Cesc Fabregas, who had been in trouble for a season, finally left. No matter how much the fans and coaches were reluctant to part with him, the euros converted into real money were real.
This gave the Gunners a rare push in the transfer market.
Last season, thanks to the efforts of the professor, Arsenal finished fourth in the Premier League and barely got a chance to qualify for the Champions League play-offs.
So the Gunners' second game this season is the Champions League qualifying match against Udinese.
The Gunners were lucky to get a 1-0 victory at the Emirates Stadium.
Winning the game and not allowing the opponent to score an away goal was a relatively good job.
But the league is not so lucky.
In the first round of the league, we drew 0-0 with the Magpies. You said that this is the beginning of the season and the players have not yet been integrated and are not used to playing away games. Newcastle is a veteran and strong team and can do well.
But what if you lost 0-2 to Liverpool at home in the second round of the league?
Do the Gunners want to witness the rise of the Red Army?
At the beginning of the season, many media worried that the Gunners would lose at the "starting line". This season is also the first time in 42 years that the Gunners failed to score in the first two rounds and only scored one point.
Not only that, Arsenal's 11-year unbeaten record against Liverpool at home also came to an end.
The departure of Cesc Fabregas and the lack of a core within the team have left the Gunners with continued low morale.
Even England coach Capello is urging the club to quickly introduce high-level players. It can be seen that the fate of the Gunners throughout the season depends more on what they do in the nine days before the transfer market is closed.
After all, judging from information from Manchester City, Nasri will almost never stay with the team again.
It was at this time that Lei Yu wore his No. 4 jersey for the first time and appeared in the first team camp at the Kearney training base.
"Ha~ It feels so good to be back!"
"Hello everyone, my name is Lei Yu, I'm from China!"
“I hope to have a pleasant cooperation in the coming days!”
Lei Yu, who returned to the Kearney training base, is as familiar as his master. In addition to a few veterans and main players on the team, Lei Yu believes that he should really take the lead for a few "new faces".
Especially the two who are from Asia like him.
One is Miyaichi Ryo of the island country, and the other is Park Ju-young of South Korea.
Lei Yu didn't react much when he saw Miyaichi Ryo, who was similar to himself in age. After all, Miyaichi Ryo was signed by Arsenal as a genius last season and was loaned out for one year like himself.
But when he saw Park Ju-yong wearing the No. 9 jersey, Lei Yu felt a chill in his heart.
Are Arsenal’s main numbers so worthless?
Unfortunately, I was worried about this No. 4 for a while, fearing that the fans would expect too much from me.
But after seeing Park Ju-young, Lei Yu no longer had such thoughts.
Lei Yu looked down on this South Korean player, but Arsenal didn't think so.
It is said that Park Ju-yong, who has just participated in the World Cup, was once hailed as a being comparable to Park Ji-sung in South Korea, and many South Korean fans have high expectations for him.
At that time, Ligue 1 team Lille had invited Park Ju-young to take a medical examination. After learning that Arsenal suddenly intervened in the transfer, Park Ju-young suddenly disappeared from the hotel where he was resting while waiting for the medical examination.
When officials in Lille found the hotel room empty, they searched frantically and ended up watching the South Koreans at the airport as they checked in to fly to London.
In the opinion of the professor, this transfer is a perfect move, and he is very much looking forward to Park Ju-young's performance at the Emirates Stadium.
In fact, there is nothing wrong with what the professor did.
This is really about not putting all your eggs in the same basket.
Park Ju-young, Miyaichi Ryo and Lei Yu all performed extremely well for their respective teams last season. Bringing the three of them together in their own clubs this season is also an idea of betting on the odds.
As long as one of these three can continue last season's performance, Arsenal will not lose the deal.
Wenger was really helpless.
Arsenal, which has sold its captain in consecutive years, has no choice but to pin the team's future on these purchased players.
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At the beginning, Arsenal's continuous introduction of three Asian players caused quite a stir in the football world. Manchester United, which is next door, once believed that Arsenal wanted to enter the Asian market and compete with Manchester United commercially.
However, as the transfer market was updated with news every day, not many people paid attention to this matter anymore.
And for Arsenal, their crisis has not been resolved yet.
Because the professor himself got into big trouble last season!
After being eliminated by Barcelona in the quarter-finals of the Champions League last season, the professor criticized Swiss referee Busaca and UEFA in front of the public media, and was suspended for one game.
It stands to reason that he should have missed the first qualifying round against Udinese, but in the past game, Wenger still appeared in the stands and conducted remote control via the assistant coach's mobile phone.
After his behavior was discovered, UEFA immediately punished him and he was suspended for two more games.
After the penalty decision was announced, Arsenal immediately appealed.
The content of the appeal is not to ask UEFA to change the sentence, but to suspend the execution of the two-game ban.
Because Arsenal only defeated their opponent 1-0 at home in the first round, and went to Italy for the second round, the future was uncertain.
Once Arsenal fails to qualify for the Champions League, Arsenal will face a loss of approximately 30 million pounds in revenue.
Look, how humble Arsenal is now in front of money!
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After Arsenal lost to Liverpool, there was speculation in the media that after the transfer window closed, Arsenal would have to bring out their new team to debut in front of the world.
Whether it's a mule or a horse, it should come out for a ride.
In fact it is so.
These days, Wenger can't wait to put everything he has learned in his life and his understanding of football techniques and tactics into Lei Yu's head, hoping that he can adapt to the team as soon as possible and play on the field.
Fortunately, the team kept up the good work. On August 26, at the Friuli Stadium, Arsenal completed a counterattack 2-1.
Within a few minutes of the game starting, Lei Yu on the bench felt the difference between Arsenal and Porto.
Some people say that Wenger's beautiful football is a bit like Barcelona's passing and controlling, but in fact there is a difference between the tactics taught and tiki-taka.
One focuses on ball possession rate, and the other focuses on passing efficiency in offense.
Of course, both of these are very different from Porto's defensive counterattack.
Compared to the utilitarian defense represented by Mourinho, Arsenal does not seem to care much about defense.
What Arsenal pays attention to is attack!
Attack first!
If your opponent attacks first, score more goals than your opponent!
So after being led 1-0 by the opponent in the 39th minute of the first half, the professor emphasized offense during the 15 minutes during the halftime break!
Although everyone can't see the professor's face, it's clear from the assistant's spitting and the noisy cell phone microphone that the professor is desperate and must qualify for the Champions League group stage!
Sure enough, not long after the second half started, Robin Van Persie fired the first shot of the counterattack.
After 15 minutes, little tiger Walcott received a pass from Sania and fixed the score at 1-2.
The four-legged rivals showed their unparalleled desire for European competition in front of the Italians. Even if they couldn't even make it out of the group stage, they still wanted to have a place in the Champions League.
At this point, Porto is much worse than Arsenal!
However, just when everyone at Arsenal was rejoicing about qualifying for the Champions League, a sudden blow once again pushed the Gunners to the forefront.