Chapter 212: Ferguson regretted it
Ferguson stood on the sidelines, his hands folded, even though he was already an old man, he still looked personable, but with his stern and solemn expression, it couldn't give people too good a feeling.
His gaze was always moving with Quaresma's movements, observing carefully, like a scanner, trying to scan Quaresma in all directions.
This superstar who is now hot in the Premier League has forced even Ferguson to take it seriously.
In fact, Ferguson already regretted it a little.
Manchester United scouts spotted the twin stars of Sporting Lisbon, followed the report, recorded the video, made a file of Quaresma and Cristiano Ronaldo and handed it to Ferguson, and highly recommended the two stars in the hope that Manchester United could take them into their pockets.
After watching some of Quaresma's and Cristiano Ronaldo's performances in Lisbon, Ferguson also admitted that both of them are indeed rare talents.
It's just that Manchester United only need one of them, and although it is not impossible to buy both of them, it is a bit wasteful to buy both because Manchester United have Ryan Giggs.
After careful comparison and research, Ferguson felt that Ronaldo was more talented than Quaresma, and after training, he could definitely become a top star, so even when Quaresma's value was lower than Ronaldo, Ferguson still chose Ronaldo.
Subsequently, in the first season, Ronaldo grew rapidly at Manchester United, and Quaresma, who joined Barcelona, struggled at Barcelona.
However, with Quaresma back in Porto last season, it was inevitable that Ferguson would make another comparison.
At that time, Ferguson came to a conclusion that made him unhappy: Quaresma undoubtedly performed better than Ronaldo last season.
Even if Quaresma is far inferior to the Premier League in the Portuguese Super League, his amazing performance still shocked the European football world, especially in the two-legged contest with Chelsea in the Champions League and the two-legged contest with AC Milan.
However, Ferguson will not think that Quaresma's talent potential is better than Ronaldo's, because he believes that last season was already Quaresma's peak performance, and Ronaldo's potential is still fully developed, and Ronaldo's future will be even more amazing.
There is nothing wrong with this kind of thinking, after all, Quaresma's problems are still obvious, whether it is team combat ability or defense, it is not an unpopular level, you can lead the team in the weak team, but when it comes to the giants, the fatal weakness will undoubtedly make him stand out from everyone.
However, Quaresma's performance at Arsenal this season was like a slap in the face to Alex Ferguson.
This is a result that a Premier League newcomer can play, even the top scorers like Ruud van Nistelrooy and Thierry Henry have not been able to crush Quaresma in terms of goals, and Quaresma has led Arsenal, who is thought to be unable to compete for the title, to play a series of wonderful games and bite Chelsea in the standings.
Without Quaresma, then Arsene Wenger's side would not have qualified to stay in Group 1 at all.
It's hard to imagine!
Ferguson admits that he is gone!
I dare not say that Quaresma's talent will definitely be higher than Ronaldo, but at least in terms of current performance, Ronaldo is far inferior to Quaresma.
One is still showing off his footwork on the wing from time to time, and the other is already able to carry Arsenal forward, and the difference between this can be seen even by those who don't know the ball.
Ferguson couldn't help but shake his head, if he had bought Quaresma and Ronaldo at the same time, what would it be like now?
Although Manchester United has a top wing like Ryan Giggs, it must be admitted that Ryan Giggs is 32 years old, and there may be no way to maintain his peak for a long time.
If Quaresma is now at Manchester United, then they can go toe-to-toe on the left and right, and for at least the next 10 years, United will not have to worry about having no one on the wing, and that the wings will be a nightmare for all United opponents.
It's just that it's just an assumption that it's impossible to go back to, and Quaresma is now at Arsenal and is taking Arsenal with Thierry Henry.
With a slight sigh that no one else could detect, the old man reluctantly admitted that he might have missed an opportunity for Manchester United to dominate the Premier League.
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Arsene Wenger didn't know that his old rival was so sentimental now, and the game on the pitch was gradually starting to get intense, which is the atmosphere that should be in the duel between Manchester United and Arsenal.
Quaresma was excited for the first time against Manchester United, and as soon as he was excited, Manchester United were unlucky on the left side.
The defensive ability of the left wingback Giggs is the same, although the breakthrough is sharp, but there are few traditional full-backs who are good at defense, anyway, the current Giggs has no way to take Quaresma, let alone block Quaresma from moving forward, even if he wants to foul, Quaresma did not give him a chance.
Behind Ryan Giggs, Manchester United's left wing-back position has always been Ferguson's biggest headache, because he has not found a player who can play a consistent starting line-up.
Originally, Heinze was okay to play left-back, although there were occasional mistakes, but at least he was trustworthy, but in the Champions League group stage with Villarreal before, Heinze strained his cruciate ligament and was directly reimbursed for the season, which caught Ferguson off guard.
There was no way, Ferguson could only let Silvester or Brown come to the left wing-back cameo, these two players played at central defender most of the time, and the play of left wing-back can be imagined, anyway, Ferguson never reassured.
Facing Arsenal today, it was Silvestre who started, but in the face of Arsenal's strongest assault point, he was almost not beaten out!
There is nothing Silvester can do with Quaresma, after all, the way of defending the striker in the middle and the defensive winger on the wing is completely different, Silvester was barely on the top, and now he is facing such a breakthrough madness as Quaresma, so don't mention the miserable situation.
In the 9th minute of the opening game, Quaresma took the ball on the right side, turned around and wiped Giggs and dribbled the ball to Manchester United at high speed, Silvester caught up with him, but he couldn't even stop Quaresma, and was broken through by Quaresma's ball alone, if it wasn't for Ferdinand's flying tackle to help fill the position, I'm afraid Quaresma would have cut inside into the Manchester United penalty area.
Looking at Quaresma, who was a little annoyed that his breakthrough was blocked, Sylvester always felt a chill in his back.
I can't prevent it!
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