764 The Prophecy of Coming
Liverpool accepted Real Madrid's offer of £6.5 million, equivalent to £91 million, and sent Zhao Yaning away. The news just announced, which caused a lot of noise.
"We cannot send Zhao Yaning away!"
"Zhao Yaning has contributed a lot to Liverpool in recent years, but now, he has had some conflicts with Liverpool on salary issues. We have to send him away. I hope that after he arrives at Real Madrid, he can play well and play better there..."
Obviously, Liverpool's American boss must also put the blame on Zhao Yaning when selling people.
"Zhao Yaning has been receiving a low salary in recent years. How could he suddenly ask for a high salary?" The fans were not very convinced of this, but instead criticized the club, "I changed my boss, just to be rich, but the boss came on stage and sold people first. So what's the use of us?"
The fans' accusations are very sharp and very strict: if you want to make money, you can, Manchester United's Glazer family also only recognizes money. But when the team needs to spend money, they are willing to spend money. But what about these two Americans?
The fans' accusations made the two Americans both frustrated. On the one hand, they quickly announced that they would restart the construction of Stanley Stadium, and even began to find someone to make plans, design the stadium, and publish sketches of the stadium they designed to comfort the fans. On the other hand, they also began to quickly try to buy new players in the player market to fill the vacant position left by Zhao Yaning after leaving.
However, this approach did not satisfy the fans. How much money did a design sketch cost? It would cost no £60 million to hire a designer. Besides, buying a player instead of Zhao Yaning? How can it be so easy to find a player?
Fans took to the streets for this, placing various slogans, trying to keep Zhao Yaning. However, this approach has no meaning.
They sat around Zhao Yaning's house, demonstrated, and marched, but doing so would have no effect.
"Don't pay attention to the fans. Now, you don't need to worry about them." Zhang Yuan's attitude was simple and crude. Since his attitude had been settled, there was no need to talk to them anymore.
However, Zhao Yaning still rejected Zhang Yuan's statement. He felt that he could ignore the team's two American rogues, but he had an explanation to the fans.
Therefore, he also asked Zhang Yuan to publish a farewell letter in his name: He wanted to tell the fans what he should say before leaving.
"I'm leaving, it's impossible to stay. The boss wants to sell me for money, but I can't keep it anymore." Zhao Yaning's farewell letter and told the truth directly. Anyway, he was leaving, and his disgust for the Americans reached the extreme. He didn't hide it anymore. He had a clear conscience and there was no need to be afraid of anything. "I don't want to say anything. I love the team very much, but I have to leave, etc., but you have seen how I played for the three years I have played here. Are I playing for money? Fans understand that it's useless to say more of these things."
"As a former member of Liverpool, now, at this time, I don't want to be silent. I want to say goodbye to you. Please forgive me for leaving. Although this is not my intention, I did."
"I am very happy that in the past three years, I have been with you and have fought for the honor of Liverpool. I am also very happy that in just three years, I have contributed 100 goals to Liverpool, and at the same time, I have helped Liverpool win some championships and good results. These things will be our common memory."
"I learned a lot in my days playing football here. About football and life. I thank my teammates, my coaches, and Mr Morse, and the fans. I hope that next time I meet, we will still be friends. But if you don't think so, I'm asking for it." Zhao Yaning looked at them, "I don't like to say whether I love or not, and I don't know whether my feelings for Liverpool are enough to call love, but I really want to say, thank you for your support, I will remember your kindness to me for the rest of my life. Liverpool will always be in my heart."
"Now, I have to leave. For the self-interest of some people and the greed of some people, I have to leave Liverpool. What they are doing to me, you all see, they have found my replacement, tried to lower my salary, and tried not to give me any reason to leave. When I was still in the national team, they arranged some and forced me to accept this fact. Once, Vieira of Arsenal told me that his contract was the last moment he knew, and I don't believe it, but now, I am treated like this myself. This is not what I want, but I chose to leave. I know, now in the media, there are some other statements that I chose to leave Liverpool and play in La Liga for money. I don't want to make too many excuses: the language is powerless, my salary has indeed increased, and I can't defend it. But I am in Liverpool.
You all know how much salary I have earned for three years of playing football. Everyone knows. Is I greedy for money? And everyone sees it. What about the new boss of the team? Now, we don’t know. I have a view, but I don’t want to curse and criticize them, making you feel that I slander each other like the Americans. I don’t want to do that, and I think it’s a shame and a shame for our team. Time will tell us the truth. I look forward to Liverpool getting better and better, but I am also really worried about Liverpool’s future. Will the Americans bring glory to the team? I don’t know. If you want to scold me now, I ask you to wait for a year, at least, in a year, let’s see if I did something wrong or the Americans did something wrong. Time is the best tool to test everyone, let’s see how things will develop.”—
Zhao Yaning's words to fans were published in the English newspapers by Zhang Yuan and Zhao Yaning. When he left, Zhao Yaning had already torn apart with the Americans and didn't care about scolding him any more. Zhang Yuan also believed that when Liverpool played poorly in the future, people would often think of it.
As long as Liverpool is not the treble champion every year, they will not be as good as Zhao Yaning when they were. Then, their impression of Zhao Yaning will be at the best moment, full of nostalgia for Zhao Yaning, thinking that Americans are bastards - and the treble champion every year is impossible, so Zhang Yuan is also sure that from then on, Liverpool fans will only miss Zhao Yaning more and more. They will turn their nostalgia for the best year into nostalgia for Zhao Yaning, and from then on, if they lose the game, they will arouse memories.
This farewell letter also attracted a lot of different opinions. Zhao Yaning directly accused the Americans of being unable to manage the team well, allowing the American boss to jump out and constantly accuse Zhao Yaning of not thinking about Liverpool's good even if he left. However, other media still expressed different opinions more.
"I don't know what the future will be. I just know that at least this summer, Liverpool's transfer has been terrible. They let Zhao Yaning go, and for the sake of money, they ignored the results - this approach, we can't see anything outstanding so far."
In Zhao Yaning's farewell letter, he called Torres his substitute. Torres was even angry with many fans. Under forced, he also clarified, "I originally proposed to have a salary cut. I came here to play football with Zhao Yaning to win the championship. But the club said that I didn't need my salary cut. I didn't expect such a result. Otherwise, I would insist on a salary cut..."
Torres's words proved that Zhao Yaning said that the team wanted to force him to leave, which also made the fans even more dissatisfied. Not only in England, but even in the United States, fans have begun to organize and drag the two Americans out.
Even, not to mention that the fans are not satisfied, even Liverpool coach Benitez is not satisfied.
Although it was rumored that Zhao Yaning and Benitez were in disagreement, this time, Benitez did not speak for the club.
"When I came back from Hong Kong, I realized that we might sell Zhao Yaning. I didn't even know the process of this transaction, so they suddenly took the initiative to sell the players I needed! I don't know what the club wanted to do this, but this is definitely an infringement of my authority!"
There have always been rumors that the disagreement between Benitez and Zhao Yaning was one of the important factors for Zhao Yaning's departure. However, in an interview, Benitez angrily refuted this statement, not just him. Zhao Yaning also told the media that Benitez is a good coach - not many people admit the statement of the two Americans.
"Actually, the coach was extremely angry when he heard that you were going to transfer. After all, he was a person who knew football. He knew the meaning of your existence. He knew very well. If you left you, how much the team would decline." In response, Gerald also mentioned at the farewell party for Zhao Yaning, "To be honest, if you left you, we don't know what will happen in the future."
Since they decided to leave, the players also decided to hold a farewell party for him. In the past three years, everyone has been together quite well. Moreover, whether it is Gerald or Carragher, they are extremely sympathetic about Zhao Yaning’s experience over the past few days. They came here to make Zhao Yaning leave a last good impression of Liverpool.
"Liverpool will play well." Zhao Yaning opened his mouth, but couldn't say any reason. He himself knew that this was a fool. "When I think about it now, I always feel a little regretful."
"What I regret most is that I did not use the transfer to threaten Mr. Morse and did not let him sell the team to the Americans!" Carragher said angrily. He drank a little too much and was very unstable. "If we have the chance to choose again, we will definitely not choose the Americans!"
"Tell me and Mr. Morse, thank you. He is a good person."
Mr. Morse kept talking for Zhao Yaning in the newspaper until Zhao Yaning was sure to leave. What he kept doing was to regret his decision. His attitude also made Zhao Yaning quite moved.
If I had known this, why should I be there?
"My teammate, as soon as he won the Triple Crown, was sold to Real Madrid. As the deputy captain, he can do nothing. How angry!" Carragher pounded the table angrily, angry for himself and for the team.
Gerald sighed slightly from the side. He didn't know what he should say. He was the captain of the team. Logically, he should do something to keep his teammates, but his temper is too honest. What threat can he say? A captain who is not a football boss does not have any threat to the club.
"Those are useless." Zhao Yaning sighed, "Don't say these useless words. You are careful. They dare to sell me today, and maybe someone else tomorrow. Harvey, Javier, the new Fernando is not necessarily someone. Be careful, look forward to you, everything is fine, but..."
Zhao Yaning did not finish his words. He didn't know how to continue. He just picked up the wine glass, gestured to his teammates, and then drank it all in one go.
"Do they dare to sell me? I have a habit, they sell me!" Carragher roared.
"I dare not sell you, I will always do it if I force you to retire." Zhao Yaning smiled bitterly, "Be careful, money is the biggest enemy of football. Such a good team fell apart because of money! Can our dynasty only appear in dreams? When will such a golden lineup be reproduced?"
On August 14, Zhao Yaning finally completed his transfer.
From Liverpool to Madrid, Zhao Yaning completed his transfer-
Chapter completed!