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Chapter 248 Grouping and Lifting the Ban

Chapter 248 Grouping and Lifting the Ban

No matter from which point of view Fowler's status in the Liverpool team is no longer what it used to be, Houllier's obsession with the direct pass tactics made him almost give up the pride of this Liverpool fan, and Owen's strong rise is even more impressive. It is to let Houllier feel confident about his approach, and the younger and more impressive Owen has used his speed to far surpass Fowler in his international reputation.

So while all Liverpool fans want Fowler to stay, everyone knows that leaving is a foregone conclusion.The conflict with Houllier made the former Prince of Anfield, affectionately regarded as God's genius killer by Liverpool fans, finally take off the red robe that brought him countless glory this season.

But for Fowler, he has too many places to go. Spain, Italy, and countless giants have extended olive branches for him. You must know that at this time, he is still strong after returning from injury.

In the 2000-01 season, when Owen and Heskey's striker partner was more optimistic about Houllier's use, Fowler, who became the team's third striker, still scored [-] goals in various competitions as a central defender for Liverpool. In the League Cup final, the FA Cup semi-final, and the important matches against the Red Devils Manchester United in the league, they all scored crucial goals. Therefore, for Fowler at this time, although the coach gave him pain because of the tactical abandonment, But his talent has attracted a large number of wealthy families.

Fowler's good friend McManaman's Real Madrid and his arch-enemy Barcelona are both Fowler's suitors, especially Barcelona, ​​which has been in a downturn recently. It is obviously unacceptable for the Catalans to open a winning account and enter the Champions League after qualifying.The ambitious Serie A powerhouses Sampdoria, Naples and the new king Roma have also given their own offers in rumors.There is no doubt that no one wants to get a super shooter who can shoot left and right in the penalty area and has excellent skills in the winter window. Even if Fowler wants to stay in the Premier League, Bergkamp's old Arsenal and the ambitious Manchester United are all him. Therefore, at that time, almost no one could have imagined that Fowler would choose Leeds United in the end.

Although the reason Kenny is also unknown, but after figuring this out, he is also full of embarrassment.

First, he joined Coventry, a team in the middle and lower reaches of the Premier League at the time, with a record transfer fee of 600 million pounds for young players in the Premier League, and then joined the Serie A giants Inter Milan with a shocking 1300 million pounds throughout Europe.Even though Keane was ranked behind Ronaldo and Vieri at Inter Milan and had no chance to play, but after loaning Leeds United in 2000, Keane scored 18 goals in 9 games in the Leeds United. The team coach O'Reilly was almost impressed, so Leeds United officially bought Keane out this summer for 1200 million pounds.

This resume is not unremarkable. In this era of talent blowout in the Premier League, Keane, as a regular player of Leeds United this season, although his performance was sluggish and ups and downs at this time, the first few games were also remarkable. Isn't it ruthless that Leeds United, who looked eager for talents, turned their faces in an instant when they had a better choice?Even though Kenny is very aware of Leeds United's current situation, he cannot accept it.God knows if Keane's ups and downs were caused by the club saying hello to him.

Thinking of this, Kenny felt a little angrily complaining for Keane. If this is the case, then Leeds United's board of directors is indeed unsatisfactory.

After 90 minutes, Leeds United lost 0:1 to Sunderland.

Although Leeds United played two very threatening attacks by Viduka in the second half, but in front of Sunderland who played exceptionally at this moment, they failed to recover from the decline, and finally lost 0:1 away to Sunderland. After dropping the game, a moderate upset broke out.At the same time, after thirteen rounds, Leeds United, which ended their two-game winning streak in the league, stayed in fourth place with 22 points, while Arsenal topped the list with 28 points.

After this game, Keane, who once again became the target of the media's verbal criticism, was also dissatisfied and abused by the fans. Keane still remained silent about this situation, only his knuckles that had been pinched blue showed his heart not calm.Fortunately, this situation did not last long, and people's attention was attracted by another piece of news, which was the latest grouping situation of the second round of the Champions League group stage.

Under the eyes of the public, Leeds United, who had four wins and two losses and qualified as No.2 in Group E, was finally assigned to Group B in the second round of the group stage. Compared with all the teams in the second round of the group stage, Group B It can be said to have the highest gold content, Barcelona, ​​Roma and Leeds United's only overseas rival Galatasaray.

Seeing such a situation, O'Reilly and chairman Ridsdale couldn't help but burst into tears, your sister, can you give me a way out!If Porto and Celtic represent giants outside the five major leagues, then there is no objection that Barcelona and Rome represent the top clubs of the five major leagues at this moment, even if Barcelona is at a low point at the moment.La Liga giants and Serie A champions, plus a local super class bully. At this time, the future of Leeds United is worrying.

Fortunately, after six fierce battles, Leeds United's personnel lineup is fairly neat. Except for the old captain Radebe, there are no injuries, which also allows Leeds United to go all out for the future.But at this moment, Kenny is so excited that he cannot contain himself. Rivaldo, Enrique, Batistuta, isn't this a battle that is difficult to contain?

And the first friend he made, Francisco Totti, see you on the battlefield.

On November 11th, in the No.20 round of the Premier League, Leeds United played against Aston Villa at home.

Kenny's first game after lifting the ban.

While wearing earphones and exchanging saliva in text messages with Totti, Kenny strode into the stadium and began to warm up. Although there was still more than half an hour before the start of the game, the entire Elland Road Stadium had already There were no empty seats, and tens of thousands of Leeds United fans had already warmed up with experience.At the end of November, the highest temperature in the UK was only [-] degrees, and some places even fell below [-] degrees. Such a situation was unimaginable in Germany at the same time. Even Kenny was well prepared After all, it is the most critical period for Leeds United, and he doesn't want to affect his performance because of any situation.

The on-site DJ also played various popular songs to start the warm-up.

(End of this chapter)