I build a giant in the Premier League

Chapter 28: I understand Abu’s happiness!
A week after playing against Chelsea, in the 26th round of English League Two, Bayswater Chinese challenged Grimsby Town away.

As a result, Yang Cheng's team was tied 0-0 by Grimsby Town away from home.

But no one is anxious about it.

Because Bayswater Chinese won 27-3 at home against Ruston Diamonds in the 0th round of English League Two a week later.

Central defender Roger Johansson opened the scoring for the team, followed by Ribery.

Before the end of the game, Lambert, who came on as a substitute, scored another goal.

The home win allowed Bayswater Chinese to continue to lead the English League Two standings.

……

In the middle of the week, the 4th round of the British Championship, which is the quarter-finals.

Bayswater Chinese challenge Northampton away.

Just 14 minutes into the first half, the defense conceded a goal due to rotation.

Yang Cheng made adjustments during the halftime break and made substitutions in the second half.

Starting from the 61st minute, the team scored three goals in a row and reversed Northampton 3-3 away from home.

It is worth mentioning that all three goals came from Dave Kitson.

Another hat trick!
If the hat trick in his debut was amazing, then this hat trick even surprised Yang Cheng.

But when I think about it again, it seems quite normal.

Dave Kitson is three years older than Jonathan Steed and more mature.

The two are of similar height and weight, and are both excellent in power confrontation, but Kitson has better jumping ability, better awareness of scoring and stronger heading ability.

Most importantly, Kitson is very proficient with both feet.

This makes Kitson significantly more effective as a scorer.

The ability to seize opportunities is also stronger.

Incidentally, after Steed moved to Blackburn, he started in the last two games, continuing his excellent form for the Bayswater Chinese, scoring in two consecutive games.

That was a Premier League goal!

So now everyone feels that Blackburn's £800 million was well spent.

……

After the English Championship, the FA Cup 4th round will be held at the weekend.

Bayswater Chinese travel south to challenge Portsmouth away.

The Pompey team coached by the famous English coach Redknapp did not repeat Chelsea's mistakes.

As soon as the game started, both sides were in a tough battle.

Yang Cheng's targeted tactics curbed Portsmouth's offensive firepower in the frontcourt, but in the 35th minute, a mistake occurred.

Pompey's left-back Matthew Taylor came from behind and received a wonderful pass from Israeli midfielder Berkovic, scoring the first goal for Pompey.

The right-wing combination of Martin Devaney and Steve Jenkins failed to stop Portsmouth's attack on the left.

After the second half, the Chinese in Bayswater suddenly launched an attack, and in the 56th minute, Ribery broke through the Pompey team's goal and successfully equalized the score.

Then the two sides entered into a brutal bloody battle.

Especially Portsmouth playing at home.

In the most crucial final stage, veteran Shelingham's assist allowed Matthew Taylor, who came from behind, to score another goal, making it his second goal.

2 is better than 1!

This score remained until the end.

Bayswater Chinese, the FA Cup dark horse, failed to make it to the end.

Yang Cheng did not blame his players.

The gap in strength is there.

Redknapp is a famous coach after all, he uses his players very steadily, and Portsmouth is giving its all and playing at home.

The Chinese in Bayswater deserved their defeat.

"This game showed us the gap in strength between us and the Premier League teams."

In the locker room after the game, Yang Cheng, who had lost the game, looked calm and comforted his players.

“But please note that this is not irreparable.”

"On the contrary, we have a chance."

"So, there's no need to be discouraged. We will win back sooner or later!"

The players also accepted the head coach's statement.

It's not unfair for a League Two team to lose away to a mid-table Premier League team.

It’s just that the previous upset victory over Chelsea gave many people an unrealistic fantasy.

But Yang Cheng has always been clear.

The main battlefield of Bayswater Chinese is English Football League Two.

Or, add the British Championship.

……

Due to the FA Cup participation at the weekend, Bayswater Chinese's 28th round of the English League Two was forced to be postponed.

After returning to London, the team immediately travelled to challenge Brighton away.

As a result, we lost 1-2 away from home.

After losing 29 rounds, they drew 30-0 with Bournemouth at home in the 0th round.

Then in the 31st round, they lost 0-1 to Tranmere Rovers away.

Fortunately, after Steed moved to Blackburn, the media's attention to the Chinese in Bayswater decreased significantly.

After three consecutive defeats, Bayswater Chinese did not come under too much pressure from public opinion.

But Yang Cheng still explained to the fans that this was the aftermath of the young team losing the FA Cup and the result of the team fighting on two fronts.

In the subsequent 32nd round of the league, the team defeated Port Vila 2-1 at home, pushing this team that originally aimed to win the championship to fifth place in the league.

Then, in the 28th round of the midweek make-up match, the team defeated Stockport 2-0 away.

Then in the 33rd round of the league at the weekend, they defeated Blackpool 1-0 away.

As Queens Park Rangers had suffered three consecutive draws in the last three rounds and Bristol City also lost to Sheffield Wednesday away in the 3rd round, Plymouth came from behind and ranked second in English League Two after this round of games.

Bayswater Chinese continued to lead, but their lead was reduced to 5 points.

After paying the price of fluctuating league results, Bayswater Chinese drew 2-1 with Southend United away from home in the two-legged match of the English Championship semi-final in February.

After returning to the home court, thanks to Ribery's outstanding performance, the team easily defeated Southend United 3-0.

Bayswater Chinese advanced to the final with a total score of 4 to 1. As Wembley Stadium had been demolished and rebuilt, the final was scheduled to be held at the Millennium Stadium in Cardiff.

The opponent is Blackpool from English League Two.

The final will be on March 3st.

……

10 kilometers north of London Hyde Park is the world-famous Brent Cross Shopping Center.

It is known as the first of the eight major shopping centers in the UK and is a shopping paradise that countless tourists pursuing fashion trends flock to.

At the same time, it is also the most important transportation hub in northwest London.

The subway, train, M1 highway, ring road, etc. all converge here.

From the starting point of the M1 motorway, heading southwest, 4 kilometers in a straight line, is the Wembley Stadium familiar to football fans.

This stadium, which had been demolished for three years and had been unable to raise funds, was just announced to have broken ground not long ago.

Right between Brent Cross Shopping Centre and Wembley Stadium is London's largest natural reservoir lake, Brent Water.

Surrounding the reservoir is a wetland park where birds live.

The northwest side of the reservoir is planned to be the Welsh Harp open green space.

The North Bank is a large rectangular green space covering more than 200 acres, divided into several areas by rows of green trees.

There is a football club to the north and south of the green.

The one located in the northwest next to the residential area is called Hendon. It is an amateur club that has been struggling in the seventh, eighth and ninth level leagues for many years. It has a history of nearly a hundred years and its best result in history is the third round of the FA Cup.

Although it is an amateur league, Hendon has a stadium that can accommodate 2 people, as well as several stadiums for youth training, which occupy nearly half of the entire green space.

To the south of the green, next to the Brent Reservoir, is a club called Princes Park.

This club is even worse than Hendon. It hardly even participates in amateur leagues and has been mainly focusing on youth training all year round, but it also occupies a large area in the southeast of Greenland.

Chris Hunter drove Yang Cheng, Lin Zhongqiu and Brian Kidd around the green space and finally got off at the Jubilee Park Stadium of Hendon Club.

“Beyond that row of trees, it belongs to the community park.”

Chris Hunter pointed to a row of green trees on the north side of the green space, and vaguely saw that there was open space behind the isolated trees.

"What the Hendon Club currently owns is the land we are looking at, which is about 100 acres."

100 acres is about 600 mu.

"It's a bit small." Yang Cheng turned to the south and looked into the distance.

Lin Zhongqiu had no idea what was going on, but Brian Kidd nodded in agreement with Yang Cheng.

If you want to set up a complete youth training system and also need the venue to accommodate the various youth training teams, then 100 acres is indeed not enough.

England's youth training generally ranges from 7 to 16 years old, with a total of 10 age groups.

Further up is the reserve team.

Some teams even have two age groups between U16 and the reserve team.

But don't forget, there is also the first team.

There are no routines for many things.

For example, the youth training teams of many English teams are not actually in the club’s training base, but are distributed in football schools across the country.

Because their training base itself is so bad that it can’t even satisfy the first team, let alone the youth team.

And the first team.

According to Yang Cheng's idea, if measured by the standards of top-tier teams, the first team would need at least three standard training grounds to use in turn, because the training grounds need maintenance.

In addition, in a country like England where it rains and snows all year round, he is also considering building an indoor football stadium if finances become more available in the future, which is also very necessary.

In addition, there are training buildings for the first team and youth teams, and player dormitories.

By this calculation, 100 acres is not enough in any case.

“If the 100 acres in Hendon are too small, you can also take the land in Princes Park.”

"With the land south of Hendon, north of the road, the entire rectangular plot is about 150 acres."

150 acres is about 900 mu, which is much more spacious.

Yang Cheng just came from the south, and he was very interested in this piece of land in the south.

The scenery of Brent Reservoir is really beautiful.

If the players' dormitories were built on the north bank of the reservoir, the scenery alone would be refreshing.

"How much do you think it will cost to buy this piece of land?" Yang Cheng asked with concern.

He doesn't have much money on hand now.

Chris Hunter is well aware of the situation of the Chinese in Bayswater.

Sold Jonathan Steed for £800 million.

Although he paid back Elvino's £200 million, he also made a lot of money from the FA Cup.

Yang Cheng should still have more than 600 million pounds on hand now.

Moreover, Bayswater Chinese’s home games have been packed with attendances recently, generating good revenue.

"Both Hendon and Princes Park have been spending more than they earn in the past few years and are in deep financial trouble. It won't be difficult to convince them."

"The more troublesome part is the land to the north of the road, which belongs to the Kimberly Green Council. We need to buy it and get construction approval. We also need the consent of the city council and surrounding residents, which is a bit troublesome."

Yang Cheng was not surprised.

As wealthy as Chelsea was, it initially wanted to buy a golf club in the south and convert it into a training base, but was opposed by local residents and was forced to move to Cobham.

"Then go and negotiate with Uncle Lin and try to get a good price. I will definitely not let you suffer any loss in terms of commission."

When Yang Cheng said this, he felt very relieved.

Feng Shui turns.

He experienced Abramovich's happiness.

Chris Hunter quickly agreed.

The football industry in the UK is in a very bad state right now. Not to mention the lower-level teams, even the Premier League teams, except Manchester United, which one is not heavily in debt?
There are countless clubs in the City of London that are listed for sale or undergoing bankruptcy reorganization.

In Chris Hunter's view, the biggest obstacle to earning this commission is the city government and surrounding residents.

But Yang Cheng also has a plan to deal with this.

"You tell them that we, the Chinese in Bayswater, attach great importance to this training base and will invest at least 2 million pounds in the next two years."

£2000?
At least?
Yang Cheng's resounding promise shocked not only Chris Hunter, but also Lin Zhongqiu and Brian Kidd.

Especially Lin Zhongqiu.

Given the club's current financial situation, where would the £2000 million come from?
Isn't this crazy?
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