The Final European Championship

"Without Bridge, with Mandzukovic another year older, Newcastle United could face a striker shortage next season!"

"Beckham was clearly not enough to replace Bridge. It was not just a gap in ability—their styles were completely different."

"Bridge played as the attacking focal point, while Beckham was a pure wide crosser."

"Lucatu could rotate with Mandzukovic. But whenever Mandzukovic was off the pitch, Newcastle's frontline would lose its attacking focal point."

"Chiesa could not fully fill the void left by Bridge either. At heart, Chiesa was also a forward who charged ahead, and the way he created chances differed from Bridge's."

"Newcastle dared to sell players despite being doomed to miss out on major reinforcements. It looked like they had made money, but in truth, it only showed that they could not keep their players!"

"If Newcastle failed to make a heavyweight signing, more of their players would be poached during the European Championship."

Tang Yuqin looked at the related news online and had to admit that Lu Yang had indeed moved ahead of events.

Before this summer arrived, Lu Yang had already arranged many things.

He had his media network report major stories to draw traffic, then merged the network together and announced the establishment of My Football and the King of Football Award.

There was also the guidance of player transfers along the way.

Didn't Newcastle need a superstar now?

It was about time to announce the deal, wasn't it?

That afternoon, Newcastle did not go around like headless flies trying to buy players from every major club.

In fact, many clubs had already decided that if Newcastle came knocking, they would demand an inflated price and take a bite out of them.

If Newcastle wanted to challenge for the Champions League next season, they would have to swallow