Liverpool is a port city, the capital of Merseyside, England, with pretty good scenery. It is recognized as the best tourist city in the UK by the British National Tourist Board.
The Beatles Museum, Liverpool Cathedral, Chinatown and other attractions are worth a visit.
Apart from these attractions, Liverpool itself is not a big city, and its scale is incomparable to Barcelona.
After Li Tiancheng reached an agreement with Liverpool Football Club, he went directly to Liverpool to get acquainted with the city environment, find accommodation, etc.
After Liverpool and Barcelona ended their dispute, Li Tiancheng went to the Melwood training base for a physical examination.
Li Tiancheng has not signed a professional contract with Barcelona. He only has an apprenticeship contract, which is not very binding.
Li Tiancheng is determined to leave. If Liverpool pays a training fee, Barcelona will have nothing to do and no reason to stop him.
In terms of economic calculation alone, Barcelona will certainly not suffer a loss, after all, Liverpool paid one million pounds.
As for whether Barcelona will feel that they have suffered a big loss in the future, it depends on Li Tiancheng's performance.
Melwood training base is established between Derby and Liverpool, with convenient transportation.
Li Tiancheng had just arrived at the Melwood training base. Seeing how old the base was, he was still a little worried.
How can this shabby place still breed a strong team? La Masia is just nicknamed "The Farm", it really looks like a farm!
However, after the club's CEO Parry and head coach Benitez went inside to participate in the physical examination, the impression completely changed!
The training base has a press conference room and some staff offices for managers and coaches.
There is also a hydrotherapy pool for injured players, but it is smaller.
A large gym is provided for players to use, and players can observe their muscle training.
The main training ground is fully equipped with drainage and sprinkler irrigation equipment and lighting facilities.
There are also two football fields, paved with internationally advanced lawns, and the level of the field is no less than that of Anfield Stadium.
The fitness equipment is controlled by a computer system, and each player has his own physical performance card, which can easily query and store muscle status.
Overall, it still matches the status of Liverpool's giants, just a little smaller!
After the physical examination was successfully completed, Li Tiancheng immediately signed the contract. The content of the contract had been negotiated long ago, with a weekly salary of 15,000 pounds for four years.
He is seventeen years old, 1.79 meters tall and weighs 75 kilograms. He is excellent in all aspects and has a relatively well-proportioned figure, but his muscle strength is enough to cope with ordinary competitions.
Muscle functional tests, running ability tests, etc., the results are all excellent!
The results of the medical examination were excellent, and Liverpool dispelled the last remaining doubts.
The two parties successfully reached a contract, but of course, Li Tiancheng's guardian still needed a supplementary signature.
Of course, Li Tiancheng has notified, uh, persuaded his parents to agree to the transfer. In fact, they are used to their son being arbitrary, especially in football.
After the signing was completed and he had just arrived at Anfield Stadium, Li Tiancheng met Liverpool captain Steven Gerrard, who seemed to have arrived in a hurry.
"Tiancheng Li, I have heard about you for a long time. Welcome to join Liverpool."
Jerad shook Li Tiancheng's hand and said, "I'm sorry, buddy, I have some personal matters to deal with and I couldn't come in time."
"Well, to be honest, I didn't expect you to show up in a few days." Li Tiancheng said matter-of-factly.
Gerrard laughed: "How is that possible? Of course I have to come to welcome a young talent like you. We at Liverpool always value talent."
The two of them walked into the stadium talking and laughing.
Li Tiancheng secretly marveled, this captain is really charming.
Gerrard was currently being chased by Real Madrid, Manchester United, and Chelsea. Li Tiancheng had previously doubted whether the Red Army could retain their captain.
"It doesn't seem to be a big problem now." Li Tiancheng felt confident.
Gerrard accompanied Li Tiancheng to visit Anfield Stadium.
Anfield Stadium is filled with red from inside to outside, which makes Li Tiancheng feel very peaceful.
What Li Tiancheng cares about most is the famous motto:
“This is Anfield”
Li Tiancheng looked at this line of slogans and felt a little excited.
I visited the Hall of Honor and saw the history of Liverpool.
Four Champions League titles, two European Super Cup titles, three UEFA Cup titles, 18 English top league titles, six FA Cup titles, and nine League Cups.
It’s truly a dazzling array of things.
Or 14 Community Shield Cups and four minor league titles are not worth talking about.
Of course, one thing is more embarrassing. The Premier League has been established for 14 years, and Liverpool has yet to win a Premier League championship.
Li Tiancheng stopped in front of those English League One championship trophies and remained silent.
"For a great club like Liverpool, this is really embarrassing," Gerrard said proactively: "We have not been able to win the Premier League title before, but such an embarrassing history will always end in our hands.
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Li Tiancheng looked around at these shining trophies: "Of course, it is our mission to add glory to this place."
"Hahaha, that's good!" Gerald's eyes lit up and he patted Li Tiancheng on the shoulder with a smile on his face.
Soon it was time for the joining ceremony. Li Tiancheng held up the No. 20 jersey with his name "LI TIANCHENG" printed on it, left a photo, and said a few polite words, "Contribute your strength to Liverpool" and so on.
People understood him.
Not many reporters attended the press conference. Most of the reporters came for Benitez and Gerrard.
As for Li Tiancheng?
genius?
Europe is not China. There are many football geniuses. Many players' statistics were not inferior to Li Tiancheng's when they were young, but in the end they failed to make a name for themselves in the professional arena.
These guys don't care about young talent.
"Does Liverpool have any other signing targets this year?"
"Does Liverpool plan to follow Manchester United and work hard to develop the Far East market?"
"Is Liverpool's goal next season to win the FA Youth Cup?"
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Questions like these are flying everywhere.
"Li's joining is not to enrich the youth academy. We are sure that Li is a genius and will never be inferior to Rooney. He can contribute to the team now."
Benitez vowed, but the result was only a burst of laughter from the audience.
The press officer ended the press conference promptly.
After the debut ceremony, Benitez left first. In the Premier League, the coach still bears the responsibility of the manager. Benitez is really busy.
"Don't take it to heart. If you are provoked by them, you will be fooled. These paparazzi will do anything to make news. Saying mean words to anger the person involved and making people lose their temper and self-destruct are common methods." Gerrard tried to comfort Li.
Tiancheng.
"Oh, I've seen a lot of these methods before. I'm not that naive and won't let them easily influence me." Li Tiancheng had a smile on his face and looked very relaxed.
"That's good..." Gerald looked very relieved.
After saying goodbye to Gerald, Li Tiancheng returned to the villa he had rented long ago.
I was about to go to the backyard to familiarize myself with the training ground when my cell phone rang.
When he picked it up and looked at it, Li Tiancheng was a little surprised: "Hi, Leo."
Having just said hello, Li Tiancheng had to move the phone away from his ear.
"Lee, I saw you holding up the Liverpool jersey, why did you go to Liverpool? Did you leave La Masia? We agreed that we would go to the first team together and fight for everything for Barcelona..."
"Okay, Leo, don't be so excited." Li Tiancheng interrupted Messi's incoherent shouting: "I did sign with Liverpool."
Messi was stuck: "Why?" How can you betray the agreement?
"Because I didn't get a first-team contract, I waited for a year, and all I got was a B-team contract, so I didn't sign." Li Tiancheng was very calm.
"Is that why? You should know that as long as you sign a professional contract, you may be promoted to the first team at any time." Messi still couldn't understand.
"Maybe, but I don't accept it!" Li Tiancheng did not refute.
Messi:…
This is really what Li knows how to do, he is always so strong.
"Leo, now we are all in the first team." Li Tiancheng was a little happy: "Our competition will start again. If you play the professional game in the youth team first, you will win first."
"Next, it's the professional arena, don't be left behind!"
"Okay." Messi agreed immediately, and all the frustration was gone: "Then let's try again, how to compete?"
"Take out the league and the Champions League separately..."
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"..."
After hanging up the phone, Li Tiancheng smiled broadly. He was much happier than signing a professional contract.
Try again with Messi? This is such a good idea, otherwise I would be called a genius!
"Li, come here!"
Li Tiancheng's good mood was suddenly interrupted. What happened to Jose?