Chapter Seventy-Seven: Creating a Legend

Simon? Grayson is not a hands-on manager, he has made a plan for the team and then stepped in, leaving a group of Manchester United coaches in charge.

Of course Simon? Grayson is also not idle, as the head of the "Red Devils", he is obviously the busiest person towards the end of the season, and that is ...... Transfer!

"Brutal Simon" is definitely a resolute manager, he has already carried out a major purge of Manchester United last season, only considering that the stability of the team has not been carried out thoroughly, but now it is very different, with Manchester United's record this season, Simon? Grayson already has a reputation almost comparable to that of the "old man", and now he will not be dictated by anyone what he wants to do, but countless people will analyze the intentions behind his every move.

So this summer, Simon? Grayson intends to carry out a complete purge of the team, and all the players he is not happy with will enter the transfer market, and he will also buy a few more people in the transfer market that he can use.

By Simon? Grayson's exclusion of personnel who are not planned for next season will be a surprise if other teams know about it, "Little Pea" Hernandes, Van Persie, Valencia, Ashley? Young, Nemanjac Vidic, Kussac and other stars will all be put on the stock for purge.

Selling so many people at once, the "Red Devils" did not lose too much in terms of combat effectiveness, after all, these players are not Simon? Grayson is in the starting lineup, but the team's reinforcements will also be necessary.

As for transfer funds, Simon? Grayson isn't worried at all, CEO Ed? Woodward has and Simon? Grayson has communicated that as long as the team can win the Champions League trophy this season, Manchester United will immediately sign a ten-year sponsorship contract with a company totaling 350 million pounds, which will make Manchester United's sponsorship fee reach a staggering 60 million pounds per season!

Plus the huge prize money of the Champions League trophy. Manchester United's transfer funds will be hot next season, and it is conservatively estimated that it can reach 200 million pounds!

Ed? Woodward is very excited right now, he was a former manager of Manchester United, and he knows very well that in David? In the era of Gil and Alex Ferguson, Manchester United had never received such a transfer fee, and the Glazer family went crazy to draw blood from the club. If not David? Moyes' defeat made the Americans realise that their interests need the club's record as a guarantee, maybe they will still be like before, right?

Ed? Unbeknownst to Woodward, his bosses are now eyeing the bigger good, and the offer made by "Blue Moon" to Shaq has already made the American bosses very excited.

First of all, there is the midfield, Flanei has been in excellent form this season, there are no injuries and almost no games, but Simon? Grayson doesn't think Flaney is an "iron man" comparable to Shaq, so it's important to have a backup for Flaney. And it must be the kind of player who is called, can fight, and can win, and there is not much gap between the main players.

In addition, the position of central defender also needs to be supplemented, Vidic's current form is also reasonable, if he reluctantly plays, he can play for Manchester United for another two years, but Simon? Grayson didn't plan to let him go, he had already been on the cleaning list, and it was definitely not enough to rely on Papadopoulos and Subotic, at least one or two high-level central defenders had to be bought.

In addition, the left and right wingers need to be added, Ashley? After Yang and Valencia left. This piece needs to be bought with a lot of money.

Because the European media hyped Bale's unpleasant life at Real Madrid, he had the intention to return to England. Simon? Grayson also asked people to make contact with Real Madrid, and it is true, after an unhappy season at Real Madrid, Bale has already had the intention of leaving, and Real Madrid also wants to make less money and is ready to sell Bale at the right price. Anyway, Real Madrid's policy has always been to spend money to buy superstars, and if it is not suitable for their own team, they will lose money and then sell them.

Now Manchester United is not short of money, Simon? Grayson naturally plans to buy enough stars to come back to strengthen the team, and next season Manchester United will be on the basis of the "Quadruple Crown" towards a higher honor "Five Crowns", "Six Crowns", and even "Seven Crowns". The team is in dire need of further strength, so Simon? Grayson right away to Gareth? Bale made his first offer: £30 million.

This offer is obviously far from what Real Madrid expected, Simon? Grayson also knows, after all, Real Madrid paid 75 million pounds close to 100 million euros when they bought Bale, and some people even say that this figure should be 110 million euros, but many factors have not been fully disclosed.

In terms of the choice of midfield, Simon? Grayson chose Ashley, the talented youngster he brought out with Leeds United? Hood, as well as young French midfielder Mwila.

After selecting these three players, Simon? Grayson will let others follow up on the progress, and he will take the team to Berlin for the Champions League final, which will be the most important step in his journey to become a legendary coach...... Defend the "Quadruple Crown"!

But for this Champions League final in Berlin superstar, Simon? Grayson really didn't worry too much, just because the opponent was the "Blue Moon" Manchester City that he was all too familiar with.

Not only are the two teams in the same city, but they are not even far from their training bases, meeting several times a season in England to reach the Champions League final...... It's just a change of event, a change of venue, and it really doesn't make much difference!

Simon? Grayson's confidence is certainly justified, and on May 30, the "Red Devils" really showed how strong they really are in front of an audience of 65,000 people in front of the stadium in Berlin!

At the beginning of the game, the two sides still wanted to lose and test it, after all, it was such an important game as the Champions League final, and they still wanted to see how each other would be different from usual.

Sergio Aguero had the first shot of the game for both teams in the 17th minute with a volley from outside the box on the right, before Vincent Kompany headed home from a corner on 21 minutes.

After that, Manchester United, who was beaten twice by rivals in the same city, finally began to break out!

When the volcano of Manchester United began to erupt, it was really impossible for anyone to stop it, even the "Blue Moon" Manchester City, who had the second best performance in Europe this season and knew very well about themselves!

On 26 minutes, Shaq received a pass from Ganso outside the arc of the penalty area on the left side of Manchester City, and turned around to shoot angrily!

"Bang!"

The ball made a beautiful left-to-right arc, bypassing Shaq's former team-mate Reid and spinning towards goal, only to graze the left post of Manchester City!

"Oh, that's dangerous! Shaq came close to scoring his 31st goal in this Champions League! ”

Manchester City manager Manuel Pellegrini smiled and clapped his hands off the field, he was very satisfied with Red's performance, Redder joined from Leeds United for 18.75 million pounds this season, and then formed a Manchester City center-back combination with Kompany, the two of them are very solid, and in this game Pellegrini simply handed over the task of defending Shaq to Red, he believes that with Red's understanding of Shaq, he will definitely create more trouble for Shaq.

Shaq's shot just now, if it wasn't for Red's blocking of his shooting angle in advance, maybe it would not be just a little threatening, Shaq just took the way of arcing the ball to shoot around Red, otherwise with his "Shaq GOAL" huge threat, it will definitely make Manchester City's goalkeeper Joe Hart break out in a cold sweat.

But Manuel Pellegrini clearly trusts his players too much, and Shaq has scored 123 goals in 63 games for United this season, but not just because of his "GOAL".

And Red's understanding of Shaq is obviously still the same as in the past when the two of them practiced against the "Young Guard", thinking that Shaq's long-range shooting is his sharpest scoring weapon.

In the 29th minute of the game, Shaq received a pass from Rooney on the right side of the middle, and in the process of running from the middle to the right, Shaq very delicately cushioned Rooney's pass with his right heel at the moment of receiving the ball, and then he bypassed Kompany from the right side, but the ball flew over Kompany's head on the left side!

By the time Kompany turned, Shaq had regained control of the ball and rushed towards the Manchester City penalty area!

Red, who was thrown from the side to make up for the defense, was blocked by Shaq's shooting feint and fell to the ground on the line of the penalty area, but Shaq dodged the ball to the right.

After breaking through City's centre-back combination, Shaq was directly facing England team-mate Joe Hart, who had already abandoned the net and moved to the right-hand corner with his arms outstretched.

Shaq's right foot made a plucking motion again, and after Joe Hart's center of gravity moved, Shaq's right foot made a bulltail movement, and the ball was bounced back to the left side of his body by Shaq's right foot!

"Bang!"

Shaq's left leg lifted up quickly, and his left foot curled a ball into the left side of the Manchester City goal!

This time...... Shaq's shot didn't go wide again!

This time...... Manchester City don't have Joe Hart in front of the goal anymore!

"Huh!"

Ball in!

“GOAL！！！！！！！！！！！！！！！！！！！！！！！！！！！！！！！”

Thunder rang out at the Olympic Stadium in Berlin, Manchester United fans roared wildly, and everyone, young and old, shouted with their greatest strength and loudest voice!

Champions League trophies they have been looking forward to for a long time!

Right now...... It's getting closer! (To be continued......)