"Bang", Chris Willock slammed his fist on the table, his face full of anger and unwillingness. In a pair of red eyes, faint tears were held back.

"Why? Why? Why? Facing Manchester United, which is full of injuries, without Wayne, without Antony, we still lose! Jeff Rene Adelaide muttered to himself as he looked blankly at the cheering fans on the TV.

These fans are clad in a dazzling blood red, such a red is not the red that belongs to the arsenal, but the red of the Red Devils who once shocked the world.

The tall Ben Schiff looked at the black children on the TV screen with his hands raised on the pitch and clapping his hands to the fans around him, with a shy expression and a childish expression, sighed and said: "There is no Wayne Rooney, there is no Anthony Martial, but they still have a Marcus Rashford, they will always have a number nine, we are just one less number nine." ”

Chris Willock and Jeff Rene Adelaide glanced at Ben Schiff and sat back in their chairs.

Number 9 is the exclusive number of the striker and the endorsement of the killer.

Van Basten, Gabriel Batistuta, Christian Vieri, Ronaldo, Philippe Inzaghi, Alain Shearer...... These great No. 9s in football history are all super killers who score goals and save Wang Lan.

Strangely, Premier League giants Arsenal seem to have fallen under the spell of the No. 9 shirt since the Premier League, and all players wearing the No. 9 shirt, no matter who they are, are either suffering from injuries or relying on others. Nicola Anelka, Davao Suker, Francis Jeffers, José Antonio Reyes, Baptista, Eduardo da Silva, Joo Young Park, Lucas Podolski...... And this season, Arsenal's No.9 shirt has been hanging in the air.

Chris Willock, Jeff Rene Adelaide and Ben Schiff are the only 98s to have made the first team this season, except for Adelaide, who have made a couple of cup appearances. At the end of the increasingly intense season, unless the first-line main players and substitutes are injured extensively, the two lads are estimated to not have a single minute of playing this season. However, the two also know that they are here to fill the number, and they are already very satisfied to be in the first team squad and train with these big brothers.

The three children are usually very good because they are the same year, and when they play away games, they often cheer for Arsenal on TV together.

Chris Willock suddenly remembered something and said excitedly: "Jeff, Ben, Coach Thierry went to meet the boss in a hurry a few days ago, guess what Thierry said to the boss?" ”

Ben Schiff gave him a blank look: "You went to the boss's office again to eavesdrop?" Beware of being caught and accused of eavesdropping on team secrets. ”

The young and old Jeff Rene Adelaide's face moved slightly, he knew that this friend was very gossipy, and whenever he saw someone chatting, he would eavesdrop, but the content of the eavesdropped was boring. However, Coach Thierry, who has rarely been to the boss's office, looked at Chris Willock, who has paparazzi potential, and said succinctly: "What did you say? ”

Chris Willock's Coach Thierry is one of the greatest strikers in Arsenal's history, currently the creator of Arsenal's goal record, and the first owner of the French national team's goalscorer.

Thierry Henry joined the Arsenal Academy as an Arsenal Academy Coach after retiring from the sport in early 2015, and has been developing young talent not only for Arsenal's youth but also for Arsenal.

Chris Willock seemed to enjoy the gaze, and was about to pretend to say a lot of prefaces, when Ben Schiff, who knew that this was a bad friend, said with a bad look: "Get to the point!" ”

Jeff Rene Adelaide put his fist in front of his eyes and said lightly, "I'm in a bad mood tonight." ”

Chris Willock swallowed, laughed dryly, and told what he had overheard that day.

On the morning of the second day after losing the first leg of the Champions League knockout round at home to Barcelona, Arsène Wenger sat depressed in his office, watching the game video on his computer, his right fingers tapping lightly on the table, his brow furrowed, not knowing what he was thinking.

On the computer, the diminutive Messi scored a penalty and cheered with his arms outstretched, while Arsène Wenger leaned back in his chair, closed his eyes and sighed deeply.

Since the arrival of Petr Cech to make up for the shortcomings of the goalkeeper, Arsenal have swept away the decline of the past this season, and in the league, they are two points away from the leader Leicester City, and there is great hope of regaining the Premier League title after 12 years. In the fifth round of the FA Cup last weekend, although almost all the substitutes failed to win the Championship leader Hull City at home and needed a replay, in order to refuse to become the Champions League 16 again, they couldn't care about the heavy schedule ahead.

Who knows, the main force, wasted a lot of opportunities, insisted for 70 minutes, was counterattacked by Barcelona, and finally scored a penalty, not only defeated, but also did not score a goal, the second leg was not played, Wenger knew that Arsenal's Champions League journey was over.

In the past three years, Arsenal has gone against the usual stingy style, introducing a star a year, Mesut Ozil, Alex Sanchez, Peter Cech, no longer selling powerful players, the team's strength has risen steadily, and the FA Cup two consecutive championships have also given Arsenal a trophy and a bigger idea for the league title.

It's just that the last second of the league was a last-second defeat of the league's dark horse, the leader Leicester City, and the points gap was reduced to two points, but the FA Cup was forced to draw at home by a weak team and the Champions League loss, which gave Arsène Wenger a familiar premonition.

In fact, looking back at the Champions League game in midweek, Arsenal was not at a disadvantage, and there was a good chance to score in the first half, but unfortunately it was given to German goalkeeper Ter Stegen by a soft kick from teenager Oxlade-Chamberlain. And the first goal conceded in the second half was still a counterattack that was beaten, if it wasn't so aggressive, and the incomparably strong MSN combination was killed, perhaps, it would be good to get a goalless draw at home.

Where is the gap between us and Barcelona? Arsène Wenger rubbed his hands slowly on his temples, in fact, he knew very well that Arsenal was missing a goalscorer, a goalscorer like Barcelona MSN.

It's a big deal that a giant team has a world-class striker, and Barcelona has three, which is really a luxury. Wenger shook his head, Luis Suarez, when he was about to leave Liverpool, the offer met the other party's promise, but Liverpool clearly did not want to sell the world-class striker to the sworn enemy to abuse himself, so when Barcelona made an offer, Liverpool pushed the boat to send Luis Suarez to Spain to abuse the opponent in La Liga on the grounds that Arsenal only added one pound on the basis of 40 million pounds.

This pot was naturally carried by Arsenal, and how did the fans outside know that even if Arsenal bid as much as Barcelona, or higher than Barcelona, Liverpool would not be able to sell the leading scorer to a sworn enemy. Sell to your sworn enemy and let yourself find abuse? Are you really a fool at the top of Liverpool? Look at the original Adebayor, Van Persie, after switching to a strong opponent, Arsenal was miserably abused. And Barcelona bids so high, if it is not sold to Barcelona, where do we get so much money to buy people?

Since Thierry Henry and Robin van Persie, Arsenal has no goal-scoring super goalscorers, look at the current Arsenal strikers, Ligue 1 Golden Boot Oliver Giroud, England international Danny Welbeck poached from rival Manchester United, Chilean winger Alex Alex, Theo Walcott, who has high hopes in his own academy, and Joel Campbell, who shined in the 2014 World Cup, are not MSN-level strikers, and they are difficult to count on when they are in the competition.

Looking at the Premier League's scorer list, leaders Leicester City's Jamie Vardy have been a sensation this season, leading the way with 19 goals. Second in the list is Belgian youngster Romelu Lukaku, who has made Chelsea regret and has Everton chanting that we also have a world-class striker, and Tottenham youngster Harry Kane, who spent time in the Arsenal Academy and won the silver boot last year, both of whom are close behind with 16 goals. In third place is the little-known Watford African striker Otino Iguero, who leads last season's Golden Boot star Sergio Aguero by 15 goals.

What about Arsenal's forwards? In the top 20 scorers, Oliver Giroud is seventh with 12 goals. Alex Sanchez, who shone last season, has been hampered by injuries this season and has just six league goals so far. But he's just an assaulter, not a super shooter who can storm cities.

Arsène Wenger glanced at the squad, looked at the striker column and shook his head with a wry smile. Since Lucas Podolski left, no one wants to wear the number 9 shirt again. Everyone knows Arsenal's No.9 curse, so Arsenal's strikers all avoid No.9.

Arsenal's two greatest goalscorers in history, Ian Wright, wore the number 8 shirt, while Gunners king Thierry Henry wore the number 14 shirt.

We have a game away to Manchester United on Sunday, and it was a good opportunity to hear that Wayne Rooney and Anthony Martial will not be available. Marcus Rashford? Manchester United's main striker next time? It's only 18 years old, so young. What the? A brace from the Europa League substitute appearance? That's because the opponent is too weak, okay, do you think the one that came out is Michael Owen, Leo Messi?

Arsène Wenger pouted, 7 shots, 3 on target, 2 goals, this statistic is indeed very awesome, but Midtjylland is so bad, our 18-year-old Jeff Rene Adelaide can score if he plays,

With a slight smile, Arsène Wenger put Manchester United's player stats aside as he prepared to schedule the next big Premier League game away to Manchester United. One game in the league is one less, and this season Manchester City, Chelsea and other strong teams have not performed well, and now it is a good opportunity to regain the league title. There is no chance of the Champions League, so let's try to win the FA Cup three times in a row.

At this moment, there was a sharp knock on the door, and Arsène Wenger frowned slightly.

Who is it? So anxious, Steve Boulder? No, he has always been known for his calmness. Colin Levin? Could anyone have been hurt? In such a dense stage, you can't hurt people anymore, otherwise you won't be able to play.

Arsène Wenger was worried, but as an elegant professor, he was still calm at this moment. Calming down, he said in a loud voice, "Come in." ”

Thierry Henry opened the office door with a happy face, and when he came in, he shook his backhand, and with a bang, the sound of the door closing was not light, which was enough to show the mood of the king of gunmen now.

Yes, Thierry Henry was now in a mood of excitement and excitement, and he came directly to his mentor and said excitedly: "Boss, we have found a treasure!" Found a treasure! ”

Arsène Wenger smiled slightly when he saw that his proud disciple was so excited: "Thierry, don't be so excited, sit down and talk slowly." ”

Thierry Henry smirked and touched the back of his head, nodded and sat down, and then said impatiently: "Dear Boss, believe me, sign him, he will be you, it will be me, it is the greatest signing Arsenal has ever made, believe me, he will surpass me, break my goal record at Arsenal, he will lead Arsenal to win all the trophies every year, believe me, he will surpass Leao, surpass Christian, surpass Grace, he will be ......"

Taking a deep breath, Thierry Henry looked at the stunned, confused, confused, gray-haired and wrinkled teacher in front of him, and said proudly and loudly.

Chris Willock, meanwhile, smugly looked at the shocked Jeff Rene Adelaide and Ben Schiff, recalling the shock he had received when he overheard Coach Thierry's last words outside the door, and slammed into his feet and spoke loudly.

Thierry Henry (Chris Willock): "There is no such thing as the greatest number 9 in the history of football!" ”