Manchester United legend

Chapter 199 Bribery
The new season of the Premier League started as scheduled, and the English media broke the news that Ferguson "accepted bribes".

For Ferguson, this is not a surprise, the most powerful bomb is "bribery"!A mysterious person broke the news that Ferguson was bribed by Kanchelski's agent Sesolek!

He also broke the news that other agents tried to use money to get Ferguson to let his players transfer.

After Kanchelski renewed his contract with Manchester United in 1994, Kanchelski's agent Shesolek told Ferguson that he would give him a gift.

Ferguson said, "I thought the gift he was talking about was Russian native products, but they sent a package full of money! I was shocked when I saw the bundles of banknotes inside! At first I was confused. My wife said that it must be returned to the original owner immediately, or the money should be handed over to the club immediately. I called Kanchersky’s agent Sesoleko that day and couldn’t get through. Kanchelski's agent, Edwards, immediately told Kanchelski's agent Sesolek that Ferguson could not accept the gift, which would damage his reputation.

Not only that, Ferguson also revealed that Kanchelski's agent Zeng Xie Solek made a statement in 1995 to intimidate Manchester United Chairman Edwards.

At that time, Kanchelski hoped to move to Everton, but Manchester United did not agree to the other party's low offer.Kanchelski's agent Sesolek yelled at Edwards: "If you don't let him transfer now, you will die! You will definitely be finished! Trust me, I will not lie!"

Ferguson's autobiographical revelations caused an uproar.Kanchelskis agent Shesoleko quickly responded, "I have never bribed anyone. When Kanchelskis decided to leave Manchester United in 1995, I tried to persuade him to stay," he said. "We started negotiations, but the chairman of the Manchester United club did not accept our conditions. In the end I asked Kanchelskis to choose between Middlesbrough and Everton. The player chose Everton. I finally assisted the player to complete the transfer, that's all."

Shesoleko said, "The transfer of players is just a business, and you don't need to use knives and guns like the underworld." He explained that the conflict between Manchester United and Everton at the time was actually just that they couldn't agree on the player transfer fee.

At the same time, the British Football Association was also greatly alarmed.They asked Ferguson to accept the investigation and provide the whole process of the matter.A spokesman for the FA said, "We attach great importance to such allegations and will conduct a comprehensive and timely investigation and deal with them according to the findings. At the same time, we will report the findings to FIFA and the police in a timely manner."

Ferguson even provoked the police.Police in England announced they would be questioning Ferguson to see if he violated Britain's strict legal terms on money transactions.

The England government's sports minister Rimet said, "We must strictly eliminate corruption in the field of sports, including football. We will fully investigate why Ferguson did not explain things to the public until a few years later, instead of reporting directly to the police and the FA at that time."

The final investigation went nowhere.English law does not have a time requirement for bribery to be reported to the police.

In fact, Sesoleko was far away in Russia at the time, and England had nothing to do with him.After questioning Ferguson, Edwards and relevant staff, the England Football Association issued a statement condemning corruption in the football field, and suggested that FIFA crack down on agent bribery.

"I think Ferguson overcame the fear of the black hand of the agent and bravely exposed the matter, which is helpful to our football career. He can help reduce corruption in the entire field." Taylor, the secretary general of the English Football Association Association, said, "I guess Ferguson at the time may be worried that if the matter is exposed, he himself will be marked as persona non grata by the agent and related organizations. This will affect Manchester United. As for him now exposing the matter, it is because he has already made a name for himself and his position in football is unshakable."

1999年的8月7日英超新赛季开始，曼联的第一场联赛是8月8日挑战埃弗顿队。

This is also the first time that Manchester United's newly bought goalkeeper Bosnich has guarded the door for Manchester United.

After the start of the game, Manchester United took advantage of the scene. Ferguson sent Solskjaer, Cole and Yorke to form a "trident" that was scary enough, and there were attacking players such as Beckham and Scholes in the midfield.

Manchester United's luxurious firepower also forced the opponent Everton to put on a defensive posture at home, and put a heavy army in their backcourt, ready for battle.

In the first half, Manchester United quickly took advantage. Everton's midfield interception and confrontation were very fierce, but this was still not enough to stop the Red Devils' goal.

Bosnich kicked a long pass to the opponent's penalty area. Yorke, Cole and Solskjaer teamed up to stage a wonderful teamwork. First, Yorke controlled the ball under the pressure of the opponent, and he passed it to Solskjaer on the left.

Three passes between the three directly tore apart the dense defensive position of the opponent's six players. York, who dribbled the ball into the penalty area at high speed, formed a single goal, facing the goalkeeper and easily scored.Manchester United lead 6-1.

After taking the lead, Manchester United shrunk slightly, and Everton began their offensive attempts, but before Manchester United's defense, they did not have too many opportunities to penetrate into the penalty area.

The game lasted until the final stoppage time, and Manchester United's defense finally had an accident. Everton kicked the ball from both sides and hoisted the ball from the right into the penalty area for the last time. After being ejected by Manchester United defender Phil Neville, he made a pass from the left.Everton leveled the score.

In this way, Manchester United lost 3 points at the last moment, and Stam's own goal allowed Everton to grab a draw.Manchester United got off to a bad start.

(End of this chapter)