"Tomorrow, Dai will be able to come back."

Mourinho put down the newspaper in his hand, and there was a hint of joy on his gloomy face recently.

This newspaper is the local Manchester Post in Manchester, and the first page of the newspaper today rarely reports the news of the Asian Cup, Dai Zhiwei was crowned champion, and the king of Asia was officially enthroned.

Assistant coach Rodell also had a smile on his face, but because of this time without Dai Zhiwei, Manchester United's life was not easy, and the criticism from the outside world was noisy.

The main thing is that without Dai Zhiwei there, there seems to be a situation inside the locker room.

Before Dai Zhiwei left, Mourinho also confidently made a winter transfer plan, and Sandezi also fully cooperated at the beginning, but after Dai Zhiwei left, as soon as Manchester United's results fluctuated, he did not cooperate much.

Let's take a look at the overall picture of this year's Premier League winter transfers

At 23 o'clock local time on January 31, the door to the winter transfer of the Premier League for the 201819 season was officially closed.

Premier League teams have spent a staggering £19.1 billion, while Chelsea have spent £65.7 million, the largest spender in the entire Premier League, followed by Bournemouth with £31.32 million spent in the winter window.

Manchester United, Liverpool, and Tottenham Hotspur have not spent money on reinforcements, and the three teams have achieved transfer profits together with Manchester City.

In terms of players, Chelsea's Christian Pulisic is worth £57.6 million and is the leading bidder in the Premier League transfer market this winter window.

But originally, Mourinho's plan was to spend £50 million to bring in reinforcements.

Before Dai Zhiwei left the team, Mourinho hinted at the absence of Dai Zhiwei, the son of Sande, and the lack of firepower for Giroud and Rashford, who have scored just one goal in their last nine games, is completely unable to support the Red Devils' attacking line.

Originally, Mourinho planned to invest £100 million in the winter transfer window to continue to strengthen the squad. He has always wanted to sign an efficient striker and has even figured out what type of striker to sign.

That's players like Hernandez "Little Pea" or Mamdiouf.

In fact, whether it is Hernandez or Diouf, their style characteristics are basically the same, they are the kind of players who are willing to substitute, and they are also point-grabbing strikers, and their shooting accuracy is first-class.

Manchester United is lacking such a striker, and Dai Zhiwei does need a qualified substitute, not a "face-punching" center forward like Giroud.

Of course, there are many more strikers of this type that Jose Mourinho wants in football. For example, Bayern's Muller and Southampton's Gabbiadini are good options, but Manchester United are unlikely to sign them.

Hernandez, on the other hand, has a good relationship with Manchester United and is now playing for West Ham, and if Jose Mourinho chooses to sign him in the winter window, there will be no adjustment problems and no too high transfer fee.

Even the celebrities of Alex Ferguson's faction believe that bringing the 'Little Pea' back to Old Trafford is a good option

It's a pity that in the end, Sandezi failed to realize Mourinho's wish, because in his opinion, Dai Zhiwei was not in the team for more than half a month, and it was definitely an extremely luxurious situation to bring in reinforcements for such a little time.

But from this point of view, Sandezi's consideration is very reasonable, but judging from his subsequent actions, this guy is completely thinking about money and doesn't understand football at all.

Woodward first announced that young goalkeeper Joel Pereira, who had been on loan at Setúbal in the Portuguese Super League, would return to the Red Devils after an early end of his loan, and then sent him out on loan.

Subsequently, Santoku seemed to find the loan loan a very interesting thing, and he was involved with Barcelona again.

On January 30, Barcelona officially announced that the team's midfielder Denis Suarez has joined Manchester United on loan, and the Red Devils will take on the Spaniard's salary during the loan. Barcelona also announced that Denis Suarez has extended his contract with the team until 2021.

With Barcelona bringing in Frenkie de Jong, Barcelona's midfield talent hoarding has reached its peak again, and Denis Suarez is increasingly difficult to get a chance to play. Barcelona would prefer to sell Denis Suarez, but Sandezi is too picky and only wants to loan the Spanish midfielder for half a season, and then make a big investment when the summer window opens. This led to a stalemate in the negotiations between the two sides.

Barcelona would prefer to liquidate players rather than loan loans, preferring Sevilla or Betis, who are willing to buy out players, but Dennis himself was not willing to do so.

And in order to realize the dream of the Red Devils, Denis Suarez also rejected the three-year contract extension offered by the Red and Blue Army, and the contract with Barcelona will expire in 2020.

In order to prevent extreme events, Barcelona signed a one-year extension with the player before the loan was completed.

Originally, Denis Suarez wanted to join the Arsenal of his mentor Unai Emery, but Manchester United's Spanish help played a role at this time, and he had a sweet cooperation with Red Devils brother Dai Zhiwei in Villarreal, so he finally switched to Manchester United.

Barcelona initially negotiated a buyout of 25 million euros, which was difficult for the stingy Santoko to accept, and finally reduced the price by 7 million euros after negotiations.

It is worth mentioning that if Manchester United buys Suarez Jr. for £18 million next summer, then Manchester City will get £3.6 million from the deal, because when Barcelona brought in Suarez Jr. for £1 million, Manchester City asked for a transfer share of 20 in the future.

After the loan move to Denis Suarez, Woodward was quite comfortable to show off to Mourinho, meaning that he had met the other party's transfer request, but Mourinho was eager to slap the face of the goods.

I want an efficient striker and you get me an attacking midfielder, that's what it's like

And, to Mourinho's concern, the Spanish gang in Manchester United's squad is too big.

Once Dai Zhiwei led the Spanish gang to "rebel", he didn't think he would be able to suppress this gang.

Fortunately, Dai Zhiwei and Mourinho have a good personal relationship, and his professional quality is far better than that of Pogba's ilk.

What annoys Mourinho even more is that at the end of this month, Fellaini, his descendant, almost left the team to play in the Chinese Super League.

Although Fellaini is a very inconspicuous presence in Manchester United, he is definitely an indispensable X-factor in Mourinho's heart.

Since Jose Mourinho took charge of Manchester United, Fellaini has been entrusted with important responsibilities by him on a number of occasions, whether it is starting or coming off the bench, Fellaini can at least use his height to contribute at both ends of the pitch. In many important matches, these victories are inseparable from the restraining force he brings.

Mourinho also mentioned before the start of the season: "I'm happy with him, he is one of the players who improved last season and played well in different positions. You can feel the commitment, sincerity and happiness that he expressed to stay with the team. Obviously, he showed that playing for the team is more important than for himself, and he made sacrifices for the team. He will be more defensive in some games and more like a striker at other times. I'm very happy with Marouane Fellaini's consistency and performance. He can give us a simple style, a simple and brilliant play. ”

Last summer, at the behest of Jose Mourinho, Manchester United and Fellaini signed a two-year extension with an option to extend his contract for another year.

Originally, Mourinho thought that Fellaini was stable and should stay at Manchester United at least until the contract expired in 2020, but he didn't expect that if he hadn't heard his transfer rumors and went to negotiate with Sandezi, Fellaini would have been sold to the Chinese Super League by Sandezi for 7 million pounds.

Subsequently, in order to appease the thunderous Mourinho, Woodward also began to make concessions, and successively reached a two-to-three-year contract extension with veterans such as Mata and Herrera, whose contracts were about to expire, which stabilized Mourinho.

Of course, Sandezi may also be a foreshadowing to avoid spending a large amount of transfer fees in the transfer market five months later, after all, when the team has enough personnel, Mourinho will definitely be criticized by the outside world if he wants to buy people again.

However, when it comes to contract extensions, one issue that has caused both Mourinho and Woodward to have a headache must also be put on the agenda, that is, Dai Zhiwei's current contract with Manchester United is less than two and a half years left.

Although Dai Zhiwei's current weekly salary of 3.01 million pounds is still among the top in the Premier League, he is not even ranked in the top ten in today's football.

Currently, Messi's annual salary is the highest in football today, reaching 45 million euros, Neymar is 36 million euros, and Cristiano Ronaldo's annual salary is the third highest, also 30 million euros.

In addition, Dai Zhiwei is not the No. 1 at Manchester United, and the highest-paid Ozil gets nearly 5 million euros more than him every year.

Although Mourinho and Sandezi have never heard Dai Zhiwei talk about salary increases, they both know that contracts with an annual salary of less than 40 million Dai Zhiwei's economic team do not look at it at all.

has a headache, and when he thinks of Dai Zhiwei's contract renewal, Sandezi's head is about to explode.

In a slightly frustrated winter transfer window, Manchester United's record is also on fire.

On January 23, the FA Cup kicked off, and Manchester United hosted Arsenal.

This game is the first game of Dai Zhiwei's departure to the Asian Cup, and everyone is very concerned about this game, just to see if the Red Devils without Dai Zhiwei will capsize.

Fortunately, Mourinho was very well prepared, and with goals from Jesse Lingard and Anthony Martial, he led the Gunners 2-0 in the first half. Arsenal didn't save face until the 79th minute for Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang as the home side.

After beating Arsenal 2:1, Mourinho was also very excited, proving to the outside world that he could succeed without Dai Zhiwei.

However, three days later, he was almost beaten in the face.

On 26 January, the second leg of the Carabao Cup semi-final kicks off with Manchester United taking on Tottenham at Old Trafford.

Manchester United, who held a 3-1 lead in the first leg, almost capsized at home.

In the first half, Harry Kane won a penalty in the 12th minute, and then scored it himself, rewriting the score to 2:3.

In the second half, Tottenham continued to fight against the side, and the offensive was dominant, especially in the 63rd minute, after Son Xingmin's cross from the side, Ali grabbed the point and shot at the post, which shocked Mourinho in a cold sweat.

In the end, Manchester United lost 0:1 in the second leg and eliminated Tottenham Hotspur 2:3 to advance to the League Cup final, but the ugly style of play was unanimously judged by the outside world.

On the contrary, it was Tottenham, who were eliminated from the competition, who received the praise of heroes.

Without Dai Zhiwei, Manchester United can score or not

In fact, Mourinho didn't know either.

On January 29, in the 24th round of the English Premier League, Manchester United sat at Old Trafford to face Burnley, a team in the middle and lower reaches of the league.

In the first 80 minutes of the game, the Reds' attack was fruitless, but it was Burnley's occasional sneak attack that paid off for Barnes and Wood.

Manchester United face a tough situation in 02.

In the final ten minutes, Kroos and Victor Lindelof stepped up, scoring from a free-kick and equalising with a stoppage-up shot, extending the Reds' unbeaten league run this season.

However, slow motion shows that Manchester United staged the "Hand of God" in the 93rd minute, Ashley Young crossed from the right, Giroud's header was saved by the Burnley goalkeeper, and the football first hit Suso's arm before Lindelof made a supplementary effort to tie the score at 22.

An ugly home defence was followed by a controversial home draw, and Manchester United were once again the focus of negative talk in the English media.

On February 3, the day Dai Zhiwei returned to Manchester from Abu Dhabi, Manchester United ushered in the 25th round of the Premier League and Leicester City.

After a dull and boring game that left the fans groggy, Manchester United drew 0-0 with Leicester City to secure their fifth league draw of the season.

Prior to Dai Zhiwei's departure, Manchester United were in the league standings with 20 wins, three draws and 63 points.

However, by the time he returned, two league games had passed and United had only increased their points by two points.

Manchester City and Liverpool, which had already been thrown away, had quietly caught up again.

Relieved, this was Mourinho's first reaction after hearing that Dai Zhiwei had arrived in Manchester.

Unfortunately, just as Mourinho was elated and ready to see Dai Zhiwei at the training ground, he got a piece of news from the team doctor that was undoubtedly a bolt from the blue

Both of United's team doctors have said that Dai Zhiwei must have a 35-day rest after returning from a cold, after he forced the whole game against Japan without curing from a cold, and it is extremely dangerous to risk playing when he returns to England, otherwise he has a high risk of injury and even jeopardizes the rest of the season.

Does Mourinho care about the doctor's warnings?

After all, he was once the man who had been a doctor with Chelsea's women's team

Three days later, at the 26th round of the Premier League press conference against Fulham, Mourinho said with a blank face: "Fulham is not an easy opponent, all we have to do is prepare well for this game and deal with the recovery under the busy schedule." In short, tomorrow we have to play this game well. ”

Speaking about Dai Zhiwei not being in the starting line-up, Mourinho reluctantly said: "I talked to Dai about it, I think he is a very smart player, everyone knows that my philosophy is to make him in good shape throughout the season, the next 70 days are very intensive, we need him. Of course, he'd love to be able to play every game, but he also needs to take a break every now and then for the sake of our goals. ”

Obviously, this time Manchester United team doctor won against Jose Mourinho.

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