Chapter 30 Goals for the New Season While Simon Grayson was dealing with the disloyal players in the team, he also had another conversation with Glenn Oxley, which mainly focused on the team¡¯s goals for next season. . Leeds United, who have just become the "Double Champions", have not yet reached the level of dominating English football, but they are not far behind. They won the championship five rounds ahead of schedule with an unbeaten record and finally scored 102 points. This is all due to the strength of the team. It shows that the goal for next season is definitely no longer domestic hegemony, but must be moved to Europe. Simon Grayson originally planned to further strengthen the team through signings in the new season on the basis of the team's original strength, and directly compete for the Champions League trophy, but currently it seems that this possibility is unlikely. While leaving Koslov and Belakta, Tobias Lang did not return to Germany in the end, but chose the more sincere "Blue Army" Chelsea. Of the three players who have left, only Kerslov's departure has truly affected the foundation of the team. After all, it is not something that happens overnight for a team to have a solid defense line. Du Xiaoguang, Kerslov Love and Marcio were originally the three central defenders selected by Simon Grayson. Now that one is missing, the defense will naturally be greatly affected. There will be 50 or 60 games to play in a season. No player can guarantee that he can persevere and needs to remain in good condition, unless he is a freak like Shaq. It¡¯s just there is only one Shaq in the world! Although he knew that the club's strength had been affected to a certain extent, Simon Grayson held his breath and finally set his goals in the league and the Champions League. In the new season, Leeds United¡¯s Premier League championship bonus will reach 10.5 million pounds, and the Champions League bonus will be as high as 12 million pounds. Once the team finally achieves good results. These bonuses will be distributed to the players in full. Relatively speaking, the prize money of 2.5 million pounds for the FA Cup and League Cup is really very low. Simon Grayson has even defined these two events early on, which is to give young players an opportunity to exercise. Leeds United has already arranged its warm-up matches for the new season. They will first play against two powerful teams: Anderlecht of Belgium and Zenit of Russia. Leeds United will have a week-long trip to China and will play two warm-up matches with Shanghai Shenhua and Dalian Albin respectively. This will also open up overseas markets for Leeds United. The person responsible for operating this matter is Zong Xing, Shaq's old father-in-law. Cloud and Glenn Oxley. After returning to England from China, Leeds United will play one game against Portsmouth, and then go to Italy to play one game each against Inter Milan and Genoa. As the team¡¯s head coach, Simon Grayson has now put aside all other work. He only focuses on spiritual construction. What he needs is a team that is loyal to the club and himself. Those who were half-hearted felt that they were not suitable for the current Leeds United team. After making a round of phone calls, he could already determine in his mind who were loyal to the team, who wanted to leave, and who was certain. We have to go. This summer¡¯s European Championship was a disaster for the England team. They defeated Ukraine 2:0 in the group stage, Greece 2:0, and Bosnia and Herzegovina 3:0. After entering the knockout stage. They defeated the Irish team 5:1, but were eliminated by Italy's defensive counterattack 1:2 in the quarter-finals. As the "Three Lions" that have won the European Cup twice in a row. This time they were originally preparing to defend their title again and complete an unprecedented three consecutive European Cups, but the English's arrogance ultimately stopped them in the quarterfinals. After losing the European Cup, even Shaq couldn't help but fired at England coach Blanco despite his disappointment: "I don't understand why we have to fight in such an important competition in such a life-or-death battle. In the game, you have to take the risk of using young defensive players. You know, this kind of game puts too much pressure on young people! "Although Shaq has always been good! Blanco's name was not mentioned, but everyone understood what he meant, as the greatest player in the history of English football. Shaq is dissatisfied with head coach Blanco. This signalis not good! At least it¡¯s very bad for Blanco! This time, the English Football Association reacted very quickly. Only three days after the "Three Lions" journey to the European Cup ended, the Football Association announced that Blanco was dismissed and the French coach Deschamps was succeeded. As soon as this news was announced, the dissatisfaction of England fans was completely relieved, but this was different from Shaq, Ben Parker, Jonny Howson, Ashley Hood, and Alex Long who had just entered the holidays. It doesn't matter to Si, Craig Richardson and others, they just need to enjoy being extended by the head coach.A month's vacation is enough. The "Three Lions" European Cup journey only ended on July 5, while Leeds United's continuation began on July 11. After two days of training, Simon Grayson brought an incomplete lineup. When heading to Belgium, Leeds United's lineup for the new season had already been decided. In addition to the transfers of Koslov, Berakta and Tobias Lang, the frustrated Miguel Angelo was sold to Manchester United for 2.6 million pounds with only one year of contract left. Bought at the price. Simon Grayson started preparations for the new season with half of the "Young Guards" and a streamlined reserve team. However, the combat effectiveness of this team is really eye-catching. A group of seventeen-eighth-year-olds The Leeds United team composed of 20 years old young people actually achieved a complete victory in the pre-season friendly match! Looking at the long list of winning streaks, Simon Grayson felt that the future of the team was really bright Defeating Anderlecht 4:1 away, defeating Zenit 3:0 away, and 4:0 away Shanghai Shenhua, away game 3:1 Dalian Albin, away game 3:0 Portsmouth, away game 1:0 Inter Milan, away game 3:1 Genoa! After Leeds United won all the friendly matches, Simon Grayson was not even in a hurry to let Shaq and others who returned to the team early to play in the Community Shield. He felt that he should still give these young people a formal game. Experience, it is really appropriate to recognize these young people's enthusiasm for training hard. What¡¯s more, the physical condition of Shaq, Ashley Hood, Jonny Howson, Ben Parker and others who have just returned to the team for a day or two is not ideal. Even Du Xiaoguang now has to train indoors with a neck brace because he suffered a broken mandible while playing for the Spanish team in the European Championships. The current Leeds United team should have a little more rest time! In this way, the "Young Guards", which had not made any purchases in the entire summer transfer market, mainly participated in the Community Shield competition as a group of young people. As a result, in this game, a group of 17 or 18-year-old boys tasted the bitterness of failure for the first time in their lives Leeds United lost to last season's FA Cup champion Manchester United with a score of 0:1 at Wembley Stadium. . After the game. Simon Grayson did not have too many regrets when facing this defeat. Instead, he always answered reporters¡¯ questions with a smile on his face: ¡°This defeat was unexpected, but it was also expected. Although Our young players are not as strong as imagined, but I can see that they are maturing quickly. These young people we have trained at Leeds will become the backbone of the club in the future. A defeat will prove a lot. The potential of young people, I think this is a good deal! "No one who really understands this game will think that Simon Grayson is being harsh. Because in this game, the young people of Leeds United really performed very well. Facing the "Red Devils" who have the strength to compete with them for the championship in the new season, they also had an advantage on the scene, in terms of the number of shots and the number of corner kicks. They are not weaker than their opponents in terms of opportunities, etc., and they also surpass their opponents in terms of ball possession rate by 54%:46%. You know, Leeds United sent a team composed of a group of young players that can't even be considered as a substitute lineup, but Manchester United's team is full of main players. Comparing the two, it is self-evident which one is stronger and which one is weaker. we can even say. If today's "Young Guards" had a forward on the front line whose ability to seize opportunities was not much worse than Shaq's, the outcome of the game would be rewritten. After the game, the English media commented on this Community Shield, and they all claimed that this was a game without losers Manchester United won the Community Shield! But the "Young Guards" have won the future. A group of 17- and 18-year-olds are showing their amazing talents to the world. It is impossible for such a Leeds United team to decline in the next ten years. The most important thing is It¡¯s this group of young people. But they all come from Leeds United's own youth training camp, and their loyalty will no longer need to be doubted. "Cruel Simon" will no longer have to face the betrayal of Koslov and Belakta. As the fuse of each Premier League season, the Community Shield Cup represents that the flames of the Premier League have been officially ignited, after a truce of more than two months. The exciting, fierce and crazy English Premier League will once again become the focus of fans around the world. In the statistics of the 20 Premier League teams in the new season, the "Red Devils" Manchester United have become the big players in the transfer market. They ranked first with a transfer expenditure of 74 million pounds. They bought the German left winger from Porto for 18.75 million pounds. Steller, after buying Dutch right back Bram Davies from Chelsea for 36.5 million pounds, Russian midfielder Olof Ige from Marseille for 15.75 million pounds, and Uruguay from Atletico Madrid for 9 million pounds. After midfielder Marcelo Silva and other four major stars, the "Red Devils" goal for the new season is??The focus has obviously been on the championship. Behind Manchester United is the "Magpie" Newcastle, which only finished sixth in the league last season, which obviously cannot meet Newcastle's ambitions. In the previous seven seasons, they have invested a total of 460 million pounds in the transfer market. After signing Laudrup, they invited the meritorious coach Alan Shearer, once again net investment reached 40 million pounds, and once again launched an impact on the championship. As the defending champion in the new season, the "Young Guards" have become the biggest profiteers in the transfer market. With an income of 29 million pounds, they made a huge profit in the transfer market, but no one No matter how dare you ignore their existence, not to mention that the "Leeds Three Musketeers" of Shaq, Ben Parker, and Jonny Howson are still going strong, it is a group of 17 or 18-year-old brats from Leeds United who showed great performance in the Community Shield. The potential is already jaw-dropping. Everyone knows that "Cruel Simon" has a way of training young players. He has trained many young players over the years. But to produce more than a dozen young players at once, this can't make people survive. ! ? (To be continued)