Chapter 127 Looking Forward to Manchester United

The summer in European football is extremely lively and people come and go, but after Manchester United received a huge amount of checks, they have not taken action for a long time. People hope that Manchester United will use the funds to introduce an attack superstar to fill the position left by C Ronaldo. Ferguson took a fancy to Vigan Athletic's Valencia, which is also It's just an acquisition target, and the Manchester United club has no specific signing action!

Finally, there is good news. British Sky Sports confirmed that English striker Michael Owen has passed the preliminary knee test arranged for him by Manchester United. As long as the comprehensive physical examination goes well on Friday morning, he will become a new player of Manchester United and the sixth player from Liverpool to Manchester United before the weekend.

Owen's contract with Newcastle expired last Wednesday, so as long as the European Union and Manchester United reach an agreement, the free transfer can be completed.

Although Owen has indirectly completed the process of identity transformation from Liverpool to Manchester United through Newcastle, if Owen really wears a Manchester United jersey, it will be difficult for Liverpool fans to accept it, just because he made his debut in Anfield and became famous in Anfield. He has played for the Red Army for 8 years and became the Reds Liverpool. The symbol.

This transfer is bound to shock Manchester United fans and Liverpool fans. After all, the two clubs have not only had deep grudges in the past 20 years, but have always been sworn enemies in history.

The feud between the two has a long history. Due to religious antagonism, social ethnic antagonism, industrial antagonism, custom antagonism and other reasons, it constitutes a complex relationship between Manchester and Liverpool, and the representative teams of the two major cities are also opposed to each other. The famous city derby between Manchester and Liverpool is also It's always full of your life and death. Manchester United coach Ferguson's most famous saying is "My greatest achievement is to pull Liverpool off the championship."

In view of the huge historical feud between Liverpool and Manchester United, no one has tried this bold move since Chisnar transferred directly from Manchester United to Liverpool in 1964.

In 2007, when Liverpool planned to buy Heinze directly from Manchester United, Manchester United refused to sell their players to their biggest opponents.

Of course, during this period, two players have played for both clubs, but they have completed this move through other clubs. Paul Ince (via Inter Milan), Beardsley (via Vancouver Whitecaps and Newcastle United) and the following nine players who completed the transfer directly between Manchester United and Liverpool are known as Manchester United and Liverpool 11 traitors, and Owen's shocking transfer made him "lucky" to become the 12th. .

The good news is not over, and the bad news disturbs the transfer of Manchester United Club.

Manchester United tried their best to retain the Argentine beast Tevez at the last moment, but Tevez has decided to go. Now the British media have exposed that Tevez is about to join Manchester City. Perhaps the sworn enemy in the same city will pose a great threat to Manchester United after receiving such a tough player. For such a reality, Manchester United's godfather Ferguson Quite helpless, he said that Tevez had wanted to leave Manchester United for a long time.

Ferguson said that Tevez had decided to leave Old Trafford a few months ago. I'm skeptical that Tevez can stay at Manchester United. They (Tevs, Manchester City) may have reached an agreement in January. We offered him a contract after the Champions League match against Inter Milan, but he is determined to leave.

"I called Tevez during the holiday, but he didn't answer. I failed to persuade him to stay twice. Obviously, he had decided to leave Manchester United a long time ago." Ferguson said helplessly.

"He is an excellent player and helps the team a lot, but it is obvious that he really doesn't want to stay at Old Trafford." Ferguson said.

Since he announced his departure from Manchester United, Tevez's next stop has been a topic of concern to fans.

Although the British media said half a month ago that Beast would join Manchester City, the transfer has never been completed. According to the Daily Mail, Tevez has returned to England after the holiday and will officially sign a contract with Manchester City in the next two days, which is undoubtedly a blow to Chelsea, who is also eager to get an Argentine striker.

After learning that Tevez would not stay at Manchester United, the giants including Chelsea, Real Madrid, Liverpool and Barcelona expressed their interest in the Red Devil Sword. However, the Argentines admitted that they would stay in the Premier League, and Liverpool could not pay a transfer fee of 25 million pounds; Tevez could only go to Manchester City and Chelsea. Although the Blues are stronger and have the Champions League to play, Manchester City's weekly salary of 150,000 pounds makes it difficult for the Beast to refuse.

According to the Daily Mail, Tevez will undergo a physical examination today local time and go to South Africa for a friendly match with Manchester City this Wednesday. This means that Manchester City will officially announce the signing of the Argentine sharp knife in the next two days. It is reported that in addition to redeeming 25 million pounds for Tevez, Manchester City will also provide the latter with a five-year contract with a weekly salary of £150,000.

Manchester City has already shown their ambition for the next season. They previously signed Barry and Santa Cruz for £12 million and £18 million respectively. Although they have basically missed Eto'o, 45 million pounds and a weekly salary of 280,000 pounds have moved Chelsea flag Terry. In addition, Lescott, Colo Toure and Bruno Alves are also on Manchester City's signing list.

If Manchester City succeeds in the transfer market one after another, Manchester City is expected to become the biggest opponent on the way to defend the title next season.

The news from the media was confirmed only 48 hours later, and the official website of Manchester City announced that it had reached a franchise agreement with Argentine striker Tevez. Manchester City's official website said: "We are pleased to announce that we have reached an agreement with Tevez, and he has agreed to come to the City Stadium."

Tevez will officially join after passing Manchester City's medical examination. At that time, the two sides will sign a five-year contract, but Manchester City's official website does not disclose the treatment details of Argentines. According to the Daily Mail, Tevez' weekly salary will indeed reach £150,000. If everything goes well, Tevez will make peace with the team in Manchester City's South African training match, and the Argentine Beasts will wear the No. 32 shirt in the new season.

As the only player who has won the South American Footballer of the Year for three consecutive years, Tevez's joining will undoubtedly bring a great improvement in strength for Manchester City. "This is really good news," Manchester City coach Hughes said excitedly. "He is a high-level international player who will attack the club. The power brings qualitative improvement.

"Tevis not only has excellent skills, but also has a strong ability to score. He will bring exciting offensive enjoyment to the team." Hughes said excitedly, "I can't wait to meet him. This is the second surprise brought by the club owner. We will become stronger and stronger. I'm sure the fans will give Tevez the warmest welcome.

After a two-year Manchester United career, Tevez left Old Trafford very depressed. During his time at Manchester United, Tevez made 99 appearances and scored 34 goals, which can be said to be an efficient striker. The Argentine Beast has made 50 appearances for the Argentine national team and has scored 8 goals. In the new season, he will work with Rovinio to destroy Manchester City.

Manchester United is the first Premier League team to attract attention this summer, because Cristiano Ronaldo transferred to La Liga Real Madrid for a record £80 million.

The Premier League has been the most capital-intensive league since several seasons. Manchester United, Chelsea and other teams have spent a lot of money to bring in players from other leagues. For a Bundesliga team, the transfer of 56 million euros may be a big deal for the team, but the Premier League teams compete for those 16- and 17-year-olds. The children in the reserve team will spend this number. Even the third-rate teams in the Premier League will dig the main players of the top teams in other leagues.

The appreciation of the Premier League and its competitiveness in the Champions League are also inseparable from the huge financial support.

However, this time, as the flagship player of the Premier League, Ronaldo transferred to La Liga, which is a rare high-level player in the Premier League.

This summer marks a competition between La Liga and the top four in the Premier League.

It is difficult for European football to be completely monopolized by the four giants in England. Of course, these meanings have little to do with the competitive level.

From the point of view of the media, the impact of Ronaldo's departure on Manchester United's tactics is undoubtedly on the offensive power.

There is no doubt that Ronaldo has been the core of Manchester United's attack in the past two seasons. He is not only a full-back or winger. He has the personal ability to decide the game in an instant, especially his ability to attack with the ball. Therefore, Manchester United gives the ball more to his feet in the front court, and he dominates the attack.

In this way, the negative impact of his departure is much greater than the departure of a star player who plays football by grabbing the spot. There is also the number of Ronaldo's horrible goals and assists in Manchester United in the past two seasons. This real data can't be filled by other players' efforts to run more.

Li Yu's work is actually very comprehensive, but in the absence of Ronaldo, can he maintain his performance in the past two seasons? This is a question mark. The British media obviously poured cold water on the powerful Manchester United at this time!

There is no doubt that Manchester United needs the overall attack more than Ronaldo. The assault point has changed from 2 points to 1 point, which can only show more teamwork!

If so, the British media are worried that Manchester United will be too "overall" without C Ronaldo. The front-court players generally lack the ability to decide the game instantly. Chelsea's Drogba, Liverpool's Torres, Arsenal' Ashavin, Manchester United can only rely on Li Yu!

It seems unrealistic to expect young Nani to become such a player immediately.

Ferguson gave Rooney more room to move after Ronaldo left. Last season, Rooney often assisted in the field guard position, but this season was fixed in the front court. However, the dependence on C Ronaldo and Li Yu has been formed. Manchester United needs to adapt for a while to ease the current weakness of the attack.

Similar to C Ronaldo, there is also the transfer of Tevez. In the season before Li Yulai, Tevez played very well at Manchester United, and Tevez's front-court competition can often put a lot of pressure on his opponents.

The characteristic of destroying the opponent's tactics from the opponent's backcourt is also the reason why many coaches like this type of striker. In addition, Tevez's ability to score goals at critical moments is excellent. Tevez can often catch the opportunity to break the goal when other players face the opponent's helplessness. His departure is a snowfall for Manchester United's attack. Add insult to injury.

Ferguson introduced Owen to supplement the front line gap after Tevez left, but the current physical fitness of Owen has seriously declined, and his sensitive sense of smell is still there, but it is not as good as Tevez to seize the fleeting opportunity in the fast-paced confrontation.

Two major new players: Valencia is still in the middle of rumors. It is the former golden boy Owen who has become a real Manchester United player.

The departure of C Ronaldo and Tevez can be said to be a complement to the position.

Since Valencia debuted in the 06 World Cup, after experiencing enough exercise in the Premier League, both the body and the technical rhythm of football are enough for Manchester United, and the ability to execute tactics and side skills are relatively mature.

This ensures that Valencia can quickly take on Manchester United's right attack.

Judging from the current performance, Valencia's characteristics are obvious. Compared with the original Park Ji-sung and Nani on the sidelines of Manchester United, the offensive and stability have been greatly improved.

If you buy 20 million yuan, it can be said that it is quite cost-effective for players who can go straight to the top without taking time to adapt.

Owen's transfer media is also very optimistic. It doesn't cost any transfer fee, and there is no need to rely on him. Owen has enough time to adjust his state. Judging from his performance in the past two years, as long as he is not given too heavy game tasks to adjust his state by himself, his goal rate is still quite high, which is Manchester United. I need it.

Manchester United's frontcourt has the configuration that Owen needs. Rooney has been his teammate in the national team for many years, and Rooney's fight, passing and running positions are very good, which can give Owen a lot of room for play.

Li Yu, it seems that even Ferguson is still in the debugging stage for this front-line killer, and Li Yu will play a very important role on the offensive end this season.

At present, Li Yu's passing ability is also excellent among the players.

This is also a good partner for Owen, who has a keen sense of smell in the restricted area.

Carrick, Giggs and other players' sudden straight ball in the midfield is also in line with Owen's habit of suddenly inserting behind the defender.

Manchester United's strong and holistic midfield is unmatched by Newcastle.

Owen's speed declines significantly with age, but he still has the opportunity to transform into a striker who relies on his sense of smell and suddenly starts scoring, like Inzaghi.

In addition to Valencia and Irving, Manchester United also has two secondary introductions, Obertan and Little Dioff. It remains to be seen whether they can play a role this season.

Fabio, Machida and Welbeck will get more opportunities than ever to become a strong complement to Manchester United's substitute lineup.

Besides, at present, the shortcomings of Manchester United are the lack of front-court offensive ability.

C Ronaldo's personal ability is often able to score goals or get a set-piece opportunity at critical moments. Now the decline in this ability makes it very difficult for Manchester United to play away. Only Li Yu can break out alone at the critical moment. This is a little too difficult for Li Yu. Whether it can work depends on Ferguson's arrangement and whether he can win more opportunities for Li Yu!

The decline in personal attack ability should be made up by overall cooperation. The overall strength of Manchester United should not be underestimated. I even think that the overall cooperation ability of Manchester United should increase after Ronaldo's departure.

C Ronaldo plays too much, and his departure will make the front court smoother.

But now there are certain problems with the staffing of Manchester United midfield. The two veterans, Giggs and Scholes, are older. What kind of competitive state can the two veterans maintain at the beginning of the new season? Now it is still a question.

But players at this age can't cope with all the games.

Behind them, Carrick, Fletcher and Park Ji-sung are experienced and stable and can maintain a high attendance rate, which is the backbone of Manchester United's midfield.

Their football IQ is very high, but their creativity is mediocre except for Carrick. In addition to the possible Valencia, the remaining ones are Nani, Anderson, Gibson, Tosic and others. These players that Ferguson has introduced and focused on training in the past two seasons have made a staff reserve to replace Giggs, Scholes and others.

But now, the biggest problem with Manchester United's midfield is with them. Nani and Anderson are the players that Manchester United paid a lot of money to bring in from Portugal, but their performance in the past two seasons shows that their progress is lower than expected.

Anderson's first season was fine, but several performances last season made people question his football IQ. As soon as he became a midfielder, Manchester United basically lost midfield. His skills are good, but he can't organize the front court through passing in the mid-back position.

As for the long-term injury number Hargreaves, the media has taken him past!

On Manchester United's defense, Vidic had a short circuit in the key airport game last season, but in general, he is the most trustworthy player in Manchester United's defense.

The defensive ability of Rio Ferdinand and Vidic should be the strongest in the Premier League.

But the substitute Evans needs to be out of surgery for a period of time, and Brown and O'Shea are in a worse state, especially Brown. At the beginning of this season, the state decline is very serious.

The problem of right-back Manchester United is bigger. It seems that Raphael, Fabio, O'Shea, Brown and Neville can cover this position, but no one has the absolute strength in attack and defense like left-back Evra.

The goalkeeper position is the biggest trouble for Manchester United. Van der Sar is very old and has injuries. This is the hidden danger that I am most worried about Manchester United in the previous two seasons, that is, Van der Sar is too old and once he is injured, there is no one to replace him.

The experience of substitute Kushcek and Foster has a big gap in judgment and position compared with Van der Sar. Now Ferguson uses Foster as the main force, but from the games that have been played, it is not satisfactory. If he does not show a more convincing performance, the Manchester United goalkeeper will be replaced next season.

Generally speaking, the media is not very optimistic about Manchester United's way to defend its title in the new season. According to the analysis of the media, Manchester United is facing problems such as core departure, aging key positions, and slow growth of young players.

But the cornerstone of Manchester United's championship has not been lost, which is the team's ultra-high stability, strict discipline and the devil's home court.