Chapter 289 Madman Li's Butcher Knife
May 21.
What happened in the square in front of St. Gateshead Hall was like a light comedy.
This unexpected scene surprised the media and football experts who were not optimistic about Mad Lee's acquisition of Newcastle and were waiting to see the joke with glee... Mad Lee was not ruthlessly resisted and rejected, but won the support and support of Newcastle people like an emperor who was crowned and enthroned by the people.
"...Although he is not a pure British, we prefer to regard him as a Newcastle man, because the mayor of Newcastle has just awarded Mr. Foolish the Medal of Honorary Citizen..."
Facing the reporter's questions, John Newton, a representative of Newcastle fans, explained to the world why Newcastle people welcome Crazy Lee:
"For Newcastle people, everything is ideal now! Because the chairman of the club is still Sir Hall, and Mr. Foolish does not regard the team as his personal property because he controls an absolute stake in Newcastle. More importantly, he promised that if Newcastle no longer needs him one day, he is willing to sell his club shares to other British people...We believe him. When has Crazy Lee not fulfilled his promise? He never disappoints the fans who support and love him...Of course, the most important thing is that Newcastle cannot do without the invincible Crazy Lee!"
Prestige plus means!
This is why Crazy Lee successfully controls the club with the largest number of fans in the UK.
What the British media did not expect was that more than 100,000 Newcastle citizens attended the informal celebration banquet just to celebrate the team's fifth place in the league. This somewhat terrifying number even exceeded the scale of the celebration banquet held by the Red Devils Manchester United in Manchester Harbor City to successfully defend the league title.
Moreover, under the advance operation of the cunning and sultry man, the broadcasting rights of this celebration banquet were auctioned at a sky-high price of 1 million pounds, and finally the British National Television represented by the famous "British traitor" Sester won the broadcasting rights.
No matter how small the mosquito is, it is still meat!
1 million pounds is enough for Lao Li to pick five or six unknown little demons with super high potential from the FM2008 scout tool and buy them for "training". After a few years, when the little guys mature and are sold, hehe, that will become dozens or hundreds of times 1 million.
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After the celebration banquet, the team began a long vacation.
But for Li Tongfan, this vacation is destined to be an extremely busy summer.
Because the 2008 European Cup will be held in half a month, Lao Li will change his work focus and lead the England team to participate in the upcoming European Cup as the head coach of the Three Lions.
There is a long way to go!
But before that, Newcastle's summer signings and cleaning work must also be accelerated.
Perhaps after the European Cup, many young players favored by Lao Li will see their value soar because of their outstanding performance in the European Cup. Once other giants recognize the true value of these little guys, Newcastle will have no advantage in the competition.
So in the next week, Newcastle's transfer department accelerated its work pace at Lao Li's request, and the official website of Newcastle Club published player transfer notices one after another-
At 9:00 am on May 23, Newcastle's main midfielder Joey Barton finally returned to his old club Manchester City for 19 million pounds.
This multi-million-level transaction has fired a powerful first shot for the Premier League summer transfer.
The red card specialist just joined the Magpies from Manchester City for £11 million a season ago, and less than twelve months later, the Magpies not only qualified for the UEFA Cup with Joey Barton's outstanding performance, but also got a transfer difference of £8 million, which is simply a huge profit.
Of course, it seems that Manchester City has not done so for the time being.
Because the bad boy successfully froze the 07-08 European Golden Boot Cristiano Ronaldo and the Red Army soul Steven Gerrard's outstanding performance in the afternoon at Old Trafford and Anfield, which has made him one of the top European midfielders, and... Manchester City is not short of money now!
At 12:00 noon on May 24.
Emre, the talented Turkish attacking midfielder in the Magpies, also bid farewell to St. James' Park.
Although Emre performed well in Lee Tong-Bum's first game against Tottenham Hotspur, and was the most imaginative and creative player in Newcastle's frontcourt, his frequently injured physical condition and poor physical fitness forced Lee to give up the Turk. This midfielder, who was praised by European football as the most talented midfielder in Turkey in the 20th century, returned to his home club Galatasaray for 6 million pounds after a seven-year European journey at Inter Milan and Newcastle.
9:00 am on May 26.
The fourth player to sing the farewell song after James Milner, Joey Barton and Emre is the 32-year-old Australian rhino Mark Viduka. The powerful center forward who joined Newcastle on a free transfer from Middlesbrough last season chose to join the Croatian giants Dinamo Zagreb, bringing a transfer fee of 3 million pounds to Lee Tong-Bum.
18:00 pm on May 26.
The 22-year-old South African attacking midfielder Pattison, who came from the Newcastle youth training camp, joined the English Championship team Wolves for 1 million pounds.
9:00 am on May 27.
The 26-year-old high school forward Sola Ameobi, who is 1.91 meters tall, switched to the Scottish Premiership giant Glasgow Rangers for 8 million pounds.
May 29th at 11:00 am.
The 32-year-old Spanish midfielder Sergio moved to La Liga Espanyol for 3 million pounds. So far, this is the only loss-making transaction that Li Tongfan has made, because before the start of this season, Sergio came to St. James Park Stadium for a high price of 9 million pounds!
Of course, not every purge is realized according to Lao Li's wishes. Senegalese center back A-Faye has no one to care about. 25-year-old Argentine defender Pirano and 30-year-old Nigerian left-back Barbaroa have also become bad players. Warehouse goods.
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Within a week after becoming the majority shareholder of Newcastle, Crazy Li immediately raised the bloody "butcher knife"!
Within five days, seven of the Magpies' main or semi-main players left St. James' Park. Although the departure of these players brought a total of 47 million pounds in transfer revenue to Newcastle, considering the team's needs next season, Participating in a two-front battle in the UEFA Cup, there was no news of other signings other than the purge, and the fans were still a little worried.
The news media also broke out some unusually harsh arguments.
Some "crackers" couldn't wait to jump out and point out that Madman Li did not consider the interests of the Magpies at all, but was using Newcastle to make money. They even maliciously speculated that Li Tongfan was on the verge of bankruptcy after acquiring the Magpies, and in order to pay the Newcastle club, he would With the huge bank loan of 30 million pounds due this summer, selling the main players to cash out has become the only way out for this "poor man" in China.
Finally, the Zhuan family asked the beasts to put on a compassionate face and solemnly issued a warning:
"Newcastle fans, wake up! If you continue to allow [Butcher] Madman Lee to sell James Milner, Joey Barton and other key players who have made great contributions to Newcastle's top five this season, Not to mention the UEFA Cup, even if Newcastle wants to make a difference in the Premier League next season, it is nothing more than talking in sleep..."
"The rookie major shareholder made a series of bad moves, and the ten-game winning streak fell apart at the end of the season."
"Newcastle got rid of stupid Ashley, but crazy Lee is not the real savior"
"Crazy Lee turned Newcastle, the dark horse in the second half of the season, into an empty shell in name only"
"Madman Li Wuqing Purges the Heroes"
"Crazy Li Butcher's knife is raised high, who will be next?" 》
"After blindly acquiring the Magpies, they fell into bankruptcy, and Crazy Li had to sell players to cash out"
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Amid the frenzy of public opinion, many Newcastle fans who were originally optimistic about Li Tongfan's acquisition of the Magpies couldn't help it anymore, and expressed their concerns to the club in various ways. Fans hope that the new club management can manage the team in a more prudent and reasonable way, rather than solving the financial crisis by selling players as is currently the case.
In the face of accusations from fans and a certain media, the Newcastle club only assured fans through its official website that everything currently being done by head coach Li Tongbeom is for the consideration of the team. Citizens are asked to be patient enough and there will be a turnaround soon... …
It's a pity that no matter which aspect you look at, this statement of assurance looks like an unconvincing and pale sophistry!
"... Shameless sophistry, a turnaround? Just an excuse and subterfuge to deceive the fans!" Even Spain's "World Sports News" spared no effort to criticize, but...
The following series of news announced by Newcastle Club's official website made all the accusations disappear like the remaining snow in the fields in March. The entire European football world was shocked!
May 30 at 9:00 am.
"Argentine center Crespo joins Newcastle for £4 million!" 》
May 30 at 10:00 am.
"German national team's main striker Podolski joins Newcastle for 10 million euros"
May 30, 11:00 am.
"Ronaldo and Marcelo both joined Newcastle for 10 million euros!" 》
May 30th at 13:00 pm.
"Real Madrid's rising star Carlos Vela moves to Newcastle for £5 million!" 》
May 30th at 15:00 pm.
"21-year-old French Nice goalkeeper Hugo Lloris joins the Magpies for 8 million pounds! 》
May 30th at 18:00 pm.
"35-year-old French midfielder Makelele joins Newcastle for £1 million! 》
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Just one day!
Within one day, Crazy Lee found replacements at St. James Park for the seven Newcastle players who had been sold off previously. Although their time has passed, superstar players such as Ronaldo and Crespo are still heavyweight players that Newcastle could not even imagine before. They actually...really came to St. James Park?
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Inside a house in Newcastle!
When the young bus driver John Newton knelt on the washboard in the living room and saw this series of news on television, he was so excited that he completely ignored the murderous gaze of his newlywed wife Nelly and jumped up. Kick away the washboard and twist your butt crazily.
Three or four seconds later, Newton suddenly remembered something, hurriedly put on his shoes and ran out of the house: "Dear, I'm going to tell Fatty David and the others about this news. I won't be back for lunch today...
Nellie: "..."
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