Near noon, Yang Yang's private jet arrived at Liverpool John Lennon Airport.

At this time, many media reporters and fans who had already gathered at the airport had already heard the news, but Yang Yang did not meet them, but got on Liverpool's car directly from the special channel and went to Anfield Stadium.

Although it wasn't a matchday, it was a weekday, but the Anfield Stadium still gathered nearly 10,000 Liverpool fans.

This was not only a big surprise to Yang Yang, but even Liverpool general manager Rick Parry, who was in charge of organizing the celebration, was very surprised, and they originally guessed that there would be two or three thousand people at most.

I didn't expect Liverpool fans to be so enthusiastic.

Fans poured into Anfield to jam the surrounding roads and look like they were going to have a game at Anfield at noon, and when they saw Liverpool's reception car passing by, they all shouted Yang Yang's name, and some fans even chased after the car.

Yang Yang sat in the back seat of the car, feeling the enthusiasm of the fans around him, and the love for him, he was really flattered.

As a player, he has always felt that he has just done his duty, but whether it is at Ajax or Liverpool, he is respected and loved by the fans, which also makes him even more afraid to slack off.

"See, a lot of people out there are wearing your number 11 jersey." Raiola, who was sitting in the front passenger seat, turned his head, pointed to the fans outside the window, and smiled at Yang Yang.

After Yang Yang heard this, he took a closer look, and it was really the case.

"I heard that in the past few days, Liverpool's local jerseys have been sold out, and Adidas temporarily transferred a batch of goods, which were also sold out immediately, and many fans rushed to buy jerseys, and must ask for your number and name to be burned, which is also a kind of commemoration for them."

Speaking of this, Raiola smiled and said: "There is not even a shirt in the fan shop at Anfield in front, which makes many fans run to complain about the club's fan service department"

Yang Yang couldn't help but laugh, he didn't know what to say about this situation.

"The last time Liverpool had a player win the Ballon d'Or was in 01 year, when Michael Owen won the European Ballon d'Or with a number of cup titles that year, but Liverpool didn't have such a sensational celebration at the time."

"This time, in addition to the fans, the mayor and senior management of Liverpool will also be on the scene, as well as the presence of two American owners, plus the arrival of many British media and television stations, this celebration will not have a small impact, Liverpool is taking this opportunity to show that they value you, and this is also a kind of momentum."

The reason why it is necessary to build momentum is very simple, there is a more important individual award waiting for Yang Yang next.

That's World Footballer of the Year!

That's the real thing.

Not long ago, FIFA announced the top three lists of the world's Footballer of the Year, and Yang Yang and Kaka were shortlisted for the top three, which is not in suspense, but surprisingly, it was Barcelona's Messi who got the third ticket.

It has to be said that this is indeed a surprise, because Cristiano Ronaldo performed even better than Messi last season, and Manchester United reached the last four of the Champions League in addition to the Premier League title.

Either way, Cristiano Ronaldo seems to have more reason to be shortlisted.

But sometimes that's how it happened, Messi finished in the top three.

Of course, Yang Yang doesn't think that Messi is unworthy or not at this level, because at this level, there is not much difference between them, and it is difficult to say who enters and who does not.

But in terms of results, it is indeed Cristiano Ronaldo who is more adept, including personal data.

It is believed that Messi's entry into the top three has a lot to do with his background in Argentina, as well as his brace in three consecutive games in the final stage of last season, as well as the five in a row against Getafe.

What's more, a top club like Barcelona is doing their best to push behind the scenes.

Not much else, which of the players who can play for Barcelona does not play a pivotal role in their respective national teams? Some are even directly the captain of the national team and have the right to vote.

Therefore, the top giants still have an advantage in this regard.

And this also reminded Yang Yang that he must be careful, until the last moment, he has no chance of winning.

At the very least, Kaka's background and the platform he is on are a cut above Yang Yang.

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When Yang Yang, wearing a Liverpool jersey and holding the European Ballon d'Or, appeared at Anfield Stadium, more than 10,000 fans had gathered in the stadium.

At this point in time, all the people who came to the scene to celebrate Yang Yang were all die-hard fans of Liverpool and Yang Yang.

A simple stage was set up in the middle of the pitch, and Benitez had already taken Liverpool's players to stand on it.

Yang Yang walked briskly onto the stage, hugged the coaching staff, teammates and staff one by one, thanked them for coming over to celebrate him, and then shook hands with Rick Parry, the two American bosses, and the mayor of Liverpool.

When Yang Yang finally stood on the stage and held up the European Golden Globe Award with both hands, the audience burst into deafening cheers.

From now on, Liverpool will have the second European Ballon d'Or!

Even, it won't be long before they will probably have the first world Footballer of the Year in the history of Liverpool and the Premier League!

This made all the fans at the scene feel extremely excited.

Yang Yang's honor is the glory of Liverpool and their group of fans!

Feeling the frenzied atmosphere of the scene, Yang Yang was also very excited, he walked to the microphone and thanked all the fans in a trembling voice.

'It's a great honour for me to be able to bring the European Ballon d'Or to Anfield and share it with everyone, and I would like to thank the coaches behind me, my team-mates, the management and all the staff at the club, as well as everyone and all the Liverpool fans.

"It's not just for me, it's for everyone, for everyone at Liverpool!"

Yang Yang's emotional speech once again brought him extremely warm applause and cheers.

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The celebration at Anfield lasted for an hour.

Liverpool then hosted a luncheon at the St Thomas Hotel to entertain all the guests, journalists, and the club, but the two American owners left early after attending the celebration.

In recent times, they have not had an easy time.

As the subprime mortgage crisis intensified in the United States, both of them were said to have lost their fortunes significantly, and when they bought Liverpool, they used the same tactics as the Glazer family, borrowing heavily and then threatening to build a new stadium for Liverpool and bring in superstars, but the results were not realized, and the new stadium project was forced to be temporarily shelved.

During this year's winter break, Mourinho hopes to bring in reinforcements to win the league title this season, fulfilling Liverpool's long-cherished wish over the years, but the two American owners seem to be reluctant, and they are not very happy with Benitez for this.

Previously, there were even rumors that the two American bosses were quite dissatisfied with Benitez and wanted to replace Benitez with Jose Mourinho, but with Liverpool's recent resurgence in form, everyone stopped mentioning it.

In this case, the two American bosses can come to the celebration ceremony, which is already very face-saving for Yang Yang.

After the luncheon at the St. Thomas Hotel, Yang Yang was still not idle.

After a half-hour break, he was accompanied by Liverpool general manager Rick Parry to attend a celebration of Liverpool's main sponsor, Carlsberg, which was also held by Carlsberg specifically for Yang Yang to win the European Ballon d'Or.

And this time, Yang Yang also specially wore a commemorative T-shirt specially customized for him by Adidas.

It is said to be a commemorative edition, but in fact, it is printed on the ordinary Liverpool custom T-shirt, and some celebratory sentences about the Golden Globe are printed, which may be from Benitez or Gerrard, a total of a set of more than a dozen.

This is also a consistent routine for Adidas, and the entire commemorative T-shirt will be sold exclusively in the Liverpool fan shop.

For any professional club, the main sponsor is the big money owner, generally two, the jersey sponsor and the jersey chest advertising sponsor, Liverpool's jersey was originally Reebok, but after Reebok was acquired by Adidas, it became Adidas, and the chest advertising has been Carlsberg in the past ten years.

Although Yang Yang's boot sponsor is Nike, as a Liverpool player, it is not illegal to attend the events of Adidas and Carlsberg, after all, the club's sponsorship is larger than the individual sponsor.

Of course, when he attended the event, he was wearing Nike sneakers on his feet.

Nike sends several pairs of shoes every month, including some running shoes or casual shoes, which are in the terms of the sponsorship contract, and sometimes even Yang Yang himself is not clear about the specific details of the terms and the scope of authority.

For example, when he participated in the Carlsberg event, he wore an Adidas jersey, but Adidas also sent sneakers, but was stopped by Raiola and changed into Nike sneakers carried by the Italian fat man.

In Raiola's words, if he wore Adidas sneakers on such occasions, Nike's phone call would immediately be held accountable.

Yang Yang was also speechless about this, but after thinking about it, he took 10 million euros from others every year, and now he has won this European Golden Globe Award, and there are additional terms of income, so it is normal to do something for others.

Besides, the pair of sneakers under his feet sold for more than 1,000 yuan in China, and now Nike is like Chinese cabbage for free, and he also sticks so much money upside down, he can be regarded as enough.

The only trouble was that he was really a little exhausted from participating in various activities for two days in a row.

He always felt that he was more used to being on the training ground and the pitch than on these occasions.

And more importantly, he didn't feel well after two days of no training.