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After returning home after a whole day of parade, Zhao Yaning was very surprised to find that he had received a call from an unfamiliar number.

"Hello, I'm Steven Gerrard." The English of the person on the opposite side had some very strong accents, a bit like Scottish - Zhao Yaning later found out that it was a typical Liverpool accent, "Stephen Gerrard , I think you've heard of me, I'm from Liverpool."

"Of course I've heard of you. Excuse me, what can you do?" Zhao Yaning was also a little surprised that Gerrard would call him.

Liverpool is his new club, but he has been because, even if he is contacted, it should be the team's head coach or the team captain who should contact him first.Now Liverpool's coach is Houllier, and the captain is Irving. How come it is the vice-captain who contacted him?

"Hello, first of all congratulations on winning the Ligue [-] championship and reaching the Champions League final." Gerrard's words sounded sincere, with admiration, admiration, and nervousness in his tone, "As you Future teammates, I feel compelled to congratulate you."[

"Well, okay, thank you." Zhao Yaning agreed.

"And then, on behalf of Liverpool, I would like to say welcome to you." Gerrard continued, "And what's more, if you need anything when you arrive in Liverpool, I can help you."

"Thank you." Zhao Yaning said perfunctorily.Gerrard on the other end of the phone heard his perfunctory and explained, "This season, our affairs are a bit chaotic... The matter of Michael's transfer has not yet been finalized, and Mr. Houllier is about to resign. It was the coach or the captain who contacted you, but now, I have to come."

Although this statement is simple, it contains two messages.

The first one is naturally that Houllier has decided to resign.Houllier has always been in charge of Zhao Yaning’s transfer matters, and Zhao Yaning always thought that when he went to the Premier League, he also played with Houllier, but at this moment, he was suddenly told that Houllier had resigned, which inevitably made him feel Some confused.

And the second message is that it seems that Owen is really not going to stay in Liverpool...

Zhao Yaning heard people mention Owen.That is an extremely smart person, not only has a high golf quotient, but also a high IQ, and a high EQ.Coupled with a handsome face, and several high-profile performances in major competitions, his reputation as a golden boy has always been very resounding.

He has his own Owen Broadcasting Company, which pays attention to his own image introduction, and also pays attention to the relationship with the media.It is precisely because he is smart enough that he was able to rely on a goal against Argentina in 98 to make himself at the top of the Golden Globe Awards, and it is precisely because of his smartness that he was able to In the 2001 Ballon d'Or selection, Raul, who had the upper hand, lost to him because of a moral stain and the failure of the European Super Cup.

It is also this kind of cleverness that has transformed Liverpool's image over the years from a 'team built around Irving' to a 'team that Irving dragged forward'.

The former is that everyone sacrifices for him alone, and the latter is that he sacrifices for everyone.The media never mentioned that in order for him to develop smoothly, Liverpool even drove away Robbie Fowler.They will only mention that this team is Irving's team alone, without Irving, they are nothing-although no one has seen what Liverpool without Irving is like, but everyone thinks so.

These words are usually said when everyone chats in private.When Moreau said these things, he seemed to feel aggrieved for Raul.After all, Raul really sacrificed a lot for Real Madrid, but missed the Ballon d'Or.Morientes is a close friend of Raul, and of course he would not speak well of Owen.In fact, it is reasonable to say that Raul is not stupid, but when he does things, he is always not as decisive as Owen. He also does a lot of publicity, but he can't play Owen's slickness. In Morientes' view, this It is the only reason why Raul lost to Owen in the Golden Globe selection.

In the past two years, Liverpool has not changed much, and Owen's mind is no longer in Liverpool.Everyone rumored that he was going to Real Madrid to become a new member of the Galacticos.But this has always been unbelievable.For one thing, Liverpool was originally one of the most powerful players in Europe. Although it was down and out, it would not be poached by Real Madrid, especially the captain who was born in his own youth training, and it was impossible to sell him for money.Secondly, it is also because Real Madrid has enough strikers and there is no need to buy strikers. Irving has gone. Is he a substitute or Raul a substitute?

But as Irving never renews his contract, it seems that he is really ready to leave.

"I don't really know what help you need. To be honest, I didn't try to help my teammates. I was not very conscientious as the vice-captain before...Michael is very good at handling these. Among us, only Riise is from Monaco. , he should have some experience living in Liverpool, if you need it, I'll go and ask him for you."

"Then I can't thank you enough."

After exchanging a few pleasantries, Zhao Yaning put down the phone.He understood what Gerald meant. This call was just for Gerald to confirm what kind of person his future teammate was, whether he was a friendly person, a proud person, or a violent person— — Zhao Yaning’s transfer value broke Liverpool’s record. Liverpool really wanted to use Zhao Yaning as the main force. Gerrard naturally had to know Zhao Yaning’s temper.

But this conversation was quite pleasant.Zhao Yaning's temper is not bad, and listening to the tone of Gerrard on the phone, he will not be a bad tempered person.

After all, Zhao Yaning doesn't know as much about Gerrard as he does about Owen.After all, in comparison, Gerrard is too low-key, and he is far less flashy than Irving.He just knows that Gerrard seems to be a very good player. Since his debut, he has been hailed as a new generation of Premier League midfielders on a par with Vieira and Keane-this evaluation is naturally quite high.And a person with such a high evaluation can maintain a low-key personality, which also makes Zhao Yaning feel that this person should not be too difficult to get along with.

Liverpool shouldn't have a bad living environment, right? [

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"I called." Putting down the phone, Gerald turned his head and talked to the people around him, "It sounds like he has a good temper, he doesn't look like a slippery or violent temper, and he shouldn't be too difficult to get along with. "

"It's hard to say. He led the team to the Champions League final at the age of less than 20 years old, and this kid's talent is also at the level of a genius. It's okay for a genius to be weird, but if he's not weird, he's like Michael, and it's even more disgusting." The man shook his head, "Stephen, you are too easy to trust others, which is not good. You still think that Michael is a good man, and you will know how accurate the good man you say is."

"Jamie, don't say that. Michael is a Golden Globe winner after all. His pursuit is different from ours, and it is understandable..."

"He's from Liverpool!" The people around him became angry, "You, me, he, we are all Liverpool's youth training! Born in Liverpool, grew up in Liverpool, and died in Liverpool! G14's youth training, captain, Golden Globe Award The winner left the team and defected before his own team! Is there such a cowardly Golden Globe winner? Which giants will have such a thing!"

"He's an Everton fan..."

"Me too! My whole family! But so what? I'm playing for Liverpool for a day and I can't eat inside or outside!"

"Jamie, things have already happened, so stop complaining." Gerrard looked at him and sighed, "I thought, Gerrard, Carragher, Owen, these names could become the memories of Anfield's generation Yes, but now..."

"The fans will remember us." Carragher said, "Those who leave will naturally be thrown into the trash by the fans."

Gerald shook his head, he had already tried to refute something.The captain of the team, Owen, is so determined to leave, and it is not Real Madrid who will not go. As a student of Liverpool's youth training, he colluded with Real Madrid to help Real Madrid lower the price and force Liverpool to sell him at a low price. It's a shame.

Yes, he can have a thousand reasons, saying that he can't win the championship in Liverpool, he can't see the future in Liverpool, and he can influence the Golden Globe winner's ambitions in Liverpool. These reasons are all justified.However, as a professional player, he refuses to renew his contract and contacts other clubs at the same time. He will not go to a certain club and help the other party to squeeze his own club. This kind of thing, no matter who it is, it is unavoidable to say it is unprofessional What's more, Irving is still the captain of the team, and he is from the team's youth training. This approach, let alone a rich team like Liverpool, even if it is an ordinary team, the captain and other teams Hooking up and trying to lower the price will also be considered unconscionable.

But there is no problem for Owen to do so.He is a smart man, and he has a lot of ability to win over the media and create momentum for himself.With his eloquence and mind, it is not too difficult to say that Liverpool is sorry for him.

"We will obviously be able to play in the Champions League next season." Gerrard felt a little painful when he thought of this question. "What's wrong with staying? He is also the winner of the Golden Melody Award. Doesn't he want to lead the team as a core player?" To win the championship? He stayed at Liverpool to win the Champions League and the league championship, and went to Real Madrid to win the championship, the achievements are obviously different."

"Difficulty is also different. Not everyone has the guts to play hard mode." Carragher replied, "Some people are born with no guts."

"Don't say that..." Gerrard scratched his head, "And, speaking of it, are you interested in going to Germany with me? I'm going to watch the Champions League final and see what our new teammates look like."

"Alright, I'll go with you," Carragher said, "but don't expect too much from him. In my opinion, he just wants to use Liverpool as his springboard. You'd better not hold him back either." Too much hope."

"Jamie, we have to trust our teammates to play well." Gerrard shook his head, "Let's stop talking like this in the future, okay? Our team doesn't have good players, no outstanding strength, and no Great superstars, but the unity at the end, we can't throw it away."

"Are you thinking about unity now?" Carragher laughed, "Have you considered yourself the captain?"

"Whether I'm right or not, I'm already." Gerald turned his head, "Jamie, I won't do what Michael did, so please be obedient to me as the captain, okay?"

Carragher looked at Gerrard and nodded.Indeed, the person in front of him is already the captain of the team.