Chapter 72 Carragher’s Question (Fourth update, please give me a monthly ticket!!!)

Although he agreed to let Chen Yingxiong be the fourth captain in front of Darglish, Carragher still had different opinions. However, the "king" was too pressured, and he did not dare to face Darglish these words in person.

He could only find Gerald privately. Because there was another thing that surprised him, that is, why Gerald agreed so readily, and he also pointed out that he had a good relationship with Chen Yingxiong.

"Steve, Kenny's request, what exactly do you think? What are you really planning to support the hero as the fourth captain? Although this captain may not be of use at all..."

Gerald smiled: "I really plan to support him, Jamie."

Carragher was even more surprised: "Why?"

"Jamie, how long do you think you can play in Liverpool?" Gerald asked back.

Carragher thought for a while and understood Gerald's meaning: "But I don't think the hero can stay in Liverpool for so long. Maybe he had already transferred and left before I retired, just like... Torres in the past."

When Torres came to Liverpool, he scored frequently and set a series of brilliant records. His influence was getting bigger and bigger outside the court, and there were even signs of surpassing Reds captain Gerrard - in Liverpool's jersey sales in December 2007, the No. 9 jersey with the name Torres was the highest-selling one.

In his first season when he was transferred to Liverpool, he scored 24 goals, only behind Cristiano Ronaldo, becoming the Premier League silver boot scorer. He is also the first Liverpool player to score 20 league goals in a single season since Fowler's 1995-1996 season. In this season, he scored hat tricks against Middlesbrough and West Ham United in the league respectively. He was the first player in the Reds to have a continuous hat trick at home in 60 years. The last person to have such a great performance was Jackie_balmer in 1946.

Torres' performance at that time was so amazing that his teammates were all fascinated by it. The person who admired him the most was the current vice captain Carragher.

In his mind, Torres is the "Red Army version" of Rooney or Cristiano Ronaldo, who can bring the Red Army to a higher level.

"I really hope Fernando can give us a different season, just like Rooney and Ronaldo did at Manchester United. He definitely has this ability. He is no longer just a great scorer in Liverpool, but one of the best scorers in the whole league and even the world. The gap left by Irving after he left is completely able to fill. I really hope he doesn't stop. I know some teams will say before the game: 'I really don't want to fight against Torres'!"

He also believes Torres has the ability to surpass the legendary figure of the Reds.

"It's really a great deal for the club, playing for us so young, and signing six-year long deals. Over the years, we have a long list of great shooters and if he can keep pace, he will definitely surpass them."

These are all things Carragher himself said.

This shows how strong hope he gave to Torres.

But as the saying goes, the greater the hope, the greater the disappointment.

Because Torres never won the championship at Liverpool and couldn't even participate in the European game, he resolutely chose to leave. After half a season, he finally successfully sold himself to Chelsea during the winter break.

This made Carrager feel resentful - he was so optimistic about him, but he just ran away...

So when Chen Yingxiong transferred to Liverpool, if you want to say who is the calmest in the team, it must be Jamie Carragher.

Of course, he was also happy for Chen Yingxiong's joining, but he was absolutely not so happy that he thought Chen Yingxiong would become Liverpool's savior. At first, after hearing that Chen Yingxiong was going to join Liverpool, he felt the happiness of being hit by a pie falling from the sky. But later, the feeling gradually dissipated, and the initial excitement faded because he thought of Torres.

With the lessons of Torres like this, he always observes and treats Chen Yingxiong with a cautious look.

He always wondered whether Chen Yingxiong would perform well in his first season like Torres, quickly became an idol of fans, surpassing Gerald's influence, but after a few seasons, he resolutely abandoned the team and switched to his team because the club could not satisfy his ambitions?

At present, Chen Yingxiong's initial development trajectory is really similar to Torres - he quickly got everyone's hope within the team, and his performance was also excellent, even better than Torres. Torres only scored eight goals in half a season, and Chen Ying's series has scored ten goals.

Relying on these outstanding performances, his position among fans has also become higher and higher. In the last two months of jersey sales, according to the media, the jerseys with Chen Yingxiong's number and name printed have surpassed Gerald and Suarez, ranking first.

Too similar, this is simply too similar...

The more he looks like, the more he will hurt the fans if he leaves Liverpool in the end, which is the same as Torres. When Torres left Liverpool with an even "escape" move, the angry Liverpool fans burned their Torres jerseys to express their dissatisfaction.

Carragher also suddenly felt how ridiculous the previous praises of Torres about "he will become Liverpool's Rooney and Ronaldo" and "he will surpass Liverpool's legend."

Gerald smiled when he heard Carragher mention Torres' name.

"Do you think the hero is the same as Torres?" he asked.

"Is it different?" Carragher spread his hands.

"Of course it's different." Gerald laughed.

"They are both very good at scoring goals, they are both very famous. When they have transferred less than a season, their influence has surpassed you, Stephen." Carragher listed the similarities between the two.

Every time he lists a similarity, Gerald nods.

After Carragher finished speaking, he asked, "It's gone?"

Carragher nodded: "Aren't that enough? Do you have to wait for the heroes to transfer and leave after three and a half seasons like Torres, before saying: 'Oh, they look the same...'?"

Gerald shook his head: "What you said is right. They are all very powerful shooters. They have a great influence and have surpassed me. But these are just superficial, Jamie."

"Is there anything inside?"

"Of course. What kind of person do you think Torres is? I mean his personality."

"Good? Friendly?" Carragher didn't understand what Gerald meant.

Gerald glanced at Carragher: "Don't you think his personality is a bit... soft?"

After Gerald said this, Carragher became even more confused: "I think Carragher's personality is very soft, and sometimes he feels like a girl. But what does this have to do with our topic? You can't really treat him as a girl just because he is soft and like a girl, right?"

Gerald shook his head: "Didn't you ask the heroes and Torres what is the difference? Their biggest difference lies in their personality. Torres is soft in personality. If he encounters difficulties, he can easily fall into the quagmire and cannot extricate himself - his problem at Chelsea is now due to his cowardice in personality, and he is too likely to lose confidence when encountering problems. He is different, and he becomes more and more courageous as he sets down. Although he is too confident and a little arrogant. Many people hate his arrogance, but I think his over-confidence is what we Liverpool lacks the most. There is no championship in five years, and Liverpool really has no confidence anymore, Jamie. Look at the recent games, whenever we fall behind, when we lose, or even just draw, what expressions do you have on everyone's face?"

Carragher was stunned. As the team's deputy captain, he certainly paid attention to the performance of the players. He also noticed the problem that Gerald said, and everyone's face was filled with panic. I think they had already lost...

"Take the last game as an example, after Daniel scored an own goal, what expressions did everyone do? You must remember, I know very well anyway. The game was broadcasted to the TV to give a lot of people close-ups. Everyone was afraid, worried, and even despair. But there was one person who was the exception, and he was the hero. He was shouting at everyone at that time, I was no longer on the court, so I couldn't hear it. Do you know what he called at that time, Jamie?"

Carragher tried hard to recall: "He seemed to be shouting... 'It's no big deal? Didn't he just lose a ball? Just pull it back'..."

As he spoke, he looked up and found Gerald looking at him with a smile.

"He is not the captain, but isn't this kind of thing supposed to be done by the captain?"

Carrag's face turned red. This was his dereliction of duty. When he saw Ag score the football into his own goal, he instantly thought of the last game. The team's own goal turned into a failure. This brought him a certain degree of shadow, so when he saw Ag scored an own goal, the panic in his heart quickly spread.

I didn't care about comforting the already shaky morale of the army.

Unexpectedly, at this time, Chen Yingxiong stood up and not only everyone continued to think about it badly...

"Do you still have questions about him being the fourth captain?" Gerald asked.
Chapter completed!