champion professor

Chapter 202 Denied Approval
Fly direct from Shanghai to Osaka, then turn south to Hong Kong.

When they finished their half-month trip to Asia, David Dane happily counted the banknotes.

Commercial games are just quick money, what is more important is to promote the club's brand image and cultivate more fans.At the same time, this is also one of the means to attract sponsors.

In the past half a month, a beer company from China signed a sponsorship agreement with Arsenal and became their secondary sponsor.

£200m-a-year, five-year contract.

Although the total income is similar to Arsenal's trip to East Asia, they don't have to work so hard to come here, and it also affects the team's preparations.

Moreover, this is just the beginning. After China enters the World Cup in the future, it will definitely ignite a higher enthusiasm for football, and more sponsors from China will choose Arsenal by then.

The training camp in July is only halfway through, and they still have to return to London, preparing to adjust their status in the next half month, at least not to lose the chain at the beginning of the new season.

Of course, no one can bear the long-distance travel. After returning to London, the players will have a three-day holiday to adjust their jet lag and condition. Next, they will return to strict pre-match training.

Before the new season, they have to play a good game against Liverpool, which won the FA Cup last season. Although the Charity Shield is not a big honor, Shao Bo cannot ignore it.

It's a pity, probably because of the trip to Asia, the players' condition is not very good. They have been unable to control the game situation on the court, and they were beaten to the ground.

After the game, they lost the first championship they could get.

It is inevitable that the failed Arsenal will be ridiculed by the media.

"Almost undefeated to win the championship? Has been beaten back to its original shape."

"The prospects for the new season are bleak and the Gunners are in dire need of a major overhaul."

"Lost the first championship! After the game, Shao Bo roared in the locker room!"

All kinds of eye-catching headlines have been fabricated by the media, but it doesn't matter. Although they lost the Charity Shield, Shao Bo's goal has never been here.

The league, the Champions League, and two domestic cups are the goals Arsenal should pursue. It doesn't matter if they win or not the Charity Shield.

Because they have to prepare for the new season, the players have also been training very hard recently, and it is normal to have a gap with the opponent in terms of physical fitness. Shao Bo will not be entangled for too long because of the outcome of a game.

After the FA Cup ended, they took a short break for a few days, and the second Premier League in the new century was about to start!

The first Premier League game is a highlight, perhaps in order to attract more spectators. When the schedule is arranged, Arsenal's first opponent this season is Leeds United, which is currently on the rise.

Just from the style of play or their youthful vigor, Shao Bo likes to have such a team that can impact the current Premier League structure.

He has never been afraid of any competition, but he hates the gold dollar football that is purely made with money, which does not conform to Shao Bo's football aesthetics.

Leeds United is the kind of team that Shao Bo admires-mainly young players, full of energy, like a newborn calf who is not afraid of tigers.

This can make the Premier League more intense and exciting, and more enjoyable to watch.

After all, Arsenal is a team attached to the Premier League as a whole. Although he thinks that a team that dominates and monopolizes the league is awesome, it is easy to lose fans because of the lack of fun in the game.

As a team in the upper reaches of the league, Arsenal will have more room for development only if the Premier League gets better and better.So now Shao Bo's thinking has changed a lot from when he was a fan back then.

Of course, he hopes to win every league championship, but in this era of globalization, it is not enough to monopolize the Premier League alone-Arsenal's goal should be the whole of Europe and even the world!

So he welcomes a team like Leeds United, but he hates the players in it!
The area where Leeds United is located has very serious racial and religious discrimination. When Shao Bo went to Elland Road Stadium in an away game, he was also thrown bananas by local fans and screamed like a gang of monkeys. There were many fans Swear at him.

Not to mention that their star players Woodgate and Bowyer had a history of beating Asian students and were prosecuted, and the lawsuit has not yet ended.

Shao Bo hates Tottenham, which is derived from the tradition between the clubs, which has been a grudge for many years.

As for Leeds United, whether it is their chairman or fans, Shao Bo only has deep disgust from personal emotions!

Many domestic fans have felt sad because of the final decline of Leeds United, but this is because they did not feel the racial discrimination here. Shao Bo believes that if they have had personal experience, they will probably hate this team even more than themselves Team!
Playing against Leeds United again, Shao Bo was never polite and ended the game with a clean victory.

3: 0!

At least from the current point of view, they have a 100% success rate of zero opponents-Arsenal's defense has undergone a major adjustment this season, and Shao Bo is also a little worried about this.

However, judging from the scene, Leeds United does not pose much threat to Arsenal now, except for the long-range shot that hit the door frame.

Correspondingly, Arsenal's offense is booming, basically there is no adjustment in the frontcourt, and they are still old teammates from last season. The only thing worth noting is that Lampard replaced the FA Cup two days ago Parlor, who had problems with his calf muscles, started.

Parlor is not too old, he is not yet 30 years old and can form an effective complement to Vieira.Both players are offensive and defensive and there is no big shortcoming. When one player steps forward to attack, there will always be another player behind to make up for the leak.

Shao Bo was never worried about the safety of the middle road, and the reason was because of these two people.

Lampard's form in this game is also very good, he scored a goal and became the man of the game.There is a certain overlap between Parlor and his position, so Shao Bo once loaned Lampard back to his home team West Ham United for a period of time.

But now it seems that Lampard has grown very fast and can fully entrust important tasks.

After winning the league's first victory, Arsenal only ranked No.3 in the standings.Because Manchester United and Liverpool beat Sunderland with five goals and beat newly promoted Middlesbrough with four goals.

It would be pitiful enough for Middlesbrough to be hit again after the pain of relegation and the joy of promotion.

However, although Arsenal failed to win the league title, a victory was a good start.The season has just started and they still have some time to adjust.

As the defending champion of the Premier League, Arsenal's goal this season is naturally indispensable to win it again and complete the dream of three consecutive league titles.

In the last game, Shao Bo lost to Manchester United who won the Triple Crown at the last moment. Now their strength has improved, and Shao Bo has more experience. It is simply unreasonable not to challenge this honor!
However, it was shocking that Arsenal were unbeaten in more than [-] consecutive games last season. It probably attracted many teams eager to beat Arsenal.

In the next few games of the new season, they played more difficultly.

Fortunately, two wins and two draws in four games, no team has beaten Arsenal.

Next, they will face London's derby opponent Chelsea, and I don't know if they can win their opponent this time.

This season, London has a total of five teams working hard in the Premier League. In addition to Arsenal and Tottenham, the two rivals in North London, there are West Ham United and Chelsea in the east and west.These four teams should be considered to have stayed in the Premier League for many years. West Ham's current results are fairly stable, but the club's top management has undergone huge changes, and it is not known whether their results will be affected.

There is only one team that has not played in England's top league for many years, and that is Fulham, a farmer on the banks of the Thames.

Although Fulham and Arsenal had a very close relationship because of Sir Norris back then, the two teams were almost merged into one.But after World War I, the fate of the two clubs changed drastically.

After Fulham was relegated in the 70s, if the new chairman hadn't spent a lot of money, I am afraid it would be difficult to return to the top league for a lifetime.

And from their less than 5000 people, which is the fourth smallest football stadium in England, it can be seen that Fulham's financial situation will definitely not be very good!
In fact, Fulham's geographical location is quite good. They are located in the wealthy area of ​​West London. As a result, most of these resources were taken away by their neighbor Chelsea.

Of the 80 clubs in the Premier League, five are in London, which also shows that the current prosperity of football in London has surpassed Liverpool in the 90s and Manchester in the early [-]s.

Shao Bo can also clearly feel this change, at least, the Highbury Stadium is obviously different from when he first came here.During the game, he can hardly find any empty seats.

In the early days of joining the club, Shao Bo could clearly see that there were small spaces in the stadium stands.

The better the overall environment, the faster Arsenal will develop as a vested interest.

Now there are some preliminary opinions on the planning of the new stadium, and the site is not far from Highbury. The club is now trying to persuade the nearby residents to buy this land to build the stadium.

But now the approval of the new stadium has been hindered. They originally wanted to build a large stadium with [-] spectators, but the London City Hall believes that when so many fans gather together on match days, there will be Too much potential safety hazard and traffic pressure shall be rejected.

(End of this chapter)