Chapter 378: A Temptation to Liverpool

"Where did this news come from?" Klopp said.

Manchester United has never asked Liverpool about Jiang Chenxi's transfer, this is not that Manchester United does not want to get Jiang Chenxi, but Manchester United people know that it is impossible for any team to get Liverpool to agree to give up the number one star, not to mention the grievances between Manchester United and Liverpool, it is even more impossible, so to speak, even if Jiang Chenxi enters the transfer market one day, other teams may take action, only Manchester United people can only watch.

Therefore, the "Sun" broke the news that Manchester United wanted to buy Jiang Chenxi, which is an outright rumor.

I'm afraid that the reporters who were attracted to the Melwood training base by the "Sun" report also knew that this news was a rumor, but this did not prevent them from rushing to it, the newspaper needs sales, the website needs clicks, enough gimmicks are enough, as for the truth of the matter, don't care too much.

Manchester United's actions are rumors, but it is true that some clubs have asked Liverpool about the possibility of Jiang Chenxi's transfer.

This club is Bayern Munich, the southern king of the Bundesliga.

To be honest, Liverpool's top management was very surprised, or shocked, that Bayern Munich actually asked Jiang Chenxi.

Especially Klopp, who was born in the Bundesliga, shook his head and said it was incredible.

Although Bayern Munich is a top club and very rich, this team has never been the kind of guy who is waving a cheque book in the transfer market.

The general perception is that Bayern Munich is 'stingy', which is directly related to the team's big man Hoeness.

Hoeness has been with Bayern for more than 40 years and has been an important member of Bayern from player to manager to now. It can be said that the boss of Bayern for nearly four decades has been Hoeness. In the past, Bayern was not very rich, so Hoeness has always been thrifty, we have only seen Hoeness sell people at sky-high prices, but we have never seen him buy people at sky-high prices. Hoeness's ideas have had a profound and lasting impact on Bayern and will not change anytime soon.

Of course, it is also very important that German football has an unrivalled youth system, and Bundesliga teams such as Schalke 04 and Borussia Dortmund and even Wolfsburg are made up of young people, and if you look at the whole of Europe, young people will definitely want to take their careers to the next level. As the Bundesliga hegemon, Bayern Munich's attraction to players is certainly unparalleled, so the first choice for many powerful and ambitious Bundesliga players to transfer is Bayern Munich.

The most famous thing here is that Lewandowski joined Bayern for free, and even at the time, it was surprising that such a strong player was actually free! It can be said that Bayern Munich can 'call' the stars of other teams in the Bundesliga, which is an important reason why Bayern almost never spends a lot of money on reinforcements, although this makes Bayern an "excavator", and has been criticized, however, Bayern Munich said that they act within the rules.

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Liverpool knew that Jiang Chenxi would definitely arouse the covetousness of other giants, and they had also guessed which giants would make the first move, well, yes, last summer, Grand Paris's bid for Jiang Chenxi was ignored by them, and now, they never dreamed that the first giant to really make a move would be Bayern Munich, a sane boss.

However, after careful analysis, the three top bosses of Real Madrid, Real Madrid has Ronaldo, Barcelona has Messi, and only Bayern Munich lacks real superstars.

That's right, Bayern Munich has Lewandowski, there is Thomas. Muller, there are Ribery and Robben, but, first of all, they are not superstars, and now recognized superstars are the three of Jiang Meiro, and secondly, Ribery and Robben will also grow old.

"We got the news that Carlo Ancelotti has agreed to coach Bayern Munich and he asked for it by name." Edwards, Liverpool's head of technical performance, said.

Bayern Munich's current head coach Pep Guardiola announced at the end of last year that he would leave Bayern at the end of the season, and it is reported that he has reached an initial agreement with Manchester City, which means that no matter what current Manchester City manager Manuel Pellegrini can lead Manchester City to achieve this season, he will have to leave.

"Ancelotti wants Jiang, that's understandable." "But, the question is, are Bayern willing to spend money on Jiang? Who gave them courage? ”

No one doubts that Bayern Munich will have no money, and the Bundesliga South King is rich and ruthless, but what is suspected is that Bayern Munich has the courage to chase Jiang Chenxi, because everyone on the earth knows that once Jiang Chenxi transfers away from Liverpool, the transfer value will be the sky-high price in the history of football!

Edwards shrugged, and the hell knew.

You know, Bayern Munich is a century-old giant, and the club's all-time recruitment bid is only 40 million euros, it was in the summer of 2012, Bayern Munich poached Martinez from Spain's Athletic Club Bilbao, and the transfer fee was as high as 40 million euros, which turned out to be the highest value record in the history of the Bundesliga!

However, Martinez's record was broken last summer when Wolfsburg signed Draxler from Schalke 04 for a whopping €43 million.

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"Bayern Munich are just tentatively asking and maybe they themselves know it's hard to get you." Su Xun said.

Jiang Chenxi's team also learned about Bayern Munich's request for Liverpool, and the team also held a special meeting to analyze the matter.

In the end, they came to their own judgment.

This move, on the one hand, is Bayern expressing its importance to the future head coach Ancelotti, you see, in order to support you, even Jiang Chenxi is trying to chase, which is sincere enough!

At the same time, Bayern Munich did not have the intention of being tempted, although it knew that Liverpool would not agree to Jiang Chenxi's departure, but what if?

"We can even guess that not only Bayern, but also some other big clubs are secretly watching this and they see it as a test for Liverpool, and look at Liverpool's attitude as a measure."

Three superstars in today's football, Jiang Chenxi, Ronaldo and Messi.

Cristiano Ronaldo is at Real Madrid, Messi is at Barcelona, and the chances of other giants wanting to poach these two from these two are extremely low.

However, Jiang Chenxi is different, although Liverpool is an old giant, but the current influence and strength are still difficult to call the top, so in the eyes of many giants, Jiang Chenxi, the only superstar who is 'outcast', is the object that can be competed for.

"This is just the beginning." Lu Wushuang said, "You just joined Liverpool last season, so other teams know that it is not a good opportunity to poach, and now, it is almost two seasons, and some teams may also be speculating, maybe you want to change the environment? So, they got into action. ”

"Of course, the most important thing is that Brother Chen's worth will only get higher and higher, and they are scared." Liu Yang said with a smile.

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A day later, Anfield Stadium.

“Gooooooooooooooaaaaaaaaaaaaaal!”

"Great player! Great performance! Great goal! Mortenson shouted.

The camera is replaying the goal just now, Salah passed, Firmino's header ferried, Jiang Chenxi carried Smalling, he stopped the ball on his chest, and then picked the ball on his toes, and at the same time quickly completed the turn, blocked Smalling with his body, and also carried another defender Blind, and then under the stunned expressions of the two Manchester United defenders, he volleyed directly with the instep of his foot!

The ball flew into the net in a beautiful arc past Manchester United goalkeeper David De Gea, who had performed well in today's game!

1 to 0!

In the eighty-ninth minute of the game, Jiang Chenxi helped Liverpool break through the goal of Manchester United, which was also the only goal of the game!

Louis van Gaal's side were very pragmatic in their game today, aiming to pick up a point from away, so United focused more on defending throughout the game.

Seeing that Van Gaal's plan to get out of Anfield was about to be achieved, Jiang Chenxi finally seized an opportunity that was not a chance and broke through the goal guarded by De Gea.

"This is Jiang's thirtieth league goal this season! In the 22nd round of the league, Jiang scored 30 goals, which is a remarkable achievement, and he also set a record for the fewest games in a single season of 30 goals in a single season in the Premier League! Mortenson said.

In the end, with Jiang Chenxi's stunner goal, Liverpool defeated their old rival Manchester United 1-0 at home, and after beating Arsenal twice this season, they also completed the double against Manchester United this season.

At the post-match press conference, reporters pressed Manchester United manager Louis van Gaal to ask if United were really chasing Jiang Chenxi.

"There's no coach who doesn't aspire to coach a superplayer like Jiang." "However, I can responsibly say that Manchester United has not been in contact with Liverpool because we all know that it is impossible to get a river from Liverpool, especially when the other side is very special, we are Manchester United!" ”

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Liverpool beat Manchester United 1-0 to win the double red club.

And the next day, there was additional good news.

In another game played a little later, Leicester City was forced to draw 1-1 by Aston Villa, Shinji Okazaki opened the scoring for Leicester City, and Gestede equalized for Aston Villa, which can be regarded as a big upset, you know, Aston Villa is the vice president of the league, they only achieved 2 wins, 5 draws and 14 losses in the previous 21 league games, and this time they were able to draw at home with the second place in the league Leicester City, which is indeed beyond many people's expectations.

Aston Villa's draw with Leicester City also helped Liverpool.

The good news is not only this, Arsenal just lost 3-6 away to Liverpool in the last round, and this round of the league still missed the victory, they were forced to draw 0-0 by Stoke City away!

In this way, at the end of the 22nd round of the league, Liverpool is in first place in the league with 48 points, Leicester City is second with 44 points, Arsenal is third with 42 points, and Manchester City is fourth with 41 points.

After a round of games, the pattern of the title race has changed, Liverpool is already four points ahead of Leicester City and six points ahead of Arsenal, which also makes the media begin to be optimistic about Liverpool's success in defending the title in the league, of course, it is just a trend, after all, the point difference has not really opened, maybe after the next round of the league, the situation will change a lot?

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Two days later, there was a replay of the third round of the FA Cup.

Liverpool host League Two side Exeter City.

Liverpool, who had to replay the first leg after a 2-2 draw with their opponents, staged a massacre at home this time.

Jiang Chenxi scored two goals in each half to score four goals in the end, and also had an assist, and he created five goals by himself to help Liverpool beat Exeter City 6-1 at home.

Liverpool knocked out Exeter City to reach the fourth round of the FA Cup.

And their opponents in the fourth round have also come out, it is West Ham United, also from the Premier League, which is a strong opponent, West Ham United are currently sixth in the league with 33 points, and they are ranked higher than Manchester United, who are now only eighth in the league with 30 points.

A day later, Laureus Sports announced the shortlist for the 2016 Laureus World Sports Awards, with Barcelona shortlisted for Team of the Year and Jiang Chenxi and Messi as Male Athlete of the Year.

The Laureus World Sports Awards are an annual sporting world awards organised by the Laureus World Sports Institute to recognize and reward athletes and sports teams that have excelled in the past year.

This is the fifth time Barcelona have been nominated for Team of the Year, with the Catalan side winning the award in 2012 and the Sportsmanship Award in 2007. Argentine star Lionel Messi has been nominated for the fifth Male Sportsman of the Year.

This is also the second time Jiang has been nominated for Laureus Sportsman of the Year, who was nominated for Best Male Athlete last year with Cristiano Ronaldo, but in the end, the 2015 Laureus Sportsman of the Year award went to tennis superstar Novak Djokovic.

In fact, the Laureus Awards are particularly popular with tennis players, who have won a total of 23 Laureus individual events (Best Male and Female Athlete, Best Newcomer, Best Breakthrough, Best Comeback, Lifetime Achievement, Special Contribution), or 28% of the 85 individual awards.

And among the best athletes of both sexes, the numbers are even more staggering. A total of 12 tennis players won the best male and female athlete crowns, accounting for more than 40%.

Serena Williams is the Laureus Award-winning player with four Laureus Awards (three for Best Female Athlete and one for Best Comeback) and Federer, four Best Male Athletes.

The 2016 Laureus Male Athlete of the Year are: Curry (basketball), Djokovic (tennis), Lewis Hamilton (F1 driver), Usain Bolt (track and field), Jordan Spieth (golf), Messi (football), Jiang Chenxi (football).

Among them, Djokovic was last year's winner of the Male Athlete of the Year award.

The media generally believes that with Djokovic's outstanding performance this year and the consistent preference of the Laureus Award, it is very likely that this time it will be Messi and Jiang Chenxi who will run for Djokovic again this year after Jiang Chenxi and Ronaldo ran for Djokovic last year.

"In terms of the possibility of winning awards, whether it is Curry, Messi or Jiang, they are far lower than other athletes, who make basketball and football team sports, they are inherently unwelcome." - The Guardian sarcastically complained.

Because of this, the Laureus Award, as the world's largest sports award, has not attracted much attention in football, and the media has not reported and exaggerated too much.