Manchester United legend

Chapter 240

Throughout the summer, all the strong teams in the Premier League are ready to move, and all the Premier League teams are looking for gold in the transfer market, and the atmosphere is very noisy and chaotic.As the saying goes, the wind and the clouds are moving, and the smoke is chaotic.

During the transfer window in the summer of 2000, other teams in the Premier League moved frequently, buying and selling people constantly, presenting a lively scene.

In the end, Manchester United only introduced one Barthez, and Ferguson already felt that the team had basically reached its best condition.

Other teams with ambitions to challenge Manchester United's hegemony have spent their money desperately, making the transfer market in the Premier League very noisy.

Arsenal, the London Arsenal, have entered a period of huge shocks this season.

Arsenal finished second last season: runners-up in the Premier League - albeit trailing Manchester United by 18 points - and narrowly beaten by Turkey's Galatasaray in the UEFA Cup final.

In an interview before the start of the season, Wenger insisted that he would rather his team achieve No.2 than sacrifice the league to win a certain cup championship. "We failed last season, but in the past three years, we have won the Premier League. We have also won two championships and reached the final of the UEFA Cup. We are still a strong team."

Just this summer, Arsenal sold Overmars and Petit to Barcelona, ​​and also let go of Croatian striker Dave Suker and defender Winterburn.

In terms of signings, Wengero sent French midfielder Pires and Cameroon midfielder Lauren.

In order to strengthen the offensive power, Arsenal also introduced the French striker Wiltord who performed well in the European Cup.

For this reason, Wenger did not hesitate to pay a record transfer fee of 1300 million pounds to Bordeaux.The situation of forwards getting together made Arsenal's dressing room not calm. The original main player and team hero Bergkamp was put on the bench by Wenger, and Henry and Kanu partnered as the striker starters.

After the introduction of Wiltord with a record transfer fee, reporters believe that Bergkamp's life will be even more difficult.

In fact, the situation in the first three rounds of the new Premier League season is really like media speculation. The Dutch striker who sat on the bench twice in the three rounds finally became furious, "I have to say frankly that I don't think I should be on the bench. Looking at my football career, I know that I am not a substitute. It is difficult for me to accept this situation.

The coach (Wenger) only told me in training on Friday that I can't play the main team in the league. I think he may think that I am not at my best, so he chose other players.

I would say I'm ready, I don't want to just play 20 or 30 minutes before the end.Even if my form is not the best, I also want to adjust by playing the whole game.

I firmly believe that I should not be a substitute.Like all players I am selfish and I want to play every game.In fact, it is more difficult to get the main position in the Arsenal team than in the Barcelona team, because the team now has many excellent forwards.

Outsiders may think that it is normal for many strikers to compete for the first place, but I feel very uncomfortable. "

The Gunners' attack line is extremely crowded, but Arsenal's defense line is not optimistic.The age of the defensive players is worrying. The 37-year-old Seaman has reached the stage where experience is higher than skill, and the veteran Adams is also 34 years old.Wenger still did not take any effective measures to reinforce the defense.

Another team in London has bigger plans.Chelsea, led by Vialli, sold the 2000 European Cup champion France captain Didier Deschamps to La Liga Valencia. After sending last season's frustrated striker Sutton to the Scottish Premier League Celtic, they introduced Leeds United's former general Hasselbaink and Parma's Stanich. Chelsea spent 1500 million pounds on the purchase of Hasselbaink.In addition, they also got Barcelona's free man and Dutch defender Bogarde for free. The 29-year-old Bogarde will replace Emerson who left the team to join Sunderland.

Chelsea desperately need a striker who can score in front of goal, and Hasselbaink is just such an uncompromising striker.

Hasselbaink has played for Leeds United before and is very familiar with the Premier League. He has speed and strength, has a keen sense of grabbing points in front of the goal, and can score goals from any angle with any part of his body.

But even so, the reporters are still not optimistic about Chelsea. They are still at odds with the generals and launched an "online war" to attack each other.

Leboeuf surprisingly took the lead in attacking Vialli on a French football website. He said that Vialli had conflicts with every player and even wanted to expel Leboeuf from the team.

Chelsea's official website hit back, claiming it was all a misunderstanding.

But journalists and fans are not so easy to fool. The loss of the general is disappointing, and the future of the team is also worth worrying about.

Leeds United did not make too many waves in the transfer market, but they still seized the opportunity to make up for the needed personnel.O'Leary signed Australian striker Viduka from Glasgow Rangers with 600 million pounds, recruited French midfielder Dacourt from Lens, and introduced defender Matteo from Liverpool.

O'Leary said in the season outlook: "Of course we hope to hit the championship, and we have a lot of goals this season. We hope to reach the top three in the league and perform well in the FA Cup, League Cup and Champions Cup. It is best to win a championship."

Another big spender is Liverpool.The Red Army has been away from the title for 10 years, and the ambitious Houllier has his hands full this summer, making frequent shots in the transfer market.Liverpool has brought in Bayern Munich's Babel, French striker Diomede and Tottenham's Bambi.

From defender, midfielder to forward, Houllier continued to strengthen the team.

England international player Barmby cost Liverpool £600m and Houllier intends to use him to fill the gap for the oft-injured Redknapp.

Bambi has proven himself in the Premier League. He is suitable for interception and organization tasks in the midfield, and it is also good to attack later.Houllier hopes that he will make Liverpool's attack stronger, but it is also a big regret for Houllier that Jost's scooping opponent Redknapp may not be able to play for the entire season.

On the defensive line, the addition of German star Babel has added a bit of toughness to the team.

However, there were many injuries in the Liverpool lineup. Redknapp was sidelined until February 2001 due to knee surgery. Forward Robbie Fowler, who only started eight games last season, also missed the first month of the new season due to a recurrence of an old ankle injury.

(End of this chapter)