Manchester United legend

Chapter 150 The Break Between Ferguson and Kidd

In addition to player transfers, Ferguson suffered another shock in his Manchester United career.This summer, Ferguson and assistant Brian Kidd broke out fierce conflicts.

The combination of "Ferguson + Kidd" finally showed cracks.In the summer, Ferguson had a quarrel with Kidd over the introduction of Yorke.This quarrel gradually turned into a rupture.

At the end of last season, the Blackburn team sent out a test to Kidd, intending to ask Kidd to be the head coach.Such an invitation is too tempting. Although Ferguson firmly opposes it, Kidd has made up his mind.

Kidd plans to leave Manchester United after the end of the contract. He is eager to fly solo, wants to create great achievements, and get rid of the wings of Ferguson and Manchester United.

Ferguson once regarded Kidd's departure as a betrayal, and a fierce quarrel broke out between the two.

In the summer, Kidd hadn't made up his mind to leave, but in November, because Blackburn had fired the coach, Kidd did not hesitate to break his contract with Manchester United and leave.

Ferguson was furious: "What the hell is going on with you?! Isn't it good to stay at Manchester United until the end of the season? I don't think you are ready enough to be the team coach. I hope you know what you are doing!"

"Then why did you let Knox go to QPR?" Kidd asked Ferguson, "Am I not as good as your predecessor?"

"That's different. You should accumulate coaching experience now, instead of starting as the head coach of a top team from the beginning. You have been doing specific auxiliary work, and you really don't have the ability and courage to be on your own.

Coaching a top team is not an opportunity for you, but a poison - you lack a comprehensive and accurate vision of football! "

"It's all nonsense to say anything. If you succeed, I can succeed. I must go out and make a fortune. And I don't agree with what you said. I still need to accumulate and wait. I think now is the best opportunity. I will succeed!"

"Well, I wish you success!"

In this way, Kidd left Ferguson and Manchester United.

After the two turned against each other, Kidd moved to various fields of English football, but failed to achieve any personal brilliant results.Facts tell us that Kidd's later experience in the Premier League proved that he is indeed not a famous coach.

How vicious Ferguson's vision is, and how accurate his judgment is.Strictly speaking, Kidd is also the result of Manchester United's youth training, and Manchester United's first Champions League trophy also has his credit.

However, he later moved to Arsenal and Manchester City, and the Red Devils mark on his body became weaker and weaker. People will only remember him as a player, and basically they will not regard him as a diehard Red Devils loyalist.

Destiny often has subversive power.Kidd was a contribution to Manchester United in the player era and was deeply loved by the fans.

After retiring, Kidd returned to Manchester United to coach the youth team and cultivated many talents for Manchester United. He became Ferguson's assistant in 1991.The growth of Class 92 was inseparable from the vigorous cultivation of him and Harrison.

With his help, Manchester United quickly re-emerged. The combination of "Ferguson + Kidd" helped Manchester United return to the top and helped Manchester United become the overlord of the Premier League.

With Manchester United winning the Premier League title, Kidd's reputation has gradually climbed to the pinnacle of assistant coaching.

And until the summer of 1998, the cooperation between Kidd and Ferguson was very pleasant.But a conflict emerged between the pair as opinions on the transfer diverged.

Kidd left Manchester United to coach Blackburn at the end of 1998, and he has never returned to Manchester United since then.

The subsequent story was exactly as Ferguson predicted, Kidd was difficult to be alone, and he lacked the experience of coaching the first-tier team. After only 14 rounds, he was dismissed from get out of class, and Blackburn was relegated because of this.

2000年3月他被奥莱利聘为利兹联队的助理教练，为利兹效力至2003年。基德的噩运甚至影响到了利兹联队——白衣军团后来也降级了。在英格兰队主教练基冈辞职后，2000年10月基德与威尔金森一起被任命为教练组成员。

Later, Kidd also served as the team director of Leeds United. In March 2001, when Manchester United was about to meet Leeds United at Elland Road Stadium and fought to the death, he was announced as the coach of Leeds United.It is unacceptable for Manchester United fans to become the head coach of the sworn enemy.

During the six years from 2003 to 2009, Kidd wandered around, and no one asked him to be the head coach.

He has successively served as the assistant coach of the England national team, Sheffield United and Portsmouth.In 2009, Kidd was hired by Manchester City as the youth team coach and became Mancini's assistant coach at the end of the same year. Kidd once again stood on the side of Manchester United's mortal enemy.

The cooperation between Kidd and Mancini allowed Manchester City to win the FA Cup in 2011, the Community Shield in 2012 and the Premier League in 2011/12. After Mancini got out of class in 2013, Kidd continued to assist Pellegrini.

This is Brian Kidd, almost an eccentric flower in English football, almost unique to both players and coaches who played for two rival teams in the same city.

For such a person, it is difficult for me to express my evaluation or feelings for him in words.
To make up for Kidd's departure, Ferguson hired Steve McClaren as an assistant.Unlike Kidd, Ferguson believes that McLaren is undoubtedly a natural head coach, because McLaren has a keen overall view.

McLaren's subsequent career has indeed proved that prediction to be correct.Following Ferguson's success, McLaren was hired by the Premier League Middlesbrough team in 2001 as the team's head coach.

McLaren led Middlesbrough to win the League Cup in 2004 and lead the team to the UEFA Cup.This has been regarded as a very outstanding achievement in the history of the team. After Eriksson announced that he would no longer coach the England team in the 2006 World Cup, McLaren was able to take over the coaching of the national team. This is the best recognition for him in English football.

This summer, the Manchester United club has made another huge commercial move, which is to officially launch Manchester United TV.Manchester United TV quickly attracted the attention of many fans, and they opened their money bags one after another to subscribe to Manchester United TV programs and consultation.This also allowed Manchester United to expand its operations to a new scope and form a new way to make money.Manchester United's business is really getting bigger and bigger!

Ferguson didn't have time to pay attention to the start of the TV broadcast. He determined the team's lineup very early, and then the whole team started the hard training in the summer.Arsenal snatched the league championship from Arsenal last season. Ferguson and the entire Manchester United team are holding back their breath and must regain Manchester United's previous glory in the new season.

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