Chapter 12: Those Who Walk and Those Who Come
Wan Sheng was unable to meet Cahill in the end, as Cahill returned to Australia. γ
The team's pre-season training is about to begin, and he doesn't have time to make another trip to Australia, but Wan Sheng still has an offer from the club to Millwall.
Β£6o million to buy their striker Cahill!
This is tantamount to booking first, letting Millwall and Cahill know that Derby County are interested in buying him, whether the specific deal can be completed, or to see Cahill make a decision, anyway, the offer does not cost money, why not.
Then Wan Sheng began a series of tedious work, such as the list of players he handed to Ji-Smith who were not in the plan, these players were all to be cleared out, but the transfer market is not to sell whoever wants to sell, so far the Derby County club has only sold one player.
Jie Smith also asked about Wansheng, "It's very difficult for these people to sell normally. β
"Then get a discount!" Wan Sheng said dryly.
"Discounted?" Smith was a little confused.
Wan Sheng said, "All these people are not in my plan, even if they stay in the team, they will get a salary for nothing, it is difficult for them to have a chance to play, rather than this, it is better to sell them at a low price, or even talk to them, and let them transfer freely." β
Smith understood.
He originally wanted to keep a few if he couldn't sell them, but he didn't expect Wansheng to be so resolute, for a businessman like him, selling his players at a cheap price, or even directly terminating the contract, is really a bit reluctant, after all, these are professional players, some of the lowest worth, there are 100,000 or 200,000 pounds, all together, if you sell them normally, there are still two or three million pounds.
But since Wan Sheng is so resolute, considering that they will stay with the team for another season, there is really no point in other than taking wages for nothing, and Smith has also decided to dispose of it cheaply.
The next move from Derby County attracted a lot of media attention. Because they put a very low price on their players.
Moxi, Β£2o million.
Costa, Β£4o million.
Adam Bod, Β£250,000.
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Derby County have five players in one go, all of whom are in their prime, some of them are good players, and some are just substitutes, but because they rarely play at the end of the season, there are not many clubs interested in them, and Derby County used to have a high price tag. They're all unattended.
Cheap deals have proven to work in the transfer market as well.
When I saw Derby County drop the price tag to this level, many clubs that were not interested before became interested, after all, these are real professional players in the League One, even if they can't play the main team, it is feasible to increase the depth of the bench.
Soon, many clubs began to inquire.
These 'cheap' players became sought-after for a while, and the best Kentido Costa even had three clubs compete for it, and Costa sold it for Β£6o, a price that Derby County clubs were satisfied with. Costa's normal value is between 5o and 1oo million pounds, and it is not a cheap sale to be able to sell for 6o million pounds.
However, the other players who were listed could not be sold for a good price.
Four players, including Mosik and Adam Boda, together sold for 5o tens of thousands of pounds. Even so, Wan Sheng is quite satisfied, which means that he has more than 1oo pounds of transfer funds in his hands.
But others are not easy to sell.
Among them is also the veteran Jamie Vicente, who made a lot of appearances in the final stages of last season, and Wan Sheng can keep him in the club to maintain his form, but Vicente's strength and fitness are really not keeping up. In the end, the club negotiated a termination of his contract and allowed him to move on a free transfer, which solved Vicente's problems, and the two remaining players - MenΓ©ndez Manel and Yoneil. Wansheng is not in a hurry.
Menendez Manel is thirty years old, but he still has some strength, he is a very attacking midfielder, he has strong dribbling ability, and he still has skills at his feet, but his shortcomings are obvious, that is, the defense is quite poor.
Players of this style are not in Wansheng's plans.
But it is indeed a pity to sell Manel cheaply, Manel is worth more than 1oo million pounds, and it is a big loss for such a player to sell cheaply, but no one cares about it in the transfer market.
Wan Sheng finally thought about it and decided to keep Manel. Anyway, it's just a player, and with Manel maybe he can add more tactical variety, such as when he is in a hurry to equalise from behind, and he may be able to make a difference.
Unil is different, this is a 21-year-old young player, very average quality, no potential at all. This kind of player is a bit wasteful in the youth team, and he can't use it himself.
But in the end, Wan Sheng decided to keep Yunil.
Unil has little potential, but his age determines that he still has some room for improvement, if he trains with the team, he can improve to a certain extent, and maybe increase the depth of the bench, anyway, his salary is not high, and it has no impact on the team at all.
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At the same time, the move of the Derby County club has also caused a lot of controversy in the outside world, and many media have focused on Derby County and Wansheng.
"What the hell is this Chinese going to do? He actually sold so many players? Does he want Derby County to keep only eleven players? β
"Derby County have disrupted the order in the transfer market!"
"Selling five players, including Kentirdo Costa, in one go, even if these people are not the absolute main force, but it will definitely have an impact on the club, it is said that they also terminated the contract with Vicente, Derby County have six players at the moment, even if they get transfer income, but can this income be exchanged for six players?"
Other regional media have questioned Derbyshire's approach, not to mention the mainstream media in Derbyshire, which has always had a bad relationship with Wansheng.
"This Chinese brain show funny!"
"He abused his power! How could Smith believe him and let him sell players so indiscriminately! The season hasn't started yet, and Derby County is no longer available! β
"Seeing what he did, we should be worried about the results of the new season!"
"Maybe we should expect the team's results to be terrible, so that this Chinese will definitely not stay in the team for long, and we still have hope of achieving relegation!"
"I remember he even said that the goal was to lead the team to promotion! Hahaha...... That's how he led the team to promotion? Selling a bunch of players and leaving Derby without players is an attempt to take Derby into the abyss, not to upgrade......"
After more than a month of hiatus. These Derbyshire mainstream media outlets are back reporting on Wan Sheng. As before, what they said was not good at all, they were all criticizing Wansheng's approach, they didn't give Wansheng a chance to explain at all, and the reports were full of doubts and sarcasm.
Wan Sheng simply ignored these reports, and he didn't have time to engage in a war of words with reporters, and then he had to replenish the team's squad.
After selling a few players, you have to buy enough players, and bench depth is a must.
He has his eye on Everton's midfielder Leon Osman.
The player is only 22 years old and has excellent skills at his feet. But there is no place for Everton, Wan Sheng intends to take him to Derby, but this time he hit the nail on the head, Everton have no intention of selling Osman at all, because they know very well that Osman may be the future of the team, and they only intend to send him out on loan and let him train in League One for a year.
Rent?
Osman played for a year at Derby County, who had to pay Osman's salary and pay Everton a loan fee. Then a year later, he left Derby County to return to Everton...... This is definitely not going to work!
Wansheng won't spend money to develop players for other teams, that's definitely too stupid to be stupid, let alone anything. Derby County are not particularly short of players and there is no need to sign Osman on loan.
So the negotiations between the two clubs began.
Derby County were going to buy Osman for Β£8o, but Everton did not agree, but they wanted to loan Osman to Derby County. In the end, both sides took a step back, with Derby paying Everton Β£1oo0,000 to buy half of Osman's ownership, but if Everton were to recall Osmanne in the future. It was necessary to rebuy back the ownership of this half according to the value of the Ottoman at that time.
Now Everton was satisfied.
Derby County is also very satisfied, of course, the most important thing is that Wan Sheng is satisfied, and now Ottoman's ownership is equivalent to being in the hands of Derby. After a year at Derby, he is not what he is now, and Wan Sheng is still confident in this.
The time for pre-season training is approaching.
Ahead of pre-season, several of the Derby County FC's signings also came to the medical with their agents, with Leto Ziegler, Frank Ribery and Leighton Bynes delighting Wansheng.
Ribery and Ziegler have already met him, but Leiden-Baines is the first time he has seen him.
Layton Bynes and Derby County FC deal was reached, and he came to Derby County with his agent to participate in the medical examination and officially joined the team, in fact, for this transfer, Bynes felt very helpless, he originally thought that he was going to play in League One for Wigan Athletic in the new season, but Wigan Athletic agreed to Derby's transfer application, knowing this, when he came out of the youth team, he signed directly with Derby County.
So Bynes is still very resentful.
Although it is okay for players to be reluctant to leave the team, then there is a feeling of 'not leaving', and staying at Wigan Athletic will not be valued, and Baines naturally does not want to do that, 'Since you sell me, I will leave, and you will regret it in the future!' That's what he thinks.
But Baines is still young after all, and he is a little apprehensive and sad about leaving one team for another.
When he saw Wan Sheng, he seemed a little unenergetic, and when he saw Wan Sheng and the two of them facing him, he even regarded Diamares as the head coach, "Hello, sir! He was very polite.
Instead, Baines saw the coach laugh without grace.
He didn't understand.
Is it so funny to say hello?
"He's the kid, he's the manager!" Diamares said, pointing at Wan Sheng.
Layton Bynes stared at Wan Sheng with wide eyes, his eyes full of incredulity, "You're the head coach of Derby County?" It's true? I'm sorry, sir, I'm not questioning you, but you're so young! β
Wan Sheng didn't care, anyone who first knew that he was the manager of Derby County would be very surprised, he was used to it a long time ago. He looked at Layton-Baines with satisfaction in his eyes.
He's looking at Baines' potential, and that's what he's used to.
The potential rating is 98, which is really good for a 19-year-old player, and it is really a player who can enter the England team in the future, he nodded with satisfaction and took the initiative to reach out his hand, "Hello, I am the manager of Derby County." β
"You...... Hello! I'm sorry......" Baines shook Wan Sheng's hand in some panic.
The first time he saw the head coach, he recognized the wrong person, this oolong was really a bit big, he was a little overwhelmed, but seeing the peaceful smile on Wan Sheng's face, he suddenly felt that this young head coach would get along very well.
That's where hypocrisy comes in.
Wan Sheng could guess what Baines was worried about, he patted Baines on the shoulder and said, "Young man, it's okay to admit mistakes, many people will admit mistakes, I'm used to it, it's nothing." I'm still happy because no one is my age to be the manager of a League One team. β
This is, of course, a joke.
Baines smiled and felt that the young manager was getting along even more.
Wan Sheng put his arm around Baines's shoulders and walked forward, Baines is only 17ocm tall, he is a small player, the two walk like this like a pair of good friends, Diamares even joked to take a picture of them, but he didn't expect Wan Sheng to agree, "Yes, just take a picture like this, and wait for Leiton to get a physical examination, and then go to the website." β
Then the two chatted as they walked.
"Do you know why I brought you here?" Wan Sheng asked, but before Baines could answer, he said, "Because now you have the potential to be a big star, yes, a big star, like Robert Carlos, yes, that Brazilian star, he's a full-back like you, he's famous, and I'm sure you'll be like that in the future." β
Bynes was dumbfounded.
Baines imagined what it would be like to meet the Derby County manager for the first time, but was far from expecting the young manager to put him with Robert Carlos.
That's the best football in the world!
And what about yourself?
A young English player, not famous at all, has only played a few times in the professional league, and his table is also mediocre and has no highlights, will he become a big star like Robert Carlos in the future?
He looked at Wan Sheng suspiciously, but Wan Sheng only had seriousness on his face, as if he was stating a fact.
'Leyton, you have to believe in yourself, if you don't have that potential, how am I going to bring you from Wigan Athletic to Derby?' "It's because I see your potential that I do that." β
"But ......"
"No, but! Leyton, before you met me, could you imagine me being the manager of Derby County? β
Baines shook his head, "You're too young. β
'Yes, but I'm the manager of Derby County and I did it and I'm sure you can be a big star in the future, so you can do it for sure.' Wan Sheng said with certainty.
He did have faith.
Layton Baines can become a player in the England team by relying on his own efforts, so with his own help, his strength will definitely improve a lot faster, and his table will be much better, and he will definitely have the opportunity to be a top player in the future.
Baines looked at the serious expression of the young manager in front of him, and he suddenly felt that it was not bad to come to Derby County, which seemed to be much more interesting than Wigan Athletic. (To be continued!)
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