Chapter 10: The Combination of Adebayo and Walcott

"Hello Professor, does it mean anything special for you to let Lin wear the number 11 jersey? Is he the new Van Persie you're looking for? Have you not recovered from the pain of Van Persie's departure? ”

"Lin, did you choose this number yourself or did the coach give it to you?"

"Lin, Van Persie scored 10 goals in his debut season at Arsenal, how many do you think you can score?"

"Professor, Van Persie's transfer fee to Arsenal is £2.75 million, but Lin is £2.8 million, is this some kind of implication?"

"Professor, did Arsenal buy Lin to lay out the Eastern market?"

I have to say that a lot of the problems are pits.

For example, Robin van Persie scored 10 goals in his first season at Arsenal, but he played a full season and played in 41 games, while Lin Yun is now joining in the middle of the game, and if he plays the same frequency, then he will play at least half of the number of games.

As for £2.75 million, that's £2.75 million in 2004, which is comparable to the current £2.8 million?

Facing this kind of scene for the first time, it is impossible not to be nervous, but Lin Yun can at least be quiet and answer everyone's questions in a smooth voice.

"The number 11 was chosen by me and the professor wanted me to wear it, because I was wearing the number 11 shirt when he watched me play, and he wanted me to continue the luck of that game."

'It's hard to predict how many goals you score, all I can say is that I'm going to play every minute. The team won first and scored the second individual goal. ”

The answer was decent, and the reporters were somewhat disappointed, but Lin Yun under the spotlight seemed to have some kind of aura, which made people can't help but be attracted to him, and some people even applauded this boring answer, so that Wenger on the side felt that these people's brains were twitching.

This goddamn face-looking world.

When it comes to himself, the answer is actually pretty much the same, basically what everyone can expect.

'Lin is not new, he is who he is and he has the potential to be a great striker...... There is nothing special about the transfer fee, and if I could, I would have liked to sign him for £2.8, but it is clear that Reading does not agree...... We signed Lin because he is the player we need right now, and it has nothing to do with other factors......

After the interview, it's time to show off your skills.

In any case, I have received six years of professional training, so it is natural to show off some flowers.

In this way, Lin Yun officially became a member of Arsenal.

Arsenal were in the 17th year of Arsene Wenger's era, with 13 English League One and three Premier League titles, 10 FA Cups, two League Cups, 12 Charity Shields and one European Cup Winners' Cup on the club's lausters – but the last time they won the trophy was eight years ago.

Hell knows how gun fans have spent the past eight years.

After attending the press conference, it was just in time for the afternoon training.

Assistant Coach Steve. Boulder was directing the players to warm up, and immediately greeted Wenger and Lin Yun when they saw them coming.

"Let me see who poured ten balls into my boys," he looked at Lin Yun seriously, "I remember you, I told Cox back then that you should go to Hollywood, and that is the best place for you, but it doesn't look like you accepted my advice." ”

Boulder was one of Arsenal's famous defensive four in his playing days, and has made countless contributions to the Gunners, and has been with Arsenal since retiring, only starting to work as an assistant coach for Arsene Wenger last year, and before that, he has been Arsenal's youth team coach, producing young talents such as Wilshere, Gnabry, Bellerin, etc., leading Arsenal Under-18s to win the 2009 FA Youth Cup and winning two Under-18 league titles.

For a mixed-race face like Lin Yun, basically most youth team managers will have an impression, and Boulder is no exception.

Lin Yun stretched out his hand to shake him, "Compared to the Golden Globe Awards in Hollywood, I am still more interested in the Golden Globe Awards of FIFA." ”

"The striker should be so confident, I've got a bit of a liking of you," Boulder said, "Now, go to the dressing room and change into your clothes and come back and introduce yourself to everybody." ”

Arsene Wenger said, "No, he'll have to go to Tony's first, and save your dismissal until the day after tomorrow." ”

The Tony in the professor's mouth is not the Tony teacher who got the haircut, but the physical trainer Tony. Colbert.

His role is to monitor the fitness and fitness of his players, as well as to guide first-team injured players through recovery training, but his main job today is to guide Lin Yun through the physical tests.

"Well, then we'll have a welcome ceremony for you the day after tomorrow," Boulder shrugged regretfully, "what do you think of a fierce intra-team match?" ”

"I can't ask for it," Lin Yun said, "but why not tomorrow?" ”

'It looks like you haven't seen our schedule, otherwise you wouldn't have said that,' Boulder said, 'because tomorrow we're going to face a damn Liverpool. ”

Lin Yun said in a surprising voice: "Then I suggest you bring me, even if it is to put me on the bench......"

Both were stunned by his shamelessness, and Boulder stared at him again and again, "Are you really Asian?" ”

"Actually, it's only half."

"As someone who has come before, I have to give you a piece of advice, it's better to make your debut against a less strong opponent, because then it's less likely to be humiliated..."

Lin Yun just smiled and didn't talk to him.

Saying goodbye to Boulder, Lin Yun to physical trainer Tony. Colbert reported there.

The old man also looked him up and down astringently, and then nodded with satisfaction, "Yes, you don't seem to need to lose weight or gain muscle." ”

"If I could, I would still like to add some muscle and make myself look more like a tough guy."

Colbert looked at his unpretty-looking face and nodded in agreement again, "Don't worry, I'm a professional in this area, but before we can do that, we need to collect some data first......"

In addition to the most basic such as height, weight, body fat percentage, physical fitness, speed, bounce, flexibility, etc., Lin Yun was directly tired into a dog after a few rounds.

And Colbert, who got the final result, immediately found Wenger in high spirits.

Wenger was instructing the players to conduct tactical drills, and when he saw his expression, he knew that things were not simple, waved his hand to signal everyone to move freely, and then took Lin Yun's physical test results from Colbert's hand.

Boulder quipped, "It's been a long time since I've seen you look like this, Tony, and it looks like we've won the lottery?" ”

"A combination of Adebayo and Walcott, of course," Colbert thought for a moment, "or Robin?" ”

“……”

Adebayor, nicknamed the Little Monster, has long since taken off the Gunners' shirt, but he can be considered one of Arsenal's strongest players in the Wenger era;

Theo Walcott, the only man in the Big Saint Bell to admit to being faster than him;

Robin. Robin van Persie is known for his marksmanship, but when it comes to physical fitness, he is tied with Ibrahimovic for the most stretchedness, at least among all the strikers in the team.

Wenger flipped through the paper in his hand, staring at the shortcomings like a bar, "The physical fitness is relatively average, the flexibility can only be regarded as the upper middle, and the speed is still a little slower than Theoby......"

Boulder said, "What does it mean to be a little slower?" ”

"If Theo is a cheetah," Colbert replied, "then Lin is a tiger." ”

“……”

Boulder was speechless for a while, looking at Wenger's thoughtful expression, and couldn't help but be curious: "Arsna, you don't really want to take this child tomorrow, do you?" ”

Of course, it is impossible for others, but for an old man who dares to let a 21-year-old boy be the captain, it doesn't seem to be a new operation.

Wenger did get a little tempted, but quickly shook his head and threw the urge out of his mind.

Not to mention that the squad has already been decided, even if it is not decided, it is impossible for him to let a newcomer who has not practiced with the team for a minute immediately play in such an important game.

"Impulses are the devil, impulses are the devil......"

And it's not just tomorrow's game, it's not even the intra-team match that was just said to be the day after tomorrow.

Because Arsenal have encountered the FA's shit-like schedule again: Liverpool on January 31, and Stoke City on February 2.

Three-day double competition, and also arrange a fart training.

The next day, Lin Yun not only did not enter the competition list, but also did not even go to the competition site, but was busy moving.

He was not yet eighteen years old, he could not rent a house by himself, and according to the custom, he could only stay in a fan's house or dormitory, and Lin Yun chose the latter without any hesitation.

As a result, when I arrived at the dormitory, I found that almost all the neighbors were players from the Arsenal youth team, and they were still the ones who were beaten by themselves that day......

The scene was a little embarrassing for a while, but there was no bloody plot.

Most of the boys in the youth team are envious and admiring this "genius" who has stepped on their own skyrocketing, and they are polite when they meet, and it is not popular here, otherwise the glass has to be pressed down half a meter when drinking.

Because of the bloody schedule of the first team, they basically play today, rest tomorrow, play the day after tomorrow, and rest the day after tomorrow, at least for four days in a row, so Wenger simply threw Lin Yun to the youth team to adapt to Arsenal's football environment first.

The boys of the youth team also held their breath to avenge the day's revenge, but before a training match was over, the coach pushed him aside to play by himself.

They thought that this episode was going to be "The True Form of the Fake Genius is Revealed, and the Gunmen Get Their Revenge", but they didn't expect that what was presented in the end was "Lin Someone's Dimensionality Reduction Strike, One Foot and a Little Pot Friend"...

With Arsenal and Liverpool drawing 2-2 in the Premier League, the time has also entered February.

"The 2012/13 Premier League winter transfer window officially closed at 00:00 London time on 1 February.

On deadline day, the biggest deal was Balotelli's move from Manchester City to AC Milan.

Although the news of Bashen's joining AC Milan has long been confirmed, the official announcement of the signing of the Red and Black was on the day of the transfer deadline, according to previous media reports, Bashen's transfer fee is 23 million euros, and the contract period is four and a half years......

Manchester's other side, Manchester United, are also out of the picture, and they're all substitutes and reserve players who can't play.

Liverpool spent 15 million on Chelsea striker Stridge, meanwhile, midfielder Shahin, who had been inactive under Brendan Rodgers, returned to his former club Borussia Dortmund.

Chelsea sold Stridge and poached Demba Ba from Newcastle, but the focus of the winter transfer window was not on the renewal of two decorated players, Frank Lampard and Ashley Cole, both of whom are due to expire this summer. Now that Ashley Cole has been offered a new contract, Frank Lampard, who has just become the team's all-time leading scorer and has a chance to set a new record this season, is almost inevitable.

It is worth mentioning that Arsenal have also made some reinforcements in addition to the two substitutes Shamak and Djuroux.

The first is 8.5 million to poach Monreal from Malaga in La Liga, followed by 2.8 million to buy a youth player Lin Yun from Reading, and the investment of 11 million is rare in the history of Arsenal.

Lin Yun won ten yuan in a youth team match three days ago, and then conquered the professor who was watching the game, and no one knows if this deal will be another triumph from Wenger or a good-natured joke played by God......

For Wenger to buy another little demon, the whole world said that it was no longer strange.

As we all know, Arsene Wenger loves Shota.

But is that really the case?

Is there really a coach who doesn't like the plug-and-play fame of a superstar and prefers to spend a lot of time and energy developing a young man who is full of uncertainty?

Reality is not a game, and cultivation is very fulfilling, yes, but the price is not something that ordinary people can bear.

It's not those famous black shops that make a living from human trafficking, everything is just a last resort.

It has been 8 and a half seasons since the construction of the Emirates Stadium started in 04, and in the past eight years, the Manchester City duo, the Red Devils and Blues, and even Tottenham, which is known for its goal-picking, have invested more than 100 million pounds in the transfer market, but what about the Gunners?

£24 million.

While other wealthy families are wondering what kind of decoration to use for their new villas, Arsenal is still busy paying off the mortgage, and it is the kind that has no provident fund.

The board's 2004 salary plan made Arsenal the least invested team in the transfer market in eight years, with an average net expenditure of less than £3 million per season.

In addition to the picking, it is mainly because of poverty: from 2006 to 2010, Arsenal repaid a total of 258 million loans.

As for where the money came from, everyone who understands it.

Vieira, Thierry Henry, Galla, Cesc Fabregas, Van Persie......

Every captain is in tears.

No one believes that such an Arsenal can make any waves.

It wasn't until later that one looked back and realized what impact the Gunners' seemingly modest investment this winter had on the landscape of football over the next decade.

If there is also a "Historical Record" in football, then this day should be the most colorful stroke in this football "Historical Record".