From Ferguson's management of Manchester United in 1984 until the Glazer family's full acquisition of Manchester United in June 2005, Ferguson had been in charge of Manchester United for 21 seasons. During this period, United won a total of 8 Premier League titles and 1 Champions League title, and in 1999, was knighted by the British Royal Family, a record that has not been seen in England's home league for the time being.
At that time, the most influential and greatest figure at Manchester United and Old Trafford was not the stars such as Cantona, Keane and David Beckham, but manchester United's manager Ferguson, who was a "god" figure for manchester United clubs and fans. Ferguson is a man of few words for United, and no big-name player can be above the power of the manager, even the captain of the team.
Many people know the grudge between Keane and Ferguson, when Keane shelled the young players in the team and publicly accused Ferguson of abusing power and using the team to privately benefit his relatives, Keane's mouth completely annoyed Ferguson, for this locker room instability factor, Ferguson decisively let the club and Keane terminate the contract in advance, in the process of dealing with inappropriate players, Ferguson has an absolute right to speak.
In addition, there is the famous "flying boots gate", in 2003 Ferguson has long been dissatisfied with Beckham and Victoria's frequent entertainment and social places, after the end of the FA Cup match with Arsenal, Ferguson and Beckham quarreled about the second goal conceded, Ferguson then kicked the shoe on Beckham's forehead, which is the famous "flying boots gate", that summer, Beckham also went to Spain to join Real Madrid. In addition, there are Stam and Pogba leaving Manchester United for the first time, etc., which is enough to show that no player in Manchester United dares to challenge the authority of manager Ferguson.
In 2005, the Glazer family formally acquired Manchester United. The Glazer family actually only paid about £250 million in their own £790 million to buy Manchester United, and Glazer borrowed £265 million through JPMorgan Chase Bank at the expense of assets including the club's Old Trafford stadium and training base as collateral. The person in charge of running the loan at the time was a middle manager at JPMorgan Chase named Ed Woodward. Yes, it was the "three germans" who later took charge of manchester United's CEO.
Because Glazer has just joined Manchester United, he needs to be recognized by the club's manager and fans, after all, Ferguson is the "big guy" of Manchester United. Regardless of the plots and calculations of the Glazer family in acquiring Manchester United, Glazer has given full support to Ferguson since coming to power, and Ferguson still has absolute authority in the sale and purchase of club players. Heavyweight players such as Carrick, Van der Sar and Avra have joined in succession, becoming important players to win the Champions League in 2008. In general, the Glazer family did not dare to make a mistake in front of Ferguson.
However, after Ferguson retired in 2013, the Glazer family began to take care of the operations and management of the team, and Woodward began to come to the forefront, and since then, Manchester United has slowly begun to transform from a sports club to a commercial club. Since joining United in 2005, the Glazer family has squeezed more than £1 billion out of the club. Although Manchester United has also invested nearly 1 billion yuan in the football transfer market in recent years, because "Sandezi" as the CEO of Manchester United only values commercial interests and does not understand the law of football development, after the 12/13 season, Manchester United has never won the Premier League title, and the best result is the Europa League title and the second place in the league (81 points) led by Mourinho. Spending so much money but not seeing the results, not seeing what kind of tactical system the team is suitable for, today's locker room is full of crises, and this summer has to be torn down again.
This is where the United hierarchy does not have a mature understanding of football, mainly as follows:
One is to focus too much on commercialization. Manchester United also tried to invite Klopp to coach the team, but when the club's top management envisioned Manchester United's future business development plan to Klopp, Klopp decisively gave up the cooperation with Manchester United, believing that Manchester United is a club full of strong commercial atmosphere, not a competitive sports club at all, which is very different from his football philosophy. It can be said that the current Manchester United is one of the top two in the Premier League in terms of commercial operation, but it has been 5 to 6 years behind Liverpool and Manchester City at the competitive level.
Second, the Manchester United manager lost the transfer decision-making power. In order to win the honor in the short term, Manchester United invited the champions coach Mourinho. Mourinho also lived up to expectations, leading Manchester United to the "small treble" in the first season and the highest number of points in the league since Ferguson retired in the second season. But the Manchester United executives did not buy into the performance of the team, ignored mourinho's request for reinforcements, the Manchester United manager no longer has the absolute authority of the transfer like Ferguson, and the "three Germans" said one thing in the transfer market. If Manchester United had shot Martial, introduced Perisic, introduced Maguire, not to mention flying, at least they could do something in the Premier League and the Champions League, but the "three Germans" would not let go.
The third is to overly protect the interests of players, and the authority of the head coach is gradually lost. In the second leg between Manchester United and Liverpool this season, Pogba played the last 10 minutes of the game for Manchester United, and Pogba also explained the news of his departure to his teammates and withdrew from the Manchester United group. United's most controversial figure in recent seasons is finally gone, leaving not a penny behind. When Pogba and Mourinho had a conflict, the United executives did not drive away the team's "thorn" like they supported Ferguson, but paid more attention to the interests of the players and abandoned Mourinho, and it turned out that Manchester United's choice was wrong, during Pogba's injury, Mourinho and Solskjaer did not know where Pogba went and when he would recover. The loss of authority of the manager, resulting in the players over the manager, is an important reason for the chaos in the locker room.
After retiring from Ferguson, Manchester United has experienced 5 managers such as Moyes, Van Gaal and Mourinho, and no manager's authority can reach the height of Ferguson, the Glazer family controls everything, and the manager is also lost and can't find the direction. Now that Tenhag has announced that he will be in charge of the united in turmoil next season, interim manager Ronnick has submitted a "disgrace report" to the United executives, according to Lonnick's meaning that this summer window Manchester United players will undergo a major change of blood. I think it is difficult, the Manchester United executives are certainly aware of the problems inside the dressing room, but in their routine operation, small fights can be done, but to scrape the bones and heal the complete reconstruction will cause a reduction in the market value of Manchester United, and the Glazer family will never allow it.
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