Chapter 0087: Quick Counterattack
The Manchester City fans at home, although they are still booing Rashford, are obviously gone, and there is more helplessness in the boos.
In less than four minutes, Rashford completed a hat-trick, which was too big a blow to Manchester City.
Manchester City chairman Hosni Mubarak, who was watching the game in the VIP box, looked at the young boy in the corner flag area below surrounded by other Manchester United players, and the envy in his eyes was unmistakable.
However, he quickly shook his head, knowing that Manchester City could not poach that kid to Manchester City.
Just two days ago, Manchester United announced on their official website that Manchester United has officially completed the renewal of the contract of the team's rising star Marcus Rashford, which will expire in the summer of 2021.
As for the weekly salary, the news on the official website was naturally not announced, but the "Daily Mirror" broke the top-secret news, saying that Rashford's weekly salary is as high as 60,000 pounds.
This salary can only be considered in the lower middle of the range at Manchester United, and the real staggering thing is the other rewards.
In the contract that broke out in the Daily Mirror, there are a lot of other rewards involved, the appearance fee is £10,000 per game, the goal award is £6,000 per goal, the assist award (including points and oogoals) is £3,000 per game, and the victory award is £20,000 per game.
These are still some regular awards, and there are some unusual special awards, such as the championship award, the Golden Boot award, etc. Marcus Rashford's Premier League title is £1 million, Champions League title is £2 million, Europa League title is £1 million, FA Cup title is £500,000, League Cup title is £300,000, Community Shield is £50,000, and even the UEFA Super Cup and Club World Cup are £100,000 and £200,000 respectively.
The Daily Mirror jokingly said that after signing this contract, Rashford's conservative income every season is more than five million pounds, and if he is really winning the unprecedented seven crowns, Rashford will get more than five million pounds in bonuses.
As for the goal award or something, the Daily Mirror says they don't dare to estimate it at all, because with Rashford's current hot form, they can't imagine how many goals Rashford will score in a full season.
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Everyone is convinced of the Daily Mirror's report, because Rashford's relationship with the Daily Mirror is so close, his current personal assistant is a former Daily Mirror intern reporter, and even this contract is negotiated between his personal assistant and Manchester United, and no one knows the details of the contract better than her.
The reason why Mubarak feels that Manchester City has no hope of snatching Rashford is not because Manchester United has offered him too high a salary, with the net worth of his own owner, even if this kid's salary rises by two or three times, it is not a problem at all, what really makes him die is the deep information revealed from this insignificant contract.
Marcus Rashford's willingness to sign a contract with United on every detail speaks to his determination to stay at the Reds, otherwise there would have been no need.
At the same time, Mubarak is also thinking about another thing, which is what Rashford said in an interview yesterday: Manchester City should give up the league and focus on the Champions League.
As it stands, this is indeed a very pertinent approach.
For the league title, Manchester City is definitely hopeless, and even the hope of competing for a Champions League place is very slim.
The top three teams in the league table, Leicester City, Tottenham Hotspur and Arsenal, are now playing on a single line. Manchester City are playing on two fronts, and it is too difficult to compete and win.
There is a four-tier rival remaining, Manchester United, and although they are still in the third tier and have a more intensive schedule than Manchester City, Mubarak feels it will be difficult for the team to compete with them.
Perhaps, concentrating on the Champions League is really a way to kill multiple birds with one stone. Winning the Champions League can not only fulfill the owner's wishes, but also Manchester City can truly become one of the giants. Otherwise, even if Manchester City wins more Premier League titles, Manchester City will not be recognized as a giant.
Arsenal and Chelsea are good examples, with the Gunners winning 13 top-flight titles and third in England overall; Won 12 FA Cup titles, crowning the whole of England, but they don't have the Champions League, so, except for Arsenal fans, outsiders basically don't recognize their status as a giant, at most they think he is a pseudo-giant.
Chelsea was the same, before they won the Champions League in 2013, everyone didn't think he was a giant, but after winning the Champions League, no one questioned his status as a giant, at most they felt that their giants were not enough, and they still needed to accumulate.
Mubarak thought about the phone call his boss had made to him last night, and although he didn't say it on the phone, Mubarak could feel that he had the same thoughts.
So, let the result of today's game make the final decision for the team's next strategy!
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On the pitch, Rashford was quick to help Mubarak make his choice.
After the game restarted, Manchester City organized a push on the right side, but when they hit outside the Manchester United penalty area, they were met with a strong block from Manchester United, so Manchester City had to move and want to play to the left.
However, in the process, Yaya Toure's pass to David Silva was too obvious and was seen through by Juan Mata who snatched the ball one step ahead.
After Manchester United broke the ball, they immediately launched a counter-attack. For a time, Manchester City's defensive line was in turmoil and hectic.
Juan Mata advanced with the ball and, after being blocked by two of City's biggest defenders, Yaya Toure and Fernandinho, made a covert move to distribute the ball to Jesse Lingard next to him. And he himself took advantage of the cushioning of the forward speed, reaching out and dragging Yaya Toure and Fernandinho alone, slowing them down the speed of their way to the wing and Klich to flank Lingard.
Lingard dribbled forward and when he was met by Klich's head-on block, a crotch pierced and the ball went past Klich.
At this time, in front of Lingard, there was only a large gap left.
In the process of fighting for speed, the young Lingard beat Klich and kicked the ball forward before Klich could tackle him.
At this time, it was Rashford's turn to fight with Manchester City's two major central defenders, Mangala and Demichelis, as well as Manchester City goalkeeper Joe Hart.
Obviously, the bulky Mangala and the aging Demichelis were no match for Rashford in terms of pace, but it was Joe Hart who caused some problems for Rashford.
However, it is only a little trouble.