Chapter 25 Fame and Fortune

After Leeds United defeated Sheffield Wednesday 4-0 at home, they were followed by the "Reds" Liverpool at home.

Now Liverpool, there is no big club heritage, since Gerrard and others retired, the "Reds" have been getting worse, the last time they entered the Champions League was five seasons ago, and now even the European arena is not every year.

And because of the chairman, Tom? Werner advocates rational investment, and there are no big stars in the Liverpool team at the moment, and Paraguayan striker Luiz, who spent £11.5 million this season? Gomez 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 on January 10, Leeds United, who played at home, unceremoniously taught the former Premier League's No. 1 giants a lesson.

Just 8 minutes into the game, Leeds United led Marcio, Jonny? Haosen, Chen Jinlong, Ashley? After Hood, Belakta and others made eleven consecutive ground passes, they suddenly stuffed the ball in front of the penalty spot in the Liverpool penalty area...... 1:0！

On 46 minutes, as the first half was about to end, Leeds captain Jonny? Hausen tackled Liverpool's No. 6 Egyptian midfielder Hamdi in front of him, and the ball was shoveled to the feet of Shaq in front.

After winning the ball, Shaq took advantage of the situation, turned and dribbled the ball into the top of the Liverpool penalty area, and then ......

"Tom!"

The long-lost "Shaq GOAL" is back again!

The ball flew out from Shaq's feet, relying on speed and strength to break through the defense of the "Reds" goalkeeper Adrian, and flew into the bottom left corner of the goal again...... 2:0！

In the second half, the two sides changed sides and fought again, and Leeds United, who had the initiative, still did not give their opponents any chance. On the contrary, Schak received a cross from the left side of Lens in the 66th minute, stopped the ball on his chest and scored with a left-footed volley, and used a "hat trick" of his own to lock the score at 3:0.

Leeds United brought joy to all Leeds fans after a resounding home victory, while the "Reds", who had been glorious for decades, left Elland Road with their heads bowed......

In his post-match press conference, Norway boss Solbakken, who has been in charge of Liverpool for almost three seasons, said: "The time has come for the team to change. We have to improve the competitiveness of the team, and we already have to get support from the outside when the current youth system is not able to help us, and if we don't, there will be no future for Liverpool. ”

Solbakken's point is clear, Liverpool must step up their recruitment efforts, and with only £18 million invested in the transfer market every season for five consecutive years, this lackluster investment has already shown its consequences, and Liverpool's current position in 10th place in the table is telling.

The troubles of the "Red Army" they will solve it themselves. Leeds don't have the heart to do that, they just have to do what they have to do, which is ...... Win!

Keep winning!

Next, Simon? Grayson led his side to a 1-0 win over League One side Jowell in the third round of the FA Cup. Grayson used the game as an opportunity to practice, with strikers Campbell, Clay Sandy, Hoydenk, Wither, 18-year-old midfielder Ashley? Knovells, 17-year-old right-back Clegg? Richardson and other youngsters were all given the opportunity to play.

Among them, Campbell, Knovelles and Richardson are all young lads from the Leeds academy. Simon? Grayson's "Great Search Project" is just getting started, and they haven't scavenged enough young talent yet. But he's already starting to try to lay the groundwork for the team's future.

The first leg of the League Cup semi-finals will start on January 17, and Leeds United, who are playing at home, will not dare to be careless. Hood, Ben? Parker and other main players are all on the field, only Simon is in the right-back position? Grayson continued to use Clegg? Richardson.

Through the last game, Simon? Grayson spotted the 17-year-old with lightning speed and solid defence in a Carabao Cup semi-final with the likes of Shaq in the line-up. Clegg? Richardson probably didn't have much of a chance to make a mistake if he wanted to, so he gave Clegg another chance to play.

The result of the game was good, Leeds United at home with Shaq's "hat-trick", plus Ashley? Hood's long-range shot eventually beat Fulham 4-0. Reaching the Carabao Cup final is almost a certainty.

Back in the Premier League, Leeds United defeated Newcastle 2-1 away in the 22nd round and continued to top the table with an unbeaten record of 58 points from 22 games, 18 wins and 4 draws.

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, plus other games, Shaq has scored 64 goals in 27 games for Leeds United this season, with an average goal rate of 2.37 goals per game, not to mention that Shaq is already 31 years old, and others can't do this even at the golden peak.

On January 27, Leeds United hosted Blackburn, the opponent of the 23rd round of the Premier League, and the team currently sitting in the bottom four obviously could not cause any problems for the "Young Guards" playing at home.

Leeds United completed a hat-trick in the first half with Shaq, plus Slov and Jonny? Hausen's goal, 5-0 lead!

In the second half, Brazilian central defender Marcio scored another goal, and finally slaughtered the visiting Blackburn with a score of 6:0, and the number of shots on goal in the whole game of 28:4, 57%:43% possession, 85%:72% pass success rate, as well as the pressing of tackles and headers, all made Blackburn lose without a temper.

After this round of the league, Leeds United can finally breathe a sigh of relief, they are still at the top of the table with an unbeaten record of 23 games, 19 wins and 4 draws and 61 points!

The pursuers "Gunners" Arsenal, despite having played a game less, recently lost to Sheffield Wednesday and then to West Bromwich Albion. In the standings, Leeds United has been thrown off by as many as 10 points, and it is currently 3 points less than the second-ranked "Blues" Chelsea, even if it wins the supplementary game, there is a 7-point gap with Leeds United, Chelsea, under the leadership of Rampote, is still struggling to catch up with Leeds United, but the gap of 7 points is still not small.

This time. No one is discussing whether the "Young Guard" has the possibility of winning the championship anymore, because they are already the number one favorite to win the championship!

In Simon? Under Grayson's tutelage, driven by Shaq's crazy scoring frenzy, the "Young Guard" finally entered the public eye with a hegemonic attitude!

With the winter transfer window about to close, Leeds United's chairman Glenn? Oxley brings earth-shattering good news......

After this period of operation, Glenn? Oxley brings two super big singles to Leeds United!

Reminded by Shaq, Glenn? Oxley and Emirates Bank negotiated an alternative partnership and eventually sold the naming rights to each other over the next two decades. The official name of the Elland Road Stadium will be changed to 'Emirates Bank Elland Road Stadium', for which Emirates Emirates Bank will pay Leeds United £21.73 million a year, for a total of £434.6 million.

Other than that, Glenn? Oxley has gone through a very cumbersome operation to sell Leeds United's television rights to France Télévisions 4, and the sale will be for 20 years, and the French will pay Leeds United at least £86.95 million a year for the next 20 years. Once the Young Guards reach the Champions League, this amount will be significantly increased.

After these two big orders are in hand. Glenn? Oxley has really made a great contribution to Leeds United, which will ensure that Leeds United will receive at least 109 million pounds per season in the next 20 years, plus more than 50 million pounds of annual ticket revenue, about 20 million merchandise income, various commercial sponsorships, etc., Leeds United's income can be guaranteed to reach more than 200 million pounds per season.

The next two decades...... Leeds United won't worry about money anymore!

Because of the arrival of these two big orders, Shaq specially acted as the boss behind the scenes for Glenn? Oxley organized a small celebration. The management of the club, and Simon? Grayson was all there.

Throughout the celebration, everyone was talking about Glenn? Oxley's exploits, which also pleased Chairman Leeds, looked at Shaq. The eyes are eager, and there is gratitude in them.

The previous Glenn? Oxley is just a player agent, to put it bluntly, he is just a retail investor who has not followed the decline, even if he is famous, he has no status, unless he can develop his own huge agent company like Mendes and control hundreds of professional players.

But now, Glenn? Oxley really feels that he has become a nobleman in the football circle, even if he is not afraid to see giants like Florentino and Russell again, because everyone is the president of the football club, especially when he talks about the cooperation between the two big projects now, he is already very good as a president.

In addition to Real Madrid's 183 million, Barcelona 176 million, Juventus 154 million, AC Milan 124 million, Leeds United even surpassed Manchester United, Chelsea, Arsenal, Manchester City, and became the team with the highest TV broadcast income in English football.

Is this definitely Glenn? A successful business operation in Oxley!

And all this, apparently thanks to Shaq, without Shaq's absolute trust in himself, naturally there would be no Glenn who is infinitely beautiful today? Oxley.

The other happiest person at the celebration was Simon? Grayson, after getting the interest-free loan from the Emirates Bank in the United Arab Emirates, he was already very satisfied, who thought that now the club has the exclusive TV rights, the stadium naming rights of the two huge income, his life will be rich in the future, from now on, not to mention the big fish and meat, then he can also live a well-off life, the stars cultivated by his own team can also be retained, the team's results will naturally climb, and the day of fame and fortune again will not be too far away. (To be continued......)