Chapter 146 The highest price in history! Wenger: Yang Cheng, go rob a bank! 【Subscribe】
The 2008 European summer transfer market opened with a series of bombardments that stunned the whole world.
The first to fire the first shot was Adam Crozier, CEO of Bayswater Chinese.
In an interview with The Sun, the former FA CEO almost burst into tears as he denounced many Premier League giants.
“They have no respect for us at all!”
The reason is that these wealthy teams, relying on their ample transfer fees and salary budgets, are unscrupulously trying to poach Bayswater's Chinese players, which is simply intolerable.
"If you don't respect other clubs, you're taking your football down the wrong path!"
Adam Crozier said that Bayswater Chinese will not let go of any player in the team easily.
"We will never compromise!"
While the media and fans around the world were still immersed in the tragic fate of the newly crowned Champions League champions, Manchester United, which was included in Adam Crozer's list of condemnations, actually came out to criticize.
The target of the Red Devils' attack is Real Madrid.
Ferguson said in an interview with the media that the remarks made by the Real Madrid president were unacceptable.
Why? Because Calderon actually said to Manchester United: "You can't stop a player from leaving!"
Ferguson accused Real Madrid of being immoral in seducing Ronaldo.
"Big clubs should set an example. They cannot seduce any player in the world just because they are a wealthy club. This is irresponsible."
But at the same time, Wenger also accused Real Madrid and Barcelona of seducing Fabregas.
The professor pointed out that “big teams should establish good values so that they can set an example for other teams.”
Liverpool denounced Chelsea, believing that the Blues' seduction of Torres was immoral.
But at the same time, Tottenham Hotspur sued Manchester United, Liverpool and Arsenal to the FA in one go.
The North London team even submitted a report directly, accusing Manchester United of seducing Berbatov, Liverpool of hooking up with Robbie Keane, and Arsenal also wanting to poach players from Tottenham Hotspur.
Coincidentally, Aston Villa is also accusing Manchester United, Liverpool and Arsenal.
Because the three major giants are eyeing Gareth Barry at the same time.
The entire Premier League is in complete chaos.
Everyone was stunned.
When have you ever seen such a wonderful drama?
Big fish eat small fish, small fish eat shrimps. This is vividly reflected in this turbulent war of public opinion.
Finally, Yang Cheng eliminated everyone in one breath during the interview with The Times.
"I think the lack of respect between these big teams in the transfer market has made the entire transfer market chaotic and the transfer order has become very chaotic, which is unhealthy."
"They have no right to call themselves victims because they are all perpetrators!"
Just when everyone was expecting Ferguson, Wenger, Benítez, Schuster and others to come forward to "fight" Yang Cheng, these people actually chose to remain silent.
It’s so unfair!
Tottenham Hotspur CEO Daniel Levy said this in an interview with media reporters.
"These big teams are hypocrites!"
"They're blaming others while doing the same thing."
Are there no good people in the strong teams in the Premier League? Daniel Levy pointed out that "the Chinese in Bayswater have a good reputation for their conduct in the transfer market."
When Yang Cheng saw this interview, he couldn't stop laughing.
Daniel Levy is really cunning.
Bayswater Chinese have integrity?
Yang Cheng himself didn't believe it anyway.
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The transfer market has not even opened yet, but the war of public opinion is already in full swing.
Yang Cheng did not participate.
After the Champions League final, he and Xia Qing dealt with various matters, big and small.
In their spare time, Xia Xi and her husband would accompany their parents on both sides of the family and travel around London and surrounding cities.
It is also rare for them to go abroad.
All in all, they stayed in the UK for only a week and then set off back home together.
Yang Cheng and Xia Qing definitely won't be able to go back this summer.
There are too many things to do.
The demolition work of the new stadium project is about to begin. Xia Qing is in charge of the money, so she is needed for many things.
The first team is about to officially move into the Brent Training Center. The relocation requires a lot of things to be dealt with, and all kinds of trivial matters are endless.
Not only Yang Cheng will stay, but Brian Kidd and the heads of various departments will basically stay as well.
This is related to the stability of the new season.
Adam Crozier and Xia Qing will also oversee the relocation of the administrative department.
The club has rented an office near the new stadium, and they will all work in the new office during the construction of the new stadium.
After all this, everything was mixed up and it was quite a mess.
Because of this, the team has no travel plans this summer.
Originally, everyone, including Puma, hoped to arrange for the Chinese in Bayswater to visit the United States.
There are also South African sponsors who have invited the Chinese in Bayswater to play two warm-up matches in South Africa.
We even received invitations from partners in Asia.
But they were all rejected by Yang Cheng.
In 2008 it was the European Cup and the national team players were already very tired.
The club has to relocate and adapt to the new environment. There are too many things to do.
Under such circumstances, going to Asia or the United States to play warm-up matches is never a good thing.
In order to ensure the team's stability in the new season, Yang Cheng chose to stay in the UK for training and arrange warm-up matches in Europe.
As for North America, Adam Crozier and Omar Berrada have been preparing for a year and are expected to visit North America in the summer of 2009, hoping to attract more sponsors by then.
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While the entire European football world was in an uproar, the 2008 European Cup officially kicked off on June 7.
Among them, Croatia, which Yang Cheng paid close attention to, won its first victory in this European Cup in the first match against Austria with Modric's goal more than 3 minutes into the game.
The captain of the Bayswater Chinese team gave the hosts a hard slap in the face.
Modric continued to perform steadily in the subsequent 2-1 victory over Germany.
The midfield combination of Modric and Rakitic became the key to Croatia's victory.
Especially Modric.
It is a bit regrettable that in the third round of the group stage, when Poland faced Croatia, neither Piszczek nor Lewandowski met Modric and Rakitic.
Because Croatia has won two consecutive games and advanced to the next round in advance, Modric and Rakitic were both kept on the bench.
But even so, Croatia still defeated Poland 1-0.
The gap in strength between the two sides cannot be made up by one or two players.
In another group, France's situation is quite bad.
Although the Chinese are the main players in Bayswater and have won the favor of many top teams, Las Diarra has been sitting on the bench for three consecutive games.
Makelele is the midfielder that Deschamps relies on the most.
As a result, the French drew 1 and lost 2, and were sent home directly.
However, Russia, which Yang Cheng pays the most attention to, is somewhat different from his previous life.
Just as Yang Cheng had expected, Arshavin really exploded.
This was the first time for a Russian to participate in a major tournament for the national team, and Arshavin continued his excellent performance at the club.
In the first round of the group stage, although Russia eventually lost to Spain 2-3, Arshavin performed very well with one assist and one goal.
In the second round of the group stage, it was Arshavin's assist and goal that helped Russia beat Sweden led by Ibrahimovic 2-0.
In the last round of the group stage, it was Arshavin's goal that helped Russia beat Greece 1-0.
The Russian Tsar continued his excellent form at the club.
Hiddink's use of him basically continued the club's role as a free man in the frontcourt.
After entering the quarterfinals of the European Cup, Modric scored a buzzer-beater, defeating Türkiye 1-0 and helping Croatia advance to the semi-finals.
Arshavin once again made an assist and a shot, helping Russia beat the Netherlands 3-1.
However, unfortunately, Russia met Spain again in the semi-finals.
Although Arshavin scored his fifth goal of this European Cup, he still failed to prevent Spain from winning.
1-3, Russia was eliminated in the semi-finals of the European Cup.
But in another match, Croatia, led by Modric and Rakitic, tied Germany 2-2 in regular time.
Modric and Rakitic each had an assist.
In overtime, the two performed extremely tenaciously.
Modric, in particular, successfully took on the burden of the team's midfield offense and defense.
In the end, Croatia defeated the German team coached by Löw in the penalty shootout and successfully entered the European Cup final.
In this European Cup, Neuer officially replaced Lehmann and became the main goalkeeper of the German team.
Tuxin has basically continued his excellent form in the club and performed very well.
In the final penalty shootout, he saved two penalties in one go.
It’s a pity that due to the lack of strength of their teammates, they still failed to defeat Croatia in the penalty shootout.
But in the final, the Spanish team lost to Spain 0-1.
Torres scored the winning goal.
Spain successfully lifted the European Cup.
Aragones became a god in one fell swoop! In the final European Cup best team, winning Spain became the team with the most awards.
Modric and Arshavin were selected for the best team.
Among them, Arshavin was elected the Golden Boot winner of this European Cup with 5 goals.
Thanks to this European Cup, Arshavin pushed his personal reputation to the peak.
The European Cup had not yet ended. Russia had just finished the semi-finals. Although they were eliminated, they were welcomed like a hero when they returned home, and major European media also rushed to report on Arshavin.
Those wealthy clubs who had long coveted Arshavin rushed towards the Bayswater Chinese frantically.
But just when everyone was still immersed in the atmosphere of the European Cup, the Sun, which has always been famous for its transfer news, suddenly broke the news.
Manchester City's transfer deal to sign Kaka for 100 million euros has been basically completed.
This Ballon d'Or winner will join the Premier League and become the first Ballon d'Or winner in Premier League history! After Kaka joins Manchester City, his weekly salary will be as high as 300,000 pounds! This immediately caused the entire European transfer market to explode.
One hundred million euros, 300,000 pounds a week salary, this is really outrageous and unbelievable! …
“Is it true that Kaka is transferring to Manchester City?”
Brian Kidd asked Yang Cheng with concern.
After several years of development, he now does not have as many channels of information as Yang Cheng, and his sources of information are not as broad as Yang Cheng's.
Many times, Yang Cheng had already received the news, but he hadn't even noticed any clues.
"The Sun has reported it in a very detailed manner, so it's almost certain." Yang Cheng didn't dare to be too definite.
This is how things are in the transfer market. As long as the contract is not signed before the pen is held, everything is still uncertain.
No, even after signing, there can be variables.
For example, when Gabriel Milito transferred to Real Madrid and signed the contract, he still found a way to go back on his word.
This is also the reason why Gabriel Milito refused to go to Real Madrid last summer.
"My goodness, 300,000 pounds, isn't that too outrageous?" Brian Kidd was a little shocked.
The highest weekly wage earner in the Premier League right now is Chelsea's John Terry, who earns £130,000 a week.
This has surpassed Shevchenko's previous record.
Manchester United's Cristiano Ronaldo's weekly salary is only 100,000 pounds, which is not the highest salary in the team.
The Red Devils' highest salary is Ferdinand's £110,000.
In other words, after Kaka joins Manchester City, the highest weekly salary in the entire Premier League will be increased by 2.3 times in one go.
This is really outrageous!
"How can they keep the salary and benefits down if they do this?" Brian Kidd was very surprised.
That's £300,000 a week.
Yang Cheng smiled, not knowing how to answer.
It was difficult for him to describe specifically how rich the Abu Dhabi consortium was.
After thinking about it, he could only give one sentence in the end.
"The new Manchester City owner has almost unlimited money to spend."
"How is that possible?" Brian Kidd was even more surprised.
“When they were about to spend all, they drew a circle outside their house and dug a well, and pounds gushed out of the well.”
Needless to say, after Yang Cheng's explanation, Brian Kidd immediately understood.
If that's the case, then there's really no way to spend it all.
Yang Cheng felt quite surprised.
He also didn't expect that Manchester City would act so quickly.
In his previous life, Kaka almost transferred to Manchester City in January 2009.
But at that time Florentino made a move and promised to sign Kaka after returning to the position of Real Madrid president in the summer, so the Brazilian rejected Manchester City and waited for half a year.
But what about now?
Florentino is still nowhere to be seen.
From the fans' perspective, Kaka going to Manchester City is not necessarily a bad thing.
At the very least, Kaka's style is very suitable for the Premier League.
When he arrives at Manchester City, he will become the core fighting force of the team again, and I believe his development will be better than Yang Cheng in his previous life.
From the overall perspective of the Premier League, Kaka's joining will be a huge boost to the Premier League.
Especially the improvement in commercial value.
But as competitors, they look at this transfer from a different perspective.
At the very least, Yang Cheng still had a headache.
Defending Kaka would be a very depressing thing.
Especially since there are two games to play every season.
"Manchester City only ranked 9th in the Premier League last season and couldn't even play in the Champions League. Why would Kaka go there?" Brian Kidd lamented.
Players like Kaka, who is handsome, has good character and plays football well, are liked wherever they go.
"It is said that Manchester City's new chairman Mubarak personally led the team, together with head coach Eriksson, to Milan to persuade Kaka. He was convinced by Manchester City's grand team building plan." Yang Cheng said lightly.
In Yang Cheng’s previous life, why did Manchester City eventually lose Kaka?
Just because of Florentino's promise? No, it’s because of Real Madrid behind Florentino and his grand plan.
Manchester City made a fatal mistake at the time.
Because the winter transfer period was too tight, Manchester City went directly to negotiate with AC Milan and spent money.
But when it comes to a superstar of Kaka's level, in addition to convincing the other club, you must also convince the player himself.
Manchester City has not had any contact with Kaka and his team.
So, Manchester City's 100 million euros lost to Florentino's promise.
But this summer, Manchester City had plenty of time to contact and negotiate, and AC Milan was salivating over the 100 million euros, which ultimately led to this record transfer.
"In addition to Kaka, Manchester City's recruitment targets in the center position are also very scary."
Yang Cheng said solemnly.
"In addition to wanting to sign our Dzeko, Inter Milan's Ibrahimovic, Arsenal's Adebayor, Lyon's Benzema, Tottenham's Berbatov and Liverpool's Torres..."
"Manchester City will definitely sign a strong center forward in the transfer market."
Yang Cheng has always believed that Manchester City is the next strongest competitor of the Bayswater Chinese.
The Abu Dhabi consortium is not only rich, but also not willful.
Abramovich is the type of person who is rich but also rather willful.
If the Russians don't mess around, and build on the success of the first two years, and use the money used to bring in Shevchenko in the third year on midfield, signing a creative midfielder like Deco, Chelsea's overall strength will improve by leaps and bounds.
Manchester City is different.
They have money but are not willful. They continue to invest every year to continuously improve the team's competitiveness.
I also have great trust and support for the head coach.
This is very scary.
With the Abu Dhabi consortium as a backer, continuous investment and constant improvement of competitiveness, who can withstand this?
Moreover, they are now committing an open conspiracy.
We in Manchester City have no shortage of money, we just spend it.
As long as you are willing to sell, I will buy it even if it is a little more expensive.
Signing Kaka for 100 million euros is like spending a fortune on a person, which is the best proof of the Abu Dhabi consortium’s determination! "In midfield, Valencia's David Silva is also in Manchester City's recruitment plan."
The Spanish midfielder performed very well in the European Cup and was pursued by many teams, including Real Madrid, Barcelona and other Spanish giants. The transfer fee is definitely not cheap.
As for the winger position, the most popular candidates in the European football transfer market are Robinho from Real Madrid, Ronaldinho from Barcelona, and Arshavin from Bayswater Chinese.
Among them, Russians are the most sought-after.
Needless to say, Ronaldinho's situation was announced early on that he would leave the team this summer.
Robinho left the team because Real Madrid had been seducing Ronaldo and there were rumors that they wanted to use Robinho as a bonus to sign Ronaldo. As a result, the Brazilian announced his departure in anger.
Chelsea and Manchester City are currently competing for the Brazilian player.
Calderon and Mijatovic's impressive performance is truly admirable.
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When Manchester City signed Kaka at an astonishingly high price, their city rivals Manchester United were also not idle.
The Red Devils acted decisively and signed Berbatov from Tottenham Hotspur for a high price of 35 million pounds.
This is much higher than the 30.75 million pounds Yang Cheng had in his previous life.
Yang Cheng was also quite surprised by this result.
Ferguson's transfer operations have always been relatively rational.
The fact that he is willing to pay this money proves that he thinks the transfer fee is reasonable.
So, Yang Cheng brought together Xia Qing, Adam Crozier, Dan Ashworth, Mike Rigg, Gary Worthington and others and held a meeting to discuss this summer's transfer market.
As the club's director of football, Dan Ashworth has always been in charge of the youth academy.
This is mainly because the first team and the youth training academy are in two places.
But now, the first team's training center has also moved to Brent Reservoir, and he has more responsibilities.
This includes working with Mike Rigg to monitor transfer market trends.
"Through our tracking and monitoring, we can basically confirm that a series of blockbuster deals have been brewing in the transfer market this summer, but it is not yet certain whether they will be successful."
Dan Ashworth introduced the results of their work over the past month.
Chelsea wants to sell Drogba, and Shevchenko has already made it clear that he will return to AC Milan.
But the Blues have four transfer targets, Dzeko from Bayswater Chinese, Ibrahimovic from Inter Milan, Torres from Liverpool and Eto'o from Barcelona.
Among them, the Chinese in Bayswater have made it clear that Dzeko will not enter the transfer market.
"Chelsea want to trade Drogba for Ibrahimovic."
"Barcelona has always wanted to trade Ibrahimovic. Guardiola is very optimistic about the Swedish center forward, so they hope to sell Eto'o to Chelsea and buy Ibrahimovic after raising funds."
"After Mourinho took over Inter Milan, he was very interested in Drogba, so he was inclined to buy Drogba."
"We have now received clear intelligence that Chelsea has offered Liverpool £50 million to sign Torres, and it is certain that Chelsea's weekly salary is £200,000."
"Torres is currently earning only £90,000 a week at Liverpool."
"Inter Milan also has their eyes on another player, Adebayor from Arsenal, but Wenger has made it clear that he wants to renew Adebayor's contract. After Usmanov's funds are in place, the Gunners are not short of money now."
Arsenal’s biggest priority right now is not recruiting new players, but seizing the time to renew the contracts of the core players in the team.
"In addition, Manchester City is interested in all the players mentioned above."
chaos! Very messy! Not to mention Xia Qing, even Adam Crozier was confused.
This is all rambling and completely a mess.
But this is the transfer market, it is very complicated, like a fog.
Therefore, Yang Cheng specifically asked Football Director Dan Ashworth and Chief Talent Officer Mike Rigg to monitor the transfer market.
This also happens to be within their scope of authority.
Don't ever think that Chelsea is messing around.
Really not.
This is basically how transfers are done. You first recruit several targets and move forward simultaneously to see which player makes progress and breakthroughs, and then focus on one particular player.
If you are too single-minded, the end result will be like Real Madrid being stood up by Zidane and becoming a laughing stock.
"The problem now is that Barcelona is willing to sell Eto'o and Chelsea is willing to buy him, but Eto'o's salary is a bit high, and if he moves to the Premier League, he will ask for a weekly salary of 160,000 pounds, which will break Chelsea's salary structure."
Chelsea's highest weekly salary now is Terry, 130,000 pounds.
At this moment, Yang Cheng understood why Ferguson took decisive action.
"If the hottest position in the European transfer market last season was central defender, then this summer the most sought-after position must be center forward. And judging from the transfer market situation, center forward will be the most sought-after position in the transfer market this year and next year."
Yang Cheng agreed with this judgment.
On the one hand, excellent center forwards are extremely scarce, and on the other hand, the emergence of Manchester City has intensified the demand for excellent players.
If the supply decreases and the demand increases, the value will definitely increase.
More importantly, in the existing market, Chelsea's Drogba is already 30 years old and Real Madrid's Van Nistelrooy is already 32 years old. In the next one or two years, both teams will face the problem of center metabolism.
And that's all there is to being an excellent center.
After Berbatov went to Manchester United, there were suddenly even fewer.
Yang Cheng calculated in his mind that after Berbatov transferred to Manchester United for 35 million pounds, the center forward's value would definitely increase further.
After all, not every team has the ability to train semi-finished products.
How are talented young players like Chelsea and Kalou trained to become? Teams like Chelsea, Real Madrid, Barcelona, Manchester City, and even Inter Milan basically do not have the soil to cultivate young players.
These teams can basically only rely on poaching.
The Chinese in Bayswater must also seize the time to prepare for the current transfer market.
The first thing to be affected is a new round of contract renewals and salary increases.
Yang Cheng really didn’t miscalculate.
It is true that the transfer market changes too fast.
Arsenal have been poached this summer.
Players such as Flamini, Adebayor, Hleb, Fabregas and others are all facing poaching.
Even Van Persie came out and said that the club should increase salaries appropriately.
Given the current situation of the Chinese at Bayswater, if they don’t hurry up, the club may also face the embarrassing situation of Arsenal next summer.
In addition to the players, the coaches also need to pay attention.
Even someone as strong as Gianni Vio still has a lot of people trying to poach him.
Here we must mention Yang Cheng's management of the Chinese in Bayswater.
Strictly speaking, the most important thing for Yang Cheng is to build a system.
From business to sports, Bayswater Chinese rely on a modern management system where everyone works together.
In the past few years, poaching from outside has never stopped.
But it had little impact on the Chinese in Bayswater.
Because ordinary employees are more like screws. If one is poached, we can just bring in another one to match him.
What about core executive-level employees like Gianny Violette, Dan Ashworth, and Mike Rigg? It’s not like we haven’t faced poaching before.
But on the one hand, Bayswater Chinese players are not paid much, but employees are treated quite well.
On the other hand, their success also relies on the entire system of Bayswater Chinese.
Especially after Yang Cheng implemented a series of modern enterprise management models such as paperless office and networking of all office systems, these supervisors could not take anything with them even if they changed jobs.
They don't have the ability to go to another club and replicate the same system.
Even if you spare no expense and poach a large number of people at the same time, the system you create by copying others may not necessarily be very competitive.
This is what Yang Cheng has always emphasized.
There is only one person who is indispensable to the Bayswater Chinese.
Just like now, if Adam Crozier, who is in a high position, leaves, Yang Cheng will promote Omar Berrada to the position tomorrow.
By the same token, what if Omar Berrada left? Adam Crozier will immediately put Omar Berrada's capable players in the fold.
Therefore, the Chinese in Bayswater are not afraid of poaching! This is true for employees and players alike.
Of course, from another perspective, although we are not afraid of poaching, we cannot be too harsh either.
Especially now, we are still in the rising period of expansion and expansion, and we must provide enough incentives to make everyone in the club work together, improve cohesion and cultivate the club's culture.
When it comes to running a football club, culture is very important.
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As the transfer market heats up, the entire European football transfer market has become more confusing.
Various transfer rumors are endless.
Shortly after Manchester United signed Berbatov, Manchester City also officially announced that it had successfully signed the powerful center forward Adebayor from Arsenal for a high price of 30 million pounds.
In order to get this Togolese international, the Blue Moon not only paid a high transfer fee of 30 million pounds, but also offered a weekly salary of 170,000 pounds, which made Adebayor switch to Manchester City without hesitation.
In addition, Belarusian player Hleb also transferred to Barcelona for 10 million pounds.
In addition, Gilberto Silva returned to Brazil on a free transfer and Lehmann went to Germany on a free transfer.
Arsenal lost five main players at once.
However, the Gunners eventually retained key players such as Van Persie and Fabregas.
According to information revealed by the Independent, the most critical factor that led Wenger to finally give up on retaining the player was salary control.
Wenger believes that if the team's salary system collapses in order to keep these players, it will not be worth it.
But what to do after selling these players? Wenger immediately gave a strategy to deal with it.
First, they signed the rising goalkeeper Hugo Lloris from Ligue 1 Nice for 7 million pounds.
As early as the winter break, Wenger had already set his sights on Hugo Lloris, but he had no money at the time.
Now, after selling players and with the investment from Usmanov, the Gunners are now well-funded.
After signing Hugo Lloris, Wenger changed his target and signed the 20-year-old talented center forward Benzema from Lyon for a high price of 20 million pounds.
This player is also a player that Wenger has been eyeing for a long time, but he has never had the money to buy him. He is also a French compatriot.
Wenger admires Benzema's potential and talent very much and believes that he has the ability to become a top center forward in the future.
Benzema is also full of yearning for Wenger's Arsenal, hoping to shine in the Gunners like Henry.
Originally, Wenger wanted to sign Gareth Barry from Aston Villa, but both Liverpool and Manchester City were very interested in this local player. After a bombardment, Aston Villa directly offered a high price of 20 million pounds.
Liverpool and Arsenal were both scared off, but Manchester City agreed directly.
So, the Aston Villa captain transferred to Manchester City for 20 million pounds.
Wenger turned around and signed midfielder Sully Muntari from Portsmouth for £15 million.
The Ghanaian player performed very well in the Premier League last season, helping Portsmouth to finish 8th in the Premier League.
In addition, the Gunners also signed winger Nasri from French Ligue 1 Marseille for £10 million.
Wenger also spent £10 million to sign French midfielder Gourcuff from AC Milan.
The 22-year-old French genius is a player that Wenger likes very much. He has publicly praised Gourcuff in the media more than once.
Even though the French midfielder suffered a setback at AC Milan, Wenger still signed him.
When interviewed by the media, Wenger even said, "This is an exciting transfer!"
"He is a great talent and one of the most important players of the future of France!"
Both Henry and Vieira shined in the Premier League after failing in Italy.
Wenger believes that Gourcuff will be next.
As soon as he finished his excitement, Wenger called Yang Cheng.
Let’s have dinner!
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Queen's Road, Bayswater.
Opposite the unfinished building of Bayswater Stadium, there is a Chinese restaurant called Jinshanlou on the east side of Queen's Road.
If Yang Cheng and Xia Qing don't cook at home, they basically come here to eat.
Wenger took the initiative to invite him for dinner, so Yang Cheng chose this place.
I even chose a seat by the window so that I could see the Bayswater Stadium which was being demolished.
"How big do you want your new stadium to be?"
Wenger asked with concern.
The media have already reported that the new Chinese stadium in Bayswater will be expanded.
"I don't know. The bigger the better, for sure. But we haven't calculated it yet."
Yang Cheng didn't hide it because it was really unclear at the moment.
After a pause, Yang Cheng suddenly laughed, "How is it? It feels good to have plenty of money and buy people everywhere, right?"
Wenger paused for a moment, feeling a little embarrassed.
Before Usmanov took over Arsenal, although Wenger was relatively neutral, he actually leaned more towards Kroenke.
He wants Arsenal to be able to operate independently.
There was a hint of sarcasm in Yang Cheng's words, and he was actually just making fun of this.
But you know what, buying people is really a great experience.
And the more you buy, the happier you are.
Wenger now completely understands why women like shopping.
Because I can’t stop! "You've spent nearly 70 million pounds in the transfer market. Don't tell me you were forced to do that." Yang Cheng added another punch.
Because he guessed the purpose of Wenger's visit.
No matter how thick-skinned Wenger was, he couldn't stand Yang Cheng's teasing, "If you don't build this stadium, you can buy it."
But it feels great, it’s really great! Many players that we liked but couldn't afford before are now available.
For example, Benzema, Gourcuff and so on.
After buying these players, Wenger felt like a woman who sold Hermès bags.
Yang Cheng just smiled and said nothing.
"What do you think of the threat from Manchester City?" Wenger changed the subject.
"For us, it's nothing. Our goal is just the top four." Yang Cheng said with a smile.
The devil who protects the fourth place is now us, the Chinese in Bayswater! But "just" two words made Wenger a little upset.
"Yang, will you die if you don't make fun of me?"
Yang Cheng chuckled, "I'm definitely not going to die, I just feel a little uncomfortable."
"You know, we Chinese in Bayswater are so poor, which makes me a little jealous of the rich. I really don't like those rich clubs, especially those that have just become rich."
Wenger's smile really froze.
This meal is inedible!
I shouldn't have come here to suffer this!
"Tell me, what do you want from me?" Yang Cheng had a lot of other things to do and didn't have time to waste with him here.
Wenger also decided to get straight to the point, "I hope to buy a player from the Bayswater Chinese."
Yang Cheng had an expression that I had guessed long ago, "Hasn't David Dunn been in contact with Adam Crozier all along?"
After a pause, Yang Cheng looked out the window.
As it is located in the core urban area of London and is surrounded by old buildings, the demolition of Bayswater Stadium cannot be done by targeted blasting and can only rely on large machinery.
The construction time is limited every day, and we also need to control dust and noise...
It's very troublesome anyway.
Wenger didn't know that Yang Cheng had been distracted, and smiled slightly, "I'm not talking about Arshavin."
"Ah?" Yang Cheng withdrew his attention and looked at Wenger.
"Who are you talking about?"
"Koscielny."
Yang Cheng was a little surprised, "You want to sign Koscielny?"
Wenger smiled and said, "Actually, I would be happier if you were willing to sell Thiago Silva or Pepe, but I know you definitely don't want to."
nonsense!
Yang Cheng really didn't expect this.
"Will there be any problems if you buy so many French people at once?" Yang Cheng avoided the question.
Wenger didn't care. "Arsenal's French football genes have always been strong. There is nothing abnormal."
After a pause, Wenger continued: "Koscielny will continue to stay at Bayswater Chinese as the third or fourth central defender. When he comes to Arsenal, he can play as a starter and get more training opportunities."
This set of rhetoric was obviously not meant for Yang Cheng, but for the players and their agents.
Nowadays, Thiago Silva and Pepe's positions are relatively secure, Jose Fonte's role in the locker room is obvious, Koscielny has a lot of game opportunities, but he will definitely have more opportunities if he goes to Arsenal.
"He is a local youth training!" Yang Cheng said lightly.
"I know, we'll increase the money!" Wenger was very conscious.
Yang Cheng was really a little uncomfortable with Wenger being so straightforward.
When a poor man suddenly becomes rich, he becomes a tycoon!
Yang Cheng secretly calculated in his mind the team’s current local youth training quota.
Whether Koscielny leaves the team doesn't have much impact.
Thiago Silva, Pepe and Jose Fonte all have the ability to play in rotation.
But we still need to introduce a central defender.
Yang Cheng just thought about it and immediately found several suitable candidates.
After thinking about it, I have an idea.
"If you want to take Koscielny away, it's 20 million pounds!" Yang Cheng gave a price.
"20 million pounds?" Wenger was a little impatient, "Go rob a bank!"
"Okay then, I'll go grab it and show it to you later." Yang Cheng said with a cheerful smile.
Wenger was somewhat speechless.
Just in May this year, FIFA introduced a 6+5 policy.
The so-called 6+5 means that among the 11 starting lineups, there can be at most 5 foreign players and at least 6 local players.
Not only that, FIFA also gave a very detailed timetable, which will be implemented gradually starting from 2010.
The starting point of this policy is to restrict the development of European leagues.
To put it simply, there are too many foreign players in the four major leagues and their overall competitive strength is too strong.
This has also caused panic among many clubs and teams, and the value of local players has also risen.
"Let me tell you, 20 million pounds is already a friendly price. If Manchester City asks, I will at least add 10 million pounds first, and then slowly bargain with them." Yang Cheng seemed particularly confident.
Arsenal actually has no shortage of homegrown youth players, but more is definitely a good thing.
Especially considering that Koscielny is a French player.
If Ferguson has a unique preference for British players, then Wenger has a special liking for French players.
Yang Cheng’s comments on Chinese players... uh, forget it, let’s not talk about it anymore.
"Yang, although the 6+5 policy is being hyped up now, you and I both know that this policy violates EU labor laws and is unlikely to be passed in the EU."
Why do you say it’s very small?
Because FIFA President Blatter said that FIFA will communicate with relevant EU parties.
"Of course I know that, but you should also know that the value of local players will only get higher and higher. FIFA has started this, will the English FA do the same next?"
After a pause, Yang Cheng grinned, "David Dunn is the vice chairman of the English Football Association. Don't tell me he can't see the clues here."
The England national team performed poorly.
After every major competition, people always mention the importance of local youth training.
In the 2008 European Cup, they didn't even make it to the finals, which caused even more outrage in public opinion.
It has been hyped once before, and recently with the end of the European Cup, the media hyped it up again.
It is only a matter of time before we restrain foreign players and support local youth training.
"I need to think about it." Wenger sighed.
Of course Yang Cheng has no problem with that. "But it'd better be quick. You know, our team is about to start training. I'm used to all the players being in place before the training."
Wenger looked at Yang Cheng unhappily, and shook his head helplessly.
"In the future, if there are other options, I will never buy any of your Bayswater Chinese players."
Yang Cheng laughed, "You don't have to buy it now. Oh, by the way, if you speak louder, I will call Fleet Street to you. Then, Manchester City, Real Madrid, Barcelona and Chelsea will all be grateful to you!"
Now, five teams are competing for Arshavin, and Arsenal is one of them.
Of course, these teams are not completely brainless. Everyone keeps the competition within a certain range.
Wenger was even more depressed.
But on second thought, he secretly breathed a sigh of relief.
Sell it!
Sell as much as you can!
Our strength has improved, so you keep selling. Once you’re sold out, I’ll beat you to death in the new season!
(End of this chapter)
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