Manchester United legend

Chapter 195 Withdrawing from the FA Cup
In fact, not only Jost, there are more players in the Manchester United team who have become the targets of the European giants.

Inter Milan, AC Milan, etc. have spread rumors that they want to sign Giggs, and Barcelona is once again linked with Beckham.

And Manchester United's two super substitutes are also quite attractive.Torino, a veteran Italian team that has just returned to the first division, wants to buy Manchester United's Champions League hero Ole Gunnar Solskjaer for 1000 million pounds. After being rejected by Ferguson, Torino also offered [-] million pounds to recruit the [-]-year-old Sheringham.

Of course, the intention of the Italian team was directly rejected by Sheringham, "I'm not old enough to play for Italy's newly promoted team?! I can still contribute to Manchester United, and I am very happy here. The teammates and coaches here are the best. I think I will stay in Manchester United for a few more years."

In addition to the team's rumors of being poached, Ferguson's Manchester United is in a bigger trouble, that is, the team will play in the World Club Championship and miss the FA Cup.

Manchester United's decision not to participate in the FA Cup was agreed by the Football Association of England, but just this June, there was still an uproar after the news came out.

Manchester United later announced the decision at a press conference, and Ferguson later believed that it was this decision that allowed Manchester United to win the championship this season. When entering the winter, those championship teams began to drop points, and Manchester United was enjoying the sun on the beach in Brazil.

The FA made this unprecedented decision because Manchester United will represent England in the inaugural World Club Championship held in Brazil in January 2000.

The conflict of game time forced the FA and Manchester United to make a trade-off (if all games are played, Manchester United will play 74 games in the new season, an average of one game every 5 days, and compete for eight championships. No wonder Manchester United can't stand it.)
Manchester United chairman Edwards had deliberately refused to accept FIFA's invitation and declined the World Championships, a tasteless event. However, in order to win the favor of Blatter in the bid to host the 2006 World Cup, the British government and the Football Association, the sports minister Banks and the acting chief executive of the Football Association Davies asked Manchester United to participate in the World Championships instead of the FA Cup.

Davies later wrote in his FA expose: "Supporting the Club World Cup is key to keeping FIFA happy. If Manchester United were not playing for the European champions, England would never have dreamed of hosting the 2006 World Cup.

At the beginning, Ferguson did not intend to give up the FA Cup, but Manchester United did have too many games, and the long journey back from Brazil to participate in the competition was also a difficult challenge for the club.

Of course, they can't send the youth team to play, it will belittle the FA Cup, and it is not good for the growth of the youth team.In the end, I gave Manchester United the option to retire. "

The FA, which thinks it's smart, has drawn criticism from other teams, fans, players' unions, cup sponsors and betting companies, who believe the FA has belittled the unique value of the 127-year-old competition.

The players union believes that it is understandable for Manchester United to participate in the FA Cup in the fourth round, but simply letting the team not participate in the game will greatly damage the influence of the cup.

William Hill, Britain's largest bookmaker, is more worried that once Manchester United withdraws from the FA Cup, fans will significantly reduce their betting on the FA Cup.

After Manchester United announced its withdrawal from the FA Cup, it caused strong criticism from many clubs in England.The attitude of Derby County coach Smith almost represents the reaction of the other 19 teams in the English Premier League, "Manchester United should participate in the 127-year-old FA Cup. It is unacceptable for the defending champion to give up the game directly.

This set a bad precedent, and no famous team in history has treated the FA Cup like this. "Everton said in a statement that Manchester United had the responsibility to strive to defend the title, while Bradford club chairman Richmond said regretfully, "Manchester United's withdrawal has eclipsed the FA Cup. Behind all this is a money word. "

Taylor, the chairman of the Professional Players League, said: "The FA Cup has no meaning at all, because it has been tarnished." Fearing that the media would add fuel to the fire, they all criticized Manchester United's going to South America to play the "Rushzi World Club Cup" as a "decision to burn the brain". It will be a trip to hell: the Dutch suffered from vomiting and diarrhea last season and suffered heavy losses, and Manchester United will definitely not look the same when they come back; the media found Havelange's opinion, "The Maracana Stadium should be rebuilt, this stadium that can seat 50 people is dangerous even half of the people!"How can the "glamorous" Beckham, who is delicate and expensive, stand up to a series of vicious assaults?
Among the many criticisms, only Arsenal took a stance in support of Manchester United.Arsenal won the league and the FA Cup double in 1998. The team also believes that too many games will affect the excitement of the game, and the players will not get rest.

Another rival of Manchester United, Chelsea, also supports the FA's decision. Chelsea boss Bates, who once called Manchester United directly into the fourth round of the FA Cup "unfair", immediately welcomed Manchester United after they did not participate in the game.

In this way, a busy summer passed.Ferguson did not wait until Jost's final decision, but there is still great hope of contract renewal.

After arduous negotiations, Jost finally announced at the end of the year that he had successfully renewed his contract with Manchester United, staying for another 5 years, and his contract reached 6 pounds per week.This is already a high salary in the Premier League.Jost got his wish and got a high salary, and Manchester United also retained their captain to avoid being poached by other powerful players.

Manchester United, who gave up the FA Cup, did not succeed in the Club World Cup in the end, and they unfortunately returned home.

The teams in the Premier League do not intend to completely surrender in the face of the giant Manchester United.They are still working hard to increase their strength and create various possibilities to challenge the overlord.

Manchester United didn't make much noise in the transfer market in the summer. Apart from spending several million to buy the most expensive goalkeeper in the Premier League - Taibi from Serie A, all the young players who came were not very famous.Ferguson once planned to lure French midfielder Ginola to join, but the French midfielder rejected Ferguson's kindness.

United's failure to stir up big waves doesn't mean the Premier League isn't making big moves.

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