Chapter 566 Can You Still Catch Up?

Bring in another striker?

It is true that Liverpool's board of directors have brought up the plan for discussion, but there is a problem.

money!

In the list of players recommended by Liverpool's scouting team, Aston Villa's Belgian high center Benteke ranks at the top. After Brahimovic, Suarez, Van Persie and Gareth Bale.

More importantly, although Benteke has a long contract with Aston Villa, his weekly salary is very low, only 20,000 pounds. The news that Benteke is about to transfer is spreading wildly.

But to persuade Aston Villa to let them go, at least 20 million pounds or more is needed!

In addition, Liverpool's scouts also recommended Bayern Munich's Swiss international Shaqiri, who believes that the latter can effectively enhance the Red Army's frontcourt offense and ball advancement ability, but this player is worth at least 15 million pounds above.

Ian Ayre knew in his heart that it was simply impossible for the boss to pay 35 million pounds for signings!

Therefore, if Liverpool wants to introduce Benteke and Shaqiri, there is only one way, sell Suarez to cash out!

It's just that this makes people feel unwilling!

After all, Suarez is the only top-level star in the Liverpool team.

To put it bluntly, players of Suarez's type belong to the strategic level in any team.

Selling Suarez, Liverpool wants to compete for the league championship in the short term, don't expect it at all!

Yang Huan has been paying attention to Ian Al all the time, seeing the changes in the latter's face, he knows it well.

It is difficult for anyone to make such a bold decision.

But sometimes, only in this way can the team have a future!

"Ian!" Yang Huan looked at the general manager of Liverpool with a smile.

"If your Red Army is willing to sell Suarez, remember to inform me, I am very interested!"

After this season, Drogba may go to Monaco to retire,

By that time, Ibrahimovic and Sturridge will be supporting the front line, which is seriously insufficient.

Therefore, if Suarez can be introduced again, it would be perfect!

More importantly, Suarez is not only strong, he is also very comprehensive.

With his joining, Southampton can even try to learn from Liverpool in the previous life, forming Suarez and Sturridge into a double striker combination, bringing more tactical changes to Southampton.

And with Suarez, Neymar, Gareth Bale, Ibrahimovic, Hazard, Southampton's entire midfield players, their personal abilities are really too strong.

At that time, let alone the entire Premier League, even in the European arena, who can stop it?

Thinking of this, Yang Huan really had an impulse to keep Neymar.

But soon he abandoned this tempting idea.

Because he knows that forcing Neymar to stay will do more harm than good to Southampton!

Ian Ayre is obviously reluctant to talk more about Suarez, because he knows very well that the Uruguayan is the core player of Liverpool and has attracted the attention of many European giants. If he is not careful, things will be troublesome up.

"Master Huan, I heard that the team for the expansion of the International Champions Cup next year will be selected from the teams in the Asian Challenge, right?"

Yang Huan nodded, very frankly, "Yes, if there is no accident, it should be so."

From the current signs, it is imperative to expand the International Champions Cup next year.

The reason is simple, the market reaction is too enthusiastic.

First, many countries and regions in Asia have offered an olive branch to Miracle Media, and then Australia in Oceania is also very interested. Among them, Melbourne even offered a high government subsidy of 10 million pounds in order to attract the International Champions Cup.

If the semi-finals and finals can be arranged in Melbourne, the government subsidy can be even higher.

In addition to Australia, Qatar in the Middle East is also very enthusiastic.

The conditions they offer are even more lucrative than Australia’s. If the International Champions Cup is willing to be held in Qatar, not only will all expenses be comprehensive, but the Qatari government is willing to pay the team’s appearance fees and at the same time provide high government subsidies.

All of these things made Miracle Media clearly realize that the International Champions Cup has a lot to offer, and military expansion is imperative!

It was precisely because of these rumors that Ian Ayer was greatly moved.

The owner of Liverpool is from the United States, and the sponsor is Brave Sports, a subsidiary of New Balance in the United States. Under such circumstances, if Liverpool can participate in the International Champions Cup, especially the International Champions Cup held in the United States, it will be of great help to the Red Army.

Besides, no one in European football now knows that whoever participates in the International Champions Cup will earn a lot of money!

"Master Huan, I don't know, does Liverpool have a chance to become an official member?"

Yang Huan looked at Ian Ayre and smiled slightly, "We are still studying the issue of military expansion. The specific quota has not yet been determined. Liverpool is also the object of our focus, but the specific situation depends on the company's research results."

After hearing this, Ian Ayer was a little disappointed. He knew very well that this was Yang Huan's Tai Chi pushing hands.

What company research results?

To put it bluntly, isn't it just that whoever Miracle Media chooses can participate?

With the popularity of the International Champions Cup, the attention of the media, the enthusiasm of the fans, and the excellent game schedule, as long as the participating teams are not too famous and not too weak, it doesn't matter who participates?

In terms of strength, can Arsenal be better than Chelsea?

How can there be only one Juventus in Serie A?

But for this kind of thing, Ian Ayer didn't dare to ask any more.

Yang Huan saw everything in his eyes, and he knew it well.

In Yang Huan's view, with Ferguson's retirement, Manchester United is bound to enter a period of adjustment; Manchester City's poor performance this season will definitely usher in turmoil; Entering the palace, the prospects may hardly bring surprises.

In this way, Southampton will usher in a godsend opportunity.

Even if he really can't win the championship this season, next season, Yang Huan will take Southampton to gamble a league championship, and at the same time, he will have something to do in the Champions League!

But this is only a short-term strategy!

So, what's the Saints' long-term strategy?

Very simple, that is to operate the Premier League into the back garden of the Saints!

La Liga has Real Madrid and Barcelona, ​​Bundesliga has Bayern Munich, and in the future, the Premier League will belong to Southampton!

To achieve this, it is useless just to have money.

Therefore, in the past, Yang Huan supported the Football Association to promote the youth training reform of the Glorious Revolution, actively played a role within the Premier League, and worked hard to maintain a good relationship with other Premier League teams, etc.

Even when Southampton participates in the League Cup and the FA Cup, if the teams they meet are from low-level leagues, the Saints will not take a penny from all the ticket revenue, and all will be given to their opponents.

And some teams with poor stadium conditions or poor attendance will offer to arrange the game venue at St. Mary's Stadium, because in this way, they can earn at least hundreds of thousands of pounds per game.

Think about it, for those low-level league teams, hundreds of thousands of pounds is an astronomical figure.

But for Southampton, hundreds of thousands of pounds is indeed a lot of money, but from another perspective, the fans enjoy the low ticket price, the team occupies the advantage of the home court, the hope of promotion is greater, and it can also win the praise and gratitude of the opponent .

Therefore, Southampton's reputation in the Premier League is now so good that it is off the charts!

In addition, Yang Huan also actively wins over some interest alliances.

For example, Manchester City and Tottenham Hotspur, to put it bluntly, these two teams are Southampton's strongest alliance in the Premier League, and Southampton is the only one who follows suit.

The relationship between Manchester United and Arsenal and Southampton is also growing day by day, after all, they share common interests.

Only Chelsea and Newcastle have a deep hatred with Southampton, and the relationship is very bad.

However, when the Premier League and even English football are full of praise for Southampton, the poor reviews of one or two teams from a very small number of teams do not harm the overall situation at all.

?In Yang Huan's own words, the nine-character formula for the saints to conquer the Premier League is: build high walls, accumulate food widely, and become king slowly!

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In the 30th round of the Premier League, Southampton finally defeated Liverpool 3-1 at home at St. Mary's Stadium, relying on three goals from Toni Kroos, Gareth Bale and Zlatan Ibrahimovic.

Relying on his personal ability in the second half, Suarez abruptly dug a goal from Southampton's steel defense.

This also amazed Yang Huan, who was watching the game from the stands, and his determination to poach Liverpool was even greater.

But Ian Ayer's attitude is still clear, and he refuses to let go of Suarez's transfer issue.

And Yang Huan also reciprocated, and he was also ambiguous about Liverpool's participation in the International Champions Cup.

Because Manchester United defeated Reading the day before, even though Southampton beat Liverpool and won all the praise and affirmation of everyone, they still failed to shorten the point gap with Manchester United.

The gap between the two teams is still eight points!

After playing Liverpool, Southampton followed up with a 2-0 home defeat to Switzerland's Basel.

It was Didier Drogba and Gareth Bale who scored for Southampton.

On the weekend, Southampton went north to Liverpool to participate in the FA Cup quarter-finals and challenged Everton away.

In the end, with goals from Varane, Vidal and Sturridge, Southampton beat Everton 3-0 away.

Although Moyes' team played at home, they still failed to stop the wolf-like Southampton in the end, and finally had to drink their hatred at home and were eliminated from the FA Cup.

In the middle of the week, ushered in the second round of the Europa League round of 16 knockout rounds. Southampton beat Basel 1-0 in an away game.

It was Neymar who scored the crucial goal for Southampton.

In the end, with a total score of 3 to 0 and an excellent record of double play in two rounds, they successfully eliminated Basel and successfully advanced to the quarterfinals of the Europa League.

In the draw for the quarterfinals, Southampton drew Lazio in Serie A.

The weekend ushered in the thirty-first round of the Premier League.

Manchester United's away game against Sunderland was held one day earlier than Southampton. As a result, Ferguson's team defeated Martin O'Neill's black cat Sunderland away with an own goal presented by their opponent.

This also made the entire English media feel lucky for Manchester United.

If you simply look at the game process, a zero-to-zero draw is a more reasonable score, because Manchester United did not create too many scoring opportunities throughout the game.

But who would have thought that an own goal helped Manchester United get another three points.

At the post-match press conference, Ferguson smiled like that with an old face, mouth shut from ear to ear, and kept saying that Manchester United scored a precious three points and achieved a crucial victory.

Let's not say that Southampton's opponent in this round of the league is Chelsea.

Even if the Saints really beat Chelsea and scored three points, can they still catch up with the eight-point gap in the seven league rounds?

Anyway, there are fewer and fewer people who believe that Southampton will perform miracles!

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