My light shines on Arsenal

Chapter 173 Possible Winter Transfers

"Ivan? Ivan Gazidis?" Chen Yao's tone was a little dissatisfied, "What can I be dissatisfied with Ivan? Is Arsenal's results not good enough?"

"No," said Tim Lewis, "he was unhappy with your transfer spending. He thought you should be more frugal."

"Frugality?" Chen Yao sneered, "Can frugality alone create more wealth for the club? Tim, I don't believe you can't understand the truth. We only have these resources, if we don't maximize them If we use it improperly, our record will not improve, and the value of our players will further depreciate. That is a vicious cycle for the club."

"I understand what you mean, so I didn't support Ivan."

"Well, thank you Tim." Chen Yao nodded, thought for a few seconds, and said, "Maybe Ivan doesn't mean that I spend too much money. It's that he doesn't want me to spend money."

Tim Lewis said nothing.

"Tim, let's be honest, is Ivan still thinking about his so-called reform plan?" Chen Yao said angrily, "If Ivan diverts some of his energy from manipulating the club's power structure to business development, Our lives will be much better.”

"That's all Ivan's business. I just want to tell you, Mr. Coach, you have my support and Mr. Kroenke's trust. As for the future of the club..." Tim Lewis glanced at it. The players gathered in the distance, "It depends on the performance of you and the boys."

"You will be rewarded for your trust." Chen Yao smiled, "By the way, Tim, speaking of this, I have to talk to you about the winter transfer."

"Talk to me?" Tim Lewis teased, "Logically, you should talk to Ivan about this issue."

"Come on, Ivan wishes I could give him tens of millions more pounds. As you can see Tim, the players we introduced this summer performed very well, and their worth is far higher than their transfer fee. This winter , I still need funds.”

"How much do you want?"

"I need £3000 million."

"This is impossible." Tim Lewis almost flatly rejected Chen Yao, "Chen, let me tell you the truth. Originally, we were not prepared to prepare a budget for you in the winter window transfer."

"Tim, if I leave get out of class before the winter window and give it to the new coach, will you prepare a transfer budget?" Chen Yao's attitude became a little tougher.

He understands Arsenal's financial situation. The team's operations are indeed tight, but there is a lot of deposits on the books.

At least, if approved by the board of directors, a transfer fee of 3000 million pounds can be paid in winter.

What he was dissatisfied with was that Tim Lewis's attitude seemed to say that they did not trust themselves and were unwilling to entrust limited resources to themselves.

"Don't be like this, Mr. Coach." Tim Lewis seemed to feel that the atmosphere was getting a little heated. "I didn't mean to distrust you. Even according to what you said, the budget we prepared for the winter window is very limited, and it will affect Budget for next summer window.”

He spread his hands helplessly, "We seem to be a big club, but our expenditures are huge, and our equity structure also determines that no shareholder is willing to inject capital. Therefore, every expenditure of the club must be accurately calculated. ."

"I can guarantee to enter the Champions League next season, just use the 3000 million pounds of Champions League income for me first, even if the budget is reduced next summer."

"This……"

Tim Lewis hesitated and turned his gaze to Chen Yao. Chen Yao immediately understood the meaning of that gaze.

You haven't gotten your contract extension yet.

At the end of the day, it’s still distrust.

Chen Yao smiled bitterly and patted Tim Lewis on the shoulder: "Tim, I understand your position. But I also want to say one thing, you are an Arsenal fan, and you are going to miss a ball that you love so much now. It’s a great opportunity to contribute to the team.”

"This sounds like American humor." Tim Lewis shrugged. "If nothing else, Mr. Coach, that's the end of our conversation."

"Bye, Tim."

Watching Tim Lewis's back, Chen Yao sighed depressedly.

Although he is in such a large club, his life is very tight.

It's not that Chen Yao doesn't want to wait until summer to buy players, but that some players don't have this store after passing this village.

Right now, Arsenal's lineup is not that thick.

They have three forwards, Olivier Giroud, Aubameyang and Jamie Vardy.

But Giroud's scoring ability is worrying. Aubameyang is growing but is not yet a first-rate forward. As for Vardy, he works hard and can provide frontcourt aggression and pressure in certain situations, but His overall strength is not yet enough to gain an advantage in the top league.

Chen Yao never felt that a player who had achieved success in another time and space could naturally succeed here.

What makes a player is his experience, his hard work in every game, his introspection every night, and his self-discipline in training every day.

On Arsenal's training ground, Chen Yao could clearly feel the difference between Vardy and other players.

Compared with players who have been regarded as stars of hope since childhood, Vardy, who has struggled all the way from the lower leagues, shows a significant difference.

His consciousness, basic skills, and tactical literacy are all different from these players.

Chen Yao believes that these gaps can be bridged, but habits developed in youth cannot be easily reversed.

Perhaps the time for Vardy's transformation has not come yet. His late blooming is not accidental, but inevitable.

Only after going through enough training can he become what he expects.

Therefore - if they want to compete for important championships, Chen Yao feels that Arsenal must introduce an outstanding center who can stably score around [-] goals in a single season.

He definitely doesn't have the budget to complete this in the winter. What he has to do is to patch up other positions in the team.

Such as the back line.

The centre-back combination of Koscielny and Mertesacker has become more and more tacit, and their progress this season is obvious to all.

Although due to Arsenal's offensive characteristics, their formation is very high-pressure, Arsenal's defense is almost always out of position when the ball is lost, which brings a great test to the two defenders.

But the partnership of Koscielny and Mertesacker gave pretty good results.

Koscielny is fast, accurate and covers a wide area. He makes up for Mertesacker's slow turn.

Mertesacker is defensively sound, tall and powerful, and can provide the Gunners with much-needed air defense capabilities. With Koscielny at his back, he can exert his full strength.

Chen Yao is not worried about the combination of these two defenders. He feels that the combination of these two defenders is enough to help him get the championship he wants.The problem is the substitutes.

Arsenal's only central defender substitute with sufficient rotation strength is Thomas Vermaelen. The Belgian defender is quite good, but his injury-prone physique makes it difficult for him to provide stable playing time.

Moreover, Vermaelen still needs to appear at the left back position from time to time. His foot skills are acceptable and he can provide Arsenal with the technical ability to cut inside from the wing to the center. His header and jumping ability are also useful weapons. .

The only left-back option left is Kieran Gibbs.

Chen Yao wants a player who can provide depth to both the left-back and center-back positions, and there is a perfect option in the transfer market at this time.

Nacho Monreal.

The Spanish national team full-back is worth only 1000 million, and there are very few teams interested in him during the winter transfer window.

Most clubs in the Spanish League are in deep financial crisis, and Chen Yao knows that now is a good time to win Monreal.

If Monreal can be introduced, Chen Yao can have more changes in the back line. More importantly, he can have a back-up when a player is injured.

With Arsenal's current tactical system, once there is a loophole in the defense, the consequences will be catastrophic.

In addition to the back line, Chen Yao also plans to introduce a player to the midfield.

Arsenal currently have three midfield organizers, namely Santi Cazorla, Tomas Rosicky and Aaron Ramsey.

Tomas Rosicky is old and has a lot of injuries.He will be Arsenal's rotation option in due course, but he will not be Arsenal's future.

And Aaron Ramsey…

This is a problem that Chen Yao must find a solution to in the second half of the season.

Letting Ramsey play as the playmaker is too much.After returning from a serious injury, Ramsey is already a completely different player than he was back then. What he needs is to find a new rhythm and new role that suits him, rather than desperately trying to imitate his former self.

Cazorla was Arsenal's well-deserved core midfielder in the first half of the season. His superior dribbling skills and creative passing were important elements supporting Arsenal's frontcourt offensive system.

But Cazorla is not without flaws. Most of his passes are short passes, and his ability to capture fleeting opportunities and pass penetration is still lacking.

This ability is a luxury and is not yet necessary for Arsenal, but it will be used sooner or later.

Moreover, when Arsenal encounter more and more deep defenses, such fatal passing ability is even more precious.

Even if it is not in the Premier League, in the Champions League, in key heavyweight games, any team that does not closely monitor the opponent's players will hardly leave any space.

In the entire game, there are only a few moments that can kill the game. Players who can capture these moments are the most precious luxury in European football.

Chen Yao has a goal, and he knows that this player is not taken seriously now. If he takes action, he has a good chance of getting this player.

Kevin De Bruyne.

It is somewhat different from what happened in another timeline. Kevin De Bruyne was not loaned to Werder Bremen here, but played with the team in the Premier League.

At the beginning of the 2012-13 season, Chelsea's head coach was Italian Di Matteo.

But due to too poor performance, Di Matteo was fired by Chelsea as early as November, and the Spaniard Benitez was followed to coach Chelsea.

De Bruyne's technical style at this time is quite unrestrained. For the rigorous tactician Benitez, this player may not be to his liking.

What's more, De Bruyne is not in his most suitable position now.

He is used more as a winger, but De Bruyne's speed does not have an absolute advantage. On the wing, his vision and dribbling are not outstanding.

In addition, De Bruyne's morale is not low. He is eager for more playing opportunities. However, Chelsea is used to spending heavily on signings. There are many stars in the team, and the atmosphere in the locker room is complicated, which makes the original new stars in the team lack of appearances. Opportunity.

Under such an environment, it is almost inevitable for Chelsea to sell Kevin De Bruyne.

Chen Yao hopes to start negotiations on De Bruyne in the winter. It is best to book this player early and let De Bruyne join the team during this transfer window.

Ideally, Chen Yao would like to let De Bruyne join Arsenal in the winter window.

His valuation of De Bruyne is around 500 million pounds. In fact, with De Bruyne's current number of appearances and performance, 500 million pounds is a premium acquisition.

It's just that Chelsea will definitely take the player's potential into consideration. Taken together, 500 million pounds is not an excessive price.

Monreal worth 1000 million plus Kevin De Bruyne worth 500 million. If possible premiums are also taken into account, Chen Yao really needs 3000 million pounds of funds.

It is true that even if these two players are not bought in the winter window, it is not difficult for Arsenal to remedy the situation, but Chen Yao is worried that his arrival will still change the original timeline, and maybe he will miss these players. pass.

Jamie Vardy was originally still hanging around in the secondary league at this time, but now he has become a member of Arsenal.

Kevin De Bruyne should have still been on loan, but now he is staying in the Premier League.

There are also other teams' performances. He led Arsenal to a good record and influenced many teams.

Ferguson's Manchester United discovered that their biggest opponent has become Arsenal, and Arsenal's possible blockage of Manchester United will change a lot of things...

Chen Yao can't be sure what will happen in the future. He can only complete the lineup he wants as early as possible so that they have more time to train together until a top team is forged.

"I heard from Tim that you seem to have some demands."

A voice interrupted Chen Yao's thinking. He turned around in surprise and saw that it was Josh Kroenke with a smile on his face.

"Mr. Kroenke, I..."

"I know what you want." Josh Kroenke waved his hand, "Tim didn't lie to you, Arsenal's financial situation is very tight. A budget of 3000 million pounds will take away a large part of our liquidity. .And, if we don’t reach a contract extension...don’t you think the 3000 million pounds will be wasted?”

Chen Yao wanted to explain something, but he knew that there was no point in introducing the abilities of De Bruyne and Monreal to Josh Kroenke.

"However, I approved it." Josh Kroenke suddenly said, "Since I have already placed my bet on you, why not increase the bet again?"

(End of this chapter)