I build a giant in the Premier League

Chapter 74 It’s worth it!

Money or life?
This has been the golden rule in the Premier League relegation battles over the past few years.

If you want money, downgrade.

Whether you are heavily in debt and have no money, or you are very frugal and reluctant to spend, just go to the Championship.

If you want to avoid relegation, you have to spend real money and be willing to invest in the transfer market.

The Hammers West Ham United are undoubtedly the most experienced.

Just after the promotion play-offs were over and the Hammers won the right to be promoted to the Premier League, they started to work non-stop.

Signed 1100-year-old local centre-forward Dean Ashton from Norwich for £21 million.

Dean Ashton played for Crewe in the Championship in the first half of last season. He scored 24 goals in the first 17 league games and performed very well.

He was sold to Norwich in the Premier League during the winter transfer break for £600 million.

After joining Norwich, Dean Ashton quickly established himself and scored 16 goals in 7 Premier League games.

Unfortunately, this still failed to prevent Norwich from being relegated from the Premier League.

The three relegated teams in the Premier League this season are Crystal Palace, Norwich and Southampton.

It is worth noting that the points of the three teams are 33, 33 and 32 respectively.

West Bromwich Albion, who narrowly avoided relegation, now has 34 points.

So, just after the Premier League ended, West Bromwich Albion made an inquiry about the price of Dave Kitson of Bayswater Chinese.

The Knickers also understand the essence of relegation.

After signing Dean Ashton, West Ham United immediately signed Israeli right winger Benayoun from La Liga Santander Racing for £400 million.

Signed left-back Paul Konchesky from Charlton Athletic for £250 million and Danny Gabbidon and centre-back James Collins from Cardiff Athletic for a combined £400 million.

The transfer market hasn't even opened yet, and West Ham United has already been eager to sign a number of strong players.

According to media reports, the Hammers are ready to invest 2000 million pounds in the summer transfer market this year.

It can be said that he is very wealthy.

……

If West Ham United is the type that spends money to save its life, then the Black Cats Sunderland are the type that is calculating carefully.

After being promoted to the Premier League, the Black Cats do not seem to plan to invest much in the transfer market. They have only signed Jonathan Steed from Blackburn for a transfer fee of 250 million pounds.

This local center forward completely lost his position after Souness was sacked, and his condition has been getting worse and worse.

He made 28 appearances in the Premier League last season and scored just two goals.

Sunderland's signing of Jonathan Steed also indirectly reflects their spending strategy.

Cost-effective signings.

To quote Ireland head coach Mike McCarthy when introducing Jonathan Steed, "We are bringing in a strong centre-forward worth £1000 million."

"Yes, he is indeed facing some difficulties now, but as long as we help him solve these problems, I believe he will soon be able to regain his previous style and we will get a strong local center."

Sunderland's transfer strategy is not wrong.

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Of the three newly promoted teams, two are actively operating and recruiting players, and only Bayswater Chinese is facing the risk of losing personnel.

Middlesbrough, Charlton, West Bromwich Albion and many other teams have their eyes on Dave Kitson.

This powerful local center forward was the top scorer in the Championship last season, scoring 28 Championship goals.

The 25-year-old Dave Kitson is entering the golden period of his career. In the one and a half years at Bayswater Chinese, his goal efficiency is quite good, which makes many teams that are in urgent need of recruiting strikers very interested in him.

Huddlestone is another popular local player and is a national team player at the U19 and U21 levels.

Tom Huddlestone became famous thanks to his world-class goal against Chelsea in the League Cup final!
Nowadays, teams including Tottenham Hotspur, Newcastle, Birmingham and others are paying close attention to him.

There are even rumors that Liverpool is also interested in this local midfielder.

The Sun even revealed that Chelsea is also closely monitoring Huddlestone's movements.

"Mourinho still remembers Huddlestone's world-class goal."

Apart from this, things were not very peaceful among the Chinese in Bayswater.

Kevin Fury, who gradually lost his main position in the second half of last season, revealed through his agent that he hopes to further clarify the player's position in the team.

At 21, Kevin Fury is at an age where he needs enough competition training.

But the Chinese in Bayswater did not respond.

While other newly promoted teams were recruiting players everywhere, Yang Cheng, accompanied by Brian Kidd, took a train north to Wigan.

……

Wigan Athletic chairman Dave Whelan is considered a legendary figure in English football.

The 68-year-old was once a professional footballer, playing for Blackburn Rovers and Crewe. After retiring, he started a business and founded Whelan's discount store, specializing in selling sporting goods.

In 1995, Dave Whelan bought Wigan Athletic, which was then in the 4th Division.

After 10 years of operation, Wigan Athletic has developed into a strong team in the Championship.

Last season, if it weren't for the sudden emergence of the Chinese players from Bayswater, Wigan Athletic should have entered the Premier League.

Before coming to Wigan, Yang Cheng contacted Wigan Athletic through the club and made an appointment to meet with Dave Whelan.

Also accompanying him was Dave Whelan's grandson, David Sharp.

Yang Cheng was a little puzzled. Why was the grandfather called Dave Whelan and the grandson called David Sharp?

But he didn't ask such boring questions, but got straight to the point.

"I heard that many teams are also interested in Nolan Ellington?" Yang Cheng asked with a smile.

The white-haired Dave Whelan was used to all kinds of occasions. He did not try to guess Yang Cheng's intentions and just smiled along.

"Indeed, several teams are interested in him, including West Bromwich Albion."

After a pause, he deliberately raised his voice again, with a little bit of old age arrogance, and added: "But we don't plan to sell it."

"Can you keep it?" Yang Cheng asked casually.

"We are not short of money. Our family assets exceed 3 million pounds. I promised Paul Jewell before that we would enter the Premier League. I gave him a transfer budget of 2000 million pounds and asked him to buy players."

"Now, the money is still lying in the club's account. Do you think we need to sell players?"

I have to admit that this old man is quite old, but he is still full of energy and his voice is very loud.

Especially this kind of self-righteous bragging, if Yang Cheng didn't know this old man well, he would have been intimidated.

When Wigan Athletic was still in the lower leagues, there was little attention and little interaction between the clubs.

But it’s different in the Premier League. The Premier League has the Premier League, and each club holds regular meetings every season.

Even many Premier League matters can be questioned by the club. Therefore, in Yang Cheng's previous life, after Wigan Athletic was promoted to the Premier League, Dave Whelan, the big mouth, offended many people.

The most important thing is that he is not only old, but also has a loud voice and is more capable of bragging with confidence.

In his first summer in the Premier League, he made a tough statement in the transfer market, setting a transfer budget of 2000 million pounds to sign Michael Owen back from Real Madrid.

Just asking, isn’t it awesome?
The results of it?
Wigan Athletic spent less than £1000 million the entire summer, which almost made people laugh to death.

"Really not necessary." Yang Cheng nodded in agreement.

This made Dave Whelan feel quite useful.

"You came all the way north, are you interested in Ellington? I heard that many teams are eyeing Dave Kitson." Dave Whelan laughed.

There was a kind of arrogance in his laughter, which seemed to be "Boy, you can't hide anything from my eyes."

"I was a little interested, but after hearing what you said, we probably can't afford it."

Dave Whelan nodded in agreement. “Although promotion to the Premier League will result in a huge increase in income, we cannot spend money without restraint.”

"You Chinese in Bayswater performed very well in the Championship last season, even very eye-catching, but I must warn you, the Championship is the Championship and the Premier League is the Premier League. These two leagues are completely different. I have played in the top league..."

As he spoke, Dave Whelan began to talk endlessly about his glorious history in the past.

Yang Cheng felt a little embarrassed after hearing this.

It seems like Wigan Athletic has never been in the top league or the Premier League?
But there is no other way, I have to cooperate and play the role of a supporting actor.

The worst thing is that you can’t say “screw you”.

The old man recounted his football-playing days when he was young from beginning to end.

The most amazing thing is what he boasted about in front of Brian Kidd.

My God, this is England's international star from their best period.

But Dave Whelan is really bragging with confidence.

The sentence that almost broke Brian Kidd's defense was, "You debuted a little late. When I was playing football, you were still in Manchester United's youth training camp. When I was at Blackburn and played for Manchester United, you might have been a ball boy..."

Yang Cheng saw the despair and regret in Brian Kidd's eyes.

He really shouldn't have come here.

Finally, when Dave Whelan was tired of talking, he asked Yang Cheng and the others about the purpose of their trip.

At this time, Brian Kidd already had a look of despair on his face.

This old guy is really good at bragging!
The key is to be extremely confident!

"We hope to sign Leighton Baines for a transfer fee of 100 million pounds," Yang Cheng said seriously.

Dave Whelan looked at his grandson in surprise, and the latter was equally surprised.

It turns out that both the grandfather and grandson guessed wrong.

They also thought that Bayswater Chinese wanted to sign Ellington after selling Dave Kitson.

I spent so much time talking before just to make a killing.

Well, what a waste of saliva!
"Leighton Baines is the best player in our academy and a member of the U21 national team. One million pounds?"

Dave Whelan looked humiliated and indignant.

Yang Cheng didn't take his "drama" seriously.

Because he often acts in it himself.

"We'll only offer £100m at most, otherwise we'll go for Dan Harding from Brighton."

After a pause, Yang Cheng added, "We have asked Brighton for the price, and Dan Harding is also 100 million pounds."

The attitude of the Chinese in Bayswater is clear.

Both are £100 million, with Leighton Baines being given priority.

If Wigan Athletic's price exceeds that, we'll go for Dan Harding.

Dan Harding is one year older than Leighton Baines. He is also an England U1 international and a key international player, the kind that can make Leighton Baines unable to move.

Dan Harding's outstanding performance played an important role in Brighton's promotion from League One to the Championship this season.

The young player is 1 meters tall and has better physical fitness than Leighton Baines, especially when he dribbles along the left side. He performed very well in the League One and U83 national team games.

At this stage, Dan Haldin is no worse than Leighton Baines.

With such a comparison and the lack of other competitors, it is basically impossible for Wigan Athletic to raise the price.

As for not selling, that’s of course possible.

But the failure to get promoted to the Premier League was a big blow to Wigan Athletic.

For example, should we keep the main center Ellington?

If he stays, we have to pay him a higher salary, which costs money.

Do not stay?

So what can we do to advance to the Super League next season?

Dave Whelan likes to brag, but his family is not as rich as he claims.

Yang Cheng was certain of this, so he dared to come north to negotiate with him.

Dave Whelan looked at his grandson David Sharp, and the two whispered to each other for a while, obviously discussing something.

"During the winter break, Manchester United, Arsenal and Everton all paid attention to Leighton Baines, but we did not consider selling him, but renewed his contract with him."

Yang Cheng nodded, he knew about this matter.

But the bids from these clubs were not high.

"Given Leighton Baines' performances this past season, £100 million is too little."

When Dave Whelan said this, his old eyes cast an eager look at Yang Cheng.

"We want £200 million."

Doubled!
This is really a high price for a Championship defender.

But to the surprise of Dave Whelan and David Sharp, Yang Cheng clapped his hands vigorously.

"make a deal!"

At this price, signing Leighton Baines, Yang Cheng felt that if he thought about it for a few more seconds, he would be unworthy of the pounds in his pocket.

This will be one of the best left-backs in the Premier League in the next decade or so!

Too much value!

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