Full-Level Pass, Please Call Me The Boss Of The Three Lions

The new season is coming, and the new season is coming.

Chapter 144 Transfer Operations of Newly Promoted Teams [4,000 Words Chapter]

After the experience and baptism of the World Cup, Ling Feng has become the star player of Leicester City.

Therefore, after the club officially announced the contract extension with Ling Feng, a large number of Leicester City fans flocked to the club’s official website,

“Great!”

“Well done!”

“As long as Ling Feng doesn’t leave, it will be a perfect transfer window!”

The happy Foxes fans almost took out firecrackers to celebrate

And the fans of other Premier League teams, they beat their feet and stamped their chests, and ran to Ling Feng’s social media account to make various comments:

“Young people are confused!”

“Going to Manchester City and Chelsea to win the Premier League championship, isn’t it great?”

“What kind of magic potion did Leicester City give you?!”

“A real man should join the army!”

Of course, Ling Feng doesn’t care what fans of other clubs think.

He directly posted a photo of himself with the Blue Foxes logo on social media, and wrote:

“I love this club! I will do my best to help my club gain a foothold in the Premier League!”

“Go ahead, Blue Foxes!”

After completing the contract renewal with the team’s star player, Leicester City also successively renewed contracts with Vardy, “Drinking Brother” Drinkwater, Morgan, Schmeichel and other main players.

And some players who are willing to play rotation have also renewed their contracts.

Of course, depending on the team’s status and ability, the salary increase of each player is also different.

How much strength to get how much weekly salary, this is fair!

After roughly retaining the main framework of Leicester City, Leicester City’s transfer team can finally focus all its attention on the transfer market!

In fact, as early as when he took over the Blue Foxes, Vichai once shouted a slogan, claiming that once the team was promoted to the Premier League, he would take out 10 billion Thai baht to help the team with transfer operations.

Of course, slogans are just shouting.

If we really want to implement it, it would be good to have half of it.

You know, 10 billion Thai baht is nearly 200 million pounds!

Even Manchester City and Paris, which are backed by oil, dare not say that they can take out so much money for transfer operations in one transfer window.

The team was promoted to the Premier League and qualified for the group stage of the Europa League through the FA Cup, which made the team owner Vichai smile from ear to ear.

The exposure of the Premier League and European wars will definitely greatly increase the popularity and influence of the tourism group behind it.

Although he did not take out 200 million pounds at once as the slogan said.

However, he still approved a transfer budget of 20 million pounds!

This amount is already a very large investment for a Premier League promoted team.

The team director and head coach are very satisfied with this.

After all, they are a small team, and their business philosophy is completely different from those of the giant clubs.

The primary goal of Leicester City after being promoted to the Premier League is to stay in the Premier League!

As long as they stay in the Premier League, they will continue to receive tens of millions of pounds in broadcasting fees, more exposure and attention, higher attendance and commercial income.

Only when the income is greater than the expenditure and the club is in good and healthy operation, the team owner may slowly increase investment.

And 20 million pounds is not too much, but not too little.

You may not even be able to buy a famous star, but with careful calculation, you can buy several powerful players.

In fact, Leicester City’s transfer operation has started since the end of the season at the end of May!

Player transfers are not like the vegetable market, where you just pat your head and see which player’s name is more pleasing to the eye, or which giant wants to sign a player, and then pay for it.

First of all, scouts need time to observe the player, to see his various abilities, whether he can adapt to the team’s tactics, as well as his competitive state, age, injury history, etc.

Sometimes, the club will even continue to observe a player for more than a year!

A blockbuster transfer often requires a lot of work behind the scenes.

Secondly, the transfer can only enter the next round of negotiations if both parties are willing.

Finally, the transfer can be finalized through negotiations with the club and the players.

Since there is not much money on hand, Leicester City’s transfer team focuses on careful calculation.

When looking for suitable players in the transfer market, Walsh, the assistant coach and chief scout known as the “Eagle Eye”, first sets his sights on

on the free agent whose contract expired.

After reaching an agreement with the player on the personal agreement, Leicester City first signed Matthew Upson, a 35-year-old central defender who was a former England international and former West Ham United captain, for free.

Then they signed Mark Albrighton, a former rising star who has now lost his starting position at Aston Villa.

It can be said that the joining of the two will greatly increase the team’s experience in the Premier League.

After all, in this Leicester City team, except for former internationals Konchesky and Dean Hammond, other players have no experience in the Premier League.

Even Ling Feng and Vardy, who have participated in the World Cup, played in the Premier League for the first time.

Upson and Albrighton can pass on their Premier League experience to others on and off the court, so that these players can adapt to the Premier League as soon as possible.

In addition to the free signing, they also rented young midfielder Nick Powell from Manchester United to increase the depth of the midfield lineup.

The first real deal that Leicester City spent a transfer fee on was to bring in Argentine center forward Ulloa from Brighton at a price of 7 million euros!

There is no doubt that Leicester City will still adopt the 4231 tactics that killed in the Championship last season in the new season.

And the “Blue Fox Three Musketeers” combination with tacit cooperation in the front court will definitely not be dismantled.

Therefore, Vardy, who has become an England international, is undoubtedly the first choice for Leicester City’s starting striker in the new season.

However, the tactics of a mature team are not just one set, nor are they immutable.

When the team’s tactics need to change, a center forward with outstanding confrontation ability who can be a fulcrum in the front court can take the ball with his back in the penalty area and make a pass for his teammates when Vardy is off the court or on the side.

Although the team already has a New Zealand teenager Chris Wood who is over 1.9 meters tall.

However, he is still too young. He can’t even resist people in the Championship. How can he gain a foothold in the fierce Premier League?

In the match against Brighton last season, Ulloa, who was able to resist the tall defender in the penalty area and repeatedly threatened the goal, left a deep impression on Pearson and Walsh.

Faced with the olive branch thrown by Leicester City, Ulloa did not hesitate to seize this precious opportunity to participate in the Premier League and European wars!

And this Argentine will become Leicester City’s “battering ram” in the Premier League in the new season!

Of course, there are ins and outs.

Some players who are not capable or not adapted to the team’s tactics also left the team:

32-year-old left winger Lloyd Dale, whose physical and competitive state declined seriously, was sold to the Championship team Watford for 1 million euros;

Dean Hammond, the team’s midfielder who signed for free last season, was dissatisfied with his playing time and was unwilling to play as a substitute.

Therefore, he was also sold to another Championship team Sheffield Wednesday, recovering a transfer fee of 2 million euros.

Substitute striker Martin Waghorn was sold at a low price for 500,000 euros.

It is worth mentioning that David Nugent, the team’s main center forward in the previous season and the first half of last season, also left the team!

In fact, Nugent’s performance in the league is outstanding, scoring 22 goals.

However, his position in the team is somewhat awkward.

If he plays as a single arrow in the 4231 formation, his speed is not fast enough to form a good tacit understanding with Ling Feng’s through ball.

If he pulls to the left to play as a winger, speed, crosses and dribbling are not his strengths.

And he himself does not want to play rotation.

Fortunately, his performance in the FA Cup attracted the attention of the Premier League team Hull City, which asked for the price.

And he himself hopes to play as a center forward, and Hull City also promised to give him a main position.

Therefore, after supplementing Ulloa, Leicester City did not retain him and directly sold Nugent to Hull City for 7.5 million euros.

It is almost equivalent to exchanging Nugent for Ulloa!

However, Leicester City coach and Walsh are satisfied with the deal.

They firmly believe that Ulloa will be better than Nugent!

. . .

On July 23, Leicester City’s first-team players returned to the Belvoir base to prepare for the new season.

However, due to participating in the World Cup, Ling Feng and Vardy’s vacation was extended and they have not returned to the team yet.

Immediately afterwards, the team flew to Thailand for a pre-season tour.

On July 28, Leicester City played a pre-season warm-up match with the Premier League team “Toffees” Everton in Bangkok.

It is worth mentioning that in the published Premier League schedule, Everton will also be their opponent in the first Premier League game!

Perhaps it is

Because the two core players Ling Feng and Vardy did not start, and with the addition of new players, Everton finally won a narrow victory over Leicester City by 1-0.

Although the opponent did not send all the main players.

However, it is completely acceptable to lose only one goal to a Premier League powerhouse like Everton.

While training in Thailand, the team’s signings are still continuing.

You know, in the upcoming new season, Leicester City will not only compete in the Premier League, but also participate in the Europa League.

In addition to the two domestic cup competitions of the FA Cup and the League Cup.

This means that throughout the season, the starting players in each position of Leicester City will play nearly 50 games!

Therefore, considering the team’s injuries and rotations, in order to avoid collapse on both ends, it is very necessary to strengthen the depth of the lineup.

Among Leicester City’s lineup, the weakest lineup depth is the winger position!

On the left winger position, after Dale left, Albrighton was added, which is equivalent to the same number of people.

On the right winger position, Mahrez started and Knocket was rotated.

And the most important front midfielder position in the formation is only occupied by Ling Feng!

If you count Vardy, Ling Feng and Nick Powell who occasionally play as a guest player, there are only six players who can play as a front midfielder and left and right wingers!

Three positions, six people, far from enough!

Although in unimportant cup matches, Ling Feng can also let Mahrez play temporarily when he rotates, or directly use Manchester United youngster Nick Powell.

However, if they can strengthen another front field jack of all trades who can play as left and right wingers, then their rotation lineup will be more balanced.

In Walsh’s view, Manchester United’s Jesse Lingard is such a talent!

As a member of Manchester United’s “New 92 Class”, Lingard is not tall and thin.

However, he is fast, flexible, and has a certain foundation in passing, stopping, dribbling and shooting.

What Walsh values ​​most is his excellent endurance and off-ball movement!

He is always running in the frontcourt, constantly running to the empty space to meet his teammates, and can pull out space for Vardy and Ling Feng in the frontcourt.

Lingard was briefly loaned to Leicester City at the end of 2012.

Although that loan trip was not pleasant.

However, after the first time, the second time will be easier to negotiate.

So Walsh contacted his acquaintance in Manchester United, the current technical director Mick Court, and proposed to loan Lingard for a season.

Manchester United did not think about it for too long and directly agreed to the request.

However, whether to go to Leicester City depends on the player’s personal wishes.

Lingard, who had just returned to Manchester United from Brighton on loan after receiving a loan invitation from Leicester City through the club, was in a dilemma.

As a Manchester United youth player, he certainly hopes to gain a foothold in the “Red Devils” step by step through his own efforts and become a starting player.

And after Van Gaal took over Manchester United, he will definitely give the players a chance to perform.

But his agent persuaded him to accept the loan.

The reason is very simple and realistic:

Lingard has no starting position in this Manchester United team that is in need of reconstruction!

In Manchester United, which player who can play in the middle of the midfield and on the wing is not more capable and famous than him?

Herrera, Nani, Shinji Kagawa, Ashley Young, Mata and others, and the Real Madrid winger “Angel” Di Maria who is close to transfer.

You know, at his age, sufficient and stable playing time is the key to growth!

Going to Leicester City can not only compete for the starting position, but also participate in the Europa League.

You know, Manchester United ranked only seventh in the Premier League last season, without the Champions League or the Europa League.

After the analysis of his agent, Lingard couldn’t help but think of the good memories of the King Power Stadium last season.

In that game, it was with his goal that Leicester City’s winning streak in the English Championship ended.

After the game, he also exchanged jerseys with Leicester City’s midfield core Ling Feng.

At that time, they had agreed to meet in the Premier League.

Lingard never thought that the black-haired boy who was omnipotent in the English Championship would become the core of the Three Lions midfield in just a few months!

He was very curious about why Ling Feng could improve so quickly.

Perhaps, playing with him would give him the answer? !

Finally, after talking to Walsh in person, Lingard was quickly convinced by the old man’s words:

“We are a young team and we really need a young man like you who is full of energy and keeps running on the field!”

“You will be our

“Moreover, as long as you perform well in Leicester City, you will be able to return to Old Trafford next season with a more mature and powerful attitude and compete with others for the starting position!”

First chapter.

The second chapter is being written and should be available before twelve o’clock.

(End of this chapter)