Revive Liverpool

Chapter 80 Bringing in Henderson

History is still the same as usual. On May 5, the 28-2010 UEFA Champions League final began. The final result was that Barcelona defeated Manchester United 11-[-] and finally won the Champions League trophy.

However, Li Nan, who has already entered the holiday life and is living a two-person world with Keira Knightley, is not in the mood to worry about things in the Liverpool transfer market.

Instead, he chose to hand over to the new team's sports director Michael Edwards (Michael Edwards) to be responsible for the team's summer transfers.

The team carried out structural adjustments immediately after the end of the 2010-11 Premier League season.

The original Liverpool manager Comolli was directly fired by Li Nan.

Although the players that Comolli bought for Tottenham when he was at Tottenham have become the mainstay of Tottenham's rise in recent years.

This includes the two superstars Bell and Modris, as well as good players such as Hector and Kabul.

In addition, Bent and Tarabert are still active in the Premier League, and Boateng, who was called a parallel importer by Martin Jol, has become a first-line star in AC Milan after going through Portsmouth and other teams.

In addition, the Berbatov he bought also made money for Tottenham.

The players he brought in when he was at Tottenham looked good after he left.

But the signing decisions he made during his time at Liverpool were not as satisfactory.

During his tenure, Liverpool spent hundreds of millions of pounds in transfer fees, but got parallel imports like Carroll, Downing and Adam.

So Li Nan fired Comolli before the start of the first summer transfer window when he took control of the team.

Although the team's transfer work has its own intervention, Li Nan still does not want to pin his hopes on Comolli.

It's better to forget about firing, and let Michael Edwards, who will succeed him later, be responsible for the summer signings.

The first goal of Liverpool's summer transfer work is still Sunderland's young teenager Henderson.

Although Li Nan knew that this decision would not be a good signing, Li Nan still agreed to the signing.

Although Henderson has always been considered a parallel import at the beginning of his career in Liverpool.

The Red Army signed Henderson for £1530 million.

This figure is indeed not a large amount now, but the acquisition was considered to be a serious premium at the time.

Germany's "Transfer Market" valued Henderson at only 723 million pounds at the time.

At the beginning of his first Liverpool season, due to the team's tactical arrangements, his shortcomings in dribbling skills and poor ability to play under pressure were infinitely magnified.

In this way, in many cases, Henderson can only do some unnecessary turn-back runs and safe return passes.

The hats of "Returning Emperor" and "Invisible Emperor" were stuck on this young man's head and it was difficult to take them off.

When coach Rodgers first took office, he expressed his desire to clean up Henderson, who he deemed unsuitable for his tactical system.

But Henderson, who was unwilling to end his Liverpool career like this, rejected the deal, and he was willing to accept the challenge of starting from the bench.

But with his continuous efforts and constant attempts to change, he gradually gained a firm foothold in Liverpool's lineup.

To be able to have his own place in Liverpool.

Although Rogers did not value Henderson initially during his tenure, the Englishman has since become one of the most indispensable players in his tactics.

The brightest moment of Henderson's career is undoubtedly when the Northern Irishman was in charge. This period of counterattack from substitute to absolute main force is crucial for Henderson to become a qualified captain.

Henderson redeemed himself.

Although he is jokingly called "the man", "reverse De Bruyne", "Maserati's brake pads" and so on by many Liverpool fans.

But in Li Nan's view, at least after Gerrard retired, Henderson, as the captain, is definitely worthy of his captain's position.

Although his running ability is excellent, his weak scoring ability and hidden injury risks in the penalty area prevent him from becoming a B2B midfielder like Gerrard at his peak.

His technical ability may not match the strength of a giant team like Liverpool; but he is the most indispensable person in the Red Army, because he symbolizes Liverpool's inheritance from Dalglish to Gerrard.

After Gerrard, the person who can take on the spiritual leader of the Red Army is definitely him, and he can only be him.

He interpreted loyalty, captain, and man.

So Li Nan still decided to introduce Henderson.

While introducing Henderson, Li Nan also wanted to try to see if he could introduce Phil Jones.

Liverpool in the original time and space also made an offer for Phil Jones, but it is a pity that Phil Jones is not interested in Liverpool and only wants to join Manchester United.

Li Nan wanted to see if he could bring some changes to Liverpool, so he first asked Edwards to talk to Phil Jones in advance, hoping to make some changes.

It's a pity that Phil Jones really has no intention of joining Liverpool.

Then everything is the same as the original time and space.

Manchester United made an offer to Phil Jones, and directly used the 1600 million release clause in Phil Jones' contract to take Phil Jones away.

Blackburn were furious when Phil Jones underwent a medical examination arranged by Manchester United without signing a contract the day before he traveled to Denmark for the Under-6 World Championships in June.

Blackburn stated that he did not have to abide by the terms of the termination fee, and at this time Liverpool also made an offer of 2300 million pounds to Blackburn.

It is 100 million pounds higher than the original time and space. Although the twisted melon is not sweet, and he is a little disappointed that Phil Jones is unwilling to join Liverpool, Li Nan still makes some efforts as much as possible.

After learning that Liverpool proposed a price of 2300 million pounds for Phil Jones, on June 6, Ferguson quickly ended his vacation and rushed to Phil Jones' home in Lancashire in person, and conducted an interview with Phil Jones' parents.

After that, Phil Jones told the Blackburn executives that he was not interested in Liverpool and only wanted to join Manchester United.

At this time, Manchester United also increased the offer by 100 million, and also provided Blackburn with an additional floating clause of 400 million.

Manchester United proposed the same price as Liverpool, but also added various additional conditions.

But because of Phil Jones' insistence on joining Manchester United, Blackburn finally accepted Manchester United's offer on June 6.

Phil Jones successfully joined Manchester United, and it is said that his weekly salary will reach 21 pounds, a record for U8 England youth players.

Manchester United's official website stated: "Manchester United is pleased to announce that it has reached an agreement on the transfer of Phil Jones at Blackburn. The player passed a medical examination in Manchester last week and agreed to a five-year contract. The transaction has been completed when the player returns to participate in international competitions (U5 European Youth Championship)."

(End of this chapter)