Chapter 79 Undercurrent
Zach Thompson was really happy in England because he won the best player in the game twice in two consecutive games in his two games for the "Three Lions".
First, in the away game between England and Poland on October 13, Zach Thompson gave Milner and Rooney two assists in the first and second half. With 9 steals, 5 headers, 2 interceptions and 13.6 kilometers of runs, he finally got a 9.0 rating, and he deservedly became the best player in the game.
Afterwards, in the home match between England and Montenegro on October 17, Zach Thompson simply showed his arms and rolled up his sleeves. When the game was 31 minutes old, he took advantage of the corner kick and volleyed with a shocking half-turn on the corner of the penalty area and scored a wonderful goal. When the game was 51 minutes old, he headed the ball to secure the victory for the "Three Lions". England's first striker "Little Fat" Rooney's goal in the 71st minute was already icing on the cake.
In addition to two goals, Zach Thompson also had 10 steals, 9 headers, and 4 interceptions. He scored the highest score of 9.3 points after the game, easily becoming the best player in the game again.
After this game, Hodgson, who has always rarely praised players, couldn't help but praise Zach Thompson's performance: "Today's Shaq's performance is flawless! While taking on the team's midfield offensive and defensive scheduling, Shaq was able to charge for the team and scored twice in the game. His performance deserves any praise!"
After winning four consecutive wins in the European World Cup qualifiers, England continued to top the eighth group with 12 points, and they have already led the second-place Ukraine team by as much as 5 points. It is possible that they can directly obtain the Brazil World Cup ticket as the first in the group.
When Zach Thompson returned to Leeds with 29 points of teammate bonus skill points with Jonny Hausen, the two kids were surprised to find that in the two weeks they left the team, there were suddenly undercurrents around the "Youth Guards".
First of all, the transfer news about the "Beast" Tevez was exposed. Every media claimed seriously that they had the latest information, and many teams offered high offers for Tevez.
"Italian giant Juventus is very interested in Tevez, and Conte claims he is making efforts to sign Tevez."
"Real Madrid is looking for a new breakthrough direction, Mourinho believes that Tevez will provide his team with more goals, Tevez will form the strongest forward with Cristiano Ronaldo."
"Paris Saint-Germain spent money to poach Argentina's 'beast', and Ibrahimovic said Tevez was his ideal partner."
This season, because of the continuous and crazy outbreak at Leeds United, he has been favored by many wealthy teams. Of course, this does not include the "Blue Moon" Manchester City, who just sold him. However, after Tevez scored 19 goals in 6 league games and dominated the English Premier League scorer list with a huge advantage of 10 goals ahead of the second place in the scorer list, no one can ignore the "beast" Tevez this season.
What's more, Tevez still has an amazing data of scoring 22 goals in a total of 11 games, and his average efficiency of two goals is simply amazing. Moreover, he only completed 56 shots on the court, of which 42 shots were within the goal frame, resulting in 22 goals, and an average of one goal can be completed every 44.18 minutes. How can other teams not covet it?
What is uneasy is that Tevez seems not very loyal to Leeds United. He said in an interview: "I feel very happy to play football here. I have no intention of leaving yet, so those who think I can do it and I can, don't disturb me."
Teves' words were completely ambiguous tone. He gave up introducing him in the ears of some people who were not particularly interested in him, but he changed his meaning in the ears of some people who were interested, that is, they had to pay more to make Teves feel happy in their team, so that they could get the "wild beast" of Argentina.
What makes a professional player happy?
money!
Of course it's money!
Professional players attach great importance to their income level. Just like if Leeds United does not give Tevez a discount and pays a large signing fee to increase his income, how could the "Beast" come to Leeds United?
But now... the appetite of the Argentine "Beast" seems to be bigger!
With the small business of "Youth Guards", it is naturally difficult for them to meet Tevez's requirements, but those giant teams such as Real Madrid, Chelsea, Barcelona, Juventus, and even rich teams such as Paris Saint-Germain and Monaco can satisfy Tevez's desire for money.
Leeds United fans were very upset for a while when the team might lose the "beast" that brought victory to the team with continuous goals. The team now needs Tevez's goals. Without this Argentine striker, Leeds United's attack power would be much lost. It is unknown whether the team can continue to advance bravely in the league.
However--
Good fortune will come unparalleled, but misfortunes will never come in one single way!
Just when Tevez's transfer storm was intensifying, another news related to the "Youth Guards" was exposed. Leeds United's stingy chairman Ken Bates was already starting to sell the team!
This news may be more exciting than the "Beast" Tevez's transfer. Compared with a certain player, even if the player is at the level of Messi and Cristiano Ronaldo, even if this team is just a newly promoted player like Leeds United, the two are not at the same level.
The first thing that broke the news was BBC Radio. They got an investment intention from a commercial consortium, and the members of the consortium even included a retired professional player. According to the BBC, the consortium's spokesperson had already called them and said that they would make a formal offer to Leeds United chairman Ken Bates within a few weeks.
As soon as the news was revealed, Leeds United fans were in panic. The "Youth Guards" had only been quiet for a few years. The team has just been on track and returned to the Super League, and the team's record is also very good. Why are they going to suffer again?
Could it be that the fate of the "Young Guards" must be so many disasters and difficulties?
Club chairman Ken Bates can ignore the rumors about the transfer of "Beast", but he cannot ignore the news that his team was "sold" by his team, especially since he has not received any exact news about his team's possible acquisition so far, and no consortium has expressed his investment intention to him. This is simply to make him take the blame!
So, the stingy old man quickly held a press conference and invited dozens of reporters to help him clarify the matter. Ken Bates told about his long-term plan for Leeds United, and also about his hard work on this team, as well as the team's prospects that are infinitely optimistic.
There are actually only two themes of the entire press conference. The first is that Ken Bates did not receive any investment intentions about acquiring Leeds United, and the second is that he was stingy with the chairman to increase the importance of Leeds United to him a lot.
In fact, Ken Bates, a football investor, gave Leeds United a change of direction advertising and value improvement. He vowed to promise not to sell the team, and no one would believe it. Instead, the media immediately found out the fact that he made huge profits by betraying the "Blue Army" Chelsea.
Originally, Leeds United fans were only a part of the panic. Once this press conference of Ken Bates was held, more than 80% of the fans believed that the team they loved might be changed hands again.
The ups and downs surrounding Leeds United have a tendency to become more and more intense, but all this cannot stop the league. The "Youth Guards" in the storm still ushered in their opponents in the eighth round of the English Premier League... West Bromwich.
West Bromwich is not a strong team, and there are no stars in the team. Last season, they ended up being ranked 14th among the twenty super teams and currently ranked 15th this season. Except for winning two games against Aston Villa and Blackburn, they lost all other games.
Speaking of which, this team is not good at it. Their goal is to relegate every season. The team's overall strength is relatively weak, and it is a little stronger than those real relegation teams. Therefore, this team is used to being free from desires and no desires. It is really...too difficult to make such a team stop the "Youth Guards" from advancing on the road!
What's more, after smelling the danger, Simon Grayson tried every means to stabilize the morale of his team, because in addition to Sunderland in the ninth round, Leeds United will face the devilish schedule of three giant teams in Arsenal, Liverpool and Chelsea. Even if Simon Grayson has confidence in his team, the strength of the "Youth Guards" is there. In addition, some undercurrents are set off around Leeds United. At that time, waiting for Leeds United will definitely be in danger. When will it make a difference if you don't make a point at this time?
Simon Grayson has used up all kinds of methods, but it is actually not very effective. Leeds United is now a bit disintegrating. Fortunately, their overall strength is still much stronger than West Bromwich. In addition, they played at home, and finally defeated their opponents with a score of 3:1 in the game on October 20, and continued to rank at the top of the list with a score of 7 wins and 1 loss and 21 points.
But after the game, Simon Grayson had a premonition of something bad, because it was too difficult to come 3:1. They were scored by the visiting team at the beginning of the game. Before the end of the first half, Ameobi equalized the score, and Tevez scored a goal overtaking the score in the 68th minute of the second half. It was not until 86 minutes that Ameobi scored twice and completely locked the victory.
Chapter completed!