future king

Sesco Fabrigas was going to watch the first half of the game between Manchester United and Arsenal before going to Barcelona's training in the evening. Two hours ago, he was still in a good mood. "I feel good tonight. I hope it is Arsenal. Signs of winning..." But when Li Yu scored a free kick to make the score 3-0, he was completely uninterested in the game and went straight to the training ground to vent.At least, he can be thankful that he completed a perfect escape half a month ago, but what was left to his old club was crying.

On August 2011, 8, Xiaofa experienced the most emotional day without warning.

After dinner, he updated Weibo, "I have two games tonight, Manchester City and Tottenham, and the first half between Arsenal and Manchester United. I feel good. I hope it is a sign of Arsenal winning."

Manchester City beat Arsenal's sworn enemy. He was in a good mood and wished his former teammate Nasri.Then, as bad luck struck, the Gunners scored an opening goal. "Come on, lads!" he wrote.Van Persie missed a penalty kick, "Come on, Robin!" He still didn't give up.Arsenal fell behind 0 to 3, "Unfortunately, continue." After updating this sentence, he himself did not continue, turned and left and couldn't bear to watch, just as he was affectionate but determined when he left the Gunners two weeks ago.

But what is different this time is that the Arsenal teammates at the time also jointly blessed him, but this time, no Arsenal player responded to him after the game, and even he made his La Liga debut a day later, still ignored.Sesco Fabrigas, who won three cups in a row after returning to Barcelona, ​​has not forgotten the cultivation and love of his old master, but he and Arsenal have already passed the intersection of two lines, and they can only go further and further from now on.

This moment has long been doomed, but this moment is so sad.

From 20052006 to [-] when he took the main position at Arsenal steadily, Wenger has built a team with him as the core, and his trust and support for him are no less than the saving of Vieira at the beginning.

As for Xiaofa, Wenger added another point of kindness. It was the French who brought the Spaniard who was confused in the Barcelona youth team to the arsenal, and quickly gave him the opportunity to help him grow and improve.But the six years when Xiaofa really became the main force, it was the six years when Arsenal had nothing to gain, and Wenger's worst record since leading the team.

The professor sacrificed the present and looked to the future, but in the end, it still ended up empty.From Vieira to Henry, it is not that Arsenal did not have a history of sending away core players, nor did they have a good deal of sending away future stars like Anelka, but they sent away core players in their prime , Wenger is the first time, in desperation, does this announce the end of an era?

"Wenger became the main reason for me to join Arsenal. Other coaches only talked about reusing me, but none of them fulfilled it. Wenger gave me absolute trust." Xiaofa recalled.

温格确实言出必行，当年12月，小法就以16岁212天之弱龄成为阿森纳史上最年轻的进球者；2004年8月，他又以17岁113天联赛进球超越阿内尔卡保持的纪录；2004年12月7日，他又成为阿森纳在欧战中最年轻的进球者。

What followed was the establishment of Xiaofa's main position in Arsenal. In the summer of 2005, Wenger let go of the previous captain and midfielder Vieira, and the Fabrigas era officially came.

Former captain Adams recalled: "From the very beginning, Wenger hoped to give young players more opportunities, but if Vieira continues to stay on the team, it is almost impossible for Fabrigas to get a chance to play and gain experience."

As a result, although Arsenal in the 20052006-[-] season was lackluster in the league, the youth army dominated by Falun Gong made it all the way to the final in the Champions League, and was eventually reversed by Barcelona because Lehmann was sent off prematurely.

And this also strengthened Wenger's determination to rebuild the team with small methods. In the summer of 2007, in order to establish Xiaofa's status and prestige in the locker room, and also to achieve the player's personal wishes, King Henry also left.But in the following season, Arsenal still led the standings by 2 points in February. Unexpectedly, Eduardo's broken leg in Birmingham became the turning point of the season. Captain Gallas was in tears. This scene and that season The final failure has become a node for the Gunners in the past 5 years. The self-confidence that has been built up with great difficulty has been lost, and since then he has suffered from a chronic disease of inner fragility.The only one who benefited was Fabrigas. At the beginning of the new season, Wenger put the captain's armband on the arm of Fabregas, who was only 7 years old at the time, and he may have been thinking about this day for a long time.

A 22-year-old young man serves as the captain, which means that those around him are destined not to be big names with high personal prestige. It is also from that year that Arsenal has moved towards a complete rejuvenation. .

Wenger gave Xiaofa not only a core position, but also a new team structure based on him.

In order to give full play to the Spaniard's excellent offensive ability as much as possible, Wenger changed the previously familiar 442 formation to 433, and used two defensive midfielders to make up for the loopholes left by the small method assists. Wa, Diaby and later Song were all such characters. Even if a new talented player like Wilshere was born, he had to move back to escort the French team.

And Denilson, who was once a promising rookie, was even more dissatisfied. He questioned the captain on Weibo: "We only care about individual performances and ignore team performance." Arsenal flag.But he may never have expected that the weak lineup that appeared at Old Trafford on August 2011, 8 was directly related to this.

Rumors of Fabrigas' departure have been an endless soap opera over the past five summers, and from Real Madrid to Manchester City to Barcelona, ​​the Arsenal captain has no shortage of followers.

Last summer, at the World Cup victory celebration ceremony, Reina, Puyol and Pique even put the Barcelona jersey directly on Xiaofa.Xiaofa is also very honest, publicly expressing his desire to "retire from old age and return to his hometown" one day.But Wenger still stubbornly misses London Colney in 03, how the 16-year-old boy expressed his loyalty with gratitude...

It is impossible for the professor to have no scruples, but after Vieira left, there was Xiaofa, and after Henry left, there was Adebayor. He has always been prepared for the core departure, but Xiaofa was caught off guard this time.

He ignored the fact that under the huge debt brought by the construction of the Emirates Stadium and the new rules of the Premier League and UEFA, all clubs began to pay attention to the youth training system. Arsenal no longer has an absolute advantage in this regard.

More importantly, the current economic situation left Wenger with no choice.As Nasri said in an interview with "French Football", "Wenger is a good man and really takes care of the players. But he has no money and can only use young players. Arsenal has now become a club that relies on selling people to make a living. What’s the point of being a leader without a championship? Seth and I left because of this.” From this point of view, the departure of the two star players is already doomed.

The huge debt has made Arsenal financially stretched, and providing Fabregas with a high-value contract means that Ashley Cole, Flamini, Hleb, Clichy and Nasri cannot be retained. After one player after another has just grown up and left, Arsenal can still rely on those fledgling children.

Wilshere and Ramsey are considered to be the two latest talents cultivated by Arsenal. Ramsey was the designated successor before Xiaofa left, and Wilshere's growth rate and his temperament for his teammates made him even more impressive. Wenger and the fans love it.

From the current point of view, in the absence of big-name signings in the midfield, Wilshere, who is lying on the sickbed, carries Arsenal's last hope. It seems that Wilshere has even become the best candidate for Arsenal's future captain.But with the lessons learned from Xiaofa, Wenger may never dare to pin all the team's hopes on the shoulders of a young man under 20 years old.

Losing to Manchester United 2-8 and only scoring 3 point in the first 1 rounds of the Premier League, Arsenal coach Arsene Wenger was under increasing criticism. Some famous Gunners expressed their opinions and questioned the professor's approach.

Former Arsenal legend Frank McIntoker (captain of Arsenal's double in 1970-71) believes Wenger's era may be drawing to a close. "It's been three years since those mistakes, Wenger still hasn't started to deal with them and now there is a possibility that he will be sacked."

"He's never been under absolute pressure before, the board loves him, he makes them a lot of money, the vast majority of the fans love him, but I don't know if that has changed in the last two years."

"You don't want to see Wenger go. I think in the past two years if Arsenal had two good central defenders and another good centre-forward, maybe they could have won the championship. But since losing the five veterans in the defense, Wenger's emphasis on the defense It's getting lower and lower. They have a poor centre-back position, the other teams know it, but Arsenal don't seem to be doing anything to fix it."

"The undefeated Arsenal in the 0304 season was a strong, strong and skilled team. They had no weaknesses, but if you look at the current Arsenal, it seems that if the opponent plays harder, they will be bullied. The squad at Old Trafford was so inexperienced they looked like kids."

Former Arsenal coach Graham also expressed his views. "How good a coach is is reflected in the players he brings in. Arsene Wenger did a good job in the past, but now he's a bit out of order, but now is not the time for him to leave class. If he leaves next week, then all the top clubs will want to sign him. , I think Wenger just needs to tweak a few things."

"Wenger's strength in the past was that he could buy players who were not at the top, like Henry, who was a winger at Juventus at the time, and Vieira or Pettit, no one knew, Wenger polished them and made them become players. Star and won everything. He's trying the same thing now and it doesn't seem to be working anymore."

The famous former Arsenal center Ian Wright believes in the column that Wenger's approach is difficult to be effective today. "I have always admired Arsene Wenger, in my opinion, he is a legend. But the current strategy of only buying young players is obviously not working."

"Arsenal have always been good at mixing top players with young players, but those days are over and Arsene Wenger is paying for his strategy."

"Look at Manchester United, post-Ferguson Manchester United is in transition, people say Manchester United are not so strong anymore, they only won five games away last season, but they still won the title because Ferguson had the right mix, he We will not let young people into the team at the wrong time. Manchester United will also bring in young people, but there will always be some experienced winners around, such as Leo and Li Yu are both here now, which is very good for Smalling and Welbeck Big help."

"The team Ancelotti took over from Ferguson is composed of three parts, players from the youth training, talented young people bought from other teams, and established stars. The proportion and balance of the team are very good. Arsenal Na's squad is completely out of balance, with none of the established players in the current squad bought from other Premier League teams. At the moment, Arsene Wenger has too many youngsters and a game like Sunday has the potential to ruin them."

"People say Arsene Wenger could buy someone in the last days to save Arsenal, but whoever they buy will be a desperate move and they should have done it two or three months ago, like Manchester United did."

"I also feel that Wenger's coaching staff has been disappointing. I don't know what's wrong with his scouting system. Some of it is Wenger's own fault. From what I've heard, Tony Adams, Bergkamp Everyone wanted to stay at Arsenal and become a coach, but Wenger didn't want to. In the end, Bergkamp, ​​a person who loves Arsenal and lives in London, returned to Ajax in the Netherlands."

"Also it still hurts to see Vieira working for Manchester City. I think he could have played for Arsenal. Wenger has to realize that times are different and he has to look at himself and find a solution."

Autumn is here, the weather is getting cooler, and the Red Devils like to settle accounts.

With the end of the last madness in the European transfer market, the giants have also begun to announce their financial reports for the past fiscal year.After last season's somewhat regrettable success, the Red Devils have achieved unprecedented financial and commercial success.In the end, last season's Premier League champions Manchester United posted a record operating profit of £1.109m in the past financial year.

At the same time, Manchester United's total income in the past fiscal year has also set an astonishing record.As of June 2011, 6, the total revenue of the Dream Theater team in the past financial year reached 30 million pounds, which was an increase of 3.314 million pounds compared with the previous fiscal year.In other words, Manchester United's total revenue has increased by 4500%, and it is also the first time that Manchester United's single-fiscal year revenue has crossed the 16 million pound mark.

In the past fiscal year, Manchester United had a brave record, not only stabilizing the Premier League championship, but also reached the final of the UEFA Champions League, and finally won the cup as they wished.With the outstanding performance of the game, Manchester United's commercial turnover reached a record 1.034 million pounds, which does not include a newly signed sponsorship contract with the international logistics giant dhl for an annual sponsorship of 1000 million pounds.Manchester United, a rare commercial success, will help the Glazer family reduce their debt from 3.769 million pounds to 3.083 million pounds.

However, while Manchester United is open source, it has not done a good job of throttling.

According to the financial report, the Red Devils paid 5120 million pounds in interest in the past year, which is equivalent to the team's operating income for half a year (the Red Devils' revenue in the previous fiscal year was 1.109 million pounds).At the same time, the team's expenditure is also facing a sharp rise.In terms of staff costs, Manchester United soared from 1852 million pounds in the previous fiscal year to 2205 million pounds in the past season, an increase of 36.4%.It would also give more reason to critics who question the Glazer family's business model.After all, the cash interest of 5120 million pounds is a big burden for Manchester United.

Manchester United is still rising in terms of media income.Last season was the first year of the Premier League's latest huge broadcast deal.Manchester United's broadcast revenue also rose to £1048 million from £1194 million previously.With more home games and Champions League ticket sales, Manchester United's match day revenue also increased by 8.4% year-on-year, specifically £1.086.

Such a strong financial statement will also help the Glazer family to realize their IPO plan in Singapore next month.The Glazer family also ushered in the lowest debt since the acquisition of Manchester United for 2005 million pounds in 7.9.Manchester United's salary burden is mainly concentrated on the players' salaries and bonuses. As we all know, Rooney has a weekly salary of 18 pounds. Although Rooney has already transferred, Mata and Li Yude's contract renewal have filled this salary burden. It has risen a bit, so Manchester United's wage bill has increased by 16% year-on-year in the past fiscal year.

What's even more gratifying is that Manchester United, which has changed dynasties, has made a good start in the new season of the Premier League, winning three consecutive victories.

Ferguson's departure was not as terrible as imagined, and it was not easy to achieve this.

Facts have also proved that it is a wise choice for Manchester United's top management to choose Ancelotti to take over. An Shuai thinks that he has the biggest characteristic of coaching according to local conditions. This is the biggest advantage that other famous coaches do not have. He is very good at Milan and Chelsea. Well it proves the point.

Now it is Manchester United, and he has done a good job. He has his own style and can maintain the appearance of the Ferguson era. Compared with the huge turmoil in the team, Ancelotti is very suitable for Manchester United.

Furthermore, one of the reasons why Manchester United got off to a good start is also very important. The few transfers reserved by Ferguson in the early stage have come in handy in the new season. Coupled with Li Yu's outstanding performance, this season's Manchester United feels worse than last season. Be strong and note that Manchester United fans seem to have forgotten that their number 10 has been replaced by Mata instead of Rooney.