midfield god

Chapter 85

Professor Wenger is to Arsenal what Sir Alex Ferguson is to Manchester United. The two coaches with legendary experience can be said to be the most outstanding and admirable head coaches on the planet.

Naturally, there is no need to repeat the legendary story of Ferguson, but the beginning of Wenger at Arsenal is like the beginning of a classic online novel. A young man with great skills but unknown suddenly came to a big platform.This is one of the reasons why Wenger has such prestige and power in Arsenal now.

Arsenal are in poor form this season. After 8 rounds, they only achieved 4 wins, 1 draw and 3 losses, ranking eighth in the league. Such results are definitely unacceptable for Arsenal.

Especially in the strong dialogue, the team's performance was very bad. Whether it was Liverpool or Chelsea, Arsenal failed to beat their opponents. In this case, it is not surprising that Arsenal hope to change the status quo of the team through signings.

"We need signings. The gap between us and our opponents in the lineup is getting bigger and bigger. For example, Chelsea, we have no way to compare with our opponents whether in the starting lineup or the bench. It will definitely not work if this continues!"

Coach Arsene Wenger stood in front of the floor-to-ceiling windows of the office, looking at the empty training ground at this time, and said slowly.

The team's financial situation is very tight due to the construction of the new stadium. What he can do at this time is to try to pick some good seedlings that others have not found, but also to act first. That's how Walcott came into his vision.

"Our four midfielders are more than creative, but neither the impact nor the speed are satisfactory. The four midfielders of Fabregas, Ljungberg, Hleb and Flamini stand together. This midfield combination is indeed too soft. Look at Chelsea's midfielder, Makelele, Essien and Lampard. The opponents three can overtake us!"

Wenger shook his head. The current situation of the team is that although he had expected it, he did not expect the situation to be so serious. Thinking of this, he regretted the choice of Xia Tian.

If the most surprising transfer in the summer transfer window of 2005 is undoubtedly the departure of Arsenal midfielder Patrick Vieira, he was sold to Juventus by the team. Since then, the most outstanding midfielder in Arsenal's history has said goodbye to Arsenal. What a shock to sell.

Of course, it is really difficult to tell who is right and who is wrong in the grievances between Vieira and Arsenal, but in the end it was Arsenal who made the decision to quietly sell Vieira.

And selling Vieira is undoubtedly the choice of coach Wenger. In this regard, it is actually similar to Sir Alex Ferguson driving away team captain Roy Keane, so both teams actually had a weak midfielder for a period of time.

Fortunately, Manchester United still has ginger-headed Scholes in the midfield, but after Arsenal lost Vieira, no one can replace him.

Gilberto Silva can defend in midfield, he is also an excellent defensive player, and can even help in offense, but it is basically impossible to achieve the unparalleled influence of Vieira on both ends of the offense and defense.Fabregas, who Wenger placed high hopes on and even drove Vieira away for his development, is a purely technical midfielder. He and Vieira are completely different types of players, so it is impossible for him to replace Vieira.

No one knows that since Vieira left, Arsenal has been in a weak waist for more than ten years. This is like Vieira's curse. Since then, Arsenal has not bought a good midfielder.

Wenger's assistant coach Pat Rice looked at Wenger and fell into deep thought again, vaguely guessing the other party's thoughts in his heart.

It is hard to say what is right and wrong between Vieira and the club, but it is undoubtedly a bit too hasty to send Vieira away, which not only made everyone unhappy, but also greatly affected the team.This is also the biggest mistake he thinks Wenger made this summer. This matter did not have to go to this point. Vieira is not as tough and domineering as Keane, and Arsenal is not as solid as Manchester United!

But since the matter has passed, there is no point in talking about it, and we still have to look forward.

"Southampton has basically accepted our offer. Now as long as we convince the player, we can bring him to Arsenal in the winter transfer window!" Pat Riley reported the latest transfer progress to Wenger.

"Ok?"

Hearing this, Wenger immediately realized that Riley meant something. Logically speaking, although clubs are not allowed to contact players privately, they generally have a consensus with the players. Now that he only needs to persuade the players, it means that the players have not agreed to join. This is what he did not expect.

"Is he unwilling to come?"

Wenger did not expect such a young man to be unwilling to come, which is really unexpected.

"The player also has his concerns. After all, he is still young. If he comes to sit on the bench, he might as well stay at Southampton, so I'm afraid you have to do it yourself. Now Southampton has also agreed to our offer, so it's nothing if you go to see him!"

Wenger's name still has a great effect. It is basically easy to go out and talk to a young player in person.

"Okay, then I'll go see him, and get this deal done as soon as possible, so as to save you from having long nights and dreams!"

Wenger nodded, and suddenly remembered another young man that the scouts were optimistic about, and asked, "Where's that guy named Yunfei? What's the feedback from the scouts?"

"The feedback from the scouts is that if we don't have Cesc, the first target is not Walcott, but him!"

Wenger understood. No wonder Steve Rowley recommended Yunfei to him so strongly before, but then suddenly he didn't believe it. It turned out to be such a situation.He has also read Yunfei's game data. Indeed, his characteristics are very similar to Cesc Fabregas, so it is normal not to consider him.

"Then get Walcott as soon as possible, I need to bring some new faces and changes to the team!"

(End of this chapter)