Li Shiguang thoroughly enjoyed the authentic Chinese meal.

After the meal, he called up the system again to check the attributes of the remaining players. Sneijder was upgraded to S-level, Adebayor to A+ level, and Tevez to S-level.

However, the peak periods of these three players are only about 1-3 years, but Li Shiguang doesn't care, as long as he is at his peak during his time at Leeds United.

After resolving his worries, he still had an important thing to do.

That is to prepare for the next season in advance.

Barring any unforeseen circumstances, Leeds United will return to the Premier League next season.

The intensity of the Premier League is incomparable to that of the Championship.

At this time, the Premier League was a fragmented landscape with many strong contenders.

The influx of capital has made the Premier League extremely competitive, attracting a host of world-renowned managers and stars to play there in the coming years.

Based on their current personnel reserves, Li Shiguang doesn't believe they can achieve good results in the Premier League.

Starting next season, Leeds United will have an additional FA Cup competition in addition to the league, so their current squad depth is not enough.

Moreover, he plans to sell these players after the season ends.

Thinking about the FA Cup, Li Shiguang cursed Blackwell in his heart again, for having chosen to give up in the first round.

During the match, Howard, who was essentially playing with a Buffon experience card, was benched, and half of the youth team players were called up to play, ostensibly to train new players so that the starters could rest and focus on advancing to the Premier League.

Then they were thrashed 4-0 by Queens Park Rangers, a truly humiliating defeat.

Li Shiguang looked at the club's interface on the system. Before the winter transfer window, the club still had 6 million euros in cash flow. He then sold Howard to Bates for 15 million euros, spent 800,000 euros to bring in Schmeichel, and then spent 5.5 million euros to bring in Kompany.

With this single transaction, I made a profit of 8.7 million euros. Adding in the income and expenses of the past month, the system now shows that I have 15.38 million euros in liquid funds.

The four players he plans to sell have a combined release clause of around 110 million euros. If the selling price can be capped, Li Shiguang will have around 130 million euros in cash before the start of next season.

Aside from the €80 million debt, they will have around €50 million in start-up capital for next season.

Holy crap, I've never fought such a rich battle before!

Thinking of this, Li Shiguang picked up the thick stack of scouting reports on the table. He wanted to find those star players he remembered and see if they were still good value for money.

First, regarding the forward line, he once again set his sights on South America.

Soon, he found his target: Colombian Radameer Falcao.

This striker, who will be signed by Monaco for a record-breaking €60 million in Ligue 1, is only 19 years old now. He will officially sign a professional contract with River Plate this summer. Li Shiguang believes that he should be able to acquire this A+ level talent for less than €1.5 million.

Meanwhile, Li Shiguang plans to spend some money to bring in 24-year-old Bulgarian Dimitar Berbatov, who is gradually beginning to make a name for himself at Bayer Leverkusen.

After a few slumps in previous seasons, Berbatov's form gradually improved starting this season, and he reached the peak of his career after transferring to Manchester United in 2008.

However, compared to his later transfer to Manchester United for a price of 35 million euros, his current value at Bayer Leverkusen is only around 10 million euros.

This was a rare opportunity for Li Shiguang.

By acquiring Berbatov first, not only can the competitiveness of their lineup be guaranteed, but if they can unlock his talent card later, they can use up his peak period and then find an opportunity to resell him to Ferguson, at which point they can make a fortune again.

Then, Li Shiguang plans to replace Sneijder and Milner with Javier Mascherano and Yaya Touré, who are currently also in the riverbed.

Both of them have reached the S-level talent level in the system, and their prices are quite cheap.

Yaya Touré, currently playing for Metallurgical Donetsk, is valued at only €1.5 million. Mascherano is more expensive, but should be available for around €8 million.

As for the defense, Li Shiguang wants to bring in Gerard Piqué, who is currently at Manchester United. Piqué, who just turned 18, will officially sign a professional contract with Manchester United this year.

However, Li Shiguang is prepared to snatch him away, since he can at least provide him with a rotation position, or if he wants to play a 3-center-back system, he can also get a starting position. He believes that this condition is absolutely irresistible to the young Pique.

Li Shiguang's transfer budget for these five players is around 25 million euros.

Then he also needs to strengthen the team's bench, since next season will be a two-front campaign. He plans to spend around 10 million euros on signings and another 5 million euros on recruiting future stars to the youth academy to prepare for the Champions League.

This would leave him with around 10 million euros in liquid funds, enough to support Leeds United's expenses next season. After all, if Leeds United performs well enough, their off-field revenue will certainly be plentiful.

After sorting things out, Li Shiguang shut down the system and went to bed to rest.

There's still a lot of work to do after I start work tomorrow.

The first thing Li Shiguang did after arriving at the base the next day was to call Allen into his office.

"Allen, take this list to the scouts and let them contact the players and gauge their opinions." Li Shiguang took a leisurely sip of tea and handed the list he had compiled the night before to Allen, who was standing next to him.

Allen picked up the list and looked at it, then said with a hint of doubt, "Boss, we don't have much cash on hand right now, and our loan is about to expire. It might not be appropriate to plan to buy people now, would it?"

Upon hearing Allen's question, Li Shiguang smiled slightly and said confidently, "You don't need to worry about that. Just do as I tell you."

Hearing his boss say that, Allen didn't hesitate any longer and agreed immediately, picking up the list and heading towards the door.

I had only taken two steps when I heard my boss say again from behind: "Oh, by the way, keep an eye on your email these next few days. If you keep winning like this, we're probably going to get a lot more offers."