Chapter 295: Wenger's Problem
It is not surprising that Vieira would have such an idea. Pen "Fun" www.biquge.info Although he is now Arsenal's captain and central on the pitch, the backbone of the Gunners' midfield, and there is no shortage of trophies in his book of honours (he won the Premier League and FA Cup three times at Arsenal, and completed the Grand Slam of national team honours with the French national team), for Vieira, who is still ambitious as he enters his final year, he does not want to waste all his last few years of peak years on Arsenal, who are destined to enter a long period of rebuilding and are extremely mean to their veterans!
And, for any Arsenal player, thirty is undoubtedly an extremely delicate age. Because no matter how meritorious a player is, as long as they cross this hurdle, they must accept Wenger's extremely harsh contract renewal conditions - the player's salary is drastically reduced, and the contract is renewed once a year!
The most typical examples are Bergkamp and Pire. The Ice Prince, who has contributed to Arsenal's rise and is still playing a huge role in the Gunners' squad, has to fight with Arsenal for a long time every summer over contract extensions, until the start of the season before signing a one-year contract with a significant salary cut. Pire has been negotiating with Arsenal since last summer on a contract extension, the French left winger, who is about to turn 32, hopes to get a two-to-three-year contract extension, even if he is a substitute, but Wenger insists on the policy of "30-year-old veterans continue for a year", resulting in Pire is likely to leave the team as a free agent after the contract expires next summer!
With the example of Pire and Bergkamp, it's only natural for Patrick Vieira to feel confused and worried about his future at Arsenal. After all, the professional life of a player is only more than ten years, if Vieira does not hurry up to earn money, then he will have to face the reality of a significant decline in the quality of life in the second half of his life!
Therefore, after learning about Arsenal's current situation and business philosophy, and witnessing the fate of Bergkamp and Pire, Vieira's heart began to gradually give birth to the idea of transferring and leaving the team in the summer!
If he doesn't join other giants while he is still at his peak, then when his old state declines, Vieira just wants to leave here, and I'm afraid he won't get many invitations that meet his psychological requirements!
'One of Arsene Wenger's biggest mistakes was that he trusted the quality of his young players too much and didn't value the role of the veterans too much. At the same time, looking at Sendros, who was completely blown up by Drogba on the field and looked dazed, and Campbell who was sitting on the bench, George said to the old Charlie on the side with disdain, "I admit that in terms of potential alone, Reyes and Sendros do have the talent to become the main force of the giants and even first-class stars, but they have little contact with English football before Arsenal, and they have no psychological preparation and willpower to adapt to the fierce style of football in the Premier League." For example, Reyes, after being played by Gary Neville for most of the half, lost the courage to move forward, and his competitive form dropped significantly, and if the ball just now, if it was not Senderos, but Campbell to defend, then Didier estimated that it would be difficult to form a shooting opportunity so easily. “
"Yes, Arsene Wenger is a bit too straightforward when it comes to the use of young players. Charlie Sr. nodded and agreed with George's opinion, "Young players like Chris (Cristiano Ronaldo) and Alger (Robben) are getting stronger and stronger can be said to be a minority. Most young players need a gradual process to develop smoothly. Arsene Wenger, on the other hand, hastened the process considerably, allowing Reyes to prematurely pick up a responsibility that is not theirs, and not trying to enlighten them when they are in trouble, making them even worse under the blow to their self-confidence...... If the cycle continues, these little guys will be ghosts if they don't come out of the psychological shadow!"
Don't look at George's use of a large number of young players after taking charge of Tottenham Hotspur, but most of the players who were arranged by George to play the main team were those who had proven their ability to resist pressure in their previous lives. And the likes of Ribery and Villa are on the wings of the likes of Drogba and Vierovka, starting from the bench step by step. It's not like Wenger who disregarded the actual situation and directly stuffed the main position to Reyes and Sendros!
Not to mention, George also arranged for those experts in the Tottenham Hotspur laboratory to take care of the psychological adjustment of these young people in the team, so that they do not fall into the same predicament as Reyes and Senderos in their previous lives!
Of course, George still has one thing to say, that is, in his eyes, in addition to Wenger's use of young players is too simple and direct, there are also many problems in personnel management!
In George's previous life, Tony Adams, the banner figure of the Gunners, was never given the opportunity to return to Arsenal, and four job applications were ruthlessly rejected by Wenger; former captain Vieira also did not get Wenger's call after retiring, but became Manchester City's publicity ambassador and youth manager; Fabregas, who developed into a world-class midfielder at Arsenal, did not want to return to Arsenal when he returned to the Premier League from Barcelona; "King Highbury" Henry worked as an academy coach at Arsenal with a very meager salary, but he had to choose to leave under pressure from Wenger because of his part-time commentator on Sky TV;
If only one person does this, then it may be because this person is greedy for money and has a bad character, but if a large group of people do it, then you have to think about whether there is a deeper reason for this!
However, at the tail end of Arsenal's prime, most of Wenger's problems have not surfaced now, and most Arsenal fans are still praising Wenger's superb transfer skills and powerful exploration of young players. They simply didn't realize that the professor's method of buying low and selling high and purging veterans seemed to make the club cheaper, but in fact it seriously damaged the team's legacy. The harshness on the issue of renewing the veteran has made the younger players lack a sense of belonging to the club!
Today, Arsene Wenger can treat Pire and Bergkamp like this, so when they also reach this age, will they also have to face such a bleak situation?!
So, objectively speaking, as Adams said in his previous life, Arsene Wenger is indeed a first-class manager, but not a top-class manager. The arrival of the professor is indeed the main reason why the Gunners and Manchester United can compete for the Premier League, but it is also his existence that makes Arsenal gradually unable to keep up with this era of golden dollar football, from a championship team to a team that competes for four every year!
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