Chapter 965 Crazy Schedule

Carrington Base.

In the office, Sun Wu was browsing the web page unhappily with one hand and holding a phone in the other. "Mr. Ed, I just want to know when Salah can report."

"Best, transfers take time. Barcelona haven't let go yet. I suspect they don't want to let Pedro leave."

"Enrique is indeed unwilling, but Pedro will never be willing to be a substitute for MSN for another season."

"But the problem is that Enrique needs to find a replacement..."

Sun Wu hung up the phone speechlessly. In fact, Manchester United had already contacted Chelsea. Although Conte was unwilling, Chelsea's top management was willing to buy the Egyptian winger who had been unable to play in two seasons.

There are two problems now. One is the transfer fee. Salah originally joined Chelsea for 16 million pounds. They hope to recover the transfer fee. This is not a big problem. Manchester United has sufficient budget.

But the second one was a bit troublesome. Conte strongly demanded that Salah be allowed to leave only after buying Pedro to ensure that Chelsea's lineup would not be weakened.

Pedro has already negotiated personal terms with Chelsea, but Barcelona just won't let him go.

why?

Because Enrique requires the club to buy a rotation attacker who is good enough before letting Pedro go.

But Barcelona's target Turan... Atletico Madrid won't let him go!

Well, the Salah transfer deal is stuck here.

The entire winter transfer period is from January 1 to midnight on February 1, but you must know that the Premier League does not have a winter break, and the two make-up games that Manchester United missed due to participating in the Club World Cup will also be played during this period. The monthly season is more intensive than the Christmas schedule.

If Salah cannot join, Sun Wu will have to let Lingard, Milner and even Rashford serve as substitutes. Bernardo Silva comes to the Premier League for the first time and is still facing a schedule without a winter break. Need to adapt, Griezmann must rest.

However, Sun Wu observed through the coaching system that the players were in good condition and had little physical problems. The only injured were Rojo and Mane, and their recovery speed was also expected.

January 2nd.

Manchester United faced Swansea at home. Sun Wu made a considerable rotation. Coleman and Herrera all started. Milner replaced Bernardo Silva as a guest right winger.

In the previous two heavyweight games, Falcao came on as a substitute to expand the score against Chelsea, and scored a key equalizing goal in the Manchester Derby. He deserved to temporarily seize the main position.

But the first spell worked again.

It cannot be said that Falcao did not work hard, but he missed half a single goal twice and shot twice in the post. It was not until the 75th minute that Sun Wu replaced Falcao. At that time, the score was 1-0, and Milner came on the rotation. Scored a counter-attack to take the lead.

But in the next 15 minutes, Harry Kane, who came on as a substitute, scored a hat-trick. He scored three goals in a row with his head and feet, and also assisted Griezmann in the counterattack with a through ball.

In the end, Manchester United swept Swansea 5-0 at home and won their 16th consecutive championship.

Manchester City was unlucky to lose points again, Aguero was abandoned, but Iheanacho obviously has not yet integrated into the team.

Sterling, who has high hopes from Guardiola, failed to hit the target in eight shots.

Moreover, Manchester City's defense made repeated mistakes. Laporta and Stones were tortured by Watford's center Deeney. If Deeney's footwork was not so bad, Manchester City might not even be able to take away 1 point. .

However, both Liverpool and Chelsea successfully scored three points.

At the end of this round of the league, although Manchester City has not won two rounds, it still leads the standings with 55 points. The second place is Chelsea with 51 points. Manchester United, who have two games less, is ranked third with 49 points. Liverpool's performance this season is slightly inferior. Repeatedly losing points to mid-to-lower teams, ranking fourth with only 48 points.

Entering 2016, although it is still too early to say that we will win the championship, the championship group has been initially revealed. Manchester City, Liverpool, and Chelsea occupy the first group. Tottenham, which ranks fifth, only has 38 points and is ranked No. 1. Liverpool of the four dropped by 10 points.

What follows is the most painful period of the entire season for Manchester United, with the most intensive schedule. The only thing that can comfort Sun Wu is that the opponents are not strong.

After playing Swansea, the Manchester United team flew to the southwest of the British Isles that day. They played Bournemouth on January 4. This was a make-up game.

It has been six days since December 30, and it is already the third game. Although the rotation was already carried out in the previous game, Sun Wu can only continue to rotate. Fortunately, Manchester United's bench depth is not bad this season.

Michael Keane formed a three-centre back with Phil Jones and Pavard. Fabinho replaced Kante in the starting lineup. Sun Wu himself also needed a rest and let Herrera start. Bernardo Silva started in Gerry. Ziman takes a break.

This is a very tough game. Bournemouth coach Eddie Howe is a very outstanding young coach. Like Sun Wu, he has also served as a player and coach. He spent 7 years to coach Bournemouth. Mouth was brought from the second division to the Premier League and built a team that is tenacious and tactically unique.

Defensively, Bournemouth tried to maintain a sufficient numerical advantage, using non-stop running and fierce flying tackles to intercept Manchester United's attack.

Bournemouth's two forwards have enough motivation in the attack. Wilson and Joshua King are both old Manchester United players, but they have not played even one minute for Manchester United. They are both capable of playing alone and can He can pass the ball and shoot well, and he works well together.

Moreover, although Bournemouth has a large number of local players in the team, Eddie Howe insisted on an offensive strategy of ground coordination, which made Fabinho suffer. The Brazilian midfielder was repeatedly penetrated by the opponent's concise cooperation.

For this reason, Sun Wu had to use an adaptation card on Fabinho during the halftime break, and the situation improved in the second half.

The deadlock was not broken until the 81st minute. Sun Wu's substitution had an effect, but he did not play in person because Griezmann was not included in the squad. He took the risk to restore the four-back formation and let Lingard serve as a guest winger. Return to the midfield and let substitute Falcao play on the left wing.

Manchester United's substitute curse worked again. Falcao broke into the penalty area and was brought down. Although Eddie Howe insisted that it was a dive, the referee still awarded a penalty kick.

Milner's penalty kick finally broke the deadlock. After that, the situation suddenly became clear. Bournemouth could only press forward. Manchester United's formation retreated to defend and counterattack. In the end, in a counterattack, Bernardo Silva's diagonal pass assisted Falcao. The goal made the score 2-0.

By winning this game, Manchester United tied Manchester City's 17-game winning streak last season and is one game away from Manchester City's 18-game winning streak this season.

After a hard-fought battle, Manchester United did not have much time to rest.

My head is numb just thinking about it. Chelsea will be played on December 26th, Manchester City Derby will be played on December 30th, Swansea will be played on January 2nd, Bournemouth will be played on January 4th, Everton will be played on January 6th... …

It was either a heavyweight match or a tough match. The only weak team, Swansea, did not go well.

It’s not over yet, January 9th is the third round of the FA Cup against Sheffield United, and then a few days’ rest. January 13th is the league away game against Newcastle United, and January 16th is the second double red match of the season. .

In the next half month, Manchester United will have one league game, one make-up match, the second leg of the League Cup semi-finals, and the fourth round of the FA Cup.

Looking at the schedule, Sun Wu's mouth twitched crazily. There were 10 games in 30 days in January, with an average of one game every three days. If you include the two Christmas games, the average would be one game in less than three days.

Sun Wu really couldn't hold on anymore, so after the League Cup starting lineup was announced, Liverpool's local media criticized Sun Wu for not paying attention to the League Cup.

The head coaches of other teams really can't do things like Sun Wu... there is no lower limit!

Rashford, Romero, and Michael Keane, who had little playing time, started the game. All other positions were reserved for reserve teams and even U18 players.

Sun Wu himself had no choice but to stay, but let all other players return to the Carrington base for repairs.

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