Chapter 0039 - Superstar Treatment
Just as the Mirror's top brass thought, when a new day of The Mirror went public the next morning, it quickly caused a rush.
The day before, the Mirror reported that Rashford was unhappy with Manchester United and was willing to transfer, which made many fans very concerned about the issue.
They knew very well that, according to the usual routine of newspapers, there would definitely be further coverage on this topic, and it was only recently, so they came to buy it this morning.
Sure enough, when they opened the newspaper, they saw the front page of the Mirror, which was a report about Rashford's contract extension.
This report, while disappointing other Premier League teams, secretly scolded a "big dog".
However, the United fans were happy.
They didn't believe that Marcus Rashford, a talent cultivated by Manchester United's own academy, would really leave Manchester United.
Now that I look at it, it is really those unscrupulous reporters who are doing something.
As for Rashford's weekly salary of more than 20,000 points, in the eyes of Manchester United fans, it is not a problem at all.
Just look at the young people in the Manchester United team, not to mention De Gea, who has risen to 250,000 pounds, that is Manchester United's current super thigh-level person, even Depay, whose weekly salary has reached 100,000 pounds, Luke Shaw's weekly salary is also 100,000 pounds, and Martial still has a weekly salary of 100,000 pounds after spending 80 million euros on the club.
Speaking of which, that is, the children he has cultivated, the weekly salary is lower, such as Lingard, who now earns only 40,000 pounds a week, and is the player with the lowest weekly salary except for newcomers like Rashford.
Compared to these people, Rashford's £25,000 weekly salary is too shabby compared to his contribution to the team.
As for the issue of the weekly salary rising with more goals scored in the contract, it is even more natural for them. Isn't a home-bred kid who scored 15 goals in his rookie season worth a £35,000-a-week contract? They just want Rashford to score more goals and get more wages.
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Amid the distractions, Manchester United ushered in the 28th round of the Premier League at home.
In yesterday's game, leaders Leicester City were held to a draw by West Bromwich Albion, slowing their progress.
And Arsenal is a big upset, I don't know if it is because of the heavy defeat at Old Trafford three days ago, so that the Gunners have not recovered from the blow, they actually lost at home to Swansea on the edge of the relegation zone, so that the Welsh team that has been hovering on the edge of the relegation zone in the past ten rounds has obtained a key three points, and the relegation zone has opened up the difference.
The top four teams in the table have slowed down their progress in these two rounds for one reason or another, which undoubtedly gives Manchester United hope.
As long as Manchester United win this game, they will only be 10 points away from Leicester City at the top of the table.
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At 8 p.m. local time on March 2, the last two games of the 28th round of the English Premier League, which are also two key battles, started at the same time.
Manchester United continue to host 10th-placed Watford, while ninth-placed Liverpool host Manchester City at Anfield.
It's a game that no one can afford to lose.
If United lose, then their fledgling hopes will be completely extinguished. As for Watford, if they lose, they will also lose the possibility of entering the European stage.
After Liverpool took over from Uncle Scum, although his attacking football made Liverpool's game scene very good, it did not change much for their results. Although they have repeatedly defeated the Premier League giants, they continue to give points to the middle and lower teams, and are nicknamed by fans as robbing the rich and helping the poor Liverpool.
However, if they win this game against Manchester City and bitter rivals Manchester United lose again, they will be close on the United in terms of points and see the hope of a Champions League place. But if you lose, you can only hope to win the Europa League and get this Champions League spot.
Manchester City's situation is not much better. Because the team's hierarchy made a low-level mistake in February, they announced that manager Manuel Pellegrini would be sacking at the end of the season almost four months before the end of the season, which led to Manchester City's unstable heart, losing to Leicester City and Tottenham Hotspur in a row, and the points were stretched from three points away from Leicester City to 10 points now, and the ranking fell directly from second place in the league to fourth place. If you continue to lose today, you may even fall out of the Champions League places.
However, judging by the team's current form, it is undoubtedly the best for Manchester United. Although the team lacks major generals due to injuries, it has won three consecutive games, scoring 14 goals but conceding only 1 goal, but it has greatly boosted the morale of the young players of the Manchester United team, and there is quite a posture of God blocking and killing God and Buddha.
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In this game, Chris Smalling still failed to pass the health check, Carrick was allowed to rotate and did not even enter the squad, Rojo partnered Blind in the central defensive position, and teenager Mensah got the opportunity to start as a left wing-back.
Although Anthony Martial returned from injury, he did not regain his previous central striker position, and was placed in the right midfield position by Louis van Gaal, while Rashford still played as a lone arrow.
Manchester United fans are looking forward to the two rising stars of Marcus Rashford and Anthony Martial, with some even comparing them to Manchester United's dark storm in the last few years of the last century.
But after the game started, the situation on the field made the confident home fans suddenly become frightened.
At the beginning of the first half, the Watford team was very fierce in the attack, and the Manchester United players also seemed a little shrunken because of Watford's ferocious scramble, and for a while, Watford actually dominated the game and threatened Manchester United's goal several times.
Fortunately, Watford's players were limited after all, and they failed to take advantage of United's unstable foothold to score a goal.
The Reds were in danger and gradually took possession of the ball after holding off the visitors' three and launched an attack on Watford's goal.
Originally, this was a good thing for Marcus Rashford, and the strikers wanted their team to be in attacking shape.
However, because of the stunning performances in the first two games, Rashford was really targeted by Watford, not only the two central defenders No. 5 Prodel and No. 3 Britos followed him like personal bodyguards, but one of the two midfielders Watson and Capoue was also ready to come over to contain Rashford at any time.
Rashford, who is caught in the siege and interception, naturally has no room to show.
Rashford was really helpless about this, he didn't expect to be treated like a superstar when he played his third professional game.