[新聞] Scholesy 想在曼聯踢到退休

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Reds or bust for Scholes 


REDS midfield star Paul Scholes says he wants to finish his career
at Old Trafford.

The former England star signed a new four-year contract
with United outfit on Friday, a deal which will take him to 34
and extend his overall Red Devils' service to an incredible 20 years.

As the most unassuming member of United's dressing room,
it is no surprise his negotiations took place aware from
the kind of unwanted publicity which accompanied Rio Ferdinand's decision
to commit his future to the club for a similar length of time.

But while Scholes' talks did take longer than the usual 30 seconds, 
there was never any question of the 30-year-old not signing. 
And if the new contract does not take him to the end of his career,
the Salford-born maestro will have no hesitation in eventually
agreeing one that does.

"I can't imagine playing for any other club," said Scholes.

"I suppose Phil Neville was saying exactly the same thing 12 months ago
but I certainly don't want to play for anyone else.

"The new contract has taken a while to do but I didn't want it
dragging on too much and I am delighted with it.

"Now it is out of the way, I can concentrate fully on my football."

Scholes' reference to Neville, who made his Premiership bow
for Everton against his old club at Goodison Park on Saturday,
is a valid one given the gradual break-up of United's famed `Class of 92'.

David Beckham and Nicky Butt exited Old Trafford in consecutive summers 
before Neville while reports of sustained interest 
in Sao Paulo full-back Cucinho is a clear threat to Gary Neville.

However, as his new squad takes shape, with Cristiano Ronaldo,
Darren Fletcher and John O'Shea all set to renew their contracts
in the coming days, there was never any question that
Sir Alex Ferguson would let Scholes leave.

While Ronaldo, Wayne Rooney and Ruud van Nistelrooy have been
capturing all the headlines during United's promising start to the season,
Scholes has been going about his job with quiet efficiency,
hinting that he is now over the dip in from
which left him so disappointed last term.


Challenge

If United are to mount a sustained challenge to Chelsea
during this campaign, Scholes will have to hit his peak.
And as he looks around the dressing room, the influential midfielder
thinks there enough quality to make considerable inroads
into the 18-point gap Jose Mourinho's men established over the Red Devils
by the end of last season.

"We believe we are as good as anyone," he said.

"We had a lot of injuries at the beginning of last season,
while this season there are only a couple of people who are not fit.

"We are in good shape. We are a strong team and
we are determined to win our games."

With five goals in their opening two competitive games and none conceded,
United have started encouragingly enough.

Although they would have been frustrated by Hernan Crespo's
injury-time winner at Wigan yesterday and the two late goals
which saw Arsenal home against Newcastle,
at least United are up with the pace.

Even by this point 12 months ago, they had fallen three points
adrift of Chelsea and Arsenal after an opening day defeat
at Stamford Bridge, starting a run of just six points
from their first five games which wrecked any title hopes virtually
before they had begun.

"It is massively important for us not to fall behind," admitted Scholes.

"Last year we didn't have a great start.
We weren't playing well and the first five or six games
just weren't good enough.

"We are determined it will be different this season.
Everton is a tough place to go on the opening day,
but we got the win we wanted and we have to build on that
over the next nine months."

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推 MingingT:拜託不要到時候連Scholesy都轉隊啊...><
推 football:他的希望也是我的期待囉
推 PaulScholes:就這麼決定了
推 Fergie:我相信Scholes會在曼聯掛靴的!!
推 lordcolus:我也希望阿姑能在紅魔掛靴

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曼聯近20年忠臣發誓效忠：一日為紅魔 終生為紅魔 
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http://sports.sina.com.cn 2005年08月16日19:58 新浪體育

　　新浪體育訊　

    上周斯科爾斯同曼聯續約4年，等合約到期時，他就將年滿34歲，這樣，他為紅魔效
力的年限就將達到20年(14歲進入曼聯少年隊)。談到自己的決定，斯科爾斯表示，自己從
未想過離開曼聯，一日為紅魔，終生為紅魔。


　　「我根本無法想像為另一家俱樂部踢球，」斯科爾斯說，「我想12個月以前，菲爾-
內維爾也是這麼說的，但我真的不想為其他球隊踢球。新合約的談判有一段時間，但我不
想拖延太久，於是就簽約了，我對此很高興。現在一切都結束了，我可以完全集中在足球
上。」


　　現在斯科爾斯已經成為了曼聯中場的關鍵人物，他的傳球和組織是串連起全隊的重要
環節，也許身處前場三叉戟身後，進攻上的機會不如以前多，但他仍然很滿意自己現在的
角色。「重要的是球隊的需要，我相信我們不比任何人差，我們的狀態很好，有決心贏下
自己的比賽。」


　　和斯科爾斯抱有同樣想法的還有阿蘭-史密斯，他寧願選擇去踢曼聯預備隊的比賽，也
不去參加周中英格蘭隊的集訓，這惹惱了英足總，目前他們正在醞釀相關的處罰。


　　當曼聯順風滿帆準備啟航時，又傳來了令人擔心的傷病消息，隊內的兩名邊翼C-羅納
爾多和吉格斯都有傷在身，他們都缺席了上周的聯賽，還將退出本周中的國家隊比賽，羅
納爾多的問題是腳踝扭傷，弗格森希望他能趕上本週末的聯賽，而吉格斯則因為胸腔感染
而不得不接受治療，何時能夠復出還不得而知。


　　不過，最令弗格森感到沮喪的是，挪威前鋒索爾斯克亞的情況仍難以應付比賽，爵爺
甚至擔心，娃娃臉也許再也無法為曼聯一線隊出戰。「我不確定他還是否能再次為一線隊
出場，」弗格森說，「他已經31歲了，而且受傷缺席了1年，情況很困難。」上一次索爾
斯克亞為曼聯出戰，是在2004年足總杯決賽同米爾沃爾的比賽中，但傷情的反覆讓他此後
一直缺席，現在看來，那場決賽甚至有可能將成為娃娃臉在曼聯的絕唱。


(丁林)