Ferguson wrapped in his coat and bowed his head, he walked towards his office.

Entering the warm office, he took off his thick coat, rubbed his hands, and habitually walked to the glass window of the training ground in front of him, looking towards the training ground.

"Huh? How is Chu here? Didn't I give him a day off? ”

Looking at Chu Ge jogging on the training ground, Ferguson was very surprised.

Today is the Chinese New Year, Manchester United's next game is the FA Cup, and Chu Ge does not have to play because of rotation, so Ferguson gave Chu Ge an extra day off.

It can be regarded as Chu Ge's special treatment.

However......

"Not only did he not go to rest, he was the first to come to the training ground for today's training. Just like before. Giggs pushed the door in, smiling.

Apparently, he heard Ferguson's previous muttering.

"This kid ......" Ferguson shook his head with a smile, he looked at Chu Ge who was training the training ground, and said, "It's always so hard." ”

"This may be what they Chinese people say, if you don't go crazy, you can't live. To put it another way, only paranoia can survive. A young man who works so hard and has talent like Chu deserves his success. Giggs teased with a laugh.

The two coaches chatted a few words, and soon got to the main topic of today's work.

Discuss the team's tactics and preparations for the next game.

Two days later, in the fourth round of the FA Cup, Manchester United will meet their opponents, Wigan Athletic.

Compared to the league, the cup is not as important.

However, for a strong team like Manchester United, they can't give up on every trophy they hope to compete for.

Manchester United always have one goal in every game.

Go all out to win.

Against Wigan Athletic, they need to take it seriously. Just like all other games.

……

2 days later.

Old trafford.

With a whistle from the referee, the game ended.

Chu Ge stood up in the stands.

He applauded with the crowd.

In this game, Manchester United beat Wigan Athletic 4-0.

Manolas played 45 minutes in the game as United secured a big win and kept a clean sheet.

It's a good start.

But.

Manchester United's goalkeeper for this game is substitute goalkeeper Sergio Romero.

Not De Gea.

In the dressing room after the game.

Chu Ge praised the performance of each of his teammates and celebrated the victory with his teammates.

With a win in this game, United are in the fifth round of the FA Cup. Their next opponent in the next round will be Blackburn, a team also from the Premier League.

……

January passed quickly.

After leaving Manchester, she will return to China for a few days before flying to the United States to continue her studies.

Also leaving were Chu Jian'an and Du Lin.

The two of them will travel to Qatar to continue their plans around the world.

In fact.

For this kind of life of doing nothing all day long, just playing and eating everywhere, Chu Jian'an refused at first.

He believes that men should have their own careers.

However.

After being dragged by his wife for three months, he resolutely quit his job like Du Lin and started a "full-time" travel life with nothing to do.

In his words, it is, "The second generation is so good." ”

……

As January passed, the winter transfer season in Europe came to an end.

In this transfer window, Grand Paris once again showed the power of money.

They took Draxler from Wolfsburg for 40 million euros.

The deal became the transfer bid between European clubs.

Manchester City's 32 million euro purchase of Brazilian genius Gabriel Jesus, and Portuguese rising star Geles' 30 million euro transfer from Benfica to Paris Saint-Germain have also attracted the attention of many media and fans.

And the most lively and evil transfer this winter is not these three transfer transactions.

It's French star Payet.

On January 12, Payette suddenly "rebelled", he refused to play for West Ham United on family grounds, and chose extreme measures such as a boycott and a boycott of the game and the club was completely violent.

Despite West Ham boss Bilic's resolute attitude, Payet remained unmoved and insisted on returning to Marseille.

After three rejections, the Marseille club finally raised the offer to 29.3 million euros, successfully convincing the Hammers to release him.

It is reported that after Payette's return to Marseille, his salary will be significantly reduced, with a salary cut of 60%.

In the winter transfer period, the most beautiful is the Chinese Super League. Half of the top 10 places in the winter transfer deal are occupied by the Chinese Super League.

Chelsea star Oscar's €60 million transfer to Sea Harbour is the winter transfer king.

In addition, Yatai's 23.3 million euros to buy Watford striker Igerhalo, Zhang Chendong's 20.44 million euro transfer convincing, and Pato's 18 million euro transfer are all money-throwing transactions.

The Chinese Super League has made a strong show of presence in the winter transfer period.

The nature of the local tyrant is undoubtedly displayed.

Manchester United only took Manolas from Roma on loan and a buyout during the winter break.

The rest is not a big operation.

……

February 1.

Manchester United host Hull City.

This is the last match of the 23rd round of the league.

Chelsea's winning streak was interrupted by Liverpool in the previous fixture.

At Anfield, Antonio Conte's side and Jurgen Klopp's side scored a goal each as Chelsea drew 1-1 with Liverpool.

That gives United some chances.

A win over Hull would see Manchester United close a two-point gap between Chelsea at the top of the table.

It's the equivalent of Liverpool helping Manchester United snipe Chelsea.

For Manchester United fans, it's undoubtedly double the joy.

However, the result of this game did not go as fans expected.

Facing the weak Hull City, Manchester United ended up drawing with their opponents with a score of 1:1.

Chogo crossed and Ibrahimovic headed home Anthony Martial, who struck the killer and scored United's only goal of the game.

Manolas made a mistake with a return pass and was seized by the opponent to equalize the score.

United missed the chance to chase the point.

After the game.

'Hull did well today, they ran very aggressively. Compared to that game in the Carabao Cup, Hull City were clearly a lot better. ”

'We'll take stock of some of the issues that came up in this game and try to play better in the next games.'

"Manolas's mistakes? Any player can make mistakes. Today's game was his first league start for Manchester United. An unfamiliar league environment, coupled with unfamiliar teammates, will take some time for everyone to get used to. In fact, apart from that one return pass error, Manolas did well. I still trust him, he's got a lot of quality and he's going to be successful at Manchester United.' ”

Ferguson said this in his post-match interview.

He defended the team, especially Manolas.

……

Manchester United in the dressing room.

Manolas sincerely apologized to his teammates.

'I didn't notice De Gea's position at the time and made a pass on my own. This pass was very reckless. Because of this pass, the team didn't win the game and I apologize to everyone. I'm sorry, it's all my fault. ”

He blamed himself very much.

This game is important for Manchester United.

Especially at a time when Liverpool are helping United hold Chelsea back, the Reds are desperate to get the game on the move. Only then will they be able to put pressure on Chelsea to put more pressure on them in the rest of the game, potentially dropping more league points and giving United hope of catching up.

And it was because of Manolas's mistake that the team was not able to take Hull as expected.

Manolas felt guilty and under a lot of psychological pressure.

Rooney and Chu Ge glanced at each other.

Under the signal of Rooney's eyes, Chu Ge took the initiative to walk in front of Manolas.

"Kostas (Manolas), don't worry. Everyone has the right to make mistakes when they make mistakes. Don't believe you ask Smalling. The brother cleared the ball in the game and scored an own goal, and it was in the double red meeting with Liverpool. Ha ha. ”

Chu Ge "caught" the big brother Smolin out.

The teammates laughed.

Recalling the scene of the Double Red Meeting, Smalling touched his nose a little embarrassedly and laughed himself.

Chu is right. All we can do as centre-backs is to make as few mistakes as possible, but not at all, no one can do it, so Kostas, you don't take this mistake as a serious mistake. Just learn the lesson next time. ”

Hearing this, De Gea on the side couldn't help but touch his big nose.

Over the years, he seems to have gotten used to defending against the opposition forwards while also guarding against the defenders in front of him. Speaking of which, it's all tears.

With the understanding and comfort of his teammates, Manolas was in a much better mood.

He looked at Chu Ge and his teammates gratefully, patted his chest, and said, "I will definitely learn the lesson of this time." Next, I will do my best to help the team defend well. ”

"That's right." Rooney smiled lightly, "Let's all disperse." Rest well and get ready for the next game. In three days' time, we have a game against defending champions Leicester City, and it's away. In this game, there can be no more mistakes. We've got to take Leicester! ”

He applauded and inspired his teammates.

In the dressing room, the United players encouraged each other and the morale of the team was not affected by the unexpected draw.

"It's okay." After the teammates dispersed, Rooney walked up to Chu Ge and whispered with a smile.

He was referring to Chu Ge's performance when he comforted Manolas.

"Haha." Chu Ge smiled and said modestly, "There is still a lot to learn from you. ”

"You've done a great job. Later, you will do better. Rooney patted Chu Ge on the shoulder and said with a smile.

Rooney has consciously begun to cultivate Chu Ge's leadership temperament.

For the veteran captain, this is his responsibility as captain and his last contribution to the team before leaving the Reds.

……

Manchester United's surprise draw, especially Manolas' own goal 'assist', sparked a heated discussion after the game.

Although Ferguson and his team-mates forgave Manolas, the media in England did not let him go.

'For 36 million euros, Manchester United will once again pay tuition fees for the introduction of central defenders.

"Own goal, Manolas debut was a disaster."

"Insiders broke the news that Manolas is just Van Dijk's spare tyre, and if it weren't for Van Dijk's injury, he wouldn't have joined Manchester United."

'When will United's weak defence really be addressed?'

'Manolas gave a gift, Manchester United were held to a draw, that's their weakest link compared to Chelsea!'

……

The media blamed Manolas for the fact that he was the culprit for Manchester United losing points.

In the post-match rating session, a number of media outlets, including Sky Sports, gave Manolas only 4 or even 3.5 ultra-low scores, calling the Greek defender's debut a disaster.

"Parallel Manolas!"

"Rush to the doctor when you are sick, and the management is mentally retarded!"

"36 million Manolas is just this level, my grandmother is better than him."

"Manchester United might as well buy Manolas as as buying me, I will do what he will do, I'm cheaper than him, I don't need money at all."

……

Not only is the media dissatisfied with the performance of Manchester United's new signings, but some anxious Manchester United fans have also begun to defect.

They were unhappy with Manolas' performance.

They even began to blame Woodward, the team management.

For a time, the public opinion environment caused a lot of disturbance to Manolas.

He was under a lot of pressure.

At this time.

Chu Ge stood up.

"None of the people who criticize Kostas understand the ball."

Chu Ge, who has always spoken very gently, chose to support his teammates with a clear banner this time.

"Everybody makes mistakes, including me. Manolas only made a mistake on that pass, but he also made four tackles and three interceptions in the game, including one that was a quick return tackle to avoid a one-on-one goal. In addition, he won all six of his six aerial duels at the back. ”

'Remember, it was his first appearance in the league.

'He's there to make Manchester United's backline stronger. There is no doubt about it. ”

"Mistakes are just an accident, and strength is the real foundation. There is no doubt that Kostas is a player with great quality and a player that we need at Manchester United. He's not an alternate for any player, he's a true Manchester United fighter. I'm sure he'll prove to be strong. ”

"It's the team's effort to win, and it's the team's responsibility to lose or draw. I know the team didn't win and was disappointed. It's our fault and I say sorry to the fans on behalf of the team and we're going to work harder and live up to your expectations. But don't blame any one player for the unfavourable results. ”

'We at Manchester United are a unit, whether we win or lose. And, all the time! ”

Chu Ge's statement made the criticism of the media begin to weaken.

As Manchester United's most outstanding player, as the only star in the Premier League to win the top three Ballon d'Or in recent years, and as one of the most popular phenomenal stars in the world, Chu Ge's voice cannot be ignored by the media.

Nowhere is this more evident than in Manchester United's fan base.

Chu Ge is the favourite player of Manchester United fans.

Whether it is football skills, character and appearance, his popularity among Manchester United's fan base has always been high.

He stood up for Manolas, and there is no doubt that the fans' criticism of Manolas was immediately quelled.

"Chu is right, Manchester United has always been a whole. Togetherness is the most important thing! ”

"Win and be crazy together, and lose together!"

"Manolas, I'm sorry, let's do it together. Manchester United rushes ducks! ”

The media may still have reservations, but Manchester United fans' attitude towards Manolas has changed significantly because of Chu Ge's remarks.

The pressure on Manolas was greatly relieved at once.

"Thank you, Chu!"

Manolas sent a thank-you message to Chu Ge.

"It's okay, Kostas. We will always stand with you. Because, we are teammates! ”

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