World Football Giant

After acquiring the club, how much more transfer funding would need to be invested was something Wang Ye had considered.

His current wealth truly did not fall short of Abramovich's; it would not be an exaggeration to say he was even richer.

But the problem was that Wang Ye's businesses were still on the rise. There were countless areas requiring continued investment, and all of them demanded enormous sums of money!

Abramovich, on the other hand, had long since entered the mature stage of his career and was even gradually cashing out and exiting, with piles of cash in hand.

When it came to freely disposable cash, Wang Ye was far behind Abramovich.

What was more, Abramovich had acquired Chelsea as a way to secure a fallback for himself and expand his connections among the upper class of the British Isles, so any amount of money spent was worthwhile!

But Wang Ye had no such need. Even if he needed a fallback, he would not choose Britain...

Besides, although Wang Ye and Abramovich were both considered outsiders in football, and both wanted to build their clubs into football giants, their methods and choices were vastly different.

Abramovich's choice was obvious: throw money at it!

He waved cheques around and bought stars all over the world, "stacking" together a giant club.

Naturally, that process produced plenty of waste, bringing in many players who did not live up to their reputations or simply did not suit the team.

Wang Ye might also have been an outsider, but he possessed an "exclusive secret" that no one else in this era had!

He knew exactly which players would grow into genuine superstars over the coming years, even the next decade or more!

And which players who looked like superstars in 2003 would later prove