The Ball at Your Feet

After returning home from the parade all day, Zhao Yaning was surprised to find that he had received a call from an unfamiliar number.

"Hello, I'm Gerrard." The English of the person opposite had some strong accents, a bit like Scots. Later Zhao Yaning learned that it was a typical Liverpool accent. "Steven Gerrard , I think you should have heard of me, I belong to the Liverpool team."

"Of course I have heard of you, may I ask, what do you do?" Zhao Yaning was also a little surprised that Gerrard would call him.

Liverpool is his new club, but he has always been because, even if he is contacted, the coach or the captain of the team should contact him first. Now Liverpool’s coach is Houllier, and the captain is Irving. How to contact him is the deputy captain?

"Hello, first of all congratulations to you for winning the Ligue 1 and reaching the Champions League final." Gerrard's words sounded very sincere, with some admiration, some admiration, and a little nervousness in his tone, "As you Future teammates, I think it is necessary to congratulate you."

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

"Then, I want to say welcome to you on behalf of Liverpool." Gerrard continued, "Then there is, if you have anything you need 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, "Our affairs are a bit messy this season... The transfer of Michael has not yet been finalized, and Mr. Hollier is also about to resign. It should have been. The coach or the captain contacted you, but now, I have to come."

Although this statement is simple, it contains two pieces of information.

The first one is naturally that Hollier has decided to resign. Zhao Yaning’s transfer has always been handled by Hollier, and Zhao Yaning has always thought that he went to the Premier League and played with Hollier, but at this time, he suddenly told him that Hollier had resigned, which inevitably made him feel Somewhat dumbfounded.

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

Zhao Yaning had heard about Owen. That is an extremely smart person, not only high in golf quotient, but also high in IQ and emotional quotient. Coupled with a handsome face, and the highlights of several competitions, his name as a golden boy has always been very loud.

He has his own Irving promotion company, which focuses on his own image promotion and the establishment of a relationship with the media. It is precisely because of his smartness that he was able to make himself one of the best in the Golden Globe Awards in 1998 with a goal to Argentina. It is also because of his intelligence that he was able to rank among the best in the Golden Globe Awards. Let the 2001 Golden Globe Awards, let Raul, who had taken the advantage, lose to him because of a moral taint and the failure of the European Super Cup.

It is this kind of cleverness that has allowed Liverpool's image over the years to change from a "team built around Irving" to a "team driven by Irving."

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

These words are usually said by everyone in private chats. When Morrow said these things, he was a little bit unfair for Raul. After all, Raul really sacrificed a lot for Real Madrid, but he missed the Golden Globe Award. Morientes is Raul's best friend, and of course he can't say good things about Owen. In fact, Raul is not stupid in principle, but when doing things, he is always not as decisive as Irving does. He does a lot of publicity, but he can’t play Irving as slick. According to Morientes, this This is the only reason why the Raul Ballon d'Or awards lost to Irving.

In the past two years, Liverpool has not changed much, and Owen's mind is no longer in Liverpool. Everyone is rumored that he is going to Real Madrid to become a new member of the Galaxy Battleship. But this has never been true. For one thing, Liverpool is also one of Europe's most powerful players. Although it is down, it will not be poached by Real Madrid, especially the captain of his own youth training background, and it is impossible to sell it for money. Secondly, because Real Madrid has enough forwards, there is no need to buy any more forwards. Irving has gone. Is it his substitute or Raul's substitute?

But with Irving never renewing his contract, it looks like he is really ready to leave.

"I don't know what help you need. To be honest, I didn't try to help my teammates. My deputy captain used to be not very good... Michael is very good at handling this. Among us, only Riise is from Monaco. , He should have some experience living in Liverpool, if you need it, I will help you ask him."

"Then thank you no more."

After a few greetings, Zhao Yaning put down the phone. He understands what Gerrard meant. This call is just Gerrard trying to determine what kind of person his future teammate is, a friendly person, a proud person, or a grumpy person— —Zhao Yaning’s transfer value broke Liverpool’s record. Liverpool really wanted to use Zhao Yaning as the main force, and Gerrard naturally had to know Zhao Yaning’s temperament.

But this conversation was quite pleasant. Zhao Yaning's temper is pretty good, and listening to the tone of Gerald on the other end of the phone, he will not be a bad temper.

For Gerrard, Zhao Yaning does not have as much knowledge about Owen after all. After all, in comparison, Gerrard is too low-key, far not as pushy as Irving. He just knows that Gerrard also seems to be a very good player. Since his debut, he has been hailed as a new generation of Premier League midfielder on a par with Vieira and Keane-this evaluation is naturally quite high. As for a person with such a high evaluation, his personality can still keep a low profile, which also makes Zhao Yaning feel that this person shouldn't be too difficult to get along with.

Liverpool, shouldn't live in a bad environment, right?

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"I've called." Putting down the phone, Gerrard turned his head and talked to the people around him, "Sounds good-tempered, not like a slippery head or a violent temper. It shouldn't be too difficult to get along with. "

"It's hard to say. He has led the team to the Champions League final when he is less than twenty years old. This kid's talent is also a genius level. The genius temper, eccentricity is good, not eccentric is like Michael, more disgusting." He People around shook their heads, "Stephen, you are too easy to trust others, which is not good. You still think Michael is a good person, and you know how accurate the good person is."

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

"He is from Liverpool!" The people around him furious, "You, me, him, we are all Liverpool youth academies! Born in Liverpool, grew up in Liverpool, and died in Liverpool! G14 youth training, captain, Golden Globe Award The winner left the team and defected before his own fight! Is there such a stubborn Golden Globe winner? What kind of giants would have such a thing!"

"He is an Everton fan..."

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

"Jamie, it has happened, so stop complaining." Gerrard looked at him and sighed. "I thought, Gerrard, Carragher, Owen, these names could become Anfield's memories. Yes, but now..."

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

Gerald shook his head, he was already powerless to refute something. The team captain Owen was so determined to leave, and he was not from Real Madrid. As a result of Liverpool’s youth training, he colluded with Real Madrid to help Real Madrid keep the price down and forced Liverpool to sell him at a low price. This is really true. It's shameless.

Yes, he can have a thousand reasons, saying that he could not win a championship in Liverpool, that he could not see the future in Liverpool, and influenced the Golden Globe winner's grand vision in Liverpool-these reasons are all justified. But as a professional player, he refused to renew his contract and contacted other clubs at the same time. He bit his mouth except for not going to a certain club and helping the other party to squeeze his own club. This kind of thing is inevitably unprofessional to anyone 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 giant team like Liverpool, even if it is an ordinary team, captain and other teams Hooking up and conspiring to lower prices will also be regarded as utterly desolate.

But if Irving does this, there is no problem. He is a smart man. UU Reading www.uukanshu.com has no small ability to win over the media and build momentum for himself. With his eloquence and brains, it is not too difficult to describe this matter as Liverpool's sorry for him.

"We can obviously play in the Champions League next season." Gerrard felt a little bit painful thinking about this question. "What's wrong with staying? He is also a Golden Melody Award winner. Don't you want to lead the team as a core player? Winning the championship? He stayed in 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. But not everyone has the guts to play Hard Mode." Carragher replied, "Some people are born without seeds."

"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 see 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 hug him. Too much hope."

"Jamie, we have to trust our teammates to play well." Gerrard shook his head, "Shall we not say such things in the future? Our team does not have good players, no outstanding strength, and no more. Superstar, but the final unity, we can't throw it away."

"I'm thinking about unity now?" Carragher laughed. "Have you considered yourself as the captain?"

"Regardless of whether I am right or not, I am already." Gerrard turned his head. "Jamie, I won't do like Michael, so if you are the captain of me, behave yourself, okay?"

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