Manchester United legend

Chapter 149 Transfer Rumors
In addition to the two veterans McClair and Pallister, Ferguson also let go of Kevin Piggington, Grame Tollinson, Ben Tolley and Chris Caspe this summer.

Tolli and Casper are two very young talented players, but it is a pity that it is difficult to find a starting opportunity at Manchester United, and Ferguson has no choice but to be an adult.

As for Cruyff, who has been repeatedly injured, Ferguson loaned him to La Liga's Celta Club, and the Dutch and Manchester United drifted away.

Just this summer, something small but enough to affect the final season's achievements happened at Manchester United.Solskjaer, who was sidelined by injury last season, faced the most important choice of his career: leave or stay?
The situation at the time was actually very grim for the Norwegian killer: Manchester United spent a record 1260 million pounds to buy Yorke. It can almost be said that the new season will inevitably occupy a starting position, and Cole and Sheringham in the team are competing for another starting position. The priority of Solskjaer.

This also means that Solskjaer is likely to have few opportunities.Worst case scenario is he goes without the ball all season.

On the other hand, Tottenham, a strong team in the Premier League, also invited him and made offers to Manchester United many times. The two clubs even negotiated a transfer price of 550 million pounds.

Tottenham staff have already started negotiating treatment with Solskjaer's agent.

All Manchester United fans who love Solskjaer are worried: the situation seems irreversible, and we are about to lose a real Red Devils hero!
At a critical moment, Ferguson and Solskjaer met alone.Ferguson said, "Sochaux, the truth about the team is that we will play well over 50 games a season. We are not going to build a core squad with only 11 to 13 main players.

Solskjaer's choice was simple: he directly stopped the agent's contact with Tottenham, and then announced that he would keep Manchester United.

Solskjaer's choice came as a relief to fans who supported him.Solskjaer recalled this past event like this: "I remember I talked a lot with my agent about moving to Tottenham. He said that I was the most stubborn player in the world. The two clubs had reached an agreement on the transfer fee, but I still kept the fax at home! This was an easy thing to be forced to agree to, but I didn't want to leave. The head coach kept telling me that you would get a chance, and I chose to trust him. In fact, the head coach kept his promise."

Solskjaer said, "I love Manchester United. This is a love that comes from my bones. It is this feeling that makes me unable to let go. Wake up, I said to my agent, it is a kind of pride to be able to play for the best club in this country. This club is creating miracles and I want to be part of it."

Regarding the reporters' questions about playing opportunities, Solskjaer said, "That's not something I worry about. My response is to be ready at all times, and then listen to the call of the head coach and the call of fate. I am confident that I will find my time and opportunities here, although I may have to pay much more sweat and effort than ordinary people."

In this way, Manchester United's summer preparations are complete.In the powerful battle queue, all the puzzle pieces are in place, and Ferguson's team is about to set sail.

A lot happened in the Premier League that summer, and it wasn't just Manchester United that broke the news. The summer of 1998 was a chaotic season. Apart from the day-to-day attention of the media, no one thought that the players of Manchester United were also training hard day after day.

Transfer rumors continued, and newspapers in England, Italy, and even newspapers in Spain and the Netherlands were helping Manchester United to buy people.In addition to Yorke, Stam, and Blomqvist, Manchester United is also associated with many famous stars.

First, Shearer, who was reckless. Some media reported that Ferguson would spend 2000 million pounds to buy the strongest striker in England. They also reported that Shearer felt no hope of winning the championship in Newcastle, and wanted to change the environment.

Soon there were Italian media reports that Ferguson had taken a fancy to Fiorentina's center forward and Argentina's God of War Batistuta. Manchester United was willing to pay a transfer fee of 1700 million pounds, and the two sides were discussing it.

A little later, someone linked Kluivert with Manchester United. The Dutch striker suffered another setback in the World Cup year and received a red card. The experience of playing for Milan in the previous season was simply a nightmare for the Dutch striker. His team AC Milan had already planned to sell him, which made him one of the focuses of the rich clubs.

Manchester United's scouts reported that Kluivert was very suitable for Manchester United, regardless of height, strength, explosive power, and jumping.

In addition, Kluivert has excellent skills at his feet and strong ball control ability. He is also good at heading the ball and holding the ball with his back.

Another superstar is also associated with Manchester United, and that is the Argentine star "Little Donkey" Ortega. The media said that Ferguson hoped that the Argentine would bring superb skills to elevate Manchester United's offensive power to another level.

Of course, Ferguson did not respond to any of these rumors.In fact, Kluivert almost came to Manchester United, and Batistuta still because the asking price was too high, Ferguson rejected the proposal.

As for Kluivert, Ferguson really wanted to buy this powerful striker who had already become famous at a young age but had just fallen into a professional low tide, but unfortunately, Manchester United's offer was not enough to impress Milan, and Kluivert himself preferred to go to Barcelona.

As for the rumors of other players, many of them are really just floating clouds.Shearer?Ortega?These are really not Ferguson's dishes.

In addition to buying targets, many players in the Manchester United team have also been involved in transfer rumors.First, Solskjaer, Tottenham's offer of 500 million pounds was rejected.

Then there is Beckham, who is caught in all kinds of scolding and criticism. Barcelona offered 1700 million to bring the "heartbeat" to Spain.

Of course, there is Cruyff. Several clubs in Spain want to buy the frustrated Dutchman from Manchester United.As for the other Poborski, who came to Manchester United with a star halo, but was finally dissatisfied, he was sold to Benfica by Ferguson as early as January 1998.

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