The development of things often makes people feel very strange. The situation that was tense a few days ago suddenly turned into a happy ending within a few days.
When Rooney stated that he did not want to renew his contract with Manchester United a few days ago, the reason he gave was that the Red Devils did not show enough ambition and did not do much in the transfer market. However, after the lightning renewal of the contract on Friday, Rooney changed again.
He said that he had seen hope from the talks with the boss and head coach, and Manchester United had made some commitments. "I now fully believe that the coaching staff, senior management and boss are committed to allowing Manchester United to maintain its proud championship tradition."
According to the "Sun" report, in order to retain Rooney, Manchester United did promise some other things besides offering a high salary. Members of the Glazer family personally intervened, and they convinced Rooney that Manchester United would have a larger transfer investment.
The details disclosed by the newspaper are that the boss told Rooney that Manchester United will spend 80 million pounds on new players in the next eight months (including the two transfer windows this winter and next summer).
In fact, Manchester United does have some ideas in the transfer market. The most urgent "number one goal" at present is to sign a goalkeeper. Edwin van der Sar is about to retire. Last week's low-level mistakes made Ferguson convinced that the search for a successor has already begun.
It is a top priority.
After some comparison and screening, Manchester United's goal is basically clear. McGregor, the main goalkeeper of Glasgow Rangers, has only conceded 1 goal in the first three group matches of the Champions League. He has kept a clean sheet against Manchester United and given
Ferguson was so impressed that Sir Alex Ferguson sent his younger brother to Hampden Park to continue observing McGregor's performance.
According to "The Sun", the latter is worth around 5 million pounds. Compared with other rumored goalkeepers such as Stekelenburg, Neuer, De Gea and others, the price/performance ratio is probably higher, and Sir Alex Ferguson
He doesn't plan to spend too much money on a goalkeeper. He believes that McGregor is expected to become the anchor of Schmeichel and Van der Sar who was brought in cheaply but has great impact.
Of course, McGregor does not fall into the category of "heavyweight commitment" that allows Rooney to stay on the team. Ferguson does not like to spend big money in winter, and the real big deal may appear next summer. "The Sun" said that regarding the introduction of heavyweight players,
Glazer family commit Rooney said the club will sign them when they are "available for introduction".
The latest name to be mentioned is Bolton's England central defender Gary Cahill. Although the 24-year-old England defender is not considered a heavyweight in terms of strength and reputation, he is a local player and is on the rise, and is worth 15 million pounds.
, can be regarded as an introduction that "shows ambition". In addition, Everton midfielder Rodwell is also within the scope of Ferguson's attention.
However, it will take time to test whether the Americans will really fulfill their promise to spend big money to buy people. There is a voice in the British media that believes that Rooney has been "deceived" and that the so-called promise is just a delaying measure to retain people. He carries more than 700 million in assets.
Debt, how could Manchester United be willing to throw out 80 million in the transfer market?
Corresponding to this concern, rumors are that Manchester United is actively recruiting Eindhoven winger Afellay. The Netherlands international has a clear upward trend and his contract is about to expire. He can be introduced freely next summer without spending money.
Of course, Rooney is not easy to deceive. The Mirror predicts that he will pay attention to Manchester United's actions in the next two transfer windows. If it is found that the American's promise is a "cheating", then the Englishman may bring up the transfer again.
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Today's player power almost overrides the contract. Cristiano Ronaldo renewed his contract in 2007, started making transfers in the summer of 2008, and successfully left the team in 2009. We cannot rule out the possibility that Rooney will follow in his footsteps. Of course, the English people most want to see
Obviously, Manchester United has made a lot of progress in transfers. On the one hand, the team's strength has increased, and his possibility of winning the championship has increased. On the other hand, he can enjoy the high salary of the new contract, and neither is delayed.
At the same time, the news that Ferguson will soon retire may also be an opportunity for Rooney to request a transfer. Everyone knows that it was Ferguson who made Rooney change his mind at a critical moment.
It's not bad for Manchester United to start with good news and prepare for the away game in the Premier League.
In the history of Manchester United's Premier League, they have won all 4 games against Stoke City and scored 12 goals. The last time Stoke City defeated Manchester United was in the League Cup in 1993, and the league victory dates back to 1984. The two sides have played 91 games in history.
Manchester United 34 wins, 31 draws and 26 losses
Gain the upper hand. Rooney, who had just renewed his contract, was absent due to injury and missed the opportunity to celebrate his 25th birthday at the Britannia Stadium. Ferguson rotated 7 people, Van der Sar, Gary Neville, Ferdinand, O'Shea, Scholes,
Li Yu and Hernandez started.
O'Shea served as left back and Evra was placed in the left midfield position.
After the game started, Manchester United played vigorously in the away game, especially Hernandez's performance was gratifying. Li Yu naturally became the focus of the opponent's prevention. The Mexican teenager ushered in his opportunity to break out.
Manchester United took the lead in the 27th minute. Nani made a tactical corner kick from the right, Vidic headed the ball from far away, and Hernandez scored with a header from the edge of the penalty area.
Although Li Yu did not appear in the camera during this attack, he successfully took away Stoke City's defensive players, which was the key to the goal.
Everyone thought that Li Yu would grab points, but in fact, he was running to cover his teammates' attack.
If you include cover goals in the actual data, Li Yu's report card this season will not be too bad.
Scoring many goals and sacrificing his personal offensive strength for the benefit of the team is evidence of Li Yu's maturity this season.
Li Yu's public support for Rooney some time ago still caused a lot of pressure on himself within the club. But now it seems that Manchester United's No. 9 has no problem at all. Even if he does not score, he can still create scoring opportunities for his teammates.
It looked like the game should be pretty good. Manchester United took control of the field after the goal. Ferguson also deliberately let the players control the rhythm. However, Stoke City equalized the score in the 81st minute. Scholes made a mistake and Wilson made a diagonal pass and came on as a substitute.
Tuncay cut into the right side of the penalty area and passed Evra before shooting into the far corner from 18 yards.
1:1!
Is it rare to continue the pattern of away draws?
No! Li Yu will never let such a thing happen again.
Manchester United took the lead again in the 86th minute. Li Yu dribbled the ball all the way and passed forward in the penalty area on the right. Scholes headed the ball to the back point. Evra stopped the ball on his chest 8 yards on the left side of the penalty area and then turned around and deflected the shot.
Nandez blocked the goal from 5 yards.
Li Yu launched an attack and Hernandez overtook the game.
In stoppage time, Li Yu went berserk again, seizing the opportunity of his opponent's physical decline and making a strong breakthrough. People can clearly see the surprised expression of Stoke City defender Huth in the camera. No expression can stop Li Yu now.
Yu's shot, the explosion in the final stage of the second half, has become a standard for Li Yu. When the physical fitness of the whole game declined, Manchester United's No. 9 opportunity to score came!
The goal was achieved overnight, but it showed his skill. The football hit the goal directly into the dead center, which was the goalkeeper's penalty area, 3:1!
Now Ferguson can finally sit back on the coaching bench with peace of mind. The game was finally locked by Manchester United in the final stage!
Manchester United defeated Stoke City 3-1 at the last minute and won their first away win of the season. When seeing "Little Pea" Hernandez score two goals to perform the song of youth, Gary Neville could only sigh: Hero
There will always be times when it’s late, and if you hear a teammate who has played alongside you for many years express such emotion, the one who feels the most deeply is Scholes.
In the ninth round of the Premier League, Manchester United visited Stoke City, which was of great significance to Neville, who was born in 1975, because it was his 600th game on behalf of the Red Devils.
Ferguson was very interesting and appointed Neville as the starter, but he almost ruined his "600-game banquet" by just a small margin.
It's not enough to be dissatisfied. In the 23rd minute, while competing for speed with his opponent, Neville was at a disadvantage and was forced to overtake. This shows that this meritorious warrior who has been on the battlefield for many years has indeed passed his prime.
Of course, although Neville's speed has been reduced, he still has experience and awareness. In the 25th minute, he headed the ball back to the goalkeeper while defending, effectively defusing the opponent's offense, and then passed a long kick to Nani, and then
The Red Devils received a corner kick.
However, Neville rarely performs like this in this game. He mostly uses fouls to stop the home team's offense.
In the 33rd minute, he stepped on Etherington's calf during the fight and was given a yellow card. In the 41st minute, he fouled Etherington again. At this time, Stoke City players surrounded the referee and signaled that he should take out a red card. Fortunately, the referee did not
It was a painful blow to the Red Devils veteran. But Neville's two fouls in the first half also created hidden dangers for himself. You know, Ferguson did not want his team to fight with one less player.
Sure enough, Neville was replaced by Brown before the second half started. Interestingly, Ferguson did not make the substitution in the midfield locker room, but Neville had already made the substitution decision in the second half. This made the former Manchester United leader a little bit
Embarrassed, when he saw the coach's substitution decision, he put his hands on his waist and showed a wry smile.
"I was very lucky not to be sent off. Although I think the foul should not have been a yellow card, to be honest, the referee did not show me a second yellow card. It was a big deal. I am a little disappointed that I was substituted. I plan to play in this game.
90 minutes, but the most important thing is that we can win the game." Although it felt sudden for him to be substituted in this way, Neville still felt lucky. This is also true, as Manchester United's official website said: "Ferguson replaced him with Brown.
Neville, let him leave safely."
After the game, "Sky Sports" rated the players, and Neville only scored 5 points. The comment on him was that he "luckily escaped the red card." So is Neville the worst player at Manchester United?
At least not according to "Sky Sports". Another veteran Scholes only scored 4 points and was rated as "sloppy performance".
In this game, the worst moment for Scholes was when he made a mistake in the 81st minute, resulting in a conceding goal and almost ruining the game, but the rest of the time, the experienced midfielder was still remarkable.
A total of three threatening balls were passed. Therefore, in the "Manchester Evening News" rating, he scored 6 points, and the "worst gentleman" in the team this time was Neville's turn. The "Manchester Evening News" only rated Neville
5 points, the comments are full of ridicule: "He competes with Etherington alone".
In fact, no one, be it Neville or Scholes, can deny the glory of these two team veterans.
But objectively speaking, their performance in this game cannot be complimented, which is actually reasonable. After all, they are 71 years old in total, and time is not forgiving.
Especially Scholes, although he is 36 years old, he has played in all 9 rounds of the Premier League that have ended this season. The continuous competition has naturally overdrawn the midfielder's limited physical fitness.
In contrast, Neville has drifted away from the main position this season. Before this round's clash with Stoke City, he only played for the Red Devils in the game against Everton.
There is no doubt that the sunset songs are already ringing in the ears of the two veterans who are both members of the "92 Generation". Although "Sky Sports" and "Manchester Evening News" can give them low marks for their performance in this game, for these two "
As far as the legend of "He instantly became a demon" is concerned, everyone has to take off their hats to both of them.
This is Neville's 600th game as a Red Devil, ranking fifth in Manchester United's historical appearance list. The top four are Giggs, Bobby Charlton, Bill Fox and Scholes. In this round,
The game against Stoke City was Scholes' 653rd time playing for Manchester United, which means that Gary and Paul combined have played 1,253 games for Manchester United so far.
Among them, Neville played 35 games as a substitute, and Scholes played 115 games as a substitute. In addition, Neville played 399 games in the Premier League, while Scholes played 453 games. As for the European war, Neville played 117 games.
games, while Scholes has 123 games, ranking second and third respectively in Manchester United's historical European war appearance list. Only Giggs can be looked up to.
After seeing these numbers that are beyond the reach of most players, their mistakes in the game against Stoke City will be instantly forgotten.
However, their sunset song is destined to make countless people sigh, lamenting that time is like a knife and time is like a gun. No one can be invulnerable. And I believe that the second general, who is as good as a god, will soon make himself a hero.
His name is permanently written into the Hall of Fame.
Manchester United struggled to get three points in the away game, but Rooney was enviably on vacation at this time.
In February of this year, former England captain John Terry, whose reputation was disgraced due to the "Friendly Wife scandal", successfully won back the heart of his wife Tony in the seven-star Emirates Burj Hotel, which is known as the most luxurious hotel in the world. Eight
Months later, Terry's England teammate Rooney also came here with his wife Colleen. Rooney, who encountered the "prostitute scandal", with Terry's experience, the process of recovering his wife seemed to be smoother.
Of course, this time he came to Dubai, United Arab Emirates, in addition to pleasing Coleen, Rooney also wanted to relax for himself. The headlines of the British media last week were almost all the soap operas about Rooney's contract extension with Manchester United, although it ended with a dramatic happy ending.
At the end, Rooney was still physically and mentally exhausted. In order to temporarily escape the pressure and noise, Rooney even canceled the planned birthday party worth 90,000 pounds on Saturday night.
According to the "Daily Mail" report, October 25th was Rooney's 25th birthday. The couple had planned a grand party and bought food and drinks worth thousands of pounds. They even bought food and drinks worth 450 pounds.
Outside the 10,000-pound mansion, a large tent specially used for parties has been set up, but it was empty last weekend.
According to reports, the controversy over Rooney's contract extension with Manchester United last week changed the way Rooney celebrated his birthday. Last week, Rooney announced without warning that he would refuse to renew his contract and leave Manchester United, which triggered almost hysterical rage among Manchester United fans. After that, Rooney announced that he would refuse to renew his contract and leave Manchester United.
He also brazenly claimed that he would rather go to Manchester City than stay at Manchester United, thus attracting "death threats" from Manchester United fans.
In the end, Rooney staged a shocking turn. He signed a new contract with Manchester United, thereby doubling his weekly salary to 200,000 pounds and becoming the highest-paid English player in history.
"Daily Mail" revealed the truth behind the scenes. Since Rooney's former teammate Cristiano Ronaldo earned a weekly salary of 250,000 pounds at Real Madrid and only had to bear a lower tax rate, Rooney also wanted to follow Ronaldo's footsteps and go to the Bernabeu to dig for gold, but this
The plan was rejected by Coleen and her family, who refused to leave Manchester, a city in northwest England. This also left Rooney with only Manchester United and Manchester City.
Just when Rooney was thinking twice, Manchester United fans gathered in protest in front of Rooney's house and issued death threats to Rooney, "If you go to Manchester City, you will die." Finally, after Manchester United made a compromise and agreed to pay a weekly salary of 200,000 pounds, Rooney also
He changed his mind and renewed his contract with Manchester United.
"Daily Mail" further revealed some details of Rooney's negotiations with Manchester United. First of all, Rooney chose to stay because of Ferguson. Ferguson, who will be 69 years old at the end of the year, promised Rooney that he would continue to be loyal to Manchester United.
Health permitting, he will consider extending his coaching time.
Rooney hopes that Manchester United can get better and better. He hopes that the team can become the best team in Europe. He knows that these things will have a better chance of happening only if Ferguson remains in the team. Secondly, Rooney is very concerned about his health.
, he was worried that his lifespan would be shortened due to his fierce playing style on the court.
An insider revealed: "As the most challenging role on the court, Rooney may not be able to stay in the best economic condition for as long as players in other positions."
Perhaps Rooney himself would not have thought that he could go through such an earth-shaking psychological journey in a week. Under this background, holding a public birthday party became inappropriate. So the couple split up, Rooney asked for leave from Ferguson, and
With Sir Alex Ferguson's acquiescence, 24-year-old Colleen called more than a hundred guests one by one to cancel the invitations, and left her one-year-old son Kai in the care of her parents. It was reported that the birthday party might be postponed.
Held one week.
In fact, this trip to Dubai worth 10,000 pounds is not the Rooney couple's first trip after the "prostitute scandal". They had already gone to Prague for a "second honeymoon" before.
The Sunday Mirror revealed that on the Emirates Airline flight to Dubai, the relieved Rooneys cuddled up against each other in a private box worth 4,000 pounds and got drunk. The two drank white wine while watching the children's movie "Tomorrow".
Star", while eating cakes and Pringles, and then drank tomato soup and duck soup. The room the two lived in at the Emirates Burj Hotel in Dubai was worth 1,200 pounds a day, and they spent a lot of money in this paradise on earth.
, Rooney and his wife will stay for five days before returning to Manchester.
Perhaps the only thing that made Rooney feel a little uneasy during the holiday was his new teammate Hernandez at Manchester United. In the Premier League last Sunday, Hernandez started in place of Rooney and scored twice to help
Manchester United defeated Stoke City 2-1.
However, Rooney is currently suffering from an ankle injury, and it will take at least three weeks to regain his starting position. For this reason, he will likely miss the first Manchester derby of this season on November 10.
Rooney told Manchester United TV: "I can't wait to put on the red jersey again. I am very sad about the injury. I just hope to be able to play, regain my form and do what I do best. I will return to my best form.
I'm confident about it. I know the fans are sad about what's happened in the past few days, but I care about this club, I want to stay here and I want to continue to be successful at Manchester United. Maybe get the fans to support me again
It will take time, but I will do my best to win back the hearts of the fans as I have always done."
Seeing Rooney like this, fans who care about Manchester United feel that the dark clouds have dispersed and good times are finally ushering in, but things are far from as optimistic as people imagined.
