Almighty legend life

Chapter 318

After the Charity Shield match, the Arsenal team has a day off. Apart from normal training, the team will only have to prepare for the first round of the Premier League starting on August 8. Arsenal will welcome Leicester City at home. , and what Wenger is most worried about now, apart from Thierry Henry's transfer, is what will happen to Liu Han.

The good thing is that on the second day after the end of the Charity Shield, Juventus finally let go. Arsenal signed the 1050-year-old Thierry Henry with a transfer fee of 22 million pounds. After returning to his mentor, Wenger coached the 94-year-old Henry when he coached the Monaco team in 17.

Henry's transfer was extremely fast. He came to London and signed the contract in just three days. Wenger is very optimistic about this former student of his. He wants to make Henry a frontcourt for Arsenal. As the core of the village, Wenger is not satisfied with the players on the center line of the current lineup. Kanu’s negative attitude towards the game makes Wenger a little helpless. What he hopes to find is a center forward who can be used as a bridgehead, not a show off. clown.

Liu Han, who returned to training after a day's rest, was taken away by Wenger alone. Wenger wanted to test what Liu Han could do, and now he even doubted whether this big guy could bring him more surprise.

Although without the cooperation of his teammates, after a series of dribbling, passing, shooting and free kick tests, Liu Han's performance still frightened Wenger. He had only received a short month of football training at Lille's youth training base before. The former NBA superstar actually has very solid basic skills in football, which even made Wenger feel more solid than some players in his team. Although Liu Han doesn't have any particularly fancy moves, his precise and precise skills are quite good. Precise, yes, Wenger felt that Liu Han's movements were very precise.

"Arsene, do you think Liu is more suitable to be a center forward than other players? You see, he has height, although his skills are ordinary but very solid, coupled with his strong body like a brown bear, think about it, There are a few defenders in the Premier League who can handle it, and once the ball at our feet can’t penetrate the opponent’s defense, crossing from the wing can be used as a regular tactic, he is much more serious than the African, and he is not afraid of confrontation.” Wenger's assistant coach looked at Liu Han's vigorous volley 30 meters away from the goal and hit the goalpost with a clang, and couldn't help but said to Wenger.

"However, I'm ready to let that kid Thierry play the center forward. If this is the case, the team is too wasteful on the front line." Wenger couldn't bear to think of his fellow student.

"You can try it first. The season has just started, and it is impossible for Thierry to integrate into the team as soon as he comes. You can let Liu first try it. The African can be a substitute. Dennis can be a shadow forward or midfielder to control the offensive rhythm. You can also let Thierry try at the winger position, maybe it will work.” The assistant coach has a very good image of Liu Han, because he thinks that Liu Han’s serious attitude towards training is worth learning for all players.

As a Frenchman, Wenger will always favor his compatriots unconsciously. This can be seen from his great trust in the French midfielder. Among all the teams in the Premier League, Arsenal has the most French foreign aid.

However, seeing that Liu Han was still working hard on shooting and free kick training alone on the field, Wenger still wanted to give Liu Han a chance. Maybe according to the assistant coach's idea, Arsenal's offense could be sharpened.

In the next few days of training, the Arsenal team changed again. Liu Han began to appear in the forward position and cooperated with the frontcourt players. Familiar, but just relying on his strong body is enough to crush the defensive players, which also makes Arsenal's midfielders focus on fixed-point passes when passing the ball to Liu Han, because Liu Han can't run bit.

Just as Arsenal's training was in full swing, the team's management received a fax from Los Angeles that some players from the Los Angeles Lakers would come to London to visit the Arsenal club.

Arsenal's management is very clear that the purpose of these players is to visit their old teammates, but such collective activities are beneficial to Arsenal in terms of commercial promotion. Which of these NBA stars Not carrying a lot of commercial endorsements, and their fans are also very large, visiting Arsenal can make Arsenal's reputation go further.

The activity of the Lakers actually started under the organization of the team's head coach George Clent and O'Neal. Of course, the owner of the Lakers, Jerry Buss, also expressed support for such an activity, although Liu Han has left the Lakers now. Team, but this does not mean that he will never come back. Maintaining a good relationship can allow the Lakers to consider the Lakers as soon as Liu Han returns.

Liu Han was very touched after receiving the calls from George and O'Neal. It is only August, which is the time when NBA players are on vacation, but now his old teammates have given up their vacations and came to London to visit him. Liu Han, who originally had resentment towards the NBA in his heart, could not help but be moved.

Most of the Lakers players came to London on the special plane of the owner of the Lakers. Except for some players who left the Lakers this season, even retired Byron Scott and Dell Curry chose to come to London. There were as many as 20 people, including LaBeouf's family.

The Arsenal club attaches great importance to the visit of the Lakers players, specially arranged a five-star hotel near the club, and also arranged seats in the stadium boxes. The club manager personally went to the airport to welcome the NBA stars.

When LaBeouf, who stepped out of the plane, hugged Liu Han tightly with tears in his eyes, Liu Han almost shed tears. The departure of Safina made LaBeouf, who had black hair, grow old quickly. The old boxer He is no longer as strong as he used to be. Liu Han still remembers how he played basketball with LaBeouf every night when he first came to the United States. At that time, LaBeouf was still muscular.

The Lakers players hugged Liu Han one by one, and O'Neal slapped Liu Han's shoulder hard with some complaints.

"You guy, you disappeared for a year, we almost gave you a funeral."

Nash, Ray Allen, and Horry also talked with Liu Han. They regretted that Liu Han left in that way, and they were also happy for their good friend to come back, although he has "changed careers" now.

(End of this chapter)