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While Chen Yingxiong was busy signing contracts with those businesses and enterprises, shooting commercials, and attending various commercial and public welfare activities, Niang had never been as busy as he was this summer.

After the complete end of last season, he had a detailed conversation with head coach Martin O'Neill. In this conversation, the two analyzed why Liverpool had fought so hard after leading Manchester United by ten points, almost allowing Manchester United to turn the tables at home. If it weren't for Chen Yingxiong...

But as a team with lofty ambitions, they can't always rely on Chen Yingxiong to stand up and save the team at critical moments, right?

No matter how strong Chen Yingxiong is, it is impossible for him to be the team's savior every time. Otherwise, Liverpool would not have been eliminated at the Allianz Arena.

So, they had to find the reason why the team fought so hard in the final stage of the season.

The two always believed that the team's bench depth was not enough, which led to Martin O'Neill not daring to rotate players at the most critical time. Even if he knew that the eleven main players on the field were exhausted, he could only let them grit their teeth and persevere. Fortunately, the players were very cooperative this time and did not drop the ball at the critical moment, but gritted their teeth and persevered, winning the championship. But can they always expect Liverpool's players to explode their potential at critical moments?

To put it bluntly, they still had to buy people, to replenish fresh blood.

They had to buy not only those players who could be the main players, but also those players who were not as strong as the main players, but could increase the bench depth.

Martin O'Neill gave Niang a list of the players he needed, and Niang bargained with him, crossing out all the players who were obviously impossible to come to the team, and then evaluating the transfer feasibility and cost performance of the others. For example, no matter how strong a player is, and no matter how suitable he is for Liverpool, if the other club asks for too high a price, which is higher than his own level and greatly exceeds Liverpool's psychological bottom line, then Niang will not waste time on him.

In the end, the two agreed on a list, and then Martin O'Neill went on vacation, while Niang took the list and negotiated all over the world.

Martin O'Neill needed quite a few players. According to the position, the team needed to add players in the goalkeeper, center back, left back, and midfielder positions.

Reina is already thirty-two years old. As he gets older, his state is gradually declining, although it is not particularly obvious now. But Liverpool must be prepared and find a goalkeeper candidate in advance. They cannot wait until Reina leaves the team before looking for someone to replace him, because then it will be too late.

The goalkeeper is a very special position, which requires stability and quick adaptability. If the team spends money to buy a goalkeeper, but he cannot adapt for a long time and performs poorly in the game, with constant low-level mistakes, it is not just a matter of losing a few games, but also greatly affecting the team's morale.

Look at how many replacements Arsenal has found after Seaman, and then look at their performance in the league during this period. Liverpool doesn't want to follow in Arsenal's footsteps.

In the left-back position, there is only Enrique now, and the team urgently needs a player who can rotate with Enrique, or a player who is more outstanding than Enrique and can take on the main role.

In the center-back position, Agger is still recovering from injury, Carragher has retired, and Coates has not been trusted by Martin O'Neill. The team plans to loan him out, and if the price is right, they will sell him directly. In this way, Liverpool only has Skrtel and Agger as true center backs, and they need at least two center backs of a certain level.

In terms of midfield, Lucas and Inler are enough for the defensive midfielder position. But there is no one in the attacking midfielder position. Gerrard's injury last season showed that his body is becoming more and more of a "glass man." What if he gets injured and misses the game at a critical moment again?

Shahin, who was originally bought to replace Gerrard, was unable to be of great use due to frequent injuries. Moreover, Shahin's ankle seems to have become a chronic disease, which means that there is always a time bomb tied to his ankle, and he doesn't know when it will be detonated.

So now the team needs a high-level organizing midfielder. This is not just a matter of finding a successor for Gerrard, but also related to the team's tactics. After Liverpool's rise has become unstoppable, they have gradually replaced Manchester United in attracting the hatred of other teams. They will encounter more resistance in the game and will be repeatedly studied by opponents. In this case, there must be some changes in tactics. It is not feasible to always rely on long passes and crosses to find Chen Yingxiong. An excellent organizing midfielder can increase the diversity of the team's offense, which helps to improve the team's strength and make it more difficult for opponents to defend.

In addition to these positions where the team originally needed to add players, some positions that were not short of people have now become short of people.

Because if someone comes, someone has to leave.

Although Kuyt is very popular among the fans and has a good relationship with the team, there is no longer a place for him in the team. He can't compete with Sanchez and Adam Johnson on the wing, and he is not a match for Suarez and Chen Yingxiong in the forward position. Even Krashnic's appearance order is ahead of him, and he is almost thirty-four years old, so he also plans to leave Liverpool and return to the Netherlands.

Another veteran who is leaving is Bellamy. He is almost thirty-five years old, and Liverpool has completely lost his place. There are Gareth Bale and Adam Johnson on the wing, and Suarez on the front line. He can't squeeze out anyone, so he can only leave.

So many people are coming, and so many people are leaving, and then they have to find replacements for those who are leaving. Niang is indeed having a hard time this summer.

It's not just him alone. All the staff in Liverpool's department responsible for transfer affairs have no vacation. They were sent out to search for suitable players - after all, there are only a few people on the list that Martin O'Neill and Niang discussed, and many substitutes are unnamed, so Niang needs to find them himself.

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Niang decided to get the people on the list done first.

The summer of 2014 is the Brazil World Cup, and Liverpool's scouts went to Brazil to watch the games, observing the performances of the players on and off the list.

And Niang has already started to recruit players.

The first person he contacted was Germany's Borussia Dortmund club.

This time, he is targeting Mario Götze, the super genius that the whole of Europe is pursuing!

Götze, who will be twenty-two years old, is now a popular super genius and popular star in German football. He is known as the "next Özil." However, his template has already served as the core position in Real Madrid, but Götze has not yet left Germany.

This is not because he is not attractive enough to the giants. In fact, he has received offers from giants such as Bayern Munich, Arsenal, and Barcelona since he was nineteen years old, with Arsenal's offer being as high as 40 million euros.

But he chose to renew his contract with his parent team Borussia Dortmund again and again.

One of the reasons is that he is more attached to his family - until last season, when he was already twenty-one years old, he moved out of his mother's house and lived alone. Even so, he often went back to his mother's house for dinner. He is simply like a child who can never leave his mother and never grows up.

And over the years, Borussia Dortmund has also rejected countless offers from the giants.

This has not been able to stop the giants from pursuing Götze. This summer, Götze, as the main player of the German national team, is fighting in the Brazil World Cup with a group of excellent genius players such as Özil, Khedira, Thomas Müller, and Toni Kroos.

The World Cup has not yet started, and his worth has already risen.

The current Götze can no longer be taken away with a 40 million euro offer. Although Borussia Dortmund has always insisted that Götze is their non-sale product, the media analysis believes that it will take about 50 million euros for those giants to take Götze away from the Westfalenstadion, and this depends on whether Götze is willing to leave the team...

For Liverpool to take out 50 million euros at once to buy a Götze, Niang will definitely not agree. Starting next season, the club will restart the construction plan of the new stadium. At that time, Niang and Chen Xing, as well as head coach Martin O'Neill, will see what it means to "spend money like water," so saving a little now is saving a little. The kind of thing that happened when he first took over the team and spent 70 million to buy a Chen Yingxiong will not happen again. In Niang's eyes, no one is worth this price anymore.

His plan is a cash plus player transaction.

And he is confident that Borussia Dortmund will definitely be interested in the extra he is adding...

He plans to send Shahin, who has not been successful in Liverpool, back to Borussia Dortmund as a bargaining chip in the Götze deal.

Shahin was once the core and midfield engine of Borussia Dortmund, and he was also the key figure and greatest contributor to Liverpool's ability to win the Bundesliga title and defeat Bayern Munich. However, after transferring to Real Madrid, he was confused by frequent injuries and an unfamiliar and competitive environment, and he has not been able to find his form. Even after transferring to Liverpool, he has not been successful.

Perhaps returning to the familiar Borussia Dortmund is a good thing for him.

Moreover, if Liverpool wants to buy a core midfielder from Borussia Dortmund, they naturally have to send back a core midfielder, so that Borussia Dortmund has a greater chance of letting Götze go. Because if they sell Götze, they must find a new core midfielder.

Kagawa Shinji has been locked in by Manchester United, and the Japanese player refuses to renew his contract with Borussia Dortmund. If Borussia Dortmund does not sell him now, they will wait for a season and lose everything.

If they go out to find a core midfielder again, it is hard to say whether they will be able to adapt to the team. This position is very special. If there is someone who is already very familiar with the team and the team is also very familiar with him to be the core, then that would be great.

Shahin is such a suitable candidate.