Jonathan Howson sits at home flipping through a fresh copy of the Yorkshire Post.
This is a newspaper that has been established for more than 250 years. It is aimed at The Times and has an unusual influence in Yorkshire. It has 24 pages a day and two exclusive pages for the sports section.
In recent times, news about Leeds United has dominated the sports pages of The Yorkshire Post.
Regarding Leeds United's summer transfer signings, the Yorkshire Post's comments are divided.
There is a group of people who believe that Leeds United's signings may seem low-end, but the investment is very small. As long as one of the introduced players can excel, the overall profit will be huge. This cost-effective approach is very consistent with Leeds United's current situation.
But there is also a group of people who believe that Leeds United lacks ambition and ambition. It is completely different from the pie they drew during previous fan meetings. Now Leeds United simply does not have enough financial resources to introduce high-level stars.
Not to mention anything else, the transfer fee does not exceed seven figures. How strong can these players be?
No, the news broke out again today.
Leeds United's official website and Twitter announced at the same time that it had introduced a 19-year-old Egyptian youngster Mohamed Salah from an Egyptian team called Mokhaulun for a price of 200,000 euros.
This kid started playing for Mo Kaulun at the age of seventeen. In his first season, he played five times and provided one assist. Last season, which was his second season, he played 24 times, scoring five goals and providing two assists.
This report card seems pretty good, but what is the level of the Egyptian Premier League?
What’s even more funny is that the all-pervasive media quickly dug up the news.
Do you know why Leeds United was able to successfully introduce Salah?
Because Mokoulun was relegated from the Egyptian Premier League.
Yes, Leeds United missed another relegated team, which is simply outrageous.
If you think Leeds United will stop here, it proves that you are still too young.
Leeds United also announced that it has introduced a player named Marcelo Brozovic from Croatian club Zagreb Croatia for 300,000 euros.
This is also the youth training and main force of the Croatians, but the problem is that in the Croatian Super League last season, the Croatians finished 16th, that is, at the bottom, still a full eight points behind the second to last. It is glorious.
Downgraded.
Yes, you read that right, Leeds United missed out on a relegated team again.
From the UK to Spain to Italy to Egypt to Croatia…
Hey guys, this is going to take Europe and Africa in a circle!
The Yorkshire Post commented with embarrassment: "Should we praise Leeds United for their intelligence work? Or should we praise them for being really stingy?"
This is indeed an embarrassing thing.
It's not like Leeds United's new team has any skills. At least they can always catch relegated teams and pick up bargains.
But let’s just say they are capable. Look at the people they introduced, do they look like talents?
Not to mention outsiders, even Jonathan Howson, the quasi-captain of Leeds United, felt that he couldn't stand it anymore.
A team relegated from the English Championship picked up Maguire, who was a local player after all, and then went to pick up Maguire from a team relegated from the Spanish Second Division. After all, he was also the national goalkeeper of Costa Rica.
Good guy, don’t you think it’s outrageous to go to Egypt and Croatia to pick up the slack of relegated teams?
But that's nothing.
The Yorkshire Post also said that Leeds United selected a 19-year-old player named Sadio Mane from among many Senegalese young players at a training camp called Generation Elite in Dakar, the capital of Senegal.
Mane's resume is similar to that of Jorginho, who was introduced from Verona. They were both trained through this method similar to the youth training school, so their prices are very cheap.
The funds required to bring in Mane are even negligible.
But unlike Jorginho, who at least played in Italy, Mane only received formal youth training at the age of fifteen. He later trained at the Generation Elite Training Camp for four years and has now been selected by Leeds United.
Good guy, at least you had to pay me if you picked someone up before. I dare you not to pay me this time and let you transfer freely. That’s awesome!
The Yorkshire Post listed this list. A lot of people were brought in, but how much did it cost?
1.87 million!
That’s totally off the mark, isn’t it?
On average, a player costs less than 200,000 euros.
What’s even more funny is that there is an old superstar who has been scrapped for many years, a transfer who has been in youth training for four years, two newly promoted teams from lower leagues, and five relegated teams. All of them are worth it, and there is only one star of hope from La Masia.
Lailin is considered high-quality, but he is only sixteen years old.
Even the Yorkshire Post couldn't help but issue soul torture.
"Leeds United really intend to hit the Premier League with this lineup?"
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Putting down the Yorkshire Post in his hand, Jonathan Howson took out his mobile phone and searched for some more news.
I found that not only the Yorkshire Post, but also the British media that originally paid close attention to Leeds United are now confused. Some even say that Leeds United is a professional bargain hunter after relegation.
Why?
It’s cheap!
But this also brings up another question, that is, what hope does such a team have?
According to the previous predictions of Jonathan Howson and everyone else, the most important thing Leeds United should do is to rely on the big tree of Gao Shen and rely on Gao Shen's relationship to rent a group of players from the Premier League, La Liga and Serie A.
Excellent young players, return to the Premier League as soon as possible.
But in the end, Leeds United did not do this, but went all over the world to pick up mistakes.
Simply outrageous!
Those relegated teams or low-level promoted teams, what good players do they have?
Do you want to make it to the Premier League just because of this?
Jonathan Howson shook his head with a wry smile, turned on his phone again, and found his agent's phone number.
Recently, he just changed an agent, Paul Stretford, a well-known British football player.
This agent is not only Rooney's agent, but also the agent of teammate Schmeichel. He has a very wide network of contacts. Previously, the condition for offering a weekly salary of 25,000 pounds to Leeds United was Street.
Ford gave him advice.
"Hey, Paul, it's me, how's the progress over there?" Jonathan Howson asked with concern.
He is currently authorizing his agent to handle his own transfer matters, such as contacting Premier League teams.
"I have talked to many teams and they are all very interested in you, but the problem now is that Leeds United don't want to talk at all. Norwich City, Queens Park Rangers and Aston Villa in the Premier League have all successively
I made an offer but was rejected without hesitation.”
When Jonathan Howson heard this, he couldn't help but frown.
He wants to go to the Premier League, and he really wants to.
If he only had this idea before, now he is extremely eager for it.
Because the media said that Gao Shen concluded that he has the talent to become the second Lampard!
He has always felt that he is a unique player, and now, Gao Shen's words have confirmed this.
Therefore, even big-name agents like Paul Stretford took the initiative to cooperate with him.
He doesn't want to waste time in Leeds United and the Championship!
He should go to the Premier League, go to a broader stage, prove his strength, get more attention, participate in next year's London Olympics, and then enter the national team.
This is the path he should take!
Rather than stay at Leeds United and waste precious time with a group of scumbags picked up from relegated teams!
"Mike Rigg from Queens Park Rangers told me that they quoted a high price of seven million pounds, but Leeds United still quickly rejected it, and now they are starting to hesitate."
"Why?" Jonathan Howson panicked.
Isn't it because you are giving up and don't want it anymore?
"Your current value is about two million pounds, and the offer is up to seven million pounds. This is already a very high transfer fee in the English Championship. But Leeds United still refuses to sell, so there are only two possibilities. One is
Waiting for more and more powerful buyers to enter the market, the other is that they really don’t want to sell.”
Needless to say, the former is just wanting to sell it at a higher price.
The latter proves that Leeds United really don't want to sell their treasure.
This is actually normal, just like when Manchester United sold Cristiano Ronaldo, or when Manchester United finally renewed Rooney's contract. Whether to sell or not to sell is actually between two options. The price is given, and if the player wants to leave, he has to sell even if he doesn't sell.
"So what should we do now?" Jonathan Howson was a little anxious, "Is there anything I can do?"
"It's more troublesome now. The initiative lies with Leeds United, but if you really want to leave, you can submit a written transfer application and publicly state that you want to leave the team to put pressure on the club. At the same time, I can contact a few people here.
A team like Queens Park Rangers or Norwich City."
"These two newly promoted teams have great ambitions, and I believe they are unwilling to drag on the transfer. If teams from the middle and upper reaches of the Premier League really get involved, they will get nothing."
As the Premier League's number one agent, Stretford knows very well how transfer operations work.
A mere few million euros, if you can really buy the future Lampard II, it is really not much money for those teams in the middle and upper reaches of the Premier League, and they will be very happy to get involved.
Now there are rumors outside. It is said that Liverpool, Tottenham Hotspur, Arsenal and Chelsea are all paying attention to Jonathan Howson. Once these teams take action, there will really be nothing to promote the team.
"What do you think?" Jonathan Howson asked.
"At your current age, it is difficult to get the main players if you go to an upstream team. If you ask me, it is better to go to a downstream team first, play in the Premier League first, and perform better. Next year is the London Olympics, and you will participate.
If you perform better in the future, I can help you operate and strive to reach a higher level."
"You are only twenty-two years old. You still have time. It would be better to be more stable."
After hearing this, Jonathan Howson also felt that this route was safer.
"Okay, I'll write a written transfer application right away, and you can help me arrange media interviews."
"Okay, I will also call Mike Rigg right away to see if Queens Park Rangers can raise the price some more and try to negotiate a transfer as soon as possible."
After hanging up the phone at Stratford, Jonathan Howson cast a firm look in his eyes.
