My light shines on Arsenal

Chapter 124 They Are The Future
In the past few days, Chen Yao is glad that he is not a social expert.

Robin van Persie's departure caused an uproar. Although the fans had long been psychologically prepared for Van Persie's refusal to renew his contract, when Van Persie officially announced that he would join Manchester United, many fans were still furious.

Arsenal's official Twitter account was hacked. Fans angrily accused the team of selling the main striker to their old enemy, and said that the team was hopeless and they had lost their spine.

And Chen Yao's account is blank, he just registered an account, and never posted a single post.

Many fans believe that this deal can go through, and one of the reasons why Van Persie is unwilling to renew his contract is that the team has not hired a big-name coach.

Therefore, they also vented their grievances on Chen Yao, but they couldn't find a way to leave a message, so they had to continue to vent their anger on Arsenal's official Twitter.

For the reaction of the fans, Chen Yao didn't think there was anything wrong.

This kind of thing is really uncomfortable. Even if Chen Yao is now patting his chest and telling the fans that Van Persie will definitely regret it and Arsenal will definitely rise, the fans will only feel that he is a fool who loves to talk big words.

As for Van Persie's next home is Manchester United, the sad thing is also the CEO of Manchester United, David Gill.

A few days after Van Persie's official announcement, Paris Saint-Germain officially announced the joining of Ibrahimovic and Thiago Silva.

Paris paid 6000 million euros to pack two players. Galliani finally compromised a little, lowered Ibrahimovic's asking price, and persuaded Milo Raiola to politely lower Ibrahimovic's salary asking price .

Although the money saved in the end is negligible, Paris Sports Director Leonardo is very satisfied with his counterparty's resignation.

After signing the contract beamingly, Leonardo proudly boasted to Carlo Ancelotti: "Carlo, look, I used Van Persie to counter-press Galliani, an old man's operation, how wonderful !"

Ancelotti is a good old man. He raised his eyebrows and kept praising Leonardo's trading skills. In his heart, he just felt that such an operation was a waste of time.

And Zenit St. Petersburg did not put their minds on Van Persie. After Manchester United suddenly robbed people, Zenit quickly withdrew. Their goal was Brazilian striker Hulk.

Based on the reactions of these two opponents, David Gill can basically confirm that Ferguson has been tricked.

But after a little regret, the CEO of Manchester United adjusted his mentality.

If Ferguson really needs Van Persie, even if it is a premium purchase, as long as it can bring Ferguson the elements he wants, it cannot be said to be a waste.

This is the mentality and courage that the CEO of a world-class club like Manchester United should have.

David Gill believes in his abilities and ambition, but sometimes he also wonders, if he leaves, who else can take over at Manchester United?

Ed Woodward?

For matters like the Van Persie deal, if you change this guy, I'm afraid an offer of 4000 million pounds will not be delivered to the door on the spot.

Jill didn't want to think too much about it. He looked at the photo of the gray-haired Ferguson and the smiling Van Persie on the official homepage, and silently wished his team success.

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In the final agreement, Manchester United still tried their best to strive for some floating terms, and finally the cash that was transferred to Arsenal's account was about 800 million pounds.

With this cash flow base, Arsenal's attitude in the transfer market immediately became tougher.

Dick Law quickly promoted the transfer of Santi Cazorla, and Chen Yao kept urging him to complete the deal quickly. If Cazorla does not come again, the team's running-in will be even more difficult.

Arsenal and Malaga agreed a price of £700 million.

Debt-ridden Malaga saw that Arsenal had just sold Van Persie and wanted to extort more, but Dick Law was experienced and held the bottom line.

The original agreement price between the two parties was 500 million pounds, and the final text was a payment structure of 1200+500. Dick Law compromised the total price of 200 million, but changed it to floating terms, which relieved Arsenal's down payment pressure.

The day before Cazorla joined, reporters in London were interviewing Chen Yao about the progress of the transfer.

Chen Yao smiled slightly, and completed the one thing he always wanted to do.

"I don't know Cazorla," he said kindly.

The next day, Santi Cazorla joined Arsenal for a total price of 700 million pounds, breaking the transfer fee record in club history.

And Dick Law's work has not stopped, his primary target has now become Antoine Griezmann.

The valuation of the 20-year-old left winger is 2000 million pounds, but the Royal Society has talked for more than half a month, and still insists that Arsenal trigger the liquidated damages, otherwise it will never be sold.

Griezmann's liquidated damages are worth 3000 million euros, and the current pound-to-euro exchange rate is about 1.23, which means Arsenal will have to spend about 500 million pounds to meet Real Sociedad's requirements.

Is twenty-five million pounds a lot?
not much.But Arsenal's historical transfer fee record, even though it has just been refreshed, is only 700 million pounds.

The financial pressure this team is under is beyond the comprehension of many fans.

Therefore, when Chen Yao decided to take Griezmann even if he paid the liquidated damages, Meng Qinghe hesitated.

When she was invited to the team from AST by Ivan Gazidis to conduct internal financial control, Meng Qinghe thought that she would always face such a problem.

How to judge whether the risk of a transfer expenditure is reasonable?

This requires a professional financial team and transfer team to work together to discuss the answer, and there are still many uncertainties.

But Meng Qinghe faced an embarrassing situation at work: she led a financial team, and the transfer team can now be said to be completely devoted to Chen Yao.

Opinions are sharply divided between accountants and scouts, with the former arguing that it is dangerous to break record transfer fees while teams are under financial pressure, while the latter back their manager's favorite players.

Meng Qinghe printed Arsenal's financial statements in his mind. Arsenal is in great need of cash now. Their stadium construction loan is about to survive the most difficult period. They must not collapse before dawn.

In the summer, after selling Robin van Persie, Arsenal has returned 7000 million pounds of funds, but this money cannot be fully invested in the transfer market.

Part of it will be used to repay debts, and a large amount of money will be used to deal with the team's liquidity risk, in case the team's record declines to make up for the deficit, for example, if it does not enter the Champions League next season.

But Meng Qinghe didn't want Chen Yao to be disappointed, and she didn't want this coach to leave sadly because he didn't get support.

She couldn't explain the source of her emotion, which was contrary to her professional independence.

Meng Qinghe was very confused.

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"Mariana, we have the funds, we have to get Antoine Griezmann."

Chen Yao kept repeating to Meng Qinghe the importance of signing Griezmann.

"I don't know how you understand football, but I can tell you that this guy is going to be a superstar. His technical characteristics are a perfect fit for what I want in football."

"Sorry." Meng Qinghe's voice was very soft. She stroked her hair with a complex expression on her face. "From the perspective of financial calculations, this kind of investment is very risky... Can you guarantee that you will enter the top four next season?"

"I can guarantee it, but I need players."

Chen Yao was helpless. He knew that after losing Robin Van Persie and Song Song one after another, and the team was in the rebuilding period, his guarantee was very pale.

"Mariana, look there." Chen Yao pointed to the players on the training ground. "We lost a lot of people, but we also retained a lot of people. They are the future."

"Don't hesitate, if you also love Arsenal, trust me." Chen Yao approached Meng Qinghe, "Trust me I will bring success to this team, we have no time."

She glanced at the young coach beside him, who was looking intently at the training ground, and Meng Qinghe couldn't help but think of the days when he went to watch a football game last season.

She realized she wanted to see more of these games.

"I'm sorry to bring you pressure." Chen Yao said softly, "But Mariana, football is not just a game of numbers and money, it's also about people."

"I understand." She looked up and asked, "But are you ready? If this deal goes through, we have to be in the top four next season, and you won't have any reason to fail."

"I said, they are the future." Chen Yao smiled, "I will bring victory."

"Okay." Meng Qinghe gritted his teeth, "I will approve the expenditure."

She made her own professional judgment and hoped the investment was worth it.

She heard someone tell herself, "Don't worry, this deal will rank among the most successful investments the club has ever made."

(End of this chapter)