champion professor

Chapter 100
Although Shao Bo is on vacation, the club cannot stop running.

Not to mention anything else, now that the season is over, the transfer window has opened again.Everyone is staring at those players to see who is suitable to join and who needs to leave.

The problem of cleaning up is relatively easy to solve. Arsenal's players are not weak, and none of the main players last season wanted to leave.But after another year, some old players should be ready to renew their contracts.

And those who really leave the team are mostly those players who basically can't find their own position in the first team.Shao Bo also wanted to clean them up to save some salary.

Now their departure is in line with Shao Bo's wishes.

Although the team has achieved good results, but if they want to continue to rely on this lineup, then Shao Bo can pack up and prepare to leave.

First, the team has just won two championships. If they continue to play with this lineup, their desire for honor will not be so urgent.

Unless it is the UEFA Champions League trophy, but Shao Bo also knows in his heart that it is a bit whimsical to want to win the UEFA Europa League and then win the UEFA Champions League. It is better to move forward honestly and steadily.

Second, the age structure of the team is obviously aging.

The team's main attacker, Ian Wright, is 34 years old.This age is basically ready to retire, but Ian Wright played quite well last season, Shao Bo also intends to let him work for another year.

It just so happens that the contract expires in one year, and Shao Bo plans to talk to him after the holiday, whether he plans to retire at Arsenal.The legend of this club and the holder of the current club scoring record.Although he is not a player trained by Arsenal, as a player born in Woolwich (Woolwich is the area where Arsenal was originally founded), he has a deep relationship with the club.

Ian Wright scored 30 league goals last season, his personal best.The only pity is that Alan Shearer was even better and won the league Golden Boot with a one-goal advantage.Otherwise, with the honor of the club and his personal achievements, it is still very possible to get a place in the Golden Globe Awards.

Zola, who spent a lot of money to buy this year, is also 31 years old. Shao Bo didn't take this into consideration at the time.However, in the past six months, Zola's level has far exceeded his worth.According to his development trajectory at Chelsea, it is estimated that he can maintain this high level for two or three years.But Shao Bo still plans to take another look, and sell it next year.

The frontcourt attackers obviously show age gaps, and the 28-year-old Bergkamp is the only player in his golden age.Anelka is too young to take TOEFL.What's more, since Shao Bo bought him, he planned to sell him to Real Madrid in exchange for money to build a training base.

Fortunately, Overmars doesn't have to worry too much. He can perfectly combine with Bergkamp on the left wing, and Arsenal is not worried about it on the left.The only thing Shao Bo is afraid of is another injury in Overmars. Players who rely on speed to succeed are most afraid of injuries, which cannot be ignored.

Although there are two veterans in the midfield, Paul Merson and David Pratt.

But Pratt found Shaobo after the season, and he only had one year left on his contract.He didn't make any demands, but just told Shao Bo that the club didn't need to renew his contract.

Shocked by Shao Bo, Pratt finally told the story.He saw Shao Bo's success and he was no longer young, so he prepared to take the coaching certificate.Hope to be a coach after retirement.

There is no way, from the perspective of age, Pratt can actually play for another two years.But after Shao Bo's persuasion, he still insisted on his choice, and Shao Bo had no choice but to bless him.At least Pratt still has a one-year contract with Arsenal, Shao Bo told him that next year, the club will definitely hold a retirement ceremony for him.And after he finishes his certificate, welcome back and continue to help Arsenal as a member of the coaching staff.

Someone who can replace them has to be found. Pratt is preparing to be a coach, and Mawson's condition has declined.But it's not that Shao Bo can't think of a candidate who can replace them on the right-Ljungberg.

Thanks to Wenger, no matter how small the club, he can find great players.Although Shao Bo has not strengthened the scouting system much since he coached Arsenal, but if Shao Bo only asked scouts to search in the Swedish First Division League, the target would be narrowed down to one club - Halmstad Club.

The 22-year-old Ljungberg believes that he has long since come to the five major leagues to shine.Let the staff contact the club directly. Anyway, after Arsenal won the championship, Shao Bo has a lot of transfer budget in his hands.Buying it at this time is probably cheaper than postponing it for a year.

As Arsenal's own player trained since childhood, Parlor's salary is really not high.Moreover, he still has a three-year contract, and he is not the object that Shao Bo needs to care about too much.

Just like the rest of the team, Arsenal is now a European champion club.Are the players thinking about getting a raise?Shao Bo couldn't help but think of this.

However, Parlor has both offense and defense, and his weekly salary of less than 5000 pounds is indeed too little.

In terms of defense, Vieira is still too young. Using the experience of the traverser, Shao Bo thought of Petit.

It is of course good to be able to travel back to the past, there are a lot of experiences that can be used.Even better than this is coaching Arsenal after time travel.

The end of the 90s was the period when Arsenal climbed all the way and showed their ambitions. Shao Bo even stayed the same and recruited players based on past memories. I believe they can also be compatible.

It's just that Shao Bo's technical and tactical style of play is still different from Wenger's. Shao Bo, who does not have so many romantic cells, has no way to build Arsenal into a team that is both gorgeous and successful.The road to championship is long, and Shao Bo has only taken a small step.

But despite this, Pettit, who was valued by Wenger, naturally has his uniqueness.

Pettit, who formed a double midfielder with Didier Deschamps, was also an important guarantee for France to win the World Cup on home soil in 98.

In the final between France and Brazil, he used a corner kick to assist Zidane with 2 goals.And he used his speed to explode Cafu and score the team's third goal, and completely prevented Rivaldo to death.At that time, Vieira was only Deschamps' substitute.

But now he is quite happy in Monaco, and has just won the Ligue [-] championship with the team.The Premier League is not yet the world's number one league, and Ligue [-] has not fallen to relying on two upstarts to support the world.

With many giants watching, Shao Bo did not feel that Arsenal had an absolute advantage.However, as a strong defense line, Shao Bo still has to try his best to get Pettit's arrival.

There will be business in China in two days, and he plans to go to France in person, and meet Henry again by the way.

In the winter, Shao Bo used the big move of "coming in person" to win Zola, but Henry was unmoved.Whether as an Arsenal fan or as a long-sighted head coach, it is impossible for Shao Bo to let Henry go.

Killing two birds with one stone, hopefully.

Tony Adams, the Arsenal captain, has turned 31.However, he is still a young boy in the defense!

Dixon Lee and Nigel Winterburn are 34, Martin Keown is 31 as is Adams, and Steve Bould is even 35!

As a left-back, Nigel Winterburn has excellent defense, but his connection with Overmars is not very good, and the same is true for Steve Bould.

As a product trained in the Graham era, the five veterans of the defense are still not very suitable for Shao Bo's idea of ​​​​building a team.At least from the point of view of the two full-backs, they are too little help to the offense.

Although the five veterans of the defense can barely maintain it, reinforcement and selection of newcomers are imminent.If it really depends on the few old people in front of him, Shao Bo can hit the wall.

Stam, the player who was once hailed as "one of the best defenders in the world" by the Italian media.

Once Manchester United revealed a lot of privacy in the Manchester United dressing room in his autobiography, and was sold to Lazio by Ferguson in anger.It was also because of two important mistakes that Milan, who was proud of Europa at the time, became the double Asian king.

But at least, he is now in his golden age, plus he is a teammate of Bergkamp and Overmars.Inviting him to join the new champions Arsenal should not be a problem,

And his style is also iron-blooded and tough, which can be perfectly integrated into the defense style of the five veterans of the defense.As long as a few people on the defensive line can interact happily, then Shao Bo will basically no longer worry about Arsenal's central defender.

Finally, he has made great contributions to Manchester United.Shao Bo bought him, which also reduced Ferguson's future choice opportunities. It is always good to weaken the opponent.Otherwise, Zola would not be remembered by Shao Bo for so long.

David Seaman also needs a good backup, and he was getting older and almost made a mistake late in the season.In the final month of the season, David Seaman was sidelined twice because of a minor back injury.As a result, those two absences and the poor performance of the substitute goalkeeper made April, which had one loss and two draws, the worst month for Arsenal this season.

The substitute goalkeeper can't play its due role at all, and Shao Bo is ready to relegate Lukic to the third goalkeeper.

Although in early May, David Seaman returned from injury, and with his good performance, ensured that Arsenal finally won the double crown.But Shao Bo can't imagine, if something happens to David Seaman next season, will Arsenal collapse?

The age of 34 is actually the golden age for goalkeepers.However, David Seaman's occasional injury also made Shao Bo very worried, and a substitute goalkeeper was essential.

After much deliberation, Manninger of Austria is more suitable for this position.As a substitute goalkeeper, Manninger can keep Shao Bo in mind, so he naturally has his uniqueness.

Because he is the first player in the Premier League to win the player of the month award as a substitute.And during Wenger's coaching period, it was his wonderful performance that ensured that Arsenal defeated Manchester United and won the FA Cup in 98.

The other goalkeepers that Shao Bo is more familiar with are basically young Zhengtai, who cannot take on heavy responsibilities.Long before the vacation, Shao Bo asked his staff to go to Austria to contact Manninger.

However, Shao Bo also only knows that Manninger is currently in Austria, and the specific club needs to be searched slowly by scouts.Fortunately, in the Austrian Bundesliga, Manninger is the only club that can serve as the main goalkeeper at Athletic Graz.

Shao Bo set a transfer limit for the negotiating staff and didn't pay any more attention.After all, being able to come to the Premier League, one of the five major leagues, can join Arsenal, which has just won the double.Even as a substitute, Manninger, who is only 20 years old, has no reason to refuse.

(End of this chapter)