Chapter 812
Back home, Levi didn't go to sleep the first time, but asked the club to speed up the introduction of Mertesacker.
Although Mertesacker has been criticized by the media for his slow turning during his time at Arsenal, it is undeniable that Mertesacker is one of the top central defenders in the Premier League in frontal defense. Tessak's air defense capabilities are also well known.
In the last season, that is, the 2010-2011 season, Mertesacker played 104 times in the league for Werder Bremen, contributed 102 interceptions and 45 clearances, and had [-] successful headers.
Although the Premier League has introduced a lot of technical flow, in fact, there are still many teams in the Premier League who like to play long passes and lobs. The element of a long pass, a tall central defender, still has a lot of room for survival in the Premier League.
The simplest is the game against Manchester City. Liverpool conceded the first goal because Dzeko caught Feng Xiaoting and scored.Some people may wonder, why not use Varane to defend Dzeko?It was really because Varane was entangled by Balotelli, Feng Xiaoting had no choice but to go up to fill the seat.
And even Balotelli is actually not bad in height, he also has a height of 189cm, and his header ability is quite impressive, and he occasionally scores headers in a season.
If Mertesacker was carrying Dzeko at this time, Li Wei dare not say that Dzeko will definitely not be able to complete the goal, but he will definitely not score so easily.
During the period of winning the new central defender, Li Wei is going to use Carragher to partner with Emile Spasic, and use these two veterans to stabilize the team's defense.
Seeing this, some people may be wondering why Levi used Carragher's partner Emil Spasic as a transition instead of setting up the opponent as the main force?
The reason is simple, these two are veterans.A veteran not only means rich experience, but also means that all aspects of the body have begun to decline. Physical fitness is one aspect, and injuries are also one aspect.For some minor injuries, for young players to grit their teeth and hold on, they can barely compete, but veterans can't.If you want to kill a thief, you will be powerless.
In addition to Mertesacker, other positions should also step up signings.
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Although Li Wei was not satisfied with the performance of the defense, he still gave the whole team a day off the next day. In order to speed up the transfer, Li Wei went to London to meet Hazard in person.
Then he met Chelsea technical director Michael Kevin Emenalo. It is worth mentioning that Michael Kevin Emenalo is a Nigerian, in other words he is a black man.In the Premier League, Michael Kevin Emenalo is the only black-skinned club executive, and he still serves as a senior in a giant like Chelsea.
And this also shows one thing, Michael Kevin Emenalo is very capable!
Levi did not underestimate the opponent, but transfer negotiations are still very difficult, but at this time the player's will is particularly important.
Hazard's agent said: "Eden wants to meet new challenges, and he is also ready for this."
Michael Kevin Emenalo did not expect Levi to get the player so quickly, which caught him off guard.
Michael Kevin Emenalo said that he needed to ask the BOSS (Abrahimovic) and the head coach (Boas) for instructions, so he asked to suspend the negotiation.
Levi agreed.
He knew that Michael Kevin Emenalo's call would be an important turning point in the negotiations, and was it a good turn?or bad?
No need to guess as the answer will be revealed soon.
Michael Kevin Emenalo will be back, telling Levy: "De Bruyne plus £1000m."
Levi said without thinking: "No! Absolutely impossible. I am negotiating with great sincerity. The core players of the Triple Crown plus 500 million pounds is already a very sincere offer."
"800 million pounds!" Michael Kevin Emenalo did not give up raising the price.
Levi thought for a while and said, "600 million pounds, pay in one lump sum!"
Michael Kevin Emenalo had a big smile on his face: "Deal!"
Although Li Wei was a little depressed, he knew that he had been hit by the other party, but he still extended his right hand to Michael Kevin Emenalo and said: "Have a nice cooperation!"
When the two clubs reach an agreement, the transfer becomes simple.
Chelsea was willing to offer De Bruyne a weekly salary of 18 pounds, which successfully moved De Bruyne, who only had tens of thousands of weekly salary in Liverpool, and the Belgian readily signed.
Levi spent a lot of saliva on Hazard's side. Hazard received a weekly salary of 20 pounds at Chelsea. Liverpool naturally couldn't give such a high weekly salary to Hazard.Under Levi's control, Liverpool managed to keep their wages below 12 pounds with great difficulty, and the weekly salary of 12 pounds is currently only taken by Gerrard.
But it was not so easy for Hazard to cut his salary. In the end, Levi used a compromise method, a salary cut and a high bonus.In addition to emotional persuasion, Azar was also told that this is convenient for tax avoidance.
Because most of Liverpool's bonuses are paid out through interest-free loans, British law stipulates that borrowing money is not taxable.
Through regular rewards such as appearance awards, goal awards, and assist awards, Hazard's salary can go to a weekly salary of about 15 pounds. If he wins the Premier League championship, Champions League championship, and FA Cup championship For the champion, the highest salary can go up to a weekly salary equivalent to 20 pounds, and an annual salary of about 1000 million pounds.
Although it seems that the salary has not increased much, Azar can get more income through legal tax avoidance.
Although Hazard's salary is high, Hazard's income for Liverpool is not low. His portrait rights are 100% owned by Liverpool.
The physical examinations of the two players were completed quickly. On the day before the Premier League opener, that is, on August [-], both Liverpool and Chelsea announced on the official websites that Hazard (De Bruyne) had joined the team.
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On August [-]th, the Premier League opener, Liverpool vs Sunderland!
The head coach of Sunderland is Manchester United star Steve Bruce. Under his coaching last season, Sunderland achieved the tenth best result in the league. This made Steve Bruce somewhat complacent. In the new season He is full of ambition and ready to get better results.
In addition to selling Henderson, obtaining 700 million pounds in cash and introducing Liverpool midfielder Lucas, through his own connections, he introduced defensive veterans O'Shea and Brown from Manchester United, which cost 500 million pounds.
£580m sign England midfielder Craig Gardner, 24, from relegated Birmingham.
The striker Chi Dong-won was signed from South Korea's Jeonnam Dragons for a transfer fee of 200 million pounds, but it is said that the money was actually given by the sponsors, and even Chi Dong-won's salary was borne by the sponsors.
But Sunderland's transfer is not over yet, and they have acquired the 18-year-old England demon star "New Rooney" Wickham. Manchester United, Liverpool, Arsenal, Juventus, Tottenham Hotspur and many other teams paid attention to it. In the end, Sunderland won the "League of Champions" from the English Championship with 800 million pounds plus 400 million floating bonuses. New Rooney".
But Li Wei is very clear that Wickham will not even have the ability to play the main force in Sunderland in the future.
However, Sunderland's actions in the transfer market also fully demonstrate that they are unwilling to play the role of a relegation team in the new season.
At the pre-match press conference, Sunderland coach Steve Bruce said confidently: "Liverpool is strong, we all know that! But no matter how powerful a giant is, there are also weaknesses! And we have found the weakness to deal with giants. !"
Li Wei's reply was spicy and sharp. "Similar words, his (Steve Bruce) predecessor Roy Keane once said to me, but it turned out that he was out of class that season. I wish him luck!"
Fearing that the world would not be chaotic, the reporter soon found Steve Bruce and told him what Levi said.
Steve Bruce said furiously: "Football is played with your feet, not with your mouth. I hope that on the field, Liverpool players' feet are as good as Levi's mouth!"
Levi countered: "He made a mistake in his judgment. The feet of Liverpool players are stronger than my mouth. Finally, I need to remind Steve Bruce that this is Anfield!"
Because of the war of words between the head coaches of the two sides in the media, the game was very hot just after the start.
Sunderland defended and counterattacked, and they knew the strength of Liverpool's trident. They did not hesitate to use foul tactics to stop Liverpool's attack.
The scene was very ugly at one time, and it was difficult for Liverpool players to control the football during the foul.
It is worth mentioning that now Sunderland's starting goalkeeper is Liverpool's controversial goalkeeper Mignolet in the future, but he performed quite well in this game, saving the heavy artillery from Nainggolan just at the beginning Boom the door.
In the 5th minute of the game, Sunderland player Richardson made a mistake in making a clearance and gave Suarez a single-handed chance. Richardson, who was defended back, tripped from behind, and the referee Dodd awarded a penalty kick, but the yellow card shown to Richardson in the end caused the home fans to boo at Anfield.
Li Wei roared at the referee Dodd, which attracted Dodd's attention.
Probably considering that the previous yellow card was already extremely controversial, Dodd did not show Levi a red card, but he also gave Levi a yellow card and gave a verbal warning.
Li Wei angrily kicked the water bottle under his feet, but he didn't continue to trouble the referee Dodd.
After several suspensions last season, although Li Wei's temper is still hot, he has learned to restrain himself, at least not to be suspended by the FA again.
Suarez himself stood in front of the penalty spot. He was probably a little nervous, and finally kicked the football away.
Mignolet raised his arms and roared excitedly.
Anfield stadium sounded a lost sigh.
Suarez, who missed a penalty kick, also held his head in frustration, and captain Gerrard, who returned to the starting position, went up to appease the team's top scorer.