The explosion was complete!
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A few months ago, Ashley Cole's contract renewal negotiations had already been put on the agenda. There was only a dangerous year left on his contract with Arsenal.
Ashley Cole demanded an exorbitant £80,000 a week. Arsenal's initial budget was to give him £55,000 a week. Perhaps among the European football powerhouses, Arsenal seemed stingy.
But if one understood that Pires' weekly salary was only £45,000 a week, one would understand that Arsenal was not stingy. It was just that they could not be compared to the other powerhouses. The financial tightening was for the sake of healthy development, and was not simply stingy and stingy.
Ashley Cole was very dissatisfied with the conditions given by Arsenal.
At the same time, the "Coleman" incident that shocked the football world happened.
Ashley Cole was found to have a private meeting with Chelsea's manager, Mourinho, in the VIP room of the Royal Park Hotel in London!
The Football Association was involved in the investigation. Ashley Cole and his agent insisted that they did not know that Mourinho and Chelsea's CEO, Kenyon, would appear in the hotel.
When questioned by the Football Association, Mourinho argued that he had never considered signing Ashley Cole, on the grounds that Ashley Cole was not tall enough. The reason he had met Ashley Cole was to inquire about Arsenal's locker room.
In the end, the incident led to the Arsenal Football Club being forced to renew Ashley Cole's contract. After negotiations, Ashley Cole's weekly salary was raised to £70,000, making him the third highest paid player on Arsenal's team.
But the dissatisfaction of Arsenal's board of directors and management with Ashley Cole was no secret.
Ashley Cole and the top management of Arsenal also developed estrangement, and the mutual trust between them collapsed.
The final result of the incident was that Arsenal had to carefully calculate after renewing Ashley Cole's contract. They could only offer Qin Xiong a weekly salary of £55,000, which put Qin Xiong's contract into a deadlock.
It could be said that if everything was under the control of the club's top management, the weekly budget for Ashley Cole's salary would be given to Qin Xiong, and then they would grit their teeth and squeeze out some more. Qin Xiong's contract renewal would be satisfied, and the matter would have been settled long ago.
Wenger had to think about the matter now. He did not want Qin Xiong's contract renewal to be pending.
He intended to talk to Dane after the game and ask him to raise Qin Xiong's weekly salary to £70,000. Even if he had to sell a player worth millions of pounds this winter or next summer to cover the financial expenses, the matter had to be finalized.
When Wenger came back to his senses, he suddenly frowned. Arsenal, who already had a three-goal lead, was attacked by Fulham with a very ordinary wave of attacks.
Fulham's left midfielder, Boa Mote, challenged Lauren one-on-one. It looked like Boa Mote did not have a strong impact, but he broke through Lauren in a change of direction. Lauren hurriedly chased and shoveled, and his foot hooked Boa Mote!
In the penalty area!
The referee's whistle blew, and he awarded a penalty to Fulham.
Wenger showed a dissatisfied expression.
Since the start of the pre-season preparations, he had actually felt that Lauren's form had declined. This was also why in the last game against Chelsea, he had repeatedly instructed Ljungberg to actively withdraw to form defensive pressure on Chelsea's left winger, which was considered as insurance for Lauren's defense.
He did not expect that Lauren's form not only did not pick up in this game, but had continued to decline since the beginning of the season.
Fulham's penalty kick was won in one move, and they pulled a goal back.
However, with eight minutes to go before the end of the game, Arsenal scored another goal.
It was a long shot from Pires that was blocked by the goalkeeper, Walner. Qin Xiong followed up and also blasted a high quality long shot from the periphery. Unfortunately, his shot was still a little accurate, and it caused Walner to lose his hand to save the shot. Ljungberg made a rebound shot from the penalty area and sent the ball into the goal.
"The game is over. The defending champions have won three consecutive games to start the new season. Fulham lost to Arsenal by 1: 4. Their courage in the game was commendable, but their defense was a little bad. However, we don't have to overly criticize Fulham's defense. Almost no team in the Premier League can win two games against Arsenal in a season. This is where Arsenal's offense is strong."
The game was over. Wenger shook hands with the Fulham manager and walked to the players' tunnel.
Getting all three points did not mean that the team had no problems. Lauren was a haze that Wenger could not get rid of in his heart. However, Wenger intended to give Lauren some more chances. After all, he was a veteran who had played for the team for many years.
However, Wenger had to prepare early for Lauren's replacement. He had a plan for this. Eboue had entered the First Team from the second team as a backup for Lauren. It was just that at first, it was just a rotation. Now, it was possible that Eboue would replace him.
Arsenal's offensive firepower of three goals in three games made the Premier League and European football a little numb.
When would the Arsenal's frenzy of goals end?
On Monday, Dane took the initiative to invite Freddy to the office for a meeting.
Freddy waited for Arsenal's offer. He hoped that both sides would be satisfied and reach a contract renewal as soon as possible. In fact, Qin Xiong's side also had to bear the risk if they kept dragging it out.
For example, if Qin Xiong was seriously injured, then Arsenal would certainly have a reason to lower the terms of the contract renewal. However, if the contract was already renewed, even if Qin Xiong was seriously injured, he would still be able to get a high salary. No one could be a gentleman in this kind of thing. After all, football players lived off their youth and also had to bear high risks.
The matter of Qin Xiong's contract renewal with the team had been delayed from the end of May to the end of August. During this three-month period, progress was slightly slow, but both sides were able to sit down and talk calmly.
Dane frankly handed a contract to Freddy and said, "This is our greatest sincerity. Qin Xiong can become the third highest paid player in the team. He is our star, and we hope that he can always play for Arsenal. As far as I know, Qin Xiong himself is very satisfied to stay at Arsenal."
Freddy looked at the terms of the contract. He shook his head and said, "70,000 pounds? It can be said that it is the third highest paid player in Arsenal, but there should be a note that it is tied with Ashley Cole. I can't agree with this contract. Qin Xiong's value is much higher than Ashley Cole's, especially when Ashley Cole caused such a disturbance before. If making a fuss could make the club compromise, then I would definitely encourage Qin Xiong to contact Real Madrid or Inter Milan. Why not? Because we respect the Arsenal club, and we also hope that the club will respect us! This contract is still a little short of what we want. Mr. Dane, I'm tired of this slow negotiation. My conditions are like this: a weekly salary of 80,000 pounds, a signing fee of 500,000 pounds, appearance fee, goal and assist bonus, and championship bonus all have to be increased by 50% on the basis of this contract. I'm not kidding. Henry has a weekly salary of more than 100,000 pounds, but will anyone say that the money Arsenal invested in Henry is an overinvestment? No, it is more than worth it! The competitive value that Henry creates is much higher than the material return that he receives from Arsenal. Then, I ask Arsenal to calmly, rationally, objectively and fairly weigh the competitive return that Qin Xiong brings and whether it is worth my conditions. If it is not worth it, it means that we have different opinions on Qin Xiong's value, and then we can't continue the discussion. If you think it is worth it, please bring the contract. Thank you. Goodbye. "
Freddy left. Dane was expressionless, and he could not tell whether he was happy or angry. He could not refute Freddy's words, but he knew that Arsenal had fallen into a very difficult situation regarding the renewal of Qin Xiong's contract.
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