I build a giant in the Premier League

Chapter 177 The future British star! The transfer market is in chaos, what should Mourinho do? [Subscribe]

"Okay, I understand. Give me some time to think about it."

At the player selection site of the Youth Academy of the Brent Training Center, Yang Cheng said lightly after answering the phone.

In the bustling scene, no one noticed Yang Cheng who walked aside to answer the phone.

After hanging up the phone, he composed himself, turned around and walked back into the venue, where he was met by a middle-aged British man with thick black-framed glasses and a short haircut.

"Excuse me, David, let's move on."

As he spoke, Yang Cheng walked ahead, and David Pensel quickly followed.

The results of the Bayswater Chinese Youth Academy cannot be considered outstanding, but they have always been quite good.

Every age group is a standout in the many youth training camps in England.

However, since other teams place great emphasis on physical fitness when selecting players, this is disadvantageous to the Bayswater Chinese, who are more technically inclined.

But even so, we have won many championships in the past few years.

Bayswater Chinese does not work in isolation. On the contrary, the club has always advocated inclusiveness in youth training and arranges many outstanding students to exchange and learn in excellent youth training camps in continental Europe every year.

Some even stay for several months.

In addition, training camps and exchange competitions are arranged every year for each age group.

Therefore, Bayswater Chinese's investment in youth training is obvious to all. Coupled with years of continuous investment, it has naturally gradually built up a good reputation and attracted more and more young players.

Nowadays, the annual youth training selection has become a major event for youth training academies.

Yang Cheng and David Pensel talked as they walked, mainly about football, the Chinese in Bayswater, the Premier League, and the future International Champions Cup.

It is no secret in the circle that the Chinese in Bayswater are vigorously promoting the preparations for the International Champions Cup.

Those who have decided to join include Manchester United, Arsenal, Chelsea, Liverpool and Manchester City from the Premier League, Bayern from the Bundesliga and Real Madrid from La Liga.

In addition, Barcelona of La Liga, AC Milan of Serie A, Inter Milan and Juventus are all in talks.

However, these top teams do not have completely consistent ideas on how to participate.

For example, Yang Cheng’s previous idea was that the 12 top teams would serve as founding teams, participate in the competition regularly every year, and share the shares equally.

As the initiator, Bayswater Chinese holds 12% of the shares, while the other 11 companies each hold 8%.

That’s fair, right?

The clubs all agree.

But it costs money?

Sorry, they need to think about it.

Because these traditional top teams are used to it, they collect money when they go out to play friendly matches.

They are not used to paying now.

Not to mention, is it that easy to re-establish a cup competition, even if it is just a friendly match?
The one who has the most say here is Manchester City.

The rich people in the Middle East said simply that as long as they are allowed to participate, anything is fine.

Even the visionary Florentino is cautious about investing in this company and preparing for this cup competition.

After all, no one has ever done this before.

In the past, the Toyota Cup was a huge loss.

How could the Club World Cup be held if it were not endorsed by FIFA?

So the whole thing got stuck at this stage.

David Pensel currently works for the Guardian Group in the UK as Head of Advertising and Marketing.

The Guardian Group has operations around the world, particularly in North America and Asia.

Before joining the Guardian Group, he first worked as group marketing director at ITV. He later resigned to start his own business and established an advertising creative company. He has done brand promotion for many well-known companies, including Buena Vista, Daimler Chrysler, Disney, etc., and is very famous in the industry.

But due to a falling out among the partners, the company was dissolved.

Later, he went to Elizabeth Murdoch's Shine company, where his series of marketing plans were so successful that they helped them win the International Emmy Award in 2006.

Thanks to his outstanding performance at Shine, he was poached by the Guardian Group and took over the advertising department of this multinational company.

You know, for traditional media like the Guardian Group, the advertising department is one of their most core departments.

When Xia Qing and Adam Crozier handed David Pensel's resume to Yang Cheng after the initial screening, he recognized this guy at first sight.

He was the hot candidate to succeed the Premier League CEO after Richard Scudmore left in 2018.

It is said that he was doing very well in the Guardian Group and was promoted to the CEO of the Guardian Group, but was later eliminated from the Premier League due to a sexual harassment scandal and instead became the chairman of the British Fashion Council.

Why does Yang Cheng remember this incident so clearly?
Because the news was interesting at the time.

David Pensel helped the Guardian Group successfully transform and turn losses into profits, and made great contributions. However, his annual salary is only 70 pounds, before tax.

At that time, the annual salary of the Premier League CEO exceeded one million pounds.

Therefore, it was not difficult to poach people at that time.

The Guardian Group is certainly large and powerful, but it has a strict internal hierarchy and is a traditional media company, so the salaries and benefits are indeed not high.

As a result, David Pensel came as soon as the Chinese poached him from Bayswater.

……

David Pensel was obviously well prepared for the situation Yang Cheng was currently facing.

He had received the news from Xia Qing and Adam Crozier before.

"Mr. Yang, if you are really optimistic about this project, then I suggest that Bayswater Chinese be responsible for the overall operation. Each founding club can be given a portion of dry shares that only pay dividends, such as 3%, to obtain their brand authorization."

“This is the most valuable treasure of this competition!”

Yang Cheng nodded slightly. He, Xia Qing, Adam Crozier and Omar Berrada had also studied this issue and proposed this idea.

Get their brand authorization through dividends, recruit them, and then pay them appearance fees in every game.

Of course, since there are dividends, the appearance fee must be given as preferential a price as possible.

"Honestly, Mr. Yang, this project is really worth seeing. With so many top teams participating together, this in itself can create a huge brand effect, especially in the situation like this summer, the whole world is making a sensation!"

David Pensel himself is a person with extremely keen insight into brand marketing and he immediately captured the explosive point.

Every summer, the transfer market operates with constant news and hot topics, which definitely triggers heated discussions around the world.

Under such circumstances, are we still afraid that this event won’t heat up?
How much marketing costs were saved directly?
For other clubs, this distribution model means guaranteed income regardless of the weather.

Anyway, there is money to be made from the warm-up matches.

Besides, over the years, European giants have encountered many troubles when playing warm-up matches around the world, haven't they?
How much controversy has Real Madrid and Barcelona’s Asian tour caused?

In the final analysis, it is irregular and informal!

Now, there is a company that specializes in standardizing the operation of this event. It can not only warm up the team, but also make money and develop overseas markets at the same time. This is simply killing two birds with one stone for the top teams.

But in this case, all the pressure will fall on the Chinese in Bayswater.

"We Chinese from Bayswater will come forward. I will set up a company to run this event. You will form a team. The Premier League has many experienced professionals in this area. I will recruit a few of them to work with you."

Over the past few years, the Premier League has been promoting pre-season matches in more than 20 countries and regions in North America, Asia and Oceania, and has already accumulated very mature experience.

There will definitely be no problem in preparing for such an event.

What's more, it's still early.

According to Yang Cheng's initial plan, the first session should be scheduled for 2010, just after the World Cup in South Africa.

According to the information obtained by Yang Cheng, the American Challenge Tournament is not planned to be held in 2010 in order to avoid the World Cup.

Just right to create a time difference.

A year is plenty of time to prepare.

If it can become an instant hit, and many top teams choose the International Champions Cup, is there still a need to hold the Challenge Tournament in the United States?
Besides, when it comes to football, Americans are really no good!

As for the possibility that the International Champions Cup will become popular in the future and be suppressed by FIFA and UEFA, Yang Cheng has already made preparations to deal with it.

As long as you seize the opportunity and gain a firm foothold, you can sit back and count money from now on!
……

After the decision was made, Yang Cheng and Peng Sel discussed the next plan.

David Pensel currently works for the Guardian Group.

For an executive like him, it would take at least one to two months to leave the company.

But David Pensel promised that he would still set aside time during this period to help plan the establishment of the new company and a series of subsequent preparatory work.

Yang Cheng thought of someone.

That was Richard Masters, who took over the position of CEO of the Premier League after David Pensel missed out on it in his previous life.

This guy is now the Premier League's marketing director.

But what is most important to Yang Cheng is his connections.

Masters has been in the sports industry since 1994. Before joining the Premier League, he served as commercial director of the English League Committee and is familiar with the football industry.

The fact that he can take over Richard Scudmore's job in the future will be enough to prove his ability.

We can poach some talents.

Given the current size and power of the Premier League, there is no need to worry about the supply of talent.

But for the new company that Yang Cheng is about to establish, the more talents the better.

After Yang Cheng sent David Pensel away, he immediately called Adam Crozier and asked him to find a time to invite Richard Masters out for a chat.

By the way, arrange for David Pensel to meet with Richard Masters to see if there is any spark between the two.

If it is suitable, let them form a team.

Yang Cheng is no longer the head coach he was in his previous life. Doing everything by himself is no longer his style.

He now has to be a qualified leader.

No talent?
Then dig!
If you recruit ready-made high-level talents, are you still afraid that you won’t get things done?
It’s just like the coarse grain factory in the past making cars, lacking technical talent and accumulation?

If we take over their entire R&D team, wouldn’t we have everything?
Yang Cheng is not belittling, but promoting. This is the way to do business.

Of course, after poaching them, we still need to continue to increase our R&D investment.

He is doing the same thing now, poaching people everywhere when he is short of people.

As for the organization of the event, it is not a big problem.

European football is an industry with many companies in different segments providing support.

It takes a year to prepare for such an event. As long as there is enough money, there will be absolutely no problem!
Just as Yang Cheng finished the call and was strolling around the youth training selection site, he suddenly heard a broadcast.

Players in the 7-year-old age group are being gathered on the field to prepare for the competition.

A name was called out that surprised Yang Cheng.

Jude Bellingham.

When Yang Cheng heard the name, his first reaction was that he was afraid he had heard it wrong.

So he quickly walked to the selection site for the 7-year-old age group.

Many fans at the scene recognized him, which immediately caused a sensation.

But Yang Cheng politely declined all interactions, saying that he was just there to watch the selection.

After getting the match list from the staff, he glanced at the names on it and really found Jude Bellingham.

On June 2003, 6, his place of residence was Stourbridge.

It's really him!

The future star of the British Empire!
But when the players entered the field, Yang Cheng didn't recognize them at first.

It was not until the referee called out his name that he could see clearly and felt disappointed again.

He is short and thin, and the most important thing is that he still has the same tile-like hair style that Ronaldo wore in the 2002 World Cup in Korea and Japan.

It's 2009 now, brother, why are you still wearing this hairstyle?

Even if you have a Beckham-like Mohawk, it would look better than this, right?
Yang Cheng complained in his heart.

But when he really got on the court, this kid immediately stood out.

Don't be fooled by his thin, short and dark appearance, but when he gets to the court and gets the ball, he is like a dragon entering the sea and cannot be stopped at all.

If he was just good at footwork, that would be fine, but this kid plays in the midfield and is very smart when running without the ball.

In fact, just look at his running without the ball, and the smooth and skillful connection of movements after getting the ball. He is only 6 years old, but facing the older people around him who are 7 or 8 years old, the way he leisurely gets rid of and breaks through when he gets the ball is very natural and confident.

Almost every time Bellingham got the ball, he could create surprises, drawing cheers from the onlookers nearby.

Yang Cheng always says that football is actually the fairest sport.

Whether it is a mule or a horse will be revealed after practicing on the court.

There is no room for slackers in the competitive sports arena!
After the 15 minutes of play, when it was time to leave the field, Bellingham, who was as thin as a monkey, ran quickly to his parents on the sidelines.

The father is white and the mother is black.

After Yang Cheng took a look at it, he was basically certain.

So he walked over with a smile.

"Hello, my name is Yang Cheng."

Mark Bellingham and his wife, as well as the two Bellingham brothers, were all stunned.

All of them revealed a look of disbelief.

They came to Bayswater Chinese for trials and wondered if they would meet Yang Cheng or other stars of Bayswater Chinese.

But unexpectedly, Yang Cheng actually came up to talk to them.

"Hello...Hello, Mr. Yang." Mark Bellingham was a little excited.

He is an amateur player, and he is truly well-known to the Chinese in Bayswater and Yang Cheng.

Especially this summer's six-time champion is simply amazing!
Not only in London, but even around Birmingham, everyone sang praises for the Chinese in Bayswater.

Yang Cheng took his family of four out of the noisy crowd and went to visit the youth training academy, including the players' accommodation, leisure and entertainment, learning environment, etc.

Finally we arrived at a lounge in the youth academy training building.

The staff immediately brought coffee and juice.

"I played football in Remington and went to many teams' training camps. Brent is the best and top youth training camp I have ever seen." Mark Bellingham sounded quite excited.

"Thank you. I'll take you to visit the first-team later. It's better there than here." Yang Cheng said with a smile.

"Really?" Little Bellingham was excited.

"Of course!" Yang Cheng said confidently, "If you keep working hard, I believe you can play with the best players in the world over there in the future!"

The 6-year-old child suddenly had a look of longing on his face and he couldn't wait to grow up.

Yang Cheng turned and looked at Mark and Denise.

"I just watched Jude play. Even though it was only 15 minutes, he played very well. I can tell that he must have trained a lot. You guys really taught him very well."

Mark and Denise looked at each other and felt very happy and honored.

You have to know that the person who said this was Yang Cheng!
The best head coach in European football right now who is good at selecting players!

I just didn't expect that he was so young.

"I want to know, you live in Stourbridge, have you ever considered coming to London and letting Jude join our Bayswater Chinese youth training camp?" Yang Cheng asked with concern.

Just because someone comes to participate in the selection doesn’t mean they will definitely join.

This is not necessarily the case.

Some parents of players even bring their children to the selection. After they pass the selection, they use the invitation from Bayswater Chinese to bargain with the original club.

This kind of thing really shouldn't be too common.

To put it bluntly, this is a business!
To the club and to the parents, both.

Mark and Denise looked at each other, and Denise coughed lightly and replied to Yang Cheng: "Mr. Yang, to be honest, the child really hopes to join Bayswater Chinese and receive training in the best youth training camp, but..."

"If you have any difficulties, please tell me." Yang Cheng remained polite and courteous.

If the lion asks for too much, he will definitely not indulge it.

But according to his understanding, Bellingham's parents are still very rational and calm, and their career planning has always been very good, taking every step firmly.

Especially his mother.

With Yang Cheng's encouragement, Denise spoke out a problem their family was facing.

Mark Bellingham is a police officer in Stourbridge. His mother works nearby, and his children are studying...

Yang Cheng listened to her patiently. They were indeed some very personal difficulties.

The child is still young and they are unwilling to let him stay overnight.

"Then can you accept moving?" Yang Cheng suggested with a smile.

"Moving?" Mark and Denise were both surprised.

"We can try to think of a way to help you transfer the police work to nearby towns, but it is definitely impossible in the city of London. You know, it's not easy." Yang Cheng was also pragmatic.

Police officers in London have high salaries and good benefits, and are very popular.

But if it is a small town like Stourbridge, Yang Cheng can think of a way and use some connections.

The Chinese in Bayswater pay so much "protection money" to the London Metropolitan Police every year, so there shouldn't be any problem in transferring a policeman, right?

"As for Denise, we certainly can't offer you a job directly, but it shouldn't be difficult for you to find a job in London."

Denise is also quite confident about this.

"I can also make you a promise. Jude can directly enter our Bayswater Chinese youth training camp. Your little son can also enter in the future. They will receive the best care and training like other children in our youth training camp."

“If you perform well, we also have a generous scholarship every year.”

Mark and Denise looked at each other.

This problem that had troubled their family for so long was solved so easily?

"Thank you so much, Mr. Yang." Mark Bellingham became excited again.

Yang Cheng smiled and comforted her.

To show his sincerity, he immediately called Matt Crocker.

As the director of youth training, Matt Crocker had received the news long ago and rushed over immediately after receiving Yang Cheng's call.

Hearing that Yang Cheng had solved the problem in no time, he immediately expressed his willingness to follow up.

"How about I arrange for someone to take them to visit the first team?" Matt Crocker asked tentatively.

"No need, I just happened to have something to do over there, I'll take them there." Yang Cheng said with a smile.

This immediately made the Bellingham family flattered.

Even Matt Crocker was surprised.

He also didn't expect that Yang Cheng would value this family so much.

Then he should also have a new regard for Jude Bellingham.

……

Yang Cheng brought the Bellingham family on foot from the youth academy to the first team.

Along the way, he kept introducing the Chinese people's involvement in Bayswater and their contributions to the surrounding communities.

At present, the entire training base only has the third phase and an indoor football field left, otherwise it will be fully completed.

An indoor football field is under construction, and the third phase only has one football field for the youth team, which has not yet been started.

The original stadium is still usable.

"As you know, we are building a super stadium in Hyde Park that can accommodate 9 people. Once that stadium is completed, we will start the third phase of the project."

Mark Bellingham has certainly been to a lot of English teams.

The hardware and software of Bayswater Chinese are definitely second to none in the UK.

Manchester City, a wealthy club in Manchester, also wanted to learn from the Chinese in Bayswater and build a training base. They also went south to learn several times. If the facilities of the youth training academy have already amazed the Bellingham family, then the first team amazed them even more.

There are various training grounds, endless high-tech training equipment, and even many laboratories, big data centers, and even the players' rooms are decorated and maintained strictly in accordance with the standards of five-star hotels.

This is such a luxury!
Training in a place like this, no wonder the players can play so well!
Mark Bellingham and Denise both kept encouraging Jude Bellingham, hoping that he could keep up the good work and play in such a training center in the future.

This makes Bellingham wish he could grow up tomorrow.

After touring the training base, before leaving, Yang Cheng asked someone to give souvenirs and gifts to the family of four.

Especially Jude Bellingham's jersey, which has Yang Cheng's autograph on it.

"I'm looking forward to seeing you in the youth academy in the new season!"

Jude Bellingham nodded heavily in agreement.

……

"Is this kid really so talented?"

When Yang Cheng saw the Bellingham family off and returned to the office, Dan Ashworth and Mike Rigg were already waiting inside.

They all rushed here after receiving Yang Cheng's call.

"It depends on our future training. If nothing unexpected happens, I think he will become a leader of England in the future, or even the most dazzling superstar in world football!" Yang Cheng said in a very firm tone.

This surprised both Dan Ashworth and Mike Rigg.

Yang Cheng rarely evaluates players easily, but the evaluation he gave this time was high enough.

"I'll let Matt and the others keep a close eye on it," said Dan Ashworth.

Yang Cheng did not comment.

Now he doesn't need to worry about many things anymore, he just needs to remember them and pay attention to them from time to time.

"Back to business."

Yang Cheng began to become serious.

"I just got a call from Leighton Baines."

"Leighton Baines?" Dan Ashworth and Mike Rigg looked at each other in surprise.

"He knew that Manchester City wanted to recruit him, and he told me on the phone that his grandmother had always wanted him to go back north to play football."

Go back to the north?

Needless to say, it's going to Manchester City.

"Isn't this kid an Everton fan?" Mike Rigg was a little surprised.

Yang Cheng shook his head and smiled.

When players say which team they are fans of, it's like telling movie directors, this is the best movie I've ever made.

Most of it is bullshit!

"This is not a easy thing to do now." Dan Ashworth had a headache.

"Judging from his performance last season, Marcelo has no problem in attack, but he has big problems in defense."

"If we send Leighton Baines away, the left side of defence will probably become our weakness."

Yang Cheng nodded. This was also what he was worried about.

His original plan was to sell three players: Dzeko, Maicon and Yaya Toure.

But now, Leighton Baines has also been poached.

If he didn't call Yang Cheng, Yang Cheng would definitely reject Manchester City.

But this phone call proved that Leighton Baines was moved.

Yang Cheng asked himself and realized that he couldn't blame Leighton Baines. If it were him, he would probably be tempted too.

Why?

Yaya Toure transferred from Bayswater Chinese to Manchester City, and his weekly salary tripled.

Let me ask you, who wouldn’t be tempted?
Of course, everyone knows that it is unreasonable for Manchester City to offer such a weekly salary.

How can Blue Moon maintain such high salaries with its crappy revenue?

Isn’t it still backed by the Abu Dhabi consortium providing financial support?

Both Dan Ashworth and Mike Rigg looked at Yang Cheng, waiting for the final answer.

"Sell!"

Yang Cheng made a prompt decision.

"Let Adam Crozier give Manchester City a price of £4000 million and they take Leighton Baines!"

Dan Ashworth and Mike Rigg were no surprise.

This is what Yang Cheng and the Bayswater Chinese have been doing.

Twisted melons are not sweet.

If you really want to leave the team, the club will never stop you.

But the prerequisite is that Manchester City must show enough sincerity.

That is the transfer fee.

A transfer fee of 4000 million pounds to buy an England international left-back is still quite a bargain for Manchester City now.

As for the Chinese side in Bayswater, they actually have no shortage of local players.

Especially now, Lewandowski, Matic, Marcelo and Di Maria are all considered to be local youth training.

Under such circumstances, there is no shortage of local youth training for the Chinese in Bayswater.

Not to mention, two local players, Andy Carroll and Kyle Walker, were signed this summer.

Since the decision has been made to sell, what to do after the sale needs to be put on the agenda immediately.

Marcelo himself is not particularly reliable, but seeing as Yang Cheng has shown a preference for Brazilians over the years, everyone guessed that Marcelo would be promoted directly to the top next.

But it won’t work if there is only one Marcelo on the left.

"Give me a list of at least five people. The requirements are that they should not be too old and their technical style should be in line with the requirements of our club's full-backs. Most importantly, they should be willing to compete with Marcelo."

Dan Ashworth and Mike Rigg both nodded and immediately got up and left.

Sitting in the office, Yang Cheng really had a headache.

Marcelo is not stable enough now, and Manchester City's poaching of Leighton Baines is like digging a hole for the Chinese in Bayswater.

But since the players have decided to leave, there is no point in Yang Cheng continuing to force them to stay.

But after sending Leighton Baines away, the replacement for the left back is indeed difficult.

Those who are strong will definitely not be willing to come.

Those who are weaker in strength are looked down upon by the Chinese in Bayswater.

In fact, Yang Cheng did have a suitable candidate, but he still threw this problem to the technical team.

The main reason is that he is worried that the Chinese in Bayswater will follow the same path as Manchester United.

After Ferguson stepped down, Manchester United experienced a serious breakdown in the club's management.

Aren’t the Chinese in Bayswater similar now?

Just like just now, weren't Dan Ashworth and Mike Rigg waiting for Yang Cheng to make a decision?
In fact, if Yang Cheng mentioned a candidate, they would immediately start making arrangements.

Doesn't this mean that Yang Cheng has the final say?

If the head coach has too much authority, this is bound to happen.

This is the case with Ferguson, and Yang Cheng cannot escape it either.

But he still consciously trained the team, tried to reduce the team and management's dependence on him, and let them participate more in decision-making.

So, they are the ones who are in charge of the transfers this summer.

In the future, Yang Cheng will gradually reduce his role and hand over power to the management.

……

After Yang Cheng made the decision, the Bayswater Chinese negotiation team formally contacted Manchester City.

Surprisingly, the wealthy Manchester City did not reject the Chinese from Bayswater's demand of up to 4000 million pounds, but instead bargained.

But on the one hand, Bayswater Chinese were reluctant to sell the player, while on the other hand Manchester City really wanted him.

After several rounds of negotiations between the two sides, Manchester City was distracted by negotiating Robben's transfer with Real Madrid, and finally agreed to the request of the Chinese in Bayswater and signed Leighton Baines for a high price of 4000 million pounds.

Unlike Maicon, Leighton Baines is only 24 years old. He is not only an England international, but is also known as the international star who dominates England's left side after Ashley Cole.

Coupled with the halo of winning six championships that season and the crazy transfer market this summer, Manchester City was able to dig this player out with such a transfer fee. Although it is still inflated, it is not particularly outrageous.

However, after signing Leighton Baines, Manchester City suffered a setback in Robben's transfer negotiations.

Since Real Madrid has already notified Robben that he must transfer this summer, there is no way to negotiate Robben's transfer fee.

Teams such as Manchester City, Manchester United, Arsenal and others are only willing to offer 2500 million euros.

This is actually Real Madrid's own fault.

For no reason, they forced Robben to leave and signed so many stars in one go, resulting in Real Madrid now having to sell players to balance the accounts and control the team's salary expenses.

Moreover, Florentino has some intention of cleaning up Calderon's traces.

In this case, how can it be sold at a high price?
Both are 2500 million euros, the key lies in Robben's own willingness.

Interestingly, the first team to be eliminated was Inter Milan.

The reason is that Robben transferred from Chelsea to Real Madrid because he was unhappy with head coach Mourinho.

In this situation, how could he go to Inter Milan?
Moreover, Serie A's defense is notoriously tight, and if Robben goes there, it will be difficult for him to perform well.

As for Manchester City, Arsenal, Manchester United and Bayern Munich, Robben finally chose Manchester United.

It is said that Bayern's Rummenigge and Hoeness personally came forward to try to persuade Robben, but Manchester United also sent out Ferguson.

Robben almost joined Manchester United back then, and Ferguson has been keeping an eye on him over the years.

In Yang Cheng's previous life, an important reason why Robben transferred to the Bundesliga was that he did not want to leave Real Madrid at the beginning.

Real Madrid also seems particularly hesitant about whether to keep Robben.

Therefore, the Premier League teams have been slow to take action.

It was not until the transfer market was almost over that he was officially put on the transfer market.

To some extent, Bayern Munich did get a great bargain.

Of course, Robben's fragile nature, coupled with the 2500 million euro transfer fee, also made many teams hesitate.

One of the important reasons why Manchester United is willing to sign Robben is that the departure of Ronaldo has left Manchester United's right side empty.

Robben can just make up for this shortcoming.

What's more, the competition in the Premier League is so fierce now that Ferguson dare not take any risks.

After many twists and turns, Robben returned to Manchester United, the team he wanted to join in 04, which surprised Yang Cheng.

Doesn't this mean that Robben's combination has been broken?
And then, Sneijder's transfer shocked him again.

Manchester United, Chelsea, Manchester City, Liverpool and Inter Milan are all interested in Sneijder.

The transfer fee is also not high.

Like Robben, Sneijder is also a player abandoned by Real Madrid.

1500 million euros.

Every family can afford this price.

The key is that Sneijder himself is unwilling to leave Real Madrid.

After several contacts, Inter Milan's head coach Mourinho personally called Sneijder and invited him to join Inter Milan.

Unexpectedly, Chelsea head coach Hiddink met Sneijder directly in the Netherlands.

Compared with Inter Milan, Chelsea's biggest disadvantage is that they cannot participate in the Champions League.

But the biggest advantage lies in the head coach Hiddink and the fact that Chelsea is in the Premier League, which has the highest exposure.

At the same time, the salary offered by Chelsea is also higher than that of Inter Milan.

After meeting with Hiddink, Sneijder finally nodded and agreed to join Chelsea.

So, the Blues successfully got Dutch midfielder Sneijder for 1500 million euros.

……

When Yang Cheng got the news, he was really stunned.

His first reaction was, what should we do with the magic bird?
If they all run away, who will Inter Milan rely on to win the treble?
Can Mourinho still win his second Champions League?
You know, Diego Milito certainly played a huge role in Inter Milan's Champions League in 2010, but the all-round improvement brought by Lucio, Sneijder and Eto'o was also crucial.

It can be said that none of Inter Milan’s signings this summer were wasted.

Every penny was spent wisely.

Now, Lucio has gone to Manchester City, and Sneijder and Eto'o are both at Chelsea.

Can Mourinho still win the treble with the lineup from last season?
No, let alone the treble, they will probably just be able to play around in Serie A and will definitely be finished in the Champions League.

And the second reaction is that the Premier League is going to be in chaos!
Chelsea's overall strength has been strengthened after acquiring Eto'o and Sneijder.

The signings are not huge, but both players are crucial.

Eto'o was "personally selected" by Drogba, while Sneijder can greatly improve Chelsea's midfield passing and organizational capabilities.

This has been Chelsea's shortcoming for many years.

The Blues' midfield has always lacked passing and organization.

We finally brought in Deco, but his form has declined significantly.

Now, Sneijder has made up for this shortcoming.

Eto'o has speed and scoring ability, Sneijder has passing and organization, and Chelsea will be more difficult to play against in the new season.

As for Manchester City, even if they failed to sign Robben and Sneijder, and had difficulty poaching David Silva, Manchester City's lineup is still scary enough.

The most outrageous thing is that there is also Ancelotti who is good at judging people and deciding what to do with them.

Yang Cheng felt overwhelmed when he thought about the new season of the Premier League.

After missing out on Robben and Sneijder, Manchester City immediately signed the Argentine beast Tevez from Manchester United.

Pirlo, Yaya Toure, Leighton Baines, Lucio, Tevez...

Every transfer made by Manchester City this summer is a blockbuster!
Yang Cheng received a list of signings prepared for him by Dan Ashworth and Mike Rigg.

Both are left backs.

There are as many as 6 players in it, all of whom are young but have shown good potential.

Juan Vargas, Peruvian left-back for Serie A Fiorentina.

Felipe Luis, the Brazilian left-back of La Liga's Deportivo La Coruna.

These two players are ready for combat and have decent strength, but their transfer fees are also relatively expensive.

For example, Vargas transferred to Fiorentina last year for a transfer fee of 1200 million euros.

If you dig now, the price will be at least higher than this.

Felipe Luis' transfer fee is not cheap either, estimated at over 1500 million euros.

Of course, there are also younger ones with cheaper prices.

For example, Fabio Coentrao, the Portuguese left-back of Benfica in the Portuguese Super League.

In the past he had been loaned out by Benfica for training. He was a key player in Portugal's youth teams at all levels and had good performances. He could be signed for around 5 or 6 million euros.

And there are also players from the Premier League.

Arsenal's Kieran Gibbs, Tottenham's Danny Rose, Chelsea's Ryan Bertrand.

These three players are all young left-backs who emerged from England.

Yang Cheng had a deep impression of Gibbs, Ross and Bertrand.

The 19-year-old Gibbs is a young player that Wenger is promoting and is currently a substitute for Clichy.

Danny Rose, also 19 years old, can play all positions from front to back on the left side and is a versatile player.

Not to mention Ryan Bertrand, who was born on August 89, 8 and is also 5 years old now.

The most profound impression this unlucky guy left on people was that in 2012, he played in the Champions League final for Chelsea in his first game, and he actually performed well.

In that game, Bertrand did not play his most familiar left back, but played on the left wing, standing in front of Ashley Cole.

Chelsea had no problems and defended very well until Malouda replaced Bertrand in the 73rd minute.

But just after the substitution, less than 10 minutes later, Bayern Munich scored a goal.

The most bizarre thing is that the ball came in from the left.

At that time, many people were discussing whether Bayern could still score goals if Bertrand had not left the field.

But that's not the funniest thing.

The most interesting thing is that Bertrand himself did not expect that he would be able to play in such an important game.

So, before the Champions League final, he gave away all the tickets and didn't leave any for his parents and family.

As a result, he not only made the roster, but also started.

I participated in the only Champions League final in my career and won the championship, but it ended up like this. It will be a pain forever!

Yang Cheng still remembers that this guy had a very good relationship with Ashley Cole. He said that Ashley Cole was very optimistic about him and felt that the two had very similar characteristics.

Of course, fun things are fun things.

Yang Cheng was unwilling to interfere in the matter of recruiting players.

So he handed it over directly to Dan Ashworth and Mike Rigg.

After more than a week of representations and negotiations, Bayswater Chinese finally signed Ryan Bertrand from Chelsea for £200 million.

The reason is that the pursuit of Felipe Luis, Vargas and Coentrao was frustrated, as the clubs refused to sell and the players themselves were unwilling to go to Bayswater Chinese to compete with Marcelo.

Unless Yang Cheng is willing to promise to give them the main position.

Among the three local young players, Arsenal's Gibbs was the first to be rejected.

On the contrary, Danny Rose of Tottenham Hotspur was once very close to the Chinese in Bayswater.

Chelsea, as a sworn enemy in West London, were not willing to sell Bertrand to the Bayswater Chinese.

But after the media revealed that the Chinese were interested in Bayswater, Bertrand's agent approached Chelsea, hoping to further clarify the player's position at the club.

Bertrand transferred to Chelsea from Gillingham's youth training camp in 05 and is not considered a direct member of Chelsea's youth training camp.

Over the past few years, Bertrand has been loaned to many teams, including Bournemouth, Oldham, Norwich...

Now, if he stays in the team, he will continue to be loaned out.

This is unacceptable to the players and they hope to stay.

But Chelsea obviously could not accept the player's request, especially after signing Zhirkov, there was no place for Bertrand in the first team.

So, after some consideration, when the Chinese in Bayswater were trying to persuade Tottenham Hotspur, Chelsea made a decision earlier and offered the Chinese in Bayswater a price of 200 million pounds.

Dan Ashworth agreed immediately.

So Ryan Bertrand moved to Bayswater Chinese.

Yang Cheng was quite surprised.

If it were him, he would give priority to Coentrao or even Azpilicueta, the right back of La Liga's Osasuna.

But Ryan Bertrand is pretty good anyway.

This is a left-back who almost joined Manchester United in 2023. He can't be bad!

(End of this chapter)