I build a giant in the Premier League

Chapter 21 The Best Tool Man
It has to be said that Yang Cheng still underestimated the British paparazzi's ability to hype things up.

After more than a week of frequent media reports, almost the whole of Britain knew that the Chinese in English League Two Bayswater had produced a player with great potential, who even Alan Shearer had confirmed as his successor.

The Sun, which is always good at creating topics, even compared Steed with Everton's genius Rooney.

The result is that both of them have their own advantages and disadvantages.

"The talented combination of Stead and Rooney will be the hope of England's forward line for the next 10 years!"

When Yang Cheng saw this report, he couldn't help but laugh.

Was his decision to sell the "future king of football" a wrong one?
This also brings another benefit.

On the afternoon of November 11, in the 22th round of English League Two, Bayswater Chinese played against Hartlepool United at home.

In this game, the number of fans attending Bayswater Stadium exceeded 4 for the first time!

Compared with the Queens Park Rangers next door, which has over 10,000 fans at every game, and Stamford Bridge in the south, which has tens of thousands of fans, the number of fans for the Chinese team is really not enough.

Compared to the huge city of London, that is insignificant.

But it represents progress.

Hartlepool United is a strong team aiming to advance to the play-off zone, so they were particularly tenacious when facing Bayswater Chinese.

It was not until the 45th minute of the first half that Jonathan Steed scored for the team.

This ignited the enthusiasm of all the fans in the stadium.

In the 76th minute of the second half, Martin Roland also scored a goal.

In the end, Bayswater Chinese beat Hartlepool United 2-0.

After the game, it once again sparked heated discussion in the British media.

Alan Shearer is already so old, and the whole of Britain has been longing for a young talented center forward for too long.

Now, Jonathan Steed shows up!

……

A week later, the 20th round of English League Two.

Bayswater Chinese challenge Colchester United away.

Just four minutes into the game, Ribery assisted Tony Capaldi to score.

In the 11th minute, Ribery assisted Steed to score another goal.

2-0, the Chinese team won another away game.

This is also the 8th consecutive victory for Bayswater Chinese!

Steed scored 20 goals in the first 17 games.

This drove the British media almost crazy.

So efficient!
Outrageous!

But in Yang Cheng's opinion, this was the result of concentrating the firepower of the entire team, which was normal.

Aren’t all those shady shops in his previous life using this same routine?
……

As December approaches, transfer rumors are becoming more and more frequent.

This year's winter transfer market is still led by the top three teams in the Premier League.

With the capital injection from Russian tycoon Roman Abramovich, Chelsea, which has deep pockets, is frantically recruiting players in the summer transfer market.

In winter, they set their sights on recruiting a right winger.

This is also the only remaining shortcoming in Ranieri's 442 tactics.

The rumored target is Blackburn's Australian Emerton, who is also one of the best players on the right side of the Premier League this season.

Arsenal have been linked with Sevilla's talented winger Reyes over the past six months.

But the two sides could not reach an agreement on the transfer price.

Just as time entered December and the Spanish media reported that Arsenal and Sevilla were expected to reach a consensus, the Manchester Evening News revealed that Manchester United was working on signing French striker Saha from Fulham.

What confirmed the transfer rumor was that on the next day, an offer from Fulham was delivered to the Chinese in Bayswater.

300 pounds.

Fulham are hoping to bring Jonathan Steed from League Two.

When Lin Zhongqiu saw the offer, he was completely stunned.

This can be sold for 300 million pounds?

If I sell Jonathan Steed, will I be able to pay off Elvino's debt?
But Yang Cheng rejected Fulham without hesitation and spread the news through the media.

Overnight, news of Fulham's offer for Steed spread like wildfire.

This also confirms that Manchester United is very close to Saha and Fulham is looking for a successor.

Judging from Saha's performance this season, his value is at least over 10 million pounds.

How could Yang Cheng be satisfied with 300 million pounds?
……

On the afternoon of December 12th, the second round of the FA Cup.

Bayswater Chinese beat Weston-super-Mare 4-1 at home.

Jonathan Steed scored a hat trick in this game, beating the weaker opponent and helping the team advance to the third round easily.

But this time, the Bayswater Chinese team had bad luck.

The opponent in the third round of the FA Cup is Chelsea.

The time was January 2004, 1.

……

Three days after the FA Cup, the third round of the English Championship began.

The Chinese team encountered tenacious sniping from Colchester United on the road.

With Steed's two goals, the Chinese team took the lead twice, but were equalized by Colchester United both times.

In the 90-minute game, the two sides shook hands and agreed to a 2-2 draw.

Entering the overtime, both sides were exhausted.

But the Chinese team's high-level training showed its effect at this time.

In the end, it was Lambert's goal in the 118th minute that helped Bayswater Chinese win 3-2 away from home.

After the draw, Bayswater Chinese's opponent in the 4th round of the British Championship is Northampton.

…He scored a lot of goals in the league and was far ahead on the scorer list.

Now, having scored five goals in two consecutive cup rounds, Yang Cheng's strategy of brushing data has allowed Jonathan Steed to shine.

Especially as Fulham's offer was rejected, it aroused strong attention from the British media.

As the Daily Mail commented, "For a talent like Jonathan Steed, staying in League Two will no longer allow him to continue to improve."

"He should now go to a broader stage and accept higher-level challenges!"

After Fulham's offer of £300 million was rejected, they immediately raised their offer, but to only £350 million.

Yang Cheng refused again.

After the game against Weston-super-Mare, he also gave an interview to a reporter from The Sun.

"Eight million pounds?"

"That's not enough to buy Jonathan Steed's leg!"

The Sun's interpretation of this is that the Chinese in Bayswater's psychological price is 700 million pounds.

This is indeed too high for a player in the English League Two.

Although, the young player's statistics are indeed very eye-catching.

But considering that Arsenal is willing to pay 2000 million euros for Sevilla's talented young player Reyes.

Depending on the number of appearances and performance, the maximum price can be increased to 3000 million euros.

So is Steed, the hope of a local center forward, only sold for 700 million pounds, high?
……

On the afternoon of December 12th, in the 13st round of English League Two, Bayswater Chinese challenged Swindon away.

The game was under the control of the Chinese team from the beginning.

Tony Capaldi received a wonderful pass from Ribery in the 13th minute and scored the first goal for the team.

After the contract renewal, Ribery's performance has been getting better and better.

In the 76th minute of the second half, Martin Roland scored another goal, changing the score to 2-0.

Unexpectedly, Swindon head coach Andy King replaced the player with the tall, burly center forward Rory Fallon in the 80th minute.

It was this tall center forward from Australia who helped Swindon equalize the score with an assist and a shot in just 10 minutes.

But at the crucial moment, in the last minute of stoppage time, Ribery continued to dribble the ball on the left, passed two opposing defenders, and passed the ball to the front of the small penalty area.

Center forward Steed used his body to push away the defensive player and kicked the ball into the goal before goalkeeper Evans.

3 is better than 2!

Lore!

At the critical moment, Jonathan Steed's final goal helped Bayswater Chinese win the precious 3 points.

……

As soon as the game was over, the British media was once again in an uproar.

Everyone can clearly feel that after Jonathan Steed was rumored to be linked with a Premier League team, his condition has been getting better and better, and he has been working harder and harder on the court.

Under his leadership, Bayswater Chinese have won 9 consecutive games!
How much is such a strong center forward, who is also a local center forward and a member of the U21 national team, worth?
Fulham's third offer was directly increased to 3 million pounds.

But he was still rejected by the Chinese in Bayswater.

At this point, the Championship's Black Cats Sunderland were no longer eligible to participate.

But Newcastle and Blackburn from the Premier League both made offers, both expressing their willingness to sign the local center for £500 million.

When Yang Cheng received the offers from the two Premier League teams, he couldn't help but burst into laughter in front of Lin Zhongqiu and Brian Kidd.

"They finally couldn't help themselves and took action!"

Lin Zhongqiu and Brian Kidd also smiled happily.

The way Yang Cheng handled this transfer really surprised them.

Especially Lin Zhongqiu.

He really didn't expect that professional football transfers could be played like this.

It increased from 200 million pounds to 500 million pounds.

What's even more outrageous is that half a year ago, when the Chinese in Bayswater signed Jonathan Steed, it only cost 25 pounds.

This is simply too crazy!

Then didn't the Chinese in Bayswater become the scapegoats when they spent money to buy players in the past few years?
"There are rumors going around now. One moment, Liverpool is going to leave, the next moment, Chelsea also wants Steed..."

Brian Kidd couldn't help but burst out laughing.

The media is like a double-edged sword.

Yang Cheng undoubtedly used it just right this time.

"Chelsea don't like Steed, and they have Charlton Cole, but they are the best tool to raise the price."

Yang Cheng is still relatively rational.

"If I'm not mistaken, £500 million is Fulham's limit. Any higher and they will choose someone else."

The transfer market isn't all about Jonathan Steed.

The most important thing is that although Fulham made a lot of money by selling Saha and has the support of an Egyptian tycoon, their usual style is not to spend money mindlessly, and they will not invest too much money in Steed.

"Newcastle are still quite rich, and they have Alan Shearer, so Steed is very attractive to them; Blackburn have more than 20 million pounds on hand after selling Duff and David Dunn."

“英超踢了16轮，布莱克本排在第14位，但他们跟第15的埃弗顿，第16的阿斯顿维拉都是17分，第17的莱斯特城和第18的朴茨茅斯是16分。”

"Leeds United, who are in 19th place, are now on 15 points."

"Blackburn are under great pressure to avoid relegation, and the two players are getting older and their performance this season is not as good as before."

In other words, Newcastle and Blackburn's needs are the most urgent.

A local center like Jonathan Steed is not only a technical and tactical need of the team, but also an important means to appease the fans.

Many teams, including Yang Cheng himself, do not like winter transfers. One important reason is that there are few players to choose from in the market and the operation time is very short.

This can easily lead to inflated player values ​​and greater risks.

Thinking of this, Yang Cheng had already made a decision in his heart.

　Woohoo, don't just play around, come and see me more often. During the National Day holiday, I didn't go anywhere. I was busy writing at home! Brothers, please buy a few more tickets. Thank you, thank you! !

　　
　
(End of this chapter)