Volume III: The Gunman Myth Chapter 236: Fabregas's Statement
After the Emirates Cup, Arsenal will host their last warm-up opponents, Austria's Warsaw Likia, a match that has attracted a lot of attention from fans, who will naturally not be in the eyes of Arsenal fans, who will be concerned about whether Cesc Fabregas will return before this game.
Previously, the media has revealed that Professor Wenger has privately given an order that Cesc Fabregas must return before August 2, and the Espanyol must at least appear in the match against Warsaw's Licia, which is also the best way to dispel the doubts of fans. However, now that August 2 has passed, Fabregas has not returned, and the media have said that Fabregas has probably decided to leave Arsenal to join Barcelona, because although Arsenal won the unprecedented double, Fabregas's name and role were completely suppressed by Li Huan, which made the Spaniards very unhappy. Now that Xavi is getting older, he is likely to return to Barcelona to pick up Xavi's class. Although Barcelona's Messi is also in the limelight, Barcelona is mainly infiltrated in the middle, and the role of midfielders is very large, unlike the current Arsenal, which mainly plays on two sides, and the middle is basically the role of the transition.
Some media also believe that Fabregas is not convinced because his annual salary is too low than Li Huan, and now he is not only a member of the World Cup champion, but also completed a crucial assist in the final, it was his assist that allowed Iniesta to score the only goal in Spain, which may make the young Fabregas a little inflated, and want to put pressure on Arsenal through transfers to get a higher annual salary, or leave directly and join Barcelona.
Fabregas's departure has suffered the most from the Gunners' fans, who have also expressed great concern about the incident, and the Gunners fans fear that Fabregas's departure will ruin the invincible Arsenal team, and these days there are often thousands of fans at the Kearney training base shouting banners and slogans to keep Fabregas.
Arsenal are also anxious, the team is on the rise, and they want to build a Gunners dynasty rather than a short-lived unbeaten title like in the Thierry Henry era, and then haven't won a title in six years. The club's chief executives, Gazidis and Arsene Wenger, both called Cesc Fabregas, but in August, Fabregas's phone was turned off, and Secretary Myers went to Spain without seeing Cesc Fabregas in person.
Although Arsenal has repeatedly said that Fabregas is not for sale, Barcelona insisted that Arsenal accept their offer of 35 million pounds, which made Arsenal even more annoyed, but the new season is about to start, Arsenal just negotiated with Barcelona in private, and did not tear his face. On the other hand, Arsenal officials are almost desperate for Cesc Fabregas' return and are ready to accept Hoffenheim's offer for £20 million for Arshavin.
On August 7, Yenjing time, and on August 6, local time in London, Arsenal welcomed the Warsaw Licia team, which was two days away from the Community Shield match, but Cesc Fabregas still did not return.
This made Professor Wenger very angry, and at the pre-match press conference, Professor Wenger finally couldn't bear to warn Cesc Fabregas through the media, "If he doesn't come back before the Community Shield starts, he doesn't have to come back." ”
Because of the Community Shield, England's Super Cup, and Warsaw's warm-up match Arsenal played very relaxed and did not do their best, but they were significantly higher than their opponents and still beat their opponents 3:1, with new signing Chamak scoring a goal, Rosicky and Wilshire scoring a goal each, Nasri assisting two goals, and two of the three goals scored by midfielders.
Although Cesc Fabregas did not return in time and Arsenal suddenly appeared in a transfer turmoil, the outside world is still optimistic about the title race between Arsenal and FA Cup winners Chelsea, because after losing 1-2 to Hamburg, Chelsea has lost three consecutive warm-up matches. If Arsenal, who are part of the Community Shield, are ready to go, Chelsea are in complete haste to do so. Ten of Chelsea's squad have returned since 26 July and will need at least two weeks to recuperate, with no match in the Community Shield. In addition, Cech, Alex and Bosingwa are all unable to participate due to injury, which is almost half of the backline, and Chelsea who were originally full squad are at a disadvantage against Arsenal, and now Arsenal have a full squad except Cesc Fabregas, and it will be even more difficult for Chelsea to win this London derby.
However, Chelsea are regulars in the Community Shield, in the past six years, they have appeared in the Community Shield five times, and they are still the winners of last season, so the media did not support Arsenal one-sidedly, believing that in such a special battle before the start of the season, strength is not the most important factor, anyone can win the game, especially this is a London derby, there are many unpredictable factors.
On 7 August, Cesc Fabregas did not return to London.
On August 8, the Community Shield was due to start at 3 o'clock in the afternoon, and Cesc Fabregas still did not return, but he finally opened his mouth to speak, and he published a statement in his column in The Sun, "First of all I want to apologise to all the Arsenal fans for not being able to explain my future in time, but I don't know what I'm going to do until this moment and I can't deny that joining Barcelona is not a transfer that appeals to me. That's where I got my football beginnings, it's my hometown, where I have my friends and family, and it's the club I've always dreamed of playing for. There are not many players in the world who don't want to play at Barca.
In recent months, Mr. Wen and I have had several face-to-face conversations and telephone conversations, but the content of the conversations is to be kept confidential. Barcelona did have two formal offers, both of which were rejected by Arsenal. I'm a professional footballer and I know very well that the club has the right not to sell me.
'I owe a lot to the club, the owners and the fans, and I respect their decision and now I will focus on the new season. I can assure the fans that now that the negotiations are over, I will be back in London and I will give 100 per cent of my strength to Arsenal, I am a Gunners and the moment I step on the turf, Arsenal is the only one and I look forward to the start of the new season and put all the rumours behind me. ”
Fabregas's statement made Arsenal fans very dissatisfied, although Fabregas expressed his intention to stay at Arsenal in the statement, but he was not in London, this inconsistent performance made fans doubt his true intentions, because Fabregas's best explanation was not to make a statement, but to return directly to London, which can only make Arsenal and Barcelona fans dissatisfied.
"Every Post" commented, "This is Cesc Fabregas flattering on both sides, hoping to sell at a price, but his behavior is not like a great captain, Arsenal have such a captain, which is the reason why they can't win the title in front of them, because he doesn't have a strong will." ”
"The Times" believes that Arsenal is better to sell Fabregas as soon as possible, Li Huan happens to be the most qualified captain candidate, after Fabregas leaves, Arsenal forms a single core, and the combat effectiveness may be monotonous, but the cohesion and fighting spirit will only be stronger.
Although in the last warm-up game, Professor Arsene Wenger said that if Cesc Fabregas did not come back before the Community Shield began, he would not have to come back. But before the start of the Community Shield, the professor once again avoided this matter, after all, Fabregas is a leader he personally brought and cultivated single-handedly, and the relationship between him and Fabregas is not a simple relationship between a player and a coach, deep down in the professor's heart, he does not want Fabregas to leave, if Fabregas leaves, even if Arsenal succeeds, it can only mean that his Zhengtai cultivation plan is wrong.
It was in this complicated situation that the Community Shield match between Arsenal and Chelsea kicked off.
The London derby, which was played at Wembley Stadium, attracted more than 90,000 fans, and the fact that a Community Shield could attract so many fans after the World Cup was a testament to the high appeal of both teams.
Before the game, the English FA invited the leading student from London, the black singer tinchystryder to make a splash, tinchystryder is the top of the UK singles chart, Beyoncé's singlelady is from him, many media believe that this Community Shield can attract so much attention, and tinchystryder's presence is not unrelated.
The Arsenal fans at the scene played a lot of banners about Fabregas, and the content of these banners was clearly divided into two categories, one is to keep Fabregas, hoping that he will stay and build a Gunners dynasty with Li Huan; One is to get Fabregas out of here, the arsenal doesn't need a disloyal captain.
Chelsea fans were unhappy with Chelsea's pre-season warm-up losing streak, and they put up interesting banners, ranging from sarcastic irony of Chelsea striker Nicolas Anelka's brain to the national team's spending all his energy on seducing the girlfriends of his national team teammates.
In the 88-year history of the Community Shield, in the 100-year feud between Arsenal and Chelsea, the guns of fans on both sides in the game were not aimed at the opponent but at themselves, which is the first time, which not only shows that the weight of the Community Shield is a little lighter, but also shows that Chelsea fans and Arsenal fans are now extremely dissatisfied with the problems in the team.
(To be continued)