Reborn Almighty Life

Manchester United, which had taken a 2:0 lead, seemed very patient in the face of Arsenal's counterattack. Gu Fei and Ronaldo both retreated to the half court to defend, while Rooney and Ibrahimovic's harassment in the frontcourt also made Arsenal's

The attack was delayed a lot.

Because Manchester United recovered the formation in time, Arsenal's game was not going smoothly, and the smooth offensive routines of the past no longer existed. Even if Professor Wenger shouted loudly on the sidelines and commanded, the decline in player strength made it difficult for Arsenal to play with more technical content.

With high cooperation, the shortcomings of building the Emirates Stadium were clearly reflected at this moment.

In order to build this modern stadium, Arsenal made almost no major signings in the past three years, and even sold Vieira and other core players due to lack of funds. After Bergkamp retired, Arsenal

The offensive level dropped directly by one level.

If it had been in the past, following Wenger's style of patiently cultivating the Mavericks, Arsenal's strength would not have declined too quickly. After all, most clubs followed similar practices. When they won the Premier League championship in the 2003-04 season, Europe

Football, especially the Premier League, has undergone drastic changes. Wenger, who tried to run the club according to tradition, suddenly found that he was a little behind the times!

In the summer of 2003, the mysterious Russian rich man Roman Abramovich moved into Stamford Bridge. People at that time did not realize that this would be the beginning of European gold-dollar football!

Before Abramovich entered the football field, he was already a super-rich man full of low-key, smooth and witty, a Russian oligarch with a special liking for football, and Abramovich's football management seems to be moving along this monopoly line.

After he came into contact with football, this "monopoly" character was amplified more intuitively.

Abramovich's intervention brought about earth-shaking changes in Chelsea. The huge debt of 75 million pounds owed by the club's former chairman Bates in November 1997 was paid off at once like 10 pounds; the club used to be unable to buy players.

, Abramovich can throw out dollars and pounds to acquire new players at any time...

In the four years since joining Chelsea in 2003, Abramovich has invested a total of more than 400 million pounds in the club (including club acquisitions, debt repayments, transfer investments and making up for annual deficits), and the annual investment of more than 100 million pounds can be described as

Unprecedented. Therefore, Chelsea has completely controlled the Premier League transfer market in just 4 years and has become the new "overlord" in Premier League competition. This has made many Premier League clubs only look at "money".

Chelsea's sudden rise has completely broken the rules of progressive development of football clubs from small to large, just like the process of Abramovich's rise to prominence in Russia, which is beyond the rules, sudden and shocking. More importantly, the creation of Abramovich's wealth is damaging

It expands rapidly based on the interests of others.

In fact, Chelsea's rapid growth was achieved by suppressing or even harming other clubs. This is also Abramovich's natural method as a successful super oligarch.

"He is just a treacherous man from Siberia." Crazy investment made Bates say this about Abu.

Regardless of whether Bates' words are appropriate or not, we can feel the jealousy and hostility of the "old-style aristocrats" of the Premier League towards the "upstarts". On a competitive level, this hostility is dissatisfaction with Abramovich's monopoly on the transfer market and player transactions.

On a deeper level, it is the helplessness and jealousy of former Premier League bosses such as Bates who had to take a back seat in the face of more powerful capital.

"Since Abramovich appeared in the stands at Stamford Bridge, it has been difficult for us to see clearly whether his arrival will harm the Premier League's operations as a whole, or whether it will improve the Premier League's status in world football as a whole. But it is certain that in this world,

There are few people like Abramovich who have accumulated over tens of billions of wealth at the age of 37, and there are few people who are as cunning as him. He is as obsessed with football as we are with FM!" Sher, a reporter from Russia's "Pravda"

Guy said this.

The same statement also appeared on Gu Fei. When Gu Fei acquired Manchester United at a record price and waved his checkbook to set off a financial storm in the transfer market, many European media commented on Gu Fei in this way, and even

Because of Gu Fei's special identity and age, the media in London's Fleet Street were full of curiosity about Manchester United and Gu Fei.

Roman Abramovich disrupted the European transfer market by waving his checkbook, causing the value of European football players to rise sharply and player salary levels to rise. This also made wealthy clubs become more powerful.

It was also during this period that Arsenal reduced their capital investment in the transfer market due to the construction of the Emirates Stadium. In just two or three years, Arsenal's strength was far behind Chelsea!

The one who has had the same experience as Arsenal is Manchester United who are visiting the Emirates Stadium today. Since completing three consecutive Premier League titles in the summer of 2003, Ferguson's team has fallen into disintegration. Beckham's departure is undoubtedly a huge blow to Manchester United.

The transfer of club ownership has left Sir Alex Ferguson stretched in the transfer market.

From 2003 to 2006, Manchester United was suppressed by Arsenal and Chelsea in turns for three years, and even failed to qualify for the Champions League group stage for the first time. The former Premier League hegemon seemed to be faltering.

However, that summer, the super-rich Gu Fei, a superstar from the East, acquired all the shares of Manchester United and helped Manchester United pay off all its debts, giving the team a new lease of life.

Whether it is the transfer of Vidic and Carrick, the joining of Gu Fei or the persistence of Ferguson, Manchester United has recovered its vitality in a very short period of time, and last season's 'Quadruple Crown' has also become the best

prove!

It was in the same summer that the Chinese Nanxun Consortium became the majority shareholder of Liverpool, the traditional giant of the Premier League, without the outside world knowing anything about it. Benitez also had enough transfer funds.

The joining of Atletico Madrid's golden boy Torres, Argentinian twin stars Mascherano, Tevez and others has made Liverpool's strength skyrocket overnight. Last season, Liverpool almost won the third place in the Premier League, which is enough to illustrate.

Benitez's transformation of the team has been quite successful.

This season, Liverpool's performance is extremely eye-catching. Together with Chelsea and Manchester United, they have become a team that has not lost yet. They are only two points behind Chelsea in points, and they have already left Arsenal far behind!

The impact of foreign capital on the Premier League reached its peak this summer. The Abu Dhabi consortium spent a lot of money to become the sole shareholder of Manchester City Blue Moon. The arrival of Ronaldinho, Robinho and Owen made the Blues star-studded, and Wenger could only bring them with him.

He accepted the interview with the media with a gentle smile, but deep down in his heart, he really didn’t have any good impression of these big dogs!

It is precisely because Abramovich, Gu Fei, Nanxun Consortium and Abu Dhabi Consortium have joined the European transfer market that the value of some powerful stars has skyrocketed. Originally, it only cost 10 to 20 million pounds to sign top European stars. However,

It is really impossible to get this little money now.

In the future of football, player transfer fees can easily reach tens of millions of dollars, or even as high as hundreds of millions of dollars. This was unimaginable before. Putting aside the inflation factor, the value of players now is ridiculously high.

In the 1980s, Napoli spent US$4 million to sign Maradona from Barcelona. This transfer fee broke the world record. It was in the early 1980s, and Maradona was a hot commodity at the time.

star.

Another star that caused a sensation in the transfer market was Italian star Vieri. In 1999, he transferred from Lazio to Inter Milan for a transfer fee of 50 million US dollars, also known as Mr. 90 billion. (At that time, Italy was in an era when the lira and the euro coexisted, and the transfer fee was 90 billion.

lira (approximately US$50 million), both transfers caused a sensation in the international football world at the time.

Before 2003, the investors in the transfer market had always been represented by member-based teams such as Real Madrid and Barcelona. This type of team did not consider profits and losses and usually spent large sums of money in the transfer market. The other situation belonged to Berlusconi.

Moratti, for example, spends his own money to support the team, which is largely affected by the global economy. If the global economy is good, these bosses will spend a lot of money. When the global economy declines, the bosses will also be stretched thin.

The emergence of Abramovich has completely disrupted the European transfer market. Player transfer values ​​have soared. Behind every dollar, Abramovich has a share of credit.

Take Neuer's transfer to Manchester United as an example. This young goalkeeper is only 21 years old and has only played a full season in the Bundesliga. The transfer fee is as high as 20 million pounds, and there are even additional clauses. Neuer's appearance at Manchester United

After reaching a certain number of times, Shacklebolt 04 can even receive a compensation of 5 million pounds.

You know, the previous world football goalkeeper transfer record was held by the world's number one goalkeeper Buffon. When he switched from Parma to Juventus in 2001, the transfer fee was as high as 47.6 million pounds!

This number will be the world football goalkeeper transfer record for a long time to come, and it will even be at the top of the transfer rankings of all players! After Russian oligarchs and overseas capital intervened in world football, international football has undergone earth-shaking changes.

With the changes, some superstars continue to break transfer fee records, but in the goalkeeper position, Buffon's record has never been shaken.

However, in 2001, Buffon was already recognized by the world as the best super goalkeeper in the world. Such a price was nothing to Juventus, which had just sold Zidane to Real Madrid for the world's most valuable player.

The reasons why Juventus were willing to spend a lot of money to sign Buffon include the fact that Buffon, who was only 23 years old at the time, had already experienced the baptism of Serie A and the Italian national team and was regarded as one of the top goalkeepers; in addition, Juventus had already played for two consecutive years.

Unable to win the championship, and with Van der Sar's poor performance, Juventus also hopes to sign a local goalkeeper to continue the club's tradition. At the same time, Juventus also faces competition from Manchester United and Parma's rising price.

Therefore, the fledgling Neuer's transfer to Manchester United for a record-breaking price is enough to prove that today's European football is already a world of gold and dollar football. The club is too cash-strapped to make a dent in the transfer market!

When the team tried their best and still couldn't break down Manchester United's well-layered defense, Wenger knew in his heart that his team had reached the edge of the cliff.

Perhaps, if Arsenal does not seek changes during the winter transfer window or next summer, their desire to compete for fourth place in the Premier League and qualify for the UEFA Champions League will be in vain.

Thinking of this, Wenger couldn't help but turn his head and look at Box 1 at the Emirates Stadium. Stan Kroenke, the team's boss, was sitting there. He didn't know what he was thinking.

Although Wenger is the head coach of the team and even owns less than 5% of the shares of Arsenal Club, he may be just a transparent person in front of Stan Kroenke.

As the largest landowner in North America, Stan Kroenke is very low-key. He rarely appears in front of the media. If his wife had not come from an equally prominent family, the Walton family from Wal-Mart, it would be difficult for the media to even find him.

Some information about a low-key rich man.

The American tycoon adheres to the concept of making money in a low-key manner and is unwilling to spend big money to buy more stars, nor is he willing to invest too much transfer funds to avoid affecting the club's profits.

Wenger couldn't guess what Stan Kroenke was thinking. He actually didn't have much decisiveness in Arsenal's future development. This was also his limitation as a head coach and a minority shareholder.

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When Professor Wenger was feeling sorry for himself on the sidelines, Manchester United's counterattack almost extended the score to 3:0. This also awakened Wenger from his imagination and allowed him to cheer up for the game in front of him.

At this time, Wenger realized that if he was still distracted at this critical moment, he would undoubtedly push Arsenal into the abyss.

Wenger was frightened and couldn't help shouting to his players to cheer up and hold on for less than ten minutes. If the ball was conceded before half-time, the game might be decided.

Manchester United's players were obviously aware of the many opponents and quickly seized on the weakness of Arsenal's players' physical decline. They began to press through the half on a large scale and made more impacts on Arsenal's goal, trying to win at the end of the half.

Resolve the battle.

After all, for Manchester United, the biggest challenge is not the current game, but the long devilish schedule that the team needs to face next. When the League Cup in November, the FA Cup and the Club World Cup start in succession,

Manchester United will face the challenge of fighting on five fronts, which is undoubtedly a huge challenge for any team's physical fitness.

Therefore, if Arsenal can be defeated in the first half, Manchester United can calmly adjust the lineup in the second half, allowing some core players to take more rest time, avoid injuries, and conserve physical fitness for the next stage of the game.

When Manchester United was firing on all cylinders, Lehmann became the busiest person on the field. He made high passes in front of the goal and saved the inevitable goals of Gu Fei, Cristiano Ronaldo and others, trying to keep the goal intact. Watch

Arsenal fans are both proud and distressed!

Times have changed, and now Arsenal is no longer a comparable opponent to Manchester United!

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