Coaching legend

It can be said that in this season's Premier League, except for Chelsea, other strong teams are quiet.

Including Manchester United, which lost Beckham and Veron, and Blackburn, which lost Duff and Gallas. Both teams lost very important players. But there are no big moves in the transfer market.

Manchester United at least has the move to acquire the Portuguese star Cristiano Ronaldo. There is also Kleberson, who won the World Cup with the Brazilian national team.

But Blackburn has no transfers that are worth looking at. The biggest transfer is just buying a defender from the English League One club Wolves. Lescott is actually Blackburn's biggest move so far.

After buying Lescott and Baines, Blackburn has no news in the transfer market.

This disappointed many British media. Blackburn, as a team that won three consecutive Premier League titles, did not make any other moves. I can't figure it out.

But at this time, the new season is about to start.

August 10th is the first game before the start of the new season. Community Shield.

This season's Community Shield is a match between last season's Premier League champion Blackburn and FA Cup champion Arsenal.

Arsenal has been working hard for the past few seasons.

Since winning a Premier League title in the 1998-99 season, there has been no championship so far. It was not until last season that they won a FA Cup. But after these seasons of training, the current Arsenal lineup is becoming more and more perfect.

Especially the offensive combination in the frontcourt, the cooperation between them has become more and more perfect.

Although it is a game that is not taken seriously. But Blackburn and Arsenal are both going all out. George's side is also full of main players.

George doesn't care about the lack of Duff.

The team retreated. Then George activated Drogba, and the midfield used the formation of Pires, Kaka, and Miku. Although there are some problems in breaking through the wing, these people are absolutely unique in using space.

George chose Drogba on the front line.

At present, Arsenal's defender combination is Mex and Keown. George believes that Drogba's impact must be a great threat to them.

The rhythm of the team was completely handed over to Alonso in the middle.

In terms of the choice of defensive midfielder, George chose Hargreaves. Instead of Essien.

Essien is very strong. But George appreciates the current Hargreaves more. Hargreaves really satisfied George, especially once anyone is targeted by him, then there is something to watch. Hargreaves is like a dog skin plaster, once it is touched, it will never be thrown off.

So George chose Hargreaves.

After the game started, Arsenal attacked fiercely. It’s not that Wenger underestimated Blackburn, but Arsenal is such a team. Let Arsenal defend, they can’t defend. Their characteristics determine that they can only attack.

Therefore, George can just play defensive counterattacks.

Blackburn is playing more and more skilled in defensive counterattacks. Although both teams have all their main players, they played more politely in the game. After all, this is just an appetizer before the league, and both teams are unwilling to have any injuries in such a game.

The game was not very intense.

But the game was still quite interesting. Needless to say, Arsenal is the most beautiful team not only in England, but also in the entire European football world. Although Blackburn played defensive counterattacks, they played counterattacks very well.

So there was no boring situation. Unfortunately, there were not many goals.

In the 28th minute of the second half, Blackburn defeated Arsenal 1-0 with Drogba's header.

Blackburn also won the first championship of the 03-04 season.

Wenger was not frustrated at all. He was still very satisfied with the team's performance.

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On August 16, the 03-04 season will officially begin.

However, before the game, Blackburn welcomed the third player in the transfer market.

When this name came out, the whole English football world was stunned. Is this year's English football world destined to be with Russia?

Abrahimovic, who had just arrived in the English football world and had already set off a storm, showed the strength of Russia to the English football world for the first time. It's just that this strength is Abrahimovich's money, a lot of rubles.

But Blackburn directly introduced a player from Russia.

Andrei Sergeyevich Arshavin.

He has the same name as Shevchenko, the current striker of Milan. Unfortunately, the name is the same, but the fate is different.

Shevchenko was already famous in European football at Arshavin's age. Especially in the 1997-98 season, Shevchenko led Dynamo Kyiv to the semi-finals of the Champions League. There was even a feat of completing a hat trick at the Camp Nou Stadium.

At that time, Shevchenko was the target coveted by all the giants in European football.

In the end, he chose Milan in Italy.

When he came to Milan, Shevchenko was only 23 years old. And as soon as he came to Milan, he became the main striker of the Milan team.

Compared with Shevchenko, Arshavin is much more unknown.

Currently playing for Zenit St. Petersburg. This is a team that is not well-known even in Russia. It is not well-known in European football. Moreover, since the collapse of the former Soviet Union, Russian football performance has been in a straight decline.

In Europe, Russian football has been completely marginalized.

In the past decade, Russia has not produced any stars that can shock European football.

On the contrary, many international stars have appeared in Croatia, Turkey, Czech Republic and even Ukraine. In comparison, the decline of Russian football is well known.

Therefore, the mainstream European leagues have not paid attention to Russian football for a long time. Few clubs will dig Russian players.

But now the first club to take the lead has appeared.

This is Blackburn, the club that won three consecutive Premier League titles. George actually dug a Russian player from Russia, and the price is not low.

Yes, the player George prepared to replace Duff and Davor Suker in the midfield is Arshavin.

Arshavin, George likes him very much.

Because Arshavin is versatile. Arshavin can play right winger, attacking midfielder, left winger, and second striker. There is no position he cannot play. And Arshavin dribbles well, especially in a small area.

This should have something to do with Arshavin's low center of gravity. Even in some narrow areas, Arshavin's passing is calm.

Of course, it's not just passing. Arshavin is even more powerful in his passing. He is not greedy for credit in the frontcourt. He is willing to pass the ball to his teammates.

Of course, there are still some things that people like about Arshavin. Because Arshavin is now 22 years old, but he has played in the Russian Super League for almost three years. He is currently the most dazzling young player in the Russian league.

It's just that the attention of the Russian league is too low. In addition, the performance of the Russian national team is also poor, so no one has discovered him.

These factors add up to George's choice of Arshavin.

However, George's purchase of Arshavin was not smooth sailing. Because the Russian league is different from the Premier League, they are not a cross-year league. Therefore, the Russian league is still in progress, and Zenit St. Petersburg is currently in a good situation in the Russian league.

Now ranked second in the Russian league.

They certainly don't want to let go of a core player like Arshavin in the middle of the season. But in the end, the players' will prevailed.

Arshavin is unwilling to stay in Russia.

Although he is a core player in Zenit St. Petersburg. But Arshavin's eyes are still on the top five European leagues. It's just that the Russian league's attention is too poor, and no club in the mainstream European league has ever taken a fancy to Arshavin.

Now it's hard for a European powerhouse like Blackburn to take a fancy to him. Arshavin is afraid of losing this opportunity and will never have such a good opportunity again.

After all, the football world is not short of talented players.

Therefore, Arshavin decided to leave Russia.

It's much better with the players' statement. Players in the Russian league, even the top players of the Russian national team, are not worth much money. George first offered 2.5 million pounds, but the Zenit club thought it was too little.

Therefore, George raised it to 3.5 million pounds.

But Zenit still refused.

In fact, 3.5 million pounds is a very good price for a young player who has only been in the Russian national team for a year and a half. Unfortunately, Zenit Club has been holding back and not so happy.

George is unwilling to drag it out with them.

So the final offer is 5 million pounds. This can be said to be a very sincere price. It is even twice the current value of Arshavin.

Seeing 5 million pounds and Arshavin's attitude is relatively firm, Zenit Club finally agreed to Blackburn's offer. George also bought Arshavin, the future captain of the Russian national team, for 5 million pounds.

In order to get Arshavin, George did not hesitate to use the "special talent clause".

However, buying Arshavin for 5 million pounds has been laughed at by many people in the British football world. Maybe Arshavin has some talent, but spending 5 million pounds is still considered too expensive.

But George sneered at this statement.

Damn it. It cost 4 million pounds to buy a League One defender Lescott in England. George doesn't think it's expensive to buy Arshavin for 5 million pounds.

Whether it is expensive or a bargain, Arshavin has come to England.

In the summer of 2003, two Russians came to the English football world.

One has caused a sensation in the English football world and has begun to change the landscape of English football. The other one, who also came to the English football world with the name of a genius, joined the Premier League champion team Blackburn.

But what impact this person will have on the English football world still needs to be tested in the game.