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贝尼特斯是拿下联盟杯后和瓦伦西亚谈判破裂才来的利物浦，这起码是2004年6月1日以后的事了。欧文此前一年就在和俱乐部的续约谈判中屡屡拖延，难道是因为他预知贝尼特斯要来？转一段欧文自传过来，给文迷好好看看，到底是他要走还是俱乐部蓄意迫害头牌。
But I ought to start at the beginning. As soon as I found out Real Madrid were interested in me back in the summer of 2004, they were the only club I would have left Liverpool to join. The possibility first arose when I was in America for Liverpool’s pre-season tour, and events gathered pace from there. When Liverpool were informed, I spoke on numerous occasions with the new manager, Rafa Benitez, who asked me how I intended to respond. We had some good, frank conversations. But when it came to answering the big question, I could hardly get the words out.
只是我应该一开始就做出决定。当我在04年夏天知道皇马对我有兴趣的时候，我就知道他们是唯一一个我可以为之离开利物浦的俱乐部。这种传闻从我随利物浦到美国进行季前训练的时候就已经开始了。在利物浦得到消息后，我和新主帅拉法·贝尼特斯在各种场合下进行过多次交谈，他问我打算怎样回应。我们的谈话很友好也很坦率，但是一涉及那个实质问题，我实在很难说出口。
I knew I wanted to have a crack at playing for Real Madrid, to chance my arm in a foreign league and sample life overseas, but when Benitez was asking me to clarify my position I just couldn’t seem to say: ‘I want to leave.’ The way I saw it was that one in a million footballers are invited to play for Real and one in ten million decline the invitation. I didn’t want to be one of those people. It wasn’t that I actively wanted to get away from Liverpool. I’d simply received an offer I felt I couldn’t refuse. I did tell the manager, though, that if it didn’t come off for any reason I would be 100 per cent committed to Liverpool for the coming campaign.
我清楚自己很想尝试到皇马踢球，在国外的联赛中重新追求自己的理想，也追求另一种海外生活。但是当贝尼特斯要我表态时，我真的无法说出："我想走。"我只是这样来看待这件事：一百万个球员中也只有一个能得到皇马的邀请，而拒绝这份邀请的可能一千万人里才能有一个。我不打算成为其中之一。
我并不是那么想离开LFC，我只是接受了一份我无法拒绝的请柬，就这么简单。我告诉教练，如果这一切由于某种原因不能实现，我100%会同LFC续约。
As a Spaniard, and a former manager of Valencia, Benitez understood the lure of the Bernabeu. He knew full well that Real were the big glamour club in world football. ‘Even if I go, and we never speak again, I want you to know that it’s not because I want to leave Liverpool,’ I told him.
作为一个西班牙人，作为瓦伦西亚的前教练，贝尼特斯非常了解Bernabeu的诱惑。他明白皇马作为一个世界顶级俱乐部有多大的魅力。我告诉他，即使我离开，即使我们以后不会再见面交谈，我也希望你能明白，并不是我希望离开利物浦。
He didn’t urge me to stay - and I don’t hold that against him. Not one bit. Football’s a business. I had one year left on my contract. We’d progressed a long way down the line on contract talks with Liverpool but clearly they felt exposed, even though I’d promised them I would never leave on a ‘Bosman’ free transfer. I wouldn’t have put the club in that position. If I was to leave, I wanted Liverpool to receive a decent fee. Being picky, you could say they might have expected to collect more than the 10 million package they received. Then again Real Madrid might not have been willing to pay any more than they did. None of that was anything to do with me.
It all happened in a rush, with only a week or so of real uncertainty.
他没有催我续约--我不会因为这个而对他有什么不满，一点也不。足球是一个商业化的运动，我和LFC的合同还有一年就到期。为此我和俱乐部谈了很久，但是他们显然觉得不安，虽然我已经向他们保证我绝不会等合同到期后自由转会。我不会让俱乐部陷入那样的境地。如果我要走，我也希望利物浦能得到一笔可观的转会费。苛刻点讲，你可能会说他们预期得到的远不止1000W，但是反过来说皇马也许并不愿意付那么多钱，而这些都不是我能左右的。一切都进行的太快，只有短短的一周，而且充满了变数。
如果说看完以上，还不清楚事实是什么，某家只能对文迷的阅读理解能力表示遗憾。
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