Chapter 661: Scratch Card

Due to the European Cup in 2004, the start of the Premier League was later than in previous seasons. When Ronan came to Manchester, the competition for the transfer market had already entered a fever pitch.

The transfer in the football market is not only to compete for the players you like, but also to create as much trouble as possible in the transfer of competitors.

Now all the shares of Manchester United are held in the hands of the holding company "Anderson Investment Company", and they have also successfully delisted and completed the extremely critical privatization. Ronan has an absolute controlling stake. To a certain extent, it is like Roman Abra Like Mović to Chelsea, his power at Manchester United is beyond doubt.

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

David Gill, as one of the former Manchester United executives who supported Ronan's acquisition, was promoted from the position of general manager of the club to chief executive officer, 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 recommend transfers.

Although Ferguson has certain shortcomings, and there was even a transfer black money scandal, there is no more suitable head coach candidate than him at this stage, and Manchester United has replaced a new financial director. This is at the request of Ronan, Relativity Entertainment The CFO Mary hand-picked people.

Power can be given, but supervision must never be less.

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

Although Lu Xiaopang was far from reaching the expected height, he became one of the cornerstones of Manchester United's success in the next decade or so.

Moreover, such green leaf players are actually rare. Rooney later willingly acted as the deputy and wingman of Ronaldo and General Fan, which played an extremely important role in Manchester United's success.

Instead, in England, after Rooney became the core, his performance...not to mention.

Rooney's transfer also has another effect, which quickly stabilized the morale of Manchester United's army and the emotions of the fans. Don't underestimate the role of the English account book. Ronan agreed with Manchester United to win Rooney at a high price of 27 million pounds, which also won the fans' approval.

Although some die-hard Manchester United fans broke with the Manchester United club because of the acquisition, they ran out and established a new Manchester United club, preparing to start from the lowest league to declare the orthodox blood of Manchester United, but for 99.9% For Manchester United fans,

After making a fuss, objecting and being powerless to stop him, he accepted the reality in front of him.

Just like the old Glazer family.

Moreover, Ronan, the boss, seems to be very generous. Manchester United has as many transfer targets as there are more than a dozen people, including Arsenal's Ashley Cole and Chelsea's Lampard and other young stars.

"My goal is to build a championship team!"

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

He glanced at Ferguson, maybe others don't know, but he knew 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. A transfer fee of 100 million pounds!"

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

David Gill said: "A number of transfers have been done, including Sylvester, with a £35m capital raise."

Ferguson looked serious. After the new boss took office, he directly intervened in the team's transfer, which made him a little unhappy: "The team is currently short of manpower and cannot cope with multi-line battles. It must be replenished as soon as possible."

Knowing that Ferguson was desperate for a second Champions League trophy, Ronan had repeatedly postponed his retirement for this reason, and immediately said: "Sir, we will get the players you want and complete Manchester United's technical innovation."

The new boss has brought the Rooney he asked for to the team, and left players such as Brown, O'Shea, and Fletcher who he is optimistic about and likes.

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

But these players have been introduced by him in the past few years, and now they have been kicked out, and the face of the good-looking Scottish old man is somewhat ugly.

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

There is also Sylvester, who is also from France, a big colander in the defense.

Other players like Kleberson, Djemba, Bellion and Diego Forlan are typical examples of failures in buying scratch cards.

Ronan is very clear that because of Manchester United's technical changes, among the technical players Ferguson bought in recent years, very few have succeeded in Manchester United. It even makes people think that Ferguson has a problem with his vision. It is no wonder that there is a transfer black money scandal .

After the Manchester United Triple Crown in 1999, Ferguson began the process of changing from old to new. However, the continuous signing mistakes (Veron, Djemba, Kleberson, Forlan, Fortune, etc.) not only made people doubt Ferguson His vision also led Ferguson himself to hope for the birth of the new 92 generation, so Brown, Fletcher, Simpson, Richardson and others began to enter the first team rotation.

Ferguson's idea is to use the old to bring the new, and it was successful at first. Brown next to Stam is the new celebrity in England; Fletcher is the next generation of Beckham, who has repeatedly assisted; ball.

But Ferguson did not expect that the situation would soon be out of his control. Stam wrote a book, David Beckham, Solskjaer was seriously injured, Giggs and Scholes were injured successively, and Ferdinand was also injured in 2003. Join in the fun and be banned for more than half a year...

Once in the 2004-2005 season, the lack of manpower in the backcourt made Ferguson buy the equally unreliable Argentine Heinze, and pushed Sylvester to the central defender. This decision made Manchester United a big colander; With Keane getting old, Scholes suffering from injuries, and Giggs not having a transition season, the midfield is basically out of control, and he can only count on Fletcher, who is called a waste wood, and all aspects O'Shea is very active, but limited by the upper limit of talent.

As for Ronaldo on the right, that will still be a big laughing stock in the Premier League. The daily operation claims to rush forward 20 meters, and then pass back 30 meters.

Although Ruud van Nistelrooy was still brave on the front line, and Rooney even made a point, but the loss of midfield and backcourt made Manchester United completely uncompetitive in the strong dialogue, and even Manchester United fans jointly wrote a letter asking Ferguson to quit get out of class that season.

At that time, it was difficult for the Red Devils fans to really like Ronaldo, because he was simply a black sheep in the first two seasons!

But the matter of fate is ridiculous. After Xiaobei left, Solskjaer was the first choice on the right. However, the baby face was seriously injured, and Ronaldo quickly took the position. Even if he kicked like shit, he could still stand firmly , because no one else can play.

Who would have thought that Ronaldo would be completely enlightened two years later and start a new era of football.

There is no one available for Manchester United now, which has something to do with the club's instability in recent years.

Manchester United's profits are 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 invested the most in the past few years, was unable to adapt at all. Premier League.

As for those scratch cards, let's not mention them.

Especially the goalkeeper position. Since Schmeichel, the goalkeeper of Manchester United has become a joke all over the world. None of Tabby, Butters, Howard and Carroll are reliable.

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

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

After the Glazer family took over 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 the scratch card came to the lottery.

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

"We have Scholes, and we don't need Lampard with overlapping positions in the midfield." Ferguson said at this time: "Chelsea just changed their Russian owners last year. There is no shortage of money at all, and they may not be sold to us."

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

The Portuguese? Mu bird.

Ronan was not surprised. Instead of mentioning Lampard, he asked, "Where's Ashley Cole?"

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

Manchester United and Arsenal are direct rivals.

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

Ferguson was a little surprised and asked, "You have a scout."

Ronan shook his head: "No, but I have money, and I can do many things with money, including collecting information on first-tier league players from various European countries." I am interested, and I have started to cooperate with some football news collection companies, and now I have invested a lot of money in them."

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

Manchester United has a complete scouting system. After Ronan provided information, David Gill quickly got a reward, saying: "Vidic of the Belgrade Red Star team and Evra of the Monaco team are indeed performing well in their respective leagues. , and their prices are not high."

Ronan looked at Ferguson, he respected the opinion of the veteran coach.

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

David Gill said: "The transfer of the two of them is not difficult to operate, and the rest needs to be competed with Chelsea and Liverpool."