Arthur's Football

When Manchester United ended their last warm-up match with Juventus, Ferguson finally welcomed Ronaldo back.This left those tabloid reporters who still did not give up hyping the flirting between the Portuguese and Real Madrid completely out of scope.

Ferguson is relieved that he has lost a Portuguese, two-time assistant coach Carlos.Queiroz, it's good not to lose the other, the more important one.

Although he is extremely eager to keep Queiroz, Ferguson cannot give the promise that Queiroz most desires.

Queiroz's previous performance at Real Madrid convinced Ferguson that he was more suitable as an assistant coach than the one who took over Manchester United.

Yes, Ferguson is already considering his successor.He is 68 years old, and he will be 70 in two years. He must consider his own physical condition and his wife's feelings.

While waiting for the results of Ronaldo's physical examination, he considered whether to find a suitable assistant coach for himself or promote Perrin.

While he was thinking, he received a visitor, the CEO of Manchester United, his friend David.Jill, and the boss's confidant Woodward.

"David, Ed, is there any good news I want?" Ferguson asked with a smile, thinking that Berbatov's transfer had made progress that he was looking forward to.

"Fergie, it's our chairman. He wants to talk to you." Woodward looked at Ferguson with envy in his eyes - obviously the king of Manchester United is the old Scottish man in front of him.

He wields power and decides everything.

"Chairman?" Ferguson was a little surprised, and then he smiled: "Why not, he can call me directly, or does the Duke not use a mobile phone?" This was obviously a joke, and he glanced at his old friend.

davidJill was pulled over by Woodward and didn't know the inside story. He looked at Woodward with a smile: "Ed, Chairman, he has never been to his exclusive box since he bought Manchester United. This time Is there something special?"

For example, suddenly lost interest in football and want to change hands of Manchester United?Or are you dissatisfied with Ferguson's forced retention of Ronaldo?Even if their chairman is the richest man in Britain, that is 8000 million pounds!

Woodward is the Duke of Westminster's confidant in the Manchester United management. If the Duke has any plans, the people who know him best are not him and Ferguson, but him.

Woodward glanced at Ferguson with some embarrassment and said, "The chairman is here because of a private matter..."

Private matter?

Since it was these two words, Ferguson didn't ask again.

He vacated the entire afternoon, not because of the opponent's status and power, but because the opponent has never intervened in Manchester United's affairs since they bought Manchester United in 03.This kind of indifference or forgetfulness has won the respect of Ferguson. Is there a happier head coach in the Premier League than him?No!

Of course, this also puts a lot of money in Manchester United's account.

Ferguson sneered in his heart, 8000 million pounds, is it a lot?If it wasn't for that kid Cristiano who wanted to go there since he was a child, and his worrying mother, he would never agree, never!

Ferguson received good news from the medical team in the afternoon——

Ronaldo's right ankle surgery was quite successful and he is recovering well.If all goes well, he may be able to play in September without a truce until October.

It couldn't have been a better result!

Because he and Tevez did not negotiate a weekly salary, they could only send away the Argentine on loan.And Saha has entered the list he wants to clean up, and he will leave Carrington soon. Ronaldo's surgery was beyond his expectation, but that's good too. Last season he worked too hard and played in the European Cup again. Now he can rest well like this.

He plans to reuse Rooney this season and buy Berbatov to replace Tevez, but Tottenham will not let go, and another damn Manchester City comes in to disrupt the situation. How can Ferguson be that fat sheep?He's not a madridian with a brain!If you have money in your account, you are not used to squandering it!

After coaching Manchester United for so many years, he has already had his own ideas for team building and his own way of signing players.

At tea time, Carrington pulled into a Bentley, and without disturbing any further staff, Ferguson and David.Jill and Ed.Woodward gave the chairman respect and greeted him together.

Let Ferguson and David.To Jill's surprise, all of them appeared in front of them except their elusive chairman Victor.Wellesley, and a young man in a light blue three-piece suit.

They knew the young man's identity without anyone's introduction.

He and Victor have the same blond hair and blue eyes, nearly the same height, and the same custom-made three-piece suit in different colors all silently tell the relationship between them.And when the Duke of Westminster smiled and introduced his son to them, he looked at his son and melted everything.

Victor.Wellesley didn't know that the three men in front of him had put him into the stupid dad club just because of his one look. He smiled and said, "This is my son, Arthur."

Only then did Ferguson focus on the young man.

His intuition told him that this was the "culprit" that Victor would suddenly think of Carrington!But when he looked at him carefully, even though he was used to seeing Beckham's face, Ferguson still had to marvel that the young man in front of him was indeed the son of the duke.

He was even more handsome than his father when he was younger, about six feet one inches tall, maybe a little more, standing next to his father, different from Victor's gentle smile, his expression was cold, he looked dignified but decent greet them.

Ferguson watched him, and so did Jill.

This must be a public school boy, going to Eton or Harrow like his fathers, and then Cambridge or Oxford, and as for his future—

Gill looked at him, hoping that among his titles would be Manchester United chairman.

However, after greeting each other, they moved to the chairman's office that had been vacant for several years. Woodward did not stay, and under Victor's hint, Jill smiled and invited Arthur, who had been very silent.Wellesley went to visit Carrington.

It was so quiet.Jill thought after a few minutes that when he introduced Carrington, although the young man around him was very polite from the beginning to the end, and he didn't lose his composure, he didn't respond much eagerly.

This is not good!

03 was a very important year for Manchester United. In this year, they changed their chairman and delisted from the stock market. Since then, the Red Devils have become the property of the Wellesley family.It was also this year that Gill became the CEO of Manchester United, but he had entered Manchester United as early as 97 and had a deep affection for Manchester United.

Like Ferguson, he doesn't want to see Manchester United change hands because of the damn reason "the chairman's son is not interested in football"!

They just won the Champions League last year. This year Ferguson has the ambition to build the Triple Crown or even complete the great cause of surpassing the Triple Crown, instead of falling to the bottom because of the problem of changing the chairman just after reaching the peak!

"The first team should have finished their physical training now, do you want to watch their training?" Jill suggested, if this doesn't work...

Afterwards, he was very happy to see that the little earl, who had always had a perfect smile from beginning to end, was finally moved.

"Won't it bother them?" Arthur asked.

"Of course not." Jill smiled again, and this time the smile was much more sincere. He could look at the eyes of the young man who were exactly the same as his father, and they were called "wellesley blue". You can see the sudden light in the look.

Among the five major leagues, the Premier League generally ends the earliest and starts the game the earliest.In this case, even though their first official game of the season was the Community Shield on August 8, the holiday ended as early as early July.

The physical examination, physical training, warm-up matches, and interspersed joint training, this is a painful month for them. In order to reserve physical fitness, their physical fitness coach can do anything.

As a hard worker who would gain weight even after drinking cold water, Rooney, who had just escaped from the hands of fitness coach Clegg, has already hugged Nani and will not let go. He is envious!He is jealous!He just couldn't help being envious and jealous of the Portuguese!Whether it is the one in front of you or the one that is being rebuilt alone!

"Why are you so thin, so thin, so thin!"

Nani, who has been at Manchester United for a season, is not afraid of him. After all, he is protected by someone. He squinted and disliked Lu Xiaopang: "Actually, I don't understand how your British food can make you grow so much meat in one holiday." .”

Rooney immediately shook his fist at the kid: "This is not meat, it's muscle, muscle!"

"Come on Waza, watch out for Craig to hear."

"You kid managed to lose all the extra meat you had, so be honest."

Obviously someone couldn't get used to it and spoke to stop it.

If others say that Rooney can still not care, but he can't afford to offend either of these two—Michael.Carrick and Paul.Scholes.

To put it simply, these two are the midfield commander, commonly known as the forward's father!

Dad is right, everything Dad says is right!

So Rooney showed a "sincere" smile and put his arms around Nani to express that they were good brothers, and then glared at Nani when they were not paying attention.

Nani dropped his arm in disgust and ran to his place.

Lu Xiaopang didn't care either, he was very proud when he looked at the substitute players who were honestly wearing vests to show the difference!

Carlos Tevez is gone!Saha is leaving! Ronaldo is not well yet!Beba, who has been rumored for several months, hasn't come yet, so the frontcourt has become his world alone!Let's see who will grab the cake with him!

That's right, Lu Xiaopang never thought that he would have the possibility of spitting out cakes.

The interim assistant coach is Michael.Perrin.After the game started, he supervised the formation from the sidelines to observe the state of everyone.

When Jill brought the little earl over, he didn't notice it immediately until Jill called him.

He looked at Jill in surprise, then greeted Jill, and saw Arthur behind Jill.

Arthur smiled at him, and his eyes fell on the court in the next moment.

Seeing his reaction, Jill wanted to shout "Hallelujah" in her heart. Does this seem like she is not interested in football?Mr. Chairman clearly wants to bring his son who is interested in football to Manchester United, right?

That's right, you can't just buy a club and just leave it there, it's good to let your son take over!How many fans does the future chairman get like this!Real Madrid lost Beckham, but they have a new heartthrob!

Jill, who was jumping in his heart, didn't know at all. At this time, his good friend Sir Ferguson was already having a headache because of the same thing, but he still smiled firmly: "I'm very glad that Arthur loves football, but he has accepted football before. Training?"

Ferguson questioned very politely, but his heart was full of puzzlement—your wife is a painter, your daughter is a pianist, and your son-in-law is a violinist. Why let him paint and play the piano? Why let him play football? ?Aren't you nobles!

Ferguson is certainly not a gossip person, but who in the UK does not know this seemingly low-key family that can never be really low-key?

When the duke and his wife entered the church, countless young girls shed tears overnight.

More than 20 years later, when his daughter got married, I don't know how many men hated and cursed the German man who had a hatred for taking his wife from them.

And today he met his son Arthur.Just looking at that face, Ferguson could imagine a future in which Arthur's future wife would be cursed, reviled and hated.

But such a man is a pleasing sight to put on any other occasion, but it is not suitable to be placed on the court.

If you really insist, Real Madrid is a good place, not their Red Devils Manchester United!

Faced with Ferguson's doubts about his son, Victor.Wells stared at him with his pair of blue eyes that amazed countless people, and there was pride in it that he didn't know, but his tone was so calm: "Arthur is a genius."

Ferguson: "..."

Well, as a father, he understands the bragging of the man in front of his son. Whose father was the last one who boasted like this?

Victor didn't change in the slightest because of Ferguson's expression, he stared at the Scot: "Alex, I know what you're thinking, but it's true, Arthur is a real genius. For me In other words, this is not something to brag about, if it can make him more happy and feel more love, I am willing to give everything.”

The information revealed in his words immediately alerted Ferguson. Seeing his questioning eyes, Victor nodded slowly: "Yes, Arthur is indeed troubled."

Ferguson cursed in his heart for a moment, I'm afraid it's not a trouble, but a disease!

The lack of cooperation from the Scots forced Victor to withdraw his smile. He still stared at Ferguson, but his tone was a little more serious: "Alex, although it will cause you some trouble, Arthur is indeed a genius, even if It's football. Believe me, it's not as bad as you think."

Victor certainly knows something about Manchester United, otherwise how could he acquire Manchester United?Even if these understandings are just to fulfill the first request made to him by his beloved son in his life.

Ferguson is undoubtedly angry, because the man in front of him is already reminding him - he is his BOSS!Carrington's real master!But he will eat this set?

He looked at Victor with a stern face: "A genius, a football genius? Your Excellency Victor, in fact, the genius I saw last time that I wanted to marvel at was in Carrington. He will be the The best in the world."

Undoubtedly the best in the world!

Yes, Ferguson directly slapped his BOSS in the face!I'm the one who knows how to do it!The best in the world is my disciple. Whether your son can enter Carrington, even if you are the chairman, you have to get my nod. I am the one who has the final say!Unless you pay me a termination fee!

It’s just that Ferguson made Victor laugh. This overly bright smile made him look perfect. In fact, his words and deeds have always been called a model among nobles. His smile at this time is no longer in the “standard” ".

"No offense, Alex, but this is what his coaches said, and I believe you will agree with their judgment." Victor winked at him when he said this.

"Coach?" Ferguson felt a little offended.

"Maradona, yes, is the one from Argentina. In fact, he is not the only one." Victor laughed again when he said this: "Although Arthur is a genius, it is enough for him to set foot on Old Trafford. It’s not easy for him to learn the level of morality, and of course I will do my best to help him.”

etc!Didn't you brag about your son in a different way?Ferguson, who is good at psychological warfare, felt that he should not confront such a stupid father. He just calmly made a voice of faux wonder, and then waited for his follow-up with leisurely time——

Maradona?Is he so poor already?Even if he is so poor, you must have been deceived by that Argentine. Even if your son is really a genius among geniuses, would he, an Argentine, teach an English nobleman well?Ha ha!

Victor still smiled: "I think you should want to witness it on the court more than what I said?"

great!Ferguson smiled more sincerely: "I can't wait, but..."

"I will leave first, I think I will get a good news." Victor was quite understanding, he stood up when Ferguson also stood up and said: "Alex, didn't you ask me why I bought Manchester United?" ?"

Ferguson looked at him, hoping for an answer.

Victor's eyes were full of nostalgia: "That was the first time Arthur asked me what he wanted, he wanted Manchester United. When I asked him why, he told me, 'The acquisition of Manchester United is great. We don't have to worry about revenue, we don't have to worry about grades, we don't have to worry about the dressing room, in fact we only need to worry about when Ferguson will retire.'”

Ferguson was a little moved, and he couldn't be unmoved. This was an affirmation and a compliment to him.

"I have to say that I was a little jealous at the time. My son has never commented on his father like that." Victor looked at Ferguson with obvious jealousy and a little appreciation: "Time has proved He was right and the trophies you brought to Manchester United prove it all."

"Thank you." Ferguson thanked him. He didn't need to be humble, it was a fact. "Glory to Manchester United!"

And he is the one who brought glory to Manchester United, brought trophies, and brought them to Wembley!

"Glory belongs to Manchester United." Victor looked at Ferguson meaningfully: "Glory can only belong to Manchester United."

After seeing him off, Ferguson picked up his mobile phone and called Jill. After hearing what his old man had said, Jill handed the phone to Perrin with a delicate expression, and then looked at Arthur.

He was no different from before, still engrossed in watching the tactical drill on the court, Jill had to interrupt him: "Arthur."

Arthur's blue eyes turned to him.

"Do you want to play football?" The CEO squeezed out the words almost dryly.

The blond youth in front of him responded calmly: "Yes, I want to play for Manchester United."

The CEO almost uttered a dirty word, playing football?he?The next Duke of Westminster?The son of the richest man in Britain?

Is he crazy or the world is crazy!

The young man still looked at him calmly, as if he had no dissatisfaction with his exaggerated expression, and he did not try to boast of his skills in order to prove that he was worthy of the red jersey that fluttered and represented glory.

At this time, Perrin returned the phone to Jill, and Jill heard Ferguson say: "Listen David, this kid is said to be taught by Maradona. Although I don't think that Argentine can teach the British anything, but we The chairman firmly believes that he is a great genius! I will go over now, and you let him change clothes."

It was terrible, but Jill also made a choice at this time.

Although he is the CEO of Manchester United, he represents Victor, and what he wants to protect is the interests of the Wellesley family. In other words, when Victor is not present, he is Ferguson's boss.

Now that Victor and Ferguson have reached an agreement, he doesn't care how things will turn out in the end, he just needs to ask Arthur to change his jersey and shoes, and wait for Ferguson to come to "inspect" the goods!

Rooney and the others actually glanced to the sidelines intentionally or unintentionally. Without him, it was too seductive and too dazzling.

What is the purpose of such a young-looking guy with a flirty bag and a brilliant golden hair?Jill wants to pull sponsorship?

Perrin blew the whistle ahead of time because of Ferguson's explanation, so Gary.Neville and Giggs approached Perrin to ask what was going on, who was that kid just now?

Perrin sullenly said, "My lord told you to rest for a while. I just came here for a trial training."

Tryout?

Not to mention old fritters like Neville, Giggs and Scholes, even Nani and Anderson, who have only been in the team for a year, are stunned at this time. Where did Ferguson dig this little beet? ?

"I don't think this guy is here to play football, but to make a movie."

"Looks as thin as a telegraph pole."

"He should be on the roof instead of the stadium, he looks like he can play football?"

When a bunch of people got together, no one was optimistic about the golden retriever just now.Not to mention that he doesn't look like someone who can play football at all, even if he can play football, he is absolutely stupid dressed like this today!

But Neville and the others thought more. Ferguson suddenly stopped the game, and Jill accompanied him in person, all of which showed that this kid was extremely valued by their leader.

So this kid is either a genius that the scouts didn't know where to find out, or he has a lot of connections.

No matter which one it is, they all have fun watching it.

When Ferguson came over, Arthur had already changed into his jersey and shoes and socks. He stood beside Jill, and his expression didn't change when he saw him. He didn't know whether to praise him for having a big heart or worry about his "genius" sick".

Ferguson didn't care about this. He looked at Arthur carefully and found that although he was tall and thin, he was not a real bamboo pole after he took off his exaggerated outfit and put on his jersey.He took another look at the disciples who were obviously waiting to see a good show, and stared at them. The guys with different postures who had been surrounded by a group immediately stood up obediently, waiting for their boss's order.

Ferguson was not in the mood to pay attention to them. He looked at Arthur: "What position do you play, left foot and right foot?"

Although he was tough in front of the boss, Ferguson had already made up his mind that as long as the kid wasn't too bad, he would keep him.If he plays too badly, he will keep it-what do you play football for?Is it bad to be the chairman or acting chairman?

"Winger, striker, attacking midfielder. Good at both left and right feet."

Ferguson took another look at his little boss. If he hadn't smiled when we first met, and the smile was quite nice, he would have thought it was a little facial paralysis.

As an acting assistant coach, Perrin knew that the chairman came back today. Although he didn't know the relationship between Arthur and the chairman, he also knew that this must be a relationship brought by the chairman himself.

Ferguson glanced at Perrin: "Let him go to the right side of the bench, 20 minutes." After he finished speaking, he glanced at Neville and the others, with a warning in his eyes, don't mess with me!

What kind of team is Manchester United?Someone once lamented that Manchester United is not so much a team as an army.This is by no means a compliment, but a mockery of Manchester United's tradition of "old bullying new".

Don’t go too far, let’s just talk about the generation of Class 92. When they were still in the youth team, they were always bullied and bullied by newcomers. Keane punched his teammate Heinze with a punch.

Even now, there are still people who suffer——

Cristiano.Ronaldo also had a very difficult season when he first came to Manchester United, growing up painfully in being kicked and being kicked or being kicked.

This is why Ferguson thinks Arthur is not suitable for football, let alone Manchester United!It is difficult for any outsider to integrate here, let alone a nobleman who is out of tune with his players and has no training experience in any professional team?

He wished Arthur would behave like a piece of shit, but he didn't want to hit him too hard, after all, this kid was still a little boss with a sense of people.

Perrin pointed out Arthur's location, and then patted him on the shoulder: "Try to show yourself, you don't have much time."

Perrin has a good impression of this young man with a perfect face. After all, this is a world that depends on his face. In addition, he has no sense of tension from the beginning to the end, which also gives Perrin some confidence in him. Although it is not very honorable to go through the back door, But if there is strength, who cares about these?

"I will, thank you." Arthur thanked him and trotted a few steps. While waiting for Ferguson, he warmed up under Perrin's guidance, and he could feel that he was in a good state.

After Perrin explained a few more words to the players on the bench, everyone also expressed their understanding. Isn't it just to play more balls for this kid and not pass the ball to him?Passing on, anyway, this kid's bad performance has nothing to do with them, and he is just responsible for it.

Arthur didn't know that he had become the blame man in the hearts of his teammates. He looked towards the opponent's half, and his eyes stopped on Van der Sar.

In the previous training match, the 38-year-old veteran played extremely well this year, and the occasional four shots from the substitute side were successfully resolved by his high-defense resistance.

After Perrin blew the whistle, both sides saved the temptation. When the main team went through Scholes's dispatches and wanted to press, Nani found a red shadow passing by him on the opposite side, and he was caught by him. He easily hooked the ball away, and when he turned around to chase back, the opponent had already passed Gary Neville, who had just recovered from his injury, and then passed Scholes with a marseille near the baseline!

Nani joined the defense while staring at the kid with a sense of crisis. On the sidelines, his head coach also grew his mouth without chewing gum.

davidJill obviously wasn't much better, and while watching his little boss cut in past Vidic, he asked: "That's a Marseille round, right, Fergie."

"No!" Ferguson spat out the words with difficulty: "That's Maradona."

Jill: "...so he was really taught by Maradona?"

This action is called the Marseille roundabout because Zidane has carried forward this action. In fact, it was the former Argentine international Rodriguez who first used this action in the international A-level competition, and Maradona is also good at using it. This action is extraordinary.It's just that compared to Zidane's long legs, short legs like Maradona have to step on more.

He saw the ball hang high into the dead corner, and then looked at Arthur differently.

Kick-off in the middle circle, Rooney is full of momentum, he has vomited cakes three or four times today, without shooting boots at all, but can he be willing to let a kid who came to tryout steal the limelight?And Nani, who conceded the ball before, also became cautious, trying not to make mistakes with one kick, but after a few minutes, he found that this kid made a comeback, and he came at himself again!

There was O'Shea defending in front of Nani, and he was about to throw the ball, but the boy broke the ball with a hook with his long legs, and everything was like a repeat of the previous one!

"He looks like flying. Boss, are we going to have another flying wing?" Perrin looked at Ferguson expectantly, and found that his boss's gaze followed Arthur. When he turned his head, he saw a horrible sight. scene -

Their captain Gary.Neville, was pierced by this kid in a high-speed change of direction. In the encirclement of Vidic, Ferdinand, Carrick, and Scholes, this kid ran horizontally far away from the penalty area with his own speed. As long as he passes the ball, Saha can single-handedly pass the ball. As a result, just when they thought he would pass the ball, they found that Arthur had pulled out the angle and thought about it. I don't want to be a heavy cannon!

Van der Sar didn't attack rashly, he didn't stare at Arthur, he just stared at the ball. The moment he saw him touch the ball, he had already made a prediction, but what made him unwilling was the next moment. The ball, which was clearly heading for the upper left corner, actually turned behind him.

He looked at the white-flowered net, and looked at Arthur differently. The ball was obviously a heavy shot just now, but this kid was able to create an arc to deceive him!

The first ball went straight to the corner, and this one... this guy is good!

Ferguson was still staring at Arthur after the second goal. After scoring the first goal, he found that not only did he not make any celebrations, he even threw a punch, and this time it was the same, but Fletcher They surrounded him and patted him on the shoulder.

Fletcher whispered to Arthur, "Well done, boy, you'd better wait until we give you a chance."

In fact they're embarrassing too!

Perrin also asked us to pass the ball to you, why did you rush to snatch it by yourself?Create opportunities by yourself, lead by yourself, rush by yourself, pass by yourself, shoot by yourself...

This is unique!Very good!

The author has something to say: The protagonist's family is purely fictional :)