Chapter 741 Quiet Manchester United
Manchester United fans, who are used to the team coming in and out in every summer transfer window, are really not used to this situation.
Of course, in the eyes of the media, this actually proves that Manchester United is becoming more mature and the dynasty is more stable.
This summer, players like Harry Kane, Rashford, Mbappe, Kante, Gundogan, Cancelo, Luke Shaw, Maguire, Van Dijk, Greenwood, Mahrez and even Mata have been reported by many media to be favored by many giants.
According to the media's practice, almost the entire Manchester United team has been sold.
The Times joked that almost all of Manchester United's players, except Bruno, had been sold out.
Is there no wealthy club coveting Bruno?
This is impossible. As the top player in the world football, Bruno is definitely a player that all the top teams in Europe want to get. However, everyone knows that Bruno is the absolute core of Manchester United, and Bruno is also loyal to Manchester United, so he cannot be poached.
This has been proven true as Real Madrid has been unsuccessful in their tireless pursuit of Bruno in the previous summer transfer windows.
Under such circumstances, apart from Herrera's transfer, no other players will leave Manchester United this summer, which is considered the best news by many media.
Manchester United has become a truly top club. Now they can basically only poach players from others. Their own players rarely consider leaving and can withstand the temptation of other giants.
In today's football world, Manchester United is the undisputed dream team!
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Of course, this is also inseparable from Manchester United's move to increase salaries and renew contracts with players on a large scale across the team. After all, loyalty also needs real money to consolidate.
When Gundogan joined Manchester United in the summer of 2016, he signed a five-year contract with the team. There are only two years left. This summer, the team renewed his contract with him, and his weekly salary increased from pounds to pounds, doubling it.
The German midfielder is also the eleventh player in Manchester United with a weekly salary of more than 100,000 pounds. Ahead of him, there are Bruno, Harry Kane, De Gea, Kante, Mata, Luke Shaw, Ashley Young, Mahrez, Maguire and Van Dijk, who have a weekly salary of more than 100,000 pounds.
Following Gundogan, Mbappe, Cancelo and Rashford also completed contract renewals with Manchester United, and their weekly salary also exceeds 100,000 pounds.
As a result, there are as many as fourteen players in Manchester United's first team whose weekly salary exceeds 100,000 pounds. The average weekly salary of the first team has exceeded 120,000 pounds, ranking first among all football clubs in the world!
Manchester United's average weekly salary is so high, not only because there are a large number of players with high weekly salaries, but also because the weekly salaries of top players are too high.
In Manchester United, the player with the highest weekly salary is of course Bruno.
Because Prince Jassim promised Bruno the world's highest weekly salary, after Barcelona increased Yosi's annual salary to 7100 million euros last year, Manchester United automatically adjusted Bruno's weekly salary to 130 million pounds per week before tax.
In addition to Bruno, there are two other players in Manchester United with a weekly salary of up to 30 pounds, namely goalkeeper De Gea and striker Harry Kane.
However, after the two of them, Gundogan's weekly salary of 16 pounds is the highest. The weekly salary of the rest does not exceed 15 pounds.
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Manchester United is relatively quiet in the transfer market, so the greatest pleasure for Manchester United fans now is to watch other teams make waves in the transfer market.
Tottenham spent 5400 million pounds to sign midfielder Tanguy Ndombele from French Ligue 1440 Lyon, and also spent 5500 million pounds to loan Argentine midfielder Lo Celso from Real Betis, which includes a buyout clause of million pounds next summer.
Arsenal has completed several big signings in succession, including spending 7200 million pounds to sign striker Nicolas Pepe from Ligue 2700 Lille, spending 2400 million pounds to sign defender Saliba from Ligue 800 Saint-Etienne, and spending 600 million pounds to sign Tierney from Celtic. As for spending million pounds to sign veteran David Luiz and million pounds to sign young player Martinelli, they are not worth mentioning.
Even Chelsea, who were subject to a transfer ban, spent £4050 million to bring Kovacic from Real Madrid.
Last season's dark horse Wolves were also unwilling to be left out and spent nearly 9000 million pounds to sign stars such as Jimenez, Neto, Cutrone, Dendoncker, and Jordao. It seems that they are planning to make a big move in the new season.
Looking at other competitors constantly recruiting players, it is impossible for Manchester United fans to say that they are not anxious, but it is also unlikely to say that they are too anxious. Manchester United has won the Premier League title three times in a row, and fans have begun to get used to Manchester United's dominance in the Premier League. This is a kind of confidence that comes from long-term dominance.
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On August 2019, the Community Shield will feature last season's league and FA Cup champions Manchester United against league runner-up Liverpool.
In the game, Manchester United defeated their opponents 2:1. Bruno and Harry Kane scored goals for Manchester United. Matip once helped Liverpool equalize the score, but Salah missed the chance to equalize the score in injury time. Winning the 2019 Community Shield is also the fifth championship trophy won by Manchester United this year, and it is crowned the four-time champion.
Liverpool won another runner-up title after winning the Premier League and Champions League runner-up, becoming the triple crown king in 2019.
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A week later, in the opening match of the 2019-2020 Premier League season, Manchester United defeated old friend Chelsea 4-0 at home.
The first round loss to the powerful Manchester United was basically a foreseeable situation for Chelsea fans, but what was unexpected was that Lampard's debut ended in such a miserable defeat. The transfer ban and injuries within the team made the Blues legend encounter hellish difficulties right from the start. The 0:4 defeat forced Lampard to break many Chelsea records.
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According to Sky Sports, this 0:4 defeat is the worst defeat in the first round of the league in Chelsea's history, which means it is the first time in Chelsea's 114-year history. Lampard also suffered a 0:4 defeat when he coached Derby County last season. At that time, he was defeated 4:0 by Villa, where his old teammate Terry served as an assistant coach.
In December 1978, then Chelsea manager Blanchflower led the team to a 12-2 defeat at Middlesbrough in his coaching debut, and Lampard suffered the worst defeat in his debut as a new Chelsea manager since him.
Due to the goal difference becoming -4, Lampard's Chelsea also left an embarrassing record. On September 2000, 9, Chelsea was in the relegation zone. That was also the last time Chelsea was in the relegation zone at the end of the day. 30 hours later, they defeated Liverpool 24:3 and rose to 0th place. 12 years later, Chelsea fell into the relegation zone again and is currently ranked 19th, but this time Chelsea will have to wait until the next round of the Premier League to leave the relegation zone.
However, Manchester United, who won 4-5, failed to take the top spot in the Premier League standings, because their city rivals Manchester City beat West Ham United 0- away from home in this round and surpassed Manchester United in terms of goal difference.
Liverpool also achieved a big victory in this round. In the opening match of the new Premier League season, the Reds beat newly promoted Norwich 4:1 at home.
The three Northwest teams that fought tooth and nail for the Premier League title last season have been on a rampage since the first round of the new season.
The 2019-2020 season has already begun, and the three teams are likely to once again engage in a bloody battle for the Premier League title.
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However, Chelsea and his Lampard don’t have to wait too long for revenge, because just three days after the first round of the Premier League, the two teams met in the European Super Cup.
As last season's Champions League and Europa League champions, the two teams will compete for the title of "King of Europe" in 2019 at the Vodafone Arena in Istanbul, Turkey.
However, Chelsea had to face new grievances before they could even get their old grudges. Manchester United defeated Chelsea again at the Vodafone Arena 2:1 with goals from Bruno and Mbappe, showing everyone how strong they are with their actions.
After winning the European Super Cup, this is also Manchester United's fifth championship trophy in 2019.
For Mourinho, the madman welcomed the 40th championship trophy in his coaching career.
"Now, for this Manchester United, all they lack is the Club World Cup. If they can win the Club World Cup in December, Manchester United will be crowned six-time champions again. They will also be crowned six-time champions for three consecutive years. In 2018, they also became the unprecedented seven-time champions!" - L'Equipe.
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On August 8, the second round of the Premier League kicked off. Manchester United visited Molineux Stadium to challenge last season's dark horse Wolves.
Wolves also made a big signing this summer. In addition to spending 34 million pounds to bring in Mexican striker Raul Jimenez, they also spent 25 million pounds to bring in young Portuguese stars Pedro Neto and Jodao from Serie A side Lazio.
In addition, Wolves spent 1620 million pounds to introduce Cutrone from AC Milan and 1215 million pounds to introduce Dendoncker from Belgian First Division Anderlecht. The team's strength has been greatly improved and supplemented this summer.
Before the game, the British media said that the match against Manchester United would be a touchstone for testing this new Wolves team.
In the end, Manchester United defeated Wolves 4-1 at Molineux Stadium with Harry Kane's double, Bruno's pass and shot, and Greenwood's goal as a substitute.
After the big win over Wolves, Manchester United finally topped the standings, followed by Liverpool and Arsenal, who also won two consecutive games.
Manchester City encountered a strong dialogue in this round of the game, and finally the Blue Moon drew 2:2 with Tottenham at home.
