Manchester United s striker savior received "hard-core guidance" from a famous star: If you want to win, you have to yell at your teammates, don t be a good guy!

When Manchester United signed Sheszko from Leipzig for 74 million pounds in the summer, everyone knew that the 22-year-old Slovenian forward shouldered the burden of "saving the Red Devils' front line" - after all, in the previous two transfer windows, Manchester United spent more than 100 million pounds to introduce Hoylen and Zirkzee, but they failed to satisfy coach Amorim.

Hoylen's sluggish efficiency eventually led him to join Naples on loan, while Zirkzee was more like a No. 10 than an orthodox No. 9. The vacancy at the front made Sheshko's arrival inevitable. But his first appearance at Old Trafford was not smooth. He failed to score in his first six appearances (no goals and no assists). The young man was once overwhelmed by doubts from the outside world. Fortunately, he has finally regained his form recently, scoring consecutive goals against Brentford and Sunderland, and also provided an exquisite assist against Brighton at the weekend, which temporarily relieved the pressure.

Just when Sheshko had just established a foothold, Berbatov, a famous Manchester United player and forward who had won the Premier League championship, gave this junior the "unconventional" secret of success - if you want to gain a long-term foothold at Manchester United, you must learn to be "selfish" and even "yell and say dirty words" to your teammates when necessary.

In Ferdinand's podcast, Berbatov bluntly said: "As a forward of Manchester United, you must be 'a little arrogant'. When you run out of a good position, you must take the initiative to ask for the ball from your teammates; if the ball is not passed, you must express your dissatisfaction in a way that they can understand—— Sometimes you need to show anger, yell or say harsh words. This is not personal, but to let them know, 'I am here, give me the ball, I can score goals.'"

He further explained that this kind of "toughness" is by no means unreasonable: " Communicate proactively before the game, at halftime, and after the game. Don’t always think about being a good guy and being brothers with your teammates. Get angry when you should be angry, and you can even say, ‘Damn, pass the ball to me!’ Football is a team sport, but top forwards must have a ‘selfish gene’ – this is not selfishness, but a desire to score goals. The desire is the attitude to dominate the game."

Today's Sheshko is in a critical period of "trust and pressure coexist": Insilicon Group is willing to spend 74 million for him, and coach Amorim has also designated him as the core of the striker. This trust is both a motivation and an invisible shackle. Berbatov's suggestion is essentially to let him get rid of his "newcomer's restraint" and control the game with a more powerful attitude - after all, in a giant like Manchester United, "gentleness" cannot be exchanged for goals, and "soft character" cannot support the front line.

In the upcoming schedule, can Sheshko really let go of his "politeness" and use the "hardcore method" suggested by famous players to activate himself? Can this 74 million man prove with his "thorny performance" that he is the answer that Manchester United's striker has been waiting for? Maybe we'll find out soon.