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Chapter 274 The First Step of a Great Season

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These things are also accustomed to the sunlight.

Such is his character.

I have never learned to leave myself a way out.

The offseason has begun.

However, the Suns have been very busy during this offseason.

He flew back to China first.

According to his request, all companies that want to sign contracts with him will hold the signing ceremony in the country.

He is a big star now, and big stars naturally have their own rules.

Since the offseason began.

He frequently appears in various business activities.

Signed a series of endorsements.

According to media statistics.

Yang's annual income is now close to that of Cristiano Ronaldo.

Maybe not long.

He would become the highest-paid football player in the world - and he was only 22 years old.

However, considering that he has the huge Chinese market behind him.

This result.

At a time when he was recognized by the world media as at least one of the three best football players.
It's already a foregone conclusion.

To know.

Even the Korean star Son Heung-min.

There are many fans in China.

During the Sino-Korean War.

There were even cases of Chinese people wearing Son Heung-min's jerseys to provoke the home team's fans.

Although the number of mentally retarded people is generally small - after all, the probability of a mentally retarded person still wandering around is indeed very low.

But this is enough to illustrate the influence of football in the country.

For the sunshine.

This summer is truly a bumper year.

It's not just the honors on the court.

The money earned off the field has to be counted until your hands are tired.

Raiola fully develops his commercial value.

As long as the enterprise comes to us, the brand has great influence in its respective field and can come up with a satisfactory business cooperation contract.

No one will be turned away.

Food, clothing, housing and transportation.

The image of sunshine can be seen on various products.

A sunny fan.

It is almost possible to meet most of your life needs by just buying products endorsed by Sunshine.

Sunshine is no longer just a football star.

The media all know that Sunshine signed many contracts this summer.

But suddenly the media became interested in Sunshine’s total annual revenue.

This thing is actually very easy to calculate.

Everyone knows the specific figures.

Just double the news coverage of the past.

The first thing, of course, is the salary given by the club.

There are also various bonuses.

Bonuses for scoring goals, bonuses for winning, and bonuses for winning.

Lin Lin always comes.

In the club.

Yangguang received about 25 million pounds.

Let’s look at commercial endorsements.

Not counting new signings.

Only look at previously signed contracts that are still valid.

According to media statistics.

Yangguang's annual income from commercial endorsements alone is as high as 58 million euros!
This income makes Sunshine one of the highest-paid players in world football.

On the same level as Messi and Ronaldo.

This is just a conservative estimate.

In the future, as Yangguang’s fame grows.

The results are getting better and better.

He will make more.

Perhaps the income he may eventually achieve will be an astronomical figure - after all, he is Chinese.

The Chinese market is the largest single market in the world.

For the sun.

His main focus is on athletics.

At the Golden Globes.

This season Liverpool won the Premier League and the Champions League.

Sunshine has such terrifying data again.

Of course, there is also the World Cup this summer, so if Messi and Ronaldo don't win the World Cup.

Then it is a foregone conclusion that he will win the Ballon d'Or.

But even so.

Sunshine only has two Golden Globe Awards.

There are still two more to go for Messi.

There is still a gap.

His current goal.

Just in terms of the number of Ballon d'Ors.

Also surpass Messi!
When the sun is absorbing gold everywhere.

Of course, Liverpool FC is not idle either.

Liverpool FC does not need a major overhaul this summer.

But we also need to add a lot of substitutes and young players.

The thickness of the bench is also an integral part of the team's strength.

Last season, everyone recognized that Liverpool's main lineup was very strong.

With a complete lineup.

Even Real Madrid.

Liverpool can also put pressure on the opponent.

But at the same time, the team suffered a wave of injuries.

The strength of the team's bench seems to be a bit out of step.

If the team wants to win all the championships in the new season.

Strengthening the bench thickness is a must.

If there are players who are strong enough to play the main role.

Liverpool won't let it go either.

Because competition is necessary.

Healthy competition can prevent the main players from slacking off.

Maintaining a suitable competitive atmosphere can put the team on a more healthy track.

The team's lineup is like a lake.

If there is no injection and flow of water.

Sooner or later it will become a stagnant water.

Since we need to recruit players to supplement the bench.

Then some players who were not used last season will have to be cleared out.

First, some young people.

Take Solanke for example.

Solanke is talented.

But for himself.

He also doesn't want to stay in Liverpool - because the sun is shining in his position.

According to the fact that Sunshine played almost every game last season.

He certainly won't get any chance.

So, after the end of the season, Solanke talked to Klopp and said he would transfer out and look for opportunities.

A player who is not even 20 years old will become useless sooner or later if he sits on the bench for a long time.

Klopp also expressed his understanding and the team would not impose any immediate restrictions on him.

There are some players like Solanke.

They are young people who have no chance to play in Liverpool. They need to leave to make room for them and find opportunities for themselves.

There is another category of players.

He is a long-term patient.

For example, Sturridge belongs to this category.

Sturridge's wages at Liverpool are among the highest.

But last season he only made 7 appearances in total, with a total playing time of less than 100 minutes.

It's like lying in bed for a season.

Liverpool is not a charity.

They certainly can't afford to support a sick person with a high salary.

So, Sturridge has to leave too.

He needs to free up salary cap space for new players.

Other players who will leave include Klein, Moreno and others.

Klopp believes these players do not meet his requirements.

Thus.

The team has seven or eight players to send away.

But we don’t need that many signings.

Goalkeeper, left back, midfielder.

These are three key locations.

The second is the addition of the bench.

We need to add a midfielder, a winger and a right back to enrich the team's lineup.

This way.

The scale of Liverpool's transfers this season has been determined.

Three key signings who can play as starters.

The three players introduced as substitutes for the team have certain potential to threaten the main players.

Increase the vitality of substitute players.

The purpose of this is also to make the main players feel a little sense of crisis.

A huge success last season.

I'm afraid this will satisfy many players.

I lost the motivation to keep fighting.

He is sleeping soundly on his laurels.

This can be found in many teams.

Quite typical.

It was Inter Milan back then.

Under Mourinho's guidance.

Inter Milan won the treble in the 2009-2010 season, sweeping all the championships.

This was a remarkable achievement. At that time, many European media expressed that European football would return to the "great international era".

I believe that many Inter Milan fans also had the same aspirations at that time.

But the reality is cruel.

When Mourinho left Inter Milan and went to Real Madrid to pursue a bigger stage, Inter Milan suddenly lost its motivation to fight.

They began to focus their main energy on internal fighting, fighting with teammates, fighting with the club, and fighting with the head coach.

They have been living off the glory of the treble and have been doing so until now, but Inter Milan is still suffering from constant internal friction.

Where is the slightest bit of “great international” style?

Learn from history.

Klopp doesn't want his team to have the same problems as Inter Milan did back then.

Any player who intends to rest on his laurels.

They will all be firmly chosen as the starting lineup!
This requires that substitute players can step up at any time.

The most important signing is the goalkeeper position.

Klopp was not satisfied with Karius' performance.

He needs a real top goalkeeper.

The candidate has already been chosen.

It is Alisson, the goalkeeper currently playing for Roma.

Alisson is now a goalkeeper that many top teams are eyeing.

The Brazilian performed very well during his time at Roma.

Alisson joined Roma 2016 in 800 for a transfer fee of 128 million euros. In the early days, due to the presence of Polish goalkeeper Szczesny, he could only serve as a substitute and mainly played in cup competitions.

2016-17赛季，他仅出场15次（欧战11次、意大利杯4次）128。尽管机会有限，但他在有限的表现中展现了稳定性，例如2016年8月欧冠附加赛对阵波尔图的处子秀中稳健发挥12。

This experience helped him accumulate European war experience and also honed his psychological qualities.

In the summer of 2017, after Szczesny left the team, Alisson officially became the main goalkeeper of Roma.

He broke out in the 2017-18 season, making 49 appearances in all competitions, including 37 shutouts in 17 Serie A games, with a save success rate of 79.26%, ranking first in Serie A and third in the top five leagues (after Oblak and De Gea).

His high and low blocks helped Roma become one of the most solid defensive teams in Serie A that season.

Last season was Alisson's absolute highlight season.

Especially in the Champions League.

He made 12 appearances in the Champions League last season and contributed 46 saves.

This is 15 more than Navas, who is second.

In the knockout stage.

Roma has repeatedly eliminated strong opponents.

It all depends on Alisson's godly performance.

Roma made a historic advance into the Champions League semi-finals.

Their main goalkeeper Alisson is definitely the core contributor.

It is worth mentioning that.

With Liverpool winning the Champions League last season.

Among the best team of last season's Champions League selected by many authoritative media, such as France's [France Football] and Germany's [Bild].

Goalkeeper this position.

The choice was not Navas of Real Madrid.

Nor is it Karius of champions Liverpool.

It's Alisson of Roma.

It stands to reason.

Best lineup.

Usually, the two teams in the final will be selected.

This is true in other locations.

Among the best eleven.

Liverpool have six players on the list and Real Madrid have four.

Rome alone.

As a goalkeeper who did not participate in the Champions League final, he was selected into the best eleven of the Champions League.

This can be seen from Alisson's performance last season.

And after Roma completed a highlight season.

Like all Brazilians who land in European leagues.

He began to seek a bigger stage - although Roma is also a big team, the possibility of this team winning major trophies such as the Serie A championship and the Champions League championship is very low.

Reaching the semi-finals of the Champions League last season has already created history for the Roma club.

As for Rome.

In fact, they have no intention of keeping Alisson.

Alisson does not have an Italian household registration, and he is not a symbolic figure of the Roma club like Totti. To the Roma club, foreign players are far less important than local players. They usually regard foreign players as mercenaries. The Roma club and even the Roma fans will not have much resistance to the sale of Alisson from Brazil - as long as the price is right.

Neither Roma nor Alisson himself will set any restrictions on the transfer.

The crux of the problem is.
Why Liverpool?
To know.

Thanks to last season's Champions League performance.

Alisson is already a hot commodity in the transfer market.

We need a goalkeeper.

Real Madrid, Liverpool's opponent in last season's Champions League final, also needed a goalkeeper.

For Real Madrid.

There has always been something wrong with the Costa Rican goalkeeper Navas - he is too short.

So, they set their sights on Chelsea goalkeeper Courtois.

Now, many media are hyping up the soap opera between Courtois and Real Madrid.

Although Chelsea has stated firmly that Courtois is not for sale.

But soon.

The media broke the news.

Chelsea have submitted a bid of €70 million to Roma in an attempt to bring Alisson to Stamford Bridge.

This news can be true or false.

All of this made Klopp frown.

He cursed the Russian oligarch Abramovich for destroying the market and raising market prices.

Subsequently.

Liverpool had to follow suit.

They also offered 70 million euros, matching Chelsea's offer.

However, the Roma club raised the price to 75 million.

75 million euros to buy a goalkeeper.

This is a very crazy price at this point in time.

Although there is only a difference of five million.

But this transfer is stuck here.

at the same time.

Another major transfer.

It is the transfer of Naby Keita, the midfielder who plays for RB Leipzig.

In fact, this transfer was discussed in the summer of last season.

Liverpool has also signed an agreement with RB Leipzig.

therefore.

When Alisson's transfer was stuck.

Liverpool took the lead in announcing the first signing of this summer's transfer window: Guinean international Naby Keita joined.

It was also announced that Keita will wear the number eight shirt.

Gerrard, the club's former No. 8 and one of the greatest players in the club's history, will personally present the No. 8 jersey to Keita.

At Keita's joining ceremony.

Club legend Gerrard and club head coach Klopp, one on the left and one on the right, stood beside Keita and officially announced the club's first signing of the new season.

This is also the first step of this new great season.
(End of this chapter)