roccoschili Chapter 195 Chiefs Cup
Chapter 195 Chiefs Cup
Chapter 195 Chiefs Cup
On the penultimate day of July, Arsenal officially announced the transfer of German midfielder Ozil. The German moved to Atletico Madrid for 4000 million pounds.
Also announced was the transfer of French winger Griezmann. The Frenchman came to London from Real Sociedad for 3000 million euros, becoming Arsenal's second signing worth more than 3000 million euros this season.
This is obviously the result of negotiations between the two parties.
As for Li Shou, he ultimately failed to go back to participate in the VIP premiere of Son Yejin's new movie, which was just the day before Arsenal's two transfers.
Li Shou was stunned when Arsenal announced that Griezmann had joined the team, because he never thought that Wenger would actually believe his recommendation.
Of course, the success of this transfer was definitely not only because of Li Shou's recommendation, but also the observation of the scout team and the approval of the coaching staff.
In fact, Arsenal's Spanish scouts recommended Griezmann, but no one cared about it before, so Li Shou is the biggest contributor to this transfer, but this requires Griezmann to be able to play at Arsenal.
"Boss, do you need me to recommend another player to you?" Li Shou, who was about to go home after training, happened to meet Wenger in the parking lot.
"Let's talk about it." Wenger was really interested.
De Bruyne is undoubtedly a genius, otherwise he would not be valued by Chelsea. Wenger also made an offer for him after discussing with the scouts and coaching staff, but was rejected by Chelsea.
"System, recommend a central defender" So far Arsenal has not bought a central defender.
"Central defender Van Dijk currently playing for the Celtics in the Scottish Premier League" then the system gave out a piece of information.
Li Shou is a little anxious about Arsenal's signing of central defenders. The time has come to August, and the Emirates Cup will start in two days. Even the players who participated in the World Cup will return to the team before the Emirates Cup.
In fact, Li Shou didn't know that the player recommended by the system had always been within the scope of Arsenal's investigation, and even valued it quite a bit. It's just that Arsenal couldn't make up their minds whether to buy him or not.
This time, Li Shou's recommendation didn't seem to be of much use. Arsenal didn't make any moves after a few days, so Li Shou didn't care about it, after all, he was just a player.
At the same time, in the past few days, Arsenal players have returned one after another. They first came to Arsenal to report on Griezmann, then Sanchez, then Giroud and Debig and so on.
With the players coming one after another and the opponents of the Emirates Cup, I don't know if it is because of Li Shou's relationship, this time the Emirates Cup actually has Li Shou's old club Monaco.
Although the summer has not yet passed, Monaco has undergone earth-shaking changes. Not to mention Li Shou's move to Arsenal, the head coach Ranieri has also left, and just over a week ago, Rodriguez moved to Real Madrid for 8000 million euros.
Monaco spent 1.6 million last season, but Monaco reclaimed 1 million after half of the transfer period this season. In addition to the income from this transfer, Monaco also won the Ligue [-] and French Cup last season.
With Li Shou and Rodriguez leaving, Monaco's striker core Falcao can't sit still. Although he won the double in Monaco, last season was not good for Falcao.
Coupled with the departure of Li Shou and Rodriguez, Monaco itself did not take any action, so it is normal for Falcao to want to leave. After all, he is no longer young, but because of Falcao's serious injury last season, no team is willing to spend 6000 to [-] million for him.
In addition, Monaco's captain Abidal last season has also left. Monaco does not seem to be willing to give the veteran a new contract. The latter has joined the Greek giants.
And just when Monaco arrived in London, a player in the Monaco team diverted to Newcastle, and then Newcastle United officially announced that Monaco striker Riviere joined the team.
In addition to Monaco, which has a close relationship with Arsenal, the other two teams in the Emirates Cup are Valencia from La Liga and Benfica from Portugal.
The Emirates Cup is sponsored by Emirates. In the 06-07 season, Arsenal signed a sponsorship contract with Emirates, and the new stadium was named, which is also the origin of the name of the Emirates Stadium.
Although the Emirates Cup is a warm-up match, most of the rules follow the rules of FIFA. It is a relatively regular warm-up match. Even after several years of holding, the reputation of the Emirates Cup has gradually surpassed that of the Dior Cup.
With the arrival of the Emirates Cup and the return of World Cup players, Arsenal's player numbers for this season are almost officially determined. The three goalkeepers are No. 1 Szczesny, No. 11 Li Shou and No. 13 Ospina.
The newly joined player Debig got No. 2, Chambers No. 21, Sanchez chose No. 17, and Griezmann chose No. 18. Speaking of which, Sanchez and Griezmann both have their favorite numbers, but because this number already has an owner, they can only choose other numbers.
It can also be seen from this that Li Shou was indeed an annoying existence in the competition with Ozil, but because of the help of the media, he was twisted from a villain to a decent person.
But in football, the winner is king. Li Shou is a winner now, and Li Shou must always win if he wants to maintain this decent image.
Although many rules of the Emirates Cup follow FIFA, there are also some innovations of its own. Although three teams are invited, in fact, each team only plays two games, and the final champion is determined by points.
You can get 3 points for winning the game, 1 point for a draw, and then 1 point for each goal scored, and this time Arsenal's opponents are Benfica and Monaco.
Based on the current situation, Li Shou and Szczesny should start in these two games respectively. As for the starting in that game, it goes without saying that everyone knows.
As for Ospina, as the team's No. [-] goalkeeper, he should have little chance to play. It is said that Arsenal's goalkeeper thickness has surpassed Chelsea, and has become the most exaggerated existence of many European giants.
In fact, after Li Shou joined the team, it was not that no club wanted to buy Szczesny, but they were all rejected by Arsenal. After all, Li Shou had not really shown himself in the game, and keeping Szczesny was a guarantee for the team's new season.
And Szczesny is not willing to leave like this. Winning the Premier League Golden Glove last season gave Szczesny an explosive increase in self-confidence. He doesn't think he will lose to Li Shou.
But this was before. As the team started formal training, Szczesny's confidence seemed to be not as strong as it was at the beginning.
(End of this chapter)