I build a giant in the Premier League

Chapter 23: Debut, ultimate move!

If it is in other leagues, after the transfer is agreed before Christmas, the players will basically report to the new team after Christmas.

But England is an exception.

Because the week after Christmas happens to be the week with the most busy schedule.

But Jonathan Steed's transfer still affected the team to some extent.

Moreover, many of Bayswater Chinese's foreign players are experiencing the Christmas schedule for the first time.

Especially for young players such as Modric, Koscielny and Ribery, this is the first time they cannot go home for Christmas and spend it with their parents and family.

Unfortunately, the Chinese in Bayswater currently have limited financial resources.

Yang Cheng has tried his best to make up for it, but in the end he cannot compare with the big teams with deeper pockets.

The combined effect of many factors led to the players' poor performance in the away game against Bournemouth on Boxing Day, December 12.

Roger Johansen was sent off with a red card just 16 minutes into the game.

Roger Johnson naturally needs to be held responsible for this, but the team's overall downturn is also obvious.

In the 17th minute, Bournemouth scored a penalty.

In the 40th minute of the first half, they once again broke through the goal of Bayswater Chinese.

In the end, Bayswater Chinese lost 0-2 away from home.

……

On the afternoon of December 12, in the 28th round of English League Two, Bayswater Chinese played against Brentford at home.

Before this game, Bayswater Chinese received a notice from the English Football Association.

The FA Cup third round match against Chelsea will be broadcast on television.

But Bayswater Stadium does not have the conditions for television broadcasts.

Therefore, the English Football Association negotiated with the Bayswater Chinese, hoping to arrange the game at Chelsea's home stadium, Stamford Bridge.

Chelsea have agreed that they are willing to give all ticket revenue from the game to Bayswater Chinese.

This is not because Chelsea is generous, but rather a tradition of "support" for Premier League teams facing lower-level league teams.

In the FA Cup and League Cup, many teams from lower-level leagues, after drawing Premier League teams, will voluntarily give up their home games and play away games in exchange for the ticket revenue of the away teams.

This time it was not the Chinese in Bayswater who gave up voluntarily, but rather it was the result of negotiations with the English Football Association.

Yang Cheng had no objection to this and only put forward one condition.

That is to give Bayswater Chinese 5000 tickets and sell them at the team's regular cup match ticket prices.

This is the right that the club has fought for its fans.

As it is the Christmas holiday, although football matches all over the UK are very popular, tickets for each game are also in great demand.

Especially a team like Chelsea that is full of stars.

Yang Cheng set a purchase threshold for the 5000 tickets he had, and those with past ticket purchase experience could purchase them first.

But it was still sold out in just 3 days.

The ticket prices at Chelsea are higher and are divided into several levels, averaging around 25 pounds.

The Blues sold more than 3 copies.

In other words, just for this game, Chelsea gave the Chinese in Bayswater hundreds of thousands of pounds.

Yang Cheng didn't have to thank Chelsea.

He did this kind of thing a lot when he coached a Premier League giant in his previous life.

He also hopes to use this game to test the quality of his team.

This will allow him to better prepare for the second half of the Championship.

However, before he could come to Chelsea, Yang Cheng suffered another blow in English League Two.

Draw 1-1 with Brentford at home.

In the 42nd minute of the game, when the team was leading thanks to Ribery's goal, Koscielny received his second yellow card and was sent off with a red card.

In the last game it was Roger Johnson, and this time it was Koscielny.

The problems in the defense were exposed once again.

Yang Cheng and Brian Kidd discussed it and both basically determined that it was the impact around Christmas.

The defense line was originally weak. When the team's frontcourt could not suppress the opponent, the passing and cutting errors increased, and the defense line was under pressure, the problems were exposed.

……

After the 28th round of English League Two on the 24th, Jonathan Steed said goodbye to Yang Cheng and his teammates and headed north to Blackburn.

Although the official transfer procedures will not take effect until January 1, there will be no games in the next two or three days.

Similarly, Dave Kitson of Cambridge United also reported to Bayswater Chinese after playing in the English League Three.

Yang Cheng had a long conversation with the newly signed center forward.

In Yang Cheng's previous life, Dave Kitson should have joined Reading, and performed very well in both the Championship and the Premier League, and was almost called into the England national team by Capello.

He is big and strong, has excellent heading ability, delicate footwork and good speed.

More importantly, he is very proficient with both feet.

So far this season, he has made 17 appearances in the English League One and scored 10 goals.

Last season in English League One, he made 44 appearances and scored 20 goals.

This is quite good for a main striker of a mid-table English League Three team.

But for Yang Cheng, Dave Kitson had one biggest problem.

He is more like an arrow, a scorer with a keen nose.

Dave Kitson showed this trait in his first training session.

Standing at the front line, after receiving the ball, his first choice is to find a way to kick the ball.

I have to admit that he is very strong, has a good sense of positioning and scoring, and can shoot at a high level with both feet, so he is very efficient and very threatening.

But as the center of 433, his tactical role is too small.

Therefore, Yang Cheng had to accommodate Dave Kitson and adjust the team's tactics.

On the contrary, it was Ricky Lambert who played a tactical role that Dave Kitson, and even Jonathan Steed before him, did not have.

…On the afternoon of January 1st, in the 1th round of English League Two, Bayswater Chinese played against Chesterfield at home.

Although the team suffered a draw and a loss in the past two rounds, Yang Cheng still rotated the players for the battle at Stamford Bridge on the 3rd.

Just four minutes into the game, Lee Williamson scored the first goal for the team with a long shot.

In the 11th minute, Capaldi's goal helped the team score another goal.

One minute later, Ribery scored the third goal.

In the 15th minute, Dave Kitson sealed the victory for the team with a left-foot shot near the penalty spot in the penalty area.

In the 18th minute, it was Ribery's goal that helped the team expand the score.

5 is better than 0!

At this moment, the game had completely lost its suspense.

Dave Kitson then scored two goals in the 36th minute and the 88th minute of the second half to complete a hat trick.

This shocked the more than 4,000 fans in the stadium.

They were originally worried that after the team sold Jonathan Steed, would the overall performance be affected?

Unexpectedly, Dave Kitson, a little-known guy, came up with a big move as soon as he joined the team.

hat trick!

Jonathan Steed only scored a hat trick in the first half.

It’s incredible!
The coaching staff standing next to Yang Cheng also couldn't believe it.

Brian Kidd almost dropped his jaw in shock.

3 goals, one with left foot, one with header and one with right foot.

Isn’t this too awesome?
Are all the center forwards in English League Three so strong now?

When did Yang Cheng notice Dave Kitson?

Others may not know, but Brian Kidd knows very well that the Chinese in Bayswater do not even have a full-time scout, let alone a scout network.

In other words, Dave Kitson was chosen by Yang Cheng himself.

This is really amazing!

……

"The way you operate is truly amazing!"

The day after the team defeated Chesterfield 7-0, Yang Cheng once again welcomed Chris Hunter from Elvino to his office.

Last time, Chris Hunter came on behalf of the company to announce the decision and hand in written notice.

This time, Yang Cheng took the initiative to call him over.

As soon as Blackburn's £800 million arrived, Yang Cheng called him and made an appointment to come over to handle the formalities.

"You have no idea, our boss is regretting it so much right now." Chris Hunter smiled with admiration.

At the beginning, he disagreed with his boss's decision.

Yang Cheng smiled relatively reservedly.

Of course you will regret it if you fail to steal the chicken and end up losing the rice!

Before, Elvino was certain that the Chinese in Bayswater would definitely not be able to come up with 200 million pounds, so he used the contract terms to force the Chinese in Bayswater to sell the land to Chelsea.

Yang Cheng knew very well that this unscrupulous businessman wanted to kill two birds with one stone.

But now, not only did he fail to eat the fish, but he also lost the fat meat that he had originally got.

"The 200 million pounds will be deposited today. Tell your boss that I won't pay any interest. If he wants to sue, go ahead. I'll pay whatever the court decides."

Yang Cheng spoke very bluntly.

Since the initiative is on my side, of course I won't be polite to the other party.

Chris Hunter was mentally prepared and nodded to indicate that he would definitely convey the message.

"I have to say, Yang, you played this move beautifully. Dave Kitson seems to be stronger than Jonathan Steed. No wonder you are willing to sell him."

"And the ability to sell people... is really incomprehensible."

Although the company suffered a loss, from a personal standpoint, Chris Hunter now has nothing but admiration for Yang Cheng.

In the previous difficult situation, Yang Cheng was able to break out of it and turn danger into safety. It was really amazing!
"By the way, Chris, tell me more about what you mentioned last time."

"what's up?"

"It's what you mentioned, the bankrupt football, rugby and golf clubs." Yang Cheng said with a smile.

"You want to buy land?" Chris Hunter was a little surprised at first, then he became interested.

He is in charge of bankruptcy and restructuring business. He pays close attention to the cases on hand as well as information of many colleagues in the financial city.

"As you know, the Premier League has very strict requirements for youth training teams and we must meet them."

After a pause, Yang Cheng sighed again, "And you were right at the beginning. The hardware facilities of Bayswater Stadium are very poor. There is only one training ground, and the drainage system is not good on rainy days. We can't train on snowy days."

"If we want to become bigger and stronger, we must have a professional training base."

"Any specific requests?"

“It needs to be large enough to accommodate at least 11 standard football fields and two training buildings, and it must have convenient transportation.”

It is too remote and the land price is indeed very cheap, but transportation is extremely inconvenient.

Yang Cheng had discussed this topic with the players in his previous life. It would be best to be close to a highway or main road, and the commuting time by car should be controlled at around 30 minutes.

"Also, don't consider the one east of the city. It's too far away."

London is actually quite big.

Bayswater Chinese is located west of the city center, so the best place to locate the training base is also west.

For example, Arsenal is located in Colney, north of Greater London.

The land Chelsea just bought is in Cobham, south west.

Chris Hunter smiled and nodded in agreement.

"Don't worry, I'll go find out for you and get back to you with news."

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