Green Life

At the beginning of the new year, everything is renewed. Although it has only been one night, Mark Qin feels that Melwood is busier. This is the restlessness at the beginning of the transfer period.

Leto, Zihar and Crouch were no longer seen on the training ground. Leto’s EU passport was still pending, so he had to go to Greece. , walked silently.

Crouch was discussing transfer matters with Portsmouth. Originally, Portsmouth planned to introduce him in the summer, but Crouch desperately wanted the main position, so he asked his agent to put pressure on Portsmouth. , Liverpool also agreed to let people go.

Early this morning, Benitez activated Mascherano's buyout clause. Liverpool can live without Ashley Young, but they cannot live without Mascherano. Benitez finally made a choice.

The transfer procedure is very simple, because the player is in Melwood, so Liverpool only needs to pay 18 million, and then report to the FA to complete it.

Now there are fewer players in Melwood's first team. Hypia is now on the verge of retiring. Agger suffered minor injuries in the first half of the year. The defenders are already full of talents. Now they can only gather the stable pair of Carragher and Skrtel. Combination, Benitez had to transfer Jack Hobbs from the reserve team to the first team.

This is Mark Qin's old acquaintance. He was the one who handed over the U18 captain's armband to Mark Qin in summer. Apart from the two of them, everyone under the age of 20 was Insua.

But as long as Enrique and Aurelio are not injured, he has almost no chance to play.

At noon, the staff of the FA came over to present him with awards. The best goal was just an honor, and the best rookie of the month had a trophy for a villain. Then they conducted a routine short interview.

Then came the decision of the FA to add a penalty. Richardson maliciously fouled behind and was suspended for an additional game. Mark Qin took retaliatory action and added an additional suspension, which was valid for the entire England game.

Mark Qin was mentally prepared for this result, and the club did not appeal, so he could not play in the first two league games of the year, namely the home game against Wigan, the away game against Middlesbrough, and the third round of the FA Cup on the 16th. He can only play at the start of the game.

The rest of the club's transfer operations are progressing very quickly. Benitez set the target more than a month ago, and the negotiations that should be carried out have almost been negotiated. We only need to wait for the players to sign and the FA will release them.

On the 2nd, Liverpool officially announced that Gary Cahill joined from Aston Villa at a price of 5 million pounds. He rejected Bolton. In comparison, of course, the giants are more attractive. He just turned 22 this year. At the age of 10, he is a rising star in defense in England.

Now Liverpool has hoarded six central defenders. If there is not enough manpower, it will be really unlucky to grandma's house. Besides, Finnan can sometimes play cameos. Benitez is to prevent Agger's injury. He has always defended to win the championship. concept.

At the same time, Crouch also completed the transfer, and finally transferred to Portsmouth at a price of 11 million pounds. The England national team striker with a household registration book is still very marketable, but because it is a winter transfer, so The value is lower than it has been historically.

On the 3rd, Liverpool played at home against Wigan Athletic. The main players of Liverpool who hadn't slowed down all played. Mark Qin sat in the stands and watched the game. Bramble's goal in the 80th minute made Torres full His efforts came to naught, and Liverpool could only accept the draw with regret.

The other top three all won, and the gap between Manchester United and Arsenal and Liverpool narrowed to one point. Ferguson also started a psychological offensive in due course.

"We will complete the overtake against Liverpool in the second half of the season. They haven't been the leader for too many years. This kind of pressure will eventually crush them. Today's game is just the beginning..."

The pressure in the locker room was indeed felt, and the usual laughter was much less. Benitez is not a coach who particularly helps players relieve pressure.

He's better at putting pressure on.

Fortunately, after today's game, the Liverpool team had a three-day vacation. Since they couldn't play on the 12th, Mark Qin and Benitez asked for two more days off. First, they were going to meet Isabella's parents. , and is planning to go back to China to pay homage to grandpa. He has been out for a few years, and there are only a handful of times when he goes back.

...

"Hey, have you found a good route?" Song Ziqi asked Liu Qi with a tired face.

They just arrived in Liverpool last night. They put their big bags and small bags in the hotel full of excitement, and went to experience the nightlife of Liverpool. They played until very late. They only got up at noon today, and then rushed to Anfield to watch the game non-stop.

The sad reminder is that Mark Qin got a red card and watched the whole game from the stands just like them.

"Let me say hello. A few blocks west of here is Mark Qin's residence. He is really famous here, and anyone who asks will know," Liu Qi said holding a map.

"Hey, which one of you is good at English, please translate for me. This report seems to be about Mark Qin." Next to him, a young man who looked like a high school student shook a newly bought newspaper.

"Here we come", a young couple took the newspaper, it was the Echo.

The husband of the young couple unfolded the newspaper and translated sentence by sentence: "Liverpool star Mark..."

"It turned out that it was Catherine, the author of Harry Potter, and they just met in a bar and had a chat," he said.

"I asked you to translate, not to tell you...", the wife said angrily.

"Oh, Mark and Isabella met last year, and Isabella is from the University of Liverpool... Forget it, see for yourself, it's basically a love story," the husband finally concluded.

Liu Qi took it over and looked at it, and said: "It is estimated that the Echo gave Mark Qin to dispel the rumors about the Sun newspaper's scandal some time ago..."

"Let's go, go to Ma Keqin first, and then go back to catch up on sleep, I'm sleepy," Song Ziqi said.

When Ma Keqin drove home, what he saw was a group of boys and girls squatting and leaning against the door.

Liverpool is a relatively quiet city. Local fans rarely block the door like this. The law and order in this area is quite good.

Seeing him driving back, the boys and girls suddenly became refreshed. He stopped the car at the door, and the security guard Andrei opened the door and walked out, lying on the window door and muttering to him for a while.

It turned out to be fans who came to travel from China. He asked Andre to drive in the car first, got out of the car and walked over to them, "Hello, are you traveling from China?"

Liu Qi and the others immediately surrounded him, "Ma Keqin", "I like you so much"...

After a while, Andre also came out. He was the security guard hired by Jonathan for him, and he quickly stood beside Mark Qin to prevent any accidents.

Ma Keqin signaled that he was fine, pressed his hand, waited for Liu Qi and the others to quiet down, and said with a smile: "Hello, how did you get here?"

Several people looked at each other, and finally the generous Song Ziqi stood up and said: "Hello, Ma Keqin, we are all Liverpool fans in China, and of course your fans. We have a MKQ18 group on the domestic network. Everyone I'm a member of the group, I came to Liverpool to visit during the winter vacation, and of course, more importantly, I want to meet you, hee hee"

Mark Qin looked at this petite Jiangnan girl, nodded with a smile, "Thank you for your love, it was really hard work to come all the way here, did you watch the game today? It would be a pity if you didn't, the next home game There are at least ten more days left.”

"I saw it", "We just watched it", everyone replied in a hurry.

"How about it, it's cold outside, go home and have a cup of coffee, and then I'll sign autographs for you, and take a photo with you, what do you think?" he said with a smile.

"Ah~, of course that's good," Song Ziqi exclaimed, "We thought we could only say a few words to say hello, you are quite approachable."

"Haha, let's go", he took the lead into the yard.

It seemed a little crowded when more than twenty people were placed in his living room. Aunt Joya and Andre joined the battle and worked for a while before making the coffee.

Ma Keqin sat with them on the sofa and on the ground, chatting casually. He hadn’t chatted with people in Chinese for a long time. When he met a group of fans from China, he felt very cordial.

Everyone had all sorts of strange questions, and he answered some of the questions that he could answer, then found a few jerseys to sign for them, and finally took a group photo for a long time, and looked at his watch, and half an hour had passed.

He said apologetically, "I can only stop here today. I have other things to do tonight. Next time we have a chance, let's chat happily."

...

Afterwards, Mark Qin took the prepared gifts and went straight to Isabella's house. He was going to meet Isabella's parents in the evening, and then tomorrow Ai Ming and Peter accompanied him to fly directly to the imperial capital from London.

Angel is too young, Chen Zixuan did not go back this time, the two siblings are already grown up, and there is Peter, there is nothing to worry about.

The atmosphere at Isabella's house is weird~

Mrs. Maddles and Isabella sat on the sofa and stared at each other. Mark Qin and Isabella's father each held a bottle of old Moutai, and sat on the carpet as brothers.

Originally, the script of the matter was normal. Ma Keqin acted like a dog-legged son-in-law, carrying the souvenirs brought back from China by the trustee, including two boxes of old Moutai.

As soon as they entered the door, Maders' parents were still a little bit uncomfortable, with a sense of alienation that had been stolen from their heart and soul, but they had no choice but to catch up with such a cheeky master like Mark Qin, who could not be stopped by a city wall.

After five tastes of food and three rounds of wine, he really showed the energy of grabbing big orders and drinking with customers in his previous life.

Aged Moutai is a good wine, the dripping wine hangs in the cup, the orange is warm and moist, the mouth is soft and long, the more you drink, the more beautiful it is.

Isabella's father was still holding it a little bit, but he's not in a good mood recently. When people are in a bad mood, they tend to get drunk easily when they drink alcohol. If they drink too much liquor, the five flavors of life, ups and downs, bitterness, spicyness, and salty, come out all at once. .

Ma Keqin hadn't had a drink in a few years, he really killed a thousand enemies and lost eight hundred, and today he also went all out.

"Hey, I...I said...M...ke, do you... know...know, we... lost... how much... how much money?" Madels was holding a white porcelain bottle and couldn't speak clearly. , reeking of alcohol.

"Um~no...it's okay, why...we all have...surname...ma, I'll cover...cover you in this matter", Ma Keqin also said with a big tongue.

Isabella looked at the two of them, one in English and the other in Chinese, speaking in the wrong way, enjoying themselves and enjoying themselves.

She had imagined countless times what it would be like when he came here this time. His parents might show him embarrassment, and he might also be uncomfortable, but she never thought that it would be such a scene.

Get drunk and relieve your worries, how long has it been since Dad laughed and talked so happily!

You're really good, she couldn't help but glared at Ma Keqin who had been confused for a long time.

...

The plane across Europe and Asia flew and went, went and returned, brought memorial service, and brought back thoughts.

During this period, Benitez brought the twenty-five-year-old Albert Lieira from the Spaniard for 5 million pounds.

This classic Spanish left winger, despite his young age, has already played in multinational leagues. Joining Liverpool this time also dreams of taking his personal development to the next level.

Then he brought in Bruno Soriano, who had just come off the bench in the first team this season, from Villarreal for 2.25 million pounds.

He also just turned 23 years old, has certain foot skills, and is fierce in steals. Obviously, Mascherano is a natural rotation.

Although Benitez did not bring the desired winger Ashley Young, but the rotation lineup has been completely strengthened, and he has more confidence in the second half of the season.