The Legendary Chairman Novel - Chapter 205

205 The First Signing of the New Season
Now the 2004-05 season of the Champions League has finally come to an end.

Athletics Wigan beat Ipswich 4-2 in the final of the leveling-up playoffs, and Athletics Wigan’s frontlines are the strongest in the Champions League this season.

Nathan Ellington scored twice in the game, as did his teammate Jason Roberts, who scored a goal and sent out an assist. On the other side, Darren Bent also scored twice, with his partner Shevchenko Kucci making two assists.

The combination of the two strikers is really excellent, even making many Premier League teams feel envious.

However, many believe the two pairs of strikers are likely to collapse in the new season.

Because at this time, a lot of teams are very interested in the combination of the two teams, the teams are from the Premier League teams.

Now the Premier League’s West Bromwich Albion is chasing Nathan Ellington, the Champions League’s top scorer of the season, and is said to have made a £ 3 million offer for Wigan Athletics.

You know, Wigan spent £ 750, 000 on Nathan Ellington in the summer of 2002. Three years on, Jason Ellington has reached £ 3 million. That’s an objective increase.

It is said that at this time Wigan Athletics is considering a move!

Nathan Ellington’s partner, Jason Roberts, has also been chased by several clubs and is said to be most interested in Blackburn, who are very optimistic about the striker.

Ipswich has a lot of interest in Darren Bent’s team because Darren Bent is young, very young. The teams who want him are Charlton, Tottenham Hotspur, Bolton, Sunderland and others.

Darren Bent’s partner Shevchenko Kucci has also received offers from teams such as Blackburn, Crystal Palace and Bolton.

The two Champions League strikers are very popular anyway and there are a lot of clubs looking to bring in these players.

Of course, Leeds United’s Huntelaar has attracted the attention of more teams. After all, Huntelaar is the best striker in the Champions League this season, scoring 28 goals in a single season. Most importantly, Huntelaar had been out of action for more than a month due to injury. Otherwise, Huntelaar would have scored more goals.

It is said that Everton and Liverpool have both taken a fancy to the Dutch striker at this time.

I’m thinking of an offer from Leeds United, hoping that I can occasionally bring in Huntelaar.

–Division Line–

Zhong Cheng did receive a call from Everton head coach Moyes. He did indicate to Zhong Cheng that he wanted to introduce Huntelaar and Ribery, but Zhong Cheng directly rejected Moyes.

Huntelaar and Ribery are the cornerstones of Leeds United and will not be sold easily.

Ribery Huntelaar and the others are the main players of Leeds United this season and Zhong Cheng wants to use them to break through to the Premier League and the UEFA Cup.

Moyes also felt very regretful when he learned that the two of them weren’t for sale.

However, Moyes instantly changed his target. He made an offer to Zhong Cheng for Pique and Vermaelen.

Zhong Cheng sucked in a breath of cold air, damn Snow Moyes of June. If possible, this guy definitely wanted to pack his entire Leeds United team away.

Evidently, Zhong Cheng directly rejected Moyes. These people were the absolute core of Leeds United. How could Zhong Cheng sell these people?

Zhong Cheng recommended Fraser Richardson and Matthew Kilgaron to Moyes. Apparently, Moyes did not like these people, not even France’s fringe international Boumsong.

Seeing that Zhong Cheng did not agree, Moyes did not pester him. But Moyes made a request. Since you rejected our Everton team, you’d better not agree to send these players to another team.

Zhong Cheng immediately agreed that he would not sell these players now.

Zhong Cheng now wants to bring in players, Leeds United will play in the Premier League next season, Leeds United should have to reinforce. And next season, Leeds United have a UEFA Cup to play, so they have to bring in players to increase the depth of the bench.

There are fewer people available at Leeds United now and there will be a few more this summer.

Players like Michael Rikitts are useless at Leeds, not even in the Champions League, especially in the Premier League. Davis, who is also on loan for the winter season, is also due to leave and is said to be joining Tottenham Hotspur next season.

Now Zhong Cheng glanced at it briefly. The current Leeds United Club still needed to bring in at least one rotation centre-back, one or two backs, one front waist, one winger and at least one striker.

In other words, Leeds United will need to bring in at least six to seven players for next season’s Premier League and UEFA Cup duels.

But now Zhong Cheng is optimistic about the central defender of Serbia and Montenegro Vidic, he was previously optimistic about Serbia and Montenegro’s central defender, yes at this time Serbia and Montenegro has not disintegrated. At this moment, Serbia and Montenegro’s strength is quite good. The young Vidic is already the main central defender of Serbia and Montenegro’s national team.

In fact, last year, Zhong Cheng had taken a fancy to Nemanja Vidic, who was currently in the midst of a transfer. Zhong Cheng found Vidic, but Vidic rejected Zhong Cheng, he eventually chose Russia’s Moscow Sparta team.

Now he has moved to Russia to play for more than half a season. Once he arrives in Moscow, Sparta have settled down in the main team. In 2004, he played 12 games, scored two goals and defended incomparably steadily.

This season, he has played 12 matches now. Because the Russian league is not cross-year, so now the Russian league is in full swing.

Zhong Cheng clearly remembered that Vidic officially moved to Manchester United in January 2006 after playing in the Russian Premier League in 2005.

Zhong Cheng wanted to make an early move this summer to bring Vidic to Leeds United.

Zhong Cheng has made an offer to Moscow Sparta in the hope of signing Vidic. However, Moscow Sparta directly rejected it, claiming that Vidic would not go to Leeds United.

This made Zhong Cheng a little angry. Why did he say that?

Only later did Zhong Cheng realize that Manchester United were interested in Nemanja Vidic and had already made an inquiry. Manchester United also want to take Nemanja Vidic away this summer, but Moscow’s Sparta refuse to allow him to leave this summer. They want him to leave after playing in the Russian Premier League this season.

Yes, an initial agreement has been reached between Sparta Moscow, Manchester United and Vidic, who moved to Manchester United on January 1, 2006.

Zhong Cheng also learned that Manchester United offered Vidic a transfer fee of £ 7 million.

Upon hearing this news, Zhong Cheng was speechless as he looked at the heavens. It was a pity that Peeker’s best partner had gone so far!

–Division Line–

After being shut out by Vidic, Zhong went to Ipswich coach Joe Royle, who had been looking for a successful transfer to heal his broken heart for a long time.

In this season’s Champions League, Zhong Cheng and Joe Royle made a bet. Whoever can lead the team up the ladder can take away a player from the other club. At that time, Joe Royle valued Liz United’s Ribery, and Zhong Cheng was interested in their formation’s Darren Bent.

Now, Zhong Cheng had successfully led Leeds United to leveling up, while Ipswich had lost to Wigan in the final of the leveling playoffs.

So it was time for Joe Royle to keep his promise.

Joe Royle is not the kind of person who doesn’t keep his word. Although he was reluctant to part with Darren Bent, he still agreed to Zhong Cheng. Darren Bent himself wants to move because he wants to play in the Premier League.

Darren Bent is a famous young striker in England and has attracted the attention of many Premier League teams. Ipswich have not advanced to the Premier League this season and Joe Royle knows they won’t be able to keep Darren Bent, which is why he agreed so straightforwardly to Zhong Cheng’s offer for Darren Bent.

Of course, Joe Royle said he agreed with Zhong Cheng’s request for Darren Bent. However, Zhong Cheng’s offer must be satisfactory to them, and the players need Zhong Cheng to settle it himself.

In Zhong Cheng’s memory, Darren Bent did leave Ipswich this season after failing to upgrade and moved to Charlton for £ 2. 5m.

Therefore, Zhong Cheng made an offer of 2 million pounds to Ipswich. Unexpectedly, Joe Royle agreed, and the Ipswich Club also agreed. They hinted that Zhong Cheng could negotiate a move with Darren Bent and asked the club’s vice-president executive CEO Trivo Burch to speak with Darren Bent on his behalf to let Darren Bent feel the sincerity of their Leeds United team.

In fact, the Leeds United team is very attractive, at least compared to Charlton Athletics these teams are much more attractive. Leeds United have the UEFA Cup to play in the new season, something many Premier League teams cannot compare to.

So when he saw Trivor Burch, Darren Bent agreed without thinking much.

Trivor Burch then negotiated his contract with Darren Bent’s agent.

Now Darren Bent’s salary at Ipswich is not very high because he is a player who came out of the Ipswich youth team.

So in the end, Leeds paid Darren Bent £ 17, 000 a week, signed a four-year contract and paid £ 18 million in liquidated damages.

A weekly salary of £ 17, 000 is already considered a decent salary, as many teams in the Premier League now earn the same maximum salary, with many Premier League players earning less than £ 10, 000 a week.

The lowest salary Zhong has set for the Leeds United players for the new season is £ 10, 000 a week. Of course, this is definitely not the best salary level in the Premier League, but it is definitely not the worst.

When Darren Bent saw such a contract, he agreed. The deal is good, and most importantly, Darren Bent can play in the UEFA Cup this season, which is what he wants the most. Moreover, the average age of Leeds United is very low and he should have a lot of chances to play in this team.

So Darren Bent agreed to join Leeds United.

Yes, before the transfer window opened, Zhong Cheng had already taken down a player. When the transfer window opens, they will be able to announce to outside officials.

After taking down Darren Bent, Zhong Cheng’s wounded heart finally felt much better.