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Chapter 158 The Biggest Obstacle to Transferring to Manchester United 】

In the morning, Carrington, the western suburb of Manchester, England.

Along a remote country road, Ferguson, the Godfather of the Red Devils, drove to Manchester United's Carrington training base.

This is characteristic of many English teams.

The urban area is very expensive, and there is no room for the club's huge training base, so many teams choose training bases in remote rural towns, such as Manchester United and Manchester City. The training bases of the two teams are next to each other, both in Carrington.

What is more special is Chelsea. Their training base is near London Heathrow Airport, which is relatively close to the urban area, but that training base looks like a broken warehouse. Anyone who walks in will not believe that this is the heart of the training of many Premier League stars.

Except for away games and vacations, Ferguson would drive through this country road on time every morning to the training base.

The staff also knew him and his car, opened the door for him from afar, and saluted the Godfather of the Red Devils, who had such a high status that even the CEO was in awe of him.

All the way to the parking lot unimpeded, just got off, Ferguson saw his right-hand man Carlos Queiroz.

The Portuguese is very capable, especially in terms of training players, he has his own uniqueness.

As he got older, Ferguson no longer had the energy of his youth to control all aspects of the team, especially the daily training, which forced him to delegate power to his assistants and focus on the tactical arrangements of the game.

Queiroz is such a reassuring assistant. Ferguson only needs to tell him what he wants, and Queiroz can help him do it properly, which makes Ferguson very satisfied.

But then there will be another problem, that is management.

A group of veteran players in the team headed by Class [-] only obey Ferguson and are not interested in Queiroz.

Although Ferguson told these favorites more than once that Queiroz represents him, but who is convinced?

Keane refused to accept it, Giggs and others refused to accept it, and even Van Nistelrooy refused to accept it.

This is also normal. Queiroz's coaching career does not have any brilliant resumes. The golden generation of Portugal is more successful, but that is youth training.
As a result, there was a split within Manchester United.

Coupled with the team's age problem, and the European continental style of play that Ferguson has vigorously promoted in recent years, these have put Queiroz under unprecedented pressure.

Because of this, every time Ferguson saw Queiroz, his first reaction was to smile.

Smile as kindly as possible.

"Ha, Carlos, so early?" Ferguson stepped forward.

Queiroz nodded, followed closely, and said to Ferguson: "There are some things I want to report to you."

Ferguson nodded as he walked, "Say it."

"The European Cup is approaching. Sporting Lisbon's new stadium, the Alvalade Stadium, is about to be remodeled and will be opened in August. I hope to invite a team with outstanding strength and market appeal to play a warm-up match. They contacted me."

Queiroz is Portuguese and has extensive connections in Portuguese football. Sporting Lisbon hopes to play a warm-up match with Manchester United, and it is a matter of course to contact Queiroz.

"August?" Ferguson frowned. "Do we have time?"

"One game can be arranged at the beginning of the month." Queiroz replied.

Ferguson looked at his assistant, "That's fine, just play one game."

"Okay, I'll arrange it," Queiroz said.

In Manchester United, as long as Ferguson nods, the matter is basically half done. The rest is to go through the procedures with the administrative department, and basically it will not be rejected.

"Also, the two teams from the UEFA Cup final came out last night."

"Have the Celtics entered?" Ferguson asked.

Queiroz nodded with a slight smile, "Sure enough, as you expected, the Celtics advanced."

Ferguson nodded and smiled, "Martin O'Neill is still very good. It doesn't look long before he will come to the Premier League. He will be our important opponent in the future. We must be careful and keep an eye on him."

As a Scot, Ferguson was delighted with Celtic's advance to the final.

As the head coach of Manchester United, Ferguson has always been very concerned about his potential opponents in the future. Martin O'Neill is one of the new generation of head coaches in European football that Ferguson focuses on.

"If I'm not mistaken, the other team should be that arrogant kid."

But Queiroz shook his head, "You guessed wrong this time."

"Wrong guess?" Ferguson stopped, a little surprised.

"Sporting Lisbon has advanced." Queiroz laughed.

Ferguson has always had piercing eyes, and he rarely misses the point, but this time he really guessed wrong.

"What's going on?" Ferguson was very strange.

Sporting Lisbon played against Porto, Celtic played against Boavista, the two sides played [-]-[-] and [-]-[-] in the first leg, Boavista scored an away goal, Sporting Lisbon did not.

Ferguson was certain before that Boloni was at the end of his rope. There was nothing he could do about Mourinho, but to guard against death. Mourinho would definitely strengthen the team's offense on the basis of a solid defense in the first round and grab goals in the away game.

As long as Porto scores a goal, Sporting Lisbon is dead!

These are the exact words of Ferguson.

Unexpectedly, Ferguson bet on the Celtics, but not on Porto.

"The first half started at No. 17 minutes. In just 10 minutes, the young player Su Dong scored twice, and the final score was [-]-[-]." While speaking, Queiroz's eyes flashed a glimmer of appreciation.

He is also very accurate in seeing people, especially young players.

"Sudong?" Ferguson chewed on this name. This year, this name has appeared in his ears several times. Among them, assistant Queiroz mentioned it the most, and the other one was Cristiano Ronaldo.

Unlike the latter who impressed Ferguson because of his name, Su Dong was mainly because of his performance.

Queiroz's description of him is: having the tactical role of Kluivert, having the strong impact of Vieri, being as cunning as Romario's astuteness, and being able to show the power aesthetics of Batistuta, the god of war.

For an ordinary player to get a single compliment, that's already considered as top-notch.

But Su Dong was able to get a series of titles and praises from Queiroz, which shows that it is extraordinary.

The only obstacle is being young.

But even so, Ferguson didn't quite believe that Mourinho would be unprepared.

"It's unlikely. With that arrogant kid's personality, he must have made all the preparations. In the first round, he completely blocked Su Dong. Why did he score twice in the second round?" Ferguson was very surprised.

Being well-informed, he is rarely surprised by the performance of a certain player.

Queiroz still kept smiling, "Because Su Dong's two goals came from his left foot."

"Left foot?" Ferguson half understood.

"Before this game, Su Dong scored [-] goals in the Portuguese Super League. He scored [-] goals in the UEFA Cup. All of them were scored with his right foot and header. Let alone a goal with his left foot, he didn't even have an assist. This made many people think that Su Dong's left foot is not a threat. Mourinho also arranged a targeted defense against his right foot and header in the first round, but the result..."

Ferguson chuckled, unexpectedly, that arrogant kid would capsize in the gutter too.

But soon, he realized a problem.

"Su Dong's left foot is also very powerful?"

There was a flash of inspiration in Queiroz's eyes. He didn't have many direct descendants at Manchester United, but was questioned and excluded by stars including Keane and Ruud van Nistelrooy. This made him need to introduce some of his own "direct descendants".

"I think his left foot is more imaginative and creative than his right foot, and it is also more surprising. At present, his left foot is obviously not particularly proficient, but in time, when he is fully proficient in his left foot, then he will be a player who is extremely proficient in both feet, just like Diego Forlan."

Diego Forlan, an extremely rare player in world football who is proficient in both feet, made him perform very well in the Argentine league. Ferguson immediately took a fancy to him and brought him to Manchester United.

But as a result, two years later, Forlan did not show convincing strength at Manchester United, which also made him another transfer that was questioned in Ferguson's signings.

Queiroz mentioned Diego Forlan at this time, which made Ferguson feel a little regretful, but he became more curious about Su Dong.

With a height of 1.9 meters five, he has amazing speed and explosive power, a strong body, and delicate feet. Not only did he make up for his header shortcoming not long ago, but now he has discovered the attributes of his left foot. What is the structure of this kid?
How many secrets are still hidden in him?

"Carlos, if we want to buy him, how much will it cost?"

"It's about the same as Diego Forlan, 1000 million euros can be done." Queiroz immediately replied.

Ferguson looked deeply at his assistant, "Are you sure?"

Queiroz turned around in his mind, "There is a question."

"Say."

"I am sure to convince Sporting Lisbon with 1000 million euros, but it is difficult to convince Su Dong."

"why?"

"He can't apply for a work permit, and he hasn't played a single game for the Chinese team yet."

"What?" Ferguson was very surprised, "He hasn't played for the Chinese team yet?"

"Well, it's true." Queiroz was very sure.

"Is the Chinese team so strong? Can't even look down on players like Su Dong?"

Queiroz was at a loss for words, and he himself was full of doubts, because he felt incredible.

According to Su Dong's performance this season, he is completely qualified to enter the Portuguese national team, but the Chinese national team looks down on him. What else can he say?
Ferguson thought about it, feeling a little funny and a little helpless.

Without a labor certificate, he and Wenger have called for a long time for the special treatment of special talents, and the clauses for special treatment have not yet come out. What should we do?
Ferguson shook his head and let out a long sigh, and walked into his office.

"This is really troublesome!"

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