For the sake of Gerrard, Benitez also held a special meeting the next day, and Liverpool's senior management was all there.

"What?"

"That can't be,"

"Not a captain at this time? This has a lot of impact on the morale of the team, and the mood of the players will fluctuate, which will lead to a decline in the team's results, and he firmly disagrees with such an approach. The president of the club was the first to object.

"I also don't approve of his recklessness, it's not like a 30-year-old makes a decision that he has to take on his responsibilities."

"If that's what he thinks, I'm really disappointed."

"I don't think it's the right thing to do, even if you have to change, you have to wait until the end of the season."

"Maybe, if he's no longer the captain, we can really consider selling him to Manchester City, isn't Manchester City willing to give up the money? Then sell it for a good price. ”

The opinions of Liverpool's top brass are almost identical, all of them are opposed.

Benitez had expected such an outcome and was prepared for it, but he was brave enough to state his point.

"We can't let a player who doesn't want to be captain be the captain, it's not good for the team, it's just bad."

"We should actually respect Steve's opinion."

"Perhaps, he is really not fit to be captain anymore, I see his boredom and exhaustion, when he no longer wants to do his duty as captain, he can't lead a team that is passionate about fighting for the championship."

"At least, he's not like a 30-year-old."

Benitez is just talking about the matter and talking straight away.

"He's not suitable, is there a more suitable candidate?" The Chairman asked rhetorically.

"Jamie, Jamie can."

"Jamie is at least more motivated than he is in the game."

"No, Jamie is too old. We have to choose a young man to be the captain. ”

"I think Stone is good, he can inject strength into this team, I see that the Chinese are very good in the team, it seems that they can be good friends with every player, and his teammates also trust him, give him the ball and let him finish the goal." Mr. Chairman proposed that Wu Sanshi be the first captain.

"But he's too young to be the first captain."

"It's good to be young, if Liverpool wants to be reborn, it must inject vitality into young people, relying on these old guys, after all, it is useless."

"You can try."

……

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After the meeting, Benitez interviewed Carragher separately on the sidelines of the training ground, Carragher is the vice-captain of the team, and if he directly handed over the first captain's armband to Wu Sanshi, then Benitez must consider Carragher's feelings. Although Gerald thought that the armband should be given to Carragher, the leader preferred to give the armband to Wu Sanshi.

"Jamie, how many years have you been here?"

Benitez casually pulled up the topic.

"23 years." Carragher replied immediately, without even the slightest hesitation, as if he did calculations every day, and opened his mouth to answer.

23 years...... Benitez was taken aback, this time is too long, when do you have to start counting?

'I came to the Liverpool Academy when I was nine years old.

"Boss, why are you talking to me about this all of a sudden?" Carragher stands in the wind, like a sculpture.

He did stay at Liverpool for a long, long time. In 1987, at the age of nine, Carragher joined the Liverpool Academy for training. On January 8, 1997, he made his debut for the first team of Liverpool. On 18 January 1998, Carragher made his first start in the Premier League and scored his first Premier League goal.

Even Steven Gerrard didn't come early or get to the first team any sooner. So actually, in this team, Carragher is the oldest player in this team, not Gerrard, but the captain is Gerrard. But the two of them are very good friends, and it doesn't matter who is the captain.

"23 years,"

"It's long enough."

"Steve said he didn't want to be captain anymore, you know about that?" Benitez looked at Carragher.

"I don't know." Carragher is still a blank sculpture, "I was surprised, I didn't know what he was thinking." ”

"He said he was going to give you the captain's armband."

"Huh?"

"No, no, I can't take that responsibility." Carragher hurriedly waved his hand and immediately rejected the offer.

"What are you for?" This time it was Benitez's turn to be unexpected, and he thought that Carragher would be willing to take the captain's armband, but Carragher was not willing to take over at all.

"I'm so tired, I don't want to be the captain, in fact I don't even want to be the vice-captain."

"I always felt like there was a big mountain on the mountain. Liverpool have too many expectations and I'm not the best person to be the guy or I would have stepped up when I chose to captain Steve and I think Steve was good captain and I was there to help him. I'm not the one to be the first captain. ”

“……”

“……”

Benitez finally understood, it turned out that everyone didn't want to be captain. That's easy to do, since you don't want to be it, then leave it to Stone!

"I understand, I understand."

"If I give the captain's armband to Stone, will you do your best to assist him?"

Carragher's eyes lit up instantly, "Yes, leave it to him, he is the captain we need the most." ”

'Umpteenth times, he's saved Liverpool with goals, and there's no better captain than him.'

'There's not been a lot of laughter at Melwood training ground for years, but since he and Suarez have been here, everything has changed a lot, we're used to winning, we're used to scoring goals, we're used to playing against Manchester United and Chelsea. Just give him the captain's armband! ”

'I'm honoured to play with him and I'm sure Gerrard thinks so too.

……

……

In the end, Benitez found Wu Sanshi......

"What?"

"Let me be the first captain?"

"What kind of planes are they working on? Jamie? Steve? Are they embarrassed to leave the captain's armband for me? I'm only 19 years old. Wu Sanshi felt that he had heard a huge joke, this was impossible, in his mind, Gerard was the captain of the Red Army, the soul of the Red Army, how could he not be the captain? This is not the same as he realized before, Carragher is too, how can he dump the pot like Gerrard?

"Because they all feel that they are old enough to be the captain of the Red Army."

"Old?" Wu San Shiguan'er, one is 30, one is 32, it is indeed a little old, but it is not old to that extent, it can only be said that they have lost their desire for the championship, which is very terrible. If you are too old, it will affect the whole team.

"You're what we need most."

"From today onwards, you are the first captain of the Red Army."

"I don't have a choice?"

"If you want to disappoint all the Liverpool fans."

"I won't." Wu Sanshi restrained his expression and instantly became serious.

"We do need to change,"

"We can't afford to let the league win go by the wayside, not this time!"

"Very well, Captain."

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