Chapter 13: Irony
Since the crossing, Zhang Tiehan has never thought that he would leave Manchester United one day.
His original plan was to train for two years in the youth team of Manchester United, and strive to improve his strength, he has such a strong body, and if he trains hard for two years, his strength will improve a lot, and when he has a good performance in the youth league, he will naturally be promoted to the first team, and he will slowly be able to show his strength in the first team.
With the oddities in the body, success is simply inevitable.
But I didn't expect to go through so much these days, first I was directly promoted to the first team, trained with the big stars of the first team, participated in warm-up matches together, and scored two goals.
Everything went so smoothly that Zhang Tiehan felt that he was about to succeed.
But I didn't expect that because of the conflict with C-Ronaldo, I would be like this, and I was actually listed for sale by Manchester United.
"Also, how can I compare to C-Ronaldo now?" Zhang Tiehan thought self-deprecatingly, "In a few years, I may be able to compare with him, but now it is impossible." The two of us can keep one, and that can only be Cristiano Ronaldo, I guess they all think so. ”
When he heard the news, Zhang Tiehan was very clear about his current situation.
He has two choices, one is to return to the youth team and then wait silently for the next opportunity, but because of the conflict with Cristiano Ronaldo, he can only stay in the youth team almost all the time.
The second is to leave the team.
Ferguson thought so, too.
He was sitting in his office, taking a sip of his coffee and sighing. He has a document in his hand, which is about Zhang Tiehan, which records Zhang Tiehan's growth analysis in the first team for more than ten days.
This is a report made by Manchester United's professional staff.
It contains a lot of data, a detailed comparison of Zhang Tiehan's strength when he entered the first team, and the current strength comparison, the report is very detailed, anyone who reads the report will be surprised by Zhang Tiehan's growth.
But...
"Still not living up to expectations!" Ferguson let out a long sigh.
As a first-team manager, how could Alex Ferguson be deceived by a young player's clumsy performance after so many years at Manchester United, but he will not delve into it, for him, the reason is not important, the result is important.
Zhang Tiehan and Cristiano Ronaldo have clashed a lot, and no matter who caused the conflict, one person will definitely leave, otherwise there will be problems in the dressing room of Manchester United.
Then it must be Zhang Tiehan who leaves.
The reason is that Zhang Tiehan's strength has not improved as expected!
According to this analysis report, Zhang Tiehan's strength and body have reached a limit, and the improvement is very small, and whether it is skill or consciousness, he has not improved much during this time, and perhaps the only thing that has improved is his shooting skills.
What's the point of improving shooting skills?
What United lack is a blue-collar midfielder on the pitch, rather than an eye-catching frontfielder, and the results of the analysis report are tantamount to showing that Zhang Tiehan will only be at the level of ordinary English Premier League players in the future.
That's all.
In the future, ordinary players in the English Premier League, and the current world-class stars, and talents with infinite possibilities in the future, choose one of the two, and anyone will choose the latter, and Ferguson is the same, so he made the decision to put Zhang Tiehan up for sale.
Any player at Manchester United is valuable.
Manchester United will not sell players easily, among the youth team players, the development value is on loan, after a year or two, with the experience of the game, you can play for Manchester United, this is the reason for the success of the Manchester United Academy, they will not sell a talent.
And Zhang Tiehan is not among them!
Ferguson looked at the report carefully, and suddenly thought of those two goals, but in the end he shook his head, "It's just luck, he has no talent at all except for being physically strong, and Ronaldo is more important." ”
At this time, many people have already paid attention to Manchester United's actions.
On a website used for internal communication of various European clubs, Manchester United has an extra player name listed for sale, 'tiehan-zhang', which is surprisingly unfamiliar, but it still attracts the attention of many other club management when it appears in the Manchester United column.
Click in to see the player's profile.
A Manchester United youth team player who has only been in first-team training for a dozen days is nothing, as long as the Manchester United youth team is a good player, this experience will be like this, and the most attractive thing is that this player is a defensive midfielder who also scored two goals in Manchester United's two warm-up games in the summer.
It's a little unusual......
can see Manchester United's original offer, most people still shook their heads, 500,000 pounds, this price can buy a good Premier League defender, it is too cost-effective to buy an ordinary youth team player.
They don't think there's anything special about this Zhang Tiehan.
If the youngster really has the quality, how could Manchester United sell him? Of course, there are also many people who know that in the last Manchester United warm-up game, this young man had a big fight with Cristiano Ronaldo, and it may be because of this that Manchester United decided to sell him.
But they are still not optimistic.
Importantly, Manchester United has a lot of talent in the youth squad, Fletcher, Eagles, Richardson and many more, and these names spread throughout England.
Who is Zhang Tiehan?
Playing for two seasons in Manchester United's youth team, without attracting attention, the quality and talent can be imagined.
"No one is stupid for a youth team player to offer such a price because of two goals." A lot of people think so.
However, that doesn't include Wigan Athletic's head coach Jewell.
Last season, Wigan Athletic bought goalkeeper Phelan, defender Matt Jackson, midfielders Tiale and Charlet, and broke the team record to buy £1.2 million striker Ellington, using the original team as the team to successfully form a team that swept the English second division.
This is a strong team that has just been promoted to the first division and is once again the favourites for promotion. Many media outlets believe that Wigan Athletic are expected to be promoted to the Premier League next season.
However, the team's head coach Jewell is not optimistic, after all, most of the team has only played in the second division before, and they need to buy stronger players to increase the strength of the team.
At the moment, this player who Manchester United has listed in the transfer market is good.
Contrary to the disdain of others, Jewell's side had only just played Manchester United, and he vividly remembers the youngster who came out on the pitch to score a goal.
It was a clean shot!
Jewell doesn't know Zhang Tiehan, and he doesn't know what his strength was before Lu Dao, so it can be said that before playing against Manchester United, he didn't know Zhang Tiehan at all, so he could evaluate it from an objective point of view.
In the 40 minutes he played, Jewell felt that the young man was not bad: excellent solo defensive ability, decent in defense, and very quick reaction from that follow-up shot.
In addition, through the investigation, it was learned that this young man was only eighteen years old and extremely strong.
Together, the two are also very good players, not to mention, in a world-class team like Manchester United, in terms of awareness and overall situation, it is already very good to be able to keep up with the rhythm, even if he is still a little worse, but his own team is qualified.
Especially when it comes to opportunities, the young man's unbelievable reaction speed is too fast, it's too fast, he's a former player, and he knows quite well what that kind of reaction means.
Rinse the youngster's shooting prowess and he may be able to bring in a couple of unexpected goals.
Half a million pounds, it's really not expensive!
If it weren't for the young man's clash with Cristiano Ronaldo, Manchester United would never have sold him.
Jeville decided.
However, 500,000 pounds is also a huge amount for Wigan Athletic, and he can't take it out so directly, so he instructed the staff of the transfer department to start negotiating the price with Manchester United.
While Wigan Athletic and Manchester United were discussing a transfer for Zhang Tiehan, Zhang Tiehan was still training with Manchester United's first team.
Instead of sending him to the youth team, Ferguson let him train with the first team normally, and even had a coach give him one-sided guidance. Everyone knows what this is for, but no one says it.
Zhang Tiehan is also very clear.
Ferguson wants to squeeze his last bit of residual value and want other clubs who want to get him to see him still training in the first team and show them how much United value him.
In this way, you can sell at a high price!
That's all.
Even if he was prepared, Zhang Tiehan still felt cold, and after staying in the club for two years, he sold himself just because he had a grudge with C-Ronaldo, and even before selling, he had to put on a show in the hope that the price would be higher.
He's like a stall of goods.
Maybe it's not as good as the goods, the goods are just there, but he still has to move to show his strength. Even Manchester United's official website has a picture of himself training out, which was simply not possible before.
In such a training life, Zhang Tiehan's heart was completely cold.
Before, he had a glimmer of hope to stay at Manchester United, but now he wants to get out of this place as soon as possible, even though there are friends and people he knows well.
After all, this is not where you are now.
In training, he still talks and laughs with his teammates, but he doesn't have a good face for C-Ronaldo, he will never pass the ball to C-Ronaldo in training matches, and he will never form a team with C-Ronaldo in ordinary training, and their contradictions are on the surface.
After training, he was approached by a local Manchester United journalist.
Zhang Tiehan would be very happy if a reporter interviewed him on weekdays, but the question asked by the reporter was, "I heard that in Wigan, you and Cristiano had a big fight, what is your explanation for this?" ”
Cristiano? It's so kind.
Yes, these reporters only care about C-Ronaldo, who is Zhang Tiehan? They don't know each other at all.
"Who is Cristiano?" Zhang Tiehan said sarcastically with a calm face.
The reporter was stunned for a moment, and subconsciously spoke, "It's Ronaldo." ”
Zhang Tiehan pursed the corners of his mouth, but his face was expressionless, "Ronaldo? You mean that fat Brazilian guy, I like him a lot, and I was hoping to get an autograph from him when I was a kid. After saying that, he ignored it and walked away.
C-Ronaldo? I don't know.