Chapter Seventy-Four: Trust

In the luxurious office, with the arrival of Arsene Wenger, the meeting officially began, which was a regular meeting once a month, and the main shareholders did not come. Gazidis and manager Arsene Wenger are the top players, and the main thing is to sum up this month's performance and plan for next month. Pen × fun × Pavilion www. biquge。 info

The meeting was full of inconsequential topics, such as the team's income this month, and so on, Wenger listened drowsily, it was not his job, he cared more about the team.

In the past 20 years, Wenger has lost count of the first regular meetings, he is very tired of them, such meetings do not talk about any results, and the meetings during the transfer period are the most important.

Half an hour later, after the regular topics were finished, it began to enter the free speaking session.

Football director Meis was the first to speak, and he praised Wenger's introduction of Sanchez, and the others had no feelings, and this kind of thing still needs to be said, and Wenger only replied politely and casually.

Immediately afterwards, Meiss changed sharply, believing that Xiao Ji took the club's salary but went outside to participate in other games, which seriously violated the player rules, and recommended that he be cut to make an example.

Wenger, who had been listless, stood up abruptly and said solemnly: "No! Shaw is an integral part of my squad and I simply can't find a replacement for him. This Asian Games is important for him and I promise it won't happen again this season. If the club can't even afford to spend the hundreds of thousands of pounds, I might have to think about the contract! ”

The others were shocked, they didn't expect the always elegant Wenger to have such a big reaction, almost saying "cut him and I'll leave", which was not the case when the club decided to sell Xiaofa and Van Persie.

Don't look at the fans who want Wenger to step down, but the club's senior management fully supports him, for these businessmen, the team's results are never the first, the club's interests are, and Wenger can help them bring benefits, in their opinion, neither Mourinho nor Guardiola can compare with Wenger.

Marketing director Charles Allen was the first to stand up and play the round, saying: "Xiao is still very important for us to occupy the Chinese market, forget it this time." ”

CEO Gachidis also came together to say good things, and this is the end of the turmoil.

Isn't it just a salary of hundreds of thousands of pounds, just give Wenger a face, and Xiao Ji's impact on the Chinese market and his performance on the pitch are indeed outstanding.

Wenger was in a bad mood at the meeting, and the management had already suggested that Xiao Ji be sacked, which would only get worse on the fans' side, but he soon received good news that Xiao Ji was finally back.

After coming to London, Xiao Ji immediately felt that the attitude of the local fans towards him was different, the most obvious is that the current taxi driver, the attitude is lukewarm, he doesn't want to talk to him at all, he is not a Chelsea fan, from the interior of his car is all red and white, painted with the Gunners' team logo can be seen, and when he took the taxi before, the driver was very enthusiastic, and his mouth never stopped at all along the way, and asked for a group photo.

"It seems that my departure this time has made the fans have a lot of opinions about me." Xiao Ji smiled bitterly in his heart.

Arriving at the Kearney training base, Xiao Ji first reported to Arsene Wenger, who gave him one day to adjust to the jet lag and then come back to training on the third day.

On October 5, the Premier League will have a heavyweight matchup, the London derby, Chelsea vs Arsenal.

Sky Sports is in charge of the commentary of Alan Smith and Wilkins, which is very interesting, Alan Martinsmith is an Arsenal legend, and Wilkins is a former assistant coach of Chelsea, and the two teams on the field are completely corresponding, full of confrontation, it is conceivable that when the game starts, the two will have a war of words, the British audience loves this kind of scene the most, they don't want to watch the two commentators in harmony.

Alan Smith: "I now have the starting line-up for both teams, Arsenal, goalkeeper, No. 1 Szczesny, defender, No. 18 Monreal, No. 4 Mertesacker, No. 6 Koscielny, midfielder, No. 39 Bellerin, No. 7 Rosicky, No. 16 Ramsey, No. 11 Ozil, No. 19 Cazorla, the front, No. 17 Sanchez, No. 12 Giroud, No. 9 Xiao Ji, still 433 lineup. ”

As is customary, it was Wilkins who would have introduced Chelsea's starting line-up, but instead of introducing it, he said to Smith: "Smith, repeat what you just said. ”

Alan Smith immediately seized the opportunity and began to tease: "Oh, Wilkins, it seems that your ears are not very good, I suggest you see an otologist later." Who called you my old partner, as you wish, Arsenal, goalkeeper, No. 1 Szczesny. ”

Wilkins directly interrupted Alan Smith's words: "Skip these, just talk about the frontcourt." ”

Alan Smith: "OK, OK, up front, No. 17 Sanchez, No. 12 Giroud, No. 9 Xiao Ji. Is there anything strange? Oh, ****, number 9! Xiao Ji! How did he end up here! ”

Smith, who was still smiling just now, now has his mouth wide open, his eyes are round, and he has a hellish expression.

Wilkins: "Haha, I might have something wrong with my ears, but Smith, your eyes or your brain don't look normal, so we can go to the hospital together after the game." ”

Smith knew that this was Wilkins' counterattack to his ridicule just now, and he had no time to pay attention to it at this time, he was full of questions about Xiao Ji's start, and said: "According to the information I received, Xiao Ji just returned to the team 3 days ago, and his state should not have been adjusted, why did Wenger send him on the field?" Welbeck, Walcott and Sanogo may be a better choice. ”

Wilkins: "I may know the answer, some fans have said before that Wenger regarded Xiao Ji as the new prince and replaced Wilshere, and at present, it seems that this is indeed the case, Wenger is not an ordinary trust in Xiao Ji." ”

Wenger actually didn't know what to do about arranging Xiao Ji's start, he didn't have this plan at all, Xiao Ji had just come back after all, but Xiao Ji insisted that he had been playing football during the Asian Games, and there was no problem with his state.

Wenger felt that there was a little bit of reason, and out of trust in Xiao Ji, he agreed.

Xiao Ji's words are actually just an excuse, just words, how can the football game of the Asian Games be compared with the Premier League game, the opponent is still Chelsea, I don't know how many grades are missing, his real confidence is still the system.