Becoming a football god from Arsenal

Chapter 235 The most expensive gift! The new season schedule is out! Pseudo 4-star disadvantage! The season is approaching!
"You're doing well?"

Gilbert walked up to Maher half-jokingly and half-emotionally, looked him up and down, stretched out his right hand, and sighed: "I thought I came back to cooperate with the Premier League champions, but I didn't expect it to be the European champions."

"Snapped!"

Maher clasped his right hand with his and said with a smile, "You don't need the championship to embellish it. Working with Maher is enough to make you happy."

"Pooh!"

"Fuck off!"

The two laughed and bickered, then hugged each other tightly, patted each other on the back and expressed their feelings to each other.

"The England team went home too early, and I have been waiting for you here for too long."

“How is it training with the team? Can you integrate into the system of the goal-scoring team?

"After all, I am an England international. Don't underestimate me. I will have a chance to play in the new season. If anyone bullies you, I will help you fight back."

"Is it still necessary now? Who can shovel me? I'll help you out when the time comes."

"Haha!" The two laughed together, as if they were recalling the past events in the English Championship, and then they separated.

Maher walked towards Wenger and Kroenke Jr., and he high-fived and hugged them respectively.

"Many people watched the European Cup final live, but it was a pity that I didn't have the chance to see you when you were happiest and send you my best wishes."

Wenger shrugged slightly and smiled: "But we all understand that it is a celebration moment for you and the French team. We shouldn't have disturbed you."

Kroenke smiled with his usual confidence, "I watched the game in the United States. There is no doubt that you are the pride of our entire team and even the whole of London.

"Our youth training camp has produced such an absolute superstar. I think this symbolizes that we will definitely achieve greatness in this generation."

Maher nodded to the two of them, then walked towards Van Persie, Arteta and others. There were many people coming to greet him, and in order to go through the greeting etiquette with all of them, he had to reduce chatting with others.

Then, when he high-fived other Arsenal players, everyone marveled at his performance in the European Cup, and the scene gradually became lively.

"Well done!"

"Why do you feel like you've become more plump again? Is the beef in Poland different from that in England?"

"You are representing other defenders in the European Championship, right? From their perspective, Maher is indeed strong because he is unstoppable."

"Haha. 6 goals in 11 games in the European Cup. Is that reasonable? Looking at you now, it's hard not to feel it's unreal. I feel like an ultimate complex is standing in front of me."

"What's unreal, he is our No.7 Maher, we were together every day last season."

"Yes! He will scare his opponents and make them feel unbelievable, but we just need to appreciate him."

"That's right! Haha!"

The players' exclamations became louder and louder, and many of them also chatted with each other about him, hoping to see this big devil in the football world go further under their attention.

“马埃尔还在代表法国队的3场国际A级赛事里‘虐菜’打入7球，算起来新战线总共已经9场18球了，稳定场均2球。”

"Do you know Fontaine? He scored 21 goals in 30 games for the French team, which was regarded as a miracle. He himself is ranked fifth in the French history scorer list. Maher is expected to surpass him."

"Mael surpassed Platini, who scored nine goals in five games at the European Cup. He will definitely surpass Fontaine."

"The French team's record for goals scored is Henry's 51 goals. I think in a few years, Henry will be surpassed by him and he will become the French team's all-time top scorer."

Compared to Maher, who has now become an international superstar, they were undoubtedly a little mediocre, and they all admitted it.

So keep a calm mind, don't compare yourself with Maher, and don't feel inferior in front of him. Just watch him complete his own challenges and missions step by step.

Sometimes, as a witness, you can also feel the glory because they are the ones closest to Maher and are teammates who live with him.

"What about Arsenal? It's still Henry, 377 games, 228 goals, 97 assists."

"This record is a little harder to break, but I don't think it's an unattainable goal for Maher."

"What are you talking about? Isn't today a ceremony to welcome him?"

"Oh yeah, hahaha! Give him a warm welcome, and then wait for him to crush everything!"

At the end of the conversation, they felt that the topic was getting increasingly off track, so they took a sudden turn and clapped their hands again to welcome Maher back to the team, and then surrounded Maher to go to the administrative building to complete the report.

"Take it!"

"and this!"

During the process, many people handed Mahel congratulatory gifts that they had prepared long ago, mostly watches and some small souvenirs.

The gifts between them must be expressed out of thoughtfulness and there is no need for them to be expensive.

A staff member was kind enough to bring a large bag for Mahel to collect the gifts.

"Thank you!"

Maher kept thanking his teammates, and during the process, he saw that several new members of the team also prepared gifts for him.

Although Thiago Silva, Cazorla and others didn't say anything, they still smiled warmly, stuffed the things into his bag and patted him on the shoulder.

It can be seen that they still want to have a good relationship with him and hope to have a harmonious team atmosphere in the new season.

Maher's former U17 coach Hans followed and stuffed something that looked like a pair of sneakers into his bag.

He was stunned for a moment, then turned around and asked, "Which pair of shoes are these? The pair I signed before?"

He was about to take the shoes back when Hans suddenly waved his hand and said with a smile, "How could that be? Those shoes are my heirloom. I told you I wouldn't give them to you even if you asked for them.

"This is the 'lm7' sneaker with our family's handwritten blessing, representing our congratulations to you."

"Oh." Mael smiled, took it out and looked at it, and found that there were indeed many blessings in different handwritings on it. After reading them carefully, he felt a warm feeling in his heart.

“When you started out, I could only lend you a pair of shoes because I was struggling at the time and couldn’t do more.”

Hans put his hand on Maher's shoulder, his eyes flashing with emotion, "Now that you are successful, I have also achieved stage-by-stage success because of you. I hope to give you a pair of shoes to represent my friendship and admiration for you.

"You are destined to reach greater heights. Maybe one day you will suddenly forget me, but I will always remember that our relationship started with sneakers."

Maher nodded with emotion and squeezed his shoulder. "I will always remember this. Sneakers have always been important to me. I also used them to accomplish some meaningful things some time ago."

After a gentle hug with Hans, he stuffed his shoes back into the bag and walked into the administrative building accompanied by everyone with a happy mood.

"Puff!"

As soon as he entered, the receptionists on both sides, who were dressed in professional attire, turned the tail of the firework cannon, and two streams of fireworks were sprayed out, one on the left and one on the right, which bloomed brilliantly above Maher's head.

Maher was startled and subconsciously turned his head, seeing that the two young ladies were leaning back and firing.

They seemed to be afraid of this, but they still quickly congratulated with surprise and joy: "Welcome home, European champion! On behalf of all the staff, we would like to express our sincerest wishes to you.

"Thank you for the honours you have brought to Arsenal at the European Championships. We are always with you."

Looking at their lovely appearance, Maher smiled and swung his hand to clear away the fireworks near his head, nodded to them, and then he saw two middle-aged women in cleaning clothes coming up with two bouquets of flowers.

"Welcome home!" Apart from enthusiasm, they showed no other emotions and seemed to be welcoming them with great sincerity and joy.

Other staff members also came up quickly and took out their own gifts, mostly posters of him, as well as some precious photos they had secretly taken from other angles during training.

Maher's hands soon could no longer hold the gifts and bouquets, so he had to call Gilbert for help.

These things not only filled his hands, but also filled his heart, and he was looking forward to starting the new season's journey of conquest with everyone here.

After writing his name at the front desk, he went to the locker room with everyone and took a group photo there. This simple reporting ceremony and welcome ceremony should be over.

Arriving at the locker room, Maher sat in his familiar position, with an Arsenal home red and white No. 7 jersey hanging behind him. He smiled and raised his thumbs with both hands for the photo.

"come on!"

“Let’s take a photo!”

Soon, everyone stood together and surrounded him, standing in the C position for a group photo.

Wenger looked at Van Persie and nodded, as if confirming something.

Maher stood in the center with a silly smile on his face. He didn't know what pose to take for the photo, so he just raised his hands and led everyone to shout, "Cheese!"

"Click, click!" He saw the camera flashing continuously and filming for a long time, but the players around him had no intention of leaving.

Puzzlement gradually appeared on his face. Aren’t taking so many photos enough? Does the club’s official website have to put together a nine-square grid to post a comeback photo?
Just as he was joking in his heart, he suddenly felt someone holding his left arm.

He turned around in surprise and saw Dutch striker Van Persie appear next to him, smiling and putting a green armband with a 'C' logo on it for him.

That's the captain's armband!

Maher's heart was overwhelmed by the surprises that came one after another today, and happiness appeared on his face, "What does this mean?!"

Of course he knew what this meant, he just asked subconsciously.

"You will be the captain of the new season."

Van Persie raised his head, his face did not show any discomfort, only blessings, "Congratulations, young captain, you are now the captain of both the French team and Arsenal.

"I believe you will lead us in a new direction. You must keep up the good work, or I will take it back."

"Haha!" He laughed at the end and patted Mahel's shoulders heavily several times, as if handing the responsibility of captain of this century-old giant to Mahel.

Maher did feel a sense of heaviness. He stared at Van Persie intently, trying to see some complexity on his face, but still saw nothing.

A scene gradually emerged in his mind of Wenger and Van Persie discussing the handover of the captaincy. The Dutch striker should have agreed quickly and offered to complete the handover personally to avoid him feeling that the other party was insincere or had any grudges.

Maher understood everything. He did not shirk his responsibility, but told himself in his heart that he must not disappoint those who were willing to give up their own interests and place their hopes on him.

Just like what Van Persie, who was putting the armband on him, said, he wants to take the members of this club to a higher level!
"We have been planning this handover ceremony for a long time, but your calmness is surprising."

After putting on the armband, Van Persie smiled and looked at Maher who was also wearing the armband. His expression showed satisfaction. Wearing Maher's armband reminded him of the man who had been dominating the European Cup not long ago.

I hope that Mahel is the Mahel of Arsenal in the new season, and I also hope that he can lead me to win the highest honor of the European Championship!
"This is the most expensive gift." Maher hugged him, then found Wenger standing in the back row, high-fived and hugged him again to express his gratitude for his trust.

He looked at the camera again and raised his hands. This time, he smiled even brighter. "Come on! Cheese!!"

"Crack!"

The picture freezes at this moment. From tomorrow, he will be the captain of Arsenal and the true captain of the team in the new season!
It is a great honor for him to become the captain of both the French team and Arsenal before his 19th birthday.

11-12的整个赛年已经结束，他以3座冠军奖杯赢得了许多新的身份，希望他能在新的12-13的赛年里做到更多！

At night, Maher drove back to his villa. Looking at the house he bought and decided on as his home before leaving, he couldn't help but think of the scene when he left.

At that time, he was still immersed in the joy of winning the double championship. He was curious and nervous about the upcoming European Cup, and felt that it was a tournament full of uncertainty.

He never imagined that he would not only win the championship, but also break two records of Platini, becoming the tournament's all-time top scorer, the record holder for the most goals scored in a single tournament, and the winner of four major awards.

Standing here at this moment, he couldn't help but feel a sense of magnanimity. This expedition was indeed fruitful.

But since the past has been deeply imprinted on him, he will not think about it too much and let it go. Now, it is time for him to go home.

"boom!"

After closing the door and walking into the living room, he saw Isabella and a group of team members waiting for him here, even Lewis, the part-time private doctor, was there. The table was full of fruits and vegetables, and there were several bottles of wine. It seemed that they had already prepared a banquet for him to go home.

Another round of celebration. He didn't know whether to smile bitterly or be excited. During this period of time, there were parties every night and celebrations every day, but it seemed that he could never celebrate to his heart's content.

But celebrating with different people definitely feels different.

After all, there are only a few moments of honor in life. He had persevered for countless hard days and nights for that step. After successfully completing the goal, maybe there were more rounds of celebrations and longer time to relax, but it didn’t matter.

"I'm back!" Isabella came up in small steps and jumped onto his body in one step.

After the championship night, Maher flew to France to receive the awarding ceremony, and Isabella returned to London to wait. They hadn't seen each other for a long time.

"Cheers!"

The family then sat at the table, eating snacks and drinking Hennessy. These wines were sent by Mahel after he signed the contract with LVMH Group, and they are also the spirits of their brand.

After drinking two glasses, Maher opened up and said happily, "I'm going to drink enough today! Starting tomorrow, everything will be back on track.

"I can no longer eat alcohol, greasy food, desserts or other junk food. The hard training is about to begin again."

"Haha!" The people at the table laughed and clinked their glasses with Maher.

Davis ate the barbecue and couldn't help but asked with a smile: "You have the Emirates Cup at the beginning of this season. If you win the Emirates Cup, don't you plan to have a couple of drinks?

"Even if we don't talk about this friendly cup match, the first round of the new season is the Community Shield final. If you win the third championship in your England career, don't you plan to win two cups?"

“No.” Maher waved his hand and shook his head. “We’ve been indulging ourselves for many days. If we win these two cups, we won’t celebrate. We’ll talk about it if we win an important championship at the end of the season.”

Having said that, he is looking forward to the Community Shield, which is indeed one of the necessary pieces of the puzzle for him to achieve the Grand Slam of English professional tournaments.

This is a charity event where the champion is decided in a single match, but it is a genuine English 'Super Cup' and will be counted towards the player's total career honors.

The two teams competing in the tournament are the league champion and FA Cup champion of last season, and the winner will directly take home the Buckler trophy.

As the Premier League champions, Arsenal will compete with last season's FA Cup champions Chelsea for the championship trophy.

If Maher can lift this trophy as he wishes, he will only be one FA Cup away from completing his Grand Slam in the English professional system.

"By the way, you won the Premier League and the League Cup last season."

Jose obviously thought of Maher's England Grand Slam and asked: "Are the FA Cup and Community Shield in the new season the championships you want to win the most and the most important?"

"You could say that."

Maher nodded, but still denied: "But if I can, I definitely still want to win all the championships, especially the Premier League.

“No dynasty team has only won one league title, and I’m still going to go for this one.

“After all, our ultimate goal must be to create a red and white dynasty and a red and white super battleship.

“更何况，我们可是有着38场不败的记录，还差12场就能打破阿森纳过往的49场不败记录、21场就能打破米兰的58场不败记录。”

Maher raised his glass and said with a smile: "There is no national team championship to fight for in the entire 12-13 season, but I still hope that I can win at least three important championship trophies."

"Cheers!!"

"come on!"

"you can!"

"definitely is!"

Everyone toasted once again, and many people gave Maher their most sincere blessings. They and Maher would rise and fall together.

After a few more glasses of wine, Maher couldn't hold on any longer. He ate a few bites of cold dishes, then staggered to the end of the family gathering and went upstairs to rest.

Isabella had been resting in the room for a long time. He woke her up when he pushed the door open and walked in. Then he took advantage of the alcohol to shamelessly pick out a set of QQ underwear and stockings, and threw them to his girlfriend with a smile.

"Oh!" Amidst a burst of flirting, the girl blushed and put on her clothes as Maher requested. She turned over and pressed Maher under her. They had not seen each other for a long time and were already burning with passion.

After waking up the next morning, Maher went downstairs to pour some tea to quench his thirst and relieve the dryness in his throat.

He put all the wine on the wine cabinet in the utility room to avoid having it in front of him every day, which made him want to drink for two more days in the name of celebration.

He must start training today. He is also looking forward to his second and third level 2 skills. He is also looking forward to a major armament update and a major change of outfit for his arsenal!
"The schedule has been delivered." Jose walked in from the door shortly, holding the schedule sent by Arsenal Club in his hand. He posted it in Maher's photo room.

Maher followed him to the schedule and looked at the schedule for this month.

First, on July 7, the team will play against Manchester City in the Emirates Cup, followed by July 27, also in the Emirates Cup, against Hong Kong Premier League team Kitchee, and then the last round of the Emirates Cup, on August 7, against Bundesliga team Cologne.

Seeing this, he also roughly understood the competition system of the Emirates Cup at that time.

There will be 4 teams playing a single round-robin group stage, and the team with the highest points after 3 rounds will take home the championship trophy.

However, he did not focus here. Friendly matches are not counted in any statistics, so he just plays for fun. He will take the chance to fight for the championship more seriously and increase the team's confidence in the new season.

The first match of the new season will start on August 8, which is the Community Shield final against Chelsea at Wembley Stadium.

英超联赛的第1轮，将在8月18日开打、英联杯第三轮（英超球队参赛轮）将在9月27日开打，足总杯第三轮则是在次年1月份。

As for the Champions League, the draw for the group stage will be held on August 8, and the specific schedule will be available at that time.

"correct."

He remembered something. The UEFA awards ceremony will also be held together with the Champions League group draw, which may be a good opportunity for him to win personal honors.

This award is only given to players playing in Europe. The UEFA Best Player can also be counted as the European Footballer of the Year.

And a very important point is that, unlike the FIFA World Player of the Year and the Ballon d'Or, which have vague concepts of weight between the European Cup and the Champions League, in the selection criteria of this award, the weight of the European Cup must be higher than that of the Champions League.

This means that he is very likely to defeat Cristiano Ronaldo, who had better personal data than him last season, and the members of the Champions League champion Chelsea team with his outstanding performance in the European Cup!
He officially won his first personal honor as Footballer of the Year and also the Continental Footballer of the Year!

Maher noted this date, and with a hint of anticipation rising in his heart, he then walked to the photo wall and took a last lingering look at the goal records of the entire 11-12 season.

In the Premier League photo wall, he has 43 photos of goal moments and 20 photos of assist moments.

In the Champions League photo wall, he has 7 photos of goal moments and 4 photos of assist moments.

In the League Cup, there are 8 goal photos and 3 assist photos.

What is a pity is that there is not a single photo on the photo wall in the FA Cup area, and the one for the European Cup is also blank because it has not been made in time.

"Jose, ask Safina to find me some photos of his 11 goals and two assists from the European Cup. I'll post them here."

He turned around and ordered, smiling, "She has done this before, I'm sure she can find the best photos."

"Okay." Jose agreed and turned to find Safina.

Maher looked back and realized that if the European Cup was included, he had scored a total of 69 goals and 29 assists throughout the year.

In the new year, he will pursue better data than this. Messi has scored 91 goals in the year. He will not only pursue more dazzling results than 91 goals in the year, but also pursue the result of goals in a single season!
He believes that when he completes the game, he will be the well-deserved World Footballer of the Year, Top 1!

Starting from July 7, Maher's life returned to the state of last season. He started preparations for the new season with Arsenal, and also started personal special training with Jose and Davis.

While preparing for the game, he found that the team's technical and tactical aspects had not changed much compared to last season.

This is easy to understand. They played a very dominant performance last season and there is no need to change. They just need to maintain their own characteristics and continue to play to their strengths.

The main goal of preparations at the beginning of the season is to help the new players integrate into the team and try to get them to quickly accept Arsenal's football philosophy.

This will not only allow some new players who are capable of strengthening the team's overall strength to quickly secure their starting positions and help the team as immediate combat power.

It also allows substitutes and rotation players to be immediately called into action when the team needs them, without appearing timid.

"Bang bang bang!"

As the days passed, Maher's ears could hear the sounds of more than ten thousand kicks of the ball every day. He sometimes dreamed of himself playing football, and sometimes he would wake Isabella up.

On July 7, after a fancy dribbling training session, he could feel that his feet seemed to have undergone some special changes, and his affinity for football increased a lot.

As this feeling became stronger and stronger, exceeding any of his previous upgrades, he knew that it was a fancy upgrade to level 4!
The strength has finally improved again!
[Skills: Fancy Dribbling lv4]

[Proficiency: (1/5000)]

[Effect: After gradually consolidating your fancy skills, you have a very solid basic skill in this area. After a period of experience, you will naturally enter a new realm and use your skills with grace, elegance and grace! ]

Pseudo 4-star disadvantage!

Maher laughed happily, and when the additional skills of fancy techniques came up, his 4-star reverse foot was fully formed.

The improvement in his strength gave him a stronger motivation to train. In the next few days, he spent all day at the Kearney base and the training ground near his home, and even Jose and Davis could not stand it.

On July 7, the day before the first round of the new season, he opened the proficiency panel to observe the improvement effects of each skill in the arsenal.

[Skill: Decision Level 4]

[Proficiency: (3252/5000)]

[Skill: Galloping lv4]

[Proficiency: (2313/5000)]

[Skill: Divine Power lv4]

[Proficiency: (1864/5000)]

[Skill: Arc Blade lv4]

[Proficiency: (993/2000)]

[Skill: Arc Guidance lv4]

[Proficiency: (876/2000)]

[Skills: Fancy Dribbling lv4]

[Proficiency: (94/5000)]

[Additional skills: Fancy skills lv2]

[Proficiency: (1392/1500)]

Fancy skills level 2 is about to break through, arc guidance and arc knife break through level 5, and are about to reach the halfway point.

The speed of improvement is very fast, definitely higher than that in the second half of last season, which means that his strength will surely usher in a qualitative leap in the coming season!
“Before the intensive competition schedule arrives, I believe this rate of improvement will be maintained.”

Maher made the calculation with a smile on his face. With his physical fitness level 4, he had a more solid foundation and could practice longer. As long as he wanted, he could maintain his improvement speed.

"When you reach level 5 of Arc Blade and Arc Guidance, you can work on the additional skills of shooting and passing to fill in all the gaps, and then start the upgrade of all skills to level 5."

Maher's eyes were full of longing for the future. He exited the proficiency panel, went into the house to rest, and gave himself half a day off to celebrate his skill breakthrough.

His future is always promising.

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(End of this chapter)