With maxed-out heading ability from the start, I became the king of Arsenal.

Liverpool want to buy themselves?

Sun Yu thought for a moment, then said in a calm tone, "We won't contact them. Let them communicate with Stoke City."

"I must not engage in any underhanded tactics; I don't want to have a stain on my career so early in the season."

Townsend assured Sun Yu that he would handle things according to his ideas, and the two chatted for a few more minutes.

After hanging up the phone, Sun Yu lay on the bed, racking his brain to recall: "What transfers has Liverpool made this season?"

After a dozen seconds, Sun Yu patted his head: "I remember now."

In Dalglish's first season in charge, Chelsea made a big splash in the winter transfer window by bringing Torres to Stamford Bridge.

Liverpool used that money to bring in Suarez and the very promising Carroll.

Suarez is definitely a world-class star, but Carroll is definitely a pure shockwave.

But Carroll is somewhat different from other shockwaves.

This guy made his Premier League debut for Newcastle two years ago and even scored a crucial goal in a relegation battle.

After Newcastle's relegation, Carroll scored 17 goals in the Championship last season, helping Newcastle return to the Premier League.

In terms of goals scored alone, Carroll is even less than Garay Hooper, who came to Stoke City for a trial with Sun Yu before the season, but his tactical importance in the team is obviously much higher.

In the first sixteen rounds of this season, Carroll scored only one less goal than Sun Yu in the Premier League, and even Professor Wenger said that Carroll has made great progress in the past year.

Carroll is also an air master and has good shooting skills.

From a tactical perspective, Carroll is definitely more well-rounded than he is now.

His career declined so quickly entirely because he became complacent after signing a big contract with Liverpool and lived a very undisciplined life.

Without sufficient physical condition to sustain the injury, minor injuries can accumulate into major ones, and it's quite normal for a career to plummet.

If history were to unfold as it should, Liverpool should be focusing their attention on Carroll.

Sun Yu felt that Liverpool's contact with him at this time was either to use him as a backup for Carroll, or because Dalglish liked a tall striker with outstanding strengths like him.

Of course, it cannot be ruled out that Liverpool could use its influence to pressure Newcastle and Carroll, both to lower the price and reduce the transfer fee.

In the business world, anything can happen.

If Sun Yu can transfer to Liverpool, his treatment will definitely improve significantly, and from then on he will be a center forward of the Premier League elite level.

However, the drawbacks are equally obvious. Liverpool's performance has been inconsistent in recent seasons, and there has been frequent player turnover.

With frequent changes in head coaches and players, the locker room environment is bound to be quite complex.

Moreover, Liverpool's ranking this season may not be better than Stoke City's, and their chances of winning the trophy are far lower than Stoke City's.

After much thought, Sun Yu still felt that their fate hadn't brought them together yet.

He acted as if nothing had happened.

As for Chelsea's desire to sign Torres, that's nothing new. After Ancelotti took over at Stamford Bridge last season, he immediately told the club that he wanted to create a top-class attacking duo of Torres and Drogba.

Even though Liverpool's financial situation was terrible, they didn't give Chelsea a chance to negotiate.

Liverpool's performance has been very poor since the start of the season, and Torres has been sidelined with injuries, so Chelsea came up with the idea of ​​"buying at the bottom".

Sun Yu spent the following week preparing for the match, which is a major event in the Premier League around Christmas.

Other leagues have a winter break in December, but the Premier League never has one.

Not only is there no winter break, but there is also a "Christmas Battle" program with three shows a week.

Wenger must really hate the "Christmas Day game" because Arsenal, who are competing on multiple fronts and rely heavily on technical players, often falter during this period in many seasons.

This stage is also a crucial moment for established Premier League teams to widen the gap with mid-to-lower-tier teams.

Teams like Everton may not have many star players, but they have a good number of players who can play in the first team.

So even if Everton have a bad start, Moyes can turn things around in the second half of the season.

12 month 11 day.

Premier League Round 17.

Stoke City will host Blackpool.

Blackpool manager Holloway was a winger during his playing career, making him one of the few managers in England to experiment with possession-based football in the lower leagues.

After being promoted to the Premier League last season, Holloway tried to play possession football against Wenger, but Arsenal completely thrashed them.

Blackpool are currently 13th in the Premier League, and at their best, they were only 2 points behind Stoke City.

This team features former Manchester United youth academy elite, Cathcart, who was the captain of Manchester United's youth team.

He had even more opportunities at Manchester United than Shawcross. Ferguson called him up to the first team twice because his key center-back was injured, but Cathcart will definitely get injured next.

Sun Yu knew this player from FM (Football Manager). In the game, he was an unsellable player for Watford, and mid-to-lower-tier teams couldn't even dream of buying him.

Before the match, Shawcross and Cathcart chatted for almost ten minutes. Both of them are very good players, but neither of them stayed at Manchester United.

However, Ferguson treated his academy players very well. Rather than selling them for a high price, he preferred to let them find good new homes. The two players together were sold for only £150 million.

Stoke City came out strong and relentless, constantly creating shooting opportunities.

The 1.9-meter-tall Cathcart consistently chose to defend in front of the goalkeeper, leaving space behind him for the goalkeeper.

Stoke City players tried various ways to attack behind Blackpool's defense, and Blackpool's goal remained shaky throughout, but they held on.

In the 48th minute, Blackpool intercepted the ball in midfield, and their midfield maestro Charlie Adam launched a long pass that bypassed Stoke City's defense and flew into the right side of the six-yard box.

Striker DJ Campbell controlled the ball and scored into the far corner.

0:1.

In the subsequent match, Blackpool adopted a defensive counter-attacking strategy, while Stoke City unleashed a barrage of shots, narrowly missing the goal several times.

Pulis made several substitutions and began a relentless pressing and desperate tactical maneuver against the opponent.

In the 82nd minute, Stoke City intercepted the ball in the attacking third, and it fell to Etherington on the left side of the penalty area.

Sun Yu shielded Cathcart behind him, stretched out his hands, and shouted, "Shove it in!"

Etherington threaded the ball into the left side of the penalty area, and Cathcart immediately circled around it.

But Sun Yu used his body to firmly block him behind him, and when the ball rolled in front of him, he spun in place, using Cathcart as a pivot to face the goal.

[Cascart's armor penetration value +90]

Kingston's armor penetration value +99

Holloway's armor penetration value +85

[Evat's defense penetration value +80]

The moment Sun Yu turned around completely, the entire Blackpool defense was stunned.

He stopped the ball less than ten meters from the goal, and Cathcart was turned behind him, leaving the goalkeeper with no way to come out.

Sun Yu unleashed a powerful shot, the ball flying two meters past the goalkeeper and into the net, leaving the goalkeeper with no chance to react.

1:1.

Adams in the comments section almost swore: "Is this basketball? This is too cruel, poor Cathcart!"

Stoke City managed a draw despite unleashing 22 shots on goal.

The Stoke City vs. Arsenal match has been postponed to February 24 due to heavy snow in North London, England.

Pulis became a prophet when the League Cup final was scheduled for February 27th.

After the match, a reporter from the Daily Mirror photographed Liverpool scouts scribbling in their notebooks after Sun Yu scored a goal.

After careful consideration, they published a news article the following day titled "Liverpool plans to sign Stoke City's aerial threat in the winter transfer window."

Interestingly, Dalglish did not deny it during the interview.

Upon seeing the news, Pulis panicked. He specifically sought out Sun Yu: "I saw the news. You don't want to go to a team worse than ours, do you?"

Whoa, whoa, whoa!

The other person's words immediately stung Sun Yu.

Dude, are you getting too cocky?