Episode [287]: There Are Always some People Thinking About Digging Corners

Not long after Alexander Pato got his work permit, Leeds United ushered in a warm-up match.

In this game, Leeds United's opponent is a team from League One, which is very weak.

Zhong Cheng is now in order to adjust the lineup and let the players find their status. He has lined up the main lineup. The starting lineup of Leeds United today is as follows:

Goalkeeper: Zhong Zheng

Back four [left to right]: Patrick Evra, Pique, Kompany and Sagna

Single midfielder: Mohamed Sissoko

Three strikers [left to right]: Samir Nasri, Luka Modric and Joaquin

Forwards: Luca Toni and Edinson Cavani

This is the main starter for Leeds United in the new season, and there are actually not many changes from last season. If there is a change, it is the position of the midfielder, which has become Mohamed Sissoko.

The position of Samir Nasri was temporarily replaced by Samir Nasri because Ribery was injured.

Now Frank Ribery's injury is recovering very well. It should be before the start of the new season, and he will be able to recover from injury in one or two rounds after the start of the new season.

However, Zhong Cheng is still a little worried at this time!

Because he did not complete a system task last season, the punishment is that two of Leeds United's main players will be seriously injured. Ribery has been seriously injured, but there is another player who has not been seriously injured for a long time. Zhong Cheng doesn't know who will be seriously injured?

If you want to be seriously injured, hurry up and get seriously injured now, so that he can at least strengthen during the transfer period. It would be very bad for Leeds United if they waited until the end of the transfer period to get seriously injured.

Therefore, Zhong Cheng is quite worried at this time.

In this game, the opponent's strength is really not very strong. Zhong Cheng completely uses this game to find confidence for the Leeds United players. This has no effect on tactical detection or anything, Leeds United completely dominated the game.

In the fifth minute of the first half, Leeds United took a one-to-zero lead with Joaquin's cross and Luca Toni's header.

However, the opponent's way of playing football is quite brutal, with big moves and very fierce.

Seeing this, Zhong Cheng was really afraid that the players of Leeds United would be seriously injured, which would affect the new season.

In the 15th minute of the first half, Leeds United expanded the score again. Luka Modric, who scored the goal, broke the opponent's goal with a direct free kick. It seems that Luka Modric has really learned a lot from Albertini's side, at least this free kick is in place.

Luka Modric will be Leeds United's first free-kick taker this season.

The game is still going on, Leeds United is firmly in control of the rhythm of the game, and the opponent has no chance at all. Samir Nasri broke through quickly on the wing, and after a series of feints, the inverted triangle passed back to the front.

Luka Modric, who followed, pretended to take a long shot with his legs, and suddenly slammed the football into the penalty area. The football rolled to the feet of Edinson Cavani, who was unguarded in the penalty area.

The players on the side raised their hands to signal that Edinson Cavani was offside, but the referee and the linesman ignored it. It was still a good goal.

Edinson Cavani ignored this, and directly shot a low shot, sending the football into the opponent's goal, 3-0.

After halftime, Leeds United led 3-0.

In the second half of the game, Leeds United made substitutions. Mats Hummels, Robert Lewandowski, Alexander Pato and Hazard were all replaced and the game continued.

Even with such people, Leeds United still took the initiative on the pitch, and it was difficult for the opponents to make a difference.

In the second half of the game, Alexander Pato showed a very strong strength and scored twice in ten minutes to help Leeds United expand the score.

Robert Lewandowski sent an assist, which was also a good performance.

In the final game, Leeds United beat their opponents 5-0. However, the control of the game in the second half obviously dropped a bit. It can be seen that there is still some gap between the substitute and the main team of Leeds United.

After the game, Zhong Cheng received several offers,

Among them, the Chelsea club officially offered Leeds United's Frank Ribery, because the Chelsea people failed in Nani's side. Nani was still snatched by Manchester United, and Manchester United spent £18 million to take away the Portuguese.

This price is much higher than Zhong Cheng remembers. It seems that Chelsea and Bayern Munich have raised their prices crazily. However, Alex Ferguson is ruthless enough. Even at such a high price, he agreed to introduce Nani.

It seems that Manchester United is determined to take revenge this season. They are very sharp in the transfer market and have spent a lot of money.

Manchester United first introduced Argentine striker Carlos Tevez for around 20 million, then Hargreaves from Bayern Munich for 25 million euros, Brazilian midfielder Anderson from Porto for 25 million euros, and Nani from Sporting Lisbon for 18 million pounds.

Look at these four people, Manchester United spent nearly 100 million euros!

It seems that last season, Manchester United was reversed by Leeds United and lost the Premier League title at the last moment. Alex Ferguson must smash Leeds United in the new season and strive to directly win the Premier League title in the new season. Otherwise, they would not be so crazy in the transfer market.

It seems that Alex Ferguson was stimulated by Zhong Cheng.

Manchester United's crazy signings naturally attracted the attention of teams such as Chelsea and Arsenal. They are also big signings. Not to mention Arsenal, they have already spent 60 to 70 million pounds on Leeds United. The investment this season is also very large.

Now it is worse than Chelsea. So far, Chelsea have only spent 2,000 pounds to introduce Malouda, and 5.5 million pounds to introduce Belletti from Barcelona. After that, there are no signings.

One reason is that Abramovich tightened his pockets and refused to use money for Jose Mourinho. The second is that Jose Mourinho really can't compete with his opponents.

For example, Nani, Jose Mourinho is very, very important.

For Nani, Jose Mourinho did not hesitate to give Zhong Cheng a call to let Zhong Cheng withdraw from Nani's competition, and thus sent a Glenn Johnson. Originally, he thought that as a Portuguese, he would be able to win Nani first, but he didn't know that he was preempted by Queiroz.

Jose Mourinho not only failed to get Nani, but also lost a Glenn Johnson.

Jose Mourinho was really pissed off at this time, pissed off personally.

Now Jose Mourinho can only change his target. He values ​​​​Frank Ribery in Leeds United. Frank Ribery is very powerful. After the introduction of him, Chelsea's wing will take off.

Jose Mourinho's first offer to Franck Ribery was 20 million pounds. If this offer was absolutely scum half a season ago, Frank Ribery's worth would definitely exceed 30 million pounds, and even soared to 50 million pounds.

But after the end of last season, Franck Ribery had a car accident and is still recuperating. Do you know what kind of situation Franck Ribery is now? Therefore, it is already a big risk to be able to offer Frank Ribery £20 million.

Jose Mourinho was forced to have no choice!

This season, the investment in the Premier League is really too big. Look at Manchester United, Arsenal, Liverpool, Tottenham Hotspur and Everton. Which club has a good reputation and spends a lot of money?

Now they are short of Chelsea. If the Chelsea team does not introduce some players to strengthen their strength, the competitiveness of the Chelsea team this season is really very poor.

Therefore, Jose Mourinho had to take this risk, 20 million pounds, and quoted an unknown wounded, and Jose Mourinho also went all out.

However, Zhong Cheng snorted when he saw the offer. Want to introduce Franck Ribery at such a price? Even if Nima offered 50 million pounds, I still have to think about it!

Of course, if there is a team that is willing to bid 50 million pounds for Franck Ribery, it is impossible to say that Zhong Cheng will really sell Franck Ribery directly.

But obviously, this is not realistic. Even when Franck Ribery was not injured, no player would be willing to pay 50 million pounds for Franck Ribery, let alone now that Franck Ribery's injury status is unclear.

Zhong Cheng replied directly to Jose Mourinho, saying that if he wants to introduce Franck Ribery, he can pay 50 million pounds, which is a lot, otherwise there is no need to talk about it!

In addition to the offer from Franck Ribery, there is also an offer from Pique.

When seeing someone offer Pique, Zhong Cheng was trembling in his heart. Zhong Cheng took a closer look, and luckily it wasn't Barcelona. If it was Barcelona, ​​then Zhong Cheng really had nothing to say. Barcelona's attraction to Pique is fatal. As long as Barcelona wants to introduce Pique, Pique will never refuse, and even actively seek a transfer.

It was Arsenal who offered Pique, yes it was still Arsene Wenger, maybe he took advantage of Thomas Vermaelen, and he took a fancy to Pique again. And he also used Fabregas to count Pique. Fabregas and Pique both came from the La Masia youth training camp, and the two are still friends.

Zhong Cheng saw the offer of 15 million pounds from Arsenal, and Zhong Cheng didn't even think about rejecting it directly. Let's not say that Pique is not for sale at Leeds United, let's just say that this price is simply insulting. Look at a little-known Pepe who can sell for 30 million euros. Why is Pique only 15 million pounds? And in Zhong Cheng's mind, Pique's worth is definitely higher than that of Rio Ferdinand, at least 30 million pounds. Your Arsenal team's offer is simply a joke.

Zhong Cheng's direct reply to Arsene Wenger is 50 million pounds, and you can take Pique away. Not even a penny less!

Obviously, this is Zhong Cheng's disgusting Arsene Wenger, and at the same time it is a disguised statement that Pique is not for sale at Leeds United, and no one can buy it!

Zhong Cheng didn't care what Arsene Wenger's expression was when he saw such a reply, it had nothing to do with him. Now there are still offers for Leeds United's Luca Toni, there are Leeds United's Kompany, Gary Cahill and others, as if these people are only happy if they want to hollow out Leeds United.

And the Sheffield Wednesday team Kramer is also looking to poach Zhong Cheng's corner.