After United lost to Wolves in the last round of the Premier League, the British media calculated that the starting line-up at that time was worth as much as 2.4 million pounds a week, and the total income of the bench players was 925,000, and Lonnick and the fans wanted to see the players play harder, for good reason.
In fact, Manchester United's starting lineup against Wolves is not the highest-paid squad, the following 11 people composed of 4132 starts, the weekly salary is as high as 3 million pounds!
Goalkeeper: De Gea (£375,000);
Defenders: Wan Bisaka (£90,000), Varane (£350,000), Maguire (£190,000), Luke Shaw (£180,000);
Back: Pogba (£290,000);
Front: Sancho (£350,000), Marcus Rashford (£200,000), Martial (£250,000);
Forwards: Cavani (£250,000), Cristiano Ronaldo (£480,000).
Not only that, but United can also be paired with 9 equally staggering substitutes: Dean Henderson (£120,000), Lindlev (£120,000), Terrace (£90,000), Fred (£120,000), Nemanja Matic (£120,000), Van de Beek (£120,000), Mata (£120,000), Bruno Fernandez (£160,000) and Mason Greenwood (£80,000). This bench requires Manchester United to pay more than £1 million a week.
United narrowly beat Aston Villa 1-0 at home in the third round of the FA Cup, but the team generally did not perform well, and Gerrard's side completely dominated the scene. Among them, the English demon star Rashford is in a high state, and can create a certain threat when it first opens, and then it becomes more and more depressed.
In the second half, after Greenwood's long-drive low shot was blocked, Rashford, who received it in the middle, did not even compete for the second drop point, allowing Villa goalkeeper Emiliano Martinez to carry the ball in his arms under the protection of defenders. After Aoki Got up, The Manchester United Demon Star spread his hands and turned around and walked back, obviously very unhappy that his teammates did not pass the ball.
After the game, Manchester United interim manager Rangnick performed well in training for Rashford, but disappeared from the game, publicly saying that he could not understand. "Actually, I don't really know why." Longnick said, "I think he tried very hard. In training, he has performed well in the past two days, which is why he is in the starting lineup. In the first half, we can still find him often, and we hope that he will go into the box more. Things changed in the second half and I decided to replace Erlanga and Jesse Lingard."
"Qualifying for the next round is the most important thing, confidence is very important for the strikers, they score goals from time to time is key and it means they can keep their success. If Marcus (Rashford) can score a goal, of course it's a good thing, but as long as he's working hard, as long as the training is okay, I don't think there's too much of a problem."
For the newcomer Lonnick, there may not be a problem for Marcus Rashford, but for watching him grow from an obscure youngster to today's Manchester United fans, the problem of the England star has become very obvious. He was reluctant to leave his comfort zone, lacked the motivation to lift his shorts and played the same way all the time. If anything has changed, it is to lose the vigor of the fledgling.
Rashford, who has just debuted, is unknown and has no place in the team, so he can only run desperately to catch the ball, and when he has the opportunity, he has no worries, he can decisively get up, so he can score goals in succession and become a hit.
However, after 6 years, Marcus Rashford is still playing the way he was then, with only one right foot, always trying to score goals with speed and then cut inside, occasionally sending out one or two accurate crosses. More often, because the opponent already knew his attack mode, the Manchester United demon star did not know how to change, and as a result, he broke into the defensive dense area with the ball and lost the ball.
Due to the absolute workhorse status brought about by the youth genius status, coupled with the income level beyond his ability range, Rashford, like his teammates Martial and Greenwood, is caught in the quagmire of egotistic play. Managers like Mourinho, who demanded them to change, improve and enforce tactical discipline, were considered by the Red Devils genius to constrain their free talent; the addition of superstars such as Sanchez and Ronaldo was seen as compressing their own development space; only the Solskjaer-style management style satisfied Rashford and others, because they could play according to their own customary model.
This practice will bring certain benefits in a short period of time, allowing these players to maximize their strength. However, a truly successful, championship-seeking team needs to continue to improve and push the limits, and Manchester United's well-paid and carefree stars lack the motivation to launch a final impact. Their sense of self outweighs the desire for honor.
Among them, allowing young players to enjoy undeserved high salaries is one of the important reasons for their loss. This season, liverpool striker Salah scored desperately for better treatment when renewing his contract. In contrast, United's stars can always easily get the club's high salary and long contract, and even do not have to prove themselves with performance.
Not only Manchester United players, former manager Ole Gunnar Solskjaer originally expired his contract at the end of this season, but Manchester United took the initiative to send a new contract with an annual salary of 10 million pounds a year in advance, as if worried that Real Madrid, Barca or Bayern Munich would poach the solsojaer. Such puzzling operations also occur constantly in the processing of player contracts.
Manchester United seem to have forgotten that the highlight of the team in the past few years was precisely after Mourinho's dismissal, Solskjaer was bent on turning right, and the time when Pogba, Rashford and others desperately wanted to prove themselves was a concentrated manifestation of mental strength.
Ironically, the most fighting spirit in manchester United today are the players whose income is downstream. "New Team Soul" McTomine has contributed two victory goals after taking office in the new coach, and is considered by Ronnick to be the future captain, his weekly salary is only 20,000 pounds, while Portuguese full-back Diorgu Dalo earns 25,000 pounds a week, and in the battle against Villa, his ankle was stepped on, and after a simple treatment by the team doctor, he was slightly injured and could not get out of the line of fire, and fought bloody battles all over the field.
United fans pulled open huge posters in the stands at Old Trafford featuring portraits of "King" Cantona, "Big Brother" Roy Keane and "Captain Marvel" Brian Robson, as well as the English word "STANDARDS". The meaning is obvious, the three Dream Theatre warriors with good skills and spirits in the picture represent the standards that Manchester United players should have.