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The best in the Premier League in 30 years! After Ferguson, no more British marshal?

On the occasion of the 30th anniversary of the Premier League, the Hall of Fame, representing the Premier League's highest honor, was established. Celebrating the legendary managers who have helped make the Premier League a generation, only at the end of March this year, the first coach was selected, and there are only two – Sir Alex Ferguson and Professor Arsene Wenger – almost entirely representative of the first two decades of the Premier League.

The two Premier League "godfathers" were the first to enter the Premier League Hall of Fame, representing the highest official respect for the two and setting the ultimate benchmark for Premier League managers - one is to symbolize the glory of the Premier League based on British tradition, and the other is the world door opened by the Premier League and the pioneer of globalization. Ferguson and Wenger, they definitely deserve it.

Fans may remember the highlights of Shearer, Henry, Cantona, Keane, Frank Lampard, Bergkamp, Steven Gerrard, David Beckham, Wayney Rooney, Vieira, Sergio Aguero, Drogba, Kompany, Schmeichel, Scholes and Ian Wright, but Ferguson and Wenger are different from these famous players, and the two bosses are the "godfathers" of football in the Premier League from island to world in the past 30 years. In particular, Sir Alex Ferguson, who has been at the helm of Manchester United for 27 years and played in the Premier League for 21 years, is the grandmaster of traditional British football. The Premier League Hall of Fame has a famous manager, no matter what the criteria and dimensions, Ferguson is the right choice. Ferguson's greatness is not defined by this Premier League Hall of Fame, whether the Premier League has this recognition significance of the football "Lingyan Pavilion", the old lord has long been in history, and being inducted into the Hall of Fame is just a routine without suspense.

In 21 Premier League seasons at Manchester United, Ferguson has won 13 trophies, including two consecutive trophies, which is unmatched so far. During this period, he managed 810 Premier League games, winning 528 times, a win rate of 65%. He has won 27 Premier League Coach of the Month titles and 11 Premier League Coach of the Season titles. With such trophies and individual titles alone, Ferguson is undoubtedly the best coach in the Premier League in 30 years. Just his sweaty championship trophy, I am afraid that the Premier League will be difficult to come after a hundred years of operation. Wenger, Mourinho, Pep Guardiola, Dalglish, Ancelotti and Klopp combined can be compared with Ferguson!

Ferguson's lifelong goal was to end Liverpool's hegemony, and finally established Manchester United's hegemony more brilliant than Liverpool. He single-handedly surpassed Liverpool's top-flight titles in 21 years and 13 Premier League titles, completing his boastful greatest result - kicking Liverpool from his × throne before choosing to return home. Ferguson could well be an undisputed symbol in the first 20 years of the Premier League, even if he has lost to Dalglish, Arsene Wenger, Mourinho, Carlo Ancelotti and Mancini, but the biggest and final winner is still the 81-year-old Manchester United "godfather".

Alex Ferguson started Manchester United's Premier League hegemony and ended the Red Devils' Premier League hegemony. When he lifted his first Premier League trophy, people did not expect that this stubborn Scottish old man would really build a 20-year-old Manchester United dynasty; When he announced his retirement that summer 10 years ago, people did not expect that Manchester United's dynasty would collapse in an instant, and that the glory of the Ferguson era would not be renewed for 10 years. Manchester United's hegemony in the Premier League era is all tied to Ferguson, which shows that the old lord has no predecessor status for Manchester United and even the Premier League.

Perhaps the domineering of the "dressing room hair dryer", has successively let go of a generation of famous Keane and Ince, the thousands of favored David Beckham and Ronaldo, and even more iron-fisted management anecdotes in 21 years, people cannot deny that this old man who almost covered the sky with his hands at Old Trafford, bringing prosperity to Manchester United and the Premier League is far better than these unpleasant moments. All the labels on Ferguson are the odds and capital of the old coach's invincible hand. Even among Manchester United fans, the Lord is not unanimous. But whether he is a fan of gods or a tyrant, there is no denying his unparalleled greatness - he is the brightest star in the Premier League sky from beginning to end.

Ferguson's greatness does not stop at the number of trophies, but also in his continuation of the tradition of English football, from the "92 generation" that was not favored by the outside world, to the strong talent legacy left by his successor when he left, he has almost produced four generations of talent for Manchester United to dominate the Premier League. The first generation led by Cantona, the "92nd generation" dominated by Beckham, Giggs, Scholes and Neville brothers, Cristiano Ronaldo. The "08 generation" with Rooney and Vidic as the core, and the last generation led by Van Persie and De Gea. The only regret is that his legacy to his successor was not put to good use, allowing the Manchester United dynasty to collapse with his departure. Although it is enough to prove Ferguson's influence on the rise and fall of Manchester United, it is also a pity that it has become a knot that the lord has always been unable to let go of in his later years.

If there were only trophies, Ferguson's impact on the Premier League would not have been so far-reaching. Just the first two batches of 16 players in the Premier League Hall of Fame, six have inherited their careers, and the pinnacle of their careers has been left to Manchester United: Cantona, Roy Keane, David Beckham, Wayne Rooney, Schmeichel and Scholes Scholes. Of the 3 new "celebrities" to be selected this year, 15 candidates are Rio Ferdinand, Andy Cole, Gary Neville, Nedic and Michael Carrick, 5 are Red Devils, and there is a high probability that someone will be inducted into the Hall of Fame, and the impact of Ferguson's Manchester United on the Premier League can be seen.

Although the dynasty of Cristiano Ronaldo and Messi began when the Portuguese star left Manchester United, no one can deny that it was Alex Ferguson, who produced a superstar for world football in the 21st century. Before that, he had cultivated two generations of talents for English football, allowing the Three Lions to come out of the shadow of being banned by UEFA, and finally able to enter the world's leading powerhouse. David Beckham is a decisive benchmark for the globalization of world football, and he is also an elite that Ferguson has worked hard to develop. Everyone will not forget: Ferguson not only trained Cristiano Ronaldo, but also left another superstar Rooney for English football.

Unlike Ancelotti, Mancini, Conte and other champion coaches, Ferguson has left not only trophies for Manchester United and the Premier League, but also a continuous stream of local elites from talented people, so that English football can basically maintain the stable iteration of local talents under the continuous impact of the world's top stars. In this sense, Ferguson is not only the most successful coach in the Premier League in terms of results, but also the most successful "godfather" of LinkedIn football into the 21st century and the era of globalization.

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