Xiao Qing and his new team-mates are preparing for the new season at A.T. Kearney training base, which will soon begin, and the Arsenal players will need to adjust from the relaxation of the off-season to the seriousness and hard work of the competition period. Maybe there are some players who are too relaxed in the off-season, so they need to be in the best physical condition possible during this time; Of course, it is more because the long new season is about to start, so they need to have enough physical reserves.

Compared with other Arsenal players, he is just a newcomer after all, and the tacit understanding between his teammates and the team's tactics, Xiao Qing now needs to make more efforts, he needs to adapt to Arsenal's tactics as soon as possible, and he needs to form a tacit understanding with his teammates as much as possible.

Xiao Qing is methodically adapting to Arsenal's new environment, although now he does not dare to say that he understands Arsenal's tactics, but because his own strength itself has made great progress, and now Xiao Qing is slowly beginning to become familiar with some new tactics, so his progress is obvious, and he has slowly begun to show more and more adaptability and lethality in Arsenal's tactics.

Although the current Arsenal seems to be strong, but Arsenal is not without problems, in fact, the current Arsenal still has some shortcomings, although they have been working hard to get better.

At the back, despite the purchase of Vermaelen, the strength and thickness of the central defender position are still worrying, and Senderos is getting worse and worse now. He has begun to slowly fade out of the main lineup. And now it seems that the countdown to the transfer has begun. Now it looks like the thickness of Arsenal's back line has weakened for the new season. There will be little change at the wing-backs, with the four centre-backs being Gallas, Vermalen, Sylvestre and Djoroux, plus a cameo from Song, where how Vermaelen performs will determine whether the defence is stronger or less.

As for midfield, Arsenal have changed little. There is no new introduction in the back, and the central midfielder basically relies on Denilson, Song, Diaby and others to partner with Cesc Fabregas. In general, although the current Arsenal midfield is not outstanding, it is definitely not easy to provoke.

However, the current Arsenal forward line can be said to be luxurious and drooling, which is the biggest guarantee of the current Arsenal. Bam Adebayo is a very high level player though. But if Adebayo is not at his peak, he will play the opposite role in the team; What's more, the current Xiao Qing looks more effective than Adebayo, and he can adapt to Arsenal better.

Judging from the transfer discrepancies, Arsenal's strength has been weakened and even improved to a certain extent, which is something that simply could not have happened in the previous summers. But there is one variable for Arsenal that cannot be ignored, and that is the potential of the young Gunners. The young players in the squad are undoubtedly on the rise, and if two or three people have improved, the synergy generated cannot be underestimated, which is why Wenger has expressed confidence in the current squad.

But being young isn't always a good thing. The average age of Arsenal has dropped to less than 23, and the average height is three inches shorter than that of the "Invincible Armada". Compared to the other top three, Arsenal are an inch shorter in average height and about three kilograms lighter.

Since winning the championship against Arsenal, the Premier League has been following Arsene Wenger's model: not only good jishu, but also fast and strong. The current Arsenal seems to be contrary to the way of thinking four years ago, young, light, immature, and unchanged is the demanding of jishu. Arsenal now seem to have completely abandoned traditional English football, they are not so keen on physical confrontation, they are not used to long passes; Now Arsenal are completely Jishuliu teams, they look quite different in the Premier League because they are more like Jishuliu teams in La Liga.

Arsenal haven't won a trophy since 2005 and Arsene Wenger knows that without a trophy can't go on indefinitely: "If we don't win in a year or two, our business could be a failure. I think I just came here yesterday and I'm only interested in how to play the next game. It's not the night that I don't watch a game before going to bed, but it's a great place to watch TV at home when it gets dark early in the UK, and my wife knows my fanaticism and is ready to sacrifice for it! Now we're ready and Arsenal will surprise everyone. ”

"I'm convinced that a team in their 28s can only improve a little bit at best, while a team under 23 can improve by 30%. Arsenal will surely come up with a good result and surprise everyone. We have our own style, let's see you on the field, enough talking. I know a lot of people don't believe us, so let them say go, let's start winning! I only have one ending: Arsenal will be the champions! "Arsene Wenger is full of confidence now, he is full of confidence for the upcoming season, which is rare for Wenger in the past few years, because Arsenal this summer is really different from before.

Although Wenger is full of confidence, there are still a lot of people who are not optimistic about him, although Wenger has rarely spent a lot of money this summer, but there are still many people who look down on Arsenal. The Times was dismissive of Arsene Wenger: "If he had been capable, we should know more about him than he is now. ”

Although it may be a bit underestimated, it is also very marketable.

Arsenal have always been sharp in attack but not solid defensively, and Arsene Wenger said at the end of last season that he wanted to buy a couple of experienced midfielders, and so far, he has only signed Belgium international Vermaelen, and now Arsenal's backfield seems to be further weakened. Offense wins fans, defense wins championships; This is quite marketable, although Arsenal's football is smooth and beautiful, but if they want to win the title, their current defensive ability seems to be really a bit lacking.

Resisting the onslaught of potential opponents such as Manchester City and keeping the top four is Arsenal's bottom line, but Arsene Wenger's goal is by no means limited to this, and he, Xiaofa and Xiao Qing have made it clear that they want to challenge for the title. With Arsenal's basic strength, it is not difficult to maintain a top-four finish, and what position they can go up on that basis depends on how much of a group of young gunners have improved during the upswing, not forgetting that in the 07-08 season, that group was once close to the title. The current Arsenal young players have grown up and they have improved more on the pitch; And the addition of such a strong reinforcement as Xiao Qing has also allowed Arsenal's young players to gain some experience, some rare experience in winning the league championship.

'I know it's a new challenge to play in the Premier League, but that's okay, I like the challenge and I like to keep creating new miracles. Arsenal are great at the moment and I'm sure we can succeed; Some people may think that Arsenal are not good enough at the moment, but I want them to understand that if you can do everything you say, then we don't have to start the new season at all, the title has already been decided by you. Don't underestimate Arsenal, we really have that quality. Xiao Qing did not hesitate to start a counterattack against the Times in an interview with Shijie News, "The new season will start soon, and it will be our warm-up game soon, although this does not mean anything, but I think you can see some Arsenal strength during this period." ”

Now the new season is indeed about to start, because the warm-up match is a test for a team before the start of the new season, and it is also a small test for a team's previous training camp. So at this time, Xiao Qing is also starting to get serious, because he may stage his debut in Arsenal here, and of course, more importantly, he hopes to use a championship to help Arsenal start a new season. Although this may not be a title to watch, it is still a must-win for good prizes. The Emirates Cup, which is a must-win for Arsenal, because the Emirates Cup is hosted by the home team Arsenal.

Three years ago, the young Gunners who competed in the inaugural Emirates Cup saw off their squad's core Thierry Henry in the summer of that year, and the team won back-to-back victories over Paris Saint-Germain and Inter Milan. Buoyed by their performances in the Emirates Cup, the Gunners have since held the top spot in the league and although they fell short in the eventual title race, the inaugural Emirates Cup has left a good impression on local fans, and three years later, the Emirates Cup has become the summer signature competition in London and throughout England, and is the key to every warm-up game for Arsenal now.

The Emirates Cup is held every year on two weekends two weeks before the start of the Premier League, when most of the participating teams have already recovered their form through several warm-up matches, so the excitement of the game is also guaranteed to a certain extent. In addition to the home team Arsenal, Glasgow Rangers and Atletico Madrid will be the opponents of Arsenal's Zuihou in the two warm-up matches.

However, due to the continuous operation in two days, so in terms of lineup arrangement, the general team will let the main team and the substitute team play one game each, Arsenal manager Arsene Wenger has lined up the main squad on the second match day of the Emirates Cup for three consecutive years, which also makes this young competition not inferior to the usual Premier League in terms of box office results and live atmosphere.

Xiao Qing sat on the bench a little bored and watched the Arsenal substitutes fight against the Glasgow Rangers' substitutes on the field, and now he is waiting for his Arsenal debut the next day! (To be continued......)