Chapter 260: Shocked, enhanced version of Mendieta? !
“We are pleased to announce that we have reached an agreement with Mr. Claudio Ranieri to become the club’s new manager for the upcoming season.”
< br>On Leicester City's official website, an official photo of Ranieri holding the jersey and the club's vice president has appeared.
The 63-year-old Italian has rich coaching experience and has coaching footprints all over Europe.
Including La Liga Valencia, Atletico Madrid, Serie A Juventus, Roma, Inter Milan, Premier League Chelsea and so on.
Taking over as the coach of Leicester City, Ranieri returned to coaching in the Premier League after 11 years after being dismissed from Chelsea in 2004.
Ling Feng received the news as soon as the club official announced that Ranieri had taken office.
For some reason, he breathed a sigh of relief.
Fortunately, his appearance did not change Ranieri's arrival.
Compared with other head coaches that he is not familiar with, after much thought, Ling Feng still feels that Ranieri is the best choice for the team.
Moreover, the Blue Fox miracle was created by him himself. Without this "tinker", it always feels like something is missing.
Now, the helmsman of Miracle is in place.
Next, can other champion puzzles be far behind? !
Some fans support the club's new coach, while others are not optimistic about it.
Compared with other scandal targets, such as "Magical Coach" Hiddink and "Crazy" Bielsa, Ranieri's coaching resume is mediocre although it is very rich.
Taking a detailed look at his coaching career, he was rushed into the job as a firefighting coach for a considerable part of the time, and then parted ways with the club after the team went through a transition period.
Although he has coached many wealthy teams, he has never won a top league championship!
The most outstanding achievements of his coaching career were leading Valencia to win the Copa del Rey, leading Chelsea to second place in the league and reaching the semi-finals of the Champions League.
However, that was all eleven years ago.
As the saying goes, a good man does not mention his courage.
In recent years, Ranieri has briefly coached Inter Milan, Monaco, and the Greek national team, with mediocre results.
Especially in just four months of his career with the Greek national team, he even caused Greece to lose to the Faroe Islands in an upset and was dismissed.
Therefore, the British media, which has always been critical, is very unfavorable about Ranieri taking over as the coach of the Blue Fox.
“A mediocre tinker takes office, what can he bring to the Blue Fox?”
“Ranieri is too old and can no longer keep up with the times”
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"Italians can't play in England at all"
Lineker, who has always been loudmouthed, immediately tweeted to express his views.
Of course, he still paid enough respect to Ranieri, a senior in football.
He just said that Ranieri is not the best candidate to coach the team for a long time.
In any case, it has become an established fact that Ranieri has become the new coach of Leicester City.
However, the Italian coach's top priority after taking office is not to get to know the players on the team, nor to make transfers, but to find ways to retain the team's star Ling Feng!
According to reports from major newspapers such as "The Sun" and "Daily Mirror", since the club fired Pearson, who had a very good relationship with him, Ling Feng was very disappointed with the club's decision and decided to shelve his relationship with the club. Negotiate contract renewal and seek the possibility of transfer and departure!
When the person involved saw the decent reports in these tabloids, he looked confused:
How come I didn’t know that I wanted to transfer and leave?
However, news has always been about little girls who let others dress up.
Some people don't believe it, some people believe it.
The fans don't believe that Ling Feng wants to leave the club that has trained him for so many years just because the head coach is dismissed;
But the club's senior officials don't dare not believe it.
In June, the club had already released the news that it was negotiating a contract extension with Ling Feng.
At that time, all the major clubs thought that Ling Feng would stay in Leicester City.
So I didn't even think about making a quote.
But, after the club fired Pearson, everything changed!
The transfer rumors surrounding Ling Feng suddenly increased.
Moreover, practical quotations also came one after another in just one week.
As of the day Ranieri took office, more than seven clubs had sent offers for Ling Feng!
Manchester City, Arsenal, and Manchester United in the Premier League, Bayern in the Bundesliga, Juventus in Serie A, and Paris Saint-Germain in Ligue 1
These clubs thought that Ling Feng was dissatisfied with the club, so they all planned to take advantage of it.
Even though we know that Ling Feng's contract has a termination clause of 60 million pounds.
These clubs do not intend to spend the money, but choose to lower the price.
Even so, the first round of offers, every club's offer, exceeded 40 million pounds.
It is worth mentioning that among all the offers, those from Manchester City and Arsenal are the most sincere.
Manchester City directly offered 55 million pounds, the highest among all clubs;
The Gunners offered a down payment of 2,000 plus 4,000 in installments!
After Manchester City missed the opportunity to defend the championship last season, they learned from the experience and decided to continue spending money to strengthen their lineup.
Among their luxury purchase lists are Ling Feng and De Bruyne, two of the most creative offensive midfielders in Europe, as well as players such as Sterling, whose contract extension with Liverpool is deadlocked. .
As for Arsenal, Wenger's coveting of Ling Feng did not happen in a day or two.
Although the team already has another European assists king, Ego.
But which head coach would dislike too many of the team's top players? !
The professor has said more than once that if Ling Feng improves his shooting skills under his training, he will have the opportunity to grow into a superstar like Henry or Bergkamp with excellent passing and shooting!
Facing offers from other clubs, of course Leicester City rejected them all.
And it was clearly stated that Ling Feng was not for sale by the club!
However, in this increasingly commercialized era, no player is for sale.
On the contrary, many players have been labeled "not for sale", which is just a way for clubs to raise prices.
Once a club directly bids 60 million pounds, Ling Feng's termination clause can be triggered and he can negotiate his personal treatment.
Based on Ling Feng’s latest net worth of 65 million pounds, taking into account factors such as his age and potential, commercial value, England household registration and so on.
The transfer fee is less than 80 million pounds, and Leicester City is losing money!
Therefore, whether it is to appease Ling Feng and ask him not to care too much about Pearson being fired, or perhaps to retain Ling Feng, the club's most valuable "commodity", the club must act as soon as possible Renew your contract!
So, on only the third day after Ranieri took office, Mendes called Ling Feng:
"Ling, they agreed to our conditions!"< br>
After Mendes' negotiation, Ling Feng's new contract has a weekly salary of 130,000 pounds, an increase of 80%. In addition, when renewing his contract, he will also receive a signing fee of three million pounds!
In terms of bonus terms, in addition to goal and assist bonuses, if he can win personal awards such as Premier League MVP, Premier League Team of the Year, and Assists King, Ling Feng can also receive an additional corresponding bonus.
It is worth mentioning that during the negotiation process, the club also plans to remove the termination clause in the contract.
It was Mendes’ persistence that prevented the club from “successful”.
Because of the settlement clause, if Ling Feng transfers next year, he will be able to take the absolute initiative. There is no need to fear that the club will deliberately set a sky-high price in order to hinder his transfer.
After the contract renewal, the new contract termination fee became an astonishing 90 million pounds!
Although compared to the "happy boy" Sterling, who is about to transfer to Manchester City and earns a weekly salary of 180,000, Ling Feng, who is more famous and stronger than him, only earns a weekly salary of 130,000. It seems a little low.
However, comparing the income volume and salary structure of the two clubs, this amount is enough to show that Leicester City attaches great importance to him!
Ling Feng was not polite and immediately came to the Belvoir base. Accompanied by the team director, he signed his name on the new contract!
Only after completing the contract renewal with the club and on the way home, Ling Feng learned from Mendes that the tabloid gossip was actually deliberately released by this super agent!
The purpose is to put pressure on the club to accept the contract renewal conditions he proposed as soon as possible!
With all the hype, Ling Feng once again felt extremely lucky for his decision to choose Mendes as his agent.
Hey, this is called professionalism!
Faced with Ling Feng’s thumbs up, Mendes just waved his hand lightly, and then suddenly took out an exquisite invitation from the inner pocket of his suit and handed it to Ling Feng. :
“By the way, I’m getting married on the 2nd of next month. Remember to take time off to come and attend the wedding.”
When he saw the invitation, Ling Feng was a little surprised:
"Huh? You're not married yet?!"
As far as he knew, Mendes had a wife.
And Mendes also explained lightly:
"It's just a replacement wedding, no need to make a fuss. There will be many colleagues in the industry by then, so you'd better bring your little girlfriend over."
Hearing this, Ling Feng couldn't help but raise his eyebrows, "Ronaldo will come too, right?"
The Ronaldo Ling Feng mentioned was not the Brazilian one.
Obviously, Mendes understood what he meant and showed a faint smile:
"Of course! I will introduce you to you then!"
. . .
Entering July, the European summer transfer window has officially opened.
Leicester City’s first signing was the signing of Austrian international Christian Fuchs from Schalke 04 in the Bundesliga without a visa!
This 29-year-old Bundesliga veteran has rich experience and is both offensive and defensive.
The arrival of Fuchs gives Leicester City finally a solid option at the left back position.
In addition, Maguire's transfer negotiations have also reached the final stage. The transfer fee has been finalized, leaving only the club and the players to discuss personal treatment.
However, for Blue Fox fans, no signing is more important than Ling Feng's contract extension with the club!
Just after the club officially announced that it had renewed its contract with Ling Feng until 2020, main players such as Vardy, Mahrez, and Brother Drinkwater also completed contract renewals with the club one after another.
Blue Fox fans were overjoyed with this good news and praised the club's operation.
They don't expect the team to make waves in the transfer market, they just pray that the team can maintain the current main lineup, which is already very good.
Especially the most popular Blue Fox Three Musketeers.
As long as they have these three people, they can remain competitive in the Premier League and rank among the top six in the Premier League!
After finishing some business activities, Ling Feng finally ushered in the day to return to the team
As soon as he entered the familiar locker room, he saw familiar faces. Ling Feng was like a child returning home, his mood suddenly rose.
"Hey! Guys! Are you okay?"
After shaking hands and hugging his teammates one by one, Ling Feng also came to the team's new aid Fuchs and approached him. ：
"Hey, Christian, how are you?"
Facing Ling Feng's right hand that he extended out, Fox also reached out to shake it, and then smiled:
"It's okay. "
"My name is Ling Feng, you can call me Ling."
"Although someone may have told you, I still have to tell you, welcome. Leicester City!”
"Thank you."
Fuchs is not an introvert.
Although my English is very poor, I can only speak some simple words.
But with the help of Huth, a German, integrating into the team is not a problem.
After changing into training clothes and sneakers, everyone also came to the training ground.
And Ling Feng also met the team's new coach for the first time, the old Italian man known as the "tinker".
The sparse hair, the kind smile, even the wrinkles under the glasses are so amiable.
While lining up, when Ranieri saw Ling Feng standing in the first row, he couldn't help but smile and nodded to him:
"Ling, welcome back to the team!"< br>
Facing Ranieri’s proactive overture, Ling Feng also smiled:
"Thank you, coach."
Even through game videos and player reports, I already know something about this absolute star of the Blue Fox team.
However, when he saw Ling Feng's physical condition and technical level in training, Ranieri was still shocked.
You know, in his nearly thirty years of coaching career, he has coached many wealthy teams and met many famous stars.
Mendieta, Zola, Del Piero, Nedved.
The talent shown by Ling Feng made Ranieri shout in his heart:
What kind of monster is this? !
His vision is even broader than Mendieta’s!
His passing is more accurate and imaginative than Sneijder!
His long-range shot is even faster than Nedved!
His speed is the fastest among all the players he has ever seen! ! !
Especially his commanding attitude on the court, controlling the team's offensive rhythm like a leisurely stroll, reminded him of his midfield commander when he was coaching Valencia, Mendieta!
However, compared to Mendieta, Ling Feng's physical fitness is even more explosive.
Strictly speaking, he is more like an enhanced version of Mendieta!
And he is only twenty years old!
Looking at the black-haired young man running across the training ground, Ranieri suddenly felt that his decision to take over the Blue Fox was the right one.
Under the leadership of Mendieta, Valencia has become a contender for the La Liga championship.
So, under the leadership of Ling Feng, Leicester City may also be able to become a championship contending group in the Premier League? !
Thinking of this, Ranieri's heart, which was already as calm as a lake, felt a ripple after a long absence.
(End of this chapter)