Chapter 598: Unscientific Arsenal

Bayer Leverkusen are interested in the German-born striker, but are not willing to spend too much money on the German striker, who can play as both a winger and a centre-forward.

But now it's different, Leverkusen originally wanted to directly merge Podolski into Lars Bender's transfer terms, but because Podolski was unwilling to become such a faceless addition to the other party's transfer, Leverkusen and Arsenal listed Podolski as a separate transfer deal.

Bayer Leverkusen's leading striker Kiessling is already thirty years old, so they now need a successor to fill the void in the next two to three years.

Of course, although Podolski is not young now, he is still in his prime, and if he maintains a good fight for four years, there will be no problem.

But even that shocked everyone, and Russ Bender is definitely the kind of midfielder he is now in his playing years, which is very practical. Born in the German youth system, he is much better than those "black and hard" midfielders in South America or Africa, and at the same time has a better physique, he is an absolute stalwart of Bayer Leverkusen's current squad.

It is no surprise that Russ Bender will leave Bayer Leverkusen, first of all, the player himself is very keen to join a big club and win more honours and treatments. And Bayer Leverkusen don't just have the same ambitions as the giants, so it's normal to sell players for cash.

It's just that what everyone didn't expect was that he would choose to join Arsenal

Following the deal, Arsene Wenger once again said Arsenal have the quality and ambition to compete for the title and are also very competitive in the transfer market.

It is also true that the club made a lot of money after such a rich harvest last season. The owner is also happy, so he is willing to spend a lot of money this season, and at the same time, the benefits brought by Li Zihan to Arsenal are beyond the imagination of the Arsenal board

So journalists speculate that Arsenal's transfer deal is not over yet, this is just the beginning.

Sure enough, just as the team was about to enter the training camp for next season, Arsenal's official website once again announced that they had signed the talented young Cameroonian centre-back Nicolas Nkouru from Ligue 1 powerhouse Marseille!

Nkuru is a well-known "little demon", many teams are interested in him, such as Atletico Madrid made an offer to Nkuru not long ago, although the Marseille club agreed to Atletico Madrid's transfer fee of 20 million euros, but Nkouru himself did not want to go to Atletico Madrid, so the transfer deal fell through.

In an interview with reporters, Nkouru said that his idol is the French famous Blanco, and he hopes that one day he can be like Blanco.

This is almost the flattery of Paris Saint-Germain, Blanco is now the manager of Paris Saint-Germain. And Nkouru said at this time, then in everyone's opinion, this is the rhythm of wanting to go to Paris Saint-Germain, as long as Blanco gives a transfer acquisition application, then the Cameroonian genius will become a member of the big Paris.

However, shortly after, Paris Saint-Germain announced the signing of Chelsea Football Club's Brazilian centre-back David Luiz

After this transfer deal is completed, then Nkouru's road to Paris is completely ruined, after having Thiago Silva and David Luiz, the two top central defenders, they also have Markinhos and Camara, two rotations and substitutes, for Nkouru, even if he goes to the big Paris, it is difficult to get ahead.

He's still young and needs a lot of games to work on, so it's impossible to go to PSG to put on the bench. However, Marseille FC and the club have not made a breakthrough in the Champions League for several years, and at the same time have been suppressed in the league by Paris Saint-Germain, who are backed by a powerful consortium in recent years, and last season they added Monaco.

Therefore, he felt that it was no longer good for him to stay in Marseille in his current situation, and he needed a broader stage to express himself.

At this time, Arsenal's offer naturally made Nkouru's eyes shine, first of all, Arsenal's coach is the Frenchman Arsene Wenger, which is easier for Nkouru to integrate into the opponent's squad after playing in Ligue 1 clubs for several seasons. Arsene Wenger is also known for his ability to train young players, which is even more to Nkouru's taste.

Of course, Arsenal won the Champions League last season, no matter how bad Arsenal has been in recent years, but they have never lacked Champions League play, and they have basically qualified from the group.

Despite having Medsart, Koscielny and new signing Hweedes in their squad in their ranks, Nkouru feels he has a chance. First of all, Arsenal's central defender partner is not stable, although Koscielny occasionally has a dazzling appearance, but more often than not, he is still cheating, such as how many cards he won in all competitions last season, and how many penalties were conceded? There is also the Medessat, most of the time the German guards are very beautiful, but there are also times when they are low.

So Nkuru feels that he still has a very good chance.

Although the transfer fee was not specifically disclosed, according to the BBC, the price will not be less than 20 million euros, most likely 23 million euros.

Continuously seeing Arsenal in the transfer market continue to introduce players, and the price is expensive, everyone is not used to it, just like suddenly seeing Arsenal in the Premier League standings not appear in the fourth place, but in the third place, everyone has expressed that they are not used to it.

But this unaccustomed habit continues to ferment.

Just when Arsenal had already started training, Barcelona striker Alexis Sanchez was involved with Arsenal again. Barcelona coach Enrique has not had many striker positions after having the MSN combination, and in terms of rotation and substitutions, Enrique is more inclined to Spanish winger Pedro.

So Chilean striker Sanchez can only be put up for sale as a big star from a civilian background. Sanchez naturally can't keep Barcelona's No. 2 substitute on the cold bench, he knows that his life is now brought by football, if there is no ball to play, then he will live the same hard life as before, so the Chilean himself took the initiative to find a home.

Arsenal, whose style of play is very similar to Barcelona, has become the Chilean's first choice, and after the sale of Podolski, the Arsenal position has been vacated, plus the young tiger Walcott continues to be absent due to injury. In this position, there are only Oxlain, Cazorla and cameos Wilshere, Li Zihan, Mesut Ozil and veteran Rosicky. For Arsenal, who are fighting on multiple fronts, the squad needs to be strengthened. If it is an unimportant game, Oxlade-Chamberlain can still be used on the left and right sides plus Wilshere and veteran Rosicky, but in the important game, only Cazorla and Li Zihan are in charge, and Ozil is mostly in the middle.

So it's a good option for Arsenal FC and Sanchez himself.

But the biggest reason why this transfer has been rumored but not won is the price, Arsenal offered 28 million pounds, but Barcelona questioned and wanted 35 million pounds. The gap between the two sides is relatively far, so we can only talk slowly.

After three days of tug-of-war, the deal was finally struck. Alexis Sanchez has joined Arsenal and will wear the number 17 shirt next season.

The transfer fee has not been announced, but according to two reports from the Daily Mail and World Sport, it can be roughly concluded that it looks like 30 million pounds.

Sanchez's ideal shirt number is actually the number seven, which belongs to the top wingers and full-backs, but because Arsenal's number seven now belongs to the veteran Rosicky. So Sanchez can only choose the number seven, speaking of the jersey number, there is also an interesting thing, that is, Wenger wants Li Zihan to wear the number nine left after Podolski left. After all, this is the number that belongs to the main camp, and the number nine contains too many things. But he was rejected by Li Zihan, who thought that he still liked the number 12 more.

So Arsenal's No. 9 shirt was given to Arsenal's main centre-forward Giroud in the new season.

After a series of transfer operations, everyone is now not stunned by Arsenal's recruitment, but used to it

So far, Arsenal have officially announced that Arsenal's transfer period has been suspended. The pre-match training camp began, but of course the transfer period was not over, and Arsene Wenger said that even he did not know what would happen next

So far, Arsenal have brought in six players, the most Arsenal have spent on in recent years. And as soon as these six people settled the accounts, they still scared everyone.

Chambers £13 million, Hevedes £20 million, Ospina £5 million, Russ Bender £25 million, Nkouru €23 million and Sanchez £30 million

These six people cost Arsenal 150 million euros each!!

This is several times the total amount that Arsenal has invested in the transfer market in the previous eight years without a title!!

This is simply unscientific, when can Arsenal invest so much in a season's transfer?

Do Arsenal want to spend all of last season's earnings on the new season?

Considering the £10 million sold by Podolski, the €1 million by Arteta and £19 million by Vermaelen, Arsenal's sales income this season is about €50 million.

The profits from Arsenal's transfer market are used to supplement their expenses, and Arsenal's spending on the transfer market so far this season is as high as 100 million.

"Friends" looked at each other, this is completely unscientific, could it be that Arsenal was also bought by the oil tycoons in the Middle East?

Tottenham fans laughed because they also spent more than 100 million to bring in seven stars last season, but the results were miserable.

Therefore, fans of the Iron Rooster believe that it is not good for Arsenal to bring in so many players at once, because it is impossible for these players to integrate into the team's system at once. So Tottenham Hotspur fans have seen Arsenal as unsatisfactory as they did last season.