……

“what？”

"Mertesacker signed a Chinese goalkeeper as tall as him from the tryouts? Also highly recommend it to me? ”

"He must have been in the water in his head, what age is this, and he thinks he can find a good baby from the trial players? Come on, Vardy is just an example, not replicable! ”

"Moreover, this goalkeeper is still Chinese? IMHO, do Chinese players play? ”

“Oh，shit！！”

When Zheng Yaxin was about to rush back to Wolverhampton, where Wolves are located, and move his family to London, Arsenal manager Mikel Arteta learned from assistant coach Steve Round (Steve Land) that Arsenal had signed a new young Chinese goalkeeper.

The 51-year-old was Mikel Arteta's assistant coach during his time at Everton, and the 51-year-old is the most experienced assistant in Arteta's assistant team, specialising in the day-to-day training of the players.

Lande has followed eight managers, including McLaren, Sam Allardyce and David Moyes, and is a skilled and hard-working man for Arteta.

Of course, it doesn't matter,

The important thing is that Mertesacker signed a young goalkeeper for Arsenal without his consent.

In fact, it is not surprising that Arteta should sign a new young goalkeeper, as it is all too common for Arsenal to sign dozens or hundreds of young players every year.

Moreover, as the head of youth training, Mertesacker has the right to sign young players.

To Arteta's mind, Mertesacker strongly recommended the use of a new goalkeeper after signing him, which is a clear overreach.

What manager can tolerate his subordinates, a youth manager, dictating his formation?

He's the big boss, and he even has the power to fire Mertesacker!

So, Arteta's first reaction when he heard the news was not only surprise, but also annoyance.

Immediately after that, he roared out loud.

For Mikel Arteta, the upcoming 21/22 Premier League season is a crucial moment to test the success or failure.

This summer window, he has received strong support from his boss, and he has made a generous move in the transfer market and introduced several strong reinforcements. The Gunners have one of the best squad in the Premier League for the new season, with at least two players in every position except the strikers.

The main player in the goalkeeper position is German Leno, and the substitute is Oconkovo, who wears the number 33 shirt, and is on the bench at all times. There is also Sheffield United goalkeeper Ramsdale, who has already almost finalized his dealing.

Three insurance!!

So what more Chinese youth goalkeepers do you need?

Coupled with the fact that there has been no European disruption in the squad this season, he has had plenty of time to realise his football philosophy.

If the Gunners fail to show signs of improvement this season under such favourable conditions, then he could most likely be sacked.

"Damn! Damn it! Actually stuffed me with a Chinese goalkeeper! ”

Arteta was angry and wanted to scold his mother.

Even if it was a big tall striker from another country who came over from Mert Sax, he wouldn't be so annoyed.

In his opinion, this kind of behavior of shoehorning a goalkeeper is not only overstepping his authority, but also destroying the existing structure of the team!

Besides, Chinese players... Can you play football?

Chinese players can only make the team make a lot of money commercially, and they don't help the team in terms of competition!

Such a goalkeeper may be the favourite of Premier League owners, but he will never be able to win the favor of the manager!

No Premier League manager wants to have such a water cooler player in their squad.

Absolutely nothing!!

However, considering that Mertesacker dared to send players over, most likely because he received some kind of instruction from the team owner, Arteta did not go directly to Mertesacker's trouble.

Instead, he scolded the current chairman, Kroenke Jr., for being Bichi.

Arteta feels that Kroenke Jr. has crossed the line, and as the owner of the team, he only needs to pay for people and should not meddle in the specific affairs of the team.

He shook his head, picked up the mobile phone on the table, and angrily dialed the chairman Kroenke Jr., and the moment the phone was dialed, a smile quickly appeared on his face, and he said in a calm tone: "Hey, chairman, I hope to raise the offer for Lewin." ”

"Our forward line is still a bit thin and needs to be strengthened urgently!"

He wanted to sign Everton striker Dominic Calvert-Lewin.

This season, given the serious decline in Aubameyang's competitive form and Alexandre Lacazette's refusal to renew his contract, he intends to buy another striker in this summer window. After some selection, I took a fancy to Everton's homegrown striker Dominic Calvert-Lewin. Subsequently, Arsenal made an offer of £50 million.

The offer is quite sincere. It's a pity that Everton, who is not short of money, resolutely refuses to let him go, and the deal is in danger of being ruined.

"I'm sorry, Mikel... Everton is under a lot of pressure to relegate, unless we offer more than 80 million pounds, they are not willing to let go, and 80 million pounds to buy a relegation team striker, we can't do this kind of thing, there is no possibility. ”

Little Kroenke's helpless voice came from the other end of the line.

"You know, because of the pandemic, Arsenal's earnings fell by a third last season..."

"Of course, Mikel, I believe in your coaching ability to use the current squad to bring Arsenal back to the top. And, we've found a top-tier door god for you. ”

"You'll just have to see that kid's performance and you'll be satisfied."

"The strongest has been..."

As soon as Kroenke Jr. mentioned this, Arteta exploded instantly, interrupted him excitedly, and said loudly: "You mean Mertesacker got that Chinese kid from the trial players?" Boss, this joke isn't funny at all! ”

Honk~!!

Arteta hung up in a huff.

Assistant coach Ronde stood silently on the sidelines, looking at the emotional coach and not saying a word. When the coach finished venting his emotions, he said quietly: "Mikel, I think you should watch the performance of the Chinese goalkeeper, I watched his trial video, it's amazing..."

"It's just a Chinese goalkeeper, how good can it be?" Arteta pursed his lips in disdain.

"Uh... It's not easy to describe, it's probably the extent that there are no ancients before and no one after you..."

“…… Is it so exaggerated?! ”

"Yes, Mikel. Believe me. ”

“……”

Arteta looked at Ronde with a serious face, his brows furrowed into the word "Chuan", and he still didn't believe it in his heart.

"Let's watch the video first."

He decided to take a look at the performance of the Chinese goalkeeper.

After a while.

Looking at Zheng Yaxin's high-level resistance on the screen, as well as the reaction speed that was so fast that his body pulled out the afterimage, Arteta stood up in shock, and said with a short breath:

"Quick, Ronde, this player, in three minutes, I want all his information!!"

Round Den couldn't help but laugh, "Hahaha... Mikel, don't worry, he's already our player. ”

Arteta breathed a sigh of relief and sat back down, shaking his head and laughing at himself for overreacting.

In the past two years, Arsenal and other giants have repeatedly failed to grab good players, and they have all fallen out of the shadows. As soon as you see a good player, you have to start as fast as possible, but if you are a second late, that player is likely to become a player for another club.

Therefore, this made Arteta form a crisis memory, and after seeing Zheng Yaxin's amazing performance, his first reaction was to prepare to grab people immediately.

Well, now that this player is from Arsenal.

Then no one can stop Arsenal's rise.

……

In the Arsenal chairman's office, Kroenke put down his phone, pouted and raised an eyebrow.

This Arteta is really hot-tempered.

Even the boss dared to scare.

Forget it, for the sake of him being an Arsenal celebrity, I won't bother with him.

……

After signing the professional contract, Zheng Yaxin did not choose dark blue for the first time.

At the moment he was sitting in Uncle Rooney's car, rushing to Wolverhampton to prepare for the move.

As a former Wolves academy player, he rented a two-bedroom apartment on the outskirts of Wolverhampton for 200 pounds a month.

This time I'll go back and move my things. Since then, I have lived in London.

Because it was a return trip, he was not in a hurry, Uncle "Rooney" drove very slowly, and he said this to Zheng Yaxin without a ride.

But Zheng Yaxin was listening intently to the news broadcast on the car radio.

The third stage of the 2022 Qatar World Cup Asian Qualifiers, that is, the draw and grouping ceremony for the round of 12, ended this morning (7 a.m. London time), and the group results are as follows: "

"Group A: Iran, South Korea, Iraq, United Arab Emirates, Syria, Lebanon."

"Group B; Japan, Australia, Saudi Arabia, China, Oman, Vietnam. ”

"12 teams will compete for 4.5 places in the Asian region for the Qatar World Cup."

"The round of 12 took place from September 2, 2021 to March 29, 2022. The tournament is played on a home-and-away basis, with the top two teams in each group qualifying directly for the World Cup and the two third-placed groups facing each other for a ticket to the intercontinental play-offs. ”

……