Chapter 18 Still Waiting

After saying goodbye to the fans in a sensational atmosphere, Descartes had to say goodbye to another important person.

That's his little girlfriend Ann Jieli. Gloria.

Since Ann Jieli had not yet reached the age of sixteen, he could not live abroad alone under current law, so it was impossible for him to go to London with Descartes.

The most important thing is that although Descartes and Ann Jieli are extremely close, he has never confessed to other little girls.

has not confessed to mean that the two have no formal relationship, and without a formal relationship, it is certainly impossible for An Jieli to follow him to live in a foreign country.

So Descartes had to spend the whole night comforting the little girl who was in tears.

If this is a Qiong Yao drama, the little girl should be very shy to say to the male protagonist affectionately on the night of parting: "I want to dedicate my first time to you"; If this is a martial arts drama, then there will definitely be many opponents who will seek revenge this night, and then the heroine will die, and the hero will flee with hatred; If this is an anti-Japanese war drama, then the little devil should appear with a bayonet now.

But fortunately, this is a serious football novel, so there is no first night, no vendetta, no national hatred, and some are just two reluctant young boys and girls, cutting and messing and lingering.

Early the next morning, our young male protagonist packed his bags and set out to travel to a distant land.

It's only a four-hour flight from Milan to London, but it's already over Sicily, over the English Channel, and over the perennially foggy capital of the world.

At the airport in London, Descartes unexpectedly saw Mr. Wenger, who had come to meet him, and a bigger man, Arsenal's chairman of the board of directors, Hill. Wood.

When it comes to Arsenal, the first thing that comes to mind is of course Professor Arsene Wenger, but if you go back a little further, there are two names that have to be mentioned, and that is the chairman of the club's board of directors, Hill. Wood and Vice Chairman David Wood. Dunn.

Hill. Wood's full name is Peter. Hillwood, whose family has been the chairman of Arsenal, his father Dennis and grandfather Negeri Semmel, who have been legendary Arsenal presidents since 1982. Hillwood has been chairman of Arsenal's board for more than 24 years, and under his tenure, not only Wenger's magnificent division, but also Graham's "Iron Army", the title of Arsenal was launched during this period.

And David. Dunn is a legend who single-handedly introduced Wenger and created a comprehensive commercialization of Arsenal, although he is only a candy merchant, but he has superb financial skills and business acumen, many of Arsenal's players have handed over their personal property to him to take care of, and Wenger even relieved that all the negotiations for the introduction of players are handed over to him to complete.

The reason why these two people are mentioned is because these two people started out as close partners, but eventually evolved into enemies of each other.

The cause of this incident also began with Arsenal starting to build the Emile Stadium.

Due to the huge cost of this modern stadium, the original expected cost of 390 million turned into 470 million pounds, so Arsenal was saddled with huge debts, which can be seen from how hard Arsenal has lived in those years and how tight the transfer budget has been.

In fact, David. Dunn initially disagreed with the construction of a different site, and his idea was to renovate the existing one in Highbury. But Hill. Both Wood and Arsene Wenger disagreed, so a rift and estrangement began to develop between them.

And in order to pay off this huge debt, and at the same time bring in funds to increase the competitiveness of the club, David. Dunn and American businessman Klenco are ready to jointly buy the Arsenal club.

But as chairman of the board of directors, Hill. Wood, as well as the club's president Gachidis, the largest shareholder Fitzman, and the Nina sisters, who hold 16% of the shares, and the remaining eight members of the board of directors, but they believe that Arsenal should maintain the glorious tradition of English clubs and resist the invasion of foreign capital, so they ruthlessly rejected David on the board. Dunn's proposal.

So David. Dunn and the board of directors were at odds, and he began to be sidelined by the rest of the board until April 2007, when he was finally announced to be out of office.

The struggle between these two men has actually been the source of turmoil within Arsenal for nearly a year. After Dunn's departure, the team's symbol "King" Henry also announced that he would leave Camp Nou because he "couldn't play without Arsene Wenger and Dunn"; Manager Arsene Wenger almost did not renew his contract with Arsenal that year, and the entire Arsenal team was on the verge of disintegration.

It wasn't until 2013 that Arsenal seemed to show signs of relieving.

And we have to mention that the reason why Wenger has been able to successfully recruit again and again before, is similar to that of David. Dunn also has a lot to do with it.

That's when David. Dunn is also the executive chairman of the European G14, and his contacts and networks are very broad, Wenger is responsible for picking people, Dunn is responsible for buying, and the two work closely together, so that Arsenal has introduced Van Persie, Fabregas, Walcott, Rosicky, Adebayo, Arshavin and a large number of cheap and easy-to-use stars in the case of very tight transfer funds, until 2013, before Goldfish Eye Ozil transferred to Arsenal for a record 42.5 million pounds. Arsenal's most expensive signing is still Cazorla's £16.5 million.

So don't think how cheap the "King" Henry and Xiaofa were later sold, because it didn't cost much when they were introduced.

And until David. After Dunn left, Arsenal realized how huge the impact of losing him on the club was, selling the captain every year was just a last resort, the key was that the favorite players were snatched away by others one by one, as far as Huntelaar went to Real Madrid, and as close as the small smoking gun fell to Napoli, "70 million a year, so far there is no crown", which has become an eternal pain in the hearts of Arsenal fans.

You can't tell who is right and who is wrong in this matter, because today we look back at the British giants, only to find that only Arsenal is still the team with the prefix "English", and other giants, including the century-old hegemon Liverpool, have become other countries' troops in the coat of England.

Hill. Wood chases David away. Dunn, who kept Arsenal's pure bloodline, also paid a lot of money.

This is the story of the Arsenal club's interior over the past few years.

And Hill. Wood personally came to meet Descartes at the airport, partly because he happened to have a discussion with Arsene Wenger as a stop-by, and partly to win hearts and minds.

Because he's now with David. Dunn was fighting.

David. Dunn himself owns 14.58% of Arsenal's shares, and Krenko also bought 11% of the minority shareholders with his help. Wood is in contact with the remaining eight shareholders to boycott the joint takeover.

In this sensitive period, the support of the club's insiders is very important, and due to Dunn's relationship with many Arsenal players to manage their finances, most of the players have been on his side, and captain Thierry Henry has even made his support for Dunn clear.

So Hill. Wood will also have to win over the hearts of some of the other players and confront Dunn's forces within the club.

These stories sound like a big family feud drama, in fact, it is true, it is really a big family feud game, but the Arsenal board covers it up very well, and the outside world does not know many details, so Arsenal fans have not been able to understand why the team has become more and more sluggish and less effective since the unbeaten championship.

They also thought it was Arsene Wenger's stinginess and Hill. Wood's incompetence led to a series of losses in the transfer market, which ultimately affected the team's record.

In fact, no one knows that Arsenal is now in chaos.

At the airport and in the hills. After a brief conversation between Wood and Arsene Wenger, Descartes was taken to the hotel arranged by the club, where he would stay for a few days before moving in alone until the club had found a suitable accommodation for him.

In addition to accommodation, Arsenal also arranged a small fan meeting for Descartes. Although Descartes has made a name for himself in Italy, he is not yet a charismatic star in the Europa continent, so his meeting was not held at the 60,000-capacity Emirates Stadium. Walcott.

Both players are future investments by Arsene Wenger, and after Cesc Fabregas' success, Wenger's tastes seem to be more and more skewed towards the little ones, as fans joke that Wenger is a real real football manager player, and his hobbies are exactly the same as those otaku who like to collect demons in the game and sell them for a high price.

There is a limerick poem that can prove that "the mountain rain is coming, the wind is full of buildings, the main force does not want to stay in June, trains young people hard every year, and the captain goes to Manchester United in July".

Arsenal's reinforcements over the years have become a pistachio in world football.

However, Arsenal fans were still very face-saving for these two young talents who had already made a name for themselves, and although it was only a small fan meeting and press conference, more than 800 fans were still on hand to cheer on the two new players.

It was also during this meeting that Descartes met his future teammate Walcoat for the first time, a young man about the same skinny as him, but Walcott's muscles were more pronounced and obviously much stronger than him.

After the fan meeting, the two were taken to Arsenal's training centre for a medical check-up, which is a checkpoint that every new player must go through, and if they fail the medical examination, there is still the possibility of return.

It's just that after getting Descartes's physical examination report, Mr. Wenger also frowned, because the team doctor told him: "There is no major problem with this little guy's body, his condition is well controlled, but his muscle density is too loose, and the fat content is also a little high, with his current situation, I am afraid that he will not be able to adapt to the high-intensity physical confrontation of the Premier League, we recommend that he be trained for another 6 to 12 months to improve his muscle density and reduce the fat content in his body, In this way, he is less prone to injury in the fierce physical confrontation. Thankfully, he's in the middle of his development, and as long as the training volume and diet are right, he should be able to improve quickly. ”

Arsene Wenger thought about it for a moment and decided to tell Descartes about it, because when he tried to persuade Descartes to join Arsenal, he promised to give him a certain amount of playing time.

But judging from the current situation, he may have to stay in the training base for another year and a half.

Descartes also felt a little difficult to accept when he first heard the news, he himself has been playing in the Serie C league for a season, and he feels no different from those Chengren, why should he focus on muscle density and fat reduction?

Arsene Wenger patiently explained to him: "The Premier League has a lot of emphasis on physical confrontation, so the physical requirements of the players will be higher, increasing muscle density and reducing fat content can make you have more strength under the same weight, so that you will not suffer when you are fighting. Rest assured, we will try to speed up the process so that you can be on the Premier League as soon as possible. ”

Descartes thought about it and felt that this matter was also for the club's own good, so he did not express any further objections, and finally Wenger put him in the reserve team, while receiving physical training specially arranged by the club, while waiting for the opportunity to appear in the Premier League.

Staying in the reserve with him was Theo, also 17 years old. Walcott, 16-year-old Aaron. Ramsay, 17-year-old Carlos. Beira.

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