The road to godhood starting from Ligue 1

Chapter 51 No French player can refuse Wenger

Henderson, Chamberlain, Zaha, Shelvey, Sterling, and even a Harry Kane.

Of course.

The information currently given to them by the team is not the final list of England U21 head coach Stuart Pearce.

Gaio was looking through the contents carefully, but he found that most of his teammates didn't pay much attention to the information.

It seemed that to them, this was just a routine friendly match.

The information also mentions Pierce's tactical style, which is characterized by high-definition shots and long passes. This can be considered a continuation of the English football style.

However, when Gaio saw Pierce's name, he was stunned for a moment, and some gossip appeared in his mind.

The most profound impression that Gaio had on this former top defender in England was not his glorious achievements as a player;

It's not that he has been leading England U21 since 2007, and even led the British Olympic team to compete in the 2012 London Olympics. The four football associations in the UK have always competed separately and never competed in the name of the United Kingdom. They are always England, Wales, Scotland, and Northern Ireland.

Instead, the head coach, who is about to turn 51, will be exposed next year for his story with a female staff member of the English Football Association who is 12 years younger than him. The two kissed passionately in Pierce's car, and then whispered and communicated in depth for 20 minutes, which was photographed by The Sun.

The Sun is like toilet paper when reporting on serious football, but when reporting on gossip about players, coaches, etc., it is authoritative!
This incident eventually became the fuse for Pierce's dismissal.

In the end, Pierce's former national team teammate, Southgate, took over his U21 coaching position.

It also allowed Southgate to build good relationships with the future princes of England when he was at U21 level, successfully becoming England's head coach and uniting the England national team as never before.

During his time as coach of the U21 team, Southgate also recruited a Chinese defender named Tyas Charles Browning, who later changed his name to Jiang Guangtai, and gave him a chance to start in the Toulon Tournament.

Of course, these are all things for later.

At present, Pierce's position as coach is still very stable.

Gaio withdrew his thoughts.

After reading the information, everyone went to find their own rooms. There was no training today.

I don’t know if anyone said hello.

Varane and Gaio shared a room and became roommates.

"This is fate." Varane smiled.

Perhaps because they were roommates, and because young people tend to communicate without so many twists and turns, Varane and Gaio quickly became familiar with each other.

Two days later early in the morning.

The entire French U21 team flew to London.

They will complete this friendly match at Arsenal's Colney training base.

As for why the national team's matches have to be held at Arsenal's training base.

Let’s start with the current predicament of the England national team.

The England national team currently does not have its own fixed national team base.

There isn't even a full-time position for a national team doctor.

The Three Lions usually use Arsenal's Colney training base for their local pre-match preparations, and the team doctors for major competitions are usually temporarily seconded to Premier League clubs.

If the national team is in this situation, youth national teams like the U21 will naturally have no choice but to seek help from Arsenal.

However, St. George's Park in England is about to be completed by the end of this year.

This modern football training base, which cost about 100 million pounds to build, will become the base for all levels of the England national team in the future.

Get rid of this embarrassing situation.

soon.

When the French U21 team arrived at the Kearney training base, Coquelin and Kakuta joined the team.

Both of them are players who have been selected for the U21 team many times. They don’t need to train together and can be plug-and-play tactically.

Coquelin currently plays for Arsenal, while Kakuta plays for another London team, Chelsea.

Kakuta was purchased by Chelsea through a lottery in 2007, and was brought from Lens U19 to Chelsea U18 for 12 euros.

He possesses both talent and skill, at least better than Chelsea's Gayo. Kakuta made 16 appearances for Chelsea's first team, with one assist. He was also loaned out to Fulham for training. Unfortunately, his development didn't pan out, and Chelsea practically gave up on Kakuta last summer, loaning him to Bolton Wanderers.

If he doesn't show his absolute strength, he will probably be loaned out forever and will never have the chance to play for Chelsea again.

As for Kirkland.

Arsenal spent 100 million euros to buy him from the French team Laval.

This season he was officially promoted to the first team by Wenger.

After arriving at the Kearney training base, the French U21 team did not have much time to rest.

After lunch, they only had two hours to rest.

The game will start at 3 pm.

There is no choice, they have to finish the game early, otherwise they will miss the flight back to Paris.

During the break after lunch, someone said, "Wenger might come to the game."

Oh!
When these words were spoken, many people were filled with surprise.

Who is Wenger?

Every French player knows him, no need to say more.

There are even rumors that no young French player can refuse Wenger.

Not only is Wenger impossible to refuse, but the huge platform of Arsenal is also very attractive to young players.

The players whispered.

When discussing the possibility of Wenger coming, most people tend to believe that Wenger will come, after all, there are several Arsenal players in this game.

Some people were eager to try and couldn't help but want to show their talents in front of the "professor".

In the hope of being noticed by Wenger.

Varane and Gaio seem relatively calm. One has already joined Real Madrid, and the other has a clear plan for his career.

The current Arsenal is not suitable for investment.

When Lacazette heard that Wenger might appear on the scene, some fighting spirit appeared in his eyes.

Gaio gave him a look and Lacazette smiled back.

At half past one, Eric Montbael came over to announce the starting lineup for the game.

Gaio didn't hear his name.

But it doesn’t matter to him whether he competes or not, and he is not here for the competition.

At the same time, Montbael also brought the starting lineup of England U21.

Gaio glanced at it.

Well, poor Harry, he is still a nobody now and has no chance to start just like him.

3pm.

A whistle blew on a pitch at Colney Training Base.

The match between France U21 and England U21 officially started.

To the surprise of many people.

As the game started, Wenger appeared on a high platform on the sidelines.

Because this is an internal training field, there are no stands, only a few high platforms for coaches to observe the players.

When that tall and elegant figure appeared.

The players on both sides of the field are burning with desire to perform.

(End of this chapter)