Without letting Chen Ran wait for a long time, the little fat man Louis quickly brought him news.

"Chan, Paulinho's transfer has been settled, with a transfer fee of 2 million euros and an annual salary of 1.5 million euros, a five-year contract. The Sao Paulo Ordax Club was released quickly."

"As for Conca, it's true that this guy is a bit pretentious as you said. The Fluminense Club agreed to let him go, and he still doesn't want to leave."

"But I still used the method you taught him to deal with him, but the price was a bit high. I promised the transfer fee of Fluminense Club of 8 million euros and then paid Conca an annual salary of 5 million euros. What do you think is this condition

How about it?"

After taking action a few years in advance, I could indeed buy bargains. Chen Ran was very satisfied after hearing Louis' report.

"Yes, just do it like that. Remember, you must sign a long-term contract, do you understand?"

"Okay, I get it."

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After handling the transfer affairs of Shencheng Galaxy, on December 11, Chen Ran ushered in the last game of the UEFA Champions League group stage. This time, Crystal Palace played against Fiorentina at the Emirates Stadium.

Since Crystal Palace has secured its first place in the group in advance, Chen Ran sent a starting lineup composed of all substitutes in this Champions League match.

And, he once again handed over command of the game to Southgate.

And on Fiorentina, because they also determined their fate of being eliminated in advance, they also sent a lineup mainly with substitutes and young players when they played against Crystal Palace away this time.

So, in a substitute match against substitutes, with the goals of Dzeko, Cavani and Beckham, Crystal Palace easily defeated Fiorentina 3:1 at home.

While successfully advancing to the top 16 of the Champions League as the first in the group, Chen Ran also obtained a "first-level rehabilitation card" from the system.

In another competition for promotions in this group, Bayern Munich and Lyon faced each other head-on, and the game was extremely fierce.

In the end, Bayern Munich defeated Lyon 3:2 away with his better strength and grabbed the last place in the Champions League quarterfinals.

The match with Fiorentina is only one day apart. On December 13, the 17th round of the Premier League will begin again.

This time, Crystal Palace is going to Anfield to challenge Liverpool.

Fortunately, Chen Ran made a rotation in advance, so that Crystal Palace could play with the starting lineup of all the main players.

Center Tony

Left forward Ribery, front midfielder Modric, right forward Messi

Aya Toure, Aya, Mascherano

Left-back Chiellini, central defender Thiago Silva, central defender Kompani, right-back Macon

Goalkeeper Chech

On Liverpool, the unexpectedly impressive performance of this season has also made many people regard them as the only team that can prevent Crystal Palace from continuing to defend the Premier League title.

Even Liverpool's two worried American bosses George Gillette and Tom Hicks were taking the time to fly from the United States to London to watch this important game that is related to the ownership of the Premier League champion this season.

This period of time was one of the darkest periods in the world's financial markets. As the leader of global stock markets, the US stock market also fell terrible.

George Gillette and Tom Hicks, who invested huge amounts in the US stock market, are now busy looking for money everywhere to tear down the east wall and repair the west wall.

As one of their core assets, Liverpool Club is naturally the best choice for them to cash out.

However, Liverpool's performance in recent years has been really not satisfactory. Even if someone is willing to take over, the quotation is far from meeting their requirements.

Now, if Liverpool can win the Premier League championship this season, it will definitely be sold for a good price.

For this reason, George Gillette and Tom Hicks flew to London before the game with Crystal Palace, and the two specifically talked to head coach Benitez.

As for what the three of them were talking about, no one knew. However, it was said that when Benitez left, his face was not very good-looking.

"Tom, do you think we can beat Crystal Palace in this game?"

In a VIP box at Anfield Stadium, George Gillette looked at Tom Hicks with some confidence, as if he wanted to increase his confidence from the other party.

"I'm afraid it's difficult, I'm very satisfied if I can tie it."

Tom Hicks shook his head slightly. It has been a day or two for him to pay attention to Crystal Palace. This team is too stable. Even with all kinds of adverse factors, the Chinese can handle it perfectly, which makes people unable to find it.

To the flaw.

George Gillette originally wanted to increase his confidence, but Tom Hicks poured him a basin of cold water.

"What should we do? If we can't get a big championship trophy, we can't sell it at a high price."

George Gillette's face was a little pale. If Liverpool Club could not cash out, he might not be far from bankruptcy.

"Continue to hold on and wait for a miracle to happen. After all, Benitez once led Liverpool to win the Champions League championship, so we can only choose to believe him now."

Although Tom Hicks' life was not easy, it was still a little better than George Gillette.

The severe situation made both Americans lose interest in continuing to speak. The private room suddenly fell into silence.

Benitez was also in a heavy mood on the side of the court.

Before the game, what the club's two American bosses said to him made him Alexander.

He didn't expect that Liverpool club has reached this point now and actually has to rely on bank loans to maintain the team's daily expenses.

The two Americans said very clearly to him that if Liverpool cannot win the Premier League or the Champions League this season.

Then starting next season, the team will have to sell core players to maintain the club's survival. After all, it is impossible for banks to provide endless loans to Liverpool.

Benitez has coached at Liverpool for five seasons, and this is his first time coaching a veteran giant club.

Here, he won the first Champions League championship trophy in his life.

Benitez has feelings for Liverpool. In order to prevent this team from collapsing, he is willing to do his best.

However, after several seasons of competition, Benitez also knew that Crystal Palace's strength was above Liverpool.

If he still followed his previous tactical style, Liverpool would probably have the same result as before.

After studying the game videos of Crystal Palace in recent times, Benitez also gained a new enlightenment.

If you want to get points from Crystal Palace, you must learn the bus tactics of Lyon and Chelsea.

Although doing so may not necessarily lead to victory, this is the closest tactic to success so far.

Therefore, in order to preserve Liverpool's hope of winning the Premier League championship, Benitez decided to give up his usual tactical style.

Isn't it just a bus? The fat Italian man from Chelsea can hold his face down. Why can't Benitez?

Everyone is the Champions League champion coach, so it is not embarrassing to do so.

After some self-comfort, Benitez arranged an unexpected starting lineup for Liverpool.

Forward Robbie Keane, forward Torres

Central forward Lucas, central forward Xavi Alonso, central forward Gerald

Left-back Aurerio, central defender Scotter, central defender Hepia, central defender Carragher, right-back Aveloa

Goalkeeper Reina

When Chen Ran saw Liverpool's starting list, his mouth couldn't help but twitch.

How come these famous coaches have started to set up buses?

All you coach are rich clubs. Is it really okay to not want FACE like this?

"Boss, Benitez is in a 532 formation. He seems to have never used it before."

Next to him, Southgate also came over and whispered.

"Isn't it just a bus? Now, as long as these teams meet our Crystal Palace, they will start doing this regardless of their strength."

Simeone was not surprised. In his opinion, he should play like this when facing an opponent who is stronger than him.

"Oh, it seems that today is another hard battle. If nothing unexpected happens, I can only slowly get rid of it."

Southgate sighed helplessly.

Chen Ran, who didn't say a word, just stood by and watched the players on both sides of the stadium. Southgate was right, this game was not easy to play.

In fact, the situation is worse than what Southgate sees.

Although it seems that Benitez is 532 formation on the surface, Robbie Keane plays the left forward for most of the time.

Only when Liverpool gets the ball and is ready to fight back will he rush to the front and join Torres in the offense.

Therefore, the formation designed by Benitez for Liverpool is actually constantly changing between 541 and 532.

From the first minute after the referee sounded the game, Liverpool contracted across the board.

Except for one Torres who stayed in the midfield, all other players were included in their own half.

The space is being compressed as much as possible, so that the difficulty of Crystal Palace breaking through Liverpool's defense through passing and cutting is increased exponentially.

Seeing this on the court, Chen Ran simply returned to the bench and sat down.

Faced with the more teams that adopted the bus tactics, Chen Ran's experience in dealing with them has become more and more abundant.

For these teams that are dedicated to busing, especially strong teams, it is almost impossible to break their defense in the first half of their physical fitness.

Therefore, Chen Ran was not in a hurry and would talk about everything until his opponent's physical fitness declined.

The entire first half of the game became a half-court offensive and defensive drill for the two teams.
To be continued...