I build a giant in the Premier League

Chapter 79: Devil's Wings! I want to plant red flags all over London! [First Order]

"Ha, Jonathan, I knew you would bring me good news."

At the north gate of Hyde Park, Yang Cheng warmly greeted Jonathan Barnett at the door of his office.

This made the English agent a little flattered.

He had come to Yang Cheng several times before, but he had never been treated like this.

This guy is also a guy who will not do anything without benefits!

Speaking of which, Jonathan Barnett's cooperation with the Chinese in Bayswater was quite smooth.

From Joe Hart to Huddlestone, both transfers handled by Jonathan Barnett went smoothly.

The most important thing is that all parties are relatively satisfied.

Even Everton and Tottenham Hotspur complained that the purchase was too expensive.

"How is it? Is there any news from Southampton?" Yang Cheng asked with concern.

Didn’t he ask Jonathan Barnett about Southampton’s situation before?

Later, it was learned that the Saints were forced to sell their main center Beatty in order to reduce their debt burden.

Now, Southampton has been relegated from the Premier League to the Championship.

Although there is a parachute protection policy, the Saints' revenue has been greatly affected.

The loss of 10 or 20 million pounds a year made life even more difficult for the Saints, who were already half dead.

"Although Southampton has been relegated to the Championship, they still want to return to the Premier League so that they can maximize their survival."

Jonathan Barnett analyses Southampton's strategy for the new season.

"Head coach Redknapp was retained, all the high-level players in the team who could leave have left, and those who stayed are willing to follow the team to compete in the Championship."

This is the foundation of a strong veteran team.

Even if they are relegated, there are still many people willing to stay and see if they can return to the Premier League.

If successful, those who stay behind will be the heroes.

If you fail, just leave.

Usually clubs will promise some more favorable conditions. For example, if they fail to get promoted to the Super League in the new season, they will ask for a lower transfer fee, so that the players can get better salary packages when negotiating contracts with other clubs.

Currently, Southampton's most valuable player is Peter Crouch.

Yang Cheng quite likes Peter Crouch.

If possible, he really wants to sign this center.

But Peter Crouch's net worth is over 10 million pounds, which is simply beyond Yang Cheng's reach.

It's not necessary.

In the new season of the Premier League, Yang Cheng will reuse Lambert and do his best to train Dzeko.

In addition, Ashley Young can also play as a striker.

If nothing unexpected happens, Peter Crouch should go to Liverpool.

"I have talked to Southampton's top management. They are very optimistic about Theo Walcott. On the contrary, Gareth Bale doesn't care much. Redknapp also plans to reuse Walcott in the new season."

Yang Cheng remained silent, waiting for what was to come.

"£300 million, they offered a package price of £300 million for these two young players."

"Eight million pounds?"

Yang Cheng was a little speechless, and he even looked directly at Jonathan Barnett.

The sharp eyes seemed to be asking: Are you kidding me, old man?
"I swear, that's what Southampton are asking, seriously."

Yang Cheng now experienced the feeling of being slaughtered.

"Two players who haven't played a single first-team match for £300 million? Why don't they just go for it?"

Jonathan Barnett was speechless.

He really wanted to ask, how did you target these two little guys?
After taking a deep breath, Yang Cheng secretly calculated in his mind.

Gareth Bale and Walcott are both young players with great potential and are very fast.

In Yang Cheng's previous life, he always felt that Walcott was trained incorrectly by Wenger.

Of course, this cannot be blamed on Wenger.

In those years, in order to maintain a top four position in the league and guarantee the club's revenue, Arsenal had no money to bring in talented players. Didn't Wenger have to focus on young people?
The reason why Yang Cheng wanted to sign Gareth Bale and Walcott was that he valued the potential of these two young players.

Not to mention anything else, if these two people are trained, wouldn’t the two flanks of the Bayswater Chinese frontcourt take off in the future?

Definitely a pair of devil wings, right?
If we add a Lambert or Dzeko to the frontcourt, who can stop such an attacking combination?

Thinking of this, Yang Cheng no longer hesitated.

"I agree. I will pay 300 million pounds to let these two players come over!" Yang Cheng said, gritting his teeth.

Jonathan Barnett, who was sitting next to him, was very surprised.

Although they had not met often, he could still tell Yang Cheng's temper.

He is definitely a person who takes advantage of others.

Can you spend £16 million on two 300-year-old players?
Jonathan Barnett wouldn't have any other ideas. After all, many young players are promising, but few can be trained.

The key lies in how the head coach trains and whether he has the ability to do so.

Looking at the past two years, Bayswater Chinese have produced quite a few young players.

Yang Cheng also noticed Jonathan Barnett's expression, and his heart moved secretly, and he smiled confidently.

"Jonathan, your company currently doesn't have any players who can compete with Rooney or Beckham, right?"

Jonathan Barnett looked a little embarrassed.

Rooney's agent is Paul Stretford, who is also a very famous agent in the UK.

Beckham's agent is Simon Fowler. He was not originally in the football circle, but in the entertainment circle. He first worked as the agent of Beckham's wife Victoria, and then took over Beckham's business.

This also put Jonathan Barnett under great pressure.

Even the entertainment industry has crossed over to football to steal a living, and has snatched away golden resources like Beckham. What about him?

The biggest name under his command now is Ashley Cole.

Yang Cheng sometimes thinks that the agent industry is also quite inward-looking.

Many times, they have to walk on some gray areas.

Jonathan Barnett was heavily fined for Ashley Cole's private contact with Chelsea, which is one example.

"If you cooperate with me well, I promise that in the near future, you will have a superstar who is no less than Rooney and Beckham!"

Jonathan Barnett was shocked.

Reason told him that Yang Cheng was just making empty promises for him.

But he really wanted to eat.

……

After meeting with Jonathan Barnett, Yang Cheng set off for the English Football Association headquarters.

Having been here several times, he was no stranger to this [Anonymous Flirt] and went straight to the office of Chairman Geoff Thompson.

Coincidentally, CEO David Davis and others were also there.

"You came at the perfect time, Yang. We were just talking about this latest application of yours. Are you sure you're not kidding?"

Geoff Thompson held up a document on the table in front of him.

Yang Cheng knew just by looking at the cover that it was the material used by the Chinese at Bayswater to apply for a special genius clause for Dzeko.

"You spent 5 pounds to buy a genius?"

Everyone suddenly laughed.

They all felt that Yang Cheng was doing things in a ridiculous way.

"The amount of the transfer fee has nothing to do with whether or not a player is a genius."

If it happened in private, Yang Cheng would be a little embarrassed, but in public, he would never admit it even if he was beaten to death.

"You brought a player from Bosnia and Herzegovina who plays in midfield, and then you say he is a genius if he plays as a striker. Is that reasonable?"

Geoff Thompson was speechless.

If this gets out and is exposed by the media, it will be trouble for the English Football Association.

Are special talents becoming so common and cheap?

Geoff Thompson could see the headlines.

But Yang Cheng still looked at everyone seriously, "If I say he is, then he must be!"

This is to support to the end.

Everyone was also a little surprised.

Speaking of Yang Cheng, he has indeed done a very good job in training players in the past two years.

The Chinese player from Bayswater was able to advance from League Two to the Championship and then to the Premier League. His transfer ability and level of player training are obvious to all.

But it is indeed a bit outrageous for a Bosnian player who was brought in for 5 pounds to apply for a special talent clause.

If you are from Brazil, Argentina, or South America, that would make sense.

But Bosnia and Herzegovina...

"Okay." Geoff Thompson decided not to argue with Yang Cheng about this matter.

He is only responsible for reporting to the Ministry of the Interior, which will then organize a hearing. Whether it passes or not has nothing to do with him.

Therefore, there was no need for him to make things difficult for Yang Cheng on this matter.

"Who are you going to invite to testify this time?"

"The head coach of the Bosnia and Herzegovina national team, Blaze Sliskovic, has a nickname called the Maradona of the Balkans."

"Zidane praised him highly and considered him to be one of the best 11 players in Marseille's history."

It's Maradona and Zidane again, it sounds really intimidating.

Yang Cheng made this special trip because he was afraid that things might change.

He felt relieved only after seeing Geoff Thompson and David Davis sign and seal the document with their own eyes.

But just as he was about to turn around and leave, he was stopped by Geoff Thompson.

"I heard that you haven't been to the coach training class."

Yang Cheng knew he couldn't escape this, so he laughed and said, "I'm not suitable to be a teacher."

Thompson and others almost burst out laughing.

Are you asked to be a teacher?
We let you be a student.

But this is exactly the most embarrassing thing at the moment.

The head coach of the Premier League goes to a coaching training class as a student?
You never know when the teacher teaching on the stage may be Yang Cheng's coach.

Doesn't Brian Kidd give classes at coaching training classes?
Wouldn't this make the situation very awkward?
"If you ask me, you don't have to go through so much trouble. Since I've registered, you can just turn a blind eye and skip the exam. Just give me the certificate and that's it. It saves me the trouble."

Geoff Thompson and others looked at each other.

"Do you really think we don't want to? The media outside are watching. They are concerned about whether you have passed the exam or not."

"Then I can't take the exam at all!" Yang Cheng said more confidently.

It would be so embarrassing if I failed the exam.

It’s true, teaching and exams are two different things.

The coaching exam is all about theoretical and basic things.

Yang Cheng had been teaching for 30 years in his previous life, and had never taken a test on this thing.

Teaching certificate?

It exists if you travel back in time.

What now?
Let him memorize again, study again, and then take the exam?

What if I fail the exam and get laughed at by the media reporters?
Crazy?
"It's very difficult for us if you do this." Geoff Thompson was depressed.

Yang Cheng really wanted to be like Crow, but he was a gentleman, not a gangster.

"Then let's just delay it. Sooner or later, the media will be diverted. We'll talk about it then."

When you are undecided, just procrastinate!

This is called waiting for changes.

Geoff Thompson was also helpless.

It's really not a solution to keep dragging it on like this.

Especially considering that Bayswater Chinese will also play in the UEFA Cup in the new season, and Brian Kidd will still be the head coach, but Yang Cheng will be the actual commander. Does this make sense?
……

Yang Cheng didn't stay at the FA headquarters for too long.

After leaving, he first went back to the club and called Xia Qing and Adam Crozier to have lunch together.

In the afternoon, we went to Brent training base.

As early as last year, Bayswater Chinese have been integrating the two clubs, Hendon and Princes Park, since their acquisition.

At the same time, Dan Ashworth, Gary Worthington, Matt Crocker and Mike Reagg have been building a youth training system and scouting network.

Over the past year, the Chinese in Bayswater have invested a lot in youth training and have basically figured out the situation in the surrounding areas, especially some young players with potential.

We also cooperate with schools and youth training clubs.

As the Bayswater Chinese made it to the Premier League and defeated Chelsea in the League Cup final to win the championship, they became famous in west London.

Arsenal and Tottenham are both in North London, and Chelsea still doesn’t even have a complete youth training system.

In the whole of west London, the Chinese in Bayswater have the greatest influence and their development potential is also the most promising.

With such a background, coupled with the club's increased investment in youth training and publicity of the club's advanced youth training concepts, excellent coaching configuration and hardware and software facilities, it has indeed attracted many young players.

The first youth player selection attracted hundreds of young players from surrounding areas.

Plus the players’ families.

This immediately made the Brent training base very lively.

When Yang Cheng and his group arrived, the place was already crowded with people.

Yang Cheng is also very much looking forward to it, wondering if there are any familiar names among these hundreds of young players?
……

After a year, the Bayswater Chinese have invested heavily in the Brent training base.

With the support of the government, some of the originally occupied vacant land has now been basically cleared and fenced off.

The entire project is divided into 3 phases.

The first is the youth team, which covers the largest area and has more training grounds. There is also an entire training building dedicated to the youth team, as well as a comprehensive building for entertainment, study, and accommodation for the youth training academy.

The training building and the comprehensive building are only two stories high, have already been topped off, and are currently being renovated in full swing.

According to the plan, the project should be completed and accepted in early August.

By then, the youth training academy will be officially opened.

Phase 2 is located in the southern part of the youth training academy, which is the area adjacent to the Brent Reservoir. It is separated from the youth training academy by a road leading to the Brent Cross Shopping Center.

According to the planning and design, in addition to the three training grounds for the first team, Phase 2 also includes a training building with two floors above ground and one floor underground, a lakeside living building, and an indoor football field.

Among them, the grass of the main training ground will be strictly in accordance with the Premier League standards, simulating the grass standards of the home ground used by the Chinese at Bayswater, exactly the same from size to turf.

The benefit of doing this is to make the players more familiar with the home court.

Phase 3 is the Jubilee Park Stadium where Yang Cheng is standing now.

According to the plan, the stadium will be demolished.

Next to this stadium, the Bayswater Chinese Club will build a professional football field specifically for the youth team, with stands and a sunshade roof to facilitate fans to watch the youth team's games.

The entire project is expected to take at least two years, with an investment of more than 2 million pounds excluding the land.

The promise Yang Cheng made at the beginning was still very reliable.

More importantly, all the hardware in the training base is made according to the most advanced standards.

In the second phase, the players' dormitory building will be equipped with 2 rooms, each of which will be decorated strictly according to the standards of a five-star hotel, which can be said to be quite luxurious.

……

“We have already reached cooperation agreements with many schools and youth training clubs in west London.”

Dan Ashworth reported the latest progress of the youth training academy to Yang Cheng and his three companions.

"Through this year's youth training selection, we will be able to set up a complete youth training system."

After the youth training system is completed, the next thing to do is to continuously update and iterate.

This is a slow and steady process that requires long-term investment.

It is impossible to see results without continuous investment for four to five years, or even longer.

But unlike overseas fans, local fans pay great attention to the club's investment in youth training.

Yang Cheng is quite satisfied with the integration of the youth training academy and the expansion of the scout network over the past year.

He acknowledged the work of Dan Ashworth and others.

At the same time, he also made arrangements for the next step of work.

“I hope to expand the youth training network further and operate 5 satellite training centres across Greater London and surrounding cities in the next five years.”

Satellite training center?

Everyone at the scene was unfamiliar with this new term.

Even youth training experts like Dan Ashworth were confused.

I have heard of satellite clubs, but what is a satellite training center?

Yang Cheng had already expected this.

"The English Football Association has youth training regulations now. The club's youth training selection range is limited to around 60 to 90 minutes' drive, right?"

Everyone who is involved in youth training knows this.

Yang Cheng saw a map of Greater London spread out on the table, which marked some clubs that had cooperated with the Chinese in Bayswater.

But to be honest, this kind of cooperation is quite unreliable.

If they can cooperate with the Chinese in Bayswater today, they can cooperate with Chelsea and other teams tomorrow.

Just go with whoever offers better conditions.

There are so many teams in London. When everyone pays attention to youth training, how fierce will the competition be?
"Starting from our training base, it takes about 60 minutes to drive to Walthamstow in the northeast of London."

This place is just east of Tottenham Hotspur's White Hart Lane stadium.

"If you go south, you'll probably reach Kingston upon Thames. If you go east, it's still a 60-minute drive to the city center."

Everyone nodded, but still didn't understand what Yang Cheng was going to say.

The English Football Association's selection range restrictions are long-standing and everyone knows this rule.

"I have a friend who works in bankruptcy and restructuring. He told me that in recent years, many football, rugby or golf clubs around London have gone bankrupt."

"Then I thought, let's look for suitable youth training clubs in the areas around London, here, and here, and in other peripheral cities, as long as they are densely populated places, especially where the middle and lower classes gather."

"We will buy them in the name of our club and turn them into our satellite training centers."

Dan Ashworth immediately understood, "You mean, it's like our sub-base."

"Yes."

"That's a good idea. If that's the case, we can set up branch bases through reasonable layout, and expand our entire youth training selection map to cover the entire Greater London and even the surrounding cities." Dan Ashworth applauded.

"This is such a genius idea!" Gary Worthington exclaimed.

As the director of scouting, he knows too well the importance of selection range.

Why was Manchester United able to form Class 92 back then, but can’t do it now?

Putting aside other factors such as time, place and people, the range of material selection is limited.

If the current selection criteria are followed, many players from Class 92 will not be able to go to Manchester United.

"How do you do day-to-day management?" Matt Crocker is a development coach who focuses more on practical matters.

"The main base is under unified management. All the hardware and software facilities of the sub-bases are the same as those of the main base. All coaches are assigned from the main base. The youth training concepts and training courses are the same as those of the main base."

"We will register, manage and plan the players in a unified manner. Each training center will hold internal competitions at regular intervals, and the players with outstanding performances will be selected to our training base for top-notch training." Dan Ashworth and others thought about it separately. The more they thought about it, the more they realized the genius of Yang Cheng's idea, which almost perfectly circumvented the limitations of the English Football Association's youth training selection range.

This means that within the Bayswater Chinese youth training system, a pyramid system will be created with selection at each level.

As long as Bayswater Chinese's youth training becomes famous, it is entirely conceivable that at the bottom of the pyramid, a steady stream of young people will flock to it every year.

This is just like those famous universities in China. The more students there are, the greater the probability of cultivating good students.

The better the students we train, the more outstanding students will come to us.

This will form a positive cycle that continues to progress.

"and many more."

Seeing that this group of people were getting more and more excited in the discussion, Xia Qing couldn't help it and had to step in and pour some cold water on them.

"I don't understand football and youth training, but have you ever thought about this? The Brent training base cost us 2000 million pounds, not counting the second and third phases. The first phase alone cost us at least more than 2 million, not counting the land price."

Xia Qing looked at her junior in silence, "How much will it cost to build 5 satellite training centers in 10 years?"

"Also, you said you wanted to buy those bankrupt clubs. Okay, but why do you think we can succeed if they go bankrupt after operating them for many years?"

After hearing this, Dan Ashworth and others couldn't help but turn their heads to look at Yang Cheng.

Isn't it?
I was just enjoying myself and got hit to death by the pancake.

Now that Xia Qing said this, it seems very realistic.

Invest 5 million pounds in youth training over 8000 years?
Even the rich man in Chelsea can't spend money like this.

Adam Crozier frowned and thought.

Based on his understanding of Yang Cheng, he should have considered this.

Yang Cheng chuckled, thinking that his senior schoolmate was becoming more and more like a housekeeper.

This is good.

When it comes to finance, it’s all about preventing and controlling risks.

"In fact, I didn't make it clear just now. Our satellite training center is under unified management but independently operated. In other words, after we acquire it, this satellite training center is still independent and can apply for subsidies from various public funds of the community, city, and Football Association."

This is also a lot of income.

"The biggest difference between us and those bankrupt clubs is that we can manage as a group and allocate resources rationally, which can minimize operating costs. We can then use our youth training as the leader to drive the development of satellite training centers."

"Also, I've thought about it. In fact, the operating costs are not that high. For example, in Walthamstow, we only need one training building and four training grounds at most."

"4 seats?" Matt Crocker didn't react for a moment.

But Dan Ashworth, who was standing by, clapped his hands vigorously, “Yes, 4 seats, because from the age of 13, the journey takes 1 hour and 30 minutes, and you can come directly to our training base.”

"No, we don't even need four seats. We can stagger the training times and let them take turns to train. As long as the coordination is good, three seats or even two seats may be enough."

Everyone suddenly realized what was going on.

Yang Cheng nodded and smiled, "We should actively refer to the support from the community and public funds and allocate resources reasonably. In this way, our investment pressure will be greatly reduced."

"Within five years, I will plant the red flags of the Bayswater Chinese all over Greater London and surrounding cities."

At this moment, Yang Cheng was filled with an indescribable ambition.

At present, investing in youth training is still a thankless task.

Because all the Premier League clubs are now heavily in debt and have little willingness to invest in youth training.

In a few years, as the players' values ​​continue to rise and everyone realizes the importance of youth training and starts to increase their efforts, their selection range will be limited.

At this time, the satellite training center's selection advantage becomes apparent.

The Chinese in Bayswater will launch a dimensionality reduction attack!

We keep the excellent and suitable players and sell those who are not suitable.

The youth training team can make a lot of money every year by selling players.

What Yang Cheng wants to do now is to occupy the most advantageous positions before the Premier League teams can react.

After all, the biggest difference between youth football training and other sports is that it has venue requirements.

Especially in a few years, when the players' value continues to rise, youth training will be given more and more attention, and major youth training clubs will also see the prospects. Then, if you want to do it...

Not to mention how difficult it is, even if it is done, the investment will be several times or even dozens of times what it is now.

More importantly, what is London?
The city with the most professional clubs in the world.

Yang Cheng had seen an interesting thing in his previous life.

Arsenal's training base is located in Colney, about 20 to 30 kilometers north of London.

If the selection is strictly based on youth training, then the most densely populated areas in Greater London will have nothing to do with them.

As a result, Arsenal did something very disgusting to their North London rivals.

They bought a youth training club about 2 kilometers east of Tottenham's White Hart Lane Stadium and built a satellite youth training center with only four fields.

What a guy, he is so arrogant that he puts a flag directly on the head of his mortal enemy!

But Tottenham Hotspur has no way to deal with it.

There are quite a few things like this.

You disgust me and I disgust you, it all depends on our ability.

What Yang Cheng means now is that, while the teams in the lower-level leagues are having a hard time and bankrupt clubs abound, he should first expand the youth training network.

Yang Cheng’s goal is to plant the red team flag of the Bayswater Chinese all over Greater London!

Especially the area around Greater London, which is the most densely populated area in the UK.

……

Speaking of Walthamstow in northeast London, Yang Cheng thought of a player, Harry Kane.

This kid has lived in that place since he was a child.

Interestingly, he is currently in the Bayswater Chinese youth training camp.

And he joined last year.

Harry Kane also has a bad fate.

He first received training at a local youth club in Walthamstow called Ridgeway Wanderers, and served as a goalkeeper.

Everyone knows that it is usually those who perform the worst who become goalkeepers.

It is worth mentioning that Ridgeway Wanderers is also Beckham’s youth training alma mater.

Moreover, Beckham and Harry Kane attended the same secondary school.

In 2001, Harry Kane went to Arsenal's youth training camp at Colney.

Because of his late development, Harry Kane was short and fat at the time. Although he had excellent footwork, he was still released by Arsenal.

After leaving Colney, Harry Kane had no choice but to return to Ridgeway Wanderers.

After that, Harry Kane's father often took him to try out, hoping to join the youth training academy of a regular professional team.

In 2004, Bayswater Chinese were promoted to the Championship and invested heavily in youth training. They came when they heard the news.

At that time, there were not many young talents among the Chinese in Bayswater, and even fewer after the integration.

Moreover, the youth training concept also pays more attention to footwork, so Harry Kane was admitted naturally.

It was not until a few months later, when Yang Cheng visited the youth training academy, that he found this name on the list. After comparing it with the home address, he confirmed that this Harry Kane was the Harry Kane he knew in his previous life.

Interestingly, Harry Kane started to grow after arriving at Bayswater Chinese.

After growing taller, I also became thinner.

Yang Cheng did not participate in the whole thing from beginning to end.

He didn't even ask about Harry Kane and only mentioned him while watching him train.

"This kid plays very smartly and has good footwork. He needs to be trained well."

The same thing is happening today.

The youth academy began recruiting players for the first time, with hundreds of applicants.

A large part of them came here because of its reputation.

The reasons are also varied.

For example, Yang Cheng found a person named Luke Shaw on the list he got from scouting director Gary Worthington.

Date of birth is July 95, 7.

Right.

Luke Shaw is not even 10 years old yet and has been receiving youth training at Southampton since 03.

Why did you come to Bayswater Chinese to sign up?
Because his home is in Kingston upon Thames, southwest of London.

The distance from his home to Southampton is quite far.

In the past, he and his family felt that there was no excellent youth training in southwest London, and Arsenal in the north was too far away, so they went to Southampton.

But now, the Chinese in Bayswater have entered the Premier League and invested so much in youth training.

Most importantly, Bayswater Chinese development coach Matt Crocker is a well-known coach in Southampton's youth training.

So, they decided to come to Bayswater Chinese for youth training.

It’s close to home.

Another one is Raheem Sterling.

94 12 Month 8 Day.

That’s right too.

This guy is much more interesting.

He lives in Brent, and both his home and school are very close to the Chinese training base in Bayswater.

In the past, he had to go to Queens Park Rangers for youth training.

What now?
He felt that the Bayswater Chinese were better and stronger.

Because when he was a caddy, he saw the Bayswater Chinese crush the Queens Park Rangers with his own eyes.

So, he took the initiative to ask to sign up.

In addition to them, there are more than a dozen others of different ages, all of whom are youth training teams of other professional clubs.

They were all around 10 years old and they wanted to "change jobs" on their own, so the Chinese in Bayswater would naturally not refuse.

However, after Yang Cheng took a look around, he found familiar names including Luke Shaw and Sterling.

He is definitely the genius of the future British Empire.

He was really looking forward to it.

Greater London has such a large population. If the Chinese in Bayswater can expand youth training, create their own youth training brand and attract more outstanding talents, there will definitely be great potential for them.

……

Yang Cheng spent an afternoon at the Brent training base. When night fell, he returned to the north gate of Hyde Park with Xia Qing and Adam Crozier.

Before leaving, Yang Cheng encouraged Dan Ashworth and others to keep up the good work.

“We want to make Bayswater Chinese youth training a most dazzling business card!”

On the way back to London, Yang Cheng received a call from Jonathan Barnett.

Southampton agreed.

For 300 million pounds, Yang Cheng packaged two 16-year-old young players, Gareth Bale and Theo Walcott.

This is also the highest transfer fee ever paid by a Chinese player in Bayswater's history.

In 03 and 04, the team was in English League Two and the English Championship, and Yang Cheng's highest transfer fee was 100 million pounds.

Now in the Premier League, Yang Cheng has finally become famous.

Not only did the two deals for Leighton Baines and Yaya Toure cost £200 million each, but two young players were also packaged for £300 million.

"Does this count as a poor guy suddenly becoming rich?" Yang Cheng laughed at himself.

Xia Qing shook her head and smiled without saying anything.

She really wanted to remind Yang Cheng that you seemed to have made more than 2 million pounds from selling people.

Although it is paid in installments, the down payment is still quite a lot.

For some reason, she always believed that the money Yang Cheng spent would not be a loss.

Of course Yang Cheng didn't feel like he was at a disadvantage.

He was even very emotional.

Goalkeepers: Neuer, Danny Kone;
Defense: Koscielny, Jose Fonte, Skrtel, Piszczek, Leighton Baines, Roger Johansson, Danny Collins and Chimbonda;
Midfield: Modric, Lass Diarra, Leon Andreassen, Gerhan Inler, Blaise Matuidi and Yaya Toure;

Forwards: Ribery, Lambert, Ashley Young, Aaron Lennon and Dzeko.

There are also two young players, Gareth Bale and Walcott, who Yang Cheng plans to keep in the first team and train them personally.

At that time, they can participate in the reserve team league and have no shortage of playing opportunities.

As a result, the number of players in Bayswater Chinese's first team this season has reached 23.

According to his previous calculations, the average age is around 21 years old.

Relatively speaking, those who can achieve more stable results are around 25 years old on average.

But young teams also have their advantages.

What's more, Yang Cheng has no intention of putting too much performance pressure on the team for the time being.

Not to mention anything else, just with this lineup, if they were three years older, they might be able to compete with Chelsea.

But now?
There is definitely no way.

Chelsea has been very dominant in the last two seasons.

No matter how arrogant Yang Cheng is, he doesn't think he can compete with Chelsea in the league.

It’s hard to say about the cup competition.

By the way, the Premier League schedule for the 05/06 season has been released.

The situation for the Chinese in Bayswater was not very good.

The first round of the league is a home game against Chelsea.

In the final round of the league, we played against Arsenal at Highbury.

In other words, the last game at Highbury was between Bayswater Chinese and Arsenal.

Yang Cheng said...

Tremendous stress!

……

“We’re a bit disappointed this year.”

Back at the north gate of Hyde Park, Yang Cheng took Xia Qing and Adam Crozier to have dinner together.

The CEO, who had just taken office, suddenly sighed with emotion.

Yang Cheng knew what he was regretting.

In the summer of 2005, all the major European football clubs set out for Asia and North America with great fanfare.

Among them, Everton, Manchester City and Bolton will participate in a Premier League invitational tournament in Bangkok, Thailand, and compete against the Thai national team.

Manchester City and Everton will also travel to China, Japan and South Korea.

Tottenham Hotspur will also travel to Asia and play a friendly against Boca Juniors from Argentina in North Korea.

Sunderland, another newly promoted team, decided to go to North America early and has already booked several warm-up matches with Canada's Vancouver Whitecaps.

Another newly promoted team, West Ham United, is preparing to travel to Northern Europe for a round of tour.

Not to mention the Big 4 ahead, they have already booked overseas training camps and warm-up matches early on, all for commercial development.

This kind of intercontinental business competition is not something you can participate in right away.

It takes a while to prepare.

After Adam Crozier took office, he also tried to travel around Asia or North America, even if it was just to make himself familiar to the public.

The problem is, there are no opponents to compete with.

This kind of warm-up match needs to be contacted in advance.

If nothing else, visas for players and coaches will take some time.

This summer, the Chinese in Bayswater also have a busy schedule.

First, we trained at the club for two weeks, mainly focusing on physical training.

In the final stage of physical reserve, Yang Cheng arranged two warm-up matches, both of which were away games nearby.

Brentford and Southampton.

After these two warm-up matches, the team set off for Rotterdam, Netherlands, to play against Feyenoord, then went to Germany to play against Dortmund, then went to France to play against Lille before returning to London.

At the end of July and the beginning of August, Inter Milan will have a round of tour in England, which will include a match against Bayswater Chinese.

The last one is a game against Queens Park Rangers in early August.

This was something Queens Park Rangers had proactively requested.

This Championship team still seems unwilling to admit that they have opened up a gap with the Bayswater Chinese.

Yang Cheng arranged such a schedule, which includes not only local teams but also many European teams.

Because Bayswater Chinese will play in the League Cup in the new season.

Yang Cheng hopes that the young players in the team can familiarize themselves with the football styles of various European countries in advance.

As for missing out on Asia and North America…

"It's okay. The development of the commercial market doesn't mean that whoever gets there first will take it all. It's a long process."

Yang Cheng smiled nonchalantly.

"Personally, I feel that we are not doing enough in North America right now."

"Yeah, we lack attractive stars," said Adam Crozier.

Ribery is considered a big name in the Bayswater Chinese team. In order to keep him, Yang Cheng gave him a contract with a weekly salary of 6000 pounds.

Compared with the top teams, this is certainly nothing.

But this is the limit for the Chinese in Bayswater.

But Ribery can't even get into the French national team.

Just go to North America like this, what are you promoting?
I don't think it will even create a wave.

"So, I plan to go to Asia, especially China, in person after I finish the things I have on hand."

Adam Crozier analyzed the current situation to Yang Cheng.

North America is not important enough at present, the Middle East is underdeveloped, and wealthy sponsors like Emirates Airlines simply look down on the current Chinese in Bayswater.

On the contrary, it is in Asia, especially China.

The fact that Yang Cheng and the Yang family run a Premier League team is itself the most attractive point.

In addition, the Premier League is very influential in Asia.

What Adam Crozier meant was to explore the area first, get a feel for the situation, and then come back to develop a detailed business promotion strategy.

"Next year is the World Cup in Germany. The enthusiasm for football will be high around the world. Other teams, especially the top teams, will be affected by the participation of national team players in the World Cup."

"According to the information I have so far, the Big 4 Premier League teams have no plans to go to Asia. This is our chance!"

"Okay, come up with a plan as soon as possible."

Yang Cheng made the decision on the spot.

In his previous life, he had experienced many pre-season overseas training camps. He knew how to avoid certain situations and how to minimize the impact on the team's training and preparations.

More importantly, at present, it is difficult for Bayswater Chinese to increase their match-day income, and the income from broadcasting rights is not very stable, so they can only make some efforts in commercial income.

This is also the long-term strategy for the club's operations.

Xia Qing sat aside, listening silently, thoughtful.

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