The captain battle between the giants has been around for a long time. Not long ago, during the South African World Cup, the German national team fell out directly due to the captain issue. The German team lost to Spain in the World Cup semi-finals, which may also be related to this factor.

Manchester United has always had superstars with outstanding abilities, qualifications, personality and fame in all aspects to serve as captains in Gary Neville, so there has never been much dispute over the captains of Manchester United.

When it comes to Gary Neville, although Neville is not as good as Manchester United, his qualifications are only comparable to Scholes and Giggs, and his personality is more suitable than Giggs and Scholes, so no one dares to disagree at Manchester United.

But after Neville retired, Scholes and Giggs were old and old, so Manchester United no longer had a captain who was able to stand out in all aspects.

Ferdinand, Vidic, and Evra have no difference in their abilities, their qualifications are similar, and their ages are not much different.

Fletcher is of moderate age and has enough qualifications, but Rooney is more suitable and has enough qualifications and is even more famous than Fletcher.

Those five people are qualified to be captains, but no one of these five people is elected as captain of Manchester United, and they cannot convince the other four competitors.

Ferguson has always had a headache about who these five people choose, otherwise Gary Neville might have been allowed to retire last season.

After Gary Neville actually retired, Ferguson had more worries because when Gary Neville announced his retirement, he recommended Gao Xiaodong to Ferguson to take over his captain position.

Before officially retiring this time, Neville went to find Ferguson again. He once again recommended Gao Xiaodong to Ferguson, believing that under the current situation, he has super abilities and that Gao Xiaodong is the most suitable to be the captain. His only disadvantage is that his qualifications are too shallow.

On the day Neville retired, Manchester United's official website announced the five shortlists for the next captain, Rooney, Fletcher, Ferdinand, Vidic and Evra, among them, but there was no name of Gao Xiaodong, which aroused the dissatisfaction of Gao Xiaodong's fans.

Gao Xiaodong fans believe that although Gao Xiaodong has not been joining Manchester United for a long time, in addition to his qualifications, Gao Xiaodong's ability, fame and personality are completely worthy of the position of Manchester United captain. Now he can't even get a candidate, which is really hard to convince the fans.

Before winning the Golden Globe Award, although Gao Xiaodong had the idea of ​​being the captain, he did not have much confidence. After all, he was still inexperienced and there were many big players on his head. After winning the Golden Globe Award, there was also the support of the old captain Neville. Gao Xiaodong felt that he could compete for the captain position. Now the official website announced the candidate, Gao Xiaodong didn't even have a name, which made Gao Xiaodong very suspicious. He decided to go to Neville to find out. Among the Manchester United bosses, Neville was closer to him, a bit like a friend, rather than Scholes and Giggs just regarded him as new teammates who needed guidance and support.

The day after Neville retired, Gao Xiaodong came to Neville's home with gifts to visit, seeking the tricks to be promoted.

"Hao, welcome."

Neville likes Gao Xiaodong very much. He believes that Rooney is useless, and Gao Xiaodong is the key figure in leading Manchester United to the next glorious era. This is also the reason why Neville supports Gao Xiaodong as Manchester United captain.

Although this is the first time Gao Xiaodong is visiting Neville's home, Neville's wife and children have long been familiar with Gao Xiaodong and are also very enthusiastic about Gao Xiaodong.

After sitting down, Gao Xiaodong said: "Brother Gary, your retirement is so sudden that everyone can't accept it."

Neville smiled and said: "My ability is no longer worthy of playing football at Manchester United, and I don't want to transfer, why don't I retire? Are you waiting to be laughed at by fans?"

Gao Xiaodong said: "How can fans laugh at you? You are a legend of Manchester United. No matter how many mistakes you make, it will not damage your status in Manchester United."

Neville smiled and said, "It's better for fans to be as tolerant as you."

Gao Xiaodong smiled and said, "That's because you have too high requirements for yourself."

Neville said seriously: "In a world-class giant like Manchester United, pressure is everywhere. You must have higher requirements for yourself, otherwise you will fall behind."

Gao Xiaodong said: "Yes, I feel the pressure, and I have been working hard to improve myself."

Neville smiled and said: "Actually, you have done a good job. Manchester United's current record has not been achieved even when Ronaldo was there, but I think you can still bear greater responsibilities, such as being Manchester United's next captain."

Neville knew that Gao Xiaodong might have come today to announce the official website that the captain candidate list was not named, so he directly turned the topic here.

Gao Xiaodong was very grateful to Neville for his understanding and said, "Thank you Brother Gary for your support, but I don't seem to be able to do it. The official website announced the list of candidates for the captain without me."

Neville smiled slightly and said, "When will the official website decide the candidate for Manchester United's captain? The only one who decides who will be the captain is the old man, and the official website is to let the wind go."

Gao Xiaodong suddenly realized and said, "Oh, what you mean is that the official website is not what the Lord said?"

Neville said: "You can't say nothing. Maybe it's just the old man used it to test the reactions of the fans and players. It turns out that the old man often plays this move."

Ferguson is such an old fox. Gao Xiaodong secretly complained to Neville: "Brother Gary, what do you mean, I still have hope?"

Neville said: "It should be, it's not easy to choose the captain of the old man."

Gao Xiaodong said: "Why?"

Neville said: "Among these five candidates, Ferdinand is very competitive and prone to pride. He has suffered a lot of injuries recently. The old man may not choose him as the captain. Although Vidic is very good in all aspects, he is not a local player in England after all. If Rooney does not make a transfer or a prostitute incident, it is very likely. Now I think the old man may not dare to let Rooney be the captain. As for Fletcher, his ability, fame, and influence in the locker room are not as good as Vidic. Evra is not as good as the captain in France. At most, he can be a symbolic team deputy at Manchester United. Who do you think the old man chooses to be the captain."

Gao Xiaodong scratched his head and said with a smile: "This is not easy to choose. It seems that the Lord is going to draw lots."

Neville laughed and said, "It's not a joke for Manchester United captain, how can you choose casually?"

Gao Xiaodong said: "You can't have no captain?"

Neville said: "Of course there will be a captain, but I can't tell who the old man will take to the post."

Gao Xiaodong said with a shy face: "Brother Gary, how much hope do you think I have?"

Gary Neville said: "I think it's best for you to be the captain of Manchester United, but the old man thinks you are too young and have too shallow qualifications, so I hope there is, but it won't be too big. I think your best thing is to fight for a deputy captain first and then seek the opportunity to be a captain."

Gao Xiaodong said disappointedly: "Even if Ferdinand and Vidic are captains, they may not be able to retire in three or two years."

When Neville poured water for Gao Xiaodong, he patted Gao Xiaodong on the shoulder, "Don't be impatient, you have time."

"I'm not in a hurry, I've only been joining for half a season." Gao Xiaodong muttered in his heart, "I don't have that much time, I have to switch to other leagues."

Neville saw Gao Xiaodong's face feeling unhesitant and smiled: "You really don't have to worry. In my opinion, maybe the old man will not rashly arrange the captain, but will continue to use the situation. Several deputy captains take turns to serve as captains on the field, and then announce the captain's candidate when the season ends."
Chapter completed!