The Ball at Your Feet

"Stephen, are you crazy? Buy Irving back? Did you forget what he said about us last year?" Garcia immediately started talking. At this time, he seemed more angry than Carragher, "What have we become? Now? Traitor shelter? Any bastard? If Owen can come back, then, can I go to Manchester United to play for two years, and then come back to play!"

His anger was still directed at Figo, but his words were approved by most people.

Owen is a traitor, this is everyone's consensus. They can't control what other people say, and they don't care no matter how good the reason is. For the Liverpool people, what they remember is Owen's sour remarks when he looked down on Liverpool and Liverpool won the championship before Liverpool's opponents. Figo and others have no personal pain with them, but Owen is the person they hate the most.

"Of course I know what he said, but he has already repented. He called me, apologized, and congratulated us on winning the championship. After all, he is still the core of this team, he..."

"He is a traitor. How can you believe what a traitor said?" Garcia said immediately, "He betrayed us, so what confession does he say?"

"That's not right. You have only been in the team for one year, so you can call yourself us. How many years has he played with us..."

"Have I done anything I'm sorry for Liverpool? Did I say bad things about Liverpool before a major Liverpool game? I love this team. Although the time is short, I paid here and received the goods, but he Not necessarily." Garcia immediately pushed back. "It has nothing to do with the age. Some people are born with no idea what gratitude is."

This summer, there are actually a lot of forwards rumored with Liverpool, and Irving is one of them. The players are also ready for a newcomer, but Irving...no one has thought about how to receive him.

The three people with the most scandals this year are Villa in Spain, Klose in Germany, and Owen in Britain.

Among these three, Benitez's favorite is Villa. In his opinion, Villa's level of strength is enough to play in Liverpool, and other styles of play are also enough to be able to play double forwards. For the change, it still has an unexpected effect.

But Villa insisted that he did not want to come. He is a player from the bottom. He has a hard life. When choosing, he is far more cautious than others. Playing abroad is a huge challenge for him, and he is unwilling to try. Moreover, in the Spanish team, he has a stable chance to play, and the team is willing to revolve around him and let him play the core of the midfield, these things are also incomparable to others.

Therefore, for Liverpool's solicitation, he wisely chose to refuse: it is a good thing to have pursuit, but it is equally important to do what you can.

After Villa rejected Liverpool, Liverpool also made an offer of 8 million to Bremen of Germany to acquire Bremen striker Klose. But this signing plan, Klose and Bremen have the same attitude: directly refused.

This makes Benitez a little unhappy. As a forward, Klose's ability is indeed very good. For example, his comprehensiveness is comparable to Shepchenko, Henry and others. Although he is slightly inferior to a purely tactical center like Drogba, it is indeed very comprehensive.

And his ability to continue to improve is also very admirable. According to Wenger's theory, after the age of 25, players basically have not improved. However, it is not easy for Klose to train from a forward who had almost zero skills at his feet in his early years.

Although his goal rate is only 0.4, which is fundamentally different from Henry, Sheva and others, Benitez believes that if he is willing to come to Liverpool, Benitez will build a tactic for him, with Zhao Yaning. With the help of Gerrard, Figo, he can definitely make Liverpool very strong.

However, what he refused was very straightforward, and the reason was actually very simple: the question of money.

Klose is the starting striker of the national team in Germany, the absolute main force, and the darling of the league at the same time, the most eye-catching existence, earning advertising expenses, second only to Bayern's Ballack. Although it is difficult for him to win any championships in Bremen, he can have an annual salary of 3 million yuan, a large number of advertising contracts, and he is also sought after for being the main striker of the German national team. For him, fame and fortune are all within easy reach. In Bremen, it’s very cool to brush the statistics. There is no need to go to other teams to compete for positions and grab the main force. What's more, it is impossible for Liverpool to give him an 85,000 weekly salary contract. He does not need to do it for A champion gave up a large endorsement contract and a high salary to come to Liverpool.

This is also the reason why Bremen refuses to release people: Although they picked up the bargain when they bought Klose, Kaiserslautern mortgaged Klose to the bookmaker, so that when Bremen bought him , The transfer fee is only a mere five million euros. But the problem is that, in order to get Klose to agree to the transaction, they paid Klose a signing fee of more than 10 million euros. The money given by Liverpool was not as high as Klose’s signing fee, and they certainly refused to agree.

For such a thing, Benitez is also helpless. Klose is a good forward, but he likes money very much. Moreover, he is not lacking in fame and fortune. The championship and progress are all icing on the cake for him. He doesn't ask for this, let alone the Champions League, no champion can impress him.

Michael Owen could not play in Real Madrid and wanted to return to England, but there are many other transfer rumors related to him. Arsenal and Newcastle all claim to be interested in Owen. Owen’s agent still believes that, Irving is a world-class forward.

At first, everyone thought that he would not go to Liverpool again if he needed a little bit of face, but obviously, they had a thicker face than they thought.

"He is my friend." Gerrard was silent for a while before speaking, "Of course, maybe it's just my wishful thinking, but, after all, I have regarded him as a friend for all these years. He wants to come back, think Played at Liverpool. He begged for my help, can I say no?"

No one in the room talked anymore, and Gerald was right. After all, he had to say something for his friend.

"We are actually thinking about Irving." Benitez said, "I have considered this issue. A counter-attack striker is not redundant for us, and the club is already in negotiations."

It can be seen that Benitez's look is not very good. He also felt dissatisfied and angry about this transaction. But this is the club's decision. Here, after all, there are too many people who have a good relationship with Irving.

Benitez's words made everyone look at him, "Does Real Madrid refuse to release people?"

"No, Real Madrid is willing to let people go, but Real Madrid asked for a high price, and they asked for 20 million."

"He was 8 million when he left last year?" Garcia finished speaking, remembering something, and apologized to Nunez next to him. "20 million is too unreliable. Since he wants to come back, let him Help keep the price down."

"He doesn't think it's too professional to do that." Yesterdan said slowly from the side.

Although Irving has been clamoring that he is going to return to Liverpool, Real Madrid refused to let go on the issue of the transfer fee and insisted on 20 million. What they say is that Irving still has a three-year contract, which is different from last year's contract with only one year left, so it is natural to increase the price. But Liverpool did not want to be taken advantage of. It was sold for 10 million last year. It was one year old and would have to double after a year of benching. Naturally, this price cannot be accepted by Liverpool.

Irving's own attitude is very unclear. When dealing with media interviews, he kept saying that he missed Liverpool, wanted to return to Liverpool, and regretted leaving Liverpool. But for the negotiations between Real Madrid and Liverpool, he said that he is a professional player and would not do anything to help buyers lower prices.

This sentence stunned everyone present, and then burst into an unprecedented burst of laughter. Gerrard's face grew redder in laughter, but he still didn't say anything.

"It's unlikely that he will help us keep the price down..." Yesterdam continued. "His agent is about to ask us for a high-paying contract, so he hasn't actually negotiated with us yet."

"High salary?" Alonso was puzzled.

"He asked for a weekly salary of 110,000. As you know, Stephen just went up to 100,000..."

"Stephen is an academy player. The team didn't spend a penny on the transfer fee for him. The salary should be higher. Since Irving needs to spend money to buy it, why should he demand a high salary?"

Although Owen is now more professional, he is also more professional. This ‘professional player’ did not hesitate to ask for a professional contract. His agent kept silent about how nasty Irving was when he left Liverpool, but he just killed him. He believed that Irving was from Liverpool’s youth training, Mr. Football, since Gerrard can get a big contract with a salary of 100,000 a week. , Then, Irving should get a bigger one. Moreover, Irving now has an annual salary of 4 million. He cannot accept a salary cut-he does not mention at all. Irving's high salary was changed by pitting Liverpool and helping Real Madrid save transfer fees, plus the special low tax rate in La Liga. Coming.

The team’s youth training does not cost the team’s transfer fee, so the salary will naturally be higher. When Irving was in Liverpool before, he was also paid a high salary. But since the player has left and comes back now, it must be regarded as a player who came from the transfer. The team has already paid the transfer fee, so why give it back a high salary? And with a weekly salary of 110,000, this salary is the highest in the Premier League.

If Irving did not transfer last year and was still in the team, he led the team to win the championship with his status as a footballer, and he would not give up for many years. It would not be an exaggeration to ask for a weekly salary of 110,000. However, those who have already left can't stay abroad and come back, and still want a weekly salary of 110,000? Liverpool is Owen’s own club? Or is it that Liverpool can't do without him?

Everyone in the room was extremely dissatisfied, but at this time, Benitez coughed, and then spoke, "The boss agreed to this deal, and Mr. Parry is talking...We will not agree to those unreasonable Yes, but everyone shouldn’t give him too much opinion."

"What he actually wants is respect." Gerrard said, "He's just afraid that we don't respect him. He doesn't need money. He told me that he wants a high salary. People look down on him for fear that he does not have the Champions League."

"Then why did he go to Real Madrid..." Garcia whispered ~www.ltnovel.com~ Even if he came, I would not respect him like you. "

"If you need to show respect to him..." Zhao Yaning understood the meaning of Gerrard's words, "I can give up the number ten jersey as a sign of welcome to him."

"That's great." Gerrard said in front of others, "I thank you for him, and the club will thank you. I have been talking to the club. For this year's Golden Globes, the club will definitely I will do my best to help you."

"This is for you, not for him." Zhao Yaning made a special statement, "If you didn't speak, I wouldn't be so easy to talk. And, do you really think it's worth it? You are the captain, our champion, yes If the team takes you, you can also enter the top five."

This time, Gerrard hesitated for a while before speaking, "There is still a chance. And, for friendship, it is worth it. If Michael comes back, then our future will be brighter."

"Our future must be bright. It's not for him." Garcia murmured, "As long as we are Liverpool, we will always be radiant. Our brilliance does not need his help."