As soon as the Southampton players entered the field, Saints fans and Reds fans cheered in unison.

Especially when Gu Ran appeared on the grass of Goodison Park, all the Saints fans stood up excitedly and waved the red and white No. 8 jerseys in their hands.

Liverpool fans were not to be outdone. All three Red Army formations stood up. The front row of Red Army fans held up a photoshopped photo of Gu Ran wearing Liverpool's No. 8 jersey and cheered.

Gu Ran was also a little confused for a moment.

He doesn't remember transferring to Liverpool.

Gu Ran quickly looked down at the Southampton jersey on his body, then he felt relieved and waved to the Red Army fans with a smile.

After all, it is a rare honor to be loved by Liverpool fans as a Southampton player.

The DJ at Goodison Park began to introduce the names of Southampton players one by one.

Every time a Southampton player was introduced, the Toffees booed in unison.

When Gu Ran was introduced, the Toffees continued to boo as usual, but Liverpool fans and Saints fans united and cheered and applauded wildly!

The atmosphere at the scene was immediately raised! Liverpool fans and Saints fans combined only had more than 5,000 fans, but their roars resounded throughout Goodison Park and could even wake up the dead under the grass!

The boos from the Toffees were completely suppressed! Gu Ran applauded and thanked the Saints' diehard fans, and also thanked the Reds fans wearing Liverpool jerseys.

Although I am not a Liverpool player, since they have come to cheer for me, I should say thank you.

Liverpool scout Edwards, who was sitting in the main stand, jumped up happily and cheered along with the Liverpool fans.

Chelsea's Emenalo said coldly: "Sit down, Edwards, this is Goodison Park, not your Anfield, you will get beaten."

Manchester City's Pratt took the initiative to distance himself from Edwards, "I'd better stay away, otherwise I'll be covered in blood."

Edwards said smugly, "Did you see Gu Ran interacting with our Reds fans? I can guarantee with my head that Gu Ran must be from Liverpool."

Pratt sneered, "What's the big deal? I can guarantee with my head that Gu Ran is from Manchester City."

Emenalo adjusted his glasses and said, "I can also use Edwards' head to guarantee that Gu Ran must be from our Chelsea."

The three major scouts began to become hostile again.

After the DJ introduced the Southampton players, Everton players came on the field to warm up.

Every time a player was introduced, the Everton fans at the scene cheered thunderously.

Liverpool fans and Southampton fans booed loudly.

Unfortunately, the difference in military strength was too great and they couldn’t defeat him.

But the Saints fans and Reds fans did not lose their momentum.

Everton is full of stars. When Gu Ran was warming up in his own half, he couldn't help but look at Everton's half a few times.

At this moment, Everton happened to make a pass error and the ball flew over.

Gu Ran stood in place, used a scorpion tail move, unloaded the force with his heel, and stopped the ball perfectly.

This stop was extremely gorgeous! The Saints fans and Reds fans at the scene cheered wildly.

Everton fans booed.

Even if they feel deep down that the ball was stopped skillfully enough, they will never praise it.

After stopping the ball, Gu Ran did not kick the ball directly back to Everton, but instead used the ball to practice juggling on the spot.

This behavior was a little provocative, but if they just gave the ball back to Everton, they would be at a disadvantage in terms of mentality and momentum.

A competition is a competition, and a competition is about targeting each other. If you don't bully others, others will bully you. The so-called friendship first and competition second is disrespectful to both friendship and competition.

Several tall players from Everton surrounded Gu Ran.

The Southampton players were not to be outdone and rushed directly to Gu Ran, ready to fight at any time.

Especially Chamberlain, his face was full of the attitude of "Who dares to touch my daddy?"

Everton's No. 10 player, Mikel Arteta, a star player who was only 1.76 cm tall, stepped forward in time and persuaded all the impulsive Everton players to go back. Then he ran alone and smiled to Gu Ran who was still juggling the ball.

"Hi, Gu, how are you?" Arteta smiled friendly and extended his hand.

Oh shit~ Brother Tazi!

Everton's midfield brain, future assistant coach of Manchester City coach Guardiola, future head coach of Arsenal! Gu Ran immediately stopped the ball and shook hands with Arteta, "Hello, Mr. Arteta."

"Hey, just call me Mikel."

"Hah, okay, Mikkel."

Arteta is worthy of being the number one player in the Premier League with both high football IQ and emotional IQ. With just a smile, he resolved a conflict that could have led to a fight.

Arteta then said: "I often watch your games, of course, not live games, but TV broadcasts. To be honest, I really like your style of play, especially the inverted full-back tactic. I think this tactic is really great! Watching you play football, I feel like I've opened my eyes."

Oh shit!

Brother Tazi, you are too modest!

Isn’t the inverted full-back tactic your secret weapon for winning at Arsenal in the future?

Oh, okay... my b2b style of play with the striker behind is indeed very similar to the "inverted full-back" tactic! So... I am the originator of the future Arsenal inverted full-back style of play???

Brother Tazi actually got inspiration from me? Gu Ran cleared his throat, "Mikel, you... flatter me, ahem, I was just kicking randomly."

Arteta laughed, "I've heard that Chinese people are very modest. Today I see that it's true! Gu, you don't have to be modest in front of me. Although I'm not a big star, I really like to study tactics. You have a very high football IQ. Although you are still playing in English Football League One, I must watch every game of yours. I really learned a lot from you."

“Learn from each other and learn from each other.”

To be honest, Arteta is one of the top players in the Premier League.

Of course, Gu Ran's football IQ is also very high, but in fact, Gu Ran's football IQ benefits from the fact that he is a reborn person. Gu Ran knows how football will be played in the future, so after his rebirth, Gu Ran's football IQ is 12 years ahead of the current football world, so it is impossible for it not to be high.

Arteta's football IQ is real and natural.

Even better than some famous coaches.

Apart from anything else, Everton's head coach Moyes' team-building philosophy is to have tall, powerful players with strong physique and strong confrontation ability, especially in the midfielder/defensive midfielder position, which is the core position of Everton's team building. Those who can play this position must be tall players over 188cm to meet Moyes' requirements.

However, Everton's defensive midfielder is Mikel Arteta, who is 176cm tall and weighs only 63kg.

There is only one reason for this: Brother Tazi is really strong.

Even if the height and weight confrontation do not meet Moyes's strict standards, Moyes is willing to break his own rules and let Arteta stand as the defensive midfielder, because Arteta plays football with his brain, and no matter how much Everton emphasizes physical strength, it cannot be without brains.

Coach Moyes is not a tactical master, but Arteta, who is only 28 years old, can use his super high football IQ to serve as Everton's on-field head coach. Everton's tactical fine-tuning is also achieved through Arteta's passing and running on the field.

To put it in an exaggerated way, even Guardiola can only be called "Little Arteta".

There are many stars in the current Everton team, but in fact, in today's game, there is only one truly strong opponent, and that is the smiling brother Tazi in front of us.

Today's confrontation with Tazigo in the midfield will definitely be the most exciting and thrilling one.

Arteta was still not in a hurry to get the ball, and continued to say with a smile: "Gu, I am very happy to play with you today. I hope we can both perform well."

Gu Ran quickly said, "Okay, Mikel, we all have to perform well. Oh, by the way, this football is yours, I'll give it back to you."

Gu Ran tiptoed the ball into his hands and handed it to Arteta with both hands.

"Ahaha, thank you!"

Arteta happily reached out to catch the ball.

Gu Ran took the opportunity to concentrate his mind and force Arteta to take it.

As a player, Arteta has many outstanding skills, such as ball control, dribbling, crossing, and even free kicks and long shots are good.

As a typical Spanish player, Arteta has very flexible footwork and possesses all kinds of star skills, especially the "butterfly-like" dribbling in the midfield and frontcourt, which is Arteta's forte.

However, Gu Ran was not in a hurry to seize Arteta's butterfly. After all, there would definitely be a chance to get it during the game.

What Gu Ran likes more is Arteta's "deadly elevator"! Arteta's free kick can kick a fast-falling elevator ball! Although Gu Ran can occasionally kick a free kick with a strong sense of falling, if he wants to practice the elevator ball to the point where he can show it in the Premier League, the Europa League and the Champions League, he needs to practice seriously for at least two or three years to achieve some success.

Now, there is a chance to directly seize the "Fatal Elevator", so what are you waiting for? Gu Ran directly urged his mind!

Arteta trembled all over, as if something was taken away from him, but it was also as if nothing had happened.

A purple light that only Gu Ran could see flew up from Arteta's body and went straight into Gu Ran's forehead.

Free Kick: Fatal Elevator +1!

So cool!

Gu Ran grinned happily at Arteta, "Thank you, Mikel."

Arteta smiled and said: "Don't be polite, I should be the one thanking you. We are friends now, right?"

Gu Ran nodded as a matter of course, "Of course."

At this time, Everton's No. 25 player, "Fei Qinglang" Marouane Fellaini, ran over with his iconic afro and said fiercely: "Mikel, why haven't you come back yet, are you in trouble?"

Arteta quickly grabbed Fellaini's arm and said, "It's okay, I've got the ball, let's go."

Fellaini nodded, frowned and said to Gu Ran: "Boy, I'm watching you."

Gu Ran couldn't help wanting to laugh, "Okay, Fellaini."

Fellaini was a little surprised, "You know me?"

Gu Ran shrugged, "Who doesn't know you?"

Fellaini looked proud, "Humph, even though you said that, I won't let my guard down against you."

After that, the two of them ran back to Everton's training half with the ball.

Gu Ran couldn't help but want to laugh.

Marouane Fellaini, sooner or later you will eat Shandong onions.

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(End of this chapter)