The next day, a large number of reporters once again blocked the club entrance, wanting to interview Li Shiguang.
After the summer transfer window opened, none of the clubs immediately announced any signings or sales of players. Only Leeds United defied expectations and sold two of their key players on the first day. Moreover, it seems that these two transfers were definitely agreed upon before the summer transfer window opened.
So the reporters all wanted to interview Li Shiguang to find out what this young Leeds United owner was thinking.
In addition to reporters, a large number of Leeds fans also gathered at the club's entrance.
They also couldn't understand it.
The team has just won the Championship title and returned to the Premier League. Now is the time to recruit new players and strive for the Champions League. At this critical juncture, Li Shiguang's first move was to sell the team's star striker and midfield maestro, which has led some fans to suspect that Li Shiguang is trying to cash out and run away.
But in the end, no one saw Li Shiguang. Allen came forward and made it clear that Li Shiguang had important business to attend to that day and had left Liz to go elsewhere.
This left the media and fans empty-handed.
However, around noon, some reporters who were camped out on Leeds United's official website discovered that the website had been updated again, and all of them were about player sales and acquisitions.
Caldewell transfers to Newcastle United for €5 million.
McLean transfers to West Ham United for €4 million.
McNair transfers to Blackburn for €3 million.
Welcome Edin Dzeko to Leeds United
Welcome Jamie Vardy to Leeds United
Welcome Frank Ribery to Leeds United
These news items caused a media frenzy, giving them plenty of material for tomorrow's news: Leeds United are indeed selling off their key players!
This is undoubtedly adding fuel to the fire for fans who already didn't understand Li Shiguang's actions. After seeing these messages, some fans have already flooded the official website to hurl insults.
"Who is Vardy? He's someone who can't even play in the third division, and you're buying him to play in the Premier League?"
"I just checked this Bosnian player; he only scored one goal in the Bosnian league last season! Li Shiguang bought him to replace Adebayor, who cost 29 million euros? What makes him worthy of this?"
"No, am I seeing things? Is Leeds United a scavenger? What kind of signings are these?"
"They sold the strikers, then the midfielders, then the defenders, and might as well sell the whole club! They've really lost all sense of shame!"
Li Shiguang, who is currently at the center of the storm, has no time to pay attention to these comments. He still needs to put on a big show with Ferguson so that Bates can focus on raising money.
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Just as Li Shiguang was being attacked by public opinion from all sides.
Bates, who is in West Bromwich, sat in the bank's VIP room early this morning.
The transfer window has opened, and most of the players he had planned to sell have found new homes. He is now negotiating with clubs that want to sign them.
After the last meeting, since the shareholders were unwilling to increase their investment to bring in Tevez, Bates had no choice but to use his shares in West Bromwich Albion as collateral for a short-term loan. Although the interest rate was higher, if he could acquire Tevez and then sell it at a higher price, he might be able to make a profit after paying off the loan.
After all, since Abramovich took over Chelsea, the Premier League clubs have been increasing their spending on transfers year after year.
Yesterday, I saw in the news that although Manchester United had made an offer, there had been no substantial progress. This made Bates secretly happy. It seemed that the email he sent to Li Shiguang last time had worked.
The previous transfer of Howard had already established Li Shiguang's image as an extremely greedy person in Bates' eyes.
But Bates was also worried that because he hadn't raised enough money, he wouldn't take any action, so Li Shiguang sold Tevez.
So I contacted the bank early this morning, hoping to finalize the loan as soon as possible.
In Li Shiguang's previous reply, Bates mentioned that several top clubs were vying for Tevez's signature, and that West Bromwich Albion's appeal to the player was incomparable to that of these clubs.
Therefore, he needs to raise the money as soon as possible. If there are too many competitors for Tevez in the end, he can simply trigger the breach of contract penalty and take him away!
Things went smoothly, as he was a major client of the bank, and Bates quickly negotiated the loan amount and interest.
Around noon, he breathed a sigh of relief as he walked out of the bank. Now all he needed to do was sell the players he wanted to offload as quickly as possible, and he would have enough money!
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Just as Bates walked out of the bank, Li Shiguang, who was in Manchester, was having lunch with Ferguson at his home.
After making an appointment with Ferguson last night, Li Shiguang, who came to Manchester today, did not go directly to the Carrington training center, but instead accepted Ferguson's invitation to visit his home.
Ferguson had the chef prepare a sumptuous lunch. Watching Li Shiguang devour his meal, the old man couldn't help but ask the question he had wanted to ask Li Shiguang for a long time: "Li, why did you specifically mention to me on the phone last time that West Bromwich Albion was also trying to buy Tevez? To be honest, I don't think West Bromwich Albion is qualified to join this battle unless they directly trigger Tevez's release clause."
Upon hearing Ferguson's question, Li Shiguang swallowed the steak still in his mouth, wiped his mouth, and then asked in return, "Alex, do you know that Bates wanted to buy Leeds United from my father before?"
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