These past few days.
Countless Leeds United fans are feeling hopeless.
However, the situation inside Thorpe Arch training grounds seemed completely unaffected by the outside world.
Under Li Shiguang's leadership.
Everyone continued to carry out their work in an orderly manner.
July 9th afternoon.
Allen knocked on the door of Li Shiguang's office.
"Boss, Villarreal has relented. They've accepted the offer of 16 million euros."
Li Shiguang was lying on the table, writing something, without looking up, but asked softly, "What about the players?"
“After I spoke with Martinez’s agent last time, he already gave his approval!” Allen said, a hint of excitement creeping into his expression.
With Martinez's transfer finalized, Leeds United's summer transfer window recruitment efforts have officially ended, and Javi Martinez's name is now officially on the list. Li Shiguang finally put down his pen and smiled with satisfaction.
The paper contained Leeds United's first-team squad for next season.
In goal, there's Neuer, De Gea, and Courtois, who was promoted from the youth team.
The defense consists of Kompany, Hummels, Boateng, Diego Godin, Kyle Walker, Lahm, Ivanovic, and Kolarov.
In midfield, Modric, Kroos, Casemiro who returned from Real Sociedad, then Kante, Javi Martinez, De Bruyne, James Rodriguez plus Kaká.
Up front, Adriano, Ronaldo, Benzema, Reus, Di Maria, Lewandowski, and Bale have all had one of their injury cards removed from Li Shiguang's list.
Then there are Hazard and Morata, who can be called up to the youth team at any time.
To be honest.
This roster depth, barring widespread injuries, is unlikely to be sufficient for competing on four fronts.
If we can improve the chemistry between the new and old players in the shortest amount of time and integrate the whole team, then it's not impossible to try and defend our European title!
He looked up and saw the ambiguous smile on Allen's face.
Li Shiguang shook his head helplessly.
He knew what Allen was thinking.
Leeds United have faced a lot of criticism these past few days.
Allen and Rivaldo had been holding their breath for a long time, and even Simeone, who was far away in Argentina, called back to ask why the club wasn't responding to these criticisms.
These people were all waiting for Li Shiguang's order to begin their counterattack against the doubts from the outside world.
That's why Allen was so excited after finalizing the Javi Martinez transfer today.
However, Li Shiguang did not intend to reveal all of Leeds United's signings immediately.
There are now eleven days left until the 20th, the final deadline set by Li Shiguang for the players to return to the team.
During these eleven days, several players were promoted from the youth team, including Kanté, who had already arrived at Leeds United last season but was not officially announced on the Leeds United website.
Li Shiguang plans to have Allen announce the number of people each day.
Proceed step by step.
On the very last day, they revealed Cristiano Ronaldo, the biggest name among the new signings, and used his €78 million price tag to slap the faces of everyone who had criticized Leeds United and themselves during this period!
After getting a glass of water from the water dispenser, Li Shiguang sat down on the sofa and looked at Allen who had followed him.
Have you received any new quotes in the past few days?
There are two strokes.
"Tell me about it."
"Manchester City made their first offer for Kaká after learning that Torres had been sold, but as you instructed, I rejected them outright."
"Oh?" Hearing this, Li Shiguang was still somewhat curious. "How much did they quote?"
Allen smiled and said, "90 million euros has doubled Kaka's value."
"Tsk tsk tsk!" Li Shiguang raised his eyebrows slightly and exclaimed, "No wonder they sell oil, they're really rich!"
“Money is useless!” Allen said with some disdain. “Boss, as you said before, don’t hide it from Kaka. After I saw the offer, I contacted Gaetalo. He called me back in less than five minutes and said that Kaka directly rejected Manchester City’s offer.”
"That's normal. Manchester City can't compare to us last year. After all, we were already the newly crowned Premier League champions back then! And what about the other offer? Who made the offer?"
"It was Liverpool, who, after learning that Torres had already committed to transferring to Chelsea, proposed to buy out all of Suarez's ownership."
Morse?
Torres has already been sold to Chelsea.
However, I still have to give Old Chen some face.
Moreover, Leeds United currently has enough strikers, so they're not in a hurry to use Suarez.
But Li Shiguang felt it wasn't worthwhile to sell the Uruguayan striker now.
After thinking for a while, Li Shiguang spoke.
"So, reject Liverpool's offer, but tell them I'm willing to loan Suarez back to Liverpool for another year, for a fee of... 5 million euros."
"OK."
After discussing these two tasks...
Under Allen's expectant gaze, Li Shiguang still didn't mention the official announcement of the new signing, but instead asked, "What's the situation in Germany? Has Ron called back?"
After the last meeting, Li Shiguang thought about it repeatedly and decided to give up the idea of communicating with Klopp.
They simply gave Ron two names and sent the Leeds United scouting director to Germany.
“I already replied the day before yesterday; he has made contact with that boy named Mario Götze.”
"Hmm, well done. You need to emphasize to Ron again that this kid has to be brought to Leeds United. If he doesn't come, I'll dock his bonus."
"Okay, boss."
"What about the other one?"
"As for Nuri Sahin, Ron said he is still observing him. The player has already signed a professional contract with Dortmund, and if we want to bring him in, we may have to make an offer through formal channels."
“Then there’s no rush.” Li Shiguang thought for a moment. “Let Ron observe him more. If this player doesn’t get many appearances at Dortmund this season, he might consider leaving the team.”
"Um!"
finally.
We've finished discussing everything.
The office fell silent.
As is customary, once Li Shiguang finishes the conversation, Allen, who is extremely efficient, will immediately leave the office and begin working.
But not today.
Allen remained seated on the sofa, his eyes fixed intently on Li Shiguang: "Boss...then let's..."
"Hahaha, alright, alright, I know what you want to say." Li Shiguang gulped down the water in his cup, stood up, and waved his hand in the air: "Go do it. My requirement is to continue until the 19th, announcing one or two players every day."
"Then Cristiano shouldn't announce it on the official website. He should contact media outlets with whom he has good relationships to help us create momentum, and then notify the fan associations."
"Just say on the 19th, at Elland Road Stadium, a transfer deal that will shock the world will be announced!"
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