Zhang Tiehan has always been a player that Benitez values.

As early as last season, when Benitez first took over Liverpool, he wrote Zhang Tiehan's name on the transfer list, but unfortunately in the end Roma took Zhang Tiehan, and now, a year later, Zhang Tiehan's value has risen to such a high level, Benitez still wants Zhang Tiehan to join his team.

I thought there was no hope and I was only thinking about Liverpool's finances, but Morse told him that the team's finances this year are very good, with 32 million pounds in the Champions League alone, and the Morse family also wants to increase investment in Liverpool.

This statement gave Benitez a boost of confidence.

Money is not everything, but in the transfer market, without money, it is absolutely impossible!

Morse's assurances gave Benitez the idea of building a stronger Liverpool. Liverpool's situation has not been very good before, and even the team's star player, Steven Gerrard, is likely to leave Anfield, which has been the case for two years, and Gerrard also said to reporters, "I want to get the honours, if Liverpool can't increase then I have to leave." ”

Despite this, Gerrard rejected Abramovich's $120,000 check last summer.

If the team's finances have always been like this, Benitez is not sure to keep Gerrard, after all, he can't buy good players without money, and naturally he can't build a stronger team, and now that he has money, he decided to spend this money on Zhang Tiehan, maybe a transfer fee of 30 or 40 million pounds can buy a lot of good players, but Benitez feels that a Zhang Tiehan is more useful than a few outstanding players.

Who has ever seen a player who has scored more than 40 goals in a single season in Serie A?

No.

This is the first in a hundred years of history!

If such a player joins, his team will no longer have to worry about scoring goals, and the three fronts are solid, and Liverpool's midfield has been good. Xavi Alonso and Steven Gerrard are enough to prop up a strong midfield, so Liverpool are quite strong.

For the sake of secrecy, after Benitez contacted Zhang Zhenren, the two made an appointment to meet at a small restaurant.

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In recent years, the most dazzling coach in the world in European football is the current coach of Chelsea. Jose Mourinho too. The 42-year-old won six meaningful trophies in his two years in Porto, two of which were the most significant in Europe, the UEFA Cup and the European Championship, and in his first year at Chelsea, the League and League Cup.

This is a remarkable achievement.

Because of this, Rafael Benitez's light seems to be completely overshadowed, when in reality. Benitez's achievements are legendary.

Born on April 4, 1960 in Madrid, the capital of Spain, Rafael Benítez joined the youth team of the Gwangjia Madrid at the age of 14.

In 1981, when Benitez was twenty-one, he left Real Madrid. Joined the Spanish Liga team Parla and played in La Liga with the Parla team.

It's a pity. Benitez had limited talent and luck in professional football, spending most of the year through injuries before leaving the club the following year to become part of the Real Madrid coaching staff. Responsible for the training of Real Madrid's under-19 team.

A few years later, Benitez was already the head coach of Real Madrid's B team, and he became an assistant to Real Madrid coach Bosque.

Benitez then went on to coach Valladolid, Osasuna and Extremadura before spending a year in Italy and England. Instead, he became the manager of Tenerife in La Liga and led the team to promotion to La Liga.

Two thousand years ago, almost no one had heard of Raphael. Benitez's name, the first half of his life is no different from Mourinho, who worked as a translator in Barcelona, is growing up in silence, and seems to be waiting for a blockbuster.

As a result, Benitez also became a blockbuster!

In 2001, Rafael Benitez unexpectedly succeeded Cooper as coach of Valencia. Valencia fans were deeply skeptical of him at first. But in his first season in charge, Valencia squeezed out their biggest rivals, Real Madrid, to win the Spanish Serie A title.

Two years later, Rafael Benitez led Valencia to double La Liga and UEFA Cup titles, and with Jose Mourinho, he also moved to England in a highly competitive affair, but the two were opposites: Mourinho at Chelsea and Benitez at Liverpool.

Now a year after Rafael Benitez took charge of Liverpool, he led them to the Champions League.

Although Liverpool only finished fifth in the league, with Liverpool's situation, it is not bad to finish fifth, and a Champions League title is enough to explain the problem, not to mention that Benitez is only 45 years old now, only two years older than Mourinho.

This is a person who deserves quite respect.

Especially when Benitez came to Rome in person, it was even more important to respect him, Zhang Tiehan and Zhang Zhenren knew this very well, they came to the small restaurant very early to wait for Benitez, Benitez looked like a gentleman, he had this temperament, and at the same time his expression was also very strict.

After the meeting, Benitez congratulated Zhang Tiehan on his achievements in Rome in the past year, and Zhang Tiehan also congratulated Liverpool on winning the Champions League. Zhang, I want you to join my team, I wanted to invite you to join last summer, but unfortunately you came to Rome, so now I am also here, and I want to invite you to join Liverpool in person. ”

Zhang Tiehan frowned and said, "But I can't do anything to put pressure on the club or anything." ”

"Of course." Benitez smiled, "We don't need you to do that, Liverpool have prepared enough money to make AS Roma happy, all we need is your attitude, as far as I know, you didn't come forward to agree to any club invitation, so I came." ”

Zhang Tiehan also exhaled lightly.

He doesn't want to fall out with AS Roma for a transfer, after all, he still has feelings for this place, and if Liverpool has no problem negotiating with Roma, it is also very good to choose Liverpool.

Comparatively, Liverpool are still very sincere.

What Benitez said is also true, Liverpool were also involved in the competition when he moved last season, but in the end he chose Roma, and now Benitez is in front of him, and his own visit to Rome has shown his sincerity.

Zhang Tiehan groaned and asked, "So does Liverpool have any plans for the championship?" I want to be part of a team that can win championships. ”

"Of course my team will go for titles, whether it's the Premier League, the FA Cup or the Champions League. ”

"But as far as I know, Liverpool are only fifth ......in the Premier League," Zhang hesitated.

"Yes." Benitez's face became solemn, "We are only fifth in the league and we will probably not be able to play in the Champions League next season. It sounds ridiculous that the Champions League winner can't play in the Champions League, but we're fighting for it! This is not the case in the history of the Champions League, so the club has made a proposal to UEFA in the hope of squeezing out a special Champions League place for the Champions League winners, and according to the club's lawyers, UEFA is likely to agree to this proposal. ”

Zhang Tiehan hesitated, "In case ......"

He doesn't want to join a team that can't play in the Champions League.

"We can't say for sure at the moment, but I still want you to join, after all, you've joined the team for more than one season, you can't play this season, and next season we're definitely going to be in the Champions League, that's the guarantee I made to you on behalf of the club." ”

Zhang Tiehan nodded.

Zhang Zhenren knows that Zhang Tiehan is moved, his cousin wants to return to England to play, and now it seems that Liverpool is a good choice, so he needs to stand up as an agent, "So about Tiehan's salary contract?" ”

"This is natural."

Benitez said to Zhang, "Liverpool's salary level is still among the top 20 teams in the Premier League, and the club can offer Zhang the best contract." ”

"So, can you tell us about Gerrard's salary...... Zhang Tiehan asked.

"Eighty thousand pounds a week." Benitez said bluntly, "But the club has been negotiating with Gerrard about a contract extension, and the team has considered giving Gerrard a salary increase, which is estimated to rise to 100,000 pounds, and if you come to the team, I can guarantee that the salary will not be less than 80,000 pounds." ”

Zhang Tiehan was satisfied.

After Zhang Zhenren and Benitez discussed some details, Zhang Tiehan smiled, "If there is no problem on the club's side, I think I will choose Liverpool." ”

Benitez laughed too.

In fact, before coming, he thought about how to persuade Zhang Tiehan to join Liverpool, after all, compared to AC Milan and Real Madrid, Liverpool's attraction is really much worse, although they are the Champions League champions this year, and they are not bad in terms of giants, but Liverpool has declined after all.

In terms of finances and results, Liverpool has a gap with the above two clubs.

Benitez naturally didn't know that Zhang Tiehan had long hoped to return to the Premier League to play, he prepared a bunch of rhetoric, but it didn't work at all, of course, this is also good news, as long as Zhang Tiehan can join Liverpool, then Liverpool will definitely be able to rise to a new level in strength!

He believes!

Now is also the time to rush the negotiators and a showdown with the Club of Rome. (To be continued......)