The Legendary Chairman Novel - Chapter 731
731 Football World Search for Pearls
Leeds United took the lead 1-0.
This was the most common method used by Leeds United to retaliate quickly!
The goal was typical of Leeds United’s style of fighting, they used the most familiar method, the most powerful move to kill Manchester City.
Manchester City could only sigh endlessly when they saw this.
Leeds United is too despicable. They hid in the shadows from the beginning of the match and then quickly gave you a fatal blow. As expected of an “assassin”.
Mark Hughes shook his head on the sidelines. There was nothing to say about the ball.
These columns were too fast. Leeds United and Manchester City had already broken through their goal before they could set up a defensive system. Everything was in one word-fast!
Under the heavens, martial arts were only fast and unbreakable!
Mark Hughes couldn’t help but turn his head to look at the Leeds United coaching bench.
A young man dressed in a white suit stood there like a world famous model. How could his tall and confident figure resemble a football coach?
Genius!
This kid is a genius!
The thing that surprised Mark Rest the most was that Zhong Cheng was excavating his hot eyes. The players he had taken a fancy to were all famous. This was truly a shocking ability. This was simply possessing a treasure trove.
Moreover, Mark Hughes has heard that many football players are now looking for the “Zhong Cheng Pearl”, that is, the players that Zhong Cheng once favored, but who were not able to bring them to Leeds United.
These players are also treasures, huge treasures.
There are now three players who Zhong Cheng has previously looked up to but did not bring to Leeds United. One is Brazilian Portuguese centre-back Pepe, who moved to Real Madrid for a staggering 30 million euros this summer!
Back then, Zhong Cheng was very optimistic about Pepe. Unfortunately, Pepe did not have a labor permit or Portuguese citizenship. Unable to play for Leeds United, Pepe refused to go to Leeds United and stayed at Porto.
At that time, Pepe was in a very awkward situation in Porto.
At that time, the Porto manager was not optimistic about Pepe and even wanted to loan him out. However, he stayed in the Porto first team but was a fringe player. But soon after Porto changed coaches, Pepe occupied the main position and his performance was very eye-catching.
Wasn’t Real Madrid paying a sky-high price just this summer?
The second is Inter Milan’s Brazilian full-back Maicon, Zhong Cheng is optimistic about Maicon very few years ago, remember that Zhong Cheng just took over Leeds United have taken a fancy to Maicon.
However, Leeds United were relegated to the Champions League at the time, and Macon was not selected for the Brazilian national team and could not get a work permit. Macon himself is more interested in joining Monaco.
At that time, Zhong Cheng still hoped to bring in Macon first, then loan Macon to Monaco, and then recall Macon after Leeds United return to the Premier League. However, Mai Kong still refused!
It was said that every summer after this, Zhong Cheng chased after Mai Kong, but unfortunately, he did not succeed.
Macon finally chose to join Inter. After arriving at Inter Milan, Macon instantly became one of the best right-backs in the world. His performance was very stable and wonderful, making people eager to see him.
Third place is the famous Vidić, yes is now Manchester United’s defensive cornerstone Vidić!
Similarly, it is said that Zhong Cheng took a fancy to Vidić in the summer of 2004.
Zhong Cheng originally wanted to introduce Vidić, but he was shut in Vidić and then introduced Peeker. In other words, Zhong Cheng was more optimistic about Vidić than Pick.
Zhong Cheng also chased after Vidić many times without success. Later, Manchester United coach Alex Ferguson learned that Zhong Cheng was frantically chasing after Vidić without success, so he decided to move to Vidić.
This time, Alex Ferguson succeeded. He successfully brought in the defensive cornerstone and found the most perfect central defensive combination for Manchester United. It was Vidić and Ferdinand. This was simply the strongest central defensive combination in the Premier League!
Look, the three beads that Zhong Cheng valued were all so eye-catching and sharp. He was looking at how many young men Zhong Cheng had successfully unearthed in the Leeds RUF. Who else would doubt Zhong Cheng’s vision?
Yes, the football world is popular now looking for Zhong Cheng bead fever.
Not long ago, the head coach of Leiden Oriental Football Club, who is in the League One, made a big move. He first took a fancy to Edin Dzeko, the high center of the Bosnia and Herzegovina Football Club, and Rogers spent a lot of effort to bring in the striker.
Unfortunately, the confidentiality work was not done well. Many people discovered Rogers’ intentions. They all knew that this striker had once been valued by Zhong Cheng. It was last season, when Zhong Cheng introduced the center, that he discovered him.
It is said that Zhong Cheng discovered three strikers at that time, one is now Leeds United’s Edison Cavani, the other two are Edin Dzeko, the last is Stuttgart’s young center Mario Gomez.
Germany’s Wolfsburg dug up the news from somewhere and signed Edin Dzeko first. This made Rogers regret it. Why didn’t he take down Edin Dzeko?
Although Leiden Orient is in the League One, it should be much more advanced than the BiH League. It should be easier to bring in Dzeko. Unfortunately, Wolfsburg took the lead, and Rogers felt sorry for him.
In addition, Mario Gomez has attracted the attention of countless wealthy clubs. It is said that Bayern Munich have also made an offer to Stuttgart for the German homegrown centre-forward. Unfortunately, Stuttgart’s mouth was stricter and he didn’t let anyone go.
And Mario Gomez is smart himself. He knows he’s only sitting on the bench for Bayern Munich now, so he chose to stay in Stuttgart because he’s the main center here.
Rogers was much more secretive now that Dzeko’s incident had occurred.
It wasn’t long before Leiden Oriental brought in Brazilian centre-back Tiago Silva from Brazil’s Flumenenensei, who is said to have been a keen defender. It was also the Brazilian centre-back who was valued in the summer of 2004, but at that time he chose Portuguese Premier League giants Porto over Leeds United in the Champions League.
However, this fellow did not have a good time in Porto after that. He did not even have a chance to play and wasted his time in the Reserves. Afterwards, Zhong Cheng found Tiago Silva. Unfortunately, Tiago Silva did not have a Labor Certificate, so he did not have a chance with Leeds United.
In 2005, Tiago Silva rejected Leeds United’s offer to join Russia’s Moscow Dinamo, where he had contracted tuberculosis and had little chance of returning to Fluminencia.
Now, Rogers had seized the opportunity to bring this fellow to Leiden East!
A lot of clubs are interested in the player named Diego Silva and they want to see what he will do in Leiden East?
At this moment, Mark Hughes was wondering if he should go up and talk to Zhong Cheng. See if we can catch one or two fish that slipped through the net?
To tell the truth, Mark Hughes really wanted to do it.
The reason for that was because after the consortium took over, Manchester City did not lack money. What they lacked was people!
There is still half a month left before the transfer window closes and there is still time for them to operate. Now, how could it have anything to do with Zhong Cheng?
At this time, Mark Hughes thought of the club’s Chinese player Sun Jihai!
Sun Jihai and Zhong Cheng should have a good relationship, right? Both of them are Chinese, and they have interacted before. Looks like we have to follow Sun Jihai’s path. I hope Sun Jihai can come up with something useful from Zhong Cheng.
Sun Jihai was an excellent foreign player for the Manchester City Club. Although he was now old and his strength had declined, he was not suitable for the current Manchester City team. But Manchester City will always remember his contribution to the club, and they don’t want to lose the Chinese brand, they want to open up the Chinese market.
Therefore, the Manchester City Club still attaches more importance to Sun Jihai.
There were even people within Manchester City who wanted to keep Sun Jihai as the youth coach of the club and stay at Manchester City.
However, Sun Jihai still hadn’t thought of retiring so early, so this matter hadn’t come to fruition.
At this time, Mark Hughes really hoped that Sun Jihai could get some inside information from Zhong Cheng, so that he could strengthen the Manchester City team this season.
Mark Hughes was thinking about these things. At this moment, the referee of this match blew the whistle at the end of the first half.
At this time, Mark Hughes finally realized that he was in the middle of a competition.
Mark Hughes shook his head helplessly. How could he be distracted?
Mark Hughes looked up at the big screen. The first half was over. Leeds United led Manchester City 1-0 at home. The goal came late, so the first half ended very quickly.
Mark Hughes was not satisfied with the result, but he could accept it.
After all, Leeds United were the treble champions of the Premier League last season and were very strong. It was reasonable for Manchester City to concede only one goal, but he, Mark Hughes, would not admit defeat so easily. In this match, their Manchester City team would not be tied up just like that!
The real match would not begin until the second half!
Zhong Cheng naturally didn’t know what Mark Hughes was thinking, but he also understood that the second half of the match would be even more brutal. Manchester City will not admit defeat. The second half will be the real battlefield.
During the break, Zhong Cheng reminded the Leeds United players that they had to concentrate in the second half and not give the Manchester City players a chance.
Zhong Cheng also reminded the Leeds United players that they had to pay attention to defending in the second half. Keeping a good distance between their counterparts and maintaining a high level of pressure would definitely not allow the Manchester City players to easily arrive near the Leeds United defensive area.
In the first half of the match, Zhong Cheng discovered some problems. The Leeds United players had yet to reach the state of an official match. There are a lot of defensive problems, especially the lack of protection between each other, not as tight as in the second half of last season.
Of course, Zhong Cheng knew that after all, a holiday had passed, and Leeds United players still needed time to adapt. However, the Leeds United must get into the game as soon as possible so that the start of the new season can be assured.