Star Card System

What does an angry Mourinho look like?

All Manchester United fans know it very well.

He is very clear about what he loves and hates when he angrily criticizes opposing players and coaches on the court.

Even the referee team is afraid of him.

And now, the Manchester United board has also witnessed Mourinho's anger.

When Mourinho slammed the door and walked out of the club's internal meeting, everyone in the room looked unhappy.

This arrogant Portuguese!

Because he won the Champions League and won six championships, Manchester United can't let him go?

Too arrogant!

He walked back to the office quickly, very angry.

At this time, there were two people waiting for him in the office.

Assistant coach Perrin and new assistant coach Carrick.

"What's wrong, Jose?" Perrin asked.

Mourinho didn't say anything and exhaled forcefully.

Carrick asked in a low voice: "Is it still because of the transfer issue?"

"That bunch of shit!" Mourinho slammed the table hard, "What are they looking at? Do they understand football? They only care about fame and status, and don't care whether the team can use them or use them well! And they think my signing targets are too old? These damn veterans can at least play good football for five or six years! Just like Ibrahimovic! What do they know!"

Mourinho cursed, and the two assistant coaches didn't dare to speak.

After a long time, Mourinho was tired of scolding, and Carrick asked tentatively.

"Of those four people, how many did the club agree to?"

Mourinho sighed: "No one agreed, otherwise why would I be so angry."

"Alas..." Perrin sighed, shook his head, and said nothing.

Since winning the Champions League, Mourinho has basically never taken a vacation.

He just returned to Portugal for a few days to accompany his family, and then spent the rest of his time studying the transfer of players in the new season.

He watched the World Cup, and the players who were interested in it were also paying attention.

Perrin and Carrick also followed him everywhere.

Originally, Mourinho wanted to give his partners a holiday, but other members of the coaching staff took a holiday, and Perrin and Carrick did not leave.

As Mourinho's good partner, Perrin would naturally not abandon Mourinho.

After all, Mourinho's information and data requirements are very high. If he is not by his side, his analysis efficiency will be much reduced.

And Carrick regards being with Mourinho as a good opportunity. He is eager to have it, so how could he leave.

Finally, the trio worked together for more than a month and came up with a feasible transfer list.

The most important ones on the list are four signings.

Perisic.

Maguire.

Griezmann.

Dale.

This order is also the order Mourinho expects.

But after he submitted the transfer target information, the club's top management did not respond.

And at this internal meeting, the possibility of introducing these four players was directly rejected.

The club management's reasons are also very clear.

Perisic: Too old.

Perisic, who is 29 years old this year, is in great form on the World Cup stage. He is an important contributor to Croatia's entry into the final. Mourinho likes his excellent passing and shooting skills and sharp breakthroughs.

But the club just said that he is too old and not worth the transfer fee of 40 million euros.

Because of this transfer deal, Manchester United and Inter Milan have been entangled in the transfer amount of 3500 and 4000 for a long time, and neither side will give in.

In the end, Manchester United officially replied to Inter Milan-we will not buy people!

Mourinho's efforts were all in vain.

Maguire: Too full.

Last summer, Mourinho proposed to buy a central defender. His first choice was Van Dijk, and his second choice was Maguire.

As a result, the club felt that the other party's asking price was too high, so they were reluctant to pay.

After a season, the high transfer fee did not stop Liverpool from buying people. Klopp decisively signed Van Dijk and won the future defensive core for the team.

In the Champions League final, Van Dijk's excellent defense left Manchester United's forward line helpless, and in the end almost affected Manchester United's Champions League title.

Based on this incident, Mourinho once again urged the club not to miss Maguire again.

Although Maguire's talent and physique are not as good as Van Dijk, his professionalism, physical fitness and team awareness are top-notch, which is great.

Coupled with the good relationship between Manchester United and Leicester City, buying people will definitely not be a problem.

But Manchester United still backed down because of Leicester City's asking price.

It's just a defender, why is it so expensive?

This is the consistent thinking of Manchester United's management.

Just buy a few cheap ones, anyway, they are not outstanding, and they can't enhance the club's commercial influence like offensive players.

And the club already has a lot of defenders to use.

Smalling, Rojo, Blind, Bailly, Lindelof...

They are all members of the six-time champions, and they are also top central defenders. Why can't they be used? Must they buy new people?

Hearing the remarks of the management, Mourinho was anxious at the meeting!

"Look at Manchester City! They spend a lot of money to buy defenders and even spend more than half a billion on substitute defenders! We actually think that the defenders are not worth the price? And if we bought him last year, Maguire wouldn't be so expensive! Everyone is watching his performance in the World Cup this year, it's worth the price! If you don't buy it this year, it will be even more expensive next year!"

Even though Mourinho had worn out his lips, the club remained unmoved.

In the end, Manchester United and Maguire also missed out.

And a year later, when everyone looked back at Mourinho's remarks about Maguire today, it was a different scene.

Griezmann: Too expensive.

Griezmann is a top star and is also adapted to Manchester United. No one objects to Mourinho's suggestion.

But the biggest problem is that the price is too expensive.

Manchester United formally asked for the price, and Griezmann also intended to leave the team to play in the Premier League.

But when Atletico Madrid offered the price, Manchester United management exploded immediately.

A transfer fee of 100 million?

This is too expensive!

When Mourinho learned that the club thought it was too expensive, 10,000 grass mud horses galloped through his heart!

Griezmann 100 million, you think it's expensive?

Then when Pogba was 100 million, why did you pay so happily?

And Griezmann is not old, he is 27 years old, he is still a World Cup champion, what's wrong with 100 million?

In the end, Manchester United was still deterred by the transfer fee.

Their answer to Mourinho was that there were many talented players in the team anyway, Xia and Pogba were superstars, Mata and Herrera were also good, and Lingard also showed full potential. There was no need to buy another superstar, and he might not adapt to the team, after all, he had not proved his value in the Premier League.

In the end, Griezmann missed Manchester United.

Dale: It's a pit.

Mourinho likes Dale very much, he is a good player.

The transfer fee of about 40 million is about the same.

But Manchester United club is still not happy.

The Glazer family hates dealing with Levy.

That guy is always stingy and he is always procrastinating in doing business, which is annoying.

After trying to contact him several times without success, the Manchester United transfer team was unwilling to waste too much time.

They made a direct statement.

Let alone Dale, even Harry Kane, we are too lazy to talk to them!

A few years later, when someone mentioned the transfer team in advance, it has become a huge joke.

So far, none of the four players Mourinho wanted can come... (End of this chapter)