i am beckham

Chapter 162 Keegan tore off the disguise

Winning Reading did little to ease the pressure on the team, and the game was not even an appetizer for the title race.

The match against West Ham United is the top priority. This tough team just won a head-on victory against Newcastle United in the last round of the league, and their morale is high.

The importance of this game to Manchester United is self-evident. If the team can beat their opponents away, not only can they continue to put pressure on Newcastle in terms of points, but they can also take advantage of the public opinion war.

The opponent that Newcastle did not win in the away game was won by Manchester United. This comparison cannot explain some problems.

In the hands of a head coach who can't create momentum, these small problems are small problems.

Beckham is well aware that once the team wins, their coach can make Keegan uncomfortable for the next week.

Of course, Keegan's inability to deal with the old man in front of the media does not mean that he is an ordinary person. At present, there is no one in the Premier League who can compete with his own head coach at the media level.

He believes that after this season, Keegan should be able to figure out what psychological warfare is all about.

In fact, the Newcastle coach understood the spirit of psychological warfare much faster than he expected.

The day after Ferguson's interview, Keegan was also interviewed.

When it came to Ferguson's championship experience yesterday, the Newcastle coach smiled frankly and said without hesitation: "Yes, before this, Newcastle hadn't tasted the championship for a long time, it was just an unavoidable problem for the team.

Facing the experienced Manchester United, we have to give our all in every game, only in this way can we hold the lead at the end of the league. "

Keegan's response seemed modest, but it was actually quite linguistically intelligent.

First, Newcastle's lack of championship experience does not mean that I lack experience. It is that the club has not achieved much in recent years, so don't blame me if you have any.

Second, the game is played game by game. As long as we go all out, we will still be able to speak for ourselves.

Third, Newcastle is leading now, not Manchester United, so don't make so many useless mistakes.

Of course, Keegan is also very clear that the next game is very important for Manchester United, and the competitors must not be allowed to go into battle lightly, and they must be more or less blocked.

So he went on to say: "Alex is a respectable coach, he is worthy of my study in many aspects, I respect him very much.

I heard that his contract with the club will expire at the end of the season, but the two sides have not yet reached an agreement on the renewal issue, which sounds unbelievable.

I wondered what went wrong, Mr. Alex was not respected enough for his role as the team's meritorious coach.

I don't know what went wrong, but it's unbelievable for a club of Manchester United's level. I always thought it could only happen to a low-level club. "

When Beckham saw the news on the newsstand, he also had to lament Keegan's ruthlessness.

This guy disguised himself as a little white rabbit before, and he was willing to chat with anyone with a smile.

Seeing that the season is at its peak, the little white rabbit finally takes off the disguise and reveals the fangs of the big bad wolf.

But he had to admit that Keegan managed to lift which pot without opening it during the interview.

The issue of contract renewal is a concentrated expression of the conflict between Ferguson and the club's board of directors, and it is also the last issue that the Manchester United coach does not want to mention now.

As the birthplace of modern football, the composition of the FA members is very complex, a hodgepodge of military, business, political, and royal family members.

It is said that an army major general's artillery theory has played a very important role in the current style of English football.

The FA widely accepts people from all walks of life, but there is a lack of people who understand football.

Similar to the FA, among the members of Manchester United's board of directors, people who don't understand football account for the majority. Many people think that Ferguson's tactics are nothing special, and that he wasted a good hand and did not win consecutive championships. It is unbearable for them.

Most members of the board of directors consider themselves gentlemen, and besides pursuing results, they also pay attention to decency in everything.

This strange principle has led to conflicts between Ferguson and the board of directors, and there are many conflicts. There are still signs of intensification last season.

First of all, last season Ferguson lost the league championship and the FA Cup championship, and they all left the championship behind by extremely small gaps.Such a failed season has shamed the board of directors who have become accustomed to the glory of the championship.This is also the biggest confidence in the board of directors to criticize Manchester United. Replace the head coach to try other people's luck. Such a proposal was brought up as a topic of discussion.Although Ferguson has coached Manchester United for many seasons, many board members still feel that Ferguson is not irreplaceable, nor the best coach.Ferguson's tactical play is not miraculous, and he wasted a good hand in vain. Not winning consecutive championships is already unbearable for them.

The second reason is that Ferguson sheltered Cantona. For this reason, he even went crazy on the board of directors and offended many board members.For a long time after that, Manchester United's discipline and the quality of the players were criticized by the media.The so-called gentlemen on the board of directors wanted Ferguson to give up Cantona, but the head coach of Manchester United strongly demanded that the team renew the contract with the Frenchman.

The third reason is that Ferguson cleaned up many core players in the team who were still good at fighting with his iron fist. The storm in the locker room shook the entire Old Trafford.Many of the purged core players have a large number of supporters on the board.These people naturally make a big fuss about the purge of Ferguson, and there are countless accusations and attacks directed at Ferguson.

Those board members who didn't pretend to understand couldn't understand that Ferguson expelled Ince but kept Cantona. They also believed that the Scots had a blind trust in young players.They believe that he has been running the team based on his own instincts all these years, and some people even directly claim that he is the dictator of the team.

Keegan put the contract renewal issue that had been dealt with coldly on the table again, which made the big bosses on the board of directors lose their face. Some people began to bring words through the media, implying that as long as Ferguson stated that he would put the club's honor first, the contract renewal matter still needs to be discussed.

When Ferguson read the news from the newspaper, he laughed immediately: "We must not underestimate Kevin, nor have the slightest sympathy for him."

This old boy is absolutely poisonous.

Almost on the day the board's hint hit the papers, the Manchester United manager received interview invitations that, for him, simply couldn't be turned down.

Facing the questions from the media, Ferguson seemed very calm: "We have reached a consensus on the contract extension at the beginning of the season, and we will have to wait until the summer to discuss this matter.

Now we are at a critical stage of the league, this is not an appropriate time, I only care about the team's next game now. "

Ferguson was not prepared to compromise with the board of directors, and he put all his bets on the team's performance.

The next few months will be crucial for the team. Seeing that his head coach has not been treated fairly, Beckham feels very aggrieved. He has reached a level of harshness on the quality of his training.

A slight slack now may lead to an irreparable ending.

Who would have thought that the greatest head coach in the history of Manchester United would encounter such a situation at this point in time.

(End of this chapter)