Chapter 1

North London, Islington Community.

Morning light pierced through the mottled windows, shining on Old Tom's large backside.

Several magpies flitted back and forth on the treetops.

The early bird gets the worm.

Old Tom reluctantly got out of bed. Years of habit made him instinctively walk out of the bedroom, through the corridor, and open the front door.

The mailbox was stuffed full.

"The Sun is toilet paper, best for reading while on the toilet."

"Forget it, I'll read the more professional papers first. Bad news first, the good stuff can wait to be savored."

In recent years, professional football newspapers had hardly reported any positive news about Arsenal.

It was always about how much money they owed and how much pressure there was on revenue.

"The Royal Bank of Scotland declares: Arsenal has paid off the last £8.2 million of short-term debt, still owing £232 million in long-term loans."

"Related research institutions show: Arsenal's account has a cash reserve of up to 150 million Euros... no, I misread! It's bloody pounds!"

"The repayment of short-term debt means that these 150 million pounds can be used!"

"The survey shows: Arsenal's total wage bill for the 15-16 season ranks second in the Premier League!"

Seeing this news.

Old Tom was very excited: "Great Arsène Wenger! Arsenal fans will always love you!"

Who would have thought.

They borrowed 470 million pounds from the bank to build the stadium! Wenger actually paid it all off, how much money did he make just by selling captains? Under the premise of low expenditure every year, he can still guarantee a top-four Premier League ranking!

Great?

This word is not enough to describe Wenger's contribution to Arsenal!

This old ox, bearing all kinds of abuse, kept working hard, dedicating everything to a leaky house.

"Wenger signed eQe from Real Madrid for £42.5 million in 2013! The player has recently arrived at Paris Saint-Germain to complete a medical examination! The transfer fee is as high as £75 million! The cash account is as high as 220 million... pounds!"

"Great Mr. Wenger, you have earned Arsenal another 30 million pounds!"

"Wait?"

"Arsenal sold our Premier League assist king? Sold our core player?"

"Damn it!"

"Damn Wenger, miser!"

"I curse him! The sinner of Arsenal!"

Old Tom sat at the dining table, made a cup of instant coffee, and kept muttering curses against the Arsenal manager.

Squeak~

His large backside pressed down on the fragile wooden chair.

Sure enough, highly professional newspapers never reported good news about Arsenal.

"Only trash like The Sun can start a day with happiness!"

Old Tom unfolded the newspaper.

The smile on his face froze the moment he saw the headline on the front page.

Bang!

Accompanied by the shaking of the table.

Hot coffee quietly spilled, flowing down the table and soaking Old Tom's crotch.

"Great... noble... perfect Arsène Wenger!"

.....

Manchester United, Carrington Training Base.

Pogba was late again.

Mourinho's face was dark.

The French genius didn't care, and joined the rondo practice on his own.

He wasn't afraid of Mourinho. He had returned to Manchester United at the persuasion of the club's senior management: a 100 million man, a summer window top scorer, a top scorer who broke the world transfer history record!

If the conflict intensified, the person who would be driven away by Manchester United... was Mourinho!

The atmosphere was once embarrassing.

Only Lingard had a smile on his face.

Pogba's mind was on and off, and he tried to say something to ease the atmosphere: "I heard the gatekeeper discussing eQe being sold to Ligue 1? Arsenal is really stingy, always selling captains or core players! Wenger looked for me a few years ago."

"Does he have money?"

Everyone looked at each other: "Didn't you read the newspaper this morning?"

Pogba spread his hands: "I never read the newspaper!"

Lingard leaned closer and whispered a word.

The French genius was stunned...

A sentence echoed repeatedly in his ears.

"The most expensive is also the best."

.....

The summer transfer window is in full swing.

One Premier League transfer news after another is being frantically updated.

The Premier League powerhouses no longer endured, and spent money like water.

Arsenal became the protagonist.

Only they were selling people.

《eQe Leaves Arsenal, Joins Paris Saint-Germain, Transfer Fee As High As 90 Million Euros!》

《Premier League Assist King, Ultimately Fails to Renew Contract with Arsenal! Reviewing eQe's Dazzling Moments at Arsenal!》

《Neville: Wenger's Morbid Management Has Turned Him into Arsenal's Tumor, He Is the Real Miser and Slave of Capital in the Premier League.》

The number of likes, comments and reposts skyrocketed.

-【Wenger is no good, the midfield core has been sold, how will Arsenal compete for the top four next season? Just wait to be relegated!】

-【Do old people have this problem of liking to save money? They like to watch the money in their accounts increase, completely regardless of whether their sons can find wives?】

-【I'll eat shit if they don't get relegated. With or without eQe, Arsenal is completely two different teams, the overall combat power gap is too big!】

-【Manchester City is starting to spend money, awesome!】

-【Liverpool bought Mané! So happy! The attack on the front line will never be muted again!】

-【I don't understand what the Premier League giants are thinking? Isn't Li Mingdeng's value on the transfer market written as 120 million Euros? Why haven't they made a move yet?】

-【Really buy people according to the transfer market price? No one can buy them!】

-【Those toilet paper newspapers are still saying that Lee Kang will join Arsenal? Eat shit! Obviously fake! I would rather believe that Arsenal will win the Champions League! Hahaha!】

....

Catalonia Television.

Enrique is participating in the commentary of a live broadcast of the European Youth Championship.

"Lee is certainly the best midfielder of the younger generation, but he won't break Pogba's transfer record."

"Pogba's agent is Mino Raiola, and the transfer operation process is very complicated!"

"Who is Lee's agent? He doesn't have the support of an agency team behind him!"

"Barça can completely afford him, but our midfield configuration is already very perfect... no, no, the strength of individuals cannot represent the whole, and the distribution of ball possession between him and MSN is difficult to handle."

"This is why Camp Nou didn't let him come back. Lee's value in the transfer market is inflated. I estimate his transfer fee to be roughly the same as eQe's."

"As for which team he will go to? Of course it's Guardiola's Manchester City! Manchester City has been imitating Barça, they will package a successor to Xavi."

As soon as this statement came out.

European media expressed their approval.

Although Enrique's coaching level has been reduced under the halo of MSN, his vision is very vicious, especially the group of talented stars who helped Barça sign this summer... everyone has unlimited potential.

...

August 4, 2016.

A piece of news on Arsenal's official website shocked the world.

《Official Announcement: Lee Kang Officially Joins Arsenal.》

The huge page on the homepage: is the European Cup top scorer wearing a No. 10 red and white jersey!

'Two Hundred Million Man.'

The entire British Isles seemed to tremble slightly.

A blockbuster transfer that detonated the world.

Countless fans were dumbfounded.

Two hundred million?

Doubling the world transfer history record with two hundred million...

Has Arsenal's official website been hacked? April Fool's Day?

A moment later.

Bayer Leverkusen's official website released a message.

《Official Announcement: Lee Kang Officially Leaves Bayer Leverkusen.》

Fans all over the world. Were stunned.

...

Sunshine could not penetrate the dark clouds.

North Rhine was shrouded in sadness.

BayArena.

The seats on the four sides of the stands were removed, and tens of thousands of fans flocked in.

"Lee!!!"

"Lee!!!"

"Lee!!!"

The shouts were full of reluctance.

The green field was holding the most grand farewell ceremony in the hundred-year history of Bayer Leverkusen.

The German Cup champion trophy.

The Bundesliga championship salad plate.

Were placed on both sides of Bayer Leverkusen's No. 10.

The flashbulbs flashed wildly.

The media reporters didn't want to let go of any moment.

Lee Kang looked around and waved to the Bayer Leverkusen fans as a formality.

In his vision, Ballack's phantom suddenly appeared.

The legendary superstars of other modules seemed to be infected, and after appearing one by one, they were silent.

The sadness of parting instantly eroded Lee Kang's consciousness.

Accompanied by Nesta's roar.

Lee Kang suddenly remembered the scene of being smashed with eggs by a group of fans and being mocked and ridiculed after losing in the Champions League.

He couldn't help but began to hate the reluctance that resounded over the BayArena.

The Munich Daily, which is loyal to Bayern, declared:

'North Rhine, has lost their king.'

'Munich, welcomes dawn today.'

...

The farewell ceremony ended soon.

The wind was strong.

It blew into the locker room of the BayArena.

Old man Topp helped Lee Kang tie his shoelaces.

Teacher Berenta urged him not to neglect his studies when he went to London.

Dino anxiously stuffed local specialties into his suitcase.

Havertz and Brandt were sullen.

Voller rubbed the corners of his eyes and smiled, "Lee, Leverkusen will always be your home."

Lee Kang smiled and took the white-haired old man's hands.

Time seemed to go back to the afternoon at Düsseldorf Airport.

The journey of growth is never short of farewells.

Just like elementary school, junior high school, high school, university... in every journey, you will always lose something.

Time is like sand, which will gradually wear away the most precious things in your heart.

Say goodbye to the past and embrace a brand new future.

...

On the plane.

Morata looked through the newspaper and said unhappily:

"I joined Arsenal for 50 million Euros, why am I only given such a small space in the report?"

"If it wasn't for my agent Lopez persuading me... nonsense, did he even need to persuade me?"

"Lee, we are finally teammates in the same club!"

"Don't be nervous, the confrontation in the Premier League is not as intense as we imagined, I will protect you!"

Just like the first meeting on the expedition to Japan that year.

The two were a few years apart in age.

Morata subconsciously would still say some mushy words like "protection and care".

Lee Kang nodded seriously.

He didn't have time to sigh.

The tablet in his hand had already downloaded more than a dozen GB of high-definition uncensored videos.

Of course, it was the game footage of the Premier League powerhouses.

...

"Lee joined Arsenal?"

"There is also a La Masia youth training full-back Bellerín in the Arsenal team... I remember that kid!"

Etihad Stadium.

Guardiola was stunned when he heard the assistant coach read out the information in the newspaper.

That's right.

Full-back...

La Masia No. 4 plus La Masia's full-back...

Will Arsenal create the ultimate answer to a tactical revolution?

The Manchester City coaching team did not notice at all: their coach was in a daze again.

...

At the same time.

Stamford Bridge.

Abramovich slapped his forehead hard.

"Morata also joined Arsenal?"

"Damn it, wouldn't it be enough to move the Spanish national team's midfield to Chelsea?"

"We already have Fabregas and Diego Costa."

"Why didn't you remind me?"

The tough tone gradually weakened and turned into sadness.

"Lee..."

...

Outside Madrid.

Real Madrid training base.

Modrić couldn't help but smile when he saw the transfer news.

In the Champions League and European Cup showdown, the two were each in teams with a huge gap in strength.

Meeting again next season... I wonder what kind of sparks will be created.

Kroos thought of Lee Kang in the European Cup and suddenly wanted to leave work early, not because he was afraid, but because he felt too tired to meet that kid.

Bale received a pass from his teammate and said unhappily: "What is the boss doing? Is it necessary to have training camp so early? My vacation..."

Varane quickly covered his mouth: "Shh, the Asian tour is coming soon, don't always argue with the boss!"

In the distance.

Zidane shook his head with a smile.

The assistant coach reminded: "Boss, have you noticed the changes in Ronaldo during this time?"

The Real Madrid coach looked over following the assistant coach's finger.

Ronaldo was doing his own training on the green field.

Zidane frowned and said:

"Look forward to it, next season, we will see a brand new him!"

"We may meet many long-lost opponents on the Champions League stage."

....

The entire Barça team came to Dubai.

The stars walked out of the arrival gate, and there was a sea of people.

The posters of the MSN trio were held high!

Enrique was out of his mind.

He was being bombarded by the Catalan media, and with his "toxic milk", he also became a favorite of major European radio stations...

Two hundred million man...

Highest salary in the Premier League...

He couldn't harden his mouth anymore.

Piqué dragged his suitcase and muttered, "We always draw Arsenal in the Champions League round of 16... I don't want to draw Lee next season either!"

Iniesta shook his head and said, "There are not so many coincidences."

Vaguely.

Everyone couldn't help but think of the rainy battle at Camp Nou.

Busquets took a deep breath and said, "Arsenal's high points... are not that many either, it's not that easy for us to meet them..."

"I want to meet Lee."

Messi interrupted.

.....

August 12, 2016.

In the eyes of the world.

The bustling Emirates Stadium.

Arsenal ushered in their dawn.