Chapter Fifty-Six: Achievement Is Not Old
In the Manchester United club, the attitude towards Li Shuai's "strange loan".
First of all, Joyce, the head coach of the reserve team, disagreed with Ferguson's approach, he believed that Ferguson loaned Li Shuai to Dortmund and put Li Shuai under such pressure, which was completely "pulling out the seedlings to help grow", and it was very likely to ruin such a talented seedling.
Regarding Li Shuai's attention, Joyce can be said to be no less than Ferguson, but he wants to cultivate Li Shuai into a superstar in the football world.
Joyce believes that a more prudent approach should be taken, and Li Shuai should be loaned to the Netherlands, or Belgium or other leagues, which is a relatively relaxed environment that is more suitable for Li Shuai's growth.
"Alex, 'Lee' is only 18 years old, isn't it too impatient to treat a young player like this." Joyce said.
Borussia Dortmund won the Bundesliga in particular, last season. In the 18th round of the Bundesliga this season, Dortmund and Bayern Munich have 37 points, only second on goal difference.
Now Dortmund has become a strong team.
And it is conceivable that the next Bundesliga league cannot be missed for Dortmund, which aims to defend the title.
Li Shuai is likely to be loaned out, and even if he is in the squad, he will not be able to get a chance to play in the end.
However, Ferguson did not agree with the views of reserve manager Joyce.
Repeating these three words, "Impatient?" ”
Immediately afterwards, Ferguson suddenly spoke again: "You look at the attitude of 'Lee' in training, and the quality shown in the game against Liverpool's reserve team, two goals, four assists......"
"If it weren't for the damn 'labor certification', we wouldn't have bothered to buy people in this winter window, and I want 'Lee' to be in the first team right now and let him play for the first team."
"He has this strength, and he also has this psychological quality."
"As for age?"
"The 17-year-old Raul played 28 games for the giants Real Madrid in La Liga, scoring nine goals and helping the team finally win the La Liga title."
'Cesc Fabregas, who is 16 years old, has started playing for the Arsenal first team.
'Our Wayne Rooney, at the age of 17, has become an absolute mainstay at Everton.
"The 18-year-old Ronaldo has already played for the team in the Manchester United shirt, and the 17-year-old Messi has scored his first goal for Barcelona."
"Brazil's Ronaldo, at the age of 18, has become famous all over the world and is known as another football king after Pele and Maradona."
"At the age of 18, Owen has scored 18 goals for Liverpool in the Premier League, becoming the Premier League's top scorer, the Premier League's best player, 19 years old with 18 goals for a second consecutive top scorer, and at the age of 22, he won the Ballon d'Or!"
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"Age is never an issue, I know that this kid's character, and his quality, will never be inferior to these players above."
'That kid, like he did when he tried out at Manchester United, now it needs to be just an opportunity.'
"Ordinary competition can no longer improve the strength of 'Lee', and a special talent like 'Lee' should be used in a special way, if he can't stand out in the fiercest competition."
"He's just one of a few young players I've mistaken of, that's all!"
Although Ferguson's tone was cold, it still couldn't hide the importance he valued for Li Shuai, and another point was that he didn't want to wait anymore.
Joyce listened to Ferguson's speech, thinking about Li Shuai's football talent and hard work, "Maybe you're right, Alex. ”
persuaded the head coach of the reserve team, Joyce, but this is not over, Li Shuai's "strange loan" also alarmed the senior management of Manchester United Club.
But Ferguson didn't say as much as he did with Joyce, he only said, "Give me time, and I'll give you a Ronaldo." ”
Ferguson used such a sentence to block the mouths of the high-level people, of course, they also have a great possibility of fighting, there are too many players with "New Ronaldo", "New Zidane" and "New Messi" over the years.
However, it can be said that there is basically no real meeting of expectations.
However, high investment means high risk, if you can really produce a superstar like Ronaldo, 5 million pounds is simply a lot of money, such a risk they are willing to take, not to mention that the person who said this is Sir Alex Ferguson.
Without the hindrance of external forces, after negotiating Li Shuai's loan, Ferguson finally put his focus back on the transfer of Kagawa Silk.
In fact, regarding the transfer of Kagawa Silk, the price has been negotiated a long time ago, but it was stranded because of Mu Shuai's loan, although the negotiation amount is much higher than Li Shuai, but the process is much easier.
In the end, Shinji Kagawa moved to the Red Devils for 12 million pounds, equivalent to 15 million euros, and the player himself was offered a five-year, 60,000-a-week contract.
As for Borussia Dortmund, Jurgen Klopp has always insisted that if United do not agree to the buyout clause of "China Li", then he will not agree to the two deals.
However, despite his authority at Borussia Dortmund, Jurgen Klopp remained only a coach and not a decision-maker in the team, and in the end, under pressure from the team's hierarchy, he had no choice but to agree to the two deals.
Another point is that during this period, Shinji Kagawa also expressed to Klopp that he wanted to transfer, since the player's heart is no longer in the team, Klopp does not want to stay.
As for Li Shuai, although Klopp has been under pressure from the top, Klopp's optimism about Li Shuai's talent also accounts for a large part of the reason.
Otherwise, although he is known for daring to use and using young players, he would not agree to let an 18-year-old Chinese kid enter his game list.
Ferguson got Dortmund's Shinji Kagawa as he wished, and even sold a fledgling little guy like Li Shuai to the defending Bundesliga champions.
It took a lot of money and effort, but in Ferguson's opinion, it was worth it.
Dortmund received a large transfer fee, and also got the "Chinese Li", so that they can carry out their dream and open up the huge fan market in China.
Letting Li Shuai sit on the bench and appear in front of audiences all over the world, especially in front of Chinese audiences, is a situation they are happy to see.
Another point is that Dortmund need to use the money from these two deals to fill the financial hole in the financial hole of a talented attacker Marco Reus, who they recently spent 17.5 million euros to sign.
As a result, the final result of the deal is generally happy for both clubs Manchester United and Borussia Dortmund.