When the Community Shield came to an end, the Chelsea players were depressed on the pitch.
It was a very strange emotion.
They did not regard the Community Shield as an important event.
Whether they won the title or not did not have much impact on the new season.
But they lost to Liverpool, and it was obvious that Liverpool did not put in much effort in the second half, but they still could not turn the game around. Especially when Ancelotti kept deploying players, Comain seemed very calm. The contrast was extremely obvious.
The Liverpool players hugged each other after the game. Everyone encouraged their teammates. The new season was about to begin!
After receiving the Community Shield, Liverpool took a group photo in the locker room. Raúl had won a title in less than a week after joining, which made him very happy. The beginning of his career in the Red Army was more wonderful than he had imagined.
After the game, Comain said that the team was in a much better state than expected, but for the new season as a whole, Liverpool had not yet reached their best state.
The new Premier League season was coming, and Liverpool F.C.'s recruitment work was not over yet.
Comain thought that the most important thing now was to find a qualified substitute for Alonso.
Such a player had to be good at both offense and defense, and his organizational skills could not be too weak. He definitely could not be a pure engineer.
And such a player was very popular. After selecting, he set his sights on the Portuguese player, Meireles. The club had already contacted the FC Porto, but the progress was not going well. Porto wanted to take advantage of Liverpool.
The new Premier League season was getting closer, and the Liverpool team was fully in the state of work for the new season.
August 13th, the day before the new Premier League season.
After the training, Qin Xiong accepted an exclusive interview with The Times.
The chief reporter, Thomas, wanted to meet him in a coffee shop. The two men sat opposite each other in a very leisurely manner.
"Based on the fact that you moved into a new mansion in Liverpool, this time you will be playing for Liverpool long-term, right?"
"No one can say for sure what the future holds, but I want to say that everything in Liverpool makes me satisfied and happy, including living here. I hope to stay here for a long time, and it will be good for my career development."
"Because there's a Chinese boss in Liverpool?"
"Of course not. It's just that Liverpool is moving forward. You have to know that Liverpool has lost its glory for too long. After we have achieved a certain level of success, the club will not stop moving forward and will not be suddenly satisfied. Because when you look back, Liverpool used to be so high and so amazing. We need to keep moving forward. This will give the players motivation and motivate them."
"What are your goals?"
"First of all, I enjoy the competition, but I also like championships. More championships means more Ballon d 'Or."
"Hahahaha, which player wouldn't like it? Oh, damn, there really is. Forget it, have you ever thought of working hard to become the legend of a great club? Is this one of your goals? "
Qin Xiong pondered this question, then shook his head and said, "I don't know. This question is hard to answer because it will be someone else's evaluation of me. It's not something I can do. It's like … it's not worth mentioning."
Thomas lowered his voice and said, "Like when you're at Arsenal? As time goes by, people will only hate you more and will not list you as a legend. You can't even be one of the best 10 players in Arsenal's history. "
Qin Xiong shook his head and smiled. "It's nothing. I'm a player who came to Europe from China, not a player who is rooted here, so I can understand the European football world's requirement for loyalty, but I can't accept it."
In fact, this was a sad thing.
Today, when the Gunners fans talked about the club's first Champions League title in history, and the only time in the Premier League era that they won three consecutive titles, everyone's mood was very complicated. They tried to downplay Qin Xiong's contribution to the team as much as possible, but Arsenal still wanted to show off their most glorious moments in their publicity. Naturally, Qin Xiong was one of them.
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Liverpool was already rubbing their hands and ready to do a big job in the new season.
Arsenal, on the other hand, was in troubled times. The frugal Arsenal had just experienced an incident similar to Manchester United's poaching of Ronaldo. The club was still unable to unite as the new season was about to start.
He said that he wanted to leave and shed tears in front of his hometown. In the end, Fàbregas still stayed.
Barcelona's operation to lure Fàbregas met with rare resistance from Arsenal. Their two offers were sternly rejected.
Fàbregas understood Wenger's determination, so he issued a statement last Friday saying that he would stay in the team and insisted that "the new season will be 100% dedicated to Arsenal." This statement meant that Barcelona temporarily gave up on the purchase. The club's vice-chairman, Bartomeu, admitted, "Whether it's emotionally or competitively, this is bad news. Arsenal never bargained with us. "
But how long Fàbregas would stay was still a question mark. The speculation was that it would be a year at most.
This was the second failure of the La Liga club to rob their Premier League counterparts, after Ronaldo was forced to stay for a season by Manchester United.
They had failed twice because the target player had slowed down his departure from the team because of his mentor. However, Cristiano Ronaldo eventually defected to Bernabéu. If Barcelona were to make a comeback in another 12 months, Arsenal might not be able to keep Fàbregas.
Fàbregas did not want to leave for the money. It was because he had not been able to win the trophy in the past four years, which made him lose confidence in Wenger's grand plan. Spain won the European Championship and the World Cup consecutively. Fàbregas was not the main character. Returning to Barcelona might satisfy his long-cherished wish of winning a trophy in a club-level competition.
He could keep the person, but he might not be able to keep the heart.
Fàbregas's statement was eloquent and gave people the feeling that he would leave sooner or later.
The Times called it an "additional condition" for leaving the team in the future.
"I can't deny that joining Barcelona is not attractive to me."
Fàbregas sighed. "Barça is my mother club. My career started here. Barcelona is my hometown. My family and friends are here. In the past few months, I've talked to Wenger many times, face-to-face and on the phone. The conclusion is that Arsenal rejected Barcelona's invitation twice. "
Fàbregas was caught between gratitude and homesickness. He knew that he would not be able to get what he wanted. "I'm a professional player. I fully understand why Arsenal refused to let me go. I owe Arsenal too much. I respect the manager's wishes and will do my best to fight for the club in the new season. "
Although Wenger had just kept Fàbregas, Wenger's own future at the Emirates Stadium was not yet guaranteed.
His contract renewal with Arsenal was now a hot topic. Some Arsenal fans had begun to lose patience with Wenger!
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