Zhang Tiehan has always been a player that Benitez values.

As early as last season, when Benitez took over Liverpool, he wrote Zhang Tiehan's name on the transfer list. Unfortunately, Roma finally took Zhang Tiehan away. A year later, Zhang Tiehan's value has increased to such a high level, and Benitez still wants Zhang Tiehan to join his team.

I felt that there was no hope and I was just considering Liverpool's finances, but Morse told him that the team's finances this year are very good, with 32 million pounds recorded in the Champions League alone, and the Morse family also wanted to increase their investment in Liverpool.

This statement greatly increased Benitez's confidence.

Money is not omnipotent, but in the transfer market, it is absolutely impossible to have no money!

Morse's promise gave Benitez the idea of ​​forming a stronger Liverpool team. Liverpool's situation has not been very good before. Even the team's star, Steven Gerrard, may have run away from Anfield. This has been the case for two years. Gerrard also said when facing reporters, "I hope to get honors. If Liverpool cannot increase its strength, then I can only leave."

Despite this, last summer, Gerald rejected the sky-high 120,000 check issued by Abramovich.

If the team's finances have always been like this, Benitez was not sure to keep Gerald. After all, he could not buy good players without money, so he naturally could not form a stronger team. Now that he has money, he decided to spend the money on Zhang Tiehan. Perhaps the transfer fee of 30 to 40 million pounds can buy many good players, but Benitez felt that a Zhang Tiehan was more useful than a few outstanding players.

Who has ever seen a player who scored more than 40 goals in a single season in Serie A?

No.

This is the first in a century of history!

If such a player joins, his team will no longer worry about scoring goals. The three fronts have stabilized one, and Liverpool's midfield has always been good. Xavi Alonso and Gerrard are enough to support a strong midfield, and such Liverpool is quite strong.

To keep it confidential, Benitez contacted Zhang Zhenren, and the two made an appointment to meet in a small restaurant.

...

In recent years, in the European football storm, the world's most dazzling coach is Chelsea's current coach Jose Mourinho. This young man, who was only 42 years old, won six meaningful championships for the team in two years in Porto, two of which were the most meaningful championships in Europe, the League Cup and the European Championship. When he arrived at Chelsea, he won the league championship and the League Cup championship in the first year.

Such results are really gorgeous.

It is precisely because of this that Raphael Benitez's light seemed to be completely covered up, but in fact, Benitez's leadership performance was quite legendary.

On April 4, 1960, Rafael Benitez was born in Madrid, the capital of Spain. When he was fourteen years old, he joined the junior team of Munich Madrid. However, his natural qualifications were limited, and Benitez made unsuccessful progress in football.

In 1981, when Benitez was twenty-one, he left Real Madrid, joined the SIPG team Parra, and competed in the SIPG second division with Parra.

Unfortunately, Benitez's talent in professional football is really limited and his luck is not very good. During this year, he spent almost all of his injuries. The next year he left professional football and became a member of Real Madrid's coaching staff. He was responsible for the training of Real Madrid's under-19 youth team.

A few years later, Benitez has become the head coach of Real Madrid B team, and he has become the assistant of Real Madrid head coach Boske.

Next, Benitez coached Valladolid, Osasuna and Extremadura again, and then went to study in Italy and England for a year. He became the head coach of Tenerife in the Segunda Division and led the team to La Liga.

Two thousand years ago, almost no one had heard of the name Raphael Benitez. His first half of his life was no different from Mourinho, who was a translator in Barcelona. They were growing silently, as if they were waiting for a stunning spell.

As a result, Benitez also made a big splash!

In 2001, Benitez was somewhat surprisingly the coach of Cooper and Valencia. Valencia fans were deeply skeptical of him at first. But his first season allowed Valencia to squeeze out his biggest rival Real Madrid and won the Spanish League One championship.

Two years later, Benitez led Valencia to win the double La Liga and UEFA Cup championships, and along with Mourinho, he also came to the fiercely competitive England, but the two were against each other: Mourinho was at Chelsea and Benitez was at Liverpool.

Now, Benitez coached Liverpool a year after he led Liverpool to the Champions League title.

Although Liverpool only finished fifth in the league, it is not bad to get fifth in Liverpool's situation. A Champions League champion is enough to explain everything. What's more, Benitez is only forty-five years old now, only two years older than Mourinho.

This is a very respectable person.

Especially when Benitez came to Rome in person, he had to respect him even more. Zhang Tiehan and Zhang Zhenren knew this very well. They came to the small restaurant very early to wait for Benitez. Benitez looked very gentlemanly. He had this temperament and his expression was also very serious.

After meeting, Benitez congratulated Zhang Tiehan on his achievements in Roma over the past year. Zhang Tiehan also congratulated Liverpool on winning the Champions League. After greeting each other, Benitez directly mentioned the theme, "Since I took over Liverpool, the team's forward line has always been problematic. I want to improve it, but I can only introduce some excellent players. Zhang, I hope you can join my team. Last summer I wanted to invite you to join, but it's a pity that you came to Roma, so now I'm also here, I want to invite you to join Liverpool in person."

Zhang Tiehan frowned and said, "But I can't do anything to put pressure on the club."

"Of course." Benitez smiled, "We don't need you to do that. Liverpool has prepared enough funds to satisfy the club Roma. All we need is your attitude. As far as I know, you did not agree to any club invitation, so I came."

Zhang Tiehan also let out a light sigh.

He doesn't want to fall out with Rome for the transfer. After all, he still has feelings for this place. If Liverpool has no problems in negotiating with Rome, it would be very good to choose Liverpool.

In comparison, Liverpool is still very sincere.

What Benitez said is true. When he transferred last season, Liverpool also participated in the competition, but in the end he chose Roma. Now Benitez is right in front of him, and he has already shown his sincerity when he comes to Roma himself.

Zhang Tiehan pondered for a while and asked, "So do Liverpool have any plans for the championship? I want to join a team that can win the championship."

Benitez spread his hands, "Of course my team will pursue championships, whether it is Premier League champions, FA Cup champions, or UEFA Champions League champions."

"But as far as I know, Liverpool is only ranked fifth in the Premier League..." Zhang Tiehan hesitated.

"Yes." Benitez's face became solemn, "We are only fifth in the league and we may not be able to enter the Champions League next season. The Champions League champion cannot participate in the Champions League, which sounds ridiculous, but we are fighting for it! This is not in the history of the Champions League, so the club has proposed to UEFA, hoping to squeeze out a UEFA place in particular for the Champions League champion. According to the club's lawyers' analysis, UEFA is likely to agree to this proposal."

Zhang Tiehan hesitated, "If..."

He doesn't want to join a team that cannot participate in the Champions League.

Benitez said, "We can't be sure now, but I still hope you can join. After all, you will join the team for more than one season. You can't participate this season. We will definitely be able to enter the Champions League next season. This is my assurance to you on behalf of the club."

Zhang Tiehan nodded.

Zhang Zhenren knew that Zhang Tiehan was tempted. His cousin wanted to return to England to play football. Now it seems that Liverpool is a good choice. So as an agent, he needs to stand up. "So about Tiehan's salary contract issue?"

“This is natural.”

Benitez told Zhang Zhenren, "Liverpool's salary level is still ranked high among the 20 Premier League teams, and the club can provide Zhang with the best contract."

"So can you disclose Gerald's salary..." Zhang Tiehan asked.

"A weekly salary of 80,000 pounds," Benitez said bluntly, "but the club has been discussing contract renewal with Gerald. The team has considered giving Gerald a raise, which will probably rise to 100,000 pounds. If you come to the team, I can guarantee that the salary will not be less than 80,000 pounds."

Zhang Tiehan was satisfied.

After Zhang Zhenren talked to Benitez about some details, Zhang Tiehan smiled and said, "If there is no problem with the club, I think I will choose Liverpool."

Benitez laughed, too.

In fact, before coming, he considered how to convince Zhang Tiehan to join Liverpool. After all, compared to AC Milan and Real Madrid, Liverpool's attractiveness is really much worse. Although they are the Champions League champions this year and their wealthy background is not bad, Liverpool has declined after all.

In terms of finance and performance, Liverpool has a gap with the above two clubs.

Benitez naturally didn't know that Zhang Tiehan had long hoped to go back to the Premier League to play. He prepared a lot of rhetoric, but it was useless at all. Of course, this is also good news. As long as Zhang Tiehan can join Liverpool, Liverpool will definitely be able to rise to a new level in strength!

He believes!

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