My light shines on Arsenal

Chapter 215 The French Dispatch ([-])

Mahrez panted and picked up the ball and put it back at his feet.

When he looked up again, there were two more people in front of him.

"Hello?" Mahrez asked tentatively, "Who are you looking for?"

"Looking for you, Riyad." Chen Yao stretched out his hand to Mahrez, "We are from Arsenal."

"Arsenal?" Mahrez wiped his hands on his clothes sheepishly, shook hands with Chen Yao and Dick Law, and then his hand became stronger.

"Arsenal!" The 22-year-old Le Havre winger exclaimed in the small venue without suppressing his voice at all.

"You came to me because..." Mahrez's heart was beating, as if he was making sure that such a good thing would happen to him.

After the end of Ligue [-], Mahrez took a few days' rest before picking up football and training alone.

In 2009, the 19-year-old Mahrez joined Quimper, the French fourth-tier league team. In 2010, Le Havre took a liking to him.

After joining Le Havre, Mahrez first hung out in the echelon for a while before being promoted to the first team midway through the 2011-12 season.

His story is unremarkable, except that his Algerian heritage is slightly special—but not special at all.

Since Algeria was once a French colony and was even annexed to France for a time, many stars from this country became members of the French team.

Mahrez spent the first few years of his career unremarkably. Last season, he finally had a stable opportunity to play in the league.

He is full of confidence in his future. Mahrez does not have lofty ambitions. He has firmly obtained the starting qualification in Le Havre. He played until the age of 24 and became a small name. He was favored by the French Ligue [-] team and became a top player. A member of a league team.

If you are lucky enough to be spotted by a team like Lyon, Lille or Paris Saint-Germain, that would be great.

Mahrez was looking forward to a bright future, but he didn't expect that the bright future would hit him directly.

Are they liars?

As soon as the thought came up, Mahrez immediately suppressed it in shame. How could he be worthy of being deceived by a liar?
"We are not liars, Riyad." Chen Yao saw what Mahrez was thinking. "I am the head coach of Arsenal, and the person next to me is the transfer director of Arsenal. Yes, we have taken a fancy to you. , we would like to invite you to join Arsenal."

"This is impossible." Mahrez held his head, "I may have heatstroke. Gentlemen, please allow me to take a breath."

Chen Yao and Dick Law waited quietly for Mahrez to calm down.

Mahrez unscrewed a bottle of mineral water, drank half of the bottle, and turned to look at the two people.

"Agreed?" Chen Yao asked.

"No... I really want to say yes right away, but it's hard for me to believe that I'm so lucky. I'm not a super genius, sir. If I can't adapt to Arsenal, my career will end faster." Mahrez Si answered honestly.

"I appreciate your candor, Riyad, but you underestimate your talent." Chen Yao began to launch an offensive, trying to cut through the mess quickly and take down Mahrez.

"Gentlemen, let's be honest." Mahrez sighed, "I've been approached by scouts from other teams. I'm not trying to bargain with you - but that gentleman gave me a more convincing one. Prospects." "Isn't Arsenal's prospects enough?" Dick Law interjected, "Riyad, you know after watching last season's games, we are the new Europa League champions, League Cup champions, third place in the Premier League, next Champions League team this season.”

"There are many stars who want to join but have no chance." Dick Law said bitterly.

The old gentleman said this not to reflect Arsenal's high threshold, but...

This season, Arsenal's transfer budget is still extremely limited.

In the summer window and winter window of last season, Arsenal introduced a large number of players and spent 8000 to [-] million pounds. Especially the winter window signings directly squeezed the summer window budget.

Since Kevin De Bruyne, introduced from Chelsea, has already played in many competitions, he had few opportunities to perform at Arsenal last season.

This also once caused the outside world to question whether it was a wise decision to spend a lot of money to introduce a player with doubtful abilities and limited appearances in the winter window, but Chen Yao firmly stated his attitude.

"When a player like this appears on the market, we must buy him without hesitation. We don't know in which season he will suddenly realize his talent. By then, players of this level will not be available to us. ”

The direct consequence is that Arsenal's transfer budget for this season's summer window is pitifully small.

Although the team won the Europa League and entered the Champions League next season, which has greatly increased its attraction to stars, they really do not have enough budget to buy famous stars.

But in Mahrez's ears, Dick Law's words seemed to be a satire on his arrogance and high ambitions.

He quickly apologized: "Sorry, sorry, sir, I didn't mean that. I just... I just can't believe that Arsenal will notice me. I don't want to make a joke about my career, and I don't want Arsenal to treat me badly." Too high expectations.”

"It's not okay for a professional player to have such thoughts, Riyad. Be confident, what you lack is just opportunities." Chen Yao patted Mahrez on the shoulder, "We will stay here for a few days, if you decide If so, please contact us.”

"Okay." Mahrez accepted Chen Yao's business card with trepidation, but wearing the jersey, he had no place to put the business card, so he held it in his hand at a loss.

"By the way - Riad, can I ask, which other team is interested in you?" Chen Yao asked.

"That's also a British team, but it can't be compared with Arsenal... This team is called Leicester City, and their team emblem is a blue fox."

Mahrez thought for a while, "The scout who came to me was named Steve Walsh. He is the chief scout of Leicester City. He told me that he has been paying attention to my performance for a while. My The technical characteristics are simple but outstanding, and he believes that I can adapt to the environment of the English league."

"And Leicester City can provide you with enough playing opportunities, right?" Chen Yao said.

"Yes." A trace of shame flashed across Mahrez's face. "I hope to play, sir. Even in Arsenal, I hope to play."

"I can't promise you playing time, but Riyad, I promise you a fair chance to compete."

"Thank you, sir." Mahrez said, "Mr. Walsh is also waiting for my reply. He seems to have gone to Boulogne now..."

"Bologne?" Chen Yao suddenly raised his head and said to Dick Law, "Dick, it's time for us to set off."

(End of this chapter)