109. Raise Your Eyebrows and Raise Your Eyebrows (Part I)

FWA is the English abbreviation of the Football Journalists' Association of England, and each season, more than 300 FWA members vote for the best player and best newcomer of the season. Like the PFA, it is one of the three official awards of the Premier League.

Thanks to the increasing availability of satellite television and the development of social media feeds, the tastes of players and journalists have become more assimilated, and 13 of the 18 FWA winners since the 1997-98 season have also won the PFA Best, which shows that there is very little separation between PFA and FWA.

The last time there was a split was in 2010-11, with Scott Parker being the best in the FWA and Gareth Bale in the PFA.

This season, PFA has been questioned by almost everyone in the Newcomer of the Year, and even good friend FWA does not give face to the stage.

PFA President Gordon Taylor is on fire, but reason tells him that the uncrowned king journalist cannot be offended. The FWA has a longer history and more influence than the PFA, and Taylor can only secretly complain that Andy Dunn, the chairman of the FWA and the Sunday Mirror, is not a friend.

Dunn is not a fool, and if it weren't for the fact that the FWA awards have always been nearly a month later than the PFA, I am afraid that he would have been questioned by the outside world like the PFA.

If the PFA and FWA awards are not convinced, then they will lose the credibility of the fans, and when the Premier League officials are happy to see the best awards in their hands, what will these two civil society organizations use to attract the attention of fans? I'm afraid that these two organizations can only slowly disappear and forget from the eyes of fans.

Dunn has made amends, and with PFA's past experience, FWA's Rookie of the Year of the season is about to be born nine times out of ten. As for the Player of the Year, this award is generally given to the core player of the champion team, unless Arsenal wins the championship, otherwise, no matter how beautiful the data is, they will not be able to win this award.

A.T. Kearney training base, London.

Mesut Ozil and Alex Sanchez whispered to each other in the conference room. Their agent sat on the sidelines and whispered.

Not long ago, assistant coach Steve Boulder called them and arranged for them to come to the conference room with their agent at this time, and after arriving in the conference room, Boulder still hadn't shown up.

"Fernando, how could you call us for a meeting?"

"I don't know, maybe we have to talk about renewing the contract. Mutru, what do you think? ”

"Hmph, the season with the most hope of winning the championship has been messed up, Mesut is not young anymore, if you stay here any longer, there will be no championships, you must go!"

"Alex also said that the salary is not important, and if you look at the club's summer transfer plans, if you don't bring in strong reinforcements, you may not want to stay."

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With a creak, the conference room fell silent, the door opened, and Arsenal manager Arsène Wenger was the first to enter, with a smile on his wrinkled face, and behind him were Thierry Henry, Boulder, and a fat man.

Ozil and Sanchez immediately stood up, and so many people came at once, and the two looked at each other, their eyes full of doubt.

Wenger smiled and waved his hand to signal them to sit down, then sat down in the chair as well, pointed at the fat man with his right hand and said, "Let me introduce you to this dry agent, Mino Raiola." ”

Mesut Ozil and Sanchez nodded, Raiola bowed slightly, and Arsene Wenger got straight to the point: "I'm calling you here today to tell you the club's plans for next season." Second, after you understand your plans for next season, let's talk about contract renewal. ”

Ozil's agent, his brother Mutru Ozil, was about to speak, Ozil glared at him, Mutru leaned back in his chair and muttered in his heart: "Hey, what can I plan?" No matter how good the slogan is, next year it will be empty! ”

Sanchez's agent Fernando Felicevic has a much calmer personality, the Arsenal coach came to talk to them about next season's plan before the season ended, and also called Qiansheng's agent, this former agent predator, it is obvious that something important has happened, so he is not like the impatient Mutru, just quietly looked at Wenger, and couldn't help but have a trace of anticipation in his heart.

"As for next season's plan, I have only one goal, to do my best to win all the titles!"

Mesut Ozil and Sanchez glanced at each other, the opening phrase that was made last year.

Mutru rolled his eyes with a look of disdain.

Felicevich's face was calm, as if waiting for the following.

Wenger saw it in his eyes, and smiled heartily with Henry and Boulder next to him, he believed that what he would say would make these four people shocked.

"I know everyone is disappointed this season, we had a lot of hope of winning the league title, but there were injuries and ups and downs in the middle, until Gan appeared, his quality, Mesut and Alex are well aware, although because of age, he only signed an apprenticeship contract with the club, but you can rest assured, I and Thierry, Steve, and Gan's agent, here to assure you, Gan will not leave the team."

Mesut Ozil and Sanchez's eyes lit up, they had been worried that Arsenal would not be able to keep them. Although it was not a long time to fight side by side with Qiansheng, after 6 games, they firmly believed that with Qiansheng, there was great hope for the championship. But the better Qiansheng performs, the more the local tyrant teams who like to poach people with money will like it. If Arsenal or Qiansheng can't resist the temptation to move away, they will no longer want to stay in a team that has no hope of winning the title.

"You know that in addition to being Qiansheng's agent, Mino has many well-known players under his banner, and Zlatan is his man. Mino, come on. ”

Raiola looked at Ozil and Sanchez with wide-eyed eyes, and a lewd smile appeared on his fat face: "Zlatan's contract expires this summer, and his next stop is here." ”

Mesut Ozil and Sanchez opened their mouths wide and Raiola continued: "Mario had a bad time at Bayern and he agreed to join after knowing that Zlatan had moved to Arsenal. ”

Mutru and Felicevic were also shocked, Zlatan Ibrahimovic is the third person in the world under Leo Messi and Christian Ronaldo, and he is willing to compete for Arsenal every year? Is he crazy, or is this fat man bragging? Arsenal's high wages for Ibrahimovic? Needless to say, Mario Gotze defeated Argentina in the final of the World Cup in Brazil, a great contributor to Germany's victory, and Germany's golden boy, even if Bayern is willing to release him, the transfer fee given by Arsenal? Do you want to run out of budget this summer?