Chapter 26 New Jersey

December 25th, Christmas in Europe.

Wenger gave everyone a day off on this day, so that the players can fully enjoy the joy of the holiday.

However, Lucky still went to the training base to train alone. He did not have any sense of identity with Christmas, and after the hearing, he needed to be ready to play at any time.

As the saying goes, sharpening the spear before the battle, even if it is not fast, it will be bright!

On December 27, Arsenal played against Wolves at home.

At this time, Arsenal was already in fifth place in the standings.

[10 wins, 2 draws, 5 losses, 32 points].

There is only a 1-point gap from Chelsea in fourth place.

There is a 3-point gap from Tottenham Hotspur in third place.

There is no need to think about the top two Manchester duos, which are the championship echelons.

With Arsenal's current state, the status of these two teams cannot be shaken.

The points gap is already in double digits, and it is impossible to catch up.

Unless these two teams are seriously ill.

But this is impossible.

Arsenal's goal this season is still a European war seat.

At the same time, he got rid of the little thorn in North London.

However, things did not go as planned. In this game, when Arsenal scored the first goal, Alexander Song suddenly got sick and started to rush forward, causing the opponent to equalize in the first half.

This is not the first time that Alexander Song has done this.

Wenger has warned this guy many times.

But Song is still doing his own thing like a rebellious teenager in adolescence.

And the professor's patience is almost exhausted at this time.

In the second half, Song was replaced by Ramsey.

When Song left the court, the professor didn't even look at him, and Song also lowered his head without any apology.

Anyone with a discerning eye could see that the two had a conflict.

And in this game, due to Song's recklessness, Arsenal was tied at home and failed to get the three points of victory!

Throughout the game, Alexander Song got the lowest 8 points of the game.

In response, angry Arsenal fans even blasted Alexander Song's social account.

There was a lot of scolding, and Arsenal fans were angry.

They could have won the game, but because of this guy's illness, they wasted three points in vain.

They can't swallow this breath.

The most infuriating thing is that this guy always claims to be a top defensive midfielder.

Go to the top defensive midfielder!

In response, an Arsenal fan made a sharp comment.

[Remember! You are not Pirlo, you don't have his kind of work, just be your sweeper honestly, don't always run to the front court! ]

This is the comment with the highest like rate.

Many fans highly agree with it.

'Don't let him run forward, tie Song to the back midfielder' has become their slogan.

But this guy is like a husky, you can't tie him up.

Besides, you can go up, but you come back!

What's the use of only going forward and not retreating? !

Just when Arsenal fans collectively attacked Alexander Song, Song, who couldn't help but be indignant, hit back.

A long article directly started to fight with fans.

The fans saw that this guy was a bad player and was stubborn!

This can't be tolerated!

For a while, the two sides started a huge war of words.

Even the war of words began to affect other Arsenal players, so Wenger urgently stopped it and ordered Song not to speak again.

Song was frustrated, but he had to obey, so he behaved more negatively.

In the training ground, Wenger looked at Song walking in the field, frowned, and was full of depression.

Now Arsenal still needs to rely on Song's defense, so it can't be too stiff.

But this guy's training attitude and game attitude have already had big problems.

In this regard, Patles said; "Why don't we support Le and put some pressure on Song?"

Wenger thought about it and shook his head; "He is too young, let him practice for a season, I will give him a lot of opportunities, now is not the time for him to exert his strength."

Patles nodded, he believed what Wenger said.

After all, Wenger likes to give young people opportunities.

As long as they don't make fatal mistakes, Arsenal is still a good place for young people to level up.

On December 30, Arsenal announced something that shocked everyone.

Arsenal head coach Wenger officially announced that they would welcome Henry back on loan.

Henry, who had been away for four years, finally returned to Arsenal.

And this news also made all Arsenal fans very excited.

Henry is Arsenal's legendary star and their gun king!

In the eight years that Henry played for Arsenal, he scored a total of 174 league goals and 42 European goals.

For this reason, in the Arsenal official website: the Gunners' best 50 players election, Henry was elected the best player in Arsenal's history with the highest number of votes.

This is a living legend.

In fact, Henry had returned to London once before.

It was on December 7, when Arsenal celebrated its 125th anniversary, and Henry's bronze statue was unveiled outside the Emirates Stadium.

At that time, Henry appeared there.

Arsenal fans were shouting.

‘Sign him! Sign him! ’

Perhaps the professor felt that Arsenal needed a legendary star to stabilize the situation, so he loaned Henry back to Arsenal.

This incident also set off a sensation in London and even the whole of Europe!

London in January entered the deep winter season.

It was the first snowfall, and the snowflakes were falling, decorating the whole world with silver.

On a road covered with snow, a boy wearing sportswear, a woolen hat and a scarf was juggling a ball and running forward.

The boy was not running fast, and the ball kept bouncing between his left and right feet.

It seemed to fit a certain rhythm, and it felt unusually smooth.

The boy's juggling movements were extremely smooth, without any sense of slowness.

Suddenly, the boy kicked the ball a little higher, and at the same time, he turned his back and gently cushioned it with his thigh. The whole ball seemed to stick to his thigh without any ups and downs.

A smile appeared on the boy's face, and his right leg was stretched diagonally. The ball rolled to his feet, and the boy hooked it and flew over his head to the original position.

The boy also turned around at the same time, continued to juggle the ball, and ran forward.

For a full kilometer, the ball under the boy's feet did not touch the ground once.

Finally, the boy stepped on the ball and stopped at the door of a training base.

Ha~~~~~

Lekai put his hands to his mouth and exhaled.

After entering the deep winter, the weather in London began to get a little cold.

Especially the gusts of wind seemed to blow directly through the clothes and hit the body, which was really uncomfortable.

But Lekai had no choice but to try his best to adapt.

Two weeks passed after the hearing.

During this period, Lekai was transferred to practice with the first team several times in training matches.

But Wenger still did not give him a chance to play.

He didn't know what Wenger was thinking, but he really wanted to play as soon as possible.

He couldn't wait.

It had been half a year since the last official game.

Due to the problem of the work permit, Lekai hadn't played a game for half a year.

If this continued, he felt that he would forget the feeling of playing a game.

But he had no choice. If Wenger didn't give him a chance, he couldn't play.

Alas~~~~

Walking into the training base, Lekai went straight to the locker room.

Still empty, Lekai arrived first.

He changed into training clothes and ran to the training ground, and found that the snow on the lawn had been cleared.

The efficiency of Arsenal's cleaning staff is still very high.

Lekai did a simple warm-up training, and then started to do ball sense training.

This is already his compulsory course.

Except for sleeping, he almost sticks to the ball, and in this boring training, Lekai's ball sense has also improved by leaps and bounds.

I dare not say that he is compared with Arteta, but for a rookie, his progress is shocking enough.

After practicing for a while, some first-team players began to come over one after another.

"Good morning!"

"You are the first again!"

"Wait until I finish warming up, and practice together!"

Walcott, Van Persie, Arteta and other players greeted Lekai again.

They had smiles on their faces.

Lekai's performance in the training match has won their recognition.

Apart from other things, in terms of defensive ability, Lekai has reached the top of Arsenal.

It can be said that as long as Lekai appears in the main team, Arsenal's defense will improve several levels of defensive strength.

After the warm-up, when everyone was waiting for the formal training, Wenger did not show up, but Patles came over.

He walked straight to Lekai; "The professor asked you to go to his office!"

Hearing this, Lekai was stunned.

He went into the professor's office a little too often.

Some people may not go in once a season.

He went at least twice this season, and this time was the third time.

"Now?" Lekai asked.

"Now!" Patles smiled and patted Lekai on the shoulder; "Go! It's a good thing!"

Hearing this, Lekai's eyes lit up.

He thought it should be about his appearance.

He drove to the door of Wenger's office with ease. Just as Lekai was about to knock on the door, he heard a hearty laugh from inside.

This made Lekai stunned.

Wenger has been bitter and resentful since the beginning of this season, and rarely smiles, let alone such a hearty laugh.

Lekai was a little curious.

Knock!

"Come in!"

A response came from the office, and Lekai pushed the door open.

As soon as he entered, Lekai saw the professor sitting on the reception sofa with someone.

There was coffee on the table, and the two seemed to be having a good chat.

When the man turned his head, Lekai froze.

"Henry!"

The iconic boiled egg head, a pair of shining eyes under the dark skin.

Henry was sitting there, he smiled and nodded at Lekai, then turned to Wenger and asked; "Do you need me to leave?"

Wenger shook his head and waved at Lekai.

Lekai took another look at the gun king, and then walked over.

"In the near future, I will give you a chance, and the club will re-sign a contract with you, with a term of five years as a formal contract!"

Lekai nodded repeatedly, his eyes drifting towards Henry from time to time.

Wenger smiled and continued; "There is also the issue of living. The Highbury apartment has been put into use, you can move there!"

"Yeah!"

Lekai was still looking at Henry.

Even Henry felt a little embarrassed and started to touch his nose.

Wenger was furious.

"Stop looking!" Wenger yelled, which not only stunned Lucky, but also frightened Henry.

Henry remembered that the professor was an elegant man, and rarely lost his temper like this.

Wenger glared at Lucky, calmed down, and then continued; "There will be plenty of opportunities to watch in the future."

After a pause, he turned around and began to grope, saying; "And your jersey."

"Jersey?" Lucky was stunned: "I have a jersey!"

No. 29 Arsenal jersey.

"Forget it, this is your new jersey!" Wenger took out a set of jerseys from a cardboard box and handed it over.

Lucky took it and turned it over, and his pupils suddenly shrank.

Even Henry on the side was stunned, looking at Wenger with surprise.

Lucky was holding a brand new Arsenal jersey.

There was a big number [4] on the back of the red and white jersey!