Chapter 78: Winger in a Storm

Blackburn owner Arthur's penchant for developing young players is a well-known fact in today's football, and just after jumping to March in this year's schedule, Blackburn Rovers completed two more acquisitions of the 17-year-old demon. 58 Kanshu.com Vertex is the fastest update

According to Brazil's Globo Sport, Sao Paulo have agreed to sell 17-year-old rising star Augusto Galvan to Blackburn, who will officially join this summer after turning 18, and Blackburn will pay Sao Paulo a €3 million development fee.

Galvan was born on 25 March 1999 and is a left-footed midfielder who plays in attack. Blackburn have been monitoring Galwan's development for a long time, and Galvan will officially join Blackburn Rovers this summer when his apprenticeship with Sao Paulo expires on March 25, when he will turn 18.

According to As, the transfer has been 99.9 per cent completed and that Blackburn will pay Sao Paulo €3 million for the development, of which €1 million will be paid immediately, with the remaining €2 million not being achieved until the player enters Blackburn's first team to meet certain objectives. The 17-year-old has received a number of offers from Europe, but the player himself prefers to play for Blackburn.

With Neymar and two Brazilian internationals, Philippe Coutinho and Gabriel Jesus, Blackburn Rovers have become one of the most desirable European teams for Brazilian players.

In addition to the South American attacking talent, Blackburn also spent 2 million euros to bring in another East Asian defensive demon from Zhao Jianfei of Shandong Luneng's youth team.

Zhao Jianfei, who was born on January 21, 1999, is born to basketball players, which gives him excellent physical fitness. In particular, his bouncing and heading abilities were appreciated by the coaching staff when he trained with the 97 national youth team in Europe. Because he also played in the back and right back before, and he was also the captain of Luneng's 99th echelon, some people also regarded him as "Luneng's new Wang Tong". But when it comes to technical styles, there are still big differences between the two. Zhao Jianfei is good at tackling and dueling, including set-piece tactics, and his header is often seen as a scoring weapon. In contrast, the speed of co-defense, protection and recovery is where it needs to be improved urgently.

After October 2015, he was often selected for the 97-year-old Chinese national youth team. And in Huai'an that year, he also appeared in the U19 Asian Youth Championship qualifiers. In November last year, after losing the 23-man main selection list for the U19 Asian Youth Championship, Zhao Jianfei returned to the 99 National Youth Championship. This time, he was more solid at the heart of the defence and wore the captain's armband.

Compared with his peers, Zhao Jianfei's sense of responsibility and patriotism are very worthy of recognition. In September 2014, when following the 98 National Junior Team's dream of shattering the World Junior Championships, Zhao Jianfei cried bitterly on the spot, and he was also the only player in that group of players to shed tears on the spot. It is precisely because of this that whether it is in the Luneng 99 echelon or the 99 national youth, Zhao Jianfei is the No. 1 captain. In addition, he has the demeanor of a general in the back defense, and has won the trust of many coaches.

Galvan and Zhao Jianfei will first experience in the reserve team after joining Blackburn, and after a year, they should be loaned out to grow, and whether they can return to Blackburn Rovers depends on their own performance, just like their peers Zhang Yuning.

Unable to feature in Blackburn's first team, Chinese international Zhang Yuning, born on 5 January 1997, is desperate to leave the club and will join Belschott side in the first division on loan with the club's approval.

Zhang Yuning is playing in the English Youth League with Blackburn Rovers this season. After Christmas, Zhang Yuning came to Belgium, and both Zhang Yuning and Blackburn Rovers believe that this transfer is the best decision for both parties.

Belchshort are currently fourth in the league and will be looking to qualify for next season's Europa League.

20-year-old Zhang Yuning, 18-year-old Galvan and Zhao Jianfei, they will be the future of the Roses.

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After the 9-0 massacre of Leicester City, Blackburn Rovers welcomed another team in the league with a stormy manager, Arsenal.

People thought that Arsenal would play Bayern in the second leg of the Champions League and stand to death and go out with a draw or a small loss. But no one expected that Arsenal would be slaughtered 5:1 by Bayern at home and kicked out of the Champions League on their knees. And this fiasco also made Arsenal and Wenger nailed to the pillar of shame forever.

Arsenal lost to Bayern 1:5 in the first leg and 1:5 in the second leg, and Arsenal was eliminated by Bayern with an aggregate score of 2:10. Such a disparity in scores has also set a number of shameful records.

First of all, the score of 2:10 was eliminated, setting the latest shameful record for a Premier League team to compete in the Champions League. In the more than 20-year history of the Premier League, no team has ever been eliminated by such a large aggregate scoreline.

Not only that, but Arsenal also set a new record for an English team to be eliminated from the Champions League. No English team has ever exited the Champions League with such a humiliating scoreline. The original record was set by Wolves in 1960, when Wolves lost 2-9 to Barcelona over two legs and were eliminated.

England's European record has been held for 57 years, and it has now been broken by Arsenal. The Champions League began in 1955-56, which means that Arsenal set the most humiliating record for an English team in 61 years of Champions League history.

In addition, Arsenal was eliminated 2:10, which also set a record for the second largest score difference in the history of the Champions League. The previous record was also set by Bayern, when Bayern eliminated Sporting Lisbon with an aggregate score of 12:1 over two legs. It is also worth mentioning that this game is also Arsenal's biggest home defeat in 19 years since November 1998.

A series of new records reflect how humiliating Arsenal have been to lose. After such a heavy defeat, many Arsenal fans also turned against Wenger and began to curse Wenger and Arsenal. In the face of doubts and criticism from fans, seeing the team's humiliating loss, I wonder if Wenger will blush and blame himself this time?

In his post-match interview, Arsene Wenger tried his best to maintain the semblance of harmony by praising the players who lost 5-1: "We showed fighting spirit and a sense of honour at the beginning of the game. But we weren't lucky, we deserved a penalty when we were 1-0 up and Walcott was not meant to be fouled in the box. ”

But guest Leo Ferdinand explained from the defender's professional point of view: "It's simply not possible to award a penalty. The opponent touches the ball. If it were me and the referee gave me a penalty, I would go to the referee's house tomorrow night to settle the score. ”

Although Rio Ferdinand's opinion was controversial in the studio, there was a greater tendency to believe that the referee had missed a penalty for Arsenal. Later, as everyone knows, Arsene Wenger lashed out at Greek referee Sidiroboulos, blaming the referee's favourable decision against Bayern Munich for the defeat.

In the end, Arsene Wenger denied that the team needed to change: "I think the club is moving in the right direction, even though the team is in a difficult situation at the moment. All we need to change is the result of the next game. Now the team is plagued by uncertainty? Not at all. Tonight, the team had a clear idea and performed well. It's just that the referee's decision ruined the game, and the performance of these referees was irresponsible. The team now needs to regroup and give an explanation to the fans and the outside world. But the explanation we can give now is this referee problem. ”

Although in Wenger's mouth, the team still seems to be monolithic, but there have been countless cracks in this iron plate, and after the two-legged defeat at 2:10, it seems that it only takes a small amount of strength to beat this iron plate that is barely put together to pieces.

Arsenal will face next up against Arthur's Blackburn, who may have given the final blow to the "iron plate" in Arsene Wenger's mouth.

Since Arsenal were humiliatingly eliminated from the Champions League by Bayern Munich with an aggregate score of 2:10, the anti-temperature campaign of Gunners fans has intensified. Banners demanding Arsene Wenger's dismissal filled the stadium and beyond. However, simply holding a banner no longer seems to be able to express the anger of gun fans against Wenger, and now some fans have launched a new way to reverse the temperature.

According to the British "Daily Mail", "Mirror" and other media confirmations, Arsenal fans are planning a new round of anti-temperature action. An Arsenal fan group has launched an online campaign to raise £3,000 to hire a plane to fly over the Emirates Stadium during an Arsenal match with a banner carrying Arsene Wenger's dismissal. At present, they have raised £2,270, which is very close to the target of £3,000.

The organisation stated on the event page: "We are raising funds to protest against Arsene Wenger, the funds will be used to make banners, etc., and we are demanding that Arsene Wenger leave his position as Arsenal manager." Once again, he disappointed the fans, and this kind of result of not winning the championship year after year is already tiresome. ”

This season, Arsenal have missed out on the Premier League title early and have already been eliminated from the Champions League, and the only title that the Gunners can compete for is the FA Cup.

It is worth mentioning that the action of the plane to pull a banner to protest against the head coach is not the first of its kind to gun fans. Previously, when David Moyes was in charge of Manchester United, Red Devils fans had hired planes to fly over Old Trafford with banners that read "The wrong one, Moyes is out". Now, Arsenal fans are ready to boycott Arsene Wenger in the same way.

Today, Arsene Wenger, like Donald Trump, is a popular target of entertainment and opposition.

On March 18, around 200 Arsenal supporters marched from Arsenal's former Highbury Stadium to the Emirates Stadium ahead of Blackburn's away Premier League match against Arsenal in the 28th round of the Premier League, chanting slogans such as "Coach Wenger, please leave" and "Coach Wenger, you are destroying the team".

At the same time, fans held up signs urging the team's hierarchy to abandon Wenger's contract extension this summer. One of the fans' views is typical: Arsene Wenger is stubborn, old-fashioned and unassertive. And many fans who did not take part in the mass demonstrations boycotted Wenger in another way: selling tickets for Arsenal's game against Blackburn Rovers at a low price.

Many Arsenal associates, including Arsene Wenger's former protégés and supporters, believe the time has come for Arsene Wenger to leave the club. Gilberto Silva, Arsenal's 50-game unbeaten streak at the time, said in an interview before the game: "It's time for Arsene Wenger to leave. ”

In the broadcast room, Arsenal legend Ian Wright saw the protests on screen and commented: "It's heartbreaking because the CEO has made it clear that Arsene Wenger's future is a matter for the club and that there is a big protest of this kind at every turn. It's a sad sight, but the mistakes of the top have created it. ”

In Ian Wright's eyes, the Arsenal hierarchy should immediately state that they will not renew Wenger's contract in the summer.

A month ago, Gary Neville publicly mocked fans on Sky Sports who had put up signs in the stadium with the slogan "Wenger is gone", and there were still plenty of Arsenal fans and neutrals who supported Neville's position, but at this point in time, "Wenger is gone" seems to have become a legitimate demand for all who care about Arsenal.

It was in this atmosphere that the starters of both teams began to step into the center of the pitch.

After the last time they felt a home-like atmosphere at the King Power Stadium, the Blackburn players felt a familiar welcome at the Emirates Stadium.

Arsenal starting line-up: (4-2-3-1):

Goalkeepers: Ospina;

Defenders: Gibbs, Mustafi, Koscielny, Monreal

Defenders: Aaron Ramsey, Xhaka

Defenders: Walcott, Mesut Ozil, Alexis Sanchez

Striker: Olivier Giroud

Blackburn Rovers starting line-up: (4-2-3-1):

Goalkeeper: Cech

Defenders: Danny Rose, Phil Jones, John Stones, Cesar Azpilicueta

Defenders: Casemiro, Coutinho

Defenders: Anthony Martial, Deli Alli, Raheem Sterling

Striker: Gabriel Jesus

Seeing Blackburn's starting lineup, Wenger was also embarrassed, because Arsenal's starting lineup and the lineup that was abused by Bayern Munich 5:1 last week were only a few individual adjustments, while Blackburn was completely discharged with a different lineup from last week's Champions League, and no one started in that Champions League, even goalkeeper Cech was rotated.

In terms of squad depth alone, not discrimination, Blake could have said that any team in football today is rubbish, including Real Madrid and Barcelona.

This is the confidence of the world's No. 1 club today!