Football feast, starting from the acquisition of European clubs

Chapter 204 Who Led The Wolf Into The House?
"Manchester United? This fits that jazz's style very well. Unfortunately, this time his work was in vain. I guess he didn't expect that Chelsea would be the one who would benefit in the end."

Although Mourinho always looks very admirable every time he mentions Ferguson in public, but this is actually just one of his strategies.

After all, his main opponent now is Chen Ran.

Although he doesn't know the phrase "Unite secondary enemies and attack primary enemies", Mourinho still understands this truth.

As for Ferguson, Mourinho actually looks down on him in his heart.

It's not that Ferguson's ability is not good, but that the Ferguson family's behavior of sucking blood on the Manchester United club made Mourinho very shameless.

This matter has to start with the acquisition of Manchester United by the Glazer family last year.

In fact, the Glazer family had their eyes on Manchester United as early as 2003, which was the same year when Abramovich bought Chelsea and Chen Ran bought Crystal Palace.

It's just that Manchester United Club was a listed company at that time. Except for the largest shareholders John Manier and Mike Manus who jointly owned nearly 30.00% of the shares, the other shares were scattered in the hands of different people.

In order to acquire Manchester United's plan, the Glazer family established an investment institution called "Red Football" and began to buy shares of Manchester United Club in the stock market.

When the Manchester United stock in the hands of the Glazer family was reached, they made an offer to the Manchester United Club for the first time, but were rejected by the Manchester United Club.

Half a year later, when the Glazer family held more than 20.00% of the Manchester United stock, the Glazer family made another offer to the Manchester United club, but was still rejected by the Manchester United club.

However, the Glazer family did not give up, and there was no way to give up.Because they have borrowed too much money, if the acquisition is terminated now, they will have to repay the money themselves.

This is absolutely unacceptable to the Glazer family.

Fortunately, they then got the support of a key figure, and that was Ferguson.

With the help of Ferguson, the Glazer family bought many Manchester United shares that they were originally unwilling to sell.

The Manchester United shares held by the Glazer family have caught up with the Manchester United shares held by John Manier and Mike Manus in one fell swoop.

In addition, Ferguson used his prestige among the fans to exert influence, which also played a vital role in the final sale of Manchester United shares by John Manier and Mike Manus, and the entry of the Glazer family into Manchester United.

The reason why Ferguson helped the Glazer family to buy Manchester United was ridiculous because of a horse.

As we all know, apart from football, Ferguson's biggest hobby is horse racing.

In 2001, Ferguson and John Magnier's wife jointly bought a racehorse named "Rock of Gibraltar", with each party holding 50.00% of the ownership.

As a result, this horse was very good. It won more than ten championships in Britain, France, the United States and Ireland, with a total prize money of more than 100 million pounds. It was also named the best horse of the year in Europe in 2002.

After the racehorse retired in 2003, as a champion racehorse with such excellent results, his stud breeding income is expected to be as high as 5000 million pounds.

Just when Ferguson was about to wait for the dividend, John Magnier refused to admit it.

The reason is simple, because when Ferguson bought the horse, although he verbally said that he bought the horse together, he actually didn't pay a penny.Moreover, the usual maintenance costs of this racehorse are all borne by John Magnier.

Therefore, John Magnier is only willing to distribute half of the more than 100 million pounds won by the horse race to Ferguson, and then give him two breeding opportunities.

As for the huge breeding income in the future, Ferguson can't even think about it.

The gain of 5000 million pounds is not a small amount, and Ferguson is certainly not willing to give up.

Therefore, as the major shareholder and head coach of the Manchester United club, the two went to court in the Irish court for a horse.

The following things became more and more troublesome. John Manier questioned Ferguson's transfer and financial problems at Manchester United. Ferguson also used his influence among the fans to put pressure on John Manier.

Afterwards, John Manier broke out another piece of news. He had evidence that Ferguson's son had charged a high commission when the American goalkeeper Howard transferred to Manchester United, and said that he had even more powerful ones in his hand. Material.

In order to save his reputation, Ferguson finally had to reach a settlement with John Magnier.

But since then, the relationship between Ferguson and Manchester United's largest shareholders, John Manier and Mike Manus, has completely broken down.

Therefore, even though Ferguson knew that the Glazer family borrowed money to acquire Manchester United, which would be very harmful, but compared to John Manier and Mike Manus whom he hated as the major shareholders of Manchester United, he still put his own interests in above Manchester United.

This is the fundamental reason why Ferguson was able to hit it off with the Glazer family.

The first achievement achieved by the Glazer family after taking over Manchester United was the first loss for the Manchester United club since 1931!
After all, most of the funds for the Glazer family's acquisition of Manchester United came from loans, and they were loans with super high interest rates.

Naturally, the Glazer family will not use their own money to repay the loan. Therefore, as one of the most profitable clubs in the world, a considerable part of Manchester United's annual revenue is used to repay the loan.

The Glazer family bought the Manchester United club to make money, so they also receive a large amount of dividends from the Manchester United club every year.

Calculated in this way, one can imagine how much money is left to be used to introduce players for Manchester United.

That is to say, the profitability of the Manchester United club is strong. If it were changed to other clubs, it would probably have been bankrupted long ago.

And Manchester United will be suppressed by the rival Manchester City for a long time in the same city, and will be rubbed on the ground by the rival Liverpool. It can be said that the root cause lies in Ferguson's selfish decision this time.

For the rise of Manchester United, Ferguson made an indelible contribution;
For Manchester United's mediocrity, Ferguson also played a vital role.

As for those Manchester United fans who scolded the Glazer family all day long, it can only be said that they did not see the essence of the matter clearly.

For Americans, football is just a business.

The key is who led the wolf into the house?
And the reason why Mourinho knows so many inside stories about Manchester United all come from the former Manchester United CEO Peter Kenyon who is sitting next to him now.

"Yeah, Jose, this season is our chance to win the Premier League."

"Crystal Palace has been seriously dragged down by the schedule, Manchester United has just changed owners and has not yet adjusted well, Arsenal has been devastated by the new stadium, and Liverpool can only play cup games."

"You must seize this opportunity. After winning the league championship, you can have an explanation to the boss."

Peter Kenyon looked at Mourinho and said earnestly.

"I know."

Mourinho nodded slightly, he understood that Peter Kenyon was doing it for his own good.

The Russian boss has invested hundreds of millions of euros for three consecutive seasons. If he can't even win a decent championship, wouldn't he be laughed out of his teeth?

From the day Abramovich acquired Chelsea, the name of the upstart has been worn on the heads of Abramovich and Chelsea.

Chelsea have been eliminated from the Champions League by Barcelona this season, and now only the Premier League champion can win.

Mourinho has a premonition that if he fails to win the Premier League title, then the Russian boss may lose patience with him.

It's not that Mourinho is nostalgic for the position of Chelsea coach, he just doesn't allow himself to leave as a loser.

Even if you want to leave, you have to wait until you win the championship and walk with your head held high.

On April 4, Chen Ran brought the Crystal Palace to the famous Old Trafford football stadium again.

This is the first game of the sprint stage, and the players of Crystal Palace are still in good physical condition.Chen Ran didn't have any scruples, and adopted the 442 twin tower tactics, dispatching the entire main lineup.

Forward Tony, Forward Jan Kohler
Left midfielder Cristiano Ronaldo, right midfielder Ribery
Vieira, Yaya Toure
Left back Chiellini, centre-back Southgate, centre-back Vidic, right-back Maicon
goalkeeper cech
On Manchester United's side, Sir Alex Ferguson is also ready to fight, dispatching all of Manchester United's main players, ready to give Crystal Palace a little color.

Forward Rooney, Forward Van Nistelrooy
Left Midfielder Ryan Giggs, Central Midfielder Scholes, Central Midfielder Park Ji-Sung, Right Midfielder Alan Smith

Left back Heinze, centre-back Rio Ferdinand, centre-back Sylvester, right-back Gary Neville

goalkeeper carroll

As for why there is no captain Keane in the main lineup, it is because Keane and Ferguson fell out.At the end of last year, he was terminated early by the Manchester United Club and was swept out.

When Chen Ran heard the news, he also breathed a sigh of relief.

It's not how strong Keane is, but that with him around, Chen Ran is always on tenterhooks, for fear that he will hurt his players.

Now without Keane, in Chen Ran's mind, the hardness of Manchester United's midfield has dropped by at least half.

On the Crystal Palace side, the midfielder has changed from Fabregas and Modric, two technical players, to Vieira and Yaya Toure, two black and hard players. At least in terms of defensive hardness, Crystal Palace It has now overtaken Manchester United.

The progress of the game also verified Chen Ran's judgment.

Both Crystal Palace and Manchester United are using the 442 formation today, and both the players on the wing and the center are just right in position.

This time, Scholes and Park Ji-sung happened to face Vieira and Yaya Toure head-on.

As a result, as long as there is a physical confrontation, the losers must be Scholes and Park Ji-sung.

After a few rounds, the two had no choice but to use their fast and flexible characteristics to avoid Vieira and Yaya Toure.

On the wing, apart from the inextricable fight between Giggs and Ribery, there were wins and losses for each other.

On Ronaldo's side, Gary Neville couldn't keep up with Ronaldo's speed, so he had to call right forward Alan Smith back to help.

This caused Manchester United's entire right-sided offense to be completely paralyzed, and Ronaldo was pressed behind alone and couldn't lift his head.

There are three attacking routes from the left, center and right. Crystal Palace has the upper hand in two, and the other is a tie.

Seeing this situation, Chen Ran on the sidelines felt relieved.Without Keane, the impact on Manchester United is indeed great. A good midfielder is too important for a team.

On the other hand, Ferguson also discovered this problem.

When playing against other teams, I don't feel it, because Manchester United has an advantage in other positions, so it doesn't matter if the midfielder is weaker.

But when we played against Crystal Palace today, when the other positions can't take advantage of it, Vieira and Yaya Toure can no longer hold the opponent in the middle, and the problem is very serious.

In the same 442 formation, Manchester United's waist could not stand up. Instead, they were pushed back more and more by the two midfielders of Crystal Palace, and Alan Smith on the right was also pushed back.

This has led to Manchester United's current formation on the field, with the right and center retreating to their own half, Giggs on the left, and the two forwards Rooney and Van Nistelrooy were thrown in front.

Not only is it seriously out of touch, but it's also like hemiplegia, which makes people look weird and uncomfortable.

"It seems that a strong midfielder must be introduced."

After looking back at Manchester United's bench, Ferguson shook his head slightly and said to himself in his heart.

He doesn't regret his decision to have Keane out, though.

That guy is too capable of causing trouble, and as he gets older, he has more injuries and his strength has also declined sharply.

In order to allow the Glazer family to successfully enter Manchester United, he has used up a lot of favors.There are only a few favors left, if it is wasted on Keane, it will be too worthless.

After going through the names of the players on the bench several times in his mind, Ferguson found that they were not as good as Scholes and Park Ji-sung on the field, so he gave up his plan to replace them.

Walking to the sidelines, taking advantage of the dead ball, Ferguson called Rooney over.

"Wayne, step back and help Scholes and Park Ji-sung deal with Vieira and Yaya Toure."

"Okay, boss."

Rooney, who had just turned 20, was full of energy. After receiving Ferguson's instructions, he retreated to the midfield, pestering Vieira and Yaya Toure to fight desperately.

With Rooney's help, Scholes and Park Ji-sung were slowed down and finally stabilized Manchester United's position instead of blindly retreating.

"Patrick!"

Seeing Ferguson's adjustment, Chen Ran immediately called Vieira to the sidelines.

"Don't get entangled with them. After you get the ball, distribute it directly to Ronaldo and Ribery on the wing."

"Understood, boss."

Before Chen Ran's confession, Vieira was still used to getting rid of Rooney's entanglement before organizing an attack.

Now, he doesn't talk to Rooney at all.

Before Lu Xiaopang was in place, Vieira had already scored the ball first.

(End of this chapter)