Chapter 192 Ronaldo is here

When Chelsea set off a gold dollar storm, Manchester United seemed relatively quiet in the transfer market and did not make any big signings. On the one hand, the team won the League Cup, Premier League and Champions League three trophys last season, with outstanding results.

It proves that the team's strength is very strong. On the other hand, the age structure of players in Manchester United is relatively reasonable, and there is no need to undergo large-scale lineup replacements.

Of course, there is no change.

In terms of leaving the team, Beckham left Manchester United, who had been playing for more than ten years, and went to Real Madrid for a high price of 35 million pounds.

In addition, French veteran Blanco has experienced two sluggish seasons and won three championships last season, including the Champions League. He chose to retire at the age of 37.

In terms of signing, Manchester United has introduced some young people. The Red Devils first announced that they spent 2 million pounds to introduce the 20-year-old young French striker Berryon from Sunderland, and then Manchester United

Then he stopped signing.

However, this does not mean that Manchester United has closed the transfer window. The team's transfer staff are still investigating several targets, namely Brazil international Kleberson, Cameroon international Jemba, and US international goalkeeper Tim Howard

, and Portuguese teenager Cristiano Ronaldo!

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Just before Manchester United was about to set foot in the United States to participate in the Champions League World Football League, a news of Manchester United's signing came from the United States: the team spent 1.5 million pounds to introduce the American national goaltit from the Major League team New York.

M Howard.

The new American goalkeeper meets with Manchester United in the United States and then joins the team in the Champions League World Football League.

This champion World Football League is a warm-up match that Manchester United will participate in this summer. Manchester United has a total of four games, with opponents being the Soviet Super League giants Celtics, Mexico's Cali America, Serie A giants Juventus and La Liga giants Barcelona.

Then after the warm-up match ends, Manchester United will fly back to Europe and compete in a warm-up match in Portugal on August 6, against the Portuguese super giant Sporting Lisbon. This match is José Alvara, home court of Sporting Lisbon

The completion celebration of the German Stadium, but Ferguson's main purpose is to examine the team's recruitment targets, Sporting Lisbon's newly emerging star Cristiano Ronaldo.

While Manchester United won consecutive victories in the US warm-up match, Manchester United's transfer staff also won the forward of Ligue 1 team Nantes, which cost the team 2.5 million pounds.

When Manchester United won four opponents in the American continent, in a devastating manner, they won the championship of the World Football League in a row, and after making a lot of money, they

Flying non-stop to Lisbon, the capital of Portugal.

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On August 6 local time, Manchester United and Sporting Lisbon began at the newly completed José Alvarad Stadium.

During the game, Cristiano Ronaldo, who was determined to attract Ferguson's attention and thus landed in the Dream Theater, performed very actively in the left forward position, causing Manchester United's right to mess up the chaos.

Especially Manchester United's right-back against Cristiano Ronaldo, the young player O'Shea seemed even more embarrassed on the court. When Cristiano Ronaldo passed him, it was as easy as crossing the road.

Of course, this is also related to Manchester United not sending out a strong lineup in this game. It is more about sending new players, new players and marginal figures of the team to give them a chance to perform. For example, Yin Jun and Fanny,

Giggs and Roy Keane did not make any of the appearances. In the starting lineup, the regular main players of Manchester United last season were Scholes, Ferdinand, Sylvester and goalkeeper Butters.

Four people.

The old man really favored Cristiano Ronaldo, so he specially set up a stage suitable for his performance to inspect him. Cristiano Ronaldo was not disappointed with Ferguson. He performed very well on the court, helping Sporting Lisbon to

The score of 3:1 defeated Manchester United, who played with most of the substitutes.

Although he lost the game, Ferguson always smiled, like a child who saw his beloved toy.

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After the game, Ferguson told Manchester United CEO Kenyon, who had arrived in Lisbon in advance, to speed up the transfer process with Sporting Lisbon, that he would see the Portuguese kid at the Carrington training base before the start of the season.

As a rising star in Portugal's past two seasons, Ronaldo has received the attention of most European giants. As far as Ferguson knows, his old opponent, Arsenal head coach Wenger attaches great importance to Ronaldo, but Arsenal is just Arsenal

The offer could not satisfy Sporting Lisbon, so the Portuguese kid was not taken by Arsenal.

In addition, Real Madrid, Barcelona and Valencia, as well as Serie A giants Inter Milan, have all expressed concerns about Ronaldo.

Especially Inter Milan, the Nerazzurri once fought with Sporting Lisbon in the Champions League qualifiers last season. Although the Nerazzurri finally eliminated Sporting Lisbon successfully, Ronaldo also left a deep impression on the opponent in the game.

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In order to avoid the long and long dreams, Ferguson hopes that Manchester United will get through Ronaldo's transfer as soon as possible.

Ferguson issued an order, and Kenyon naturally did not dare to neglect. Manchester United transfer staff, who had been slowly gritting their mouths with Sporting Lisbon, quickly strengthened their work efficiency and showed their sincerity in the transfer: Manchester United raised the offer to 10 million pounds

, This is the price when Yin Jun transferred to Manchester United last year.

Finally, after a period of bargaining between the two sides, one week later, on August 12, the two sides reached an agreement: Manchester United signed the Portuguese young player for 12.24 million pounds.

Although Kenyon made Cristiano Ronaldo miss the appetizer of this season - the first Community Shield, he finally made the Portuguese teenager enter the Premier League as per Ferguson's request, before the new season officially begins.

On the same day Cristiano Ronaldo joined Manchester United, the transfer of Brazilian international Cleberson, whom Manchester United has been paying attention to, was also negotiated. Manchester United also officially announced the transfer news, and the transfer fee was 5.93 million pounds.

At this point, Manchester United's transfer work this summer has come to an end, and the Red Devils have begun to seriously prepare for the start of the new season.
Chapter completed!