Football: Shine in the AFC Champions League and sign with Arsenal on the spot

From Baal's mouth, Chen Fan also learned about the current situation of the Jiangnan team and himself.

After Chen Fan joined Arsenal, the Jiangnan team lost its strongest striker, resulting in a greatly weakened attacking line.

However, the overall strength is still maintained in the AFC Champions League zone, and it is now ranked third in the league.

In the AFC Champions League, the Jiangnan team led by Baal advanced to the knockout round with a record of three wins, two draws and one loss.

In the round of 16, they met Seoul again, and at the last moment of the game, Baal scored a long-range shot to advance to the quarterfinals of the AFC Champions League with a score of 2:1.

Although Jiangnan once again reached the quarterfinals of the AFC Champions League, the outside world is not optimistic about their prospects.

Not only because of the lack of Chen Fan, but also because of another reason, that is, Baal is likely to transfer in the summer window.

The AFC Champions League quarterfinals will start in September, so the strength of the Jiangnan team will be sharply reduced at that time.

The European summer transfer window is from July 1 to 8 and 31, and according to the details disclosed by the media, the transfer progress of Baal is nearing the end, just waiting for the official announcement.

Baal said the same about his transfer situation, with Chen Fan.

And according to his own words, Lyon in Ligue 1 have sent scouts several times since they won the AFC Champions League last season.

And now Lyon lacks a player like Baal who has a good overall vision and excellent technique, and if it goes well, Baal's prospects in the new team are excellent.

Another point is that the next game is the last Chinese Super League game before the summer offseason, and the coach of the Lyon team, who has been on vacation, will come to the Huanglong Stadium to watch the game.

"Shhh

Hearing the last news, Chen Fan gasped, and immediately showed surprise on his face.

"Then the next home game against Jianye, you have to play well!"

"A must! Watch me capture Garde with my strength!

Baal, who has always been confident and cheerful, let out harsh words.

Soon the two walked to the familiar training base locker room, which was still early, so the locker room was empty.

Chen Fan casually found a place where no one was, and then took out the Jiangnan team jersey he had carefully kept from his backpack, took it off and put it on.

As always, the duo were the first to arrive at the training ground.

Chen Fan and Baal began to pass and receive the ball to each other, practicing some common tactics, as if they had returned to the past.

After more than twenty minutes of practice, Instructor Wu arrived.

Director Wu had just come to the training ground, and when he saw the scene in the stadium, he thought he was dazzled, and after rubbing his eyes, he looked at it again, and a look of surprise appeared on his face.

"Xiao Fan! What are you doing here!

Chen Fan, who had already noticed the arrival of Director Wu, had already walked to the sidelines, and the two ran in both directions, smiling and hugging each other.

"It's good to grow taller and stronger."

After the two separated, Director Wu looked at the proud disciple he hadn't seen for a long time in front of him, and was very happy.

"I wanted to ask you to come to the Jiangnan team to have a look, but I was afraid of disturbing your rest, but I didn't expect you to come by yourself now, haha."

Subsequently, Director Wu chatted with Chen Fan, and Baal also interjected from time to time.

Halfway through speaking, Director Wu made a request to Chen Fan.

"You, help me train those new cubs, those boys fantasize about being the next you all day long."

Chen Fan learned from Director Wu that today's Jiangnan team has become the most popular team among young players in China.

The reason is that there are excellent young players like Chen Fan and Baal, so that some talented players would rather give up part of their salaries and enter the Jiangnan team for training.

As a result, the door of the Jiangnan team is about to be trampled on, and young players are constantly sent to the Jiangnan team.

However, with so many players, the team can only select a few of the most talented players to join the first team.

For other older players, it is impossible for the Jiangnan team to let them go to the reserve team or youth training, this is humiliation, and they can only tearfully ask them to go elsewhere.

The young players are recruited into the academy to give them a stable environment to play in and have a clear path to promotion.

Chen Fan saw the plan of the Jiangnan team, that is, based on youth training, cultivating young players, and stabilizing the operation step by step.

After all, the Jiangnan team's financial resources are not abundant, even after the AFC Champions League miracle won the championship, it still followed its original intention.

It can be seen that the Jiangnan team is very clear about its own positioning, and it is not fluttering because of the praise of the outside world.

Director Wu's request Chen Fan naturally agreed, and he was ready to train with the team, and helping the juniors was just a gesture.

Moments later, the players of the Gangnam team arrived one after another.

When they first saw the figure on the court, everyone was surprised and delighted.

The old teammates all greeted Chen Fan with a smile on their faces and walked in to chat with him, such as big brother Wang Song, defender Zeng Yue, goalkeeper Jiang Bo, etc.

And some of the new players who joined the team this season are a little restrained in front of Chen Fan, even if several are slightly older than Chen Fan.

Most of them came here because of the outstanding performance of the Jiangnan team last season, and Chen Fan is naturally their role model and idol.

And Chen Fan suddenly appeared in their lives, and they didn't know what to say for a while.

Chen Fan naturally noticed the restraint of several new faces, and took the initiative to talk to them.

In the exchange with Chen Fan, the five new players gradually let go of the shackles and became enthusiastic around Chen Fan.

The five also introduced themselves to Chen Fan.

Striker: Tang Feng.

Midfielder: Song Mu.

Backfield: Yuanli, Akashi, Kiyoizumi.

Goalkeeper: Xiao Heizi.

These six are almost one of the best young players in China today, and of course they have to send Chen Fan and Baal, who have become famous.

Now these are at least serving as the main rotation of the Jiangnan team, and I believe that it will not be long before they can sit firmly in the main force.

After all, this Jiangnan team has entered the stage of renewal, and some veterans of the first team are already a little powerless.

In the next few days, Chen Fan would come to the Jiangnan team every day to train with the team.

Chen Fan's recent incident in the Jiangnan team is also known to Huaxia fans, so the gate of the training base has been full of fans who have come to visit Chen Fan recently.

In this way, the Jiangnan team simply opened the training base, so that the fans who came to see Chen Fan and the first team training outside the training ground.

Of course, these fans can't walk around indiscriminately, lest there be some accidents.

"Brother Fanzi, how did you kick this heavy artillery, can you teach me?"

As a tall Tang Feng, who had just come to sit firmly in the main center of the Jiangnan team, after seeing Chen Fan's heavy artillery shot, he humbly asked Chen Fan for advice.

"No problem, just ask me if you don't understand anything."

Chen Fan is happy to teach the juniors, although some juniors are a year or two older than him.

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A week later, Jiangnan's home game against Jianye's Huaxia Super League came.

The Huanglong Stadium was full of fans who came to cheer for their team, some wearing the green jersey of the Jiangnan team, and some wearing the red jersey of Jianye who came from the expedition.

In addition to these two, there are also fans who pass Arsenal's red and white jerseys, and most of them have the number 11 printed on the back.

These are all fans who knew that Chen Fan would return to Huanglong to watch the game today, and they were specially worn.