Chapter 98 Arsenal's Quotation
Korney Training Base, London, United Kingdom.
For the European giants, a perfect training base is the basis for the team to continue to achieve good results. After all, compared with the limited game days, everyone has to spend more time at the training base. In a sense, the training base is the home of the players. The more comfortable the home is, the more laughter and laughter the players will have in their daily life, and the team's record will become better and better.
Natural silence and undisturbance are essential elements of all professional team training bases. Chelsea's previous training ground is close to London's Heathrow Airport. As a result, "players conversations are often interrupted by the sound of planes and landings". In order to change this situation, Abu took charge of the "Blues" and spent a lot of money in the southeast of London. Kent has established a Colbam training base. The planned Colbam training base will have 15 football fields and an indoor football field for winter training. Its luxury is just in line with Abu's appetite.
Compared with the rich families in London, Liverpool's Melwood base has a long history. It has been 60 years since it was built in the 1950s, witnessing the rise and fall of the Red Army. However, due to the age, the facilities of the Melwood base are among the four rich families. As for Manchester United's Carrington Base, since its opening in 1995, it has witnessed the era when the "Red Devils" dominated the Premier League. It is worth mentioning that when entering Carrington training base, you must pass through Manchester City's training base. It is said that in training, players with outstanding foot strength often accidentally kick the ball into the opponent's court. During training, Sun Jihai accidentally kicked the ball away. As a result, he was sent by head coach Keegan to Manchester United's Carrington to pick the ball.
Although Arsenal's action in the transfer market has always been small and rarely shocking, but when it comes to the training base, the 'gunners'' Kearney base can be regarded as the best of the rich family. The Kearney Training Base was completed in 2000 and built in lush Hertfordshire. In addition, the Kearney Training Base is only a 45-minute drive from the Emirates Stadium, the new stadium that Arsenal will open next season. It is currently the best training ground in the UK, with a total of ten standard courses, each equipped with underground drainage facilities and an automated sprinkler system.
Because of the advanced Kearney training base, the English team has repeatedly used it as a base for preparing for important games. Speaking of the Kearney training base, we would also like to thank Real Madrid - Arsenal coach Wenger for acquiring 23 million pounds from Real Madrid's Anelka, half of which was used to build the Kearney base and the other half for The acquisition of Henry resulted in a great sublimation of Arsenal.
In the head coach's office at the Kearney training base, Arsena. Wenger's face was as bad as his mood. There have been 17 rounds of the 2005/2006 Premier League, and Arsenal now ranks eighth in the league. This is really a hellish situation for the London giants who won the championship with an unbeaten gold medal before a season ago.
This season, with the continuous downturn of Arsenal's away games, the ups and downs of Manchester United and Liverpool, and the 17 rounds of the league, the defending champion Chelsea has been nine points ahead of the second-ranked Manchester United team, 20 points ahead of Arsenal. It seems that the suspense of the championship will end early, and there are actually a few in the top few leagues at the beginning of the season. Middle and lower teams like Charlton, and the promoted Ma Weigan once occupied the second place in the table, which surprised experts, and people are looking forward to the birth of a new pattern of the Premier League.
However, this is a great shame for Arsenal. Before the league is halfway through, it has been thrown 20 points by Chelsea, which has not been paid attention to before. Chelsea's points are almost twice as high as Arsenal, which makes him proud as Wenger. Suffering.
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It's very cold in London these days. When people get up in the morning, they always find a piece of silver white - there is no snow, and there is white frost everywhere. London has a lot of rain in winter, which is also characteristic of the temperate oceanic climate. But it's not bad these days. You can basically see the sun. The sun always doesn't rise high. It's still a little dark at 8 a.m., and the moon is high after 3 p.m. At four o'clock, it was basically dark.
The temperature of the air conditioner was too high. Wenger turned off the air conditioner, opened the window, and let the cold wind blow in. The whole person trembled and was full of energy.
The recent situation of Arsenal worried him.
There are a few pieces of paper on the desk with the names of Chelsea, Manchester United, Tottenham Hotspur, and Manchester City, with numbers next to the names of these clubs.
Wenger is worried about the team's weak attack. Now Arsenal only ranks eighth in the Premier League, which is directly related to Arsenal's sudden lack of attack this season. The statistics on this paper illustrate these situations.
The leader Chelsea scored 37 goals in 17 games; the second-ranked Manchester United scored 31 goals in 17 games; the fourth-ranked Tottenham Hotspur also scored 25 goals; even the seventh-ranked Manchester City scored 24 goals.
Among the top four teams, only Liverpool has scored 21, which is one goal less than Arsenal, but Liverpool has conceded 11, which is six fewer than Arsenal.
Arsenal's defense line should be criticized, but in the final analysis, it is Arsenal's attackers who should be held accountable. While Henry was in a goal shortage, Arsenal's other attackers failed to stand up.
Seeing that Christmas is coming, more than halfway through the race, Arsenal's shooters seem to be still hibernating, and Wenger is also anxious. He decided to introduce a shooter to the winter transfer market. The most direct requirement is 'to fight'.
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The door was pushed open, and it was Arsenal's assistant coach Pat who came in. PatRice. When Arsenal's game situation is unfavorable, the fans in front of the TV always see Wenger and his assistants complaining about something. This "listen" is Les, Arsenal's assistant coach. Les was a member of Arsenal when he was a player, and he was the captain of the Gunners. He has been playing for Arsenal in different positions for more than 40 years. In fact, Les's job is not just about listening. He plays an important role in daily training, and will also make suggestions to Wenger in terms of tactics, substitution and selection of players.
At this time, only two people can go directly into Wenger's office without knocking on the door. One is Arsenal's chief scout and the highly valued Steve. Loveli, the other one is Pat. Les.
"Arsena." Pat. Les shook the document in his hand and said, "Marseil has replied."
"What did they say?" Wenger stopped what he was doing and asked. After watching the game video and analysis report sent by Gremandy, he became interested in this young Chinese striker called Zhang Yang. The efficiency of scoring thirteen goals in seven games is also strange in the talented Ligue 1. Of course, it will attract Wenger's attention, and Gremandy also strongly recommended in the report that this is Arsenal's genius shooter that must not be missed! Scouts will use their own words carefully in reports provided by individuals, and such comments are rare.
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After watching the video of the video of the game sorted out by Gremandi, Wenger and the chief scout Steve. Loveli communicated, and then the chief scout of Arsenal rushed to France in person to watch the match between Marseille and Strasbourg. Zhang Yang's hat-trick made Steve, who had not been interested in Zhang Yang before. Loveli was moved. After he returned to London, the words he used in his report to Wenger were 'a young man who can be cultivated.' Although this comment is not as good as Gremandy's comment on publicity, considering the gentleman's BOSS-level status in Arsenal's scouting system, it's not bad to be able to make such a comment after watching only one game.
Subsequently, Wenger also carefully studied all the game videos and data analysis about Zhang Yang. He has a deeper understanding of Zhang Yang's situation, and Wenger is also interested in this young man.
To be precise, Zhang Yang moved Wenger.
After, they tentatively made a quotation to the Marseille team. Of course, the process is not so simple. It takes a lot of procedures and investigation to make a quotation for a player.
Although it is tentative, whether it is Wenger himself or Steve. Both Loveli and Gremandi think that this quotation can completely satisfy the Marseille team.
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"I refused." Pat. Les shrugged his shoulders, which was a good expression of his mood. He felt a little surprised, "They refused our offer."
"Oh?" Wenger was also a little surprised. He motioned to Pat. Les sat down, then casually clicked on the document with the word 'ZHANG' on it, looked at it twice, and shook his head. The Marseille team has gone too much. The offer given by the Arsenal Club is 3.5 million euros, which is a relatively high offer for Arsenal. For an amateur player who has played less than double-digit professional games, this is a sky-high price.
"They also said--" Pat. Les's expression was a little strange.
"What else do you say?" Wenger is interested. There must be something particularly interesting that can make Les look like this.
"They said that Zhang is their non-sale item. I won't sell it for any money.
"Uh--" I heard Pat. Les said that, Wenger's expression is also wonderful. It's not the 'non-sale' that changes his face. This word has now been used badly. To put it bluntly, even if you buy a team's player who sits on the bench, the team will say that someone is their non-sale, which is a negotiation skill. And means. What stunned Wenger and even funny was the last sentence, 'I won't sell for any money.' This is a further annotation for the previous 'non-sale item'.
From this supplement, Wenger really felt the attitude of the Marseille team. The Marseilles seemed to really attach importance to this Chinese young man. The sentence "non-sale" was obviously not bargaining.
Tut. The head coach of Arsenal gave a tuck. He thought it was very interesting. Obviously, this is due to the handwriting of Marseille head coach Fernandez. According to Wenger's understanding, Marseilles president Diouf will certainly not set any obstacles to this transfer. He is a person who does not understand football and pretends to understand football, but actually only wants to make money. Only Fernandez is qualified to say no to this transfer.
This at least shows that Fernandez attaches great importance to his No. 27 player. In Fernandez's planning blueprint, this Chinese young man is very important.
If Wenger is recognized as good at discovering young players in international football, then in France, Fernandez is not less famous than Wenger.
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Pat. Les thought that Wenger would continue to ask about Zhang Yang, but he saw that Wenger just opened the notebook, wrote a few words on a page, closed the notebook, and went to the next topic.
"How's the situation in Monaco?" Wenger asked.
In addition to tentatively making an offer to the Marseilles about Zhang Yang, Arsenal also asked the Monaco club for Adebayo, which is the truth never to put eggs in a basket.
Compared with Arsenal's tentative offer for Zhang Yang, Arsenal's offer for Adebayor is more important and sincere. After all, Arsenal has not been paying attention to Adebayor for a day or two. Now Arsenal's chief scout Steve. In Loveli and Wenger's office, there is a drawer of information about Adebayor. Arsenal's offer to Monaco for the acquisition of Adebayor is 6 million. For a 21-year-old young shooter, this offer is not low. Of course, it's not high. However, considering that this is an offer from Arsenal, this offer shows sincerity in view of Arsenal's tradition of spending a small amount of money to cultivate little demons.
"They said that the Togolese and the team still have a two-year contract, and the Togolese are not sold by the team." Say it here, Pat. Les himself laughed. Compared with Marseille's answer about the purchase, the Monaco team is much more sincere about the offer of Adebayor. Although what the Monaco people said seems to have refused, but this subtext is, yes, Adebayo is our player. He has a contract with us. I want to Want to buy it? This, huh? Hey hey, your price obviously doesn't work.
This is what it means to bargain.
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Now, one of the multiple-choice questions in front of Wenger is to continue to talk to Marseille about publicity. To be precise, it is to continue to raise the price, hoping to make Fernandez feel that he will be released at this price, and then he can use this transfer income to buy more suitable players, and finally release People. Therefore, what is important is the consent of the head coach. In the opinion of Arsenal people, including Wenger, as long as the club and the head coach agree, there will be no problem with Zhang Yang himself. They are very confident in the attraction of Arsenal as a rich club.
Another multiple-choice question is to continue to bargain with Monaco and buy Adebayor.
The difference between the two multiple-choice questions is that if you continue to buy and promote it, you are unlikely to succeed. Wenger saw from Fernandez's reply that the Marseille coach's resolute 'not selling' attitude.
There is still some talk about the transfer of Adebayor between Arsenal and Monaco. The gap between the two sides should not be big, so this acquisition is likely to be successful.
The purchase of Zhang Yang may be rejected; the purchase of Adebayor is likely to be successful.
And most importantly, compared with Zhang Yang's sudden outbreak in Ligue 1, it may be a flash in the pan, and the acquisition of Zhang Yang is extremely risky; Adebayor has more experience, and his continuous good performance is more worthy of reference. It has a relatively stable side and a lower front line.
In addition, the flamboyant and trouble-prone personality also makes Wenger not like it. In the history of Arsenal, among the players selected by Wenger himself, except for one Anelka, there are not many thorns. Even Anelka was later sold to Real Madrid by Wenger.
This choice, for Wenger, does not seem to be difficult to make a choice...
It's just that Arsenal assistant coach Pat. When Riley saw Wenger frowning, it seemed difficult to make a decision.
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Marseille head coach Fernandez firmly told club president Diouf that Zhang Yang is not for sale of the team. He bluntly told Mr. Chairman that Zhang Yang was one of the team's few players who could not move. These players are the core of his planned Marseille team. Want to sell these players? Yes, unless he is fired from Fernandez first!
However, first the previous quotation of Monaco, and then the current quotation of Arsenal, Fernandez began to be vigilant. With the better and better performance, more and more clubs have noticed Zhang Yang, a young man who is very good at scoring goals. And it has been put into action directly.
Fernandez suddenly felt. It is now an urgent matter to renew the contract with Zhang Yang as soon as possible.
Among other things, Arsenal's invitation is definitely a great surprise and ** for a young player. If not, publicity will be poached away. Now, the player's personal will has played an increasingly important role in the transfer.
Fernandez knew that Zhang Yang had returned to China. The boy returned to China on holiday, said goodbye to almost the players and coaches of the whole team, and shouted that he wanted to bring gifts back.
Fernandez called Zhang Yang's mobile phone number. He wanted to communicate with his proud disciple again and reach an agreement as much as possible on the New Testament. Prevent others from taking advantage of the opportunity.
"Wor down?" Fernandez put down the phone and was a little confused. Boy, why do you turn off your phone when you have nothing to do?
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"Hahaha. That's what you understand. I didn't say that. Of course, you can dial it out. I have no problem with it anyway." Zhang Yang laughed.
He is recording an interview program on Oriental TV.
I have to say that Oriental TV is still well prepared. They have already listed more than a dozen pages of problems. This is a long time ago, not temporary.
Just now, He Ping asked Zhang Yang a question. If he hadn't been 'persed' by a domestic club, would he be just a marginal player of a domestic Chinese Super League club now. On the contrary, he would not have such achievements and a promising future now?
Zhang Yang replied like that with a smile.
He is not stupid. He is not afraid of some ** problems, but he doesn't want to get into trouble and worry about these stupid things. Of course, if someone bothers him, it's another matter.
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PS: I'm back in Suzhou. When I get home from the train, I will hurry to code. Today, I will send a chapter of more than 5,000 words. This month's update will be much better.