Chapter 603 The Main Event

Near noon, Yang Yang's private plane arrived at Liverpool John Lennon Airport.

At this time, a lot of media reporters and fans who heard the news had already gathered in the airport, but Yang Yang did not meet them. Instead, he took the Liverpool car directly from the special channel and went to Anfield Stadium.

Although it is not a match day, it is a working day, but there are still nearly 10,000 Liverpool fans gathered at Anfield Stadium.

This not only greatly exceeded Yang Yang's expectations, but even Liverpool general manager Rick Parry, who was responsible for organizing the celebration, was surprised. Originally, they guessed that there were at most two or three thousand people.

Unexpectedly, Liverpool fans will be so enthusiastic.

Fans pouring into Anfield blocked the surrounding roads, it looked like a game was going to be held at Anfield at noon, and when they saw the Liverpool reception car passing by, they all shouted Yang Yang's name, Some fans even chased after the car.

Yang Yang sat in the back row of the car and felt the enthusiasm and love of the fans around him. He was really flattered.

As a player, he always felt that he was just doing his part, but whether in Ajax or Liverpool, he was admired and loved by the fans, which made him even more afraid to slack off.

"See, many people outside are wearing your No. 11 jersey." Raiola, who was sitting in the front passenger seat, turned his head, pointed at the fans outside the window, and smiled at Yang Yang road.

After Yang Yang listened to it, he took a closer look and found that it was indeed the case.

"I heard that in the past few days, Liverpool's local jerseys have been sold out. Adidas temporarily transferred a batch of goods, and they were sold out immediately. Many fans are rushing to buy jerseys, and they must ask you to be ironed. number and name, it is also a commemoration for them."

Having said this, Raiola smiled slightly: "There is not even a jersey in the Anfield fan store in front of you, which has caused many fans to complain to the club's fan service department."

Yang Yang couldn't help laughing, he didn't know what to say about this situation.

"The last time a Liverpool player won the Ballon d'Or was in 2001. Michael Ouben, who was the best player in the world, won the European Ballon d'Or with multiple cup championships that year, but Liverpool did not hold such a prize at that time. A sensational celebration."

"This time, in addition to the fans, the mayor and senior management of Liverpool will also come to the scene, and two American bosses will also come. Coupled with the arrival of many British media and TV stations, the influence of this celebration will not be small. Liverpool is taking this opportunity to show that they value you, and it's a form of momentum."

The reason for building momentum is very simple. Next, there is a more important personal award waiting for Yang Yang.

That is World Footballer!

That's the real highlight.

Not long ago, FIFA announced the top three list of world football players. Yang Yang and Kaka were shortlisted in the top three. There is no suspense, but it is surprising that the third ticket was actually obtained. It's Barcelona's Messi.

It has to be said that this is really surprising, because Cristiano Ronaldo was even better than Messi last season, and Manchester United have reached the Champions League semi-finals in addition to the Premier League title.

Whichever way you look at it, Cristiano Ronaldo seems all the more justified.

But sometimes things are like this, Messi is in the top three.

Of course, Yang Yang doesn't think that Messi is unworthy or not at this level, because at this level, there is not much difference between them, and it is difficult to tell who is in and who is not.

But in terms of performance, it is indeed Cristiano Ronaldo who is better at it, including personal data.

It is believed that Messi's entry into the top three has a lot to do with his origin in Argentina, his three consecutive braces in the last stage of last season, and his five consecutive goals against Getafe.

What's more, top giants like Barcelona are pushing hard behind the scenes.

Not much else to say, which of the players who can play for Barcelona is not playing a pivotal role in their respective national teams? Some are even directly the captain of the national team and have the right to vote.

Therefore, the top giants still have quite an advantage in this regard.

And this also reminded Yang Yang that he must be careful, until the last moment, he has no chance of winning.

At the very least, Kaka's background and the platform he is on are a bit higher than Yang Yang.

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When Yang Yang, wearing a Liverpool jersey and holding the European Golden Ball, appeared at Anfield Stadium, more than 10,000 fans had gathered in the stadium. Although the stands were quite empty, the momentum was very loud.

At this point in time, all those who made a special trip to the scene to celebrate Yang Yang were die-hard fans of Liverpool and Yang Yang.

In the middle of the stadium, a simple stage was specially set up, and Benitez had already stood on it with Liverpool's players.

Yang Yang walked quickly to the stage, hugged the coaching staff, teammates and staff one by one, thanking them for coming to celebrate for him, and then shook hands with Rick Parry, the two American bosses, and the mayor of Liverpool and other guests.

When Yang Yang finally stood on the stage and raised his hands high for the European Ballon d'Or, the audience burst into deafening cheers.

From now on, Liverpool will have a second European Ballon d'Or!

Even, but how long, they are likely to have Liverpool and Premier League history, the first world footballer!

This made all the fans at the scene feel extremely excited.

Yang Yang's honor is the honor of Liverpool and their fans!

Feeling the frenetic atmosphere at the scene, Yang Yang was also very excited. He walked to the microphone and thanked all the fans tremblingly.

"For me, it is a great honour to be able to bring the European Ballon d'Or to Anfield and share it with you all, and I would also like to express my heartfelt thanks to the coaches, team-mates and the club behind me. The management and all the staff, but also to everyone, to all the Liverpool fans."

"It doesn't just belong to me, it belongs to everyone, everyone at Liverpool!"

Yang Yang's emotional speech once again brought him incomparably warm applause and cheers.

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The celebration at Anfield lasted for an hour.

Afterwards, Liverpool hosted a luncheon at the St Thomas Hotel, which was responsible for entertaining all the guests, media reporters, and the club, but the two American owners left early after participating in the celebration.

In recent times, their situation has not been easy.

The subprime mortgage crisis in the United States has intensified, and the wealth of both of them is said to have shrunk significantly. When they bought Liverpool, they used the same method as the Glazer family, borrowing heavily, and then threatened to build a new stadium for Liverpool and introduce superstars, but the results None were fulfilled, and the new stadium project was forced to be temporarily shelved.

During the winter break this year, Benitez hopes to make signings and strive to win the league title this season, fulfilling Liverpool's long-cherished wish over the years, but the two American bosses seem to be reluctant. Not too happy either.

Before, there were even rumors that the two American bosses were quite dissatisfied with Benitez and wanted to replace Benitez with Mourinho, but with Liverpool's recent recovery, everyone stopped talking about it. this thing.

Under such circumstances, the fact that the two American bosses can come to participate in the celebration ceremony is already a very good face for Yang Yang.

After the lunch at the St. Thomas Hotel, Yang Yang still couldn't be idle.

After resting for half an hour, he was accompanied by Liverpool's general manager Rick Parry to attend a celebration held by Liverpool's main sponsor Carlsberg, which was specially organized by Carlsberg for Yang Yang to win the European Ballon d'Or activity.

And this time, Yang Yang also specially put on a commemorative T-shirt specially customized for him by Adidas.

Said to be a commemorative edition, in fact, on an ordinary Liverpool custom T-shirt, some celebration sentences about the Ballon d'Or are printed, perhaps from Benitez, or from Gerrard. The total is A set of ten pieces.

This is also the usual routine of Adidas, and this whole set of commemorative T-shirts will be sold exclusively in Liverpool's fan store.

For any professional club, the main sponsor is the big sponsor, usually two, the jersey sponsor and the shirt's chest advertising sponsor. Liverpool's jersey was originally Reebok, but after Reebok was acquired by Adidas , it turned into Adidas, and the chest advertising has always been Carlsberg in the past ten years.

Although Yang Yang's boot sponsor is Nike, as a Liverpool player, it is not illegal to attend the events of Adidas and Carlsberg. After all, the club's sponsor is larger than the individual sponsor.

Of course, he was wearing Nike sneakers when he attended the event.

Nike sends several pairs of shoes every month, including some running shoes or casual shoes. These are all in the terms of the sponsorship contract. Sometimes even Yang Yang himself is not clear about the specific terms and scope of authority.

For example, when he participated in the Carlsberg event, he wore an Adidas jersey, but Adidas also sent sneakers, but was stopped by Raiola and changed into Nike sneakers that the Italian fat man carried with him.

In Raiola's words, if Adidas shoes are worn on such occasions, Nike's phone will be called immediately to be held accountable.

Yang Yang was also quite speechless about this, but after thinking about it, he won 10 million euros every year, and now he has won the European Golden Globe Award, and he has additional income, so it is normal to do something for others.

Besides, the pair of sneakers under his feet sells for more than 1,000 yuan in China. Now Nike is giving it away for free like Chinese cabbage, and he has paid so much money, so he can be considered enough.

The only trouble is that he feels a little bit burnt out from doing various activities two days in a row.

He always felt that he was more used to training grounds and pitches than to those occasions.

And more importantly, after two days without training, he felt uncomfortable all over.