Chapter 139, You Must Buy Someone

In the final round of the UEFA Champions League group stage on December 10, Manchester United narrowly beat Shakhtar Donetsk 1-0 at home, and finally appeared as the first in the group. Narrowly avoided the embarrassment of "getting 11 points and being eliminated from the group".

In this season's UEFA Champions League group stage, the most ups and downs are in Group F. Compared with the embarrassing situation of "scored 11 points and may be out of the group", Naples scored 12 points with real knives and guns, but they were still defeated. To the doom of the group elimination. In the end, Dortmund, Arsenal and Naples had 12 points in this group. In the goal difference competition, Naples was slightly inferior and was unfortunately eliminated.

After the game, Kinteg and Shakhtar Donetsk coach Lucescu cordially shook hands. At the press conference, Kintag also said that Shakhtar Donetsk performed very well in the game today. Applause from the fans at Rufford Stadium. Lucescu also humbly congratulated Kintag.

For this respectable old man, Jin Taige admired him from the bottom of his heart. Not only because of his coaching level and the number of championships he has won, but also because of his love and persistence for Shakhtar Donetsk. Kintag knew that in the past ten years, Lucescu's status in Shakhtar Donetsk was the same as Sir Alex Ferguson's status in Manchester United back then, and he was respected like a godfather.

No matter how difficult the game is, Jin Taige's team has always won. They have successfully advanced to the top 16, and their status as the number one in the group allows them to avoid many strong teams, and they have a greater hope of advancing to the next round .

However, Jin Taige's goal is not only to qualify for the group stage or advance to the quarterfinals, but his goal is to win the Triple Crown.

Standing at the pinnacle of Europe and the pinnacle of the world is Kintag's pursuit.

The top 16 of the UEFA Champions League are all produced, and the draw ceremony for the quarter-finals will be held 6 days later. The draw will be held at the UEFA headquarters in Nyon, Switzerland.

But after the recent games, Kintag discovered that the team currently has a big problem. In all fairness, with the current Manchester United lineup, let alone wanting to win the Champions League trophy, even defending the Premier League champions is very difficult.

That's not to say United's squad isn't strong enough. Goalkeeper De Gea played steadily, and several players in the defense cooperated with each other tacitly and defended solidly; several players in the midfield had a reasonable age structure, bringing the old to the new, and they have performed very well recently; and the van Persie and Rooney on the front line are both world-class strikers. There is no doubt about its strength.

But what really worries Kintegger is that the team's bench lineup is not strong enough. Among them, the most troublesome thing for Kintag is the midfielder of the current team.

Now the team's midfielders have a big problem. Except for the young, strong and stable Kanter, Giggs and Carrick are old and their physical condition is worrying. It is difficult for them to last for 90 minutes; Individuals also often suffer from injuries.

Several substitute midfielders: Fletcher is obviously lacking in strength, Shinji Kagawa has not been integrated into the team's system since his transfer last year, and Anderson has long been given up by Kintag.

And several substitute central midfielders: Nani, who is in an ups and downs, has gradually fallen out of favor and was placed on the bench by Kim Tag; For some opponents, the strength of the two of them appears to be insufficient; now the only people trusted by Kintag's men are the new summer aid Mahrez and Martial.

Looking back at Manchester City, which currently ranks first in the standings, they have made a lot of signings this summer. The current players on the bench are all at the level of the Premier League's first team. The leading position in the Premier League standings.

In this case, Kintag made up his mind that the midfielders must be supplemented during the winter transfer period!

As for who to buy, Jin Taige is not worried, he already has several suitable candidates in his mind, but the transfer fee matter,

He is a little stretched now.

In the summer, Kintag spent all the transfer fees, but he earned about 12.7 million euros in transfer fees by selling and loaning players during the team's cleanup process. Woodward has already told him that Glazer has agreed, and this transfer fee can be reserved for winter signings. But Jin Taige secretly smiled bitterly: the transfer fee of more than 10 million euros is not enough for him to buy someone. In the current situation of Manchester United, at least two heavyweight players must be bought in order for Manchester United to remain competitive on all fronts. Therefore, Kintag also needs to apply to the board of directors to add a part of the transfer fee to himself in the winter.

After winning the last game of the Champions League group stage, the next Premier League game will not be played until 5 days later, so that Kintag and his team can breathe a little bit. After winning the game, Kintag announced in the locker room that all players will be given a day off tomorrow, so that everyone can take a good rest and prepare for the next intensive Christmas schedule.

On the morning of December 11, the entire Carrington first-team training ground was empty, and Kintag stood on the sidelines, staring at the empty stadium in a daze. He took a football from the sidelines and took a long shot from 50 meters away. The ball hit the dead corner of the goal. Watching the ball go into the net, the pressure accumulated in Jin Taige's heart due to continuous fighting gradually subsided a lot.

At this time, someone applauded behind him and said, "Tiger, I think you can consider your comeback plan now."

Jin Taige looked back and saw that it was the club's CEO Woodward: "Why are you here?"

Woodward asked back: "Tiger, isn't today a team holiday, why are you here?"

"Because I'm the head coach of the team."

"Because the CEO of my team."

The two looked at each other and both smiled.

Woodward looked at the empty lawn: "Tiger, you may not know, when I come to the club every day, I will first come to the Carrington training base to have a look, and then go back to the office to do other things. Whenever I see the field When I saw how the players were training seriously, I would think, even such an excellent football player works so hard, why should I slack off?"

Jin Taige said approvingly: "You are a good CEO."

"Of course!" Woodward said, patting his chest. "Although he may not be the best one, he is definitely one of the hardest-working CEOs."

The two chatted for a while, and Woodward shrank his neck: "It's a bit cold today, let's go back to the office and talk."

Jin Taige looked at the weather, and it seemed that there were signs of snow.

"Okay, go to your office, I happen to have something I want to talk to you about."