After choosing his plan, Ferguson said: "Ferdinand and Nemanja Vidic are both over 30 years old, we need a few young reserves, let's see who else can be the captain?"

Muhrensteen has a good relationship with Rooney and Fletcher, and his idea is to let Fletcher and Rooney join the team's team committee, so he proposed to make Fletcher and Rooney the team's vice captains.

This proposal is unanimously agreed, Fletcher and Wayne Rooney are both capable of competing for the captain of Manchester United, and the age of 25 or 6 meters is also appropriate, especially Rooney, who would be one of the strongest contenders for the captain if it were not for the summer transfer trouble.

There is also competition between assistant coaches, Mulensteen and Mullan are competitors, Mulensteen has stronger business ability, Mullan has better popularity, Mulensteen and Rooney have a good relationship, and Mullen and Gao Xiaodong are very close.

Muhrensteen proposed to let Rooney join the team committee, and Mullan immediately proposed: "Recently, the call for Gao Xiaodong to be the captain of the outside world is very high, although Gao Xiaodong's time in the team is too short, and it is a bit ridiculous to be the captain, but I think it is okay to be the vice captain to participate in the management of the team." ”

When Muhrensteen heard this, he objected: "Gao Xiaodong is indeed a great talent, he is an indispensable member of Manchester United, but he has only been in the team for half a year and has been the captain, there is no need for this, do we lack a vice-captain?"

Mu Lan said: "We are not short of vice captains, so what's wrong with adding Gao Xiaodong?

Muhrensteen said: "I'm not against Gao Xiaodong being the vice captain, I don't think it's necessary, it's not too late to wait two years for him to join the team committee." ”

Mullan's proposal met Ferguson's heart, and he was still thinking about how to propose Gao Xiaodong to join the team committee, but when he saw Mullan and Mullensteen arguing, he said to David Gill: "David, what is your opinion?"

The team chooses the captain, in fact, it does not need the participation of the club's senior management, Ferguson invited David Gill, in fact, to show favor to the Glazer family, to give the manager a face, David Gill also understands this, that is, Ferdinand has sought the support of David Gildi, and the captain is related to the image of the club, David Gill only intervened to support Ferdinand, and now when discussing the vice-captain, how could David Gill overstep his responsibilities, and immediately said: "This lord has decided." ”

Ferguson smiled slightly and said to everyone: "I think Mullan's proposal is very good, Gao Xiaodong has the ability to serve as the vice captain of the team, and he also has this will, Mulensteen's idea of this team committee is good, and the age of the team committee should leave a gap, so that we can have a steady stream of captains to take over, and it will not be like now, Neville is this age, and he needs to stay in the team for a year to assist in the management of the team." ”

Ferguson has always said the same thing at Manchester United, no one dares to give him a damn mind, that is, he has reached the age of retirement in the past two years, and his personality has become a lot more relaxed, and the team has become a private asset again.

Now he has no hesitation to support Gao Xiaodong as vice captain, and even if the assistant coaches and club officials have opinions, they can only hold back in their stomachs and acquiesce in Ferguson's decision.

The coaching staff came up with their own plan, and when the team meeting was held at noon the next day, Ferguson announced the plan to the players for their opinions.

Because the team committee members include Vidic, Ferdinand, Fletcher, Rooney, Evra and Gao Xiaodong, of which the local gang has the largest number, there are three, and the mainland gang has two people, Gao Xiaodong is a member of the newly emerged overseas gang, 321, this ratio is satisfactory to everyone, even if some people think that Gao Xiaodong is not suitable to be the vice captain, but they are not willing to get along with Gao Xiaodong in person, so this plan was successfully passed.

After training in the afternoon, Ferguson held a press conference to explain the recent concerns about the Manchester United captaincy.

"The captain of the team is the soul and image of a team, not only to have the top ability, but also to have a tenacious and unyielding fighting spirit, and he should also be a good leader, at present Manchester United does not have an impeccable leader like Keane and Cantona, so the team temporarily set up a team committee composed of vice-captains for half a season, which captain performed well during this period, and at the end of the season, which vice-captain will serve as the first captain of the team. ”

After Ferguson's team committee plan was proposed, it immediately caused a heated discussion in the outside world.

Although there is a precedent for the team committee in the German team, some people believe that the existence of the team committee is meaningless, and the huge vice-captain team will only exacerbate the contradictions and internal friction within the team, or even do nothing, and let Vidic and Ferdinand take turns as captains.

Some people think that the introduction of the team committee is a huge progress, Ferguson is the only leader of Manchester United, but Ferguson is 70 years old, he does not know when he will retire, he should prepare for his retirement, a team committee can ensure the normal operation of the team.

Some people think that this way of democratic competition is more progressive than the original appointment of Ferguson, and this team committee will not produce internal friction, but will only stimulate the fighting spirit and enthusiasm of young captains such as Gao Xiaodong and Rooney, so that Manchester United can burst out with stronger combat effectiveness.

The team committee has said good and bad, and the biggest controversy is still on Gao Xiaodong's role as vice captain.

The media believes that Manchester United has always valued both strength and seniority, but now only values the quality of the players, and ignores the qualifications of the players, which is a bad phenomenon in the long run, and Manchester United, a club with a long and illustrious history, will become more and more utilitarian.

Some media are even worried that after the end of the season, the best performance is likely to be Gao Xiaodong, will Gao Xiaodong be the captain at that time?

The media even regarded Arsenal as a negative example, believing that Arsenal is just because of the fact that a hairy boy like Cesc Fabregas is the captain, and now Arsenal is empty every year, and Manchester United cannot follow the old path of Arsenal.

The team's innovation will definitely be criticized, but whether the innovation is good or bad cannot be based on the comments of the media and fans, but mainly depends on the team's record.

After Alex Ferguson unveiled the formation of a team committee, United's results did not drop, but instead became stronger, winning three in a row against Birmingham, Aston Villa and Wolves before the Manchester derby. Scored 13 goals and conceded just one.

Competitive sports win and lose, the effect is good, the media and fans praise the team committee and the competition mechanism is good, such a mechanism is maintained, and it is not a luxury to reproduce the glory of the triple crown.

Of course, there are also a very small number of media who believe that the opponent is too weak to see the problem, and if you really want to comment on the quality of the team committee, you should still look at the effect of the Manchester derby and the knockout match against Inter Milan.