"Manchester United? This is in line with the style of the Jazz. Unfortunately, this time he was busy in vain. I guess he didn't expect that the one who would benefit in the end would be Chelsea."

Although Mourinho always looks very respectful every time he mentions Ferguson in public, this is actually just a strategy on his part.

After all, his main opponent now is Chen Ran.

Although he didn't know the saying "Unite the secondary enemies and attack the primary enemies", Mourinho still understood this truth.

As for Ferguson, Mourinho actually looked down upon him in his heart.

It's not that Ferguson is incompetent, but that the Ferguson family's behavior of sucking blood from Manchester United makes Mourinho very shameful.

This matter started with the Glazer family's acquisition of Manchester United last year.

In fact, the Glazer family had its eye on Manchester United as early as 2003, the same year that Abramovich acquired Chelsea and Chen Ran acquired Crystal Palace.

It's just that Manchester United was a listed company at the time. Except for the largest shareholders, John Magnier and Mike Manus, who jointly owned nearly 30% of the shares, the other shares were scattered in the hands of different people.

In order to plan to acquire Manchester United, the Glazer family established an investment institution called "Red Football" and began to buy shares of the Manchester United club on the stock market.

When the Glazer family's Manchester United shares reached 16%, they made their first acquisition offer to Manchester United, which was then rejected.

Six months later, when the Glazer family's holdings of Manchester United's shares exceeded 20%, the Glazer family once again made an acquisition offer to Manchester United, but was still rejected by the club.

However, the Glazer family did not give up, and had no way to give up. Because they had borrowed too much money, and if they terminated the acquisition now, they would have to repay the money themselves.

This is absolutely unacceptable to the Glazer family.

Fortunately, they subsequently received support from a key figure, and that was Ferguson.

With Ferguson's help, the Glazer family bought many Manchester United shares that they were originally unwilling to sell.

This makes the Glazer family's Manchester United shares in the hands of John Magnier and Mike Manus in one fell swoop.

In addition, Ferguson used his prestige among fans to exert influence, which also played a crucial role in the final sale of John Magnier and Mike Manus' shares in Manchester United, and the Glazer family took over Manchester United.

The reason why Ferguson helped the Glazer family buy Manchester United was ridiculous, because of a horse.

As we all know, Ferguson's biggest hobby besides football is horse racing.

In 2001, Ferguson and John Magnier's wife jointly bought a horse named "Rock of Gibraltar", with each party holding 50% ownership.

As a result, this horse was very good and won more than ten competitions in the UK, France, the United States and Ireland, with a total prize money of more than one million pounds. It was also named the best horse of the year in Europe in 2002.

After this horse was retired in 2003, as a champion horse with such outstanding performance, its stallion breeding revenue is expected to be as high as 50 million pounds.

Just when Ferguson was waiting for the dividends, John Magnier refused to admit it.

The reason is very simple, because when he bought the horse, although Ferguson said they were buying the horse together, in fact he did not pay a penny. Moreover, all the usual maintenance costs of the horse were borne by John Magnier.

Therefore, John Magnier was only willing to give Ferguson half of the more than one million pounds he won from horse racing, and then give him two breeding opportunities.

As for the huge breeding profits later, Ferguson should not even think about it.

The income of 50 million pounds is not a small amount, and Ferguson is certainly not willing to give it up.

So, as the majority shareholder and head coach of Manchester United, the two men went to court in an Irish court over a horse.

Things got worse and worse later on. John Magnier questioned Ferguson's transfer and financial problems at Manchester United. Ferguson also used his influence among the fans to put pressure on John Magnier.

Later, John Magnier broke another piece of explosive information. He had evidence that Ferguson's son received a high commission when the American goalkeeper Howard moved to Manchester United, and said that he had even more explosive things in his hands.

Material.

In order to save his reputation, Ferguson finally had to reach a settlement with John Magnier.

But since then, the relationship between Ferguson and Manchester United's largest shareholders John Magnier and Mike Manus has completely broken down.

Therefore, even though Ferguson knew that the Glazer family was borrowing money to acquire Manchester United, which would be very harmful, he still put his own interests ahead of John Magnier and Mike Manus, who he hated as the major shareholders of Manchester United.

Above Manchester United.

This is the fundamental reason why Ferguson was able to hit it off with the Glazer family.

The first achievement achieved by the Glazer family after taking over Manchester United was that the club suffered losses for the first time since 1931!

After all, most of the funds used by the Glazer family to acquire Manchester United came from loans, and these were loans with ultra-high interest rates.

Naturally, the Glazer family will not use their own money to repay the loan. Therefore, as one of the most profitable clubs in the world, a large portion of Manchester United's annual revenue is used to repay the loan.

The Glazer family acquired Manchester United to make money, so they also receive a large amount of dividends from Manchester United every year.

After calculating this, you can imagine how much money is left to be used to bring in players for Manchester United.

In other words, Manchester United has strong profitability. If it were any other club, it would have been bankrupted long ago.

In the future, Manchester United will be suppressed by their rivals Manchester City for a long time, and will be pushed to the ground and rubbed hard by their rivals Liverpool. It can be said that the root cause lies in Ferguson's selfish decision.

Ferguson made an indelible contribution to the rise of Manchester United;

Ferguson also played a crucial role in Manchester United's mediocrity.

As for those Manchester United fans who criticize the Glazer family all day long, I can only say that they have not seen the essence of the matter.

For Americans, football is just a business.

The key is who lured the wolf into the house?

The reason why Mourinho knows so many inside stories about Manchester United is because of the former Manchester United CEO Peter Kenyon who is sitting next to him.

"Yes, José, this season is a good opportunity for Chelsea to win the Premier League championship."

"Crystal Palace has been severely hampered by the schedule, Manchester United has just changed hands and has not yet adjusted well, Arsenal has been devastated by the new stadium, and Liverpool will only play cup games."

"You must seize this opportunity so that you can give an account to the boss after winning the league championship."

Peter Kenyon looked at Mourinho and said seriously.

"I know."

Mourinho nodded slightly, knowing that Peter Kenyon was doing this for his own good.

The Russian boss has invested hundreds of millions of euros for three consecutive seasons. If he can't even win a decent championship, wouldn't he be laughed at?

From the day Abramovich acquired Chelsea, the name of the upstart has always been on the heads of Abramovich and Chelsea.

This season Chelsea has been eliminated from the Champions League by Barcelona, ​​and now only the Premier League champion is left to win.

Mourinho has a hunch that if he fails to win the Premier League title again, the Russian boss may lose patience with him.

It's not that Mourinho is nostalgic for the position of Chelsea head coach, he just doesn't allow himself to leave as a loser.

Even if you want to leave, you have to wait until you win the championship and walk with your head held high.

On April 15, Chen Ran took Crystal Palace to the famous Old Trafford football stadium again.

This was the first game of the devilish schedule in the sprint phase, and the Crystal Palace players were quite physically fit. Chen Ran had no scruples and adopted the 442 twin-tower tactic and sent out the entire main lineup.

Forward Toni, Forward Jan Kohler

Left midfielder Ronaldo, right midfielder Franck Ribery

Defensive midfielder Vieira, defensive midfielder Yaya Toure

Left back Chiellini, center back Southgate, center back Vidic, right back Maicon

Cech

On the Manchester United side, Sir Alex Ferguson was also prepared and sent out all the main players of Manchester United, preparing to give Crystal Palace a little show.

Forward Rooney, Forward Ruud van Nistelrooy

Left midfielder Giggs, central midfielder Scholes, central midfielder Park Ji-sung, right midfielder Alan Smith

Left back Heinze, center back Ferdinand, center back Sylvester, right back Gary Neville

goalkeeper carroll

As for why there is no captain Keane in the main lineup, it is because Keane had a falling out with Ferguson. At the end of last year, his contract was terminated early by Manchester United and he was kicked out.

When Chen Ran learned the news, he was relieved.

It's not that Keane is very strong, but that with him around, Chen Ran has always been on tenterhooks, fearing that he might injure one of his players.

Now that there is no Keane, in Chen Ran's mind, the hardness of Manchester United's midfield has dropped by at least half.

On the Crystal Palace side, the midfielder has changed from two technical players, Fabregas and Modric, to Vieira and Yaya Toure, two black and hard players. At least in terms of defensive hardness, Crystal Palace

Now they have overtaken Manchester United.

The progress of the game also verified Chen Ran's judgment.

Crystal Palace and Manchester United both used a 4-4-2 formation today, and both the players on the wing and in the center were just right in position.

This time, Scholes and Park Ji-sung were facing off against Vieira and Yaya Toure.

As a result, as long as there is physical confrontation, Scholes and Park Ji-sung will definitely suffer.

After a few rounds, the two men had to use their quickness and flexibility to avoid Vieira and Yaya Toure's kicks.

On the wing, except for Giggs and Ribery, they were inextricably locked in a battle with each other winning or losing.

On Ronaldo's side, Gary Neville couldn't keep up with Ronaldo's speed, so he had to call back right midfielder Alan Smith to help.

This caused Manchester United's entire right-side attack to be completely paralyzed, with Ronaldo pinned behind him unable to lift his head.

Of the three offensive routes, left, center and right, Crystal Palace had the upper hand in two, while the other was considered a tie.

Seeing this situation, Chen Ran on the sidelines was relieved. Without Keane, the impact on Manchester United is indeed great. A good defensive midfielder is too important for a team.

On the other side, Ferguson also discovered this problem.

When playing against other teams, I still don't feel that because Manchester United has advantages in other positions, it doesn't matter if the midfielder position is weak.

But today's game against Crystal Palace, when other positions cannot take advantage, and the center can no longer hold up the opponent's Vieira and Yaya Toure, the problem will be very serious.

In the same 4-4-2 formation, Manchester United's back could not straighten up. Instead, it was pressed further and further back by Crystal Palace's two midfielders, and Alan Smith on the right was also pressed back.

This resulted in Manchester United's current formation on the field, with the right and center retreating into their own half, and Giggs on the left, as well as Rooney and Ruud van Nistelrooy being thrown in front.

Not only is it seriously out of touch, but it also looks like hemiplegia, making it weird and uncomfortable to watch.

"It seems that we must introduce a strong defensive midfielder."

After looking back at Manchester United's bench, Ferguson shook his head slightly and said to himself secretly.

However, he does not regret his decision to kick Keane out.

That guy is so capable of causing trouble, and as he gets older, he suffers more injuries and his strength declines significantly.

In order for the Glazer family to smoothly enter Manchester United, he has used up many favors. There are only a few favors left, and it will be unworthy if they are wasted on Keane.

After going through the names of the players on the bench several times in his mind, Ferguson found that none of them seemed to be able to use Scholes and Park Ji-sung on the field, so he gave up the plan of substitution.

Walking to the sidelines, taking advantage of the dead ball, Ferguson called Rooney over.

"Wayne, you move back a little and help Scholes and Park Ji-sung deal with Vieira and Yaya Toure."

"Okay, boss."

Rooney, who had just turned 20, was full of energy. After receiving Ferguson's instructions, he retreated to the midfield, pestering Vieira and Yaya Toure to fight desperately.

With the help of Rooney, Scholes and Park Ji-sung finally regained their composure and finally stabilized Manchester United's position instead of simply retreating.

"Patrick!"

Seeing Ferguson's adjustment, Chen Ran immediately called Vieira to the sidelines.

"Don't get involved with them. After you get the ball, give it directly to Ronaldo and Ribery on the wing."

"Understood, boss."

Before Chen Ran's explanation, Vieira was used to getting rid of Rooney's entanglement before organizing an attack.

Now, he no longer talks to Rooney at all.
Chapter completed!