Good news, veteran fan Li Shiguang has been reborn and reincarnated as a rich second-generation.
Bad news, his father, who was Leeds United's largest shareholder, passed away right before...
Reporters are frantically searching their minds for players who could justify the €98 million price tag.
After a brief silence, the stands at Elland Road erupted in an extremely loud cheer!
The fans also came to their senses.
Li Shiguang explained it very clearly.
The remaining two players are worth a combined 98 million euros!
Whoever they are.
But these Leeds United fans are now absolutely certain.
Li Shiguang did not disappoint them!
What's the point of selling Ibrahimovic?
So what if we dismantle half of the championship-winning roster?
How could this young manager, who just led Leeds United to a treble, possibly cash out and walk away as the outside world says?
Starting with his father.
The blood of Leeds United flows in the veins of the Lee family!
Amid cheers, doubts, speculations, and all sorts of other actions and emotions at the scene.
Li Shiguang walked up to the white jersey with the number 18 printed on it with a smile.
"I'm sure everyone's guessing who owns this jersey, right?"
"right-!!!"
The voices in the stadium reached a consensus at this moment.
After receiving a response.
Li Shiguang stopped keeping them in suspense and turned to the side, tearing off the black cloth covering the name on the jersey.
Then, smiling, he held the microphone to his mouth.
"Next, let's all scream and cheer to welcome Karim Benzema to Leeds United!!!"
As Li Shiguang finished speaking...
The image on the giant LED screen behind the stage changed, and Benzema, with a big smile on his face, walked out of the player tunnel and waved.
Regarding this striker from France.
Leeds United fans will certainly be familiar with this.
In last season's Champions League Round of 16, Leeds United thrashed Lyon 10-3 on aggregate.
He helped Lyon score two goals at that time.
This is the young striker who still looks a bit green.
Unlike fans.
The reporters below the stage know more about Benzema.
They know that Benzema is the rising star of Ligue 1 in the last two years. Since joining Lyon's first team in 2004, Benzema has helped Lyon achieve four consecutive Ligue 1 titles!
In the recently concluded 2007-2008 season.
Benzema not only became Lyon's top scorer, but also won both the Ligue 1 Golden Boot and Player of the Year awards with 20 goals.
Since the end of the league.
Real Madrid, Chelsea, and Juventus have all been linked with the French striker, but Lyon has consistently maintained that Benzema is not for sale and has not been in contact with any club!
You fucking didn't make any contact.
The person has already been sold, what's the point of making any further contact?
However, Leeds United did a good job of keeping it a secret. Until Li Shiguang removed the black cloth covering the name on the jersey, no one knew that Benzema was actually associated with Leeds United!
To be honest...
Although the fans at the stadium didn't think Benzema's price tag was too outrageous, they still gave him a very high rating.
From the moment Benzema appeared until his closing remarks, the cheers and applause from the fans never stopped.
The reporters below the stage, after a brief moment of surprise, had already recovered.
This is a key point of discussion among everyone now.
So, what exactly is Benzema's market value?
It can be predicted that although Benzema's performance last season was decent, Ligue 1 is still less competitive in Europe. Even as the Ligue 1 Golden Boot winner, his value will definitely not exceed 30 million euros.
So, according to this calculation...
The remaining new signing for Leeds United is valued at at least €68 million, a price that surpasses Zlatan Ibrahimovic's €65 million transfer to Real Madrid. This player will become the new record signing since the summer transfer window opened!
That.....
Who exactly is this person?
What is his net worth? Can it exceed 70 million euros...?
Until now.
Not a single reporter considered the title of the world's highest net worth.
After all, Zidane's transfer fee of 77.5 million euros was truly staggering at the time, and to this day, no player has been able to surpass it.
Or rather...
In the hearts of these journalists.
There hasn't been a player who has reached Zidane's level yet...
After Benzema finished speaking, the microphone was handed to Li Shiguang again.
Same as before.
Li Shiguang, still smiling, walked to the center of the stage. After waiting a second or two, he said, "Thank you for your enthusiasm... Please believe in us. Next season, with Karim and so many young players joining us, Leeds United will still stand at the top of Europe and do our best to win every championship we can!"
After exchanging pleasantries...
Li Shiguang turned his gaze to the audience below the stage: "And then... when Karim was speaking just now, I also noticed that the reporters below the stage were whispering among themselves. I think... perhaps the reporters were speculating how much Leeds United paid to bring Karim to Elland Road, right?"
The reporters remained silent, only nodding repeatedly.
Seeing this scene.
Li Shiguang's smile widened even more.
"I didn't intend to hide it from you. If anyone were to search Leeds United's official website now, I believe they would have already seen the update."
"20 million euros."
"I spent 20 million euros to bring Karim from Lyon to Leeds United!"
silence....
The once noisy Elland Road stadium fell silent as Li Shiguang finished speaking.
The stadium was quiet, with only the faint breathing of Li Shiguang coming from the speakers.
But five seconds later...
Cheers and screams loud enough to lift the roof off the stadium erupted!
The entire Elland Road stadium erupted in cheers!
Right now.
Whether it's fans or reporters.
They all realized a problem.
Leeds United have one more player yet to be announced, with a market value of a whopping €78 million!
This player will surpass Zidane's record and break the seven-year-old transfer fee record!
Who exactly is this person?!
His market value is higher than Kaká's, whose value rose to 70 million euros after winning consecutive Champions League titles!?
The key question is, why would Li Shiguang be willing to spend so much money to buy him?
A variety of questions filled the minds of fans and reporters.
Those who couldn't figure it out looked to the side with bewildered eyes, only to find that the other person next to them also had only bewilderment in their eyes...