Chapter 493: The Legend of the Nine Jersey!

Manchester United is about to start the warm-up games of the new season, and before that, there is one more important thing to determine, and that is the number of the team for the new season. ()

In particular, Yang Fan's jersey number needs to be determined as soon as possible!

Manchester United is one of the most successful clubs in Europe, with a turnover of £173 million and £53 million in revenue last year, and a global network of for-profit organisations ranging from retail outlets selling souvenirs to fan restaurants, from opening football schools to setting up the club's pay channels.

Manchester United paid a whopping £35 million to get Yang Fan, and they naturally hope to recoup as much money as possible from the Chinese star.

For a football player, the sale of jerseys is the most basic commercial development.

When Ferguson asked Yang Fan what number he wanted, Yang Fan almost blurted out: number nine.

When he was in Wolfsburg, Yang Fan wore No. 10, but when it comes to his favorite jersey number, it was still No. 9!

In Yang Fan's eyes, No. 9 is the number that really belongs to the shooter!

At Manchester United, the most legendary number is the number 7, which belongs to George Best and Eric Cantona.

David Beckham also played in the number seven shirt and now the number seven belongs to Cristiano Ronaldo.

Yang Fan has no intention of competing with Cristiano Ronaldo for No. 7, of course, if he wants to take No. 7 from Cristiano Ronaldo, it is almost impossible for the time being.

Despite the legend of George Best and Cantona, Yang Fan still likes No. 9, he likes No. 9 and has nothing to do with the legend of Manchester United, so to speak, even if it is not Manchester United, but other giants, he will choose to ask for the No. 9 shirt, which is from the bottom of his heart like No. 9.

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It's interesting to say, Yang Fan likes No. 9 because of a person, in Yang Fan's eyes, that person interprets the meaning of No. 9 to perfection! Although that person is not the king of the ball, but, in the eyes of Yang Fan, he is even greater than the king of the ball, this person's name is: Van Basten!

Van Basten has long since retired, but the legend of the Dutchman is still alive and well. He's perfect, and that perfection isn't just on the pitch, it's off the pitch as well. He has the perfect central forward build, heading, pace, technique at his feet and his shots are impeccable. Off the pitch, he is impeccable, and even though he has been playing for Amsterdam and Milan, two cities famous for their nightlife, he has never had any peachy news.

Some say that Van Basten is God's gift to European football, and he is used to show people that a big man who is close to 1.9 meters tall can also play perfect football. Use him to fill the superstar void left in European football after Platini's retirement. So when Van Basten won two Champions Cups, a European Cup, three Serie A titles, three Ballon d'Or and countless other personal accolades, God hastily recalled his talent.

From his arrival at AC Milan in 1987 to his long recuperation due to injury in 1993, Van Basten's glory days lasted less than six years. And the impact of these six years on world football is enough to last for decades. From Inzaghi and Piero to Raul and Thierry, Van Basten is the number one idol in the minds of almost all latecomer strikers. Van Basten's goal highlights are a textbook for them to grow up in.

Van Basten's career was simple and pure, having only played for two clubs, Ajax and AC Milan. Under his mentor Cruyff, Van Basten won three league titles, three Dutch Cups and one European Cup Winners' Cup for the Red and Whites.

In the summer of 1987, media mogul Silvio Berlusconi decided to bring in striker Van Basten for AC Milan, and a legend began. In his first season at AC Milan, Van Basten was mediocre due to an ankle injury, which led some to compare the 1987-1988 season to Van Basten's preparation period. It was the adequate treatment and recuperation that set the stage for the outbreak of the next European Cup.

The 1988 European Championship in the Federal Republic of Germany became Van Basten's springboard to superstardom. [To read the latest chapter of this book, please search] Ben did not have the luxury of becoming a generation of talents, but fate favored Van Basten so much. At that time, Basten was only a substitute striker for the Dutch team, and before the England game, Van Basten took the initiative to ask for help, and Michels sent him to start despite the consensus. The decision also ignited a huge amount of energy in him, and Van Basten scored a hat-trick in the match. In the final against the former Soviet Union, in the 54th minute, Molen's cross from the left went over the opponent's backline, and Van Basten appeared at the right time to land the ball. The ball flew over the head of goalkeeper Dasayev and into the net like a shooting star. Van Basten crossed the skies of more than 40 years of the European Championship in an arc. The best goal in the history of the European Championship was born.

A Delaunay Cup, a European Championship Golden Boot and an earth-shattering goal. Van Basten's path to superstardom has officially begun. With Rijkaard's arrival after the European Championship, AC Milan, which has the Dutch trio, began to attack the highest glory of European clubs. In those years of belonging to the Milanese dynasty, the red and black were invincible and proud of Europa. In the 1988-1989 Champions League semi-final against Real Madrid, Van Basten equalised in the first leg at the Bernabeu. Back at the San Siro, the Dutch trio scored a goal each to bloodied the former European hegemon 5:0. In the final, AC Milan also did not let the dark horse Bucharest star continue to write the legend. Van Basten scored two goals alone, and the team won the Big Ears Cup again after 20 years. The following year was almost a repeat of the 1988-1989 season, when AC Milan became the closest team to successfully defend the Champions League at the Prater Stadium in Vienna.

After a slump in the 1990-1991 season with the team, Van Basten made a swift return the following year. In the years when Milan missed out on the Champions League, he scored 25 league goals, won the Serie A Golden Boot for the second time, and tasted the league title for the second time. In the 1992-1993 Champions Cup match against Gothenburg, Van Basten continued his legend by scoring four goals and becoming the first man to stage a quadruple in the Champions League.

However, God is jealous of talent, and this season turned out to be the end of Van Basten's career. The ankle suffered a heavy blow in the match against Ancona, and this fall broke the hearts of many fans. Van Basten took most of the season off after injury, and before the Champions League final, he finally made his comeback, and it seemed like a beautiful moment of brilliance. On 26 May 1993, the Olympic Stadium in Munich, where Van Basten's 1988 glory was engraved, is now the last stop of his playing career. In the Champions League final between AC Milan and Marseille, his fragile legs turned out to be the bull's-eye of the opponent's attack. In the 86th minute of the game, Van Basten was replaced by Elaño, and no one expected that this tactical substitution would become an eternal farewell for San Marco. The team's rubbing shoulders with the trophy added a bit of sadness to this farewell.

For the next two years, Van Basten was either in surgery or on his way to surgery. On August 17, 1995, with no hope of a comeback, he officially announced his retirement.

On the day of parting, Basten left these words: "I was only 28 years old when I stopped, and I always thought that something better would await me in front of me." Life is like walking on a winding mountain road, sometimes, taking a step back is not a cliff, but a view of the sea and sky. ”

Yang Fan is not a Milan fan, but he has admired Basten since he was a child, and for the Chinese boy, he fantasized countless times as a child that he would wear the number nine shirt to compete in the European giants, which was his dream.

Now, Manchester United is the first big club he has joined, and Yang Fan did not hesitate to choose the number nine. It was his dream.

Manchester United's legend is the number seven, not the number nine.

But what is this, this is just right! What he needs is not to inherit the legend, he prefers to be the founder of the legend than to inherit the legend!

In the future, when latecomers join Manchester United, they will be eager for the number nine, because this number is a legendary number, and it is the number that Yang Fan once worn!

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However, there is a small problem now, Manchester United's number nine has an owner, and French striker Saha is wearing the number nine shirt.

Of course, Yang Fan doesn't need to worry about this problem.

In addition, for Yang Fan, he was under no pressure to snatch the number nine shirt from Saha's hands, and the Frenchman had been cold and even hostile to him since his first day in the team. Yang Fan now knows that his arrival directly threatens Saha's position, and this Frenchman may be sold because of this.

Since Saha doesn't like him, Yang Fan naturally doesn't have a good impression of this person, and he won't feel guilty about snatching the No. 9 jersey from this person.

"No. 9?" Hearing Yang Fan say that he wanted the No. 9 jersey, Ferguson glanced at Yang Fan. He was not too surprised by Yang Fan's choice, after all, strikers generally choose three numbers, seven, nine, and ten, and these three numbers are the striker's favorites.

Now, Manchester United's number seven is Cristiano Ronaldo, number nine is Saha and number ten is Wayne Rooney. In Ferguson's view, Yang Fan's biggest possibility is also to choose No. 9, because he wants to grab the number from Rooney and Cristiano Ronaldo, not to mention anything else, Ferguson disagrees, this is not to say that Yang Fan's importance is more important than those two people, but Ferguson does not allow this situation to appear, which will cause infighting.

As for taking the number nine from Saha's hands, Ferguson was calm about this, the Frenchman was no longer in his important plan, and it can even be said that he was already on the purge list.

"Nine, nine. Ferguson nodded.

"I love Nine. Yang Fan smiled and said, "Manchester United's current legendary number is seven, and I hope there will be one more nine in the future." ”

Ga - Ferguson felt that his teeth hurt, and the old Scottish man had seen a lot of unruly fellows, but he felt that none of the Chinese boys were more rampant.

However, Yang Fan's words are very combative, Ferguson likes to listen to them, he is not afraid that his disciples have personalities, he is afraid that they will not have fighting spirit.

"Okay, that's Nine. Ferguson nodded, "Hopefully, as you said, this number can become a legend in you." ”

"Definitely. Yang Fan said, at this time, he rolled his eyes and asked, "What about Saha?"

"I'll take care of this, don't worry about it. Ferguson glared at Yang Fan, this kid is really not a good bird, this is deliberate. He has long heard that Saha and Yang Fan don't deal with each other, and it is obvious that Yang Fan is not good at stubble, this sentence is a naked mockery of the French, and the potential meaning is that that, the affairs of the French, you have to deal with it well. Yang Fan's careful thinking, the scheming Ferguson will not be able to see it.

At this time, Ferguson was also dissatisfied with Saha, his dissatisfaction was that he shook his head at the emotional intelligence of the French, if Saha can quickly correct his attitude, when Yang Fan came to the team, take the initiative to show goodwill, be able to become friends with Yang Fan, communicate more in training, and start cultivating tacit understanding. In this way, maybe Ferguson will have some hope for Saha, because, Saha's own strength is still there, if he can become a good partner with Yang Fan, Ferguson is naturally happy to see it, but unfortunately, this Frenchman came up directly and was hostile to Yang Fan, this is unwise, Tevez is now a friend of Yang Fan, and even Cristiano Ronaldo and Yang Fan, who made a transfer, at least showed that the relationship was okay, although Rooney made a bet with Yang Fan, but this is gambling and not hostility, and there will be no problems. The Chinese are an important part of Ferguson's blueprint for the next Manchester United dynasty, and Saha and Yang Fan do not deal with each other, and there is only one outcome: to purge the team.

In this way, Yang Fan's number was set at No. 9, and at the same time, the old Scottish man also strengthened his determination to purge Saha from the team.

The next day, the No. 9 shirt with Yang Fan's name on it was officially put on sale in the club's store.

According to the statistics report of Manchester United's market development department, the No. 9 jersey with Yang Fan's name printed on it sold well, and more than 2,000 pieces of Yang Fan's jersey were sold on the first day.

That's a pretty good number.

For Yang Fan to join Manchester United, Manchester United fans are really happy, on the one hand, because Yang Fan's strength is obvious to all, and there is also an off-field factor, Yang Fan was snatched by Ferguson from Real Madrid's mouth, and Yang Fan is also a player that Wenger has always wanted to buy.

As for Saha, the owner of the original No. 9 shirt, Manchester United fans seem to have forgotten about this person for a long time, and only a few fans will say that: Well, No. 9 is Yang, but what about the French? What is the number of his shirt?!

Obviously, Manchester United fans are very calm about Yang Fan snatching the No. 9 shirt from Saha's hands. The Frenchman's performance has not been good, and it is too far from what fans expected of him when he first joined Manchester United. Only by performing well can you win the support and support of the fans.

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Ferguson spoke to Saha the next day.

It's more appropriate to talk than to talk.

"Luis, I've decided to give the No. 9 jersey to Yang Fan. Alex Ferguson said this directly, and the strength of Manchester United's godfather in the team can be seen.

Ka-Saha looked up sharply, his face furious. However, that's all, if the coach was someone else, he might have argued a few words, but in the face of Ferguson, he didn't dare.

"What are your thoughts on your new number?" Ferguson asked.

"I still like the Nine. Saha said unrelentingly.

"The ninth is already Chinese. ”

"If that's the case, I'm asking for a transfer to leave," Saha gritted his teeth.

"Well, let your agent talk to the club about it. Ferguson said slowly.

Ka-Saha's inner anger and humiliation doubled, he just said casually, the old man actually took it seriously, although he had the idea of leaving the team, but he hadn't made up his mind yet, didn't he?

As he left Ferguson's office, the Frenchman looked gloomy and knew that he had been abandoned by the team, or rather rather purged.

After the day's training, Saha drove past a Manchester United specialty store and saw a row of Manchester United shirts hanging through the transparent window, and the number nine shirt was visible on it, and the name on it was: yang.

Obviously, Yang Fan wears the No. 9 jersey, which is something that has been decided a long time ago. There is no need to ask for his own consent at all, and in fact, Ferguson really did not mean to ask for his consent......

The soul is light!

Saha gritted his teeth, he was angry!

Manchester United, Manchester United, and the old Scottish man, I'll make you pay!

He made up his mind that even if he transferred away, he would stay in the Premier League, preferably to join Arsenal or Chelsea, and he vowed that when he met Manchester United in the future, he would do his best to let Manchester United see how good he was!

Saha's transfer was swift.

Just as Manchester United set off for Asia to begin their summer tour of the country, Saha's name was no longer on the list of players who had travelled with the team.

The new owner of the French is Fulham.

Although Saha's agent recommended Saha to Chelsea and Arsenal, however, Chelsea's new manager Scolari ignored it at all, he looked down on Saha, and Arsene Wenger was interested in taking over, but the professor was only willing to bid £3 million, and the response to this humiliating offer was 'hehe'.

Moreover, Ferguson also does not have a tradition of sending purged players to Arsenal, and he has a good relationship with Arsene Wenger?!

Eventually, Fulham welcomed the former Manchester United number nine.

While Saha was busy moving to London, the United squad took a flight to Beijing, the capital of the team's new No.9 Yang Fan......

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