Chapter 5 Porto's young midfielder
The vigorous money bombing of buyers ended, and the rich people also stopped one after another, and the signings from other major families began one after another.
After the team sold several players and a main core, Arsenal had many positions to strengthen, but the main ones were still in the midfield and the front line.
In the midfield, De Jong was sold for 4 million euros, while Rosici has completely entered a period of decline. The team needs a midfielder who can rotate regularly with Gansuo.
It is difficult for the entire football world to find such a player. After all, no matter who is a big club, it is okay to sell their main players.
Arsenal's transfer team began to travel around Europe, and two even went directly to Brazil for inspection. This series of operations took a lot of time. When the signings on the Gunners' front line were determined, the midfield candidate had not been finalized.
With £32 million, the Gunners completed the signings even though they knew that Arsenal lacked strikers in the whole of Europe.
The Russian giant Anzhi Club introduced winger William. Compared with the player's value, it is actually not a loss. If it weren't for Liu Feng and the appeal of Arsenal, this player would have been very likely to join Chelsea from the beginning.
However, this signing cost nearly half of the money the Gunners earned for selling Aguero, which made Arsenal's purchases much smaller.
With the team only completing one signing, Arsenal has already started training camp before the start of the league. This time, with the club's investment, the entire Gunners team went to Switzerland for training camp.
William, the team's first new player, also reported directly here that the player with a puffy head is very kind-hearted and joked about himself when he introduced himself on the first day of joining the team.
Soon, with Liu Feng's initiative, the entire Gunners quickly became familiar with William. Although Aguero's departure was regrettable, fortunately the team had not lost their spirits.
During training, William quickly showed his talent and strength. He and Aguero's style are different, but they also have their own characteristics and convincing strength.
Through several training matches, the team quickly accepted William as a reinforcement on the team's forward line.
Switzerland's training camp lasted for a week, and during this week, Arsenal teammates introduced a full-back.
The 22-year-old full-back Carvajal chose Arsenal between Real Madrid and Arsenal, which was simply unimaginable in the past, and negotiations for the Gunners' transfer have become very easy since the Gunners completed three great seasons.
It only cost 8.5 million euros to introduce Kavajal. It is very cost-effective to buy a young defender who has slowly realized his talent at this price. You should know that he was just elected as the best right-back in the Bundesliga season in 2012-2013.
As Carvajal also came to the team to report, the Gunners' Swiss training camp came to an end. At this time, there was still no news about Arsenal's introduction of the midfield that the outside world had been reporting.
After returning to London, the Gunners first went back to their homes for two days to rest. Then, the team had another chance to start the warm-up match arranged by the club and other clubs.
The team's opponent in the first game was Porto, a team from Portugal. Tickets were even sold in this warm-up match, and many fans bought tickets to watch the stadium.
For the team, this was actually a sudden warm-up match. They had only made an appointment with Argentina's River Plate this season, but now they are going to play two games.
At the first release of the warm-up match, the professor directly let all two new players appear and set up a 433 formation to face Porto.
In terms of the forward line layout, Liu Feng, Giroud and William form three forwards, while in the midfield is the championship combination of Wilshire, Ganso and Ramsey.
On the back line, Gibbs, Mertesak, Squillac and Kavajal formed the back line, and the goalkeeper was still Sczesny. In the pre-match training camp, his form was quite hot.
As for their opponent Porto, the players don't know much, but when the game started, the opponent's No. 10 midfielder left a deep impression on Arsenal.
In the 20th minute of the game, the player named James Rodriguez completed consecutive breakthroughs on the right, and both Wilshire and Ganso were left behind by him.
Then, the young man, who was simply called J Luo, was not panicked at all in the face of Mertesack, who was robbed by the ball and passed the ball into the Gunners' penalty area.
If Porto's striker was not very powerful, he was blocked by Szczesny after getting a single shot and then blocked it out, Porto, who came to Emirates Stadium, would have scored first.
However, this is not over. After his teammates wasted an excellent opportunity he gave, J Luo made a comeback ten minutes later. This time, he picked up the ball at the top of the penalty area and chose to kick it directly.
The ball made a clear arc in the air and flew into the dead corner of the goal. Even in its excellent condition, Szczesni had no way to save a goal that was impossible to save.
The Gunners fans at the scene all chose to applause the outstanding midfielder. It seems that even the Portuguese Super League has many excellent players.
Of course, Arsenal cannot always be behind, and the players in this game are in a very hot state.
In the 40th minute of the game, Gansuo broke through one after another in the middle and passed the ball to Wilshire. Wilshire kicked the ball and stuffed the ball into it.
Liu Feng, who inserted from the left, instantly appeared behind the Porto defender and easily shot against the goalkeeper.
1-1. The Gunners' tie-up is free and easy. As the overlord of the three consecutive Champions League championships, this is naturally a matter of course.
In the second half of the game, Cazorla, Neymar and Alba were replaced as the first substitutes, and they replaced Ramsey, Giroud and Gibbs respectively.
Then, less than five minutes after the substitution, Neymar received a pass from Liu Feng at the center position on the left and broke into the penalty area. As he pushed the ball in parallel and followed by a shot, the ball flew into the dead corner in the upper right corner of the goal.
2-1, the score was rewritten again, and the coach of Porto also began to make frequent substitutions, but James Rodriguez was on the court throughout the whole time, and his performance was always at the level of the first half.
When the game ended with this score, people paid less attention to the victory or defeat of the game than to the young player.
Chapter completed!