Chapter 5 Prepare

Before Shaq's return, the "Red Devils" had played two warm-up matches. Simon Grayson used snacks when arranging the schedule of the warm-up matches. The team lacked the stars participating in the World Cup in the previous two warm-up matches. The first game was a draw with Sporting Lisbon 0:0 at home, and the second game was a 3:1 at home with Mexico's St. Louis.

The team's performance...it's just that. Neither of the two opponents are very strong. Manchester United's lineup is not consolidated and has not lost. Simon Grayson is satisfied. Adjusting the state requires a process.

But after Shaq's last "Red Devils" rib returns, Manchester United will be considered as a form in the new season.

However, the sale in the transfer market has not yet ended. Van Gaal is now buying Phil Jones. After Simon Grayson agreed to the Leeds United's £15.25 million offer, the 22-year-old England international centre-back is currently negotiating a personal contract with Leeds United.

Simon Grayson could only sneer at Van Gaal's transfer strategy. This old guy is simply here to harm the "Young Guards". Phil Jones has potential to die, but he is far behind Red, who is already playing, who is about to become a world-class central defender. But Van Gaal, the old guy, actually sold Red to buy Phil Jones. The difference between them was only 3 million pounds!

After entering the Elland Road Stadium, the Netherlands has already bought up as many as 12 players in a crazily manner. It seems that the "Youth Guards" in the new season will definitely become beyond recognition.

Simon Grayson looked at the list of the "Red Devils" first team, and a sense of happiness arose...

There are now 24 first-team players in Manchester United, with David De Gea, Kushchak, Robert Green in the goalkeeper position. The 34-year-old West Ham United's England goal is Simon Grayson's number one substitute from the "Harves" for free.

Robert Green still wants to win some honors at the end of his career. He is 34 years old after debuting at Norwich City, playing for West Ham United for 9 years, West Ham United for 8 years. Robert Green, who is empty-handed, only wants one honor now. When Simon Grayson told him that he would be the team's first substitute goalkeeper, the old goalkeeper came to Manchester United without hesitation with a bedding roll.

Polish goalkeeper Kushchak, who was once highly expected by the "Old Sir", has not played in recent years. He was loaned to Porto last season and only played 6 games because he conceded 7 goals in 6 games. Now he is left to Manchester United by Simon Grayson to be the third goalkeeper, and the 32-year-old Kushchak has no future.

There are three players in the new season, De Gea, Robert Green and Kushchak, and the "Red Devils" no longer need to worry about the goalkeeper position.

On the back line, Simon Grayson is the place where Simon Grayson is most carefully transformed. Jose Angel, Papadopoulos, and Van der Welter are all good. In addition, Subotic, these four are the ideal back line in Simon Grayson's mind.

In addition, Vidic, Evans, Raphael, Fabio, Smalling and others play as substitutes. The "Red Devils"'s defense problem has basically been solved. Next, it depends on which of these players is in better shape and is more suitable for the team's new tactics.

In terms of midfield, the thickness accumulated by Manchester United before is really amazing. After Simon Grayson cleaned up Carrick and Fletcher, Manchester United still has stars such as Fleini, Asamoa, Di Maria, Nani, Clevery, Valencia, Ganso, Ashley Young, and Shaq. There are a total of nine players available for Simon Grayson to be allocated.

Although the forward line is a bit weak, Rooney, Van Persie and Hernandez are indeed very useful, and Simon Grayson's tactics require more wingers than centers, and even three forwards cannot use them.

After the team was assembled, Simon Grayson took the "Red Devils" to start a warm-up journey to North America, first defeating Toronto easily 2:0 and then defeating Colorado 4:0 quickly.

After using Shaq to play two midfielders, in the third and last warm-up match against North America, Simon Grayson pushed Shaq to the front midfielder again. Although Shaq scored a goal, Manchester United's red defense also missed the ball, and the "Red Devils" finally won the game with a score of 4:1.

After finishing his journey to North America. After returning to Carrington base, Simon Grayson began to make further adjustments to the team, and it was not just a small fight, but a major operation was carried out again.

First of all, Simon Grayson asked Gansuo to adapt to the new position...the tissue-type back waist!

Also, Franny must be familiar with Shaq's personal characteristics as soon as possible, otherwise... leave!

Asamoa was directly pushed into the transfer market after Simon Grayson talked to him. The star who was bought by Moyes for 19.5 million pounds last winter transfer last season, but there was no place for Simon Grayson, but there was nothing to do about it. Simon Grayson only recognized the midfielder who could cooperate with Shake, and Shake's stability is well known. This kid is able to continue to play high-level games like a robot. There is really no need for so many people in the midfield.

The 25-year-old Garner midfielder is not short of next-door. As soon as he was pushed into the transfer market, he immediately attracted the crazy grabs from teams such as Arsenal, Chelsea, Inter Milan, Juventus, Paris Saint-Germain, Tottenham Hotspur and other teams. This is a good midfielder... Only a team like Manchester United with Shaq can sell Carrick, Fletcher, and Asamoa in a summer!

However, this also reveals the failure of Moyes' transfer strategy in some ways. You are so lucky to hoard so many midfielders!?

Even if we sell three midfielders, Manchester United still has no shortage of people!

This is selling people, while Manchester United played a warm-up match with Spanish powerhouse Valencia at home. This time, Simon Grayson used a combination of Shaq in front and Ganso in the back. The "Red Devils" defeated Valencia 4-1 at home with the goals of right-backs Valencia, Hernandez, Rooney and Shaq at home.

Three days later, Manchester United played another away game with Leicester City. This time Simon Grayson used Shaq and Flani's combination, but the team tied with Leicester City 2:2 away. Shaq scored another goal and showed good competitive form.

After all the 7 warm-up matches before the season, the "Red Devils" achieved an unbeaten record of 5 wins and 2 draws, and their overall performance was quite good. Manchester United's irons also began to have some support for Simon Grayson. In an interview program on a TV station, several representatives of the "Red Cavaliers" expressed their support for Simon Grayson.

"After Simon coached Manchester United, although he had a big fight in the transfer market, we can still see that the team has indeed made significant progress."

"Moyes' poor coaching ability has created many obstacles for Simon, but at present, Simon is indeed a courageous head coach. He not only dares to perform major operations on the team, but also dares to attack veterans who are no longer in shape but still occupy a position to hinder the development of young people. I am very glad that Giggs chose to retire at the end of last season, otherwise... Anyway, if I see Ryan wearing other team jerseys, I will definitely be heartbroken."

"Simon's major cleaning of the team is still quite thorough. I think the team is indeed at a time when reform is needed. Cleaning up those veterans and buying players in their year of playing can not only improve the team's combat effectiveness, but also see the team's expenses. This is the beginning of a virtuous cycle."

Simon Grayson's great purge of the "Red Devils" was a major purge like an earthquake, almost completely replacing Manchester United. Ferdinand, Velbeck, Carrick, Phil Jones, Asamoa and other players who were cleaned were almost always regarded as a life-saving straw by Moyes last season. But in the end, no one could save him.

The signings after the purge also made Manchester United fans talk about it. There is no need to say more about Shaq of 50 million pounds. Even Jose Angel, Papadopoulos, and Van der Weill have also shown high competitive standards. The joining of veteran Robert Green made Manchester United's goal more impoverished. The combat effectiveness of the "Red Devils" has unknowingly enhanced much more than last season, and at least two players in each position have made the team's competitiveness stronger. Such a signing strategy is what a giant team should have.

Even the "Old Sir" Ferguson also affirmed Simon Grayson's work in an interview this time: "Simon has done a great job in the past two months. He did what Moyes should have done last season. I don't comment on the coaching ability of the two, but it's just the courage that Simon showed, which is indeed something Moyes does not have."

The schedule for the new season's Premier League has been released. Manchester United will usher in Swansea at home in the first round. This newly promoted team who has been relegated from the Premier League and has returned to the ranks of super teams after two years. It is still difficult to cause some trouble for the "Red Devils". Manchester United can easily get a good start in the new season.

Simon Grayson doesn't have much time to care about that. He is still practicing hard with the team. He cannot integrate his tactics into the "Red Devils" and cannot lead the team to achieve good results. No matter how smart his transfer strategy is, it will be in vain.

The battle for Asamoa, which was participated by six teams, finally came to an end. The "Gunners" Arsenal eventually became the winner. They bought the Ghana midfielder from Manchester United for £16 million and spent £19.5 million from Manchester United half a year ago.

After taking over Arsenal, the new coach Steve Bruce actually followed the stingy style of "professor". He earned 8.8 million pounds in the transfer market, and only bought 25 million pounds. However, he made up for the weakness of Arsenal's lack of a good midfielder in the "professor" era. This transfer transaction has also been highly praised by the media. Everyone thinks that Arsenal made a profit this time and Manchester United lost it.
Chapter completed!