"Ha, sir, what wind is blowing you in?"

Gao Han had just returned home from Manchester to his home in Alderlietch when Ferguson's car was parked outside the gate.

When I opened the door to welcome the guests, I saw the Manchester United coach smiling and holding two bottles of red wine in one hand and packing a few snacks in the other, and walked in with a vigorous attitude.

"No, I haven't drunk with you in a long time, I miss you. ”

Gao Han looked like I was so scared, and greeted Ferguson into the living room with a smile.

"Are you home alone?" Ferguson looked around as he entered, but there was no one.

"Yes, Lin Xia has returned to China to deal with some things, and I will leave for Dublin in a few days. ”

Manchester City's summer training camp is scheduled in Dublin, Ireland, where they will train for at least half a month, with three warm-up games scheduled before heading to the Middle East for two more warm-up games before returning to Manchester.

It can be said that for the next month or so, Gao Han will be very busy.

The two of them were not verbose, and came directly to the balcony on the second floor, drinking and eating in the gloomy sky, which was not interesting.

In recent times, Ferguson has had a rough run of things.

First of all, the main player Tevez was clamoring for a salary increase, and the agent Horabuchin publicly said that Manchester United's salary package for Tevez was low and should be increased, and asked for a level with Rooney, because Tevez was not worse than Rooney.

But Rooney's situation is not much better.

The pervasive Sun revealed that Rooney had eaten secretly many times during his wife Colleen's pregnancy, and it was evidence-based and indefensible, which greatly affected Rooney's image and even affected his contract renewal negotiations with Manchester United.

Gary Neville, Ryan Giggs and Paul Scholes, the three remaining members of the 92 class, are also at retirement age, but United have yet to find players who can fill their vacancies, especially Ryan Giggs and Paul Scholes.

It's not going well on the competitive level, and it's also a lot of problems on the management side.

The Glazer family bought Manchester United in debt, and then passed on the heavy debt to Manchester United, making the Red Devils from the world's most profitable club to the world's most indebted team overnight, and the Glazer family sucked blood from the club to make profits.

The matter was revealed by the media in the summer of this year, which caused dissatisfaction among fans, and some fans even openly organized to redeem Manchester United from the Glazer family through self-financing, and hoped that Ferguson could come forward to support.

However, Ferguson clearly rejected the request of the fan organization, saying that as the head coach of the team, he would not interfere in the daily operation and capital operation of the team, and he would continue to remain neutral, but this made him blamed and bombarded by the fan organization and many fans, and he suffered a lot of pressure for no reason.

But these are just internal worries, Manchester United now has external troubles, that is, Real Madrid is still not giving up on Rooney, although Mourinho insists on Diego Costa, but Florentino is desperately pursuing Manchester United's Rooney, and what's more, after the stealing incident, Rooney also complained about Manchester United, thinking that the club's protection of him was not enough, and he also left the team.

Under the blow of internal and external troubles, Ferguson must feel uncomfortable.

"To be honest, I really envy you. After three glasses of wine, Ferguson's face turned red.

"Look at your coaching in the past few years, you have never worried about the affairs of the players, sell one, you can dig up one soon, I am a little skeptical, how can you see people so accurate?"

Gao Han smiled, I don't know how to answer, I can't say that I have a BUG with sharp eyes, right?

'Sometimes I don't even know what's going on with the players now, I don't understand it at all. ”

"Isn't that normal?" Gao Han reassured, "how old are you, forty or fifty years behind these young people in their twenties now, and it's strange that you can fully understand what they're thinking." ”

In fact, how to communicate with young people is also a very difficult problem in European football at the moment.

But anyone who can become a head coach is often in his forties or fifties, and there are few people like Gao Han who are in their thirties but have become famous, so there is often a serious generation gap between the head coach and the players.

Ferguson and David Beckham used to be father and son, but then fell out, and it is difficult to say who is right and who is wrong, but the generation gap and the concept problem must be the crux of the problem.

This is true not only on the court, but also in life, parents and children, elders and juniors, bosses and subordinates.

"Rooney must not be sold!" Ferguson looked a little dejected, "but that's why his damn agent has become emboldened, and Horabuchin isn't a good thing." ”

Speaking of this, Ferguson exhaled heavily, helpless and lonely.

This era is no longer the era he is familiar with, especially in recent years, the impact of global capital pouring into professional football, especially the Premier League, is too big and too fast.

Gao Han suddenly felt that he saw the shadow of his parents from Ferguson's body.

His parents were born in bitter haha, in order to buy a small house in Beijing, they shrunk clothes and dieted for more than ten years, and every penny had to be spent carefully, and now Gao Han finally broke out of some business, and the family has a better life, but his parents still maintain the habits of the year.

For example, they don't like to drive, they feel that it is wasteful, and Beijing is congested, so they like to crowd the bus; they don't like regular physical examinations, because they feel that their bodies are not sick or painful, that physical examinations are meaningless, that they can get sick if they are not sick, and that they are a waste of money; they are reluctant to be extravagant and wasteful, and if Gao Han and Lin Xia are not there, a bag of mustard can probably make them make do with a meal.

Every time Gao Han goes home, he will listen to them talk about topics such as spending money on everything now, how expensive consumption is, and every time Gao Han will laugh and explain that the current society cannot be measured by the standards of more than ten years ago.

The same is true of Ferguson now.

He has more than once bombarded the inflated value of players in the transfer market, and when asked by the media why Manchester United refused to bring in reinforcements, Ferguson said that he was satisfied with Manchester United's squad, and that there were too many bubbles in the transfer market for Manchester United to make a move.

This is true for transfer fees, but also for player salaries.

Sometimes it's not easy for him to think about it.

Today's professional football is all about globalization, the Premier League is vigorously developing overseas markets, the major clubs are also increasing their commercial development efforts, and as one of the most commercially successful clubs, Manchester United has dozens of sponsors around the world.

What are the reasons why those sponsors support Manchester United?

Manchester United's influence around the world.

What is it that sustains Manchester United's influence around the world?

Achievements, Culture, Heritage?

All of these are available, but none of them are conclusive.

What has really made Manchester United maintain the influence of the world's top team for a long time is the stars.

He is the world's top ace superstar!

It can be said that since the beginning of the professional league, the performance of stars has always been the core topic of fans, from Pele to Maradona, to Ronaldo, Zidane, and later Ronaldinho, Kaka, Cristiano Ronaldo and Messi, etc.

Manchester United's commercial take-off began when Beckham was set up as a golden sign in the business field, and later Florentino, who was good at big capital operation, knew the mystery very well, so he promoted the superstar strategy to transform Real Madrid from a debt-ridden football giant into a business giant with the best revenue capacity in European football.

Why did Real Madrid plummet in commercial value during Calderón's time?

There are no ace superstars!

If Real Madrid hadn't been rumored in the transfer market all day long, their commercial value would have fallen even faster.

And looking at the current European football, which real giant team does not have its own ace superstar?

Because of this, Florentino, who is deeply aware of the mysteries, is crazy to poach superstars, especially when Raul may leave the Bernabeu, and he has to find superstars who can support Real Madrid's pattern.

At Manchester United, Tevez's tactical role may be very large, but there is only one indispensable ace superstar in the team, and that is Wayne Rooney, once Manchester United sells Rooney, the commercial value of the Red Devils will shrink sharply and decline rapidly.

And what about Chinatown?

Falcao and Ramirez can be sold for such a high price, and the value of Chinatown's players is generally higher than that of other teams, and even Valencia's players, why are other sponsors such as Qatar Airways and Nike willing to sponsor a lot of money?

Because this team has commercial value.

There is no ace giant gorilla in Chinatown, but there is a high cold standing behind it!

At the end of the day, professional football is an industry that has long been more than just football.

As a benchmark for club management and a representative of commercial football, Manchester United can be said to be a typical case of the transformation of professional football in the past decade, and Ferguson, who is in it, is powerless to stop this rolling torrent, so he can only help himself, struggling to support and maintain Manchester United in his mind.

"Tsk, don't talk about it. Gao Han sighed and smiled, "Come, drink." ”

"Okay, done. ”

The two of them slammed, and they both raised their heads and drank the wine in their glasses.

It's just that after drinking, when he put down the wine glass, Ferguson's old and cloudy eyes were slightly moist.

After drinking this wine, drunk all night, and when he woke up the next day, he appeared in front of everyone with a red face, he obviously had no confidence in his heart, but he still had to confidently tell everyone that Rooney would definitely stay in the team, Tevez would definitely complete the contract extension, and Manchester United would continue to hit the league championship in the new season.

That's his role in this game, and he doesn't have a choice.

The two of them were outside the balcony on the second floor, drinking one bottle after another, drinking one bottle after another, and I don't know how long they drank, Gao Han only knew that he couldn't drink enough, and then he was dizzy, and he couldn't accompany Ferguson anymore, almost all of them were drinking alone.

Every manager has a lot of things on his mind that can't be revealed to outsiders, and Ferguson obviously has more.

"Old man, be honest and lenient, you came to me today, you definitely didn't just want to invite me for a drink, right?"

"Nonsense, why did I invite you to drink, and you still talk about me?"

"Haha, come less, others will be fooled by you, I will believe you?"

"Believe it or not. "Ferguson played a trick.

Gao Han was really almost drunk, but he still had a trace of sobriety in his mind, "To be honest, you can help me." ”

"Really?" said Ferguson, grinning and laughing, as if he had been waiting for the sentence for a long time.

"Nonsense, it's rare for you to invite me to drink, I have to give this face. Gao Han nodded.

Ferguson patted Gao Han's shoulder angrily, "Then you will sell Mkhitaryan to me." ”

(End of chapter)