Carrington Training Base, Manchester.

"Wayne! Do you know what you did on the pitch today? ”

The old man's voice exploded like thunder, and of course Wayne here was not some kind of old man with hundreds of millions of people.

It's Manchester United striker Wayne Rooney.

Lu Xiaopang returned from injury before the opening of the Premier League, and was established as the tactical core of the team by Ferguson when Ronaldo did not return.

But in the face of Ferguson's trust, he did not hand over a good performance.

In the first round of the home game against Newcastle United, most of the players in the United team did not perform well, and were repeatedly blasted by Martins, one of the twin stars of the former Inter Milan front, as if they were in no one's land.

In the end, thanks to a goal from Fletcher and three yellow cards, it was difficult to force a draw.

Wayne Rooney missed a number of chances.

In the second round away to Portsmouth, it was Fletcher who scored the only goal, helping Manchester United win three points and save face.

Rooney and Tevez's forward line failed to score a goal in two games.

Under such a performance, Ferguson went crazy on the spot in the dressing room, pointed the gun at Rooney, and trained the British star for more than ten minutes.

Lord Ferguson is not a gentle old man, on the contrary, he has a straightforward personality, is very strict with his players, and is very irritable when the team is not doing well.

If a player doesn't perform well and doesn't play well enough, he squirts at him in the dressing room, earning him the nickname Ferguson's hair dryer.

And today Rooney enjoyed such treatment.

United have shown a lack of propulsion and finishing ability in both games, with the exception of Wayne Rooney, Nani on the wing has struggled to link well with other players and has been reluctant to return when the team is on the defensive.

However, Ferguson's hair dryer is often only used against players with strong pressure ability, and Nani's personality flaws due to his childhood are relatively large, which can easily backfire.

Ferguson could only reprimand Rooney and kill the chicken to show the monkey by the way.

At this point, he missed Levi, who had just been loaned out, and began to wonder if he had made the right decision.

...

After a long time, Ferguson, who had enough training, left the dressing room.

"I'm starting to miss that kid a little."

Gary Neville whispered.

"Me too, it's really comfortable to work with him, you don't have to worry about him making any brainless moves, you just need to pass the ball to him."

Scholes looked up, thought for a moment, and responded.

"And, the most difficult thing for me to let go of, is that we actually forgot to let him perform the induction ceremony."

Hearing Gary Neville talk about the joining ceremony, the veteran players in the neighborhood seemed to remember some unspeakable experience, and then thought that Levi had not yet fulfilled it, and they all laughed evilly.

"I can't wait to see his face."

"Hahaha!"

Speaking of this, the atmosphere in Manchester United's team is much better.

The so-called Manchester United joining ceremony has always been rumored, but because every Manchester United player is tight-lipped about it and refuses to talk about the details, it turned out to be quite mysterious for a while.

It wasn't until many years later that David Beckham revealed this strange ritual in an interview.

Becky revealed in the interview that if Manchester United's new players want to integrate into the dressing room, they must jerk off to Manchester United's desk calendar with a photo of Clayton Blackmore under the supervision of the veteran players.

It's seen as the induction ceremony for new Manchester United players, and everyone goes through the process.

At the same time, they will monitor each other, and there will be absolutely no video recordings or the like.

It's a bit like some famous fraternities in some Ivy League schools in the United States, which will do things like running naked in the middle of the night, because everyone has been involved, so you don't have to worry about getting into a scandal.

It's just that it often doesn't happen until the Premier League starts and the squad list for the new season is established.

Levi was spared for the time being.

...

Back in Barcelona, Levi quickly threw himself into training.

Espanyol is back at this point and preparing for La Liga opener in a few days' time.

On the training ground, the Espanyol players were working in an orderly manner, but everyone had a problem on their faces.

Before the start of the new season, there was a sudden change in the team.

Since last year, head coach Tinting Marks has had a series of conflicts with the management, and at the same time has a great prejudice against the management's recruitment strategy this season.

With the arrival of a new shareholder, Espanyol has been given a generous financial stipend, and Tintin-Marquez believes it is time to buy a group of players in their playing years to make a run for a European spot in the mid-table of the league with a solid run of results.

However, the management obviously brought in reinforcements with marketing implications, and just paying Li Wei's salary was a big investment.

Tintin-Marquez has no denying Levy's talent, and he was truly brave against Manchester United.

But they are from Manchester United, and they are on loan to practice, and they stay in the team for a season.

And Huaguo's shareholders insisted on buying him, obviously in order to use this marketing to create a gimmick for their company's listing.

Isn't this spending your own money to support someone else's daughter-in-law?

Even if you loan Messi, can you still win the championship?

Other than a few transfers, the one that looks a little more reliable is Brazilian central defender Thiago Silva, who signed from Fluminense in the Brazilian league for 7.5 million euros.

The player has long been targeted by Milan and the player is happy to join, but Milan have no intention of bringing in this summer due to financial and positional reasons.

As a result, a tripartite agreement was reached between the player, Espanyol and Milan, under which a player would have the right of first refusal if he transferred in the future, as long as Milan made an offer, and the transfer fee could not be too premium and lower than the price he would sell to another team.

Espanyol will enjoy a share of the transfer value of the players who follow them.

At the same time, Milan paid a part of the transfer fee, which is equivalent to the signing of a talented player by the two sides.

In addition, most of the other players poached by Espanyol are young players in the La B League, and their value is not very high, and they have basically just played the main position for a year or two, and their reputation is not obvious.

Two million euros signed young goalkeeper Bravo from Real Sociedad.

One and a half million euros signed 20-year-old full-back Coentrão from Zaragoza.

Another slightly more expensive transfer is Zaragoza's young midfielder Gabi.

Bought Diego Costa, a 19-year-old centre-forward who had been on loan at La Liga side Albacete the previous year, from Atletico Madrid.

It's just that Atletico have a buyback clause.

There is also a loan.

Osasuna full-back Cesar Azpilicueta has been loaned out by the club because Juan Forlan is firmly in the main position and demands game time.

Looking at the whole thing, Tinting Marquez also has central defenders Thiago Silva and Gabi more reliable in terms of age and game experience.

And for them, plus Riera and Zabaleta, who were originally favored by the giants, were kept for an extra year.

The Spaniard will also have to sell several players to free up salary space.

A couple of them were the same players he used well last season.

This lasted for several days, culminating in a Tintin-Marques compromise and a decision made by the Espanyol management.

Espanyol's current women's football coach Mauricio Pochettino was promoted to assistant coach.

...

August 30th.

On the training ground, Levi was chatting happily with a player with unkempt curly hair and a beautiful face.

At the same time, there is also a Brazilian with a simple face and dark skin.

Portuguese and Spanish are generally similar in vocabulary, and there is no major problem for several people to communicate.

After Levi returned to Espanyol, most of the players, with the exception of a few such as Halke, were unhappy with his high salary.

In this regard, Li Wei gave full play to his ability to make money, after all, he had just received a large amount of endorsement fees.

After training every day, I invite the players in the team to go out and have a good time.

Don't get me wrong, they're all vegetarian and focus on a relaxing mind.

In addition to building a good relationship with the veteran players, Levi also focused on holding together several players who had also just arrived in the team.

What are you kidding, these people will all be mixed up in football in the future.

The most low-key reputation is Gabi, who is also the future captain of Atletico Madrid.

Then there's Chelsea's future captain Cesar Azpilicueta.

and Thiago Silva, the future captain of Brazil, who may be able to vote for the World Footballer of the Year in the future.

On the pitch, Levi shook off a player and sent a precise straight shot into the box.

Diego Costa flanked in place and fired a shot into the back of the net.

In the future, the famous "one high and one handsome" combination in football completed the first tandem and officially set sail.

Levi is the tall one.

...

For the neighbors next door who jump up and down every day.

Laporta commented: Most of the people are old and weak, and they are not ready to fight.