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

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

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

The two sides played 0-0 in the first half, and Van Dijk made the first contribution.

In the second half, Manchester United continued to attack wildly.

It was still Van Dijk's organization and defense that put the team's defense in danger again and again.

Mourinho even replaced three forwards in one breath and attacked with all his strength!

It was not until the 88th minute of the game that Manchester United got a great opportunity.

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

Xia Xing stood in front of the ball and slowly retreated.

At this distance, it is not easy to kick out the angle...

However, Xia Xing still has sharp eyes and full of confidence!

If there is no way, then he is not one of the best players in the world!

Run up and shoot!

The ball penetrated the wall!

Rashford dodged in the wall for a moment and created a gap!

It was this gap that Xia Xing caught!

The ball passed through the wall and went straight into the net!

The ball went in!

1-0!

Manchester United finally broke the deadlock!

Xia Xing's fatal shot!

Finally scored a goal, Manchester United's soldiers were excited and hugged Xia Xing!

Mourinho on the sidelines was relieved.

Finally settled down...

Southampton now has no ability to counterattack and score.

This goal is the lore goal.

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

1-0, not bad.

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

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

Manchester United management gave an answer that Mourinho could not accept.

"We have contacted Southampton as you requested before, but their asking price is 8,000 euros. And they will never accept counter-offers. After discussion by our business team, this price is really not suitable, so forget about this transfer. 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 teenager."

These words made Mourinho very upset, 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 alone, and news came a few days later.

In the competition among several Premier League giants, Liverpool stood out from competitors such as Manchester City and Chelsea and won Van Dijk for 85 million euros!

This transfer shocked the UK!

It's not that the price is high, after all, Pogba's transfer fee is over 100 million.

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

How can a defender be worth so much?

Many people were a little surprised.

Only Mourinho was indifferent.

Because he knew the value of Van Dijk.

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

Although the value was different, it was also an epoch-making transfer in that era, creating the history of defenders.

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

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

Van Dijk is out of the game, and Mourinho asked the team to contact Maguire as soon as possible.

Having lost a talented central defender, he didn't want Maguire to be poached.

But the result of the club's communication still disappointed him.

Leicester City is determined not to sell!

And they implicitly said that Maguire's talent is not inferior to Van Dijk, and he also has the bonus of the British Empire's household registration.

This sentence is equivalent to telling Manchester United.

We don't want to sell it for the time being. If we want to sell it, we won't sell it for 80 million less!

Manchester United management directly ended the negotiations.

Mourinho was so angry that he broke the water cup.

He understood the club's idea.

The club is not without money, but is unwilling to spend such a high price to buy a defender.

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

But as for the defender, forget it.

Mourinho can only sigh...

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

On September 27, Manchester United played away against Besiktas. This game was in a fierce battle.

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

Turkey's stadiums are known for being hot.

The crazy roars in the stands made the flames of war burn fiercely in the stadium.

This greatly boosted the momentum of the home team players.

This had a significant impact on the mentality of the away team players.

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

People often fell down on the field.

Especially their captain on the field, center back Pepe, is extremely brutal.

The former Real Madrid "monk", now transferred to Turkey, he is quite adapted to the environment here.

His partner is Serbian center back Tosic, and his tough center forward also hits the flesh with a fierce collision!

The fierce pressing made the fans in the stands blood boil, and the applause and cheers were thunderous!

They love to watch this!

In the first half, neither side was able to score.

Instead, they received five yellow cards.

Manchester United got two and Besiktas got three.

But the opponent didn't care!

It doesn't matter!

They are here to disrupt the Champions League this time!

Let you giants see what a warrior is!

In the second half, Mkhitaryan was injured and left the field shortly after the start of the game.

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

Mourinho was furious: "What a shitty game!"

The fourth official wanted to give some warnings, but thought better of it.

Manchester United has been plagued by injuries recently, so it's understandable that he's 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 withdrew Rashford, who was weak against the defense, and replaced him with Fellaini, who fought fiercely.

With one more player, Manchester United had a slight advantage on the field.

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

With one more player for a long time, Manchester United finally tied their opponents 0-0 away.

One point, so they still ranked second in the group with a goal difference disadvantage.

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

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