Chapter 1098: Controversy About the Captain

In the first battle of the Imperial Capital, Gao Xiaodong scored five points and single-handedly destroyed the Capital team's defense.

After this battle, Chinese fans and reporters finally felt the power of Gao Xiaodong in front of Asian teams. He was simply a god-like existence.

After the game, several major media outlets in China praised Gao Xiaodong for his heroic performance in the game, and then invariably returned to another topic, which was to criticize the Football Association and the national team for not recruiting Gao Xiaodong, which resulted in not qualifying for the World Cup in South Africa.

It turns out that when the Football Association Cup was scolded, it was always afraid to defend or speak, but now with Gao Xiaodong's promise, the Football Association is emboldened. After seeing the criticism and accusations from the media and fans, Football Association Chairman Wei Ge quickly personally He made an explanation, saying that after the new coach is in place, Gao Xiaodong will definitely be called into the national team, and promised that although there is no guarantee that Gao Xiaodong can play in the qualifying round with Myanmar, he will definitely play in the top 20 matches.

This is the first time the Football Association has publicly acknowledged that Gao Xiaodong will play for the Chinese national team, and it was said by the chairman of the Football Association himself. This news is basically conclusive.

The Chinese fans and media are all overjoyed, believing that the day the Chinese team has finally come to prominence has finally come. After the anti-gambling campaign and under the leadership of the new coach and Gao Xiaodong, the Chinese team will surely be able to sweep across Asia and advance to the World Cup in Brazil. .

After the warm-up match, Manchester United stayed in China for two days, and then went on a business tour to Japan and South Korea. With the Triple Crown as a golden sign and the popularity of Gao Xiaodong, Manchester United's trip to Asia went very smoothly. , its influence in Asia has also become more profound.

After witnessing Gao Xiaodong's huge influence in China, Ferguson felt that this was a good time to propose Gao Xiaodong as the team captain. After all, after the Asia tour, Manchester United will soon go to the United States for summer training. Manchester United has never had a captain. Not suitable.

Appointing a captain is a big deal for Manchester United. Even if Ferguson has absolute authority at Manchester United, he must seek the opinions of veteran players and assistant coaches on this matter to avoid affecting the unity of the team.

When Ferguson returned to Manchester to recuperate, he held a secret meeting. This meeting was attended by several old players and coaches of Manchester United. Gao Xiaodong was excluded from the participants.

After everyone arrived, Ferguson bluntly raised the topic of the meeting. The new season was about to start, and the team's captaincy could not continue to rotate. He wanted Gao Xiaodong to take over the captaincy, and asked everyone to share their opinions.

Although there are rumors that Gao Xiaodong may become the captain in the new season, which is also one of the conditions for Gao Xiaodong's contract renewal, the old players of Manchester United have never heard Ferguson mention this, so they did not take the rumors seriously. Now suddenly Hearing what Ferguson said, everyone was stunned.

Manchester United is one of the top three clubs in the world.

It is a huge honor to be the captain of such a wealthy team. It will enter the team history in the future. It can be said that no one does not want to be the captain, but there are only a few who have the ability and qualifications to be the captain: Vidic, Ferdinand , Rooney, Giggs, Evra Fletcher, they are all sitting in the conference room now.

There is only one person who has the ability and qualifications but does not want to be the captain, and that is Giggs.

After Scholes retired, Giggs became the only one in Class 92 and the oldest one. After Ferguson finished speaking, Giggs would of course support him as soon as possible.

"Based on his ability and contribution, Gao can definitely be the captain, but his qualifications are a little lower. He has only been at Manchester United for more than a season. I don't know what his prestige is in the team."

Giggs seemed impartial, but in fact he wanted to favor Gao Xiaodong, because his old brothers Neville and Scholes had told him to help take care of Gao Xiaodong.

With Gao Xiaodong's ability and shrewdness, he didn't need Giggs to take care of him wherever he suffered at Manchester United. Now Giggs can be regarded as helping Gao Xiaodong and fulfilling the instructions of his old brothers.

Rooney also wants to be the captain, but now Ferguson does not support him, and he has nothing to do. Rooney and Gao Xiaodong are friends. They live very close to each other and can be considered neighbors. Ferguson recommended Gao Xiaodong to be the captain. Rooney also and Giger Like Si, he supports Gao Xiaodong, because after all, being the captain is better than others.

"Gao should be the captain. He should be the captain last season. I don't think there is anyone more suitable than him. In addition, I want to say that although Gao has been with the team for a short time, based on his performance last season, no one in the team is convinced. he."

Fletcher's expression was ugly when he heard this. He wanted to be the captain more than Rooney, and he didn't have a good impression of Gao Xiaodong. He felt that if Rooney didn't want to be the captain, he should support him as the captain. Everyone was from the local gang, Rooney. This is simply like trying to turn your elbow outward.

Fletcher is an upright person, and he stood up and objected, "I object. Gao Xiaodong has only been with the team for a few days, and he has become the captain. His contribution is not small, but who among you has less credit? Who has never won the Champions League?" , I won’t talk about the league championship, because if I did, it would be bullying him.”

What Fletcher said touched the hearts of many old players and assistant coaches. After Fletcher finished speaking, they immediately applauded him to show their support.

Ferguson's face was even uglier than Fletcher's. He had clearly proposed that Gao Xiaodong be the captain, but Fletcher still argued with him. Was he going against Gao Xiaodong? This is against Ferguson.

However, Ferguson did not get angry, but let other veteran players and assistant coaches continue to express their opinions.

Although Ferdinand also wanted to be captain, it seemed impossible now, so he decided to support Ferguson's suggestion.

Vidic and Evra had the same thoughts as Fletcher. They really wanted to be the captain, and they were even more opposed to Gao Xiaodong being the captain. Therefore, they stood up and bluntly stated that they could not accept Gao Xiaodong being the captain.

Ferguson understood the thoughts of the senior players on the team, and then quietly sought the opinions of the assistant coach.

The assistant coaches also have their own opinions like the old players. Some think Gao Xiaodong is suitable and worthy of Manchester United. Some think Gao Xiaodong is too junior and not suitable to be the captain. The captain of Manchester United does not need to be strong.

After listening to everyone's opinions, Ferguson sat in his seat without saying a word, closed his eyes and meditated. After a long time, he suddenly opened his eyes and said to everyone: "Although some people object to Gao Xiaodong being the captain, I think Gao Xiaodong is. I won’t talk about the ability of the most suitable candidate. Besides, Xiaodong’s qualifications are a bit shallow, but this does not mean that he has no prestige in the team. Everyone here, who of you dare to say that your prestige is higher than Gao Xiaodong. For Gao Xiaodong Such talents must be used out of the ordinary and promoted, so I think Gao Xiaodong should be the captain of Manchester United and must be..."

"I object……"

"I object……"

Fletcher and Vidic stood up almost simultaneously to express their objections.

However, Ferguson directly interrupted the two of them, "I reserve my objections and I have made up my mind. After the meeting, I will hold a press conference to announce that starting from this season, Gao Xiaodong will serve as the captain of Manchester United."