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Chapter 306 Let Me Down
Ning Xi was almost certain that as long as the price offered by Hoffenheim was not so outrageous, Bates would definitely agree to Long Bisheng's transfer. First of all, Long Bisheng's contract had only one year left, and Bates would not be able to pay a salary that could compete with the top league teams in terms of income. Competing for the combination of Alves and Aliadiere, he played only nine times in the whole season, and Middlesbrough will definitely give him up after returning to the Premier League. It is said that Leeds have already started negotiations with Beckford, so that Long Bisheng's departure will not have too much impact on the team-of course this is Betts' opinion.

McAllister will definitely not be happy. Although Beckford is also a very good striker, he is definitely not as good as Long Bisheng in terms of helping the team. He has begun to be inferior to Long Bisheng even in the number of goals. What's more, Long Bisheng is only 21 years old and has a bright future.

But what surprised Ning Xi was that when Hoffenheim formally offered Leeds 300 million euros to buy Long Bisheng, it was rejected by Bates.

"Did this guy take the wrong medicine?" Ning Xi was surprised. Long Bisheng only had one year left on his contract. Although the transfer period hadn't come yet, at this moment he was either negotiating to renew his contract, or he was going to buy him out so that nothing would happen next year. But there was no sign of renewing his contract now, and he didn't agree with Hoffenheim's offer—you must know that Long Bisheng was only worth 15 pounds when he transferred!
Surprised, Ning Xi immediately began to inquire about the news. That night she sighed and said to Long Bisheng, "Now I know why Bates wants to keep you."

"Keep me? Then why not renew the contract?" Long Bisheng asked strangely.

"Maybe he wants to wait for a while longer." Ning Xi said with a smile, "He always thinks you are very honest. If Leeds sincerely asks to renew your contract, maybe you will stay because the fans love you."

Long Bisheng was silent. Ning Xi was right. If Leeds really sincerely wanted to renew his contract and bring in several outstanding players, he might really agree to stay for another year. As long as Betts was willing to pay, Leeds' attractiveness and prospects were still very promising.

"Actually, it's not just because of this." Ning Xi shook her head, "You're still too soft-hearted... Do you know why Bates refuses to let you go? Because you and Fabian are the most important players in the team. No matter how greedy he is, he won't let go of two important players in the team, at least he will keep one."

"You mean..." Long Bisheng was not an idiot, he immediately understood what Ning Xi meant.

"I had a chat with Fabian's agent today." Ning Xi sighed, "Aston Villa want to bring in Fabian, even though he has just been seriously injured and rested for half a year. They offered a price of 800 million pounds, and Betts has already agreed to this offer."

"800 million pounds?!" Long Bisheng said in surprise. He now knows the Premier League team's preference for domestic players. Although Delphi is talented, he is only 19 years old after all. At this age, he can buy 800 million pounds. Aston Villa is really willing to spend the money.

"If Fabian was a player of another nationality, then he would be worth 300 million at most, but he is from England, so he is worth so much." Ning Xi laughed: "Now you understand why Bates refused to let you go, right? Your role in the team is greater than Fabian to some extent, but no one will pay 800 million for you, so he won't let you go."

"Is it just because of this reason?" Long Bisheng murmured, he was really not willing to leave Leeds, he was moved when he heard Ning Xi say that Bates wanted to keep him, but the reason why Bates wanted to keep him was because the price he sold was not as high as Delphi!

In that case, what's the point of him staying?If Bates is really an ambitious chairman, then he will definitely keep Delphi, because Delphi is Leeds' "own man"!It is the result of Leeds' youth training. Such a player cannot be compensated by buying another player of similar strength!

What's more, if Delphi leaves, what's the point of him staying?Continue to mix in the British Championship?Even if it enters the Premier League, how can a team that is willing to buy even the local core have the ambition to become an excellent team!
"Ning Xi, find a way to get me to leave. I don't want to stay here anymore." Long Bisheng said weakly, "If Leeds offers to renew the contract, refuse it for me, no matter how much it costs. The fans here are very nice, but the club let me down."

Ning Xi nodded, and didn't say anything else. She knew that Long Bisheng was in a bad mood, and she also knew how painful Long Bisheng was.

Of course, Ning Xi thought it was a very wise choice for Long Bisheng to choose to leave. Although the Bundesliga is not as famous as the Premier League, the level of the Bundesliga is unquestionable. The reason why it seems to be left behind by the Premier League, Serie A and La Liga is that the Bundesliga teams are often very wise in investment - they don't burn much money every season, but the Bundesliga is the only one of the four major leagues that has not suffered a loss in overall revenue. The overall economic health of the league ranks first in Europe.

What's more, compared with an ambitious Bundesliga club and an unambitious English Championship club, everyone knows that the former is more promising. Although the English Championship sounds more grand than the Bundesliga, it still cannot change the reality that the former is a top league and the latter is only a second-tier league.

From the perspective of technical characteristics, Long Bisheng's characteristics are also very suitable for the Bundesliga.

There are more powerful players in the Bundesliga, and their skills are relatively rough. This is also Long Bisheng’s strength. After going to the Bundesliga, Long Bisheng at least does not need too much time to adapt, and his tactical execution ability and discipline are also very much in line with the appetite of the Germans. From this point of view, Long Bisheng can get better training in the Bundesliga now.

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Another week later, Ning Xi was running back and forth between the two clubs, exhausted from negotiating, but Long Bisheng lived a leisurely life. Apart from training, he hid at home and surfed the Internet, read books, and watched TV. Especially since the World Cup was about to start, Long Bisheng had things to do.

Every time Ning Xi dragged her weary footsteps home, she would be a little annoyed when she saw Long Bisheng's incomparably relaxed appearance. However, when Long Bisheng was working hard to play in the league, she was equally leisurely - players worked hard during the season, and managers worked hard at the end of the season.

However, Ning Xi's efforts were not in vain. Under her communication, Hoffenheim seemed very sincere, and Leeds also knew Long Bisheng's determination to leave - Bates was unwilling to give Long Bisheng a salary of more than 50 pounds a year, which would break the team's salary structure, and Ning Xi also formally informed Leeds that Long Bisheng wanted to leave not for money, but to play in the top league and participate in European competitions.

In addition to running back and forth between the two clubs, Ning Xi also mobilized all forces to build momentum, such as arranging an exclusive interview with Long Bisheng by the local media, explaining that the reason Long Bisheng left was because the club could even sell Delphi, which proved that they did not have the ambition to enter the Premier League.The Leeds fans who were already scolding because Delphi was sold were even more dissatisfied and expressed their protests against the club. One of the fans' leaders expressed the fans' aspirations.

"Dragon's performance this season has fully proved his ability and loyalty to Leeds. The reason why he chose to leave is only because of Fabian's departure! I completely understand him, so I am even more angry why the club can't even keep the players we cultivated! If it were me, I would choose to leave! What he asked for was not the salary, but the overall strength of the team!"

Under such circumstances, the Leeds club was in dire straits, and Long Bisheng's resolute attitude made Betts understand that it was impossible to keep the top scorer of last season. Even if he was forced to stay, there was no guarantee that he would perform well in the new season.Even if we take a step back and say that Long Bisheng will not adopt the behavior of not participating in training and perfunctory in the game, then after the last season, Leeds will get nothing.

Bates went to McAllister for this, hoping that he, the head coach, could play a role in it, but McAllister, who was furious about Delphi's departure, ignored him directly.

"You have always been in charge of the transfer. I think I should keep my mouth shut so as not to affect your judgment."

Bates, who had a soft nail at McAllister, was very depressed, and at this time Hoffenheim raised his offer to 500 million euros. In desperation, Bates agreed to Hoffenheim's offer and agreed that Hoffenheim could negotiate a contract with Long Bisheng's agent.

Compared with the troublesome things that happened during the transfer, the contract negotiations went smoothly. Hoffenheim’s finances are much better than Leeds—perhaps it should be said that their chairman Hoffman is much more generous than Leeds’ chairman Betts—a four-year contract, a salary of 100 million euros per year, and various bonuses based on the results after the season.

This contract is considered to be at the middle level for the entire Bundesliga, but it is above the middle level for Hoffenheim. This also proves that they attach great importance to Long Bisheng, so Long Bisheng quickly agreed to this contract. It will only take effect after the transfer window opens on July [-]st and is signed.

(End of this chapter)