Lvyin Fengmo

Chapter 152 Loyal Tomb

"Gerrard8 has left the group chat."

"Hendo14 invited Milner to join the group chat."

"Lucas invited Firmino to the group chat."

"Glen Johnson has left the group chat."

"Brad Jones has left the group chat."

Although it is still the player's rest time, a club will not completely stop working, especially the transfer committee, and now is the time to test the results of their work over the past season.

Liverpool FC is also ushering in a special moment.

The old captain Gerrard still failed to stay. Although he welcomed and looked forward to the arrival of the new coach Klopp, the Los Angeles Galaxy had reached an agreement with him as early as the winter, and he had to leave.

Also leaving the team is "Strong God" Glen Johnson. This right back also had an amazing performance in the first season of joining, but frequent injuries and professional attitude made him drive high and low. It's hard to get back to the top.

The departure of substitute goalkeeper Brad Jones is not surprising. He has not been able to threaten Mignolet's position for the time being-although Minnie can no longer find the state when she first joined...

Lambert, who only joined the team for one year, switched to West Brom at a low price, Borini moved to Sunderland with a capital preservation, Aspas joined the Europa League runner-up Sevilla, and Luis Alberto temporarily rented out the British Championship The team Bolton, Markovic on loan to the Turkish Super League Fenerbahce, Balotelli sold AC Milan...

In just one month, Liverpool's first team was almost half empty.

But the ensuing new aid quickly filled these vacancies:

The first signing, England veteran James Milner joined from Manchester City for free.

The new coach Klopp hired the main goalkeeper Loris Karius from Mainz, the starting point of his coaching career, one year in advance, and the transfer fee reached 400 million pounds.

England's young native defenders Nathaniel Clyne and Joe Gomez joined from Southampton and Charlton for £1200 million and £350 million respectively, adding freshness to the aging defense blood.

As for the striker, Klopp accepted the recommendation of the transfer committee and introduced Brazilian striker Roberto Firmino from Hoffenheim with a Bundesliga transfer record of 2800 million pounds. In terms of income, it is also second only to Andy Carroll with 3500 million.

The 23-year-old local winger Danny Ince's free transfer from Burnley can be regarded as expanding Liverpool's local youth training list.

In addition, there are several younger hopeful stars who have been introduced into the youth team and reserve team, and can be added to the first team squad at any time.

Regarding the list proposed by the "Transfer Committee", Klopp accepted almost all of it. The only one who strongly opposed it was the Aston Villa striker that Rodgers loved very much at the time-Christian Benteke.

——To make a digression, in fact, many fans were looking forward to the joining of Benteke, including the famous commentator Mr. Zhan Jun, who also expected Benteke to kill the Quartet in Liverpool...

"Liverpool don't need to buy extra strikers, our attacking players are already rich enough, aren't they?"

In an interview, Klopp said:

"We have Sturridge, Sterling, Coutinho, Firmino, Ince, Ibe, as well as the Europa League MVP and the top scorer in the Portuguese Super League. Lallana and Milner can also serve For the role of full-back, we really have no place to hoard forwards!"

The media and fans also think that what he said is very reasonable. Sturridge was the silver boot of the league last season, and his power is still there. Sterling is the golden boy of Europe in 2014, with a bright future. Coutinho The "cloud piercing arrow" has begun to gradually shock the Quartet, and the newly joined Firmino has surrendered a "super double-double" with 23 goals and 21 assists in a single season in the Bundesliga. This combination is terrifying enough.

If you add the Portuguese Super League MVP+Golden Boot, Europa League MVP+Golden Boot, World Youth Championship MVP+Golden Boot-Lu Feng, the attacking power of these five Liverpool frontcourt players can completely blow up any opponent!
But... Before Klopp's voice fell, a fierce conflict broke out within the Liverpool club!

This conflict comes from the future of the team... Raheem Sterling! -
The conflict between Sterling and the club has not been a day or two. Although he has always had a good relationship with his former head coach Rogers, Rogers even publicly said: "Sterling is a studious kid. Fans should support him."

In international football, there are many ways to seek a transfer:

Some people cheated, some stopped training, some bit people in the game, and were suspended for a long time, so that the club could see their determination to break the can; chaos.

But Sterling took the most extreme, drastic and irreparable approach.

Not only did he publicly announce his refusal to participate in the club's pre-season training camp, but his agent directly broke his face with the club's top management:

"Even with a weekly salary of 70, 80, or even 90, my players will never stay in Liverpool!"

Liverpool CEO Ian Ayer is also very tough:
"Unless someone is willing to spend 5000 million pounds, all transfer applications will be free!"

The CEO obviously just wants to make the buyer quit, because in today's transfer market, a young player under the age of 21, even if there is a bonus of the European Golden Boy Award, no one will pay 5000 million Come buy him!

Suarez won the Premier League Golden Boot and MVP before, and only sold it for more than 7000 million pounds. Sterling's data is less than a quarter of his, and a fool will pay 5000 million!
As soon as Al finished speaking, a fax came from Manchester, 50 kilometers away:
"5000 million pounds, offer Sterling!"
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There is no need to repeat this transfer. Although Klopp came to Liverpool half a year earlier, even though he was more confident and tougher than Rogers, he still did not keep Sterling.

The British monster striker, who officially became a first-line star in Liverpool, transferred to Manchester City with a base fee of 5300 million + a floating price of 500 million - 4900 million more than the historical figure of 400 million.

The wealthy Blue Moon doesn't care about spending an extra 400 million at all, and also offered Sterling a high weekly salary of 18 pounds, which is equivalent to an annual salary of more than 900 million!
And the extra 400 million pounds, there is no way to stop the bleeding wounds in the hearts of Liverpool fans!
They can't help but think of Suarez who just left last season, Mascherano, Torres earlier, and even... the Golden Globe winner who only sold for 800 million pounds-Michael Owen!

They call themselves a "rich family", but which giant will let their own star leave in such a way?

Cristiano Ronaldo next door has indeed left Manchester United, but he has never heard Manchester United clubs and fans criticize him as a "traitor", "Judas" and "rebellious son". When he came to Old Trafford on behalf of Real Madrid, he He rightfully refused to celebrate after scoring a goal, and the vast majority of Manchester United fans would also applaud him.

Liverpool fans should have accepted it a long time ago, they have been depraved for too long... they are no longer real giants!
They can be called "traditional giants", "former overlords of League One", "kings of the Champions League in the British Isles", and even crueler "Premier League powerhouses".

In the sports channels of many domestic portals, Liverpool has been placed in the "other teams" for a long time. Only Manchester United, Chelsea, and Arsenal have independent pages.

For such a team that has sunk for a long time, is it too high to ask for "loyalty" from the players?
Modern football is inherently cruel and cruel. When a club kicks a player out on the grounds of "too low ability and too many injuries", they should have expected that another player will use "too low salary, no Honor, lack of humanity" as the reason, the club was fired!
Even as loyal as Gerrard, at some point, he tried to accept Chelsea's olive branch.

Even if they are as strong as Ronaldo and Messi, when their performance is not satisfactory, they will still be booed mercilessly by Real Madrid and Argentine fans.

This is not a traditional feudal society. Loyalty has long been a two-way choice. Never demand that one party obey the other unconditionally.

Loyalty isn't dead, it's just walking toward the grave step by step.
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Note:
The author is a fan of Liverpool, Manchester United and Milan, but in fact they are not diehard fans.

The first time I followed the crowd to watch Real Madrid was because of Kaka and Ronaldo, and also because of Mourinho. Relatively speaking, I felt sorry for Kaka more, but after watching it for three years, I still have no affection for Real Madrid.

From 12 to 13, I also watched Ferguson's last year at Manchester United. After watching it, I moved to Liverpool next door. To be precise, I must have been fanned by Suarez, and then I formed a habit.

After that, Kaka returned to Milan for a short time, and watched Milan's two seasons of football. The game at that time was really ugly...

But at the end of the day, the first time I officially watched a game was the Asian Cup in 2004, and then I was a lifelong fan and critic of the Chinese team.

(End of this chapter)