Football: I am only 16 years old, and you want me to retire and make a comeback?

Chapter 548 Ten Hach: Come on, Glazer! Come on, Glazer!

Marca's front-page headline: Manchester United made a €1.2 million bid for Dembele, but were rejected by Barcelona again.

"There is no doubt that Manchester United wants to pursue a sufficiently good winger or center forward, and Dembele is considered the best option."

There are just too many fans and teams that follow Manchester United.

Manchester United's tactics have been unique in the last two seasons, so their transfer targets have been quite clear.

Top-class center forwards or top-class speed-type wingers.

Manchester United needs these two types of players the most, because only these two types of players can create the best chemistry with Tang Ye.

Top-class center forwards, needless to say, such players are rare in the entire football world.

Manchester United's only solution to their attacking problems should be a speedy winger, and among all the speedy wingers in the world, Dembele is the most likely to be willing to join Manchester United.

But Barcelona really wanted Tang Ye so badly that they sulked with Manchester United.

The fact that they won't give Tang Ye or Dembele makes the deal even more difficult.

"Taking a step back, we can buy Werner."

Van der Gach's head was buried in a pile of documents, and Ten Hach could barely see his head.

"No, Werner won't do."

"Hey, why not, Eric? You said you wanted a top-tier speedster, the faster the better."

If Ten Hag wants to build his tactics around Tang Ye, then a speedy striker is essential.

Werner has exceptional short-range acceleration and is adept at cutting inside and reaching the byline, perfectly meeting the requirements of the Manchester United manager.

"Werner's shooting is terrible."

Werner's shooting statistics are why Ten Hag doesn't want the player: "Didn't you see? His shot-to-goal conversion rate is too low, and he doesn't have any ball control or dribbling skills at all."

Werner has speed, but that's not enough.

Ten Hag needs top-class wingers.

What was it like?

A winger who can run, pass, control the ball, and dribble—only a winger like that can join a top team like Manchester United!

"Werner could be considered as a second option."

Knowing that the situation was not very favorable for Manchester United, Ten Hag backed down.

"It would be great if we could bring them both over. I'll be having a meeting with the higher-ups the day after tomorrow. We've already won the Premier League title; it would be unreasonable to not have at least 2 million in transfer fees this summer."

"If you had 200 million euros, why would you buy two forwards and two defenders?"

“I know, we can take a look at De Ligt.”

"Buy three people? Then 2 million won't be enough."

Van der Gach did a quick calculation.

The three players that Ten Hag wants are no small fry.

The market value of these three players are €1 million, €6500 million, and €6000 million respectively.

Players of this caliber aren't something you can just pick up whenever you want!
"Let me see if I can ask for more money."

"...Keep it up, Eric. I don't think those Glazer brothers are that easy to talk to."

"Let's take a look at the full-backs, especially the right-back."

"Leave it to me, Eric. You just focus on getting the money."

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Carrington Base.

After the morning training session ended, the Manchester United players didn't rush to leave but instead gathered around Tang Ye and chatted.

There were many reporters around.

Today is Tang Ye's personal awards day; he will receive the Premier League Player of the Season award at the training base!

Premier League

The female reporter's microphone bore the "Premier League" logo, and Tang Ye was receiving his Premier League assist king trophy from a staff member.

This is Tang Ye's second time receiving this trophy, which is shaped like a small golden statue ready to pass a ball.

I don't know how much gold it contains, but it definitely has some weight to it.

【Playmaker winner 2018/19】

The Premier League assist leader for the 2018-19 season!

Click, click, click!

Giving the photographer a little time to take pictures, Tang Ye then handed the trophy to Rodri beside him: "Hold this for me, okay?"

The second trophy is the Premier League Silver Boot this season. This is indeed Tang Ye's first time winning this award, and to be honest, he is quite excited.

A soccer shoe, but it's made of silver.

Come on, haha!

Tang Ye signaled to the photographer that they could take pictures.

"Wow, Tom, you didn't have this smile on your face when you won the assist title."

The reporter joked.

"Hmm... because this is the first time I've won a top scorer trophy, I've never scored so many goals before."

Tang Ye raised the silver boots.

As he said, 21 goals in a single season is indeed very rare for a midfielder.

The Premier League midfielder's single-season goal record is held by Chelsea midfielder Frank Lampard with 22 goals, and Tang Ye is just one goal away from that record.

"You're still Manchester United's top scorer this season," the reporter reminded him.

"haha, thank you!"

Tang Ye handed the silver boots back to Alai, and asked his teammates to hold them for him.

He still has one more, most important trophy to receive.

That's the best player in the Premier League this season!
Click!

Click, click, click!

Many fans say that if Tang Ye hadn't been there, the Premier League Player of the Season would have been Virgil van Dijk.

But this assumption is not valid.

Tang Ye is in the Premier League, and this season he completely dominated Van Dijk!

Following the prepared script, the reporter asked Tang Ye about his feelings on winning the Player of the Season award again.

Of course, these questions are all too simple, and Tang Ye's MVP award is a foregone conclusion, so they can't attract the attention of fans.

What gets fans' ears perked up is something else entirely.

"Starting in April, or rather, January of this year, there were news reports a long time ago that other teams were interested in you. Have you heard about these reports?"

Tang Ye, holding the season's best player trophy, said, "Yes, definitely. I read the news often, and I'm aware of these things. Most of the news is fake, but some is true."

This is an official announcement; a club has indeed made an offer to Tang Ye.

"So...the question Manchester United fans are most concerned about is, do you have any plans to transfer and leave?"

"No, no, I'll stay here." Tang Ye laughed, "Well... actually, I did think about it back in April. My agent was trying to persuade me, and the coaches from Juventus and Dortmund also contacted me by phone. To be honest, I was very hesitant at that time, but, haha, after hesitating, I still gave up."

"Give up? Why?"

The reporter raised an eyebrow, his expression somewhat agitated.

Tang Ye has personally stated that he will not transfer or leave, so this news is bound to break.

"Well... I don't really know how to put it, but I just feel like I shouldn't have left."

"The only bad thing about Manchester United for me is the weather; the weather in Manchester is terrible."

Tang Ye looked up.

It's still cloudy today, and the air is stuffy because it's not raining.

"Apart from that, I feel everything is fine, so I can't think of leaving. Besides, we won the league title just a week ago."

Tang Ye repeated to the reporter what he and Bo Er had said.

If you can win the Premier League title once with Manchester United, you can win it a second time!
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Dongqiudi (a Chinese sports betting platform) pinned post: Tang Ye clearly stated during his acceptance of the Player of the Season award that he will not leave Manchester United. Tang Ye: I will work with my teammates to pursue the Champions League again next season; this is my promise to them.

Paris Saint-Germain fans' dreams shattered.

[GGMU! Manchester United is awesome!]

Manchester United fans are absolutely thrilled.

I hereby declare the Premier League officially in the Erik ten Hag era!

[Hurry up and buy a winger! If you really can't find one, you can buy me. I only need 1000 euros a week, and I'll be the starting right winger for the school team!]

[Upstairs, can you catch Tang Ye's pass?]

Match Preview: FA Cup Final at Wembley Stadium in the early hours of May 25th - Manchester United vs. Manchester City. Manchester United's second title or Manchester City's first?
The league season has ended, and now the last highlight of the Premier League is the FA Cup final.

Two news items caught Manchester United's attention before the FA Cup final began.

The first news came from a German newspaper: Manchester United contacted RB Leipzig to express their interest in Leipzig striker Timo Werner.

Then came the second news item, from the English local newspaper, The Sun.

In this news article, The Sun demonstrated its strong professionalism by analyzing Manchester United's transfer budget for this season from various angles.

"Because of winning the Premier League title, the budget will increase to some extent. Reporters predict that Manchester United's summer transfer budget should be around 1.7 million euros, and could reach 2 million euros if players are sold."

……

“£1.5 million is definitely not enough, Mr. Joel.”

"Teng Hah said."

Sitting opposite him at that moment was Joel Glazer, one of the three Glazer brothers and one of the shareholders of Manchester United.

Everyone says the Glazers are a bloodsucker of Manchester United, and Joel Glazer is the guy who decides how much blood he bleeds out.

"As far as I know, many clubs' combined transfer budgets for two years don't even reach £150 million."

"Joel Glazer said."

Ten Hah gritted his teeth.

Before coming here, Ten Hag had consulted with the club's management and finance staff. According to their calculations, Manchester United should have a transfer budget of at least £2 million this season, but the Glazers said it was only £1.5 million.

Can money just disappear into thin air?

Ten Hach was somewhat angry, but he couldn't say such things out loud.

"Sir, you can't compare Manchester United to ordinary teams. As you can see, we are the champions of the English league, so we are clearly not an ordinary team."

Ten Hag said, "Stronger teams should receive more transfer fees, thus creating a healthy cycle that makes teams stronger. Manchester City has done this very well in recent years."

"However, in my opinion, Manchester United's jersey has a deeper heritage. If we do a little better, we can absolutely dominate Manchester City in both the league and the Champions League."

"..."

Joel Glazer remained calm.

"I know you have good results, but in my opinion, a truly excellent head coach should be able to achieve great things with a small budget. You should know Benfica, Porto, and even some Eredivisie teams. Every few years, they can develop excellent players, sell them for a large sum of money, and then use that money to buy more good players."

"Yes, and Sporting Lisbon, they nurtured Ronaldo! Then they sold him to us. Everyone says Manchester United's management doesn't understand football, but the fans are wrong. I know a lot. So you see, why was it Sporting Lisbon that nurtured Ronaldo, and not us? If we had nurtured him, wouldn't we have avoided spending that money?"

"hiss……"

Ten Hach raised an eyebrow.

The owner wants the club to cultivate its own prodigies and then sell them to make money.

Is it really possible to earn the transfer fee entirely on your own?
"But our positioning is different from those clubs in the Portuguese and Dutch leagues. We are a top-tier powerhouse, spending money to become stronger, playing better football, and attracting more fans. That's what we need to do. That's competitive sports; only by spending enough money can you build a strong enough team."

Build a strong enough team...

Realizing he had made a mistake, Ten Hach revised his statement.

"Create a team that can earn more money. Manchester United is a listed company; as long as they keep winning, our share price will maintain a healthy upward trend. Then the difference won't be tens of millions of pounds, it will be hundreds of millions of pounds."

Ten Hach shifted his position, moving his body closer.

"Mr. Joel, hasn't Manchester United gone many years without winning the Premier League title?"

"We won the Premier League title this year, which proves we have potential. Teams with potential should receive investment so that our potential can be realized."

"..."

Seeing that Glazer remained silent, Ten Hach continued his offensive.

“I will select enough good players for Manchester United and build a team. You've seen Tom's performance, he's only 20 years old, and there's Rodri and Franck. Our midfield is even better than Real Madrid's!”

"With such a young midfield, our potential is limitless. As long as we can acquire a good striker, we can dominate the Premier League for many years to come."

Ten Hag held up three fingers: "Three years! Three consecutive Premier League titles! I'm not exaggerating, I'm stating the facts."

"The midfielders and forwards are all billionaires, young billionaires, this is a dynasty! A dynasty belonging to Manchester United!"

Ten Hag stood up.

"Mr. Joel, by paying tens of millions more now, you might end up with an unstoppable attacking line."

"Mr. Joel, fans say Tom is good at playing with fast wingers, but have you ever actually seen Tom play with a top-tier fast winger? I'm talking about players worth over 100 million."

Glazer paused for a moment, then gently shook his head.

"That's it. Tom has never played with a top-class speed winger, so why don't you just pay for one for him?"

"Fans are just thinking about it now, posting comments online. But if you actually buy a good enough winger and put him in Manchester United's starting lineup, can you imagine what that would look like?"

hiss……

call……

After Ten Hach's lecture, Joel Glazer's breathing became rapid.

"Okay, you go back first. I need some time to think. I need some time to think."

Ten Hach said no more, stood up and left.

When he arrived at the door, the waiter had already opened it for him, but he didn't rush out.

Instead, he turned to look at Glazer.

"This is Manchester United's best chance to revive. Just a few tens of millions more pounds to buy one more good player, and Manchester United's share price will keep rising for the next few seasons. I can assure you, sir."

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(End of this chapter)