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He was appointed in the middle of the season and led Manchester United to complete a super comeback even though they were 11 points behind the leader Arsenal, and finally won the Premier League championship trophy of the 2002-03 season one round ahead of schedule. The team's interim coach George was the number one contributor. ·Nelson announced at a press conference that he will resign from all positions at Manchester United at the end of the season. After this news was made public through the media, it immediately caused an uproar in the entire English football world!
Like the Manchester United players, most fans are also very confused about George's decision. They really couldn't figure out why George would choose to retreat when the situation was great, instead of leading the Manchester United players who had been impressed by him to move forward, like his teacher Ferguson, to create another dynasty belonging to the Red Devils?
As a result, fans who couldn't figure it out began to spontaneously find various seemingly reasonable reasons for George's departure, trying to persuade themselves to accept this reality. There are even a small number of radical fans who attribute the reason why George left Manchester United to Ferguson. They believe that it was the old coach who refused to retire and insisted on staying in the position of head coach that forced him to leave. This young marshal has a bright future.
Although these fans did guess part of the truth, due to Ferguson's huge prestige in the Manchester United club and George himself denying the matter in an interview, this speculation did not become a mainstream view and was quickly drowned in the massive outcry. in the midst of discussions.
After George announced his departure from Manchester United, several Manchester United players also took action and submitted transfer applications to the Manchester United club. Among them, there are not only players like Diego Forlan who are now regarded as parallel imports by Manchester United fans, but also players such as Phil Neville and Nicky Butt who play an important role in the team's rotation system, and even Bayern. A big-name star like Long has become a member of the main lineup with his outstanding performance this season!
Seeing the transfer applications on the table, Ferguson couldn't help but feel a headache. Although he had anticipated that some players would want to leave the team, Sir Alex Ferguson did not expect that so many players would want to leave the team and submit transfer applications to the club!
What surprised Ferguson the most was that another assistant coach under him, the Portuguese Carlos Queiroz, who only joined Manchester United last summer, actually submitted a written resignation application at this time!
It turns out that Real Madrid chairman Florentino has long been dissatisfied with the team's current coach Vicente del Bosque, believing that the ordinary appearance of this relic of the Sanz era is not in line with Real Madrid's tall image of the world's top giants (Although Bosque is retiring) After that, he started coaching in the Real Madrid B team and also served as a firefighting coach during the Mendoza era. However, he did succeed during the reign of Sanz and secured his position as Real Madrid head coach. Therefore, he was naturally replaced by Florentino. Regarded as former Chairman Sanz's family). In addition, Bosque also messed up the centenary celebration of Real Madrid that Florentino worked so hard to create last year, which naturally made the latter even more dissatisfied with him after losing face. Therefore, while Bosque was still trying his best to balance the increasingly complicated locker room relationship and considering how to overtake the leader Real Sociedad in the standings, Florentino began to secretly plan how to turn this Get rid of the eyesore and replace him with a head coach who fits the image of Real Madrid's top club.
(Note: This refers to the Copa del Rey final in the 2001-02 season. At that time, Florentino used all his means and connections to convince the Spanish Football Association to move the final venue to the Santiago Bernabeu Stadium and move the game time to the Santiago Bernabeu, despite strong opposition from Deportivo. On the day Real Madrid was founded, many celebrities were invited to watch the game on this grounds. As a result, Super Deportivo slapped Florentino loudly in front of everyone. In this highly anticipated game In the game, they defeated Galacticos 2-1, leaving Real Madrid humiliated.)
Therefore, Carlos Queiroz, who had cultivated Portugal's golden generation and had rich coaching experience, and who had made great achievements in assisting Ferguson and George at Manchester United this season, fell into Florentino at this time. Nuo's discernment. In the eyes of Lafayette, this Portuguese coach obviously meets his various requirements very well, and is simply the best candidate tailor-made for this Galactic battleship!
He is good at cultivating young players (in line with the "Zidane + Pavin" policy proposed by Lafayette), and is good at regulating the relationship and atmosphere between players (during his tenure as an assistant coach at Manchester United, apart from the flying boot incident, the Red Devils' locker room was full of problems. There has not been any negative news), and his tactical literacy and coaching ability have been recognized by most people and tested in actual combat (he was praised by the media as Ferguson's right-hand man, and he also led the Portuguese youth team to win two World Youth Championships in a row) ). Therefore, no matter from which angle you look at it, Florentino feels that Queiroz is the most suitable person to lead this galactic battleship to the top!
Faced with Florentino's recruitment, Queiroz, who was unwilling to be just an assistant coach, immediately agreed to Lafayette's invitation. However, the Portuguese is not stupid. When meeting with Lafayette, Queiroz firmly stated that he would only choose to become the new coach of the Galacticos after Del Bosque officially left Real Madrid - he did not want to bear the burden for Florentino. This scapegoat is regarded by Real Madrid fans as the culprit who forced Del Bosque away.
A large number of transfer applications were clearly placed in front of him, and the two assistant coaches George and Queiroz both planned to leave Manchester United and find other jobs with other teams... What kind of rhythm is this? Even a man as determined as Ferguson can't help but feel a little confused at this time. He really couldn't figure out why so many people wanted to leave Dream Theater after a moderately successful season.
If someone who didn't understand the situation saw these things, they would probably think that Ferguson was an out-and-out tyrant, forcing everyone under him to jump out of the burning pit of Manchester United.
"Oh, if I had known this, I should have said hello to George in advance and let him have a little more control when poaching." Looking at the thick pile of transfer applications, Ferguson couldn't help but uttered such a meaningful sentence A self-deprecating sentiment. But having said that, Ferguson also knew in his heart that the reason for such an embarrassing situation was that he didn't blame George at all. It was just that these things happened at the same time during this time period by coincidence.
Moreover, Ferguson is even more aware that despite the fact that so many players have expressed their intention to leave Old Trafford, in fact, many of them just want to use this to put pressure on the club in order to get a better treatment. A good contract or you should pay more attention to it instead of really wanting to leave Manchester United. Among them, Phil Neville and Nicky Butt are the two most typical examples.
Ferguson knew that Phil Neville and Butt were both dissatisfied with the positioning of their rotation players in the Manchester United team and believed that they could take on far more important tasks than they currently do. Therefore, taking the opportunity of George's resignation from Manchester United, the two of them took action together and prepared to fight for their future!
Of course, the players also took a lot of risks by doing this. If Ferguson thinks that they do not have the value to spend the money to stay, and directly approves the transfer application they submitted, then they will be in tears.
Ferguson is naturally aware of this. However, Sir Alex also knows very well that with Manchester United's current situation, it is impossible to meet everyone's requirements. Therefore, what he needs to do now is to make the most beneficial choice for Manchester United, so as to maximize the Red Devils' combat effectiveness in the new season.
Just when Ferguson was worried about how to make a choice, in a villa on the outskirts of Manchester, George was having a secret conversation with an unexpected visitor: "Mr. Zahavi, if I heard you correctly, you are Say, Mr. Roman Abramovich is now planning to buy Chelsea and he plans to make me the manager of this club?”
"Yes, that's it." Hearing George's question, Zahavi nodded and replied in an extremely affirmative tone, "Mr. Abramovich specifically asked me to tell you that if you agree to accept his invitation If you go to coach Chelsea, you can build every aspect of this team according to your ideas. And he himself is willing to provide a total transfer fee of 100 million pounds for this!"
Hearing Zahavi's words, even George, whose net worth was not much worse than that of Abu at this time, couldn't help but be moved. You know, in the international football world in 2003, the value of players had not yet risen to the terrifying level it would become later. Even a future superstar of Ronaldinho's level, when he transferred from Paris Saint-Germain to Barcelona in his previous life, it only cost Barcelona 30 million US dollars-if this were replaced by 2016 when George traveled through time, In 2018, if Barcelona wanted to secure Ronaldinho's transfer, it would be impossible to do so without spending 100 million.
Therefore, at this time, Abramovich can provide a transfer budget of 100 million pounds, and also promises that George can completely build the team according to his ideas and have absolute autonomy in team affairs. This is already a very sincere move. .
If it were any other head coach, he might be overjoyed by the promises made by Abramovich and agree to the Russian tycoon's invitation to succeed Ranieri as Chelsea's new coach. But unfortunately, George happened to be the one who didn't like it. At this time, although he seemed to be considering Zahavi's suggestion, in fact, George was just making a show in front of the Israelis.
You know, this Israeli has a lot of energy in the European football world. Even a nobleman like George with a hereditary title was unwilling to cause unpleasant things with him. Otherwise, if the two sides have any intersection in football in the future, George is likely to be directly disrupted by the other party, which will adversely affect his plans.
From this point of view, it is obvious that the Russian tycoon, who has an excellent sense of business and has achieved great success, knows that when he wants to enter and play well in a field that he is not familiar with, there is a professional like Zahavi. Taking responsibility for operations-related matters is essential.
Looking at George who was seriously considering his suggestion in front of him, Zahavi could be said to be full of confidence. After all, the conditions offered by Abu were too generous, and he really couldn't think of any reason for rejection.
After accepting the commission from Abramovich, Zahavi immediately found George Nelson, who had just announced his resignation from Manchester United. Because the Israeli, who has a lot of energy in European football circles, especially in English football circles, knows very well that if he can lure this young coach to Chelsea, then the rise of the Blues will be more effective with half the effort.
Unfortunately, Zahavi still missed one thing, that is, he did not expect that George, a time traveler, already had wealth and net worth that was not inferior to Abu at this time, and he had no intention of continuing to work for others. Therefore, his recruitment operation is destined to end in failure.
George knew that although Zahavi was not a close confidant of Abramovich at all, since the Israelis could come here as Abramovich's representatives, they must have gained a certain degree of trust from the Russians. Therefore, in order to avoid making enemies for himself, George had to carefully choose his words to avoid making the other party angry and causing some consequences that he did not want to see: "Well... Mr. Zahavi, thank you very much for your help." He took the trouble to tell me the news. To be honest, the treatment offered by Mr. Abramovich is indeed very generous, and most people will not refuse his invitation... However, if the person Mr. Abram intends to invite is me If so, I'm afraid I have to say sorry to you and Mr. Abu."
"Eh?" Zahavi couldn't help but be surprised when he heard George's answer. He really didn't expect that the other party would choose to refuse such a generous offer, and there was no hesitation in his tone.
However, the Israelis did not get angry because of this, but after being surprised, they asked George why. After learning from the other party that George had reached a preliminary agreement with Tottenham people on "certain things" before leaving Manchester United, Zahavi had no choice but to express regret and leave.
Seeing that Zahavi chose to leave knowingly and did not continue to dwell on this matter, George couldn't help but let out a long sigh of relief. Of course, what he just said was not to deliberately fool Zahavi, but to selectively tell part of the truth. As for how Zahavi himself understands it, that is none of George's business.
In other words, there is nothing false about the agreement between George and Tottenham. However, what George plans to work on now is not the issue of his personal treatment at Tottenham, but how to put the actual control of Tottenham into his hands without disturbing Levi and Joe Lewis!
