Ice Shooter of the Green Field

"We were very close to signing Zize."

Arsenal head coach Arsene Wenger said at the pre-match press conference that Arsenal had investigated Zize a few years ago and had also made an offer to Dortmund.

However, even for Zize at that time, Wenger said that it was a very high price for Arsenal, so in the end Arsenal gave up their plan to introduce Zize.

But at the same time, Wenger also said that if he invited Zize to join, Zize would definitely choose Arsenal.

In fact, apart from Chelsea, the closest Premier League team Chice is close to is actually Manchester United, followed by Manchester City. As for Arsenal, Chice himself has no substantive contact with him. However, Zhou Feng said that a representative of Arsenal did come to negotiate, but At that time, Arsenal's salary was too low, Zhou Feng did not spend much time negotiating with Arsenal.

It's not about what kind of salary Arsenal intends to offer, but their overall salary structure is relatively average. In other words, the marginal players will not be much worse than the core players, although they also expressed their willingness to expand for Qi Ce. New possibilities, but judging from the opponent's situation, even if the salary structure is broken, the difference will not be too much.

After Zhou Feng conducted a preliminary investigation, he finally decided not to start negotiations with Arsenal. If he had to say it, he was really not close to joining.

However, of course, you can’t believe everything said at the press conference. After all, Wenger’s investigation of Zize is indeed well-founded. As early as when Zize joined Dortmund in his first season and followed the team to play in the Europa League Facing Everton, Wenger once appeared in the stands to observe Zize's performance. Later that season, Zize also followed the team to play Fulham in London, and Wenger also appeared.

There were a lot of news about Arsenal's interest in Zize that year, but at that time Zize had just joined Dortmund, and it would definitely cost a lot of money to transfer immediately, and at that time Zize was just a "very likely" "winning" lottery, but not particularly famous.

If you want to buy it, it is expected to cost more than 50 million pounds, but Wenger finally gave up.

But in the end, Qi Ce joined Chelsea with a worth of nearly 150 million, and I don't know if Arsenal will regret it.

The London derby is imminent.

Emirates Stadium.

God knows what price Arsenal paid for this stadium, not just the club, but also the fans.

After relocating here from Highbury Stadium, Arsenal's tickets have become the most expensive in the Premier League-don't think that generally rich Londoners have no complaints about this, most fans are actually extremely Dissatisfied, after all, Westerners have a very low concept of saving money, and spend as much as they have, and now they need to increase the budget for buying football tickets.

They are very unhappy.

Moreover, Arsenal has not been a team with a good record in recent years. It is really difficult for fans to spend the most money in the Premier League but not see the championship.

The main reason is the establishment of the Emirates Stadium.

The construction of the stadium cost nearly 500 million pounds. Of course, it was a loan. Most of the money was spent from the club's books, not from Arsenal's big boss Kroenke.

Except for the sponsorship of the Emirates Stadium, Emirates, which paid a sponsorship fee of one ratio, most of the payments were repaid from Arsenal's own books. Arsenal also naturally had to make money from various places to fill this huge pit. The most direct way is the ticket price. The price increase is the simplest and rude way. Arsenal actually did this, and Arsenal's tickets became the most expensive in the Premier League.

On September 29, Arsenal's game against Chelsea is about to start.

This season, the departure of captain Van Persie has been a huge blow to Arsenal, but they may have been used to this kind of blow.

Since the French midfielder Vieira left, Henry, Gallas, Cesc Fabregas, Van Persie, several important players, and also the captains have left Arsenal successively, and these players are very important captains of Arsenal.

Many teams will give the captain's armband to the oldest players, usually veterans. Old captains leave the team because their competitive status declines and they are unable to start for the giants. That's not the reason most of Na's captains left.

If you have to say it, only the Brazilian midfielder Gilberto is like this, but he didn't have much time as the captain. After Henry left the team in 2007, he served as the captain in many games. Later, he went to the Greek League, also because He really couldn't find a place at Arsenal before leaving.

In addition, including Cesc Fabregas, Van Persie, and Gallas, they all transferred and left when they were still at their peak for other reasons. Although there are also reasons for the players themselves, Arsenal may also Reflect on what went wrong with the team.

The most intuitive thing is-Arsenal has been far away from the championship of various important competitions. This season, no one is optimistic that Arsenal can win the championship. The biggest favorites for the championship are Manchester City, Chelsea and Manchester United.

Now that Manchester City is rising, the Premier League BIG4 will inevitably have Manchester City in the future, and Arsenal is most likely to be pulled down. Of course, Liverpool is also one of them, but Liverpool's background is much deeper than Arsenal. Big ear cups are no joke.

In this game, Arsenal's new players of this season have all appeared. The Ligue 1 golden boot Oliver Giroud is the arrow figure. Tiger Walcott is on the right side, and the front midfielder position is also a new aid this season. The Spanish midfielder Cazorla is entrusted with a heavy responsibility.

In the midfield, another Spaniard Arteta and Ramsey started the game. On the back line, Zize's old opponent Mertesacker in the Bundesliga partnered with Belgian defender Vermaelen. The left and right backs were Gibbs and Saarer. Nia, the goalkeeper is the young Polish star Szesny.

This is a typical Wenger lineup. The midfielder does not seem to have much defensive ability. It mainly relies on control and rhythm to defend. The combined defensive abilities of Arteta and Ramsey are probably not as effective as Vieira.

For Chelsea, Guus Hiddink paid enough attention to this game and formed what he thought was the strongest lineup. The goalkeeper is still the helmeted goalkeeper Petr Cech, and Terry and David Luiz are the starters in the defense. On both sides, Ivanovic With Ashley Cole, the midfield trio became Mikel, Ramires and Meyer, with Zize in attack, Mata and Hazard starting.

What is more surprising is that Torres continues to sit on the bench. In Hiddink's view, Zize seems to be able to do well without the protection of a center forward. So instead of adding another person to serve Zize, it is better to increase some control and increase The connection between the midfield and the forward line.

Torres must have been very upset.

After all, before the season, Hiddink told him that he would get a chance, but in the last few games, except for the chance in the League Cup, he has not been able to play. It is true that he has a little knee discomfort in the Spanish national team, but Torres feels that he is early. It is restored.

However, he still respects the head coach's decision and is on standby on the bench, ready to play at any time.

Although it is difficult to say that the players bought by Arsenal can be compared with the previous core players, Giroud and Van Persie, Cazorla and Fabregas, but these players are actually just lacking a little reputation, in fact they are all absolute. Warlords.

Giroud, the Ligue 1 golden boot who played for Montpellier last season, can be described as an absolute inspirational player. He was still in Ligue 2 until the age of 23. Most professional players can draw conclusions at this age—that’s all. up.

However, Giroud was selected by the Ligue 1 team Montpellier with his outstanding performance in Ligue 2. His performance in the first season was not bad, and his resume of scoring 12 goals in 37 games was not good. , but amazing enough for a Ligue 2 striker.

Unexpectedly, in the second season, he broke out completely, scored 21 goals in 36 games, won the Bundesliga Golden Boot, and at the same time beat Paris Saint-Germain, which had just been bought by local tyrants, to win the Ligue 1 championship!

This also gave him the opportunity to marry into a wealthy family. Arsenal, which always loves to use French players, extended an olive branch to him to replace the departing captain Van Persie.

Cazorla is also a force that cannot be underestimated. He was the biggest contributor to helping Malaga reach the Champions League final last season. However, being the core of a small and medium-sized team may not be able to gain a foothold in a strong team. This is a lesson learned by many players. , in Arsenal, what is the prospect of these two people?

Podolski is also, the trip to Bayern was not successful, he returned to Cologne later, but he was powerless to prevent the weak Cologne from being relegated, even though he loved Cologne, for the national team career, for the World Cup, Podolski had to I chose to leave, went abroad, and came to London on the other side of the strait.

The Greater London Derby is about to begin.