I build a giant in the Premier League

Chapter 7 Poaching
Yang Cheng never thought that the first time he met Ribery would be like this.

This scarred star who will compete in the World Cup three years later now has his head and face covered with dust.

He was wearing a hard hat and holding up a heavy impact drill, destroying the ruins in front of him in a venting manner.

When Ribery turned his head and looked over, he really looked a bit like Sylvester Stallone holding a machine gun in "First Blood".

Yang Cheng waited for 20 minutes before he saw Ribery cleaned up.

The scar on his face is as hideous as ever.

The whole person did not have the high-spirited self-confidence that Yang Cheng was familiar with in his previous life. Instead, he looked deeply depressed.

During this period, football and life dealt him a heavy blow.

Many times, choice is more important than hard work.

So is Ribery, and so is Koscielny.

The whole conversation went exceptionally smoothly.

This is more like a unilateral invitation from Yang Cheng to Ribery.

As for Ribery, he will go as long as there is a club willing to accept him and offer him a salary.

Scarface "put forward" his expected salary in a very pragmatic way.

250 euros.

per month.

This is considered relatively low in the English League Two.

Yang Cheng agreed.

In his mind, as long as Ribery works hard in training and competition, the club will evaluate his performance every season and increase his salary as appropriate.

But there is no need to say all of this now.

Everything will be given after Ribery has achieved results.

This is a means for managers.

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While Yang Cheng was traveling between Croatia and France, Lin Zhongqiu in London continued to follow up on the loan business with Elvino Company.

After the formalities were completed and the money arrived, in addition to immediately repaying the debts that were due, Lin Zhongqiu also made frequent moves in the transfer market in accordance with Yang Cheng's instructions.

As Yang Cheng said before, there are ways to play even if you have no money.

The first thing Bayswater Chinese consider when recruiting players is those players who are available on free transfers in the transfer market.

The first thing Yang Cheng considered was the four relegated teams last season.

Cheltenham, Huddersfield, Mansfield and Northampton.

One of the important reasons for targeting relegated teams is that many teams have so-called relegation clauses when signing contracts with players.

For teams in lower leagues, relegation basically means disintegration.

For example, Cheltenham wide player Martin Devaney.

The 23-year-old Devaney is of Irish descent, is proficient with both feet, is very fast and is good at playing on both flanks.

The Chinese in Bayswater didn't even have to pay a transfer fee for him before they managed to sign him.

The 21-year-old Lee Williamson has dual Jamaican and English citizenship and is good at playing in the center and right midfield.

Due to Mansfield's relegation, his transfer fee was as low as 2.5 pounds according to the relegation clause.

The 17-year-old Alex Baptiste comes from Mansfield's youth training and is a versatile player who can play in all positions in the back line.

After receiving an invitation from Bayswater Chinese, he rejected Mansfield's professional contract and switched to Bayswater Chinese.

The 20-year-old English center forward Jonathan Steed comes from Huddersfield's youth training. He is one of Yang Cheng's most promising young center forwards and has the typical characteristics of an English center forward.

He is 1 meters tall, strong and sturdy, with excellent skills. He can score, shoot, and has a certain ability to receive the ball with his back to the goal and pass the ball.

In last season's English League Two, Steed had already established himself in Huddersfield's first team, making 42 appearances, 2568 minutes and scoring six goals.

Not bad for a 20-year-old.

The reason why Yang Cheng remembered him was that in his previous life in 2004, Steed followed Huddersfield to relegation, performed well in the fourth-level league, and was selected for the England national youth team.

Blackburn then signed the local center forward for a high price of 200 million pounds.

Unfortunately, Steed's subsequent development did not meet the expectations of the outside world.

At Yang Cheng's instruction, Lin Zhongqiu came forward to negotiate with Huddersfield and persuaded Jonathan Steed.

In the end, Bayswater Chinese signed the young center forward from English League Two for £25.

Due to the club's limited funds and budget, the money will be paid in two installments, with the second installment of £2004 paid in the summer of 15.

In addition to Steed, Bayswater Chinese also poached 19-year-old Andy Holdsworth from Huddersfield's youth training camp.

Although this player plays on the right side, Yang Cheng feels that he is more suitable for developing in the center midfield.

Bayswater Chinese also signed 17-year-old center back Luke Chambers from Northampton's youth training camp on a free transfer. He can play as a center back and right back.

In the transfer market, Yang Cheng also signed Northern Ireland left-back Tony Capaldi from Birmingham on a free transfer.

The 22-year-old Capaldi came from Birmingham's youth training camp, but has never been taken seriously. Apart from being loaned out, there is no place for him in the team. So after his contract expired this year, he refused to renew his contract with Birmingham.

Many English League Two teams, including Plymouth, are very interested in this young talent from the youth training camp of a strong team.

But in the end, it was the Chinese in Bayswater who got there first.

In addition to the fact that Yang Cheng went to persuade Tony Capaldi personally after returning from France, another important reason was that as the club was in a low-level league, the financial crisis of Bayswater Chinese did not attract the attention of the outside world.

In other words, Yang Cheng acted in time and eliminated the danger.

This has led to the outside world having a good impression of the Chinese in Bayswater.

At the very least, it is foreign-run and ambitious.

Another player who arrived on a free transfer was Irish midfielder Martin Rowland from Brentford.

The 24-year-old Roland plays in the middle and is Brentford's midfield passer. He has excellent skills, especially that pass.

After joining Brentford for £98 in 6, he performed very well in the first two seasons. However, in the last two seasons, Roland gradually lost his position as a starter due to injuries and ups and downs.

This summer, after his contract with Brentford expired, he chose a free transfer.

As a native Londoner, Roland prefers to join a London team.

Queens Park Rangers and Bayswater Chinese both extended olive branches to him, and in the end it was Yang Cheng who stepped forward and persuaded Martin Roland.

As a reward, Bayswater Chinese also offered Martin Roland the highest salary in the team.

£4000 per month.

In addition to Martin Roland and Steed, Welsh veteran Steve Jenkins also received the team's highest salary.

Jenkins, 31, plays right back for Huddersfield.

After the team was relegated, the club chose to terminate his contract and let him leave on a free transfer.

Jenkins, who came from Swansea's youth training, is no longer young, but he has rich defensive experience and has excellent right-wing crossing skills.

This is also what Yang Cheng values ​​most.

The newly formed team has many young people, and Yang Cheng will feel more at ease with an experienced veteran like Jenkins leading the team.

But considering Jenkins' age, Yang Cheng signed 18-year-old Irish right-back Kevin Fury from the youth training camp of Luton, a team struggling to relegate from English League Two.

The deal cost the Bayswater Chinese £10.

At central defender, Yang Cheng also signed 10-year-old Roger Johnson from relegation team Wycombe for 20 pounds.

This tall and burly local central defender was Wycombe's main central defender last season and performed well.

Yang Cheng also signed English striker Ricky Lambert from English League Two club Stoke City for a transfer fee of 15 pounds.

The 21-year-old Lambert did not perform well for Stockport last season. He made 32 appearances and scored only two goals, which made head coach Charlton Palme completely lose confidence in him.

So, Ricky Lambert, who joined the team for £02 in 45, was sold to the Chinese by Stockport for £15.

Shrewsbury Town, which was stuck in the fifth-tier league, also could not escape the fate of being poached by Yang Cheng.

Yang Cheng went north personally, and in addition to persuading Stockport and Ricky Lambert, he also signed the 16-year-old local goalkeeper Joe Hart from Shrewsbury.

The transfer cost the Bayswater Chinese £5.

One of the important reasons why it is so cheap is that Joe Hart has never played in the first team yet.

But according to England's youth training rules, if Bayswater sells Joe Hart in the future, Shrewsbury will receive a considerable youth training fee.

Traveling south from the north of England, Yang Cheng arrived in Derbyshire.

As early as when Yang Cheng went to Croatia and France, Lin Zhongqiu had already had contact with Derby County, but the other party always rejected the Chinese from Bayswater's asking price for young midfielder Tom Huddlestone.

Huddlestone, who played with England U17 in the European Youth Championship in Portugal, also conveyed through his agent that he refused to join the English League Two team.

The reasons are very sufficient.

Derby County is a second-tier English League One team, and Huddlestone is an international player for the England U17 youth team. Why should they go to the third-tier Bayswater to play for the Chinese?

When England U17 finished fourth in the European Youth Championship and returned to England, Yang Cheng came to Derby County again.

He first met with Derby County executives, then met with Huddlestone, the player's parents and agent.

Yang Cheng is very optimistic about this English midfielder.

Because in his tactics, he really needs a midfielder like Huddlestone.

During the meeting, Yang Cheng gave a detailed introduction to Huddlestone's situation.

In England U17, he was not a main player, and in Derby County, he was not a main player either.

Rather than staying in Derbyshire, it would be better to go to Bayswater Chinese.

"I'm willing to give you the main position in the midfield!" Yang Cheng promised solemnly.

In addition, Yang Cheng also stated that Bayswater Chinese’s goal this season is to be promoted, but what about Derby County?

Last season and the season before last, we narrowly avoided relegation.

Who can guarantee that they can successfully avoid relegation this season?
Yang Cheng also elaborated on his tactical positioning for Huddlestone and the role he will play in the Bayswater Chinese from aspects such as the technical characteristics of the players.

This was very surprising to Huddlestone and others.

All along, they thought Yang Cheng was the owner of the club.

I didn't expect that he would have such accomplishments on the tactical level.

But even so, after an in-depth and detailed discussion, Huddlestone and others were still not convinced by Yang Cheng. They just tactfully said that they still needed to think about it again.

Obviously, they still need to communicate with Derby County.

Yang Cheng knew what was going on.

This is to test Derby County's "sincerity".

Yang Cheng naturally had no objection.

Because he himself is also making two or even more preparations.

If he fails to sign Heddlestone, he will choose Leon Andreasen, a midfielder from Aarhus in the Danish league.

The 20-year-old Andreasen is a player for the Danish national youth team and can play as a midfielder and center back.

Many fans may be unfamiliar with him, but he is definitely a ruthless guy.

A few years later, when the future German coach Klopp first coached Mainz, he was able to shine, and Andreasen, who was loaned from Bundesliga Werder Bremen, played an indispensable role.

After the end of the season, Mainz failed to sign Andreasen as Klopp wished.

As a result, Mainz was relegated in the following season.

Yang Cheng set a psychological price of around 100 to 120 million euros for Andreasen.

After all, Huddlestone is a local player and has the advantage of a household registration book, so the price Yang Cheng offered was 100 million pounds, or 150 million euros.

But you need to pay in installments.

As for the outcome, Yang Cheng waited and saw what would happen.

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