Washington, a columnist for "The Sun", broke the news in his column that Zidane and Solari came to inspect Jiang Chenxi on this trip, and said conclusively that Jiang Chenxi himself may have a warm welcome attitude towards defecting to Real Madrid.

This report of "The Sun" was reprinted by many European media, and for a while, reports about Real Madrid going to bring in Jiang Chenxi or Jiang Chenxi going to Real Madrid were full of media reports.

This provoked anger and panic among Liverpool fans.

The anger is because of their visceral anger and hatred for The Sun.

In the aftermath of the Hillsborough massacre on 15 April 1989, The Sun reported, without any basis, that Liverpool fans had deliberately attacked those resuscitating the injured, leading them to be considered football hooligans.

The survivors and families of the victims, as well as Liverpool fans, have never forgiven The Sun's reporting four days after the tragedy – the famously eye-catching media outlet has gone to great lengths to denigrate the actions of Liverpool fans and use the huge headline "The Truth": the front page of The Sun's infamous "The Truth" claimed that Liverpool fans had stolen the belongings of the deceased in the tragedy and prevented the rescue operation from unfolding.

And the Sun's report turned out to be completely wrong.

The Sun's sensational rumor-mongering reports have long labelled the Liverpool fans and their families as football hooligans, and the victims have been unremarkable.

Therefore, the anger and hatred of Liverpool fans for The Sun can be imagined.

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As the third largest circulation in the UK, The Sun has sold well throughout the UK, however, in Liverpool, the outlet has been boycotted, and no Liverpool fan will subscribe to the outlet.

In fact, the Sun has repeatedly spread rumors about Liverpool in the future, and in addition, the Sun's report on transfer information is particularly unbelievable, and no one dares to believe that even a single transfer rumor can be reported on the front page of The Sun, without any consideration of the authenticity of the information. The Sun has previously reported that Wayne Rooney is leaving Manchester United and that David Beckham is moving to Arsenal years ago, and has been slammed by Ferguson several times.

Therefore, this time, "The Sun" reported that Jiang Chenxi was going to transfer to Real Madrid just because Zidane and Solari appeared at Anfield Stadium to watch the game, which made Liverpool fans hate the old and new.

The reason for the panic is because Liverpool fans love Jiang Chenxi deeply, although this Chinese star has only been in Liverpool for less than two months, but has become the new favorite of Liverpool fans, it is not an exaggeration to say that it is the new prince of Anfield Stadium in the hearts of fans, Liverpool has been down for many years, and finally saw the dawn of revival, and finally had a superstar in charge, and he was not happy for a while, "The Sun" said that Real Madrid was going to poach people, how could this not make Liverpool fans panic?!

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Reports about Real Madrid and Jiang Chenxi linking are getting more and more intense.

"The Sun" reporter Washington followed up in his column and reported that the reason why Ronaldo went to China to attend Jiang Chenxi's wedding and served as Jiang Chenxi's best man was precisely because the Chinese star promised Ronaldo that he would leave Liverpool to join Real Madrid after the season.

This report from Washington caused a huge response.

Obviously, this journalist is well versed in human psychology.

He blended unrelated things together, and gave facts as examples, which turned out to be quite reasonable, and after reading it, readers will have a feeling that they have found ***.

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All of a sudden, reporters rushed toward Melwood Training Base.

"To Real Madrid?" Jiang Chenxi was confused and surprised, "No, I'm very happy in Liverpool, and I just came to this great team, how can I leave?" ”

He has been concentrating on training and preparing for the weekend's league game and has not paid attention to the media coverage.

"Rumor has it that Cristiano Ronaldo attended your wedding and served as your best man because you accepted his invitation to join Real Madrid?" A reporter asked.

"Why do you say that?" Jiang Chenxi frowned, "This is something out of nowhere, Ronaldo attended my wedding because of our friends, and, according to this logic, Messi also attended my wedding, does this mean that I also promised him to go to Barcelona?" And Muller, who also attended my wedding, does that mean I'm going to Bayern Munich too? ”

Jiang Chenxi's retort made the reporters speechless.

Yes, there is also Messi who also attended Jiang Chenxi's wedding, and Thomas. Mueller, they are also best men, so it seems that Washington's remarks are indeed unreliable.

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"But Zinedine Zidane and Solari watched the Liverpool and Middlesbrough game live, what do you say?" A reporter immediately asked, this reporter is a friend of the "Sun" reporter Washington, and the two often exchange information and share information, because Washington cannot personally come to the Melwood training base to interview Jiang Chenxi, so at this moment, he is Washington's 'spokesperson'.

Yes, a Sun reporter would not have been able to set foot at the Melwood training base. In the aftermath of the 1989 Hillsborough massacre, the front page of The Sun's infamous "The Truth" claimed that Liverpool fans had stolen the belongings of the deceased in the tragedy to prevent rescue operations from taking place. In the 25 years since this report, The Sun has not been allowed to conduct interviews with Liverpool managers or players, but they have been allowed to cover games and attend press conferences.

Jiang Chenxi really didn't know about Zidane and Solari coming to Anfield Stadium to watch the game, but did this matter have anything to do with him?

'They came to Anfield to watch the game, it's a matter for Mr. Zinedine Zidane and Mr. Solari, you should ask them.' Jiang Chenxi said a little impatiently, "Maybe they came to observe the game, maybe they just came to watch the game smoothly, how do I know the reason, in short, it has nothing to do with me." ”

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"So, you don't have any connection with Real Madrid?" The Guardian reporter asked.

"Nope!" Jiang Chenxi said categorically, "Liverpool is a great team, I am very happy here, I love it here, and I will do my best to dedicate myself to the team!" ”

At this time, after learning the news that Jiang Chenxi was surrounded by reporters, head coach Klopp came with the staff to help Jiang Chenxi break the siege.

"Jiang has no connection with Real Madrid! He loves it here, he loves the Liverpool shirt on him! Klopp said with a serious face, "I know where the rumors are coming from, and what I want to say is that the words on there are all disgusting rumors, not even a word of shit!" ”

The angry Klopp burst into foul language, he was not worried that he would cause public plans because of his foul language, Liverpool and the "Sun" bad relationship, the world knows, his bad attitude, in Liverpool this is politically correct, not to mention, before the Merseyside derby, "The Sun" rumors linked Jiang Chenxi and Real Madrid, which has affected Liverpool's preparations, he can be said to hate itchy.

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"I love Liverpool!"

"Jiang Chenxi said that he has no connection with Real Madrid!"

"Jiang Chenxi swears allegiance to Liverpool!"

"Klopp angrily denounced The Sun for spreading rumors!"

On the same day, the media in England reported similar news, and Liverpool's official website also slammed the "Sun" for its disgusting rumor-mongering, saying: 'Jiang likes it here, he loves the Liverpool shirt and he will always be here.' ’