The game between Arsenal and Manchester City is the highlight of the first half of the Premier League season.
Although the battle ended in a one-on-one draw with not many goals, whether it was the tactical tug-of-war between the two sides, Kakana’s right foot volley from 35 meters away, or Chen Mo’s shot in the penalty area at the end of the game. The second pick, the turn and the volley, are all very blood-soaking scenes.
There is no doubt that after the game, sports media around the world were reporting on the game, and even Henry, a semi-retired veteran, was invited to appear on talk shows.
Normally, Henry should not be allowed to participate in these talk shows during the season, and Wenger will not let Henry participate in these talk shows, but to be honest, Henry's immediate combat ability has seriously declined.
In the game against Manchester City, Henry was replaced by Wenger in the 65th minute of the game.
There is no way, I can't bear it.
Regardless of physical fitness or strength, the 33-year-old Henry is no longer able to gain an advantage in top-level duels, especially at the center position.
This game was blocked one to one by Manchester City. A large part of the reason was actually because Henry did not play the role of a big center.
Whether he is facing the young Kompany or the 27-year-old Kolo Toure who is in his prime this year, with the help of Manchester City's double defensive midfielders, Henry cannot get the ball with his back.
This is fatal.
As a big center, Henry cannot get the ball with his back at the top of the arc. Chen Mo and Xiaozhu, as well as Bell and Di Maria on the wings, cannot cut in from both sides without the ball. This directly leaves Arsenal with one less offensive option.
This is one of the reasons why Bell and Di María played less brilliantly in this game, and Chen Mo struggled a bit.
As for Lewandowski, who later replaced Henry, it was obvious that he had talent, but after all, he was still too young, his skills needed to be honed, and he had little experience in competitions. Sometimes he made wrong judgments due to nervousness.
The current Lewandowski is not enough to support Arsenal's forward arrow in a strong dialogue.
This is a relatively big problem exposed by Arsenal in this game. Not only the players and coaches know about it, but also the outside sports media can see it.
But what’s interesting is that in the past, when Arsenal’s lineup had problems and needed reinforcements, the news media used headlines like [Wenger’s Dilemma] and [Poor Arsenal have no money to buy people], and then added that Wenger was on the pitch. With a serious expression.
But this time it's different.
The day after the game against Manchester City, Keli appeared on the cover of sports media around the world, and on both sides of her stood the gray heads of Kroenke and the Maozi oligarchs.
[The Times: Kroenke? Out! Usmanov? Out! American billionaire Ms. Hill acquires all shares of Arsenal Football Club for £1.17 billion! 】
[The Telegraph: Switching shotguns for cannons! A day of fun for Arsenal fans! Ms. Hill announced that Arsenal’s bank debt will be settled within three months! At the same time, we will fully meet Wenger's needs in terms of recruitment, youth training, stadium renovation, etc.!
Manchester United had already lost to Arsenal in the first ten years of the new world, and now it seems that life may not be easy for him in the remaining ten years! They are all Americans, so why are the Glazers not human beings? ! 】
[British Mirror: This winter window may be a very difficult winter for major wealthy clubs. Arsenal, which has received a large amount of capital injection, is very likely to strengthen the center position in the winter window, while also strengthening the bench depth in other positions. With money and easier access to honors, Arsenal's attraction to top players will be fatal.
However, for other mid-to-lower teams, this winter may be an early spring, because their players may be sold at a better price. 】
[The Independent: BOOM! ! ! Breaking news! It is reported that under the instruction of Ms. Hill, Arsenal made an offer of 250 million euros for Barcelona forward Messi!
Ms. Hill, Mr. Chen Mo and Leo Messi have been inseparable good friends since childhood. Every year during the offseason, the media will photograph their two families vacationing together. She expressed her great hope that Messi and Chen Mo can be in the same team. The team plays football. 】
[World Sports News: Laporta said Messi is a child of Barcelona. Messi will not go anywhere except Barcelona. He is not for sale! 】
[The Times: 250 million? 300 million! latest news! Arsenal raises offer again! 300 million offer for Messi! oh! If there really is a God, then Arsenal fans will definitely believe that God is a girl! 】
300 million offer!
If 250 million is the explosion of a nuclear bomb, then the quote of 300 million is the explosion of the universe!
With the latest report from The Times, the world is shocked!
300 million euros to buy a player? !
You must know that three years ago, the Glazer family only spent 790 million pounds to acquire Manchester United in 2005!
And of this, the Glazer family actually paid only 250 million pounds, and the remaining 265 million pounds was directly borrowed from banks using Manchester United's Old Trafford and training base as collateral. As for the last 275 million pounds, it was also used 30% of Manchester United's shares were used as collateral to borrow from a hedge fund!
To put it simply, the Glazer family only spent 250 million pounds to acquire Manchester United. The remaining money was used to mortgage Manchester United's own assets and loans to increase leverage, and it has not yet paid off Manchester United's previous debts!
Now Keli directly buys Messi for 300 million!
Suddenly, the Internet was full of [Messi>Manchester United! ], the Manchester United fans who were inexplicably lying on their guns were directly speechless.
However, Manchester United fans are uncomfortable, but Arsenal fans are extremely excited!
If you can buy Messi, then you still need a damn big center!
The tacit cooperation between Chen Mo and Messi in the national team is obvious to all!
With Messi's lethality, even if he plays as a center, as long as he plays as a false nine and retreats, the opponent's central defender will follow. When the time comes, Bale and Di Maria will penetrate the penalty area diagonally from both sides. Messi and Chen Mo will be there. Play pass and run in the middle.
Isn't this picturesque? !
Arsenal fans were so excited when they imagined this scene that some fans even went to Barcelona to use big posters to invite Messi to join.
However, from beginning to end, Chen Mo did not show up.
As a child who has known Messi since birth, Chen Mo knew that Messi would not come to Arsenal.
At least not to Arsenal at this stage.
The first is that Messi has feelings for Barcelona, and the second is that coming to Arsenal at this time is equivalent to saying to him that he has lost.
Based on his understanding of Messi, it is impossible for Messi to accept this kind of thing.
Therefore, there is only one possibility to poach Messi, and that is that Barcelona wants to sell Messi, but Barcelona is not short of money.
At this time, Catalonia has not yet fought for independence, and the Catalan government has not yet been taken over by the Spanish government.
With the government of the Catalan region, the richest in Spain, behind them, Barcelona is not short of money at all.
What Laporta wants is political performance, the "political performance" achieved by Barcelona.
Sure enough, not long after Arsenal's 300 million offer was reported, Barcelona held a press conference on the grounds of renewing the contract with Messi.
At the contract renewal press conference, Laporta looked kind and said that Messi was not for sale in an absolute sense. In the end, he hugged Messi in front of countless reporters.
There is no doubt that Barcelona's contract extension with Messi has completely cut off Arsenal's opportunity to poach Messi this year, but the team's center position does need to be strengthened.
Without Messi, Arsenal's center position would have to be a big center who can carry people.
But it’s actually a bit embarrassing these days.
Ronaldinho and Ronaldinho have either abdicated or are in serious decline. New top forwards like Benzema and Lewandowski have not yet grown up. Therefore, Arsenal has set its sights on Chelsea's Didier Drogba.
Arsenal wants to poach Chelsea players!
After hearing the news, fans throughout the Premier League were in commotion.
Chelsea fans' jaws dropped with disbelief written all over their faces, while fans of other teams just watched the show and were all happy.
To be honest, Chelsea these days is actually not very liked by fans of other teams.
Mainly because after Chelsea launched the Premier League's gold-dollar football, they not only poached a large number of people. For example, Arsenal's Ashley Cole was poached with a high salary after Mourinho contacted him privately, but also because the players' salaries are all The substantial increase is due to the fact that the local markets are relatively small and the mid- and lower-income teams with relatively low incomes are completely unable to retain their stars.
Now seeing that Arsenal, which has always been known for being poor, is actually going to poach Chelsea people, to be honest, it feels very weird.
Especially when Wenger replied in the interview, "Arsenal not only has honor, but also many, many Marin", fans all over the world were stunned.
Arsenal are not short of money now, and there is no doubt that Chelsea are not short of money either.
Normally it would be difficult for Arsenal to lure Drogba, but the problem is that with the rise of Manchester City last year, Chelsea has lost the Champions League qualification this year.
Losing qualification for the Champions League is a very difficult thing to accept for a giant, especially a giant in a very competitive league like the Premier League. What's more, there is no Champions League, and Chelsea, which has just emerged, is now strictly speaking not a giant.
This blow is fatal.
Very simple reason.
Unless they are super giants who have reached the end of their careers, most super giants want both high salary and honor. Failure to play in the Champions League is tantamount to declaring that they have no chance to win the highest honor in the professional arena within a year.
The most intuitive result is that people cannot be retained.
Ashley Cole was poached directly to Manchester City. Essien has been rumored to be involved with Real Madrid throughout the summer window. Even Ballack, who is 33 years old this year, is considering returning to the Bundesliga.
In the entire Chelsea, there is only one magic lamp Lampard who has taken the initiative to say that he will stick to it.
Old players were poached in various ways. At the same time, because they did not qualify for the Champions League, Chelsea did not buy top superstars in their playing years during the summer window.
After the first six rounds of this season, Chelsea's current league ranking is 6th. Although this is the beginning of the season and the ranking is not directly final, it must be very uncomfortable for the atmosphere within the team.
In this case, not only the players want to leave, but even the club wants to rebuild.
There is no way. What Chelsea wants is the Champions League. Mourinho was fired the year before last because Mourinho failed to win the Champions League. But now top superstars are unavailable, and it is difficult for mid- and upper-tier players to compete for the championship.
The only way left is to cultivate supernovas, dormant for a while and wait for the opportunity to rise. Otherwise, the current situation of forcing mid-to-upper players to support them will result in potential newcomers not being fully trained, and eventually they will die slowly.
It's not a bad thing to let newcomers develop, but the problem is that Drogba is already 30 this year and has only a few years left in his prime.
Did Drogba, the tail end of his peak, serve as a sparring partner for newcomers? It feels a bit like Paris.
For Chelsea, selling Drogba is not something that cannot be considered at all.
As for Drogba himself, his current situation is a bit like Henry in the original timeline. As a top striker, he has never touched the Big Ear Cup in his entire career. Now he has reached the end of his career, and the team's hope of winning the championship But it became even more elusive.
Both the team and the players have points that can be persuaded.
However, things are not that easy.
Arsenal wants to poach Drogba because there is no other top center available in the market. This is also a problem for Chelsea, which also relies on big centers, for defensive counterattacks.
Chelsea must at least find a replacement for Drogba. Even if the current strength is not as good as Drogba, it cannot be too different. Otherwise, if the results have plummeted in recent years, Chelsea will not be able to accept it. At this time, a black man with amazing bones A handsome boy appears on Chelsea's radar - Balotelli.
Eighteen years old, 1.89 height, 1.89 weight, delicate feet, and explosive physical fitness!
What's this?
A perfect template for a future top striker!
Moreover, Balotelli has not renewed his contract with Inter Milan yet, and the contract is about to expire!
There is no doubt that such a sweet and delicious Balotelli also made Chelsea more determined to let Drogba leave.
But it’s still early before the winter window.
Ever since, while Wenger was bargaining with Chelsea, the days passed day by day.
And soon, the attention of fans around the world shifted from the acquisition of Arsenal to another matter.
The 2008 Golden Globe Awards ceremony will be held in Paris, France.
Will Chen Mo complete the Ballon d'Or and win the third Ballon d'Or in his career, or will Messi or Kaka succeed in a counterattack?
Amid the anxious expectations and fierce quarrels of fans around the world, on October 8, Chen Mo, who rarely wore a black suit, boarded a flight to Paris, France, along with the paunchy Wolchi Kaoru and Keli.
