The Legendary Chairman Novel - Chapter 725
725 An Alternative Waist
Leeds United beat Chelsea 2-1 to win the Community Shield Cup!
This is Leeds United’s first title this season!
Of course, the title is not very important, but he is also a champion, which is a good start to the new season for Leeds United.
However, Leeds United also showed a lot of problems in this match.
The Leeds United players are not at their best, and the new players have not reached an absolute understanding with the Leeds United players in Shanghai.
To be honest, Leeds United’s tactics require a lot of integrity. Zhong Cheng is asking these players to integrate into the team as soon as possible, the start of the new season is imminent.
However, at this time, Leeds United will have to offer reinforcements.
That’s the position at the back. Leeds United have gone to Mascherano, Albertini and Diaby this season, and only one Muhammad Sissoko has arrived. Although there are Alexander Song and Yaya Toure at the back, the three of them seem to be enough, but they are not.
In the new season, Leeds United still played a lot of games!
It will take a lot of rotations to ensure Leeds United’s performance.
Secondly, Yaya Toure would be more likely to be a rotation candidate for the front waist. Because Zhong Cheng didn’t want to stifle his offensive talent, this fellow would do a good job at the front waist, and he would have a better future.
Zhong Cheng remembered the man’s excellent performance at the front waist during the late Barcelona and Manchester City periods. Although many people now call him “the new Vieira”, but he did not reach the height of Vieira in terms of defense, but he is far more attacking than Vieira.
Therefore, Zhong Cheng mainly gave him the position of front waist. Of course, he would occasionally appear at the back waist, or even at the centre-back position.
Therefore, the back of the position must be in the addition of a person, especially defensive type of back.
Zhong Cheng now valued a lot of people, such as Juventus’ Marchisio, Brazil’s Luis Gustavo, Santander’s Felipe Mello, Rehn’s Mbia, Stuttgart’s Samir Hedilla, Standard Liege’s Pompon Felaini and Lance’s Sedu Keita.
These waist backs are not bad waist backs, especially a few of them are very strong defensive, very suitable for the current Leeds United team.
Zhong Cheng is now having Leeds United transfer staff contact these people.
Actually, despite the long list, there weren’t many people who had chosen to attack Zhong Cheng. First, Luis Gustavo and Felipe Mello from Brazil had no chance, because they were from South America, not from the European Union, and they had not been selected for the Brazilian national team, so they could not obtain a labour permit and could not use the special genius rules.
Because this season, Leeds United’s special genius rules have been given to Alexander Pato.
Hence, Zhong Cheng had no choice but to give up.
Samir Hedilla of Stuttgart, Zhong Cheng has been in contact with Bundesliga’s Stuttgart Club and is not for sale. And the player himself does not want to leave Germany, so the player is not available.
Next up is Marchisio, a young supporter of Juventus, who has trained in the Juventus youth camp since childhood and was once the captain of the Juventus youth team. Last season when Juventus were relegated to Serie B Marchisio was given the chance to play for the first team and did well.
However, this season Juventus have used up a large number of stars to squeeze out the survival of young players such as Marchisio. These young players are on loan.
However, Zhong Cheng did not want to rent, but rather wanted to be introduced!
Marchisio’s defensive ability was excellent, and his sweeping ability was very strong. He was a very strong defensive waist. However, his ability to serve is not ordinary. He can complete the defensive task very well at the waist, and can also choose the best timing and direction to serve.
Therefore, the introduction of Marchisio is actually not bad.
However, Juventus may not choose to give up on Marchisio, they are hopeful of players coming out of their youth team.
However, Zhong Cheng knows that even if Marchisio returns to Juventus on loan, he will not be Juventus’ first and second options. According to Zhong Cheng’s memories, he had waited half a season after returning to Juventus on loan, and Marchisio only got the chance after both the first and second lumbar players were injured.
Therefore, Zhong Cheng felt that he should be able to persuade Marchisio, but not Juventus, Juventus may not choose to sell Marchisio!
So, Marchisio can put a question mark here.
Only Ferrani, Mbia and Sedu Keita were left.
These three men seem to be reliable and have a good chance of being brought in. The first is Mbia and Sedou Keita, both of whom are in France. They would naturally be happy to let them move to the Premier League.
Although both are from Africa and are not members of the European Union, they are the absolute mainstay of their respective national teams and are able to obtain labour certificates.
The introduction of these two people is very realistic.
The same is true for Fellini, who is from Belgium and a member of the European Union. He does not even need to consider the issue of a labour permit. Obviously, the Premier League is much more attractive than the Belgian league and Fellini would certainly like to come to Leeds United.
And the Standard Liege Club can’t resist the capital of Leeds United.
At this time, Zhong Cheng had to consider which one of the three was more suitable?
To tell the truth, these three Zhong Cheng were optimistic that these three people could help Leeds United, making their defense even sharper.
Mbia was tall and big, but his agility and speed were all very strong. His physical fitness was very abnormal. He had a fierce defense at the waist and excellent sweeping and blocking ability. He was a typical defensive waist. Moreover, he could play at centre-back and performed well at centre-back.
In Zhong Cheng’s memory, Mbia later went to the Chinese Super League to play, it was to let many Chinese know about the player.
In fact, the player is also very famous in European football.
His most laudable achievement was his subsequent move to La Liga Seville in 2013, which helped the club win the UEFA Europa League (UEFA Cup) for the second year in a row!
At that time, he was still the absolute main force, and his performance was very good. He was an absolute contributor to the Seville Club, and his strength was very strong.
Zhong Cheng was very optimistic about this player. He would definitely be able to come to Leeds United to play in a rotating position.
The current M’Bia is only 21 years old, very young, the future is boundless!
Sedu Keita was also very powerful. The current Sedu Keita was 27 years old, and was in the middle of a fight!
Zhong Cheng remembered that Sedu Keita had also played in the Chinese Super League and even caused a sensation in the Chinese Super League. Of course, his most laudable achievement came after joining La Liga giants Barcelona in 2008.
After joining Barcelona, Sedu Keita became the champion reaper, the absolute main force of Barcelona at its peak, and also an absolute contributor to the glory of the Six Crown King.
Sedu Keita’s physical fitness was extremely shocking, very strong, his running ability was extremely outstanding, and his intercepting ability was even more formidable. Most importantly, his soccer awareness and skill under his feet are very strong, which is the key to Barcelona valuing him.
Although Sedu Keita was a defensive waist, his technique was very comprehensive, and his defensive skills and strength were very, very powerful. He was very suitable for Barcelona.
Moreover, Sedu Keita’s offensive ability was also very strong, especially since he had a long-range left-foot heavy artillery shot. Moreover, Sedu Keita is also very comprehensive, able to play multiple positions in the front court, and even can play forward.
However, Barcelona had far too many offensive geniuses when they were in Barcelona. As a result, Sedu Keita’s attacking prowess was suppressed and Barcelona only needed him to defend. Therefore, during the Barcelona period, Sedu Keita’s defensive ability was very strong and was highly valued.
Such a player is also very much needed by Leeds United.
More importantly, Sedu Keita is not in Barcelona’s sight yet.
Cedu Keita’s arrival at Barcelona came after his summer move to La Liga’s Seville, where he did a very, very good job and was valued by Barcelona.
Barcelona have bought Sedu Keita from Sevilla for € 14 million after a season at the club. You have to know that Sevilla spent € 5 million a year ago when they bought Sedou Keita from French club Lens in the summer of 2007.
In just one season, Sedu Keita’s value has risen by nearly 10 million euros, which shows how powerful Sedu Keita is. This also shows that Sedu Keita has matured and is at the peak of his career.
Leeds United have brought in Sedu Keita at this time, allowing the club to compete with Muhammad Sissoko for a starting place in the starting line-up.
Therefore, Zhong Cheng valued Sedu Keita very much.
Of the three, Zhong Cheng naturally wanted Sedu Keita the most, followed by M’Bia and finally Marchisio. Juventus are not stupid because it is almost impossible to bring in Marchisio.
Furthermore, Zhong Cheng had recently discovered that the young man’s gaze was shocking to the whole world.
How could a club like Juventus let Zhong Cheng take advantage of this? This also meant that in the future, it was almost impossible for Zhong Cheng to recruit some young players from rich clubs.
The reason for that was because these wealthy teams knew that their young players were attracted to Zhong Cheng, the “Bole”. They would definitely have a good future. They would all choose to let this person stay and would definitely not sell him to Leeds United. Therefore, Zhong Cheng could only go to those small teams to search for good stuff.
The current Marchisio is a very good Leeds, even if Juventus do not need Marchisio now, they will not sell Marchisio to Leeds United. Of course, the loan will definitely be agreed, Juventus would like to see how Zhong Cheng used Marchisio, they will be able to copy it in the future!
Therefore, Zhong Cheng did not have much hope for Marchisio.