I build a giant in the Premier League

Chapter 224: Surpassing Real Madrid! Another shortage of central defenders! A half-century absence from the double championship! [Subscribe]

In the last round of the Premier League, Bayswater Chinese drew 2-2 with Tottenham Hotspur away from home with goals from Lewandowski and Gareth Bale.

As a result, all Premier League games this season have come to an end.

Bayswater Chinese won the Premier League championship this season with 30 wins, 5 draws and 3 losses, accumulating 95 points.

Close behind is Carlo Ancelotti's Manchester City, which has 86 points, 9 points behind Bayswater Chinese.

Liverpool ranked third with 80 points.

Wenger's Gunners once again fell into the trap of defending the top four, only getting 78 points and ranking fourth.

One of the important reasons why the Gunners lost points continuously is that they were basically focused on the Champions League schedule during this period and ignored the league, resulting in unsatisfactory results in the league.

For Wenger, getting into the top four of the league or fighting for third place doesn't mean much.

Just like in the last round, they challenged Fulham away with an all-substitute lineup and ended up drawing 2-2.

Manchester United ranked fifth in the Premier League with 74 points and missed out on next season's Champions League.

Chelsea scored 66 points and ranked sixth.

After the league was suspended and the team was disbanded, Yang Cheng, along with the coaching staff and technical team, held a meeting as usual, mainly to summarize the team's performance and failures this season.

Judging from the overall performance, the Bayswater Chinese are still very outstanding.

Remarkable results have been achieved on all fronts.

There was even a chance to win the quadruple crown.

Needless to say, in the Champions League, they reached the semi-finals and their overall performance was very stable.

The real problem lies in the league.

Bayswater Chinese scored 101 goals in the league, exceeding goals, which proves the team's strong offensive power.

Among them, Gareth Bale, Walcott and others have scored similar numbers of goals as last season.

The overall performance of these two young players is steady improvement.

But Lewandowski has scored 25 league goals this season, four fewer than last season.

Looking at the league as a whole, it is indeed more difficult to score goals this season than in previous years.

Lewandowski successfully defended his title as the Premier League's top scorer with 25 goals.

Following them are Gareth Bale with 19 goals, Robin van Persie with 18 goals and Darren Bent with 17 goals.

Obviously, there is a certain gap in the middle.

The technical team believes that although the players' condition has fluctuated, a very important reason is that the overall strength of the mid- and lower-level Premier League teams has steadily improved, which has made it increasingly difficult to score goals in the Premier League.

In this situation, Gareth Bale still scored 19 goals and Walcott still scored 15 goals, the same as last season.

But judging from the overall performance, both players have actually made very obvious progress.

The real problem for the Bayswater Chinese is defence.

This season, Bayswater Chinese have conceded 30 goals.

Although it is still the best defensive team in the Premier League, the overall defensive level has declined significantly compared to the past.

The technical team analyzed the distribution of the 30 goals conceded in detail and produced a report.

Taking Christmas as the dividing line, in the first 18 rounds, Bayswater Chinese only conceded 11 goals.

But in the next 20 rounds, they conceded 19 goals.

That included a 5-4 win.

The peak period of consecutive goals conceded started in February.

That period happened to be the time when the team was fighting on four fronts and the schedule was the most intensive.

Since the 25-5 home defeat against Manchester City in the 4th round, the number of goals conceded by Bayswater Chinese has increased significantly.

Finally, the technical team concluded that the team was affected by multi-line operations, and in the second half of the season, especially after February, the team's defensive quality showed a clear downward trend.

This is actually difficult to avoid.

Although it is called rotation, there is definitely a gap in strength among the players.

In this case, it is impossible for the team to maintain a stable state.

In addition, the joining of Toni Kroos has greatly enriched the midfield of Bayswater Chinese.

In the first half, the team played brilliantly and unstoppably.

But it didn't take long before everyone woke up and started studying various targeted tactics.

After all, Toni Kroos is only 21 years old.

There are obviously certain problems with the coordination between the three players in the midfield, and between the frontcourt, the backcourt and this new midfield. These all need to be resolved this summer.

After losing to Arsenal in the Champions League semi-finals, Yang Cheng and the coaching staff discussed the problems of the game.

The conclusion drawn at that time was that the midfield was suppressed.

Arsenal invested heavily in midfield.

This is difficult to avoid to some extent.

Even a team as powerful as Barcelona in Yang Cheng's previous life was restrained by Inter Milan, Manchester United and Real Madrid, right?
After all, in the world of football, defending is much easier than attacking.

That’s why there are so few goals in football.

But Yang Cheng still hopes that the team can further strengthen and improve.

Especially the role of the two full-backs.

"Marcelo and Piszczek are two different types of full-backs, and Ryan Bertrand and Kyle Walker are not yet able to challenge them for the starting position."

Brian Kidd followed Yang Cheng's direction and analyzed the next steps.

"From our performance in some games this season, Marcelo actually prefers to play a free attacking role on the left. He likes to take the ball and control the ball."

"The next step is Gareth Bale or Hazard or Di Maria, Marcelo and Toni Kroos. This left-wing attack needs us to work hard on it."

"We can suppress the opponent by attacking from the left, attract the defensive attention, and then use Toni Kroos' long pass to move to the right. This offensive line will make it difficult for the opponent to defend."

"But the key is that before and after the transfer, we need to study the attack and coordination of the left and right flanks carefully."

Previously, the coaching staff proposed to put Modric at left center midfielder and Toni Kroos at right center midfielder.

But judging from the actual game results, this is not ideal.

In Yang Cheng's previous life, Real Madrid had also tried this style of play.

Yang Cheng is now more responsible for giving the general direction, but Brian Kidd and the coaching staff are the protagonists in terms of specific implementation.

But as Yang Cheng listened to their discussion, he felt very sad.

Who would have thought that the biggest problem for the Chinese in Bayswater was that they won the championship, and were far ahead in the Premier League.

On the contrary, in the Champions League, although they lost to Arsenal, their problems were minimal.

In fact, I basically didn't make any major mistakes.

Many times, football is like this, going against common sense.

……

After the coaching team meeting, Yang Cheng went to his office in Grosvenor Square in the core SOHO area of ​​London for a meeting.

This is also a routine meeting every year.

But this time is different from previous years.

As per tradition, Adam Crozier was chosen to announce the club's operating performance over the past season.

Although Bayswater Chinese have renewed their contracts and signed new stadium naming contracts before, in fact, these contracts will only take effect from the 2011 to 2012 season.

In other words, these contracts are not included in Bayswater Chinese's revenue this season.

It is still divided into three major parts.

In terms of match day, it was 1.55 million pounds last season and has increased slightly this season to 1.65 million pounds.

An increase of £1000 million.

If this happened in 2003, Yang Cheng would have jumped up on the spot.

But by now, the Chinese in Bayswater have become large and powerful, and this little bit of growth is a bit insignificant.

But it’s actually not difficult to understand.

Match day revenue is now basically at an end.

Unless the Bayswater Chinese renovate Wembley Stadium, it is unlikely that there will be any significant growth.

Another solution is to increase ticket prices.

But the Chinese in Bayswater will have to keep this killer trick until 2012.

Therefore, there is basically no movement in the income on match day.

In terms of tournament prize money and broadcasting fees, Bayswater Chinese has also made very obvious progress this season.

This is mainly due to the record high sales of the Premier League's overseas broadcasting rights.

As the Premier League champions, Bayswater Chinese received £6050 million in broadcasting rights revenue this season.

This is the highest broadcasting share in the history of the Premier League, breaking the record set by the Chinese in Bayswater last season.

As for the Champions League, although they were eliminated in the semi-finals, the Chinese team from Bayswater still received 3800 million euros in broadcasting fees and bonuses.

From these two sources alone, Bayswater Chinese earned £9850 million.

In addition to the revenue from participating in the International Champions Cup in the United States last summer, there is also the income from winning the League Cup and FA Cup.

Adding all these together, Bayswater Chinese's revenue in this area this season has exceeded 1 million pounds, reaching 1.15 million pounds.

Among the three major areas, commercial revenue also achieved rapid growth.

Although the two major contracts with Prudential, the jersey sponsorship contract with Puma, and the sponsorship contracts with brands such as Mercedes-Benz and Budweiser will not officially take effect until next season, the club has also signed a number of new commercial sponsorships.

For example, South Korea's Hantai Tire became the global tire partner of Bayswater Chinese, and the sponsorship fee was increased from the original 200 million pounds to 500 million pounds.

South Korea's KT Telecom and Japan's NTT Telecom have also upgraded their contracts with the Chinese in Bayswater, paying £300 million each per year.

Originally, their sponsorship fee was only £100 million.

These three contracts alone have increased Bayswater Chinese revenue by £700 million per year.

In addition, Bayswater Chinese holds half of the players' image rights.

Over the past period of time, the team has been promoting the commercial value of players, especially stars such as Gareth Bale, Walcott, Lewandowski, Aaron Ramsey, Modric and others.

They have signed a number of sponsorship contracts one after another.

The Chinese in Bayswater also make a lot of money in this area.

Finally, Adam Crozier said that the team's commercial revenue increased from 8300 million pounds to 1.05 million pounds in the past season.

In other words, so far this season, Bayswater Chinese have achieved over 100 million pounds in all three major revenue segments, which is unique among all Premier League teams.

Even in the European arena, I'm afraid it's the only one!
The total revenue this season will reach 3.85 million pounds, a new high in the club's history.

Compared with last season, it once again achieved a double-digit growth of 10%.

When Adam Crozier announced this achievement with pride, everyone in the conference room felt extremely excited.

3.85 million pounds, according to the current exchange rate between the pound and the Champions League, will definitely exceed 4.8 million euros.

"How much is Real Madrid's revenue this season?"

While everyone was shocked, Yang Cheng was more concerned about his competitors.

From the current perspective, Barcelona will never be able to catch up with the Chinese in Bayswater.

Even if they reach the Champions League final.

"According to the information I received, their estimate is also around 4.8 million euros, which should be not far from us," Adam Crozier replied with a smile.

Yang Cheng smiled and nodded.

"Looking at the three major revenue streams, we are definitely far ahead of Real Madrid in terms of match day revenue."

"Their initial estimate is still about the same as last year, €1.65m, but ours is £1.65m."

"In terms of broadcasting rights, we are about the same as Real Madrid, but in terms of commercial revenue, we are still far behind Real Madrid."

As a result, the overall income of the Chinese in Bayswater is now on par with that of Real Madrid.

But this is only temporary.

By next season, with the upgrade of a series of sponsorships such as Prudential, Puma, Audi, Budweiser and China Umbro, the overall income of Bayswater Chinese will reach a new height.

It can be calculated that with these five contracts, the income of Bayswater Chinese will surge by 5 million pounds.

By then, the Bayswater Chinese will surpass Real Madrid in all aspects!

So, before this, many media were only concerned about whether Real Madrid could maintain its position as the revenue leader in European football this season?

Next season?

It can’t be saved anyway!
……

Although the team's revenue continues to grow rapidly this season and even has the opportunity to surpass Real Madrid, Bayswater Chinese still adopts a cautious management strategy.

Especially in terms of players' salaries.

At least I don't plan to move this year.

The maximum salary is still controlled at 12 pounds.

At the subsequent core high-level meeting, Yang Cheng mentioned that he did not intend to make any moves in the transfer market this summer.

The main reason is that he is satisfied with the current team's lineup.

Moreover, there are basically no problems in the team's locker room at present, and the players are relatively satisfied with their situation in the team.

The only one who is a bit of a headache is Rakitic.

After Toni Kroos joined, he had a great influence on Rakitic.

The Croatian midfielder had always been the team's starting main player, but after Toni Kroos joined, although he now has a lot of playing time, his importance has obviously declined.

Moreover, no matter from which perspective, Yang Cheng obviously attaches more importance to Toni Kroos.

This made Rakitic feel somewhat uncomfortable, and he took the initiative to report it to Yang Cheng several times.

As for Rakitic, Yang Cheng still focused on comforting him, and the player did not cause any trouble.

But the combination of Toni Kroos and Modric is what Yang Cheng attaches great importance to.

It can be said that he will be the core midfielder of Bayswater Chinese for the next ten years or even longer.

On this point, Yang Cheng is very clear.

When it comes to transfers, the Premier League has quite a few problems this season.

For example, Ferguson forced the palace, saying that he wanted to rebuild a younger and more competitive Manchester United.

The players they want to bring in include Phil Jones from Blackburn, Sneijder from Chelsea, Juan Mata from Valencia, Cavani from Napoli, Hulk from Porto...

At the same time, Manchester United also needs to sign a goalkeeper.

It is speculated that Ferguson will need to invest at least 1 million pounds to rebuild Manchester United.

But the question now is, can the Glazer family and Manchester United come up with so much money?
The Glazer family issued an additional £2010 million of bonds in January 1 to repay the debt they incurred when they acquired Manchester United that year.

Over the past seven years, the Glazer family has incurred a total of 7 million pounds in interest, fees and loan principal repayments when it acquired Manchester United, all of which were paid by Manchester United.

Please note that Manchester United pays in cash.

Not only did they not pay a penny themselves, they also received high salaries and various fees from Manchester United every year.

Now, Manchester United will pay a dividend of £4200 million on the bond.

This is real money expenditure.

Last season, Manchester United only finished fifth in the Premier League and missed the Champions League, resulting in a loss of at least 5 million pounds.

More than 30 million pounds of this is the Champions League broadcasting fees and prize money, and 20 million pounds is the match-day income from participating in the Champions League.

You know, the ticket prices for the Champions League have always been much higher than those for the Premier League.

As a result, Manchester United lost at least 100 million pounds.

And that doesn’t even include the losses from sponsors.

According to the current situation, Manchester United may not be able to come up with 1 million pounds for Ferguson to handle the transfer.

"From the information we have received, Manchester United must be hoping to help Ferguson recruit players, and they should still find a way to get the money. After all, transfers do not require a one-time investment at all."

Adam Crozier said with a smile.

"Manchester United must stop the loss and make up for the huge amount of money they lose every year by losing the Champions League."

"Are you sure you want to sign Sneijder?" Yang Cheng asked curiously.

"It should be. According to current news, Hiddink has decided to leave Chelsea and the Blues are selecting a coach. Sneijder's situation in Chelsea is still rather embarrassing." Adam Crozer said.

After joining Chelsea, the Dutch midfielder did not show convincing strength as expected by the outside world, and he felt somewhat uncomfortable with the local environment.

This is also related to Chelsea's overall tactical style.

The defensive midfielder is Mikel, and the central midfielders are Lampard and Essien.

If Lampard's position cannot be shaken, can Sneijder replace Essien?

Or choose to move back and replace Mikel?
If he can't do any of this, then isn't Sneijder's situation going to be awkward?

Of the two players that Hiddink insisted on signing, Eto'o played an important role, but Sneijder did not perform as expected.

Now that Hiddink is gone, it is hard to say who will be the next head coach.

But it has been revealed that Chelsea are considering signing Juan Mata from Valencia.

What’s more interesting is that Manchester United also has their eyes on Juan Mata.

That's how things are with transfers, so confusing.

Until it is finalized, no one knows what the outcome will be.

"In addition, according to the news we received from France, the Qatar Investment Authority has officially acquired 5000% of Paris Saint-Germain's shares for 70 million euros."

"About 2000 million euros will be used to repay the club's previous debts. The Qatari consortium has promised to introduce world-class players to Paris Saint-Germain."

Yang Cheng was not surprised when he heard this.

He had anticipated this outcome.

It is highly likely that the Qatari consortium will enter Ligue 1.

On the contrary, everyone outside was shocked.

Because in the past six months or so, the Qatari consortium has been linked with the Premier League.

Especially with Manchester United.

The offer was even as high as £20 billion.

This also caused Manchester United fans to hate the Glazer family even more, believing that their asking price was too high and outrageous, which scared away investors from the Middle East.

Otherwise, if Manchester United was acquired by the Qatari consortium, wouldn’t all the debt and transfer funding problems be solved?
The Qatari consortium entered Ligue 1, and a group of Middle Eastern capital led by Al Jazeera also began to enter French football.

This is undoubtedly also increasing the popularity of Ligue 1.

"Now it seems that our decision to acquire Nice last summer was a real win!"

Adam Crozer's eyes were full of admiration when he looked at Yang Cheng.

Putting aside the competitive performance and the series of operations after the acquisition of Nice, the entry of the Middle Eastern consortium into Ligue 1 will have a significant impact on the valuation of the entire Ligue 1.

What's more, Nice, coached by Ronald Koeman, has achieved truly impressive results in the past season.

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As the Premier League comes to an end, fans around the world are turning their attention to the Champions League final on May 5.

The match was held at Wembley Stadium in London.

Yang Cheng was also invited to attend the final.

Before the game, Wenger took the lead in launching a war of words against Barcelona.

The Gunners coach proudly stated in the pre-match press conference that he had found Barcelona's weakness.

But Wenger did not reveal what it was specifically.

When the game really started, Wenger's lineup made everyone's eyes light up.

The Gunners coach reversed his defensive approach against Bayswater Chinese in the semi-final and adopted a more proactive tactic.

Goalkeeper: Lloris;

Defense: Clichy, Zielinski, Koscielny and Eboue;

Midfield: Alexander Song drops back, Fabregas and Wilshere in the middle;
Forwards: Arshavin, Van Persie and Nasri.

The extremely conservative three defensive midfielders disappeared, and a more offensive 433 formation was adopted instead.

This surprised everyone.

Barcelona, ​​as always, adopted a 433 formation. Goalkeeper: Valdés;
Defense: Abidal, Puyol, Pique and Daniel Alves;
Midfield: Busquets goes deep, Iniesta and Xavi are in the middle;
Forwards: Villa, Messi and Pedro.

When Yang Cheng was sitting in the stands and saw the starting lineups of the two teams, Wenger's words before the game suddenly came to his mind and he couldn't help but laugh.

"Do you think there is any problem with this starting lineup?" Ferguson, who was sitting next to him, asked curiously.

Ferguson has always been convinced of Yang Cheng's vision.

"There is no problem, I just guessed what Wenger was thinking."

"Defense line." Ferguson also saw it.

Yang Cheng nodded and said, "Barcelona's defense looks full of talent, but in fact it is very weak. Abidal and Puyol have been out for most of the season and now have to start."

"Barcelona is now a typical top-heavy team. Their frontcourt attack is very sharp, but their back line is very bad. However, they can still rely on the midfielders to run and cover at all costs to cover up the weakness of their back line."

"That's right," Ferguson praised. "So, if we can withstand the pressure from Barcelona's midfield and frontcourt and turn the game into a war of attrition, they will definitely be finished in the second half, or maybe they won't even have to wait until the second half."

When Ferguson thought of this, he suddenly understood why he lost the semi-finals.

"I'm still too conservative!" The Manchester United godfather wanted to slap himself in the face.

What Arsenal is doing now, Manchester United can actually do as well.

It was just that his tactics at the time were not radical enough.

In the semi-finals, the reason why Manchester United lost to Barcelona at home was that they were wary of their midfield and frontcourt.

Although the Red Devils did not adopt a strict defensive tactic, they also gave Barcelona a lot of space to pass and control the ball.

When facing Barcelona, ​​the more conservatively you play, the faster you will die.

On the contrary, Wenger is now clearly determined to fight to the death with Barcelona.

Of course, everything has advantages and disadvantages.

It is still unknown whether Wenger can hold on if he fights hard from the start.

as predicted.

After the game started, Wenger did not choose to retreat, but pressed forward and pressed Barcelona throughout the court.

Wenger's team has the momentum to go head to head with the championship.

But their momentum only lasted 15 minutes.

Villa made a straight pass, Messi broke into the left side of the penalty area and scored with a single shot.

This made Wenger, who was sitting in the coaching booth, extremely angry. He rushed out of the booth and shouted at his players.

Fortunately, the Gunners quickly regained their footing.

Especially in the midfield and backcourt.

Alexander Song and Koscielny were exceptional.

The former spared no effort in pressing and intercepting in the midfield, providing protection for the back line.

Koscielny frequently performed well when defending Messi, Villa and Pedro.

This resulted in Barcelona repeatedly creating great opportunities but always falling short of the finishing touch.

In the 38th minute, Barcelona had another goal disallowed.

Messi is offside.

Throughout the first half, both sides had a similar number of shots, but Barcelona's possession rate reached 7%.

At the beginning of the second half, Arsenal continued to increase the intensity on Barcelona.

A very obvious signal is that the Gunners are more confident in their defense, so they push the defense line further forward.

This is very radical.

But the effect is also very good.

From the 55th minute, after withstanding Barcelona's attack at the beginning of the second half, the Gunners gradually took control of the initiative.

Especially after Koscielny blocked Pedro's one-on-one shot, it greatly boosted the Gunners' morale.

It's just that on the offensive end, Arsenal has been slow to create great opportunities.

Van Persie wasn't very effective tonight.

Guardiola obviously saw the clues and smelled the dangerous signal.

So, in the 65th minute, he took the lead in making adjustments.

Seydou Keita replaces Villa.

Iniesta moved to the left winger position, while Seydou Keita and Xavi formed the midfield.

This is clearly a signal to strengthen the team's defense.

But Wenger remained unmoved.

It wasn't until the 70th minute that Wenger made his first substitution.

Benzema replaces Alexander Song.

This looks like it's because Alexander Song's physical energy is greatly consumed and the team wants to strengthen the offense.

"This was obviously agreed upon before the game, which is why Alexander Song ran so hard in the previous 70 minutes." Ferguson saw through Wenger's intention at a glance.

Yang Cheng also agreed very much.

He has done this kind of thing himself.

Just three minutes after the substitution, Clichy made a diagonal cross from the left, accurately sending the ball to the front of the penalty area.

Benzema used his body to hold Puyol, fought for the ball, and successfully turned around and made a straight pass.

Van Persie ran straight behind Pique, received the ball and had a one-on-one opportunity, then easily shot into the goal.

1 is better than 1!

draw!

There was a sudden cheer from Arsenal fans in the stadium.

At the same time, Yang Cheng and Ferguson looked at each other and laughed.

The overall situation is decided!

In the next game, Arsenal began to exert their strength, completely took control of the initiative of the game, and began to suppress Barcelona in turn.

Although there are only Fabregas and Wilshere in the midfield, it is enough.

When the attacking players in the front court put enough pressure on Barcelona, ​​there was no need for so many people in the midfield and backcourt.

This is Barcelona's team building strategy.

And now, Arsenal is using this strategy to deal with Barcelona.

During the continuous attack, after receiving the pass from Fabregas, Nasri still made a wonderful assist in a one-on-three situation, allowing Arshavin to score with a left-footed shot from the left side of the penalty area.

2 is better than 1!

This Barcelona fan always performs well every time he meets Barcelona.

Even before the end of the game, Arsenal continued to try to attack and threaten Barcelona's goal.

This made the La Liga champions look very embarrassed.

When the Hungarian referee Kassai blew the whistle to end the game, all the Gunners rushed into the stadium frantically and celebrated wildly.

2 is better than 1!

This score is really interesting!

"Barcelona is going to sign a central defender!" Yang Cheng laughed.

With Barcelona's current defensive lineup, if they don't introduce a central defender, they will definitely not be able to suppress Real Madrid in the new season.

If Barcelona are unlucky enough to meet the Chinese from Bayswater in the Champions League, Yang Cheng will definitely make them experience a more terrifying and desperate feeling than tonight's match against Arsenal.

"Puyol is already 33 years old and Abidal will soon be 32 years old."

"Especially Puyol, his condition and strength have declined rapidly," Ferguson sighed.

Players like Puyol have very obvious shortcomings.

He is only 1 meters tall.

It’s not that there aren’t short central defenders, and they aren’t necessarily bad. The key lies in the construction of the entire defensive system.

For example, in the 2006 World Cup for Italy, Cannavaro was also short and not young anymore, but he still won the World Footballer of the Year award.

The problem is that Barcelona's entire tactics are now top-heavy, focusing on offense while neglecting the defense.

Not to mention anything else, every time we take the ball to attack, the two full-backs are in that position.

This means that Barcelona's defenders always have to bear more pressure.

Moreover, the current Barcelona is different from when it met the Chinese in Bayswater in 09.

There was a difference of 2 years, and many players aged 2 years and could no longer run.

"Then you have to be careful." Ferguson said with a smile.

"why?"

"All of Europe knows that the central defender Guardiola wants most is in your team."

Ferguson was talking about Thiago Silva.

Guardiola has said more than once that his favorite central defender is his brother's wife.

"Besides, Thiago Silva, Pepe and Kompany, three good central defenders are all in your team. If not you, who else should we recruit?"

Ferguson's reason is quite sufficient.

Yang Cheng chuckled, tilted his head and moved closer to Ferguson. "Our revenue last season reached 3.85 million pounds, 4.8 million euros. Do you think Barcelona can poach us?"

When Ferguson heard this, his eyes suddenly widened. He turned his head in disbelief and looked at Yang Cheng. He was speechless for a long time.

These are a bunch of money-making monsters!
Could it be that they are really going to surpass Real Madrid and become the club with the highest revenue in world football?
Yang Cheng was very proud of the results he had achieved.

"Then why are you still so stingy to the players?" After a long time, Ferguson could only find comfort from another perspective.

So what if the revenue is high?

I'm almost peeling off my skin by scratching it!
Unlike us at Manchester United, who are so generous to our players.
All the players who join us Manchester United will get promoted and get a raise, marry beautiful and rich women, and reach the peak of their lives!

Yang Cheng spread his hands and said, "There is no other way. We still have a funding gap of more than 2 million pounds for our new stadium. We must be frugal. Once we build the new stadium and pay off the debt, I will definitely be more generous than you, Manchester United!"

This sentence immediately left Ferguson speechless.

The new stadium for the Chinese in Bayswater is the dream of many football fans!

Ferguson went for a walk around Queen's Road today and found that the exterior facade was almost completed.

It’s so dreamy!
It looks extremely dazzling from a distance, and it is even more magnificent when you get closer.

And that area...

……

Arsenal won the Champions League without any hesitation!

The 2-1 victory over Barcelona won Wenger and the Gunners a round of applause!

After Wenger took over as coach of Arsenal, he dreamed of winning this championship, but he was never able to do so.

But he never imagined that after he abandoned his ideals and let go of all his psychological burdens, he would actually win the coveted championship.

This made him feel extremely sad and emotional at the same time.

Especially after the game, when I saw Yang Cheng and Ferguson.

Yang Cheng also went to meet with Guardiola specially.

Although the relationship between the two teams on the court is very bad, their relationship off the court has always been good.

Yang Cheng also has a good relationship with Guardiola and said a few words of comfort.

You know what, Ferguson actually guessed it right.

Guardiola tentatively asked Yang Cheng whether Barcelona had a chance to sign Thiago Silva.

Is this a joke?
Of course Yang Cheng denied it.

Thiago Silva, Pepe and Kompany are all players who play an important role in his plans.

Besides, the Chinese in Bayswater are not so short of money now.

In this case, of course, the priority is to ensure the team's competitiveness.

But Yang Cheng gradually figured it out.

The shortage of central defenders in European football is here again.

Among several strong teams in the Premier League, apart from Bayswater Chinese, Arsenal and Manchester City, Manchester United barely has no shortage of central defenders, but metabolism is on the agenda.

Although Liverpool does not have a truly top central defender, its defense is very strong.

Chelsea is in great need of central defenders right now.

Real Madrid also lacks a central defender.

Barcelona is now more in need of central defenders.

Bayern in the Bundesliga, Juventus and Inter Milan in Serie A, these teams all lack central defenders.

Not to mention, there is also an ambitious Paris Saint-Germain in Ligue 1.

After the Champions League, when the whole world was praising Wenger, the Catalan media began to give advice to Barcelona, ​​especially on the team's signings.

Among the top 10 summer transfer targets, there are La Liga forwards like Diego Forlan, Guiza and Rossi, as well as midfielders like Fabregas and Pastore.

But out of the 10 people, 4 are central defenders.

This is enough to show how much Barcelona wants a central defender.

Fortunately, the Catalan media revealed that Barcelona's interest in Thiago Silva has been clearly rejected, so none of the three central defenders from the Bayswater Chinese were included in the list.

The first person on the list is Shakhtar Donetsk's young central defender Rakitsky, who Yang Cheng had played against.

The 22-year-old Ukrainian central defender is not tall, only 1 meters, but has strong passing ability and is good at free kicks. He can also play the position of defensive midfielder.

The second target of recruitment is Paris Saint-Germain's young captain Mamadou Sakho.

The third transfer target came from Cruyff's recommendation, Ajax's Vertonghen.

It is said that Cruyff repeatedly recommended the Belgian central defender to Barcelona in the past.

But what really surprised Yang Cheng was the fourth target, Benatia from Nice in Ligue 1.

There is only one reason why this French Ligue 1 center back came into Guardiola's sight.

In last season's French Ligue 85.2, his pass success rate was as high as %, the highest among the four central defenders.

When Yang Cheng saw this news, his first reaction was surprise.

Then he called Emmanuel Perrin in Nice, France, to inquire about the details.

The answer he got surprised him even more.

It turns out that Barcelona is not the only team that is interested in Benatia.

……

When the Champions League final is over, there is only one round left in Ligue 1.

In mid-May, in the French Cup final that just ended, Nice defeated Paris Saint-Germain 5-1 and won the French Cup championship.

On May 5, the day after the Champions League final, Nice defeated Lorient 29-2 at home.

With a 2-point lead, they defeated Lille of Ligue 10 and successfully won the Ligue 11 championship in the / season.

Yang Cheng, Xia Qing, Adam Crozier and others all appeared in Nice and watched Nice defeat its opponents and win the championship.

In another match that was taking place at the same time in this round, Paris Saint-Germain, which had just been acquired by the Qatari consortium, drew 2-2 with Lille at home.

This finally determined the winner between the two teams that originally had the same points.

In fact, if the two teams still have the same points, Nice can still win the championship with the advantage of goal difference.

This instantly made the entire city of Nice boil over.

They haven't felt the glory of the French Ligue 1 championship for more than half a century.

This got the whole city, and even all the residents of the surrounding towns, excited about Nice.

The next day, French media reported the incident.

There was no shortage of gratitude and praise for the Chinese consortium.

At the same time, there is also admiration for the Chinese in Bayswater.

At least officially, the two clubs are merely strategic partners.

But without the support of the Chinese in Bayswater, without the joining of Matuidi and Kante, without numerous signings, and without Ronald Koeman, what would Nice use to challenge for the league title?

Matuidi was elected the best player of Ligue 10 in the 11/ season due to his outstanding performance this season.

While the entire Nice was still celebrating its victory, Yang Cheng and others held a closed-door meeting with Nice CEO Martin Harrison and football director Emmanuel Perrin.

It turns out that teams such as Chelsea, Bayern, Barcelona, ​​Paris Saint-Germain and Juventus have all set their sights on Benatia early on.

This is actually quite normal.

As soon as players from the French Ligue 1 perform well, they will immediately be targeted by teams from other leagues.

Not to mention these giants, even teams like Sevilla are still poaching players from Ligue 1, right?
"So far, three teams have contacted us and expressed clear interest: Barcelona, ​​Paris Saint-Germain and Chelsea."

Emmanuel Perin talks about the team's current situation.

"Not only that, in order to comply with UEFA's upcoming youth training regulations, Paris Saint-Germain has already started its plan to poach players from Ligue 1."

"In addition to Benatia, Matuidi, Clerc, Anthony Munir and goalkeeper Ospina are all on their recruitment list."

"In addition, Pastore, Thiago Motta, Cavani and other popular players in the transfer market are all in Paris Saint-Germain's plan. They are really rich now and want to build a super battleship!"

When talking about this, Emmanuel Perrin was a little excited.

From a competitive perspective, the emergence of such a behemoth is of course a tragedy.

But from a business perspective, this is actually a good thing.

It is actually quite normal for Paris Saint-Germain to target Nice.

Because they themselves also need local players to enrich the lineup.

What's more, Matuidi and Clerc are both international players of the French national team, and Anthony Meunier was once an international player of the French U21. These players are all famous in France.

In addition, although these are national team players, in fact, the transfer fee is really not high.

Like Clark, an international player, right?
The current valuation on the German transfer market is only 850 million euros, and he is already 28 years old.

Anthony Munir is younger, only 23 years old, but his estimated value is only 800 million euros.

The 22-year-old Ospina's transfer value is estimated at 900 million euros.

Benatia is only worth 1000 million euros.

The player with the highest value is Matuidi.

Why?

Because when he joined from Bayswater Chinese last year, the transfer fee announced was 2000 million euros.

As soon as he arrived, he won the Ligue 1 best player award.

As captain, he helped Nice win the French Ligue 1 and French Cup double titles.

This is the current situation of Ligue 1 players!

When Nice is faced with poaching attempts from wealthy clubs like Paris Saint-Germain and many other top clubs like Chelsea, it only has two options.

Or they can force these players to stay and play for another season, wait until after the Champions League next year, try to increase their value a little bit, and then sell them.

Or you can take advantage of now to negotiate more transfer fees with the other party and sell him in the summer transfer market.

The risk of the former is that the players may not accept the club's arrangements.

Also, playing in the Champions League does not necessarily increase the valuation.

On the other hand, it is entirely possible that its true colors will be revealed, and its value will plummet to the point where no one will be interested in it.

Yang Cheng is not worried at all about players like Benatia, Matuidi and others.

But players like Munir and Klek, who performed well in the team's overall tactics in the past season, can they continue to perform well in the new season of the Champions League?
Emmanuel Palin and Martin Harrison said much the same thing.

Core players like Matuidi and Benatia will definitely hold on tightly and not let go.

Other players can be sold if they can be sold.

But the thing is, it's like Clark.

Even if you say he is bad, at least he is at the level of a national team player.

If we sell him, where can we find a replacement given the scarcity of right-backs nowadays?

(End of this chapter)