320 starts with relegation
On the morning of July 1, it was a rare sunny day.
The dark clouds that had been piling up over Manchester for the past few days had dissipated, and the golden sunlight was shining on the icy industrial city, bringing a hint of warmth.
But what makes people feel even more warm is the hot enthusiasm from the heart!
For Red Rebels fans and Manchester United fans, today is a memorable day because of a very special person!
David Beckham!
He will officially leave Manchester United today and join the Red Rebels!
Will he become a traitor to Manchester United fans, like the Red Rebels?
Perhaps, however, more United fans still hope that he can get better and better in the Red Rebels.
According to data from the Ministry of Commerce, the Red Rebels' season ticket bookings this season are very hot, and now nearly 25,000 tickets have been booked, and it is expected to exceed 30,000 without any problems, and may even reach 35,000, or even 40,000, and the situation is even better than Manchester City.
No one can deny that the Red Rebels have become Manchester's new third rising force in football, and in terms of results and influence, they have firmly overtaken Manchester City.
The latter also encountered a rather headache this year, that is, their Maine Road stadium had to be forcibly demolished, and they moved to the newly built city stadium in the previous life, but the former district athletic stadium of this stadium was bought by Xiao Yu in advance, and now the Red Rebels stadium is in full swing, which makes Manchester City have to find another stadium.
The Municipal Axe is ready to carve out a plot of land in the northern suburbs of the city for the construction of a new stadium, but City are not financially strapped and their most pressing problem is finding a replacement pitch for the team, with speculation that they may leave Manchester or go on loan to Gig Lane, where the Red Rebels had rented Berry FC.
This should be the most pleasing forced demolition Xiao Yu has ever heard in his life!
On this sunny morning, nearly 500 reporters gathered at the gate of the Red Rebels' Newton Heath training base, all impatiently waiting.
When they saw a convoy protected by a number of police cars, slowly driving from Dreuysden Road to the Newton Heath training base, the reporters immediately swarmed up, holding their cameras high one by one, and shooting at the convoy of special cars provided by Audi.
The convoy slowly drove into the training base, and the reporter was turned away by the Red Rebel Security Department, and could only watch Beckham's vehicle disappear into the training base.
Beckham was led to the lab by club staff, passing through the first-team training area and youth team training area along the way, and he kept greeting familiar friends such as Curtis, Terry and Kaka, which made everyone look very kind.
Entering the laboratory, Professor Fryer and others, who had already been ready, immediately began to do a detailed examination of Beckham's whole body, especially his legs, and then focused on the area where he had been injured.
There was also a series of detailed and tedious examinations that even Beckham himself found surprising, but Professor Fryer explained the role of these examinations and the physical condition of Beckham as reflected in the data.
I had long heard that the outside world admired the Red Rebel Laboratory, but after experiencing it himself, Beckham was surprised to find that this was really a high-tech laboratory that was sought after all over Europe, and even some details of his recuperation in the past were clearly reflected by the laboratory through data.
After more than two hours of testing, Professor Fryer finally passed Beckham's physical examination, and came to the conclusion that Beckham's physical condition was very good and healthy, but he needed to cooperate with the laboratory to make a series of improvements.
For example, the way he takes free-kicks, which can cause some damage to his legs, especially over the years, the laboratory will further evaluate Beckham's special case and develop a set of improvement plans to help him adjust his body without compromising his free-kicks.
In addition, there are some old injuries from the past, which the laboratory felt were not thorough at the time, somewhat hidden dangers, and additional rehabilitation was needed, but these were only minor problems, and they did not prevent him from playing for the team at all, but in order to prolong Beckham's athletic career, it must be cured.
After two hours of testing and talking, Beckham admired Professor Fryer and others, humbly asked some of his own questions, and the laboratory also recorded them one by one, so as to help Beckham in the future.
After his medical examination, Beckham was escorted back to the Audi by the team's security team before driving out of the Newton Heath training base and straight to Old Trafford.
Originally, Manchester United refused to allow the Red Rebels to arrange Beckham's meeting at Old Trafford, but the Red Rebels negotiated with the other side, and in the end United compromised and retreated.
........................ "How does it feel, David?" Taking advantage of the fact that the press conference had not yet started, Xiao Yu asked with a smile in the back.
Beckham's signing ceremony with the Red Rebels was held in the purpose room of Old Trafford, with more than 500 media in attendance, and even Granada TV decided to broadcast the press conference live and the subsequent meeting with the fans.
"Yes, somewhat...... I don't know how to say it! "Beckham is very mixed.
A few days ago he was the most popular star in the stadium, but a few days later he reappeared here and his identity changed dramatically.
"Maybe you have to be a little prepared to wait a minute, maybe they will follow the example of Barcelona to Figo, and greet you with a pig's head!" Xiao Yu jokingly said that he knew Beckham's thoughts, and they were still discussing this matter last night.
The two were talking and laughing backstage, which was captured by some shrewd reporters through the cracks, which made many reporters throw this question to Beckham at the press conference, hoping that he could answer how he felt about returning to Old Trafford in such a situation.
"I can't put it into words!" David Beckham replied sincerely, "I used to be proud to play in this stadium, but at the moment I'm also proud to be able to play here, anyway, Manchester United is behind us, I'm a Red Rebels player now and I'm proud to be playing for a team like this." ”
'But Mr Mourinho has said before that the Red Rebels are aiming for relegation this season, and as one of the best stars in football today, can you allow the team you play for to be so unmotivated?'
Mourinho, who was sitting next to Beckham, shrugged his shoulders with a smile and motioned for Beckham to answer.
"I respect Mr. Mourinho, he is a very strong manager and I think the team's goal of relegation this season is not wrong, because we are new to the Premier League and for a new long Premier League season, every team, whether it is a promoted horse or a defending champion, starts with relegation!"
The reporter praised Beckham's answer, this guy is really experienced in dealing with the media, neither showing weakness, saying that the Red Rebels are relegation teams, nor denying Mourinho's previous words, but pulling all the Premier League teams together.
Well, if you want to talk about relegation, then in the new season, who doesn't start the first step from relegation?
"And what about Sir Alex Ferguson? As last season's FA Cup winners, the Red Rebels will face Manchester United in the Community Shield, and there are rumours that you joined the Red Rebels on one condition that you won't play against Manchester United, right? ”
"No, it's a rumor!" Beckham denied it without thinking about it, "I am a player of the Red Rebels, I have my work ethic, I will play every game for the Red Rebels, whether it is Manchester United or other teams, of course, Manchester United is very special in my heart, I respect every player and coach of Manchester United, without Manchester United there would be no Beckham!" ”
"What if you score against Manchester United? Will you celebrate? ”
Beckham thought for a while, shook his head and said: "No, my work ethic forces me to give my all in the game, I won't miss any chance to score, but if I score, I think I'll cry, but after crying, I'll still give it my all!" ”
Next, the reporter asked a large number of questions, including Xiao Yu, Mourinho and Beckham, and everyone gave answers, and then the press officer of the Red Rebels saw that the time was about the same, and announced that the press department would end.
…………………… After the press conference, the crowd moved to Old Trafford, where the stands were already filled with Red Rebels fans from afar, and only Red Rebels members and those who had tickets for last season's and this season's season were allowed to come to witness the whole process free of charge.
Even so, there were more than 30,000 fans in the stands at Old Trafford, and everyone cheered when Beckham made his debut.
As the president of the club, Xiao Yu walked to the stage in the middle of the stadium to announce that Beckham had joined the Red Rebels, and delivered a speech, believing that Beckham's signing is the biggest and most successful signing since the establishment of the team, and it will also bring strength to the team and is the best gift the club has given to the fans.
After that, manager Jose Mourinho also took the stage to give a speech, and then the atmosphere reached its peak after Beckham took the stage.
It was also at this time that all reporters suddenly discovered that the shirt that Beckham chose was not the No. 7 he was in the Manchester United period, but the No. 23, which is indeed somewhat surprising, because the Red Rebels' No. 7 shirt last season was worn on Hleb, Hleb has left Barcelona this season, and the No. 7 shirt is just vacant.
Seeing the uproar in the press area, Xiao Yu was secretly satisfied, because Beckham's selection of No. 23 was carefully considered by the club, and Bosingwa, who originally wore the No. 23 jersey, has left the team, Beckham's selection of this number can be said to be not competing with anyone, and Hleb's No. 7 jersey fell to Cristiano? Ronaldo.
As for why the No. 23 jersey was chosen, in addition to the fact that No. 23 means Michael in the United States? Jordan, in addition to the club's intention to develop the U.S. market, the Ministry of Commerce also hopes that Beckham will create another DB23 brand outside DB7, which will greatly enhance Beckham's commercial value, and Adidas also agrees with this and strongly supports it.
For example, at the time of the announcement of Beckham's number, all Adidas stores in Manchester will move out the Red Rebels jersey with Beckham's name and the number 23 jersey at the same time, and sell them at the same time.
These are all part of the club's plan to develop Beckham's commercial value and are well underway!
(To be continued)