I build a giant in the Premier League

Chapter 75 Simple Version of Eevee
In the world of professional football, loyalty is a very luxurious thing.

One city per person is an extremely rare luxury.

Gerrard, Totti, Maldini, Scholes, Giggs...

These stars can play for one team for their entire lives because the teams they play for are called Liverpool, Manchester United, Roma and AC Milan.

What if it was another team?
Not to mention the lower-level leagues, even if they are teams in the middle and lower reaches of the top leagues, can they still remain committed?
Now, Leighton Baines, who plays for Wigan Athletic, is facing such a choice.

Go to Bayswater Chinese to play in the Premier League and League Cup?
Or stay at Wigan Athletic and play in the Championship?
Leighton Baines was born in Kirkby, northeast of Liverpool.

Yes, that’s where Liverpool’s youth training, Kirkby College, is located.

Interestingly, he is a die-hard Everton fan.

When he was still playing at Kirkby College in Liverpool, he was full of longing for Everton.

But when he went to Everton for a trial, the Toffees turned him down.

The reasons were also very cliché: too short and too thin.

This is a common problem in almost all European youth training.

This is the reason why Ribery was rejected by the French Ligue 2 team; this is the reason why Modric did not develop smoothly at Dinamo Zagreb; this is also the reason why David Silva was rejected by Real Madrid's youth training.

Even a player as talented as Messi, who came to Europe from Argentina to find a club to treat his illness, was rejected by many top teams for this reason.

The most interesting thing is that Neuer was almost kicked out of Schalke 04's youth training for this reason, but he was lucky enough to stay, and this is how the future German goalkeeper came into being.

Just over a year ago, Gareth Bale almost failed to renew his contract with Southampton Youth Training Center for this reason.

Many times, youth training matters are so confusing.

After being rejected by the Toffees, Leighton Baines chose Wigan Athletic, Liverpool's neighbor.

He followed Wigan Athletic from League Two to League One to the Championship, and he has always been waiting for Everton's call.

Year by year.

The Chinese in Bayswater came knocking.

Do Everton need a left-back?

needs.

Wigan Athletic offered £200 million for Leighton Baines. Isn't that too high for a Premier League team?

Everton can offer £600 million for a young goalkeeper like Joe Hart, right?
But when he met with Yang Cheng and asked Everton about his intentions through his agent, the other party replied...

"Sorry, for £200 million, we're going to sign Nuno Valente from Porto."

Portugal international, Champions League champion, European Cup runner-up...

But he's turning 31 soon.

Everton made their choice.

Leighton Baines also has a choice to make.

Stay at Wigan Athletic and play in the Championship?
Or go to Bayswater for the Chinese to play in the Premier League?
After receiving the reply, Leighton Baines locked himself in the room for a day and a night, then went to visit his grandmother, and then told his parents and family about his decision.

Finally, he called Yang Cheng.

……

When Yang Cheng answered the call from Leighton Baines, he was standing at the restaurant door of the famous five-star Europe Hotel in the old town of Sarajevo, the capital of Bosnia and Herzegovina.

After learning that Leighton Baines decided to join Bayswater Chinese, he couldn't help but make a fist gesture after hanging up the phone, and secretly said in his heart, Yes!

Yang Cheng was dissatisfied with Capaldi as early as last season.

But there was no way out. Given the situation of the Chinese in Bayswater at the time, it was difficult to buy a suitable left-back.

Even if you want to buy it, it will cost a lot of money.

In the past, Yang Cheng worked for others. As long as the club gave him a budget, he would spend it as much as he could without feeling any regret.

But now that he is working for himself, of course he has to be thrifty.

Dave Whelan may be a boaster, but he’s right about one thing.

We can't get complacent just because the Premier League's revenue has skyrocketed.

Many newly promoted teams fail due to financial problems.

After being promoted to the Premier League, Yang Cheng will definitely consider strengthening the team, but he cannot do it without restraint.

Signing Leighton Baines for £200 million is really worth it!
Thinking of this, Yang Cheng calmed down, turned around and walked back to the restaurant.

The main reason he came to Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina this time was to meet someone.

Edin Dzeko plays for FC Zeyonikar in Bosnia's top league.

Speaking of which, we have to thank Yang Cheng’s old friend, Damir Vbanovic, CEO of Dinamo Zagreb.

It was through him that Yang Cheng contacted the Zeyonikar Club in Sarajevo.

The club, based in the capital of Bosnia and Herzegovina, finished second in the Bosnian League last season.

The team that won the championship was called Zielinski.

If Yang Cheng had not appeared, Modric should have been loaned to Zlinski from Dinamo Zagreb in 2003, but he would have returned to Croatia after only one season.

Zeyonikar did not expect that his players would be noticed by a team from the Premier League.

This is a great honor for them.

Although Dzeko is only 19 years old, he has already played for Zeyonikar for two seasons.

Moreover, he was not the center forward that many fans were familiar with in Yang Cheng's previous life, but a midfielder.

A tall midfielder with a height of 1 meters.

Some players were signed by Premier League teams, which could greatly enhance Zeyonikar's influence in Bosnia and Herzegovina.

Therefore, they did not make things difficult for Dzeko's transfer fee.

One price, 5 pounds, take it away!

At this moment, in the European Hotel, Yang Cheng was meeting with Dzeko and his agent, Bosnian player Rezepajic.

……

Yang Cheng and Dzeko’s conversation started with growth.

Dzeko was a little reserved at first. After all, in his eyes, although Yang Cheng was only 24 years old, he was already the head coach of a Premier League team, and his future could be decided with just one sentence.

But under Yang Cheng's guidance, the Bosnian people slowly opened their hearts.

He mentioned that he has been playing in midfield since youth training and is known for his footwork.

Unexpectedly, during puberty, his height suddenly grew and reached 1 meters.

For professional players, growing taller is a bit like a reverse shift for an opera actor.

Growing taller will inevitably affect your weight, and you will also become thinner, which will in turn affect running, strength confrontation, etc. But the most important thing is that after growing taller, the frequency of movement will inevitably slow down.

Unless physics does not exist, no one can avoid it.

The footwork that used to be easy to perform is now impossible.

The Bosnian League itself is known for its fierce physical confrontations. Dzeko has been training in this environment for two years and has suffered a lot and endured a lot of grievances.

Unfortunately, clubs like Zeyonikar do not have a formal fitness coach and are unable to provide Dzeko with a complete set of physical training and future growth plans.

But all of these can be satisfied by Chinese people in Bayswater.

"I watched you play in the U19 European Championship qualifiers with Bosnia U19 last year."

Yang Cheng's words made Dzeko feel a little embarrassed.

Bosnian football is very weak.

Last year, we participated in the U19 European Championship, and our opponents in the group stage were Italy, Portugal and Kazakhstan.

As a result, Bosnia and Herzegovina lost all three games, conceded 3 goals and scored only 7 goal.

Moreover, the goal was scored in the final stage of the game when Portugal was beating them 4-0.

"You played as a striker against Portugal."

"Yes, our main striker was injured at the time, so the coach asked me to play as a striker, but actually more backward, like a No. 10."

Dzeko also remembers that game vividly because their only goal came from his assist.

"My first reaction was that this tall guy should play center forward."

"Nowadays, the midfield needs to cover a wide range of space. You have excellent skills, but you are too tall to cover too much space. This is a common problem for all tall players."

"It would be a shame if you were to move back to the No. 4 position, and your defensive ability would not be enough."

"On the contrary, if you move forward and play as a center forward, you can better play to your technical advantages."

The agent Rezepajic, who had been sitting on the sidelines and remained silent, interrupted at this time, "Mr. Yang, playing as a center forward requires more physical confrontation."

"Then strengthen it. This kind of thing is not uncommon in the top European leagues."

"There is a Croatian player in our team. When he was playing for Croatia, he was very short and thin. Dinamo Zagreb thought he couldn't play well. But after two years in our team, he is not afraid of pressing and confrontation in the Championship."

"Are you talking about Luka Modric? I saw his game, the League Cup final against Chelsea, he performed very well, very well." Dzeko laughed.

Yang Cheng nodded with a smile, "What I want to say is that physical and strength confrontation is not a problem. As long as you cooperate, you will be able to improve quickly."

Dzeko became more and more convinced.

"Why would I want you to play center?"

Yang Cheng further explained, "First of all, your speed is not bad. At least for a 1 meter tall guy, it's pretty good."

"You have very fine footwork, you stop the ball very well, and you have the ability to dribble the ball. The most rare thing is that you are proficient with both feet."

After a pause, Yang Cheng felt that what he said still seemed a bit empty.

"Have you ever noticed Zlatan Ibrahimovic of Juventus?"

"I know, he is awesome!" Dzeko was a little excited.

"Like him, you both have a sturdy body and delicate footwork, which can ensure that when you get the ball in the frontcourt, you can attack with the ball head-on, turn around, or change direction with ease."

"This is great for a center forward!"

Dzeko is like a simplified version of Ibrahimovic, their technical characteristics are so similar.

But Dzeko has one thing that is much better than Ibrahimovic.

That is to listen to advice.

And his personality is not as rebellious as Ibrahimovic.

This makes Dzeko very malleable.

Yang Cheng feels that in his previous life, Dzeko was trained as an all-around center forward in Wolfsburg, but after joining Manchester City, the Blue Moon used him as a tactical center forward.

The most outrageous thing is that the wealthy Manchester City had no shortage of money in those years and bought forwards everywhere, which led to excessive congestion in the entire frontcourt and seriously compressed Dzeko's playing time and game opportunities.

Many people say that Dzeko has shined since arriving in Serie A, and some even say that he has reached his peak.

This is actually a misunderstanding.

No matter how strong a professional player is, his physical condition will decline after the age of 28.

If Dzeko can receive further training and improvement when he leaves Wolfsburg and goes to Manchester City, I believe his entire career will be taken to a higher level.

In Yang Cheng's mind, from the perspective of a center forward, Dzeko has almost no shortcomings after strengthening his physical confrontation and heading abilities.

Of course, compared with top strikers like Suarez, Benzema and Lewandowski, Dzeko is still inferior.

After listening to Yang Cheng's analysis of himself, Dzeko was really grateful and admired.

He was grateful because Yang Cheng valued him.

This is definitely because he has a deep understanding of him and also values ​​him very much, so he can say this.

The admiration comes from Yang Cheng’s understanding of football, as well as his training and planning for him.

Therefore, Dzeko said without hesitation that he would do his best to cooperate with Yang Cheng and obey unconditionally.

"I promise that I will give my all in every training session and every game!"

Yang Cheng didn't say anything more and directly signed a contract with Dzeko in the presence of his agent.

There is a little episode here.

Dzeko's salary requirement is 500 euros per month.

This is considered good in Bosnia and Herzegovina.

But Yang Cheng promised to give him a weekly salary of 250 pounds, which is about 1500 euros a month.

This is the minimum salary for the team's first team in the new season.

Moreover, Yang Cheng didn't want Dzeko to go hungry for seven consecutive days like he did when he went to play football in the Czech Republic in his previous life.

"The expenses in London are still relatively high." Yang Cheng explained with a smile.

This touched Dzeko even more.

The two parties agreed that after signing the formal contract in London, Yang Cheng reminded Dzeko of some things he needed to pay attention to, such as improving his English.

After dealing with Dzeko, Yang Cheng flew from Sarajevo to Istanbul, Turkey without stopping.

Then fly north from Istanbul to Ukraine.

He had just got off the plane in Donetsk, Ukraine, and when he turned on his mobile phone, he was notified that he had missed a call.

The caller was Adam Crozier.

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