From the man behind the football king to the football king.

Chapter 475 Manchester United’s summer signings

When referee Ma Zhe blew the whistle to end the game, fans scattered confetti in the stands of the St. Petersburg Stadium. They floated in the air, like colorful snowflakes, spinning and flying.

Under the sky full of confetti, the players of the Portuguese team were celebrating.

Head coach Santos was thrown high into the air by them, celebrating Portugal's second major championship trophy in two years.

When the live broadcast announced loudly that Bruno would be elected as the best player in the Confederations Cup final, the Portuguese fans in the audience once again burst into thunderous cheers.

All the players, coaching staff and staff gathered around Bruno and celebrated him for winning this honor.

As the core player of champion Portugal, Bruno scored 4 goals in 6 games and won the Golden Boot Award. Especially, he scored twice in the crucial semi-finals and finals, which made his awards very convincing.

Bruno was also very excited. Although the Confederations Cup is not very influential, it is still a world championship after all. And if he remembers it well, this Confederations Cup will be the last one, and his Golden Boots and Golden Balls will be the final swan song of the Confederations Cup, which also gives his Golden Boots and Golden Balls some special meaning.

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As the Confederations Cup comes to an end, Bruno has officially begun his summer break.

However, Bruno had no intention of taking a three-week vacation. He returned to Manchester on July 7, the first day of the Manchester United team's new season gathering, and appeared at the Carrington training base.

But now that Bruno has returned early for the benefit of the team, Mourinho is naturally very happy.

Return seems to have become one of the themes of the Premier League's summer transfer window.

After all, this meritorious captain of Manchester United is of great significance to Manchester United. Although his condition has declined rapidly in the past two years, his influence in the Manchester United locker room is still great.

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In fact, during the winter transfer window, Everton made a transfer request to Manchester United to sign back Rooney, but Mourinho refused without hesitation. Rooney considered that Manchester United was in excellent form at the time and did not take the initiative to apply to leave.

Although the Manchester United team will assemble in early July to start preparing for the new season, due to FIFA requirements, players must rest for three consecutive weeks, which means that he can return to the team in late July, which is When Manchester United competed in the International Champions Cup in North America.

However, what is different from the situation in another time and space is that Lukaku's transfer to Manchester United, which was linked to Rooney joining Manchester United, did not happen. Instead, Lukaku officially announced his joining Chelsea two days ago.

Mourinho is very satisfied with Bruno's early return to the team, which is very meaningful for his preparations. As the core of Manchester United's midfield, Bruno means so much to Manchester United. Without Bruno, many of his training sessions would not be possible.

Rooney wrote: "Thank you to everyone at Manchester United, thank you to the board for their support over the years, thank you to all the coaches I have played for, thank you to the staff I have worked with, thank you to the teammates I have played alongside. Finally, thank you to the incredible fans, I’m lucky enough to be able to fight for you guys, thanks for all the memories!”

Manchester United midfielder Herrera also updated his Instagram account with a photo with Rooney to pay tribute to Rooney. Herrera wrote: "One day in the future, I can tell my children that I fought alongside you. I wish you all the best, thank you, Rooney. Farewell to the legend."

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Although Rooney did not get many playing opportunities under Mourinho last season, no one thought that Rooney would leave Manchester United this summer.

Manchester United legend Neville also posted: "Send my best wishes to Rooney and congratulate you on your great career at Manchester United. You are the best striker I have ever seen and worked with at the club."

After everything was settled, Rooney said goodbye to Manchester United on his personal Instagram account. Rooney updated a photo of himself wearing a red Manchester United jersey and the captain's armband, and expressed his respect for Manchester United by saying 7 thank yous in a row.

On July 7, local time in the United Kingdom, a piece of news shocked England: Manchester United captain Wayne Rooney transferred to Everton. The top scorer in the history of Manchester United for 9 years and the top scorer in England history. In his twilight years, he returned to the place where his dream began.

Of course, if Bruno does not return to the team early, Mourinho has nothing to do. After all, FIFA has such regulations. Bruno has to take three weeks of leave, which is also his right.

However, in order to get more playing time and to qualify for next summer's World Cup in Russia, Rooney gave up his honor as Manchester United captain, gave up his high salary in Manchester United, and transferred to Everton.

Manchester United coach Mourinho said goodbye to Rooney in an interview on Manchester United's official website: "It's no secret. I have always been an admirer of Rooney. During his time at Manchester United, he was a role model for players and will leave his mark in the history of the club. "I hate to see such a great player not get enough playing time and he is asking to return to Everton. I will miss his experience, focus and determination and wish him all the best for the future."

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Rooney is not the only player to leave Manchester United this summer. The former Manchester United genius, the handsome Belgian Januzaj, known as "Jia Baoyu" among fans, followed in Rooney's footsteps and also left the Carrington training base to go to Real Sociedad of La Liga.

<divclass="contentadv">These two transfers did not bring much revenue to Manchester United. According to media estimates, Rooney's return to Everton only brought a transfer fee of 500 million pounds to Manchester United. This is just symbolic. Just collected some money. And Januzaj only brought 750 million pounds in transfer income to Manchester United.

These two transfers are not even as high as Manchester United's first transfer expenditure in June, which was the introduction of Swedish defender Lindelof from the Portuguese Super League Benfica.

Manchester United spent 3100 million pounds to acquire Ibrahimovic's international teammate.

The second player Manchester United introduced in this summer transfer window was also negotiated before the official opening of the summer transfer window. That was the introduction of Portuguese defender Cancelo from Bruno's old club Udinese. This transfer cost Manchester United 2500 million pounds.

However, Cancelo has not yet reported to Manchester United. This somewhat lazy guy didn't have the consciousness to work overtime like Bruno, so he decided to take three weeks of compulsory leave first.

Originally, Manchester United's first choice for signing a right back was Tottenham right back Kyle Walker, but Manchester United encountered competition from Manchester City, and Tottenham also tended to sell Walker to Manchester City, so Manchester United ended up competing with Manchester City. After being defeated, he had no choice but to turn around and sign Cancelo.

Kyle Walker, the best right back in the Premier League last season, finally switched to Blue Moon Manchester City for a sky-high price of 4500 million pounds.

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Recruitment in the defense is not Manchester United's main direction in this summer transfer window, because for Manchester United, the defense is not the most lacking area.

The most lacking player in Manchester United's three front lines is the striker. After Rooney left in transfer and Ibrahimovic is still seriously injured and has not returned, Manchester United's only forward on the front line is the teenager Rashford!

Although people like Bruno, Lingard, and Mata can also play forward, that is not their best position.

Therefore, Manchester United's most important task this summer is to strengthen or even rebuild the front line!

Mourinho originally intended to sign last season's Premier League bronze boot, Everton striker Lukaku, but Everton director Walsh, who has a close personal relationship with Mourinho, told Magic Bird that Lukaku is a long-term player. A small giant baby.

However, Mourinho obviously did not realize the huge problem with Lukaku at this time. In other words, Psy may think he can change Lukaku, but he still wants to recruit Lukaku.

However, after Bruno had a phone conversation with him, Mourinho finally decided to give up on bringing in Lukaku, which allowed Chelsea to successfully sign back the Belgian forward.

Another signing target of Manchester United is last season's Premier League silver boot, Tottenham striker Harry Kane.

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If it were in the past, Tottenham would definitely reject Manchester United's offer without hesitation, because the two teams were very unhappy because of Berbatov's transfer.

Originally, the relationship between Manchester United and Tottenham was very good. Ten years ago, the two sides had many personnel exchanges. For example, Carrick was introduced by Manchester United from Tottenham.

However, due to Berbatov, the relationship between the two teams deteriorated sharply. In the past few years, Tottenham rejected Modric and Bale's requests to transfer to Manchester United.

However, with the change of ownership of Manchester United, although the past grievances have not completely disappeared, they have finally faded away.

Of course, the main reason is that Manchester United gave too much, making it difficult for Tottenham to refuse.

Manchester United's first official offer to Tottenham was as high as 100 million pounds!

Due to the construction of the new White Hart Lane stadium, Tottenham are very short of money at the moment. Although Kane plays a very important role for Tottenham, it is difficult for Tottenham to say no when faced with the temptation of large sums of money.

After all, Tottenham's two core players Modric and Bale left Tottenham and joined Real Madrid.

However, such a heavyweight transfer is definitely not something that can be done in a short time. The two teams will definitely be engaged in a tug-of-war for a long time, or even protracted.

It is even unknown whether Manchester United can finally introduce Harry Kane this summer.

After all, in the competition for Kyle Walker, Tottenham chose to say no to Manchester United and sold him to Manchester City instead.

Who knows if Tottenham will make such a choice again if a strong contender emerges in the fight for Kane?