Chapter Twenty-Seven: 95% Shaq

Neymar finally decided to leave Barcelona, and after entering the winter transfer window, the Brazilian, who had not had a good time under the "brutal Simon", still gave up waiting for the opportunity to continue.

This is completely contrary to his decision to stay with Shaq at the beginning of the season, and it only took three or four months for the Brazilian to change his mind, but this is very much in line with the Brazilian's natural desire for freedom and lack of rationality.

Simon? Grayson didn't make it difficult either, he had no hope for Neymar, with Vasquez and Rinaldi on the left wing, Shaarawy and Salomon on the right, and even Ayew waiting for his chance, he really has no shortage of attacking players in his hands.

And most importantly, Simon? Grayson has faith in Shaq, who has not been injured in his career so far, and the kid ...... There are absolute reasons to continue to be strong.

Neymar is also a once sensational star anyway, and now that he is leaving Barcelona, there is naturally no shortage of next homes, Atletico Madrid, Chelsea, and Roma are all involved, and these three teams are the first to make an offer of 25 million euros, which is ...... It's a reasonable price.

The Brazilian is no longer the popular star when he landed in Barcelona from Santos, in the past few years in Barcelona, Neymar's performance under Messi's pressure has not been as brilliant as expected, and his value has been bearish all the way, to Simon? After Grayson's management, Neymar has only played 5 games for Barcelona in half a season, scoring 2 goals and 2 assists, this performance is too average, 25 million euros is really not an insult to him.

Simon? Grayson nodded directly at the offers of the three teams, but he still felt that Atletico Madrid's Pep Guardiola and Chelsea's Jose Mourinho were both master managers, and he believed that Neymar should make the right choice. Rome...... It's just a spoiler, and the Serie A, which has been reduced to the second tier in Europe, can be attractive to Neymar?

Rinaldi was given a chance to start in the second leg of the fifth round of the Copa del Rey against Valencia on 9 January, and although the Italian left winger clearly didn't work well with his new team-mates, he showed his value.

18 of his 29 passes were successful. Two successful crosses from eight, five tackles, seven dribbles and two shots...... Rinaldi has delivered an excellent palmares.

Shaq scored a goal in the game to help Barcelona win comfortably 2-0 at home and beat Valencia 6-1 on aggregate to take another step forward in the Copa del Rey.

Back in the league, Barcelona welcomed a traditional La Liga powerhouse Villarreal at home, and although the "Yellow Submarine" has not been able to compete for the league championship in recent years, its strength is still not weak, and it can get a European place almost every year. Last season, they rushed to fourth place, closely behind Barcelona who won third place.

It's a pity that Villarreal's own strength is still lacking, losing to Zenit in the Champions League qualifiers, and finally can only play in the Europa League.

Although Villarreal was second to Barcelona in the standings last season, the current "yellow submarine" is really too far from Barcelona, all because of ...... Sark!

At the Camp Nou, Shaq scored five goals in 11 minutes, 41 minutes, 48 minutes, 56 minutes and 66 minutes. He grabbed the spot with his left and right feet in the small penalty area, scored with a header, and his "Shaq GOAL" at the top of the arc of the big penalty area. and a free kick 25 meters from the goal, which perfectly shows why Shaq is recognized as the "king of the ball" in world football today.

Five goals...... Five different ways to score!

Shaq showed almost all of his scoring methods, and the second leg of the Copa del Rey with Valencia was more symbolic, and Shaq didn't exert much force, this time Shaq wanted to see how strong he was when he was only 95% in peak form. The result was quite satisfying to him, as he guessed, even if the attributes were only 19, he was still invincible on the green field.

It's a pity...... Villarreal was unfortunate to be Barcelona's opponent in this game.

Shaq's five goals made the Catalans fascinated. The cheers and singing at the Camp Nou have never been heard.

Now that Barcelona fans have almost all become Shaq fans, no one will fail to boo him in the face of a super scorer who has scored 78 goals for the team in 27 games............ You're not sick, are you!?

As for the "godfathers"...... Ahem, don't compare your old man to Shak, right!?

In fact, Cruyff, the old man, is really keeping his mouth shut now, Shaq's crazy efficiency has directly pushed this Barcelona team to the best in history, and now you want to blame Simon? Grayson what, then you have to be the villain that Qianfu refers to.

For the madness that Shaq showed in this game, Simon? Grayson's mentor and assistant Mike Andrew were also surprised......

"Simon, Shaq this is ...... What's wrong? Why does he seem excited today? ”

Simon? Grayson shook his head and smiled, "I don't know, who knows what happy things have happened to this kid recently?" Anyway, it's a good thing! ”

McAndrew also laughed when he heard it, they all remember what Shaq was like when he was at Manchester United, a little joy can make him excited, and he can block and kill God and Buddha in the game, and any opponent facing that kind of Shaq can only collapse this result.

On 75 minutes, Vasquiz took advantage of Shaq's cover in the middle to head Rafael's diagonal cross into the top right corner of the net in front of Villarreal on the left side of the six-yard box.

The score of this game was finally locked at 6:0, Barcelona swept Villarreal at their home stadium, and topped the La Liga standings with an unbeaten record of 18 games, 17 wins, 1 draw, 84 goals and 4 goals and 52 points.

But even if Barcelona has performed so impressively this season, they have not been able to end the title race now......

Guardiola's Atletico Madrid continues to suppress Real Madrid in the standings, ranking second in the standings with 18 games, 15 wins, 1 draw and 2 losses, accumulating 46 points. There is a difference of six points to Barcelona, but it is not without chances.

Prandelli's team is in third place, with 45 points from 18 games, 14 wins, 3 draws and 1 loss, and only 7 points away from Barcelona at the top of the table.

This season's La Liga is a bit weird, and it seems to have been stimulated by Barcelona, and the Madrid duo have been doing very well. If the performance of the two teams is changed in the past, it is definitely a champion, after all, Sevilla, who won the championship last season, only has 84 points, and this season is not half over, Madrid has scored 46 or 45 points, but in front of Barcelona...... They can only temporarily relegate to second and third.

Of course, Barcelona's title situation was not as rosy as expected, with four points from the first leg meeting with the Madrid duo, but in the second leg...... Who's to say what the outcome will be?

Neymar's transfer went relatively smoothly, under the call of Messi, the former big brother. He finally chose to trust Pep Guardiola and agreed to Atletico Madrid's offer, but there was still a little problem when negotiating a personal contract, Atletico Madrid needed Neymar's salary cut, and the Brazilian used this as an excuse to ask Barcelona to subsidize the salary difference of 1.3 million euros.

In the end, Barcelona agreed to subsidize Neymar by 1 million euros per year, which is equivalent to selling Neymar back only 20 million euros.

However, club president Russell did not blame Simon for this? Grayson. After all, Neymar no longer has a place in the team, and it would be good to be able to get some cash back.

Besides, "Brutal Simon" is still trustworthy in his transfer operations. Although he bought Ayew has not been able to contribute much to the team so far, his move to sell Messi has been proven to be the right choice, "Little Flea" with the help of Atletico Madrid's former mentor Pep Guardiola, has only scored 13 goals and assisted 6 times in 23 games, although such a performance is normal for the 31-year-old Messi, but compared to Shaq...... There's no comparison!

Messi can be exchanged for 35 million euros. Enough to prove Simon? Grayson's shrewdness in transfer maneuvers.

Buying Rinaldi and selling Neymar, Barcelona has invested a total of 244 million euros in the transfer market this season and recovered 137 million euros. There has been a very significant improvement.

Simon? Grayson is now basically satisfied with the lineup of the Barcelona first team, this lineup does not need to be adjusted in at least two or three years, at most it is to consider Fabregas's successor, Busquets has Krissettig to follow, it will not have an impact at all, but Fabregas's successor ...... Simon? Grayson had a bit of a headache at the thought of this question.

This season, the 31-year-old Cesc Fabregas has shown amazing form, scoring 3 goals and 17 assists in 27 games, with a pass completion rate of 90% and an average of 2.5 tackles per game.

It seems that Ganso seems to be more active than Fabregas, with more goals, assists, and steals than Fabregas, but the actual situation is not the case, just in terms of pass success rate, no one in the Barcelona team can compare with Fabregas, not to mention Fabregas's overall view and experience, as well as his status as vice captain in the team, all determine his offensive and defensive leadership and command ability in the midfield.

Don't look at Shaq attacking the city in front and stealing the attention of fans with one goal after another, but Fabregas's role is not inferior at all, and now he is the real commander of Barcelona!

With such a Fabregas, where can he find a suitable successor!? (To be continued......)