Chapter 001: The first young marshal of the Premier League

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May 4, 2003 is destined to be a day that will be remembered by all Manchester United fans. Because on this day, the Red Devils Manchester United, whom they support and trust, relied on an unexpected defeat for their old rivals Arsenal to complete a jaw-dropping comeback in the Premier League!

"Gunners lose a good game, the Red Devils seal the title!" This is the headline given by well-known British media such as "Daily Mail", "Mirror", "Times" and other well-known British media after Arsenal unexpectedly lost 2-3 to Leeds United at Highbury Stadium. In the article, the media invariably began with warm congratulations on Manchester United's victory, followed by a verbal criticism of Arsenal, eager to describe the Gunners as the greatest disgrace in the history of English football.

There's a reason why the British media have been so fiercely critical and mocking Arsenal. After all, the Gunners were beaten by the Red Devils by a full eleven points ahead of arch-rivals Manchester United, and ultimately lost the Premier League trophy in 2002-2003. Such a result allowed Manchester United to add another legend to its glorious history of comebacks, and at the same time disgraced Arsenal and the British media, who were originally favored by the Gunners to win the title. Therefore, if the cautious British media does not jump out and stomp on Arsenal's feet at this time, it will be abnormal.

While the Arsenal fans were devastated and the United fans were frantically celebrating the team's miraculous comeback victory, a tall young man with long bright blond shawl hair and a black suit drove his car into Carrington Training Ground the day after Manchester United sealed the league title, and walked to the door of Manchester United manager Sir Alex Ferguson's office fifteen minutes later.

Glancing at the familiar door in front of him, the blonde young man's face showed a look of nostalgia and a little sentimentality. But soon, he collected his expression, and then pushed open the door in front of him, and strode in. But as soon as he stepped into the door, the young man covered his head with his hands and exited the door in embarrassment: "Hey, Alex (Ferguson), don't get angry, don't throw anything." It's me, George!"

"Oh, it's you, kid. Just in time, I was wondering when you'd be here. Noticing the identity of the visitor, Ferguson put the ashtray that had been raised to the air back on the table as quickly as possible, and his expression, which was originally quite unhappy because he was disturbed from work, immediately became kind, "What? Are you going to retract your previous decision and continue to stay at Manchester United as my assistant?"

"Please, Alex, don't mention this kind of unrealistic thing again, okay?" Looking at Ferguson's eyes with a hint of hope, the blonde young man named George was a little unbearable, but he still answered the other party's question truthfully, "Alex, you should know very well, although in your eyes, I will continue to stay at Manchester United as an assistant coach to accumulate experience, contacts and prestige, and after you announce your retirement, it is very suitable and perfect to take over the coaching whip of Manchester United's first team from your hands." But for me personally, this one is clearly not the best option...... Alex, don't be in a hurry to refute me, although you are always yelling that you have a bad heart and are ready to retire and find someone to succeed you, but to be honest, Alex, are you really willing to hand over a Manchester United team that is about to enter the renewal stage to someone else at this time?"

"......" Hearing the young man's words, Ferguson couldn't help but fall into silence. The red-nosed old man from Scotland knew very well in his heart that what the other party said was indeed true.

That's right, Ferguson is absolutely reluctant to put this Manchester United team that he has poured so much effort into into the hands of someone other than him, even if this person is extremely optimistic about him, and George Nelson, who led Manchester United as interim manager during his hospitalization for a heart attack, and achieved a shocking comeback against Arsenal in the league.

George Nelson, that's the name of the blonde young man sitting in front of Ferguson. He is currently an assistant coach at Manchester United in the Premier League, and along with Portuguese Carlos Queiroz, he is known as Alex Ferguson's right-hand man by the British media, and is the acting manager of Manchester United after Ferguson was hospitalized for heart problems in the middle of the season!

Originally, the United board of directors intended to let Queiroz, who had experience as a manager, be the acting manager of Alex Ferguson's recuperation, but Ferguson, who was in the hospital, was adamantly opposed to this proposal at this time, and insisted that another assistant coach, George Nelson, who was only 22 years old at the time, be appointed as acting head coach despite the opposition and doubts of others. For this reason, Ferguson even did not hesitate to threaten to retire from football, and asked the Manchester United board of directors to approve his proposal.

In this way, amid the suspicion of the media and fans, George Nelson took over the handwriting of Alex Ferguson and was appointed acting first-team manager by Manchester United's board of directors. George Nelson himself became United's youngest-ever senior manager – albeit as an agent.

It is inevitable that George's appointment will attract such skepticism, and despite his excellent performance as an assistant coach and his ability as an assistant coach has been recognized, the nature of having a young man in his early twenties as head coach is very different from making him an assistant coach. In most people's minds, this young man still needs time to settle and polish, and the 50-year-old who has led the team to win the championship (Queiroz led Portugal to the World Youth Championship twice in 1989 and 1991, and the backbone of that group of players is the familiar Portuguese golden generation) is the best choice for Manchester United at this time.

However, George Nelson, who was initially not expected to lead the troubled Red Devils back on track during his tenure as acting manager of Manchester United, ended up delivering a stellar report that greatly surprised everyone!

Back on 7 December 2002, the 17th round of the Premier League ushered in a major event, which was Manchester United and Arsenal's first head-to-head meeting in the league this season. And this game also happened to be George Nelson's first game as acting manager of Manchester United!

After encountering such a behemoth as Arsenal in his first game as acting manager of the team, and it was still an away game, Nelson's luck could not but be said to be extremely bad. Most people at the time thought that Arsenal and Arsene Wenger would surely settle Manchester United cleanly in this game, stretching their lead in the league table further and cementing their initiative in the title race!

Under normal circumstances, the vast majority of managers will choose to focus on stability at such times, and adopt defensive counter-attacking tactics to deal with Arsenal, who are known for their attacking football and technical flow. However, to everyone's surprise, George Nelson did the opposite, insisting on taking Manchester United to play a heart-wrenching battle with Arsenal at Highbury Stadium!

In the game, Nelson made full use of the tacit understanding and coordination of Manchester United's golden four midfielders, as well as the keen sense of goal of the "king of the small penalty area" Ruud van Nistelrooy, to make the Red Devils' attack as dangerous as possible, and at the same time, he also arranged for Manchester United players to bypass Campbell and Ashley Cole, two Arsenal defensive strengths, and concentrate on attacking the defensive area in charge of Lauren and Keown, so as to increase the success rate of his own attack.

After Ronaldinho's humiliating lob in the World Cup quarter-finals, David Seaman's form has dropped significantly, and he is seen as the weakest link in Arsenal's defence along with the aging Keown. Therefore, George felt that if he did not take advantage of this, he would be too sorry for Wenger's heart.

As a result, in this offensive battle, although Arsenal at home relied on the skillful cooperation of Henry, Pire and Ashley Cole, the iron triangle on the left side, to tear Manchester United's defense apart, and Henry and Ice Prince Bergkamp scored two goals in a row, but compared with the Gunners who are strong in attack and weak in defense, Manchester United's performance is obviously better - Ruud van Nistelrooy's hat-trick in Highbury brought shame to former England international David Seaman, who is getting older after the World Cup in South Korea and Japan, while super-substitute Ole Gunnar Solskjaer scored the winning goal in the 89th minute to help United win the crucial game!

In this way, in his first game as head coach (albeit only as acting manager), George Nelson unexpectedly led Manchester United, who had not been favored before the game, to defeat old rivals Arsenal 4-2 at Highbury Stadium, and at the same time won a crucial victory, and also closed the gap between the two teams to a mere eight points in one fell swoop!

With this six-point victory against Arsenal, Nelson gave his head coach career a perfect start, and at the same time completely convinced the big names in the team such as Roy Keane, Beckham and Paul Scholes, who were only willing to listen to him after only seeing the situation of working together for many years, and led the Red Devils, who were suppressed by the Gunners for nearly half a season, and the Red Devils, who were a little unstable due to Ferguson's sudden illness, sounded the horn of counterattack!

Under the leadership of the 23-year-old young manager, Manchester United not only reversed the disadvantage of once trailing leaders Arsenal by a full eleven points, completed the comeback to the Gunners in the league standings, and finally sealed the 02-03 Premier League title yesterday, but also advanced to the quarter-finals as the group leader in this season's Champions Cup, and with Real Madrid, known as the Galaxy Battleship, they killed the sky in the two-legged home and away meeting, just because of the "aliens" Ronaldo's sudden outburst in the second leg and the lack of away goals were the only ones to be out of the game.

With the outstanding results achieved during his tenure as the acting head coach of Manchester United and a Premier League championship full of gold, George Nelson, who was originally only a little famous in English coaching circles and has always been regarded as an excellent assistant coach, has become popular all over English football almost overnight! The British media, which is good at making stars and has always been quite preferential to local people, couldn't wait to promote George on the day of Manchester United's early victory, and some people have even praised him as the first young coach of the Premier League!

Although many managers are very unconvinced by the title given to George by the British media, believing that George Nelson, who has not even played a full season and is not even an official manager, is not eligible for this honor, the fans do not buy their account - you know, George led the crisis-ridden Manchester United to the quarterfinals of the Champions League and won a league championship trophy when he was in danger. With such an impressive result, apart from George Nelson, what other young manager in the whole of English football can do it?

As a result, with the vigorous publicity of the British media and the strong support of the fans, the title of "Premier League No. 1 Young Marshal", which has made countless managers under the age of 45 red, fell to George Nelson's head so steadily, and while envying his peers, it also further enhanced his popularity in European football!

And this became the main reason why George Nelson decided to leave Manchester United - after having enough fame and prestige, and tasting the sweetness of becoming a manager, he was no longer willing to stay at Manchester United to be Ferguson's assistant.

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