On a plane from Athens, the capital of Greece to Manchester, Yang Fan and Michael Baker sat in first class. Baker's face was 'covered' with newspapers, and he was already asleep, while Yang Fan leaned back on his seat and texted Emma Roberts, the two of them are still in the cold war, and they don't answer phone calls, and now they only rely on text messages and emails to communicate, you send them, and the other party will reply when they are in a good mood, and they will not reply if they are in a bad mood.

Yang Fan felt that his patience had reached the limit, and he didn't know what the final result of the two would be if the cold war continued like this.

The Manchester United stars who appeared on this flight obviously caused a sensation, the beautiful flight attendants had the heart to get acquainted, and came over from time to time to ask Yang Fan if he needed anything, and there was a 'sexy' and charming flight attendant who secretly stuffed a note with her phone number to Yang Fan, but Yang Fan was now thinking about the transfer and his own emotional problems, where was he in the mood to hunt 'Yan'? ! Therefore, the hookup of these flight attendants can only be doomed to failure.

He turned on the TV and saw BBC5 sports news on the air.

According to Reuters, Newcastle owner Ashley decided to sell Newcastle United, which had been reduced to the Championship, and admitted in an interview that he regretted buying Newcastle in the first place...... Speaking to The Times, Ashley said: "It's a disaster for everybody, I've thrown in a lot of money and nothing in return, I admit I've made stupid decisions and now I just want to sell the team as much as I can...... Ashley's stupid decision may have been to sack former team boss Keegan, because since he sacked Keegan, his status in the eyes of football 'fans' has plummeted. Although he later expressed his willingness to re-introduce Keegan, he still could not appease the dissatisfaction of the football fans. The rage and taunts have been with Ashley to this day, and now Ashley's announcement of the sale of the team is not unrelated.

Ashley made his fortune by selling sports equipment and has hundreds of millions of assets. Ash used £80 million to take over the Magpie along with its debts. Commenting on what he did at the time, Ashley said: "Because I'm a Newcastle fan, and I'm a rich fan, I'll do everything I can to save it, but I'm not rich now, sorry." When asked if he regretted buying the team, he made no secret of it: "Of course, I regret it a lot. ”

Newcastle United have been playing in the English top flight for 16 years. However, this season, they have gone through four managers in succession, and in the end, they still cannot escape the doom of relegation. This season they face Manchester United and Liverpool, and next season they will be in the company of Championship teams such as Doncaster and Petbulle. ”

Yang Fan was stunned for a moment, and then suddenly shook his head, Newcastle was actually relegated! After the end of the season, Manchester United was busy preparing for the Champions League final with Barcelona, busy preparing for the FA Cup final with Chelsea, and he really didn't pay attention to the news of other teams in the Premier League, if he hadn't seen the news that Newcastle owner Ashley was going to sell the club, he wouldn't have known that Newcastle had been relegated.

Yang Fan couldn't help but be a little dazed, you know, when he played in Newcastle's U19 youth team, his biggest dream was to be promoted to the first team one day and be able to appear at St James' Park...... At that time, being promoted to the first team of Newcastle and wearing a Newcastle shirt to fight for Newcastle was Yang Fan's dream, a gorgeous dream.

Now, a few years later, he is a Manchester United star, a top star in football, and Newcastle, the original dream place, has been relegated!

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To be honest, Yang Fan was still very surprised by Newcastle's relegation, you know, this Newcastle team can even be said to be full of big names.

However, the truth is: Newcastle have really been relegated! A team with many famous players such as Owen, Martins, Viduka, Alan Smith, etc., a team that was considered to have the potential to challenge the European stage at the beginning of the season, was relegated to the Championship after the final round of the Premier League.

The story of Newcastle's relegation is being reviewed in the news.

Go back a month and a half.

In the final game of the Premier League, Duff's own goal caused the Magpies to lose a crucial relegation battle, and coach Shearer was blank on the scene, and he failed to repeat the legend of the year in a hurry. However, none of them should be the main ones responsible for Newcastle's relegation, the fat man in the stands who makes Magpies fans hate is the club's owner Ashley.

Newcastle's 'chaotic' form this season began last summer. Ashley first announced his intention to sell Newcastle FC in September and has been in frequent contact with Middle Eastern buyers. Until February, there were still rumours of Ashley haggling with buyers, which stirred up the club's mind.

Ashley's fatal mistake was the clash with head coach Keegan. Ashley secured a place in the Premier League by appointing Keegan as head coach last season, but in the summer, the conflict between the two men intensified. Ashley's interference in the manager's work was unbearable for Keegan, who in fact was not excessive, demanding independent decision-making power in the transfer market and the removal of his assistant Dennis Wise, who he believed had been doing bad things, but both requests were rejected by Ashley and Keegan resigned in anger. Coincidentally, after Shearer came to power, the first person to ask for his dismissal was also Wise. It can be seen that everyone hates and dislikes this person.

When it came to the selection of the manager, Ashley made one mistake after another. After squeezing out Keegan, the team was temporarily taken over by Chris Houghton, but the results were very poor, and the urgent team striker Owen repeatedly called for an end to the 'chaos' and 'chaos' and finalized a new manager. Owen said at the time: "The more we get out of this mess, the better, so that we can focus on football again, there are so many rumours that it makes fans and players calm." ”

Kinnear went on to become Newcastle's new manager, but it proved not to be a wise decision. The easy-going coach is seen as a puppet of Ashley, and former chairman Shepard has even publicly said that if he were replaced, Kinnear would never be assigned to lead the team.

Shearer took over in the closing stages, but the former Newcastle legend, who had never been in charge before, proved to be unable to repeat last season's miracle at Keegan. Although Shearer brought cohesion to the team, the use of personnel and technical and tactical play did not make much change to the Magpies, which is limited by his experience, not by him, but by the person who assigned him.

In a season, there have been four coaches leading the team (including executive coach Houghton) and rumors of selling the team, and in such a 'chaos' and 'chaos' background, Newcastle has slipped into the abyss step by step. Former chairman Shepard said that the magpies fell into the abyss, and Ashley was responsible. "Relegation was a disaster, it took us 12 or 15 years to build a big club and then we left and suddenly disaster struck. There is only one person to blame, and that is the one who has the power to decide. ”

'A lot of people can buy a football club but not a lot of people can run it well, and I think Ashley is a successful businessman, but from a football point of view, he has only himself to blame for getting to where he is today. ”

Wigan Chairman Whelan, who has always had a conflict with Ashley, is even more ruthless at this time. "I remember Ashley appearing on the board for the first time after buying Newcastle and wearing jeans 'trousers' and a shirt, which shows how tasteless he is. He was representing Newcastle, a proud club, and I immediately realised that this man probably didn't have Newcastle in his heart at all. ”

"As a Tottenham Hotspur fan, Ashley bought Newcastle, he just wanted to make money, but now, he is doing it himself. After he came to power, the club had nothing to be proud of. At the Prince's charity dinner in September last year to raise funds for disabled children in the north-east of England, Premier League teams in the same region sent stars to participate, Middlesbrough manager Southgate brought his star Downing to the field, Sunderland also sent Anton Ferdinand, Gordon and other stars, but Newcastle did not have a single player or coach present, and the account was eventually attributed to the "tasteless" club owners.

'Ashley sold Newcastle last summer for £481 million, but now he is in real trouble, with the value of a relegated Newcastle narrowing dramatically, without Premier League broadcast fees, survival will be a problem, and the fifth-highest wage bill in the Premier League is also a huge burden, forcing the team to sell players to cut costs. A few years ago, when Robson Sr. led the team, Newcastle were regulars in the Champions League, but now they have fallen into the abyss that Leeds and Southampton once fell into. ”

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"The latest news we have now is that a mysterious consortium from the United States is interested in taking over Ashley's mess, and the consortium with an interesting name of 'Little Sailboat' has admitted that they were indeed interested in buying Newcastle, but Ashley's asking price is too high, which makes them start to retreat......"

"Little Sailing ......" Yang Fan read the name again, but he smiled, a consortium with the financial resources to buy Premier League clubs actually has such an interesting name.

Regarding the news of the acquisition of Newcastle, Yang Fan did not pay much attention to it.

The plane landed in Manchester, and Yang Fan and Baker whispered 'exchange' as they stepped off the plane.

In the waiting hall, the chroniclers who had been waiting there for a long time flocked up, and for a while, the flashing lights were loud, and some Baker, who had not woken up yet, was shaken and a little dizzy, but he reacted very quickly and did not forget to remind Yang Fan not to talk 'nonsense'.

Obviously, these reporters have long known Yang Fan's whereabouts and know that he will return to Manchester today, so they are waiting here.

In addition to reporters, there are also many Manchester United football 'fans' who also came to greet Yang Fan, which moved Yang Fan's heart and was also very emotional, he waved at the football 'fans': "I love you." ”

A reporter handed over the microphone in a timely manner, and Yang Fan continued.

"Last season, we had a fantastic season! we won four most important titles. Yang Fan raised four fingers, "These four champions are like the four seasons of 'spring', summer, autumn and winter in the four seasons of the year, this is the best gift that my teammates and I can give to everyone, and I love you all the time...... I love you. ”

Yang Fan didn't know what's wrong, seeing so many ball 'fans' coming to greet him, he wanted to speak, wanted to say something, Yang Fan didn't have to be delicate and pretentious when he said this. He really loves this group of ball 'fans'. In the past season, he conquered these football 'fans' with one goal after another, and the football 'fans' tolerated him with love, cheered for him, and cheered for him.

The ball 'fans' are also shouting excitedly at this time: "I love you too, Yang!"

"Yang, you're the best!"

"In the new season, let's create a new glory together!" shouted the 'fans' of the ball.

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Amid the cheers and shouts of the football fans, Yang Fan was surrounded by reporters, who obviously had too many questions to ask Yang Fan.

"What do you think about Real Madrid president Mr. Florentino saying that you are the next important member of his star puzzle?"

'Thanks to Mr. Florentino, it's a privilege to be spotted by Real Madrid, but I'm a player at Manchester United and I love it. ”

"UEFA has made a decision to impose a three-game ......ban on Alves," the reporter said, this is after the Champions League final between Manchester United and Barcelona, Manchester United accused Alves of being the initiator of the 'handshake' door before the start of the game, pointing out that Alves played a 'yin' trick 'yin' Rooney's matter, which once caused a stir, and the Catalan media accused that it was Manchester United who cleared Yang Fan's 'handshake' door Finally, after collecting evidence from multiple parties, UEFA recognized Alves's alleged provocation proposed by Manchester United, and just a few days ago, Alves was banned for three European matches.

"He deserved it. Yang Fan's answer was unceremoniously.

"In addition to Real Madrid, now teams such as Chelsea and Inter Milan are also sending you invitations, ...... are you?"

'I'm a Manchester United player now! Yang Fan replied immediately.

He then slipped into the crowd and left the scene under the protection of security personnel.

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Leaving the stunned reporters looking at each other...... They have a lot of questions waiting to ask Yang Fan, but they didn't expect Yang Fan to cooperate at all, in fact, in recent times, Yang Fan's attitude towards the media is much better than before, which is probably due to his agent's instructions. Unexpectedly, after a holiday, Yang Fan returned to his old self.

Only Baker, who was with Yang Fan, knew why-Yang Fan somewhat avoided this question, because although he had made the decision to transfer and leave, deep down, he was not really ready to leave this team.

"Yang Fan is a little ......weird today," a reporter muttered to his peers in a whisper.

"I don't think it's anything strange. Someone said, "That's his temper." In the past, his attitude towards the media was even worse than that. ”

"It's not going to be upset and messy because of the transfer......," someone suddenly muttered.

The reporters around him who heard his words were stunned for a moment, but their eyes lit up...... Quite possibly.

Just after Yang Fan arrived in Manchester, the media became more lively.

Now, there are two major events that the media in England are paying attention to, one of which is how the matter of Real Madrid and other teams seeking to buy Yang Fan is going on? The American consortium of the small sailing ship said that they could not accept the sky-high offer of Newcastle owner Ashley, and were ready to give up the acquisition, however, everyone knew that this was just the means of the fat boss of Newcastle, and he could not wait to sell Newcastle from his own hands, when Ashley bought Newcastle, it was 80 million pounds, and the media estimated that the price of 80 million pounds should be acceptable to Ashley, however, this price is not easy to negotiate, you know, when Ashley bought Newcastle, Newcastle was still in the Premier League, and it was a team that was expected to hit the top six in the Premier League, and now itNewcastle have been relegated to the Championship and their market value has shrunk significantly.

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On the second day back in Manchester, Yang Fan met with manager David Moyes at the Carrington training base, the first time Moyes spoke to his players since taking office as Manchester United manager.

Moyes spoke with Yang Fan for more than half an hour, clarifying to him the club and his personal position, Moyes first apologized to Yang Fan, and deeply regretted that he could not prevent the club from deciding to push Yang Fan into the transfer market. He said that he really wanted to block the transfer, but he failed, he really tried his best, Moyes even talked to Yang Fan about the two sets of tactics he had previously formulated for the new season, and the two sets of tactics have one thing in common, that is, Yang Fan is the absolute core of Manchester United......

Moyes's apology and honesty made Yang Fan's perception of the former Everton coach much better, and the two disappeared because of the small conflict that arose during that phone call, and Yang Fan even began to feel that the cooperation with Moyes may not be as unacceptable as he thought before. Unfortunately, they will probably not be able to continue working together.

In this meeting, Yang Fan and Moyes reached a little consensus, to be precise, put forward a little demand. And it seems that Moyes also means that.

Yang Fan proposed not to let Ferguson know about the transfer before the transfer was completed. Moyes was surprised at first, then asked why.

"Because, if Sir had known, he would have intervened to keep me, in which case I guess I would have agreed to stay...... It's just that it's already happening, and I'm going to feel uncomfortable staying at Manchester United......"

Moyes was silent, he understood what Yang Fan meant, Manchester United decided to sell Yang Fan, which obviously hurt the young man's feelings greatly...... I'm afraid that now Manchester United will change their minds and start to keep Yang Fan, and Yang Fan will not stay, unless that person is Ferguson, but, as Yang Fan said, there is already a rift, and there will be no good results if he stays...... Of course, Moyes also knows that the club's determination to sell Yang Fan cannot be changed, in a word, Manchester United is determined to sell Yang Fan for money, Yang Fan is also determined to go at this time, and a breakup is inevitable. "Manchester United sold me, this is Manchester United's loss! Not my loss!" Yang Fan said calmly, "They will regret it!" Moyes could hear the coldness in Yang Fan's words, and the Manchester United manager suddenly regretted it, he regretted that he was not resolute enough, and he was not able to resolutely and recklessly stop the club's decision to sell Yang Fan...... He suddenly felt a little uneasy, he knew that the next time Yang Fan faced Manchester United, he would definitely be fighting hard!