Green Life

　　 Many years later, when Makqin retired as a star and recalled his career, he remembered the summer of 2007 especially fresh.

He felt that if he wasn't a Chinese, if it wasn't for Aster to lay a good foundation for himself, if it wasn't for Marco and Old Haiwei to let him leapfrog into Melwood, if it wasn't for Hughie's whim to let him play in advance, If it weren’t for Julie’s career transition, it happened to be met by the party herself. If it’s not for the financial needs of the Liverpool board, if it’s not for Benitez’s transfer cost, will her football path be rewritten? If the situation will happen~~

　　Many people do not lack ability, but lack the vision and mind to seize opportunities. From a philosophical point of view, football and life have no essential difference. They are all at a critical moment to see if you made the right choice!

David Moores paid a lot of attention when he knew about it. He immediately noticed the huge opportunity inside. The Moores family has been in charge of Liverpool for almost 50 years, and the Edwards family of Manchester United are the two famous in England. Sports giants, for the Moores family, who made their fortunes as a gaming chain, running a club means gaining glory. They are not short of money, so they do not rely on the club to make money.

But in the generation of David Moores, Glory had to bow to capital. This is also the fundamental reason why David Moores wants to sell Liverpool. He hopes that Liverpool can embark on the right path of capital management. A club is the most valuable. What is it? Not a coach, not a player, not a stadium! , But the brand, Real Madrid's Florentino has proven this several times with his genius business philosophy.

To strengthen the brand influence is to increase the club’s global appeal to fans, sponsors, and media. Now European football has broken through the concept of a country and has become a world-renowned brand, with hundreds of millions in every round of competition. The audience is watching the Premier League. China, a populous country, must be the most potential consumer market for the Premier League in the future!

For a businessman, it is not difficult to realize these. Manchester United and Manchester City are all trying to do this. In contrast, Liverpool has fallen behind. Due to the level of Chinese football, Liverpool has not had a good plan to open up the Chinese market. In addition, Liverpool itself has been turbulent over the past ten years, but the opportunity is in front of them, and it would be a fool if you don't seize it.

Therefore, the general manager Pali gave high standards when he received Duan Xuan. He has already learned that Duan Xuan is a representative member of the Chinese official media, and dealing with the official media will be of great benefit to the club’s promotion in China. .

　　 Parry shook Duan Xuan's hand and said happily: "Very welcome, friends from the media from China, welcome to Liverpool"

Duan Xuan said with a smile: "Thank you for the warm reception of your club. We are the China National Sports Channel. The purpose of this visit is believed to be known by you. My colleagues have also been here when reporting on your club. , This is my first time here, please forgive me for interruption."

Parry shook his head: “It’s okay. Although it’s the offseason, the chairman has told me to entertain you. We also hope to establish closer ties with Chinese fans and the media. Liverpool has always been a traditional giant in England. China also has a vast fan base"

　　 Duan Xuan nodded and said: "Yes, we are here this time and plan to take the opportunity to focus on Maqin and the Liverpool club..."

　　 Parry smiled and led the way to the office area, and said: "We will talk about specific matters in the office, please..."

　　……

　　 Benitez was called back for an emergency meeting. The chairman, manager, and commercial director all came. Moores had already listened to Parry's report, so he planned to hold a meeting on this matter in the future.

Benitez has won the board’s tolerance and respect by his amazing performances in the Champions League over the past three seasons. Although he does not look so gregarious and his interpersonal relationship is messed up, he only needs to have results. Moores has always believed that he has done for Liverpool. He made a great contribution, so he also supports his younger reforms.

Moores first said: "Rafa, everyone, everyone should know everything. The purpose of my meeting this time is how to strengthen our influence in China and Asia through in-depth cooperation with Chinese official media. , Everyone express your opinion"

　　 Parry turned his head and said to Benitez: "Rafa, this little player named Mark Harder, you can introduce the specific situation first."

Benitez took a few pages of information, looked at it and said: "To be honest, I didn't pay much attention to him before. He was a small player who was promoted by Kokbe when we reformed our youth training last year. Because he was still too young, I temporarily put him on the reserve team. My assistant coach Paco just collected this information for me.” Benitez shook the pages of paper and continued: “It looks like this guy Not bad in the reserve team"

　　 Moores interjected: "Can I be promoted to the first team?"

　　 Benitez was taken aback, shook his head and said: "With all due respect, he just turned 16 years old and is not in my consideration."

Moores looked at Parry, and Parry said: "The results of my communication with the Chinese media. They hope to report on Mark in all aspects, mainly about how he joined the club and his youth training in recent years. , We have to cooperate with the provision of information. I have arranged this. And after my investigation, there are currently three Chinese players in the Premier League, namely Manchester City’s Jihai Sun, Manchester United’s Fang Zhuo Dong, and Charlton just now The downgraded Zhi Zheng has a great deal of reporting on them in China. Correspondingly, the club’s publicity effect has also improved a lot."

Commercial Director Al also continued: "This is indeed an excellent opportunity for us to expand our influence. In recent years, our influence has been increasing due to the good results of the Champions League, but the football atmosphere in Asia is not so strong. Said that they pay more attention to the players in their country"

Moores nodded and said to Al, "Al, you go back and make a plan. I hope that through this opportunity we can reach a series of cooperation with the Chinese media, not just one interview." Al nodded Sign to understand.

　　 Then he said to Parry and Benitez: "You two are responsible for the sports. How to ensure their enthusiasm for the little guy Mark, you can give some advice."

Parry and Benitez glanced at each other, and Parry said: "Chairman, Rafah and I have come up with a specific plan for this summer's transfer. Since we had a very good performance in the Champions League last year and our income was considerable, So this year’s debt pressure is not great. If we sell players smoothly according to Rafah’s plan, we will have enough confidence to bring in top stars, which can also increase our attention."

　　 Moores knew it, and asked, "Are you ready to start Torres?"

Benitez said: "Yes, we have to sign in top forwards to achieve breakthroughs. Our midfield and backcourt are relatively perfect, but forwards and wingers have always been weak spots, which restricts us in recent years. The competitiveness of the league"

Moores squeezed his eyebrows and said: "Rafa, we know, but this year we can only allow signing in a top superstar, otherwise our debt will be very dangerous. I personally hope you can pass. Deal with those marginal players to get funding, and use young players as much as possible. We had Gerrard and Irving at the beginning. Where have our youth training achievements gone in the past few years?"

Benitez frowned and said: "Chairman, Parry and I have coordinated with regard to funding, but the issue of youth training, to be honest, I reported last year. Kirkby’s youth training is out of date. Now young players It must be technically and scientifically developed. The current youth training system does not have any good seed, and it is difficult to continuously supply blood to the first team."

Kirkby is integrated with Liverpool’s glorious past. Even Moores can hardly cut the mess. He hopes to achieve a transition in a relaxed way. Moores thinks Mark is an opportunity. He belongs to those of Kirkby. Beloved, there is natural attention from the Chinese market. Using this kid well can reduce a lot of unnecessary troubles for Liverpool's two generations of coaches.

Thinking about this, Moores said: "Rafa, Parry, let's continue with Mark's topic. Regarding Mark, although he is only 16 years old, I think it is necessary to transfer him to the first team training. As for whether he can play, Rafah, it depends on the situation. In the first two years, our neighbor Rooney became famous in the Premier League at the age of 16. You have to see if Mark has this possibility and strength. If he can play the main force in our team, it doesn’t matter to us. In terms of economic benefits and market development, the benefits are huge. My family has made mistakes in the past few decades. Modern football still depends on capital to develop. Without investment, there will be no results, just like Chelsea’s Abramovich, invested a lot and won numerous championships in three years. We should also work hard to make the club make money and embark on a healthy development path."

Benitez was uncomfortable for a while, and he had no idea to train a 16-year-old. Rooney was because at Everton, he could only take the development path of youth training. He was in Liverpool, and he only had to train young players. If it doesn't work, all you face is to dismiss the get out of class yourself! , But he couldn't refute the chairman's request. He had to make do with it first and put it to the first team to follow the training.

Parry was a little happy. Benitez has relied on his results in the past two years and brought too many Spanish players, so he has no right to speak in the transfer. He has managed the club for so many years and does not want Liverpool to change. To become an international column, Liverpool must have a considerable degree of British players. UU reading www.uukanshu.com is now limiting Benitez’s opportunity to establish a Spanish gang.

Parry finally said: "I will start the summer transfer as soon as possible according to Rafa’s plan, and strive to make our first team configuration more reasonable. I will follow up on the matter of Mark and the Chinese media, but it may be necessary after the training starts. Rafah cooperates. After all, everyone knows that only a young player appreciated by the head coach has the value of reporting, so that it can inspire the enthusiasm of the Chinese media."

　　 Benitez can only nod his head and say, "I will cooperate in this regard."

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　　 "I think he is transferred to the first team too early. He just passed his 16th birthday. My plan is to let him play for another two years." Hughie said a little surprised.

　　 Benitez scratched his head, "This is the request of the board. I don't want a kid in the first team. How about him, do you think it's okay?"

　　Xiu Ji nodded and said: "This kid is indeed talented, a bit like Pirlo, but he has better forward awareness than Pirlo, and he has a top sense of position. He can play in the middle of the wing."

　　 Hearing this, Benitez was a little unexpected. Could it be that Kirkby really cultivated another Gerrard as the media said? , Check it out! , And asked: "How is his physical condition now?"

　　 "Height is 1.72 meters. I believe that I can grow to 1.8 meters in the past two years. The body is still strong, but the Premier League match is estimated to be too early. I am worried that this will ruin his career", Hughie said with some worry.

"I won't arrange for him to play so early. My first team hasn't reduced to relying on a child. Let's train with the first team. Let's go, let's get off work first, and now I have a holiday." Benitez walked out of the office. At the table, pick up the suit, I still have a lot of get off work to do, and I don’t have time to keep staring at it. Let’s take a step at a time.