Chapter 103: Silver II Orthodoxy in Newcastle

“Levi’s super mistake! Kane transferred to Newcastle!”

Premier League Finale

Premier League Galacticos

“Sir Lee’s Behind-the-Scenes Strategy”

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When Kane arrived in Newcastle with a smile on his face, various British media were slapping Levy in the face again and again with amazing news reports.

There is no doubt that Kane’s smooth transfer to Newcastle was a mistake made by Levy and the Tottenham management team.

But upon closer inspection, Levi doesn’t seem to have made any serious mistakes.

After all, who would have thought that Kane, who had only one year left on his contract with Tottenham, could be signed by Newcastle for 1.2 million euros?
Newcastle even offered Palinha, a top defensive midfielder in his prime, for the 30-year-old Kane.

It would be difficult for other powerful clubs in European football to accomplish this.

Everyone is in need of good midfielders nowadays. The tactical value of a top defensive midfielder is no less than that of a top center forward.

But that’s what Newcastle did.

So much so that many Bayern fans, while shocked, also had a surge in their favorability towards Newcastle.

Signing Palinha for 4500 million has greatly strengthened the team’s defensive capabilities in the midfield and backcourt.

This deal is a great bargain no matter how you look at it. It is no exaggeration to say that Newcastle is doing charity to help Bayern strengthen its team.

Levy was also stunned by the 1.2 million euro transfer fee that Bayern spent.

Being able to sell a nearly 30-year-old center at such a high price is a great deal for Levy.

Even if the center is Kane.

Considering that Kane will most likely be 34 or even 35 years old when his contract with Bayern ends, it is understandable that Levy did not add too many restrictive clauses to the deal.

But Levy ultimately underestimated the determination of the Middle Eastern tycoons to invest in building a top football team.

After going through a long circle, the total investment was close to 30 million euros (including the agency team’s commission and the player’s signing fee) just to buy a -year-old center.

All we can say is that the rich are willful because they have money. Li Chen will smash anyone he likes.

Newcastle, which seemed to suffer the most in this complicated transaction, actually received the biggest reinforcement.

Palinha left, but Li Chen helped the club sign Kante early on.

Kane’s arrival will allow Newcastle’s forward combination to undergo further qualitative transformation!
For Li Chen, the coexistence of Kane and Ronaldo will not be a problem for Newcastle’s front line. The partnership between Ronaldo and the center forward has always produced a good chemical reaction.

Havertz can also start more often as the second striker and midfielder in the future.

His abundant physical strength and technical versatility were further developed by Li Chen last season.

Moreover, Newcastle will fight on four fronts in the new season, and Ronaldo will need more rest time, so Havertz will not lack opportunities to start.

Li Chen had discussed this with Havertz privately before he made up his mind to bring in Kane.

Havertz was very grateful for Li Chen’s honesty and also expressed his confidence in not being afraid of competition, which made Li Chen very satisfied.

As for Kane, the real star who helped lead the British national team to win the World Cup championship at the end of last year, told reporters as soon as he got off the plane that he couldn’t wait to continue working with Li Chen in the new season.

With the release of Amazon’s 2022 World Cup championship documentary, fans all over the world now know that at the beginning of England’s tactical reconstruction, Li Chen strongly supported Kane to become the real offensive core of the England team.

Under Li Chen’s tactical liberation, Kane gained unlimited firing rights on the offensive end and focused more on scoring in the penalty area.

The further technicalization of the English midfield has provided Kane with more sufficient and high-quality passing ammunition.

It can be said that under Li Chen’s command, Kane does not seem as versatile as he is in the Premier League.

But his goal-scoring ability has been unleashed to the extreme, he plays more comfortably and can play a decisive role.

As a smart player, Kane himself understands this very well.

Li Chen is a coach who truly knows how to use his players, just like Mourinho did back then.

The latter allowed him to carve out a broad path in the tactical structure of retreating organization, and to this day, he still leaves other first-class centers at least one body length behind on this path.

The former allowed him to score goals more easily and freely while reducing the tactical burden, and also led him to win the most important World Cup championship in his career so far!
He is almost thirty years old, and his loyalty to Tottenham has almost wasted half of his peak career.

If he hadn’t won the World Cup, Kane, who hadn’t been able to taste the joy of winning the championship, might have continued to hesitate.

But now that Kane has reached the pinnacle of the World Cup, he obviously has more pursuits and ambitions!

So when Li Chen called him personally and wanted to recruit him, he agreed without any hesitation.

Kane put aside his anxiety after learning from the economic team that Newcastle had settled all contract matters.

The feeling of reluctance to leave Tottenham fans still fills his heart, but for the Tottenham club and its senior management, Kane can only say that he has a clear conscience.

He arrived in Newcastle with 100% confidence and vision.

At the press conference held exclusively for him by Newcastle, he was holding up his Newcastle No. 9 jersey and smiling with great satisfaction.

As the team representative, Li Chen expressed a warm welcome to Kane at the press conference.

Kane was also very humbly the first to express his gratitude to Wilson for voluntarily giving up the No. 9 jersey.

He had already decided to wear the No. 19 jersey for the new season.

But Wilson called him and told him to accept the club’s No. 9 jersey with confidence.

The two had a very good relationship during last year’s World Cup, and Wilson’s generous move also earned him a longer-term contract extension from Newcastle’s top management.

This is a good start for Kane to integrate into the team.

Li Chen also repeatedly stated at the press conference that the coaching staff had made detailed adjustments to the existing offensive tactics in advance for Kane’s joining.

This can be regarded as a reassurance to Newcastle fans who are paying attention to the press conference.

So far, Newcastle’s big moves in the transfer market have made the Magpies fans quite satisfied.

Everyone knows that Newcastle will be fighting on multiple fronts in the new season and will also face the baptism of the Champions League.

In this case, introducing more young players by scratching the lottery may not necessarily be a good thing.

Only by introducing the top combat power in football can Newcastle go further in the multi-line operations in the new season.

The departure of Palinha certainly made many Magpies fans sigh, but the successive joining of Kante and Kane made them more looking forward to the new season.

However, just as the media and fans continued to wait for Newcastle to strike in the transfer market, two transfer announcements from Newcastle Club suddenly appeared in the news headlines.

Joe Willock, who was a member of Newcastle’s midfield bench last season, moved to Nottingham Forest, and right-back Javier Manquillo moved to Celta in La Liga.

According to informed media reports, Joe Willock’s transfer fee is approximately 3000 million euros, which is almost the same as the transfer fee that Newcastle spent to introduce him.

Javier Manquillo was signed by Celta for free.

Both are seeking a transfer because they are not getting many playing opportunities at Newcastle.

Under peaceful negotiations, Newcastle gave the green light to players who wanted to leave the team normally.

Nottingham Forest got a bargain by only spending 3000 million euros to bring Joe Willock from Newcastle.

After all, under the targeted training of the Newcastle coaching staff, Joe Willock made a lot of progress in strength last season.

In addition, he is young enough, and his current transfer value is still close to 4000 million euros.

Li Chen is also optimistic about his future development prospects, but Newcastle now has too many good midfielders.

He was unwilling to make empty promises to Joe Willock, and for the sake of Joe Willock’s future career development, he finally decided to let him go and get more playing opportunities.

Nottingham Forest is a good place to level up.

The team as a whole is relatively young, and there are no big-name stars in the team. Joe Willock can become the team’s offensive core as soon as he arrives.

In a top football club like Newcastle, Joe Willock may only be able to play a role as a piece of the championship puzzle.

But in the mid- and lower-level teams in the Premier League, he is the undisputed team leader.

With a vision for the future and the confidence to prove himself, Joe Willock chose to go to Nottingham Forest to create a bright future.

In comparison, Javier Manquillo’s departure seems a bit low-key and bleak.

This Spanish full-back from Atletico Madrid has had his entire career ruined by injuries.

A big part of the reason why Li Chen didn’t use him much last season was that his physical health was not stable enough.

In this case, ending the Premier League journey and returning to La Liga is Javier Manquillo’s best option.

He still wants to play professional football for a few more years, but the increasingly fierce Premier League is obviously no longer suitable for players like him.

After sending away two first-team players from last season, Li Chen also accelerated the pace of clearing out redundant players in the team and introducing new players.

Ashby, a young defender who has been trained for a season but has made slow progress, became the third first-team player to be sold by Newcastle in this summer window.

After him, Ward-Prowse became the transfer target of Newcastle, which puzzled many media.

But when Southampton officially announced the return of Ward-Prowse, all the confusion of the media and fans turned into a sigh of relief.

Li Chen really didn’t want to let Ward-Prowse leave.

“Teacher Pu” has outstanding organizational skills, is active in defense, and has first-class free kick skills in football.

Such a player will be a reliable midfield rotation no matter which top club he is in.

But Southampton’s top management realized the huge mistake they made last summer and now they are personally trying to bring Ward-Prowse back to St. Mary’s Stadium to calm the anger of the fans.

Ward-Prowse, who was already waiting to be called by his parent team, naturally submitted a transfer application without hesitation.

Li Chen personally advised him, but Ward-Prowse was determined to return to Southampton.

Even though he will accompany Southampton in the Championship next season.

For such a player, Li Chen knew that he could not force him to stay, and finally he could only let the management team agree to Southampton’s 1600 million euro buyback offer.

After selling Ward-Prowse, Newcastle temporarily stopped slimming down its squad.

Instead, they frequently come into contact with news about the main players of other powerful teams in the Premier League.

Some of the targets are indeed what Li Chen has his eyes on, and he wants the club to make attempts to approach and recruit them.

But more of the reports are from the British media who are just trying to attract traffic based on hearsay.

It is said that Newcastle is interested in Liverpool’s Arnold and Chelsea’s James, and wants to introduce one of the two to replace Trippier as Newcastle’s main right-back in the new season.

Then it was said that Newcastle had set its sights on Manchester City’s Foden and Arsenal’s Saka, and the tycoons in the Middle East had already prepared large sums of money to spend on them.

There was a mixture of truth and falsehood among the stories, and the media reported them enthusiastically, which was also very entertaining for the fans who were just watching.

However, as the core person leading Newcastle’s summer transfer work this year, Li Chen decisively chose to turn his attention to other leagues after repeated failures within the Premier League.

In early July, just as the top teams in all major leagues were preparing to start pre-season training for the new season.

Newcastle has spent a lot of money in the transfer market and introduced new players before the pre-season training officially starts!
Dutch teenager Frimpong, who played on multiple fronts for Leverkusen last season and achieved double-digit data, will wear the black and white jersey to fight for the Magpies in the new season.

Bild was the first to reveal that Newcastle paid more than 5000 million euros in transfer fees to introduce Frimpong.

In fact, Newcastle spent 5500 million euros on this transfer, which was a price Leverkusen could not refuse.

Alonso expressed his dissatisfaction with the club’s sale of Frimpong.

But Brother Long also knows that Leverkusen does not have the huge size of Bayern Munich.

Faced with the huge transfer fee of 5500 million euros and the transfer application submitted by Frimpong, all they could do was let go.

After Li Chen settled Flympong’s transfer, he flew straight to Madrid without stopping.

After patient and in-depth communication and repeated phone calls from Ronaldo and Ramos, Li Chen finally completed the most difficult and important transfer in this summer window.

July 2023, 7, is the day before Newcastle officially starts pre-season training for the new season.

A piece of transfer news announced simultaneously by Newcastle and Real Madrid has made the world of football lively again.

33-year-old Real Madrid midfielder Toni Kroos has joined Newcastle on a two-year contract, but the transfer fee has not been disclosed.

With the release of this official news, fans all over the world were excited!

Real Madrid’s “blackening” has further deepened.

And look at Newcastle now.

Ronaldo, Pepe, Ramos, Marcelo… plus Toni Kroos.

Well, Yin Er’s orthodoxy is really in Newcastle now!

(End of this chapter)