Nyang couldn't solve the problem of finding Chen Hero's successor even after the new season had begun.

It wasn't that no players were willing to come to Liverpool. Some were willing and didn't mind being Chen Hero's successor. But the problem was that Nyang didn't like the players who wanted to come.

Not just anyone is qualified to be Chen Hero's successor.

Low-level strikers would only tarnish Liverpool and Chen Hero.

And those with the ability were unwilling to come to Liverpool for well-known reasons and concerns.

Nyang was caught in a dilemma.

It was just like dating—the person you like doesn't like you, and the person who likes you, you don't like.

A contradiction.

Nyang was very distressed about not finding Chen Hero's successor. After thinking about it, he felt that the root cause was still Chen Hero. He ran to Chen Hero again and asked if he could postpone his retirement so that he would have more time to complete this matter.

After listening to Nyang's request, Chen Hero smiled, "Why do you have to find a successor for me, Lu Niang?"

"Why shouldn't I find a successor for you?" Nyang was puzzled by Chen Hero's question and asked him back.

"Do you think you can find another Chen Hero in this world?" Chen Hero asked confidently, and he was qualified to ask that. If an average player came out and said that there was no second him in this world, he would be called narcissistic.

Nyang shook his head: "Of course not, you are unique, Hero."

Chen Hero clapped his hands: "Isn't that the end of it? You are looking for someone who doesn't exist at all. How can you find him?"

"Of course, I know it's impossible to find someone like you, but at least he's here to take over from you. It doesn't necessarily have to be as good as you..."

"Then don't use the banner of finding a successor for me... Now the whole world knows that I'm looking for a successor. Do you know how much pressure those strikers are under now?"

"Then what do you say?" Nyang was also helpless.

"Don't look for one." Chen Hero's answer was very simple, but it made Nyang's eyes widen.

"Don't look? What will happen in the future if you don't look?"

"Liverpool can still function without me. At worst, change the tactics. Look, isn't the team running well now?"

"But we lost the league title because of this..."

"This is not a successor problem. Even if you find one, we will still lose the championship. Unless he can stay at Liverpool for seventeen seasons and still be the top scorer every season, winning countless championships... There is one such awesome person in front of you, and only one."

Nyang looked at him and suddenly lowered his head dejectedly.

"Aren't you retiring?"

Chen Hero patted him on the shoulder: "There is no banquet in the world that doesn't end, Lu Niang, take it easy."

"Hey!" Nyang really didn't know what to say after being patted by him.

However, Liverpool Football Club did stop looking for a successor for Chen Hero. And in order to make it easier for them to sign players in the future, the club also publicly stated that they would no longer look for a successor for Chen Hero, because...

"There is no such thing as a Hero's successor in this world. Hero is unique. He has no predecessors and no successors."

So far, this matter was over.

At this time, the new season had been played for three rounds, and there was only one day left before the summer transfer window closed.

Nyang really tried until the last moment before giving up.

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Liverpool's start to the new season was not very good. They didn't seem to have recovered from the impact of Chen Hero's suspension.

There were tactical and psychological reasons for this.

After all, Chen Hero had been in this team for eighteen years. The youngest player in the first team, MacArthur Cliff, was seventeen years and one hundred and fifty-three days old. Chen Hero was at Liverpool before he was born.

It can be seen how long Chen Hero has been here.

Everyone was used to him being in the team, not only the fans and the media, but also the players.

In these eighteen seasons, Liverpool's players have changed wave after wave, batch after batch. When each person came to Liverpool, Chen Hero was here. When they left Liverpool, Chen Hero was still here.

His goals, the championships he brought to the team, the spirit he symbolized, the captain's armband on his arm...

Chen Hero himself has become a part of Liverpool Football Club, forever inseparable.

Habits cultivated over eighteen years are no longer habits, but traditions.

The power of tradition is enormous.

Therefore, it is normal that these people were unable to adapt after a vacation.

This is the psychological reason.

The tactical reason is simpler. It's because Liverpool doesn't have a striker...

Because Chen Hero had always been in good shape and rarely missed games due to injuries, Liverpool basically didn't buy strikers. After Suarez left the team, they only played with a single striker.

In name, it was 433, but in reality, he was the only true striker. The two wingers were both wingers and attacking midfielders. Their positions were very flexible, and they had to take on more defensive responsibilities, so they couldn't be considered strikers.

After that, no matter how Liverpool's formation changed or how their tactics changed, one thing remained the same: Chen Hero didn't need a substitute, so Liverpool didn't need a second striker.

It has been like this until now. Suddenly, Chen Hero was suspended for a long time, and then Liverpool didn't have a second striker.

Even if they were drawn from the reserve team and youth team, they were of no use—because Chen Hero was too strong. There was absolutely no future in playing center forward at Liverpool. No matter how well you perform in the youth team and reserve team, the first team will never have a place for you. This is like being a goalkeeper at Real Madrid. No matter how well you perform, you can't shake Casillas's position at that time. Therefore, Real Madrid has cultivated many excellent young goalkeepers, who eventually left the Bernabeu.

The same is true for the forwards at Liverpool.

Even if they are talented and capable, as long as they become successful, they will be sold by Liverpool. The only difference is that the talented ones are sold for a higher price, and the untalented ones are sold for a lower price.

Over time, the talent in the striker position at Liverpool has withered, and finally it has come to this situation. When you want to temporarily find someone from the youth team and reserve team to put out the fire, you can't find anyone...

Why do you say that Liverpool's rise was because of Chen Hero, and the current predicament they face is also because of Chen Hero?

Now, because Chen Hero cannot play, Liverpool does not have a real striker. Gerrard pushed Carlton Cole to the center forward position. When he debuted, he was a winger. As he got older, Cole gradually moved towards the center. But he can barely be regarded as a striker. But he is a shadow striker, not a center forward. If he is at the very front, he will not be able to exert any effect. He needs someone in front to attract firepower for him, and then he looks for opportunities to shoot and score.

For example, Chen Hero used to help Cole score goals like this.

Unfortunately, Chen Hero is not here now. Cole is at the very front by himself, and his small body simply cannot withstand the impact of those center backs.

In three league games, Liverpool has only scored two goals. Although they have not lost a game, three draws are not a good result.

Liverpool fans and the media have begun to miss Chen Hero.

Every time there is a home game, even if Chen Hero is suspended, the fans of the Red Giants will display Chen Hero's giant poster in the stands. In addition, when the game reaches the ninth minute, all the fans will shout Chen Hero's name three times in unison to show their remembrance and respect for him.

The media have also said that if Chen Hero was in these three games, Liverpool could have won all of them, and won without any suspense.

The value of a superstar is reflected here, making the team with him and the team without him completely different teams.

It's just that this is a bit cruel for the team itself. Because the team has become an appendage of the star. But in fact, the star cannot be above the team.

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Liverpool's poor performance made the FA's mood a little better.

This shows that their painstaking efforts to prohibit Chen Hero from participating in the game were not useless. Liverpool is indeed in trouble because of Chen Hero's departure.

As long as this continues, this team that monopolizes the Premier League championship will disintegrate. At that time, they will once again become a normal team—with the strength to win the championship, but affected by various factors, sometimes they can win the championship, and sometimes they can only be mediocre.

In the FA's view, this is normal. Even a team as strong as Ferguson's Manchester United will have their championship snatched away by other teams after winning it for a period of time, so that they cannot monopolize the championship. Although they are the well-deserved kings of the Premier League, they are not dictators.

The Liverpool team that previously had Chen Hero was a dictator.

In fact, the FA is very aggrieved when faced with media criticism that they want to kill Liverpool. They have never considered themselves Liverpool's enemies or rivals, and they want to completely kill Liverpool. They are not interested in completely killing Liverpool. They just want to pull Liverpool down from a level that is so awesome that it breaks the sky, pull them from the sky to the mortal world, and be the same as other teams. This is a fair competition environment.

Who would have thought that the people of Liverpool would not appreciate it and even slander them? We didn't argue with them, which is enough to give them face!

For the sake of English football, we endure humiliation and bear the burden, is it easy for us!

Now, Liverpool's situation finally makes the FA feel that their actions are worthwhile.

Next, as long as Liverpool can't bear it and starts infighting, they can sit back and watch the Premier League rise.

At that time, it will be the glorious Premier League they expect!

Instead of "The Premier League is a game where twenty teams fight together for a season, and finally Liverpool wins the championship."