Chapter 44: The Way Back

The arrival of Christmas fills the whole of England with the warmth of the holidays. But on the football battlefield, the smoke of war is thick. The news media didn't slow down their coverage because of Christmas.

The Times headline in the morning was that Manchester United beat Chelsea 4-2 to level Chelsea on points.

– Jose Mourinho's conservatism has cost Chelsea, and now Manchester City and Liverpool are catching up in the table, bringing the semi-finals closer to the table. However, Mourinho was not too disappointed with the result and he has flown back to Porto to spend Christmas with his family.

Manchester Evening News - Manchester United back on championship point! Manchester City quietly chased back.

– Manchester City's two giants have helped each other to close Chelsea in points, and this situation will continue into May in the coming year, with the three clubs each boasting some of the world's best stars almost impossible to fall behind.

Daily Mail – Liverpool are not left behind! Jurgen Klopp's side are as consistent as ever! In the gap between the top three, Liverpool survived strongly.

In the league scorer list, Messi and Ronaldo are still far ahead, Messi has scored 33 goals, Ronaldo has scored 31 goals, and Dong Fangzhuo has scored 26 goals. The first two guys have taken the Premier League goal tally to a super terrifying level. In the past, it was already awesome to score more than 30 goals in a season, but this year has been a sea changer.

The Premier League goal record was held by Dong Fangzhuo before, but now it looks like Messi and Ronaldo are going to be easily broken, if you count the number of goals, it will be even more terrifying, both of them may usher in the peak of the season, but Dong Fangzhuo, as always, is as stable as the previous season.

He's consistent, Manchester United is consistent and that's the best result......

There is no winter break in the Premier League, there are no holidays for all the players, and the Premier League will have to continue to fight in two days. Manchester United playing Swansea at home should not be a problem for Manchester United. And Dong Fangzhuo also got the opportunity to rest in rotation and sat on the bench for the first time this season.

At the beginning of the season, Manchester United's results were unstable, Dong Fangzhuo did not rest for a minute, and now that Manchester United is stable, Ferguson is finally at ease. The youngsters did not disappoint Dong Fangzhuo and Alex Ferguson, with Marcus Rashford, Anthony Martial and Kylian Mbappe scoring a goal each and performing better than they did at the start of the season. In terms of scoring ability, they can do it, but to fight a tough battle, without Dong Fangzhuo, the core, Manchester United will not have any advantage.

Dong Fangzhuo's current responsibility is not to score goals, but to appear on the field as the core of the team, and focus more on organizing attacks.

After the New Year, he will be 31 years old.

On New Year's Day, Dong Fangzhuo went to Ferguson to pay New Year's greetings, and the two chatted about the succession, if it is the successor of the striker, there is no need to look for it, it will be Mbappe, but in the midfield, who will take over?

In today's international football, there is less and less talent, and there are fewer and fewer players with a few days of talent.

Dong Fangzhuo will be at the top for a year or two, and the competitive state will decline, and if Manchester United wants to maintain its dominance in Europe, someone must step up and find a successor in advance.

Ferguson listed the names of several people, but Dong Fangzhuo was not optimistic. For example, Isco, who is still in Real Madrid.

"Isco is too sticky and not enough to fight, if he had grown, he would have grown up a long time ago. That's the cap. Dong Fangzhuo commented directly.

"Then you have to see where your review is high. It's hard to find good seedlings these days. ”

"Well, of course it's top."

"What's the use of coming here otherwise? Manchester United have no shortage of good players, they lack the brightest players. ”

The younger ones don't seem to be able to find out......

"De Bruyne next door is good." Ferguson said suddenly.

"Haha."

"I also think I should have started sooner." Dong Fangzhuo also felt very regretful, De Bruyne is really good.

"I really can't find it, so let's think about it from another way?"

"For example, we don't play in the middle, we focus on the two wings? There are still a lot of good wingers now, and there are fewer midfield masters. ”

Although Ferguson is old, his mind is not confused.

"Ahh Ferguson cast an admiring look at Ferguson, "You're so right, why do we have to be stubborn in the middle?" If we play 433, the two wings can also play to the same advantage. When you say that, I suddenly think of someone. ”

Dong Fangzhuo's thinking reaction was also very fast, and a player flashed out of his mind.

"Who?"

"How's N'Golo Kante from Leicester?"

"Him?" Ferguson's eyes lit up visibly.

"Perfect."

"It was just perfect!"

"If this guy is in the middle, then the two wings will attack without worry. This could indeed serve as an alternative. ”

Clearly, Ferguson was very impressed with N'Golo Kante.

The stands, who were born in 1991, are only 24 and a half years old, and if they buy Manchester United, they can be used for nearly ten years.

"If you use N'Golo Kante, he and Snyderlin will form a French midfield partnership. It's Schweinsteiger and Fellaini and so on, and we have more midfielders. ”

'Marouane Fellaini can't be lost, he has the advantage in the air. Rather, I want to deal with Schweinsteiger. ”

Ferguson has an idea, but Schweinsteiger has always been unto his liking.

"Southampton can receive." Dong Fangzhuo said coldly.

"Heh, you're very responsive." Ferguson glanced at him.

"Haha," Dong Fangzhuo smiled, "but not." He's still valuable, and if he's in good form, he can play at Southampton, but at Manchester United, really, it's not very important. ”

"Don't say that, you want me to release talents, the German's form can still last for one to two years, only the right style of play is not easy, and the players are not so bad. I'm going to talk to you about Van Dijk now? ”

"Uh, don't you want Van Dijk?"

"I want it now."

"This ......"

"At least not this season." Dong Fangzhuo thought about it, but still rejected the lord's proposal, now Southampton's results are so good, according to this trend, you can play in the Europa League next season, if you are not careful, maybe you can still push Arsenal down, in case, what if you play the Champions League.

"At the end of the season?"

"End of Season ......"

'We can talk about it first, but Southampton need to find a good defender first.

"Jones, Smalling, Rojo, you pick one of the three."

"Ahem, the three of them...... Don't want to. ”

"If I think about it, I'll find an alternative." Dong Fangzhuo is not very worried, the central defenders can still be found, but the midfielders and forwards are difficult to find.

When the time comes, whether he takes over Manchester United or Southampton, he will have to pave the way for himself in advance! Buy good seedlings in advance, and simply sit back and enjoy the results......