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Chapter 484 Ibrahimovic’s successor, the aircraft carrier enters the port!

Hearing Ling Feng’s strong recommendation, Mendes also attached great importance to it.

In his opinion, with Ling Feng's top football IQ and experience in the top league, anyone who can catch his eye must be a genius!
He immediately sent one of his men to collect the game videos of Birmingham Club's U18 team.

And sent people to investigate the personal situation and family background of the young player Jude Bellingham.

The most important thing is whether he has an agent!
Afterwards, the two briefly chatted about the filming of the show and their personal brand before hanging up the phone.

After playing this baseball game at Morris Park, the program team also signed up Ling Feng for another baseball game later in the day.

According to the program team's plan, two games will be filmed in each area in each episode, and then a personal interview with Ling Feng will be added, so that one episode can make up 30 minutes of content.

It’s a pity that this time, he didn’t discover any particularly bright future stars.

In the following week, Ling Feng went to different baseball fields in six areas in northern England, including Newcastle, York, Leeds, Sheffield and Nottingham, to fry fish.

And it is not limited to five-a-side, seven-a-side and eleven-a-side.

Of course, in order to hide his strength, Ling Feng also learned the playing style of "cool brother" Berbatov.

The main role is to be a standing center, no running, no sweating, no shooting!
Of course, the slightly contrasting figure, coupled with the peculiar style of playing football, makes the show effect of pretending to be cool and then getting slapped in the face reach its maximum!

Soon, with the spread of online social media, the story of "Who can resist Andre?" quickly spread throughout the English baseball world!

Everyone knows that a Spanish uncle who came to England for a short trip and was said to have played in the lower leagues of Spain was recently frying fish on a wild pitch!

At this time, Netflix also released the first episode of "King of Baseball" on the streaming media in a timely manner.

With Netflix’s heavy publicity, coupled with Ling Feng’s popularity and fame, the ratings for the first episode of the show exploded!

However, when the audience clicked in to see the picture, they were surprised to find that the "Spanish Uncle Andre" who had been rumored to go to the baseball field to fry fish was actually the super number seven of England and Manchester United!
Bellingham, who seldom watches TV, only learned from his very excited friends that the Spanish uncle who fought alongside him that day was actually the Manchester United star Ling Feng in disguise!
Then, on the day the show was broadcast, he received a call from the show crew:
"Hello, we are the staff of the "Baseball King" program team. We are calling to convey a good news to you."

"Congratulations on becoming the first future star of "King of Baseball"!"

Afterwards, Ling Feng, also on behalf of the program, personally went to Bellingham's home in Birmingham and gave Bellingham the future star T-shirt prepared by the program team.

And invited him to participate in the final showdown on the baseball field.

As an English superstar who has risen rapidly in recent years, Ling Lingfeng is definitely a role model for the younger generation of English players.

Even Bellingham often watches Manchester United's games.

It is worth mentioning that he particularly likes Ling Feng’s exclusive celebration action!

Therefore, at the request of Beilin, Ling Feng also agreed to face the camera with him and perform the "King of the World" celebration gesture together, leaving behind a precious photo.

After filming the first season of "King of Baseball", Ling Feng can finally enter vacation mode.

At the same time, Manchester United's summer transfer window is also in full swing.
In fact, Mourinho and Manchester United had already started their summer transfer window operations after the Champions League final.

As the new Premier League and Champions League champions, they did have an almost perfect season.

However, the results achieved in the first season were simply too impressive.

How to maintain the team's competitiveness in the league and the Champions League in the second season is what Mourinho is concerned about.

In a sense, Mourinho has posed a difficult problem to himself and the team's players.

If the team fails to win the Premier League title in the second season, or is eliminated from the Champions League too early, it will be a huge disappointment for the club's top management and fans.

It may even put you in danger of being fired!

Therefore, in order to continue to challenge for the championship and maintain strong competitiveness, they must recruit players and strengthen the lineup!

After all, compared with super giants such as Juventus, Bayern Munich, Real Madrid, and Barcelona, ​​Manchester United's lineup depth is too thin.

Of course, before introducing new players, the team must first clear out some redundant players.

For example, Schweinsteiger, who had little chance last season, has announced that he will join Chicago Fire in the MLS.
For example, Carrick, a veteran who made up his mind to retire and directly joined the Manchester United coaching staff;
Another example is the young players from the youth training camp who are unable to gain a foothold in Manchester United and are ready to be loaned out.
In addition to cleaning out the team's marginal figures, Manchester United players, as last season's treble winners, with outstanding performances, have also become the prey of major European giants!
The first to be affected is naturally the star player Ling Feng!

With the broadcast of the program "King of the Baseball Court", Real Madrid immediately asked Manchester United about the possibility of Ling Feng's transfer.

Karl Lagerfeld is a person who will not regret easily.

In the past, if a player rejected Real Madrid, he would never extend an olive branch to the other party.

No matter how outstanding and famous a star is, or how promising a talented child prodigy is!
However, he made an exception in the case of Ling Feng.

There is no other reason, it’s just that Ling Feng is so outstanding!
According to the entourage around Karl Lagerfeld, Karl Lagerfeld admires Ling Feng very much and believes that he is the best successor to Ronaldo.

However, only Florentino himself knew that he regretted not taking Ling Feng last year!

Otherwise, this year Real Madrid might be able to break the curse of defending the Champions League title and achieve an unprecedented feat!
Therefore, in order for Real Madrid to continue to dominate La Liga and Europe, and also to make up for the loss, he put aside his pride and continued to pursue Ling Feng.

However, Manchester United did not give any face and directly rejected Real Madrid's inquiry.

The fax also stated that Ling Feng was not for sale.

And Karl Lagerfeld naturally didn't want to give up.

Wasn’t Cristiano Ronaldo also described by Ferguson as “not for sale” back then?

He still joined Real Madrid!

However, when Mr. Lafayette wanted to call Sandezi in person with full confidence and proposed the idea of ​​signing Ling Feng, he was politely declined by Sandezi.

Although Sandezi doesn't know much about football, he is very clear about the club's commercial value and stock price changes.

Since Ling Feng joined the club and then won the season's treble, Manchester United's stock price has skyrocketed like a rocket!
Ling Feng not only brought strength to the team, but also had a huge influence on the club's brand value.

As the top star of the Premier League, his popularity and fame are among the best in today's football world.

You know, in the past 16-17 season, Ling Feng's jersey sales ranked first in the Premier League and even in Europe!

What is this concept?
Just from jerseys and peripherals, Ling Feng can bring tens of millions of pounds in commercial revenue to the club!

Therefore, it is impossible for Sandezi to give up this cash cow!
Of course, in addition to Real Madrid, Paris Saint-Germain, backed by the rich and powerful White Turban, also wants to sign Ling Feng.

Ever since the Qatari consortium took over, their goal has been to reach the top of Europe.

However, they have been unable to make a breakthrough in the Champions League for several years, and this year, they even lost the French Ligue 1 title that was almost certain to win!

This was unacceptable to the ambitious Nasser!

When they saw Ling Feng lead the team to win the Champions League in his first season with Manchester United, they seemed to see the team's hope of winning the Champions League!

However, in response to the call from PSG chairman Nasser, Sander was more direct:
Want Lingfeng?

Sure, take 5 million euros!
5 million euros is exactly Ling Feng’s breach of contract fee!

Of course, in addition to Ling Feng, other Manchester United players have also received offers from other clubs.

For example, players such as Kante, Herrera, Rashford, Luke Shaw and others have all received substantial offers.

However, all were rejected by Mourinho.

Before recruiting reinforcements, what Mourinho needs to do is to retain this championship team!
The first person to stay in the team is Ibrahimovic, whose contract is about to expire!

Ibrahimovic, who signed a one-year contract with Manchester United last year, could actually negotiate with other clubs in January and transfer freely.

In March, the team had already expressed its desire to renew his contract.

However, at that time, Manchester United's top management only planned to renew his contract for one year.

Ibrahimovic was very unhappy about this and directly shelved the contract renewal negotiations.

Therefore, the contract renewal has been at a stalemate and no real progress has been made.

As the team made it all the way to the finals and won the Champions League, the tacit cooperation between Ling Feng and Ibrahimovic made many people realize the role of Ibrahimovic, the super center, in the team.

Manchester United's top management finally realized the importance of veteran Ibrahimovic and completed the renewal of his 1+1 contract!
1+1 contract, what does it mean?

Just give a one-year contract to try it out first, and then extend it for another year if it’s suitable.

This kind of contract is a bit like trying on new shoes. If they are comfortable, buy them. If they are not, forget it.

This is also the contract commonly used in football to renew contracts with older veterans.

Although Ibrahimovic, the team's second-top scorer last season with 37 goals in all competitions, will continue to stay with the team next season.

However, Ibrahimovic is almost 36 years old after all, and no one knows how long he can maintain this state in the high-intensity Premier League.

If his form declines, they won't have a suitable center candidate at all!
Whether it is Martial or Rashford, the effect of playing as a center forward is not very good.

Therefore, Manchester United must plan ahead and find a suitable successor for Ibrahimovic.

Therefore, Manchester United's first target for center forward recruitment was Alvaro Morata, who was bought back from Juventus by Real Madrid last season and then became the "bench bandit"!
Morata does not have a starting position in Real Madrid, has a strong desire to transfer and is only 24 years old, which is also in line with the team's future plan to younger its age structure.

Compared to Ibrahimovic, Morata is better at running. He can often use speed and breakthroughs to create opportunities in counterattacks, and can also create better effects with Ling Feng's deadly through passes.

Mourinho and Manchester United's top management had a very simple idea. They first bought Morata for rotation, and then slowly took over from Ibrahimovic and became Manchester United's main striker.

As for whether Morata himself is willing to come to Manchester United to play a rotation role, they are not worried.

After all, he is willing to rotate in Real Madrid.

It is naturally not difficult to accept that he can play as a rotation player in Manchester United's team that defeated Real Madrid in the Champions League final.

In addition to Morata, Everton's Lukaku, Atletico Madrid's Griezmann and Torino's Belotti are also candidates for recruiting center forwards.

With Manchester United's excellent performance last season, coupled with Manchester United's great platform and well-known generous treatment, Manchester United's attractiveness to players will definitely be much better than last season.

In addition to the need to strengthen the central defender and center forward positions, Mourinho also hopes to strengthen the midfield.

With Schweinsteiger set to move to the MLS and Carrick retiring, the team's midfield roster suddenly dropped to six players.

They are Ling Feng, Kante, Herrera, Fellaini, Mata and Lingard!

Among them, Lingard spent more time as a substitute for the right winger.

This means that there are only five players rotating in the team's three midfield positions.

Such lineup depth is definitely not enough when facing a three-line battle, coupled with the potential impact of injuries!
As the saying goes, whoever controls the midfield controls the world.

Although the defensive midfield combination of Kante and Herrera is very stable and their coverage area is the best in the Premier League.

Fellaini and Mata can also step up when necessary to provide certain tactical changes for the team.

However, if we can introduce another defensive midfielder who can control the ball and has certain intercepting capabilities, it will be extremely good for the team's midfield dominance.

His primary target for midfield recruitment is the former Chelsea player, Serbian midfielder Matic!
Finally, if Mourinho has got the players he wants in the three key positions of center back, center forward and midfielder, he will also consider strengthening the depth of the wingers.

Of course, that's all for later.

For Mourinho and Manchester United, the top priority is to get Maguire first!

After all, Manchester United is not the only one who wants Maguire. Other Premier League clubs also want this up-and-coming English aerial master!

The first to make a bid was the wealthy Chelsea!
With veteran captain Terry's contract about to expire and his departure, and the team returning to the Champions League next season, Conte hopes to strengthen the central defender position.

After all, there are only three central defenders in the team now, David Luiz, Cahill, and

If the main formation is 352, Azpilicueta can also play as a central defender.

But who can have too many excellent players?

What's more, they have plenty of money!

In addition to Chelsea, other top clubs such as Manchester City, Liverpool, Serie A Juventus and Bundesliga Dortmund are all interested in Maguire.

Some just asked for prices, while others gave substantial quotations.

However, due to the player's personal wishes and Mourinho's personal promotion, Manchester United's transfer department accelerated the pace of negotiations and reached an agreement with Leicester City before other clubs.

Following friendly negotiations between the two clubs, Manchester United finally announced the club’s first transfer deal of the summer window on the morning of June 6:
Spent 24 million pounds to sign -year-old England central defender Harry Maguire from the "Foxes" Leicester City!

At this point, the English aircraft carrier officially entered the Port of Manchester!
(End of this chapter)