My light shines on Arsenal

Chapter 120 Pentagram Game
Paris France.

75016 Avenue Commander Gilbert, Paris Saint-Germain Football Club.

There is a nameplate of "Sports Director" hanging on the door of an office. The door is ajar, and the voice of a call comes from inside.

"Adriano, I repeat, I don't want Zlatan."

"Yes, I just want Thiago, I've said it countless times."

"..."

"Yes, I need a striker, but I don't think he's a good idea."

"My dear Adriano, are you crazy about money?"

"..."

"Well, bye, Mr. Galliani, I hope we can finally reach an agreement."

Paris sports director Leonardo said goodbye to Galliani on the other end of the phone abruptly, put the microphone on hold, and exhaled heavily.

"It doesn't look like a good conversation."

On the sofa in the office, a kind-looking man in his fifties raised his eyebrows and smiled at Leonardo.

"Carlo, I know you want a good defender." Leonardo waved his hand irritably, "I've already talked about Thiago Silva, this guy will definitely meet your requirements."

"But isn't Galliani satisfied? How much does he want?"

"It's not about the transfer fee." Leonardo sighed, "The last thing we need now is the transfer fee."

"That……"

"He wants to bundle Zlatan Ibrahimovic to us."

"Zlatan?" Ancelotti raised half of his eyebrows, "Leonardo, you know what kind of person I am, and I will find a way to make good use of any player you put in for me."

"Yes, Carlo, that's why I invited you here, but I don't want Ibrahimovic."

Leonardo took out a cigarette and gave Ancelotti a questioning look.

Ancelotti nodded. He is used to being a good guy, and basically he would not refuse others.

Leonardo got angry, took a deep breath, and exhaled a cloud of mist.

"Finally feeling better..." he muttered.

"Zlatan is a good player, at least he used to be." Leonardo calmed down a bit, "But he is almost 32 years old, how many years does he have left? This guy's character is not easy to ponder."

"Although the club is not short of money, but I'm the sporting director... I can't buy people randomly. Carlo, I can see that Lavezzi and Thiago are players you like, but Zlatan, not all players. The team can adapt to him."

do i like it

Ancelotti said nothing. In Paris, Leonardo has a great say. As a coach, what I need to do more is to watch the food and eat, at best to mention what kind of food I like.

But it's been like this for so many years.

Ancelotti took it easy.

"But the old thing Galliani is the most annoying." Leonardo said bitterly, "What does he think of me as? A cash machine? The player he wants to cash out is going to be forced on me? "

"And, Carlo, do you know? Ibrahimovic's agent wants an annual salary of 1500 million. And what did Ibrahimovic say to me? When I contacted this guy, he actually said he would never leave Milan?"

"What I hate the most is being treated like a fool." Leonardo put out his cigarette butt, turned on the computer to read the news, and suddenly looked up at Ancelotti.

"Carlo, do you really need a world-class striker?"

"Actually, I don't care..."

"You need it." Leonardo said firmly, "What do you think of Robin van Persie?"

……

"So that's your plan? Let me recommend Van Persie to Paris?"

Dick Law made a cup of coffee, and chatted with Chen Yao around a small table in the Kearney base restaurant.

"Yes, the club that is willing to accept Van Persie must be rich and eager to produce results, and at the same time lack a top striker." Chen Yao said.

"So you're targeting Paris - but I hear they're going to pack Ibrahimovic and Thiago Silva."

"No, what Paris wants is Thiago Silva. Regarding Ibrahimovic, their attitude is very unclear. In fact, if it weren't for Milan's insistence on asking Paris to pack these two people, the transaction would have been completed long ago."

"Let me tell you," Dick Law asked hesitantly, "Isn't this news only known by those involved in the transaction? Chen, do you have insiders in their club?"

"What are you thinking, Dick, I'm not making a movie."

Chen Yao didn't know whether to laugh or cry, and he didn't know how to explain it to Dick Law. This was all in another timeline, and he only learned the inside story after reading the news many years after the transaction happened.

"And Zlatan Ibrahimovic's attitude is also a variable. Ibrahimovic himself doesn't really want to leave Milan, but it doesn't matter to him to change teams-so he asked Paris to provide him with a huge annual salary, and Paris did not want to give in. .”

"Understandable." Dick Law nodded. "This has nothing to do with finances. If it were me, I wouldn't like such a disrespectful transaction."

"Dick, I'm afraid you haven't experienced the joy of having a big budget to spend."

Chen Yao's faint words made Dick Law almost choke.

"But will Paris really make an offer?" Dick Law asked, frowning.

"No, they may make an offer, but the most likely possibility is to compromise with Milan."

"Oh..." Dick Law was stunned, "Paris is also using Van Persie as a backup to counter Milan..."

"Yes." Chen Yao nodded, "I don't expect them to spend a lot of money on Van Persie, but I hope that there is such a bidding environment, which is the best for us."

Dick Law drank his last sip of coffee thoughtfully, "Chen, do you have a next step?"

"Yes." Chen Yao smiled, "The entry of Paris is only the first step. There are at least five participants in this plan."

"Five?" Dick Law counted with his fingers. "We, Van Persie, this is two. Paris, three. You still have two participants?"

"Yeah, I guess I should do my best to get them all in."

……

Farhad Moshiri still wore a formal suit in the hot summer, sitting on the sofa in the head coach's office, crossing his legs and looking at the layout of the office.

The administrator thoughtfully prepared tea for Mo Xuli, but he was not thirsty.

Curious about the office, the Iranian-British man likes wealth and football, which in Britain means wealth.

Moxley is not yet able to acquire a club on his own. He has a close relationship with Arsenal's No. [-] shareholder Usmanov.

At present, Moxili's image is that of Usmanov's agent in the club.

Moxili, who is good at calculating, is greedy for Usmanov's wealth. He carefully maintains his friendship with Usmanov, waiting to get the first pot of gold from the oligarchs and leverage his football map.

But before that, he still has to play a loyal sidekick, shrewd manager and soft-spoken company representative.

"Mr Moshley!"

Chen Yao hurriedly opened the door and came in, his hair was still a little wet.

"I'm really sorry for keeping you waiting. I didn't expect you to come so early. I was still instructing training just now..."

"It's okay, I want to come and see it sooner." Mo Xuli smiled politely, "Is the training going well?"

"Not very good." Chen Yao smiled wryly, "We just finished a closed-door warm-up match, and the team drew with Crystal Palace..."

"Crystal Palace? That's not a strong team."

"That's right, although we didn't use all the main players, the team..." Chen Yao shook his head.

"Need stronger players, right?" Muxury said.

Chen Yao nodded.

"I'm sorry, Chen, but you really don't get any more support."

Although Mo Xuli didn't have a bad impression of Chen Yao, he didn't have any intention of helping the young coach.

Originally, he and Usmanov behind him didn't care much about the selection of coaches. Their only request was not to pick someone who was difficult to serve, because for some controlling shareholders, investing money is a headache. things.

And Chen Yao is very suitable, he is soft-spoken, his qualifications are still young, and no one cares about his requests. If he manages well, everyone is happy. If he manages poorly, Kroenke will lose the most. Maybe he can get more shares because of it.

"With the club's current shareholding structure, no one will inject capital." Mo Xuli shrugged. He has a financial background and is very clear about the operating figures. "You can only rely on yourself."

"Mr. Moxuli, I don't need to ask Mr. Usmanov for capital injection." Chen Yao coughed lightly, "I want to ask you to do me a favor and contact the managers of GAZP."

"GAZP?" Moxley retrieved the word in his mind and frowned, "Gazprom?"

"They are also the owners of Zenit St. Petersburg." Chen Yao said with a smile.

"Zenit..."

Moxili didn't have a deep understanding of football affairs, but he had heard of the name of Zenit, and he also knew who were behind the main teams of the Russian Super League.

There is no doubt that the owners of these teams are the oligarchs of the country, and Usmanov is quite close to them.

"I heard that Spalletti has great ambitions and Zenit is ready to support him."

"So that's how it is." Mo Xuli suddenly understood, and the old accountant laughed a few times, "You want to ask them to raise the price?"

"Mr. Moxley, it's a tacit understanding. Maybe Zenit really needs a super striker?"

Chen Yao remembers that Zenit under Spalletti spent a lot of money and paid more than 5000 million for Hulk. They have an urgent desire for top offensive players.

"It's a wonderful idea, but why should I help you?" Mo Xuli looked at the young head coach playfully.

"I really have nothing to exchange with you." Chen Yao smiled, "I owe you a favor."

"Your favor is worthless." Moxili said, "But this matter is not harmful to the club. It's easy to do. I'll ask Mr. Usmanov."

"Thank you, Mr Moshley."

"En." Mo Xuli took a sip of tea, got up and left.

When passing by Chen Yao, Mo Xuli stopped suddenly, leaned his head over and said softly: "Mr. Coach, although I don't expect you to achieve any results, but..."

He hehe smiled, "If, I mean, if, you really did something. Then I hope you can remember that you owe me a favor."

"In order to make this favor even more valuable...Mr. Moshley, I have to trouble you."

……

In the next few days, Chen Yao temporarily put aside dealing with Van Persie, and his mind returned to the training ground.

Version 2.0 of the Shuguang system has been updated with many new functions. For example, when Chen Yao is watching training, he can have a "head coach vision".

"Head Coach Vision", when this function is activated, Chen Yao can see the tactical proficiency of the players and their adaptability in their respective positions.

But this function doesn't seem to be fully open yet. When Chen Yao focuses on a certain player, he will find that more information is locked.

Even so, it allows Chen Yao to see the team's preparations more intuitively.

The reality is that the team's preparations are worrying.

The time has come to the middle and late July. In order to meet the tactical effect required by Chen Yao, the Arsenal players are still working hard to recover and reserve their physical fitness.

However, the team's existing physical coaches seem to be unable to cope with this high-intensity tactical activity. The players are not progressing well in terms of strength or physical reserve speed.

Apart from the physical condition, the Gunners players also stumbled in their understanding and adaptation of tactics.

35% overall tactical proficiency, this number is bright red in Chen Yao's vision, which is a dangerous color.

And the adaptability of each player is hovering below 60%. If you look around, the experience bar above each player's head is blood red.

This scene shocked Chen Yao.

Reconstructing tactics in reality is not as simple as playing a game. If you cut a tactical board, players can barely make the tactics work.

Tactics are not just a simple matter of formation. It is not difficult to switch formations many times in a game. The difficulty is that the players are familiar with the play routines corresponding to each formation.

It is not a one-day effort to form a stable output system and make players feel like a fish in water in the system.

The confrontation and competition in modern football are very fierce. If there is any omission in the system, it will inevitably be discovered by the opponent and knock him down.

No matter how amazing a coach is, it takes time to restructure, polish, improve, and improve his own system. There is no such thing as a coach who descends from the gods, and can lead a group of children invincible by changing the formation at will.

What Chen Yao is doing is such a difficult thing. He wants to create a new system for his team, which must not only conform to the trend of modern tactics, but also preserve the character and genes of beautiful football, and be able to find players that suit the characteristics of the team. Play the game paradigm.

This is too difficult, reflected in the numerical performance is that the overall tactical proficiency of the team is improving extremely slowly.

"I need to instill in them the concept of position and space." Lillo complained to Chen Yao, "They play very casually, which is not a bad thing, but it will make them fluctuate a lot. And their awareness of space Much understanding comes from innate talent, but no systematic conception."

Lillo believed in a strict entitative philosophy.

When he was idle in Almeria, what he wrote and drew every day was the position-play strategy.

By carefully dividing the court area and strictly designing the player's position and movement rotation, in order to maximize the use of space in each position, form a number advantage, and create a large number of polygons to create the ball path.

Lillo is obsessed with this kind of geometric composition game in time and space, and he is also looking forward to bringing this set of things to the top competitions. This is one of the main reasons why he is willing to follow Chen Yao to London.

However, Chen Yao does not agree to fully follow this concept. He feels that this set of concepts is still too strict and rigid, and does not match the background of Arsenal.

But what Chen Yao agrees with is that this theory does present the understanding of space in a quantitative way, and it is useful in certain stages of the game.

More importantly, for players who are inconsistent in their movements and depend on the weather, this theory can allow them to systematically reconstruct their understanding of position and space, just like talented players who get advice from another angle. , will make their realm evolve.

But all this still takes time.

What Chen Yao is worried about is whether Arsenal's players can complete and adapt to the new system before the start of the Premier League in mid-August.

Moreover, the blockbuster signings he was looking forward to have not yet arrived, and the running-in of the players is also something that makes him uncertain.

He didn't have many things to try and make mistakes, his probationary period was only six months, and he took Wenger's class.

If the first half of the season is not convincing, it may be over.

　The bookies are really smart and know a lot about football.Many of the good points I thought were made by you watching yourself... My writing speed can't keep up...

　　
　
(End of this chapter)