Nyon didn't tell Chen Xing what he wanted to talk to Dalglish about. Chen Xing was not only the chairman of the club, but he also had other positions and work. It was impossible for him to sit in the team for eight hours a day, five days a week. Therefore, Nyon was actually the one who had the final say in the club most of the time.

Nyon naturally didn't need to make a special phone call to Chen Xing to report such a small matter as communicating with the head coach or file a report.

He went directly to Dalglish's office to find him.

"Hey, Kenny. Are you free now?" He knocked on Dalglish's office door and walked in to ask.

"I'm just about to get off work." Dalglish shrugged. "What's the matter, Louis?"

"It's nothing really. I just wanted to chat with you. We rarely chat, right?"

Dalglish laughed, "That's true, we rarely chat alone like this. But I don't think you came to me to discuss what to eat tonight, right?"

Nyon also smiled, "Of course. What do you think of Hero?"

"Him? He's a very good center forward. I think he can become the next Alan Shearer." Comparing Chen Hero to the next Alan Shearer, Dalglish's evaluation of Chen Hero was quite high. When Dalglish coached Blackburn, the reason why the team was able to win the championship was largely due to his good use of Shearer.

"His header is excellent, isn't it?" Nyon asked knowingly.

"Of course."

"So... don't you think we should consider bringing in wingers?" Nyon didn't have the patience to deal with Dalglish any longer, he stated his thoughts directly.

After hearing what he said, Dalglish clapped his hands, "Ha! I was just about to tell you, Louis! I have a target, I think he will greatly improve our wing attack ability after he comes."

Nyon was a little surprised. He didn't expect that Dalglish really had plans to bring in wingers. If that was the case, then he would have wronged him...

He was very interested in the target that Dalglish valued, "Who is it?"

Dalglish said a name, "Downing!"

Nyon was stunned when he heard the name, "Who?"

"Stewart Downing!" Dalglish repeated.

Nyon was very strange, "Why?"

"Why?" Dalglish was also strange to the reaction of the team's general manager.

"Yeah, why Downing?" Nyon asked.

"Why can't it be Downing?" Dalglish spread his hands and shrugged in reply.

"I don't think he's that good..." Nyon said.

Dalglish frowned, "He has good speed and technique, and he's relatively comprehensive. I think he's the talent we need, Louis." In fact, he had subtext that he didn't say, that is—you're an Italian, how much do you know about our English players? You just say he's not good!

When he heard that Dalglish was planning to buy Downing, Nyon was furious. He had already decided that no matter what, he must stop this transfer deal.

He was telling the truth, he really didn't think Downing was that good, not very fast, and his technique was average. He was indeed very amazing when he was in Middlesbrough, but so many years have passed, he hasn't made it, but has regressed instead. Most importantly, he thought that Downing didn't use his brain when playing football, his football IQ was not high. Such a player would only bury his head in dribbling on the wing, and when he reached the baseline and couldn't dribble anymore, he would cross, as for the quality of the cross... that didn't matter.

Expect such a person to supply ammunition to Chen Hero? Keep dreaming!

Although Downing was the best player for Aston Villa last season, so what? This is Liverpool!

Moreover, Downing, as a young and famous English local player, has been hyped by the English media as a genius, and his worth is now ridiculously high.

"His football IQ is very poor, Kenny. I think he probably won't bring us much help in the team..." he tried to persuade Dalglish.

But Dalglish waved his hand to interrupt him, "I've been tracking and observing him for a long time, Louis. I think he's very threatening on the wing. Most importantly, he's an English player."

"So what?" Nyon's tone was no longer polite when he spoke.

"UEFA's new policy requires that the starting lineup for each game this season must have at least six local players. Downing is a local player, buying him can also solve this problem." Dalglish explained, but in his heart, he expressed doubts about the general manager's business ability. He didn't even know the famous "6+5", what was he doing as the club's manager?

Dalglish had always believed that Nyon had risen to the top by relying on his relationship with the boss Chen Xing, otherwise, with that person's ability, he would definitely not be able to sit in the position of general manager.

"We can buy another English player, but there's no need to buy Downing." Nyon said. "I don't think he can help the team when he comes... To be honest, he was really good when he first debuted, but in recent years, he's been getting worse and worse, with no progress at all, and there are many better wingers than him, there's no need to keep staring at Downing."

Seeing Nyon questioning the person he liked again and again, Dalglish was a little annoyed, and decided to show Nyon some powerful evidence.

He turned on the TV and VCR.

"Look at this." He pointed to the TV screen and said to Nyon.

As the screen lit up, Nyon saw Downing wearing an Aston Villa training suit. He was facing away from the camera. Three trash cans were lined up in the distance of the training ground, and there were also three footballs at his feet.

Downing turned to the camera and gave a thumbs up, then kicked the ball.

He kicked three balls in a row, and all three footballs accurately flew into their respective trash cans, and also made the lids of the trash cans buckle down!

"Look, Louis. Downing has such footwork and technique, what's the problem?"

Nyon was dumbfounded—he was not intimidated by Downing's excellent footwork, but was shocked that Dalglish actually used this vague video as evidence for the introduction.

He now has great doubts about Dalglish's insistence on introducing Downing.

Why did Dalglish insist on introducing Downing? Downing's current worth is not low, it's ridiculously high, and his level is not very good, at least it doesn't meet Liverpool's requirements.

He also thought of Dalglish's insistence on introducing the young Jordan Henderson, even at the high price of 15 million pounds.

There may be something fishy in this... Almost all the older generation of coaches in English football have manipulated transfers to profit from them. Why did Arsenal's legendary coach Graham step down back then? Nottingham Forest's godfather Brian Clough received kickbacks in the process of Sheringham's transfer to Tottenham Hotspur. The other party in this matter was Venables, who has a bad reputation in English football. Old Redknapp, who is still active as the coach of Tottenham, was once troubled by the matter of collecting commissions from player transfers, and even Manchester United's symbol Ferguson has been subjected to similar accusations—because his son's agency almost monopolized the transfers of many Manchester United players.

Dalglish also had such things, but that was a long time ago.

If that's the case... then Downing can't be allowed to come to the team. Nyon cannot allow the team's coach to use the opportunity to manipulate player transfers to make a lot of money for himself. This will damage the interests of the entire team and club.

The two people's conversation did not continue. After showing Nyon the video of Downing, Dalglish directly stated that he was going home, and would talk about anything tomorrow.

Nyon did not continue to pester him. He felt that the video was too weird, and he had to investigate it.

Now such videos often pop up, it seems that Nike used this method when doing publicity for Ronaldinho, hitting the crossbar several times in a row and then bouncing back to continue shooting the crossbar. At that time, the release of the video caused a global sensation, and everyone was guessing whether it was real or fake.

Nyon felt that even if Downing's video was real, it couldn't prove that Downing was outstanding, because even an ordinary player, after hundreds of experiments, could still kick such a ball, which is nothing rare. Taking such a juggling video, or even a video that may have been recorded many times, as evidence for the introduction, Dalglish is too childish, right?

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After returning home, Nyon spent the whole night studying this matter, looking for evidence, and searching for information.

Dalglish's interest in Downing is not news, the whole of England knows it, he has been pursuing Downing since last season.

Although there are other candidates for the winger position, such as Adam Johnson of Manchester City, Dalglish is only fond of Downing.

In Nyon's view, this kind of fondness is very inexplicable. If Liverpool is a relegation team, fondness for Downing is excusable. But Liverpool is a wealthy club, and the goal is European war, Downing is a bit not up to par for Liverpool.

Doesn't Dalglish know? He is an old coach, doesn't he understand such a simple principle? Then why does he like Downing so much?

Not only Nyon felt strange about this matter, but even Liverpool's own fans couldn't understand it. In their opinion, Adam Johnson is much better than Downing, but Dalglish just likes Downing.

Some reporters have also asked Dalglish such questions. Dalglish's answer is that Downing's level is sufficient, and most importantly, Downing himself hopes to come to Liverpool, which will reduce the pressure on the team to introduce players, and will not be overcharged by the other party, and pay so much transfer fee in vain.

Liverpool fans also accepted this explanation—this is indeed the case, Downing has announced in public on many occasions that he will transfer to Liverpool, he is a Liverpool fan.

This can indeed win the favor of many Liverpool fans.

But the problem is that Downing is so yearning to come to Liverpool, his worth has not decreased because of this...

Twenty million pounds! Aston Villa insists on this number and will not let go, and Downing himself has not seen any action to cooperate with his beloved gift, such as threatening the club and insisting on transferring. How did Charlie Adam transfer from Blackpool to Liverpool? He even went to court with his old club!

If you want to buy Downing, it's not completely impossible, but Nyon can't accept the point of paying 20 million pounds at all. Twenty million pounds can buy very good wingers in England, and even the whole of Europe, why bother pursuing Downing?

What made him even more furious was that when collecting information, Nyon also found information about the video—this video was produced and filmed by the Aston Villa multimedia department, and the producer personally admitted that this video was "made" by them using video tools! Just like ps for processing pictures, the magical technology of Downing hitting the trash can with three consecutive goals was created out of thin air!

He was furious at the time—if I really buy Downing back, wouldn't I be laughed at by the people of Aston Villa as a stupid fool? They used a fake thing to cheat 20 million pounds from me! Do you really think Liverpool's money falls from the sky?!

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PS, the Downing video thing is real, and there are rumors that Liverpool decided to buy Downing after watching this video. In addition, it is also a fact that Dalglish has always been very interested in Downing.

But whether there is any inevitable connection between them... I don't know, but the novelist will still make necessary fabrications.

Anyway, everything is for the needs of the plot~~

In addition, today is still an update of three chapters, and tomorrow is also an update of three chapters, so continue to ask everyone for monthly tickets~~