The Champions League semi-finals are about to begin.

Two matchups, Liverpool and AC Milan, Arsenal and Villarreal. Obviously, it is the match between Liverpool and AC Milan that has attracted attention in the two matchups.

Villarreal is the first time to participate in the Champions League, they can directly enter the Champions League semi-finals, it is below the eyes of many people, but the dark horse is always a dark horse, before Villarreal can advance, more rely on luck, their opponent in the round of 16 is Rangers, the latter is darker than Villarreal, that is the champion of a small league, and then in the quarterfinals, their opponent is Inter Milan in Serie A, Inter Milan is a strong team in Serie A, but their results have not been very good, It's been a long time since they won the Scudetto, and it's the same in the Champions League, where they may have a lot of big names but they don't always play much.

With these two opponents, it is not surprising that Villarreal will advance to the last four.

Villarreal were lucky to make it all the way to the last four of the Champions League, while Arsenal were lucky to meet the weakest Villarreal in the last four.

The matchup between the two teams is difficult to attract the attention of fans.

Everyone is still concerned about the match between AC Milan and Liverpool, the biggest grudge between the two teams was last year, in Istanbul, Liverpool staged a three-goal reversal miracle, setting a record for the largest final reversal in the history of the Champions League, and then AC Milan became a foil, and Liverpool won the Champions League.

That alone is eye-catching.

Add to that the fact that both teams have gone all the way, all against strong teams, with Liverpool knocking out Barcelona and AC Milan knocking out Lyon, which makes them both look champions.

The collision between the two teams can almost be a wonderful confrontation between Mars and the Earth.

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A few days before the game. Liverpool are also preparing for the game.

Liverpool's focus on the Champions League and winning consecutive league games is just an incidental 'accident', in fact, Benitez doesn't really want to compete with Manchester United for second place in the league, he is more interested in the team can pass the AC Milan hurdle.

Able to beat AC Milan to reach the Champions League final. Liverpool's results this season have been perfect.

Of course, it's best to win the championship.

If they can beat AC Milan, whether they meet Arsenal or Villarreal in the final, the game will be very good, Arsenal has not taken advantage of Liverpool in the Premier League, even in the Champions League, Benitez is confident to beat them, Villarreal is a La Liga powerhouse. Such a Champions League final opponent is really good for Liverpool.

However, we are still preparing for a match against AC Milan.

AC Milan are a formidable opponent for Liverpool, they are no worse than Barcelona, and if AC Milan reach the Champions League final for the second season in a row, you will know how good they are in the Champions League, and now they are in the last four again. Liverpool's mood is still very heavy.

But in addition to the heaviness, the outside news reports. There have also been some implications within the Liverpool squad.

That's about Zhang Tiehan's transfer.

In the Liverpool team, there are not many people who know about this, except for Zhang Tiehan himself, no one else has been able to get the news, not even Gerrard, they are the same as those fans. It was only after reading the report that Zhang Tiehan was likely to leave Liverpool for Chelsea, and more importantly, Zhang Tiehan did not deny it, which means that this may be true.

During the training break that morning, Gerrard finally couldn't help but ask. "Zhang, do you really want to leave?"

Gerrard naturally hopes that Zhang Tiehan will stay in the team, not to talk about the friendship between the two, only to say that Zhang Tiehan can bring goals to the team, it is by no means comparable to others, without Zhang Tiehan, Liverpool will never be able to reach the Champions League semi-finals, this is for sure, any player without a position conflict, I hope that his teammates have a striker with the highest goal efficiency in the world now, such as Gerrard, he hopes that Liverpool can rise, and hopes that Liverpool will perform better, so he doesn't want Zhang Tiehan to leave.

It's a pity that Zhang Tiehan hesitated for a moment and nodded, "Yes, Steven." ”

"Why?"

Zhang Tiehan shook his head, "By the time I knew, they had already started negotiations, or Peter Kenyon sued me later, but I think this matter has been decided." ”

Gerrard got up from the ground with a 'pout' and said angrily, "I'm going to ask the coach, I'm going to ask Perrotta [Liverpool chairman]." ”

Gerald has that qualification.

He is the captain of the team, the core of the team, the soul of Liverpool, his status in Liverpool is not comparable to ordinary players, he can directly break into the chairman's office to question Perrotta, he can also complain to the club about something, and even threaten the club to 'leave if he doesn't agree', this kind of thing Gerrard has done more than once or twice.

Zhang Tiehan pulled him and said, "You should calm down and think about why the club did this." ”

Gerald was stunned for a moment, and his face couldn't help but be a little gloomy.

Why did you sell Zhang Tiehan? Is Perrotta doing this for the money?

No.

Gerrard knows that the club's president, Perrotta, loves the club in essence the same as him, they both want the team to do well, and Perrotta even does not hesitate to invest a lot of money in the club every year, even though he does not have much money - he is just the chairman of the board of directors and the top management of Liverpool FC.

That can only be for the normal operation of the club.

There are a lot of media disclosures in this regard, and you don't need to know any inside story to know it, not to mention, Gerrard's understanding of Liverpool is not comparable to ordinary teammates, he knows more than others, Owen did not come to the club at that time, Gerrard complained for a long time, and expressed various dissatisfaction with the club, but in the end he knew that the club's finances did not allow them to spend 15 million euros to buy Owen, not that they did not want Owen back.

Zhang Tiehan was injured during the winter transfer and Liverpool needed to bring in strikers to supplement the forward line.

But Liverpool FC has no funds...... As a result, he had to sign Fowler for free, even though Fowler was still injured at the time.

These problems are on the bright side.

A while ago, the media was also reporting on Liverpool's transfer work, and almost all of the players who were in contact with Liverpool had one characteristic - low value, or no transfer fee, which shows how far Liverpool's finances have come.

They have to sell the players.

Zhang Tiehan is the best choice in the team, that's for sure. Zhang Tiehan is worth a lot of money, and selling Zhang Tiehan is enough to get Liverpool out of financial problems, and even save a large transfer fee, so that Benitez can squander to buy players.

At that time, Liverpool's finances will be healthy, and the team will be able to replenish a lot of quality players, so that the club can stabilize its results and develop healthily.

Thinking of this, Gerrard suddenly felt that the club was very sorry for Zhang Tiehan.

They didn't even come to ask Zhang Tiehan's opinion, and opened the transfer without authorization, although the purpose was also for the Liverpool club, but Zhang Tiehan was really like a commodity at a glance, in their eyes, maybe he would be traded to Chelsea, and Liverpool made a successful deal.

What does Zhang Tiehan think?

Now what reason does he have to question Zhang Tiehan? And after knowing this, can he ask the club president why he did this?

Question Benitez?

No, Benitez has no right to decide on Zhang Tiehan's transfer, there is no doubt at all, even if Zhang Tiehan is at Chelsea, Mourinho, who has all the transfer power of the team, also can't decide whether Zhang Tiehan will stay or not, because his value is too high, so high that Liverpool Chairman Perrotta himself can't decide, I'm afraid that the decision to sell Zhang Tiehan is also decided by many directors and senior executives.

This result cannot be changed.

Zhang Tiehan shook his head.

Looking at Gerrard's face, of course he knew what his friend was thinking, but he didn't feel that he was being used by Liverpool, here he has succeeded, his value is even higher, he has scored countless goals, in this regard, Liverpool can also be called his springboard, the two sides are actually mutually beneficial, Zhang Tiehan patted his friend's shoulder and said, "Steven, don't take it to heart, now we are still teammates, we still have Champions League games to play." ”

"I promise, I'll do my best to get the team to win the championship!"

Zhang Tiehan said seriously.

Gerald stared at Zhang Tiehan, and the two of them looked at each other for a long time and laughed. There's really no need for them to be sad about anything, it's just a transfer, it's not that they won't see each other in the future, it's just two teams, it's normal, because that's professional football. (To be continued......)