I build a giant in the Premier League

Chapter 37 The Four Dark Lords

Speaking of the English summer transfer market in 2004, the most eye-catching thing was of course the battle for Rooney.

Chelsea, after investing heavily in 2003, failed to beat unbeaten Arsenal.

Ranieri was fired and replaced by Mourinho from Porto, which is bound to stir up another bloody storm in the transfer market.

At the same time, a group of players including Veron, Desailly, Hasselbaink, Crespo and others have entered the transfer market, which will also cause fierce turmoil.

But these are the Premier League, which is high up in the clouds.

For the Championship League, the biggest suspense is actually the three teams that will be relegated, especially Leeds United.

Although there is parachute protection from the Premier League, the three relegated teams will suffer a painful blow.

However, tragedy is different for each family.

Both Wolves and Leicester City were promoted to the Premier League from League One in the 02/03 season.

But after the upgrade, these two teams did not make big investments.

In other words, from the very beginning, they were not thinking about staying in the Premier League, but about making money.

As expected, Wolves are at the bottom and Leicester City is ranked 18th. The two brothers in distress will tour the Premier League together after one season.

Leeds United ranks between the two brothers, but it is a veteran and strong team in the Premier League.

After being relegated, Wolves and Leicester City actually don't need to sell anyone.

They don't have many players to sell, as they are the same team that played in English Football League One two years ago.

What about Leeds United?

In the past few years, we have been selling people every year, and the situation has been getting worse every year.

According to media reports, the bank currently has two loans totaling 1500 million pounds.

This is still available to everyone.

What about the ones that can’t be found?
Not long ago, in order to repay its debts, Leeds United sold the Elland Road Stadium for 800 million pounds.

After it was sold, it was rented back at an annual rent of £140 million.

God knows which smart person came up with this idea?

Leeds United's youth training is well-known. Many players have been trained and are very loyal to the club.

But no matter how loyal they are, how many are willing to stay and accompany the team to fight in the Championship?

Is West Ham United's Michael Carrick loyal enough?

After playing in the Championship with the Hammers for a season, and seeing that the team had no hope of promotion, he moved to Tottenham Hotspur this summer.

Leeds United's Alan Smith, James Milner, Mark Viduka, Paul Robinson, Scott Carson and other players are all popular in the transfer market, so naturally they all want to leave.

Selling players is inevitable, but it cannot solve the team's financial crisis.

Given Leeds United's current situation, failure to return to the Premier League would be tantamount to chronic suicide.

So, head coach Blackwell hopes to sign Pennant from Arsenal.

The reason is also very good.

Pennant was loaned to Leeds United last season, and the two sides know each other well and are familiar with each other.

As long as he doesn't make mistakes or cause trouble, Pennant will definitely be a top-level right winger in the Premier League.

Most importantly, he was unsuccessful at Arsenal.

After being relegated to the Championship, the most Leeds United could get was a player of Pennant's level.

The key point is that the contract only has one year left to expire, so the transfer fee will not be high.

Just at this time, the media reported that Arsenal intended to loan Pennant to Bayswater Chinese in the Championship, but was rejected by the player.

This is equivalent to sending a signal to the transfer market.

Pennant was put on the transfer market.

Premier League teams such as Everton and Birmingham immediately took action.

The Toffees made an offer of £150 million for Pennant, but it was rejected by Arsenal.

Leeds United must hurry up and raise money to buy players.

Just at this time, Gary Worthington, a former Leeds United youth player, sent an offer.

London club Bayswater Chinese, who have been unable to sign Pennant, want to sign 100-year-old right winger Aaron Lennon for a transfer fee of £17 million.

……

"Leeds United agreed?"

When Yang Cheng heard the news, he was very excited.

This is Aaron Lennon.

In the next few years, he became one of England's strongest right wingers.

Only 100 pounds?
On the contrary, Brian Kidd and Gary Worthington sitting opposite him both felt a little strange.

Is it cheap to buy a 100-year-old player for 17 million pounds?
Although Aaron Lennon is very fast and has great talent, he has not yet proven himself, right?

Last season, he did play as a substitute in the Premier League for more than 1 minutes. In the 4- loss to Arsenal, he provided an assist, but had little performance otherwise.

There is no way. Leeds United's overall performance is sluggish. Where do the young players get the opportunity to perform?
"They are now determined to pursue Pennant and are looking for money everywhere. The only thing they ask of us is cash."

As soon as Gary Worthington finished speaking, Yang Cheng smiled and shouted, "Satisfy them!"

Brian Kidd and Gary Worthington both laughed out loud.

Yang Cheng was very courageous in buying Aaron Lennon.

"Contact Aaron Lennon's agent immediately and I will go to Leeds in person to talk to Aaron Lennon."

Although he didn't understand why Yang Cheng was so anxious, Gary Worthington still contacted him immediately.

……

The next day, Yang Cheng, accompanied by Brian Kidd and Gary Worthington, headed north to Leeds United.

That afternoon, I met Aaron Lennon, his parents and agent at his home in Chapelton, northeast of Leeds city.

In this case, Brian Kidd would be more convincing than Yang Cheng.

Brian Kidd told Aaron Lennon's parents that the Chinese in Bayswater had been paying attention to Aaron Lennon for a long time and were very optimistic about his characteristics, abilities, and future development prospects.

Not only that, Bayswater Chinese are willing to promise to give Aaron Lennon more playing opportunities.

"I believe you also know that Leeds United are going to sign Pennant, who also plays as a right winger."

"There are two right-wing attackers in the team, 25-year-old Danny Kadamartri and veteran Craig Signet. How many opportunities can they get if they continue to stay at Leeds United?"

Yang Cheng had discussed this set of wording with Brian Kidd on the way.

Sure enough, it hit the nail on the head for Aaron Lennon.

Leeds United is a lean camel that is still bigger than a horse.

It's easy to say for others, but if it's Pennant, does Aaron Lennon still have a chance?
In the Premier League last season, Pennant played in almost all the games, while Aaron Lennon and others could only get some playing time in some marginal time.

But the Bayswater Chinese promised Aaron Lennon a starting position. At the age of 17, playing as a starter in the English Championship is not a loss.

After understanding this, Aaron Lennon's side no longer had too many concerns.

……

After leaving Alan Lennon's house, Yang Cheng and his party headed south without stopping and returned to London.

But Gary Worthington was kept at Leeds United by Yang Cheng.

"Hurry up and sign the transfer procedures and player contracts to avoid any further complications."

Gary Worthington didn't understand Yang Cheng's methods yet, so he was confused when he heard it and thought he couldn't keep up with the young man's pace.

Brian Kidd knew that.

Because it was Yang Cheng who deliberately let him leak the information to the media.

From the beginning to the end, Yang Cheng never thought about signing Pennant, but wanted to use Pennant to deal with Leeds United.

As early as before the end of last season, Leeds United had been wanting to renew Pennant's loan, but Arsenal did not agree.

There is only one year left on the contract. If we renew the lease, wouldn’t that be giving it away for free?
Yang Cheng took advantage of Leeds United's psychology.

Otherwise, Aaron Lennon really couldn't handle it.

In Yang Cheng's previous life, Lennon performed very well in the Championship and attracted the attention of many teams.

Leeds United failed to return to the Premier League, and Lennon was favored by many Premier League teams during the winter break. Tottenham Hotspur even signed the local right winger in April.

The transfer fee is not expensive, only 120 million pounds.

The main reason is that Lennon's contract with Leeds United expires in 2006, and the player refused to renew his contract with Leeds United.

In this case, Leeds United can only sell at a low price.

Otherwise, Lennon would definitely be worth more than this.

As for now, firstly, Lennon has not yet performed well in the Championship, and secondly, Leeds United is fully focused on Pennant, who is stronger, more mature and has more power.

This gave the Chinese in Bayswater an opportunity to take advantage.

"The transfer market is really brain-burning. You can't do it without some calculations." Brian Kidd said with a wry smile while driving.

……

It took the Bayswater Chinese just three days to complete Aaron Lennon's transfer.

Both clubs submitted the documents to the English Football Association, which officially completed the transfer process.

But Bayswater Chinese transfer operations continue.

Yang Cheng's transfer operations this summer are more cautious than last year, always maintaining a simultaneous pace of inflows and outflows.

Who made the Bayswater Chinese financially vulnerable?

After signing Aaron Lennon, the club sold four players in succession, namely Luke Chambers, Baptiste, Holdsworth and Lee Williamson.

These four players all transferred to English League One teams. The transfer fees were not high, but the total amount was 150 million pounds.

The Bayswater Chinese performed well this past season and these players are all relatively young.

Luke Chambers was only 19, Baptiste was only 18, and Holdsworth was 20.

Lee Williamson, the oldest but also the best performer, is only 22 years old.

Yang Cheng could accept the transfer fee of 150 million pounds for the four players.

The players do feel a little regretful. After all, everyone can see that the Chinese at Bayswater are in a period of rapid growth.

But it would do them no good to stay.

What’s the point of not being able to play in the game and wasting time on the bench?

Although Watford managed to avoid relegation last season, the process was also very dangerous.

Elton John, the protagonist of the biographical film "Rocketman", is the chairman of Watford, but he has retreated behind the scenes since 2002 and served as lifetime honorary chairman.

Since then, Watford's situation has been getting worse and worse.

In this case, Watford set its sights on Martin Devaney, the winger of the rising new team Bayswater Chinese.

Devaney performed very well in English League Two last season.

His partners with Ribery, whether Jonathan Steed, Lambert, or later Dave Kitson, all showed very strong offensive firepower.

Most importantly, after Jonathan Steed moved to Blackburn, he made 13 appearances and scored 6 goals in just half a year.

This is an outstanding performance for a young player.

Therefore, many people also believe that the reputation of players from Bayswater who come from China is still guaranteed.

Although Bayswater Chinese is a newly promoted team that is in the limelight, a newly promoted team is still a newly promoted team after all.

Watford at least has its own stadium and is willing to offer higher wages.

So, Martin Devaney was persuaded.

Yang Cheng's attitude towards this is "angry". He said Watford was robbing.

Not only that, Yang Cheng also rejected Watford's offer of 100 million pounds without hesitation.

But after several rounds of negotiations, the Bayswater Chinese were "forced" to accept Watford's offer.

£50, plus 19-year-old Ashley Young.

Speaking of this great Dark Four Kings, Friend of Birds, English Cristiano Ronaldo, British Household Registration Owner, Manchester Aaron Kwok, Yang Cheng was really drunk.

He played five times in English Football League One last season, for just 5 minutes, and he only scored three goals.

The only time he started was in the last round of the league against Reading, where he scored the only goal of the game.

If it weren't for these three goals, Yang Cheng could at least make Watford pay 3 million pounds.

but now……

Never mind. Suffering a loss is a blessing.

After completing the transfer of Ashley Young, Yang Cheng signed Leon Andreasen from Aarhus in Denmark.

The transfer cost Bayswater Chinese a transfer fee of 100 million euros, which is about 70 pounds.

As early as last summer, Yang Cheng wanted to sign Leon Andreassen.

But after successfully introducing Huddlestone, Yang Cheng temporarily suppressed this idea.

Now, having entered the Championship, the team needs double insurance.

After negotiating with Andreasen, Yang Cheng flew from London to Poland.

On May 2004, 5, the EU expanded its military.

Poland, the Czech Republic, Hungary, Slovakia, Slovenia and other countries officially joined the EU.

This also means that players from these countries will no longer be considered foreign players from now on.

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