Dreaming, there is generally no beginning, and everyone is in a dream, as if they have suddenly traveled to the past.

Xiao Yu also feels like he is dreaming now, and this dream has also not begun, starting in 1998, and then I don't know when it will end.

The only thing he can do now is to do what he wants to do before he wakes up!

The news that the new Manchester United had agreed to the FA to guarantee the national league did not cause much of a stir, but on the contrary, Klose's disregard for the FA's debts, his desire to renovate Wembley Stadium and the relocation of the FA's headquarters to Soho Place took up the lion's most space in the newspapers.

There has also been a lot of turmoil in the FA's financial scrutiny of clubs below League One, but the places that have been guaranteed have become less of a concern, as the national league is still an amateur league.

There are only four tiers of professional league in England, League C, League Two, League One and Premier League, and the latter is not even owned by the FA, but has set up its own Premier League league that seems to be outside the FA's sphere of influence.

In fact, Xiao Yu remembers very well that in a few years, with the rise of the Premier League, the FA will become the steward of the Premier League's giant clubs, shouting at will, including Ferguson, Wenger and Mourinho, etc., all criticize their efficiency, as well as the aging and decay of the institution.

may be because Brozel has just come to power, and he wants to do something resolutely, so the assessment of the guaranteed quota is carried out quickly.

Nine of the 20 candidates have abstained, seven of the 11 are semi-professional, including the new Manchester United, and four are professional, mostly in the sixth tier of the Northern League or the Southern League, including one from the seventh tier of the Ismien Premier League.

The new Manchester United come from the ninth division of the North West Division A, which is considered the lowest level of all clubs, but unexpectedly, a week after the new Manchester United handed over the guarantee application, the FA officially announced that after a series of rigorous assessments, the three teams that have qualified to participate in the national league have been born.

They are, the new Manchester United from Manchester, the Forest of Glen from Nelsworth, the team that were eliminated by the new Manchester United in the FA Cup, and Sutton United from Sutton.

Before the expansion of the National League, there were only 22 teams in total, so the three guaranteed teams including the new Manchester United will join the other four promoted teams and two teams relegated from League 3 for the new season.

After the FA announced the decision, the selection of the new Manchester United caused some controversy, but it was only a small controversy, and it was quickly quelled by the FA.

If you want to say that there is no way to take the Premier League clubs with deep pockets, but the FA is particularly strong in cleaning up those amateur league teams, and almost everyone is shocked under the vigorous action.

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After confirming that they will play in the national league for the new season, the preparations for the new Manchester United have also had to be adjusted, including the introduction of the team.

"A goalkeeper, at least one centre-back, a midfielder and a centre-back or midfielder, as well as a right midfielder, and two strikers!" At the meeting, Bruce offered Xiao Yu the reinforcements he needed.

Due to the team's leapfrog promotion, many players in the team will be forced to leave due to lack of quality, among which Ben West and Adam Hammey have been confirmed, and the two players have basically decided to leave.

The rest of the players will depend on the specific reinforcements of the new Manchester United to make a decision.

After all, after being promoted to the national league and having more games, there is definitely no way to rely on 19 people to play the world like last season, nor can we continue to introduce players through trials, after all, the requirements for players in the national league are very different from the Northwest Division B League.

Xiao Yu recorded Bruce's request in detail on the notepad, for fear that he would accidentally forget it.

After today's meeting, Bruce will go on vacation and then return to the club in July.

In order to confirm the level of the national league, Bruce studied the video with Kassel and others overnight, and at the same time went around to understand the opponent as much as possible through relationships.

"No problem, I think when you come back from vacation, at least half of these players that you asked for will be in front of you." Xiao Yu looked chested.

"By the way, Cassel, you should start as soon as possible about the formation of the scouting network, we have just upgraded and are not very familiar with future opponents, we should take advantage of this summer to collect as much information as possible about all future opponents, so that when Steve returns from vacation, he can start immediately!"

Cassel nodded and agreed to Xiao Yu, although he did not support the new Manchester United leapfrog upgrade before, but since Xiao Yu has agreed, the club's promotion has been certain, then the next thing he has to do is to help the team as much as possible.

After explaining the matter, Xiao Yu looked at Professor Fryer and Derek, who glanced at each other and shook their heads helplessly.

"There is definitely no way to set up the laboratory before the start of the new season, so we can only do some simple data collection at that time, but we will arrange it for the team doctor, and the real experimental research will not be done until the Chinese New Year."

Xiao Yu smiled, not in a hurry, and nodded: "That's okay, professor, during the time I left, if you have any needs, you can go directly to Andy, and he will cooperate with you." ”

Professor Fryer naturally does not have any objections to Xiao Yu's arrangement, in fact, Xiao Yu is very supportive of their research, which can be seen from the fact that he consults their opinions in every corner of the training base as much as possible, which can be seen that he attaches great importance to the laboratory.

Incidentally, through the relationship between Professor Fryer and Derek, the new Manchester United have reached a partnership with Manchester Royal Infirmary, which involves the laboratory as well as the injury treatment and medical examinations of the team's players.

"It seems that you already have a suitable partner, can you tell me about it?" Bruce always felt that Xiao Yu had been mysterious and a little curious recently.

As soon as Bruce's words came out, everyone immediately looked at Xiao Yu.

The latter knew that if he didn't leak something today, he might not want to get out alive.

"Have you heard of Pete Crouch?" Xiao Yu asked with a smile.

Everyone present was dumbfounded, who had ever heard of this name?

"Which team's?" Cassel asked.

"Tottenham Hotspur!"

Everyone frowned, and Walsh even flipped through the newspaper to find old news to see if there was such a person in Tottenham's main squad, but in the end he was disappointed.

"Hey, do Tottenham have that number?" Walsh thought that Xiao Yu was deliberately trying to play tricks on himself.

'Yes, he's tall, he's over two metres tall, but he's not very physical, on the contrary, he's a technical player, but he hasn't been able to find a chance at Tottenham, and in January he was loaned to Duvic in the Ismien Premier League, where he only got a measly six chances, and although he scored a goal, it turned out to be tragic.

'I've heard that Tottenham want to keep him out on loan and I want to go to London and talk to them.

"Will he come?" Bruce asks the most crucial question.

A player who has grown up in the Premier League and is willing to play in the national league?

"Definitely, I promise, and the price will not be high, at least within the range we can accept." Xiao Yu said with a smile.

In Xiao Yu's memory, Crouch was loaned to the Swedish second division by Tottenham in the 99-00 season, but he also did not get a chance to play there, scoring 3 goals in a pitiful 8 appearances, which cannot be said to be too bad, but after returning to Tottenham, he was still sold to Royal Park Rangers for 60,000 pounds, and then made a name for himself there, and then played more and more smoothly, and finally transferred to Liverpool and was selected for the national team.

With such a player, now is the ideal time to take him.

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However, when Xiao Yu proposed to the top management of White Hart Lane to buy Crouch, the other party's first reaction was to refuse.

Oh my God, these bastards, vampire capitalists, players who obviously don't need themselves, but they just refuse to sell.

But Xiao Yu is obviously not such an impatient person, and he raised the transfer fee to Tottenham Hotspur, raising the offer to £40,000, and on the other hand, he made contact with Crouch.

"Even though we're new to the national league, you can actually see the quality of our club, we almost beat Arsenal at Highbury last year, and we won the North West Division Double last year, even though it's only an amateur league, but don't forget that our club is only a year old."

"This year is a big year for us to develop our team, we were escorted by the FA to the national league, so we decided to increase our reinforcements, our goal is not only to stay in the national league, but also to win the championship and get promoted!"

"Pete, our head coach Steve Bruce admires you very much, believe me, once you come to our team, you will be the main player, and Steve will do his best to bring out your potential and let all the teams know that you are not an ordinary bamboo pole, but a bamboo pole with a skill that is not inferior to the Brazilian footwork!"

In this way, Xiao Yu finally moved Crouch after a lot of effort, after all, the latter clearly realized that he had no way to get ahead in Tottenham and continue to stay, but he was still loaned, rather than this, it is better to transfer to a low-level team to receive training in the game and improve his strength.

With this in mind, Crouch approached the manager of the team and publicly stated that he was willing to stay in the team, but the premise was that he must be guaranteed a chance to play, otherwise, he hoped that the club would consider an offer for the new Manchester United, as they promised him a place in the main team.

It was because of Crouch's persecution that Tottenham finally relaxed its attitude, negotiated with Xiao Yu twice in one day, and finally set Crouch's transfer fee at 50,000 pounds, which was 10,000 pounds less than later.

After ending Crouch's transfer negotiations, Xiao Yu did not leave London immediately, but took a bus north to the small town of Hitchin in the north of London

PS: I'm going out for a drink!

The next star who is also in the Premier League, almost made the first England national team for Fabio Capello, guess who?

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