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Benitez signed a lot of players in the summer vacation of 2007, but the record in the new season is mediocre, the league is tepid, and only one point is accumulated in the first three rounds of the Champions League group stage.

With Age seriously injured, Benitez once again reached out to the American boss for money to buy someone, but was rejected. Benitez was in a bad mood and went to the press conference to vent.

Reporter: "How much transfer fee do you think you can get in January?"

Benitez: "I can only train and guide my team as usual."

Someone asked again: "Do you have any signing goals now?"

Benitez said: "I can only train and guide my team as usual."

Another reporter asked, "What is your long-term plan?"

Benitez said: "I can only train and guide my team as usual."

The reporter sensed the problem: "Is there something that upsets you?"

Benitez said: "I can only train and guide my team as usual."

A reporter asked unwillingly, "Do you have anything else to say?"

Benitez said: "I can only guide my team in training as usual."

Benitez played a childish temper and said more than ten times in a row, "I can only train and guide my team as usual." Gillette and Hicks were shocked when they heard that Benitez said so A statement was published in The Echo.

The first statement read: "We have invested a lot of money in the transfer market this summer. In the next two weeks, the team will face several important games and must strive to win. It is too early to talk about winter transfers. Come December, we will sit down with the manager and have a good talk about it."

A second statement said: "There are many rumors in today's papers, but we don't feel the need to say anything about them. We fought some good fights, but we're not satisfied yet. Porto is on Wednesday night. And then again. It's Bolton and Reading: Marseille and Manchester United will be the bigger test in a few weeks. We and Rick Parry are planning to talk to Rafa in depth about the additions in mid-December, now is not the time .”

After reading two innocuous and clichéd statements, Liverpool fans started a rally and parade, starting from the Beatles' Cavan Bar to Anfield Stadium, everyone holding "We Believe in Rafa" signs slogan.

Benitez accepted it as soon as he saw it.Immediately reconciled with the Yankees, and asked for a transfer fee of about 600 million pounds-he later used this money to sign Skrtel.

By the winter of 2007, some people had questioned Liverpool's American owners, and it was from the local "Echo" in Liverpool.

The front page article was written by the ace reporter Tony Barrett of the "Echo". He first questioned the reason why Liverpool's two American owners stopped work on the new stadium.It is because they have no money at all-they actually only spent 1.5 million pounds to acquire the Liverpool club, and the rest of the money was borrowed, and it was predicted that this loan from the Royal Bank of Scotland would push Liverpool and Liverpool to a dead end.

Most people are skeptical about Tony Barrett's point of view. After all, the Americans have only been here for ten months. Although there is a little misunderstanding with Benitez, the general trend shows that the two sides are reconciling.

Now two years have passed.Turning out old Tony's words again, it can be said that he completely foresaw everything that will happen in the future, exactly!

After that, the relationship between Benitez and the American boss was in dire straits.

The American boss also believes that Benitez's status in the hearts of fans is too high.The influence that can be created is too great, which is not conducive to their control, so the idea of ​​​​changing coaches came into being.

They put their ideas into action, and the first coaching change they contacted was Klinsmann.

And admitted it in front of the media.

To this day, no one can understand why Hicks admitted this in public.

Yes, there was a bit of friction between the Liverpool manager and the chairman over transfers.But with Benitez publicly showing weakness, the matter should come to an end.

Hicks just brought up the matter again, which is very problematic.

but.Hicks is also plausible: "No one knows whether Rafa will leave because of that misunderstanding, I mean. There are other clubs who really want him. What's more, our meeting with Klinsmann is only a private one. The meeting between..."

Hicks' home in Texas is next to Klinsmann's, and they knew each other before Hicks invested in Liverpool.

However, no one would believe Hicks's "private party".

Liverpool Club CEO Rick Parry also participated in the meeting between the two bosses and Klinsmann, but Parry's mouth was quite strict and he did not disclose any information in this regard to Benitez.

With Hicks talking out this time, Benitez and Fari began to turn against each other.

The "Klinsmann incident" caused an uproar among the fans, and Liverpool fans organized a large-scale anti-American parade.

Ian Rush, the legendary striker in the history of the Liverpool club, wrote an article in the "Echo", directly pointing out: "Hicks' remarks about Klinsmann may be nothing in American circles, but they are unacceptable in England. Yes. Especially for Liverpool, conflicts must be resolved internally, and more importantly, please give the coach enough respect!"

In the 2007-2008 season, Liverpool's road to the Champions League was quite bumpy. They only scored one point in the first three rounds of the group stage, and then Benitez's team went on a killing spree. After losing the invincible Inter Milan and the fierce Roma, they will meet the unstoppable Real Madrid in the semi-finals again!

Liverpool played at home first, and Hicks and Gillette insisted on watching the game at Anfield. After a safety assessment, the stadium security department told the two owners that it was best not to come, because the fans really disliked them.

Still, Hicks and Gillette watched the entire game in the VIP box.

In this campaign, Liverpool lost 3:4 at home to Real Madrid, and as a guest at the Bernabeu, they returned with a disastrous defeat and fell outside the final.

Gillette and Hicks insisted on coming to Anfield to watch the game, not because they cared much about Liverpool's record, but because they wanted to make a feature film.

The film is mainly used to brag about their investment in Liverpool to attract more funds, and it will also be used as a promotional advertisement when they sell their ice hockey and baseball teams in the United States.

During the intermission, two American bosses broke into the home team's player locker room with cameramen...

Qin Xiong thought deeply when learning about the inside story of Anfield in the past two years. It is impossible for him to remember all the things related to Real Madrid, but he still remembers some important moments of the game.

He did not expect that in such a critical semi-final, Liverpool would be disturbed by his own people during the intermission!

This is easily reminiscent of the rumors that in Istanbul, the AC Milan players leading 3:0 in the midfield opened champagne to celebrate winning the championship in advance... (to be continued~^~)