Chapter 174 Let's go to Arsenal together! [Fifth update of the explosive lung, begging for monthly subscription! ]
North suburbs of London.
A black car drove out of the southern exit of Colney on the London Orbital Motorway. Instead of continuing north into the town, it drove west along the motorway for a while and turned south onto a country road.
Soon, the car arrived at a circular parking lot.
"This is our Arsenal Colney training base, the top training center in the world of football today!"
The Arsenal staff received Ronnie and his family and received important instructions from Wenger, so after accompanying Ronnie and his family to visit Highbury Stadium in London, they headed north to the Colney training base.
Wenger is already waiting here.
Ronnie stood beside the car, looked around and found that the place was quite remote.
The weather in England is always gloomy, which makes him, a sunny boy who grew up in Madeira Islands and lived in Lisbon for six years, feel very uncomfortable and frown every time.
But when he thought again that the club was Arsenal, he felt much more relieved.
"Our training center is not only the most advanced in the world, but also the largest in the Premier League. It is still being improved. I believe that it will not be long before a superstar like Henry is produced here."
As he spoke, the Arsenal receptionist pointed to the east side of the circular parking lot. Across a small path with trees planted on both sides, you could vaguely see that it was still a flat piece of land.
"That is Watford's training base. They acquired the land at the same time as us, but there is no movement at the moment."
Ronnie nodded. Watford's finances were indeed no match for Arsenal.
Didn't someone say that when Wenger sent the team's talented rookie Anelka to Real Madrid, he used the money to do two things: one was to bring in Henry, and the other was to build this Kearney training base.
This became a deal that all Arsenal fans around the world talked about.
Even the top team Arsenal has to raise funds to build a training base by selling its star players. It can be seen how difficult it is for a club. It is still unknown when Watford's training base will be built.
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In European football, everyone knows that the training grounds of Premier League teams are not as famous as they are on the pitch.
Many powerful teams that seem to be well-known and have many stars actually train in shabby fields, such as Chelsea.
Arsenal's Kearney is indeed quite good.
There are standard venues, complete training facilities, and some advanced high-tech facilities. The only regret is that there is no indoor football field, which is indeed a big loss for England, which has a rainy climate all year round.
Of course, it is probably also because the cost of indoor football training grounds is too high.
After walking around the training base, I found it was at least two or three times bigger than Sporting Lisbon.
Finally, in the head coach's office in the training building, Ronnie met Wenger, whom he had long admired.
Just as rumored by the outside world, Wenger is thin and looks very energetic, with slightly gray hair. He exudes an elegant temperament, just like a university professor.
"Hello, Mr. Wenger."
“Welcome to Kearney!”
Wenger greeted Ronnie's family with a smile and warmly invited them to take their seats.
It has to be said that as a world-famous coach, Wenger gives people an extremely good first impression, and it is easy to develop a favorable impression of him and not to resist.
He spoke neither hurriedly nor slowly, which made people feel very comfortable listening to him.
Through some concise words, he introduced Arsenal's past, present, and also looked forward to the future.
Today's Arsenal is indeed full of talents, with top stars such as Henry, Bergkamp, Ljungberg, Pires, Campbell and Vieira, but Wenger told Ronnie that Arsenal in the future will pay more attention to the training of young players.
"The club is considering building a new stadium, which will be a top five-star stadium in Europe, because we all think that Highbury can no longer match the team's next goals, so we need to be more courageous."
When Ronnie heard this, the first thought that popped into his mind was Su Dong.
He remembered that he and Su Dong had read a report in the British media before, which talked about Arsenal’s new stadium plan.
The reports at the time were very vague, meaning that Arsenal was planning to build a new stadium, and in order to raise enough funds, they decided to demolish Highbury Stadium and build a real estate project.
But at that time, Su Dong told Ronnie that the report was biased. Arsenal first decided to demolish Highbury to build real estate, and then decided to build a new stadium in the suburbs. It was just that the new statement was easier to accept and sounded better.
At that time, Ronnie admired Su Dong's reading comprehension ability, but he heard that Chinese children all have this ability, which is really amazing! Now when he heard Wenger talk about it, Ronnie couldn't help but think of Su Dong, and a faint smile appeared on the corner of his mouth.
He hadn't seen Su Dong for several days, and wondered what his best friend was doing now? Wenger noticed Ronnie's smile and thought that the Portuguese boy was a little moved by the grand plan he had outlined, so he immediately spoke more exaggeratedly, even talking about the future income expectations of the new stadium.
In short, Wenger just wanted to convey to Ronnie and his family that Arsenal has a bright future!
"In fact, I am also very optimistic about Su Dong. I know that you and he are best friends. If possible, I hope you can help me persuade him. You two can come to Arsenal to play together." Wenger launched an emotional offensive.
The transfer fee is not a big problem for Arsenal.
Even if you sign two at once.
When it comes to Su Dong, Ronnie becomes serious, "He can't apply for a work permit."
This is a very regrettable thing because it means that Sudong is isolated from the Premier League.
“Actually, there is a solution.”
"Is there any solution?" Ronnie asked with concern.
"In recent years, there have been voices in the Premier League that want to formulate a special talent clause specifically for young players like Su Dong, and we and Manchester United have been vigorously promoting this matter. Maybe it will be passed this year. Therefore, he can transfer here first. As long as the clause is released, we will be the first to apply for him and let him play for the first team."
Ronnie's originally enthusiastic mood suddenly turned cold.
After spending a long time with Su Dong, not only did his reading comprehension ability improve a lot, but his listening ability was also quite good.
Wenger's statement seems tempting, but in reality, who can guarantee when the terms will be released?
To put it bluntly, Arsenal still uses the old tricks. They want to sign the player first. If there are terms, it will be good. If there are no terms, they will rent him out. It is impossible for Su Dong to stay in Arsenal and wait for the terms, right? Thinking of this, Ronnie felt a little unhappy.
He doesn't like being schemed against, and he doesn't like others plotting against his best friend even more.
Especially the plot against Su Dong.
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When Ronnie was visiting Arsenal in London, Su Dong accompanied his parents back to China from Europe and came to Shanghai.
The family of three came to the core area of the old city and walked along a tree-lined street.
Father Su Wenjie was holding an address book and comparing house numbers as he walked. From time to time, he turned back, looked at his wife and son awkwardly, shook his head and smiled bitterly.
"It should be here soon. It's just ahead. It will be here soon."
Su Dong put his arm around his mother Yang Xiuyu's shoulders affectionately, followed his father leisurely, and wanted to laugh.
There are many people who buy houses in the world, but there are not many who buy houses to the point where they don’t even know where their houses are. Unfortunately, Su Dong’s father is one of them.
He bought a large flat in the old city area of Shanghai, which was said to be in the best school district in Shanghai. Later, he bought another one on the bank of the Huangpu River, which was said to be in the core area with the most beautiful scenery. But the most interesting thing is that he didn’t even know where his house was.
"Dad, Mom, could it be that you didn't come to see the house when we bought it?" Su Dong was very curious.
"Who said there wasn't any?" Su Wenji turned around and glared at his son. "Our company's boss came with me to buy it. We only came once, and we were in a car. I was so dizzy that I don't remember it."
Su Dong secretly exclaimed in amazement, there really is no other person who buys a house in this way.
"Let's call a taxi." Su Dong suggested.
"No, I have a strong feeling it's nearby."
"You said the same thing two kilometers ago." Su Dong said with a smile.
Su Wen Ji was very depressed, but there was nothing he could do. Who could blame him for not knowing the way?
Shanghai was too big, much bigger than any city he had ever lived in. The road network was so dense that he felt dizzy and lost.
If you don't want to call a taxi, you can only ask for directions.
It’s true, the residential area where my father bought a house is very famous. When you ask, passers-by know it.
Not long after, the family of three arrived at the gate of the community.
The gate of the community is very grand, and the courtyard landscape and landscape gardens inside are also quite classy. One can tell at first glance that this is a community with high housing prices and that the property management is also very responsible.
Seeing three people standing at the door, one of the two property security guards on duty came forward to greet them.
After asking, I found out that it was right here.
"I've heard before that there's an owner named Su Dong in our community. We all thought it was someone with the same name, but we didn't expect it to be you!" The community security guard was so excited, he looked like a loyal fan of Su Dong.
Another security guard on duty and the property staff at the gate also heard the noise and gathered around.
When they heard that the owner of their community was Su Dong, who had just won the European League Cup, they were all excited.
In the end, even the person in charge of the property company and the senior executives of the developer were alarmed.
This seemed to be a huge matter for them.
Su Dong felt both proud and honored, and dealt with everyone with ease. Accompanied by them, he visited the garden and greenery of the residential area, went to the parking lot, and went upstairs to see his own unfinished house. It was indeed quite large, and it was on the prime floor of the building.
But when will my father buy a house? When Su Dong asked his father this question, Su Wenji scratched the back of his head in embarrassment.
"How would I know how to buy a house? They just told me which building is the best, which floors and which units are the best, and which have the greatest potential for future appreciation, and I bought it."
Su Dong secretly exclaimed in admiration.
But I have to say, the community, building and floor are all quite good.
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