Manchester United legend

Chapter 118 Chapter 110 Chapter Eight

In addition to signing Sheringham, Ferguson also completed several signings and sent away several players in the summer.

In order to deal with Pallister's aging body and gradually declining state, in addition to the existing central defender combination of David May and Johnson, Ferguson needs another central defender as a rotation.

Soon, Ferguson bought Henning Borg from Norway, spending £500 million for this.In Ferguson's view, this is a very important signing.

Henning Berg, who newly joined Manchester United, was born in Eidsvoll, Norway on September 1969, 9. He began to play for the Valerenga Club in Oslo, Norway in 1. He gradually gained the main position and played better and better.

In 1992, Borg briefly played for the Norwegian league powerhouse Lilleström for a year, and then moved to the Premier League for 40 pounds.

He first joined the Blackburn team, and won the Premier League championship with the team in the 1994-1995 season, becoming the main central defender in the team.

During his time at Blackburn, Borg played steadily, maintaining more than 36 appearances each season, and became the mainstay of the team's defense.

After Blackburn won a Premier League championship, the team owner Walker has no ambitions, and it is difficult for the team to maintain its status as a strong team.

In the summer of 1997, when Ferguson offered an extra £500 million to buy Borg, Blackburn hardly had any dissatisfaction and opened the door for Borg to transfer.

In addition to the two important signings of Sheringham and Borg, Ferguson also brought Eric Neverland (from Viking, worth £150 million) to Manchester United, and signed a professional contract with youth player Luke Chadwick and was promoted to the first team.

People come and go, Manchester United will also clean up several other players in addition to saying goodbye to "King" Eric Cantona in the new season.

Among them, Poborski's farewell is also regrettable, although he did not leave in the summer.

Last season, Ferguson was full of confidence to sign the Czech starlet, but Poborski's performance throughout the season was simply a disaster-"The poor Czech lost his imagination and inspiration in the European Championship, and he seemed at a loss in the Premier League.

In addition, the constant injuries also made him afraid of getting hurt and confronting the enemy... This is really a tragedy. "

Due to various reasons, especially because of injuries and unsuitability to the Premier League style, Poborski did not perform well in Manchester United this season. His advantages in speed, technique, and awareness did not come into play. The hard bridge and fierce confrontation of English football also made him very unsuitable, and his body was repeatedly injured.

Ferguson was disappointed that Poborski did not live up to his expectations - and the Czech also expressed a desire to leave Old Trafford in conversation with Ferguson.

So Manchester United sold Poboski to the Portuguese Benfica team for only 200 million pounds-compared with the 350 million he had just joined Manchester United, it has been greatly reduced.

Ferguson made a deal that was not considered a success or even a failure.

In addition, Pat McGibbon went to Wigan, Simon Davies went to Luton, and Manchester United did not send many players away.

Overall, Manchester United's exchange of blood is not a big move.Other teams made much more noise.

Almost all the Premier League teams are buying and selling, and the summer transfer market is very lively.

Fleet Street has its sights set on London and Liverpool.In London, the arsenal's large-scale sweep of goods is surprising. Wenger's determination is very great. He started the reconstruction of Arsenal with thunderous means.

Last season, before Wenger came to Arsenal to coach, the professor instructed Vieira to be signed from AC Milan.

After a season of competition, Vieira has proven his ability, and gradually became the main midfielder of the Gunners, and became the core force of Wenger's rebuilding of the midfielder. In the first season, he became the main force.

Vieira perfectly replaced the loopholes in the Gunners' midfield after Brady left, and became the Gunners' midfield commander.

到了1997年2月23日，温格又以50万英镑成功捕获了一名法国天才——不满18岁的阿内尔卡。

In the just-concluded season, in the FA Cup final between Arsenal and Newcastle, Anelka single-handedly scored the team's second goal, making a great contribution to the team.

In that era, super fast speed, good technique and super finishing ability were Anelka's magic weapon.

In the summer of 1997, Wenger continued to burn money like crazy.He has bought 12 players - enough to form a new Arsenal team!
And on these players, he spent more than 1800 million pounds in transfer fees!
Among the players Wenger bought this summer, Ashley Cole, Pettit, Overmars, etc. will become superstars in the future. There are also role players like Upson, Boa Mott, Mason, Mendes, Grimandi, Manninger, and of course, Ray, Stuart Taylor, Canovelli, and Mason.

Arsenal is undergoing a thorough reconstruction. Wenger began to reintegrate the Dutchmen Bergkamp and Overmars with superior skills, the Frenchmen Petit, Vieira and Anelka with superior skills, and Adams and Dion, who had the original strong defensive ability of England.

In his hands, the new Arsenal began to rise from the phoenix.

Unlike Arsenal's decisive renewal of the team, Liverpool, another traditional giant in the Premier League, chose to introduce old players to repair the team.

This summer, Liverpool's actions are actually very big.They first signed the Bundesliga meritorious player Riddle, and then signed Ince, who broke with Manchester United and was full of hatred for the Red Devils.

Maybe many fans don't know Riddle well.In fact, he was a German international at the same time as Klinsmann and a German striker.

Bundesliga fans who have followed the 96-97 season may remember that the European Champions Cup final belonged to Riedel alone. Dortmund, led by the magical German coach Hitzfeld, went all the way to the final, which has already surprised people.

In the final, facing the defending champion Juventus of Italy, Riddell, who was playing for Dortmund at the time, scored two goals in this crucial game, pushing the old woman to a desperate situation and making the greatest contribution to Dortmund's final victory.

After this game, Riddell came to Anfield.When he came to the Red Army, Riddell was already 32 years old.We don't know what Liverpool thinks. Riddell, who has entered the twilight of his career, actually does not adapt to the Premier League very much, and he has not left any traces in Liverpool.

When he left Liverpool in 1999, Riedel only left 15 goals for Liverpool.

Players who came to Anfield in the summer include Paul Yin and Danny Murphy, these two are considered to be Liverpool's relatively successful signings.A special one is Paul Ince.

The fans didn't just welcome Paul Ince with open arms. They went crazy when they learned that the Reds had made an inquiry for Ince.

The Reds fans were clamoring for Evans to sign Ince, dreaming that he would fix everything when he arrived - a sign of just how desperate the Liverpool people had become.

At that time, Liverpool was a team capable of playing beautiful football, but at the same time the midfield was considered too weak.

John Barnes and Jamie Redknapp have unparalleled ability to hold the ball, but they are not very good at retreating defense and stealing the ball!
Therefore, they will think that what they need most is a midfield stealer. The former Manchester United player Ince was considered the best personnel at the time-a general who can lead the team's offense in the midfield and serve as an example for the team!

In fact, all Liverpool people are careless, Ince has not had much success in Italy, and they paid 420 million pounds!
In fact, the joining of Ince did not completely improve Liverpool's midfield.

Among these three signings, it was Murphy, who was unknown at the time, who finally became a meritorious player for Liverpool and caused Manchester United to suffer a lot!
In addition to these strong teams, other teams have also made big or small deals.

Chelsea once again strengthened the team lineup in the summer, and they made good use of the "Bosman Law" to attract players to join in the transfer market.

Gullit's vision of talent selection is comparable to that of any manager in Chelsea's history. He signed exciting midfielder Gustavo Poyet and young Norwegian striker Torre-Andre Flo for free, and did not spend a penny in transfer fees.

In addition, Celestine Babayaro, England left-back Galame Le Saux became the main force, and goalkeeper Ed de Gouille.These five players all played an important role in the following seasons.

Tottenham, who sold Sheringham, signed Les Ferdinand and Ginola in the summer.

Of course, there is another important signing. The former Liu Langjin came again, and Klinsmann, who played for Tottenham, returned to White Hart Lane again.

For Manchester United fans, Cantona's departure is the most disturbing.In a mood full of anxiety, the summer passed like this.

During summer training, Ferguson found Jost, and the two chatted in Ferguson's office.Ferguson made two cups of coffee and brought them over.

Ferguson: "Drink coffee."

Jost: "No coach, I don't like coffee."

Ferguson: "Then I won't be polite to you. Cantona has retired. Before he left, he recommended you to be the captain."

Jost: "Me? Are you sure?"

Ferguson: "Yes, I asked Pallister and Schmeichel, and they both expressed their support for you. Do you think you can be the captain well?"

Jost: "Of course, I will protect the honor of Manchester United like a knight. I will not disappoint the Manchester United club and fans. I will do my best to help the coach manage the locker room and make the team more united."

Ferguson: "Hope you remember what you said to me today,"

(End of this chapter)