Wang Chu didn't know.
Li Shiguang knew it all perfectly well.
Speaking solely of talent, Wang Chu is truly the most talented midfielder in China for the next decade.
But if I don't intervene...
Two years later, Wang Chu, with his thigh injury not yet fully healed, returned to China to participate in a competition that Li Shiguang considered insignificant. As a result, he was maliciously fouled by his compatriot, resulting in a tear of the lateral collateral ligament in his right foot.
Keep in mind that he was only 18 years old at the time. This injury ruined his future in Metz. By the time Wang Chu returned from his recovery, there was no longer a place for him in the Metz team. According to the original plan, Wang Chu would be promoted to the first team immediately, but after this serious injury, Metz gradually lost patience and, naturally, did not renew Wang Chu's contract.
Li Shiguang knew that in Europe, a place teeming with young geniuses, there wouldn't be many opportunities waiting for Wang Chu. If he couldn't make it, someone else would naturally take his place.
Furthermore, as the club's owner, Li Shiguang also understands Metz's approach.
Therefore, he had to make this point clear before signing the contract with Wang Chu.
Li Shiguang wanted Wang Chu to understand clearly that although he was no longer bound by the contract with the Jincheng Football Association, he mustn't let them call him and try to appeal to his emotions, causing the kid to impulsively come to him and say he wanted to go back to China to play those inexplicable matches!
"Wang, the contract is fine, and Mr. Li is very sincere about the salary." Seeing that Li Shiguang and Wang Chu had temporarily ended their conversation, Raiola, who had already finished reading the contract, seized the opportunity to speak with Wang Chu while also praising Li Shiguang.
Other agents will do everything they can to negotiate higher salaries for their players, because the higher the player's salary, the higher the commission the agent can get.
But when it came to Raiola, he actually said in front of the players that the salary offered to him by the boss, Li Shiguang, was very generous.
Wang Chu was young and didn't notice this problem at all.
After receiving the contract from Raiola, Xiao Wangchu glanced at it briefly, nodded, placed it on the coffee table, picked up the pen in front of him, and prepared to sign his name.
"Won't you take another look?" Li Shiguang asked with interest, watching Wang Chu prepare to sign.
"I'm not looking anymore, boss." Wang Chu replied without looking up, writing as he went. "Chinese people don't lie to Chinese people. That's what you told me when I first met you at Xijiang University."
"Hahahaha, you little rascal..." Li Shiguang took the contract from Wang Chu with a smile in his eyes and extended his right hand. "Well then, welcome to Leeds United, little Wang Chu!"
Wang Chu stood up excitedly, wiped his hands on his clothes, and grasped Li Shiguang's hand: "Thank you, boss!"
After shaking hands firmly with Wang Chu, Li Shiguang stood up and prepared to walk towards his desk: "Alright, you can go back now. Remember not to go to the wrong training ground tomorrow morning!"
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November 8th.
Elland Road Stadium.
Leeds United will face Ukrainian powerhouse Dynamo Kyiv in their second Champions League group stage match.
This match is quite important for both teams.
Leeds United's goal is to qualify early.
Dynamo Kyiv, having lost all three of their previous matches, are aiming for their first win in the Champions League this season, and also to keep their virtually zero hopes of advancing alive.
Li Shiguang, who had defeated him 2-4 in the previous match at home in Kyiv.
Even though Dynamo Kyiv's interim coach Oleg Luzhni wanted another victory, he still deployed a 4-5-1 defensive formation at Elland Road.
Li Shiguang used the same 4-2-3-1 formation as he did in the previous match against Chelsea.
Before the game, in the locker room, Li Shiguang gave a brief speech, which was so simple that it consisted of only one sentence.
"Today, I'm not just going to win this game, I'm going to win by a large margin! So once the game starts, every one of you needs to get moving. I want you to destroy the opponent's confidence in the first half!"
After the match started, the Leeds United players did as instructed.
Their frenzied attack shattered Luzhni's illusions.
From the moment the referee blew the opening whistle, Dynamo Kyiv barely passed the ball into Leeds United's half, let alone had a chance to shoot. Their striker Milevskiy stood alone in the attacking third. If it weren't for the physical prowess of professional players, the young center forward might even have wondered if he would catch a cold in the cold wind of Leeds!
For the first half hour, the game was one-sided.
In the 31st minute, Leeds United's relentless attack began to pay off.
Bale's breakthrough on the wing was thwarted by the opponent and went out of bounds, giving Leeds United a corner kick.
Modric then took a corner kick that went straight to the far post of Dynamo Kyiv's penalty area. Hummels, who was already lurking there, overpowered Vashchuk, who was marking him, and jumped high before slamming his forehead into the ball.
Goalkeeper Shovkovskiy couldn't react in time and could only watch helplessly as the ball slid past him and into the net behind him! 1-0!
After conceding the goal.
Dynamo Kyiv began to attempt a counterattack.
However, Leeds United will not give them that opportunity.
Six minutes later.
Kaka received a through pass from Ribery on the right wing, surged into the penalty area, drew the attention of two defenders, and then crossed the ball in front of the goal.
Torres, who had already run to the penalty spot, arrived in time and slid in to shoot, sending the ball into the goal guarded by Shovkovskiy once again! 2-0!
After a 15-minute halftime break, the two sides switched sides and resumed play.
With the cheers of more than 50,000 fans in the stadium, Leeds United launched an even stronger attack in the second half.
In the 73rd minute, Kaká's breakthrough drew a foul from the opponent, and Leeds United were awarded a free kick in the attacking third.
It's Modric again.
It's Hummels again.
The ball was also passed towards the far post of the goal.
Although Fedorov was replaced by another center-back to mark Hummels this time, he, like Vashchuk, was unable to stop the leaping Hummels. The German center-back scored his second goal of the match with his head! Leeds United have essentially secured the victory.
But this is not the end.
In the 87th minute, Ribery made a solo run down the right flank and crossed the ball, but it was a bit too far back, forcing Torres, who jumped to head the ball, to head it back to the edge of the penalty area.
Fortunately, Kaka, who had been lurking nearby, saw everything.
He was in position just as the football landed.
A powerful shot!
It pierced through Shovkovsky's ten fingers once again!
4:0!
Leeds United secured a resounding victory at Elland Road, becoming the first team to advance to the round of 16 in the 2007-2008 Champions League!
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