When Liverpool was panicking, Manchester United didn't seize the opportunity. Nacho wasted several chances, causing the Manchester United TV commentators in the commentary box to exclaim repeatedly and then sigh continuously.

Every Manchester United fan was anxious.

They knew that Liverpool couldn't stay panicked forever. They were a team that had won fourteen Premier League titles and fourteen Champions League titles.

If they couldn't take the lead while Liverpool hadn't reacted, once they woke up… then the trouble would be huge!

In the end, Manchester United still couldn't firmly grasp their destiny in their own hands. The weakness of lacking a strong center forward was fully exposed. They had many opportunities, but they couldn't break through Liverpool's goal.

After discovering that Manchester United was just a paper tiger, Liverpool also began to calm down.

Liverpool, no longer panicked, began to counterattack.

Chen Hero went all out after gaining the support of his teammates.

He showed Solskjaer what a "real strong center forward who can score goals" was, and the huge gap between him and Nacho, like a chasm.

Liverpool's first threatening attack resulted in a goal. The scorer was Chen Hero.

On the other hand, Nacho had so many opportunities before, but he didn't seize any of them—but he worked hard, and every run was the most active. This can only be said to be a talent problem, and the talent problem is the most unsolvable problem.

Liverpool's goal destroyed Manchester United's psychological defense.

Before Chen Hero scored, no matter how many chances Nacho wasted, the Manchester United players were full of hope, always thinking that maybe they could score next time. As long as they could equalize a goal, they could regain the initiative…

Now that Chen Hero scored, all fantasies were shattered.

Being three goals behind forced Manchester United into a dead end.

Or rather, a dead end.

What lay before Manchester United was a dead end.

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In the end, Liverpool beat Manchester United 2-0 away from home, eliminating Manchester United with a total score of 4-0 and advancing to the semi-finals.

This meant they were only two games away from the final.

This result made Liverpool fans very happy. They were very satisfied to see Liverpool perform so brilliantly in Hero's last season before retirement.

Manchester United, on the other hand, was brewing a big move.

As soon as that game ended, Solskjaer found Manchester United's club owner, Grant Leonard.

The Glazers had already sold Manchester United, and now Manchester United belonged to this American named Grant Leonard.

However, Manchester United fans were used to this kind of owner change. No matter who the owner was, as long as they provided money to buy players, that was fine.

Leonard had only taken over Manchester United three seasons ago. After frequently changing coaches, he listened to other people's advice and brought in Solskjaer.

Solskjaer's coaching record was not particularly outstanding, but he had trained a Nacho, which also added a lot of points to him. In addition, his lofty status in the hearts of Manchester United fans made his position secure.

Anyway, Manchester United hadn't won a championship for so many years. Everyone had gone from initial anger and unwillingness to being used to it.

So even if they still ended up empty-handed this year, considering that this was Solskjaer's first season, Leonard wouldn't fire him.

Currently, the relationship between the two was still in the "honeymoon period."

Leonard was always happy to satisfy Solskjaer's requests.

He was a newcomer, and he wanted to use his friendly attitude towards Manchester United veterans to bridge the gap between himself and Manchester United fans, and win the hearts and support of Manchester United fans.

This was the right time for the coach to make requests.

Solskjaer was here this time to ask Leonard to provide more transfer funds.

He had already figured out that the only player who could currently help Manchester United, and who Manchester United still had a chance to grab, was that young Brazilian center forward, Amoruso.

Although Amoruso resented everyone comparing him to Chen Hero, it was undeniable that his style was really similar to Chen Hero's when he first debuted.

Manchester United now lacked the appeal to attract those geniuses and superstars, so they had no choice but to use money to砸 (zha - smash) people.

Solskjaer believed this was the only thing Manchester United could offer.

The new boss had only been in charge for three seasons, and he was still ambitious and had decent financial strength, so he could afford to spend the money.

And Manchester United's consecutive three losses to their arch-rivals Liverpool in the Champions League and the league were also the best reason—look at how Liverpool spent 70 million to挖 (wa - dig) Chen Hero, which brought them such a glorious future?

You can't catch wolves without putting out bait. How similar were Amoruso and Chen Hero back then? It's just spending a little more money. As long as they can successfully dig Amoruso over, are they still afraid of not getting their investment back in the future?

Solskjaer told all of this to the boss, Leonard.

Leonard fell into deep thought after listening.

What Solskjaer wanted him to take out was not 30 or 40 million, but a full 80 million!

And this was not the entire team's transfer budget for next season, this was just the money intended to be used on Amoruso…

Thinking of this, Leonard felt a toothache. His money didn't fall from the sky either, so this 80 million really made him hesitate.

Leonard wasn't unable to afford this money, otherwise he wouldn't be hesitating, but would directly refuse.

The problem now was whether 80 million could really bring Manchester United a constant stream of championships?

If it really could, then Leonard would accept it.

He looked at Solskjaer in front of him: "Can you guarantee it?"

Solskjaer thought to himself that no one could guarantee this, but this was the time to ask for money. Even if he couldn't guarantee it, he had to guarantee it, otherwise he wouldn't get the money.

So he gritted his teeth and said, "If it doesn't work, you can fire me, Mr. Chairman."

Leonard thought to himself that even if he fired you, he wouldn't get the 80 million back… But he didn't say that, but continued to express his doubts: "Why does it have to be him? I think there are many excellent center forwards…"

This was a problem of tactics and strategy, and Solskjaer was much more confident when talking about this, after all, this was a problem he had been thinking about for a week or two.

"Our problem is not just a center forward, this center forward must also be strong enough, so that he can form a tactical fulcrum in the frontcourt…" Solskjaer began to give the boss a football tactics lesson.

He told Leonard why he needed Amoruso and not anyone else.

Because Amoruso can not only score goals himself, but also enrich Manchester United's current attacking tactics.

Currently, Manchester United's goals all rely on Nacho. Once Nacho is marked to death, or is restrained by the opponent's tactics, then Manchester United will directly misfire.

In fact, Leonard didn't understand the overly professional parts.

He was not a boss who understood football very well, especially those complicated things like tactics.

However, he still understood the main idea and key information from Solskjaer's words: Manchester United must introduce Amoruso, and only Amoruso can save the team's future.

Leonard was always a person with a gambling spirit, just like when he decided to buy Manchester United. At that time, Manchester United was no longer the football club that directly ranked first in profitability every year. Many people advised him not to take over this mess from the Glazer family.

But Leonard believed that Manchester United's foundation was extremely good. Once they recovered, they could still revive their glory, and their commercial value would also skyrocket rapidly.

So he decided to take over Manchester United.

Three seasons have passed, and Manchester United still shows no signs of recovery. But the good news is that Liverpool's damned old Chen Hero is finally retiring.

He, like everyone else, believed that as long as Chen Hero retired, Liverpool would be no threat. Then the Premier League would be the world of other strong teams.

If Manchester United is well prepared by then, they do have a high probability of rising again.

After all, Manchester United has the deepest foundation in the Premier League today…

Thinking of this, Leonard decided to take a gamble. Amoruso was the most famous player in the world football scene in the past year, and the fastest rising player. He was naturally also well-known.

Solskjaer specifically wanted to buy this person, which shows that his vision is still quite accurate.

After considering for a while, he nodded: "Okay, I agree with you, Ole."

Solskjaer breathed a sigh of relief after receiving this answer.

Although Amoruso was outstanding and a genius that the whole world was watching, he had only risen to prominence for a year, and had only played in the Brazilian league, never proving himself in Europe. Those wealthy clubs were interested in him, but there were probably very few people who were willing to spend 80 million pounds for him.

He believed that as long as he砸 (zha - smash) this money, he should be able to immediately defeat those other wealthy teams and thus obtain Amoruso's ownership.

Absolutely no one would be crazy enough to spend 80 million to buy a player who has never proven himself in Europe. He was forced to go crazy.

As an old European powerhouse, perhaps the most unsuccessful team is Manchester United today.

Because the contrast between their past and present is too great. They used to be the Premier League overlords. After being overthrown by Liverpool, Ferguson even ridiculed Liverpool for only having one league title, while Manchester United had fourteen. Who would have thought that Manchester United would be cut off from the league title ever since. Eighteen consecutive years without a league title. This is really rare in European football.

Last season was originally a great opportunity, because Chen Hero was banned. But before that, Manchester United didn't expect Chen Hero to be banned in the end. They lost too many points before, and in the end they couldn't catch up even if they wanted to, and watched Arsenal snatch the championship from Liverpool…

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After coming out of Leonard's office, Solskjaer still felt a little unreal—he didn't expect his boss to really agree to his so risky plan in the end.

But as long as he agreed, that was fine.

He thought about what Manchester United's future would be like after he got Amoruso, and he immediately felt full of hope.

Having Amoruso and Nacho, two excellent young men.

Manchester United will definitely be able to revive their glory!

At that time, as the coach who brought Manchester United back on track, he will definitely be able to leave a strong mark in Manchester United's history. Just like his shot at the Nou Camp!

He clenched his fists, full of fighting spirit.

He will prove to everyone next season that this season's failure will definitely become the cornerstone for Manchester United's take-off in the future!