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Chapter 594 You Are Still a Bull!

After returning from the dinner, Yang Yang used the time before going to bed to finish reading the book that recorded the history of Liverpool.

There are many detailed details recorded here, such as why Everton's Gooderson Park Stadium and Liverpool's Anfield Stadium are so close, and how the two rivals in the same city came about.

Also, the book documents the Heysel and Hillsborough tragedies and their impact on Liverpool.

What impressed Yang Yang the most was that even now, Liverpool are still fighting against the Hillsborough tragedy.

In just a few years, this top team that once swept Europa was banned from the mainstream European leagues, and it even felt like being exiled. Since then, Liverpool has never won a league championship.

This also made Yang Yang somewhat understand the feelings of some local Liverpool players and fans.

After winning two Champions League titles, they are obviously more eager for the league title.

This is not just an honor, but to some extent, it is more like a consolation after a long absence.

It can be said that from the establishment of the Premier League to the present, the words "struggle" and "persistence" have been deeply engraved on Liverpool's soul. They never believe in fate, and never accept fate. They believe in the power of struggle and perseverance.

After reading this book, Yang Yang has a deeper understanding of Liverpool, and has a better understanding of the inheritance that Gerrard and Carragher have intentionally or unintentionally revealed all day long.

Perhaps, in an increasingly utilitarian professional football environment, spirit, heritage, feelings, etc., these illusory things will be ignored by many people, or even belittled, but as Dalglish said, these all make Liverpool great. If these things are gone, is Liverpool still Liverpool?

Other teams are struggling to survive, so they can ignore it, but Liverpool's goal will always be to return to the top of Europe, so they must protect these things that make the club great.

This is Yang Yang's own understanding.

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The next morning, Raiola came to visit.

The Italian fat man mainly brought the recent situation of European football and some things he has learned.

At the same time, his trip also has another purpose, which is to send a new pair of sneakers to Nike.

This is a clause in Nike's sponsorship contract. New sneakers will be sent every three months. The purpose is to hope that Yang Yang will cooperate with them in publicity, and Yang Yang trains very hard, and the sneakers wear out quickly.

New shoes are always awkward to wear, so Yang Yang usually wears old shoes for competitions and uses new shoes for training.

"Recently, I have received a lot of news. It is said that Manchester United is also working hard on Cristiano Ronaldo. This Portuguese has completely suppressed Rooney in the team's internal competition. It is estimated that he will be ranked very high this time, and may even enter the top three."

Judging from the current situation, only the top three in the world footballer's ranking are the most valuable.

Yang Yang and Kaka must occupy two of the seats, because they are not only the leaders of the Champions League runner-up, but also the most popular superstars. There is no doubt that they occupy the top two places. The difference is who can grab the first place.

As for the third place, it seems very inconspicuous, but it is also an honor that countless professional players have dreamed of all their lives. It is also normal for Manchester United to want to operate Cristiano Ronaldo into the top three.

"Is there no movement in Barcelona?" Yang Yang was very surprised.

"Ronaldinho's performance in the past year has been too sluggish. Barcelona stopped at the top [-], empty-handed. He didn't have any outstanding results, and his state has been fluctuating. The decline has been obvious in the past year."

Raiola analyzed the current situation, "As far as I know, Barcelona is currently focusing on promoting Messi. The Argentine's status in the Barcelona team is even higher than Ronaldinho. Externally, his development momentum is not lost to the Brazilian superstar at all, and how amazing Barcelona's operational ability is is beyond our imagination."

Yang Yang nodded, he had heard about these things.

To say that the world has the strongest ability to operate stars, it must be the two giants Barcelona and Real Madrid, especially Real Madrid during Florentino's time.

Although the Galaxy Battleship has only been around for six years, Florentino's gameplay is unprecedented. To some extent, he has completely changed the gameplay of professional football clubs, especially in the operation and brand management of top superstars.

So far, it is still difficult for any superstar to refuse the temptation from Real Madrid.

The name is like magic, making anyone want to be here.

Of course, if Calderon and Mijatovic are allowed to continue to toss like this, I am afraid that this signboard will be smashed by themselves, and it is unknown what will happen in the future.

"Don't worry about these things for now." Yang Yang shook his head, he didn't have much thought to deal with these things, "You can do two things for me."

"what's up?"

"I have been using Apple to sell the iPhone in recent months, and it feels pretty good. I plan to invest a little more money in this company and buy their stocks."

"Still buying? You now hold 500 million euros of stock in this company." Raiola was puzzled.

Since January [-], when Apple CEO Steve Jobs released the first iPhone, the company's stock price has been rising, which also made Yang Yang's initial purchase of the stock rise with the tide and doubled several times.

"I'm quite optimistic about this company." Yang Yang said seriously.

Raiola smiled wryly, "I remember, you seemed to say that it was purely for liking, how did it change?"

"You made money." Yang Yang smiled honestly.

The Italian fat man almost fell down. If you don’t make money, it’s pure interest. If you make money, it becomes vision. You’re still awesome!
Yang Yang's investment is not much, and most of them are left to Wei Zheng to take care of. He has only invested in the stocks of two companies, one is Penguin and the other is Apple. Unexpectedly, the stocks of the two companies have soared, so that Raiola regrets it. Why didn't he buy some with him?
"But I heard that the evaluation of this new phone is mixed now." Raiola said.

Just after Apple released the mobile phone, Yang Yang asked the Raiolato people to bring back several of them from the United States. Except for himself, Su Ye and Raiola, the others were given to relatives and friends in China.

But for this kind of new electronic products, Raiola is really not used to it, and it is not easy to use, so he switched back to Nokia not long after, always thinking that there is no market for things like Apple mobile phones?

"It's true that it's not mature enough, but I believe in Steve Jobs, and I think the potential is great, so please help me buy a little more stock in this company, anyway, we're making money now."

Raiola had no choice but to agree.

He is Yang Yang's manager, but most of the time, the manager just plays the role of running errands.

"They're going to be launched in Europe in November. You can contact me by the way. When you buy [-] copies, I'll give them as gifts."

Since the pioneering at Ajax, every year before Christmas, Yang Yang will send a gift to the teammates, staff and coaches of the team, sometimes it is an electronic product, sometimes it is something else.

Calculated, the annual expenditure on this area is about tens of thousands of euros, but it is completely within the acceptable range of Yang Yang, because this is less than his weekly income, but it can always win the favor of his teammates and staff, so why not do it?

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At [-] o'clock on Wednesday night, Liverpool sat at Anfield Stadium and ushered in the League Cup opponent Cardiff.

Leading the Premier League standings and qualifying for the Champions League group stage soon, Liverpool did not devote too much energy to the cup competition, especially the team's recent state and injuries are indeed very distressing, so Benitez did not try his best.

Gerrard, Yang Yang, Harvey Alonso and Mascherano all sat in the stands.

Although it has been known for a long time that the team will not send the main force, the Anfield stadium is still full of people. A total of more than 4 fans came to watch the game, and the attendance rate is still very hot.

This is also a major feature of Liverpool fans, no matter what the game is, they will vote [-]% for the team.

Perhaps due to the large rotation and the arrangement of a large number of substitutes and young players, Liverpool did not perform well on the court. The team's offensive organization was relatively chaotic. Even though the overall strength was slightly better than the opponent, it did not show convincing strength.

After changing sides in the second half, Benayoun opened the scoring for Liverpool in the first 3 minutes, but soon, in the No. 605 minute, Cardiff equalized the score, and only 1 minute later, Benayoun made another goal in person to overtake the score again.

After that, neither side was able to score again.

Benayoun, who scored twice, was selected as the best player of the game. Lucas Leiva, who joined with the title of best player in the Brazilian league this summer, also played the whole game in this game. Overall, his performance was not bad.

Whether it is from the game or from the training, it is not difficult to see that Lucas Leiva has not yet adapted to the Premier League, but the club is still full of confidence in him.

For a long time, the Premier League has been regarded as the hardest hit area for Brazilian players. There are very few Brazilian players who can succeed in the Premier League. So far, the most successful one is Arsenal's midfielder Gilberto Silva.

As for whether Lucas Leiva can succeed, it can only be seen by himself.

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Everyone is in a good mood after Liverpool won.

After the game, Yang Yang and other main players went to the locker room to congratulate their teammates. On the return journey, they met many media reporters. When they were interviewed, they were all happy for the team's victory.

And when Yang Yang was asked that the Catalan media thought that his goal against Arsenal was not considered to have scored five players in a row, Yang Yang smiled and said that he didn't care.

"Doesn't it count? It doesn't matter. I will find a chance another day, and I will try to make another one."

(End of this chapter)