Football: I can see player entries.

Chapter 28 Private Team

Chris was very efficient; he got news on the third day.

Negotiations failed, with the other party demanding a transfer fee exceeding £200,000.

"What? How are their brains structured?"

"This transfer fee is more expensive than the buyout clause!"

"Just pay them the penalty for breach of contract and terminate their contract!"

Li Yanqing hung up the phone while cursing. Is this how business is conducted?

They're such unscrupulous merchants!

Meanwhile, at the youth training base...

Chen Yi was happily patting Coach Wang on the shoulder.

"It's going well; even Championship teams have made offers for those two lads."

"Now we don't even need to promote them; they won't have to worry about selling them."

Coach Wang smiled ingratiatingly, but inwardly he was filled with doubt.

What a load of rubbish! If he had that kind of ability, why would he still be stuck at the youth training base?

It's probably because the opposing team's scouts visited secretly.

However, he was quite happy to be able to sell the two boys; it was better than letting them languish here.

"They're willing to offer 50,000 pounds, which is actually a reasonable price. Perhaps we could..."

"Wake up, is it really a matter of fifty thousand pounds?" Chen Yi glanced at Coach Wang, looking at him with a disappointed expression.

"They're all willing to pay £50,000, so guess how much domestic clubs would offer?"

Earning ten times more is not a problem!

This owner is clearly more concerned with his finances than with the players' future.

Coach Wang didn't say anything more, because that was indeed the case.

Although both of those guys set up penalty clauses for breach of contract, in China, nobody usually pays a penalty clause to sign someone, as it's a very offensive thing to do.

They will most likely raise the price.

Sure enough, in just three days, someone offered a sky-high price of six million.

After conversion, it amounts to 650,000 pounds.

These were just two newcomers who had never played a single game in the top league, simply because Burton made an offer to them!

However, Chen Yi's happiness was short-lived, as he received news that was enough to drive him mad.

Those two boys have disappeared!

Not at the training camp, nor at home.

I don't know when, but we completely lost contact!

"try to find!"

"Find it for me!"

"No matter what, you must find him!"

Are you kidding me? He saw stacks of cash beckoning to him, and then the person disappeared?

However, he was destined to be disappointed.

Because the two boys had already boarded a flight to Burton.

Li Yanqing sat beside them, examining a player evaluation report.

It was made by Cheng Limeng during this period.

The main purpose was to test the opponent's level, so they directly used the player data from Burton's team last season.

Jamie received the highest score in this report, followed by Murphy and Bradford, who also received good ratings.

However, Quinn, who often seizes crucial opportunities, does not have a high rating due to insufficient basic skills.

Li Yanqing was fairly satisfied with this; in terms of professionalism, she was quite good.

The evaluation was quite objective.

Although there are only two people at the moment, this small team is officially established from today!

Unlike Chris, Cheng Mengmeng is completely under Li Yanqing's control.

Chris is paid by the club, so he needs to consider the club's interests in everything he does.

As a member of his private team, Cheng Mengmeng only needs to be responsible to him personally.

Of course, he also paid his own salary.

They are still far from being a complete team. It would be best to add several specialized assistant coaches, each responsible for physical conditioning, training for each position, and so on.

In addition, a few high-quality scouts are needed.

Mourinho's team, for example, has nearly twenty people.

Li Yanqing's current salary is definitely not enough to support so many people, but that doesn't matter. As long as the club's performance is good enough, everything will get better and better.

In the afternoon, the group arrived in Burton.

As soon as Li Yanqing got off the plane, he received a phone call.

It was Coach Wang calling; he had given Coach Wang his number during the training camp.

After receiving an offer from Burton Albion, Coach Wang searched for recent news about the team.

Then, he couldn't laugh anymore.

One piece of news after another about Li Yanqing kept impacting his worldview.

"Why is it an international call? You didn't already take those two kids away, did you?"

“That’s right, they’ve arrived in Burton.” Li Yanqing nodded and said.

"Believe me, only by following me can they achieve better development."

Coach Wang remained silent for a long time after hearing this.

"Okay, actually this is a good thing, but you don't really need to come in secret like this."

"The domestic environment is much better now than before, and everyone is working towards a better future."

“There are very few parasites like Chen Yi anymore.”

"If the opportunity arises, I still hope you can cooperate more with this side..."

"Aren't we already cooperating?" Li Yanqing glanced at the two young men beside him. It would be a lie to say that he didn't have any reservations.

But that was just a personal grudge between him and Chen Yi, and had nothing to do with anyone else.

"Great!" Coach Wang's voice was clearly excited.

"You know, I have connections with a few other clubs, we can find people to sign some cooperation agreements..."

The cooperation he described was simple: after providing a sum of money, some children from China would be sent to Burton's youth academy for training.

If you have enough ability, you can directly enter the first team here.

Li Yanqing had no reason to refuse. Adding a few more people to the youth training team would be easy and would also increase the club's revenue.

However, if they really want to cooperate, they'll have to talk to Robinson directly.

At most, he'll mention it.

"Alright, you can stay here for the next few days. Once you find a place to rent, you can move in."

Li Yanqing led the three directly to the Burton team's players' dormitory.

Anyway, it's a holiday now, so there are plenty of empty rooms here.

Li Yichuan and Sun Yan, as players joining the team, had to undergo medical examinations first, and there was nowhere more convenient than the club.

"Li, they are... wait, why is there a lady here too?"

Chris, who had received the news long ago, had already arrived, but his expression was a little strange when he saw Cheng Mengmeng.

The current situation seems to suggest that Li Yanqing brought his two younger relatives along in order to pick up girls.

"Don't overthink it, she's my data analyst and translator."

"These two boys aren't very good at English, so it's good for her to take care of them during this time."

"You can talk amongst yourselves. I'm planning to visit some other clubs."

Li Yanqing rolled his eyes. Chris had previously suspected that he wanted to pursue Miss Maggie from the newspaper.

Do I look like the kind of young man driven by lust?

Why bother chasing girls when the great cause is not yet accomplished?

The club only gave us one month of leave.

The team needs to strengthen every position, and if possible, he wants to sign 7-8 players.

These two alone have already taken him almost a week.

Unless he can keep signing people at this pace.

However, it is basically an impossible task.