Star card system.

Although Southampton has been in poor form recently, it was not easy for Manchester United to score a goal today.

With Van Dijk on the Saints' defense, Manchester United's offense was disrupted many times.

Van Dijk not only has outstanding personal abilities, but is also a commanding player, driving the entire defense line to defend as a whole.

In the first half, the two sides played 0-0, and Van Dijk scored the first goal.

In the second half, the team changed sides and fought again, and it was still Manchester United's mad attack.

It is still Van Dijk's organized defense that puts this team's defense in danger many times.

Mourinho even replaced three forwards at once and attacked with all his strength!

It wasn't until the 88th minute of the game that Manchester United got a great opportunity.

Xia Xing dribbled the ball from the left wing, suddenly cut inside, and was knocked down by Hojbjerg from behind. Manchester United got a set kick.

Xia Xing stood in front of the ball and backed away slowly.

At this distance, it’s not easy to get an angle...

However, Xia Xing is still sharp-eyed and full of confidence!

If there is no way, then he is not one of the best players in the world!
Run up, shoot!
The ball hit the wall!
Rashford dodged in the wall and dodged a gap!
It was this gap that Xia Xing caught!
The ball passed through the wall and hit the net!
The ball is in!
1 is better than 0!

Manchester United finally broke the deadlock!

Xia Xing's fatal blow!
Finally a goal was scored, and the Manchester United soldiers were excited and embraced Xia Xing!

Mourinho on the sidelines breathed a sigh of relief.

It’s pretty solid...

Southampton now has no ability to counterattack and score goals.

This goal is the winning goal.

In the end, Manchester United relied on this goal to beat the opponent, get three points, and continue to lead the standings.

1 to 0, not bad.

Although the game is over, the relationship between Manchester United and Southampton is not.

After this game, Mourinho contacted the management overnight to communicate about Van Dijk's transfer.

The Manchester United management gave an answer that Mourinho found unacceptable.

"We have contacted Southampton before according to your request, but their asking price is 8000 euros. They will never accept counter-offers. After discussion with our commercial team, this price is really not suitable, so the transfer is still Forget it. You can look for other targets in advance, or continue to train young people in the team. After all, Bailly and Lindelof are also your favorites, and they should be no less than this Dutch youngster."

These words made Mourinho feel very bad, and even the joy of winning was diluted a lot.

Mourinho has always been very dissatisfied with the team's recruitment strategy.

For any transfer, the first consideration is commercial value, and then the competitive level.

Is Manchester United a commercial company or a football club?
In the end, Van Dijk failed to join Manchester United, and Mourinho's most anticipated transfer fell through.

And misfortunes never come singly, news came out a few days later.

In the competition between several Premier League giants, Liverpool stood out among competitors such as Manchester City and Chelsea and won Van Dijk for 8500 million euros!

This transfer shocked England!

It's not that the price is high, after all, Pogba's transfer fee is over [-] million.

It's because this creates the defender's transfer value.

How can a defender be worth so much?
Many people were a little surprised.

Only Mourinho was indifferent.

Because he knows the value of Van Dijk.

Liverpool signed Van Dijk, just like Sir Alex Ferguson decisively signed Ferdinand.

Although the value is different, it was also a cross-generational transfer in that era and created the history of defenders.

In the end, Ferdinand guarded Manchester United's defense and created a wonderful era for the Red Devils.

Liverpool will definitely become a strong contender for the Premier League championship in the future.

Van Dijk was out of action, and Mourinho asked the team to hurry up and contact Maguire.

Having lost a talented central defender, he does not want Maguire to be poached as well.But the club's communication results still disappointed him.

Leicester City will never sell anyone!
And they said in a very subtle way that Maguire's talent is no less than Van Dijk, and he also has the bonus of a British Empire household registration.

This sentence is equivalent to telling Manchester United.

We don’t want to sell it right now. If we want to sell it, we won’t sell it for 8000 million yuan less!
Manchester United management ended the negotiations directly.

Mourinho was so angry that he broke his water glass.

He understands what the club is thinking.

It's not that the club doesn't have money, but it's just that it's unwilling to spend such a high price to buy a defender.

If he is an attacking player, he can have more exposure, which will greatly help the club's influence and is worth spending a lot of money.

But as a defender, forget it.

Mourinho could only sigh...

The club has suffered repeated setbacks in the transfer market recently, and they have also encountered some troubles in the competition.

On September 9th, they played away to Besiktas. This game was a fierce battle for Manchester United.

At the Vodafone Arena in Türkiye, Manchester United encountered fierce resistance.

Türkiye's stadiums have always been famous for their popularity.

Crazy roars from the stands set the stadium on fire.

This greatly adds to the momentum of the home team players.

This has a great impact on the mentality of the visiting team players.

In this game, Besiktas' defense was very fierce, and the referee's penalties were also relatively loose.

There are often situations where people are on their backs on the court.

Especially their captain on the field, centre-back Pepe, is extremely cruel.

The former Real Madrid "monk" has now moved to Turkey. He is quite adaptable to the environment here.

Partnering with him is Serbian central defender Tosic. His tough center also punches hard and punches hard!
The fierce pressing made the fans in the stands burst into blood and thunderous applause and cheers!
They love to see this!
In the first half, neither side could score a goal.

Instead, he received five yellow cards.

Two for Manchester United and three for Besiktas.

But the opponent doesn't care!

It doesn't matter!
They are here to disrupt the Champions League this time!
Let you wealthy families see what a warrior is!
The second half changed sides and the game started again. Not long after the start, Mkhitaryan was tackled and left the field.

Although the opponent received a direct red card, Mkhitaryan's injury was obviously not serious.

Mourinho was furious: "What kind of bullshit game is this!"

The fourth official wanted to give a few reminders, but thought better of it.

Manchester United has been suffering from injuries recently, so it is understandable that he is anxious.

Ibrahimovic and Lindelof are still recovering from injuries, and Mkhitaryan is injured again.

Fxxk!

Mourinho replaced Lingard and asked him to continue pressing.

And he removed Rashford, who was weak against the opponent, and replaced him with Fellaini, who was fierce in fighting.

With the addition of one more player, Manchester United gained a slight advantage.

However, until the last minute of the game, Manchester United failed to score a goal.

After playing with one more player for a long time, Manchester United finally tied their opponent 0-0 away from home.

One point allowed them to still rank second in the group with a goal difference disadvantage.

During this period, Manchester United's striker encountered some problems.

They fell into a goal drought... (End of chapter)