Chapter 46 Promotion to the Great Sect

Sha’s idea is good, but when manpower is exhausted, although he wants to win more championship trophys, football games are always full of uncertainties. What’s more, he is already 32 years old and his physical condition is not as good as before. It is really unrealistic to imagine that he dominated the entire European football world ten years ago. All he can do is to win as many championships as possible.

During the summer transfer, not only did Marcio transfer to Inter Milan for £20 million, but Mancini also bought Weather for £25 million.

In addition, Ronegan was unwilling to be a substitute and transferred to Fulham for 3 million yuan. "Little Ben" Chris Farley went to West Brom to exchange for Leeds United for 5.25 million pounds when he could not see the future.

But the "Youth Guards" are no longer weak with the rapid growth of the younger generation. Even if four players are sold, the team's record is still not affected. Even because the number of regular players in the first team has been reduced to 20, the team has become unprecedentedly united, and everyone is trying their best for the team.

In the 2025-2026 season, Leeds United's state has been very brave since the beginning of the season. In the Community Shield Cup in the first game of the new season, Leeds United won the Community Shield Cup championship with the goals of Hoydenk, Shaq and Du Xiaoguang.

Later, in the European Super Cup, he relied on Shaq's hat trick and Brookman and Hoydenk's goals to defeat Roma with a score of 5:1, winning the European Super Cup.

In the Club World Cup, Leeds United swept Japan's Kashima Antlers 7:0 in the semi-finals, and then defeated Sao Paulo 3:0 in the final, winning the third Club World Cup trophy in the club's history without any blood.

In the Premier League, Leeds United finally won 35 wins, 3 draws and 108 points unbeaten, and completed the title again, completing the three consecutive Premier League dominance.

In the FA Cup final, Leeds United defeated Manchester City 4-1 to defend their title, but in the third round of the League Cup, Leeds United's first League Cup match, the real Leeds United youth team lost 0-1 to Burnley. They gave up early.

Interestingly, when Leeds United defeated Galatasaray, Atletico Madrid and Manchester City in the Champions League and entered the Champions League final again, they actually encountered their final opponents Inter Milan in the last season.

This season, because of the second place in the Champions League, and Leeds United are just buying people and not taking any moves in the transfer market, so Inter Milan is very domineering in the transfer market. Mancini spent 97 million euros, or 77 million pounds. From Leeds United, he got two major players Marsio and Weather, and bought Italian international central defender Rugi Chioffre from Valencia. With Inter Milan's original team, this season, the "Snake Elves" defeated Manchester United, Valencia, and Barcelona in the Champions League, and reached the Champions League final again.

Inter Milan, whose strength has increased greatly and is determined to take revenge, even suppressed Leeds United in the Champions League final. The 55%: 45% ball possession rate is enough to show who is the one who takes the initiative in this game.

Unfortunately, Inter Milan failed to break through Leeds United's goal in 10 shots. On the contrary, Shaq roared a set piece in a heavy cannon 35 meters away from the goal in 54 minutes. He locked the score firmly at 1:0, and Leeds United also completed the feat of defending the Champions League trophy!

This season, the 33-year-old Shaq broke out in his best form in the past six years, scoring 72 goals in 37 league games, and also dominated the Champions League with 28 goals, plus 13 goals in the FA Cup, goals in the Community Shield, European Super Cup, Club World Cup and other events. Shaq has scored 121 goals in 59 games for Leeds United this season, which is something he failed to achieve in his last three seasons when he played for Barcelona.

Football world is surprised by Shaq's outbreak. Leeds United achieved the "six-champion" achievement this season, only one league cup away from perfection. This is obviously directly related to Shaq's outbreak without warning.

The summer of 2026 is the time when the World Cup brings happiness to fans all over the world, and people have long turned their attention to the World Cup, the most important event in the football world.

But Leeds United Chairman Glenn Oxley, who has almost been forgotten, ran out to show his presence. He only announced one news, which caused a sensation in the entire European football world: "Leeds United will invest 400 million pounds to completely transform the Elland Road Stadium. The whole process will last for three months. After the renovation, Leeds United will have 80,000 seats and all facilities for various modern stadiums such as ceilings and geothermals. Elland Road will become the most advanced modern football stadium!"

Once this news was announced, European football was in a turmoil. People know what the team looked like when Shaq acquired Leeds United. It has only been three years. Even if Leeds United doesn’t have much expenses, they shouldn’t be able to make such a large amount of money at once!

This news...isn't it a gimmick!?

But then Glenn Oxley released a financial statement, publishing the income and expenses of the "Young Guards" in the past two years, even Forbes was attracted because... Leeds United have made too much money in the past two years!

In the transfer market, Simon Grayson, in addition to buying people in the first season, he eventually made £9 million for the team. In the second and third seasons, he was simply a stingy cock. It was not counted if he had never bought a single person. Instead, he made £116 million by selling players in two seasons.

In addition to the TV broadcast rights, various huge sponsorships, winning the championship, etc., Leeds United's total revenue reached an astonishing 600 million yuan in the just-concluded season!

Such amazing revenue capabilities are completely comparable to Barcelona and Real Madrid, but the expenses of the "Young Guards" are not large. The biggest annual expenditure in these two seasons is...distribution dividends!

This expense was not available in the first season, but starting from the second season, the amount of this "distribution bonus" each season reached an astonishing £383 million!

Damn it!

Who doesn’t know that Leeds United is owned by Shaq? But who would have thought that in just three years, Shaq’s original investment has recovered 766 million yuan, which is really jealous!

Although Leeds United made so much money for Shaq, the club's operation was not affected at all, with a huge sum of 600 million pounds on the club's account. There is still 100 million pounds in the transfer fund account under Simon Grayson, and 400 million pounds are spent to transform the Elland Road Stadium, which is nothing.

Leeds United fans won’t care about how much money Shaq has made. As long as the team’s performance is good and the club is normal, they will be so happy that they can’t find North.

When the "Three Lions" defeated Cameroon 5:0, defeated China 6:0, and defeated Bosnia and Herzegovina 4:0, and advanced with a total victory in the group without losing a goal, Forbes also announced the latest World Football Club Wealth Rankings.

On this list, Barcelona continues to rank at the top with a total value of 1.69 billion euros, but Real Madrid, which was originally ranked second, fell to third with a value of 1.2 billion. The "Young Guards" suddenly jumped from outside the 20th place to second place, and the total value of the club was estimated to be 1.33 billion euros!

Overnight, the "Young Guards" turned into a well-known "wealthy family" in European football and even world football. Now Leeds United, which wants to achieve results and money, is really worthy of the title of "wealthy family".

A reporter went to interview Shaq, but was turned away. Shaq wanted to lead the "Three Lions" to compete in the World Cup. How could he have the time to pay attention to them?

Today's England team, for players such as Shaq, the sense of honor is better than in the past. Deschamps' French style is really radical. While seeing the great success of the "Youth Guards", he also regarded Leeds United as the skeleton for forming the "Three Lions". In one go, he recruited eleven Leeds United players, including Shaq, Ashley Hood, Jonny Hausen, Nigel Yebby, Knuwells, Drapper, Lens, Richardson, Brookman, Westrack, John Allen.

Facts also prove that Deschamps' crazy moves are justified. England scored 15 goals in the group stage, 13 of which were scored by Leeds United players. Shaq scored 10 goals, Lons scored 2 goals, and Knuwells scored 1 goal. This is enough to show that Leeds United has indeed gathered the best group of England players.

In a sense, the glory of the "Three Lions Legion" is equivalent to the honor of the "Young Guards"!

Besides, running a club has nothing to do with him. Those are all about Glenn Oxley. He, the boss, is a hand-off manager.

It has to be admitted that although the coach of England has become more radical in his mind, he is indeed on the most correct path. The "Three Lions" built on as many as eleven Leeds United players are unprecedentedly powerful under the tacit understanding of Leeds players.

After entering the knockout stage, England's performance still made their supporters feel at ease, beating the Netherlands 3:1, defeating the United States 2:0, defeating Scotland 2:1, and heading to the World Cup finals.

This is already the third time after Shaq matures, the "Three Lions" reached the World Cup finals in a row. Although the last time England lost to France, this time... England still did not give their opponents any chance even when facing the "Samba Kingdom" Brazil.

In the final, England relied on Sparks in the first half, and Knuwells led Brazil 2:1 with a goal. In the 55th minute of the second half, Shaq scored a goal in the penalty area, locking the victory for the "Three Lions"!

Eight years later, England became the world champion again!

Shaq also scored 15 goals and became the best scorer in three consecutive World Cups. After the game, Deschamps praised Shaq: "Shaq is the secret to my success. Any team who can have a super scorer who scored 15 goals in 7 games like him will become the champion!"

Among the player selections after the World Cup, the biggest winner was Leeds United. Shaq won two awards for the World Cup Best Player and Best Scorer, Lons was named the World Cup Best Young Player, Westrak was named the Best goalkeeper, and these three players, including Knuwells and Richardson, in the list of the eleven starting players of the World Cup Dream Team, Leeds United itself occupied five West Foreigners, and Ashley Hood was selected to be the substitute list of Dream Team.
Chapter completed!