Some people say that loving football is like a love affair that will never end.

Yang Cheng deeply agrees with this.

From Chemnitz to Kaiserslautern, from Germany to Italy to England, he was tired and tired, but every time he got a break, recuperated and recharged, he still found that he still loved the sport so much.

He is a lucky man because he is one of the lucky ones who can turn his hobby into his own career.

On the plane from Australia to London, England, he was constantly thinking about some questions, some from past experiences, some of which were upcoming challenges, and the long flight gave him just the right time to think and sort out.

London is foggy in the morning, and the whole city is like a piece of clothing that has just been pulled out of a drum washing machine, wet and uncomfortable.

At this point, from the moment Yang Cheng stepped off the plane, in one of the most beautiful, just recognized him, and asked for a signed flight attendant to say goodbye with a smile, he went through a series of inspections, entered the country, and walked out of the gate of the waiting hall.

Some reporters who did not know where they received the news were already waiting on both sides of the gate, and as soon as they saw him enter, they immediately picked up their cameras and took a hard picture of him.

In this regard, Yang Cheng just raised his hand, smiled slightly, and then continued to move forward.

"Hello, Caesar!" A middle-aged English man greeted him, "I'm Liverpool's Director of Player Affairs, Norman Gad!" ”

"Hello, Norman!" Yang Cheng smiled and shook hands with him.

"Please follow me!" Norman Gad was a little surprised by Yang Cheng's lightness, he was a little puzzled, didn't he say that he would go to Australia for a vacation? Why didn't you bring anything with you?

He couldn't have imagined that Yang Cheng had a home in Australia and a son, and the son's mother was the famous Oscar-winning actress Charlize Theron, so he could only put the wonder in his heart.

"Everything you mailed has arrived, and after discussing it with Paul Beyer, I decided to leave your things in the hotel for the time being, and we have already booked a hotel for you in the name of the club for a month, and you can stay at any time!"

As the two walked, Gade introduced to Yang Cheng what Liverpool was doing.

He is the director of player affairs, in fact, it is equivalent to the club's logistics officer, in addition to being responsible for the logistics of the players, the reception of the head coach is also responsible for him, but generally he has someone to send, but Yang Cheng is very important, he must come by himself, and he personally came from Liverpool to London to greet him.

"Gerrard has left the club and he is a good getaway with the team!" Gard added.

Of course, Gerrard here is not the star of the team, Gerrard, but Gerard Houllier, the former manager of Liverpool, the Frenchman, who has long been unpopular with Liverpool fans.

It should be said that the Reds, under the leadership of David Morse, should be a very humane club, more traditional, and in line with the current situation of Liverpool, which can be regarded as in the same vein as the city.

"Where's my car?" Yang Cheng asked with a smile.

"Still on the road, two cars, it is estimated that it will take some time!" Gad hastened to answer.

Yang Cheng has three cars on Lake Como, all of which are Ferraris, and he left one in Italy, and the remaining two are sent to England by freight companies, including the one-of-a-kind Ferrari in blue and black, which has almost become Yang Cheng's trademark.

"During this time, we have already negotiated with the hotel and they will provide you with a car to use."

Yang Cheng smiled and patted Norman Gad on the shoulder, nodded and said, "Thank you, Norman!" ”

Norman Gad looked at the time, "It's two hours before the flight to Liverpool, why don't you go get a bite to eat first?" ”

"Well, I made a date with a friend!" Yang Cheng said with a smile.

As soon as they walked out of the waiting hall, Yang Cheng's phone rang.

"I'm at the airport entrance, where are you?" Yang Cheng picked up the phone and said.

When Norman Gade saw Yang Cheng like this, he was suspicious in his heart, maybe it was a friend of his, he always felt that Yang Cheng didn't seem to be too difficult to get along with, at least from what he said and did, he had the courage and momentum of a young man, and he was very capable of doing everything, without dragging his feet. Like Norman Gad, many reporters in Britain and around the scene could see that Yang Cheng was waiting for someone, speculating who he was waiting for, and even some reporters wanted to take this opportunity to go up and take pictures with him and do an exclusive interview. But just then, they saw a blonde woman walk into the waiting hall.

She seems to have come out of the fog of London, with a white T-shirt on her upper body, a black motorcycle on her chest, which looks very distinctive, a light blue scarf folded in half on her shoulders, and a pair of tight gray ripped jeans on her lower body.

But then what was even more eye-shattering was that as soon as the British blonde beauty walked into the airport, she immediately went straight to Yang Cheng, exaggeratedly opened her arms, hugged Yang Cheng tightly, and even printed on his cheeks the fragrant kiss that all British men dream of.

She is Sienna Miller, the number one beauty in England!

"Hey, can you please stop being so enthusiastic? I'm reserved! Yang Cheng was kissed and teased.

Sienna laughed heartily, "Subtle? But there was obvious doubt in her eyes.

Judging from Norman Gaard's life experience of about 40 years, he can see that the man in front of him and the woman in front of him must have had some untold stories, but the stories are not known, so he does not know.

What a funny guy who likes to think nonsense!

"Would you like me coffee?" Yang Cheng asked.

"Don't stay a night?" Sienna asked rhetorically.

Yang Cheng shrugged his shoulders, "I haven't landed yet, and I guess I'm going to live in a hotel next, so I have to hurry over and deal with some things, and find a house by the way." ”

"Or I can help!" Sienna smiled and proposed.

Yang Cheng also smiled, "Of course it's good." ”

The conversation between the two really made the reporters present almost scratch their heads, it looked like friends, but it was a little more intimate than friends, what is their relationship?

Gossip men and women? It seems too public, so at least you should avoid it, right?

To say that they are open, but the more you look at them, the more you feel that they are ambiguous?

Sienna noticed the group of reporters behind her, waved her hand, and simply took Yang Cheng's hand and pulled him to the café at the airport, "Guess what they are thinking now?" ”

"I must be wondering, how do you write this news headline?" Yang Cheng laughed.

Norman Gad on the side was sweating all over his face, daring to think that they were fooling the reporters.

Is this considered a disadvantage?

At the same time, he couldn't help but think of what this group of reporters said not long ago when they heard that Yang Cheng had decided to come to Liverpool, "Beckham decided to leave? It doesn't matter, because we have ushered in Caesar with more commercial value and hype resources! ”

Now it seems that this is indeed the case!

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Coming out of the departure hall of Liverpool's John Lennon Airport, a crowd of Liverpool fans immediately poured around, hundreds of them, all of whom did not look very old, the oldest was estimated to be in their thirties, but all of them wore red jerseys.

When they saw Yang Cheng rushing out under the leadership of Norman Gad, they all raised their arms and shouted.

"Caesar!"

"Welcome to Liverpool, Caesar!"

The scene also gathered reporters from England and all over Europe, and when they saw Yang Cheng coming out, they immediately rushed up with the fans, all of them looked as if they were going to stuff the microphone into Yang Cheng's mouth.

"Hello Caesar, welcome to Liverpool, I'm a reporter for The Echo, can you tell me why you would give up a team like Chelsea and Real Madrid and choose Liverpool?"

"Kaiser, I'm a reporter for the Liverpool Daily Mail, do you think Liverpool can make a difference without Owen?"

"Caesar, I'm a reporter for The Times, can you tell us about your plans when you take office?"

'I'm a reporter for the Guardian and there's been rumours all the time that you're going to take a number of world-class stars from Inter Milan, is that true? Can you elaborate on your plans? ”

"Hello, Caesar, I am the ...... of the Sun"

The other newspaper reporters were a little better, but as soon as they heard that the other party was a reporter from The Sun, Norman Gad immediately blocked Yang Cheng directly, looking like he didn't want Yang Cheng to contact the other party. "I'm sorry, guys, Caesar won't answer any questions today!" Norman Gad shouted, and then, with the help of airport security, escorted Yang Cheng and Sienna to the car arranged by Liverpool to pick them up. What a fanatic! The car went away, and Sienna saw those reporters chasing from the rear window, and stuck out her tongue cutely, "It seems that my attention rate will be surpassed by you in the future!" ”

Yang Cheng shook his head and smiled, he had heard that although British journalists are also very fanatical, and can even be said to be pervasive, they should actually be regarded as a bit of professional ethics, and they don't have too many positions.

"By the way, Norman, we ...... with the Sun"

Gad smiled, he felt that Yang Cheng's we, linking himself to Liverpool, which made Gard happy, even though he was a die-hard Everton fan all his life, he still felt that Yang Cheng did this very well.

'No Liverpudlian would welcome the Sun at Anfield or Melwood or even Kirkby, we won't allow them to show up. Gard looked furious.

"Why?" Sienna asked, "It's a very influential newspaper in England, and it's a bit vulgar at times, but it's a general tendency in the media."

Why would Liverpool have a grudge against such an influential media outlet?

Norman Gad tilted his head, "After the 1989 Hillsborough tragedy, we had 96 fans who didn't come back, but just four days after the tragedy, the Sun filed a complaint against KOP, that is, Liverpool fans, accusing the drunken KOP of vicious attacks on the rescuers who were saving the injured, and also accusing them of punching and kicking the ambulance crews, even urinating on them, and saying that there was a dead girl who was being violated by Liverpool fans, etc. ”

Speaking of this, Norman Gad sighed, although he is not a Liverpool fan, on the contrary, he is a fan of the sworn enemy Everton, but he still feels that Liverpool has been greatly disrespected in this matter.

"I wouldn't believe it was real!" Yang Cheng said lightly.

The Sun, he doesn't have much affection for this newspaper, because Murdoch's newspaper is all vulgar, the third page girl is their beginning, and what they are best at journalism is digging for the insider, and they are always using a journalistic model of picking up the stars with their own hands and destroying them with their own hands.

"Of course not!" Norman Garde's tone became a little excited, "These are all lies, but they report the lies as facts, and even make their front page headlines, which makes countless people who don't know Liverpool, don't love Liverpool, and even many people who are not fans have a wrong idea that the 96 fan brothers died at their own hands!" ”

As if he felt that his tone was a bit heavy, Norman Gad smiled, "I'm sorry, I am usually influenced by them, and I don't have much affection for this newspaper." ”

Yang Cheng gave understanding and patted Gade on the shoulder.

"Usually we boycott this newspaper completely, but we don't want to get anything, we don't want to fight for anything, we just want them to apologize, apologize for some wrong things they did back then!"

"Reasonable!" Yang Cheng nodded.

Sienna also nodded frequently, she had a serious understanding of Liverpool.

Even a man like Norman Gaard, a sworn enemy fan, can do the same to Liverpool, and you can imagine how loyal the club's fans will be to the team they love.

The car slowly drove out of the airport.

What he saw along the way, Yang Chengcai deeply felt the gap between Liverpool and big cities like Milan and London.

Their road is only four lanes in both directions, and the gap can be seen just by the narrow road, and after the airport comes out, there is a long stretch of road, and all you see are dilapidated old houses, although there are also factories, but some of them are dilapidated.

Who would have imagined that this glorious city in the past would now be ruined into such a field?

Sent Sienna directly to the hotel, Yang Cheng was accompanied by Norman Gad and picked up by the club's driver to the Anfield stadium.

Liverpool are like most Premier League teams, with the club's administrative office at Anfield, the athletic office at Melwood training ground and the Academy at Kirkby Town, north of Liverpool. , but what Yang Cheng didn't expect was that the distance between Anfield Stadium and Goodson Park Stadium was so close, which was a bit unexpected, but from this point, combined with the historical relationship of the two teams, it couldn't help but make people feel interesting, as if there were two shops on the same street. Norman Gad made it to the back of the driver to take Yang Cheng around Anfield Road, and he let Yang Cheng pass through the gate of Paisley, and told him about Paisley's achievements at Liverpool.

Paisley's gate was on the south side of Anfield, and after a circle they came to the northwest corner.

"This is the Shankly Gate, and it's the main gate of the Anfield Stadium, where countless KOPs like to come here for the holidays or when there's something going on, and next to the Hillsborough Monument with the names of the 96 fans who died."

With Norman Gadder's introduction, Yang Cheng took note of two of Anfield's most famous and iconic areas.

Next to the east side of the main gate of Anfield Stadium is a two-leaf iron gate, closed all year round, black and partly gold-painted, with the Liverpool slogan "You will never walk alone".

On the east side of Shankley's Gate, next to the Hillsborough Monument, beneath the monument is a number of bouquets of flowers.

"Almost every day, there will be countless fans who come here and silently put bouquets of flowers, because we have never forgotten them, even if more than ten years have passed, but all KOPs still feel that they are with us and have never left!" Norman Gad said with emotion.

After Yang Cheng listened, he was also a little moved in his heart.

The Heysel tragedy and the Hillsborough tragedy can be said to be the two major disasters that Liverpool suffered in the 80s, completely pulling Liverpool from the European hegemony and directly creating Ferguson and his Manchester United.

I still remember that Ferguson once famously said, "The greatest achievement in my life is to kick Liverpool off the fucking throne!" This sentence made him a hero in the hearts of Manchester United fans.

But from the point of view of Liverpool fans, it is also a very poignant sentence, they are hungry for revenge, they are eager to give it back to Ferguson and his Manchester United, but they can't.

Their only and greatest pride since the inception of the Premier League is that their hero, Kenny Dalglish, led Blackburn Rovers to victory over Manchester United in the 94/95 season.

But does it have anything to do with Liverpool?

The only thing that has to do is that their head coach is Kenny Dalglish, but more people feel that Blackburn's success and the club's big investment were big factors, and Kenny Dalglish's subsequent coaching and tenure at Newcastle and Celtic seem to prove this speculation.

But no matter what, this should be regarded as the sweetest memory of the Premier League for Liverpool fans.

Entering the Anfield stadium and stopping the car, Norman Gad took Yang Cheng straight to the office.

But before entering the passage of the office area of the stadium, Yang Cheng couldn't help but stop, turned his head, looked at the Shankly Gate and the Hillsborough Monument in the distance, and then looked at the Paisley Gate blocked by the ball court in the south, and couldn't help sighing.

It was the first time he had a sympathetic identification with Liverpool, for the spirit of the club and for their fans.

At least he thinks that if football is fair, then all the disasters that Liverpool have suffered over the years will be enough to get them back a Premier League title.

They've had enough, haven't they?. ）