Chapter Twenty-Nine: Basketball Stars Spectator Group
After the Charity Shield match, the Arsenal team has a day off, and the team will only prepare for the first round of the Premier League game starting on August 7 in addition to normal training, Arsenal will welcome Leicester City at home to challenge, and Wenger is now most worried about what will happen to Liu Han in addition to Thierry Henry's transfer. Pen @ fun @ pavilion wWw. biqUgE。 info
The good thing is that the day after the Charity Shield, Juventus finally relented when Arsenal signed 22-year-old Thierry Henry for a transfer fee of £10.5 million, and the Parisian lad finally returned to his mentorship after five years, with Arsene Wenger having coached the 17-year-old when he was in charge of Monaco in '94.
Henry's transfer can be called fast, in just three days he has come to London and completed the signing, Wenger is very optimistic about this former disciple, he wants to build Henry into the core of Arsenal's front, now the players in the center of the squad can not satisfy Wenger, Kanu's negative attitude to the game makes Wenger a little helpless, he hopes to find a center forward who can be used as a bridgehead, not a clown who sells the work under his feet.
After returning to training after a day's rest, Liu Han was taken away by Wenger alone, Wenger wanted to test what else Liu Han would do, and he now even doubted that the big guy could bring him more surprises.
Although there is no teammate cooperation, but after a series of dribbling, passing, shooting and free kick tests, Liu Han's performance still scared Wenger, this former NBA superstar who only received a short month of football training in the youth base in Lille actually has very solid basic skills in football, and even makes Wenger feel more solid than some players in his team, although Liu Han does not have any particularly fancy movements, but his various techniques are quite accurate, right, Wenger just felt that Liu Han's movements were very precise.
"Arsèna, do you think Liu is more suitable as a center forward than other players? You see, he has height, although his skills are ordinary but very solid, coupled with that strong body like a brown bear, think about it, how many defenders in the Premier League can withstand it, and once the ball at our feet can't penetrate the opponent's defense, the cross from the side can be used as a regular tactic, he is much more serious than the African, and he is not afraid of confrontation. Arsene Wenger's assistant coach watched Liu Han's powerful volley hit the post from 30 meters away on the field, and couldn't help but say to Wenger.
'But I'm ready to play that kid Thierly as a centre-forward, so wouldn't it be a waste for the team up front.' Wenger felt a little unbearable at the thought of his fellow disciple.
"You can try it first, the season has just begun, and Thierly can't fit into the team as soon as he comes, let Liu try it first, the African can be a substitute, Dennis can be a shadow striker or a striker, control the attacking tempo, or you can let Thierly try it out in the winger position, maybe it can be done." The assistant coach has a very good image of Liu Han, because he feels that Liu Han's serious attitude in training is worth learning from all the players.
Arsene Wenger, as a Frenchman, has unconsciously preferred his compatriots, which can be seen in his trust in the French midfielder, who has the most foreign players in Arsenal's squad of any team in the Premier League.
However, seeing that Liu Han was still working diligently on the field to shoot and free kick training, Wenger still wanted to give Liu Han a chance, maybe according to the assistant coach's idea, the Arsenal team's attack could be sharper.
In the next few days of training, the Arsenal team changed again, Liu Han began to appear in the forward position, and the frontcourt players cooperated, although at the beginning was still a little rusty, Liu Han is not familiar with the offensive run, but just relying on his strong body is enough to crush the defensive players, which also makes the Arsenal team's midfielders mainly focus on fixed-point passes when passing the ball to Liu Han, because Liu Han will not run.
Just as Arsenal's training was in full swing, the team's management received a fax from Los Angeles that some of the Los Angeles Lakers players would be coming to London to visit the Arsenal club.
Arsenal's management is well aware that the purpose of these players is actually to visit their old teammates, but such collective activities are beneficial to the Arsenal team in terms of commercial promotion, which of these NBA stars is not carrying a large number of commercial endorsements, and they have a lot of fans, visiting Arsenal can make Arsenal's fame go further.
The Lakers' event actually started under the organization of the team's head coach George Crent and O'Neal, of course, the owner of the Lakers, Jerry Buss, also expressed support for such an event, although Liu Han has now left the Lakers, but it does not mean that he will never come back, maintaining a good relationship can allow the Lakers to consider the Lakers as soon as Liu Han returns.
Liu Han was very moved after receiving a call from George and O'Neal, it is only August, which is the time for NBA players to take a vacation, but now his old teammates have given up their vacations to visit him in London, which makes Liu Han, who still has a grudge against the NBA in his heart, inevitably moved.
Most of the Lakers players came to London on the Lakers owner's plane, except for some players who left the Lakers this season, and even the retired Byron Scott and Dell Curry chose to come to London, with a group of up to 20 people, including the LaBeouf family.
The Arsenal club attaches great importance to the visit of the Lakers players, and specially arranged a five-star hotel near the club, as well as a box seat in the court, and the club manager personally went to the airport to greet the NBA stars.
When LaBeouf who walked out of the plane hugged Liu Han tightly with tears, Liu Han almost shed tears, Safina's departure made the black-haired LaBeouf grow old quickly, this stubborn Don old fighter is now no longer as strong as before, Liu Han still remembers when he first came to the United States when he played basketball with LaBeouf every night, when LaBeouf was still a muscle.
The Lakers players hugged Liu Han one by one, and O'Neal slapped Liu Han's shoulder with some complaints.
"You guy, you've been gone for a year, and we almost gave you a funeral."
Nash, Ray Allen, and Horry also spoke to Liu Han, who regretted that he had left in that way, but also rejoiced that his best friend had returned, even though he had now "changed careers". (To be continued.) )