Chapter 2: These prodigal sons!

In the past two seasons, there have been earthquakes in the English football world all the time. The "Young Guards" rose, the "Old Sir" Ferguson retired, the "Professor" Wenger retired, Mancini was fired, Mourinho returned, Pellegrini once again brought the hat of "the second bird playboy", Van Gaal came out again, Simon Grayson transferred to Manchester United, Shaq's sky-high transfer to the "Red Devils"...

One by one, the biggest changes have made the current English Premier League pattern even more confusing, and after these huge changes, there are more torrents surging in the dark.

On July 4, the "Three Lions" encountered the number one popular host of this World Cup in the quarterfinals of the World Cup. In this game, the Brazilian team had an absolute advantage. They completed a total of 15 shots in the game, but... the Brazilian team failed to score!

After Shaq completely sacrificed his offensive ability and devoted himself to the defense, he completed 10 steals, 8 headers, 6 interceptions in this game, and 3 blocked the opponent's shots. In addition, Shaq also paid a yellow card, and finally saved the goal of "Little Fat" Rooney in the first half until the end of the game. In the end, the "Three Lions" with a 1-0 score with a tenacious defense.

After going through hardships, England finally reached the semi-finals of the 20th World Cup!

This World Cup has become a hotbed for unpopularity. In the quarterfinals, South Africa swept Mexico 6:0, the Netherlands lost to Paraguay 1:2, Switzerland defeated Colombia 3:1, and the German team was eliminated 5:0 when Argentina was eliminated.

Another upset broke out in the quarter-final dialogue. Paraguay defeated Argentina with a score of 3:2. "Little Flea" Messi scored 7 goals in this World Cup, but still failed to help Argentina reach the semi-finals.

Switzerland defeated Portugal led by Cristiano Ronaldo 1-0 in overtime and eventually became the opponent of England's semi-finals. As for Paraguay, it was the French team that was not revealed in this competition.

Four days later, England defeated Switzerland 3:1 with Shaq's "hat trick" in the semi-finals, and the French team defeated Paraguay, another dark horse in the competition 4:0 a day later. Benzema took charge of the four goals of the French team in the game. He destroyed his opponent by himself, and his personal goals scored 7 and tied with Messi.

Before waiting for the World Cup final, Simon Grayson smashed Ajax's Dutch right-back Van der Welter for another £22 million, filling the last blank on the back line.

Next, Simon Grayson couldn't help but curse Bielhof and Leeds United's new head coach Van Gaal.

Because Van Gaal's transfer strategy is simply incomprehensible, he actually sold the middle of the rear of the team, Red to "Blue Moon" Manchester City for 18.75 million pounds, and then... Then the Dutch boss actually started to spend money crazy in the transfer market.

It is easy to say that it spent 42.5 million pounds to poach Slovak midfielder Hamshik from Liverpool at a high price. Leeds United still needs to strengthen the midfield after Shaq left, but it is very puzzling to buy French left-back Tremulina from Marseille. You should know that Leeds United has a principal? Parker and "Xiao Ben" two left-backs, why spend such a lot of money to buy people?

Immediately afterwards, Van Gaal bought the former Gioginho Wijnaldum from Eindhoven, Netherlands for 17.75 million pounds, and bought Esquiel Lavic from Naples for 15 million pounds.

In addition, Van Gaal also bought several unknown players such as Boyata, Smit Hans, Mohamed, and Victor. In less than two weeks of office, Van Gaal actually bought as many as 8 players. After all this tossing, Leeds United actually spent 100 million pounds in the transfer market!

If Van Gaal just wants to control the locker room of Leeds United through transfers, he doesn’t need to buy so many people at once, and strengthening the team’s strength is not like. It looks more like laundering money and taking kickbacks!

Hamshik only spent 24.5 million pounds when he transferred from Naples to the "Red Army" Liverpool last season, but it actually increased by 18 million pounds the following year. Boyata was formerly a abandoned player from Manchester City. Last season, Fenerbahce bought it from Bolton for 2 million pounds and played only 17 games in the Turkish Super League league. Now it is sold to the new European king "Youth Guards" for a high price of 7 million pounds.

Not only that. The other transfers are somewhat strange. It seems that Leeds United is deliberately suffering losses. If Leeds United had not earned about 80 million pounds from Shaq, Red, Simon Grayson and the team won the "Four Crowns" last season and won a large prize, it would probably be impossible to even get the blame.

But with Bierkhov's shrewdness, why did such a strange transfer transaction happen?

After thinking for a long time, Simon Grayson made some speculations. It seems that the Germans do not intend to stay at Leeds United for a long time. He must put a lot of his former pockets through these transfer transactions. At the same time, it also changes direction to increase the value of the club. It will be very good in financial statements. Maybe how Bierhoff will deal with Leeds United.

After figuring this out, Simon Grayson couldn't help but feel lucky. Fortunately, he took Shaq out of the quagmire of Leeds United, so he wouldn't have been buried by Bielhof!?

It's just a pity that Ben Parker, Mai, Jonny Hausen, Red, Clegg Dawson, Pifkowski, Ashley Hood and other confidant players will be in trouble. Maybe a year or two later, Leeds United's finances will be in crisis, either selling them or owing wages.

The World Cup finals between England and France were scheduled as scheduled, but this time Hodgson's "Three Lions" failed to continue his good luck. France defeated England with two goals in the first and second half respectively with Benzema's two goals in the first and second half, and finally won the 20th World Cup in Brazil.

In the final, Shaq was almost the only player in England who performed normally, but he was locked on the defensive end, which led to England being unable to provide support for the "Three Lions" offensive under the unfavorable situation, laying the groundwork for the final defeat.

After England's defeat, the captain Terry, who had decided to withdraw from the national team after the end of this World Cup, bombarded Hodgson's use of Shaq in an interview with the Mirror.

"I don't know if our England defense is so weak that Shaq has to provide us with protection, but I know very well that Shaq's real threat is. Last season, Shaq played 73 goals and assisted 23 times for Leeds United. I think this kid should be at the forefront of the team, which is the most threatening, right?"

The "Shuang Germany" that has faded out of the national team also expressed dissatisfaction. Gerrard said on his Twitter: "Shack only played 50% of his role in this competition. He only showed his defensive talent, but failed to shine on the offensive end. This is a huge loss for our England team."

"The Magic Lamp" Lampard criticized Hodgson without hesitation: "When coach Hodgson gave up Steven and me, didn't he think about changing the team's 442 formation that has remained unchanged for thousands of years? Shaq is a talented player who needs space for activity. The greater the space he gives him, the more he can play a greater role. But looking at this World Cup, Shaq is just a defensive midfielder. Hodgson really should learn from Mr. Simon Grayson when using Shaq."

This time, the English football world is really lively. Hodgson, the only head coach who brought the "Three Lions" into the World Cup final in recent decades, has become the target of public criticism and has been attacked by countless people in various languages. Some people make a vague point of view, some people directly criticize, and some people simply jump out and scold.

However, everyone's attacks on Hodgson are based on the use of Shaq. People seem to have heard Hodgson's dismissal. This time, England's football team will never let Hodgson, who has conservative tactical play, continue to serve as the head coach of the "Three Lions".

However, as one of the core figures of the incident, Shaq was depressed at this time holding the award for the Best Young Player of this World Cup. He was depressed not because England was defeated by France 2-0, but because his teammates who had already reached 84 points, he became depressed in the decoration.

On July 1, the teammate bonus function of the "Black Feet" system was upgraded. At that time, his teammate column had all become the names of Manchester United teammates, but each name was gray, and there was an intimacy indicator behind each name. The highest of them was "Little Fatty" Rooney. But even so, the intimacy between Rooney and Shaq was only 70%. After continuous side-by-side battles in the World Cup, Shaq also consciously communicated with "Little Fatty", but this intimacy was only 3%, which was a thousand miles away from the minimum bottom line required by the Black Feet system!

When Shaq thought of how slowly his intimacy increased with "Little Fatty" Rooney all day long, he felt desperate. It seemed that he really couldn't rely on his teammate's bonus skills to greatly improve the team's combat effectiveness in the future.

If this is the case... Manchester United's record will not be guaranteed. The boss Simon Grayson's performance in leading the team must also be affected!?
Chapter completed!