As the season draws to a close, Arsenal, who have been largely deprived of their desire this season, now have only one goal left, which is to surpass Liverpool in front of them and occupy third place in the league and qualify directly for the Champions League.

After the win over Reading, they have not been too strong in their remaining eight league games, with Chelsea and Bolton Wanderers remaining in the top five.

Arsenal had beaten Chelsea before the New Year, but a month ago they were snatched out of the Carabao Cup by Jose Mourinho, so this game against Chelsea will be the most important in the final eight league games.

As for the other opponents, no one thinks they can pose a threat to Arsenal.

Even the players within Arsenal think so and, by the end of the league, while Chelsea and Manchester United are still battling it out for the title, most of the Arsenal players seem to be on holiday.

Their performance on the training pitch also looked so absent-minded.

Wenger sees the form of these players in the eyes of Arsene Wenger, but the professor has always been a gentle coach and he also believes that the tone has basically been set this season and there is no need to make the players nervous anymore, so he has no objection to that.

A completely relaxed Arsenal beat fifth-placed Bolton Wanderers 2-1 in the ensuing fixture, making the rest of the fixture look easy, and this season seems to be the end of it.

But a team without fighting spirit is very dangerous, the next two rounds of the league, Arsenal overturned one after another, 0:0 draw by Newcastle away, and returned to the home field and lost 0:1 to West Ham United, the original lead of 14 points instantly became 8 points, and what is more dangerous is that the gap with Liverpool has been pulled into 3 points, and it became 7 points in an instant.

Even hope of fighting for third place in the league is running out.

In the face of this poor form of the team, captain Thierry Henry finally couldn't bear it anymore, and he stood up to criticize his teammates in the media: "I think some people have lost the best of the fight, this should not be the attitude of a professional player, I am very disappointed with the team's performance during this period, in fact, we have not performed well all season, and at the end of the season we are always used to the collapse of the surname, I think it's time to think about my future." ”

Henry's words were interpreted by the media as a sign that the captain was tired of Highbury, in fact, in the past two seasons, Barcelona have been seducing Henry, they have offered Henry nearly double the salary of Arsenal, and they have continued to release their interest in the Arsenal captain through the media.

Although Arsene Wenger kept Thierry Henry for a season last year, the Kings of Highbury have already begun to think about it in the face of another year of being empty-handed.

What's more, at the club's recent board meeting, David . Dunn and Wood. Hill's fighting style finally came to an end, and Wood. Hill, with the support of the remaining eight board members, eventually won the victory. Dunn has been ousted from Arsenal's board of directors, which will be announced on April 17.

David. Dunn has always been Thierry Henry's best friend, not only did he bring Arsene Wenger to Arsenal, but he was also involved in almost all player transfer deals, and many of the players in the Arsenal squad have given him their wages to manage their finances. Hill has a lot of intimacy with the players.

David. Dunn's loss of power has further fueled the idea of Thierry Henry's departure, especially as it relates to Arsene Wenger's contract extension, which has been linked to the sale of his stake in the club. Hill stood on one side, but he and David. Dunn's personal relationship was actually closer, and in protest of the board's ruthlessness towards Dunn, Arsene Wenger temporarily halted talks with the club on a new contract after Dunn's expulsion.

Next year's Arsenal are likely to face the loss of David at the same time. The dilemma of Dunn and Arsene Wenger.

In such a situation, Henry later recalled the reason for leaving Arsenal and said: "I can't imagine working without Dunn and Arsene Wenger, I will turn 31 next year, for me, it's either now or never, unfortunately, I can only choose now." ”

Although the captain's decision to leave has not yet been announced, the club's teammates get along day and night, and they obviously have a special feeling.

Early that morning, when Descartes arrived at the training base, he was stopped by the assistant coach as soon as he entered the door, and then he was told that the head coach Arsene Wenger was waiting for him in his office.

Descartes is a little weak-hearted, his recent scandal with supermodel Zhenma is spreading, it turned out that after the chance encounter that day, Zhenma actually came to watch his game, and cheered for him loudly in the audience without concealment.

As Ronaldo's official girlfriend, Zhenma has been exposed to the media very often during this time, so the fans in the stands easily recognized her.

Seeing that Ronaldo's horse was actually cheering for his players, Arsenal fans were of course honored, so they quickly spread the word about it and fell into the ears of those paparazzi.

The paparazzi reacted immediately to this incident, they secretly followed Zhenma and Descartes, and found that the two actually went to a café for a meal together after the game.

So soon, an article titled "The popular fried chicken in the Premier League was miserably split, and Arsenal's 17-year-old boy defeated Ronaldo in love", "** Stars stepped on two boats, and Arsenal Manchester United's mortal enemies became brothers-in-law" The news was freshly released, and quickly set off a wave of heated discussions in England.

In the face of the sudden offensive of the media, Descartes seemed a little overwhelmed, and when the reporters blocked the door to ask about him and Zhenma, although he tried his best to deny it, but in the eyes of those who care, it became a fact that wanted to cover up.

And more importantly, one of the parties to this matter, Zhenma, has always been ambiguous about this matter, she neither admitted the relationship with Descartes, but also did not deny that the two have been dating recently, leaving unlimited room for the imagination of the media.

It is understandable that for Zhenma, even if this kind of thing has some small damage to his and her image, it can bring greater benefits and exposure, so of course she is not in a hurry to deny it, and even she and the team behind her have stirred up this matter more hotly, making her reputation a little louder.

Only Ronaldo, who didn't know anything about it, was confused, and suddenly he became a brother-in-law with Arsenal's little brother, this topic made Ronaldo, who was already hot, angry, he gritted his teeth in front of the media and said: "I don't know what's going on, anyway, so far, there have been no problems between me and Zhenma, we are still as close as before, as for the Arsenal kid, I don't know who he is at all." ”

Some "kind" media deliberately reminded Ronaldo: "In the last game against Manchester United, that Italian kid killed you......"

Ronaldo's eyes widened, and he said unhappily: "So what? We're champions now, they're still fighting for a place in the Champions League, so we're not a level of rivalry at all. ”

It's a pun on Manchester United and Arsenal, but it's also about him and Descartes. However, Ronaldo seems to have forgotten that with five league games remaining, they are only five points separating Chelsea from each other, and they are not yet champions.

And the impact of this incident on Descartes was that he was blocked by a large group of reporters at home or in the training base every day, and there was no room to go out at night to hunt for beauty.

At the same time, what bothers him even more is that Gemma also seems to maintain a kind of distance between them, she will always call after the game with concern to ask for warmth, but never make Descartes clear what she means, so that Descartes' heart hangs in the air, not up or down.

It's just that Descartes didn't expect that even Wenger was shocked by this incident, and actually let the assistant coach block the door early in the morning and recruit him into the office, is Wenger going to send him to the reserve team again?

Nervously, Descartes walked into Wenger's office, and when he saw Wenger sitting in the chair, Descartes suddenly felt that the professor was more than ten years older than when he saw him two years earlier.

It seems that Arsenal's record in the past two years has tormented him to the point of being emaciated, and even the last few black hairs have fallen out.

After seeing Descartes, Wenger looked up and smiled tiredly, then pointed to the chair and said to him, "Sit." ”

Descartes didn't know how Wenger was going to punish him, so he sat down in a chair in fear, but he only dared to do half of his ass, as if he was ready to stand up and be trained.

Wenger saw the apprehension in his eyes, smiled gently, put down the pen in his hand and said, "Don't be nervous, I called you today, not for your scandal." ”

Descartes breathed a sigh of relief, as long as it wasn't criticism, in fact, he also felt confused about that matter, from beginning to end he had a meal with Zhenma, and then talked to each other on the phone a few times, but inexplicably became the most popular star in the Premier League this season - Ronaldo's rival in love, it was really a disaster from the sky, I don't know what to say.

However, it seems that Wenger really has no interest in this matter, he frowned and thought for a while, and then slowly said to Descartes: "Descartes, you have been at Arsenal for almost a year, what do you think of this team?" ”

Descartes was shocked and replied cautiously: "Very good, my team-mates are very enthusiastic, everyone is of a high level, I think Arsenal has a bright future." ”

Arsene Wenger sighed softly and said heavily: "But we have been empty-handed for two seasons in a row, and some players in the team are starting to feel uneasy and want to find another way, what should we do?" ”

His words seemed to be asking Descartes as well as talking to himself, leaving Descartes at a loss as to how to answer, and most importantly, Descartes understood who the players he was talking about, including the team's captain, Henry.

It is said that Henry has submitted a transfer application to the team a few days ago, and I wonder if this is what the professor is worried about.

Sure enough, Wenger quickly turned the conversation in the direction that Descartes had in mind: "Descartes, we may have some players leaving next year, especially the striker, Thierry...... It's likely that he's not going to stay anymore and I think you'll need to take on more responsibility next year, can I trust you? ”

Descartes was startled at first, and then trembled involuntarily: Wenger's meaning is obvious, next year is ready to promote him to the main force of the striker!

How could such an opportunity not excite Descartes to himself?

Although such an opportunity was left behind by Thierry Henry's departure, Descartes never doubted himself, and without Henry, he could still have shocked Arsenal's forward line, and he never wavered in such confidence.

After a long moment of excitement, Descartes puffed up his chest and replied loudly: "Of course, Mr. Wenger, I have been preparing for this day!" ”

Wenger nodded with satisfaction, but he couldn't hide the little loss in his eyebrows, after all, Henry was a meritorious veteran who followed him for 8 seasons, and now he said that he was leaving, how could he be happy.

Similarly, he was not in a hurry with Descartes' plan, according to his thinking, Descartes will continue to replace the team for one or two seasons, and then gradually end up in Henry's class, among the four players in the front line, he is most optimistic about Descartes, but after all, he is still young, and his body has not yet fully grown, so he will have to take on such a heavy responsibility so soon, Wenger has always been full of worry.

What's more, due to Descartes' physical condition, he often only plays 45 minutes even as a main player, in other words, he is more of a "super sub" than a main player.

In this case, the team's starting partners next year should be Van Persie and Adebayor, although Descartes is the main team, but he can only play in the second half most of the time, more like a so-called "secret weapon".

It seems that the ideal form for next year would be to buy another striker who is in his playing year, and then rotate the four of them to keep Arsenal's forward line fully staffed.

What, you say there's also an Aria Diere? Numerous black lines welled up on the professor's forehead, and the mediocre player had already been on the professor's cleanup list, and Wenger was not going to let him play next season, even if it was a game like the League Cup.

Even Bella, who has made the least appearances this season, looks much more promising than he is.

After another in-depth and long talk with Descartes, Wenger finally made a gesture to send off, and he instructed Descartes: "Go back and perform well, I will give you more opportunities in the next games, you have to adapt to the main team as soon as possible, next season, we will see your performance." By the way, there are a few things I have to warn you first, don't let things off the pitch affect your form, otherwise I don't mind letting you go back to the reserves and reflect. ”

Descartes stuck out his tongue and ran out of Wenger's office with a puff of smoke.

When he returned to the training ground again, Descartes found Henry who was training with his teammates, although on the surface it seemed that the captain was nothing, but Descartes always felt that Henry had a trace of loneliness in his eyes, and he was about to leave the team he had played for 8 years, what was his feeling in his heart now?

Seeing the back of Henry turning around to pick up the ball, at this moment, Descartes suddenly felt a trace of desolation, it turns out that there is such a side in the football world, there are laughter, but there are tears, there are reunions, but they can't escape the parting, even if they once swore an alliance with each other, they still have to go their separate ways in the end.

I only wish you all the best, Captain. (To be continued.) )