What ball king, call me ball god

The next day, July 7, early in the morning.

Lin Kedi and Ten Hag arrived in London.

Meet Ed Woodward in Manchester United's London office, alongside Matt Judge.

The two have always been inseparable, and it seems that Matt Judge is Ed's confidant.

Four people sit at a long table.

Lin Kedi and Ten Hag sat on the left, Ed Woodward and Matt Judge sat on the right, facing each other.

Ten Hag spoke directly.

"I want to know the progress of the players who are being sold."

Matt Judge on the opposite side spoke.

"Lukaku, we have been stalemate with Inter Milan at the price of 8000 million euros, but just yesterday they let go and are willing to bid 8000 million euros, but they hope that Sanchez's price can be cheaper."

Ed Woodward looked directly at Ten Hag after listening.

"Eric, you decide."

"Okay, how much cheaper are they?"

"They want 700 million euros."

"700 million? It's 300 million cheaper. Well, yes, but the 700 million has to be paid in one lump sum."

"We also talked to them about this. They agreed to this plan."

"That's good. Now our funds are 5000 million plus 700 million, and the 8000 million. How many installments did they divide?"

"No matter how many installments are divided, it can be counted in the transfer budget of this year's summer window, and it will not exceed ffp." Ed Woodward said.

"Okay, that means 1 million."

"Correct."

Hearing this, Ten Hag nodded, and then pulled out a document.

Passed to Ed Woodward.

Ed picked up the information and looked at it.

"De Jong is not cheap."

"He is a Champions League-winning midfielder, he is the core of Ajax's midfield. Buying him, we can enrich our squad, he is a type that we don't have in all the midfielders we have."

Ed Woodward nodded, then said: "How compatible is he with Pogba?"

Ten Hag glanced at Link, then at Ed.

"Ed, actually, Pogba is not in my plans."

Ed Woodward was looking at the file, but when he heard this, he immediately looked up.

"Not in your plan? Wait - Eric, are you worried about what happened between him and Mourinho? No, it won't happen again in the future!"

What Ed was talking about was the famous photo incident of Pogba after Mourinho got out of class.

"No, it doesn't have much to do with that. What he's not in my plan means is that he doesn't fit into my tactical system. Ed, do you know what my tactical system is?"

Ed was taken aback by Ten Hag's question, and replied: "Of course I know, your tactic is to press high to grab the ball when you don't have the ball, and when you have the ball, you can quickly pass the ball and pass it in the middle or the midfield. Go straight to the frontcourt to find Link."

"So, Ed, have you noticed that my tactics, whether with the ball or without the ball, require speed and quickness. I don't need players who stick to the ball. I need players who can stick to the ball. A player who takes the ball with one kick, in the entire tactical system, the midfielder is the one who least needs sticking to the ball."

"Pogba can change—" After Ed finished speaking, he couldn't believe it.

"It's impossible for him to change. In fact, he was in France, Deschamps used Matuidi and Kante to make up for his misplacement and sticking the ball. But at Manchester United, now we are going to play 433, after that. If the waist is De Jong, Pogba will play in the left midfield position, and his effect will be very poor. If he plays 4231, double midfielder, Pogba can't play the front midfielder, and if he plays double midfielder, he will be even worse Go forward more, this is his habit of playing football, which cannot be changed. I know he can’t adapt to our tactics, and he may lose some money if he sells him, but staying in the team will only continue to depreciate. It affects the atmosphere of the team."

"Eric, I see what you mean. So, Lin, what do you think?"

Ed looked at Link.

"I agree with the coach. I also carefully watched many videos of Manchester United last season. In many cases, Pogba was the one who missed the opportunity. I admit that he is a very talented and capable player, but his talent and Ability, it doesn't work in this Manchester United team and it won't work in the future Manchester United, Ed, that's how I see it."

Ed took a look, the head coach and the top player in the team agreed to sell Pogba.

In addition, Ed was a little dissatisfied with Pogba's agent Mino Raiola who kept asking him for a salary increase.And regarding the matter of Pogba and Mourinho, the players and the head coach had conflicts, and the coach usually left because the cost was low, but it didn't mean that the club had no opinion of the players.

Ed Woodward doesn't like Pogba either, but he is a businessman and still doesn't want to sell such a valuable player.

But now that Ten Hag and Link are united, he has nothing to say.

I fought for it just now, and found that I couldn't beat Ten Hag and Linke, so I had to give up.

He looked at Matt Judge.

"If Pogba is on the market, who will make the offer?"

Matt Judge looked at Ed in surprise, and then understood in his heart that the current advantageous situation is already on the side of Ten Hag and Link.

"In fact, when Raiola raised Pogba's salary, he pulled Paris Saint-Germain and Juventus to raise the price."

"Have you understood that these two teams really want to buy Pogba?"

"Paris Saint-Germain is real, they are willing to bid 1.1 million euros."

"1.1 million? The transfer fee is almost back. What about Juventus?"

"Juventus can only offer 7000 million."

"Then Paris, tell Raiola that he can negotiate a contract for his client."

Matt Judge nodded and wrote the matter down in his notepad.

Ed looked at Ten Hag again.

"If Pogba's transfer fee is calculated according to the lowest, there is also 7000 million. I can express my position now and add all of this 7000 million to the transfer fee."

"That's about 2.2 million. In fact, it doesn't take that much. I need two people now, one midfielder is De Jong, the other is the right back, and Feltman will do."

"Feltman? Ajax's backup right back?" Matt Judge said.

"Substitute right back? Eric, why don't you just buy Ajax's main right back Mazraoui?" Ed asked curiously.

"Mazrawi is more expensive. He is a full-back with a strong offense and a weak defense. Our right wing is not very offensive, so the full-back on this side needs a strong defensive ability to fill the position. Mazra Wei is very good, but not suitable for the current Manchester United. And Dalot's talent is also very good. If he is trained, he will be the candidate for the main right back. If Mazraoui is selected, it will be a waste of Dalot. Phil Terman is 27 years old, he can hit both sides, even if Dalot is in the position, he can also be a substitute for the central defender."

"Okay, Matt, remember, both of them are going to talk to Ajax."

"Also, some redundant personnel need to be cleaned up. I have written these down on paper. Of course, if these redundant personnel cannot be cleaned up, there is no rush. It will be enough after one or two transfer windows."

After speaking, Ten Hag handed the paper directly to Matt Judge.

Matt Judge looked at Ed, and Ed nodded, not looking at the redundant list on the paper, but nodded in agreement.

Ed naturally felt that these redundant staff didn't matter, so he let them go.

Then Ed asked the final question of the meeting.

"The position of the right winger, what do you think in the new season?"

"Lingard, Greenwood, Mata, whoever is in good condition will win, it's that simple." (End of this chapter)