If Abu had bought Manchester United...

With the official entry of the Burleigh consortium, Chelsea's Abu era has officially come to an end, "football has nothing to do with politics" has become an empty phrase, and a paper ban in the United Kingdom has made the Blues empire built by Abramovich a thing of the past. The only way to learn about Abramovich's legendary career as the head of the team is admiration and respect.

Turning the clock back to the second leg of the Champions League quarter-finals from 02 to 03, it was a classic for Ronaldo and David Beckham. Alien Ronaldo scored a hat-trick for three in a row, while David Beckham, who came on as a substitute for Manchester United, helped the team score two goals in a row. The Russian Abramovich in the stands watched the entire game and was deeply moved by football. After the game, Manchester United star Ferdinand took Abu to the airport, and in the back seat of the car, Leo's brother hummed a little song.

Abu recalled: "It was a beautiful game and I realized I shouldn't miss it. That's when I made the decision that I had to join the football scene. The whole atmosphere infected me. On the way back to Moscow, I couldn't stop thinking. So I said to my men, 'Find a club for me.' 'I considered ten clubs in England and four of them 'to choose from'. ”

Through Zahavi's matchmaking, Abu negotiated with the Manchester United boss, but the latter refused...

There are no more stories about Abu's subsequent entry into Chelsea, whether it's the jaw-dropping gold dollar football or the predatory Blues who swept across Europe, he single-handedly built the best team.

But let's move on to the story of Abu and Manchester United...

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"Hey, is it Mr. Abramovich?"

When it comes to Abu and Manchester United, there is one who has to be mentioned, a link that runs through Abramovic, Chelsea and Manchester United... – Peter Kenyan.

On the evening of 8 September, Manchester United listed companies issued an announcement in the City of London: "The Board of Directors of the Company is pleased to announce that David Gill has been appointed as the Company's new Chief Executive Officer, with immediate effect, and that he will replace Peter Ken young, who resigned today.

There is no doubt that this caused an uproar in The English football world at that time, as one of the "founders of the Manchester United dynasty" at that time, ken young's departure had an immeasurable impact on manchester united, from the marketing manager of Ambros sports to the top designer who built the red dynasty, in the 6 years of Manchester United, Ken Young's painstaking management made the prototype of the red empire gradually appear, he single-handedly operated the entire Manchester United club market and the buying and selling of all players.

A native of Manchester, he witnessed United beat Benfica in the European Champions Cup at the age of 13. As soon as this news came out, Manchester United fans never bought it, and Ken Young, who had always emphasized loyalty to the club, was actually bribed by money, and Peter Ken Young immediately became a heinous sinner in the hearts of Manchester United fans at that time.

A statement issued through his lawyer said Chelsea's new opportunity represented a "challenge" that could not be rejected. After joining Chelsea, Abu's goal is clear: if he can't buy Manchester United, then build a new Manchester United and build a blue empire.

2.

Chelsea's poaching scheme began two months before the announcement, and in a bar in London's Hyde Park, Ken Young and Abu's agent, Zahavi, may have agreed to travel to Chelsea.

The two have teamed up to run transfers for Manchester United, which have run Perón and Ferdinand. After the meeting was exposed by reporters, Manchester United fans were still looking forward to the arrival of the next King of Old Trafford, but they did not expect to wait for a job hopping that shocked the whole of Britain, and Abu's ambitions were already well known.

Of course, for Abu, Ken Young is an important puzzle, but the real executor is still the head coach. With Kenjan's first move, Abu turned his sights on Sir Alex Ferguson.

According to the Manchester Evening News that year, Ferguson recently revealed that Chelsea boss Abramovich had found himself and promised heavy power and preferential treatment. Although this was denied by manager Zahavi at the time, in the following years, Ferguson did publicly admit to Chelsea's poaching many times in the following years.

However, the clever sir instead took advantage of Chelsea's digging to raise prices, and at that time won a new contract extension for himself and new CEO David Gill.

'Rest assured, I'm not leaving you, Manchester United is the whole part of my life.

3.

Before Peter Kenjan, Manchester United young wizard Veron landed at Stamford Bridge with a transfer fee of 15 million yuan. Of course, for Chelsea fans, this may be a failure of the Abu era. Ken Young, of course, is not out of the house, and Manchester United's scouting reports and statistics have also been brought to Chelsea with him.

In the summer of 2002, Manchester United wanted to sign Ireland's Fast Madhav, and Ferguson even came out on his own, but Blackburn was always reluctant to let go of the transfer fee. The story a year later is known to everyone: The departure of Xiao Bei made Manchester United secretly determined to make a comeback, but the rich Chelsea crossed the knife and directly smashed 24 million euros, which was absolutely a sky-high price that any club could not refuse at the time.

In the winter of '03, another 20-year-old Dutch winger had almost certainly joined the Red Devils after dinner with Sir Alex Ferguson, but the same story happened again in the next year's transfer window. Ferdinand recalls: he was even on the Manchester United training ground. Yes, Robben later said in an interview that he was already looking forward to dominating the Premier League with another young boy from Portugal.

There are many more cases: Manchester United almost signed Mikel that year. The Nigerian midfielder not only attended the press conference, but also put on the Manchester United shirt. But Chelsea insist they have an exclusive transfer agreement with Mikel and after a year of legal strife, Chelsea eventually compensated Manchester United with £12m in compensation.

The 17-year-old Essing went to Manchester United for a trial, he was originally a fan of Manchester United captain Keane, but due to labor certification problems Essien did not stay, Ferguson originally hoped to let him go to Antwerp first to train, after no agreement, Essin landed in Ligue 1, and a few years later, when Manchester United asked for Essien again, he had already defected to the madman.

Ken Young's frequent poaching finally made Ferguson intolerable, in the 2005 transfer window, Ferdinand met Ken Young at a restaurant in London, and after knowing that Chelsea had twice contacted the Manchester United captain, Ferguson was furious, he called Leo to his office, clearly telling him the attitude of Manchester United: "Sign or leave!" Abu's dream, Terry and Leo's dream defense line, ultimately failed to materialize.

Since then, Manchester United's transfer targets have always been linked to Chelsea and Peter Kenyan. It wasn't until a few years later that David Gill happily provoked his predecessor:

"The era when Ken Young knew United's secrets was over!"

To some extent, Abu and Ken Young, together, also created a "Manchester United" that belongs to him, a blue empire with more iron blood and style. Of course, Mourinho cannot be ignored.

Rich boss + madman manager + top CEO, spending a lot of money doesn't mean you're successful, because things are much more than that. But at least Abu understands what a true football club owner should do, and the Glazer family is the biggest counterexample to that!

So finally, if you turn the clock back 20 years:

Abu waved money, watching the Champions League match between Manchester United and Real Madrid, he was deeply touched by football, and on the way home that night, in Ferdinand's car, he immediately made a decision to buy Manchester United.

Well, Manchester United will undoubtedly open the Red Empire in another way, Robendorf will fly on both wings at Old Trafford, Sir Alex Ferguson may be on Abu's yacht because of the delay in a few years without a Champions League title, Peter Ken young will retire at Manchester United and become a hero of manchester City's streets, Manchester United will have the most modern stadium, the most professional scouts, more avid fans, the most beautiful football.

And the madman Mourinho will go to Barcelona to inherit Robson and Van Gaal to start his tiki-taka path, the Lisbon wind-chasing teenager will go to Arsenal, under professor Wenger, to start his legendary life, Rooney will die in Everton? If the salary is in place, it may be possible. In short, in the parallel football world, there will be countless new and interesting stories...

Write at the end:

Ken Young once said: "I don't believe the Glazer family really understands football, they don't know what the club really means, basically that's it. If they can't qualify for the Champions League, they can only blame themselves for running the club. ”

This article is not to provoke a love-hate dispute between Chelsea and Manchester United fans, but to express the envy and tribute of Red Devils fans to a football-loving boss.

There is no doubt that Abu is a great boss and a worthy opponent who is truly single-handed and can change the landscape. As a Manchester United fan, seeing the "anti-Glazer clause" of the Blues bid by Burleigh Group this time, I don't know whether to be happy or worried.

Finally, I wish the Glazer-esque tragedy not to repeat itself on the Blues.