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Volume 10, 2003 Chapter 569 The magpie is about to take off

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    Chapter 569 The magpie is about to take off

    Although they were at a disadvantage in the transfer market, Manchester United's Sir Alex Ferguson did not want to give up on the momentum at the start. When asked in an interview about the series of drastic moves made by the two upstarts Chelsea and Newcastle in the transfer market.  , Ferguson said disdainfully: "A strong team cannot be built with money Cantona only cost us 1.6 million pounds, and Schmeichel only cost us 500,000 pounds."  Keane's net worth is only 3.75 million pounds. With this expenditure, we created a Manchester United dynasty On the football field, money is not the most important thing."

    Chelsea's head coach Italian Ranieri did not react much to these words. Naturally, he would not compete verbally with Ferguson, who was good at psychological warfare, but Mourinho didn't care.  Ferguson is the most successful head coach in the history of the Premier League. No matter how high your prestige is, he responded immediately: "In the 1980s, Maradona set the world's highest transfer record with a net worth of only nine million US dollars.  , if there are players like Maradona now, nine million dollars can't even buy one of his hands Maybe Sir Alex Ferguson doesn't understand the reality of rising prices? And I think Sir Alex Ferguson has probably forgotten,  York was one of the important contributors to winning the Triple Crown in 1999, worth 12.6 million pounds If Sir Alex Ferguson thought money was useless, then why didn't he re-train a David Beckham?  , but spending more than 12 million pounds to buy Cristiano Ronaldo? This is not a small sum of money."

    Mourinho's sharp counterattack shocked the Premier League. You know, in the past ten years, Ferguson's prestige in the Premier League has been unshakable. He once used psychological tactics to drive Keegan almost crazy, but Keegan did not  In the head-on confrontation with Ferguson, except for Wenger who was able to make Ferguson suffer a small loss (in fact, Ferguson still had the upper hand). Wenger only won the league championship in two seasons in the six years he came to the Premier League, and the other four  (obtained by Manchester United led by Ferguson). No other coach dared to go against Ferguson. Even in a war of words, no one could defeat Ferguson.

    And this previously unknown Mourinho actually directly confronted Ferguson. Although the smell of gunpowder was not very strong, being able to do this was enough for Mourinho to leave an arrogant image in the hearts of the English media.  Arrogance and the impression that others are worthless come down.

    "I hope Mourinho's coaching level can be as good as his eloquence" Ferguson quickly responded: "But his focus now seems to be how to enter the Champions League, right? You know. Partizan Belgrade  It¡¯s not an easy opponent to deal with. I hope the chairman of Newcastle will not lose the benefits of the Champions League, otherwise he will lose too much this season.¡±

    Mourinho did not respond positively to Ferguson's counterattack. The first reason was that he believed that this kind of war of words was of little significance. He had already shown his character in the previous counterattack, and he would only continue to struggle with it.  It will involve your own energy, secondly.  Ferguson is right. The most important thing facing Mourinho and Newcastle now is the upcoming third round of UEFA Champions League qualifiers, which is related to whether Newcastle can enter the Champions League finals.

    Partizan was the champion of the Yugoslav League last year. Although there are not many well-known players in the team, their head coach is famous.  Former captain of the German national team, Matth?us led the German team to win the World Cup in 1990. This former midfield superstar quickly picked up the coach after retiring in 2000. Partizan is already the second team he has coached.  The team.  Being able to overwhelm Red Star and win the league championship in the Yugoslav domestic league must be attributed to Matthaus's guidance.

    "Matthaus? He was a superstar when he played football, but as a head coach, he still has a lot to learn." Mourinho sneered and said to Pei Wei: "From the time he retired to now, he only has  It's only been three years, how much can he learn? Being a coach is different from being a player. Besides, Yugoslav football is in decline now, and their best players are abroad. They can't have much impact on our progress.  of."

    ¡°It¡¯s just that our team has just undergone a major change, and the tacit understanding among the players has not yet been established"

    Just as Pei Wei expressed his doubts, he was interrupted by Mourinho: "It doesn't matter, boss, you are moving very quickly in the transfer market, and the players you bought in the early stage have already begun to integrate into the team  Besides, it¡¯s only two games, so it doesn¡¯t matter. With Newcastle¡¯s old foundation, it won¡¯t be a problem to beat them, not to mention there are more stars in the team who can control the game on their own.¡±

    "I absolutely believe in your ability." Pei Wei smiled happily: "I will accompany the team to BergRyder goes to ground.  Looking forward to seeing a wonderful game.  "

    He has reason to have so much confidence in Mourinho in the future.  It can be said that Mourinho has offended everyone in the football circle, but as long as they are the players he personally selected and valued, there is no one who is not devoted to Mourinho, even the perennial substitutes, except that they are not  Except for Shevchenko, who he asked for but was forcibly bought by owner Abramovich, none of the players he coached had any complaints against him - this is despite the frequent scenes of players and coaches being at loggerheads with each other.  It¡¯s nothing short of a miracle in modern football.

    Mourinho has a strong personal charm. Although he is arrogant, his communication with the players is quite excellent. Every player will not feel that Mourinho does not value him. Even Professor Wen  Ge didn't do it either.

    On August 17, except for Makelele, who had just signed with the club, the other 26 players all boarded a passenger plane to Belgrade to prepare for the game two days later, the third round of the European Champions Cup qualifying round.  's first game.

    For a club to introduce ten players and transfer out twelve players at once, this level of blood exchange is no less than a rebuilding. Therefore, the British media often use the word "purge" to describe Newcastle's personnel changes this year.  It's also quite appropriate.  However, neither Pei Wei, nor Mourinho, nor even Robson, who has just retired from the position of head coach and is bedridden, think so.

    Among the twelve players transferred out, most of them were substitutes or young players from last season. Only one right back, Hughes, was removed from the main lineup, and the other main players did not leave. This maintained the ball to the greatest extent.  The stability of the team, although most of the main players remaining from last season will become substitutes.  But when Mourinho met with the players on the first day, he said: "In my team, there is no main player or substitute. If the condition is good, he is the main player. If the condition is not good, he is the substitute. Everything depends on the condition."  Adjusting the lineup is that simple.¡±

    ?For professional players.  As long as the coach is not biased against him and does not use him, even sitting on the bench is not so unbearable. As long as he trains hard and maintains his condition, then he will have a chance to play.  If you don't get a chance to play even if you do this, it will only prove that your ability is not worthy of the club, and then just leave.

    So in Europe, players rarely break up with their old clubs after leaving the club.  Unless I demand higher treatment but cannot get it, and the club refuses to let me go when I want to leave, this will create an unpleasant situation, but this kind of thing is rare.

    Precisely because of this, although many old faces left and many new faces came, it did not create a tense atmosphere within the team. Shearer fulfilled his duties as a captain very well.  The first thing Mourinho did when he took office was Shearer. A few days ago, on his birthday on August 13th, he and Pei Wei went to express congratulations to him. This made the Newcastle star feel that the club was interested in him.  of attention.

    For a club, whenever a new coach takes over, the first thing to be purged is the group of old officials who were most important to the previous coach. What's more, this time Newcastle even changed the boss, so Shearer also changed his mind at the beginning.  I'm quite worried, after all, he is old.  There is no longer the previous state.  What he was afraid of was that his wish to retire at Newcastle would not come true, but Pei Wei gave Shearer reassurance from the beginning.  He took the initiative to extend Shearer's contract, which was due to expire at the end of this season, for one year until June 2005. At that time, Shearer was already thirty-five years old and at the age of retirement. This was almost equivalent to a  A lifetime contract.

    After receiving such a satisfactory promise, Shearer began to perfectly fulfill his responsibilities as captain and locker room leader. Although ten new players came this year, many of them were world champions like Lucio and unruly players like Ibrahimovic.  An unruly genius, but no matter who he is, he must restrain himself after entering a new environment, and Hiller himself does have enough prestige.

    The new born magpie is about to take off.

    Attached is the 27-man roster of Newcastle¡¯s first team for the 2003-04 season (sorted according to position and number):

    Goalkeepers (three): No. 1 Given (27 years old, Irish), No. 12 Harper (28 years old, English), No. 24 Kegg (29 years old, English).

    Defenders (ten): No. 2 Griffin (24 years old, English), No. 3 Lucio (23 years old, Brazilian), No. 5 Woodgate (23 years old, England), No. 6 Trabell  West (26 years old, Tunisian), No. 13 (Bernard 23 years old, French), No. 15 Dawson (19 years old, English), No. 16 Hart (25 years old, Irish), No. 19 Bran  Bull (21 years old, England), No. 23 Kufuor (26 years old, Ghana), No. 26 Taylor (17 years old, England).

    ?Midfielder (nine): No. 4 Solano (28 years old, Peruvian), No. 7 Jenas (20 years old, England), No. 8 Dyer (24 years old, England), No. 11 Speed ??(  33 years old, Welsh), No. 14 Makelele (29 years old, French), No. 17 Stewart (21 years old, England), No. 22 Nie Fei (25 years old, Chinese), No. 32 Robert (28 years old, French)  People), No. 45 Viana (20 years old, Portuguese).

    Forwards (five): No. 9 Shearer (33 years old, English), No. 10 Bellamy (24 years old, Welsh), No. 18 Ibrahimovic (21 years old, Swede), No. 20 Victoria  Duka (27 years old, Australian), No. 21 Lualua (22 years old, Democratic Congo).
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