Football: I can see player entries.

Chapter 63 Winter Transfer Window Opens

With the arrival of the new year, the first half of the Championship season has come to a complete end.

Burton made it into the top four, and on Li Yanqing's advice, Robinson hosted a big celebration banquet for the team that day.

We also held a belated Christmas event together.

The club is open to all fans all day, and this time no one is keeping the girls out.

However, since the next round of matches is only two days away, players are still not allowed to sneak out at night.

No matter who it is, anyone caught will be suspended for a week, plus a fine and a warning.

The club is particularly strict in this regard.

Li Yanqing and Chris, those two unfortunate souls, did not participate in this event. With the opening of the winter transfer window, they have much more work to do.

There's simply no time to care about anything else.

Enzo is already eligible to play for the first team, and Joe Hart, on loan from Manchester City, also arrived at the club that day.

The signing of this outstanding 31-year-old goalkeeper has once again given Ms. Maggie a whiff of a blockbuster news story.

The last time was when Nasri joined at the beginning of the season.

However, the situation regarding Hart's entry left Li Yanqing with mixed feelings.

Name: Joe Hart

Age: 31 years old.

Status: Normal.

Fatigue level: 1%.

Probability of injury: 1%.

Entry: [Master-level goal-scoring blunder], [Butterfingers], [Defensive goalkeeper]

The good news is that Hart, as expected of a seasoned veteran, possesses the team's second Master-level skill after Enzo.

The worry is that this skill is [Master-level Abandonment Attack].

As a defensive goalkeeper who also loves to take risks, it's no wonder he often becomes the backdrop for spectacular goals.

But this also reflects his very solid basic skills and his steady ability to save one-on-one situations. Otherwise, why would he have the mentality of giving up at the drop of a hat?

As for "butterfingers," Li Yan was already mentally prepared for this, as Hart himself is one of the representative goalkeepers of this type.

Hmm... these are all traditions.

As for veteran goalkeeper Biwat, he knows very well that he will return to the substitute position.

I have no objection to this, since his career was already nearing its end anyway.

Then, Murphy renewed his contract, O'Grady renewed his contract...

Nasri has also been officially bought out and signed a two-year contract, which includes an additional clause that would allow him to leave as a free agent if the team fails to gain promotion to the Premier League this season.

This was something they had agreed upon beforehand.

There's also former first-choice goalkeeper McLaughlin, who was dropped by Li Yanqing but is still in his prime, and was taken away by Belgian First Division club Standard Liège for one million pounds.

This is thanks to Burton's good performance, and performance on the field will eventually be reflected in money and honor.

Everything is going smooth.

The only downside is the recent continuous rainy weather, which forced Li Yanqing to move the players indoors for training.

"This place is too small! We can't really move around freely."

"Should we consider building a stadium that can be topped off at any time?"

Li Yanqing was very dissatisfied with the indoor environment, as it made it difficult for training to proceed normally in any aspect.

The only games they can do are passing games and running laps.

This was even after Rhine temporarily gave their youth teams a break and didn't dare to take their spots.

"I know, but there's nothing I can do. Do you know how much it costs to build a new stadium?"

Barker rolled his eyes at the former's words.

"We're lucky if we can just maintain the status quo right now."

"You should know Wenger's story at Arsenal, right?"

"Of course I know." Li Yanqing nodded and didn't say anything more.

He understands the reasoning behind it all; he's just grumbling.

To pay off debts, even Arsenal at its peak had to sell its captain and key players year after year, let alone Burton Albion.

"The good news is that we can still allocate some funds for player recruitment this winter transfer window."

"Robinson personally went out to negotiate, and the results were quite good; he secured several sponsorships."

"But some of these players have minimum playing time requirements, you need to know that."

"Which young man got the sponsorship?" Li Yanqing was quite interested in this matter, but he didn't care much about the playing time.

The rest of the team are basically the main players, so there shouldn't be any problems in that regard.

"Nasri has the most, followed by Jamie, Murphy."

"But these are all small amounts; you'd never guess the biggest sponsorship..."

"Could it be Sun Yan?" Li Yanqing's quick reaction startled Barker, but he then laughed.

"Uh... I'm sorry, I forgot you're also Chinese, and you know more about that place than I do."

"They offered a price we couldn't refuse, and this was the only contract we had for three years!"

"It's always this number every year!"

"I swear, if anyone says they got into the team because they're your relatives, I'll tear their mouth apart!"

“That’s normal.” Li Yanqing nodded. He didn’t find anything strange about it. He had been wondering for a long time whether Sun Yan would come into the sights of his domestic boss.

"They are still happy to see players who play abroad have good development."

"Perhaps Li Yichuan will also have this opportunity then..."

"By the way, let's talk about what I'm really concerned about: how much money will I get in the winter transfer window?"

"You should have told me this a long time ago."

"Don't worry, you won't be treated unfairly." Barker smiled mysteriously and held up one finger.

"We have ten million pounds available to invest in the transfer market!"

"This is perfect, especially considering the club has no other debts!"

"Ten million?" Li Yanqing was a little incredulous. He knew that at the beginning of the season, the club had only managed to squeeze out two million.

Although the players are overpriced and this amount of money can't buy any big-name players, their situation is much better than at the beginning of the season.

At least they've moved beyond the situation where they only dared to loan players.

Moreover, since he couldn't find either wingers or left-backs before, he could consider using this money to find a few more young talents.

“I need to contact Fairchar, Buckle, and pass on a message to Robinson for me.”

"I fucking love him so much!"