It’s not surprising that Vieira would have such thoughts. Although he is now the captain of Arsenal and the core of the field, he can be called the backbone of the Gunners' midfield. There is no shortage of championship trophies in the honor book (he won three Premier League championships and FA Cup championships with Arsenal, and completed the French National Team National Team Honor Grand Slam), but for Vieira, who is about to enter his thirties but is still ambitious, he does not want to waste his last few years of peak years on what is destined to be a long rebuilding period. And Arsenal is extremely mean to their veterans!
Moreover, for any Arsenal player, thirty is undoubtedly an extremely delicate age. Because no matter how outstanding the players are, as long as they cross this hurdle, they must accept Wenger's extremely harsh contract renewal conditions - a significant salary cut for the players and a one-year contract renewal!
The most typical examples are Bergkamp and Pires. Ice Prince, who has made great contributions to the rise of Arsenal and still plays a huge role in the Gunners, has to argue with Arsenal for a long time every summer over the contract renewal issue. It is not until the start of the season that he can sign a larger contract. The previous one-year contract had a very significant salary reduction. Pires has been negotiating with Arsenal on a contract extension since last summer. The French left winger, who is about to turn 32, hopes to get a two- to three-year contract extension, even if he plays as a substitute. Problem, but Wenger insists on the policy of "unwavering renewal of thirty-year-old veterans year after year", which makes Pires likely to leave the team as a free agent after his contract expires next summer!
With the lessons learned from Pires and Bergkamp, it is only natural for Vieira to feel confused and worried about his future at Arsenal. After all, a player's career life span is only a dozen years. If Vieira doesn't seize the time to make money, then he will have to face the reality that his quality of life will drop significantly in the rest of his life!
Therefore, after understanding Arsenal's current situation and business philosophy, and witnessing the fate of Bergkamp and Pires, Vieira gradually began to have the idea of leaving the team in the summer!
If he doesn't join other giants while he's still at his peak, then when his age declines, even if Vieira wants to leave here, he probably won't get many invitations that meet his psychological requirements!
"Wenger's biggest mistake is that he really trusts the abilities of his young players too much and doesn't pay enough attention to the role of veterans." At the same time, watching Drogba completely beat him up on the court, he had a look on his face. With Senderos looking at a loss, and Campbell sitting on the bench, George said rather disdainfully to old Charlie, "I admit that in terms of potential alone, Reyes and Senderos do have the potential to become giants. The main players even have the talent of first-class stars, but they had little contact with English football before Arsenal, and they simply did not have the mental preparation and willpower to adapt to the tough style of play in the Premier League. For example, Reyes, after being replaced by Gary Ney After Weir chased him for most of the game, he lost the courage to move forward, and his competitive state dropped sharply; for another example, if Senderos had replaced Campbell to defend the ball just now, then Didier It’s probably difficult to create a shooting opportunity so easily.”
"Yes, Coach Wenger is indeed a little too simple and direct when it comes to using young players." Old Charlie nodded and agreed with George's point of view, "Like Chris (Cristiano Ronaldo) and Al Young players like Jay (Robben) who get stronger with each passing day can be said to be a minority group. Most young players need a step-by-step process if they want to grow up smoothly. But Wenger has greatly accelerated this process, allowing Reyes and the others prematurely took on heavy responsibilities that did not belong to them, and did not find a way to enlighten them when they were in trouble, making them perform even worse when their self-confidence was greatly damaged... If the cycle continues, these little guys If there is no psychological shadow, it will be a ghost!"
Although George has used a large number of young players after taking charge of Tottenham's coach, most of the players assigned by George to play the main role are those players who have proven their ability to withstand pressure in their previous lives. As for Franck Ribery and Villa, they started from the bench step by step under the wings of Drogba and Bierovka. It's not like Wenger who ignored the actual situation and gave the main position to Reyes and Senderos!
Not to mention, George also arranged for experts from the Tottenham laboratory to be responsible for the psychological adjustment of these young people in the team to prevent them from falling into the same predicament as Reyes and Senderos in their previous lives!
Of course, there was one thing that George didn't say, that is, in his eyes, in addition to Wenger's too simple and direct use of young players, there are also quite a few problems in personnel management!
In George's previous life, Tony Adams, the Gunners' flagship figure, never got the chance to return to Arsenal and was ruthlessly rejected by Wenger four times when he applied for a job; former captain Vieira also did not get Wenger's job after retiring. Instead, he became Manchester City's publicity ambassador and youth training manager; Fabregas, who grew into a world-class midfielder at Arsenal, was unwilling to return to Arsenal to play football when he returned to the Premier League from Barcelona; "King of Bury" Henry worked as a youth coach at Arsenal with an extremely meager salary, but he had to leave under the pressure of Wenger because he was a part-time commentator on Sky TV. He even took a salary cut to join at the critical moment and was deeply loved by Gunners fans. After the old captain Arteta retired, he chose to go to Manchester City to be Guardiola's assistant coach instead of staying at the Emirates Stadium to assist Wenger!
If only one person does this, it may be because this person is greedy for money and has poor character. But if a large group of people do this, then you have to think about whether there is a deeper reason!
However, at the end of Arsenal's peak period, most of Wenger's problems have not yet surfaced. Most Arsenal fans are still praising Wenger's superb transfer methods and powerful exploration of young players. superior. They simply didn't realize that the professor's method of buying low, selling high and purging veterans seemed to give the club an advantage, but in fact it seriously damaged the team's heritage. The harshness on the issue of contract renewal for veterans has made the following young players lack a sense of belonging to the club!
Today, Wenger can treat Pires and Bergkamp like this, but when they reach this age, will they also face such a bleak situation? !
Therefore, objectively speaking, as Adams said in his previous life, Wenger is indeed a first-class manager, but not a top head coach. The arrival of the professor is indeed the main reason why the Gunners are able to compete with Manchester United for the Premier League, but it is also his presence that makes Arsenal gradually unable to keep up with this era of gold and dollar football. From a team competing for the championship to one that competes every year. Team of four!
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