Pirated Ronaldo

Chapter 424 Ferguson's Compromise
The history of Manchester United in 2005 has really been changed!

In real history, November 2005 was a dark period for Manchester United. Although there was no "second flying boot door", the relationship between Roy Keane and Ferguson may be even more tense than it is now, because Ferguson did not Roy Keane was terminated by the end of December and kicked out of the team.

Now, due to the appearance of Ronaldo, Manchester United is undergoing some unknown changes.

The "Second Flying Boots" incident appeared, the honeymoon period of Ruud van Nistelrooy and Rooney "Manchester United Twins" disappeared, "Manchester United Twins" still started to play the leading role as in history, and did not stop because of Ronando's late arrival The difference is that Ruud van Nistelrooy, who had been brilliant this season, has been robbed by Ronando a lot, and Ronando has also become one of Manchester United's ace scorers in advance.

It is very difficult for a giant such as Manchester United to change its history, because there are all outstanding figures here, and everyone's trajectory has reached the extreme, so it is difficult to exert influence.

Before the end of October, Manchester United ushered in a new owner, and the pace of recovery was faster than the original history. The Korean midfielder Park Ji-sung was missing in the lineup, but Wayne Rooney, Darren Fletcher, Gerard Pique , and even Giuseppe Rossi, the younger generation of teenagers are growing faster, coupled with the factor of Ronaldo, a super scoring machine, Manchester United is rapidly rejuvenating.

However, in the "dark week" from the end of October to the beginning of November, Manchester United suffered an unprecedented defeat, the conflict between Roy Keane and Ferguson intensified, and everything in Manchester United seemed to be returning to the historical track.

At this critical moment, those subtle changes brought about by the little butterfly of Ronando, such as the promotion of Queiroz's status in the team, the unexpected intervention of Joel Glazer, and the more harmonious relationship between Rooney and the team's veteran group , a change in Ferguson's mentality... All of this combined to form a major historic variation of Manchester United in 2005.

The symbolic figure of the Red Devils Manchester United, captain Roy Keane, stayed at Manchester United in a form completely different from history!
On November 11th, the Manchester United club held a press conference, officially announcing that the team captain Roy Keane's player contract with the club would be terminated after the end of the 4-2005 season, but at the same time announced that from now on, Roy Keane En also serves as Manchester United's first-team fitness coach. After the end of this season, Roy Keane will continue to serve and officially become a member of the coaching staff.

"Thank God! Thank you all! I can now proudly declare that I have not violated my previous oath: Red Devils for a day, Red Devils for life!"

Roy Keane's press conference was very touching and made all the participants feel excited.

He publicly reviewed his 12 years at Manchester United, including an unknown story when he transferred to Manchester United 12 years ago.

It was 1993, and the 22-year-old Roy Keane had already achieved great fame in Nottingham Forest. He was known as the best midfielder active in English football at that time. In that summer, Nottingham Forest was relegated. Roy Keane decided to find a more suitable team for himself. He first verbally agreed to play for Blackburn, but just before signing, Ferguson, who had just led Manchester United to the first Premier League title, found him.

Ferguson was high-spirited, because that year was a 26-year absence for Manchester United and won the top league championship in England again. Ferguson contributed a lot.

In a billiards room in Manchester, two bigwigs from Manchester United met for the first time. They agreed to decide the future of Roy Keane with a snooker match. Roy Keane lost, and Ferguson just "won" the captain of the team he relied on most later.

On this occasion, Roy Keane chose to reveal the insider details of his joining Manchester United. Of course, it is very meaningful. He is working hard to repair the relationship with Ferguson!
Although the "Second Flying Boot Gate" incident between Roy Keane and Ferguson has not been widely spread due to everyone's conscious secrecy, and few people know about it, Roy Keane En was put on the bench by Ferguson for several consecutive games. Even when the team was in crisis, the Scottish old man believed in Darren Fletcher more. These have shown that there is a rift between the Manchester United coach and the team captain. It has grown to a terrifying level.

Now, Roy Keane has accepted the club chairman Joel Glazer's invitation to serve as team captain and fitness coach, so he must take the initiative to resolve the conflict with Ferguson.

Obviously, Roy Keane's hard work has paid off. After hearing Roy Keane tell that little story, Ferguson, who was sitting on the rostrum, immediately gave warm applause and stood up to talk to Roy Keane. Keane hugged, and the two of them let go of their past.

"Roy's desire to win and influence on the rest of the team made him the most charismatic player in the Manchester United team. I'm delighted to have won that snooker match 12 years ago, he was a great captain , in my heart he will always be the best player I have ever seen in my life."

Ferguson finally admitted again that Roy Keane is the "best" player!

Similar comments, during the 12 years Roy Keane played for Manchester United, Ferguson has said countless times, the most recent one is Roy Keane showed his power at the beginning of this year and led the team to beat Liverpool, but in the last nine In the past month, such comments have been far away from Roy Keane, and Ferguson has never made a similar statement.

Now, with Roy Keane's whereabouts clear, the relationship between Ferguson and him will gradually change from a mentor to a colleague, which is a brand new cooperative relationship.

It can be said that the biggest crisis within the Manchester United team has disappeared with the embrace of Ferguson and Roy Keane. As for whether there will be other frictions between the two in the future, it has nothing to do with the present.

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"Cheers! My friends!...Let's drink to the future of the Red Devils!"

In the home of Queiroz in Salford, three men with a stepped distribution of ages smiled at each other and drank the red wine in each other's glasses!

Carlos Queiroz, 52, Roy Keane, 34, Cristiano Ronaldo, 18, if this scene is discovered by people a few years later, it will definitely be a big hit News, three people who are extremely important to Manchester United sat on the same table at the end of 2005.

What Queiroz said was "my partners", which can be understood as a relationship similar to an alliance. The cooperation between them is greater than the confrontation!

Now, Manchester United's "post-Kane era" has arrived ahead of schedule. In the next six months, although Roy Keane is still the captain of the team in name, his work focus will gradually shift to coaching work, and the number of appearances will also increase. Not much, then, and United's leading man on the pitch will undoubtedly change.

Within the Manchester United club, the distribution of power will also change!
It turned out that Ferguson was of course in control of the power and was the only pole. Because the second man Queiroz was too shallow, even with the help of Ronando, a "close disciple", it was not enough for him to stand out and become the second pole. At best, it is just having some privileges over others.

However, the situation is different now. Although Roy Keane is only a fitness coach, he wears the aura of "Manchester United leader" on his head. No one can erase his contribution to Manchester United.

So here comes the question, Roy Keane, who has great influence, is likely to become the second pole figure besides Ferguson!

Of course, since Roy Keane has not really become the most core member of the coaching staff, and his qualifications are also shallow, he will never be able to compete with Ferguson in a short time. He is just a potential stock. For the time being, Roy Keane Even if he successfully becomes the first-team fitness coach, his ranking within the club must be lower than that of Queiroz.

Whether it is Queiroz or Roy Keane, the power of a single person will definitely not be able to fight against Ferguson, but when they join forces, they pose a faint threat to Ferguson!
Suppose further, when Ronando becomes the captain of the team and becomes the second "Roy Keane-style Red Devils captain"?

In the post-Kean era, one of the biggest variables is whether Sir Alex Ferguson will become the absolutely powerful figure in the Red Devils Manchester United as he did in the previous 20 years. On the position of head coach until the age of 71?
Everything will become uncertain!
Ronando was thinking silently in his mind. In this era, people would never have guessed that after Ferguson led Manchester United into another glory in the early 21st century, he still gritted his teeth and guarded the position of head coach. There were many times when everyone thought Ferguson was going to leave, but in the end he stayed, until the old man really couldn't do it anymore, and he gave up his seat to his compatriot David Ramos.

From a certain point of view, it is difficult to say whether Ferguson in the later stage is the driving force or resistance for Manchester United!

With Roy Keane staying in office, the loose alliance of Queiroz + Roy Keane + Ronaldo was established. The future of Manchester United is full of uncertainties. Even Ronaldo, the only one who knows the trend of Manchester United , and no longer know what is ahead of this Premier League giants...

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England's "BIG2005" in 4 was popularly said to be the semi-finals of the Premier League, but in fact it should be "one super + three semi-finals".

The blue team Chelsea is too strong. Every position has gathered the best elite stars in today's football. Even the substitute players are famous. The coaches of English football are talking about Mourinho in private Sometimes, there is often a tone of disdain and sarcasm.

"If Chelsea are allowed to play two league games at the same time, Mourinho can send two teams without any difficulty, and guarantee that he will not be at a disadvantage!"

This is really awesome, Chelsea can organize two teams and play two Premier League games at the same time!

In the past two years, Chelsea has been making troubles in the European transfer market, tossing other clubs a lot, causing the value of many players to rise, which makes the life of those teams that are already underfunded more and more difficult. The only ones who are proud of it are big players such as Arsenal and Barcelona who have benefited from Chelsea's frenzied buying.

After Abramovich became the boss of Chelsea, the funds spent on signings reached as high as [-] million pounds in two years, which is really crazy that has never been seen in football history.

Crazy signings made Chelsea unusually strong, and also made this gold dollar monster the only "super team" in the Premier League.

In contrast, the other three traditional strong teams in the Premier League are in their weak stages. The Red Army Liverpool, captain Steven Gerrard is alone; After the transformation of the center forward, the state has also declined. The young midfielder Francisco Fabregas is still young; Mature.

Looking at the entire league, Manchester United and other three teams, in terms of overall strength, have not opened up the level with the other Premier League teams that followed, and are in a difficult situation.

Under such circumstances, Chelsea, the only super team, is a character that everyone fears. As long as they make no mistakes, any top honor in England is within easy reach.

Of course, the above analysis is only the "hard power" of each team, and the victory or defeat of a football game does not completely depend on the so-called overall strength of the players. Otherwise, there is no need to compare the major leagues. Select the players individually, compare their pros and cons, and you will be able to sort out a team ranking list. The major leagues will just award trophies directly according to this ranking list!

No matter how many excellent players Chelsea have, Mourinho can only send eleven players to play in each game. This is the rule of the game and no one can change it.

In the game, the state of the players, the morale of the team, the stadium environment, the unexpected situation in the game, etc., we can call it soft power, which is also the key factor in determining the outcome of the game. Due to these unknown and unpredictable factors, football is full of fun and the result of the game is full of suspense.

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First team training at the Trafford Training Center in Carrington, Manchester, Sunday 2005 November 11.

"We have no reason to be afraid of any enemy, because we are called the Red Devils! When the Munich tragedy happened 47 years ago, we did not flinch. Our goal, when we were relegated miserably, we also did not back down!"

"Today, Manchester United is still Manchester United, known as the BIG4, we firmly hold on to the second position in the league ... But we must put all these aside!"

"Red Devils! It's time for a decisive battle! The next game is a decisive battle! The importance is equal to that of the Champions League final against Bayern Munich in 1999! Maybe we will be at a disadvantage, maybe we will concede the goal before the opponent... …But! Just like at Camp Nou on May 1999, 5, Sheringham and Ole Gunnar Solskjaer scored the last two goals and then, we won!"

"Persevere! As long as we persevere until the last second, victory will be ours! The Red Devils will win!"

The above speech was the last mobilization by Ferguson before the Manchester United first team assembled and set off for Old Trafford.

Although Ferguson's speech was short, it covered many unforgettable classic moments for Manchester United, including the Munich tragedy in 1958, and Manchester United lost to the same city rival Manchester City in the relegation battle in 1973. The forced relegation also included Manchester United's last glorious moment in the 20th century, winning the Champions League.

Since the Glazer family took over Manchester United and Ferguson took sole power, he has seldom brought up the so-called "unremitting Manchester United spirit".

Because that is a label belonging to Roy Keane's generation of players. Although it also belongs to Ferguson, it is not exclusive to Ferguson. What the old man wants to build now is a "new Manchester United". Be his exclusive, let "Busby's children", become "Ferguson's children".

However, at the last moment before Manchester United's crucial game against Chelsea, Ferguson still compromised, and he took the initiative to mention "unremitting fighting spirit".

In fact, as stubborn as Ferguson, he must also learn to compromise. In November 1986, Manchester United was at the end of the league with poor results. Ferguson took over the coach from Atkinson and became the new coach of Manchester United. , The team has been in a precarious situation, and Ferguson himself has been questioned.

In such adversity, Ferguson learned to compromise, including compromise with Busby's successor, McGunis, and Bobby Charlton, and kept injecting fresh blood into the team. After several efforts, he created The legendary Red Devils who dominated the Premier League for the first ten years realized the great revival of Manchester United.

Now, Ferguson, who is already high above, has re-aware of the importance of compromise. Otherwise, once Manchester United under his leadership falls back to the bottom, he Alex Ferguson will become a sinner of the Red Devils Manchester United in the late stage of his coaching career.

Therefore, Ferguson accepted the new chairman Joel Glazer's suggestion and agreed to let Roy Keane stay on the team as a physical coach.

It is also because of this that Ferguson brought up Manchester United's unremitting fighting spirit before the team's war with Chelsea, because the veterans following Roy Keane in the team are still an important force for Manchester United. Only by picking up the spirit of Manchester United will these veterans quickly regain the feeling they had six years ago, and lead the young people of the team to burst out with the greatest enthusiasm.

A few years later, people recalled Ferguson's speech and called it "the battle declaration of the new Manchester United"!
This is the major change that Ferguson made at the moment of Manchester United's crisis in 1995. For Ferguson himself, it has the same turning point as Manchester United's defeat of Nottingham Forest in the quarter-finals of the FA Cup in 1990. The same, This moment also had a turning point for the newborn Manchester United. After that, the new generation of Manchester United began to take over the banner in the hands of Roy Keane, and also inherited the fighting spirit of the older generation of Manchester United...

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