Chapter 224: The Worst Decision
There's no way Ferguson doesn't care about Zhang.
Many Manchester United players now know Zhang Tiehan, when Zhang Tiehan came to the first team, his table was not bad, and he scored in the warm-up game, and he had shown great potential at that time. In the end, he left, and was 'cheap' dealt with by Manchester United to Wigan Athletic, they all knew the reason why Zhang Tiehan left Manchester United, that is, he had a conflict with C-Ronaldo, as a result, Zhang Tiehan left, and Ferguson chose C-Ronaldo.
Last season, many media outlets in England began to report on Zhang Tiehan.
Zhang Tiehan is the top scorer in League One, and has scored goals in games with Everton, Chelsea, Arsenal and other teams, and more than one, his value has also jumped from the initial 400,000 euros to a high price of nearly 15 million euros, from an economic point of view, due to Ferguson's decision-making, Manchester United lost 14.5 million euros in a season, which is almost equivalent to the value of C-Ronaldo to Manchester United.
For Ferguson, it's not entirely about money, either.
Manchester United, as one of the largest clubs in the world, has the support of the American consortium behind it, and makes more than 50 million euros every season, 10 million euros is not too much for them, and the most important thing is that Ferguson feels that he has less excellent disciples and more enemies.
Originally, Zhang Tiehan belonged to Manchester United, but now he has become Manchester United's opponent, and this opponent is almost in the form of a free gift, not to mention, after arriving in Rome, Zhang Tiehan's table is very strong, he is the top scorer in Serie A, and he is also the player with the most goals in the Champions League.
Such a great player should have belonged to Manchester United, and he also trained at Manchester United for five years...... In other words. The United Academy has spent five years training a talent, and the best talent of the 21st century? As a result, he Ferguson personally gave the genius to someone else.
It's like spending five years trying to make something into it, only to give it away for the sake of it, and then they sell it for a world-class price.
The money is not their own. Fame is someone else's.
Yes, that's it.
In terms of media, the reason for Zhang Tiehan's departure from Manchester United is very clear, every English media knows how Zhang Tiehan left Manchester United, and at what price he left Manchester United, so Ferguson was labeled as 'unrecognizable', which is diametrically opposed to his old rival, Arsenal coach Arsene Wenger, you must know that Arsenal once played with Wigan Athletic. I always wanted to get Zhang Tiehan, but I couldn't realize it because of brokerage reasons.
It's the kind of player who's coming to Old Trafford.
That may have a special meaning for him, but if he looks very good, let alone what the final result is, he, Ferguson. Manchester United coach once single-handedly 'gifted' Zhang Tiehan to Wigan Athletic's Mr. Sir England. It's going to be very embarrassing.
When the time comes, the media asks him to comment on Zhang Tiehan's table, what does he say?
Not to mention after the game, even if many media have asked this before the game, he will not comment on it, that is, he refuses to answer, but whenever the reporter asks questions. He felt like they were revealing their own scars - it hurt!
Ferguson had other things on his mind.
Chelsea have been too strong in the past two seasons and the current Manchester United squad alone is simply not enough to deal with a strong Chelsea side, who do not have an advantage in the league competition and are now in the Premier League standings. Manchester United can only be in second place, Chelsea are unbeaten and at the top of the league, and even Manchester United are six league points behind Chelsea, six points!
Some media have even raised doubts that Chelsea will win the title a few rounds earlier.
This is something that Ferguson can't tolerate, he already has his old rival Wenger in the league, but in the competition, Wenger is not an opponent at all, and now Mourinho, who came to England like a Raptor, has made Ferguson feel powerless, and he has been pressed by Mourinho both on and off the field.
If you want to hold down Mourinho and Chelsea, you have to strengthen the squad.
Obviously, Zhang Tiehan is a good choice, although Manchester United has Van Nistelrooy, but Van Nistelrooy is only one person, Van Nistelrooy has been injured often this season, and has only made thirteen appearances so far, scoring five goals, which is why Manchester United is much weaker than Chelsea.
What if there is another Zhang Tiehan?
Ferguson does not doubt that Zhang Tiehan's ability is no less than Van Nistelrooy, which can be known from the number of goals he can score in Serie A games, after all, the defense of the Italian league is much better than England, he can score so many goals in Italy, and he will only show Xiàn better when he arrives in England, not to mention, he is a player from England himself.
And he was only twenty years old, but Van Ni was twenty-eight years old...... As long as he can return to Manchester United, then for at least ten years, Manchester United will not have to think about the striker.
Ferguson has always wanted the club to make an offer to Roma, but he hesitated, after all, he single-handedly let Zhang Tiehan leave, and now he has spent a lot of money, even nearly 30 million to buy him back, this deal must be a loss, as if he bought a bill of 30 million for his mistake, his opponents will definitely use this to attack, Zhang Tiehan's return to Manchester United is good for the team, but it will bring him a lot of trouble.
"It's all Cristiano!" Ferguson had to divert hatred.
If it weren't for C-Ronaldo's insistence on having a conflict with Zhang Tiehan, and this contradiction was also provoked by C-Ronaldo, then he would not have such troubles now, and he would not be in such a passive state, if Zhang Tiehan stayed at Manchester United...... Perhaps he could start out as a qualified defensive midfielder, then as a qualified substitute for Ruud van Nistelrooy, and by now he may have become an indispensable striker for Manchester United.
With Ruud van Nistelrooy and Zhang Tiehan, Manchester United don't have to worry about scoring goals at all!
It's just that this can only be a fantasy.
Ferguson shook his head, sighed, and finally made up his mind, "No matter what, that guy can't be allowed to have a watch at Old Trafford!" ”
This must be done both from the perspective of the team and from the perspective of the heart.
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Zhang Tiehan, who was in Rome, didn't know that Ferguson was talking about himself.
He was on the training ground with his teammates in a skirmish. The game against Manchester United is about to begin, and Drinel asked everyone to do more small-scale training so that they can be more proficient in tactics, cooperate with each other more tacitly, and maybe play a key role in critical times.
These trainings are also done on a regular basis, but they are not too detailed.
There is an old Chinese saying that 'grinding a gun in battle, not being happy is also light'. Roma are grinding their guns right now, and they are doing some of the most meaningful training sessions before they play Manchester United, hoping to increase their chances of victory.
But it can be seen that none of the Roma players are in a bit of a high spirit.
Perhaps it is not an exaggeration to describe it as 'nervous'.
In European competitions, especially in the knockout stage of the Champions League, it is normal to encounter world-class teams such as Manchester United, in addition to Manchester United, Barcelona, AC Milan, Bayern Munich, Chelsea, Juventus and so on. Almost one team is the best team in the world, so it's really nothing to meet Manchester United.
But the Roma players were still a little nervous.
It's not about Manchester United, it's just about the Champions League knockout rounds, and almost none of the current Roma players have any experience in the Champions League knockout rounds, and two years ago, they also played in the Champions League and reached the round of 16. However, the format at that time was the second leg of the group stage, not the knockout round between the two teams.
Now it's a knockout. The players felt noticeably more nervous.
One is that the knockout round is more brutal, and more importantly, as long as they can beat Manchester United, they can enter the quarterfinals of the Champions League, which is almost the history of Roma in recent years...... If you want to talk about the history of the Champions League, Roma once finished second in the Champions League. But that was a long time ago.
Like Totti, Montella, Mancini and others, all of them are participating in the Champions League knockout rounds for the first time, not to mention the younger Cassano, De Rossi and Zhang Tiehan, the main force of the team is like this, and the substitutes can be imagined.
The only person with experience in the knockout stages of the Champions League is Del Vecchio. That dates back to the 1994-1995 season, when Delvicchio wore the Nerazzurri shirt and made one substitute appearance for Inter Milan, but only once.
Therefore, the knockout round of 16 of the Champions League is a new competition for every Roma player, who also hopes to beat Manchester United to advance to the quarterfinals of the Champions League.
Drinel thinks it's good for the players to be a little nervous, and that means they want to win.
But in fact, Drinel does not have much hope of beating Manchester United, which is not in the team's plan for this season, if it is against a weak team, even if it fights, it will take a lot of energy to win, it will definitely affect the next league, in any case, for Roma, the league is the most important thing, they must guarantee a place in the Champions League next season.
Drinel is certainly not going to tell the players – we have to give up the game.
He also has a glimmer of hope in his heart, as a manager, Drinel certainly hopes that the team can go further in the Champions League, but Manchester United's opponent is too strong, what he can do is to make a good tactical arrangement and send the best squad to play, and whether he can eliminate Manchester United is left to fate.
The fixtures are favourable for Roma.
Roma will have to go through an away game against Manchester United first, with the decisive game at home, and Drinel will only be hoping not to lose too badly at Old Trafford, so returning to the Stadio Olimpico will keep their hopes of qualifying.
Zhang Tiehan was also a little nervous.
He didn't think about winning or losing, he just thought about how to score goals and how to perform well at Old Trafford. The opponent is Manchester United, this is the game he has been waiting for for a long time, he has long wanted to play Manchester United but has never had the chance.
This time back at Old Trafford...... The most basic thing, Lao Tzu must score a goal!
Lao Tzu must score!
Lao Tzu must show Xiàn well, let that old man, let all Manchester United fans see!
Lao Tzu wants to prove with a goal that Manchester United chose to sell Lao Tzu in the first place, which was their most wrong, most wrong decision!! (To be continued......)