During this period, Wenger was busy, but he felt an unprecedented sense of satisfaction.
Not only is the team making great strides in competitive performance, but the negotiations with Aubameyang, which is of utmost importance to him this time, are also progressing very smoothly. This is something he really didn't expect, after all, there are other big clubs among the teams vying for Aubameyang who also want to acquire this excellent player.
Surprisingly, Aubameyang decisively rejected offers from other teams and chose them directly.
Here, Wenger also made a slightly embarrassing blunder.
When he saw the player's behavior, he was initially pleased, thinking that the player must have chosen Arsenal so firmly because of him.
But after some investigation, he finally realized that he seemed to have made a huge mistake, because the other party was not targeting him at all, but rather the team's vice-captain, Lei.
Wenger was quite surprised when he heard this reason.
Unbeknownst to many, Ray's personal charisma has reached a point where he can attract the Bundesliga Golden Boot winner.
He couldn't help but ask Aubameyang out of curiosity, "Emerick, how did you fall for Ray? Can you tell me?"
He really couldn't understand this, since the two had hardly interacted before and weren't even in the same league. He couldn't understand why Aubameyang would be so certain to choose Arsenal because of a player named Ray.
What Wenger didn't know was that Aubameyang had already faced off against Lehmann twice last season, during the Champions League, when they represented their respective teams in the knockout stage.
The sharpest spear clashed with the strongest shield, and that time, he lost, and lost utterly.
At the time, he didn't care much about this matter, but after winning the Bundesliga Golden Boot, he felt an even stronger urge to defeat the goalkeeper. If a Taoist in China saw Aubameyang in this state, he would definitely describe it with one word: "inner demons."
Yes, when a person achieves great success, some of their previous regrets are suddenly magnified, as if their life would not be complete if they could not accomplish this.
Dortmund has never been a team where you can stay for the rest of your life, and Aubameyang knows this very well. He is not surprised at all that he is being sold now. All he can do is find a club that he wants to go to, and at the same time, he can fulfill his inner desire to accomplish something. And coincidentally, Arsenal extended an olive branch at this time, and the two sides almost hit it off and completed the initial agreement.
Wenger fell silent after Aubameyang told him his story with Thunder.
Fortunately, he did not forget the purpose of his call. The two sides agreed on some hard requirements regarding the match time during the video call. At the same time, Arsenal also generously offered Aubameyang the highest salary in the team, 300,000 pounds a week.
This can be considered the highest salary tier within the team, on par with Lacazette previously.
Aubameyang was satisfied with the salary, so he verbally agreed to let the professor let him watch Arsenal's match against Chelsea in two days.
He will then take the opportunity to undergo a trial period to prove his physical condition.
Immediately after hanging up the phone, Wenger contacted the team's sporting director and asked him to look into the top strikers who had previously faced off against Lei Ming.
Just now, Aubameyang gave him a great inspiration. He seemed to have inadvertently discovered a new function of Thunder: the Striker Magnet. Since Aubameyang had this feeling, then other strikers must also have this feeling.
He really wanted to see if this kind of thing could happen again.
However, after the sporting director investigated, he regretfully discovered that most of the top strikers who had faced off against Thunder were not for sale and were almost never on the transfer list. As a result, Wenger's experiment with the "Thunder strike magnet" ultimately ended in failure.
On January 4th, Arsenal will host Chelsea at home.
Before the match began, the last time the two teams met seemed like a recent memory. Hazard, Morata, Alonso, Kante, Fabregas, Bakayoko and other Chelsea forwards watched as Thunder, who led the Arsenal players, shook hands with them, and they all felt a mix of emotions.
They really didn't expect that this kid would become Arsenal's captain in just half a season, and seeing how supportive the other Arsenal players were of him, it really surprised many people.
Didn't they say there were several factions within Arsenal? How come they're so harmonious now?
This question is actually quite easy to answer. The saying "one good thing can cover up a hundred bad things" applies here. In the past, Arsenal may have had poor player relations and fans openly criticized the team for various problems. But now, after they became the Premier League champions, these problems have disappeared instantly.
A young man wearing a baseball cap sat in the North Stand of the Arsenal fans. He had come with his girlfriend to watch the exciting London derby and looked quite excited.
This person was none other than Aubameyang, who had been invited by Wenger to watch the match.
Although he hasn't officially signed with Arsenal yet, he has clearly put himself in the Gunners' camp. Seeing the Emirates fans cheering non-stop after the home team came out, he is looking forward to it all.
Sitting among the fans, what he heard most clearly was the cheers of these fans for Lei Ming. It was really hard to imagine that this player had only just transferred this season and had already gained so much support from local fans.
Looking at the Arsenal players in their red and white jerseys on the green pitch below, he was also very excited. He didn't know if the fans here would like him, but he knew very well that he would really look forward to playing with Ray.
There are many ways to defeat an opponent. You don't necessarily have to become their opponent to win. Becoming teammates is also a sophisticated tactic. This way, he can challenge the opponent whenever he wants. As the captain, he probably wouldn't refuse the request of a forward who wants to improve!
Lei Ming, who was shaking hands with the Chelsea players on the pitch, had no idea what Aubameyang was thinking. If he had known, he would have said, "Well, I won't refuse, but I'll make you question your life even more! From now on, don't call me Aubameyang, just call me Aubameyang!"
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