The legendary Red Devils coach: The road to success

Chapter 90 A good father will have a good son?

"Football does not believe in heredity, but only in real strength. Unique talent, a desire to win, a strong will and hard training, as well as meeting a coach who suits you and some luck from fate can make a player successful."

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Another thing happened in the summer of 1988. Ferguson did not avoid relatives and recommended his son Darren Ferguson to the club.

The Red Devils board of directors quickly agreed, and Darren Ferguson got the opportunity to join the Red Devils and became a member of the Red Devils youth team.

This incident later became a black spot for attacking Ferguson. Even the Red Devils' meritorious captain Keane once severely criticized it, believing that Ferguson was operating in a black box, suspected of corruption, and involved in interest transfer, which should not be allowed.

Ferguson was wronged. When he started the youth training at Manchester United, Manchester United was not the club that young players wanted to join. In order to attract young football players of all ages, Ferguson had to go to various communities and schools to recruit them, and to various amateur clubs and community teams to promote the club. In order for Manchester United to discover Giggs, the young Welsh talent, Ferguson not only had to go there in person, but he also had to visit him more than once or twice. When Lee Sharpe joined the club, he was a young man born in 1971, and Ferguson spent 20 pounds on his transfer.

Ferguson opened the door to recruit talents at that time. Any child of the right age who showed a little talent could join. Darren Ferguson joined the team through Ferguson's own recommendation, but he did not interfere in this recruitment. Ferguson only recommended Darren Ferguson. Darren Ferguson also went through a series of trials and was finally recognized by Harrison directly and approved by the board of directors.

In addition to Darren Ferguson, the Red Devils also had a number of young people with ordinary qualifications joining at that time.

Darren Ferguson was born in February 1972, a little older than Giggs. He just turned 2 this summer. He hopes to work in football and has a strong interest in playing football.

The staff of the Red Devils Youth Training Camp are all familiar with Darren Ferguson, because this kid followed his father to the Red Devils at the beginning and took the initiative to join the Red Devils Youth Training Camp at the end of 1986. In the summer of 1988, Darren officially signed with the Red Devils, and the "second generation of Ferguson" Darren Ferguson officially became a member of the Red Devils.

The signing was just a small summer ripple, and no one, whether the club, fans or media, thought it was taboo. Many fans even thought that Ferguson was very rare, personally sending his son to the then less famous Red Devils youth training camp, not letting his son train in London with better conditions, and expressing his support for the club with practical actions.

This arrangement will certainly be questioned and even attacked, but many years later, the retired Manchester United 92 stars have sent their children to the youth training camp of their arch-rival Manchester City. In comparison, is Ferguson's move more worthy of recognition from Manchester United fans?

Young Darren Ferguson joined the Red Devils, but no one paid too much attention to him just because he was the coach's son, and there was no flattery or fawning. Darren Ferguson's life in the Red Devils youth training camp was no different from Lee Sharpe and Giggs. He and his friends also watched with envy as Mark Hughes was introduced to the first-team stars by his father, and gathered with his friends for training under Harrison's whistle. At the Cliff base, young Ferguson enviously watched powerful center forwards like McClair show off their strong muscles, watched Bruce's seemingly slow but extremely accurate flying tackle knock the arrogant Whiteside to the ground, and watched Robson have an extraordinary momentum to command everything on the training ground...

Darren Ferguson's talent is not very outstanding, he needs to work harder to become a starter. Darren Ferguson trains hard, works hard to improve his abilities, and keeps growing.

As a father, Ferguson certainly hopes that his son will succeed, but he has been very busy and has no time to personally guide Darren. The reserve team coaches such as Harrison and Kidd are the mentors who lead the team training.

When young players like Lee Sharpe and Maiorana were showing off their skills, Darren thought he could do it too. But when young players like Giggs, Gary Neville, Scholes, Butt, Beckham and Savage grew up quickly, Darren Ferguson found that he was really far behind them.

Darren Ferguson got a formal professional contract with the Red Devils in 1990. Some reporters have always questioned whether Ferguson had any influence on this and suspected that there was a transfer of interests. However, there was no evidence for these accusations, so neither the Red Devils club nor the league management agency has ever investigated or dealt with this.

Darren Ferguson played only five times in the Red Devils in the 1990-1991 season. He played as a midfielder and did not score any goals. His performance was very ordinary. Darren Ferguson played 5 games in the 1992-93 season. This was mainly because the team had many injuries due to the multi-line competition. Darren had to be thrown into different positions to play. With the concerted efforts of the team, the Red Devils won the league championship, and Darren Ferguson was lucky enough to get a championship medal.

Darren Ferguson's Manchester United career came to an abrupt end. He left the Red Devils in the summer of 1994 with his appearance record remaining at 27 games.

Darren's performance is limited by his talent and strength. Not only can he not become a star player with extraordinary strength, but he can't even reach the level of a rotation substitute for the Red Devils. Throughout his career, he has not been able to play a good enough performance and has not brought more help to the team. Although his attitude is hard-working, he also cherishes the opportunity to play and does his best in the game, his strength is indeed too poor.

Coach Ferguson and player Ferguson, it was a rare spectacle for the Red Devils to have father and son playing for the same team, but it soon ended.

In the football world, people generally don’t recognize connections, they only recognize strength. As strong as Ferguson is, his son couldn’t gain a foothold in Manchester United and really win a starting position. In the football world, people generally don’t recognize heredity, they only recognize strength. Ferguson was not bad when he was a player, but his son’s genes were not strong. Even if his son entered the Manchester United system and even played for the Manchester United, it would be hard to say that he achieved real success in the end.

达伦-弗格森随后转会狼队，效力到1999年，5个赛季的时间里也仅仅上场117场。此后达伦-弗格森辗转流离英格兰第3、第4级联赛，最终在2007年过渡成为足球教练。

Darren Ferguson's experience with the Red Devils has always been ridiculed by the media. In 2008, The Times selected the 50 worst players in the top league since 1970, and Darren Ferguson was selected as one of them.

Ferguson was fighting with the English media at that time. The BBC had fabricated facts and directed public opinion to Ferguson's manipulation of the black box operation. A number of media outlets added fuel to the flames, causing Ferguson to fly into a rage and announce a ban on all news media. The Times made a list of the worst players at this time and included Darren Ferguson in it. The meaning was self-evident.

Ferguson and his sons ultimately failed to succeed together, which is also a reflection of the cruel competition in professional sports. It is difficult to have family inheritance in the field of football. The saying that a good father will have a good son is not realistic. It is basically just a good wish for a son to inherit his father's business. In the end, everything has to be determined by strength.

Darren Ferguson had a good father, so he was able to enter the Red Devils smoothly and got a chance to play, but that was it. He was ultimately unsuccessful and left the Red Devils in embarrassment. The intensity of competitive sports lies in the competition between talent and strength, and all of this cannot be covered up in a black box. Ferguson would not put Darren in the starting lineup because of nepotism, nor would he disregard the interests of the team.

Ferguson has professional ethics when it comes to work interests and family relationships.

When Darren Ferguson joined the Red Devils youth training, no one knew the team would be successful, and no one knew if Darren would succeed. Ferguson was more interested in advertising, hoping that more young players would join.

The official signing is like a lottery ticket. When the youth players reach the age of signing, the rest is left to time and fate. Young players will certainly have the opportunity to play and perform. Ferguson did not show favoritism. Even though Darren Ferguson played until 1994, there is not much to blame or criticize from the overall process.

Let's talk about the performance of the players from different generations. In the field of football, it is difficult for the second generation to surpass the father. Ferguson was a top striker in Scotland when he played professional football, but his son Darren Ferguson obviously cannot compare with his father. Darren was like this when he was a player, and he didn't make much progress as a football coach. He showed no signs of surpassing his father.

Another example is Zidane's son Enzo. Born in March 1995, he has been trained in the Real Madrid youth training camp since he was a child. The media praised him to the sky, saying that he was the main attacking midfielder of the Real Madrid youth team. It was true, but it was just a boast. Real Madrid never intended to sign him as a first-team player. Zidane recommended him to Ferguson, but the Red Devils just sent him to the youth team for a trial.

Most of the second-generation football stars have little success. Maradona's illegitimate son played for a team in the fifth-tier Italian league. Pele's son Edinho played as a professional player for eight years and was always a backup goalkeeper. Beckenbauer's son Stefan played for Nuremberg and Saarbrücken, but his performance was also mediocre.

Of course, there are exceptions. The Maldini family in Italy is a family legend in the history of football. Maldini Sr. was an Italian international, and later Paolo Maldini was even more famous, becoming the captain of both the national team and Milan. The family of the legendary goalkeeper of the Red Devils, Schmeichel, is also extraordinary. Schmeichel himself is a legend of the Red Devils, the patron saint of the treble, and the hero of the Danish team's winning of the European Cup. His son, Schmeichel Jr., also won an incredible Premier League title with Leicester City, becoming a great legend. If we add more to this list,

Apart from a few names, no one else can be so powerful.

The Cruyff family is also related to the Red Devils. Johan Cruyff is a Dutch legend, a Barcelona star, and a famous great figure in football history, but his son Jordi Cruyff was not able to continue to polish his father's brand. Jordi played for the Red Devils and was once a starter, but then suffered injuries and was loaned out, which eventually left regrets.

This topic even involves Beckham. David Beckham is a legend of the Red Devils, England's darling, and a cross-border superstar, but his sons did not inherit his legacy. Brooklyn, the only possible eldest son, was not favored by people in the football circle, and of course he could not reach the heights of his father. Romeo has always insisted on playing football, but his achievements are also very limited. The one who can make a name for both father and son in the top league is Paul Ince. He plays for the Red Devils and Liverpool, and his son Ince Jr. also plays for the Premier League team and becomes a regular starter. Although he is far behind his father, who was once known as the best intercepting midfielder in England, he is at least a regular in the Premier League.

Competitive football is like this. It never believes in family inheritance and never recognizes bloodline. The real open arena only looks at strength. No matter who you are, you must accept the test of victory or defeat. Only talent, hard work and opportunity can create success.

Darren Ferguson's joining the Red Devils was just a small matter. Ferguson's main focus at the time was still on recruiting players. As time passed, the Red Devils did not make any big moves until the end of the transfer window. Despite this, Ferguson still insisted on cleaning out some players. The Red Devils eventually sent many people away in the summer, including Remi Moses, Arthur Abinston, Graham Hogg, Kevin Morley, Chris Thune, Peter Davenport, Lim O'Brien and Jeppe Olsen.