I almost helped Manchester United revive, but I chose to run away

Chapter 3: Li Chen wants to create a new Real Madrid in Manchester United?
"Have you read the news? It is said that the new interim head coach of Manchester United made a smooth debut. The training photos exposed by many media outlets all showed a happy atmosphere. There was no sign of any unrest within the team."

"Hey, don't you know the moral character of the media? They only show you what you want to see. It's easy for Manchester United to just give a heads-up and give some money to fool us fans."

"It's a conspiracy theory. Didn't Ronaldo and Varane just accept an interview? They both said that Li's subsequent tactical plan is very suitable for Manchester United. They are so optimistic about it in the team. There must be a reason."

"So what if there is an explanation? Manchester United's problems have been talked about for so many years, but has it ever been solved by changing the head coach? Just wait and see, as soon as Pogba recovers from his injury and returns, this Lee will definitely have a big fight with him! Have you all forgotten how Mourinho and Lee were driven away by Manchester United?!"

"CTMD Sandezi and the Glazer family, get out of Manchester United!"

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After the recovery training on November 11, all the Manchester United first-team players basically showed a relaxed attitude when interviewed by reporters.

This is actually a signal to the outside world - Manchester United has a very good first impression of the newly appointed Li Chen, and there is no sign of turmoil in the locker room.

Many neutral fans who were waiting to watch the fun were immediately disappointed.

However, Manchester United fans who learned the news finally breathed a sigh of relief.

After all, there are still three days before Manchester United travels to challenge Chelsea, who is currently at the top of the Premier League. The team must not make any noise at this critical juncture.

It now seems that Li Chen had an idea in mind. He retained Solskjaer's assistant coaching team, did not make major changes to the tactical structure, and calmed the emotions of the main players as soon as possible.

Putting aside his coaching ability, he is also good at managing the locker room and winning people over. In this respect, he is much better than his teacher.

Just for this reason, many Red Devils fans have new expectations for Li Chen's subsequent coaching methods.

But such expectations are just rootless duckweed.

If Li Chen leads the team to a disastrous defeat at Stamford Bridge three days later, their expectations will immediately turn into a dagger in the public opinion field and stab Li Chen directly!
Ultimately, competitive sports still depend on performance and results on the field.

If Li Chen can lead the team to continuous victory and return to the top four of the standings, then he just needs to be more ruthless in the locker room and suppress many main players. Manchester United fans will not say much, at most they will complain.

But if he can only appease the locker room but cannot lead the team to victory, then Li Chen's fate will not be much better than that of Old Mu.

In any case, in the view of many British media, even if Li Chen has made a good start and established good relationships with many of Manchester United's main players, his prospects of coaching Manchester United are still not optimistic.

The reason is simple. After he took office, Manchester United's recent schedule has been too "devilish" and the injuries within the team have been too serious.

After playing against Chelsea, Manchester United will immediately face Arsenal, who are fighting for the top four, and Crystal Palace, a tough team in the London area!

Judging from the existing injury information, there is definitely no hope for the three main players, Varane, Cavani and Pogba. Luke Shaw's injury status is also unclear and it is unknown whether he can return in time.

Under the double blow, many veteran Premier League coaches have to scratch their heads and feel painful when facing this situation. What can you do as a young coach who only coached a relegation team for half of last season?
There is still more than a month before the winter transfer window opens, and even if Manchester United is willing to spend money to buy players now, they cannot.

During this period, Li Chen had to lead the team to play six league games plus a final Champions League group match.

If one or two more main players get injured during the season, I'm afraid Li Chen, who led the team to the bottom half of the standings, will be fired by Manchester United before the winter transfer window opens!
It was a hellish start. Many senior football journalists mourned for Li Chen in advance, wondering why a young coach with a bright future would wade into the muddy waters of Manchester United at this time.

However, Li Chen, who was being talked about by these reporters at this time, was not in a bad mood.

He also felt sorry for the injuries of Cavani and Varane, but fortunately he still has replacement cards in his hand.

Luke Shaw's injury is quite fatal, forcing him to consider in advance whether to develop Dalot's weak left-back attributes.

As for Pogba...

He was still recovering from his injuries and had been abandoned by Li Chen.

This guy is strong, but his professional ethics is questionable, not to mention that there is a "personal grudge" between them. As soon as Li Chen took office, it was destined that he would not continue to get playing opportunities in Manchester United.

Li Chen doesn't care whether the media and fans will criticize his choice of players because of this incident.

He has now devoted himself to the starting lineup and tactical selection for the match against Chelsea.

At this critical moment, promoting a group of young people and giving them a boost may produce surprising tactical results.

But this miraculous effect is destined not to last long, and Li Chen does not want to continue to make concessions and be tolerant to certain princes in the team just because of the victory or defeat of a league game.

Of course, this does not mean that he will abandon someone, it is also a means of warning.

If you are really determined, then try your best to prove it to me with the quality of your training instead of wasting your talent on being a failure at times.

Other head coaches may give preferential treatment to these so-called outstanding young players in Manchester United after taking office, but how did Li Chen get the position of Manchester United head coach?
He passed the interview by criticizing Manchester United's senior management's management policies and team-building ideas!
He had already scolded San Dezi to his face, so would he still care about the opinions of one or two young princes? !

The tough measures after the conciliation made all the Manchester United first-team players who had previously thought that Li Chen was easy to talk to feel nervous.

There was really no need for the coach to encourage or remind them anymore, as Manchester United's main players all worked hard to practice the new tactics.

Even Sancho, who has always been lazy, arrived at the training ground on time these two days and worked hard, for fear that the head coach would be dissatisfied and put him into the sidelines.

For a moment, the training atmosphere at the Carrington base became very heated.

It was at Li Chen's request that the rest of the coaching staff and Manchester United's first-team players kept their mouths shut. For two consecutive days, the reporters who were stationed outside the Carrington base were unable to extract much valuable training content.

However, the reporter from The Sun is still awesome. He got some fragmentary tactical information from somewhere and reported the general content of Manchester United's recent drills.

"A variant of the 433 formation, with Ronaldo returning to the left, Matic likely to play as a single defensive midfielder, Bruno Fernandes retreating, Sancho switching to a wing attacking midfielder, and an orthodox center forward being used. This..."

"Lee wants to create a new Real Madrid in Manchester United?!"

(End of this chapter)