Becoming a football god from Arsenal

Chapter 41: Influence greatly increased!
After this round of games, Sheffield United completed all schedules for the opening month.

Overall, they won 5 of the 2 games in August and lost 3, including 1 in the EFL Cup.

In the Championship League, they currently have 6 points and are ranked 11th.

"If you look at the changes we went through at the beginning of the season, you'll know how hard it was to come by this result." - Gary Speed ​​said in a post-match interview

His meaning is very clear. With 4 wins and 2 wins in the Championship and 6 points, the team has stabilized initially and at least has not fallen into the relegation zone.

"After Speed ​​took office, the changes are very obvious. The team now has some young talents. We must believe in his future." - The team's new sports director supported him on social media
After them, many media also came forward to report the matter.

The attention and heat it attracted exceeded all other games of Sheffield United this season.

In fact, it is comparable to their popularity in the Championship play-offs last season.

Not only local media, but some foreign media also released several reports in the sub-section of the column.

"Gary Speed ​​scored a good start! Sheffield United showed a new look!" - Manchester Evening News

"Four to one! Sheffield Blades beat Preston! Maher scored 2 goals and assisted 1, and was elected the best player of the game!" - Official website of Dongqiudi
"Another great achievement for French football? Arsenal youth player Maher has scored more than 5 goals in Sheffield this season!" - Reims Evening News

"Achieving 10 goals in the first season, is it arrogant or a sure thing?" - Editor of The Sun

The influence of the English Championship is by no means limited to the UK itself. It is a competition with a copyright that sells well around the world and is supported by the English Football Association.

Coupled with the popularity brought by the debut of "English football living fossil" Gary Speed, it is normal to receive such attention.

Naturally, some of the attention shifted to the star Maher who performed well in this game.

In various forums, many fans from other teams also talked about him.

"I've seen the highlights, it's pretty amazing!"

"It's hard to say what height he will reach in the future, but it probably won't be enough to catch up with Ronaldo and Messi. He still has a bit of a dead ball feel and his numbers are weird."

"He is still young and the future is uncertain. Remember, Ronaldo's performance was not as good as his when he first came to England."

"How can they be compared? Ronaldo looks like a very talented type, and he has that too, but they are not the same type. The former is a talent whose height cannot be seen, while the latter is a talent with 'strength' far beyond his peers, but lacks height."

"This is a bit hindsight. Do you still remember how you scolded Ronaldo?"

"Ronaldo started playing in the Premier League when he first arrived. There is no comparison between the two. Let him play in the Premier League first."

As people were talking, the comment section began to become tense again.

This is normal. Everyone has different criteria for judging players and their own opinions, so disputes are inevitable.

In short, Maher gained more attention, with his Facebook fans exceeding 10,000 that night and growing at a very fast rate.

This is a very good virtuous cycle and is his original accumulation in the football circle.

Colney training base, first team head coach's office.

It was late at night, and Wenger was sorting out the documents in his hands, with no expression on his face.

Arsenal also finished their August schedule. In three rounds of the Premier League, they remained unbeaten with two wins and one draw, ranking fifth in the standings with 7 points.

It was a standard start, as Manchester United and Chelsea, who had won three games in a row, had a 2-point advantage over them.

Thinking of Manchester United, Wenger's eyes showed a hint of melancholy. This was the team that was fighting fiercely with Arsenal a few years ago, and the old Sir Alex Ferguson who fought him every season a few years ago.

These no longer exist.

For several seasons in a row, they have been either eating the exhaust gas of Chelsea or Manchester United.

Two heroes compete for supremacy and dominate London?
All that was in the past. Now they can only fight for the top four in the standings. "Mr. Wenger!"

Shouts and quick footsteps came from outside the door. At this time, it seemed that someone had something urgent to tell him.

Wenger frowned, and a sense of familiarity arose in his heart, as if this scene seemed familiar and he must have experienced it somewhere.

In a dream or when.

It was not until he saw the man coming in that Wenger realized something. "Hans, are those two kids playing for Sheffield United again?"

"Yes, double starter."

Hans panted heavily, as if he had been running all the way here. "I should have called you earlier. You really should have watched this wonderful game."

"Did they play well?" Wenger smiled faintly. Whenever he thought of those two promising boys, he would feel better.

“Mael scored the first goal!”

Hans looked very excited, still not getting over his excitement, "And he scored twice, creating three goals alone!"

"Another assist?"

Wenger looked surprised. In fact, his brain had not yet recovered from the shock of his second goal. "You mean, 2 goals and 1 assist?"

"Yes."

Hans nodded and smiled: "Including before, he has 2 goals and 3 assists."

Wenger's mind flashed with the data of Fabregas, Walcott and others in the Premier League. It seemed that their recovery was not as good as Maher's. He was surrounded by surprise and shock and paced on the spot.

If the 2 assists in the last game might have been the lucky result of a single game, then the 2 goals and 1 assist in this game showed that he really has the ability!
These are completely different concepts, and there is a world of difference between them.

Wenger was puzzled. Why did a player whom he had never cared about before and only paid attention to out of curiosity before leaving the team have such fighting power?

"Call Philip!"

As soon as he shouted this, he smiled and shook his head, "Forget it, he will come by himself."

Sure enough, two minutes later, footsteps were heard outside the door again, and there was joy in the walk of the person who came.

"Wenger."

Philip came in with a report and was about to speak when he saw the bald-headed Hans next to him.

The two of them stared at each other, and Philip began to doubt his life. He was tired of seeing Hans' face at this time.

"You know everything?" He was a little embarrassed and took the report in his hand to Wenger.

Wenger took it, looked at it carefully as he walked, and exclaimed: "Good, all good, Gilbert is also good!"

After a long while, he put down the report and suddenly looked up: "Contact Sheffield United. I want to activate the salary increase clause in advance. The extra part will be borne by Arsenal!"

Hans and Philip looked at each other and knew that Mr. Wenger had made up his mind to take care of these two boys.

Taking the initiative to increase salary means training them as direct descendants!

"Thank Mr. Wenger for them."

Hans couldn't stop smiling. He was the most glorious and proud one.

(End of this chapter)