When Benitez took charge of Liverpool, there were a lot of things that needed to be sorted out than the reinforcements. Because of Husky's departure, the English players in the Liverpool team were very surprised. They have been working with Husky for two and a half years, and their relationship is not too bad, if not close. And Husky is also the main center forward of the England national team, and now after the new coach arrives, the first to sweep the floor is Husky, how can they not be surprised. For Liverpool, the Spanish coach is unfamiliar.

There is a lot of xenophobia in English football. Therefore, the most active coaches in England have always been English local coaches and Scottish coaches, and since the 90s, foreign coaches such as Gullit, Vialli, Arsene Wenger, Houllier, and Ranieri have slowly begun to enter English football. But the Spanish coach did not appear.

None of them understood Benitez's style, so they were even more worried. It's not that Benitez doesn't want to see the English players. After all, Spanish players and English players have completely different characteristics, and Benitez may not like the style of play of English players. England's homegrown players are a little apprehensive.

It was at this time that Rist met separately with SFX's Irving agent, and Gerald and Carragher's agent. SFX is the largest agency and sports promotion company on shijie, and they made their fortunes in American basketball. At their peak, the NBA's top superstars were under their control, and they earned more than $10 billion a year. This is the real jumbo of shijie sports, a juggernaut across various sports in the sports world.

Some of England's top stars are now working with them. It's like Beckham was originally their player, and then became independent. And Liverpool's homegrown stars are all their players. However, because SFX entered European football late. So the model they take is a cooperative model.

Just like Holmes, Irving's current agent, he needs SFX to help Irving package, promote and promote. But he holds most of Owen's rights in his hands, as long as he gives a certain share to SFX every year. Holmes appears to be an agent under the umbrella of SFX, but the relationship between them is actually one of cooperation. Because of Owen, Holmes' status in English football is not low. Of course, Rist looked down on Holmes, because Irving's career failure was due to the agent's mistakes. At the beginning, Owen could choose whatever he wanted, and choosing Real Madrid was the worst, but Holmes let Owen choose Real Madrid. However, looking down on it is looking down on it, and Rist still meets with Holmes to convey Benitez's meaning. Owen remains the flag for Liverpool. He is still the most important player under Benitez.

Then Rist met with Marshall. Marshall is also a broker under the umbrella of SFX. But he's better than Holmes, he's more powerful, and he has a very high standing in SFX. SFX is just a co-op with him. Marshall has been in the industry for more than ten years, and has been an agent since 91. Marshall is a very well-known agent in English football. It is also an agent who has a very close relationship with Liverpool.

He's not just an agent for Liverpool Academy players Carragher and Steven Gerrard. He is also the agent of Husky and McAllister. This is where a broker comes into play. Weishenme Husky and McAllister were able to move to Liverpool, and no one would believe it without the contribution of an agent.

Now Benitez's biggest concern after taking over is Marshall. Because Liverpool doesn't have a real agent like Manchester United and Arsenal. Among the current Liverpool clubs, the strongest is SFX. But even within the same company, there are divergent interests. SFX is not like Rist's agency, they have more of a partnership with European football agents. So there is also a lot of competition between SFX's agents, and Marshall is the strongest agent in the Liverpool team.

But Rist came. I don't know how many times the strength of SFX is stronger than Lister, and Rister's brokerage company is not as good as SFX. Whether it is in terms of scale, promotion ability, connections, and income, it is completely a gap between heaven and earth. But if you compare it alone to European football, Rist's agency is not afraid of SFX. Because SFX is so involved in all kinds of sports. In football alone, he is not better than Riester.

Not to mention Holmes and Marshall. The two of them have SFX behind them, otherwise with their current strength, they are completely out of proportion to Lister. McAllister is going on his own, there's not much to say. But Benitez has now sold Husky outright, which makes Marshall nervous. Rist is not going to just look at Marshall's unpleasant eyes and want to get rid of himself and then be the boss behind Liverpool. However, during the meeting, Rist assured Marshall that Benitez would never touch the Liverpool academy players. Steven Gerrard would be the banner for Liverpool's future.

In fact, this kind of thing should have been done by Benitez. If he has a crush on a player, or wants to appease the big guys in the team, the best way is to call them directly and give them a guarantee. But Benitez is not this type of manager, so Lister, as Benitez's agent, wants to help him give them a promise.

Benitez is nowhere near as good as Mourinho in this regard. When Mourinho first went to Inter, he actually sent a text message to Ibrahimovic, who was playing in the European Cup. then communicated with him and praised him, which immediately made the unruly Ibrahimovic admire Mourinho very much.

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Rister is behind the scenes to help Benitez stabilize the homegrown bigwigs who have come out of the academy, while Benitez has to deal with some players in the team.

The first is that the veteran midfielder McAllister, who has performed well in the previous two seasons, is leaving Liverpool. Speaking of this, it's really a bit legendary. He is a Scottish player who played in Scotland at the beginning of his career. Then he moved to Leicester City, where he was outstanding. Unfortunately, Leicester City were relegated, but he was also very good in the second division of England. Then he was spotted by Leeds United and became a Leeds United player. Here he won the only top-flight title of his career, and that was the last League One title.

McAllister also played in Coventry City afterwards. In 2000, McAllister became a free agent, and McAllister was thirty-five years old at this time. Thirty-five-year-olds, that is, go to the small team. But Houllier took a fancy to him, and Marshall was behind him, so McAllister joined Liverpool for free.

No one thought that the 35-year-old McAllister would still have such strength, performing very well in Liverpool, and even becoming a core player in the midfield.

But he is already thirty-seven years old, no matter how powerful he is, he can't play in a giant like Liverpool. So at the end of last season it was ready to leave Liverpool. Benitez only symbolically saved him after he arrived, after all, Liverpool fans have a lot of affection for him. But after so many years of mixing and playing, it's easy to tell what is genuine and what is false. He could see ambition in the eyes of the young coach Rafael Benitez. McAllister was self-aware, so he rejected Benitez's "retention".

The veteran McAllister was gone, and soon the Finnish fast Malit Manin was also in contact with Benitez. Because of the arrival of a new coach, the original main players are worried about their position. And the fringe players want to know if the new coach will give them a chance.

Litmanen is one such player. When he arrived at Liverpool, Houllier spoke highly of Litmanen, saying that it was the most important signing of his Liverpool career. But Hollier doesn't reuse Litmanin at all. He has been a substitute for two seasons in a row, and there is no main position at all.

Now that Benitez is here, his agent wants to hear Benitez's opinion. Benitez did not guarantee the main position. Litmanen's agent understood, so he quickly told Benitez that he wanted to let Litmanen go. Benitez also agreed that Litmanen came to Liverpool for free a year and a half ago, and Liverpool let Litmanen go for free again. Litmanen has returned to his former club Ajax.

It was Bambi who came to Benitez with Litmanen on the front and back feet. Barmsby will definitely be able to make a name in the Premier League in the future, not because he is very good. Rather, it was because he was the first player to join Liverpool from Everton since 1959. Liverpool spent £6 million at the time, but apart from the symbolic significance, he didn't do well. Even last season was distracted by injuries and Houllier didn't like it very much, so he only played six times.

Now that the new coach has arrived, he's eager to hear what Benitez thinks about him. If Benitez is willing to give him a chance, he certainly wants to stay. But Benitez ruthlessly told Barmsby that there is no place for Bambi in next season's Jihua.

Soon Leeds United made a bid of £2.3 million for Barmsby. Rafael Benitez agreed to the move with a stroke of his pen. Barmsby, who moved to Barmsby for £6 million two years ago, has shrunk by £4 million two years later.

Benitez also cleaned up players like Traore and Diomede, who couldn't play at all.

With a number of transfers, Liverpool's squad has slimmed down a lot. That's the case from the midfield, Marcus. Babbel hasn't come back yet, and he doesn't even know if he can still play. As a result, the number of Liverpool's backline has plummeted, and Henchoz, Hyypia, Carragher, Reese, and Finnan only have these few good players.

The same goes for midfield. The two most Haode players in the Czech Republic are Berg and Smitchell, who have been injured all year round, and now the good ones are Hamann, Gerrard, and Murphy. There aren't many good players up front, just Jankoler and Irving.

Everyone understands that the transfer market for Liverpool has just begun. (To be continued......)