Midfielder.

Chapter 415

Fleeing times are unfavorable, perhaps it is more appropriate to describe Wenger's current situation in this way. Originally, he had enough headaches facing Kenyon's pressing every step of the way, but there are still people who want to cause trouble for this old French man.

The transfer turmoil on Ashley Cole's side has not yet subsided, and the news about Vieira's departure has been exposed by the Italian media. The Arsenal captain is now ready to leave.

And this time the Juventus team also publicly stated after seeing someone broke the news, saying that it was true.

They are trying to try to contact the Arsenal team, trying to resolve this transfer in the near future.

In fact, before the end of the season, some English media broke the news that Italy's Juventus has officially asked Arsenal to buy Vieira, and has already made an accurate offer.

Although no one can give the most accurate transfer offer, the Italians' pursuit of Vieira has been fully publicized, as if Kenyon has been chasing Ashley Cole.

It’s just that the Premier League game was still going on at that time, everyone was concerned about the championship battle, and not many people cared about those transfer rumors. Many Arsenal fans even thought it was fake news.

But when the Italian made a public statement this time, the diehard Arsenal fans realized the crisis.

For the midfielder core that he has cultivated by himself, Wenger's attitude towards Vieira is basically the same as his feeling towards Henry, but this time the determination of the French midfielder to leave is very strong.

It can be said that after the transfer market opened, Vieira had already communicated with the club enough. His intention to transfer to Juventus has been made very clear. He only hopes that the team will not set up obstacles.

In fact, the reason why Vieira wants to leave is very simple. Wenger only promised to renew the contract once a year for those players who are over 30 years old.

Pires can continue to stay for another year because he hopes to continue fighting with Arsenal for another year.

At least he has to hit the Champions League trophy once with his old partner Henry, so Pires, Ljungberg and others will choose to stay, otherwise, they would have hated the one-year signing method.

For a professional player who has been in the football circle for so many years, when he is gradually going downhill, if he does not have a reassuring contract, no one will agree to it.

Vieira is not the kind of ungrateful person, but he doesn't want to be so sloppy about his future.

When faced with the contract extension proposed by the Arsenal team, Vieira did not choose to scruple on any old feelings.

Handle business affairs, and leave all issues to your own broker, at least to strive for the greatest benefit.

In fact, no one should criticize such a choice, just like what Mendes said, if you want players to be loyal, it is no longer an era of emotional maintenance, but money.

Mendes said that as an economic person, you must abandon some distracting thoughts and consider everything for your employer.

Just like the issue of Lin Yi's contract, if someone can offer better terms, Mendes will definitely consider it, but the premise is that Lin Yi wants to leave, otherwise nothing will be discussed.

For example, the conditions offered by Real Madrid after the start of the transfer were very generous, but Lin Yi himself did not intend to leave Chelsea. Even if Mendes wanted to earn commissions, it was not such a way of earning money.

This time Vieira is like this, he wants to go, so his agent must execute the operation.

The master-student friendship between Vieira and Wenger will not change, but for his own future, the renewal conditions offered by the Arsenal team can no longer meet Vieira's current needs.

Weekly salary, bonus, contract length, these things have not changed after a failed season, which makes Vieira, who is the core of the team's midfielder, simply unbearable.

Vieira may not want a new contract with such a high salary, but at least he requires the contract to be long enough, preferably until he retires from Arsenal.

After all, Vieira has also won a lot of honors during the years he spent with Arsenal, but under the strong impact of Chelsea, it is almost impossible for Arsenal to turn around in the short term.

Although Wenger said in front of the media that he wanted to regain the championship, Vieira thought that was just talk. It is unrealistic to overthrow Chelsea, at least with Arsenal now.

Vieira did not ask the club to strengthen the lineup like Henry did, but now it seems that his proposal to prepare for the retirement of the Arsenal team is nothing more than his own wishful thinking. The other party did not respond at all. The Arsenal club is now sticking to its own salary structure , do not want to pay more.

Arsenal's response is indeed straightforward, no adjustments will be made for a maximum of three years, including Henry's new contract will not exceed this number of years, but the salary can be raised to a certain extent, but such a decision is already very hot when tempered Vieira, you can fully imagine what it was like.

Vieira rejected Arsenal's proposal almost without any hesitation, and even put down his harsh words. If he can't change it, then he will choose to leave the team and prepare to seek a transfer.

Originally, Wenger had been a bit battered in the middle and late seasons, and he did not participate too much in the issue of Vieira's contract renewal, but when he knew it, Juventus had already made an offer.

Moreover, Vieira did not choose to continue negotiating with the Arsenal team. He is now determined to leave. The price offered by Juventus also makes the Arsenal team have little resistance.

Although the price of 500 million euros is not considered a big deal in the current transfer market, driven by Vieira's tough attitude, this is also the last price that Juventus can offer.

If he does not choose to trade, Vieira has already said that he would rather stay with Arsenal for another year.

Then choose a free transfer next summer, this tough French guy can definitely do it.

Wenger's retention did not become the key to reverse reality in the end. Two weeks before the start of the Community Shield, Arsenal lost their old captain, and Vieira successfully joined Juventus.

Let go of an absolute midfield core, Wenger knows what this loss means to the team.

The little guy Fabregas is really good, and Wenger does intend to let him succeed Vieira.

But now that he has been pushed to the front line so hastily, even Wenger himself doesn't know whether this is a blessing or a curse.

But Vieira has left, nostalgia is useless, now Arsenal must set a new benchmark, one day after the old captain left, Wenger brought the captain's armband to Henry.

Perhaps at this time, Wenger can only trust the people closest to him, and Henry has been cultivated by him alone. Perhaps he is the only one who can be trusted before the veterans leave one after another.

Wenger may want to use this approach to bind the heart of his main shooter. After all, after Henry experienced a very failed season, he also began to desire the Champions League final more and more.

When watching Chelsea lift the final Champions League, Henry may also want to get a taste of the top of Europe.

If there is no hope before the end of his contract, maybe Henry will also choose to transfer.

Wenger is well aware of this, so he is indeed a little worried about the current situation of the team. He is also a little uncertain whether a group of young players can stand up to the arsenal under the leadership of veterans.

But now it can only be a dead horse as a living horse doctor. After all, Arsenal is not Chelsea, and Wenger is not the unscrupulous Kenyon in the transfer market. They can only tap their own potential.

After reluctantly letting Vieira go, Wenger also seemed to want to leave the team suddenly. After hitting Kenyon hard, he also fulfilled Ashley Cole's desire to leave the team desire.

Although Kenyon was robbed of 2000 million euros by Wenger, and Gallas's ownership was added, but for the team's ability to buy such a player with both offensive and defensive capabilities in wing defense, he thinks it is still a matter of fact. It's worth it, after all, Ashley Cole's popularity in England has been on the rise.

However, for the conclusion of this deal, Mourinho expressed his dissatisfaction for the first time. He did not deny the role of Ashley Cole, but he never thought of giving up Gallas.

After all, the Frenchman who can act as an all-rounder on the back line has always had a good performance in Chelsea's defense. He has contributed a lot to having such a strong defensive lineup last season.

But Wenger's condition was to make Arsenal's defense more secure, so he had already said before the deal that either Gallas should be included in the deal, or the deal would be terminated.

After weighing it up, Kenyon gave up on Gallas. After all, the Frenchman was just a jack-of-all-trades in the defense, not an absolute main force, but Ashley Cole was different.

Chelsea has been short of top full-backs who can attack and defend well. Neither Gallas nor Bridge nor even Ferreira were qualified full-backs last season. Kenyon has been looking for suitable people.

Paying one more Galla and spending 1000 million euros less, such a deal is not considered a loss in Kenyon's view. What's more, don't forget that Galla is almost 30 years old, and Cole has just entered his golden age.

With luck, Ashley Cole may still have seven to eight years of good form to maintain.

Therefore, even if Mourinho was a little dissatisfied with the deal, Kenyon still insisted.

But the price Kenyon has to pay is that he has to find a panacea for Mourinho on the back line, from the potential stock Dawson to the recent Gary Cahill who has just emerged at Sheffield United.

Although I don't know who can be dealt with in the end, Kenyon owes Mourinho a defender anyway.

Although the Arsenal team got a Gallas who can defend them against the opponent's attack as a central defender, Wenger also knows that don't expect to rely on such a person to deal with those competitors. After all, the strength of the French defender has not yet reached that level. Superb, Arsenal's defense is still a bit dangerous.

Letting go of two defensive champions in a row, Wenger may have known that such an approach would pay a price.

When Arsenal and Chelsea gathered at the Millennium Stadium in Cardiff, Wenger rarely put on a defensive counterattack posture, because even he himself was very aware of the gap in strength between the two sides.

It's not that Arsenal are showing weakness, it's just that when they see Chelsea's luxurious midfield configuration that makes people drool, I am afraid that any team should know that it is too difficult to attack.

Not to mention how tight Chelsea's defense is, their potential strength in offense is already terrifying enough, Gerrard, Lampard, Lin Yi, plus Robben, Duff and Deloitte bar.

Now who dares to say that Chelsea can only rely on defense to win the championship?With this lineup and this impact, even Wenger himself said before the game that Chelsea's offensive ability is now enough to overthrow anyone.

Similarly, anyone including Arsenal, although the midfield configuration of Ljungberg, Pires, Fabregas and Flamini is also considered a good mix of personnel, but it always feels inferior.

Moreover, Wenger had a premonition before the start of the game that the current Chelsea is likely to oppress him strongly, and the facts have also proved that the old French man's prophetic feeling is indeed very accurate.

Mourinho dared to arrange almost the entire main lineup to play this game, in order to suppress the opponent in the whole field, every position, he asked everyone to remember this, and must be comprehensively suppressed.

As long as they are the players in the game, they must use fierce interceptions to deal with the opponent, and the same is true when attacking. Everyone must focus on themselves and face the fierce impact of the Arsenal players.

Needless to say about the offensive line, Drogba faced Senderos, even though the two men's physiques looked similar, but in a real collision, the Danish guy obviously couldn't stand up to this African elephant.

In less than 4 minutes of the opening, Drogba relied on his strong body to forcefully squeeze past Senderos. Lampard passed the ball from the wing to the ground and accurately found Drogba.

It was done overnight, Drogba's push in front of the goal not only made Lehmann helpless, but also made Wenger sigh deeply on the sidelines, no way, really no way, Senderos really tried his best.

But in the face of such a three-dimensional and comprehensive attack from Chelsea, Arsenal's defensive lineup always seems a bit stretched, especially in a one-on-one matchup, they simply do not have any advantage.

The continuous attacks of Gerrard and Lampard in the middle always threatened Arsenal's defense. Wenger may not have expected that Mourinho would concentrate the firepower of Lampard and Gerrard in the middle.

You know, when they were in the national team, it was a secret that everyone knew that these two guys were incompatible with each other.

Even when Eriksson used them, he had to make some choices. Almost one of them was the front midfielder, and the other was pulled to the side to wander. It was impossible to appear in the center at the same time.

But Mourinho has the guts to let two people appear behind Drogba at the same time, and he gave Gerrard and Lampard the freedom to move freely, they can choose to cruise in the middle and the wing.

As long as there is a chance, anyone can play. Mourinho did not stipulate that only Lampard can be a shadow striker behind Drogba. Gerrard also has such offensive ability, and he can also be qualified for this position. Eli Kesen can't solve the problem, but for Mourinho, it's not a problem.

Quite simply, Eriksson's national team midfielder does not have a commander who can mobilize everyone.

But Chelsea's midfielder has Lin Yi. That kid can use his passing to maximize the offensive abilities of Gerrard and Lampard, while allowing both of them to have room to develop their specialties.

This is why Mourinho dared to let both virtues appear in the middle. Almost after the first training session after Chelsea's training camp, Mourinho had already made such tactical adjustments.

Originally, he wanted to refer to the way the England national team used these two people to separate them, but Lin Yi's several passes in the training match allowed Mourinho to capture a new idea.

This is how it is now, with Shuangde going up in the middle at the same time. Not only can they cause trouble for the opponent in the attack, but they can also help Lin Yi stabilize the defense in the midfield when retreating.

This not only greatly increases the team's offensive ability, but also reduces Makelele's defensive pressure sharply.

Perhaps now Wenger realized what he had overlooked in this game. Almost in the first 10 minutes of the game, Lin Yi didn't use dexterous breakthroughs to attract others' attention.

Lin Yi is almost hidden behind the offense of Shuangde and Robben. He seldom sprints with the ball like last season, and most of the time he just hovers around the arc of the middle circle, waiting for the opportunity to pass the ball.

Even Wenger almost forgot that there was such a dangerous little guy in Chelsea's midfield. Perhaps the offensive beacons of Shuangde and others were too dazzling, and people had already overlooked the existence of Lin Yi.

Shuangde's fierce advance has put a lot of pressure on Arsenal's defense, especially these two perverted guys have a long-range shot with a range of 30 meters. If your defense line retreats too deep , They are all likely to make a fuss about long shots, and Wenger certainly knows this trouble.

However, before Wenger had time to remind his players to pay attention to the opponent's long-range artillery, Lin Yi used his body to block Flamini's marking in his first breakthrough with the ball, and kicked back very stealthily. It was given to Gerrard who was behind him, and that guy shot from a long distance.

Lehmann rarely has such a depressed time, but today he has encountered such an embarrassing situation twice in the first 10 minutes. Gerrard's long shot once again passed his fingertips and got into the net.

Two to zero!Amidst the loud roars of the Chelsea fans, Wenger frowned. What he feels now is not the pressure brought about by being behind in the score, but the strength of the opponent makes him feel oppressed. Just last season, they could still fight each other inextricably.

But today, just one season later, Chelsea have completely controlled the rhythm of the entire game.

Just like the little guy who has been ambushing in the midfield, the Chelsea team even has the strength to dare to reserve with the Arsenal team. What a terrible group of lunatics, they are so powerful that they make people desperate.

Wenger's frown at the moment represents the expression of all the teams that are about to meet Chelsea. . .

(End of this chapter)