i am a football star

Chapter 83

Liu Ting met the CEO of Liverpool in the club's office, a middle-aged man about 40 years old, who was arranged by his grandfather. It is said that he is very capable and mainly helps Liverpool develop business development.

This CEO is also the only person in Liverpool who knows about Liu Ting and Liu's investment relationship.

"Uncle Xu, hello." The new CEO's name is Xu Zhengxin, who has studied in the United States. Grandpa Liu Ting said that he is very good at business management.

"Tingzi, you're welcome. Your grandfather is also my elder. From now on, everyone will be our own."

Xu Zhengxin was also very polite, and soon the two chatted.

Xu Zhengxin said: "My positioning for Liverpool is to take root in the Asian market and try to open up the world."

"Although Liverpool once dominated Europe, it has been in decline for many years now. It has not won a top league championship for almost 20 years. Its influence in the world is not as good as before. Although it is still a wealthy family, many people are used to calling Liverpool a declining giant."

"Now the most influential clubs in the world are Real Madrid and Manchester United. Real Madrid was established by relying on his century-old history and Florentino's commercial operations of the Galaxy Battleship in the past few years. Manchester United is based on Ferguson's long-term record guarantee. At the same time, good business development is also essential."

"Liverpool has no ability to compare with these two clubs, but we have our own advantages. Liverpool has a Chinese owner and Chinese stars, which will make Liverpool very attractive in China, and then use China as a support point to fully develop the Asian market. I believe that as long as there are certain performance guarantees, Liverpool can quickly become the most influential club in Asia. At that time, we will consider spreading its influence to the world."

Liu Ting said: "Uncle Xu's idea is very good, it should be implemented."

Xu Zhengxin's idea is indeed very attractive, but it will take time to test whether it can be realized.

After bidding farewell to Xu Zhengxin, Liu Ting went to his Liverpool home under the leadership of the club staff.

The house was rented by the Liverpool Club in advance, and the rent was paid by the club.

Liu Ting's house is in Formby, a wealthy area in the north of Liverpool. Many players in the Liverpool team live here, but some of them are rented, and some are bought directly.

Liverpool captain Steven Gerrard's mansion in Formby is worth as much as 450 million pounds. It has 9 bedrooms, 3 living rooms, and other facilities such as home theater and swimming pool.

In fact, Liverpool’s environmental security is relatively good among British cities in all aspects. Now there are many star luxury houses in Formby. Rooney has never bought a house in Formby before. Alan Shearer, the top scorer in the history of the Premier League, also lives here. Others, such as snooker superstar Parrott, etc.

Liu Ting's house only has a suite with 4 bedrooms and 2 living rooms, and he doesn't know the exact rent.Although the housing prices in Formby are high, the housing supply is tight, especially the mansion of Gerrard's, which is waiting for an opportunity.

Liu Ting was thinking about whether to wait for a good house to be sold here before buying a good one.

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The second day after Liu Ting transferred to Liverpool was August 8, which was also the last day of the summer transfer period in European football. After 31:31 pm on the 12st, the summer transfer period was completely closed.

On this last day, Manchester has completed a series of blockbuster transfers.

First, Manchester United announced the introduction of Tottenham Hotspur forward Dimitar Berbatov at a price of 3800 million euros, breaking the European transfer bid king record held by Liu Ting this summer.

Then Manchester City was not to be outdone, and announced the introduction of Real Madrid's Robinho for 4200 million euros, once again refreshing the summer bid.

Other European leagues are amazed by the wealth of the Premier League teams. The three largest transfers in the transfer market this summer were all made by the Premier League teams.

Liu Ting's position as the king of the transfer bid gave way after only sitting for a day, and then dropped to the third position.

This will make Liu Ting face less pressure, and the transfer bid king will definitely attract attention.

At this point, the European transfer is over, and the Premier League teams can also prepare for the game with peace of mind.

This summer, the Premier League team spent the most on transfers, Manchester City, which was bought by oil tycoons, costing 7700 million pounds.The second is Liverpool, which spent 7400 million pounds, and the third is Tottenham, which spent 6800 million pounds. The other three giants did not invest much.

If we only talk about net investment, Liverpool is second only to Manchester City, with an investment of only 5900 million pounds, second only to Manchester City's 6200 million pounds. The reason why Tottenham spent so much money is because they made 8000 million pounds by buying people this summer. In fact, Tottenham is the Premier League team with the least net investment, that is, the team that makes the most money.

Arsenal is actually still making a small profit in the transfer market, Chelsea can be considered to break even, with a net investment of only 150 million pounds, and Manchester United's net investment is only 2450 million pounds, ranking fourth in the Premier League.

So the British media have predicted, "Mirror" said: "From the perspective of summer investment, only Liverpool is capable of challenging Manchester United this season. Other Arsenal and Chelsea are difficult to shake Manchester United's status. As for the upstart Manchester City, it still needs time to accumulate background. However, the number one favorite in the Premier League is always Manchester United. In addition to retaining last season's three-headed heroes Ronaldo, Rooney and Carlos Tevez, Manchester United has introduced Berbatov to form the latest "Four Kings". Everyone is optimistic about Manchester United's defending Premier League champion and even Defending the Champions League is not out of the question."

"Liverpool was last season's top four in the Champions League. Although they only finished fourth in the league, it was because Liverpool saw no hope of winning the league and focused on the Champions League. With Torres, Liverpool finally has a forward who can score goals. Liverpool used to be a top defense and a top midfielder, but there was no striker who could score goals. Liverpool has the ability to threaten Manchester United's status. Of course, their coach Heynckes must also integrate the team as soon as possible, otherwise everything will be empty talk."

In addition to the closure of the transfer market and the analysis of the pros and cons of the four giants, many media are also analyzing the situation in the group stage of the Champions League.

The Guardian analyzed the UEFA Champions League draw for this year's four giants in the Premier League: "Among the four giants, Manchester United's group is undoubtedly the best. In the same group, Celtic, Villarreal and the Danish team Aalborg are difficult to threaten the defending champions. Chelsea and Arsenal also have no problem qualifying. The only question is whether the group is first or second. Only Liverpool's group is the worst among the Premier League giants. Atletico Madrid, Marseille and PSV Eindhoven are not easy to deal with, especially Torres. His old club Atlético de Madrid, Atlético de Madrid became stronger after Torres left. In the past, Atletico Madrid only had one Torres, and the other positions of the team were poor. Now Atletico Madrid uses Torres’ transfer fee to strengthen the team lineup. The striker also has the Golden Boy Award winner Aguero. He won the fourth place in La Liga last season. He is a strong opponent. In addition, Marseille and Eindhoven are not easy to mess with.

"For Liverpool's head coach Heynckes, this group is definitely not friendly to him. If there is an accident in the group stage and he cannot qualify, the Chinese boss who has invested heavily will definitely not be happy. The German's Liverpool coaching career may be over."

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Liu Ting took care of his affairs and went to Liverpool's Melwood training base for the first time.

This is the base camp of Liverpool's first team, between Liverpool and Derby, and the training of the first team is carried out here.

Now it is the national team match day, and many Liverpool players have gone to participate in the national team match. The remaining players have two days off and have to train under the leadership of the head coach.

Heynckes had just arrived and had to keep rehearsing tactics, which helped him adapt to England's style of football.

Heynckes has grandma gray hair and looks upright, and he is the kind of decent person with a bit of stubborn thinking on TV.

"Hello, boss!"

"Liu, just call me Joseph."

After greeting Heynckes, Liu Tingang came to the team and can only conduct individual training for the time being.

Heynckes spent most of his playing career with Borussia Mönchengladbach in the Bundesliga. He led Borussia to win 4 Bundesliga championships, one for three consecutive championships, the only Bundesliga except Bayern for three consecutive championships.

In the European competition, Heynckes led Borussia to the UEFA Cup final twice, won the championship once, and also led Borussia to the Champions League final once, but unfortunately only finished runner-up. At that time, the final loss was to the Red Army Liverpool, which began to dominate Europe.

Heynckes still has an unbreakable record. He is the only one who has won the top scorer in the three major European cups. He has won the top scorer in the Champions Cup, UEFA Cup and Cup Winners Cup.

Heynckes' club career was considered perfect, but in the German national team, it was Gerd Muller's reign at that time, Heynckes has always been Gerd Muller's substitute in the national team.

After retiring, Heynckes coached Borussia Mönchengladbach for the first time. In the first year, he led Borussia Mönchenglad to the UEFA Cup final, where they lost to Eintracht Frankfurt in the same Bundesliga.It is worth mentioning that the top four of the UEFA Cup that year were all Bundesliga teams, and the other two were Bayern and Stuttgart. The only time no team from the same league won the top four.

After achieving good results in Borussia Borussia, he went to Bayern and led Bayern to two Bundesliga titles.

Heynckes, who left Bayern, started wandering around. He coached all the top teams in the major leagues. His results were not bad, and he didn't have much honor, except for the time he coached Real Madrid.

(End of this chapter)