Nion was only given the opportunity to meet Sissoko before the match after giving Sissoko's agent, Ali Barat, a cut.

He naturally cherished this opportunity. Sissoko was the world's top left back, and worth him swallowing his pride.

However, he had talked himself hoarse, and the two of them still didn't seem interested. If Barat hadn't secretly accepted his benefits, he might have been kicked out long ago.

But if he couldn't come up with something attractive and worthwhile, he was afraid he really would have to leave.

At this time, he thought of Chen Hero's wild words, the conversation between himself and Martin O'Neill, and Liverpool's goals for the next season.

He didn't know if it would work, but he decided to take a gamble and treat it as a last resort.

He threw out the target.

"Next season, our goal for Liverpool is to win all the championships! So we need your strength, Ali."

Nion stared at Sissoko, and said particularly sincerely.

Sissoko didn't answer him, because both he and his agent Barat were stunned.

They thought they had heard wrong. Agent Barat said, "Sorry, Mr. Lu… um, if I heard correctly, did you just say that in the new season, Liverpool will win all the championships? Does 'all the championships' mean…"

"It means all the championships in all the competitions Liverpool participates in." Nion gave the other party a definite answer.

The two people on the other side didn't speak again. They looked at each other and saw shock in each other's eyes.

What competitions can Liverpool participate in in the new season? Premier League, English League Cup, English FA Cup, Community Shield Cup, Champions League, European Super Cup, Club World Cup.

These were all the games that Liverpool could participate in.

If they won all the championships, wouldn't Liverpool be a…"Seven-Crown King"?

Seven-Crown King… no team in the history of world football has ever done that!

Barcelona was very powerful, but it was only a Six-Crown King.

It wasn't to say that Barcelona was inferior to Liverpool or anything. There was a reason for this, and it was an irresistible force for Barcelona—teams in the English league had one more national cup than teams in the Spanish league, which was the League Cup. Moreover, because the champion of the League Cup was also eligible to participate in the Europa League, it was considered an official cup recognized by UEFA.

Because of this, Liverpool had the opportunity to compete for the Seven-Crown King, while Barcelona, no matter how hard they tried, would still be the Six-Crown King.

Although it was actually the same, it was still a little more impressive to have one more than others in terms of numbers.

Sissoko and his agent Ali Barat both found it incredible. Because it was already incredible that Liverpool could win the Four-Crown King last season, luck was very important in it. Not to mention the Seven-Crown King, they didn't even think it was possible for Liverpool to win another Four-Crown King.

But he didn't expect Liverpool to be so boastful.

Sissoko felt that either Liverpool was crazy, or Liverpool's general manager was resorting to any means to attract him to join.

Barat, on the other hand, had taken Nion's money, so he still had to say a few words. He asked, "But we don't think you can achieve this goal."

Unexpectedly, Nion smiled, looking very confident.

"I'll tell you something… Before last season, when we were setting goals for the new season, everyone said that our goal was to defend the league title. But Hero raised an objection, saying why don't we win all four championships? At that time, none of us believed him and thought he was talking nonsense… But now everyone has seen the result. And I'm telling you again, the goal of the Seven-Crown King was proposed by Hero. Of course, this idea is crazy and incredible. After his words were exposed by the media, many people laughed at him and thought he was crazy. But we Liverpool plan to be crazy with him!"

Nion's expression was very serious at the end of his speech.

He wanted to tell Sissoko, who already looked suspicious, that we were serious, not joking. Don't think that I would talk nonsense in order to get you to join.

After Sissoko finished listening to Nion's story, he also fell into silence.

He knew Chen Hero very well, he was a figure being discussed throughout Europe. He had also played against Chen Hero in the Champions League. At that time, Chen Hero was still in Naples, and their Lyon was no match for Naples, nor was it a match for Chen Hero.

So he still had his own understanding of Chen Hero's abilities.

He wasn't the kind of person who followed others blindly, but if others said Chen Hero was great, he would definitely nod.

So that was the meaning of that person…

After Sissoko thought for a while in his heart, he nodded to Nion: "Thank you very much for telling me these stories that even reporters don't know, Mr. Lu. But I don't think I will give you an answer immediately. I need to discuss and think about it."

Nion knew that he was being asked to leave, but this result wasn't bad for him. At least he wasn't rejected face-to-face, which meant there was still some hope.

He got up to say goodbye to the two. Sissoko promised that once he had a result, he would have Barat call Nion.

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After sending Nion away, Barat returned to Sissoko and asked him what he thought of this matter.

"Do you believe what he said, Ali?" Barat asked Sissoko.

Sissoko shrugged: "I don't believe him, but I believe Chen Hero."

"Huh?" Barat didn't expect Sissoko to give such an answer.

"From what I know of that person, he is an arrogant and conceited person. I wouldn't be surprised at all if he said such a thing… So, I think what he said should be true. Liverpool really wants to compete for the seven championships next season."

"Okay, everyone wants championships, but can they do it?"

Sissoko shook his head: "I don't know about that. But I can be sure of one thing, they will definitely not come away empty-handed."

"You have so much confidence in Liverpool?" Barat asked.

Sissoko shook his head again: "It's not that I have confidence in them, but that I have confidence in Chen Hero. After he went to Liverpool, he won at least one championship every year…"

Barat suddenly interrupted Sissoko: "Didn't you leave Lyon because you wanted a championship that was worth its weight?"

There was something shining in Sissoko's eyes.

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Nion waited in Senegal for three days. He couldn't wait too long for one person here. There were many people he needed to buy, and his time was limited.

In these three days, he did not receive any calls from Sissoko or his agent.

He thought his persuasion campaign had failed. But just as he was about to board the plane, he received a call from Ali Barat.

In the call, Sissoko's agent told Nion that Sissoko had agreed to Liverpool, and if they could reach an agreement with Lyon, while offering a personal contract that satisfied him, he would be more inclined to join Liverpool.

"More inclined to?" Nion felt that this statement was too strange. What did "more inclined to" mean?

Barat laughed over there: "I think I don't need to say too much, you should understand, Mr. Lu."

Nion suddenly understood! Wasn't this just agreeing in a roundabout way?

He nodded immediately: "I understand! I understand! I understand!"

He was in a good mood after hanging up the phone.

He had finally settled Sissoko. Next, as long as he could settle Lyon, there would be no problem.

But he didn't plan to make an offer to Lyon yet.

For players like Sissoko, Liverpool faced challenges from many other teams. It was impossible to finalize such players in June.

The transfer market hadn't started yet, and many teams interested in Sissoko were still waiting and watching.

In this battle for competition, whoever couldn't hold back first would be at a disadvantage first.

Now everyone was waiting for Sissoko to end his vacation and return to Lyon to confront Aulas.

At the same time, they also wanted to see what price other competitors would offer. The real competition would begin in July.

Before that, he only needed to pay close attention to the latest developments.

He had to go and take care of other things now.

First, he had to find another attacking winger for his midfield.

Currently, the team only had four genuine wingers: Gareth Bale, Adam Johnson, Sanchez, and Michael Kelly.

For Liverpool, who valued wing attacks, this wasn't enough. What's more, Kelly was just a substitute, and his strength couldn't be compared with the other three. Liverpool only had Bale and Sanchez who were truly world-class. It was dangerous to rely on these two people alone. Bale and Sanchez had both experienced injuries, and their playing styles increased their chances of injury. What if they were injured in the new season? No one could say for sure.

It was too unreliable to pin hope on the players' fragile bodies. The only one he could pin his hopes on without any psychological pressure was Chen Hero. Chen Hero never seemed to know what "injury" meant, and he would not miss a game due to injury. Nion even felt that Chen Hero could challenge the consecutive Premier League starts record once created by Lampard—of course, he first had to control his temper and not be suspended for accumulating yellow cards or receiving a red card…

There were more and more modern football events, and the schedule was becoming more and more intensive. Players were almost overdrawing their health after retirement, burning their lives to fight. In order to allow them to get more rest time, and also to prevent Liverpool from being plagued by injuries, it was necessary to add players.

At least one more winger with a certain level of skill was needed.

He set his sights on "007" James Rodriguez.

So his next destination was Madrid, Spain—don't get me wrong, he wasn't going to Real Madrid to steal players from under their noses. This time, his destination was Atletico Madrid.

James Rodriguez came to Atletico Madrid from Porto and had been playing for the Mattress Makers for two seasons.