The Legendary Chairman Novel - Chapter 718
718 Warm-Up and Transfer Rumours
Yes, Kramer had great hatred for Zhong Cheng!
Moreover, Kramer also felt the addition of Zhong Cheng’s corner. Last season, Huntelaar and the others performed very well, especially Huntelaar. He was very strong and was indeed worthy of being called the Premier League’s golden boots.
This season, Kramer wants to dig Zhong Cheng’s corner again.
First, it could reduce the strength of Leeds United, second, it could increase Sheffield’s strength on Wednesday, and third, it could release a mouthful of anger.
Of course, the main reason was third!
Kramer could not see Zhong Chenghao. He wanted to take revenge on Zhong Cheng and let Zhong Cheng know how powerful it was to offend him, Kramer.
Sheffield Wednesday made a long list of offers to Leeds United involving Pique, Compani, Luka Modric, Joan Gourcuff, Franck Ribery and Joaquin.
This was like breaking the backbone of Leeds United.
Moreover, this fellow Kramer is very arrogant. This daddy is rich, rich!
Kramer did not know where he heard Zhong Cheng’s reply to José Mourinho and Ars è ne Wenger. He directly quoted £ 40 million to both Pique and Franck Ribery, meaning that Kramer wanted £ 80 million to pack Franck Ribery and Pique.
Zhong Cheng was dumbfounded when he saw this offer.
Kramer was even more Abramovich than Abramovich. He simply didn’t treat money as money. Kramer was really awesome.
To tell the truth, Zhong Cheng was really tempted to see this offer.
However, Zhong Cheng quickly rejected the offer!
Even if Kramer were to offer £ 50 m each to Pique and Franck Ribery, Zhong Cheng would refuse because the new season is really coming. It was difficult for Leeds United to find someone to replenish their absolute main force at this time. Even if they found someone, they would still need time to adjust. Leeds United did not have enough time now.
Zhong Cheng directly rejected Kramer, claiming that these players were not for sale by Leeds United!
Kramer was naturally very angry, but he did not stop. He wanted to play the same trick again. The last time they brought Huntelaar in, they had private contact with the players themselves. They had a good chance to bring in these players from the players themselves.
However, Kramer was soon defeated by Pique and Franck Ribery. The two of them had no intention of leaving Leeds United and would not choose to join Sheffield Wednesday even if they did.
If Pique really wanted to leave Leeds United, his next home would obviously be Barcelona. If it weren’t for Barcelona, he wouldn’t have had a reason to leave Leeds United. Obviously, Franck Ribery would not like Sheffield Wednesday and if he left Leeds United, his next club would only be a wealthy club.
Unfortunately, your Sheffield Wednesday team is not a rich family.
Kramer was naturally very angry. Who was he? When has he ever been so angry? Kramer was furious. He gave the order to gather the Leeds United this season. They had to play Leeds United for two rounds. Sheffield United had to win on Wednesday. They had to teach the damned Leeds United a lesson!
Although he had suffered a setback, Kramer would not give up!
Kramer was still in contact with the Leeds United players. He believed that not everyone was Pique and Franck Ribery. There would always be people who would lose their resistance in front of fame and wealth!
Kramer was secretly thinking about digging a corner of Leeds United, and Leeds United welcomed another warm-up match.
The friendly against Celtics United comes from the Champions League’s Hammer Gang of West Ham.
In this match, Zhong Cheng still arranged a full-fledged lineup. Zhong Cheng mainly focused on running into the lineup. This match, Leeds United performed very well, especially Luca Tony. His condition was very good. This made Zhong Cheng feel very relieved. There was no need to worry about Leeds United’s attacking power in the new season.
In this match, Leeds United defeated their opponent 5-1.
Leeds United have finally conceded a goal in this season’s warm-up and their clean sheets have been pierced. However, Zhong Cheng didn’t really care. To tell the truth, this wouldn’t affect anything.
At this moment, José Mourinho had come to quote for Leeds United again!
José Mourinho has no intention of giving up on Franck Ribery. His offer this time is £ 25 million, a one-off increase of £ 5 million.
As far as José Mourinho was concerned, he was really sincere this time, and Leeds United would probably let go of him. After all, Franck Ribery was no longer the Franck Ribery from half a year ago. This fellow was already injured.
After spending such a large sum of money, he, José Mourinho, still had to take a very big risk.
Chelsea are said to have fallen out again and Abramovich has expressed strong dissatisfaction with José Mourinho spending so much money to bring in an injured man. There was another major conflict between the two of them, as if it had already affected the most fundamental thing between the two of them.
The outside world has been frantically reporting that José Mourinho’s time at Chelsea is not long and that José Mourinho could be sacked just before the start of the new season.
At this moment, the Chelsea fans were naturally very angry and in a very bad mood. The new season was about to arrive, yet there was actually such a contradiction within the team. The Chelsea team had fallen to the ground in the new season and was still not kicking, not playing, not playing anymore?
Chelsea fans are also very two factions, some of them are supporters of José Mourinho, the introduction of Franck Ribery is very good, he came to strengthen the Chelsea team, his strength is much better than Arjan Robben.
Arjen Robben has so much money, now buying a Franck Ribery is nothing?
Of course, there are a lot of people who doubt José Mourinho. You spent so much money to bring in an injured man, so the Chelsea team can’t afford such a big risk. A lot of people thought that José Mourinho must be selfish, so it was hard to say that this guy would take a kickback.
Someone said that when José Mourinho first moved to Chelsea. Because José Mourinho is too expensive in the transfer market, and almost all of the players are bought at a high price, it will inevitably make people feel that there is something fishy inside.
Now José Mourinho is spending £ 25 m to bring in a wounded man, which is all the more doubtful.
In any case, José Mourinho’s current situation was really, really bad.
But this has nothing to do with Zhong Cheng. Zhong Cheng doesn’t care about José Mourinho’s situation. He directly rejected José Mourinho’s offer. Didn’t you see that Kramer didn’t agree to so many offers? Your offer from José Mourinho is really far off. It’s too far off.
Zhong Cheng rejected José Mourinho and claimed that Franck Ribery was not for sale.
Only then did it dispel José Mourinho’s desire to continue bidding, or else this fellow would keep bidding.
At this time, Leeds United ushered in another pre-season friendly against Valencia from Spain.
The Valencia team is very strong. There are also some players with outstanding strength in their formation.
This match was considered the strongest team in the Leeds United human race at the beginning of the season, so Zhong Cheng naturally didn’t have any ambiguity in this match.
Here’s the line-up for Leeds United today:
Goalkeeper: Zhong Zheng
Fourth Guards “Left to Right”: Patrick Evra, Pique, Compani and Sagna
Single waist: Muhammad Sissoko
Three avant-garde “left to right”: Samir Nasri, Luka Modric and Watkin
Twin strikers: Luca Toni and Edinson Cavani
At the beginning of the match, Valencia controlled the football firmly. The Spanish team had exquisite skills under their feet. The passing and catching of the ball were very good, and the overall quality was very strong. Leeds United naturally put on a posture of letting go and counterattacking, welcoming Valencia’s attack.
Valencia’s attacks threatened Leeds United’s goal many times, but Zhong Zheng was in excellent condition and continued to save the ball. Then, relying on Zhong Zheng’s quick counterattack with a powerful throw, Leeds United broke the goal in the first half, 1-0, 20 minutes.
The goal came from Edinson Cavani, who scored from a single-handedly low shot into Valencia’s penalty area after receiving a header from Luca Toni.
The Leeds United counterattack was very, very effective, and the Valencians have seen it for themselves this time.
The game went on. Valencia’s attack was still very sharp. David Villa, who was at the front, performed very well. He suddenly turned around unexpectedly in the restricted area, dodged the defenders, and then shot. The football rolled into Leeds United’s goal.
As expected of David Villa!
There have been plenty of clubs chasing him this summer, such as Manchester United, Bayern Munich and Chelsea, but David Villa rejected them and chose to stay in Valencia and continue playing for Valencia.
This fellow’s strength was indeed very strong, causing a lot of trouble for Leeds United.
One to one.
However, Leeds United quickly reversed the score. It was a free-kick from the front court. Luka Modric stood in front of the football. He used Albertini’s stunning deciduous ball to break the goal of Valencia 2-1.
Leeds United led 2-1 in the first half.
Leeds United made many substitutions in the second half. It was clear that Zhong Cheng did not care about the final result of the warm-up match. He cared about the players’ condition, so Leeds United changed a lot of young players in the second half.
Leeds United’s control was clearly down by a lot, and the success rate of the counterattack was down by a bit. But his strength was not bad, especially with Alexander Pato around, the threat of a counterattack was there.
Valencia’s defence has also been greatly affected.
Both sides played well in the second half, with David Villa scoring a double from the front of the box and Alexander Pato from Leeds United coming off offside and scoring one-on-one.
In the final moments, Valencia equalised with another corner.
In this match, Leeds United and Valencia drew 3-3. Leeds United’s pre-season warm-up match was finally not a complete victory.
Zhong Cheng did not care about this, the results of the warm-up match did not mean anything!
Now, Zhong Cheng’s gaze was on the upcoming Community Shield Cup match. This was equivalent to the pre-season warmup. This match was equivalent to the start of the new season. Zhong Cheng attached great importance to it.
Next weekend, England’s Community Shield is coming!