This was the first time Li Shiguang had felt the urge to immediately send away a player he had bought.
Fortunately, Allen knows Li Shiguang well enough.
After completing the formalities with Balotelli as quickly as possible, Allen immediately arranged for someone to buy a plane ticket and then sent Balotelli to the airport as fast as possible.
When Li Shiguang finished his morning training and went to the restaurant for lunch, he no longer saw Balotelli.
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The next morning, Li Shiguang led the team to Liverpool. That evening, they would face Liverpool away at Anfield Stadium in the 20th round of the Premier League.
As a direct clash between the BIG5 teams, this match should have garnered the most attention in this round of the league.
Unfortunately, Liverpool's performance this season has been rather lackluster. When they beat Derby County and overtook Chelsea to enter the top four, the media were praising Liverpool for finally stabilizing their form. However, just three days later, they were held to a draw by Manchester City, who were in sixth place, and fell back to fifth place in the standings.
Therefore, before this match, the outside world almost unanimously favored Leeds United to take all three points away from home and continue to lead the standings.
Liverpool's predicament.
Fans and media may not know, but Li Shiguang had heard Allen say that he was partly responsible for Liverpool's current predicament.
To be honest.
David Moores is a very capable chairman who is absolutely committed to the interests of the club. If he had any selfish motives and controlled the club to make more money, the Moores family would not have been able to maintain a majority stake in Liverpool Football Club for more than 50 years.
In fact, at the beginning of the new century, with the gradual development of the Premier League and the rapid growth of the football economy in England, Morse had already made the very forward-thinking conclusion that Liverpool must introduce external investment in order to better compete with Manchester United and Arsenal.
Even before the "Miracle of Istanbul," Morse had already been trying to do this work, starting to communicate and connect with external funding.
However, the "Miracle of Istanbul" slightly alleviated Liverpool's growing financial difficulties, which made Moores slow down. In his view, Liverpool, with its Champions League title, was on a roll, and even if it was to bring in external funds, it should seek the best ones.
If Li Shiguang hadn't appeared, Liverpool would have already been sold to American businessmen Hicks and Gillette by Morse last season.
But Li Shiguang's appearance changed everything.
After getting to know Li Shiguang, Morse's mindset gradually changed.
From his perspective.
Li Shiguang, a 30-something young man with no experience who only knew how to enjoy life, managed to revive Leeds United from the brink of bankruptcy in just over a year! At the same time, he managed to manage the business and achieve results, not only making money but also leading Leeds United to the Premier League title and the Champions League quarterfinals.
Things that Li Shiguang could do.
There's no reason why someone like me, who has dedicated nearly twenty years to football, couldn't do it.
Thus, the passion in Mr. Morse's heart was ignited, and he was determined to lead Liverpool to break the embarrassing situation of not having a Premier League title before he retired.
Unfortunately, reality is cruel.
Who would have thought that a team that won the Champions League would be knocked out of the Champions League zone by the other four Premier League teams just one season later?
Losing the benefits of the Champions League naturally led to major problems in Liverpool's summer transfer dealings, and the most direct manifestation of these unsuccessful signings was in the new league season.
The team's performance in the first half of the season was unsatisfactory, which led to the team's management gradually developing some criticisms of Benitez.
But Benitez was also wronged.
I proposed a transfer plan, you couldn't buy them, and in the end you blame me for the problems with the team. Isn't that bullshit?
So, over the past half-season, the originally very friendly working relationship between Benitez and Morse has gradually developed some cracks.
Benitez was particularly frustrated after learning two days ago that Leeds United had once again rejected Liverpool's offer for Torres.
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Under these circumstances.
This match, which already had a certain disparity in strength, was naturally going to be a foregone conclusion.
After the referee blew the whistle to start the match.
They withstood Liverpool's initial onslaught.
Leeds United gradually took control of the game's tempo with their strong midfield and began to showcase their formidable attacking prowess at Anfield Stadium!
Seventeenth minute.
Modric and Alonso executed a brilliant one-two pass in midfield. After shaking off Gerrard who rushed to press, Alonso dribbled straight into the Liverpool penalty area, finally managing to hold off Milner who came to defend him, and unleashed a long-range shot from about 25 meters out.
Seeing Alonso unleash a powerful shot, Reina reacted instantly, taking two steps to the side before leaping into the air, stretching his body to its limit, and just barely touching the ball on the goal line. With a flick of his fingertips, accompanied by gasps from behind the goal, the ball hit the crossbar and bounced out of bounds!
Liverpool escaped a close call.
But this is just the beginning.
Alonso's powerful shot against his former club ignited Leeds United's attack in this match.
Twenty-fourth minute.
After Kaka broke through the middle, he passed the ball to the right. Facing Fabio Aurelio's defense, Ribery did not choose to stop the ball before breaking through. Instead, the moment the ball rolled to his side, he stepped on the ball with his left foot and rolled forward quickly. Then, he exerted force with his foot and rushed past Aurelio's right side.
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