In the financial year ending 31 July 2008, Liverpool paid £36.5 million just for debt repayment. Pen? Interesting? Pavilion wWw. ｂiquge。 As a result, Liverpool's parent company, KOP Holdings, suffered a pre-tax loss of $42.6 million, despite the club's record turnover of $164 million.

In 09, under the influence of the Champions League final and a series of good results, this figure was barely reduced, and the turnover reached 245 million, while the loss was 17 million.

The following year, Gerrard missed his first two Champions League games due to Wang Zhen's five-match ban, and Liverpool suffered a tragic defeat in the Champions League.

They were eliminated from the group stage.

And now Liverpool, there are many people left, and the personnel are extremely uneven.

The year 0910 was a bleak year for Liverpool.

Third in the league, will hold down Arsenal, who rushed against the trend at the end of the season, will be out of the fourth round of the FA Cup, out of the Champions League group stage, the only thing worth celebrating is to win the League Cup and the Community Shield.

After the end of the 38th round of the league, Wang Zhen knew that if he continued like this, he would not be able to win the championship for a long time, and in the end, Wang Zhen's decision was to accelerate the acquisition of Liverpool by New England Sports Limelight.

If it is done early, they will buy out the debt in one go, making it easy for Liverpool to travel light.

It's very, very, very important for a club.

Just last year, Real Madrid borrowed 270 million euros from banks to buy Kaka, Ronaldo, Alonso and many other stars.

But there is a big difference between Real Madrid and Liverpool, that is, Real Madrid is almost the face of Spain and Madrid, while Liverpool is not likable in England, because Liverpool can almost be said to be 75% Scottish ancestry.

The bank will not force Real Madrid to repay its debts, but it will certainly force Liverpool to repay its debts.

And this debt is a snowball, and if it is not resolved quickly, there is only one outcome that awaits Liverpool, and that is collapse.

Wang Zhen made a direct appointment with John Henry.

The two met in London.

Henry immediately stepped forward and gave a hug very warmly after meeting: "My friend, haha." ”

Wang Zhen smiled in return: "Forget the small talk, let's talk like Londoners." ”

"Okay." Henry nodded: "I've been under a lot of pressure lately and they're not willing to sell the team. ”

"They are using this team to launder money, of course they don't want to, but their purpose of money laundering is almost achieved, and now the time has come to force them to make a move, and it is a good thing to be able to wash off 80% of the money, and it is impossible for them not to lose money."

"That's what I mean, too." Henry nodded: "But how to persecute it." ”

"I asked my people to come forward and tell them to get out, it's as simple as that." Wang Zhen's expression was serious.

Henry was stunned for a moment, and then overjoyed: "You want to take a stake in our company?" I'll go back to the board of directors immediately and free up at least 16 percent of the shares, guaranteeing that you have more shares than mine! ”

Wang Zhen shook his head: "We have the intention of buying shares." ”

"Why?"

'As a player, when I was still playing for a team in Europe, buying a team wasn't in my mind, and I didn't want to do it if I could beat the storm or not.

"I don't quite understand what you mean." Henry really doesn't understand football.

"In the world of football, it's strictly forbidden, it's okay to buy second-tier teams, if a consortium or consortium buys a large number of big clubs, then isn't the annual championship allocated internally? As a player, if the team I play for plays against the team I bought, what will happen to the result? ”

"That's true, but if you don't want to take a stake, it's embarrassing because it's very difficult for us to support the team to continue buying stars after we pay off our debts all at once, and you should understand that."

"You may not know that in football, I am known as a player coach, and this summer, I will take it upon myself to buy the players that the team needs the most with the least amount of money, and quickly build a squad that is enough to compete for the title in the Champions League."

"But it still takes money."

"Why do I say this summer, because I have a plan."

"Tell me about it."

When Henry listened, he was dumbfounded and speechless, and only said for a long time: "Although I don't understand football, but I also run other types of sports clubs, I believe that if I do this, I will be scolded to death by the fans, buy Liverpool, and dare not come to the home team to watch the game." ”

"Don't worry, let Hicks take the blame for this matter, get the timing right, after the World Cup, I'll deal with it, I'll contact the players I need in advance, and then you'll have to change the name on the damn club contract before the summer window, and then we'll go buy the players."

"If you put pressure on the American side, the two of them can't stand it, routine things, I believe I can handle it before then, isn't it just a broken London court, give me a month, and I will deal with them."

After the two talked, Wang Zhen flew straight to Madrid.

I made a direct appointment with Florentino.

I don't know why, this matter was discovered by the media, and for a while, the media spread rumors about Wang Zhen's transfer.

In this regard, Florentino said that there was no such thing at all.

Not to say something ambiguous, but to deny it directly.

Because of the conditions proposed by Wang Zhen, Florentino felt that it was a fantasy, and he didn't think it was feasible at all.

On the other hand, Wang Zhen also stood up and said that he came to see his old friend Ribery and the Champions League final, and he had no other meaning.

This year's Champions League final was Inter against Bayern.

In the end, Bayern lost to Jose Mourinho's Inter at the Bernabeu.

Next, another earthquake-level event happened in football, and everyone didn't care about Wang Zhen's transfer rumors.

First, Marca newspaper was the first to reveal that Mourinho would join Real Madrid as the new manager, and then various media also followed up on the rumors.

Finally, on May 28, Real Madrid officially announced that Jose Mourinho had joined the Bernabeu.

Jose Mourinho is no unknown youngster, and this is almost a break with Florentino's team-building tradition.

He didn't like to spend money on coaching again, but this time, the signing of Jose Mourinho with the world's No. 1 manager has already shown that Florentino has changed and that he has understood that just a bunch of good players don't necessarily win titles.

Subsequently, the football world seemed to have entered a wave of manager changes, and Liverpool officially announced the dismissal of Benitez.

Liverpool's squad this year is not good, but it is not bad, and the stiffness of the team led by Benitez has made fans very dissatisfied, but the two Americans are not ready to sell the team at the time of this decision.

But the next thing was beyond their control, and the pressure from all sides suddenly came, and the two of them couldn't stand it.

What makes them even more atmospheric is that they can't do this kind of thing directly, and they secretly let them do something in several ways, and they must do it, and they understand that once they do that, they may not be able to go to Liverpool in this life, otherwise they will be killed by the fans.

The next football game is the World Cup in South Africa.

As the World Cup progressed, Florentino took the initiative to contact Wang Zhen to discuss what had been discussed before.

Quite simply, he now feels that the deal was earned by him, not by Liverpool.

The content of the transaction is simple, or rather bizarre.

Kaka added £30 million in cash for Wang Zhen, who joined Real Madrid and went on loan to Liverpool in 2010-2011.

It's a strange deal indeed.

First, Kaka is one of the best players in the world, and exchanging him for a star, even if it is Wang Zhen, adding 30 million pounds is very unreliable.

Secondly, to a star of Wang Zhen's level, on loan to other teams for a year?

But in fact, Florentino has already talked to Mourinho, first, Kaka has been injured in the World Cup, although there is no major problem with his physical fitness, but there is obviously a big problem with psychology.

The psychological shadow caused Kaka's level to decline rapidly, and he didn't dare to let go of the kick.

Second, when loaning players to other teams, what he is most afraid of is injury, but as we all know, Wang Zhen has never been injured since his career, and the only two injuries are kidney stones and the other is the flu, which is almost a representative of the iron man.

So, this deal will be a special case.

But there are still many aspects of this matter that need to be discussed in detail, and it is not enough for Florentino and Wang Zhen to talk.

Wang Zhen also had to talk to Kaka.

Wang Zhen also sent a text message to Kaka, the content was very simple and hit the heart: "At the age of thirty-two, can you still play in the World Cup?" ”

According to later conversations, after receiving this text message, Kaka was in a state of despair for a whole day, and finally, he personally approached Florentino and agreed to the deal.

And Kaka is not a face-saving person, he decided that he did not need to hide the news, nor did he need to hide the content of the transaction.

On August 1, the first day of the summer window, on the first morning, a terrible transaction news spread all over Europe, and various mainstream media immediately reprinted the news on the official accounts of Weibo and Facebook, and various TV stations also urgently broadcast the news.

The content of the message reads: "Liverpool and Real Madrid have reached an agreement, Brazilian star Ricardo Izeksen dos Santos Reiter and Chinese star Wang Zhen will exchange owners, Real Madrid will pay 30 million pounds in cash compensation, Wang Zhen will be loaned to Liverpool by Real Madrid for one year." ”

There was no official medical examination, no signing ceremony, nothing was exposed, only official announcements from the two clubs.

For the first time, the whole of European football exploded.

What kind of deal is this ****** and how can such a deal exist?

Ferguson was interviewed by The Times for the first time and scolded: "Florentino, this idiot, he spent 30 million pounds, and then gave Liverpool two top stars in the world, you must know that there are only five top stars in the world in total (Lord Fergus thinks it is Kaka, Ronaldo, Wang Zhen, Messi, Rooney)!" ”

Subsequently, Wenger also expressed his opinion: "When Wang Zhen joined Liverpool, it was hailed as the biggest robbery of the century, this time, it seems to have set a new record, I don't know what the inside story is, but I can't accept this kind of transfer and loan." ”

If that's surprising, there's new news again.

On August 2, a London court ruled in the Liverpool arbitration case, allowing New England Sports Ventures to buy Liverpool.

Subsequently, on August 3, New England Sports Ventures announced that it would take over Liverpool and repay all of Liverpool's debts in a lump sum.

Liverpool fans, shocked by a series of news, suddenly found that after waking up, Liverpool had become a club they didn't know.

(To be continued.) )