Episode [273]: Leeds United's First Trip to Asia

At this time, the transfer market is still turbulent.

The Chelsea team tried their best to renew the contract of Arjen Robben, and even offered him a high salary, but they still failed to keep the Dutchman's heart. Arjen Robben resolutely joined Real Madrid despite dissuasion.

Real Madrid spent 36 million euros for Peter Pan of the Netherlands.

After losing the Dutch consumer Arjen Robben Jr., the Chelsea team immediately shifted their attention and targeted Leeds United. They wanted to introduce Frank Ribery.

Even the Chelsea club is willing to bid 27 million pounds for Franck Ribery, who is currently injured, and even Abramovich is also calling out 30 million pounds.

However, Zhong Cheng rejected Chelsea's offer without even thinking about it.

Franck Ribery is not for sale at Leeds United, but also a legendary symbol of Leeds United.

Leeds United suffered a loss here, and the Chelsea club immediately shifted their target. They also took a fancy to a Frenchman, that is, Lyon's young winger Malouda. They offered 20 million euros to the Lyon team, and the Lyon team directly agreed.

Because a genius like Ben Alpha emerged in the Lyon youth team, this is a figure that Zhong Cheng values, and this can completely replace Malouda's lack.

Therefore, without even thinking about it, the Lyon team directly sold Malouda to Chelsea for 20 million euros.

At this time, Leeds United is not doing much to chase the market.

First they introduced the tall German right back Jerome Boateng from Hertha Berlin for 1 million euros, and then the young midfielder Mats Hummels from Bayern Munich for 2 million euros.

At first, Bayern Munich was still reluctant to shoot Mats Hummels, they still had a little fantasy about Mats Hummels. But they know they don't have the time to develop Mats Hummels, nor will they be as bold as Leeds United dared to give youngsters a chance.

If Mats Hummels stays at Bayern Munich, he will probably be crippled on the bench.

At this time, Leeds United is willing to give 2 million euros to Mats Hummels, a young man who has just entered the first team but cannot play. This price is already very, very amazing.

Bayern Munich naturally agreed to Leeds United's signings.

The most important thing is that Bayern Munich and Leeds United have reached an agreement.

This season, Bayern Munich wants to introduce Ribery and Luca Toni from Leeds United, but both of them seem to be not for sale for Leeds United. Of course, Leeds United will not agree.

But if Leeds United disagree, Bayern Munich is also unwilling to send Mats Hummels.

Therefore, Zhong Cheng said that Leeds United is willing to sell Luca Toni to Bayern Munich. But Mats Hummels must be sold to Leeds United.

Mats Hummels has no status for Bayern Munich now. If he sells it, he will sell it, nothing else. The most important thing is that they can also introduce Luca Toni.

However, Zhong Cheng also made it clear that Luca Toni cannot be sold to Bayern Munich this season, but they can sell Luca Toni to Bayern Munich next season.

The Bayern Munich team thought about it and agreed to Zhong Cheng's proposal.

In this way, next season, Luca Toni will officially transfer to Bayern Munich at a price of 15 million pounds, so that Mats Hummels will become a member of Leeds United.

At this time, Mats Hummels can be worth 2 million euros, which is very high. In Zhong Cheng’s memory, Mats Hummels joined Dortmund on loan in the middle of this season. He quickly established himself as the main player in Dortmund and performed amazingly. One and a half years later, Dortmund only spent 4.5 million euros to buy out Mats Hummels.

The current Mats Hummels is completely a rookie, and it is very, very amazing that he can be worth 2 million euros.

So far, Leeds United have introduced Samir Nasri, Mohamed Sissoko, Jerome Boateng, Mats Hummels and others in the transfer market, and will usher in a loan return player, that is Alexander Pato.

The effectiveness of this signing is still very good.

However, this season, Leeds United's signings are not over yet!

At this time, Zhong Cheng had his eyes on a player, a young player. A strong wide player is the Portuguese teenager Luis Carlos Almeida da Cunha!

Uh... yes, with such a long name, who knows who this guy is?

However, this guy has a nickname that is easy to remember and will become famous all over the world in the future-Nani!

Yes, now Zhong Cheng is looking at Nani, the younger brother of Cristiano Ronaldo in the Portuguese Sporting Lisbon team!

Nani is very young, but his strength is very strong. Zhong Cheng really wants to introduce this young player.

When introducing this young man, Zhong Cheng introduced the young wing player Marco Reus from the Red and White Allen Club in Germany.

Marco Reus had just joined Leeds United and was loaned to Leyton Orient Club in League One.

Now Zhong Cheng's main goal is to introduce Nani. This signing is very crucial, which is related to the future of Leeds United.

But it is very difficult to introduce Nani, because Manchester United also took a fancy to Nani.

And Chelsea and Bayern Munich are also interested in Nani, Chelsea left Arjen Robben, there must be supplements. And Bayern Munich was blocked in the introduction of Ribery, and he also wanted to find a replacement, and this replacement was Nani.

Therefore, now Leeds United is facing competition from Manchester United, Chelsea and Bayern Munich.

It is very difficult for Leeds United to win Nani.

At this time, the players of Leeds United had assembled in England. Of course, the coaches who took over were Di Matteo and the others, and Zhong Cheng was waiting for them in China.

After the Leeds United team assembled, the team flew to China immediately and started their Asian tour before the new season. The first stop of the Asian tour is Malaysia. After the Leeds United team gathers in China, they will fly to Malaysia.

After Leeds United came to China, Zhong Cheng saw the team's new players. Among these new players, Mats Hummels, Jerome Boateng and Mohamed Sissoko are all big men, even taller than Zhong Cheng. They are simply a team of giants.

Zhong Cheng is very satisfied with the introduction of these players. Of course, the signings of Leeds United in the new season are not over yet. Now Leeds United's goal is to introduce at least one right back and one midfielder.

Of course, both the right back and midfielder have the ability to rotate.

After the introduction of these people, the signings of Leeds United this season will almost come to an end. Of course, the premise is that there will be no more leaving players in the Leeds United team. If there are players who want to leave, then it is another matter.

Moreover, those who came to Leeds United this time were Hulk, David Luiz and others who were loaned out. They all came to the team to gather.

When they were in China, the players of Leeds United were naturally warmly welcomed by the fans. This summer, Leeds United will have two games in China, one is a match between China Xiangjiang and Nanhua, and the other is a warm-up match between China's Yunhai and Jingcheng Guoan Club.

However, these two games still have to wait about ten days.

After two days in China, Leeds United flew straight to Southeast Asia, where they have two games to play. The first is to play against the Malaysian national team in Malaysia, and then fly to Thailand to play a game against the Thai national team in Thailand.

When they came to Malaysia, Leeds United was frightened by the climate here, it was really too hot. And there are a lot of showers, and I don't know when it will rain. And the rain comes and goes quickly. But it was hot, the rainwater was evaporated just after it rained, it was like a steamer.

The players of Leeds United want to leave here and Malaysia as soon as possible.

Leeds United didn't pay much attention to the match against the Malaysian national team, because the Malaysian national team is composed of semi-professional and semi-amateur players, and there are very few professional players.

The strength of such a team can be imagined.

Zhong Cheng's lineup is also based on substitutes, and the starting lineup is as follows:

Goalkeeper: Simon Mignolet

Back four [left to right]: Gareth Bale, Mats Hummels, David Luiz and Sagna

Single midfielder: Yaya Toure

Three midfielders [from left to right]: Hazard, Gourcuff and Hulk

Forwards: Edinson Cavani and Alexandre Pato

This lineup is not something that the Malaysian national team can parry. Although the weather was very bad and had a great impact, Leeds United performed very well and directly defeated their opponents with a score of 3-0.

In the second half of the game, Leeds United also played several main players, allowing Malaysian fans to see the stars of Leeds United at close range. Malaysian fans are naturally very happy and excited.

Leeds United left Malaysia the same day after the game. The weather is really bad.

Thailand's climate is not much better, the weather here is hotter, but the rain is a little less, dry and hot. It's also very uncomfortable. The Leeds United really want to escape from Southeast Asia as soon as possible.

At this time, the transfer department of Leeds United was attacking Nani, hoping to bring Nani to Leeds United. Of course, there are still a lot of troubles encountered.

And now Leeds United started their second Asian tour in Thailand. The strength of the Thai national team is stronger than that of Malaysia, but it is not much stronger.

Zhong Cheng's starting list is as follows:

Goalkeeper: Simon Mignolet

Back four [left to right]: Gareth Bale, Mats Hummels, Gary Cahill and Jemlo Boateng

Single midfielder: Alexander Song

Three strikers [left to right]: Samir Nasri, Yaya Toure and Hulk

Forwards: Robert Lewandowski and Aleksander Pato

The performance of such a lineup in this game was not satisfactory in the first half of the game, and everyone's cooperation still had some problems. But their strength is still much stronger than the Thai national team. In the first half of the game, with Robert Lewandowski's header assist and Alexander Pato's goal, they led 1-0.

After replacing some main players in the live game, Leeds United scored two goals in a row, and finally defeated the Thai national team with the same score of 3-0 and won the victory.

In these two games, Leeds United had reservations, but the fans of the two countries were still very satisfied and bought it.