Fox in the Penalty Area

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"Tony? Flashing Star hasn't replied to us yet?" Matt Dawn went to his friend Tony Clark immediately after work.

Both of them are now employees of the Leeds City Club.

Tony Clarke is the first-team manager and Matt Downe is Leeds City's video analyst.

Both are still in their previous occupations, but the environment they live in has changed.

Both of them have been trying to adapt to their new working environment after returning from Spain.

There are still many differences between Premier League clubs and Championship clubs.

Especially in terms of signings, most of the Premier League clubs have now abandoned the previous "manager model". It means manager.

Just like the name of the label, the previous tradition of a manager taking care of all team affairs has become a thing of the past. Now that there is a specialization in the field, the head coach is responsible for leading the team in training and competition, and the work of signing is handed over to the club. sports manager.

In some English Championship or League One clubs, this tradition is still maintained, but in the Premier League, there is basically no "manager".

After Tony Clark left Hammond Castle in the British Championship, the first thing Evan Chichester did as the chairman of the club was to take back many powers of the head coach, turning the original "Manager" into "Coach" ", adding a sports manager, Jarrard Coleman, and the club's transfer power fell into the hands of this old man.

Evan explained this personnel change in this way: "We must strive to keep up with the development trend of today's world football."

What he said is right, this is indeed the development trend of today's football, and even the Premier League clubs are actively seeking changes.

Now in Leeds City, it is the sports director Nevin Ball who is responsible for the transfer.

"I was looking for you, Matt. Bad news, Shining Star rejected our offer." Tony shook his head and sighed.

Matt was stunned for a second, then blurted out and asked: "Do you think our quotation is too low? Chinese people are not short of money these days, and if they don't spend more money, it may be really difficult to impress them..."

"I said the same to Nevin, but he said that the club also has practical difficulties-after all, we proposed this signing target when the transfer window was close to closing, and the club's transfer budget was almost spent. There are only 6 million left to use...he can't use all of the 6 million on Hu. And...maybe the 6 million may not be enough." Tony explained.

"Did he not lie to you, Tony?"

"I don't think so." Tony shook his head. "Besides, cheating is cheating. At least it shows the club's attitude towards the introduction of Hu. Their desire for Hu is far less than ours."

"Five goals in nine minutes and a hat-trick against Argentina in the Olympics can't make them more tempted?" Matt was a little disappointed.

"Five goals in nine minutes happened in far away Asia after all. You know the level of Asian football, Matt...it's really hard to convince them. If five goals in nine minutes happened in the European League, even if it's just one time In the league at the top level, I bet the impact would be completely different. Let alone the Olympics, you know a lot of people disdain the level of Olympic football..." Tony explained to Matt.

Matt also had to admit that he was right, sighing: "So we missed Hu again. And I have a hunch, Tony. As time goes on, the probability of us getting Hu is getting less and less... …the other European teams, their scouting systems are not free. How are we going to compete with those competitors?"

Tony didn't know how to compete, he could only shake his head: "I don't know. Let's talk about it later, Matt. If we are destined not to get him, it is God's arrangement,

We just have to accept it. "

"Then it will be very difficult for me not to agree with God's arrangement..." Matt muttered.

Hearing his whisper, Tony smiled, and then patted him on the shoulder: "Forget about Hu for now, we all still have a lot of work to do, and the new league season will start soon."

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After Dong Wen rejected the offer from Leeds City, he wondered if the other party would mistakenly think that Flash Star thought their offer was low, so he made a new offer again.

He was really curious to see how much the Premier League team was willing to pay for Hu Lai.

As a result, there is no text.

Is it so sincere? We said we rejected it, so you really don't make any more offers? Let's try again...

Dong Wen thought so regretfully.

So now it seems that Leeds City is only willing to pay 4 million pounds for Hu Lai.

Four million pounds for our top scorer? What a spring and autumn dream!

Dong Wen knew that Zhao Kangming, as the head coach of the team, would not hinder Hu Lai in the matter of Hu Lai's study abroad. He was like a doting father. He would only support Hu Lai in whatever he wanted to do. will not object.

However, as the general manager of the club, Dong Wen still has to be responsible for the club's operations. He believes that with Hu Lai's performance, 4 million pounds is obviously not in line with Hu Lai's current worth.

There is a reference data. On the "Transfer Window", a well-known and authoritative world football player information website, they marked Hu Lai's current worth as two million euros, which is about 1.8 million pounds.

From this point of view, it seems that Leeds City is very sincere, and the offer they made is more than twice as high as the estimated value of Hu Lai in the transfer window.

But Dong Wen felt that this was the price tag given to Hu Lai by the Europeans. They didn't understand how important Hu Lai was to Flash Star and Chinese football, so this price did not truly reflect Hu Lai's status.

Two million euros is an insult!

When dealing with the matter of Hu Lai's overseas study, some people seem to hope that the Flash Star Club will not create any obstacles to this matter, and they wish to send Hu Lai away for free so that he can study abroad smoothly.

But Dong Wen doesn't see it that way, he considers it from a different angle than most fans. He thinks that if he really wants a very low price, or sends Hu Lai away if he doesn't want a penny, will the opposing club pay attention to Hu Lai?

It's like the clothes you bought for 30,000 yuan or the clothes you bought for 30 yuan, which one will you cherish more?

Besides, he wasn't asking for a lot of money, as long as the price was right, Hu Lai nodded, he would definitely let people go, he wouldn't create any artificial obstacles, and then make Hu Lai hate himself for the rest of his life.

It's just that in his mind, it is really unacceptable to want to take away Hu Lai for four million pounds.

That's my baby, the hope of our whole village... Is it so cheap to give it to you? How big are your foreigners?

In ancient times, a rich family paid attention to marrying a daughter with a big sedan chair and red makeup... Is it reasonable for us to transfer the best player to you without paying a transfer fee worthy of his worth?

Of course, now Hu Lai has made it clear that he will not leave the team this summer, so Dong Wen doesn't have to think so much now.

At the same time, Hu Lai's stay also made him look forward to his team's results this year.

The goal of relegation is accomplished, so what's next?

There are seven rounds left in the league, Flash Star currently has 41 points, ranking sixth.

Zhao Kangming came to him yesterday afternoon and talked about his goals for the next season. He planned to try to qualify for the AFC Champions League next season, and asked Dong Wen what his opinion was.

If you can participate in the AFC Champions League for two consecutive seasons, it will naturally be of great benefit to the club's financial income. What is Dong Wen's opinion? Raise your hands in favor of ah.

The current AFC Champions League quota for the Chinese Super League is 3+1. The league champion and runner-up, as well as the FA Cup champion will directly qualify for the AFC Champions League, and the third place in the league will be eligible to participate in the AFC Qualifying Tournament.

Of course, if the FA Cup champion and the top three in the league coincide, that is, there is a team in the top three in the league that also wins the FA Cup, then the "+1" qualification for the AFC Champions League will be given to the fourth place in the league.

In other words, at least Shining Star has to get the fourth place in the AFC Champions League, but it is not very safe. The insurance point is to get the third place, so no matter what, you can qualify for the AFC Champions League.

Dong Wen took a look at the current league standings.

Flash Star ranked sixth with 41 points, fourth in the league, Capital Tenglong with 46 points, and third in the league, Hedong Thunder with 47 points.

The score difference is okay.

But people are not the same as they want to compete for the qualification for the AFC Champions League. Will it be so easy for Shining Star to catch up and overtake?

He asked Zhao Kangming at that time: "Old Zhao, do you know what this concept is? You are almost as difficult as competing for the championship!"

Zhao Kangming answered him like this: "Of course I know this. This is something I have to consider. If you have no objection, I will start preparing for the battle with this goal."

"No opinion, no opinion, the club won't lose anything if it fails anyway. In the case of early relegation, you can play whatever you want, and you will have 200% freedom!"

"With the club's attitude, it's all right." Zhao Kangming finally left very satisfied.

Dong Wen now thinks of the conversation he had with Zhao Kangming yesterday, and he still feels a little absurd—what a newly promoted team now thinks is to grab the qualification for the AFC Champions League from those traditional powerhouses in the Chinese Super League...

Who will believe it?

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