Actually, Liverpool was not the only club to offer Napoli a bid for Chen Hero.

Just after Napoli made it to the Champions League final, those teams that had been eyeing Chen Hero made offers, regardless of whether they had offered before, and regardless of how Napoli had emphasized that Chen Hero was not for sale.

This time, the teams that came to offer seemed aggressive and not so easy to dismiss.

And the media's ears are always the most sensitive.

Soon there were news reports that many clubs were interested in Chen Hero and had made offers.

For a time, all kinds of rumors spread, making it difficult to distinguish truth from falsehood, and no one knew if Chen Hero was really leaving.

"...According to the latest news from this newspaper's London correspondent, sources inside Chelsea Football Club revealed that Abramovich is very fond of Napoli's center forward Chen Hero. Chen Hero has a background in Russian football, having played for Zenit Saint Petersburg for three seasons. Perhaps it is because of this relationship that Abramovich wants to acquire him. It is reported that Chelsea has prepared an offer of no less than 50 million pounds to acquire Chen Hero..."

"...Having just helped the team reach the Champions League final, center forward Chen Hero is now a hot star in Europe. Several clubs have expressed their interest in him. Experts believe that it is unlikely that Napoli will be able to keep such a top scorer... After all, compared to those giants, Napoli is too small. Although De Laurentiis has said that his team will not sell players for money, it is a different matter if the player himself wants to leave..."

"Manchester City has made an offer to Napoli to take Chen Hero away for 60 million pounds. This has been confirmed by Manchester City's official spokesman..."

"Although Mourinho said that he would not target Napoli players, we still learned from well-informed sources that Real Madrid is preparing to offer 30 million euros plus Kaká in exchange for Chen Hero's joining..."

"Manchester City's offer was rejected by Napoli, who declared that Chen Hero is not for sale and that they will not sell the player... To this, Manchester City's response was - a new offer of 85 million pounds!"

This is not just reporters' nonsense, but the truth.

Manchester City really offered 85 million pounds to buy Chen Hero!

According to the exchange rate at the time, 85 million pounds was equivalent to 100 million euros... If this deal could be successful, Chen Hero would become the highest-priced player in world football. Currently, the world's highest-priced player is Cristiano Ronaldo, who cost Real Madrid 80 million pounds, or 96 million euros, when he transferred from Manchester United to Real Madrid.

But why could Ronaldo have such a high price? He had already made a name for himself, scoring forty-two goals in a single Premier League season, and winning the Premier League title, the Champions League title, the Champions League Golden Boot, the European Golden Shoe, the World Footballer of the Year, the Champions League Best Player, the Premier League Best Player, the European Silver Ball... A series of honors made his 80 million pounds shocking, but not unbelievable.

But even if Chen Hero can score goals, he doesn't have any significant team honors to show off... The UEFA Cup many years ago could be considered one, but several seasons have passed and his team honors have not increased.

Pay him 100 million euros?

When Bigon saw this number, his pupils dilated...

His heart almost stopped.

Fortunately, he recovered in time.

It would be a lie to say that he wasn't tempted. Faced with such a tempting number, Napoli's general manager really wanted to betray his promise and abandon the private agreement reached with Liverpool, selling Chen Hero to Manchester City. Anyway, the Middle Easterners have money, who else should they fleece if not them?

Moreover, private agreements cannot be made public. Even if he broke this private agreement, Liverpool would have no way to make a fuss and could only suffer in silence - because the two sides had no written agreement at all, only verbal agreements. As for verbal agreements, if I say there is one, then there is one, and if I say there isn't, then of course there isn't.

Bigon's heart was torn for a long time, but finally, his professional ethics made him choose to reject Manchester City.

The reason for the rejection was uncreative, but it was the only thing he could say: "I'm sorry, Hero is not for sale at Napoli..."

Bigon could foresee that when Chen Hero suddenly transferred to Liverpool this summer, his current words would become a handle for ridicule and scolding - "What not for sale? He was still sold to Liverpool!"

The term "not for sale" is actually a famous "joke" in football in most cases, and few people take it seriously.

Just like at the end of January this year, when Chelsea offered Liverpool 40 million pounds to buy Torres, Liverpool's press officer said in an interview with The Times: "Torres is not for sale." As a result, Liverpool and Chelsea reached a transfer agreement, and Torres transferred to Stamford Bridge for a high price of 50 million pounds, creating the highest price in Premier League history.

"Not for sale"? That just means the other party's offer is not high enough.

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Speaking of Liverpool, manager Dalglish's experience in the past few months has made his mood like a roller coaster, with ups and downs.

It all started with Torres.

After Chen Xing and Niang successfully acquired Liverpool, the team's performance did not improve. Hodgson had proved that he was completely unsuitable to lead the team. In addition to leading the team to the bottom, he also bombarded the team's loyal fans. After a 0-3 loss to Manchester City away from home, rumors about his dismissal were rife.

Liverpool had just changed owners and were now facing the situation of changing managers again. In addition, the team's performance was very poor, ranking twelfth in the league, which was a disgrace to a former giant like Liverpool.

In this situation, Torres had the idea of leaving.

In fact, after many years of Liverpool failing to win a championship, and now not even hoping for the Champions League, Torres had long wanted to leave the team. He was twenty-seven years old and longed to play for a team that could win the league title and the Champions League title.

On January 8, the Liverpool club, unable to bear it any longer, sacked Hodgson and announced that Liverpool legend "King" Kenny Dalglish would return to coach Liverpool.

However, some media revealed that Dalglish was just a transitional figure, because his contract would expire at the end of the season... From this, it can be seen that Chen Xing and Niang were still looking for a suitable manager for Liverpool.

Regardless of whether he was a transitional manager or not, Dalglish's love for this team was beyond doubt. At this time, Torres had already revealed his intention to transfer and leave, and Kenny Dalglish tried every means to appease this "Saint Child" who was highly expected by Liverpool fans.

But these efforts did not stop Torres from leaving. This time, Torres was determined to leave. As soon as Chelsea's offer came out, Torres couldn't sit still. The Liverpool press officer had just said that Torres was "not for sale", and he then told the club that he hoped the club would consider Chelsea's offer, and he also submitted a written transfer application.

In this case, the Liverpool club had to prepare for both possibilities, accelerated contact with Suarez, and finally signed the Uruguayan shooter from Ajax for a transfer fee of 22.5 million pounds - as early as when Torres revealed his intention to leave, Liverpool had already begun to consider finding a successor for him...

The arrival of Suarez further strengthened Torres's idea of leaving. He even planned to issue a public statement requesting a transfer, hoping to persuade the Liverpool management to let him go, completely disregarding the possibility of angering the Liverpool fans who had always liked and supported him. Torres's agent also wrote a letter to the club's new owner, Chen Xing, stating why Torres should be released.

At this time, Chelsea also took the opportunity to increase their offer, further putting pressure on Liverpool. They proposed to exchange Torres for 42 million pounds in cash plus Anelka or Sturridge. The Liverpool club was under great pressure, but still rejected Chelsea's offer.

At the same time, manager Kenny Dalglish personally called Torres to persuade him to stay in the team. But Torres said on the phone that he was determined to leave. Liverpool legend St. John warned Torres that joining Chelsea was not the right choice. Angry fans finally couldn't bear it any longer and made excessive behaviors such as burning jerseys and cursing online, but this could no longer reverse the situation.

Finally, Liverpool released the word that if Chelsea could come up with a price of 50 million pounds, they could take Torres away.

This basically meant that Liverpool's resistance had failed and Torres's departure had become a reality.

In the end, Chelsea signed Torres for a sky-high price that broke the Premier League record.

Torres's departure made Dalglish very helpless, but what made him angry was that the Liverpool club's management actually rejected his proposal - after he called Torres to persuade him to stay to no avail, he made a suggestion to the team's operations director, general manager Niang Lu: If retaining Torres was ineffective, then Liverpool should continue to strengthen the strength on the front line to make up for the loopholes after Torres's departure. He believed that one Suarez was far from enough. He was optimistic about the high center forward Andy Carroll, who played for Newcastle, and hoped that the team could sign him. He believed that only Suarez and Carroll could be worth one Torres...

But this reasonable request was directly rejected by Niang. Niang's reason was that Carroll was too expensive and not comprehensive enough.

This explanation was simply perfunctory!

This made Dalglish very angry.

After that, his relationship with Niang became very tense. He relied on his status as a veteran, legend, and legend of Liverpool, the "King" of Anfield, and had a pivotal position in Liverpool. To some extent, he meant to compete with Niang.

He kept demanding that the club introduce a strong high center forward, and the new owner had to prove that he was harmless to Liverpool, so he had to do what he said.

Niang endured until April, and was about to negotiate with Napoli. He really couldn't stand Dalglish's complaints and harassment, so he had to tell him that the team was about to sign a high center forward that he dreamed of, not the kind of center forward like Andy Carroll, but very comprehensive, very capable of scoring goals, and currently one of the best in European football... Chen Hero.

Dalglish was dumbfounded when he heard the news. He thought Niang was joking to make him happy.

But Niang told him with a straight face that this was the truth, and that Liverpool was now infinitely close to Chen Hero. And that he was about to go to Napoli to negotiate with the other club about this matter, and the two sides had reached an agreement on the transfer fee.

Dalglish, who was stunned by the gold bricks falling from the sky, then revealed the news to a media reporter he was very familiar with.

But at least he knew to keep it secret, so he didn't reveal Chen Hero's name, but just told the reporter that Liverpool was now infinitely close to a currently popular striker in European football, whose goal-scoring ability was amazing, and he believed that his arrival would help Liverpool's revival and rise.

"This is definitely a big move that will excite Liverpool fans!"

What is the English media for? I don't know how many things have been done to catch the wind and catch the shadows. Dalglish thought that since he didn't say Chen Hero's name, no one would know who it was?

Naive!

The next day, this media published such news: "...It is rumored that Chen Hero is infinitely close to the Premier League giants Liverpool!"

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