green waist king

Chapter 171

In the next few days, Van Dyke wished he could be attached to Mo Yang's body as a pendant.

Train with Mo Yang every morning, and then go to the training base with Mo Yang, sticking to Mo Yang all the time.

With the help of Moyang, Van Dijk integrated into the team very quickly.

In just a few days, he successfully integrated into the circle of main players centered on Mo Yang, and became friends with Salah and others.

Van Dijk would express his gratitude to Mo Yang from time to time, thanking Mo Yang for helping him integrate into the team.

But in fact, in Mo Yang's view, Van Dijk was recognized by everyone because of his strong strength.

Van Dijk's defense is really strong, often defending against Salahmane and others without temper.

For this reason, the kid Salah also gave Van Dijk's defense a nickname, what is "ice cube defense"

It means that when Van Dijk defends like an ice cube, he feels terribly calm, as if he can always make the most correct choice.

Even if he doesn't attack when defending, it can make it difficult for Salah and his forwards to find a space to break through and escape, and the pressure is very high.

And as long as you see him go up, it means that Van Dijk is absolutely sure to steal the ball, basically he will be able to keep the ball if he goes up.

For the arrival of Van Dijk, Mo Yang and Salah, the midfielders, are very happy.

Because with such a strong central defender, it means that the defense will become stable, and they will completely let go of their hands and feet when attacking.

As for Lovren Matip and others who had a competitive relationship with Van Dijk, they were a little worried at first, but then they resigned to their fate.

Van Dijk's strong performance and his worth of 7500 million pounds determine that he is destined not to be a substitute, and will definitely occupy a place in the starting central defender.

Strength determines status, and they can't accept it.

……

On January 1, the third round of the FA Cup kicked off.

Liverpool played at home against League Two team Plymouth.

In this game, Mo Yang, Henderson, Salah and others did not even make it to the squad for the game.

Against such a League Two team, all Liverpool players felt that they would definitely win, including the majority of Red Army fans and the media.

But the result of the game gave Liverpool a blow.

Liverpool lost!
Actually lost 0-1 to Plymouth from League Two at Anfield, which was a super super upset.

So much so that Liverpool's FA Cup journey ended in an instant as soon as it started.

Mo Yang, Henderson, and Salah also came to watch the game.

After watching the whole game, Mo Yang felt that they underestimated the enemy.

Including Klopp, he also underestimated this team from the second division.

At the media conference after the game, Klopp directly turned the conference into an introspection meeting and directly apologized to the fans.

So the next day, the media criticized Liverpool's players overwhelmingly, and Klopp did not escape.

The media is aggressive, but Liverpool's own fans are not very interested, and they seem not very angry about their team being eliminated from the FA Cup.

On the contrary, many Liverpool fans publicly threatened on social platforms that if they lose, they will lose. It's just an FA Cup.

In fact, this is indeed the case. Liverpool fans really don't think much of the FA Cup champion.

It's not that I haven't won it, especially under the bright prospect of winning the Premier League championship this season.

Therefore, the true mentality of many Liverpool fans is that they hope that the team will quickly get rid of the burden of other cup competitions, concentrate on dealing with the league, and first win the Premier League championship that they have been looking forward to for more than 20 years.

Some weird fans even directly posted messages on Klopp's INS and Liverpool's official website, asking Klopp and the club to give up the Carabao Cup, saying that we only need the Europa League and Premier League champions.

This made Klopp dumbfounded. I have never seen such a weird fan who asked the team to voluntarily give up other cups.

But Klopp can also understand the mentality of these fans, because Liverpool really needs a Premier League champion to prove themselves.

Liverpool is a giant, not the pseudo-rich that the media has not even won the Premier League title.

……

On January 1th, Liverpool played host to Southampton in the semi-finals of the Carabao Cup at Anfield.

In this game, Liverpool played the main force.

Van Dijk has not been fully integrated into the team's tactical system because he joined the team for too short a time, so it is no surprise that he didn't even make the squad for the game.

Mo Yang and the others thought this game would be as difficult as last time.

As a result, I did not expect that Southampton, who lost Van Dijk, performed differently on the defensive end compared to last time.

In the 12th minute of the game, Mo Yang passed the ball over the Southampton penalty area at a 45-degree angle on the left side of the penalty area.

If there is Van Dijk, who is an air fighter, on this ball, there will be no threat at all.

But now, the Southampton players not only went straight to the top, but also missed people in the back-point marking, allowing Salah, who outflanked the back-point, to pick up a big leak and kick the ball into the goal.

Then in the 29th minute of the game, Arnold dribbled the ball along the sidewalk to the center line, and suddenly kicked the ball low and made a long pass.

The ball was passed with great precision and hit the right rib of Southampton's penalty area directly.

After receiving the ball, Salah rushed into the penalty area, suddenly smashed the ball and changed direction, and then shot the far corner with his left foot, extending the score to 2-0.

In the end, Liverpool easily won the first leg against Southampton with a score of 3-0.

Although Mo Yang only had one assist, his contributions on the offensive and defensive ends are beyond reproach.

Throughout the game, Mo Yang successfully intercepted Southampton's 5 attacks, planned 8 attacks that directly formed the goal, and gave birth to 2 goals.

At 12 noon the next day, Liverpool's official website suddenly announced a heavy news.

It is claimed that the contract renewal with Mo Yang has been completed.

Mo Yang's new contract is a weekly salary of 25 pounds and a termination fee of 2 million pounds.

The contract period has also been increased from the original 4 years to 6 years, and there is also a clause in the contract that cannot be transferred within two seasons.

Liverpool fans were ecstatic when they found out, and they all went to Liverpool's official website to leave messages, praising Edwards for doing this beautifully.

Before, they were really afraid that Mo Yang would be poached away.

After all, Moyang's gorgeous style of play seems to be more suitable for La Liga.

Although Liverpool is also a giant, but in terms of appeal, it is still not as good as La Liga's Galacticos Real Madrid and Cosmos Barcelona.

It's all right now, they are completely relieved when the contract is extended to 6 years.

As for Mo Yang, after signing the new contract, he received a signing fee of 200 million pounds. I really can't believe that this extremely lucrative new contract was actually negotiated by Perret.

Looking at Pere who was driving, Mo Yang really convinced this guy's negotiating ability, and he really got the deal done.

Although six years is a bit long, and the termination fee of 2 million is also high, but if there are no other changes, he is willing to stay in Liverpool forever.

Here is the best head coach and the best teammates. He has no reason to leave and does not want to leave.

"Mr. 2 million, what do you think?" Perey looked at Mo Yang in the co-pilot, who seemed to have never recovered.

In fact, Pere is not very satisfied with this new contract.

If Liverpool hadn't promised to add an invisible clause in the contract that Mo Yang would not be blocked for any reason if he wanted to leave after two seasons, he would not have agreed.

Because he was afraid that Liverpool in three years' time might not be able to afford Mo Yang's annual salary.

When the news of Mo Yang's contract extension came back to China, many people's jaws were shocked.

With a weekly salary of 25 pounds and a termination fee of 2 million, this means that Mo Yang has successfully ranked among the top players.

In the five major leagues, there are really not many stars who can get this level of salary.

(End of this chapter)