267 One hundred and fifty million?
"Boss, I never wanted to leave Manchester United on my own initiative." Jonk broke the silence and spoke, not daring to look Ferguson in the eye when he said this, not because Jonk was lying, but because he didn't know how to face the old man.
"I'm not going to coach for more than three years, that's the longest intention, I can assure you." As if Ferguson was talking to himself, the old Scottish man looked at the sunset and said, "My body does not allow me to continue this overwork, and I think my wife deserves to enjoy more of my time." The older you get, the more guilty you become, my wife, Cassie, who has been urging me to retire. ”
Jonker's eyes widened as he looked at Ferguson, he couldn't understand why Ferguson had suddenly started saying this.
Sensing Ferguson's surprise, the old man patted Jonker on the shoulder, and the two sat down on the bench.
"If I could be 10 years younger, no, five years younger, I wouldn't let you leave Manchester United and I would say to everybody that I want to take Jonker unless I'm dead. I thought I could retire and watch you play at home and watch you lead Manchester United. ”
"Boss, I'm not leaving, I'll wait for you to retire before leaving." Jonker felt panicked in his heart, he knew that the old man must have seen his decision, so he said these words, and the old man didn't blame himself, which made Jonker's heart even more uncomfortable.
Those who know Alex Ferguson well will be surprised by the sight, the old Scottish man has never been so kind-hearted to a man who is leaving Manchester United, whether it be David Beckham or anything else. Perhaps, Ferguson also knew. It's really not that Jonk himself is leaving Manchester United, and that's it. What the Glazer family did also made this stubborn old man angry. I was a little discouraged and started to really think about retiring.
What Jonk didn't know was that just yesterday, Ferguson and club owner George Jonck. The Glazer had a big argument, the angry old Scottish man even overturned the table, and Ferguson almost fell out with the club for the sake of Jonker.
Then, Ferguson and Jill, the club's chief executive who sold Jonk, lashed out angrily.
"Jonk is worth £100 million and it's a financial crisis. If you are the president of the club, can you resist the temptation? Jill asked Ferguson.
"He's my player, not a bunch of money." Ferguson said.
"No big transfer fees, where did you get the players." Jill said unceremoniously, he also knew that this incident hurt Ferguson, and lowered his tone and said, "Alex, the Yankees have decided." The club agreed. Half of the transfer fee from the sale of Jonk could be put into the transfer market. ”
"But there's only one Jonker." The old man was almost growling.
"The question is, in this situation, do you think Jonker will still choose to stay at Manchester United?" Jill says the crux of the problem now. If it weren't for Ferguson's desperate attempt to stop the Glazer family's single move to sell people, would Jonker, who had been chilled by this incident, still choose to stay?
The answer is obvious. No!
Honestly, now. What really keeps Jonker at Manchester United is his relationship with Alex Ferguson. The old Scottish man can be said to be the father of Jonker on the road to football.
Jonk and Ferguson didn't talk long. The two chatted as if they were father and son, and occasionally greeted the staff at the Carrington training base.
Back at home, Jonk sued SùNana, and he had a conversation with Ferguson.
"You're looking for him?" NANA ASKED.
"No, it was the boss who came to me, he saw that I wanted to leave, and he didn't get angry at me." JONK LOOKED AT NANA'S SURPRISED EYES, AND HE HIMSELF SMILED BITTERLY, "SURPRISED, I WAS ALSO SURPRISED, I EVEN THOUGHT THAT I WOULD BE BEATEN UP BY THE OLD MAN." But he didn't, if the old man scolded me, I would feel more comfortable. ”
"He's calculated, you're an emotional person." NANA SAID HELPLESSLY, "YOU MUST HAVE PROMISED FERGUSON THAT SHE WOULD STAY." ”
"How do you know?" Jonk asked.
"In front of this old fox like Ferguson, how can you possibly win." NANA SIGHED.
Jonke thought about it, the old man was like that, completely with that 'finger twisting' feeling, can he not be soft-hearted.
Jonk and NANA talked in detail, only to understand what was going on, Ferguson was really reluctant to let Jonk leave, in the old man's mind, as long as Jonk can let go of the heart of leaving, he is desperate, but also to prevent the club from selling Jonk, after stabilizing Jonk with emotional offensive, Ferguson negotiated with the club, the old man threatened to resign immediately, forcing the Glazer family to agree, unless a club can get 150 million pounds to break the contract, otherwise Jonk will stay in Manchester United for at least 3 years.
Why 3 years? Because Ferguson has decided to retire three years later, that is, after the 2010-2011 season.
Jonk didn't think anyone would pay £150 million for him, so he told Nana that he was going to stay at Manchester United. If he stays at Manchester United, as for three years later, Jonk said that he would leave Manchester United, he is very disappointed in the Glazer family, and now he chooses to stay, also because of Ferguson's retention.
If Ferguson scolded Jonck as soon as he came up, and reprimanded him for the idea of leaving, Jonk might really fall out with the old man, but, Ferguson's old fox, seems to have been calculated a long time ago that Jonk is soft and not hard, he said that he will retire in three years, such words are said, if Jonk still insists on leaving, is it still a person?
Jonk was sitting bored in front of the TV tuning in, and he didn't know how many times he had tuned up the TV stations. He didn't know if he was too emotional to promise Ferguson to stay.
After Li Jian knew about this, he was also very annoyed, he thought that Jonk was too emotional, and said unceremoniously, do you think you are very powerful? Manchester United can't win without you? Besides, after three years, who knows what it will look like, and what if you're not in good shape?
Anyway, Li Jian meant to let Jonk transfer this time. Besides, Jonker is now 23 years old. Just red, but also career upswing. Staring at the name of the World Footballer of the Year and the European Ballon d'Or, going to any giant, is a well-deserved number one star, and there can be a greater improvement in salary, staying at Manchester United, not to mention anything else, the relationship with the Glazer family has almost been stiffened, and sooner or later it will be a trouble.
Jonker was irritated and simply turned off his phone. Watching TV at home, he used to watch TV only watching those sports programs, but now he doesn't want to watch them, because now in the sports news, the press conference of Manchester United Club is being broadcast, and the club once again solemnly announced that Jonk is not for sale of the team, of course, this time it is not directly said that it is not for sale, leave the next sentence. "To buy Jonk, 150 million pounds!"
Jonker was also present at the press conference, telling reporters that he had never wanted to leave United. As for the photos taken by the media of Mendes and Florentino having dinner together, it is true that his agent and Florentino had dinner together after a chance meeting at the clubhouse. Jonk confessed that Florentino had once extended an invitation to him, but. I politely declined.
Jonk didn't want to see the news of the press conference, he saw the American boss George Jonker who was present at the press conference. Glazer is annoying. He even saw footage of himself saying those words. I also feel bored with myself. He felt fake.
Moreover, Jonke faintly felt that this matter would not end so easily, and he now felt that if he was ruthless and simply ignored the transfer, it would save trouble, but unfortunately he was not that kind of person.
April 19, Goodson Park. In the 2008-2009 English FA Cup semi-finals, Everton played Manchester United at home.
The atmosphere at Goodson Park is enthusiastic, for Everton, to reach the semi-finals of the FA Cup, the morale of the whole team is high, they seem to see the FA Cup winner beckoning to them, maybe for Manchester United or Arsenal and Chelsea, the league and the Champions Cup are their first goal, the FA Cup is a competition that can be abandoned, but for Everton, the FA Cup is a great honor, let alone the FA Cup in England.
In this game, Jonker started the game and wore the captain's armband, seeing Jonk wearing the captain's armband, when he walked out of the players' corridor, the Manchester United fans who came to watch the game broke out into huge cheers, hearing this cheer, Jonker felt much more comfortable, on the field, he felt distracted, he was enjoying football, playing for the fans, not playing for a copper-smelling businessman like the American owner.
When shaking hands and exchanging team flags before the game, Jonk and Everton captain Lescott hugged hard, so that Lescott was in pain and glared at Jonk with a 'resentful' face, how did he know that Jonk stepped on the pitch to feel that the depression of the past few days had been reduced a lot, and Jonk was excited.
Jonker was very active at the beginning of the game, he frequently raised his hand to ask for the ball, broke through with the ball at every opportunity, and less than 10 minutes into the game, Jonk had already had three long-range shots.
Jonk looked impatient. Commentator Taibbi said, "You can see that the hype these days has affected him a lot, and he is eager to hit back with a goal." ”
Van der Sar kicked the ball forward and in midfield, Nani was running towards the ball spot, but when he saw Jonker running out of the Everton penalty area and retreating to fight for the top, he ran to the side to meet Jonker.
Jonker and Everton midfielder Osman jumped at the same time, but he jumped a little higher than Osman, grabbed the header, shook his head, Jonk rubbed the football to Nani, and before Nani could stop the ball, Jonk turned around and ran forward. He wanted to make a match with Nani.
Osman immediately turned and pounced on Nani.
Nani held the ball in front of him and continued to dribble, Osman pushed and pulled from behind, Nani did not fight Osman, he pushed the ball with his foot and handed the ball to Scholes.
Osman dropped Nani again and pounced on Scholes, who simply made a sliding tackle to break it, but Scholes slammed the ball to the side and Osman was able to do it again.
After escaping Osman's interception, Scholes pretended to continue dribbling the ball, which attracted Castillo's tackle, and Scholes knocked the ball to Nani.
Barnes immediately slammed straight into Nani. He hopes to use his strong body to knock Nani out of the way and break the football.
However, Barnes underestimated Nani, only to see Nani the moment Barnes bumped into him. The body deftly jumped to the side and flashed. The ball continued to roll forward, and Nani immediately turned sideways to keep Barnes in the way. One accelerated, caught up with the football, and Barnes couldn't do anything with him.
Fresh from Barnes' interception, Neville, who was returning from behind, would rather knock Nani down and issue a tactical foul than watch Nani continue to break through so recklessly.
Nani was staggered by the blow, his center of gravity was unsteady and he was about to fall. Referee Hayes was ready to blow the whistle for a foul on Everton, only to see Nani staggering and stabbing the ball forward......
Everyone's eyes were firmly attracted by Nani's breakthrough just now, and no one noticed Anderson's high-speed follow-up, so when Nani unexpectedly poked the ball to Anderson, the stands at Goodson Park Stadium, Everton fans immediately exclaimed.
Nani's pass was brilliant because he didn't go straight to Anderson's feet, but in front of him, allowing him to get the ball without slowing down. For a player with a very fast speed, there is no more comfortable passing than this.
Everton centre-back Jobe immediately turned and pounced on Anderson with the ball, his intention was to push Anderson off the line even if he couldn't break the ball. Or knock the ball off the touchline and delay the Manchester United attack, which is a successful defence.
However, Anderson has no intention of continuing to break through. He passed the ball directly into the box, and there was no space behind Jobo!
Little Fat Rooney in the midst of a huge boo at Goodson Park. Suddenly appeared there, for this little fat man who debuted from Everton. Everton fans now only hate, no love, after the transfer to Manchester United, the little fat man is open-mouthed and does not say anything bad about Everton.
Everton captain Lescott rushed to Rooney, and Everton goalkeeper Howard also quickly moved to the near corner, ready to block Rooney's shot. That's right, this Howard is the American 'butter hand' Howard who used to play for Manchester United.
Everton, who were scrambling by Manchester United's attack, seemed to have forgotten about someone, one of the most dangerous places!!
Rooney, the little fat man, saw that Lescott pounced, and instead of shooting, he suddenly moved the football sideways to the middle with his right foot, and a red figure was already interspersed.
"Rooney! Brilliant ball! Vacancy!! That's -- Jonker's shot! ”
Everton goalkeeper Howard tried to pounce, but his reaction could not keep up with the speed of Jonker's shot, and before he could make a save, he watched as a white light flashed as the ball hit the inside of the near post and bounced into the back of the net......
Everton right-back Jacobson, who was desperately trying to defend, fell behind Jonker, he had just failed to defend, he was already out of breath, and he wanted to stretch out his feet to shovel in advance, but he was still a step too late, watching Jonk complete the shooting action, at this moment, Jacobson looked at the football in the net in pain, and he was annoyed that he had not been able to keep up with Jonk's footsteps in time just now-
Obviously, the coach said before the game that he should pay extra attention to Jonker, and Jacobson also paid extra attention to it, but just now, he accidentally gave Jonk a chance, and at this moment, Jacobson realized what it means to be a real horror shooter!
One second is enough to change the score!
Jonker ran excitedly on the turf of Goodson Park, he was so excited at the moment, Jonk ran all the way, yelled all the way, he first had a warm hug with Rooney, he picked up the little fat man at once, and threw it on the ground, regardless of running to the stands of the visiting fans, under the gaze of the Manchester United fans in the stands, Jonk knelt on one knee, lowered his head, and kissed affectionately on the Manchester United emblem on his shirt.
At the moment, Jonker doesn't have any idea of putting on a show in his heart, and it's not to please the fans, he is completely from the heart, it is the fans who give him happiness, and this happiness is the biggest motivation for him to play, at this moment, Jonk is completely subconscious, and it has nothing to do with allegiance, if you say allegiance, he is loyal to football!
“Goooooooooooooal!! The ball is in!! Jonker! Jonker! He scored! It was a beautiful goal, Manchester United completely tore through Everton's defence, and Jonker's movement was clever and no one could stop him! ”
Jonk scored twice, Wayne Rooney netted and Nemanja Vidic also had a header on the scoresheet, and only Saha saved face for Everton as United thrashed Everton 4-1 away. Reached the FA Cup final in the 2008-2009 season.
After the game, the English media gave high praise to Jonker. They praised Manchester United, who had Jonker. Lethality increased by at least 50 percentage points.
And "The Sun" is also suspected of creating friction, saying that compared with Cristiano Ronaldo and Jonker, the biggest difference between the two is that Jonk is more man on the court.
The brace in this game also made Jonk feel very good, and the mood of being upset by the transfer has improved a lot these days.
Back home, Jonk had a bit of a headache, Li Jian still kept inking in Jonk's ear, and he urged Jonk to transfer, originally after Ferguson talked to Jonk and launched an emotional offensive. Jonker is still very determined to stay, at least for 3 seasons at Manchester United, but under Li Jian's repeated 'fatigue bombardment', Jonker's decision when he was a little hesitant is not too irrational.
"I said buddy, aren't you tired?" Jonk smiled bitterly, "I've promised Ferguson that I'll stay and don't say anything more." Besides, I can't break my word. ”
Li Jian smiled coldly and said, "Jonke, you are really a pig's head." Remember, you didn't sell yourself to Manchester United, and you didn't sell yourself to that old guy from Alex Ferguson. And, don't you think Ferguson is a bit selfish in doing this? He knew it. The owner of the club wants to sell you, and you will definitely not be treated by the owner if you stay at Manchester United. I still want to keep you, yes, he's for Manchester United's results, to put it bluntly, the old Scottish guy is going to win a few more titles before retiring, but, has he considered you, 23 to 28 years old, the best time of a player's career, you have won almost all the titles at Manchester United, do you still have motivation here? I don't believe it, you haven't thought about taking on a new challenge. ”
"But now I'm the second captain at Manchester United, and I'll be the captain and the leader in the future." Jonk was still stiff-mouthed.
"Pull it down, don't fool yourself, after Ferguson retires, you will be sold by the Yankees, bullshit captain, besides, with your current fame and strength, you are the absolute core of any team, why be angry in the Manchester United team."
Seeing that Jonk was silent, Li Jian decided to add a fire, "You are a human being, not a commodity, nor a slave, you should have your own power and will, don't feel that you are sorry for Ferguson when you leave Manchester United, there is no need for that, the old Scottish man spent a lot of money to buy you, it was because of your strength, and you have also helped Manchester United win so many championships, you are worthy of Ferguson, and if Manchester United sells you for a big price, this fund is enough for Ferguson to rebuild a super team." ”
"Do you think Ferguson is good to you? Don't talk about Alex Ferguson, if I'm the manager of a team, with a player like you, I can't be nice to you, to say something unpleasant, I can call you brother in private, as long as you can help the team score goals and help me win, understand? Li Jian's mouth was as if a machine gun was firing, full of firepower.
Jonke really wanted to sew Li Jian's mouth with a roll of tape, because, with this guy saying it was very straightforward and rude, but it seemed that it really meant that.
Jonk rubbed his temples, "I didn't say I wouldn't transfer, didn't I say it, there is a team that can get liquidated damages, and Ferguson will let me go." ”
Li Jianzhen wanted to give Jonk a slap, but he could see it, because of the club's chilling move, Jonk wanted to leave, but the old guy in Ferguson used his emotional offensive to make an emotional drama that he would retire after three years, and as a result, the emotional Jonke was 'soft-hearted' and agreed to stay.
"Liquidated damages, £150 million?" Li Jian asked with slanted eyebrows.
"yes." Jonk sighed, he thought, no one can afford this liquidated damages, he wants to stay at Manchester United, to make Jonk treacherously say to Ferguson that he wants to leave, Jonk can't do it, although he also knows that his idea is very stupid in modern football, which is becoming more and more commercialized and coppery, but, this is Jonk, the emotional Jonke.
"150 million pounds, is it a lot? I'm sure there will be clubs willing to pay this liquidated damages, you know? Li Jian said with a smile, this smile had a taste of conspiracy in Jonker's opinion.
"Really?" Jonk didn't say anything, he didn't think anyone really would pay 150 million pounds for himself.
On April 26, 2009, the 34th round of the English Premier League is about to usher in a key match.
Manchester United host Tottenham Hotspur at Old Trafford, a match that was in the spotlight for the first leg of the season at White Hart Lane, in which Jonker was fouled by Woodgate and left the pitch badly injured, and the shot of Jonker's right leg being spiked in a shovel and spurting blood outwards became the bloodiest moment of 2008 in world football. (To be continued......)