Chapter 0539, keep the last glimmer of hope
The next morning, Ibrahimovic's surgery went well.
Mourinho finally breathed a sigh of relief.
Today Woodward came to visit Ibrahimovic in the hospital, much to the surprise of the Swedes.
I didn't expect the club to care about itself.
But he didn't know that Woodward's main target today was not him.
"Take care of your illness, we are all waiting for you to come back and destroy the city for the team. You rest, we won't bother. ”
With a smile on his face, Woodward led Mourinho out of the room.
"Is there something wrong?"
"Jose, why are you so listless. There will be a new striker soon. ”
"In just one night, is there any new development?"
"Of course! I hung up yesterday and I got on the phone with Felicevic, Sanchez's agent. ”
"You're pretty fast."
"After all, we've always been in touch."
"What did he say?"
"He told me that Sanchez would leave Arsenal this winter!"
"So sure?"
'Of course, it's good for the player and the club, and Arsenal don't want to see a player leave for nothing.'
"And then?"
'A lot of teams are in contact with him now, the more reliable ones are Manchester City, Liverpool and us.
"Liverpool also intervened?"
"There is a high probability that Philippe Coutinho will leave this winter and Jurgen Klopp wants to replace him with Alexis Sanchez."
"If we have three teams competing, then the bidding process will definitely not be easy, right?"
"Arsenal FC has already had a showdown with him, 35 million euros, you can take Sanchez."
"We can afford the price, but Manchester City and Liverpool are fine."
"You're right, they can afford the price. So in the end, the key issue of which team Sanchez joins is the salary requirement. ”
Hearing Woodward's words, Mourinho had a straight headache.
I knew it would be so troublesome.
"Salary requirements? He had previously offered Arsenal a salary of £400,000 a week, which was very troublesome. ”
'For Manchester City and Liverpool, of course they're in trouble. I heard a friend at Manchester City tell me privately that Pep Guardiola once publicly said that Sanchez could only ask for one championship and money. His attitude was resolute. ”
"Well, that's like that guy's style."
"Jurgen Klopp's side is willing, but Liverpool FC will not easily raise the club's salary, after all, we don't have the money."
"So what? Are you ready to meet his salary requirements? ”
"Of course! Such a top star, although the salary is high, we can accept it! ”
"Are you sure you can accept it?"
"Uh...... Actually, it's a bit unacceptable, but if you think about it, you can buy a world-class striker for 35 million euros, which is quite cheap. It is considered to be a cash-out transfer fee, so that the understanding is much more balanced. ”
"But our players don't think about it like that, they also play for the club, why is his salary so much higher, it will cause problems for the club."
"At this stage, the club's wins and championships are the most important! The problem in the locker room, take your time, it will be solved. If you can win the championship, then you will have an overall salary increase, and there is no problem. If you can't win the championship, no one will have the face to mention the salary increase, don't you say? ”
"Huh."
"If you have no opinion, just do it, wait for my good news!"
An excited Woodward turned to leave, and Mourinho was stunned behind him for a long time.
He was unhappy with the transfer, but there was nothing he could do.
He wants a striker, the club has worked hard to buy him, how can he be embarrassed to strongly oppose it?
Sandezi grasped this point, making the straight Mourinho embarrassed to refuse forcefully.
But Mourinho knows very well that as long as he buys Sanchez with a high salary, then sooner or later he will be in trouble.
When the club is peaceful, nothing is wrong, but as long as there is a little difficulty, these hidden dangers will become a huge storm.
It's hard to say whether you can control the scene at that time.
The outside world is talking about the topic of "three years of Mu", and it seems that my third year at Manchester United is not having a good time......
Regarding the transfer of Sanchez, Mourinho simply ignored it.
He couldn't handle it.
Now the team is facing a dense field of play and he has to go all out to deal with the league and the Champions League.
Manchester United swept Newcastle in the Premier League on 19 November and returned to Old Trafford on 22 November.
In the fifth round of the Champions League, Manchester United hosted Dortmund to challenge.
United fielded players in rotation and substitute positions in the last game and this game was all in action.
The FIFA virus is also gradually subsiding, and this game can be played hard.
Four group games have been played so far, with Manchester United 10 points, Besiktas 6 points, Borussia Dortmund 4 points and Sporting 0 points.
Judging from the current situation, Manchester United is basically stable.
Despite this, Mourinho still asked everyone to take this game seriously.
"Go all out to win against Dortmund and finish first in the group!"
That's Mourinho's request.
Next, Manchester United is in a dense stadium, and the rotation squad is not particularly strong.
Therefore, to get the top position in the group, you can draw a weak opponent in the next quarter-finals, and the dense schedule is also better.
That's Mourinho's idea.
However, compared to Manchester United, Dortmund's desire to win is significantly stronger today.
Now they are two points behind Besiktas, and if they don't win this game, then they will say goodbye to the Champions League nine times out of ten.
Because Besiktas will play Sporting de Portugal tomorrow, the three points are ironclad.
So today, Dortmund must win!
Facing Manchester United, which is playing with the main force, Dortmund is even more powerful!
Dutch boss Bos is under a lot of pressure.
He has been underperforming in the league lately and is getting further and further away from the top of the table, Bayern.
And the Champions League is still on the verge of being eliminated.
There are already rumours in the media that the Dortmund management is very unhappy with Bosch and is likely to change the manager at the end of the season.
But Bosch knew very well that this was not accurate.
Where can I wait until the end of the season?
If he can't guarantee that the league is back on track and can't guarantee that he will qualify for the Champions League group, I'm afraid he won't be able to survive this cold summer.
So in this game, he asked the players to give it their all!
Fight!
Desperate with Manchester United!
It must be a victory to preserve the last glimmer of hope!
At the beginning of this game, Dortmund was still very smooth.
Just nine minutes into the game, they created a great chance.
Shaheen's precise long pass found Aubameyang in front!
Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang dribbled away from Smalling and fired low into the far corner!
De Gea fell to the ground to block and the ball bounced off the post and flew off the touchline!
Manchester United escaped!
Three minutes later, Christian Pulisic swooped in from outside the box!
The ball hits the lintel and pops off the bottom line!
Manchester United is in distress in a row!
This game is not easy to play! (End of chapter)