Chapter Fifty-Eight: The Hesitant Moyes

On the other hand, the new Manchester United manager David Moyes is not having a good time at this moment. Pen ~ fun ~ pavilion www.biquge.info

Since the start of this season, Manchester United under his leadership has only won five wins, two draws and three defeats in ten Premier League games, accumulating 18 points, ranking eighth in the Premier League.

This is almost a humiliating ranking for Manchester United in the past.

And his three defeats also included a 1-0 defeat at arch-rivals Liverpool in the third round of the league and a 4-1 defeat at rivals Manchester City in the fourth round of the league.

The two direct defeats to their bitter rivals have caused a rift between him and the Manchester United fans.

And then in the sixth round, he was beaten by West Bromwich Albion, and even once let Manchester United's league ranking fall to 12th!

This season, Manchester United's attack has lost its previous sharpness, and the defense has lost its previous pressure. David Moyes's team was characterless in attack and hard in defence, and at one point Manchester United's attack turned into a gambling style of play with blind crosses.

With Robin van Persie and Wayne Rooney in form declining, United's attacking efficiency has dropped dramatically compared to before. At the start of the season, Moyes only brought back one Fellaini in the transfer market, which could not fundamentally solve the problem of lack of attacking power.

More seriously, Moyes's prestige has been questioned with the team's poor results, especially in the hearts of the big players in the Manchester United team, and Moyes has no prestige at all.

As Ferguson's successor, he will inevitably be compared to his predecessor, but such a comparison is not fair to Moyes.

It's 3 p.m. local time on November 9. David Moyes is in his office preparing for tomorrow's game against Arsenal.

In this season's powerhouse, David Moyes's side only picked up a point against Chelsea when they faced the three Premier League giants, Chelsea, Liverpool and Manchester City. It also calls into question the weakness of Manchester United against strong teams this season.

And tomorrow's game is absolutely not to be lost.

Due to the decline in Rooney and Robin van Persie's running ability, Moyes actually didn't like to start both of them, but one of them was the captain of the team and the other was the biggest contributor to the team's championship last season. Moyes didn't have the courage to abandon any of them.

Thankfully, the other title contenders have not fared much better than Manchester United so far this season, with top-placed Arsenal eight points clear of Manchester United, and Liverpool, Chelsea and Manchester City just within two games ahead of Manchester United.

For Morse, there is also no room for remedy.

Just when David Moyes was a little hesitant for tomorrow's game, the head coach of the development team, Darren Joyce, came to his office.

Joyce came here for Li Qingshan's business. Raiola has just formally asked Manchester United to talk about Li Qingshan's plans for next season.

It's the kind of thing Joyce certainly needs to report to the team's manager, David Moyes.

After listening to Joyce's report, Moyes thought for a moment and said: "You mean, he scored 31 goals in 28 league games and 18 goals in 13 games in the AFC Champions League? This kind of goal efficiency is really worth our attention. ”

"I'm afraid it's not just a matter of concern." "Instead, Joyce had to decide whether to apply for a labor certification for him, or to continue on a loan, or to sell." ”

If Joyce had asked this question at the beginning of the season, Moyes would have chosen to sell Li Qingshan decisively. But now, he was a little hesitant.

Because Li Qingshan's goal efficiency is too high, with an average goal efficiency of 1.4 per game, although it is only in Asia, this efficiency is amazing enough.

And for the current Manchester United, what is lacking is not a striker who can score goals consistently?

Darren Joyce didn't know what Moyes was hesitating. In his opinion, since you Moyes arranged a 442 formation on the field, mainly relying on crosses from the side to create opportunities, then there is just a high school striker in the team who is very good at heading out on loan, call him back to try, and there is no need to spend a transfer fee, just need to help him apply for a labor certification, with Li Qingshan's performance on loan, and his background of being signed by Ferguson himself, pay attention to convincing the judging committee to let him obtain a labor certification through the special genius clause. What is there to hesitate about.

However, Darren Joyce and Moyes have completely different perspectives in mind.

At this time, Moyes was actually thinking about the stability of the dressing room. As an experienced manager, Moyes is certainly aware of his lack of prestige in the dressing room, and with the team's poor record, he is increasingly concerned that the players are pushing the hierarchy to fire him en masse. In this case, Moyes thinks more about wanting team bigwigs like Van Persie and Wayne Rooney to firmly support him.

And if a striker is recalled, it is inevitable that these two will not think much about it. And Moyes doesn't think that Li Qingshan's ability can squeeze out Van Persie or Rooney to get a starting position, and the team has played well in the last three league games after losing to West Bromwich Albion, with two wins and one draw.

However, it is true that the forward combination of Wayne Rooney and Robin van Persie has not been effective this season, and Moyes knows it. Needless to say, Van Persie's form has suddenly plummeted this season, and injuries have started to appear. Rooney is in a similar situation, with his running ability and scoring ability not as good as before.

Moyes was still hesitating and weighing in his heart. For him, he cherishes this opportunity to coach a big club too much. But the more he tried to do a good job, the more unsatisfactory he became. Now that the Premier League has only been played for 10 games, Moyes has no more on his face as the successor to Alex Ferguson at the start of the season. He also seems to have taken a toll on his self-confidence, making him increasingly hesitant to make decisions.

"Let's watch for a while." Moyes hesitated for a long time, but finally did not make a decision.

Joyce spread his hands and said a little angrily: "It is estimated that there is no time on our side, it is estimated that in two days, the offers of some teams will be on your table, whether to stay or let him transfer, you need to make a decision as soon as possible." ”

If it was Ferguson on the other side, Joyce would never dare to speak to Moyes in this tone, which also shows that the new manager of Manchester United does not have the unanimous trust of the club's staff.

Moyes sat in his chair, his eyes fixed on Joyce.

Joyce was a little uncomfortable stared at by Moyes, and his gaze began to wander. After all, it was his boss who was sitting opposite, and he knew that his tone didn't have much respect for this boss.

"So all offers are rejected, and we will continue to observe until his loan period expires." David Moyes finally made the decision with a firm hand, adding: "I've looked at the Asian league schedule and their season is not over yet, and besides, the club that won the Asian title is still going to play in the Club World Cup. Before the winter transfer window opens, let's not talk about Li Qingshan. That is not the focus of our work at this stage. ”

Darren Joyce couldn't help but sigh as he came out of Moyes's office.

He suddenly remembered Pogba, who played well at Juventus, and if Moyes continued this attitude, perhaps Li Qingshan would become Manchester United's second Pogba.

As an old courtier left over from the Ferguson era, Joyce suddenly felt a little disheartened at the moment.