Chapter 18 Showdown
Yang Cheng has always felt that European professional football is very realistic.
As long as you are a winner, whatever you do is right.
After the Bayswater Chinese returned to the top spot, good news came one after another.
The number of home fans has exceeded 3,000 in a row, and the cup match with lower ticket prices has exceeded 4,000.
This is great news for the Chinese people in Bayswater.
The income of 100,000 pounds per game is simply not too good.
Although there is still a big gap with other teams, Yang Cheng believes that as long as the current momentum is maintained, it will not be difficult to fill the 5,000 people.
This is at the club management level.
With the outstanding performance of the players, Yang Cheng successively received calls from England U21 head coach Peter Taylor and Ireland national team head coach Brian Carr.
Peter Taylor hopes to recruit center Jonathan Steed from the Bayswater Chinese team.
This 20-year-old high school forward has scored 11 goals in 14 rounds of the English League Two this season, and his efficiency is astonishing.
You know, this is 2003.
Before Messi and Ronaldo scored such crazy goals, breaking 20 goals in a single season was considered very productive.
For a 20-year-old young player, scoring double figures, even if it is only in the English second league, is considered very good.
What's more, what Jonathan Steed shows is a very traditional British center technical characteristics.
The current two main forwards of the England U21 national team are Charlton Cole, a young player on loan from Chelsea in the Premier League Charlton Athletic, and Darren who plays for Ipswich Town in the English Premier League. ·Bent.
Charlton Cole is also a high center forward, and Darren Bent is a speed forward.
But currently Charlton Cole is unable to get playing time at Charlton. A few months have passed, and he has only played 30 minutes at Charlton, without even scoring a goal.
Darren Bent is the main force of Ipswich. He scored 3 goals in English League One this season, but he was injured in the game against Black Cat Sunderland and will be out for at least 2 months. .
Peter Taylor also recruited several young players to join the team during the national team training in early October, but the results were not very good, so he turned his attention to Jonathan Si, who has a strong scoring momentum in the English second division. Teed.
Due to Peter Taylor, Yang Cheng paid attention to the current England U21 team and Leeds United's right winger Aaron Lennon.
This is a good player!
Especially considering that the Chinese right winger in Bayswater cannot satisfy Yang Cheng, it really makes him drool.
Unfortunately, Aaron Lennon is now playing for Leeds United.
Ireland national team coach Brian Carr wants to recruit Martin Rowland to the team.
This player with dual nationality of Ireland and England has not yet been selected for the national team.
But in the English League Two this season, he scored 8 goals and performed very well.
Unlike the abundance of talents in England, Ireland has relatively few outstanding players. As soon as Brian Carr discovered Martin Roland, he immediately sent out an invitation to recruit him and even went to London to meet Martin Roland in person. .
Martin Roland is 24 years old.
He knew very well that it was impossible for him to be selected for the England national team, so he agreed to Brian Carr without hesitation and chose Ireland.
An England U21 and an Irish international, this is very exciting for Bayswater Chinese fans in the English League Two.
Yang Cheng was equally happy, but not surprised.
The Bayswater Chinese performed well, scoring 38 goals in 14 rounds of English League Two. They are the team with the most goals in English League Two so far, better than Plymouth, which has the second most goals. 6 more balls.
The reason why the Bayswater Chinese performance was not stable was that the team conceded 13 goals.
In comparison, QPR conceded only 9 goals and Brighton only conceded 11 goals.
Yang Cheng knew clearly where the problem was, but he didn't want to solve the defensive problem for the time being.
He believes that the best choice for the Chinese people in Bayswater now is to continue to hold high the banner of offensive football and rush all the way to the championship and the British Championship with an overwhelming attitude!
But while the team and players performed well, there were naturally teams eyeing Bayswater Chinese players.
Black cats Sunderland in League One are the first team to show strong interest in Jonathan Steed.
Head coach Mick McCarthy even came to Bayswater Stadium to watch a League Two game.
Queens Park Rangers from the same city expressed interest in Martin Rowland.
No one knows whether this is a smokescreen out of league competition or a real desire to get players.
But Yang Cheng talked to Steed and Roland successively and basically stabilized the players.
For the Chinese in Bayswater, upgrading is the top priority right now.
And that's funny.
In Yang Cheng's mind, Ribery and Modric, who are the most important, have not attracted much attention, which is indeed surprising.
The reason is actually not difficult to guess.
In League Two, where there is no television broadcast, the goals and assists data of these two players are not eye-catching, so it is naturally difficult to attract attention.
But among all the good news, there is also a piece of bad news.
...
"Chris Hunter asked me out for dinner."
Lin Zhongqiu just came back from dinner and went straight to Yang Cheng's office to report the latest situation.
“He told me that their company has contacted multiple buyers who are interested in the land for our stadium and training ground, and the largest one is willing to offer 10 million pounds to meet our asking price. We hope that We will consider it seriously."
Yang Cheng was immersed in his work. When he heard this, he suddenly raised his head and looked at Lin Zhongqiu in surprise.
But soon, he was relieved.
This is in line with the profit-seeking nature of financial capital.
"What did you say?"
"I just said, come back and discuss it with you."
Lin Zhongqiu looked at Yang Cheng.
I don't know since when, Yang Cheng's status in his mind has reached this high level.
And he took it for granted. "Then leave it alone and reject him!" Yang Cheng replied without hesitation.
"How to say?"
"Just say, this time and the other time, we did ask for 10 million pounds, but that was a few months ago. ”
Having said this, Yang Cheng looked deeply at Lin Zhongqiu.
“A few months ago, we were in dire straits, without players, without a coach, and might not even be able to play in League Two, so we wanted to sell this land.”
“But now What? We are at the top of League Two, and we are the top favorites for promotion. "
"As long as we advance to the Championship next year, our revenue will increase significantly."
The Premier League will allocate a sum of money every year. , divided among the following levels of leagues, of which English League One has the most points.
Moreover, English League One is broadcast on television, which is another huge amount of revenue.
Commercial sponsorships are difficult to negotiate these days, so it was only in 2002 that a mobile phone brand sponsored Everton and sent Chinese players to the Premier League.
But as long as salary expenses are properly controlled, life will be easier after being promoted to League One.
If nothing else, after qualifying for League One, the club can be sold for a lot of money.
“I understand, I’ll go tell them.”
After saying that, Lin Zhongqiu turned around and left.
"Uncle Lin." Yang Cheng called him.
“Let’s find professionals to study our previous contract with Elvino. We must go through every clause carefully. If it is not beneficial to us, we must think about how to deal with it. Policy."
Lin Zhongqiu frowned, "You are worried..."
"Just in case."
Yang Cheng sighed, "We were in a hurry to spend money before. Although the contract was studied by someone, there were too many details, and I was afraid that there were omissions."
"Understood, I will prepare it."
Seeing off As Lin Zhongqiu left, Yang Cheng's frowned brows still could not relax.
He has an insecurity and always feels that this matter is not that simple.
In the final analysis, when I asked Elvino to borrow money, I had to make some compromises and was too passive.
Not to mention anything else, now that the land is sold for 10 million pounds, the Bayswater Chinese will have to rent a stadium and training ground outside.
And what about Elvino?
They can get 20% share.
From today’s perspective, the life-saving money at that time was indeed critical.
We can survive the crisis, but this has become a major hidden danger.
...
Yang Cheng has been coaching for 30 years in his previous life, and he clearly understands a truth.
At the same time, this is also the truth that all head coaches around the world are implementing.
When the team's momentum is good, don't change the starting lineup!
Moving even one person may cause the team to collapse.
So some people say that coaching is inherently a metaphysics.
In Yang Cheng’s words, it’s because people are too complicated.
But there are also benefits.
Once a lineup is adjusted, it will be very stable.
In the 15th round of English League Two in midweek, the Bayswater Chinese defeated Sheffield Wednesday 3-1 away from home.
The game is as crisp and clean as ever, and the style of play is as smooth and skillful as ever.
At the weekend, we returned to Bayswater Stadium. In the 16th round of the League Two match, the Bayswater Chinese defeated Blackpool 1-0 at home with Steed's goal.
A week later, in the 17th round of League Two, the Bayswater Chinese team defeated Oldham 2-1 at home with goals from Steed and Devaney.
With another 5 consecutive wins, the Bayswater Chinese have firmly established themselves at the top of the list.
With 11 wins, 5 draws and 1 loss in 17 rounds, they scored 38 points, ranking first in the English League Two standings.
Plymouth and Queens Park Rangers, who are ranked second and third, both have only 31 points.
This once again confirms what Yang Cheng made before the season.
The lower the league, the greater the strength gap between teams.
When the Bayswater Chinese are integrated, they will be invincible in the English League Two.
Jonathan Steed ranks first among the English second division scorers with 13 goals in 17 games.
Martin Roland ranks 4th in the scorer list with 9 goals.
Under the offensive storm of the Bayswater Chinese, even Martin Devaney scored 6 goals this season and entered the top ten scorers.
After 17 rounds, the league was temporarily suspended, ushering in the national team training period in November.
But during the training camp, the lower-level leagues have to participate in the first round of the FA Cup.
Jonathan Steed and Martin Roland both reported to the national team.
When Yang Cheng led others to actively prepare for the FA Cup, Elvino's Chris Hunter came straight to the door.
This time he did not go to find Lin Zhongqiu, but went straight to Yang Cheng's office.
They finally decided to have a showdown!
Happy National Day to everyone!
(End of this chapter)