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Chapter 248

In the next few days, when he was not training, Long Bisheng was always thinking about what Ning Xi said - this is professional football.

Beckford is loyal to Leeds United. In 06, Beckford scored 35 goals in Wealdstone. At that time, not to mention the British Championship team, even many Premier League teams expressed their interest in him. However, when Leeds United in the British Championship showed their interest in him, Beckford immediately accepted the invitation of Leeds United. The satisfaction of the team—he is 27 years old, and there are only a few years left in his peak period. If he has been playing in the lower leagues before, what if he retires in the future if he doesn't take advantage of his performance in the past few years to get a lucrative contract?Players live on their youth, especially those who have been working hard from low-level leagues. If they don’t earn enough money before retiring, life may become a problem in the future.

From Ning Xi's mouth, Long Bisheng also knew that Beckford's departure was beneficial to him - after all, this would establish Long Bisheng's position in the team - after the new season started, he would be the team's undisputed top scorer, even if the club re-introduced an outstanding striker, he would not shake his position in the team as a newcomer.

But today the club can give up Beckford, will it give up itself for economic reasons in the future?When I moved to Leeds, I signed a three-year contract with the club. If I can't make it to the Premier League this season, will I still renew my contract with the club?

In the past, Long Bisheng would definitely answer himself without hesitation - of course the contract will be renewed!But after seeing how Beckford was treated, he began to waver.

Leeds is a very good city, the fans here are also very enthusiastic, and the relationship between teammates is also very good-but just after being promoted to the British Championship, the club immediately sold Beckford, who had made great contributions to the team, and Long Bisheng had to feel chilled.

Bates is a successful businessman, and the businessman's principle is to put profit first. In fact, the business of selling Beckford has done quite well. Not to mention that his net worth has increased by more than ten times. After Long Bisheng became the top scorer, Beckford's departure did not have much impact on the team's overall strength, but with his approach, can Leeds United really regain their past glory?
Focusing only on small interests, Bates now seems to have lost the courage that made Chelsea an important European club in the past. Although Chelsea did not win the league championship back then, the introduction of world-class stars such as Zola, Casiraghi, Laudrup, Vialli, and Desailly made Chelsea famous around the world. Although Leeds United's investment regardless of cost brought bad consequences, it has made Leeds United have countless diehard fans around the world. Just as Inter Milan can become the Serie A club with the most Chinese fans, the successive joining of Ronaldo and Vieri is the most critical factor.

To become a rich family, both the competitive level and the popularity index must be improved. Just considering the economy can only be a small fight. If you want to accumulate enough popularity, the right way to burn money is king.

Naturally, Long Bisheng didn't think too much about it, but he already vaguely felt that Leeds United didn't seem to be his place to stay for a long time. Seeing that his friends were already making waves in the top league, he could only commit himself to the English Championship.Do I have to play in the British Championship for such a long time?
If it was just to support his family, then Long Bisheng had already done this, but people always have to look higher up. Long Bisheng is not a person who is indifferent to fame and fortune. He doesn't care much about benefits, but no player doesn't need fame.

After thinking about it for a few days, Long Bisheng still couldn’t come up with a reason. Now that the club attaches great importance to him, he is also reluctant to leave Leeds. If he can successfully advance to the Premier League this season, then it’s nothing to stay in Leeds United. After all, Leeds United is well-known in England, but what if they fail to enter the Premier League?
Let's talk about it then.

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In the next period of time, Ning Xi kept reporting Leeds United's news to Long Bisheng. This summer, Leeds United didn't do much. Apart from Beckford's departure, only midfielder Douglas left on a free transfer after his contract expired. Only these two left in the main lineup.

In order to make up for the shortcomings of Douglas and Beckford's departure, Leeds United snatched the Senegal international from Charlton, who was relegated to the League One. The 32-year-old midfielder Andy Faye, who participated in two World Cups. The player was originally a right midfielder.

On the forward line, in addition to keeping Snodgrass and promoting Elliott from the youth team, Suo Wenmi also left Leeds United for a team where he could play the main force. In order to find a good partner for Long Bisheng, McAllister spent 50 pounds from Scunthorpe. It's a penalty kick, and his speed can effectively make up for the lack of Leeds' striker.

Leeds United did a great job with these two deals. Leeds United had a relatively complete lineup. Although we don’t know if this lineup is competitive enough in the British Championship, it is not easy for McAllister to maintain a certain strength growth with a complete lineup without more capital investment.

What's more, whether a team can achieve better results depends not only on whether the lineup is strong, but also on whether the players can perform well. Although the two main players, Beckford and Douglas, have left, they are relatively old after all.

Experienced veterans are indispensable, but if the team wants to grow significantly, it depends on the performance of young people. The only worry in McAllister's mind now is that after the start of the league, Delphi and Long Bisheng will participate in the World Youth Championship. Without these two, Leeds United's offense may be paralyzed by 60.00%. But no matter from which aspect, McAllister has no reason to prevent Long Bisheng and Delphi from participating in the World Youth Championship. This game is a regular game stipulated by FIFA. Long Bisheng and Delphi also hope to participate in this competition known as "the cradle of future superstars". No player will give up such an opportunity.

Fortunately, the British Championship has already started on August [-]th. McAllister can also use the rules to allow Long Bisheng and Delphi to participate in the World Youth Championship after the sixth round of the league on September [-]th. In addition, September and October are months with a lot of international competitions. McAllister estimated that these two important players will only miss six league rounds, and the impact on the entire season is not too great.

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The time soon came to the beginning of July, and the second training camp of the China Youth Team began. In this training camp, Ding Yu basically decided on the tactics used in the World Youth Championship, that is, Long Bisheng advances alone, and the surroundings behind him, Dai Guangming and Zhang Yi all have strong offensive capabilities, which is enough to make up for the shortcomings of the lack of single-arrow attack power.

Originally, Ding Yu didn't dare to put the burden of offense on Long Bisheng alone, but this season Long Bisheng has shown the ability to complete the offense alone. His containment ability is already very good, and now he has a strong desire to score goals. With his physical fitness, he is enough to stand out from the crowd in the youth game.

This lineup is a typical four-two-three-one lineup. Although Dai Guangming and others are outstanding, there are many outstanding young players like them in other football powers, but Long Bisheng's physical fitness is unique. Of course, Ding Yu will make good use of this.

In the case of not being able to clearly outperform the opponent in other aspects, it is Ding Yu who is good at taking advantage of the relatively outstanding odd soldier to win the victory, but what he did not expect is that McAllister also thought of this.

In McAllister's plan for next season, Long Bisheng is also the most important part. Gary Hooper has speed and skill, but he lacks the ability to shake the opponent's defense alone. Only Long Bisheng can make Leeds United's offense easier. So when Long Bisheng finished the training camp for the Chinese youth team and returned to Leeds to participate in the pre-season training camp, he began to feel that the training content of the Leeds training camp was actually similar to the training content of the Chinese youth team...

In the China Youth Team, Ding Yu gave him the task of being able to stand up and score goals at critical moments while running in the frontcourt. This meant that he had to take on more responsibilities than usual. After returning to Leeds, Long Bisheng felt that in addition to his own tasks last season, he also took over Beckford's tasks last season-is this what it feels like to be able to work harder?

(End of this chapter)