Chapter 522: Perfect Decision

Russia will be eliminated from the tournament on the evening of July 4, ten days before the expiration of Li's contract, but he has once again opted for an early departure, after the entire team returned to Moscow to attend a celebration hosted by the sports department.

Comrade Vladimir did not attend the dinner in person due to the fact that the results were not considered to have made a major breakthrough and because of the work arrangement, but Russian Sports Minister Korobkov had a brief and private exchange with Li Mudi during the period. After conveying the congratulations of Mr. President, he also expressed the gratitude and reluctance of the Russian people to the coach of the national team.

Although after the team advanced to the quarterfinals, many media and fans in the country are calling for the Celestial Empire coach who led the national team to create miracles to stay in office. However, this is obviously somewhat unrealistic, although in the past 10 years from 2006 to 2015 they have indirectly hired foreign coaches such as Guus Hiddink and Capello, but in addition to the aforementioned European Championship semi-finals, repeated frustrations in the tournament still made the fighting nation temporarily resist foreign coaches.

The reason why Li Mudi was able to get the opportunity to coach the Russian men's football team this time, in addition to the fact that the situation at that time was too urgent, was also recommended by Comrade Fu, which can be said to be a special case that is difficult to replicate.

If he can lead the team to the final this time, he may also be invited to renew his contract because of his excellent results, otherwise the team's next head coach will definitely be from home, there is no doubt about it.

Of course, Li Mudi, who has taken over Arsenal, also has a negative attitude towards whether he can concurrently serve as the coach of the Russian men's football team. Coaching a club would have greatly shortened the time he spent with his family, especially his daughter, and if he spent energy on the national team, it would really be busy, which is absolutely unacceptable.

So, with the gratitude of the fighting people for themselves, our hero soon boarded a flight from Moscow to London. There, his wife has already built a new home with the help of agent Gines at a very fast pace, and Li Mudi only needs to move in with her bag.

On July 7, just as the semi-finals of the European Championship were in full swing, Li Moody, dressed in Hugo Boss casual wear (the world's top men's clothing brand snatched the football coach with super influence in the Far East from Armani at a very high endorsement price), walked into the gate of the Arsenal club's residence in north-west London under the tail of a group of British paparazzi. The news then caused quite a stir in English football, even distracting fans who were following the European Championships.

As the Emirates Stadium, which opened in 2006, is just one street away from the former Highbury Stadium, the club's premises have not been relocated and remain at the former 75 Drayton Park Street, which is very convenient for the staff.

However, for the coaching staff and players, their main gathering place is the Kearney training base in Hertfordshire, north London, which is about 40 minutes away from the side of the Emirates Stadium, which is still relatively far.

Since the team's gathering time for the new season is still far away, and the other members of the coaching staff have not yet reported, Li Mudi's purpose in coming to the station this time is obviously not for training, so it is likely to discuss the transfer, this speculation made the reporters guarding outside suddenly excited.

At 1 p.m. that day, Arsenal FC announced on its official website that they would hold a belated debut of the new coach at 6:30 p.m. in the stadium's press room.

As soon as this announcement came out, it immediately aroused widespread attention in British football, and many foreign media sent their own reporters to the capital, just to be able to dig out first-hand information from the mouth of this somewhat legendary Celestial Empire.

However, their plan ultimately fell through, and in the face of all the bizarre questions that British journalists did their best, the new Gunners were always playing Tai Chi in standard London-accented English. Whether it's the team's future development plans, how to see Arsenal deal with the current fierce arms race in the Premier League, or whether they will worry about being boycotted by the fans after leading the Russian men's football team to defeat the Three Lions, etc., the Celestial Empire has always given plausible responses with a smile on his face, so that the questioners in the audience are not angry.

In the aftermath, there were reports from the unwilling media that suggested how such a good gentleman, who seemed unprepared for the world's toughest league, could deal with the problems within the Arsenal team and make the unruly world-class names willing to listen to his questions.

The reason why Spanish coach Unai Emery stepped down after two years at Arsenal is not only the team's lack of competitive performance, but also the deteriorating relationship between him and some of the players in the team. In particular, his penchant for playing a single striker, with Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang and Alexandre Lacazette sharing playing time, has completely angered the two stars who joined Arsene Wenger under the club, and the two central playmakers of Mesut Ozil and Mkhitaryan have also been frustrated by Unai Emery's constant assignment of more defensive tasks.

In addition, Kalum Chambers and others, who were awkward because of unsatisfied personal treatment problems, as well as only seventh in the league last season, barely qualified for a European League qualifier, and were also out early in European and domestic cup competitions, also caused a great blow to the team's morale, and veterans such as Koscielny and Ospina have expressed the idea of leaving. The atmosphere within this Arsenal team is arguably the worst since Graham took over in the 80s and 80s, and it is a big deal for the new manager.

According to some industry insiders, if you want to rebuild the team's momentum and save the Gunners from a rapid decline, then it is better to hire an iron boss, even if it is at the expense of a season's results. Otherwise, the situation will only get worse and worse until it is too big to recover.

However, judging from Li Mudi's previous performance in coaching the Torino team, he obviously does not meet the above requirements, although everyone generally recognizes the ability of this Celestial Dynasty man in the stadium, but he is still a little optimistic about his off-field wrists.

Sure enough, the German media soon broke out that Ozil, who was on vacation in his hometown, broke out into a fierce verbal conflict with the club's new coach because he was unwilling to return early to start training camp. Although this news was quickly confirmed to be exaggerated by unscrupulous reporters after the fact, as the saying goes, there is no wind and no waves, and it is obvious that the first exchange between these two people should not be so pleasant, otherwise 272 would not have taken the initiative to stand up and refute the rumors in an interview.

And some British media that are not a big deal broke the news that when Li Mudi completed the signing, many members of the Arsenal team seemed to be disconnected, and less than half of the players made welcoming comments on private social networks such as Twitter, which was also regarded by the outside world as a statement that they would not easily buy a new manager.

However, this wave of advocating that the gunman may continue to decline, and before it could make a bigger move, the plot suddenly reversed.

Less than 12 hours after Germany beat the Gallic Roosters on penalties in the final of the European Championship to win the title of the Continental Champions, which is unusual in terms of location, a deal for a player that had not been revealed was officially finalised and made public. Russian striker/winger Alexander Golovin, who previously played for Ligue 1 club Monaco, moved to the Emirates Stadium for £52.3 million, joining up with manager Li Mudi, who had just completed his European Championship journey.

And because Mkhitaryan, another striker of the team, has expressed his willingness to return to England early through the media, and is considered to be temporarily relenting, Ozil, who is about to celebrate his 32nd birthday, has actually lost his place in the arsenal. If the German star, who is still capable of occasionally playing at the top of the world, doesn't want to end his final year on the bench, then contacting his next home immediately is something he and his agent need to consider immediately.

As a result, in less than three days, his parent team Schalke 04, when he made his debut, took him home with a £14.5 million contract. Since then, the former genius, who was once considered by the outside world to have the opportunity to grow into the world's No. 1 striker, has gradually faded out of the center of football, leaving behind endless regrets and positive and negative comments for future generations.

After dealing with the biggest thorn, Li Mudi's trick of killing chickens and monkeys obviously had a certain effect, and while the media praised it in a tone of surprise with all kinds of moderation, some players in the Arsenal team who thought that their qualifications, status or popularity were not as good as Ozil's finally showed their willingness to cooperate with the new coach in an initial manner.

Due to the team's poor results year after year, as well as the age of the team members and other reasons, there are not many players in the Arsenal first team who participated in the finals stage of this European Championship, and basically all of them went home before the quarterfinals. Therefore, the extent of the FIFA virus is not very large, and the Gunners are at least lighter than the other Premier League giants.

So Li Mudi moved the idea of starting the training camp in advance, and after discussing it with the club's management, he put it into action.

Most of the players who are still under contract with Arsenal rushed back to A.T. Kearney on July 15, and the new manager, who spoke to them face-to-face for the first time, thanked everyone for their selflessness, but then gave another hammer. He said that his purpose in taking over the team was to restore the glory of the former professorial era, so if there are players who cannot meet his personal requirements or tactical philosophy, it cannot be ruled out that the club will make personnel adjustments at any time.

Not to mention what the player's mental activities were at that time, just looking at the news was obtained by the outside world, many experts immediately jumped out and thought that Li Mudi had gone crazy. Although the stubborn disease needs to be cured by fierce fire, such a reckless move has exceeded the due heat, and the situation of rushing to the fire of the prairie has continued, how can this be achieved!

However, the situation that everyone predicted that Arsenal was about to be completely torn apart did not appear, and with the retirement of time, the atmosphere in the team turned in the direction of more and more river crabs, which made the outside world feel very incredible.

When the "Sun" reporter blocked the Gabonese striker "Meiyang" at the beginning of August, and wanted to ask the latter what has changed within the team in just half a month, the super goalscorer who was still in trouble to leave the team last season responded with a smile that he likes the current atmosphere of Arsenal and is more willing to continue to do his best for the fans and the team's honor under the leadership of new coach Li Mudi.

Just two days after the Q&A appeared in the newspapers, Arsenal beat League Two side Cheltenham Town 13-0 away at the first warm-up game of the new season, showing an astonishing fighting spirit and fighting spirit, which was almost a match for Unai Emery's performance under the management two and a half months ago.

As time goes by, the Arsenal players' understanding of the new manager's tactics has gradually deepened, and after Li Mudi has used his decisive transfer strategy to adjust the team's squad, the team's strength is improving at an almost visible rate.

And when the Gunners who went to the final round of qualifying for the Europa League on August 6 beat the Lithuanian domestic league champion Sudua with an 8-0 score away from home, the British media really realized that the Arsenal team that could wrestle with Manchester United under the old man is likely to be back.

At this time, the media began to praise the Kroenke family for finally coming to their senses from the wrong way of doing business in the Americans, and some even claimed that signing Li Muddy would be the perfect decision made by Arsenal's management after the change of ownership.

This kind of rhetoric has raised the expectations of Gunners supporters for the new season, and it has also made Arsenal, which was not too much valued by the title contenders, a priority for Manchester City, Manchester United, Liverpool and other teams, and made the 2020-2021 Premier League season predicted to be the most competitive year in history before the start of the season.

As for Li Mudi, who used the plug-in provided by the FM system to integrate the team as quickly as possible, he can't wait to start his copy in the UK after knocking out Sudua 15-0 over two legs and easily advancing to the main match of the Europa League.

The high-profile north London derby is ahead of the first fixture of the league, which is a difficult hurdle and a great opportunity to further improve the team's momentum, and he is ready for the moment when the curtain is drawn on the stage.