Chapter 390 Hope, there is always hope!
Chapter 390 There is always hope!
After playing the Community Shield and the European Super Cup, Manchester United's first league game in the new season is also coming, but this season's schedule for Manchester United in the Premier League... will encounter difficulties at the beginning!
In the first round of the game, Manchester United will face Chelsea at home.
It will be better after that. Manchester United will meet Norwich, Leeds United, and West Bromwich, but the next schedule of Manchester United will be a bit difficult. Not to mention the doubles in a week, they will soon meet Arsenal, Liverpool, and Manchester City... in the ninth round, home against Liverpool and away against Manchester City in the tenth round.
Faced with such a schedule, it is difficult for Manchester United players to quickly recover their physical fitness even if they are young to ensure their condition during the game. It can be seen that... The English FA doesn't seem to want to see a dominant scene!
The "Red Devils"... have won the championship for two consecutive years. Could it be that they really dominate the Premier League again?
When Ferguson took over Manchester United back then, he really made Manchester United a Premier League overlord. From the establishment of the Premier League to the present, he has produced a total of 27 Premier League champions. As a result, Manchester United has won fifteen of them now!
Among them is the rich family fortune accumulated by the "Justice" back then, and Manchester United has reshaped its glory in the past two seasons, but in short, Manchester United has indeed been the leader in the Premier League for too long.
This situation...the FA England doesn't want to see it either!
If it weren't for Manchester United's rapid decline after Ferguson retired, the FA wouldn't have allowed Manchester United to perform casually in these two seasons.
As a Premier League volleyball team, the "Red Devils" are always at a low point, which is not in line with the interests of Premier League and is not in line with the interests of English football, so... if you have the ability, just use it!
But now Manchester United has won two Premier League championships in a row, and now it is its third season... Then you have to face the difficulties you should face!
For the English Football League, Manchester United has always been strong and can win trophy for two consecutive seasons in the Champions League. This will bring huge benefits to the Premier League. At least, the Premier League's points are still the number one in Europe now.
But if the league champions are always dominated by Manchester United, it will be unfair to other teams that have invested a lot of money!
What's more, no big boss will be willing to invest in Premier League teams in the future, which will also affect the investment environment of the Premier League!
It is precisely because the English Football Association has this sense of crisis that there has never been a team in the Premier League that has won four consecutive championships over the years. Even when Ferguson was in charge of Manchester United, he only won three consecutive championships. Later, the "Blue Army" rose due to Abraham's investment, but it only won two consecutive championships in a row because of Abraham's investment.
Ferguson... can be said to be the cornerstone of English football. The old man's face is really great. He can indeed win three consecutive championships, but Mourinho or Solskjaer don't have such a big face. It's almost the same for Manchester United to win two consecutive championships.
What's more, Manchester United's spending in the transfer market in the past two seasons is really not big, and its influence is not big. Compared with Manchester City, which spends a lot of money every season, Chelsea, their transfer investment is almost negligible.
This season, the "Blue Moon" who is not short of money is still the team that invests the most in the 20 Premier League teams, followed by... "Blue Army"!
Chelsea only bought three players in the transfer market this season, but the transfer investment reached 138 million pounds... Leon Bailey has 64 million, Ricardo Pereira has 50 million, and Seco Fofana has 24 million, and even signed Luke Shaw, who has lost from Manchester United for free.
Last season, Chelsea invested £193 million in the transfer market!
After two seasons, the "Blue Army" has spent up to 330 million pounds to sign, and its lineup is now catching up with Manchester City.
Now that Chelsea has many stars such as Leon Bailey, Lukaku, Kante, Ricardo Pereira, Luke Shaw, Artur, Vitolo, William, Morata, Azpilicueta, Christensen, Lüdinger, Fabregas, etc., this lineup is really no worse than any European giant team.
No wonder when Chelsea's team arrived in Manchester to prepare for the opening game of the new season, their new coach Leonardo Jaldim showed super confidence when he got off the bus and faced many reporters: "We are ready to occupy Old Trafford. Although we all know that Old Trafford is a hellish venue for any visiting team, please believe me, we will leave here with points!"
Leonardo Jaldim is really confident because although this 45-year-old young coach is not very old, he has been working as a football coach for 19 years. He has worked hard in Portugal football all the way and has accumulated enough experience. Even as the head coach... Chelsea is already the seventh team he coaches.
Previously, when Jaldim coached Monaco in France, he not only led the team to break Paris Saint-Germain's monopoly on the Ligue 1 championship, but also achieved good results when leading the team to the Champions League. He had reached the Champions League final before, but was knocked down by the strongly recovered "Red Devils". Last season, he led the team to the Champions League semi-finals.
Therefore, Jaldiem, a young Portuguese head coach, is even called "Murinho II" by Portuguese football, which is enough to show his coaching level and ability.
This time after coming to Chelsea, this time, Jaldim coached a team with so many stars. At the same time, after seeing the strength of his players, he had the idea of defeating Manchester United at Old Trafford Stadium.
If it were said that Jaldim actually had resentment towards Manchester United, he had brought Monaco to the Champions League final before. If it weren't for Mourinho's strong recovery, he might have really brought Monaco to create miracles.
Before the game, the English media were not unanimously optimistic about Manchester United's home game. After all, Jaldiem can reach the Champions League final with Monaco, who is weaker. Why can't he win at Old Trafford?
Hopefully, there is really!
This can also be seen from the odds offered by the bookmakers. Manchester United won at home with 1 and 2 losses, the odds for draws are 1 and 2.5 losses, and Chelsea won with 1 and 2.8 losses.
Chapter completed!