I am the king of football

Chapter 480 The King's Posture

As the team continued to wave checks to buy players, the date for the entire Manchester United team to gather quietly approached.

It is August, the hottest season of the year. Players from major leagues who have rested for a month have begun to return to their clubs.

Qin Hu was one of the first players to arrive in the team. He, Maguire, Phil Jones and other young players of the team all arrived at the club early. For these young people who have just started their club career, their ambition and enthusiasm for football are far from that of veterans.

Later, the team's veterans Vidic and Ferdinand also arrived late. As the big brothers of the team, although they did not arrive early, they still maintained a pretty good figure after arriving at the club.

However, Manchester United's pre-season gathering to celebrate was still full of Ferguson's classic swearing. This time, Rooney, who had been relaxing all season after winning four titles, gained five kilograms, which is no small amount. It turned Rooney from Little Fatty into Big Fatty.

"I told you not to indulge yourself during the holidays, you XXX!!!"

A huge roar rang out from Ferguson's office after he got Rooney's physical examination data, and Rooney was called in alone to accept this tremendous anger.

Afterwards, the team's fitness coach was called into the office. When Rooney and the fitness coach came out, a special training plan unique to Rooney was immediately presented.

For nearly ten days, while other players were building up their physical strength and exercising their basic skills to find their best form, only Rooney was running desperately on the field and in the gym. And while other players were eating normal meals in the club cafeteria, only Rooney was munching on tasteless chicken breast and vegetables.

Naturally, Rooney lost weight very quickly in this condition. Under the urging of his fitness coach to lose weight at all costs, Rooney finally turned from the big fat man he was when he just returned to the club into a small fat man again.

Qin Hu and others witnessed Ferguson's ruthless methods with their own eyes, which made them determined not to be too indulgent during the holidays in the future, otherwise no one could bear such an experience.

During Manchester United's pre-season training, new signings such as Fellaini and William also arrived one after another. After passing the physical examination, they began to join the team and train together.

Among them, Luke Shaw and Fellaini are both players who already play for Premier League clubs. They can be said to be the players who integrated into the team the fastest.

Young, talented, and down-to-earth players are good choices for all teams because they can form combat effectiveness the fastest. Fellaini and Luke Shaw were soon recognized by Ferguson, and they have begun to enter the A team bench representing the main players in training matches.

The strength of William and Robertson was gradually revealed in the team's repeated training and practice matches.

William from Russia quickly demonstrated his ability to break through and create opportunities on the wing, which is definitely a reinforcement for the Red Devils' wing. After all, neither Rooney nor Van Persie's style is actually traditional wingers, not to mention Welbeck, he is not a technical winger.

As for Robertson, it is clear that he has not yet adapted to the rhythm of the Premier League after being poached from the Scottish League. However, considering his age and the highlights shown in the training match, Ferguson believes that he should be a regular rotation for Rafael.

When it comes to scratching lottery tickets, you can't be impatient. One or two seasons, as long as you can practice it, it's a success.

During the team's entire preparation process, although Giggs also trained with the team, he stood with the coaching staff most of the time, especially on the last day of training, when Ferguson directly arranged him as the coach of the B team to arrange the lineup and tactics.

Obviously, Mr. F also sincerely wants to train his disciple who aspires to coach. How much he can learn this season depends on his own ability.

On August 2013, the pre-match training of the Manchester United team officially ended. The opening match of the 2014-6 Premier League season is coming soon. They will go to the away game to challenge Swansea tomorrow. Although the opponent is not a strong team of the BIG level, Ferguson still gave an impassioned speech after the training that day.

"No matter how many championships you won last season, they have all vanished now. Now you are facing a brand new season. Last season's performance is no longer important. This season, I will still choose the starting lineup based on each of your performances. No one has special privileges!"

"Understood, Boss!"

The atmosphere was lively and everyone was excited about the start of the new season. As everyone was looking forward to it, Ferguson announced the starting lineup for tomorrow's game.

"Qin and Robin are the two forwards."

Qin Hu and Van Persie are still Manchester United's sharpest spears. They deserved to be in the starting lineup of the team's opening game.

"William, Carrick, Fletcher and Shinji Kagawa are the four midfielders."

As expected, Rooney, who made Ferguson furious, did not appear in the team's starting lineup. He had just reduced his weight to the standard and needed to slowly adapt to his physical condition. William, who had just joined the team, started directly.

As for the other three positions, Ferguson chose the players with the best form in the corresponding positions. There is no need to say much about last season's midfielder Carrick. Fletcher is also in excellent form in the new season, making him the team's top midfielder.

After continuous adjustments and adaptations in the second half of last season, Shinji Kagawa is no longer used as the team's midfield organizer but has become a role player. This time he was able to enter the starting lineup mainly due to his diligent training attitude and good performance in training games.

"The back four: Rafael, Phil Jones, Evans, Evra, and goalkeeper De Gea."

On the defensive line, Vidic and Ferdinand completely retreated to the second line, and Phil Jones and Evans, two young defenders who performed well in training, came on the field together. It was obvious that Ferguson wanted to train his players while the opponent was not strong.

As for the two full-backs, there is no change for the time being, but it is hard to say whether Rafael and Evra will be squeezed out by Luke Shaw and Butner this season.

The goalkeeper position is naturally De Gea, who is believed to be able to hold up Manchester United's goal for ten years.

There are so many championship players in this starting lineup, and its strength is unquestionable.

The next day, the game became one-sided as soon as it started. With Qin Hu shooting from the left side of the penalty area in the seventh minute of the game, Manchester United's opening game turned into a massacre.

The final score was 4-0. Qin Hu scored a free kick in the second half to complete his brace. The other two goals were scored by Van Persie and Carrick respectively.

So in the first game of the new league season, last season's quadruple champion Manchester United once again demonstrated their dominance.

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