Aiming at the Premier League Championship! Arsenal gave up potential new stars and instead introduced peak players

Let's look at the Arsenal club. After three consecutive seasons and finally failed to win the Premier League runner-up, their strategy in the transfer market this summer has undergone a very obvious change. We can understand this transformation as a transition from the "cultivation" model that focuses on cultivating and discovering young players in the past few years to a "championship" model that values "that is, combat power" and hopes to immediately strive for the championship. The change in the idea of

is actually easy to understand. When your team, led by Arteta, has completed the process from reconstruction to becoming a stable championship team, you will find that if you want to achieve the last step from "95 points" to "99 points", it often depends not only on the vitality and potential of young players, but also on some backbone who is experienced and able to stabilize the morale of the army at critical moments. So we see that the players Arsenal has introduced or focused on this summer, such as Norgaard, Kepa, Zubimendi, Giokelez, etc., are generally over 26 years old and are in the most mature and stable stage of their careers. The intention of the club and the head coach is very clear, which is to inject more experience and hardness into this young team to make up for the shortcomings they have exposed in the past few seasons and the final sprint stage.

Of course, any change in strategy will inevitably be accompanied by certain risks. This transition from "cultivating the future" to "winning the present" also has several hidden dangers worth discussing. First of all, it is necessary to introduce these players who have become famous and have formed fixed play styles and habits in the team. Whether they can successfully adapt to Arteta's very complex and sophisticated tactical system is a question mark. Because the players' "inertia" is very large, we see that experienced players like Jorginho and Jesus did not fully meet the expectations of the outside world after joining the team. This is an example.

Secondly, it is the judgment of the quality of signings. The article also put forward a very sharp point, that is, if players like Zubimendi and Giokelez are really that excellent, why aren’t they signed by those top giants with stronger financial resources? This problem does exist. For example, Giokelez, his previous development in England was not quite successful, and he only played in the Portuguese Super League. Whether they can immediately show a decisive role in the more intense Premier League arena will take time to test.

Finally, let's look at Real Madrid's team building model, which can indeed provide some reference for Arsenal. Real Madrid's success is based on a very healthy balance. They will not only buy superstars like Mbappe in the market, but also invest heavily in future geniuses like Mastantuno. At the same time, their youth training system also continuously cultivates available talents like Gonzalo Garcia. This is a very three-dimensional team building model that walks on multiple legs. For Arsenal, while pursuing immediate combat power, how to continue to maintain the tradition of cultivating young players and how to find the best balance between the two will be the key to whether they can truly break the window and finally win the Premier League championship trophy.