Manchester United legend

Chapter 236 Supplementary Lineup
A season has passed, and various clubs have begun to enter the summer when players have vacations.

And in the summer of 2000, Ferguson and the club's transfer officials put their minds on signings early on.

In fact, as a famous giant in the world, there are countless stars who have a relationship with Manchester United in every transfer period, like the sand in the Ganges River.

Only those in charge of transfers at clubs such as Ferguson, Kenyon and Edwards knew who Manchester United was interested in and who they were negotiating with.

Everyone knows that United need to tinker with their backline.

Bear the brunt of course is the goalkeeper position.Ferguson's patience with Bosnich and Taiby has been exhausted. Van der Gould has also proved that he is useless. Ferguson needs to introduce a goalkeeper who is really capable and stable.

Many big-name goalkeepers have been linked to Manchester United, including Italy's Toldo and Buffon, and Spain's Canizares. In England, almost every famous goalkeeper has rumors that Manchester United is interested.

After his efforts to introduce Toldo failed, Ferguson finally set his sights on the French goalkeeper Barthez-the "bald goalkeeper" has the huge aura of the 1998 World Cup champion, which was in full swing at the time.It will take a lot of work for Manchester United to buy him.

Manchester United wanted to buy the main goalkeeper of the Italian national team, Toldo, when Manchester United chose to drop.

Manchester United did find Toldo first before introducing French goalkeeper Barthez, but he was rejected at that time.

Toldo later said, "In fact, I like the Premier League very much. Manchester United is of course the strongest team in it, and it is also the dream destination of many players. But it is not for me. Because I am a big Arsenal fan, I hope they win the championship. How can I help Manchester United beat them?"

The story of Barthez joining Manchester United is also full of drama.Just before the end of the season, Barthez, who played for the Monaco club, had a conflict with coach Boll.

Ball accused Barthez of negative games that led to the team's failure, which made it difficult for Barthez to accept.

The subsequent actions of the club made Barthez even more chilling. They started talks with Manchester United without consulting Barthez at all, and wanted to sell Barthez to Manchester United at a high price.

Barthez said in an interview with reporters, "I would actually like to keep the Monaco team. This is the best club I have played in France. I originally hoped to play here all the time. But unfortunately the club betrayed me. They directly negotiated with Manchester United for money, which broke my bottom line."

"I'm not a commodity and when I heard that Monaco were in talks with Manchester United to sell me, I had no desire to stay at the club," Barthez said.

Why not go to Manchester United?They are such a good club, they showed their sincerity to invite me to join and met my salary requirements.

I think coming to the UK to try new challenges will be an exciting journey. "

In this way, Barthez joined Manchester United this summer.Ferguson agreed to pay the highest transfer fee in Europe for a goalkeeper at £780m, bringing Barthez from Ligue [-] to the Premier League.

Barthez said at the time of signing, "The only problem I had when I signed was that I couldn't find a pen. I really didn't feel any pressure to join the biggest club in the world. I joined Marseille in 1990 when I was 20 years old. I won the European Champions Cup in my first year of professional career. I also won the World Cup in 1998. I am a world-class goalkeeper.

Signing such a big-name goalkeeper who has been baptized in the World Cup and won the championship, Ferguson is determined.

At the same time, Ferguson is actually planning some other signings: defenders and forwards.After all, Irwin on the back line is very old and his state is rapidly declining. Philip Neville's strength is not enough to support the entire left side of Manchester United, and Sylvester's position is more to be arranged at the center back.

Therefore, Manchester United's left back must determine a new main force as soon as possible.As for the more worrying central defender position, Manchester United also has many candidates for signings.

Stam is the only first-class defender in Manchester United's defense that has been recognized by the world, and his defensive ability is among the best in Europe.

But his partner is always not in line with Manchester United's status quo, and will always cause trouble for Manchester United in key games or critical moments.

Brown and Sylvester, who grew up in the youth training system, actually have their own advantages and disadvantages.

In Ferguson's eyes, Brown is worth cultivating and looking forward to, and Sylvester will become a good enough candidate after he has rich experience, but unfortunately they are not the best candidates who can fill the gap in time now.

David May and Johansen have been proven by the Premier League and other competitions that they are not enough to fight against a world-class attack line, and Borg decided to leave Old Trafford this summer.

This summer Manchester United actually had scandals with many famous defenders: from Desailly, Blanc to Campbell and so on.

Especially Desailly and Campbell, one is the captain of the French national team and Chelsea, a long-established central defender, and the other is a supernova who stood out in England, and his fame once overshadowed the legendary central defender Adams.

Desailly's agent Dioff claimed that Manchester United offered Desailly a contract, "Ferguson did give me a contract about Desailly, Ferguson wanted to introduce Desailly three years ago.

Desailly and Chelsea still have a two-year contract. Whether Desailly can finally join Manchester United will depend on Chelsea. "

In an interview, Desailly repeatedly emphasized that he is very willing to play at Manchester United. "Manchester United is a top team, and Ferguson appreciates me very much. This makes me very happy. What could be better than playing in a world-class team like Manchester United? But I cannot say that I will definitely go to Manchester United. It is too early to say."

Ferguson did not agree with Desailly's statement. In fact, Desailly was not satisfied with Manchester United's offer, and his high-profile publicity was nothing more than threatening Chelsea to give him a higher salary and renew his contract.

You must know that Desailly was 2000 years old in the summer of 32. In the season just ended, he also suffered serious injuries, and the number of appearances dropped sharply from 31 games in the previous season to 24 games!
For Tottenham's new generation of defender Campbell, Ferguson is really salivating.

Born in 1974, Campbell, who became famous in Tottenham, has already become the main defender of the England team. He took over Adams' class and took the England captain's armband at the age of 23.

Campbell was selected to the best team in the Premier League last season. This 183cm tall black guy has a strong body, a terrifying physique, and quick feet. Although he turns relatively slowly, his calm awareness is enough to make up for the gap.At the time Campbell had far more praise than Ferdinand.

Ferguson started planning to buy Campbell in 1999. In the middle of last season, he offered a transfer fee of 1500 million pounds for Campbell, but Tottenham firmly refused to let him go.

But this summer, Tottenham still refused to renew Campbell's contract with only one year left.

If the club is still unable to renew his contract before January 2001, then Campbell will appear in the transfer market next summer as a free body.

The situation at the time was really mysterious. Manchester United was willing to pay a high transfer fee, but Tottenham firmly refused to let him go.

On the other hand, Tottenham's current economic situation is not ideal, and it can even be said to be in an economic crisis, but they watched the team's core central defender refuse to sign with the team, and made it clear that they will transfer freely next year.

In the end, the salary terms offered by Ferguson himself and Manchester United did not impress Campbell. The core of England's defense and the team at White Hart Lane finally turned into "Judah" and transferred to the rival camp-Arsenal Arsenal on a free transfer.

Part of the truth was that Campbell didn't want to come to Manchester United at all, he just wanted to stay in London - and the best team in London at the time was Arsenal.

(End of this chapter)