Ice Shooter of the Green Field

"We were very close to signing Qi Ce."

Arsenal coach Arsene Wenger said at a pre-match press conference that Arsenal had already inspected Zize a few years ago and had also quoted Dortmund.

However, even at that time, Wenger said that this was a very high price for Arsenal, so in the end Arsenal gave up the plan to introduce Qice.

But at the same time, Wenger also said that if he invites Qi Ce to join, Qi Ce will definitely choose Arsenal.

In fact, apart from Chelsea, the closest Premier League team to Zize himself is actually Manchester United, followed by Manchester City. Zize himself has not substantive contact with Arsenal, but Zhou Feng said that Arsenal representatives have indeed negotiated, but At that time, Arsenal's salary was too low, and Zhou Feng did not spend much time negotiating with Arsenal.

It's not that Arsenal intends to offer what kind of salary, but their overall salary structure is relatively average. In other words, the more marginal players will not be much worse than the core players, although they also expressed their willingness to expand for Qice New possibilities, but judging from the situation of the other party, even if the salary structure is broken, it will not be much worse.

After only a preliminary investigation, Zhou Feng finally decided not to start negotiations with Arsenal. What he insisted was not close to joining.

However, what was said at the press conference is certainly not entirely believed. After all, Wenger's inspection of Qi Ce is indeed well-founded. As early as the first season when Qi Ce joined Dortmund, he followed the team to play in the Europa League. Faced with Everton, Wenger once appeared in the stands to observe the performance of Qi Ce, and later that season Qi Ce also followed the team to play Fulham in London, Wenger also appeared.

There was a lot of news about Arsenal’s interest in Zize that year. It’s just that Zize had just joined Dortmund at that time. If he transfers immediately, it will definitely cost a lot of money. Moreover, Qize at that time was just a "very likely "Winning" lottery, but not particularly well-known.

If you want to buy it, it is estimated that it will cost more than 50 million pounds, and Wenger finally gave up.

But in the end, Qi Ce joined Chelsea for nearly 150 million, and I don't know if Arsenal will regret it.

The London Derby is on the verge.

Emirates Stadium.

God knows what the price Arsenal paid for this stadium, not only the Arsenal club, but also the fans.

After moving here from Highbury Stadium, Arsenal’s tickets have become the most expensive in the Premier League-don’t think that the generally richer Londoners have no complaints about this. Most fans are actually extreme. Dissatisfied, after all, Westerners have a very low concept of saving money, and how much they spend, and now they have to increase the budget for buying tickets, and they are very unhappy.

And Arsenal is not a team with a good record in recent years. Fans have to spend the most money in the Premier League without seeing the championship, which is indeed more difficult to accept.

The main reason is the establishment of the Emirates Stadium.

It cost nearly 500 million pounds to build the stadium. Of course, it was a loan. Most of this money was spent on the club's books, not from Arsenal's boss Kroenke.

Except for Emirates Stadium’s sponsor, Emirates, which paid a ratio of sponsorship fees, most of the payments were repaid from Arsenal’s own books. Arsenal will naturally make money from everywhere to fill this huge pit. The most direct method is the ticket price. Raising the price is the simplest and rude way. Arsenal has actually done so, and Arsenal's tickets have become the most expensive in the Premier League.

On September 29th, Arsenal's match against Chelsea is about to start.

This season, the departure of captain Van Persie is a huge blow to Arsenal, but they may have become accustomed to this blow.

Since the departure of French midfielder Vieira, Henry, Galla, Fabregas, Van Persie these important players, but also the captain left Arsenal, and these players are Arsenal's very important captain.

Many teams will give the captain's armband to the players with the most senior qualifications, usually veterans. The old captains leave the team usually because their competitive state is declining and cannot be qualified as a starter before they leave the team or retire. The captain's armband will also be given to others, but Assen Most of the reason why Na's captain left was not for this reason.

If you insist, only Brazilian midfielder Gilberto is the case, but he did not have much time as captain. After Henry left the team in 2007, he once served as captain in many games. Later, he went to the Greek League. At Arsenal, he did not find a place before leaving.

In addition, Fabregas, Van Persie, and Gallas were all transferred and left due to other reasons when they were still at their peak. Although there were also players' own reasons, there were a series of unexpected situations, perhaps Arsenal should also Rethink and reflect on what kind of problems the team has in the end.

The most intuitive thing is that Arsenal has been far away from the champions of various important events. This season, no one is optimistic that Arsenal can win the championship. The most popular champions are Manchester City, Chelsea and Manchester United.

Now that Manchester City is rising, the Premier League BIG4 will inevitably have Manchester City in the future, and the most likely to be pulled down is Arsenal. Of course, Liverpool is one of them, but Liverpool’s background is much deeper than Arsenal, with five heavyweights. The big ear cup is no joke.

In this game, Arsenal’s new aid this season has all appeared. Ligue 1 Golden Boot Oliver Giroud is the arrow figure. Behind him is another high-priced new aid, the German Prince Porti Podolski, Jr. Tiger Walcott is on the right side and the front midfielder is also a new aid this season. The Spanish midfielder Cazorla has entrusted him with the important task.

In midfield, another Spaniard, Arteta and Ramsey, started the battle. The back line was Zize’s old Bundesliga opponent Mertesacker partnering with Belgian defender Vermaelen. The goalkeeper is Szesny, a young Polish star.

This is a typical Wen-style lineup. The midfielder doesn't seem to have much defensive ability. It mainly depends on control and rhythm to defend. The combined defensive ability of Arteta and Ramsey is estimated to not be effective for Vieira.

On Chelsea’s side, Hiddink paid enough attention to this game and ranked what he thought was the strongest lineup. The goalkeeper is still the helmeted goalkeeper Cech, and Terry and David Luiz are starting in the defense. Both sides, Ivanovic With Ashley Cole, the midfield trio became Mikel, Ramirez and Meyer, and the attack line was Zize, Mata and Hazard starting.

What is more surprising is that Torres continues to sit on the bench. In Hiddink’s view, Qi Ce seems to be able to do well without center protection. So instead of adding someone to serve Qi Ce, it is better to increase some control and increase The convergence of the midfield and forward lines.

Torres must be very frustrated.

After all, before the season, Hiddink told him that he would get a chance, but in the last few games, except for the opportunity in the League Cup, he has not been able to play. In the Spanish national team, he did have a bit of knee discomfort, but Torres felt that he was early. It was restored.

However, he still respects the head coach's decision, stands by on the bench, and is ready to play at any time.

Although it is difficult to say that the players bought by Arsenal can be compared with the previous core players, Giroud and Van Persie, Cazola and Fabregas, but these players are actually lacking a little reputation, in fact they are absolute. Warlords.

Giroud, the Ligue 1 golden boot who played for Montpellier last season, can be described as an absolute inspirational player. He was still in the Ligue 2 until the age of 23. Most of the professional players can be concluded at this age-and that's it. ~www.wuxiahere.com~ But Giroud was selected by the French Ligue 1 team Montpellier for his outstanding performance in the French League. In the first season, he performed fairly well, scoring 37 games. The twelve-goal resume is not good, but it is amazing enough for a French second forward.

Unexpectedly in the second season, he broke out completely, scoring 21 goals in 36 games, winning the Bundesliga golden boots, and overpowering Paris Saint-Germain, who had just been acquired by local tyrants, to win the Ligue 1 championship!

This also gave him the opportunity to marry into the giants. Arsenal, who has always used French players, extended an olive branch to him to replace the departing captain Van Persie.

Cazzola is also a force that cannot be underestimated. Last season's greatest contribution to helping Málaga reach the Champions League final was him. However, being the core of a small and medium-sized team may not be able to establish a foothold in a strong team. This is a lesson of blood and tears for many players. , At Arsenal, what are the prospects for these two men?

The same is true for Podolski. His trip to Bayern was unsuccessful. Later he returned to Cologne, but he was unable to prevent the weak Cologne from relegating. I chose to leave, went out of the country, and came to London on the other side of the strait.

The Great London Derby is about to begin.