Full-Level Pass, Please Call Me The Boss Of The Three Lions

Chapter 257

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Chapter 257 Trip to Thailand, three consecutive wins

In the first season after returning to the Premier League after ten years, Leicester City finished fifth in the league as a newly promoted team and once again qualified for the Europa League next season.

Thanks to such excellent performance and the performance of core players such as Ling Feng, the popularity and influence of Leicester City has rapidly expanded in the past year.

Not only in the British peninsula, but also in the entire European fan circle, many people are also familiar with this fearless blue fox located in a small town of 300,000 people in central England!

For the club’s owner, Vichai, the club’s good results are also an opportunity to expand the brand influence of his travel group.

Ever since, in order to reward the team for their hard work on the court and to expand the club’s influence in Thailand and even Asia, Vichai specially arranged for the team to travel and train in Thailand, and also play two friendly matches with two Asian giants. , earn some ticket money.

Although the team’s star Ling Feng is still in the Czech Republic.

However, when all Leicester City players arrived at Bangkok Airport in Thailand, they still received an extremely warm welcome.

Thai fans, wearing Leicester City’s home jersey for the new season, holding various placards in their hands, waved and screamed at the Blue Fox generals who had just gotten off the plane.

Seeing this battle, Mahrest took out his mobile phone and took a picture of the Thai girls holding signs such as “Love Tiger Oil, Ling!” and then sent the video to Ling Feng in the Czech Republic.

And add:

“Man, the fans in this place are so passionate! You have a lot of fans too.”

According to the original plan, Leicester City will stay in Thailand for a week.

Then he will play two friendly matches before returning to England to start pre-season training.

This period of time is a relaxing vacation for the team.

But for the team, it is a very critical opportunity!

In addition to discussing contract renewal with Ling Feng, the club is also intensively renewing contracts with other main players.

This summer, for Leicester City, reinforcements can be put aside first.

Being able to retain most of the structure of the current lineup is a big victory!

Among them, it is not difficult to renew the contracts of most of the main players and rotation players.

Because they can also feel that Leicester City’s good team atmosphere is something that other teams cannot provide.

Moreover, they are also afraid that the team will look down on their level and replace them with better players.

Therefore, as long as they can get a salary increase, they are basically willing to sign a new contract and continue to play for Leicester City.

The club is focused on renewing contracts for only four people.

That is the Three Musketeers of Blue Fox plus Brother Drinking Water!

As offensive midfielders, these four are the four most indispensable players in Leicester City’s offensive system.

Even though all four have received offers from other clubs.

However, judging from the players’ willingness to renew their contracts, all four of them are willing to stay on the team.

It’s just that the conditions need to be carefully considered.

As long as the players feel that the club and fans value them in Thailand, and they are happy, they may directly renew their contracts.

This is one of the reasons why Vichai invited the whole team to travel to Thailand!

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While the team is feeling the enthusiasm of Thai fans, the club’s scouting department is also actively looking for suitable signings in the transfer market.

Among them, Schalke 04’s main left back Christian Fox’s contract is about to expire.

But Schalke does not intend to renew his contract.

Of course, an experienced veteran like Fox who is exempt from signing a contract in his prime is a favorite in the eyes of many small and medium-sized teams.

Leicester City are in close contact with their agent in an attempt to bring the experienced Austria international to the King Power Stadium.

Although Schlupp is part of the team’s youth training, his defense is really not reassuring.

If they can recruit a famous Bundesliga player like Fox, the team will have a guarantee at the left back position.

As the team’s scouting director, Walsh, known as “Hawkeye” by insiders, personally flew to various parts of Europe to start looking for suitable candidates for the team.

It is worth mentioning that France is definitely a blessed place for Walsh.

When Abramovich took charge of the Blues, Walsh recommended players such as Petr Cech from Rennes, Didier Drogba from Marseille, and Essien from Lyon to Mourinho.

In Leicester City’s formation, Mahrez is Wall

Another treasure discovered by Walsh in the French Ligue 2.

So this time Walsh also decided to go to France to see if he could find some good seedlings at a good price.

While the major Premier League giants have already bought strong reinforcements, Leicester City’s first deal this summer came quietly.

They just bought out the 31-year-old German central defender Robert Huth, who was on loan from Stoke City, for 3 million pounds.

Then, the club offered another young central defender Harry Maguire on loan for 5 million pounds!

These two loan deals completed in the winter window have obviously improved Leicester City’s defense in the second half of the season.

Although the playing time is not much.

But in the second half of the season, especially during the absence of captain Morgan, the central defender combination of Huth and Maguire helped the team maintain a certain competitiveness in the league and the Europa League, so as not to fall behind.

As for Maguire’s outstanding performance in Leicester City, Hull City would never have thought of it.

Due to relegation from the Premier League this season, Hull City originally wanted to let Maguire, who had been trained, return to serve as the team’s main central defender and a key training target.

Therefore, when they negotiated the contract with Leicester City, they did not agree to Leicester City’s inclusion of a buyout clause.

However, they bought him back for 2.5 million pounds and sold him for 5 million pounds, making double the profit in one transaction.

For Hull City, this is also a good deal.

Of course, people are greedy.

Seeing Maguire’s success in the European Youth Championship with England, once he wins the championship, Maguire, as the main central defender, will definitely be able to increase his value slightly.

If he sells it at that time, the price will definitely be higher.

What’s more, after the team is relegated, the team’s lineup and salary will be affected, and it may not be possible to keep the existing players.

Keeping the young and potential Maguire can also help the team to advance to the Premier League.

Therefore, Hull City does not want to sell Maguire.

However, Maguire, who had been recruited by Ling Feng himself, directly conveyed his strong desire to transfer to Leicester City to the club through his agent.

Since the player wants to leave, Hull City will not be able to keep him.

And Hull City’s team positioning for Maguire is not an indispensable non-saleable item.

Want to leave?

You can.

Show your sincerity!

The two sides will definitely negotiate and consult on the transfer fee next.

However, judging from Hull City’s attitude, Maguire should be able to continue to play for the Blue Foxes next season!

Before the start of the European Youth Championship, he specifically mentioned it to head coach Pearson, saying that he hoped the club could keep Maguire.

And in front of Pearson, he praised Maguire as a very potential player who could help the team.

And Pearson also heard his implication, and praised Maguire’s importance to the team’s defense, and promised Ling Feng that the club would find ways to keep Maguire.

After learning from Maguire that the two clubs were in the process of negotiations, Ling Feng was satisfied with the club’s positive attitude.

So, he also reminded Mendes to renew his contract with the team as soon as possible so that the team could recruit players with peace of mind.

After all, as the team’s star player, if he does not renew his contract and stay, the other players in the team will be panicked, fearing whether Ling Feng will transfer away this summer.

Once Leicester City does not have Ling Feng, the team’s strength will definitely drop sharply, and the main players who originally wanted to stay may not stay.

Not to mention the players who originally had the opportunity to join the team, if they see Ling Feng, the core of the team, leaving the team, they will not hesitate to immediately book the earliest train or flight and run away overnight!

Under Ling Feng’s “urging”, Mendes had to fly directly to Thailand to negotiate with the club director and head coach in person.

At present, the two sides still have huge differences in weekly salary.

In Mendes’ view, with Ling Feng’s current top Premier League strength and fame, there is nothing wrong with taking the same 180,000 weekly salary as Arsenal’s Erdog.

Especially in terms of commercial value, he is one of the most profitable players in the entire Premier League and can bring more extra income to the team.

Having said that.

But 180,000 weekly salary is simply an astronomical figure!

For the wealthy BIG6 teams such as Arsenal, Manchester City, Manchester United, and Chelsea, 180,000 weekly salary is the highest salary in the team.

Not to mention Leicester City, which has just returned to the Premier League for one year!

180,000 a week, 52 weeks a year, that is 9.36 million pounds!

Add to that the goal bonus, assist bonus and other miscellaneous bonuses, Ling Feng’s annual salary alone is

Tens of millions of pounds will be spent on salary and bonuses!

This is something that Leicester City, which operates on a small budget, cannot afford.

Even though Ling Feng is the indispensable core of the team, he is also one of the best players in the entire Premier League.

Of course, the lion’s mouth is just Mendes’ usual negotiation tactic.

Afterwards, Mendes ignored the club for a few days and claimed that the players loved the club very much and were eager to stay, so they were willing to lower their salary requirements.

Not 180,000, not 168,000, just 140,000!

Then the signing fee can be reduced a bit.

For Mendes, this difficult opponent, Blue Fox director Rudkin, who was in charge of contract renewal negotiations, was also cursing in his heart.

Although the weekly salary is 140,000, it is still an unacceptable figure for the club.

However, at least the contract renewal negotiations are making progress.

While Mendes and the club were arguing over issues such as weekly salary, signing fee and termination fee, Lingfeng and England U21 in the Czech Republic also ushered in the third game of the group stage.

Their opponent is Italy, the “Legis Azzurri”.

In last year’s World Cup in Brazil, Ling Feng made his World Cup debut against Italy.

And helped England equalize the score, thus changing the Three Lions’ fate of being eliminated from the group.

In that game, the scene when Ling Feng passed Pirlo with the ball became one of the classic scenes in that World Cup and made him famous.

Nowadays, he really has no interest in facing the Italian national youth team which does not have many stars.

However, when looking at the Italian National Youth starting lineup from the perspective of a later-generation fan, he discovered something interesting:

That is, this Italian national youth team has gathered the tricolor babes who will be loved by future generations of fans!

Tricolor Babe is actually the collective name given by later generations of fans to three local rising stars in Italy who are of similar age and whose names all begin with the word “bei”.

The three-color babes are “Green Babe” Berardi, who plays for Sassuolo;

“Red Babe” Belotti, plays for Palermo;

“Purple Babe” Bernardeschi, plays for Fiorentina.

All three are Italian forward stars who have emerged in the past year.

Among them, Berardi, who plays for Sassuolo, is the most famous.

The most talked about thing is the nickname “Milan Killer”.

This season, the demon striker scored a hat trick against AC Milan in the league.

Last season against Milan, he also scored four goals and led the team to a comeback and win!

In addition to the Tricolor Babe, the Italian team also has several well-known Italian stars such as Romarioli, Biraghi, Rugani, and Sturaro.

A year later, compared to himself in the World Cup, Ling Feng has become much stronger visibly.

And he is so confident that even if he encounters the midfield combination of Verratti, Pirlo and De Rossi again, it will be impossible to defend him.

Not to mention little Karami like Sturaro and Benassi? !

Although his quota has been locked in advance, Southgate has also made a certain range of rotations.

However, in the past two games, both Southgate and all fans have been very clear about one fact:

With Ling Feng on the court, and without Ling Feng on the court, the fighting power of this young lion is completely different!

Therefore, in order to ensure that the team won three consecutive victories and maintain its momentum, Southgate could only let Ling Feng, the captain and the core of the team, continue to start.

And in this game, Ling Feng’s performance was still outstanding!

In the 16th minute of the game, he first made a pass on the right wing and then sent a fatal cross to help Kane score his fourth goal in this European Youth Championship.

Then five minutes later, he shot a super long shot 35 meters away from the goal, causing the goalkeeper to take it off. Ings, who played as a right winger, made a smart follow-up shot, extending the score to 2-0.

Returning to the locker room with a two-goal lead, Southgate went to Ling Feng privately and asked him if he needed a rest.

Ling Feng also said that he was not tired yet and could play for another twenty minutes.

Although two goals ahead. However, Ling Feng was really afraid that after he came off the field, Italy would score two goals in a row and even come back from behind.

At the 63rd minute of the second half, he personally scored the third goal, and Ling Feng was relieved to be replaced.

The score of the game was finally settled at 3-0.

After defeating Italy, England won three consecutive games in the group stage. In addition to reaching the semi-finals of the European Youth Championship as the group leader, England also successfully qualified for next year’s Rio Olympics.

However, just

When Ling Feng led England to advance triumphantly in the European Youth Championship, he suddenly received unexpected bad news!

(End of this chapter)