Tuesday.

Leeds United fans' hopes have been shattered.

That morning, Bates held a high-profile press conference with Howard and Blackwell to announce their signing.

After seeing the news in the media, Leeds United fans were in despair and flooded the official website to criticize Lee Shih-shih's decision to make the deal.

Li Shiguang, who had just left the Trafford training center, was not in a hurry after receiving a call from Allen. Instead, he smiled and told him to tell the fans not to worry, as he would bring the new goalkeeper back to Leeds United in a couple of days!

After deciding to take over as manager of Leeds United, Li Shiguang left Allen at the club while he and other staff members left Leeds in several separate groups.

The €15 million transfer fee for Bates has been deposited into Leeds United's account.

There is no winter break in the Championship, so he must build up the team's new squad before Sunday's match.

Just now, Li Shiguang has finalized a personal contract with Kasper Schmeichel, who just turned 18.

According to the normal timeline, Kasper Schmeichel would have joined Leeds United, who were then playing in the Championship, in 2010.

After a brief season with Leeds United, he will join Leicester City, where the late bloomer Kasper Schmeichel won his first top-flight title.

Currently, Schmeichel is still a relatively unknown player who can't even get playing time at Manchester City.

In fact, Li Shiguang did not initially select him from among the many scouting reports.

As can be seen from the panel, at this point in time, Schmeichel's overall rating is only D. Without other peak goalkeeper template experience cards, his overall ability is still too low. And according to the information I know, it will be a full ten years before Schmeichel reaches his peak.

However, after understanding the skill of a master coach, Li Shiguang decisively made an offer.

Besides filling Li Shiguang's mind with tactics and techniques, this skill also has a powerful function: through training, it can greatly shorten the time it takes for players to reach their peak.

It's worth noting that Kasper Schmeichel's talent level is A+, yet his current market value is only 500,000 euros.

After buying him, I can train him for a year or two, then sell him for an astronomical price!

I thought about my dream of running a shady business.

Yesterday, Li Shiguang decisively sent an email to Manchester City to inquire about signing Kasper Schmeichel.

Manchester City were quick to agree, with Leeds United's €800,000 offer exceeding Kasper Schmeichel's current market value. After agreeing on personal terms, Schmeichel will depart for Leeds tomorrow.

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Upon returning to Leeds, Li Shiguang immediately held a press conference.

After all, he still needs to give the media and fans an explanation beforehand regarding his appointment as Leeds United manager, succeeding Blackwell.

afternoon.

Li Shiguang was sitting on the stage answering reporters' questions.

At this moment, a reporter asked the question that most people in the room wanted to ask in an incredulous tone: "Mr. Li, if I heard correctly, you just said that Timothy transferred to West Bromwich Albion for 15 million euros?"

At the start of the press conference, when Li Shiguang announced Howard's transfer fee of 15 million euros, a collective gasp rippled through the audience.

Looking at the surprised expressions below the stage, Li Shiguang said with a slightly disappointed tone, "Yes, in fact, I had already rejected West Brom's offer for Timothy once before. As everyone knows, I emphasized before that Timothy is not for sale. But unfortunately, West Brom's second offer directly triggered Timothy's release clause. After communicating with Timothy, he himself expressed his desire to return to the Premier League. Since that's the case, I can only respect his decision in the end."

After a short pause, Li Shiguang continued, "In addition, after receiving the transfer fee from West Bromwich Albion, we immediately began our recruitment efforts. As of today, all of our offers have been accepted. In the next couple of days, Leeds United's new signings will arrive one after another. I believe that Leeds United's competitiveness in the second half of the season will not decrease!"

Upon hearing Li Shiguang's words, the local media reporters in Leeds all showed expressions of understanding and satisfaction.

Now it seems that it wasn't Li Shiguang's problem at all!

After all, if a player's release clause is triggered, the club must release them if the player wants to leave!

They had previously thought that Li Shiguang sold Howard in order to ease the financial burden.

Now, Li Shiguang is using this income to strengthen the team again.

This made them very happy. Leeds United are doing very well now and have a great chance of returning to the Premier League this season.

As Leeds United fans, they naturally don't want the club's squad issues to lead to a decline in competitiveness.

After a moment of silence, a local reporter stood up and asked, "Manager, I noticed you only mentioned Leeds United's signings. Have you decided on the head coach? We have a game this Sunday."

Upon hearing this question, Li Shiguang first slowly took a sip of water, then picked up a nameplate that had been sitting on the table and put it around his neck.

Just as the reporters were craning their necks to see the words on the nameplate, he slowly stood up and began to say: "Let me formally introduce myself to everyone. I am Li Shiguang, and I will be serving as the head coach of Leeds United starting from the next match."

Everyone present was stunned upon hearing this.

The boss is also a coach? Are you kidding me?