Football giants

Chapter 557
"Nonsense, simply nonsense!"

At the training base in Carrington, west of Manchester, Ferguson slammed a newspaper on his desk.

This startled several people in the office, and they all looked at the Scottish old man.

"Jazz, what's the matter?" Chief assistant coach Mike Phelan stepped forward.

"Look for yourself!" Ferguson pushed the newspaper over casually, turned around and sat on the office chair.

Mike Phelan picked up the newspaper from the table and found that the Sun had reprinted a column on the front page.

The article was written by Charlene Lahiri.

As soon as Mike Phelan saw this name, a graceful and charming English beauty immediately appeared in his mind.

Beauty is beauty, but the content of the article is very sharp.

For example, Charlene Lahiri mentioned in the article that Manchester United's peak moment should be from [-] to [-].

At that time, Manchester United had Cristiano Ronaldo, Wayne Rooney, Tevez, Carrick and other stars in the frontcourt, and there were famous players such as Evra, Ferdinand and Vidic in the backcourt. They were all at their peak.

Veteran Scholes, Giggs and Gary Neville are also still young and strong.

Therefore, the Red Devils Manchester United in those years almost swept Europa!
For this point of view, Mike Phelan is not surprised at all, because it is a fact!

But the next few words, let alone Ferguson, even Mike Phelan was irritated.

In the article, Charlene Lahiri believes that since Cristiano Ronaldo left the Red Devils, Ferguson's team has been gnawing at the old money. Ferguson is more thinking about his retirement, and has long lost the desire and motivation to make progress.

"In the past few years, Manchester United has been like an old man lingering on his last breath. He is getting old, but he doesn't admit that he is old."

"After the last retirement declaration and he announced that he would stay with the team because he didn't have a championship, Ferguson no longer has the ambition to continue to lead Manchester United to create brilliance. His persistence is more just to draw a glorious sentence for his Red Devils era."

"Today's Red Devils, everything they do is just to satisfy the competitive spirit of their old head coach!"

When Mike Phelan saw this, he couldn't help but sneak a glance at Ferguson again, sighing inwardly, no wonder the old Jazz was so angry, who could not be angry when he was ridiculed like this?
Looking further down, Mike Phelan was also angry.

Charlene Lahiri once again sharply pointed out in the column that Manchester United's performance in the past few years has not been satisfactory, and another very important reason is the shortcomings of Ferguson.

"Those who think that Ferguson is a master of tactics are more from the perspective of performance, but in the football circle, Ferguson is notorious for his stubbornness. He has always been willing to make small repairs in the [-] tactics, and refused to make revolutionary changes. Behind the success of Manchester United from [-] to [-], it was not Ferguson, but Queiroz!"

"Queiroz is the real tactician. After he entered Carrington, he helped Ferguson abolish Manchester United's rigid four-four-two tactics and replaced them with a continental European tactical style. This made Manchester United tactics more flexible, full of flexibility and changes in those few years."

"After Queiroz left Manchester United, Ferguson's rigid tactical thinking once again tied the pace of Manchester United. Mike Phelan, who replaced Queiroz, was far inferior to his predecessor, making the overall style of the team take a big step back. Coupled with the aging of the players, the gap between Manchester United and the European teams is widening."

"I believe that all fans who have watched the [-] Champions League final will not think that Manchester United and Barcelona are at the same level. It is a contest between two teams of different levels!"

"Even in the home of the Red Devils, the Premier League, Manchester United's dominance has been challenged by teams such as Manchester City and Chelsea. Coupled with Southampton this season, Manchester United's advantage is becoming less and less obvious."

"The most obvious is the [-]-[-] season. Ferguson originally planned to retire after the end of the season. However, because of Manchester United's last-round defeat by Manchester City, he lost the league championship. As a result, Ferguson, who was unwilling to retire empty-handed, announced the postponement of his retirement."

"From this point, it is not difficult to see that the overall strength of Manchester United has been declining!"

"In the final analysis, it is none other than their coach, Ferguson, that caused Manchester United's current predicament!"

"From the competitive level of professional football, Ferguson is undoubtedly a great head coach, because he has almost won all the honors that a professional coach can get."

"But if, from the perspective of his contribution to football, Ferguson is not great. Among the current coaches, he is not as good as Guardiola, Rehhagel, or even his assistant coach Queiroz, let alone the madman Bielsa who is still leading the development of football tactics even now!"

"From the perspective of a football practitioner and a senior fan, I believe that the enterprising Bielsa will definitely be able to lead the vibrant Southampton to defeat the lifeless Manchester United led by the old-fashioned Ferguson!"

After Mike Phelan hastily read this article, he was so angry that he fell to the ground.

"Excessive! Outrageous! Ignorant!"

Seeing his angry look, he almost scolded him!

To say that I am far inferior to Queiroz?

Am I inferior to that Queiroz guy?

But after venting for a while, Mike Phelan suppressed the anger in his heart and looked at his immediate boss again.

The old jazz is still angry at this time!
"Sir, don't take it to heart, everyone knows that this reporter is a clear-cut Southampton fan!"

Ferguson remained silent, obviously still puzzled.

"Hmph, at her age, she knows how to play football? She actually said that I am far inferior to Queiroz, I..."

When he said this, Ferguson suddenly raised his head and stared at him.

At Manchester United, especially at Carrington, everyone knew that Queiroz was a thorn in Ferguson's heart.

It is said that when Queiroz was going to coach Real Madrid, Ferguson persuaded him.

Later, the Portuguese failed to coach Real Madrid. After get out of class, Ferguson invited Queiroz back to Manchester United.

But within a few years, Queiroz seized the opportunity and chose to leave Manchester United again to coach the Portuguese national team alone.

For this matter, Ferguson was angry for a long time.

Because Queiroz has always been the most ideal successor in his mind!

Asking himself, Mike Phelan had to admit that in Ferguson's mind, he would never be as good as Queiroz.

As for the Portuguese, they naturally have the ability.

No, didn't a British reporter investigate the reasons for the rapid development of football in the United States in recent years?
As a result, in 100, the United States invited Queiroz to write a more than [-]-page outline for the development of American football, and then established the Major League Soccer in [-].

Since then, American football has ushered in an era of rapid development.

Therefore, some people say that Queiroz laid the foundation for the take-off of American football!

Mike Phelan, who knew all this clearly, felt depressed, and his complaints about Charlene Lahiri deepened.

Yes, I know, I am not as good as Queiroz, but you don't have to be so straightforward, say it in the newspaper?
Anyway, I am the chief assistant coach of Manchester United, and the number one figure in English football. If you say that, where can I put my face?
But Mike Phelan's mind didn't get complicated for too long, and Ferguson stood up quickly.

"Mike!"

"I'm here!" Mike Phelan reacted immediately.

"Notify the News Department that from now on, I will block Charlene Lahiri and the Southern Echo she belongs to, and then warn the Sun, and tell them to be careful!"

When Mike Phelan heard this, he hesitated a little, "Sir, warn the Sun, this...isn't that good?"

"Don't talk nonsense, at the critical moment of winning the championship, they dared to climb like this, why didn't we dare to do it?" Ferguson was almost furious.

He has always been a master who must repay every neighbor, so he is not easy to mess with!
Seeing that the old Jazz was so strong, Mike Phelan could only bow his head and agree.

"Notify the players again, against West Ham United on the weekend, I will win no matter what!"

Speaking of this, Ferguson almost gritted his teeth fiercely, and shouted every word: "I want to make them despair!"

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Three hours later, the London Sun headquarters
Editor-in-Chief Rebekah Wade received a message from Manchester United from his subordinates.

"What? Warning?"

Rebekah Wade was also furious immediately.

"Fuck, in this land of England, we, the Sun, have always been the only ones who warn others. When will it be their turn for Manchester United to warn us? What should we report, and what should we not report? Do we still need the consent of Ferguson?"

"Uh, editor-in-chief, in fact, Manchester United's attitude is not so tough, it's just..."

"Just what?" Rebekah Wade interrupted his subordinates directly.

"I've already called you, and you're not being tough? Would it be called being tough if someone announces the banning of our Sun newspaper?"

Rebekah Wade is not easy to mess with on weekdays, so the Sun newspaper under his command is also notoriously difficult.

On weekdays, which of those celebrities is not polite to The Sun, and is not respectful to Rebekah Wade?
Manchester United?Ferguson?How dare you issue a warning?
Against him!

"Okay, you dare to warn me, if I don't reciprocate, others will think that our Sun newspaper is easy to bully!"

Rebekah Wade immediately pressed the phone on the table and shouted, "Steven, come here!"

A minute later, an out of breath Steven Howard appeared in Rebekah Wade's office.

"Go, I'll give you an afternoon to write me a manuscript immediately."

Steven Howard immediately became excited, the editor-in-chief personally gave the order, isn't this a good opportunity to flatter?

"Editor-in-Chief, the topic is..."

"I drafted the title myself. The theme is that Manchester United has no hope of winning the championship. Ferguson must be empty-handed this season!"

Steven Howard was stunned for a moment, this topic is a bit...

"What? You can't write it?"

Seeing his blank look, Rebekah Wade was a little unhappy.

Why are one or two of his subordinates so afraid of Manchester United and Ferguson?
Is The Sun the uncrowned king?
"Oh, no, write it, I can definitely write it!" Steven Howard nodded immediately in agreement.

"Okay then, you'll collect black material on Manchester United and Ferguson for me right away, and you must write me an imposing commentary, preferably the one that pissed Ferguson to death!"

Steven Howard nodded hastily, but his heart was breaking out in cold sweat.

My dear, unlucky Ferguson, unlucky Manchester United, how did you get into trouble with our editor-in-chief?

Steven Howard is completely predictable, if this article in the Sun newspaper is published, there will definitely be an uproar.

If Manchester United endure it, that's okay, but if they dare to come out and fight back, the Sun newspaper would like to make news!

By that time... there must be a series of wars of words!
Thinking of this, Steven Howard's eyes lit up.

The war of words is good, once there is a war of words, won't he, the chief venomous tongue of The Sun, have a chance to show his talents?

Well, just do it!

(End of this chapter)