Liverpool became the biggest winner, and in the 24th round of the Grand Slam in the mouth of the British media, Liverpool became the biggest beneficiary, they overtook Chelsea, chased Manchester United three points, and even in the transfer market and capital market, they were proud.

Compared with Manchester United's pursuit of Southampton's Barr and Bayern's Hargreaves, Arsenal missed Sevilla left-back Poerta, Abou's dime in the transfer market, Liverpool bought the powerful defender Aveloa and defender Mascherano, Liverpool's bench thickness has been greatly improved, and it is fully prepared for the difficult two-line battle behind.

It is already known that capital began to chase Liverpool, and Liverpool is now just waiting for the price to sell, it does not matter whether it is an American, a Chinese or an Arab, the important thing is that Liverpool has to have money, can buy big-name stars, and the Premier League title competition will become more fierce and exciting.

First of all, Liverpool have won 11 in a row, and they will have a series of tough battles in February, in addition to West Ham, they will play a city derby with Everton, meet league rivals like Newcastle, and fight Barcelona in the Champions League. Will Liverpool's heroic form continue? The longest winning streak in the Premier League is only 14 games, and it is very difficult for them to break the record held by the Arsenal people, and many people are not optimistic that Liverpool can maintain their peak form for so long, including the Liverpool manager himself to relieve the pressure on his disciples, saying, "Don't take the winning streak to heart, just play every game." ”

Secondly, there is the question about the Argentine Mascherano. With current FIFA rules not allowing players to play for three clubs for a year, the striker, who is on loan at West Ham from Corinthien, must get permission from FIFA to play at Liverpool, and now going to court may be the only way for Mascherano to play.

The third is the contract issue of Gerrard, Carragher, and Chen Yu. FIFA's new rules state that if a player signs a contract with a club before the age of 28 and plays for more than three seasons, he will have the right to buy out the remainder of his contract. If Liverpool fail to offer a contract that satisfies the two stars, Liverpool could be on the verge of losing two big players after the new transfer rules are introduced this summer.

The nature of Chen Yu is more special, as we all know, Chen Yu was able to come to Liverpool purely because Liverpool gambled, as a result they won the bet and made a lot of money, but this situation is definitely difficult to sustain, like Chen Yu's current play, 11 appearances, 16 goals, Liverpool won 11 games, if Liverpool is still old, maintain the contract signed when Chen Yu was injured, it is estimated that the summer transfer will be poached, if Liverpool is interested, then should take the initiative to renew Chen Yu's salary, so as to retain Chen Yu.

For Liverpool, this is as important as keeping captain Gerrard, or even more important, because most of the natives Gerrard will choose to stay, as long as the contract is not too outrageous, but Chen Yu may not be, as long as the temptation is big enough, Chen may leave, so giving Chen Yu a salary increase is also on the agenda of Liverpool club.

The day before the match against West Ham United, Liverpool FC chief executive Rick Barry came to Chen Yu's residence.

Zhang Shubin, Zhang Youzhen, Zhao Muyu and Chen Yu are all there, because there are only ten days before the traditional Chinese Spring Festival, Zhang Youzhen is preparing to return to China in the next few days, so he went home a little early, and everyone is discussing whether Zhao Muyu will return to China with Zhang Youzhen, Rick Barry is here.

Zhang Youzhen and Zhao Muyu went back to their room to continue the discussion, and Zhang Shubin and Chen Yu went out to welcome Liverpool's CEO Rick Barry into the living room.

"Manager Barry, why are you here, the club is so busy." Zhang Shubin greeted warmly.

"Do you have nothing to do but go to the Three Treasures Palace, or do you miss me." Chen Yu smiled and joked with Rick Barry.

Rick Barry laughed: "Of course I miss you, you are now the pillar of our club, I am the manager of the team, but let's see what you do." ”

Zhang Shubin laughed and said: "Manager Barry, you are really joking, how can Xiao Yu be regarded as the pillar of the team, and the Jie team is." ”

Rick Barry smiled: "No kidding, Chen and Jie are the pillars of the team, without them, we may only have one championship to fight for." ”

Zhang Shubin laughed and said: "The manager has won the award, come, sit down and have a cup of tea, let's not talk about business, just talk about family life."

Zhang Shubin and Chen Yu didn't know Rick Barry's intentions, so they had to deal with it while guessing Rick Barry's intentions.

Rick Barry shushed the tea leaves in the teacup and said euphemistically: "Mr. Zhang, Chen, in fact, I didn't come purely to hang out of the door, I was entrusted by others, and I still have a little thing to do when I come to your house." ”

Zhang Shubin sighed, "Manager Barry, if you have anything to say, just say it, we are now a family." ”

Rick Barry smiled and said: "This is this, we are a family, and we came to Liverpool for a goal, but you have an old Chinese saying called "brothers settle accounts", and there are some things that should be done or done, such as Chen's annual salary and bonus problems, which should be solved as soon as possible." “

Chen Yu was taken aback and said, "Manager Barry, what's wrong with my annual salary, isn't it a summer transfer that has been negotiated?" “

Rick Barry smiled: "It's negotiated, it's just that it's summer, and now it's winter, and your cousin has won you a new contract." “

Chen Yu and Zhang Shubin looked at each other, this matter was really unexpected by the two.

Zhang Shubin smiled bitterly and said, "Manager Barry, is this a little early?" “

Rick Barry waved his hand again and again: "This is not early, not early at all, now the chairman and the directors feel that Chen's annual salary is a bit small, so let me communicate with Chen and see Chen's requirements." “

Chen Yu said: "I really don't have any requirements, it's better for Uncle Zhang to make decisions about this kind of thing." That's it, Manager Barry, Uncle Zhang, you talk first, I'll go upstairs and talk to Youzhen and Muyu. ”

At this time of naked talk about money, Chen Yu, the party concerned, is really not suitable to be on the scene, after all, it is best to need a little warmth between the player and the club.

Rick Barry also understood this, and said with a smile: "You are not familiar with this kind of thing, you have something to do, I discussed it with Mr. Zhang." ”

Zhang Shubin also said: "It's very close to the Spring Festival, you don't have time to return to China, what is there to tell them." ”

Chen Yu said: "I know Uncle Zhang. ”

After Chen Yu finished speaking, he poured a cup of tea for the two of them and went upstairs.

After Chen Yu left, Zhang Shubin smiled and said: "Manager Barry, it's enough for the club to have this heart with you, as for how much to give, it's not up to the chairman to say oh." ”

Rick Barry said: "Seriously, Mr. Zhang, Chen's performance is too good, if you don't give him a raise, neither the club nor the fans will feel at ease, and they won't want to go." ”

Zhang Shubin said: "Actually, this can be left to talk about in the summer transfer, and now I don't know if it will affect the stability and unity of the team." ”

Rick Barry said: "This will definitely not be, first, Chen's current appearance and status are worthy of a salary increase, and secondly, the TV broadcast income will increase next season, and the players' salaries will increase, and it is not just a salary increase for Chen Yu, but Chen Yu's salary increase is a little earlier." ”

"Oh, then I'm relieved, but I don't know how much the club has raised Xiao Yu." Zhang Shubin is also polite, who will refuse a salary increase, not to mention that his share is also improving after the salary increase, of course Zhang Shubin can't ask for it, but everyone is a civilized person, and it can't be too ugly.

Rick Barry smiled: "Because Chen's annual salary was 6 million euros, obviously this number is a bit less, we are now starting contract renewal negotiations with captain Gerrard, we intend to give Gerrard a weekly salary of 100,000 pounds, which is the highest weekly salary in Liverpool, we think Chen should be at the same level as Gerrard, and it is also a weekly salary of 100,000 pounds, but for overseas players, we also have some discounts, we will provide Chen with 1, a return ticket for the player himself and his family." 2. Home purchase costs. 3. Pay for English learning courses for the whole family of the players. 4. Additional bonuses for Champions Cup promotion. 5. After the players reach a certain number of plays, the contract will be automatically extended as agreed. In fact, Chen got more than Captain Gerrard. ”

Zhang Shubin pondered slightly, and said: "I think those preferential conditions are forgotten, Xiao Yu prefers to be simpler, it is better to directly have an annual salary of 6 million pounds." ”

Rick Barry listened to a wry smile, and said in his heart, you are very good at settling accounts, this time it is hundreds of thousands of pounds more, he explained: "Mr. Zhang, Liverpool is not Chelsea and Manchester United, we do not have the support of the chaebol, we can't pay such a high salary, head coach Benitis's annual salary is only 3.5 million pounds, and the team's deputy Carragher renewed his contract with the club in 2005, with a weekly salary of 6." £50,000; Alonso, who has been repeatedly selected by Barcelona this season, has a weekly salary of only 4. £50,000; Colwill, who was at Liverpool before he suffered a serious injury in June last year, earned only £40,000 a week, while left-back Reese was only a measly two. £50,000. It's really hard to explain to other players that you give you so much. ”

Zhang Shubin said: "You just said that the TV broadcast fee has increased, and the player's salary has to rise, so you give Chen such a small increase, do you want to wait for the summer to increase again?" I don't think it's as good as one completion, besides, although Chen hasn't been here for a long time, how much has he contributed to Liverpool, how many jerseys has he helped Liverpool sell, and how much advertising money he has earned, I think you know better than me, not to mention, the club will be sold soon, Manager Barry, who are you going to save money for? ”

Rick Barry couldn't help laughing, stretched out his hand, and said: "Mr. Zhang is really fast, okay, then I won't talk nonsense, 6 million pounds is 6 million pounds, and those discounts will be less, I hope we can cooperate happily in the future." ”

Zhang Shubin also smiled, stretched out his hand and shook Rick Barry, "Okay, happy cooperation." ”