Lvyin Fengmo

Chapter 308 The Whistle of the New Season
On July 7th, Liverpool, who had just played the last commercial game, started another commercial event non-stop - the 18 International Champions Cup.

In addition to the traditional European and North American divisions, Australia divisions, and China divisions, this year's International Champions Cup added a new division in Singapore. A total of 16 teams participated, including almost all the mainstream giants in Europe.

Of course, Liverpool, which has a Chinese background and the number one superstar in Chinese history, will not go to North America or Australia, and their opponents who compete for the Chinese championship with them are also very familiar:

AC Milan, who fell in love with the Red Army, Klopp's old club Borussia Dortmund, and Bayern Munich, the Bundesliga class bully.

Originally there was the Premier League powerhouse Arsenal, but when Wenger learned that Liverpool would also participate, they urgently applied to join the North American division on the grounds that the Gunners boss Kroenke is more popular in North America.

Arsenal's weak performance has been ridiculed and ridiculed by the entire football world, and this "disappointment" is also reflected in their summer transfer.

Although the Ligue 5300 silver boot Lacazette was poached from Lyon with 04 million euros, and the full-back Kolasinac, who can be selected as the best team in the Bundesliga, was also attracted from Schalke [-] for free. Got strong signings, but... that's all Arsenal got.

In terms of transfers, in addition to Chamberlain, who was sold to Liverpool at a high price, Arsenal also let go of goalkeeper Szczesny, defender Gibbs, and Gabriel, with a total profit of 6800 million euros!
Therefore, Arsenal's total investment in the summer window has reached an astonishing... minus 1500 million euros!
In 2017, when Liverpool was rising strongly and Manchester City, Manchester United, and Chelsea were scrambling to burn money, Arsenal still relied on selling players to make a lot of money!

What do they use to compete for the top spot in Premier League No.4?
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Although public opinion was laughing at Arsenal, the facts quickly proved one thing, Wenger's decision was indeed very smart.

Although he has been ridiculed, at least he will not be humiliated for the time being.

Liverpool first slaughtered AC Milan in a bad situation 11-0, and then in the "strong dialogue" with Bayern Munich, gave the Bundesliga class a "big seven", 7-0!

Arsenal fans immediately dropped their complaints and praised:

"Avoiding powerful enemies skillfully and keeping confidence, Professor Wen is really like a god in using troops!"
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The two massacres allowed Liverpool to win the International Champions Cup China Division trophy and harvest millions of euros in prize money.

Compared to this reward, the sponsorship contract they just signed in the Chinese market is the real big deal!

They didn't indiscriminately sign sponsors indiscriminately. The new commercial sponsorship contracts launched this summer are only 4, but the total value exceeds [-] million pounds!
If you count the hidden clauses behind these contracts, it can increase by up to 30%!

With this trip to China, Liverpool has even approached the three giants of Manchester United, Real Madrid and Barcelona in terms of commercial value!
But what is even more frightening is that Lu Feng's sponsorship contract alone has even far exceeded that of the club!

When the 2017-18 season officially started, the total value of Lu Feng's sponsorship contract for the new season reached a jaw-dropping 2.6 million!

GBP!

And it's just a basic sponsorship. If he can achieve a specific goal, the wealthy sponsor will reward him with a bonus of more than one billion pounds at most!
You read that right, it is 10 billion pounds!
1, 000, 000, 000!

For example, winning the 2018 Ballon d'Or or the World Footballer.

Another example...leading the Chinese national team to win the...2018...World Cup Championship!

A well-known domestic appliance brand even shouted a slogan a year in advance:
"As long as the Chinese team can win the World Cup, all users who purchase home appliances of this brand within one year will receive a super benefit of a full refund!"

As soon as this remark came out, the warehouse of the brand was out of stock!

The stock has been trading for ten consecutive days, daily limit!The market value directly skyrocketed by 160%!

Looking at the red-hot stock price, those major shareholders have long been overjoyed, so why would they care about the contract they just signed with Lu Tianwang?
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With a profit of 9000 million from the sale and a cost of 1.52 million on signings, Liverpool's net investment in this summer window exceeded 6000 million pounds.

6000 million pounds, of course, is not a particularly huge investment for a wealthy team that aims to dominate the football world, not to mention that football in this era has already entered the "billion-dollar era"!
Forwards like Lukaku and Morata have sold for a high price of 7000-8000 million euros. If any giant does not spend [-] million for signings, the boss will be embarrassed to say hello to others when he goes out!
Even AC Milan, which has been sinking in recent years, burned 1.8 million crazily in Xia Chuang!
Liverpool originally wanted to introduce goalkeeper Alisson from Rome, but the "Red Wolves" refused to let go of the two generals of the team in the same summer, and even wanted to sue Liverpool in court.

This time, England's afternoon tea failed to impress the senior management of the Red Wolves. The two sides had to break up unhappy, and Klopp could only continue to use Mignolet as the main goalkeeper.

But only one goalkeeper is obviously not enough to deal with multi-line operations in the new season. In addition to promoting teenagers from the youth training team, Liverpool still has not given up their plans to find a substitute.

After a period of screening, a familiar name appeared in front of Liverpool fans:
Spaniard, Pepe Reina.

This veteran who has played for Liverpool for many years is 35 years old, but he still played very steadily in Naples, and even rejuvenated his second career.

However, his contract renewal work with Naples has never been a breakthrough. Reina, who heard the call from his old club, quickly made a decision.

"Anfield has always been my home and I am eager to end my career here."

At the press conference of returning to Liverpool, the big bald man expressed his feelings very emotionally:
"I am also very eager to follow this great team and reach the pinnacle of honor together!"
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Perhaps it was Reina who moved God. On the third day after he joined, the main goalkeeper Mignolet was quarantined by the team doctor and went home because of a common flu...

Then, Reina, who hadn't had time to determine the jersey number, could only put on hastily and represent the team in the first game of the new season-the England Community Shield.

On August 2017, 8, at Wembley Stadium, Reina, who had been away from England for four years, did not feel much discomfort. He quickly devoted himself to his work and made three effective blocks throughout the game to ensure Liverpool goal without conceding a goal!
Of course, a very important reason why he was able to get the zero seal bonus is that their opponent Chelsea did not play 100% of their strength.

Liverpool, with Lu Feng, Mane, Salah, and Firmino, the "Four Kings", has suppressed the Blues from beginning to end!

In 90 minutes, Chelsea only formed a total of 6 shot opportunities!
And the talented forward Morata, bought by the Blues with a lot of money, hit the plane 3 times by himself, and slipped and fell by himself when facing an empty goal!
With such a forward who likes to waste opportunities, it is not surprising that Chelsea lose!
When the three whistles sounded, Red Army captain Henderson, surrounded by his teammates, raised the champion's shield-the honor of the community shield is a silver shield.

The new aid Salah failed, Mane made a pass and made a contribution, and Firmino staged a hat-trick of assists.

As for Lu Feng, who switched to playing as a center forward, he scored a mediocre 88 goals in the 5 minutes he played!
Coupled with Milner's use of penalty kicks to add icing on the cake, Liverpool kicked off the 7-0 season with a score of 2017-2018! -
Attachment: Liverpool's first team lineup for the 2017-2018 season (21 players):

Goalkeepers (2): Mignolet, Reina;
Defenders (8): Van Dijk, Matip, Lovren, Klavan, Klein, Gomez, Arnold, Robertson;
Midfielders (6): Henderson, Firmino, Chamberlain, Wijnaldum, Lallana, Milner;

Forwards (5): Lu Feng, Salah, Mane, Sturridge, Origi.

(End of this chapter)