Chapter 661： Scratch card

Due to the European Cup in 2004, the Premier League start time was later than previous seasons. When Ronan came to Manchester, the competition for the transfer market had already heated up.

The transfer in the football market is not just about competing for the player you like, but also creating trouble as much as possible in the transfer of competitors.

Now that all the shares of Manchester United are held in the hands of the holding company "Anderson Investments", they have also successfully delisted and completed a critical privatization. Ronan has absolute controlling rights, to a certain extent, just like Roman Abra Morovich is like Chelsea, his power at Manchester United is beyond doubt.

However, Ronan did not make much adjustments to Manchester United's management. Manchester United now ranks first in the Premier League in terms of commercial profitability and is also one of the top football clubs in the world.

As one of the former Manchester United executives who supported Ronan’s acquisition, David Gill was promoted from the position of general manager of the club to chief executive officer and is fully responsible for Manchester United’s daily operations and transfer management.

Alex Ferguson continues to serve as the team's manager and head coach, and has the right to suggest transfers.

Although Ferguson has certain shortcomings, and even broke the transfer black gold scandal, but at this stage there is no more suitable head coach than him, and the Manchester United club has replaced a new financial director. This is at the request of Ronan. Relativity Entertainment The CFO Mary personally selected the person.

Power can be given, but supervision is absolutely necessary.

As the new owner of Manchester United, Ronan's first big move after acquiring the club was to follow Ferguson's advice and sign the future superstar Rooney in the eyes of British fans.

Although Lu Xiaopang was far from reaching the expected height, it has become one of the cornerstones of Manchester United's success in the next ten years.

And such a leafy player is actually rare. Rooney was willing to act as the deputy and wingman of Ronaldo and General Fan, playing an extremely important role in the success of Manchester United.

Instead, when he arrived in England, after Rooney became the core, his performance...not to mention it.

Rooney’s transfer also has another effect. It quickly stabilized Manchester United’s military spirit and the emotions of the fans. Don’t underestimate the role of the England account. Ronan agreed that Manchester United won Rooney at a high price of 27 million pounds, which also won the fans’ approval.

Although there are some diehard Manchester United fans who completely broke with the Manchester United club due to the acquisition, they ran out to form a new Manchester United club, ready to start from the lowest league to declare the orthodox bloodline of Manchester United, but for 99.9% For the Manchester United fans, after going crazy, opposing and unable to stop, they also accepted the reality at hand.

Just like the Glazer family before.

Moreover, Ronan, the owner, looks very generous. The Manchester United club has as many transfer goals as a dozen people, including Arsenal's Ashley Cole and Chelsea's Lampard and other younger stars.

"My goal is to build a championship team!"

In the Manchester United club meeting room, Ronan said to Ferguson and David Gil: "Manchester United should stand at the highest place in the Premier League."

He glanced at Ferguson, maybe others don’t know, but he knows Ferguson’s greatest wish: "I hope Manchester United can win another Champions League as soon as possible! No, not one, but many! So, I am preparing for Manchester United this summer 100 million pounds transfer fee!"

Of course, some of these transfer fees come from new loans from banks, and some of them need to be resolved by selling redundant players.

David Gill said: "Including Sylvester, many player transfers have been completed and 35 million pounds have been raised."

Ferguson looked serious. After the new boss took office, he directly intervened in the transfer of the team, which made him somewhat unhappy: "The team is currently understaffed and cannot cope with multi-line operations. It must be added as soon as possible."

Ronan knew that Ferguson was eager for a second Champions League trophy, and he had repeatedly delayed his retirement for this reason. He immediately said: "Sir, we will get the players you want and complete Manchester United's technological innovation."

The new owner has brought the Rooney he asked for to the team, and he has also left the Brown, O'Shea, Fletcher and other players he likes and favors.

In fact, Ferguson's dissatisfaction is within control. After all, Ronan and David Gill have had enough communication with him before selling players, and the sales are basically marginalized players.

But these players have been introduced by him in recent years. Now they are being swept out. The face of the old Scottish man is a bit ugly.

For example, goalkeeper Butters, since the guy who kissed his bald head left Manchester United, the state of losing a good friend has plummeted and he has become one of the most famous butter players in the Premier League.

There is also Sylvester, also from France, a colander on the back line.

Other players like Kleberson, Djemba, Bellion and Diego Forlan are typical failures to buy scratch cards.

Ronan knows very well that because of the technological changes in Manchester United, among the technical players that Ferguson has purchased in recent years, there are very few successful players in Manchester United. It even makes people think that Ferguson's vision is problematic. It is no wonder that the transfer black gold scandal was reported. .

After the Manchester United Triple Crown in 1999, Ferguson began the process of replacing the old with the new. However, the successive signing errors (Veron, Jemba, Klebson, Fran, Fortune, etc.) not only made people doubt Ferguson His vision also led Ferguson himself to hope for the birth of a new 92 generation, so Brown, Fletcher, Simpson, Richardson and others began to enter the first team rotation.

Ferguson's idea is to bring the old to the new, and it was successful at the beginning. Brown next to Stam is the new England red man; Fletcher is the next generation of Beckham, who has repeatedly assisted; Richardson scored two in his national team debut. ball.

But Ferguson didn’t expect that the situation would soon be out of his control. Stam wrote a book, Bebbie on Flying Boots, Solskjaer was seriously injured, Giggs and Scholes were injured one after another, Ferdinand also in 2003 Join in the fun for half a year...

Once in the 2004-2005 season, the lack of manpower in the backcourt allowed Ferguson to buy the equally unreliable Argentine Heinze and push Sylvester to the central defender. This decision made Manchester United a big colander; Field signings failed, Keane is getting old, Scholes is troubled by injuries, Giggs has not yet transitioned the season, the midfield is basically out of control, can only count on Fletcher, who is called a waste, and all aspects O'Shea, who is very active, but is limited by his talent ceiling.

As for Cristiano Ronaldo on the right, it will still be a big laughing stock in the Premier League. The daily operation claims to be assaulting 20 meters forward and then returning 30 meters.

Although Ruud van Nistelrooy is still brave on the front line, Rooney is a bit eye-catching, but the loss of the midfield and the back makes Manchester United completely uncompetitive in the strong dialogue, and even Manchester United fans jointly wrote a letter asking Ferguson to dismiss get out of class that season.

At that time, it was difficult for the Red Devils fans to really like Ronaldo, because the two seasons just came were simply black sheep!

But fate is also ridiculous. After Beckham left, the first candidate on the right was Solskjaer. However, the baby face was seriously injured and Ronaldo quickly took the position, even if he played like shit, he could stand firmly on the main force. , Because no one else can play.

Who would have thought that Cristiano Ronaldo would be fully acquainted two years later and start a new football era.

No one is available for Manchester United now, which has something to do with the instability of the club in recent years.

Manchester United's profitability is very good, but if you study carefully, it is not difficult to find that Manchester United's investment in the transfer market is not very high. Most of the club's profits have been taken away by investors. Veron, who was the largest investment in the past few years, could not adapt at all. Premier League.

As for those scratch cards, don't mention them.

Especially the goalkeeper position, since Schmeichel, Manchester United goalkeeper has become a joke of the whole world, Taibi, Butters, Howard and Carroll, none of them are reliable.

In fact, Schmeichel in 1999 is not reliable anymore, all kinds of low-level mistakes can be made into a hilarious collection.

Therefore, the biggest problem for Manchester United now lies in the midfield.

Once the Glazer family entered Manchester United, Manchester United was very stingy in support. For a long time, they did not spend a lot of money, but Ferguson came and went and scratched the card until the draw.

Vidic, Evra and Van der Sar, etc., all played important roles.

"We have Scholes, and the midfielder does not need Lampard, who has overlapping position types." Ferguson said at this time: "Chelsea just changed the Russian boss last year. There is no shortage of money at all and it may not be sold to us."

David Gill told the truth: "Chelsea refused to talk to us about the Lampard deal, their new coach, the Portuguese even clamored in the media that if we violate the rules and privately contact the players, they will appeal to UEFA. "

The Portuguese? Mu bird.

Ronan was not surprised and stopped mentioning Lampard, but instead asked, "Where is Ashley Cole?"

"It's hard." David Gill said: "With our relationship with Arsenal, the probability of a transfer is extremely low."

Manchester United and Arsenal are direct competitors.

"Have you reviewed the candidates I mentioned?" Ronan asked.

Ferguson was a little surprised, and asked: "You have the same scouts Ronan shook his head: "No, but I have money, and money can do a lot of things, including collecting information on first-tier league players in Europe. . "He always finds a suitable excuse: "As early as 2001, I was interested in Manchester United, and began to cooperate with some football letter collection companies, and now I have invested heavily in them. "

Ferguson nodded. As the head coach of a top team, he certainly understands what role money can play in the football world.

Manchester United has a complete scouting system. After Ronan provided the information, David Gill quickly paid off, saying: "Belgrade's Red Star Vidic and Monaco's Evra have indeed performed well in their respective leagues. , And their prices are not high."

Ronan looked at Ferguson, he still respected the opinions of the old coach.

Ferguson has already read the relevant information, and personally talked with many scouts who cross-checked, nodded and said: "There is potential, I agree with the introduction."

David Gill said: "The transfer of the two of them is not difficult, and the rest need to compete with Chelsea and Liverpool."