I build a giant in the Premier League

Chapter 66: One Price, a Favor
Soldiers are valuable and quick.

After meeting with Neuer, Yang Cheng went to meet with the management of Schalke 04.

The two parties made an agreement to move forward quietly and keep it confidential for the time being.

Neuer himself is not a big-name star, and even if he really transfers, few people will pay attention to him.

When Yang Cheng returned to London exhausted, he met Xia Qing and Lin Zhongqiu.

On the day he left, Everton had two meetings with the Chinese in Bayswater.

At present, both parties are biting their tongues on the price.

Xia Qing and Lin Zhongqiu strictly followed Yang Cheng's arrangements and held on to the 650 million pounds.

This is also Yang Cheng's negotiation strategy.

At this critical moment, we must not relax.

Everton set the price at 500 million pounds and refused to increase it any further.

The two sides put the negotiations on hold.

"I saw in the newspaper this morning that Nigel Martin has returned from injury," Xia Qing reminded.

Although she has not yet started working at Bayswater Chinese, she will definitely do her best to complete the tasks entrusted to her by Yang Cheng.

"Will he appear in the FA Cup match against Leicester City?" Yang Cheng asked with concern.

"do not know."

Xia Qing is not very knowledgeable about football.

It is very rare for her to be able to do these things.

"Thank you, senior sister."

Xia Qing smiled sweetly, "Did your trip to Germany go smoothly this time?"

"nailed it."

"Is this person very powerful, asking you to run over there in person?"

Yang Cheng smiled and said, "If he is not poached by other teams, we won't have to worry about the goalkeeper problem for at least 15 years."

"He will be the best goalkeeper in the world!"

Xia Qing was a little surprised.

She just asked casually and didn't expect Yang Cheng to give her such an answer.

If it were someone else, she would definitely sneer and think that they were bragging and exaggerating.

But over the past period of time, Yang Cheng really gave her too many surprises and unexpected things.

She even had a feeling now.

No matter what sensational thing Yang Cheng did, she could accept it.

"By the way, senior sister, have you started the resignation process?" Yang Cheng asked with a smile.

Xia Qing felt a little embarrassed and glanced at Lin Zhongqiu.

Lin Zhongqiu revealed a kind of attitude: Don't look at me, I'm already poured out.

I have long passed the state of mind where I wanted to see the bright moon, but the bright moon only shines on the ditch.

"I'm leaving." Xia Qing said helplessly.

She really had no way out of being entangled by Yang Cheng.

But the most important reason was that she really didn't like the life at Goldman Sachs.

On the contrary, she felt that coming to Bayswater to work for Chinese people would be a very good choice.

Yang Cheng immediately burst into laughter, "Congratulations, senior sister, you made a very wise decision."

After a pause, Yang Cheng changed the subject, "However, Senior Sister, although you haven't officially taken office yet, you still need to work out our salary structure for next season during this period of time."

After being promoted to the Premier League, the team's salary structure will change again.

These players who have built the team with the team will definitely be promoted and get a pay raise.

The key is to reasonably control the extent of salary increase.

They are all young and their age is rising too fast, so they won’t be able to stay in the future.

No chips left!

"Also, Everton will be left alone for now. I guess they are waiting for the FA Cup tonight."

But Yang Cheng told Lin Zhongqiu to hurry up and finalize the transfer contract with Schalke 04 and make sure to sign Neuer during the winter break.

Moreover, the whole thing has to be done in secret.

If Everton knew about this, they would be more confident in bargaining.

……

On the night that Yang Cheng returned from Germany, in the FA Cup at Goodison Park in Liverpool, Moyes' team scored just 10 minutes into the game.

This made everyone feel like it would be a victory.

Unexpectedly, in the 32nd minute, Everton's defense made a mistake and conceded a goal.

After that, the two teams attacked and defended each other.

It wasn't until the 90th minute that Leicester City's center forward James Scowcroft scored another goal for Leicester City.

2 is better than 1!

Leicester City reversed Everton and successfully advanced to the fifth round of the FA Cup.

This defeat made everyone in Everton feel very frustrated.

Moyes was also very dissatisfied with the result, believing that the team's performance in recent times had been very poor.

But what Yang Cheng was most concerned about was that Nigel Martin, who had just returned from injury, performed very mediocrely.

At the age of 38, after a month of rest, it is difficult to guarantee his condition after his comeback.

The two goals conceded had little to do with him.

But if he is in good condition, he can save the ball.

After realizing this, Yang Cheng waited there.

Sure enough, that evening, he received another call from his agent Jonathan Barnett.

Everton raised their offer again to £550 million, which couldn't be higher.

"You know, the highest transfer fee in Everton's history was for Beattie from Southampton."

"Before that, their highest signing was Barmby from Middlesbrough for £575 million."

Barnett said this to Yang Cheng just to tell him that enough is enough.

There has to be a limit to how much we can raise the price.

Everton can't afford it.

Yang Cheng smiled and said, "Okay, Jonathan, since you said so, I'll give you face."

Jonathan Barnett on the other end of the phone was immediately delighted.

As long as this transfer goes through, he will reap great rewards.

But Yang Cheng's next sentence almost made him fall down again.

"Same as Beatty, £600 million, fixed price, no bargaining accepted!"

Jonathan Barnett even suspected that he had heard it wrong.

Is this all my reputation is worth?
I'm even doing you a favor?

The cunning agent knew very well that Yang Cheng’s psychological price was 600 million pounds.

Even 550 million pounds has reached his psychological bottom line.

Beattie is a striker who has proven his ability. Why should Joe Hart be priced the same as him?
But Jonathan Barnett certainly wouldn't raise that question, because that's something Everton's Michael Danforth should be asking.

What does it have to do with him?

The money didn't come out of his pocket.

He is concerned about whether the transfer will be successful or not.

"Okay, I'll convey it to you right away." Barnett said helplessly.

He now completely understood.

The Chinese team at Bayswater were able to rise in just two years and even make it to the Premier League. The key figure was Yang Cheng, a young rich second-generation.

Not to mention anything else, just the skill of manipulation and the ability to control the opponent, how many executives among the 20 Premier League clubs have it?

Everton was completely controlled by him.

Of course, the reason why the Toffees were hanging on a tree with Joe Hart was thanks to Jonathan Barnett.

"By the way, Jonathan, speaking of Beattie, has Southampton's financial situation improved now?" Yang Cheng suddenly changed the subject.

When it comes to other things, Jonathan Barnett is not tired.

"How can it be relieved? No one knows how much money they owe outside now. I heard it is at least 2 million pounds."

Yang Cheng was a little embarrassed as our debts were almost the same.

"Now the Saints are ranked second from the bottom in the Premier League, and the relegation situation is precarious. The players are demoralized and even Beattie has left."

"If we are relegated from the Premier League, it will be a disaster. Leeds United is a lesson for us."

In Yang Cheng's previous life, after Southampton was relegated, it was just like Leeds United. After bankruptcy, it continued to be relegated.

It was not until the Liebherr family acquired Southampton that the Saints reversed their decline.

“Will Beatty’s transfer not provide relief?”

"No, when Southampton signed Beattie from Blackburn, it was agreed that 20% would be used as a training fee, so Southampton can actually only get 480 million pounds."

Not to mention, the £480 million has to be paid in installments.

"Thanks, Jonathan."

After thanking him, Yang Cheng hung up the phone.

Southampton’s youth training is indeed good, but many of the team’s talents actually come from Greater London and Wales.

Yang Cheng now hopes that Southampton will be relegated as soon as possible.

……

Everton general manager Michael Danforth went south to London again the day after the FA Cup match.

This time he brought his team and met with Yang Cheng, and the two sides finally reached an agreement.

600 pounds.

Joe Hart has officially joined Everton.

The next step was for the two parties to negotiate on the payment method of the transfer fee. Yang Cheng did not participate, but left it to Lin Zhongqiu.

After the deal was done, Michael Danforth immediately returned to Everton.

On that day, the two teams rushed to sign the contract for Joe Hart's transfer, and Everton also had to sign a contract with the player.

By the time everything was done, it was already evening.

However, in the end, all transfer procedures were completed before the transfer market closed.

On the morning of February 2, major British media reported that Joe Hart had transferred to Everton for 1 pounds. While everyone was shocked by Everton's generosity, the Chinese players at Bayswater were surprised by their new teammates.

Manuel Neuer.

The German goalkeeper arrived in London the day before, the day Joe Hart's transfer was finalised.

Yang Cheng first arranged for him to stay at the Royal Lancaster Hotel so that he could walk to the training ground every day.

A dedicated person will be in charge of renting the house.

Before the translator arrived, Yang Cheng and Piszczek took on the role of translator.

All the players were more surprised.

Within a few days, when they learned that Joe Hart was going to transfer, everyone except Danny Coney was shocked and panicked.

But now, a German goalkeeper suddenly appeared, and he was only 18 years old, which surprised the Chinese players in Bayswater.

There's nothing you can do about it, that's how professional football is.

Everyone has to learn to get used to it.

Ask yourself, for many of them, if they were spotted by a team like Everton, would they not go?

The Chinese in Bayswater are developing well now, but who can predict what will happen in the future?
Even the stadium is not your own, and many things make you feel uneasy.

On the contrary, Everton is now the fourth-ranked team in the Premier League, and its achievements in the past few years are obvious to all.

Who wouldn’t want to join a team like this?

Yang Cheng ignored the players' wild thoughts.

He was more helping Neuer to get familiar with the tactical system of the Chinese in Bayswater and integrate into the team.

The fact is just as Yang Cheng said before. After Neuer came, he found that Yang Cheng’s requirements for the goalkeeper might be a little embarrassing for other goalkeepers, but for him, it was like tailor-made.

……

On the evening of February 2, in the 5st round of the Championship, Bayswater Chinese played against Derby County at home.

German goalkeeper Neuer, who had joined the team less than a week ago, replaced Joe Hart and appeared in the starting lineup of the Chinese in Bayswater, and did not seem to be nervous at all.

Instead, he seemed somewhat excited.

With the momentum of the League Cup and after another week of rest, Bayswater Chinese launched a fierce attack from the start.

In the 20th minute, Ribery scored against Derby County.

Nine minutes later, Ribery again scored with an assist from Modric, making it his second goal.

Aaron Lennon and Kitson each scored a goal before the end of the first half.

4 is better than 0!

After the second half, Derby County's opening attack broke Neuer's goal, but then Kitson and substitute Ashley Young each scored a goal.

Derby County also scored a goal in the 68th minute.

In the end, Bayswater Chinese defeated Derby County 6-2 at home.

……

With this winning momentum, Bayswater Chinese defeated Cardiff 32-2 away in the subsequent 0nd round of the league.

In the 33rd round of the league, they defeated the Black Cats Sunderland 2-1 at home.

In the 34th round, Bayswater Chinese beat Millwall 1-0 at home.

But in the 35th round of the game, because the League Cup final would be against Chelsea three days later, Yang Cheng played with an all-substitute lineup, so they lost 3-0 to Leeds United away.

35轮比赛踢完，贝斯沃特中国人凭借着过去5轮联赛的4胜1负，以67分位居英冠积分榜的首位。

Close behind are Wigan Athletic, Sunderland and Ipswich Town with 66 points.

These four teams are currently leading the league in a discontinuous manner.

West Ham United, further behind, has only 57 points, Preston has 56 points, and Sheffield United has 55 points.

Queens Park Rangers fell to 13th place and has basically no hope of promotion.

After losing to Leeds United, Yang Cheng and the players took a short rest in London before heading south to Cardiff.

Final preparations for the upcoming League Cup final.

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