"Alex, I really didn't expect that you could transform Joaquin to this level." After the game, George took advantage of the opportunity to shake hands with Ferguson and expressed his sincere admiration for Sir Joaquin's ability to train young players. "I remember when Real Betis was still a traditional winger who was obsessed with crossing from the bottom. Unexpectedly, after more than a season, Joaquin's scoring** became so strong, and he also practiced the skill of cutting inward to hit the goal."

Although Tottenham won this strong dialogue quite easily, George still showed many things worth paying attention to from this Manchester United team. For example, Joaquin, who has already secured Manchester United's main right forward position, is George's biggest appearance in this game!

You should know that although Joaquin in his previous life had become famous in international football as early as the World Cup in South Korea and Japan, the Spanish winger has been living in Real Betis, a team that has been scattered in the middle and lower reaches of the league for a long time, lacking enough high-level competition experience, Joaquin's final height is far lower than people's expectations. Now, with Joaquin successfully transferring to Manchester United last summer and receiving close guidance from Ferguson, Espanyol's current strength is obviously much higher than in his previous life!

"So, George, you kid, still have a long way to go before you want me." Ferguson, who was praised by his proud disciples, was overjoyed. "To be honest, this kid is much harder than Ryan (Gigs) and Paul (Scholes). It took me a lot of effort to train him to this level, especially to correct his bad habit of crossing the bottom and never considering other options. I don't know how much saliva it took."

"Times are different, and people's ideas and values ​​will naturally change accordingly. The effective tricks you used to Paul and Ryan by Alex back then may not be effective in these players now." George nodded in agreement with Ferguson's feelings, "So Alex, I suggest you better adapt to this change as soon as possible. If you still manage the team according to the old ideas of more than ten years ago, then Manchester United will probably find it difficult to get a real chance of revival."

Because George has dealt with players born in the 1960s and 1970s under the leadership of Robson and Ferguson, and after coaching Tottenham, most of the players under George were born in the 1980s. Therefore, George naturally has a deeper understanding of the differences between these two groups of players than Ferguson, who has little contact with young people.

"That's right, George, what you said is indeed very reasonable... If the young people under my command don't let them go to bars and nightclubs, their expressions are as if I were planning to kill them. They are completely different from Ryan and Paul when they were young, they went home to rest after training, and they did not dare to go out to live a life of wine and drink outside without disobeying my orders." At this point, Ferguson couldn't help but grit his teeth. Obviously, the Lord's remarkable disliked this change.

Having said that, the Lord is actually very clear in his heart that he can no longer manage these young people like he did when he disciplined Scholes and Giggs more than ten years ago. The birth and implementation of the Boseman Act have completely lost the active passive position between players and clubs. If these young people feel that they are not doing well in Manchester United, they can completely pat their butts and leave and change to a club that they feel more comfortable playing football!

That's why Ferguson began to restrain himself and change his way of managing the team to adapt to the various changes in the player group.

To be honest, if Ferguson had realized this and made these changes two years ago, then there would probably have been no Beckham's transfer to Real Madrid back then.

At this time, since most of the players on both sides had left the stadium, the conversation between George and Ferguson was not long after. After saying goodbye to each other, the two walked to the locker room where their teams were located to prepare for the regular post-match press conferences respectively.

Logically speaking, with the relationship between George and Ferguson, even if Sir Joseph lost the game, he would at least invite George to his home for a meal after the game to contact him. However, this time, after this brief exchange, the master and apprentice led their respective players away from Old Trafford Stadium after the press conference. George even led the team back to London overnight, without even planning to stay in Manchester for one more night!

The reason why the two of them made such an incongruous move was not because there was an irreconcilable conflict between George and Ferguson, but because the situation in front of them made them not have the intention to reminisce after the game - the battle between Tottenham and Chelsea has reached a fierce stage, and no one dared to relax at this critical moment; and Manchester United, who just lost the game and widened the gap between Everton and fourth place, had no time to compete for a ticket to the Champions League next season from the Toffees!

The most important thing is that Tottenham's opponent in the next round of the league is Chelsea, which is competing with them for the standings, while Manchester United is going to Anfield to challenge their arch rival Liverpool. In this case, George and Ferguson will focus on these two tough battles that will come, so naturally they will not be in a conversation after the game.

However, on the fourth day after returning to London from Manchester, Tottenham players first welcomed a third round of the FA Cup at the White Hart Lane Stadium. Their opponent in this game was Brighton Club from the English Champions League!

Unlike Chelsea, which wants to play three games in the next 11 days, Tottenham, who has been eliminated from the League Cup, only needs to play two games during this period. Moreover, after the FA Cup, Tottenham has a whole week to prepare for the game against Chelsea!

This means that compared with Chelsea, which has played twice for a week in a row, Tottenham will inevitably have a huge advantage in physical fitness at that time!

In this way, in the third round of the FA Cup on January 8, Brighton, who played away, did not get a slight chance to turn away. Although George sent a full substitute lineup in this game due to the weekend's battle with Chelsea, Tottenham, whose overall strength was significantly higher than his opponent, easily won the opponent and advanced to the fourth round of the FA Cup with a score of 3-0!
Chapter completed!