With maxed-out heading ability from the start, I became the king of Arsenal.

With the first eight rounds of the Premier League concluded, some of the twenty teams in the Premier League are celebrating while others are feeling down.

The most triumphant team is undoubtedly the defending champions, Chelsea. Their record in the first eight rounds is 6 wins, 1 draw and 1 loss, accumulating 19 points and leading the standings.

Chelsea scored 23 goals and conceded only 3 in the first eight rounds.

They are currently the only team in the Premier League to have scored more than 20 goals, and the only team to have conceded fewer than 5 goals.

They are the sharpest spears and the strongest shields.

Some English media outlets predict that if they can maintain their current efficiency, they have a good chance of winning the Premier League trophy two rounds early.

The reason is simple: their main competitors can't keep up with their pace.

Second on the list is Manchester City, who have saved a lot of transfer fees in recent seasons by enticing players to pay wages far above market value, thus encouraging them to switch sides.

This approach of attracting players with high salaries and affordable transfer fees is both prestigious and practical.

With this method of recruitment, their call has become the most tempting offer in the hearts of most players.

They used this method to bring in De Jong, Barry, Adebayor, Lescott, and Milner.

After the Etihad Group took over the club, Manchester City transformed from a mid-to-lower-tier Premier League team into a Champions League contender in just two years.

After several transfer windows, players who initially looked down on them all chose to join them.

They are now able to bring in world-class players like Yaya Toure and David Silva, essentially purging the players they had two years ago.

They achieved 5 wins, 2 draws and 1 loss in the first eight rounds, accumulating 17 points, the best start in the Premier League era, closely following Chelsea.

But all the English media outlets felt that they needed to take another season or two to prepare, and that finishing in the top four was their realistic goal.

The teams ranked third through fifth are Arsenal, Manchester United, and Stoke City, all with 14 points.

During the era of the rivalry between Manchester United and Arsenal, Ferguson once gave a championship law: if a title contender loses more than five games in a season, they will have to rely on the performance of their competitors to win the Premier League title.

With points tied with Stoke City, Ferguson and Wenger should feel offended.

But that's just how things are in the Premier League: the title contenders are rock solid, while the other teams go up and down at the start of the season, and by the halfway point, they've all ended up looking like a bunch of pigs.

West Bromwich Albion, currently sixth in the Premier League, has 12 points, while Wigan Athletic, in fifteenth place, has 9 points. For teams in this bracket, a single victory can solve the problem if they want to improve.

Meanwhile, Wolves, Liverpool, and West Ham United, the three teams in the relegation zone, also have 6 points.

Liverpool couldn't even compete with Manchester United, Chelsea, and Arsenal last season, ultimately finishing in an embarrassing seventh place, leading to Benitez's humiliating dismissal.

It is said that this famous coach created an extremely depressed atmosphere in the locker room, to the point that no one wanted to take over.

The club had no choice but to bring in club legend Dalglish.

Dalglish quickly built a cohesive team with his prestige, but his summer transfer window saw him bring in four or five fringe players, resulting in Liverpool's worst start to the Premier League season.

Compared to Liverpool, who have high investment but no return, Stoke City are considered the most cost-effective team.

The team's most valuable player is only worth 850 million euros, but his performance on the field is no worse than those players worth 2000 million pounds.

Stoke City's moves this summer have been highly praised by the English media.

Pulis brought in 10 players this summer, spending a total of £1375 million, including a two-for-one transfer deal.

This was the first time Sun Yu had ever seen such an operation in a top-tier league; Pulis was definitely a die-hard NBA fan.

The team earned £175 million from player sales, with a net spending of £1200 million in the summer transfer window, ranking 13th in the Premier League.

Such an investment might be considered an adjustment for other teams, but for Stoke City it's an all-out effort.

Media outlets generally believe that Pulis' biggest success this summer was signing Sun Yu.

The Daily Telegraph described the transfer as follows: "Sometimes what's free is the most expensive, especially in the world of football where everything is valued. Every player is priced according to an industry consensus based on their past or future statistics."

"Small and medium-sized clubs like Stoke City are destined to miss out on high-value players. They can only hope to find undervalued or unappreciated players and make full use of their strengths to meet the team's needs."

"The truth is, the market for lower-tier players is like an old gold mine that has been dug up by countless people. Everyone believes there is still gold there, but everyone knows that gold cannot grow out of rocks or soil."

"Those who are widely considered to be shining stars, without exception, end up in the pockets of the wealthy before the age of twenty."

"So the remaining people could only go to more remote places to look for jade encased in stone shells. This was a paradise for speculators, but the vast majority of them were cutting stones with sophisticated instruments from beginning to end."

"Incredibly, Pulis's scouting team cut a flawed but still exquisite gem from a discarded stone."

"Sun Yu has made 7 appearances in the Premier League this season, scoring 5 goals and providing 2 assists."

"He only started twice in those seven games, but in the other games he played a game-changing role."

"I believe we can all agree that he did an excellent job of completing the tasks assigned by the head coach."

"His League Cup stats are even more impressive than his league stats, as he scored 5 goals in just 2 starts."

"The match against Leyton Orient, in particular, fully demonstrated that once the opponent is unable to deal with Stoke City's high balls, Sun Yu can easily rack up stats against them."

"Stoke City's coaching staff have acquired an England academy player who made the 40-man shortlist for the Golden Boy award on a free transfer, and this player has already rewritten their niche in the Premier League."

"Looking back years from now, this could very well be considered a legendary signing."

At the pre-match press conference, Ferguson specifically mentioned Sun Yu: "This kid is a great header and an athletic monster. He will make an already tough match even more difficult."

"You ask me why I didn't spot him? Well, you can ask that question to the other nineteen clubs."

"I would also like to ask the Bundesliga, Serie A, La Liga, Porto, and Ajax why they didn't buy those stocks that made a lot of money."

Whether I want him to start is not my concern.

"Have I devised any specific tactics? Manchester United's tactics can be used against all opponents."

Twenty minutes later, when Pulis was asked if he was considering giving Sun Yu more playing time, he smiled and said, "Actually, he has only missed one game so far this season."

"What I want to talk about is that he is a young man with outstanding professional qualities, and he has the ability to reach the top stage."

"For young people like this, I need to give them playing time as well as time to hone their skills."

"I don't want him to be able to only head the ball when he's 24, and to only be able to fight for possession through sprinting and tackling. He's the kind of player every coach wants to develop."

10 month 24 day.

The ninth round of the Premier League.

Britannia Stadium.

Sun Yu finally witnessed the prowess of Manchester United, the Premier League champions.

As soon as the Manchester United players stepped onto the pitch, the atmosphere in the entire stadium suddenly felt much lighter.

Berbatov, Hernandez, Scholes, Vidic, Ferdinand, Neville, Van der Sar, Carrick...

Apart from Wayne Rooney, who was sidelined due to injury, and Cristiano Ronaldo, who joined Real Madrid, all of Manchester United's legendary squad were present at the stadium.

Judging from the opponent's starting lineup, Sun Yu will face Vidic and Ferdinand, the greatest center-back pairing in Manchester United's history, in this match.

Sun Yu never dared to imagine in his previous life that he could stand on such a stage.

Now he not only dares to dream, but also wants to challenge these two people.

I heard Ferdinand says he's the world's best center-back, I don't believe it!

Dude, I need to check your license!