With Euro 2004 and the Premier League kicking off later than previous seasons, Ronan arrived in Manchester with competition for the transfer market already heating up.

Transfers in the football market are not only about competing for the players you want, but also about causing problems on the transfers of rivals as much as possible.

Now that all of Manchester United's shares are in the hands of the holding company "Anderson Investments", and it has also been successfully delisted, completing a crucial privatization, Ronan has an absolute controlling stake, and to a certain extent, his power in Manchester United is as unquestionable as Roman Abramovich is to Chelsea.

However, Ronan did not make much changes to Manchester United's management, and Manchester United is now the No. 1 in the Premier League in terms of commercial profitability and one of the top football clubs in the world.

David Gill, one of the former Manchester United executives who supported Ronan's takeover, was promoted from the position of general manager of the club to chief executive officer, with full responsibility for the day-to-day operations and transfer management of Manchester United.

Alex Ferguson continues to be the team's manager and manager and has the right to make transfer recommendations.

Although Ferguson has certain shortcomings, and even broke out in a transfer black gold scandal at one time, there is no more suitable manager than him at this stage, and Manchester United has replaced a new financial director, who was personally selected by Mary, the chief financial officer of Relativity Entertainment, at the request of Ronan.

Power can be given, but supervision must not be less.

As the new owner of Manchester United, Ronan's first big move after buying the club was to follow Ferguson's advice and sign Rooney, a future superstar in the eyes of British fans.

Although Lu Xiaopang later fell far from the heights expected, he became one of the cornerstones of Manchester United's success for more than a decade to come.

And such a leafy player is actually rare, Rooney was later willing to act as the deputy and wingman of Ronaldo and General Fan, and played an extremely important role in the success of Manchester United.

Instead, in England, after Rooney became the core, the performance was ...... Don't mention it.

Rooney's transfer also has a role, quickly stabilizing Manchester United's morale and the mood of fans, don't underestimate the role of England's household register, Ronan agreed to Manchester United to buy Rooney at a high price of 27 million pounds, and also won the approval of fans.

Although some die-hard Manchester United fans, because of the acquisition of a complete break with Manchester United club, ran out to set up a new Manchester United club, ready to start from the lowest league, in order to declare the orthodox blood of Manchester United, but for 99.9% of Manchester United fans, after making a fuss and opposing and being powerless to stop, they also accepted the reality in front of them.

Just like the Glazer family once was.

Moreover, Ronan seems to be very generous, with Manchester United having a dozen transfer targets on the club, including the likes of Arsenal's Ashley Cole and Chelsea's Frank Lampard.

"My goal is to build a championship team!"

Speaking to Alex Ferguson and David Gill in the clubroom, Ronan said: "Manchester United should be at the top of the Premier League. ”

He glanced at Alex Ferguson, who may not have been clear to others, but he knew Ferguson's greatest wish: "I hope Manchester United can win another Champions League title as soon as possible! No, not one, but many! So, I have prepared a transfer fee of 100 million pounds for Manchester United this summer!"

Of course, some of these transfer fees come from new loans from banks, and some of them need to be settled by selling redundant players.

David Gill said: "A number of player transfers, including Silvestre, have been completed and £35 million has been raised. ”

Ferguson's face was serious, and after the new owner took office, he directly intervened in the team's transfer, which made him a little unhappy: "The team is now understaffed and cannot cope with multi-front operations, and it must be replenished as soon as possible." ”

Ronan knew that Ferguson was desperate for a second Champions League trophy and had repeatedly delayed his retirement for it, and immediately said: "Sir, we will get the players you want and complete the technical innovation of Manchester United." ”

The new owner has brought Rooney what he asked for for the team, and also kept the likes of Brown, O'Shea, Fletcher and others that he likes and likes.

In fact, Ferguson's dissatisfaction is within control, after all, Ronan had enough communication with David Gill before selling him, and the sales were basically marginalized players.

But these players have been introduced by him in recent years, and now they have been swept away, and the good-looking Scottish old man has a somewhat unsightly face.

For example, goalkeeper Butters, since the guy who kissed his bald head left Manchester United, the state of losing a good friend has plummeted in an instant, and he has become one of the most famous butter players in the Premier League.

And Silvestre, also from France, with a big colander at the back.

Other players like Kleberson, Jemba, Bellion and Diego Forlan are typical of the failure to buy scratch cards.

Ronan is well aware that because of Manchester United's technological changes, among the technical players that Ferguson has purchased in recent years, there are very few successes at Manchester United, and even people feel that Ferguson's vision is problematic, and it is no wonder that there is a transfer black gold scandal.

After Manchester United's treble in 1999, Ferguson began the process of replacing the old and the new, but the successive recruitment mistakes (Veron, Jemba, Kleberson, Fran, Fuqiong, etc.) not only made people doubt Ferguson's vision, but also led to Ferguson himself began to hope for the birth of a new 92 generation, so Brown, Fletcher, Simpson, Richardson, etc. began to enter the first-team rotation lineup.

Ferguson's idea of bringing the old with the new was also successful at first, with Brown next to Stam being England's new red man, Fletcher being the next generation of young Beck and providing assists, and Richardson scoring two goals on his international debut.

But Ferguson didn't expect that the situation would soon be out of his control, with Stam writing a book, Flying Boot Goalkeeper, Ole Gunnar Solskjaer seriously injured, Ryan Giggs and Paul Scholes injured successively, and Rio Ferdinand was banned for more than half a year in 2003......

In the 2004-2005 season, the lack of manpower at the back made Ferguson buy the equally unreliable Argentine Heinze and push Sylvester to central defender, a decision that made Manchester United a big colander;

As for Cristiano Ronaldo on the right, it will still be a big laughing stock in the Premier League, and the daily operation claims to be a 20-meter assault forward, and then a 30-meter pass back.

Although Ruud van Nistelrooy was still brave and Rooney occasionally had the finishing touch, the loss of momentum in the midfield made Manchester United completely uncompetitive in the strong dialogue, and even Manchester United fans wrote a joint letter asking Ferguson to step down that season.

At that time, it was difficult for Red Devils fans to really like Cristiano Ronaldo, because the first two seasons were simply black sheep!

However, fate is also ridiculous, the first choice on the right side after Xiaobei left was Ole Gunnar Solskjaer, but the baby face has been seriously injured since then, so that Ronaldo can quickly rise to the position, even if he kicks like shit, he can firmly stand on the main force, because there is really no one else who can play.

Who would have thought that Cristiano Ronaldo would completely open up two years later and start a new era of football.

Manchester United is now unavailable, which has something to do with the club's instability in recent years.

Manchester United's profits are very good, but if you study carefully, it is not difficult to find that Manchester United's investment in the transfer market is not very high, and most of the club's profits have been taken away by investors.

As for those scratch cards, don't mention them.

Especially in the goalkeeper position, since Schmeichel, Manchester United goalkeepers have simply become a joke all over the world, and Tybbie, Butters, Howard and Carroll, none of them are reliable.

In fact, Schmeichel in 99 is also unreliable, and all kinds of low-level mistakes can be made into a hilarious highlight.

So, United's biggest problem now is in the midfield.

Once after the Glazer family became the owner of Manchester United, Manchester United was very stingy in supporting, and for a long time, did not spend a lot of money, but Ferguson came and went, and the scratch card came to the time of the draw.

Nemanja Vidic, Patrice Evra and Edwin van der Sar, among others, have played an important role.

'We have Paul Scholes and the midfield doesn't need Frank Lampard with overlapping positional types. Ferguson said at this time: "Chelsea just changed the Russian boss last year, and they are not short of money at all, so they may not sell us. ”

David Gill told the truth: 'Chelsea refused to talk to us about a deal for Frank Lampard and their new manager, the Portuguese, even clamored in the media that if we violated the law by approaching players privately, they would appeal to UEFA. ”

The Portuguese?

Ronan was not surprised, and no longer mentioned Lampard, instead asking: "What about Ashley Cole?"

"It's hard. David Gill said: "With our relationship with Arsenal, the chances of a transfer being reached are extremely low. ”

Manchester United and Arsenal are direct rivals.

"Have you gone to inspect the candidates I mentioned?" Ronan asked.

Ferguson was a little surprised and asked, "You have a scout." ”

Ronan shook his head: "No, but I have money, and I can do a lot of things, including collecting information on first-tier league players in European countries." He always has to find a suitable excuse: "I was interested in Manchester United back in 2001 and started working with a number of football information collection companies, and now I've invested heavily in them. ”

Ferguson nodded, as the head coach of a top team, he certainly understands what role money can play in the world of football.

United have a well-developed scouting system and David Gill was quick to pay off after Ronan's information, saying: "Nemanja Vidic of Red Star Belgrade and Patrice Evra of Monaco have really done well in their respective leagues and they don't have a lot of money. ”

Ronan looked at Ferguson, who still respected the old coach's opinion.

Ferguson had already read the relevant materials and talked to a number of scouts who had crossed the scouts in person, and nodded: "There is potential, I am in favor of the introduction." ”

David Gill said: 'The transfer of the two of them is not difficult to maneuver, the rest needs to be fought for by Chelsea and Liverpool. ”