Chapter 643 [Knockout! Let others have nowhere to go]
Liang Kun is very cheap to buy Crystal Palace team, and it would be expensive to build it into a Premier League powerhouse.
There were no strong people in the team before, and even so, the management was still in a financial crisis. Liang Kun wanted the team to rise quickly and had to be willing to spend money. Now, if they don’t spend money, players will become more and more expensive in the future, and the entire football world will be inflated.
He is not afraid of losing money at all, because he is all promising players. Now, their transfer fees are very high, and when the team achieves results, these people will be worth more in the future.
As long as Crystal Palace has risen in recent years, won a Premier League championship and performed well in the Champions League, money will be made back soon. Manchester City is the best example. Just signing Manchester City has summarized several experiences for those rich people who want to make a fortune by spending money.
When buying people, you need to have a hierarchy. You won’t become fat if you eat in one bite. If you buy too many people at once, the running-in may not be good, and you can’t cultivate young players with potential.
When Malaga signed, they wanted to become fat in one go. They poached nine people in the offseason, including stars like Van Nistruei who were in a decline. As a result, the team failed to achieve results after two years of playing, and suffered losses for many years, and the boss was unwilling to play.
Spending money does not mean spending money randomly, it is to use money to solve problems for the team and players. It is better to dig out the corners of teams in the same league than to use money to buy two strong players in other leagues. Because Manchester City's prominence is largely due to the overall level of the Premier League being flattened.
On the surface, Liang Kun is all players from other leagues. In fact, he has dismantled the lineup of future Premier League teams. Leicester City, Liverpool, Chelsea, Tottenham, Arsenal and other teams are all his targets for signing.
The young Ajax central defender Toby Aldeveld, who Liang Kun really wants to find, will be the core of Tottenham's future defense.
Since Aldevelde had proved his strength in the Champions League, Ajax's management wanted to start the price, but Crystal Palace stopped when it bid 10 million euros.
Ajax: No, don't you shout up?
Crystal Palace: Yes, I'm afraid of being in chaos.
Aldevelde will not stay in Ajax forever. When his contract is about to expire, he does not want to renew his contract, so the team can only let him go. In the parallel world, when he joined Atletico Madrid in 2013, the transfer fee was only 7 million euros, and Crystal Palace was already a premium. No matter how high it is, he has become a foreign aid ATM team in the Chinese Super League.
Manager Ajax knew that there would be no higher quotation than this and had a transaction intention. Manager Crystal Palace negotiated according to Liang Kun's request, and finally spent 10.5 million euros to buy two people from Ajax and came back.
At the beginning, Liang Kun planned to poach two people in Ajax. If he packed, he would definitely be cheaper.
The Crystal Palace defense needs not only the central defender, but also the left back. They bought a 19-year-old defender from Ajax, named Daly Blind.
Daly Blind is Ajax's substitute left-back, and he made a total of 10 appearances for the team last season, without any performance.
He is 183cm tall, weighs 74 kilograms, has average physical fitness, can play as left back and midfielder. His contract will expire next year, and the manager doesn't know whether to renew his contract with him.
Such a player, half sold and half sold to Crystal Palace with Alderwild, Manager Ajax felt that he had made a fortune.
Liang Kun even felt that he had made a lot of money. Although it was a bit expensive to dig a central defender, it would be too cheap to buy a future Dutch national team left-back with 500,000 yuan.
In the 2012-13 season of parallel worlds, Blinder made a breakthrough in his career. He became Ajax's main left-back and became more confident in playing under Frank Debor. In the 2013-14 season, Blinder became the team's panacea, performed well in many positions in the midfield, central defender and left-back, and was elected the best player in the Eredivisie.
In 2014, Manchester United signed Blinder and the transfer fee reached 14 million pounds.
He has comprehensive skills and excellent passing ability. However, his speed is not fast and his breakthrough ability is not strong, so Ajax did not realize that his potential is huge. Although he performed poorly at Manchester United, he was a regular visitor to the Dutch national team. Crystal Palace dug him up and the main left-back has been available for many years.
At the same time, another deal for the team was also reached.
Crystal Palace spent £750,000 to buy 21-year-old midfielder Danny Drinkwater who could not get a position at Manchester United.
Drinkwater, who is 178cm tall, is a local player, and it is a good idea to have a British household registration. He comes from Manchester United youth training and has been loaned to Huddersfield, Cardiff City, and Watford by Manchester United. He has never been able to enter Manchester United's first team and can only play 2 and 3 league training.
In the parallel world, Drinkwater joined Leicester City in 2012 and became the main force of the team. In the 2013-14 season, he helped Leicester City win the English Championship and successfully advanced to the Super League. In the 2015-16 season, he helped Leicester City win the Premier League championship as the main force.
In 2017, he transferred to Chelsea for £35 million, breaking the Leicester City player transfer record. Unfortunately, Chelsea dug him but did not use it, and his form quickly declined severely.
Drinkwater is the center of Leicester City's offensive and defense, and is also the free kicker. He has excellent defense and good passes. Liang Kun will not give up until he hollows out Leicester City, and will walk other people's paths and leave others with no way out.
After this signing, the depth of the midfield lineup of Crystal Palace team has increased, and players can rotate to play during the game. There are too many British football matches, in addition to the Premier League, there are also the FA Cup, League Cup and Community Shield Cup.
Three days later, Liang Kun received another good news, and the team signed the famous German striker Miloslav Klose.
This is a legendary star and the No. 1 scorer in the history of the World Cup. Coach Pellegrini personally called to invite Klose. There should not be only young people in the team, but veterans must lead them and teach them experience.
With Caszorla and Klose here, the team should be able to hold on and play multiple tactics. Last season, the group of people rushed back and forth, and they played passionately, but it was not the rhythm that "Pegong" liked, which was a bit messy.
Previously, Klose won a collective and individual Grand Slam in the Bundesliga. He played for Bayern Munich for four years, played 150 times, contributed 53 goals and 27 assists to the team, helping Bayern win 6 championships. On June 6 this year, Klose announced a peaceful breakup with the team through Bayern's official website and was a libero.
Klose considered joining Lazio in Serie A, and later felt that Crystal Palace was more promising. He was willing to join not only because of his high salary, but also because he felt that Liang Kun was a magical person, and good things would happen with him.
Liang Kun welcomes Klose to join. Judging from the data, he only scored one goal and one assist in the league last season. But this is because of his injury and he often plays in the midfield.
In parallel world, Klose rejuvenated his second spring after joining Lazio, becoming the best scorer in Lazio for three consecutive seasons. He was also in the national team, participated in the 2014 World Cup and won the championship with the team.
The Crystal Palace team also sold a few unimportant players, gave up renewing the contract, and determined the lineup. "Pegong" was very satisfied with the lineup of the new season, better than he thought.
When signing with Crystal Palace, he was also worried about being fooled by Liang Kun and saying that he wanted to build a wealthy family, but in the end he was a small business. Although the superstar is unwilling to join Crystal Palace, the lineup is already quite strong and there is great potential in the future.
The 2011-12 Premier League season will start on August 13, and Crystal Palace has outstanding players in three lines.
Forwards: Vardy, Pelle, Zaha, Klose.
Midfielders: Cazorla, Jedinak, Kante, Dlinkwater.
Defenders: Daley Blinder, Van Dyke, Alderwild, Klein.
Goalkeeper: Navas.
There are also some players who can play a role. Midfielder Irving Galwan, central defender Damien Delani, left-back Moxi, 26-year-old South African midfielder Digakoi, 29-year-old Welsh forward East, etc. Last season, they had many opportunities to play in the team.
The biggest problem for the team now is that there are many young players and need to be trained. The competition is strong, and Crystal Palace is not inferior to any team.
After several transactions ended, Liang Kun frequently made it to sports news.
Many people think he is too luxurious, and many players are poaching at a premium. Especially in the central defender position, no one knows what young players can play, which is a bet on their talent.
Liang Kun was not panicked at all, he knew he would win the bet.
Liang Kun also arrived in London when he went to Europe to promote the movie "Body of Steel" with the starring actors. He calculated the time and held a press conference with several new players. The players showed off their new jerseys, and Liang Kun welcomed them.
Nearly two hundred people came to the press conference, including sports reporters and entertainment reporters, and they asked a variety of questions.
There is only Liang Kun, the film director in the world who bought a football team as the boss, which is extremely alternative. When interviewing the players, the reporter asked them if they had watched Liang Kun’s movies. Everyone said that they had watched them, and the atmosphere was very happy.
Liang Kun smiled and said, "I was about to invite you to watch "Body of Steel". I will watch it again after watching it."
When the reporter asked about the goal of the new season, Liang Kun answered quite low-key. "We have excellent players in our team, but many of them are new, and it takes time to get in. Our lineup cannot be compared with the Premier League giants for the time being, so the goal of the new season is to relegate and get in the team. Young players should work harder and learn more from their predecessors. This is a good opportunity to gain experience."
It doesn’t hurt to be low-key. Liang Kun was quite low-key last season, saying that his goal was to enter the Premier League in three years, but he was promoted in one season.
"Pegong" was interviewed and also said that the goal of the new season is to relegate, which was agreed upon by him and Liang Kun before.
Setting a very high goal before the game and putting psychological pressure on young players is often counterproductive. They may not dare to let go because they are afraid of making mistakes.
They believe that the team's current lineup can be successful in relegation easily. The suspense is what these young people can play. Their talent is not inferior to any team, and they may have surprises when they show the momentum of a newborn calf not afraid of a tiger.
In fact, "Pegong"'s goal is to qualify for the Champions League in the past two years, and big-name players think so.
Chapter completed!