In just one sentence, Wang Dan understood the difficult choice Wenger was facing.

Now this Arsenal team, except for the five old defenders, who are considered the wealth left by their predecessors, almost all other positions have been cultivated by Wenger. Even the guy who was a hitter, before he was photographed by his old man, more or less encountered the bottleneck problem of his career.

Mark Overmas.

After helping Ajax win the most important Champions League trophy of their careers on 24 May 1995 after beating the unbeatable AC Milan, the Dutch Flying Man suffered a serious injury.

After recovering from an injury for more than half a year, he only scored two goals in 25 appearances for the team in the 96-97 season, and almost all of them were forgotten in this star-studded team.

Arsene Wenger's timely arrival changed all that, as the Frenchman signed the still-injured Dutchman and helped him settle into the pace and atmosphere of the Premier League. At the beginning of the new season, it only took half a month for Peter Pan to return the favor with his debut goal. In the series that followed, his speed and aura impressed the entire Premier League.

"The Dutch genius has taken off again, and the arsenal is unstoppable!"

Such an assessment is both an honour for the players and the most gratifying moment for the manager.

Dennis Bergkamp.

In 1993, he unexpectedly turned down offers from AC Milan and Barcelona to join Inter Milan for $11 million. Although he helped the team win a UEFA Cup, he did not find his place and sense of belonging in this team.

Can't find a feeling for the center position. Fiery temper, contradictions with teammates, contradictions with the manager. The contradictions with the Italian media, constantly concentrated and exploded, and finally made him leave Inter Milan for a transfer fee of $7.5 million after receiving an invitation from Wenger.

When the talented player of the playing year actually played lower and lower, this has to be said to be a hurtful thing. Under Arsene Wenger's care. In his first season at Arsenal, the Dutchman said goodbye to the off-field disturbances. The new No.9 and a half position has kept him away from the vicious fouls of the Premier League defenders and allowed him to use his God-given talent to the wild.

The '97-'98 season just started. He set a record that no one has ever broken.

The Dutchman's hat-trick against Leicester City is not worth writing about, but if those three goals are in the top three of the Premier League's best goals of the month, the difficulty becomes even more obvious.

From "genius". to the "Prince". And then to "God", the Dutchman took only three seasons. It may sound exaggerated, but the worship of the fans is real. Of course, as the head coach, when the disciple receives such praise, both the face and the inside are radiant.

Emmanuel Petit.

The Frenchman had been playing for Monaco, where Arsene Wenger had coached, before moving to Arsenal. With a height of 185, slow pace and frequency at his feet, he has always played mediocre in the left midfield position. He is 27 years old. It took nine years for this Ligue 1 powerhouse to win a league trophy.

In everyone's opinion, there is no room for improvement in his career. Including himself. They all feel that the road to the giants has been far away from them, and the door of the national team is even more out of reach.

In May 1997, after winning the Ligue 1 championship, he was already at a crossroads.

The big clubs have no interest in him, and he has no interest in the mid-table teams. In this case, Wenger's olive branch is more like a sympathetic gesture to take care of his fellow countrymen.

He also had doubts, but he was given a new lease of life in this team.

Arsene Wenger made another move, moving him to the middle of the pitch and forming a back pair with Patrick Vieira. While making the most of his excellent frontal defensive ability, his speed and frequency disadvantage was compensated for by his team-mates, and his footwork is not the best in the team, but it is outstanding compared to the Premier League average.

With last season's highlights, the Frenchman was called by Jacques and formed an insurmountable barrier with Didier Deschamps!

In the much-anticipated World Cup final, he first assisted Zinedine Zidane twice with corner kicks, then used his foot skills to score the third goal of Cafor, and completely limited the Brazilian genius ($92 million) who was the world's No. 1 in liquidated damages - Rivaldo with excellent defensive ability.

Fight to fame is perfect for him. Even the head coach of the French national team, Jacquet, has led the team to the top of the world, not forgetting the great contribution of his compatriots and peers.

'He's [Arsene Wenger] with a lot of vision and patience and the players who play under him are lucky.'

Patrick Vieira.

In July 1995, at the age of 19, the Frenchman arrived at the dream beginning.

Ac milan!

It's a pity that the fantastic starting point did not bring fantastic glory. While the team won the league title comfortably that season, the Champions League also went all the way. If it weren't for Louis van Gaal's demons, it would have been Fabio Capello and his disciples who would have lifted the Big Ears Cup.

Patrick Vieira is known as the "star of hope" in this team, but in his opinion, "hope" means "hope to get a chance to play".

In the end, he only got two playing opportunities in a whole year.

It stands to reason that a little guy who is less than 20 years old, when he first arrives at a big club, is normal to sit on the cold bench for a season. Wenger came over to dig people at this time, and there was obviously some opportunism in it. Even if Patrick Vieira made a successful move to Arsenal, everyone felt that the Frenchman was being used as a spare tire for long-term planning.

As a result, after a season, all the ball critics were looking for spectacle fragments!

The Frenchman, who is superior in speed, strength, technique, awareness, and all aspects, continues to shine in the hot land of the Premier League, even if he does not score many goals, but his all-round performance has clearly improved the team's overall combat effectiveness to a new level!

Had it not been for the equally impressive performances of Didier Deschamps and Petit, the 21-year-old would undoubtedly have taken a regular place in the star-studded French national team. Of course. Even if he failed to play the main team, many people were also optimistic about his prospects for the national team, and even decisively predicted the highlight performance of him and the French team at Euro 2000.

From not playing to being hot. The credit of the head coach can be seen by the blind.

The following quote is also from Jacques.

"Arsenal's double has been crowned champions with a vision of gold and an unwavering strategy in employing people, and Vieira has improved at an astonishing rate under the careful cultivation of his mentor!"

Nikola Anelka.

The Frenchman, who debuted at Paris Saint-Germain, became famous very early, and he was so talented that he seemed to be able to get everything he wanted without much effort. In this situation, his personality is as respectable as his skills.

Before he could establish himself at the club, he was dismissive of the dressing room order in the team. He is accustomed to expressing his opinions openly, and he is a celebrity in the eyes of the media. A thorn in the eyes of the coach, a disaster in the eyes of his teammates.

In the end, Arsene Wenger spent just 500,000 pounds. successfully took away the guy who was predicted to be an immortal genius by a group of experts.

Why is it so cheap?

If you think about it with your toes, you know that this guy is really a scourge, and it's a pity to lose it, someone has to take it quickly!

More than two years at Arsenal. The Frenchman has also given the manager a lot of trouble. But the performance on the pitch really caught everyone's eye. After helping the team win the double with 16 goals last season, Paris Saint-Germain has no regrets and no one knows, and the olive branch of the European giants has indeed been shaken out by several clubs.

The value of 500,000 pounds has doubled to 15 million pounds in just two years, and the role of economics professors in this can be imagined.

The above five are the best of the team's foreign players, and although their own talent and hard work have played a huge role, the vision and courage of the head coach cannot be ignored. Less than three years after arriving at Arsenal, Arsene Wenger has completely conquered the club and the fans in his own way. and the Premier League.

Now, glory is a thing of the past. The team is facing new challenges that are rapidly increasing in difficulty. If these guys continue to make this their home and respect the head coach as their mentor and father, the road to the giants will of course go on unswervingly.

Unfortunately not.

Insisting on building a manager Arsene Wenger, who costs more than £400 million for the club, is not without considering the views of his disciples. The French seem to have a bit of a single-minded approach, and idealism is clearly at work in it.

For the championship, for the perfect football, for a better tomorrow, etc., why are you going?!

The person is not gone, and the heart is no longer there.

In this situation, the former heroes have become an obstacle to moving forward, and if they are not removed in time, it is inevitable that the locker room will be in turmoil. With all opponents moving at high speed, the consequences of the team's competitiveness falling instead of rising can be imagined.

You Mo's seemingly whim-driven move is actually not without the smell of bystanders.

Just, who's going to go? Who stays? What should I do if I make a mistake? What should I do if I leave it wrong? What if there is no suitable substitute? What should I do if I am reluctant?

The first few can be imagined, and the last one is not difficult to guess.

For more than two years, we have been getting along day and night, striving to catch up together when we are lagging behind, and celebrating ourselves together when we are successful

These experiences of shared suffering can easily build up deep feelings, and it is inevitable that French people in their fifties will face a great test of intellect and emotion when it comes to choice.

Once the son of heaven and one courtier, everyone can accept it, and once the son of heaven and several courtiers This kind of thing is a hurdle for both sides. After stepping over, the sea and the sky are vast, but if you can't step over, it has become a lifelong regret.

In addition, the older backline and the goalkeeper position without a successor are all headaches that have to be considered.

After eight consecutive wins, a series of problems struck, and a defeat was only a trigger

Before the new weekend, the media was relatively calm, and there were already factions within the team.

In the group confrontation training, Overmars almost only passed to Bergkambo, which has been the case for a long time, and according to his own jokes, it is involuntary, but it is not unreasonable.

The age, experience, as well as technology and style of the two are extremely close, one is fast enough, the other is demonic enough, and the cooperation is simply tacit to make others blush. With two players on the pitch, one left and one in the middle, Ovimas did have a good reason to hand over the ball to his compatriots for a good reason.

The locker room is in turmoil, and the situation is unknown, and the Dutch Flyers, who have always been popular, are reluctant to take the initiative to cause trouble, so they simply go back to the old way.

Bergkamp's fiery temper is known to everyone, and his attitude is visible to everyone.

Accurate!

The Dutchman is looking for perfect football, and now these guys are drawing a line between each other, fighting on their own, and their physical condition has obviously dropped a lot compared to before. If this continues, the situation of losing and losing is likely to happen again.

How can this be accepted by the arrogant Dutch!

The French gang, led by Petit, are clearly aware of the crisis, and in their opinion, the manager's abnormal attitude must be behind the English. If the guy who is against them is not found, the situation will definitely continue to deteriorate.

Anelka became more reticent and more "independent" on the pitch, and even if it didn't seem reasonable, the Frenchman didn't hesitate to choose to solve the problem on his own.

Petit is obviously much more mentally mature than him, and his performance on the field is more normal, but when it comes to the opportunity to arise and take advantage of it, the choices he makes are clearly in favor of his compatriots.

After a period of good performances, Wiltord gradually gained a voice in the team, but when the newcomers are just emerging, any attitude bias will be clearly seen with a magnifying glass. Even if he has the heart to use his abilities to mend the rift between his teammates, he doesn't have the guts to show it at this stage.

Patrick Vieira is two years younger than him, despite having a higher dressing room status than him. The French, who are clearly unwilling to be distracted by such matters, simply put themselves out of the way, neither rejecting communication nor expressing an attitude.

The English were also not calm internally.

When a team is falling apart, it's hard for anyone who wants to stay out of the way without being affected. Although the five elders in the defense are highly respected, the situation is also not optimistic.

For the backline to continue to perform well, defensive awareness as a whole is crucial. This season's opponents are as excited as if they were beaten when they meet them, and their individual ability alone obviously can't make up for such a huge gap.

In addition, as a defender, the probability of carrying the black pot is much greater. Once the team continues to concede goals and lose, even if the reason is not in the backline, it is not uncommon for people to be criticized like a bone in the egg. What's more, now that the French control most of the team's midfield, it's easy to do something!

Parlour, the lone seed, was not very good in attack, and as he got older, Ljungberg got better and better, and the Englishman was almost nowhere to be found in attack. If this state of affairs continues, Arsenal's England imprint will become weaker and weaker until it is no longer to be found.

The England gang, led by Tony Adams, could not accept such a possibility.

What's the solution? (To be continued......)