Manchester United legend

Chapter 148 Farewell
Every summer, Carrington is always full of sadness. In the summer of 1998, the Red Devils and Manchester United bid farewell to two legendary heroes, and the fans were extremely reluctant.Fortunately, Manchester United also retained a crucial player at the last moment.

Iron-clad battalions and flowing soldiers, Manchester United always bids farewell to some players every summer.

McClair announced his retirement from Manchester United this summer.The old Red Devil McClair finally left this place where he played for 11 years.

After McClair retired, he briefly played for the Motherwell club where he first debuted, which was already considered a ticket.

After retiring, McClair studied mathematics at the University of Glasgow, stayed at Blackburn for a short time after graduation, and then returned to Manchester United as an assistant coach, assisting Ferguson in training the youth team, and continued to shine in Manchester United.

This is an admirable Red Devils. McClair played for Manchester United for 1987 years from 1998 to 12. He played a total of 470 games for Manchester United and scored 128 goals. He won three FA Cups, one League Cup, one European Cup Winners Cup, one European Super Cup and four Premier League titles for Manchester United. In his 12-year career as the Red Devils, he has always been conscientious, no matter what position he plays, he will work hard and strive to be the best.McClair has played as a center forward, as one of the two forwards, and as a midfielder. His position is constantly changing along the central axis, and his position is getting deeper and deeper.But no matter what, McClair always has no regrets.

It is this kind of persistence and consistent high level for 12 years that made him sincerely loved by Manchester United fans and became a member of the Manchester United Hall of Fame.

For a long time, he has been selected by Manchester United's official website as one of Ferguson's ten most cost-effective deals in team history. Ferguson also gave high praise to this Scottish fellow, "McClair was the best striker in Scotland at that time, and he was also first-class in England.

His abilities are greatly underestimated.When we signed him for £85, it was a bargain.You know, League One games at that time were not easy.

And when he played as a striker, he scored 20 or so goals every season, never missed training, and rarely injured.This is very rare. "

Ferguson even said, "If McClair was born in England, he would have achieved even greater achievements. I want to say that he is one of our legendary strikers and has made great contributions to our team."

McClair's love for Manchester United is true love. For this touch of red on his body and this red jersey, he is not only willing to change positions, not only willing to reduce playing time, not only willing to accept a substitute role, but also willing to cut his salary.

This introverted old Red Devil contributed all his strength.He came when Ferguson led Manchester United to a difficult start, and he stuck to Ferguson's most difficult black years; he has always firmly supported Ferguson's command and decisions, whether it is taking risks or cleaning up dissidents, he understands and implements Ferguson's decision-making, no complaints, no regrets, no selflessness and no hatred.

McClair witnessed every moment of Manchester United's championship. His sweat soaked Manchester United's Old Trafford stadium and sprinkled every pitch in the English League. The 128 goals and 10 championship trophies, and the name engraved in the Old Trafford Hall of Fame, illustrate McClair's dedication and contribution, which is also the glory and pride he should enjoy.

In Ferguson's mind, in the hearts of thousands of Red Devils fans, McClair is the real backbone of Manchester United and the real hero of the Red Devils!

As brilliant as Manchester United's career was, McClair's coaching career was equally successful.

In 2002, in his first season in charge of the Manchester United youth team, he led the reserve team to win the League Championship and the FA Youth Cup. In the 2004-2005 season, he even led the reserve team to four crowns, creating the best record for the reserve team.

Since then, he has been further promoted and became the assistant director of the Manchester United Youth Academy. After working under the former Kirshaw for a year, in the summer of 2006, McClair became the director of the Manchester United Youth Academy and began to take full charge of Manchester United's echelon construction.

Working at Manchester United has become one of McClell's greatest achievements. He has devoted himself to it and enjoyed it very much. It is Manchester United that makes him feel that his life has been worthwhile.

In McClair's mind, this is his best choice. "I've always wanted to stay on the pitch, I've always wanted to be a Manchester United man forever. After I had to leave the squad and I had to retire, I still wanted to give a little bit to the team. Being a manager was the closest thing I could get to a game."

He said: "There is no job like a real game, especially a Manchester United game. The feeling of blood boiling, it will stimulate your enthusiasm in life. But this job is great, it is the best job outside the game."

In the eyes of countless Red Devils loyalists, this unspoken, calm and silent Scot is a real Red Devil and one of the best representatives of the Manchester United spirit.

McClair is equally passionate and tough as a mountain. He has made great achievements in the history of Manchester United and left a page of ink and color.McClair is still a great hero in the hearts of Manchester United fans, and the Red Devils fans also have no reservations about McClair's love.

In addition to McClair, this summer, another meritorious Red Devil of Manchester United has also reached the sunset stage of his career.Pallister moved to Middlesbrough for £250 million.A generation of legendary central defenders finally left Manchester United.

Since joining Manchester United in 1989, Pallister has played for Manchester United for a total of 9 years.Before he left at 33, he spent the best of his career at United - where he gave the best of his youth.

During his tenure, Pallister brought Manchester United a golden line of defense for almost 10 years.The defense that partnered with Bruce was the best, most solid, and most attacking in the league.This is a pair of central defenders that Ferguson later called the best "BP" in his 27 years of coaching Manchester United!

In the first generation of Red Devils created by Ferguson, Bruce and Pallister are the confident choices for the stability of Manchester United's defense.

Bruce is fierce in grabbing points, Paris is good at strangling opponents' breakthroughs and passing lines, good at stealing the ball, has a good sense of the overall situation, and has a strong ability to command defenses and fill positions.

Not only that, both of them have very good header skills and are also very tall, which is the standard version of a central defender.

What is even more reassuring is that there is a special tacit understanding between the two. They have done an excellent job in complementing each other and defending each other. The combination of the two has made Manchester United's defense more and more stable.

Unlike Bruce, who is aggressive and bloody, Pallister is smarter and wiser.In addition to the taller and heavier giant, Pallister's sense of the ball is also excellent, and he has outstanding ball quotient, and he also has a set of fine-footed skills that are rare for central defenders, especially the first-class long-passing skills.

Long-distance passes can ignore the opponent's first line of defense, and Manchester United's attacking players can take advantage of it as long as they start sprinting into position.In the years when Pallister was in his prime, Manchester United's fast break had destroyed the defenses of countless teams.

Pallister is a low-key person with a straight temper and generally doesn't quarrel with others.But this does not mean that he has no temper, nor does it mean that he has no judgment of his own.In the game, the Giants often dragged behind Bruce and became the last line of defense in front of the goalkeeper.

And he has extraordinary abilities in predicting the game, analyzing and grasping the opponent's movements, and judging the circuit and time of football operation.Fans will often see that Pallister is like a mountain of trust, often appearing in the most critical position in times of crisis, successfully breaking the ball or blocking the opponent's breakthrough line, and defusing the opponent's offensive.

The tall and long-legged giant Buxiong is powerful. Although his turn is not as fast as those small forwards, his stride makes up for the gap, and the arrangement of falling slightly behind basically prevents him from turning too much to chase the ball. His task is to judge what the opponent wants to do, and then go forward directly to cut off the threat of the opponent's attack.

Bruce and Pallister are affectionate to each other as "Dolly and Daisy". The two have a tacit understanding and cooperate with each other tacitly. They are a pair of "good friends" in Manchester United's defense.

They ensured the stability of Manchester United's defense.In their combination, Bruce is usually in front, responsible for marking and the first interception, closely marking the opponent's center, and Pallister is responsible for filling and assisting defense, and coordinating the entire defense line.

The defense line built by the two of them is as solid as a rock, which can be called a steel city wall.Bruce's bravery and desperation, and Pallister's calmness and sharpness allow their abilities to complement each other, and the effects complement each other.

The 9 years Pallister joined Manchester United were also the 9 years he experienced bloody storms with Ferguson. He is also one of the core of Ferguson's team and won the trust of Ferguson.

Even if there are all kinds of great people in the Manchester United team, Pallister has won the honor of the club's player of the season because of his outstanding performance, and has been selected to the best team of the Premier League many times. He is an indispensable defense general for Manchester United.

Until Bruce left Manchester United, until Pallister was getting old, with more injuries and an irrepressible decline in his state, Pallister was still Ferguson's most assured first choice for central defenders in the past two seasons.His strength and performance have been trusted by Ferguson, which is an almost blind trust.

Last season, because Pallister was injured and absent too many times, Ferguson had to really put the renewal of the central defender on the agenda.

During the 9 years that Pallister played for Manchester United, he played a total of 317 games for Manchester United and won 10 championship trophies for Manchester United.Pallister witnessed Manchester United's glorious journey from 13th to 1st in the league, and also went through the team's downturn and almost disintegrated with Manchester United; Pallister once scored two headers to help Manchester United achieve a crushing victory against Liverpool, and also took responsibility for Manchester United's successful counterattack by Blackburn and Arsenal.

Pallister used to get along well with various big names introduced by Manchester United, and he also selflessly helped various youth players, educated and guided the 92 generation to grow up correctly, and assisted them to succeed with Manchester United. Nine years have proved Pallister's loyalty and love for Manchester United. This is an impeccable Manchester United man. Even if he did not come from Cliff's youth training, even if he did not have only one favorite club, his love and contribution to Manchester United are beyond the reach of many people.

In fact, until today in 2013, Pallister is still an old face on the Old Trafford field. He has appeared as an expert on MUTV as a commentator and often returns to Manchester United to visit.In the memory of the diehard Red Devils, Pallister led Manchester United against Liverpool at Anfield as the captain will be a long-lasting and unforgettable memory-that is, that game made him a superhero for Manchester United fans!

And in this summer of 1998, let us say something precious: Farewell, giant!
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