Unconsciously, Chen Xi narrowed down the transfer target to four.

On June 15, 03, FC Barcelona held a presidential election!

This is the 6th election in the history of FC Barcelona, the most recent of which was 3 years ago when Gaspat was elected.

This time, there are six candidates in the election, and Laporta, a 40-year-old lawyer who promised to bring Beckham and Chen Xi to the Camp Nou before the election, is the biggest favorite.

The election began at 10 o'clock local time on the 15th, Laporta arrived at the election site one hour after the election began, cast his ballot, and after the voting ended, a sample survey by Catalan TV 3 showed that Laporta received 56.8% of the vote. His closest opponent, Bassat, received only 28.9 percent of the vote. Should Laporta's victory be confirmed, he will be able to formally represent Barcelona in contact with Chen Xi and continue talks with Manchester United over the transfer of David Beckham, but more crucially, the contact with the player and his agent, who has previously stated through his agent SFX, has no intention of talking with Barcelona at all.

Laporta's campaign tactics are similar to Florentino's, but not identical, Florentino initialed the deal ahead of Figo himself, Laporta has only been in contact with Chen Xi and Manchester United so far, but has not been committed, so the attitude of Chen Xi and Beckham will be crucial.

A week later, the final results were very clear and convincing, with Laporta receiving 27,138 votes (52.57%), ahead of Luis Bassat (16,412 votes), Jordi Moo (2,490), Jonez Lovera (2,388), José María (1,867) and Jo (987). Laporta's vote share was the highest in the club's history.

After Laporta took office, he immediately came to Manchester to contact Manchester United to discuss the transfer of David Beckham. In his opinion, the famous Beckham is obviously more impressive than Chen Xi.

It's just that in Manchester, Laporta touched a nose of dust, and neither Manchester United nor David Beckham gave him an accurate answer.

He rushed to London non-stop, and he thought that Chen Xi, who was free, would be easier to handle.

It's a pity that when he chose to book a plane to Manchester first, he had already lost the opportunity to take Chen Xi away.

Although the meeting between the two is quite harmonious, Laporta, who knows the culture very well, and Chen Xi, an Oriental, also have a lot of common topics. But as soon as Laporta said goodbye, Chen Xi asked George Hamm to refuse Barca's invitation.

The reason is simple, Laporta's previous performance has already disappointed Chen Xi, and these disappointments have not been redeemed through this conversation.

In his eyes, the extremely popular Beckham is still more important than Chen Xi, although Chen Xi has not yet conceited that he has reached Beckham's influence and height, but he naturally his strength is not worse than that of a heartthrob, and even compared to it, his future may be brighter, but Laporta is obviously only concerned about the interests of the near future.

For Chen Xi's approach, George Hamm also expressed his support.

As Chen Xi's agent, he also hopes that his employer can get enough respect from the other party, and he also hopes that Chen Xi can meet a real Bole!

In this way, there are only three clubs left in the shortlist of Chen Xi's transfer, and the transfer is becoming clear!

However, the relationship between the remaining three clubs is also somewhat delicate. The Liverpool team is okay, they are Chen Xi's most sincere club from beginning to end. However, Liverpool are also the weaker of the few big clubs, and their low profile seems to be justified.

As for Manchester United and Real Madrid, they are definitely the two most glamorous clubs in European football in recent years, Manchester United because of their record, and Real Madrid because of Florentino's superstar policy.

Now Real Madrid and Manchester United are also involved in the same key figure as Barcelona in the process of pursuing Chen Xi, that is, Beckham!

Manchester United did not go all out to join Chen Xi's scramble because they didn't want to let go of Beckham, and in their opinion, dealing with Beckham's problems before the transfer window opened was the key.

As for Real Madrid, Florentino's biggest target is also Beckham, as the heartthrob is very much in line with his policy of becoming a superstar a year. As for Chen Xi, although he is also very interested and optimistic about his future, Chen Xi's fame is obviously not worthy of being a "superstar".

It can be said that Beckham has acted as a litmus test between Manchester United, Real Madrid and Barcelona and Chen Xi.

Through the attitudes of these clubs towards Beckham and himself, Chen Xi can feel their sincerity. Previously, Laporta had been brushed off by Chen Xi because he paid more attention to Beckham and ignored Chen Xi.

And from the current point of view, Real Madrid and Manchester United seem to be on the verge of being brushed off!

Finally, as the summer transfer door is getting closer.

Between David Beckham, Manchester United and Real Madrid, there is new news coming out every day.

Suddenly, the limelight of Chen Xi's transfer was completely overshadowed.

During this time, Manchester United and Real Madrid have not been in a row with George Ham and Chen Xi.

However, Liverpool CEO Perry and Benitez flew from Liverpool to London and found Chen Xi.

Perry arranged the meeting at the London Fake Hotel in North London. Although this hotel is not as luxurious as the Hilton Hotel, it is closer to Chen Xi's place, which obviously reflects Perry's thoughtfulness.

When Chen Xi arrived for the appointment, he was a little late, but when he arrived at the hotel room, both Perry and Benitez did not have any impatience on their faces.

"Edison, I've finally met you in person." After seeing Chen Xi, Perry walked over excitedly and enthusiastically stretched out his right hand.

"Hello, Mr. Perry!" Chen Xi took Perry's right hand, then stretched out his right hand to Benitez and said in Spanish, "Hello, Mr. Benitez! ”

"Hello, Edison. I didn't expect your Spanish to be so good! When he heard Chen Xi's fluent Spanish, Benitez's eyes, which were already a little expectant, became even more pleasantly surprised. At the same time, he also secretly made up his mind that he must bring Chen Xi to Anfield!

"Hehe, when I was young, I learned a few languages!" Chen Xi replied with a smile.

"Edison, you are very young now, only eighteen years old, but you have already created so many miracles!" Benitez praised from the bottom of his heart.

"Mr. Benitez, you are very young among the coaches, and your experience is legendary!" Chen Xi replied with a smile.

"Edison, Rafael was still having a headache with English before, and I think he would be very happy if you could join Liverpool!" Perry also said in Spanish, and the Liverpool CEO is clearly good at Spanish as well.

"According to Mr Perry, if I go to Liverpool, the club may have to consider giving me an additional salary as a translator?" Chen Xi said jokingly.

Chen Xi's joke suddenly made the atmosphere in the room more relaxed.

In fact, this also reflects Chen Xi's attitude, and the meeting with Perry and Benitez made Chen Xi feel very relaxed, not like the previous two presidents, Moratti and Laporta.

Perry is the CEO of the team, but he is only a senior worker, and the same is true of Benitez, so there will not be the same distance between them and Chen Xi as between the club president and the players.

"Edison, I'm not telling you! The reason why I chose to leave Valencia and come to Liverpool is that in addition to the football environment in England, Mr. Perry told me that I hope to have you, which is also a condition that attracts me very much! Even, it can be said that it is a condition for determining the surname! As soon as the few people sat down, Benitez said directly.

"Yes, Edison. Rafael even wanted us to make a promise that you would bring it to Anfield before he would come and coach. But we know that there will be many trials to get you, so we just keep trying our best and don't give promises! Our club has been hoping to bring you to Anfield because we think you, along with Stephen and Michael, can form England's 'Three Musketeers' and even achieve more than Manchester United's 92 golden generation! As I think you know, Stephen and Michael have welcomed you in public before, and it's definitely from the bottom of their hearts, not the club asking them to do it! Perry continued Benitez's words.

Inadvertently, he painted a blueprint for Liverpool's future, and the trio of Chen Xi, Gerrard and Owen sounded very appealing.

After listening to Perry's words, Chen Xi also fell into deep thought. According to his previous understanding, Liverpool's Owen and Gerrard are undoubtedly their biggest stars, and they have a high status in the team as a product of the team's academy.

The situation in Liverpool is basically like this now, as the European Ballon d'Or winner, Owen is the team's number one star, but Owen's surname is destined to prevent him from becoming the leader of the team, and Gerrard is the club's favorite leader, but now he has just been transformed from a midfielder to a central midfielder who can attack and defend, and he is far from being as radiant and domineering as the queen. It can be said that if Chen Xi really wants to go to Liverpool, now is definitely the best opportunity!

Of course, Chen Xi would not easily agree to Perry because of this, he just asked Benitez in Spanish: "Mr. Benitez, I don't know how you are going to use me in your mind?" ”

As a famous master tactician, Benitez was obviously prepared, and after hearing Chen Xi's words, he began to talk eloquently: "In my plan, you, Stephen and Michael are all very important chess pieces. I've studied your footage at Tottenham and IMHO, Mr Glenn Hoddle hasn't used you very well. He seems to give you plenty of freedom, but he doesn't get your teammates to give you enough support, which often puts you on your own. It seems to give you more room to perform, but it also makes the way you play a little more tiring.

If you're in Liverpool, I think the situation would be well resolved. Because I'm going to free Stephen completely, I'm going to let him strengthen my bond with you. At the same time, his back-up points will also share the team's offensive burden. And in this way, he will definitely be able to attract more defense for you, and at the same time, his defensive ability can also provide you with some protection when you attack!

Of course, I don't mean to limit your freedom, on the contrary, I will give you more freedom. In my team, I would allow you to play freely on both wings, not on the left, and I even think that if your header is developed, you can still play as a central striker! In this way, you can make full use of your left and right foot balance and physical advantages!

As Perry said, I believe that with a successful connection between you and Stephen and Michael, we can re-establish a Whirlwind of Reds in European football! ”

Benitez's words made Chen Xi's heart pound. As early as the beginning of joining Tottenham, he felt that Hoddle was lacking in coaching ability, but it was not a bad thing to meet such a coach, which also gave Chen Xi the opportunity to fully exert his personal ability. Due to his limited ability, Hoddle didn't know how to guide Chen Xi, so he had to let Chen Xi play freely, which also allowed Chen Xi to play that amazing stats last season.

But Chen Xi knows that if he continues to play alone like this, he will one day be thoroughly studied by others, and at the same time, he will be very tired. And Benitez's tactics are almost tailor-made for him.

Chen Xi can imagine that if the current decent midfielder Gerrard is transformed into the G8 with full attack power in the future, and then forms a real connection with him and Owen, Liverpool's attack power will indeed become quite terrifying.

What's more, Liverpool's backline is much more solid than Tottenham's. Hyypia, Carragher, and Reeser are not world-class defenders, but their strength is quite reliable. At the same time, because the Liverpool team's defensive system is quite perfect, everyone has been playing together for so many years, and the tacit understanding is also very good. This is even more valuable.

Seeing what Chen Xi was thinking, Perry on the side added: "We are willing to provide you with a salary that is the top in Liverpool and even the entire Premier League, and at the same time, we have prepared a villa for you and Rafael in Merseyside." A lot of the players live there, which will help you integrate into the team faster! Well, also, as we mentioned before, Vladimir has taken the initiative to give up the number seven robe, and we really hope that you will be able to put on this robe! ”

After speaking, Perry and Benitez looked at Chen Xi expectantly.

Chen Xi suddenly had a smile on his face: "Mr. Perry, I think we can talk about the contract!" ”

(To be continued)