Manchester United are still waiting for the time of their ammunition from France to strengthen their defense line with the purchase of Raphael Varane from Real Madrid. This proves that the relationship between the two in business is quite good and sometimes without problems. Here are some players who have been involved in the business between the King of Spain and the big English team:
The first transfer made by Manchester United and Real Madrid was in 1983 where Cunningham was the first English player to strengthen Real Madrid who was imported from West Brom in 1979 but because of the full Madrid squad at that time Cunningham had to be loaned to Manchester United but the player who played at the left wing post did not develop at Manchester United until finally he had to be released by Madrid to Marseille in 1984
David Beckham
This English superstar was one of the icons of Manchester United’s treble victory in 1999 but because the relationship between Beckham and Sir Alex at that time worsened until a very famous tragedy occurred to this day, namely bend it like beckham where Fergie was upset because Manchester United lost. from Arsenal sent fergie out of control and kicked the boot in front of him.
Unfortunately the shoe hit and injured Beckham’s face, the relationship between the two was strained until finally Manchester United had to release himself to Real Madrid which was creating a Los Blancos project even though his career at Real Madrid was not better than his professional career at Manchester United by winning 13 trophies for MU
Ruud Van Nistelrooy
Sir Alex is not the type of coach who can compromise the decisions he has made with his players no matter how much influence the player has on his team as Van Nistelrooy commented on the presence of Cristiano Ronaldo when he joined from Sporting Lisbon. Ruudtje, who at that time became a Manchester United bomber, felt that Ronaldo often lost the ball and wasted opportunities, but the comments he made made Sir Alex feel his authority was disturbed and released Van Nistelrooy to Real Madrid.
Gabriel Heinze
Losing to compete with Patrice Evra and his injury made Heinze not get a place in Sir Alex’s first team and made him think of trying his luck in the Rival team which was coached by Rafael Benitez at the time but Fergie intervened who did not want his former team to strengthen the team he hated at the time. at that time. Finally ordered David Gill his Chief executive to find a team for Heinze as long as he didn’t go to Liverpool with that Heinze was finally released to Real Madrid at a lower price than Liverpool offered
Cristiano Ronaldo
Being at the peak of its performance at the time of 2009 Real Madrid were tempted to get the services of the Portuguese player because according to Carlos Queiroz’s assistant Ferguson that Portuguese players usually can’t last more than 5 years, so it’s a win-win solution for both parties. Therefore, Fergie sold his favorite player for a dowry of 80 million pounds and became the most expensive player in the world for a long period of time until it was finally broken by Neymar in 2017 when he moved from Barcelona to PSG.
Angel Di Maria
Signed by coach Louis Van Gaal from Real Madrid for 68 million pounds and is expected to be a replacement for the departure of Cristiano Ronaldo, Di Maria is in fact uncomfortable with the physical game of the English league and has long been marginalized from the Manchester United main squad at that time, especially the weather and security in Manchester. Maria did not feel at home in the city for long.
Even his house had been burglarized until it was reported that the negotiations carried out by PSG to Di Maria were carried out secretly until the coach himself did not know the whereabouts of the player until finally Van Gaal couldn’t help but release Di Maria, who had signed a personal contract with Paris Saint Germain.
Raphael Varane
Still dreaming of his first title since managing Manchester United, Ole Gunnar Solskjaer sees his main failure to win the English league last season is the defense that has not been strong enough. Ole Gunnar has also brought in the right person where MU is often lack when to dismantle a team that has a defensive philosophy. The relationship between the two was strained until it was finally closed with Varane negotiations with Manchester United in 2021. The most iconic thing and is still remembered today is the incident when Louis Van Gaal was in charge of Manchester United at that time it was reported that Manchester United and Real Madrid had agreed. David De Gea transfer price. However, due to fax technical issue, Real Madrid failed to register the Spanish goalkeeper’s name with La Liga authorities. even so David De Gea still stays at Manchester United until now
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