Episode [042]: Welcome to Leeds United, Shao!

Bring in Chinese players?

Rogers and others are really a little confused, what the hell is this?

To be honest, they don’t know much about Chinese players. Even Dongfang Zhuo, who joined Manchester United, they don’t pay much attention to. They think Dongfang Zhuo is not worthy of Manchester United at all. almost.

They don't even like Dongfang Zhuo, let alone Shao Jiayi.

However, Shao Jiayi made them change their views in this game. Shao Jiayi performed very well in this game, which surprised Zhong Cheng. Could it be that this game is Shao Jiayi's brightest performance in European football?

In this game, Shao Jiayi really had the meaning of blocking and killing gods and Buddhas. He actually scored a wonderful direct free kick in this game, scored a header in the penalty area, and then used a free kick The opportunity to assist the opponent to score, completed two goals and one assist, and almost beat Leeds United directly.

In the end, Leeds United defeated 1860 Munich 5-3.

Although Shao Jiayi's performance was excellent, the Munich 1860 team had to give up on him at this time. Because the Munich 1860 team is now relegated to the Bundesliga Bundesliga, and the internal chaos of the club, especially the tight financial aspects, will not be able to survive. At this time, they naturally couldn't afford to renew Shao Jiayi's contract.

Yes, at this time, the contract between Shao Jiayi and the Munich 1860 Club is about to expire, and it will be in these two days.

In Zhong Cheng's memory, it was precisely because Shao Jiayi's contract expired that he finally transferred freely to the newly promoted Bundesliga Cottbus.

After Shao Jiayi went to Cottbus, he was not reused by Sunderland. After knowing the coaching change, Shao Jiayi had a chance to seize the main position of Cottbus, but later because of an injury, he lost the good situation. After recovering from injury, he performed well as a substitute many times.

Later, after Cottbus was relegated, some Bundesliga teams wanted Shao Jiayi, but Shao Jiayi chose to stay in Cottbus and wanted to lead Cottbus to upgrade again. But Shao Jiayi, who stayed for another two years, did not see the success of Cottbus' upgrade.

Shao Jiayi rejected Cottbus' request for a contract extension, left Cottbus for free, and joined the Duisburg team, which is also in the Bundesliga 2. However, he only stayed in Duisburg for half a season, and then he offered to terminate the contract with the team and chose to return to his old club, Beijing Guoan.

Shao Jiayi stayed in Cottbus for five years and scored a total of 15 goals, which is still a good performance. Because of his effective minutes or injuries, he had a good Cottbus career overall, but the glass attribute ruined him.

Shao Jiayi was also unlucky. Every time he performed well and wanted to get started, he encountered injuries, and they were all serious injuries. It was really too hurt.

Now that Zhong Cheng has intervened, he naturally doesn't want Shao Jiayi to follow the old path.

Shao Jiayi also played in Munich 1860 for three and a half seasons, but in the second season he only played five games and then injured the cruciate ligament and meniscus of his left leg, and he did not return until the second half of the second season. Scored three goals.

Last season he played 25 times for 1860 Munich and scored 4 goals. Munich 1860 intends to renew his contract, but Shao Jiayi doesn't want to stay here any longer, because Munich 1860 is too chaotic now.

More importantly, at this time, several Bundesliga clubs have taken a fancy to Shao Jiayi and are contacting him. Shao Jiayi wanted to play in the Bundesliga, so he rejected the Munich 1860 team.

Now, Shao Jiayi should be in contact with these Bundesliga teams. He is looking at which Bundesliga team offers the best conditions and can play in that team. Anyway, he is now considering it comprehensively.

At this time, Zhong Cheng directly approached Shao Jiayi.

Shao Jiayi thought that Zhong Cheng was looking for him only because he met a fellow villager in a foreign country, met each other, had a heart-to-heart chat, and complained about the pain of homesickness.

However, what Zhong Cheng said after meeting Shao Jiayi stunned him instantly: "Have you ever thought about playing in the Premier League?"

Shao Jiayi is not a fool, he naturally understood the meaning of Zhong Cheng's words.

Zhong Cheng wants to bring him to Leeds United. This is Leeds United, the double champion of the Premier League and the UEFA Cup last season. This team actually wants to introduce him?

Shao Jiayi still didn't believe it. He smiled slightly and said, "Coach Zhong Cheng, don't be joking. Oh, what if I take it seriously later?"

Zhong Cheng stared at Shao Jiayi closely, and said very seriously: "What I said is true!"

hiss! Shao Jiayi took a deep breath, he didn't expect this to be true.

Shao Jiayi still can't believe it now. Although some Bundesliga teams are chasing him now, these Bundesliga teams are all downstream teams, and three of them are newly promoted to the Bundesliga. These teams are not Way compared to Leeds United.

Leeds United are the double champions of the Premier League and the UEFA Cup, and they will also participate in the UEFA Champions League in the new season. Such a team would actually like him?

Although Shao Jiayi was shocked and excited, he was not reckless.

Shao Jiayi was thinking, why did Leeds United want to introduce him? To be honest, Shao Jiayi still cares about Leeds United very much, because the head coach of that team is a Chinese, so he naturally pays more attention. Moreover, Leeds United's results are still so good. Their reports are everywhere, how could he not know?

Shao Jiayi thought about it carefully, and he found that in the new season, Leeds United did not have many wide players. He immediately understood what Zhong Cheng meant. It seemed that Leeds United wanted to bring him to play as a substitute.

To be honest, Shao Jiayi already feels pretty good about being able to play as a substitute in a team like Leeds United. Moreover, the English team played a lot of games. After going to Leeds United, Shao Jiayi was not worried about not having a game at all.

Shao Jiayi thinks that maybe joining Leeds United is also a very good choice.

Shao Jiayi immediately looked at Zhong Cheng, and said in a low voice, "Coach Zhong Cheng wants me to play as a substitute for Leeds United?"

Zhong Cheng immediately nodded and said: "Yes, you are indeed a substitute for our Leeds United team. However, we have a lot of games in the new season, the league, the League Cup, the FA Cup and the UEFA Champions League, and our side players Not many, you will definitely not lack for games when you come to our Leeds United team, don’t worry about that!"

Shao Jiayi nodded immediately, and it was true.

Seeing that Shao Jiayi was silent, Zhong Cheng said directly: "I know that some Bundesliga teams are contacting you now, hoping to introduce you. But I don't think it is right for you to join them. You should join our Leeds United team, because we Leeds United are obviously more promising and more beneficial to your growth!"

Shao Jiayi's heart was very moved, he had some thoughts about going to Leeds United.

Zhong Cheng also said: "Besides, in England, you can also meet Sun Jihai and Li Tie. They also have a very good life in England!"

As soon as Zhong Cheng mentioned Sun Jihai and Li Tie, Shao Jiayi immediately made up his mind.

Shao Jiayi immediately said: "Okay, Mr. Zhong Cheng, I am willing to join Leeds United."

Zhong Cheng nodded with a smile and said: "You made a very correct decision this time, I believe you will not regret it in the future!"

Shao Jiayi smiled and said: "I don't regret it now either. I firmly believe that going to Leeds United is a very correct decision. I hope you will take care of me in the future, sir!"

Zhong Cheng smiled slightly, stretched out his right hand to Shao Jiayi and said, "Welcome to Leeds United, happy cooperation, Mr. Shao Jiayi!"

Shao Jiayi immediately stretched out his right hand to hold Zhong Cheng's right hand tightly, and said, "The sooner you cooperate, sir!"

Zhong Cheng said: "You can call me boss, all the players in Leeds United call me that!"

Shao Jiayi nodded immediately and said, "Okay, boss!"

Zhong Cheng asked: "Jiayi, what is the relationship between you and the Munich 1860 team now? How long will the contract expire?"

Shao Jiayi immediately said: "Boss, the contract between me and the Munich 1860 team has expired. Now I can leave on a free transfer!"

Hearing this, Zhong Cheng was overjoyed again, and got one more visa-free, not bad!

Zhong Cheng immediately nodded and said, "Okay, I'll let the staff from the transfer department come and discuss the contract with your agent. Don't worry, I will definitely not let you suffer!"

Shao Jiayi nodded and said, "I believe in you, boss!"

Zhong Cheng is going to give Shao Jiayi a three-year contract with a weekly salary of around £15,000.

Because at this time, Leeds United has already begun to comprehensively increase the weekly salary of the players. After all, their identities are different. They are both members of the Premier League champions and UEFA Cup champions. Moreover, there are still countless teams seducing players who have lost Leeds United with high salaries.

At this time, no matter how hard it is, Zhong Cheng is going to give the players of Leeds United a salary increase.

After discussing with the team coaches, Zhong Cheng raised the maximum salary of Leeds United to £50,000 a week. Last season, the top weekly salary of Leeds United was only 20,000 pounds. This time it has increased a lot.

However, such a weekly salary is still not comparable to that of the giant clubs in the Premier League. Your maximum salary is only so much, and ordinary players have such a salary.

However, as Leeds United, which has just been upgraded to the Premier League for a year, it is very good that Leeds United can give such a high salary.

Zhong Cheng's new salary level for Leeds United is as follows. The highest level of salary is £50,000 a week, and there are only a few people in this level. Luca Toni, Joaquin, Ribery and Pique, just these four people, are at this salary level.

The next second tier of salary is between 30,000 and 40,000 pounds. There are not many players in this tier, such as Zhong Zheng and Vermaelen. Then the third salary is the most, which is the threshold of 20,000 pounds. After that, there are those with a weekly salary of more than 10,000 pounds, and Shao Jiayi's salary is more than 10,000 pounds.

Of course, there is another salary level below. There is no obvious standard for this level. Some can reach 10,000 pounds, and some even have a weekly salary of several thousand or hundreds of pounds. This salary belongs to those marginalized people and the newly promoted team. Up for Leeds United's young players.

Zhong Cheng gave Shao Jiayi the salary level of a substitute player, which should be considered acceptable. It is much higher than his salary in the second division, and more importantly, he can get more opportunities to play.

In this time period, the Leeds United club is signing new contracts with these players. Now Ribery and Pique have chosen to renew their contracts. They are the top salary of Leeds United. Although there is still some gap between this and the salary offered by other teams that seduce them, and there is even a big gap, their status in Leeds United and the opportunities and time to play are given by other teams. No, they are still young now, what they need is a chance to play, and Leeds United can give them that. Moreover, Leeds United still has the UEFA Champions League to play, why would they choose to leave?

Ribery and Pique are very smart people. They chose to stay and successfully renewed their contracts with Leeds United.

At this time, Zhong Cheng had settled Shao Jiayi, and Zhong Cheng was also relieved. In this case, there should be no shortage of people on the wing for Leeds United in the new season.