Chapter 209: Looking forward to it
"Mrs. Smith, thank you for your support this time."
Leaving the room, Wenger deliberately paused and thanked a tan-skinned Asian American.
The Asian woman is a former Arsenal shareholder and Ivankaan's agent on Arsenal's board. It's just that she helped herself on the board just now, so that at least she won't feel too cold this winter.
In response to Arsene Wenger's thanks, the Smith woman clapped her hands repeatedly, "Oh, no, my manager, it's an honour to support your work." "Quite respectful.
Not only because she is no longer a shareholder of Arsenal, but more importantly, the current Arsenal is inseparable from Wenger, who has been in business for more than ten years, and the influence of the old man has already penetrated into all aspects of Arsenal.
Wenger's prestige is definitely beyond everyone in the bosses here, they can not support one of Wenger's plans, but they are absolutely unwilling to let them clash with Wenger.
His influence has long been equated with the club itself, don't look at the Arsenal fans who are panicking now, but if Wenger leaves, something happens, it will only be their bosses who will be destroyed.
As a limited liability company with complex shareholdings, Arsenal needed such a perfect agent to run for them, not only to carry the pot and get past the results, but also to have a huge reputation and emotional bond.
They can't find a second agent like this, or that Arsene Wenger is no longer just a team, but trying to run a culture, an Arsenal culture.
So even though it has nothing to do with Arsenal anymore and she is not personally interested in football, Mrs. Smith's family maintains a respectful attitude towards the old man.
"Madame, you're gracious, if I don't have to go, I'd be happy to treat you to a drink."
The funds in the transfer market were finalized, and Wenger was quite happy and talkative.
"Hehe, you don't have to be polite to my head coach, we are all for the club, I won't bother you with your preparation."
Mrs. Smith said a few polite words, and Wenger said goodbye and left.
Arsene Wenger also greeted several other shareholders, collected his mood, and hurried to the Kearney training base to play with his teammates.
As for the transfer market, Wenger believes that Gazidis will handle it, and he should be able to do this kind of thing that does not require him to spend money and can please the fans.
Sure enough, not long after Wenger returned to A.T. Kearney's training base, Russia's very rigorous "Sports Express" had already poked out the news, Arsenal and Zenit had reached an agreement, and Arshavin would come to London for a medical examination in the near future.
At the same time, the entire British media has also been frantically reprinted, and it is almost certain that Arshavin will be coming to Arsenal.
Although Arshavin was a late bloomer, it did not hinder his current situation of becoming popular in the past six months or so.
The Russian Tsar, at last year's European Championship, almost single-handedly woke up the polar bear in hibernation, so that Europeans could reacquaint themselves with the steel army of yesteryear.
Arsenal's ability to win Arshavin will not only improve their strength, but also improve the club's morale a little, making up for the declining club's attractiveness.
"Hey, Hao, we have a new person joining, I looked on the Internet just now, and the Russian has basically been decided."
In the locker room, Van Persie leaned over to Xiang Hao and whispered, with a faint expectation in his tone.
Indeed, as he gets older, Van Persie is desperate to usher in a new era at Arsenal, but unfortunately some of the team's practices have disappointed him.
After two or three years of polishing the team, it was about to come out, and in a blink of an eye, it was strange that the Dutch with an arrogant temperament had no ideas.
Now that such a strong newcomer has joined, can Van Persie not look forward to it.
In the European Cup, the Netherlands was kicked home by the Russian team led by Arshavin, and he broke through on the side and connected in the middle, which gave Van Persie a great impression.
Van Persie feels a little impatient to play with him.
"Well, I think maybe he'll be here when we get back."
Xiang Hao also knew the news, and he also had expectations.
The Russian Tsar, the Arsenal era, when he was not entangled in alcoholism and private life, and his attention was lazy, he was definitely a big killer for Arsenal.
In his memory, it seems that he was the one who came this winter and saved Arsenal who had lost Cesc Fabregas.
Xiang Hao is naturally looking forward to his arrival, his 'good friend' Walcott's shoulder injury has recurred, and Arsenal really needs a wide hand to help.
"Russian Tsar, quite a domineering name, I hope he doesn't disappoint us."
Van Persie leaned against the wall and muttered, an indescribable anticipation.
As the news of Arshavin's arrival became clear, the news was being discussed throughout the Arsenal team, even during the lunch break.
Not only Arsenal fans are swiping the official website, but even the Arsenal players are waiting for the official announcement.
It's a pity that until they got on the bus, they didn't wait for the accurate news that the Russian tsar had arrived.
And as the time approached, the Arsenal players had to put all their minds on the game against Everton.
Although the Toffees have never won at Arsenal's home stadium during Moyes's administration, at Everton's home stadium, 4 wins, 5 draws and 7 losses, although they have mostly lost, but every time they can make Arsenal very uncomfortable. This piece of toffee is absolutely sticky.
And during this period, whether Arsenal fans admit it or not, a lot of blood loss and injuries have brought the two teams closer.
Before the game, Arsenal lost the little tiger Walcott, which made matters worse, so this game, Arsenal was not easy to play.
"Londoners, what are you doing when you don't hide under the covers!"
"We're going to take your place!"
"We're going to get into the Champions League and grab your place!"
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As soon as the Arsenal bus arrived at Goodison Park, the 'rough' Toffee fans made all kinds of provocations and shouts, which were obviously very 'radical'.
Luckily, the Toffees didn't just throw the Arsenal players out to deal with the fans, as Tottenham FC did. After a few whistles, Arsenal's bus drove smoothly into the underground car park, arrived at the locker room smoothly, and entered the stadium to warm up.
"Everton!" "Everton!" "Everton!" …
When the Arsenal players stepped into the stadium of more than 40,000 people, it was as if they were drowning in a sea of blue, and the rumbling shouts were accompanied by the huge Everton flag echoing through the stadium.
Obviously, these early Everton fans have nothing to do but vent their emotions in this way.
"Whew, the atmosphere here is very good."
Looking at the noisy appearance of the flags in the stands, Xiang Hao couldn't help but sigh, and the nerves of the game were stirred up for the first time.
Indeed, in the north-west of England, in contrast to the quieter metropolis of London, fans here have always been known for their devotion and blood, most notably those of Liverpool and Everton.
Although Everton is a little worse in strength, they play a strong team at home and have always had a feeling of blood.
Especially playing Arsenal as a team with a style of 'dough', Everton, who has always paid attention to confrontation, has some experience.
So they are not afraid of Arsenal at all, on the contrary, in recent seasons, they have been regarded by Arsenal as a strong team that can fight for points opponents, and this game is no exception.
"Listen, in this game, you must press it in time, grab the ball of the six, and don't let them send the ball comfortably."
After the warm-up, as soon as he returned to the locker room, Moyes's characteristic hoarse voice gave people a strong sense of oppression, and he gave orders to his disciples, and his eyes immediately fell on his two disciples, No. 18 Phil. Neville, No. 25 Fellaini.
Everton is in a 4411 formation today: No. 24 Howard; No. 2 Hibbert, No. 5 Lescott, No. 6 Gagielka, No. 3 Baines; No. 21 Osman, No. 18 Phil. Neville, No. 10 Arteta, No. 20 Pinard; No. 25 Fellaini; No. 17 Cahill.
The four players in midfield are all attacking and defending, but the defence relies more on Neville and Marouane Fellaini, who plays the role of a-stirring stick.
David Moyes is arranging one after the other, and he wants to disrupt the rhythm of Arsenal's midfield.
Now almost every team that plays against Arsenal will have their eyes on Xiang Hao.
Without him, who is called Xiang Hao now, is not only the core of Arsenal's offensive and defensive conversion, but also the main point of the front-court offensive organization. There was no reason for them to let go of such an important person.
After watching the last Arsenal game against West Ham United, you know the importance of Xiang Hao to this Arsenal team.
Throughout the game, Arsenal did not show the quality to match their ranking, and if it wasn't for Van Persie's magical kick in the last seconds, Arsenal would probably have been beaten by Zola's side and caused a big upset.
In this game, Walcott, who gave a fatal assist in the last game, was injured, and Arsenal's attack obviously relied more on Xiang Hao.
Although Moyes's offensive polishing is always a little lacking, he has a unique place in defense and playing as a whole, and he naturally understands who to target and what arrangement to make at this time, which is to strangle Xiang Hao.
"I know, I'm going to let that kid know that the real game isn't as simple as he thinks."
Neville read the 'gloom' in Moyes's eyes, and nodded solemnly.