Chapter 8: Trustworthy!

"Incredible! Magic Shaq! Shaq scored a key goal in his first official game for Manchester United, and he opened the door to victory for the team! 50 million pounds! That's the value of 50 million pounds! Shaq still has a lot of room for growth, and he will never become a parallel product like Torres! Guys, let's cheer for Shaq together!"

The Old Trafford Stadium burst into louder cheers, and the fans became more excited by the narrator's inspiration, all cheering Shaq.

£50 million!

It seems a lot, but in today's world football, Shaq's transfer fee seems to be quite large, but if we consider the super high economic value, Manchester United is really profitable. On the contrary, Leeds United, who sold Shaq, lost a little, but who made Shaq's annual salary so "medium" that his net worth could not be too high.

Manchester United stars all celebrated the goal with Shaq in complex eyes. They still felt a little awkward. Why is Shaq really so perverted? He didn't show any signs of being in the warm-up match before, and worked diligently to provide protection for the defense line in the midfield. Unexpectedly, when the front midfielder position was at the midfielder position, when the center of gravity of the whole team moved to him, the domineering Shaq last season was resurrected in a blink of an eye.

This kid...is he so lucky, or is he really that strong!?

After scoring the goal, the "Red Devils"'s mentality became stable and the quality of the offense began to rise...

In the 60th minute, Gansuo took a corner kick from the left and went to the small penalty area on the right side of Swansea. Greek central defender Papadopoulos, who was wearing Manchester United's No. 4 jersey, pushed the ball towards the goal, and the ball was confiscated by the goalkeeper.

This season, Manchester United's jersey numbers have been greatly adjusted. No. 2, 3, 4, 5, 10, 7, 9, 11 and other jersey numbers have changed hands one after another. The numbers given by a large number of old players have been reassigned, and Simon Grayson also showed his iron-cool style. After asking Rooney, Van Persie, Van der Weill, Jose Angel and others about the opinions, they reassigned the numbers. Naturally, the No. 5 jersey still needs to be worn by Shaq. Now Shaq... is already qualified to choose the jersey number he likes!

Two minutes later, the "Red Devils" made a comeback. This time, Shaq received a pass from Di Maria. He fired a gun with his left foot outside the penalty area on the left. The ball ended up just passing the left post and flew out of the baseline...

"Oh! What a pity! Shaq's long-range shooting ability is so strong. As long as he is no more than 35 meters away from his opponent's goal, he can threaten his opponent anytime and anywhere!"

In the subsequent games, the "Red Devils" who played at home completely had the initiative advantage, and the offensive wave after wave, one wave higher than the other, and Swansea could not raise their heads at all.

Manchester United's scoring opportunity came in 79 minutes. Gansuo passed the ball to four meters outside the small penalty area on the left side of Swansea. "Little Fat" volleyed with a volley. The quality was very high, the ball was very fast and the angle was very tricky. In the end, he kicked the ball to the left post!

Even though he missed this scoring opportunity, Manchester United's offense in the second half was sharp and unstoppable. However, because of the players' cooperation mistakes between them, such as Nani's too many sticking balls, "Little Fat" squeezing Shaq's activity space, etc., he was unable to expand his score advantage. After the ninety-minute game, he won a 1-0 victory over the promoted team.

"It's a pity! We have the initiative but have not gained a greater advantage in the score. The team's offense seemed a bit chaotic in the first half, and the offensive tactics in the second half were also quite monotonous. We relied on Shaq's impact to score. However, the flaws did not conceal the merits. The team's progress in this season is still very obvious, and the defense has become more stable. Swansea's offense cannot pose a threat to our goal at all! I believe that when the team's running-in period has passed, we will become stronger! Simon Grayson's work at Manchester United has still made a good start."

At the post-match press conference, Simon Grayson, who won, didn't even smile on his face: "The result of this game is what we want, but the team exposed many problems during the game. We must solve them as soon as possible to make the team more combat-effective. Next, this will be the focus of our work... Well, Shaq performed well today and scored a goal, but he still lacked tacit understanding with his teammates. I hope he can get familiar with his new teammates as soon as possible."

After the first round of the league in the new season, Simon Grayson's "Red Devils" have to face many problems, but Van Gaal's "Youth Guards" have begun to prove that as the defending champion of this season, they should and must be the number one favorites to win the championship with their strong strength.

In the Community Shield Cup before the start of the league, Leeds United defeated "Blue Moon" Manchester City with a score of 2:0. In the first league of the new season, the "Youth Guards" also defeated Sunderland with a score of 4:1 away. "Beast" Tevez got more opportunities to play under Van Gaal's men, and staged a "hat trick" in the first league.

Van Gaal's coaching ability has been recognized, and his Leeds United have stars such as Tevez, Jonny Hausen, Ravic, Hamshik, Georginho Wijnaldum, Ravic, Ashley Hood, Ben Parker, Boyata, Phil Jones, Simesariko, John Fleck, Nelson Oliveira, Karuzo, Pivkovsky, etc. It is really a very luxurious new lineup with a full name. Without completely knocking down the team and returning, the combat effectiveness of the "Youth Guards" is really objective.

Simon Grayson's situation in the "Red Devils" was not so smooth. The problems exposed in the first game were enough to make him a headache. Manchester United's offensive lineup is still very strong. Rooney, Van Persie, Ashley Young, Hernandez, Clevily, Valencia, Nani, Di Maria, and Ganso, these are all stars with strong personal abilities. In addition, Shaq, the lineup is luxurious, but these players lack tacit understanding. After being trained by Moyes for half a season of physical fitness last season, the aura on these stars was almost wiped out.

For the attack of the "Red Devils", Simon Grayson had a headache for a long time. Lerotale and Zanetti had good work abilities, and they had a "young man" motivation when working. They taught themselves step by step during training. They always showed their arms and sleeves to show the players. It can be said that they did everything they could. Manchester United stars also understood Simon Grayson's famous "Solar System Tactics", but in actual games, they couldn't play that feeling.

Finally, Simon Grayson had to give the players an order, and as long as he got the ball, he would pass it to Shaq's feet in the middle. Unless the opponent hoarded heavy troops to defend Shaq in the middle, he would pass it over to Shaq to deal with it.

Simon Grayson's approach has caused some rebound among Manchester United's stars. Rooney, Van Persie, Nani, Ashley Young and other stars are all very personalized people. It is still a bit unwilling to let them do this. But now no one wants to resist Simon Grayson. Everyone is watching this summer's purge. This is really a cruel person. Veterans like Ferdinand, rookies like Phil Jones, and Fletcher who can still play for two years are all selling without any ambiguity. This time, the "Red Devils" management really delegated all the power to the head coach.

The reason... is very simple!

After Manchester United was harmed by Moyes last season, the team's boss Glazer family was completely angry. Manchester United's market value in the stock market shrank by as much as 250 million pounds. In addition, what bonuses, intangible commercial value and other miscellaneous losses, the value of the "Red Devils" shrank by as much as 500 million pounds in this year, which is something that the Americans can never tolerate. The root cause of all this is because Manchester United's performance last season was too bad. If it weren't for the "Old Sir"'s decisive intervention in the second half of the season, it is hard to say whether the team can get the Champions League qualification this season.

After careful analysis and evaluation, the Glazer family carefully made this choice, and while inviting Simon Grayson, they agreed to all his conditions. They even spent 50 million pounds to buy Shaq last season when the team suffered a huge loss.

There is only one "Old Lord" Ferguson who is good at dancing in the world. Only this old man can keep his team competitive against the championship without spending much. Simon Grayson's work experience at Leeds United has shown that he has the same effect as "Old Lord" in this regard, so this time Manchester United's management voted for Simon Grayson, and even Ferguson, who originally supported his fellow villager, voted in favor.

Simon Grayson, who has been named the "Best Coach" in the Premier League for two consecutive years, has indeed brought different things to Manchester United after drastic reforms, including Shaq's joining, the transformation of the defense line, etc., which are all real, and the "Red Devils" have really seen hope for a new revival.

Now unless he wants to leave Manchester United, no one will fight Simon Grayson. Rooney, a boy who has been constantly rumored to have "scandals" with Real Madrid, seems to have become much quieter because of Shaq's arrival. No one knows that Rooney is very optimistic about Shaq. After cooperating with Shaq with the "Three Lions", Rooney found that this kid seems to be born as a top superstar. Look at how he has become a star worth 50 million pounds in just three seasons since he debuted from Leeds United. Such a person... is trustworthy!

However, "Xiaopang" still couldn't change his football habits for a while. He would unknowingly move to the middle lane during the game, squeezing Shaq's activity space, but these were nothing, because Rooney absolutely trusted Shaq, and having this... was enough.
Chapter completed!