I am the king of football

Chapter 285 Christmas War
Qin Hu also played a certain role in the entire negotiation process of introducing Maguire. At the request of the club, he had a phone call with Maguire and very sincerely invited him to come to Manchester United to fight alongside him.

As the brightest new star in the Premier League today, Qin Hu has great appeal in all levels of leagues in England, especially to young players.

Everyone knows that Qin Hu has top talent, but there are many talented young players, but not many can realize their talent and become supernovas.

During this period, Ferguson, a world-famous coach who has extremely rich experience in training young players and is willing to give young people opportunities, must have played a huge role.

Now, if you are given a chance to go to Manchester United and fight alongside Qin Hu and be coached by Sir Alex Ferguson, who can refuse?

As for the transfer fee agreed between Manchester United and Hull City, although it is a bit expensive, it is still acceptable.

First of all, Hull City spent 4 million euros in real money to buy Maguire, which is more than 3 million pounds when converted into pounds. At that time, Maguire was just an insignificant young defender from the youth training system in the Sheffield United team that was relegated to English League One.

After joining Hull City, it was the Tigers who gave him the opportunity to gain experience and gradually made him a regular player. It can be said that without the one and a half years of experience in Hull City, Maguire would never have been able to grow so fast.

At least in the eyes of Hull City's top management, the defender's future is absolutely limitless, otherwise their coach Bruce would not have cursed in the office again when the club decided to sell the defender.

You have to know that the last time Bruce reacted so strongly was when the club decided to sell Qin Hu.

Secondly, this transfer took place in the winter window, so Hull City will face the loss of a key defender in the second half of the season. The risk is different from that in the summer window. After all, the team's goal of relegation this season is far from stable.

If it were not for Manchester United's generosity, previous pleasant cooperation, and the player's own strong desire, Hull City would definitely not have sold Maguire in the winter window.

All in all, this is a pleasant cooperation and both parties are very satisfied with what they have got. Maguire will play the remaining league games with Hull City before the winter window and then report to Manchester United's training base. At that time, Ferguson will have one more defender to choose from.

During the process of handling Maguire's transfer, Manchester United was not idle either. In the latest round of the league, they went away to fight Swansea.

This time Ferguson did not hide his weakness and directly played with the team's full main lineup. After Qin Hu scored a world-class goal in the 17th minute of the game, the game began to move towards a result that no longer had suspense.

In the 43rd minute of the game, Van Persie scored a header after receiving an assist from Carrick to extend the lead. In the 68th minute, Little Pea, who had come on as a substitute for less than two minutes, made use of his agile movement to break into the penalty area and received a pass from Qin Hu and easily shot into the goal.

3-0, Manchester United won the last round of the league before the Christmas battle.

If there was anything unsatisfactory in this game, it was that two Manchester United players were injured in this game, which made Ferguson quite helpless.

Thirty-fifth minute into the game, Cleverley fell to the ground in a seemingly not-so-fierce confrontation and was subsequently signaled by the team doctor to be substituted. After the game, the young player, who was highly regarded by Ferguson this season, was diagnosed with a thigh muscle strain and would be out for a month.

Then in the 92nd minute of the game, during injury time, Van Persie fell to the ground during a header. Through the replay of the game, it was found that this header expert actually sprained his ankle when the header landed. After the game, it was announced that he would be out for at least one and a half months.

For a while, the discussion about Van Persie's glass man became popular again. Everyone seemed to be not surprised at all that Van Persie would be injured during the season. After all, he only played in every game for the Gunners last season.

Fans of other teams were happy to watch the fun, but the team involved was in a lot of trouble. Both Cleverley and Van Persie were regular starters for the team, which would inevitably affect the team's preparations for the upcoming Christmas game. When the team returned to training and began preparing for the match against Newcastle United on the first day after Christmas, Ferguson was a little afraid to push the players hard.

The two players were injured in indirect ways during the game, which indirectly reflects that everyone's physical condition has reached a critical point, and some inconspicuous actions in daily life may lead to injuries.

Thinking of this, Ferguson once again cursed the English Football Association in his heart for being inhuman. There were no such messy things as Christmas games in other leagues. These guys really didn't care about the life and death of the team for the sake of money and ratings.

After several days of training, there were indeed no new injuries in Manchester United, but the team's overall condition was lackluster, both in defense and forward. For a while, Ferguson had very limited players to use.

Fortunately, Qin Hu, the team's core striker, was in good shape, at least better than other teammates. After some thought, Ferguson sent him and Rooney as a double striker combination.

"We will play 4132 in tomorrow's game, with Qin and Rooney as the double strikers."

The afternoon before the game, standing in front of the players, Ferguson began to arrange the starting lineup.

"Three midfielders, Giggs, Carrick, Shinji Kagawa, and Scholes in the defensive midfield."

When the main players are not enough, the veterans have to make up for it. This season, the two veterans Scholes and Giggs are the main players who come to save the team. Whenever the young players of the team are not in good shape, they can always win Ferguson's favor with their professionalism.

"The back four is Rafael, Smalling, Phil Jones, Evra, and goalkeeper De Gea."

On the defensive line, the injured Evans had not recovered yet, and Ferguson frowned at the performance of Vidic and Ferdinand in the team's training match, so a defender combination with two defenders who had just returned from injury appeared.

There was no time to worry about so many things. Ferguson was also a little overwhelmed. In the Christmas battle, the team had to face a situation where some were injured and some were in poor condition. He had no choice but to go ahead with it.

"Everyone must be fully alert for tomorrow's game!"

Christmas is the most important holiday in the West. The games on this day are bound to attract everyone's attention. No team will miss the opportunity to please their fans with victory on this day.

After taking a quick look at the players in front of him, Ferguson banged on the tactical board, his eyes as sharp as lightning. This famous coach exuded unquestionable majesty.

"I will be watching every one of you from the sidelines, don't let me down!"

With a wave of his hand, Manchester United's final pre-league mobilization ended.

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