Chapter 868

After Christmas and before the winter break, the half-way Premier League final game started. Manchester United easily beat Sunderland black cats 2-0 at home to lead the table by 11 points.

In the past 19 seasons of the Premier League, the number of half-way champions has been 11, with the chance of winning more than 57%. With the advantage of leading by 11 points, no team has been reversed. It can be said that if there is no accident, Manchester United almost have the league title in their pocket.

It is reasonable for Manchester United to beat Sunderland at home. No one would think that Sunderland could be in the cold at Old Trafford.

To the surprise of the fans, Gary, Manchester United's legendary captain, announced his retirement from the winter break a long time ago. Neville did not retire after the last game before the winter break.

Many people think that this is the best time for Neville to announce his retirement. It can be seen from Neville's original conversation that Neville is ready to retire after the half-way.

Some fans doubt whether Neville is ready to retire at the end of this season. After all, Manchester United have such a big advantage in points. Even if Neville can't play, he can win the league title as Manchester United captain in the end.

But soon the Sun reported that Gary. Neville has recommended Gao Xiaodong as Manchester United captain to Ferguson. He has postponed his retirement to wait for the result of the golden ball award. Now Gao Xiaodong is young and junior, so it's hard for him to be captain. If Gao Xiaodong can win the golden ball award, it will greatly improve his competitiveness and provide more favorable conditions for him to become captain of Manchester United.

The daily mail did a similar story to the sun, saying Gary. Neville did recommend Gao Xiaodong to Ferguson as captain of Manchester United, but the daily mail thinks it's Gary. Neville is recommended to Ferguson by Mendes. Neville is likely to work as a coach after his retirement and has a wide network of people. Mendes, who has a large number of stars, is naturally an important partner for Neville.

Most fans think it's a joke, not to mention Gao Xiaodong's age. He has just joined the team for less than a year. How can Gao Xiaodong be the captain of Manchester United? If he is really the captain, how many people will listen to him.

However, many fans think that Gao Xiaodong's ability and EQ are excellent. Manchester United can lead the second place by so many points in the half distance. Gao Xiaodong has great credit. Moreover, Gao Xiaodong has been a vice captain in Porto and Inter Milan. It is not unacceptable for Gao Xiaodong to be a captain when Manchester United are short of suitable captains.

But then Gary. Neville refuted the rumours, saying that Gao Xiaodong really has the ability to captain Manchester United, but he did not recommend Gao Xiaodong to Ferguson as captain, nor did he make a deal with Mendes.

Although Neville refuted the rumor, it was useless. The Manchester United League was smooth sailing, and the fans had no topic except to discuss when Manchester United's unbeaten will end. Now the topic of whether Gao Xiaodong can be captain has obviously ignited the gossip enthusiasm of the media and the fans. The reporters reported repeatedly and the fans had a heated discussion about whether Gao Xiaodong will become Manchester United's calendar The youngest captain in history has become a hot topic in European football. The three major European gambling companies even offer odds for Gao Xiaodong to be captain.

Until the end of Rafael Benitez, the coach of Inter Milan, the media and fans paid attention to the coach who had just finished half a season. The topic of Gao Xiaodong as captain gradually declined. However, with the opening of the winter transfer window, the Golden Globe Awards entered the final sprint stage, and Gao Xiaodong soon became the focus of European football This time, the focus of the media and fans has become whether Gao Xiaodong can win the golden ball award.

Gao Xiaodong's competitors are Barca's big midfield players Harvey and Iniesta. Last season, Gao Xiaodong led Inter Milan to win the club's highest honor, the League Cup and the Champions League treble, while Barca won the league title. Iniesta and Harvey also won the world cup, with almost the same team honor.

After the start of the season, Gao Xiaodong moved to Manchester United and led them to win the half championship with unbeaten record, 11 points ahead of the second place, Chelsea, and Barcelona's performance was not much. They were 5 points ahead of Real Madrid in the half when they were in charge of Real Madrid led by Ronaldo, and beat Real Madrid 5-0 in the national Derby.

From the performance of the whole year, Gao Xiaodong, Harvey and Iniesta have enough reasons to win the golden ball award. In addition, this is the first selection after the combination of the golden ball award and the World Footballer of the year, and who wins the golden ball award has become more complicated.

For Gao Xiaodong, although he has a superstar system, when Manchester United captain and win the Golden Globe, these results are not his decision. What he can do well now is to work harder on the pitch and win more support.

After entering 2011, Gao Xiaodong's first battle is an alternative Chinese Derby. He will go away to challenge Birmingham team of Chinese Yang Jiacheng.

Yang Jiacheng is a big fan of the Premier League. In June 2007, he acquired 29.9% of the shares of Birmingham club in the Premier League through his listed company Hongfeng International Holding Co., Ltd., thus becoming the largest shareholder of the club. Later, Hongfeng international slowly acquired Birmingham stock, until this season, Yang Jiacheng completely acquired Birmingham, becoming the first Chinese boss in the history of the Premier League.Birmingham's performance in the league is very poor, now ranked third from the bottom of the league, relegation situation is very bad, but in the cup, Birmingham burst out of the cold, they reached the last four in the League Cup, as long as they beat West Ham United, they will reach the League Cup final.

Although Yang Jiacheng and Gao Xiaodong have never met each other, they are all Chinese. Yang Jiacheng has always praised Gao Xiaodong on many occasions. He thinks Gao Xiaodong is the pride of Chinese people and the representative of Chinese football. He also says that if Gao Xiaodong has the idea of playing in a small team like Birmingham, he will buy Gao Xiaodong even if he loses his fortune to build a Chinese national strength Quantity.

Gao Xiaodong, of course, also reciprocates. He often praises Yang Jiacheng for showing the Chinese people's determination to do a good job in football and making contributions to football. He is a real fan businessman who speaks with actions.

Birmingham has a close relationship with Arsenal in the Premier League, but in recent years, Arsenal are not strong enough to take care of their younger brother. Therefore, Birmingham is also in a difficult situation in the league. This time when he played against a team like Manchester United, Yang Jiacheng also specially expressed his closeness to Manchester United, and privately talked to Gao Xiaodong's agent and good friend monkey, hoping that Gao Xiaodong can play for him However, in this critical period, Gao Xiaodong did not respond to Yang Jiacheng's request.