Chapter 41 The Waves

Manchester United left Leeds with three points, but the matter was not over yet. On the day of the game, many local media in Leeds took the headlines with the title "Traitor", which naturally means that Shaq returned to Elland Road Stadium and staged a "big four-game" event in the game against his old club...

"Shaq's personal ability is still as strong as Superman, but he spared no effort to poke four holes in his old club while ensuring Manchester United's victory. This practice is cruel!"

"In Elland Road Stadium, Leeds fans call their former hero Shaq Shaq with a 'traitor'! But this time I believe no Leeds fan would talk to Shaq, because Shaq used four goals to tear all the love Leeds fans for him!"

"Shake was merciless in his old club, and even smiled when Kyar was torn ankle ligament. Is this approach really something a professional player should do? Shake's skills are impeccable, but we can't help but doubt his morality. After leaving the parent team for only half a year, he cruelly humiliated his parent team with four goals. I really want to know what Shake was thinking at that time!"

The Leeds media were quite rational in their words. When the Leeds fans' representative "Service Gang" simply started bombarding Shaq, they directly published a declaration of condemnation on their website...

Shaq, we once loved you so much, we once cared for you as we loved our children, and we once worshiped you as our God!

When you left, we once wished you that your career could reach a higher peak. We sent you our most sincere blessings!

But everything that happened tonight made us feel your cruelty and your cruelty personally!

Your heart is cold!

From now on, you will no longer be our idol, our hero, you will be our enemy, mortal enemy!

The service gang and Shaq broke up completely, but it didn't attract any attention at the beginning. After all, Shaq is a professional player. It's understandable that he scored a goal for his new club Manchester United, and it's normal.

But in the next week, not only did the voices criticizing Shaq not disappear, but the situation was becoming increasingly intense...

"Good ball skills and poor character, Shaq Wurong**'s old club!"

"In the face of money, there is no loyalty. Shaq has received an annual salary of tens of millions of pounds at Manchester United, but his character is uncontestable!"

"The inside story of Shaq's transfer to Manchester United, for the sake of money, the most violent midfielder in England's history abandoned his loyalty!"

"A player who can be cruel to his parent team will never miss the kindness of his new boss in other teams. One day, the 'Red Devils' will taste the taste of being betrayed by his own star!"

"Manchester United poached players from other clubs, only by their strength but not by morality. There will be no loyal ministers like Giggs, Barth, Solskjaer."

At the beginning, the media only discussed the game itself of Manchester United's 8-3 away defeat to Leeds United, but in the next few days, things turned into everyone's direct doubts and even criticized Shaq's moral integrity. Moreover, the storm became more and more intense, and even formed a new view that clubs need to examine their players' loyalty.

Shaq, who was at the forefront, seemed ignorant. In the home game against the Gunners on January 28, Shaq scored three goals and completed a "hat trick". However, during the game, there were even sparse boos at Old Trafford, and Manchester United fans seemed to be dissatisfied with Shaq.

After the 23rd round of the English Premier League, Manchester United still ranked first with 69 points with a record of 23 wins and 23 wins. Chelsea, the "Blue Army" who is ranked second, has reached 16 points.

But Simon Grayson was not happy at the moment. He was already worried about Shaq's situation and even had some negotiations with Shaq's agent Glenn Oxley.

Although Shaq looks indifferent, Simon Grayson dare not take it lightly. He has seen too many similar situations. Many players have experienced a long period of slump under the attacks caused by the media. They have to wait until the mentality is mature before they can find their state again, and they even simply fall into a slump and become useless.

Simon Grayson also suspected that someone might be behind this incident, otherwise it would be just a Leeds United, and so many media outlets would not have jumped out to get involved. These media would not risk offending the "Red Devils" to please Leeds United.

But Simon Grayson quickly made a response strategy. He specially accepted interviews from multiple media outlets and focused on this matter: "I don't know why you think Shaq's surname is inferior. If it's just because he scored four goals when facing the parent team, I think this is completely nonsense! Shaq's actions are just the basic qualities of a professional player! When playing for Leeds United, Shaq helped the team win the 'four crown' with goals after goals. He deserves every penny Leeds United paid him!"

"In Pingyuli, Shaq trains hard, plays hard, and is very united with his teammates. I even know that they have a small player organization called the "Swordsman Group". This small group almost includes all the young players of Leeds United at that time, and Shaq is also the leader! Let me ask, if Shaq's character is not up to standard, how could his teammates unite around him? So those who doubt Shaq's surname can shut your mouth and bark like a group of mad dogs, which can only reveal your original surname that you like to bite people!"

Simon Grayson stood up first to protect his compliment, and Shaq's agent Glenn Oxley was not idle either. He was actively investigating the matter, and he was also very good at it. After realizing that Shaq's image was being smeared, he went all out to investigate and soon had a result. However, this result made Simon Grayson and Glen Oxley even more trouble because... there were too many masterminds behind this scene!

After summarizing various clues, the suspects in the slander of Shaq include Chelsea, Liverpool, Manchester City, Tottenham Hotspur, Everton, Newcastle and other clubs. It doesn't matter if the mouthpieces controlled by these teams fired at Manchester United together, but they concentrated their firepower to attack Shaq personally, which put Shaq faces great pressure.

After thinking a little, Simon Grayson knew the purpose of these people. Manchester United is so strong this season that all the competitors in England cannot raise their heads. They cannot defeat Manchester United in the arena. These people will naturally have some disgraceful means. Shaq, the core of Manchester United, is of course the first to be hit.

At this time, the direction of the ** wind changed again. The media did not know where to find photos of Shaq and Melissa showing their love, and then put Shaq on the hat of a "lost man", saying that Shaq abandoned his girlfriend in order to transfer to Manchester United, and even fought with Melissa's father, etc.

No one has ever verified the real names of these gossips. As long as they match the fans' appetites and can bring sales and benefits to their media, they will be published at all costs.

Simon Grayson's remarks that strongly supported Shark were almost completely wasted and failed to get any effect. Fortunately, Shark's condition did not seem to have been greatly affected, and he even performed a hat trick in the game against Arsenal.

Seeing that the storm was getting more and more intense, Shaq was also disturbed by the reporters. Every day, these reporters surrounded him like flies, Carrington Training Base, at the gate of his home, and twenty or thirty reporters could encounter everywhere in these places.

What bothered Shaq the most was the newlywed wife Zong Wan'er at home. The little girl actually started to eat jealousy and fought with Shaq for three or four days before she could listen to Shaq's explanation. After learning that Melissa abandoned Shaq because she wanted to pursue her career, the little girl first comforted Shaq, and then began to ask the details clearly about the process of Shaq and Melissa's acquaintance.

Even when he was intimate with Shaq, he asked Shaq who was better or Melissa, which made Shaq feel disgusted on the spot. The little girl cried and said that Shaq didn't like him, so what if Shaq coaxed her for a night before comforting her. At dawn, she had to go to Carrington base to train in exhaustion. Even though his physical fitness had reached the limit of humanity, he couldn't stand such trouble!

On January 28, the second leg of the League Cup semi-finals started, and Manchester United played against Aston Villa away. In this game, the "Red Devils" won the away game with Hernandez's goal 1:0.

But Simon Grayson never showed a smile in this game. Even though Hernandez scored a goal for the team at the end of the first half, "Brutal Simon" did not applaud or smile, because... what Simon Grayson was most worried about happened.

Although Shaq still started in this game, he was replaced by Valencia in 67 minutes because... Shaq's condition in the game was unprecedentedly poor!

During the game, Shaq did not score or assist, but this was not what made Simon Grayson anxious. The real problem lies in Shaq's attitude towards the game. This kid was not active in running in the game, nor was he fighting fiercely. The running position during the surround was also out of order. He rushed up straight and then ran back. It can be said that Shaq's performance in this game was too negative and too sluggish!

And this... is exactly what Simon Grayson is most worried about!
Chapter completed!