Chapter 25: Fame and fortune

After Leeds United defeated Xie Zhoushang 4-0 at home, they welcomed the "Reds" Liverpool at home.

Liverpool now has no wealthy background. Since Gerrard and others retired, the "Reds" have been deteriorating. The last time they entered the Champions League was five seasons ago, and now they can not even score in the European arena every year.

And because Chairman Tom Warner advocates rational investment, there are currently no big-name stars in Liverpool. Paraguay's former midfielder Louis Gomez, who spent 11.5 million pounds this season, is already the team's number one star.

What can such a "Red Army" use to fight against the current "Young Guards"!?

In the 21st round of the English Premier League at Elland Road Stadium on January 10, Leeds United, who played at home, gave a lesson to the former Premier League No. 1 giant.

Just 8 minutes into the game, Leeds United's eleven consecutive ground passes were passed by Marsio, Jonny Hausen, Chen Jinlong, Ashley Hood, Bellacta and others, and suddenly stuffed the ball to the front of the Liverpool penalty area free throw. Shaq, who ran in from the diagonal line, just took the opportunity to take the ball and directly sent the ball into the dead corner of the lower left corner of the "Red Army" goal... 1:0!

In the 46th minute, as the first half was about to end, Leeds captain Jonny Hausen made a successful snatch of Liverpool's No. 6 Egyptian midfielder Hamdi in the frontcourt, and the ball was tackled to Shaq's feet in front.

After getting the ball, Shaq took the opportunity and turned around and dribbled the ball into the top of the Liverpool penalty area. Next...

"Bang!"

The long-lost "Shak goal" appears again!

The ball flew out from Shaq's feet. With speed, the strength broke through the defense of "Red Army" goalkeeper Adrian and flew in from the lower left corner of the goal again... 2:0!

In the second half, the two sides changed sides and fought again. Leeds United, which had the initiative, still did not give their opponent any chance. Instead, Shaq received a cross from Lens from the left in the 66th minute. After stopping the ball with his chest, he scored with his left foot, and locked the score at 3:0 with his own "hat trick".

After winning a complete victory at home, Leeds United brought joy to all Leeds fans, while the "Reds" who had been glorious for decades left Elland Road with their heads hanging down...

At the post-match press conference, Norwegian coach Solbaken, who has coached Liverpool for almost three seasons, said: "The team has reached a time when changes are needed. We must improve the team's competitiveness. In the current youth training system cannot provide us with help, we must obtain support from the outside world. If we cannot do this, Liverpool will not see the light tomorrow."

Solbaken's meaning is very obvious. Liverpool must strengthen its recruitment efforts. For five consecutive years, only £18 million is invested in the transfer market. This weak investment has shown bad results. Currently, Liverpool only scored tenth place in the standings. It is very telling.

They will solve the troubles of the "Red Army" by themselves. Leeds United has no mind to care about those, they just need to do what they should do, that is... win!

Continuously wins!

Next, Simon Grayson led his team to defeat the English League One team Yoville 1-0 in the third round of the FA Cup. The reason why it was just a small win was because Simon Grayson used this game as an opportunity to train. Young players such as forwards Campbell, Claysandy, Hoydenk, Weather, 18-year-old midfielder Ashley Knuwells, and 17-year-old right-back Clegg Richardson all got the chance to play.

Among them, Campbell, Knuwells and Richardson are all young men from Leeds youth training camp. Simon Grayson's "big search plan" has just begun. They have not yet found enough young talents. But he has already begun to try to lay the foundation for the team's future.

The first leg of the League Cup semi-finals kicked off on January 17. Leeds United, who played at home, did not dare to be careless. Shaq, Longs, Murray, Ashley Hood, Ben Parker and other main players all appeared, and only Simon Grayson continued to use Clegg Richardson in the right-back position.

Through the last game, Simon Grayson discovered that the 17-year-old boy had lightning speed and steady defense. In this League Cup semi-final, Shaq and others were on the team. Even if Clegg Richardson wanted to make a mistake, he probably didn't have a chance, so he gave Clegg another chance to play.

The result of the game was pretty good. Leeds United defeated Fulham with Shaq's "hat trick" at home and Ashley Hood's long-range shot. It was almost a foregone conclusion to reach the League Cup final.

Back in the Premier League, Leeds United beat Newcastle 2:1 away in the 22nd round, and continued to top the list with an unbeaten record of 18 wins, 4 draws and 58 points.

After scoring twice in this game, Shaq has scored 44 goals in 22 league games, while Leeds United has only scored 69 league goals in total. In addition to other games, Shaq has scored 64 goals for the Leeds United director this season, with an average goal rate of 2.37 goals per game. Not to mention Shaq is already 31 years old, and others cannot do this even at the peak of gold.

On January 27, Leeds United welcomed its 23rd round of Premier League rival Blackburn at home, and this team, currently ranked fourth from the bottom, obviously cannot cause any trouble for the "Youth Guards" who are fighting at home.

Leeds United completed a "hat trick" in the first half, and with the goals of Kslov and Jonny Hausen, they led their opponents 5:0!

In the second half, Brazilian central defender Marcio won another goal and finally massacred Blackburn who was visiting with a score of 6:0. He also scored 28:4 shots in the game, 57%: 43% possession rate, 85%: 72% passing success rate, steals and header suppression, all made Blackburn lose without any temper.

After this round of league, Leeds United finally breathed a sigh of relief. They still ranked first with an unbeaten record of 19 wins, 4 draws and 61 points!

Although the chaser "Gunners" Arsenal lost one game less, they recently lost to Xie Zhousan and West Brom after losing to West Brom. They were already 10 points away from Leeds United in the standings, and are currently 3 points less than the second-ranked "Blue Army" Chelsea. Even if they win the make-up game, they are still 7 points away from Leeds United. Under the leadership of Ramport, Chelsea is still chasing Leeds United, but the 7-point gap is still not small.

This time, no one will discuss whether the "Youth Guards" have the possibility of winning the championship, because they are already the number one favorites to win the championship!

Under the guidance of Simon Grayson and driven by Shaq's crazy goal frenzy, the "Young Guards" finally entered the public's vision with a domineering attitude!

Seeing that the winter transfer window was about to close, Leeds United chairman Glenn Oxley brought earth-shaking good news...

After this period of operation, Glenn Oxley brought two super-large orders to Leeds United!

After being reminded by Shaq, Glenn Oxley and Emirates Bank of the UAE had other ways of cooperation negotiations and eventually sold the stadium naming rights to the other party. In the next two decades, the official name of the Elland Road Stadium will be changed to "Eelland Road Stadium in the Emirates Bank of the United Arab Emirates Bank of the United Arab Emirates Bank of the United Arab Emirates Bank of the United Arab Emirates Bank of the United Arab Emirates will pay Leeds United £21.73 million annually, with a total amount of £434.6 million.

In addition, Glenn Oxley sold Leeds United's TV broadcasting rights to French TV Station 4 through a very tedious operation, and it will be sold for twenty years. In the next twenty years, the French will pay Leeds United at least 86.95 million pounds a year. Once the "Youth Guards" enter the Champions League, this amount will be greatly increased.

After getting these two big orders, Glenn Oxley really made great contributions to Leeds United, which will ensure that Leeds United earns at least 109 million pounds per season in the next twenty years. In addition, the annual ticket revenue of more than 50 million pounds, commodity revenue of about 20 million pounds, various commercial sponsorships, etc., the revenue of Leeds United can be guaranteed to reach more than 200 million pounds per season.

In the next twenty years...Leeds United will no longer worry about money!

Because of the arrival of these two big orders, Shaq specially organized a small celebration for Glenn Oxley as the boss behind the scenes. The club's management and Simon Grayson were all present.

During the entire celebration, everyone was talking about Glenn Oxley's achievements, which also satisfyed Chairman Leeds. When he looked at Shaq, his eyes were full of gratitude.

Glenn Oxley was just a player agent. To put it bluntly, she was just a retail investor who had no decline. Even if she was famous, she had no status unless she could develop her own huge agency company like Mendes and control hundreds of professional players.

But now, Glenn Oxley truly feels that he has become a noble in the football circle. Even if he sees a giant like Florentino and Rossell again, they are not afraid of it, because everyone is the chairman of the football club, especially after he talks about the cooperation between the two major projects, he is already very outstanding as a chairman.

The annual revenue of TV broadcasting rights is 86.95 million pounds, equivalent to 109 million euros. This is already in the top five in the world football world. In addition to Real Madrid 183 million, Barcelona 176 million, Juventus 154 million, and AC Milan 124 million, Leeds United even surpassed Manchester United, Chelsea, Arsenal, and Manchester City, becoming the team with the highest TV broadcasting revenue in English football.

This is definitely a successful business operation for Glenn Oxley!

And all this is obviously due to Shaq. Without Shaq's absolute trust in him, there would naturally be no Glen Oxley who is now glorious.

Another happiest person at the celebration meeting is Simon Grayson. After receiving an interest-free loan from the UAE Emirates Bank, he was already very satisfied. Unexpectedly, the club now has exclusive TV broadcasting rights and stadium naming rights, and his life will be rich in the future. Not to mention big fish and meat from now on, he can live a well-off life. The stars trained by his own team can also be retained, and the team's performance will naturally rise steadily, and the days of gaining fame and fortune will not be too far away. (To be continued...)
Chapter completed!