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Chapter 402 Manchester United's signings

Manchester United has invested a lot of money in transfers this summer.

On the back line, Manchester United did not choose to complete the buyout agreement with the Belgian central defender Van Buyten who joined on loan in the winter transfer window. The Belgian central defender was returned to Marseille, and then quickly transferred to the Bundesliga Hamburg team.

Van Buyten's performance in the early stage of joining Manchester United on loan was indeed not bad, but he was placed on the injured list after only playing 5 games, and he was truce until the end of the season.This caused the old man to worry about his physical condition.After all, Van Buyten is a super big man with a height of 1.9 meters six. Under the super-strong game rhythm of the Premier League, it is easy to become a glass man.

In this way, Van Buyten had the experience of joining the top European giants earlier than in another time and space, and he still won the Triple Crown Manchester United, so he unexpectedly won two important championships: the FA Cup and the Champions League!
As for the Premier League champion, because he did not meet the minimum number of appearances, he missed it.

However, Manchester United still introduced fresh blood on the back line, that is, spending 690 million pounds to introduce Argentine defender Heinze from Paris, and also lured the young central defender Pique from Barcelona.

Heinze is the core of Paris' defense. He is fierce and decisive in defense and has a tenacious fighting spirit. He can be competent as a central defender and left back. Manchester United's introduction of him is a good complement to the defense.

Although Heinze is not tall, he has quick reactions and speed, which can complement the tall Ferdinand.This is another option for Manchester United, which the Belgian central defender Van Buyten does not have.

The Belgian central defender is taller than Ferdinand, and his speed and turn are also slower. The combination of him and Ferdinand has sufficient air defense capabilities, but once the opponent hits the back, it will be very troublesome.

As for Pique from La Masia, Ferguson is more planning for the future.After all, this kid is only 17 years old, and he is too young for the position of central defender.

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Because in terms of midfield, Manchester United has Yin Jun, Roy Keane, Giggs, Scholes, Ronaldo, Fletcher, etc., which can already be called the strongest midfield configuration in the Premier League. Intended to sign reinforcements in the midfield.

Manchester United's key signings are on the front line.Uruguayan striker Forlan has been at Manchester United for two and a half years, but his performance has been unsatisfactory, and Ferguson decided to clean it up.Then the Uruguayan striker moved to La Liga's Villarreal, nicknamed the "Yellow Submarine".In terms of introductions, Manchester United introduced forward player Alan Smith from the former rival Leeds United before the end of the season, which cost Manchester United 700 million pounds.

However, these few transfers are small-scale, and Manchester United's real target is Everton's talented striker Wayne Rooney.

Because in Yin Jun's renewal conditions, there is a requirement for Manchester United to invest no less than 5000 million pounds in the transfer market every year. Although this does not require Manchester United to complete all transfers in the summer transfer window, generally speaking, in the winter In the transfer window, it is difficult for Manchester United to get a good signing target, so it mainly depends on this summer transfer window.

Currently, Manchester United's expected transfer price for Wayne Rooney is around £2500 million.But even so, Manchester United still only spent 4000 million pounds, which is still a gap of 5000 million pounds from 1000 million pounds.

If Manchester United performs well in this Community Shield game, Ferguson will just let it go. At most, he will spend another tens of thousands in the winter window to make up the thickness of the lineup.

But because Manchester United is in this dialogue with Arsenal, the defense is like paper.Although we can still look forward to the return of Ferdinand and the arrival of Heinze, Manchester United's defense still has a lot of problems.

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From last season and this summer's training camp, the current situation has shown that O'Shea, Wes Brown and Sylvester are all embarrassed.They may be able to serve as a good substitute rotation player, but they are really powerless to take on the task of the main force.

Even if Ferdinand returns, Heinze is in place, and Gary Neville is added, Manchester United's defense still has big problems.

What's more, Manchester United will definitely fight on multiple fronts in the new season, and it is necessary to reserve more manpower on the defensive line.

Ferguson knows very well that the saying that offense wins fans and defense wins championships is not just talk.Last season, with Manchester United's defense wide open, although they beat Arsenal and Chelsea to win the Premier League championship, they also went all the way in Europe and defended the Champions League, but this was based on Yin Jun's explosion.

Although Yin Jun is talented enough, Ferguson does not dare to put all his hopes on Yin Jun, especially hoping that he will maintain the super explosiveness of last season.

Therefore, if Manchester United wants to compete with Arsenal and Chelsea in the new season, they must strengthen their defense.

Especially when Chelsea has invested heavily in the transfer market this summer and has invested almost [-] million pounds in signings.

As for signings, Ferguson already has a target.United scouts in Eastern Europe and France have been eyeing a centre-back and a left-back for a long time.

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Yin Jun didn't know Ferguson's signing plan. Although he added a signing clause in his contract renewal with Manchester United, Yin Jun knew that this was not a reason for him to directly interfere with Manchester United's transfer.

Therefore, even though he knew that Van Buyten would have an outstanding performance in Bayern Munich in the future, he still did not express his hope that the team would keep the Belgian central defender.

Yin Jun is too aware of Ferguson's strength. If he really interfered with Manchester United's transfer, maybe Van Buyten did not complete the transfer to Manchester United, but he turned around and was pushed to the transfer market.

Moreover, Yin Jun is no stranger to the story of Orange Born in Huainan.Van Buyten may be able to succeed in the Bundesliga, because the confrontation intensity of the Bundesliga is far less than that of the Premier League, but if he really stays at Manchester United, he will not have such success.

Just like Kompany, another Belgian central defender in the future, his ability is indeed strong, and he can be regarded as one of the biggest contributors to Manchester City's rise in the Premier League, but the glass attribute is also very obvious.During his time at Manchester City, except for three seasons with an attendance rate of more than 30 games in the first four years, he missed at least 10 games in the rest of the seasons.The vast majority of that was due to injuries, not rotations.

After watching the Community Shield game that was lost to Arsenal by a big score, Yin Jun's idea was to settle the domestic affairs as soon as possible, and then fly to Manchester to play King.

(End of this chapter)