Jagged Wings

Chapter 76 Signing up during the winter break
Although Ferguson did not hear what Reyes said, he had already made his own response at the press conference-he refused to comment on how Reyes was doing: "You should ask Wenger, he is Arsenal's Coach, I'm not. So what happens to Reyes, it's none of my business."

"Is it a headache to play against him? He beat Manchester United to win the FA Cup last season..." But the reporters were persistent and persistently wanted to dig something out.

Ferguson directly changed the subject: "Next."

Having been a head coach for so many years, these reporters knew what they were going to fart as soon as Ferguson poked their ass.He has qualifications and age, and he can talk to him as much as he wants, but ignore the reporters, and the reporters can only stare blankly.

Now that the game is over and Manchester United lost to their arch-rival, Ferguson is in a bad mood. The media are still so ignorant, it's no wonder Sir Alex can give them a good look.

The media also knew about Ferguson's temper, so they asked two questions related to Reyes. Seeing that Ferguson ignored him, they changed the question accordingly.It wasn't the first day they knew about Ferguson's bad temper. Since people don't want to talk about it, let's dig into other places.

The battle with Manchester United did not cause too many disturbances. Now that the winter transfer window has opened, everyone's perspective still lies in the transfer market.

Although the teams during the winter break did not make big moves like they did in the summer, they were just minor repairs.However, because Manchester United lost two generals in the middle, they will definitely make up for it in winter.

They moved very quickly, and just after the game against Arsenal, they signed left-back Evra and central defender Vidic.

As for Arsenal, Abeye is obviously not ready for the first-team game on the striker, and his performance is always up and down.So Arsenal's striker urgently needs a character.

There was an episode in the middle, which strengthened Wenger's determination to buy someone.

The third round of the FA Cup against Cardiff City was originally a stage for substitutes and teenagers, but the Ivorian Football Association banned Arsenal from allowing Toure and Eboue to play because of the recruitment of players to participate in the Africa Cup of Nations.And what made Wenger the most irritating was that this notice was only issued a few hours before the game.

This made Wenger very annoyed, and he had to complain a little.

Of course, Mourinho has the same complaints to make at this time, because Drogba is also on the list of being banned from playing.

But fortunately, the other players of Arsenal were strong. They scored two goals in a row after conceding one goal, reversed Cardiff City and entered the fourth round of the FA Cup.

This is Arsenal's 14th game unbeaten at home.

But the impact is still there. In the next League Cup semi-final, Arsenal lost 0:1 away to the Championship team Wigan Athletic, which exposed its disadvantages.

And in this game, Van Persie, who had just come back, was injured again, and this time he was out for a month.

This makes Arsenal's striker in a hurry again.

At the beginning of the special period, the target was Bentley, who was sold half a season ago. Bentley joined Newcastle as an addition to Jenas' transfer.But Bentley, who arrived in Newcastle, suddenly became enlightened. He contributed 7 goals and 4 assists in half a season.

This made Wenger feel a little regretful and wanted to bring him back.But Bentley was a good horse and refused to turn his head back, and firmly refused to agree to return to Arsenal, so Wenger had no choice but to think of a way.

The good effect of bringing Henry from France made him arouse his attention to the league of his homeland again. This time his goal is Togo's "little monster" Adebayor who is playing for Monaco.Adebayor's powerful center forward is like a heavy armored vehicle. He may not be as fast as Henry, but he has good feet and good header ability.He has a good sense of cooperation with his teammates in the frontcourt and has a certain domineering spirit.

Adebayor didn't want to stay in a small place like Monaco for too long. At this time, Arsenal's invitation came, and the two hit it off. A few days later, Arsenal announced the purchase of Adebayor with a transfer fee of 500 million pounds.

Forward Adebayor, 21, scored 2006 goals in the 11 World Cup African qualifiers, helping Togo to qualify for the World Cup for the first time in the country's history.

But now Adebayor still can't count on it.

Adebayor is a member of the Togo national team and is now preparing to go to Egypt to participate in the Africa Cup of Nations, so he will not be able to return to play for the Gunners until after the Africa Cup of Nations is over.Adebayor will wear the No. 25 jersey.

In addition to the joining of Adebayor, Wenger also signed the French midfielder Diaby who played for Auxerre.Diaby once led Auxerre to win the French Under-16 Champions Cup. His first coach described him as smart, skilled and fast.Diaby is a strong midfielder, so many people think that Diaby's arrival will fill the gap left by Vieira. [
Wenger enjoys discovering and cultivating young players. In addition to Diaby, he also has his eyes on Southampton's youngster Theo Walcott. He ran 11 seconds in the regional games when he was a teenager. , broke the county games record.Walcott was called "Tiger Woods" or "little tiger" by his teammates when he was a child. He has always liked this nickname, not only because of his appearance, but also because Walcott, who has lofty ideals, believes that he will become a As famous as Tiger Woods.

In August 2005, Walcott, who was only 8 years old, made his debut in Southampton, becoming the youngest player in the team's history.Wenger has been coveting him for a long time.Although Southampton tried their best to save the Tigers, Walcott insisted on joining Arsenal.

The helpless Southampton club had no choice but to let them go, and Arsenal paid a transfer fee of 500 million pounds for this. According to the remaining terms, the transfer fee could eventually reach 1200 million pounds.

You know, Walcott is a 17-year-old boy!

And another better news is that Henry, the king of Highbury, whose contract is about to expire this summer, said in an interview that he will renew his contract with Arsenal, and it must be a long-term contract.

This news is more shocking than Adebayor, Diaby, etc. It shows Henry's loyalty and affection for Arsenal.

Although Barcelona still stated that they would not give up, they still have to wait a year.

A series of good news stimulated Arsenal.A few days later, in the 22nd round of the Premier League, Arsenal beat Middlesbrough 7-0, and Henry scored a hat-trick to overtake Ruud van Nistelrooy.And Reyes contributed two assists and one goal.

In the assist list, Reyes tied Lampard's assists last season with 14 assists. At this time, there are still 16 games before the end of the league. Reyes has a lot of opportunities to surpass Lampard Germany.

However, Ashley Cole was also injured in this game, and the teenager Julu ushered in his Premier League debut without any preparation.

Then Senderos checked out a muscle strain and needed to rest for a week.

In this way, in a game in the 23rd round, Arsenal lost 0:1 away to Everton.

What followed was another cruel week of double matches, and the major teams complained again and again.Because it was during the African Cup of Nations, FIFA clearly ordered clubs not to prevent players from participating in the African Cup of Nations.Many clubs with African players will suffer a lot. For example, Chelsea lost Drogba and were tied by their opponents in the last game.

Arsenal's influence is not small, Toure, Diaby and Eboue have all been transferred away.

A few days later, in the second leg of the Carabao Cup semi-final, Arsenal defeated Wigan Athletic 2-1 in extra time and did not let the upset happen.Fortunately, at this stage of the League Cup, there are two home and away rounds. If it is still a single game at this time, then Arsenal has already been eliminated.

Although the opponent was eliminated, Arsenal's performance was not good. Facing Wigan Athletic, which was obviously weaker than them, the entire Arsenal team seemed a little lacking in fighting spirit.If it weren't for the final teenager Clichy's lore, Arsenal might be dragged into a penalty shootout.

Reyes was especially disappointed!

Because he had no goals or assists in this game.

He originally thought that he could adapt to this rotation now, but he didn't expect that the devil's schedule a while ago really affected his state.

Although there were not many games played, the rhythm of one game a week was broken.

Not only Reyes discovered this, but Wenger also felt that it would not work to continue the rotation like this.Since the end of November last year, he has rarely used the same starting lineup consecutively...

The previous frequent rotation was to allow the team to adapt to this rotation, and it was also to maintain sufficient physical reserves for the team during the most intensive Christmas period.

Now that Christmas is over, the schedule has flattened out.

Reyes' inadaptability to the rhythm is not an isolated case, and many players have shown this inadaptability to the rhythm.If the game is played irregularly, it will be difficult for the body to adapt. On the contrary, the state and feeling of the players will not be maintained continuously, which will affect the state of the team.

This game against Wigan Athletic is proof of that!
Even if it was an away game, facing the underdog Wigan manager, it should be easy to win, but it turned out to be counterproductive.

Wenger reflected for a while and decided not to rotate too frequently.

For example, in the next FA Cup match against Bolton, Wenger does not intend to continue the rotation. He will send all the main players for this game!

There were many twists and turns in the match against Bolton last season, and all the main players were sent to minimize the threat of the opponent's counterattack.

Bolton's team is a crazy knife. If they are not treated well, they may capsize in the gutter!
With this in mind, Arsenal ushered in Bolton with a full lineup away.

(End of this chapter)