Championship season opens with challenges for promotion favorites

-Bonny turns back the clock as Championship battle resumes

As the new Championship season kicks off in the early hours of Saturday morning, the competition in this league is getting fiercer and fiercer. Teams are fighting hard for the precious chance of promotion to the Premier League, and there are many variables. Just like Nottingham Forest's return to the Premier League after 23 years last season, relegated teams like Bonny, Norwich and Crewe are eager to become lifters, but the other 21 teams won't let go easily.

Bonny, who had been playing in the EPL for 6 seasons, was only relegated to the bottom three in the last season. This summer, the team unexpectedly brought in former Manchester City captain Giobertini to coach the team. The iron defender, who has won the Premier League title four times for the Blue Moon, carries the DNA of a winner and says he wants to build a team full of positive energy and keep winning to return to the Premier League.

While many players choose to make the transition to coaching after retirement, not all of them are cut out for it. Giovanni's 2020-2022 tenure at veteran Bundesliga side Anderlecht not only saw him fail to win a title, but also saw his greatest achievement being a UEFA Europa League berth, with only 42 wins in 92 tries, a mediocre win rate of less than 50 percent.

Bonny's support for Gobney is limited, and this summer has become a super market, with many key players such as Nick Purby, Bimmy, Dagowski, Nathan Golens and Weggergast departing, especially the first four, making Bonny's defense almost collapsed, and obviously pushing for a new start, with a worrying outlook. Gobney can only through the favor card, has signed Manchester City youngsters Meridi, Egan Lali and Havu Bilis, as well as Anderlecht's old Zuschugulen, hoping to bring in the old to bring in the new, but whether this lineup can be successful in promotion, is still unknown.

-New Birmingham owner Max Lubis starts Argentine dynasty

Championship side Birmingham, which has deep roots in Hong Kong, has a new owner this summer. Hong Kong funds, which had controlled the club since 2007, sold the club and withdrew from the management. The new owners, a consortium led by former Barcelona striker Max Rubis, became the first Argentine to own an English club.

Birmingham once competed in the Premier League after being acquired by Hong Kong businessman Yeung Ka-shing in 2007, but landed in the Championship after winning the EFL Cup in 2011. This summer, Birmingham are on the verge of a new era after a reported £36.5 million (about HK$344 million) takeover by the McSlubes consortium to become the new owners.

Max Lubis, 38, played for a number of clubs during his playing days, was an Argentine international and has a friendly relationship with Lionel Messi. After retiring as an entrepreneur, he said the purchase of Birmingham was a major project and he wanted to grow with the city and its fans.

There have been a number of Argentine foreigners in English football in the past, most notably former Manchester City shot-stopper Aguero, and Birmingham have also brought in Argentine stars such as Figueroa and Saladi, but the Argentine class master is the first of its kind. The Falklands War between England and Argentina is still going on, so it's unique that McSlubbers has become the head of the English club.

-Norwich refreshed with Samba signings

Norwich were relegated from the Premier League at the bottom of the table last season, a unit that has become accustomed to being up and down between the Premier League and Championship. With a £6 million acquisition of São Paulo attacking midfielder Gabriela this summer, the team has its sights set on promotion and is likely to bounce back quickly once again to return to the Premier League in a year's time.

Norwich have bounced between the Premier League and the Championship on a number of occasions, such as after being relegated to the Championship in the 2014/15 season, which ended up winning the play-offs for a place in the Premier League, only to be relegated again after only one season of Premier League football. Twice in the last four seasons Norwich have been promoted to the Premier League as Championship winners, but twice they have been relegated from the Premier League at the bottom of the table, making the best of the elevator.

Norwich will continue to be coached by Dean Smith in the new season, with the 51-year-old manager understandably failing to help his side survive relegation after being put on the spot midway through last season. Dean Smith has spent the off-season rebuilding the team and is expected to bring a refreshing change. In particular, the signing of 23-year-old Brazilian starlet Gabriele Sala is expected to boost the attacking organization of the midfield, while goalscorer Dimmu Pukki remains in the team. The Finnish international scored 11 goals in the Premier League last season, which was a remarkable performance in the Championship.

As a matter of fact, Dympki has helped Norwich get promoted to the Premier League twice, and he has a lot of experience in fighting for promotion. Looking back at his previous two seasons in the Championship where he scored 57 goals, Norwich are undoubtedly the favorites for promotion with him in the lineup.

-Huddersfield faces rebuild with uncertain future

Last season's Championship third-place finisher Huddersfield, after losing the final of the Championship promotion play-offs, is facing the situation of starting all over again this term, with the resignation of the team leader and the departure of the main players, the team's prospect is not optimistic.

Huddersfield were promoted to the Premier League in 2017 and after two seasons were relegated back to the Championship, but the squad has not been massively downsized. Spanish manager Copeland took over two years ago and has gone more youthful in the hope of challenging for the Premier League again, and last season achieved their best result since relegation, qualifying for the play-offs in third place, but unfortunately losing in the play-offs.

Failure of the impact of the Premier League is a great blow to the team, the main players in the squad do not want to waste time in the Championship, the two core players Luis O'Byrne and Harry Toffelow have been transferred to Nottingham Forest, which has been promoted to the Premier League, and even the leader of the team, Gerbilan, also announced his resignation at the beginning of July, and the team has appointed Scott Fitt, who had been the caretaker leader for two terms, as his replacement.

Huddersfield has failed to replenish their manpower this season after releasing a number of key players. With Japanese midfielder Yuta Nakayama joining the team as a free agent, the team's lack of goal-scoring ability is still unresolved, and with the low production of strikers such as Josh Golomar and Jordan Lourdes, it will be difficult for them to repeat last season's good performance this season.