Romelu Lukaku eventually left Chelsea and on the third day after the Community Shield match, he headed to Carrington's training base in high anticipation.

Chelsea and Manchester United also issued official announcements in the morning announcing the transfer of Romelu Lukaku.

Manchester United paid a full £65 million transfer fee, while also signing a clause to give Chelsea Romelu Lukaku a second transfer share.

It stands to reason that United don't need to pay such a big price to acquire Romelu Lukaku.

But when Paris Saint-Germain, the big player in the transfer market recently, also cast an eye on Lukaku, Manchester United's hierarchy couldn't sit still.

After all, the oil guys in Paris are really not bad for money!

As soon as they played, the offer of 70 million and 80 million was like a joke, completely disrespecting the objective laws of the transfer market.

In order to avoid long nights and dreams, Manchester United could only pinch their noses and quickly reach a deal with Chelsea.

As soon as Lukaku left, Salah officially became the number one striker on the bench.

He is now the same as Romelu Lukaku before him, playing on the left and right wingers, and his skills in crosses and shots are much better than they were a year ago.

Even if Chelsea are not as focused on the league and Champions League as they were last season, Salah's playing time will not be less.

35 appearances all season, 20 starts are a certainty.

It was also a promise given to him by the Chelsea coaching staff before the start of the new season, allowing him to renew his contract with peace of mind.

As for Gnabry, he has played two cup competitions in England this season, and has made a total of 15 appearances in the league and Champions League.

Leon was very optimistic about him in an interview, and also praised his talent as much as Lukaku, which is the top in football.

But let's be honest, when it comes to physical confrontation and endurance, the 20-year-old Gnabry is still inferior to the 20-year-old Lukaku.

Romelu Lukaku had already proven himself in the Premier League two seasons ago.

He was loaned to West Brom to score 17 goals in a single season, and despite his positional and tactical acuity, his ability to fight is unquestionable.

Gnabry needs more time to grow, by contrast.

As a speedy winger, he now needs more protective training and growth.

It's been a good thing for his entire career.

After two seasons, he has fully adapted to the intensity and pace of the Premier League, and his technique has improved, and he will be able to fight for a place in the main team.

It's good to be famous at a young age, but it's not necessarily a good thing to play too many games in the most competitive league at a young age.

Gareth Bale and Theo Walcott from the Premier League are prime examples.

Neither of them is old enough to retire, but they are now suffering from injuries and can't play many games throughout the season, so they have to recuperate for a long time.

The old method of developing talented players no longer works in the new era of football.

Gnabry himself understands that Chelsea value his talent but are not going to abuse it.

Compared to Arsenal, Chelsea are now willing to develop a targeted development plan for him, and are willing to give him enough playing time in the Premier League and Champions League.

With such training conditions, he can't find a second giant team in today's football that is willing to give.

So he is now at ease at Chelsea, and he doesn't have the worries of thinking about which league to go to in the future when he was at Arsenal.

Talented people like them who have come out of the academy of a strong team naturally have more team attention and development privileges than other players who have climbed up from the lower leagues.

So compared to Gnabry's confidence and confidence, Kieran Trippier, who was brought in by Chelsea from Burnley this summer, seems to be a little less confident.

But it's not to blame him, after all, from the academy, he came from the Manchester City team that was only in the middle of the Premier League.

He was not a "teenage talent" among the young players he trained in the same period.

In the end, he was unable to secure a first-team contract with Manchester City, only to be loaned out again and again to train in the Championship.

From Barnsley to Burnley, and finally to leaving Manchester City for Burnley altogether.

He made a name for himself in the Championship for four seasons, but after all, he only made a name for himself in the Championship.

He was 24 years old when he made his first Premier League appearance with the team last season.

This doesn't seem to be a story of a down-and-out genius who has fought back and turned around.

Because there has never been a talent in football who has played in the top flight for the first time at the age of 24.

The late-blooming star represented Klose when he first played in the Bundesliga at the age of 22, and the 24-year-old Klose was already the Bundesliga's homegrown goalscorer and best rookie.

Originally, Trippier did not have high expectations for his future career development.

He just wanted to stay in the Premier League all the time, and by the time he was at the peak of his career, he could play as a substitute for several of the biggest teams in the Premier League, and finally retire from the Premier League.

As a result, just after his first full Premier League career, his dream of three or four years later came true ahead of schedule!

The moment he received Mourinho's call, he was glad he had chosen to be a full-back.

If he were an attacking player, he wouldn't have been in the eyes of the Chelsea coaching staff at the moment.

His full-time appearances at right wing-back last season and his good defensive performances culminated in a fantastic contract.

After moving to London, he didn't bask too much in the joy of moving to Chelsea and didn't spend much time celebrating with his family.

He had returned to training alone before the start of Chelsea's pre-season training camp.

After meeting with his new teammates, he completed the training plan formulated by the coaching staff every day without compromise.

When it comes to training, he certainly can't compare with Chelsea's fitness maniac Leon.

But in terms of commitment and diligence, he is also in the top five of the Chelsea squad right now.

And now, his training performance has brought him another surprise.

He qualified to start ahead of the Community Shield match and Chelsea's final International Champions Cup friendly before the start of the new season against Fiorentina!

It was his first starting place in a friendly since moving to Chelsea!

Although he did not end up gaining any personal data in the International Champions Cup against Fiorentina.

He just did his defensive work diligently, and it didn't look remarkable, and he couldn't compare to Gnabry, who was a good passer in the game.

But just after training the day before the official start of the new season, assistant coach Holland's roster was read.

Gnabry, who made a splash in the last friendlie, was not named in the 18-man squad for the first Premier League game of the new season.

He was unexpectedly included in the starting 11 list by many players on the scene!

Yes, not only did he make the final 18-man squad, but he could even start at right-back in Chelsea's Premier League opener of the new season!

When this huge surprise hit him in the head, he didn't even realize what to say.

It was Leon who congratulated him immediately and joked that he should invite everyone to dinner after the game.

Trippier, who was dizzy, naturally walked down the steps given by Leon.

He couldn't understand why the coaching staff would suddenly put Bertrand on the bench, preferring to have Cesar Azpilicueta play at left wing-back to chill Bertrand, who was in the limelight last season.

He only knew that he seemed to have really gotten a chance to turn over!

From his own hard work and consistent performances, but also from Mourinho's appreciation!

This time, it was difficult for him to calm down his excitement in a short period of time.

It wasn't until the afternoon of 8 August that the warm-up at Stamford Bridge was completed, and even the morale mobilization in the dressing room had been completed.

He stood in the tunnel and took a deep breath cautiously and urgently, trying to slow down his emotions as quickly as possible and calm his mind.

"Hey, Kieran, how does it feel, Kevin has to count on you to wipe his ass today, and maybe he needs you to provide him with offensive support."

Leon patted Trippier on the shoulder at this time.

He didn't signal Kierpier to take it easy, nor did he say anything to try to comfort the player who was a year older than him.

Because he believes in Trippier's quality, he also believes that Trippier, who has been working hard in the professional arena for six years, will adjust his mentality in time.

Suddenly transferred from a mid-to-lower Premier League team to a new Premier League giant, and became a starter for the giants in the first league game of the new season.

Whoever is on this occasion will have to be excited for a few days, and the focus is still on the performance on the field.

And Leon happened to feel that Kieran Trippier was a player who would be fully engaged when he stepped on the pitch and also had a big heart.

"Of course it's no problem, I'll do it well!"

Trippier took a deep breath at this time, then turned his head to look at Leon, and reached out to hold the palm that Leon took the initiative to hand over.

The two looked at each other and smiled, and Leon then applauded and signaled his teammates in the tunnel to behave later.

Chelsea's league opener of the season is against Swansea City.

Swansea performed very well in the Premier League last season and can be called another Premier League dark horse after Southampton.

Southampton finished seventh in the Premier League at the end of the season, with Swansea sitting behind Southampton.

They are only six points away from entering the European places, and they are still quite strong.

Compared with Southampton, which has been poached by other Premier League giants in the new season, Swansea's main squad has remained relatively intact.

For a mid-to-lower team like them, it is very rare to not sell the main force after a season's results, and even the owner is willing to pay money to continue to buy people in the transfer market.

The Chelsea coaching staff still take Swansea City seriously.

With the exception of Kieran Trippier as a right-back starter, all of the starters today were Chelsea's main players in the new season.

The goalkeeper is Oblak.

At the back, Cesar Azpilicueta, Harry Maguire, Thiago Silva and Kieran Trippier started the game.

In midfield, the trio of Nemanja Matic, Kroos and Leon made their debut.

Up front, Eden Hazard, Luis Suarez and Kevin De Bruyne are Chelsea's new season's striker trident and are also making their debut at Stamford Bridge for the first time!

Swansea, for their part, are also the main players today, wanting to play their own style in the opening game of the new season.

Gomi, Andre Ayew, Sigurdsson, Ji Chengyong, Shervey, Ashley Williams, Fabianski and other Premier League giants all made their debuts.

In addition to the opening match between Manchester United and Tottenham Hotspur, which started early.

Basically, this match between Chelsea and Swansea City is the hottest.

At 17:30 p.m. London time on 8 August, Chelsea and Swansea City faced each other at Stamford Bridge after the opening ceremony.

With the referee's whistle, one of the opening games of the 2015-2016 Premier League season started on time!

Swansea, who were given the right to kick-off, quickly set up formation and charged Chelsea's central midfield defence.

Ji Chengyong took the ball in the backcourt and sent a long pass directly in the direction of Gomi's run.

It's a very standard opening attack in the Premier League.

The long pass is valuable in any era of football.

However, it was very difficult for Gomi to win that goal in the Chelsea half at the moment.

Because Maguire had already stepped up, he jumped up behind him and pushed the football back to the midfield!

Leon had the last laugh in the grappling confrontation with Sigurdsson.

He stops the ball with his chest and then passes it back.

And Kroos, who was inserted, also returned the favor, and Swansea hit an opening long pass!

However, unlike Ji Chengyong, who chose to play a long pass to the middle at the beginning of the game, Kroos's diagonal long pass went straight to De Bruyne on the wing.

Kroos' long ball cleverly avoided the defensive crowd hoarded by Swansea midfield.

And the Swansea players, who were still pressing all the lines just now, could only turn around and defend again in a hurry at this time.

De Bruyne unloaded the ball and cut along the touchline to take advantage of the Swansea defence's unstable footing, and he wanted to test his feet with a cross first.

But just as he was making a passing adjustment, a shout from his side quickly caught his attention.

He turned his head to look, but it was Trippier who didn't know when he stepped forward to cut the inside line and had already touched the right rib area of the Swansea half!

This kind of running option is very interesting, because nowadays full-backs in football will basically choose to play the side first, and receive the winger's pass directly to the bottom.

It's still all too rare to see Kieran Trippier play as an attacking midfielder.

However, in previous training, Trippier has repeatedly shown his unique way of running.

Jose Mourinho didn't say much about it, and the rest of the Chelsea players were more or less comfortable with their new team-mates' running lines, so De Bruyne was not surprised at the moment.

Without hesitation, De Bruyne decisively knocked the ball across to Trippier, who raised his hand.

After picking up the ball, Trippier was quick to observe, and almost as soon as Leon and he crossed sideways, he rolled the ball forward and sent a straight overhead stopper!

"This goal is not offside?! Trippier's brilliant pass!! Leon is facing Fabianski! ”

Zhan Jun's eyes widened in the studio, and he was amazed!

And Leon, who successfully countered offside and received a through ball from Trippier over the top, is also facing Swansea goalkeeper Fabianski single-handedly at this moment!

Leon's unloading trip was done in one go, completely leaving Ashley Williams with no chance of catching up with him.

His current archery skills have been hard practiced to 87 ability, and his feet are balanced, so after getting a single chance, Li Ang behaved very calmly!

Facing Fabianski, who had abandoned the goal, Leon leaned over, adjusted the angle and made a gesture to rub his left foot into the far corner of the goal.

Fabianski was distracted by Leon's movements, and the save was focused on the upper body.

But in the next moment, Li Ang decisively hit a left-footed push!

The ball rolled quickly over the turf between Fabianski's outstretched legs and eventually crossed the goal line without hesitation and crashed into the net behind the Swansea goal!

And at this moment, the game time has just passed the first minute of the opening game!

The Premier League commentators from various countries have not even sat hot at this moment, and passively sent passionate praises to Leon and Chelsea!

The cheers of the home fans at Stamford Bridge were not very excited, and many more Chelsea fans were even dizzy!

That's the goal?!

Leon, who scored the fastest goal of the season in the Premier League, pointed to Kieran Trippier, who provided him the assist, and more of his team-mates, and motioned for them to join him in the corner flag area to celebrate!

Under the record of the live camera, the players on the field of Chelsea hugged each other confidently and passionately!

The major English media outlets, who got Chelsea's starting list for today, an hour before the game, are now completely speechless about Mourinho's employment.

Who would dare to question Mourinho's bold decision to use Kieran Trippier?

This lucky guy gave Leon an assist in less than a minute of the opening game!

Wait and see, tomorrow he will inevitably make the front page headlines of major sports newspapers with Leon!

(End of chapter)