"Yang, I'll introduce you."

In the hotel room, the agent Raiola took the initiative to introduce the guests he brought to Yang Yang.

"This is Liverpool's chief executive, Rick Parry, who has been with Liverpool for almost a decade."

With Raiola's introduction, Yang Yang immediately smiled and stretched out his hand to shake hands with the Englishman in front of him.

"Hello and welcome to Beijing, Mr. Parry."

"It's a pleasure to meet you, Yang."

Immediately afterwards, Raiola introduced the slightly balding and slightly obese Spaniard next to Rick Parry, who was no stranger to anyone familiar with football.

He is one of the hottest young coaches in European football in recent years, Rafael Benitez.

How popular is Benitez?

He took charge of Valencia for three years, snatching two La Liga titles at the hands of Real Madrid and Barcelona, including the UEFA Cup in 04 and achieving a double, and has since moved to Liverpool.

In his first season with the Reds, he surprised everyone, leading Liverpool all the way to the Champions League final and striking a miraculous comeback in Istanbul, Turkey, beating AC Milan to win the title.

Of course, although the Champions League results are brilliant, Liverpool's results in the domestic league are not ideal, and even once the defending champion of the Champions League did not qualify for the new season of the Champions League and fell into laughter.

In the past season, Liverpool have won just one FA Cup.

But there's no denying that Rafael Benitez is quite strong in today's European football, just as strong as Chelsea's Jose Mourinho and AC Milan's Carlo Ancelotti.

"Hello, it's a pleasure to meet you, Raphael." Yang Yang smiled and took the initiative to shake Benitez's hand.

"Me too." Benitez had been paying attention to Yang Yang, but he didn't say much.

Yang Yang has somewhat understood the Red Army coach, he belongs to the kind of coach who does not talk much, but has strict tactical requirements and meticulous work, but many players think that he is a little too stubborn and indifferent.

Raiola acted as an intermediary, beckoning both sides to sit down.

This time is the result of his efforts in the past month or so, not only Liverpool is very interested in Yang Yang, but Yang Yang also shows interest in coming from Liverpool.

The reason is simple, Liverpool are a strong team and need him too.

This is not the first time Yang Yang has heard the news from Liverpool, but the substantive contact between the two sides was more than a month ago, Yang Yang did not come forward, and it has always been Raiola who is in charge of running and maneuvering, and keeping in touch with Yang Yang at any time.

In the top four of the Premier League, Arsenal couldn't come up with the money, and Chelsea, Manchester United and Liverpool were all very interested in Yang Yang, but after some consideration, Yang Yang set his sights on Liverpool.

Not only because the sincerity of the Red Army is the greatest, but also because they need Yang Yang the most.

Rick Parry was the first to express his interest in Yang Yang on behalf of the club, and promised to be willing to pay a transfer fee of 40 million euros for Yang Yang, as for the personal treatment can be discussed.

In addition, Rick Parry also said that after the low tide of last season, Liverpool has decided to strengthen the squad and further improve the competitiveness of the team, and Yang Yang is the weapon that the team is most eager to get.

"In fact, we locked you in a year ago, and Raphael only wanted to invite you to join him from beginning to end."

As soon as Rick Parry finished speaking, Yang Yang turned his head to look at Benitez.

The Spaniard was still indifferent, as if there was no mention of him in these words.

'Honestly, I'm really looking forward to working with Liverpool, the Champions League final in Istanbul was very impressive and I was so excited to see that any player would be proud to be in a team like this.

Yang Yang's words made everyone present nod their heads in unison.

But he quickly changed his tune, "but I'd like to hear what the manager thinks. ”

This is also something that Yang Yang is very concerned about, because he does not want a transfer similar to Shevchenko's.

Chelsea owner Roman Abramovich wants to get the Ukrainian nuclear warhead Shevchenko, but Mourinho has made it clear that it is not in his plan and that he only wants Yang Yang.

As things stand, Shevchenko's move may be a success, but his future at Chelsea may be difficult to predict, after all, Jose Mourinho rejected Shevchenko from the start.

And Yang Yang is also very aware that it is difficult for a player who is not trusted and relied on by the head coach to succeed in a new team, especially for a player like him who is only 19 years old.

His status in European football is indeed not low, and if there is a real contradiction, it will not be good for anyone.

Especially Yang Yang, he is not willing to waste his time.

Therefore, if Benitez can't come up with a set of tactical plans and ideas that he is happy with, then he will not go to Liverpool at all.

What Yang Yang didn't know was that as soon as his words fell, a hint of appreciation flashed in Benitez's eyes.

He's always been a man of few words, but that doesn't mean he's stupid.

Yang Yang's words not only show respect for the head coach, but also tell everyone that he doesn't care about how much he is worth and how high his salary, he is more concerned about football itself, and he is eager to get a better development platform.

And that's what Benitez values.

'You know, I coached in La Liga for a couple of years, and I travelled to Italy for a long time before I took over, but I can tell you with absolute certainty that the Premier League is the most exciting league in the world.

Benitez didn't say it seriously, but he was very serious, giving Yang Yang a very honest feeling.

'Football here is very strong very quickly, there are more chances to score, every player is very hard, they respect the game and I've heard a lot of foreign players tell me more than once that playing in the Premier League is really a pleasure.

Yang Yang nodded lightly, although he really hadn't heard this, because he didn't know a few Premier League players, but he didn't deny Benitez's words, because Benitez didn't need to lie at all.

'The defence in the Premier League is fierce and the physicality is very high, which is why a lot of technical players are afraid of it, but you can also look at it the other way around, every team in the Premier League, every player is very hard to win every game, it's a league characteristic, it is deeply infectious.

"Here, you may get a malicious foul, but the next moment you will get up and continue, even if you are injured, what you have in mind is to get back on the field as soon as possible and continue to play, because the fans here, the environment here, the atmosphere here, will make you feel that playing football is a kind of enjoyment."

Yang Yang originally expected Benitez to come up with a lot of tactics to convince himself, but he didn't expect him to start from the overall situation.

Just listening to him say this, I couldn't help but be a little moved.

This is a league that belongs to the brave, and Yang Yang is undoubtedly eager to continue to play such a role.

'In our Liverpool squad at the moment we have Morientes, Cisse, Crouch and Robbie Fowler, and this summer we have decided to send Morientes and Cisse away, but in addition to bringing you from Ajax, we are also considering bringing in Kuyt from Feyenoord and I am sure you are no stranger to him.

Yang Yang nodded, although he and Kuyt did not have much friendship, they knew and were familiar with each other.

Robbie Fowler is thirty-one years old and should be playing the role of a substitute player at best.

'I think Crouch would be a very good playmaker centre-forward, he's been at Liverpool for a year and I know him very well, as Pep Guardiola said in his column in Spanish newspaper País, he's a hugely underrated player because he needs a scorer as good as you and at the same time efficient.

Pep Guardiola, the legendary captain of Barcelona, left football for a while after retiring from football, but during this year's World Cup, he started a column in Spanish newspaper El País and wrote a number of articles expounding many of his own football ideas.

In one of the articles, he bluntly stated that his favorite striker is Peter Crouch.

Yang Yang still remembers that in that article at that time, Guardiola said this.

'Wayne Rooney could be more decisive in the game and better to play, but in terms of who can help the team more, it's definitely Crouch, and if you have Crouch then you need to build around him and that will give you a lot of rewards.

"He always knows what he's doing, and he can do it with his head as well as his feet. One of his biggest strengths is that he knows how to connect the team, and he understands that he can't just stay in the box and wait for the cross, he has to make the whole team run smoothly. ”

"He can get a thousand shots in the air, but he always manages the ball very reasonably."

'It looks very simple, but very few strikers know what to do and can do it like him.

Guardiola's column has been reprinted by many media, and Yang Yang naturally noticed it.

"Pep Guardiola's rating is really high, but that's only part of it, his football philosophy is very focused on passing the ball, so he mentioned that Crouch can make the team run smoothly, but he misses one point, which is that Crouch's scoring efficiency has not been high."

'The most goals scored since he entered the Premier League was in the 04-05 season, with 12 goals in 27 games, which was achieved when he was relegated from Southampton, which is already his highest scoring efficiency, but it is absolutely unsatisfactory for a team aiming to challenge for the league title and the Champions League.

'So, we need you, Crouch's presence can make the team's attack more fluid and create more chances, and Kuyt's running and pressing can create more pressure on the opposition defence and make them make mistakes.

Speaking of this, Benitez looked at Yang Yang deeply.

"And you, Young, I'm sure that when you come to Liverpool, you're going to make us sharper, more aggressive, and your never-give-up spirit is very much in line with Liverpool's fighting spirit."

"Liverpool is definitely the best stage for you!"