareth Bale, Lewandowski and Di Maria.

At the beginning of the game, the Chinese team of Bayswater tried to control the ball first, and patiently used passing and cutting to pull and tear open the opponent's defense line, thereby creating opportunities.

As a famous European coach, Lucescu did not adopt a strict defensive tactic, but instead adopted a pressing and oppressive tactic.

Through the players' relentless running, they suppressed the Bayswater Chinese's midfield and disrupted the offensive organization and passing and cutting penetration.

This caused a lot of trouble for the Chinese in Bayswater.

It wasn't until the 7th minute that either side had their first shot on goal.

And it was a long shot from Shakhtar Donetsk.

It was not until the 11th minute that Bayswater Chinese scored a goal, with Rakitic passing the ball and Gareth Bale suddenly taking a long shot from the left side of the penalty area, but it was slightly above the crossbar.

Afterwards, the Chinese in Bayswater gradually gained the upper hand with their overall strength.

But Shakhtar Donetsk's defense is very tightly organized, even impenetrable.

The team that Lucescu had spent several years building was able to win the last UEFA Cup, and their overall strength was indeed impressive. In fact, throughout the first half, they did not leave any real chances for Bayswater Chinese.

During the half-time break, Yang Cheng repeatedly encouraged the team.

When the opponent adopts a tight defensive tactic, the Chinese in Bayswater must come up with powerful measures to break the density.

A wave of attacks at the start of the second half gave the team a corner kick and two free kick opportunities in the frontcourt.

But these three set-piece attacks failed to work.

The only reward from the attack was three yellow cards.

They are Brazilian player Ilsinio on the right, right back Dario Srna, and center back Kuchel.

In the 60th minute, the Chinese players from Bayswater made a wonderful combination on the right.

Di Maria dribbled the ball, suddenly stopped, cut inside, and knocked the ball back to the right with his heel.

Piszczek quickly ran up the right sideline and made a cross to the middle.

Lewandowski was trapped by two central defenders of Shakhtar Donetsk and failed to get to the right position in time, and the ball was cleared by Srna at the back post.

This made Yang Cheng shake his head as he watched from the sidelines.

"They are very strong in physical confrontation, have many foreign players, and are not lacking in footwork, especially so many Brazilian players, whose individual abilities are a headache."

The Brazilian players who can gain a foothold in Ukraine and play well are basically those who are excellent in physical confrontation and have strong personal abilities, such as William, Luis Adriano and Fernandinho.

This type of player is very difficult to deal with.

They are not afraid of physical confrontation and have excellent footwork.

Lucescu has coached Shakhtar Donetsk for many years and has made the team very cohesive.

It’s really hard to kick!
With the defense tightened, Lewandowski could not gain any advantage as he was sandwiched between two central defenders.

The Polish center is still too young!
"Let's change people!" Brian Kidd suggested.

Yang Cheng nodded.

Soon, Andy Carroll, who was sitting on the bench, jumped up.

The English center forward had been waiting there for a long time.

In the 65th minute, Andy Carroll replaced Rakitic.

At this time, the team changed to 442, with Matic and Modric forming a double midfielder.

Yang Cheng used a substitution to tell everyone that they must increase their offensive efforts.

……

An important reason why Yang Cheng dared to take down a midfielder was that since the beginning of the second half, the Chinese in Bayswater had almost an overwhelming advantage.

Now, the most important thing is scoring goals.

The pressure in the midfield is actually relatively small.

After the substitution, Bayswater Chinese continued to press forward.

In the 73rd minute, Dario Srna received a pass from Kuchel outside his own penalty area near the right sideline.

The Croatian international, who once had the opportunity to join Manchester United but chose to stay in Ukraine, had just received the ball when Gareth Bale rushed in front of him.

The tall and burly Gareth Bale came on with great momentum, and Andy Carroll also ran over to join forces, as if he wanted to suppress Srna on the right side.

Srna quickly passed the ball to Kuchel at the edge of the penalty area.

But Andy Carroll turned around and immediately caught up with the Ukrainian center back.

As soon as Kuchel stopped the ball, he rushed to the front before Carroll and wanted to pass it to Fernandinho in front.

But the pass was a bit far and after the Chinese in Bayswater pressed forward, Matic suddenly rushed forward to steal the ball.

The tall and long-legged Matic got ahead of Fernandinho and successfully intercepted the ball.

After the steal, Matic dribbled the ball forward and quickly passed it to the top of the arc.

Lewandowski originally had his back to the direction of attack, but he took the ball, turned around and shot directly.

The Polish center forward's movements were very smooth, whether he was dribbling the ball or kicking the ball afterwards. His shots were very powerful and the speed of the ball was extremely fast.

Moreover, the angle of this shot was also very good, directed towards the left side of the goal.

But Shakhtar Donetsk goalkeeper Andrei Piatov reacted quickly, dived sideways and blocked the ball with one hand.

There was a cry of surprise throughout the Stade Louis II.

This shot was really beautiful!

But he just couldn't score a goal.

The ball was blocked by goalkeeper Piatov but was still in the penalty area.

Carroll reacted very quickly and was the first to determine the landing point, but he was sandwiched between Kuchel and Srna.

The England center forward kept pushing forward from behind, trying to squeeze out Kuchel and desperately create space for himself to jump.

When the ball fell, he jumped up first, before Kuchel, and headed the ball to the middle of the penalty area to Lewandowski.

The Polish center forward quickly took a step forward and jumped to compete for the header.

But another central defender of Shakhtar Donetsk also jumped at the same time.

As the two players competed for the header, the ball did not fall towards the goal as Lewandowski expected, but instead went high but not far, and fell towards the left corner of the small penalty area.

While everyone else was still looking up at the ball and predicting where it would land, Andy Carroll had already started to rush forward.

Goalkeeper Piatov also acted decisively, stretching out his hands and trying to kick the falling ball out.

What he never expected was that Carol was faster than him. After jumping up, he went directly in the opposite direction.

The ball passed through the hands of goalkeeper Piatov and fell into the unguarded goal behind him.

Piatov's goalkeeper gloves hit Carroll on the head.

"The ball went in!!!"

“The Chinese from Bayswater finally scored a goal!!”

"73th minute, 73th minute!"

"The Chinese from Bayswater finally broke through Shakhtar Donetsk's goal!"

"1 to 0!"

"Header from 20-year-old England centre-forward, Andy Carroll!"

“I have to say, this goal was very difficult!”

"Bayswater Chinese attacked for 73 minutes before scoring this valuable goal."

"Andy Carroll's header was beautiful!"

“But more importantly, this young player has a keen eye for where the ball will land!”

After scoring the goal, Andy Carroll ran off the field again.

The long-haired English center forward played less than 5 minutes for Newcastle last season and scored two Premier League goals.

This season, he has played 100 minutes for Bayswater Chinese and has scored 4 goals!

This is the difference in platforms!

At Newcastle, as a substitute, he would never have had so many passing opportunities, and his teammates would never have created so many scoring opportunities for him.

But in Bayswater Chinese, he has strong support!
Lewandowski lowered his head in frustration, but quickly rushed out of the stadium with Gareth Bale and others around him to celebrate the goal for Andy Carroll.

No matter what, being able to score goals and win is more important than anything else!

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After the Chinese players from Bayswater broke the deadlock, Shakhtar Donetsk could no longer hold on.

In the 75th minute, Lucescu started to make substitutions and the Miners also began to press forward and attack.

But in the 81st minute, the Shakhtar launched an attack from the left, but was blocked by Di Maria and Piszczek.

When the Ukrainian team wanted to pass the ball to the middle, Modric suddenly made a smart move to defend forward and intercepted the ball in the middle.

After grabbing the ball, Modric passed it to Lewandowski in front of him.

The Polish center forward let the ball pass sideways, turned around and chased after him, dribbling the ball forward.

After crossing the center line and entering the 30-meter area of ​​Shakhtar Donetsk, Lewandowski successfully attracted Kuchel to his side and sent a diagonal pass to the left.

Gareth Bale made a quick run, stopped the ball and broke into the left side of the penalty area before shooting and hitting the target.

2 is better than 0!

If Carroll's goal broke the deadlock, then Gareth Bale's goal sealed the victory.

Shakhtar Donetsk's morale was greatly reduced after conceding a goal.

They themselves know the situation.

It is basically impossible to score these two goals without conceding any goal.

In the end, Bayswater Chinese defeated Shakhtar Donetsk 2-0 with goals from Carroll and Gareth Bale, successfully defending the European Super Cup!

The only drawback is that although Lewandowski played very hard and had an assist, he also contributed to Carroll's goal.

But the Polish center still failed to score.

……

When the Bayswater Chinese brought back the European Super Cup from Monaco, the British media sang praises.

In the fourth round of the Premier League that was taking place at the same time, Chelsea defeated Burnley 4-3 at home.

Liverpool came from behind twice to beat Bolton 3-2 away from home.

But as Bolton head coach Gary Megson said, if main midfielder Sean Davis had not been sent off with a red card, Liverpool's last two goals would not have happened at all.

The result of this game should be 2-1, Bolton wins.

It was also in this round that Manchester United faced Arsenal at home.

After Arshavin scored the first goal for the Gunners, Manchester United reversed the game 2-1 with a controversial penalty and Diaby's own goal.

Wenger was very dissatisfied with the result of the game and believed that Manchester United's penalty should not have existed at all.

"We all know that when we play against Manchester United we always get some weird decisions.

But no matter what, Wenger's team failed at Old Trafford.

Manchester City beat Portsmouth 1-0 away from home thanks to Adebayor's goal.

After 4 rounds of games, the unstoppable Arsenal suffered their first defeat of the season.

Chelsea tops the table on goal difference.

Manchester United and Manchester City followed closely behind.

These three teams are also the teams that have maintained four consecutive wins in the Premier League so far this season.

Bayswater Chinese have one game less and lost to Manchester United in the first round, so they are currently ranked 6th with 8 points.

But everyone knows that Yang Cheng's team has not yet started to exert its strength.

Especially after winning the European Super Cup, the media and fans generally believe that Bayswater Chinese are still a strong contender for the Premier League title this season.

Although only four rounds have been played, many things can already be seen.

For example, the Gunners are as strong as ever.

After Chelsea introduced Eto'o and Sneijder, and with the integration of Hiddink, the team's defense is very mature and stable, and the offense is very fierce and swift.

With the help of De Rossi, Manchester United made up for the shortcomings in the midfield and remained competitive as a whole.

The Chinese in Bayswater brought the biggest surprise to British fans.

Lewandowski, who was originally expected to be a top player, unexpectedly fell into a goal drought. The sudden emergence of Andy Carroll, a 20-year-old local center forward, was a surprise to everyone.

Of course, Yang Cheng has been defending Lewandowski.

The so-called goal drought, after all, is just that there has been no goal this season.

Didn’t the season just begin?

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After returning to London from Monaco, the team was disbanded on the spot.

The national team players began to report to their national teams.

The club has also arranged round-trip travel for the players based on the schedules and game times of each national team.

Yang Cheng was also not idle.

He attended a series of business events for Chinese people in Bayswater.

The first was the signing ceremony between Bayswater Chinese, Bulgari Hotel Group, Peninsula Hotels Group and Yang's Real Estate.

3 contracts, signed twice within 2 days.

The venue is the press conference hall of the Brent Training Center of the Chinese in Bayswater.

This shows the results of the efforts made by the Chinese in Bayswater to attract investment over the past period of time.

Of course, signing a contract does not mean it will be implemented.

Investment cooperation like this may change at any time.

The key is to complete and deliver these four buildings as soon as possible, and then have Bayswater Chinese hand them over to these companies, which will officially start the cooperation.

By then, Yang Cheng could collect rent peacefully.

However, of the four buildings in the new stadium, three have been rented out, and one is still available.

There are many companies interested in this, and negotiations are still ongoing.

Taking advantage of the opportunity that his cheap father Yang Jianguo was in London, Yang Cheng took him with him to complete the transfer procedures for the Chinese in Bayswater.

From now on, this club will have only one owner, both in name and in fact.

That is Yang Cheng.

After completing the signing with Bayswater Chinese, Yang Cheng and Xia Qing also attended another signing ceremony.

That is, they successfully bought the five-story office building in Grosvenor Square for 6000 million pounds.

According to the contract, after taking over the office building, Yang Cheng and his team will have to invest 5000 million pounds in renovation.

Considering that the renovation will expand the indoor area, this deal is still very worthwhile.

However, as it is a Grade II listed building, the renovation project must protect the facade.

As for the money to buy the building, Yang Cheng took out his annual salary from last season, and Xia Qing took out all her savings. They also advanced the rent for the next few years from Bayswater Chinese.

After scraping together money from here and there, I finally managed to save enough for the down payment.

As for the 5000 million pounds for renovation, Xia Qing has already contacted a bank for a loan. In the future, she will use the rent to pay off the mortgage, and with Xia Qing's salary, it won't be a big problem.

Most importantly, the interest rates for home loans and renovation loans are very low now.

It is really a good deal to buy a house at the bottom now.

Yang Cheng still clearly remembers that in the next few years, hot money from all over the world will flow into the UK crazily.

Rich people from all over the world are keen on investing in the London property market.

Whether it is an office building or a luxury house, it will become their focus.

By then, the value of this office building will also soar.

After purchasing the building, Chris Hunter began to prepare to apply for various approvals and procedures, so that the club could officially move into the office building in the summer of 2010.

After finishing the matters of renting and buying a house, I also got approval for the bank loan.

Since March 09, the UK's base interest rate has dropped to 3%. The UK government and the London City Council have also introduced a series of supporting policies in the hope of stimulating the UK economy.

Infrastructure is an eternal theme.

The London Olympics is also a project that the British government and the London City Council attach great importance to. They all hope to stimulate Britain's economic growth and attract more foreign funds by preparing and hosting the Olympics.

The Chinese in Bayswater took advantage of their relationship with the London City Council. Adam Crozier went to Ken Livingstone to ask for policies repeatedly, and eventually the London City Council stepped in to communicate.

In the end, the three banks, led by the Royal Bank of Scotland, HSBC and Premier League sponsor Barclays, jointly provided Bayswater Chinese with a huge loan of up to 4 million pounds.

The loan is for 15 years, starting in 2011 and ending in 2025.

All parties will not disclose the specific loan interest rate, but in fact, due to the endorsement of the British government and the London City Council, as well as the support of multiple policies, the loan interest rate is only 1.3%.

At current interest rates, Bayswater Chinese will have to repay a total of £15 million over the next 4.4 years.

That's about £3000 million a year.

But the loan interest rate will change with adjustments to the Bank of England's base interest rate.

In other words, if the Bank of England raises interest rates in the future, the monthly loan payments will be higher.

This is much better than Arsenal back then.

The Gunners' loan interest rate at the time was over 6%.

If the loan interest rate is 6%, the Bayswater Chinese will have to repay a total of 4 million pounds for the same loan of 15 million pounds within 6 years.

The interest paid in this regard amounted to a loss of 1.6 million pounds.

It can be said that the Chinese in Bayswater built this new stadium, purely in terms of loans, which is much better than Arsenal.

Of course, Yang Cheng relied on the club's own funds in the early stages to withstand the pressure and dragged it into 2009, waiting for a series of interest rate cuts, which can be regarded as a satisfactory result.

Both Xia Qing and Adam Crozier were full of admiration for his decision.

Although a loan of 4 million pounds was obtained, the funding gap is still large.

The Chinese in Bayswater have now made their own preliminary estimate that they have invested 2 million pounds, plus the 4 million, which is 6 million pounds, there will be a funding gap of at least 5 million pounds in the future.

Xia Qing had previously told Yang Cheng that the club could currently come up with 1 million pounds, and the transfer income that could be obtained in the next two years would be around 2 million pounds.

All in all, the Chinese in Bayswater will have to continue to tighten their belts and invest at least another 3 million pounds in the next three years.

That's £1 million per year.

This is still very challenging for the Chinese in Bayswater.

Xia Qing has also made many preparatory plans.

She contacted several financial institutions including Goldman Sachs, Deutsche Bank, UBS Securities and JPMorgan Chase, all of which promised to provide huge funds if necessary to help Bayswater Chinese complete the remaining construction of the new stadium.

Of course, the interest rates of these banks and securities companies are definitely much higher than those of banks.

Therefore, Xia Qing did not intend to take their money easily.

For the Chinese in Bayswater today, there are simply too many ways to make money.

Especially since Yang Cheng has a professional like Xia Qing by his side.

The difference lies in the cost of capital.

For example, after the four surrounding office buildings are completed, you can take it out and apply for a bank mortgage loan with a relatively low interest rate.

Even if there is really no other way and money has to be used from financial institutions such as Goldman Sachs, we can wait until the new stadium is completed, and then raise funds through various financial means, get money with lower interest rates, and repay the money to the financial institutions first.

In short, Xia Qing's operation this time is to tell everyone that the Chinese in Bayswater already have enough capabilities and funds to build the entire new stadium project!

This is a reassurance for construction contractors, tenants such as Bulgari Hotel Group, and many potential partners in the future!

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During the national team training, Yang Cheng was busy running back and forth.

It was not until everything came to a temporary end that he received news from Adam Crozier.

Representatives from the other 11 top clubs are here!
Some were represented by club executives, some were represented by the boss himself, and some were represented by the chairman and core executives.

For example, in the case of Real Madrid, President Florentino came with General Manager Jose Sanchez.

Barcelona even sent three people, including President Laporta, Vice President of Finance Ferran Soriano and Vice President of Commercial Affairs Ingla.

Two people came from Bayern, Uli Hoeness and sports director Neilinger.

AC Milan sent General Manager Galliani, while Inter Milan sent Moratti's son Moratti Jr. and technical director Branca.

The top executives of these wealthy families arrived in London quietly, and were picked up by Bayswater Chinese and taken directly to the Lancaster Royal Hotel.

The whole process was like being a thief.

After checking into the hotel, everyone stopped going out and waited for the meeting.

(End of this chapter)