Chapter 597: The Arsenal that stunned the boys

"I'm going to have my pants off, why don't I wait until the World Cup is over, and you're going to show me this?"

This is on the minds of Arsenal supporters, who are desperate for the squad to be strengthened by reinforcements. Not to mention the other positions, even the position after Sania left has not yet been replaced. There have been rumours that Newcastle United's French defender Debosch and Southampton's youngster Chambers have been rumored to have been dealing, but so far the transfer deals for these two defenders have not been finalised.

Now, city rivals Chelsea have signed Diego Costa, Cesc Fabregas and Felipe Luiz in succession, as well as Courtois, who has returned on loan

In fact, Arsenal has been trying to bring in De Busch, but Newcastle's side has bitten the price too much, which is not in line with Arsenal's frugal style at all.

And Chambers' price Southampton wants more than De Bussy, there is no way, who calls people this is the Premier League account book.

Seeing that the other party was asking for too high a price, Wenger felt that he had to find something to do.

'Yes, Herdes has been very good at the World Cup, he is a very good centre-back and he can also play as a full-back. As the captain of Bundesliga powerhouse Schalke 04 for many years, his experience and ability are unquestionable. Is he interested in our team? It wouldn't be reasonable for a player of this calibre not to be interested in him yet, in fact we would very much like to be able to bring in Herders, especially when Thomas [Vermaelen] leaves."

Arsene Wenger is using the media to tell Newcastle and Southampton that if you don't cut prices, we're going to have to find another way

The trick worked, and Newcastle United's asking price was £20 million before, but at this time they reduced the price to £18 million, which is still far from the £10 million price offered by Arsenal, but at least it is an improvement

Schalke Zero Four was immediately excited, not that they wanted to sell Herders, but that they were similar to the old hen guarding the chicks. Schalke Zero Four said that Herdes was not for sale and at the same time the team's flag, and the club rejected an offer for Herdes.

Arsene Wenger certainly knows that he will not be able to take Herdes, first of all, in terms of the player's personal emotions and the club, Herdes is unlikely to leave.

In order to be able to take Debusch in one go and force Newcastle United to cut the price, Wenger decided to add fuel to the fire.

Arsenal officially offered Schalke 04 £20 million plus Bendtner to buy Hevedes in a cash-plus-player deal.

Although Wenger offered Newcastle United 10 million pounds, but his heart accepted the price of 12 million pounds, if Newcastle United can return this time to be similar to this price, Wenger will also consider directly setting Debussy.

After all, Wenger also knows that as one of the French team's internationals who participated in the World Cup, Debusi's price cannot be too low, so Wener did not set the price to death, and Wenger is more favored by Debussy, who is also French.

As for Bendtner, it's no secret that Wenger has wanted to see off the Danish striker for a day or two.

Sure enough, not long after the offer email reached Schalke's Zero 4 office, it was reported by the media. Less than 12 hours later, Newcastle United made an offer of £11 million for Arsenal. In the mail return price for Debusch, the magpie was reduced to fifteen million pounds.

It seems that Newcastle United can't help it, in fact, they only spent six million euros when they bought De Busch from Ligue 1 side Lille, and they made about 10 million pounds in and out

However, looking at the smoke in the transfer market, fans have to sigh that even if they win the Champions League, Arsenal is still Arsenal, and the price increase is still one million plus

After getting the email reply from Newcastle United, Wenger smiled. So he was going to send another email to Newcastle, hoping to lock in the price of 12 million to 13 million pounds completely.

But at this time, his assistant in the office took a printed email to Wenger, and Wenger was immediately stunned when he read it

The blue and white crest of Schalke Zero Four was very prominent above the email, and in the email, Schalke Zero Four made it clear that if they wanted to take Hweedes from the Ovo Schalke Stadium, they would have to pay a lump sum of £23 million in cash, plus Bendtner.

Wenger was dumbfounded, what about the good non-sale? What about the love that is better than Jin Jian? And is there any discipline anymore?!

In the face of Schalke 04's undisciplined reply, Wenger said that he must stick to his bottom line

Then Wenger waved his hand and directly agreed to the offer, Wenger's bottom line is to spend the least amount of money and bring in the most suitable players.

After the agreement between the two clubs of Arsenal and Schalke Zero, all that remains is the negotiation between the two players, Herdes and Bendtner.

With the two players negotiating in both directions, and Bendtner's second-hand agent, the transfer deal is destined to take some time.

Arsene Wenger replied that Newcastle United's return price was under consideration for a week.

At the same time, Wenger stepped up to finalize the transfer of Southampton defender Chambers, and it didn't take long for Arsenal's official website to finalize the transfer. It was announced that the club had brought in 19-year-old English right-back Calum Chambers of the Premier League side Southampton for a fee of £1,300.

Although Chambers was only nineteen years old, he showed his talent for the Saints, just like Luke Shaw, Lallana and Ward Prowse. In fact, Arsene Wenger's maximum ideal price for the homegrown youngster is £15 million, because considering his age and the "Premier League account book", this price is not very expensive, but it is almost the peak, but he did not expect to save £2 million.

The deal came as a relief to Arsenal supporters, as the team has finally started to bring in reinforcements and make up for the void left by Sagna, which is a good thing.

Arsene Wenger said in an interview with reporters that Arsenal's goal this season is to win the title, so it is destined that Arsenal will make complete adjustments to the squad this summer.

Journalists don't believe that, because when did Wenger deliver on what he said? Especially in the transfer market, last season's 70 million is cashed out.

It's just that everyone doesn't know that Wenger's words came after a day of training, after Li Zihan talked to him in the office for an hour, and Wenger's decision was, of course, more from the confidence of the club owner.

And at this time, Newcastle was in a hurry, and after Arsenal had signed Chambers, they maintained interest in Herdes, so how could De Busch sell?

So the Magpies immediately sent an email to Arsenal, saying that they would give 120,000 pounds, and the German right wing-back would be Arsenal's.

But at this time, Schalke 04 and Arsenal Club officially announced at the same time that Schalke 04 captain, German central defender Hevedes, officially transferred to the Premier League giant Arsenal for 23 million pounds plus Danish center forward Bendtner exchange!

This transfer detonated everyone's attention, everyone knows the status and feelings of Hevedes in Schalke 04, once the Bundesliga giant Bayern Munich also moved to poach Hevedes, but was rejected by the player himself, I didn't expect the German central defender to agree to join Arsenal at this time.

The point is that Arsenal didn't make a move, and once they did, it was a big deal for Chambers and Hevedes

Before anyone could react, Arsenal immediately made another move.

Vice-captain Mikel Arteta is no longer young, and now that Arsenal are playing on multiple fronts, his fitness and reflexes are no longer able to keep up with the high intensity of the game. At the same time, an agreement was reached between Arteta and Arsenal FC, with the Spanish midfielder joining La Liga giants Sevilla FC for a symbolic price of €1 million

The friends were collectively stunned, it seems that this season Arsenal is not only selling the captain, but also the two captains and vice-captains together

Arteta leaves, so Arsenal naturally have to bring in reinforcements in this position, because at present, Arsenal does not have a good defensive midfielder in this position.

So, on the third day of Arteta's departure. Arsenal announced that Bundesliga powerhouse Bayer Leverkusen midfield core Russ Bender has transferred to Arsenal for 25 million pounds! At the same time, Arsenal's German striker Lucas Podolski returned to German football and moved to Bayer Leverkusen for £10 million

It's not a matter of shock, Lars Bender has been in love with Arsenal for a long time, and even Arsenal fans have known the German midfielder in the past, but never thought he would actually join the team.

First of all, Arsenal don't have that much money, and secondly, Arsenal are not attractive enough for Russ Bender, unless it's Manchester United or Bayern Munich

As for Podolski's transfer, it is not surprising to everyone. Podolski has repeatedly stated last season that he doesn't want to stay at Arsenal anymore, and Arsenal haven't given him many chances.

But it has always been Inter Milan who has always been interested in Podolski, and everyone once unanimously thought that the German striker was going to join Inter Milan, but they did not expect him to choose to return to his native Germany.

In fact, the main reason why Bayer Leverkusen was able to easily let go of Rath Bender at such a low price was because of Podolski. Leverkusen once offered Lars Bender a price tag of 40 million euros, which is equivalent to about 29 million pounds.