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Chapter 194 The upcoming new season

"Ricardo is a revisiting place." Carvalho's peak in his career was spent at Chelsea. At that time, he won the Champions League championship under Mourinho and then came to Chelsea with Moutinho.

However, time has changed, Mourinho returned to Chelsea last season, but Carvalho has entered the twilight years of his career and may retire at any time.

As a person who has lived in London for five years, Carvalho was able to provide some advice to Li Shou, which surprised Li Shou.

After bidding farewell to Raji and Carvalho, Li Shou continued to prepare for the upcoming new season. Arsenal once again welcomed his rival in a friendly match, the giant Celtics from Socrates.

Wenger's decision is a bit intriguing. You should know that this friendly match is a temporary addition, and this friendly match Arsenal will go to Scotland.

Glasgow is Scotland's largest city. Although Arsenal is still an enemy this time, the Scots are not hostile because it is just a pre-match warm-up match.

In this game, Wenger officially began to cultivate tacit understanding between new and old players. Sanchez and Griezmann both started, and Li Sousse replaced Szczesny in the second half.

Sanchez and Griezmann still need time to develop tacit understanding, but Li Shou is different. As goalkeeper, Li Shou's main task is to guard the goal. As for cooperation with the central defender, as long as everyone can do their duty, that's enough.

For example, in this game, Li Shou cooperated with Koscheerny and Mertesack for the first time. It is said that because of Ozil, Li Shou had a similar relationship with Mertesack.

Li Shouda did not deliberately improve this, because Li Shou believed that as long as they partnered for a few more games, the relationship would definitely improve deliberately.

Li Shou, who appeared in the second half, performed well. Although he lost a goal, it was just a friendly match after all, so everyone still focused on finding the state and cultivating tacit understanding.

Szczesny conceded a goal in the first half, and Li Shou also conceded a goal in the second half, and Arsenal also received the ball in the offense, so the game ended in the draw.

Arsenal conceded two goals, but Li Shou and Szczesny performed well. As for the Celtics, most of Wenger's thoughts are on Van Dijk.

Van Dijk, who is over 1.9 meters tall, has very good skills and is also very fast. This is an alternative to a central defender. After all, a height like Van Dijk will definitely be slow to turn, but Van Dijk does not have such problems.

Moreover, Van Dijk's physical fitness was excellent, and he did not suffer any loss when facing Giroud, and even vaguely overwhelmed Giroud, so that the French center performed very mediocre in the first half.

So after the game, there was an extra transfer offer on the desk of the Celtics transfer manager, and Arsenal officially offered Celtics central defender Van Dijk.

Seeing this offer, the Celtics head coach almost turned over the table. At this moment, the coach was filled with regret and should not agree to Arsenal's invitation to a friendly match.

"Reject, Van Dijk is not a seller," said the Celtics head coach.

However, there are so-called non-selling products in this world. When Arsenal's second offer increased to 8 million pounds, non-selling products became an important member.

£10 million, the third offer soon came to the desk of the Celtics transfer manager. This time, the Celtics directly bargained for £12 million.

Then Arsenal hesitated. Arsenal's ideal price is 10 million pounds, and the Celtics' bargaining has exceeded Arsenal's psychological expectations.

Don’t underestimate this or two million pounds. Often, a transfer is stuck on it. I expect that such things will pass even if they are a straw.

Moreover, Van Dijk only performed well in the Scottish Premier League and did not really prove himself in the top league. No one can be sure whether Van Dijk can adapt to the Premier League. Moreover, Van Dijk performed very mediocrely in the Champions League last season.

So Van Dijk's transfer stagnated, and Arsenal once again ushered in a friendly match. This time the opponent's strength is relatively weak and belongs to the low-level team.

In this game, Arsenal won a big victory. In this game, Li Shou started again and delivered a good answer without conceding a goal.

This is also the last friendly match before the new season. The first time of the Premier League this season is set on August 16, and the opponent is Crystal Palace, which ranked in the middle of last season.

As the new season approaches, players' training has finally relaxed a little. After all, no one wants to be injured before the new season begins. Moreover, a season is so long and there is no winter break in the Premier League, it is still necessary to relax properly.

Not to mention that before the Premier League officially begins, Arsenal still has a Community Shield to play, which will be contested by Premier League champions and FA Cup champions.

Last season's Premier League championship belonged to Manchester City, while Arsenal won the FA Cup, which ended the embarrassing situation of Arsenal not having a championship in the past nine years. Even if it is an optional champion, Arsenal has even won the FA Cup and League Cups to train young players in the past.

Although it has no value, it is a relatively regular training game for the two teams before the season officially begins.

On August 10, Wembley Stadium, this is the home court of the England national team and the host stadium for the finals of the English domestic league. It is also a world-famous stadium.

Although many people look down on the Community Shield Cup, in fact, England fans support their own cup competitions. In the eyes of many English fans, domestic cup competitions are more important than InterContinental Cups.

This is a certain deformed mentality of the English. Anyway, in the past few years, the head coaches of major Premier League clubs have never cared much about the domestic cup. They mainly focus on the Champions League and even the Europa League.

Regarding this Community Shield, Wenger announced the starting roster early in the team. Li Shou appeared on the 18-man roster, but did not start.

Li Shou is nothing to do with this. Li Shou is not an Englishman in the Community Shield, so he naturally doesn't care too much, although this is the first time that the vertical axis has entered Wembley Stadium.

Compared to the Community Shield Cup, Li Shou hopes to play in the league, because the league is the real foundation for the regular starter this season. However, according to the exchange between Wenger and Li Shou, the first two starters of the season belong to Szczesny, and then to Li Shou’s chance. It depends on who performs better before deciding on the regular starter this season.

So, Li Shou sat on the bench on the sidelines for 90 minutes in this Community Shield Cup, but Li Shou almost had the chance to play. At the last moment of the game, Schensney was injured due to a save, but unfortunately, Schensney was not seriously injured this time, and he returned to the court after a simple treatment.
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